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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah

David Jeremiah - What If?

April 11, 2026 | 57:29

David Jeremiah - What If?
The sound Bible-based teaching of Turning Point carries forward the goal of delivering the unchanging Word of God to an ever-changing world.
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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - What If? | April 11, 2026
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  • Male announcer: find clarity and hope
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  • In god's unwavering prophetic plan
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  • With "understanding biblical prophecy."
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  • This all-new bible study from dr. jeremiah will guide you
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  • Through 30 powerful prophetic passages.
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  • As you read each prophecy, learn its context,
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  • Answer reflection questions, and apply it to your life,
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  • You will learn to understand god's word,
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  • Trust in his promises, and face tomorrow
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  • With unshakeable confidence.
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  • Request "understanding biblical prophecy"
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  • For a gift of any amount
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  • From turning point ministries today.
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  • Male announcer: biblical and historical accounts tell
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  • Of the death and resurrection of jesus christ.
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  • We read the story of the stone taken away, an angel,
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  • And vacant burial cloths.
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  • But, what if the resurrection never happened?
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  • What if the tomb remained the site of death
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  • Instead of life?
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  • What would that mean for us today?
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  • Join dr. david jeremiah as he answers those questions
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  • Today on "turning point."
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  • David jeremiah: a tomb, a stone, a military guard.
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  • If you were looking for jesus in the 2 days
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  • Following his crucifixion, that's all you would have seen,
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  • A tomb, a stone, a military guard.
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  • But oh, that third day,
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  • How the picture changed.
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  • Hello, i'm david jeremiah, and welcome to "turning point"
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  • On this marvelous resurrection day.
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  • But suppose for just a moment that on the third day,
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  • Nothing had changed, that jesus' lifeless body was
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  • Still in the tomb, and the entry was still sealed
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  • By a heavy stone and guarded
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  • By armed soldiers.
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  • What would that mean for mankind?
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  • It's a mental exercise the apostle paul felt
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  • Was worth exploring, and i think you will too
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  • As we ponder what life would be like
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  • If the resurrection had never happened.
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  • So join me for today's special easter message,
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  • "what if?" coming up on "turning point."
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ not a word was heard ♪
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  • ♪ at the tomb that day ♪
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  • ♪ just shuffling ♪
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  • ♪ soldiers' feet ♪
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  • ♪ as they guarded the grave ♪
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  • ♪ one day, two days ♪
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  • ♪ three days had passed ♪
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  • ♪ could it be that ♪
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  • ♪ jesus breathed his last ♪
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  • ♪ could it be that his father ♪
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  • ♪ had forsaken him ♪
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  • ♪ turned his back ♪
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  • ♪ on his son ♪
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  • ♪ despising our sin ♪
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  • ♪ all hell seemed to whisper ♪
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  • ♪ just forget him, he's dead ♪
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  • ♪ then the father looked down ♪
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  • ♪ to his son and said ♪
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  • ♪ arise, my love ♪
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  • ♪ the grave no longer ♪
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  • ♪ has a hold on you ♪
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  • ♪ no more death's sting ♪
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  • ♪ no more suffering ♪
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  • ♪ arise, arise, ♪
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  • ♪ my love ♪
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  • ♪ the earth trembled ♪
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  • ♪ and the tomb began to shake ♪
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  • ♪ and like lightning ♪
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  • ♪ from heaven ♪
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  • ♪ the stone was rolled away ♪
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  • ♪ and as dead men, the guards ♪
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  • ♪ they all stood there ♪
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  • ♪ in fright ♪
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  • ♪ as the power of love ♪
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  • ♪ displayed its might ♪
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  • ♪ then suddenly a melody ♪
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  • ♪ filled the air ♪
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  • ♪ riding wings of wind ♪
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  • ♪ it was everywhere ♪
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  • ♪ the words all creation ♪
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  • ♪ had been longing to hear ♪
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  • ♪ the sweet sound of victory ♪
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  • ♪ so loud and clear ♪
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  • ♪ arise, my love ♪
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  • ♪ the grave no longer ♪
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  • ♪ has a hold on you ♪
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  • ♪ no more death's sting ♪
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  • ♪ no more suffering ♪
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  • ♪ arise, arise ♪
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  • ♪ sin ♪
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  • ♪ where are your shackles ♪
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  • ♪ death, where is your sting ♪
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  • ♪ hell has been defeated ♪
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  • ♪ the grave could not ♪
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  • ♪ hold the king ♪
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  • ♪ arise, my love ♪
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  • ♪ arise ♪
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  • ♪ the grave no longer ♪
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  • ♪ has a hold on you ♪
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  • ♪ no more death's sting ♪
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  • ♪ no more suffering ♪
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  • ♪ arise, arise ♪
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  • ♪ arise, arise ♪♪
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  • Michael sanchez: amen, well, happy easter.
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  • Welcome to shadow mountain community church.
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  • Please sing with us,
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  • "christ the lord is risen today."
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  • ♪ christ the lord is risen today ♪
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  • ♪ alleluia ♪
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  • ♪ sons of men and angels say alleluia ♪
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  • ♪ raise your joys and triumphs high ♪
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  • ♪ alleluia ♪
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  • ♪ sing, ye heavens, and earth reply ♪
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  • ♪ alleluia ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ crown him with many crowns ♪
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  • ♪ the lamb upon his throne ♪
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  • ♪ hark! how the heav'nly anthem drowns ♪
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  • ♪ all music but its own ♪
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  • ♪ awake, my soul, and sing ♪
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  • ♪ of him who died for thee ♪
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  • ♪ and hail him as thy matchless king ♪
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  • ♪ through all eternity ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ crown him the lord of life ♪
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  • ♪ who triumphed o'er the grave ♪
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  • ♪ and rose victorious in the strife ♪
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  • ♪ for those he came to save ♪
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  • ♪ his glories now we sing ♪
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  • ♪ who died, and rose on high ♪
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  • ♪ who died, eternal life to bring ♪
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  • ♪ and lives that death may die ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ soar we now where ♪
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  • ♪ christ has led alleluia ♪
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  • ♪ following our exalted head ♪
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  • ♪ alleluia ♪
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  • ♪ made like him, like him we rise ♪
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  • ♪ alleluia ♪
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  • ♪ ours the cross, the grave, the skies ♪
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  • ♪ alleluia ♪
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  • ♪ alleluia, ♪
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  • ♪ alleluia, ♪
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  • ♪ alleluia ♪♪
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  • [congregation applauding]
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  • Male announcer: coming up on "turning point."
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  • Dr. jeremiah: they had known jesus before his death,
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  • They had seen the brutality
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  • That had been reaped on his body,
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  • And then they saw him after death walking around,
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  • The resurrected son of god.
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  • And everywhere they went, they said,
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  • "he is risen, he is risen indeed."
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  • Announcer: easter is a time for reflection,
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  • Renewal, and reconnection with god, his son,
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  • And those we cherish most.
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  • As you prepare to celebrate and gather with loved ones,
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  • Prepare your heart for this most significant of holidays
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  • With "season of hope, a celebration of easter,"
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  • By dr. jeremiah.
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  • In this beautifully designed book,
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  • You'll discover four ways
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  • To find a deeper spiritual connection
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  • To the savior during the easter season.
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  • Reflect on two foundational easter passages from god's word.
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  • Take a 25-day journey of hope
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  • As experienced through the promise,
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  • People, and places of easter with 25 daily devotionals.
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  • Search for the jesus of easter in the crowds, at the garden,
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  • At the cross, at the tomb, and in the sky
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  • Through five inspirational readings,
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  • And explore 10 answers to questions
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  • To help you better understand the prophecies fulfilled
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  • And the events that occurred that first easter.
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  • This treasury of easter readings
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  • Is sure to become a cherished volume
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  • You will come back to year after year.
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  • "season of hope" is yours for a gift of any amount
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  • In support of "turning point."
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  • Or for a gift of $100 or more, order a four-pack
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  • To share with others.
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  • Celebrate easter with renewed faith,
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  • Understanding, and hope.
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  • Order "season of hope" from "turning point" today.
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  • Tobin davis: jesus is our risen king, and he is
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  • Our victorious king, amen?
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  • Scripture speaks of this, it says, "'where, o death,
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  • Is your victory?
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  • Where, o death, is your sting?'
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  • The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
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  • But thanks be to god!
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  • Who gives us the victory through our lord jesus christ."
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  • There's nobody like jesus.
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  • Let's worship him today in our singing.
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  • ♪ oh, there's nothing better than you ♪
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  • ♪ there's nothing better than you ♪
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  • ♪ lord, there's nothing ♪
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  • ♪ nothing is better than you ♪
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  • Michael: come on, sing at the hymn.
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  • Come on, church.
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  • ♪ oh, there's nothing better than you ♪
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  • ♪ there's nothing better than you ♪
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  • ♪ lord, there's nothing ♪
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  • ♪ nothing is better than you ♪
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  • ♪ you turn mourning to dancing ♪
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  • ♪ you give beauty for ashes ♪
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  • ♪ you turn shame into glory ♪
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  • ♪ you're the only one who can ♪
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  • ♪ you turn mourning to dancing ♪
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  • ♪ you give beauty for ashes ♪
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  • ♪ you turn shame into glory ♪
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  • ♪ you're the only one who can ♪
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  • ♪ you turn graves into gardens ♪
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  • ♪ you turn bones into armies ♪
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  • ♪ you turn seas into highways ♪
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  • ♪ you're the only one who can ♪
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  • ♪ you're the only one who can ♪
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  • ♪ you're the only one who can ♪♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ if you've been forgiven and if you've been redeemed ♪
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  • ♪ sing the song forever to the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ if you walk in freedom and if you bear his name ♪
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  • ♪ sing the song forever to the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ sing the song forever and amen ♪
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  • ♪ and the angels cry holy ♪
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  • ♪ all creation cries holy ♪
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  • ♪ you are lifted high, holy ♪
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  • ♪ holy forever ♪
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  • ♪ hear your people sing holy ♪
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  • ♪ to the king of kings, holy ♪
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  • ♪ you will always be holy ♪
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  • ♪ holy forever ♪
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  • ♪ your name is the highest ♪
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  • ♪ your name is the greatest ♪
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  • ♪ your name stands above them all ♪
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  • ♪ all thrones and dominions ♪
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  • ♪ all powers and positions ♪
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  • ♪ your name stands above them all ♪
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  • ♪ your name is the highest ♪
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  • ♪ your name is the greatest ♪
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  • ♪ your name stands above them all ♪
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  • ♪ all thrones and dominions ♪
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  • ♪ all powers and positions ♪
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  • ♪ your name stands above them all ♪
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  • ♪ and the angels cry holy ♪
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  • ♪ all creation cries holy ♪
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  • ♪ you are lifted high, holy ♪
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  • ♪ holy forever ♪
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  • ♪ hear your people sing holy ♪
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  • ♪ to the king of kings holy ♪
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  • ♪ you will always be holy ♪
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  • ♪ holy forever ♪
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  • ♪ and on that cross your blood was spilled ♪
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  • ♪ and by your stripes i have been healed ♪
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  • ♪ and every promise you've fulfilled ♪
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  • ♪ i believe, i believe ♪
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  • ♪ now you rose again in victory ♪
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  • ♪ and that same power lives in me ♪
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  • ♪ i'm born again ♪
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  • ♪ i'm been made free ♪
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  • ♪ i believe. i believe ♪
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  • ♪ that the gates of hell will not prevail ♪
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  • ♪ your church is still alive and well ♪
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  • ♪ this gospel truth i live to tell ♪
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  • ♪ i believe, yes, i believe ♪
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  • ♪ that one day soon you'll split the sky ♪
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  • ♪ you're coming for a spotless bride ♪
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  • ♪ until my faith has been made sight ♪
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  • ♪ i believe. i believe ♪
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  • ♪ i believe ♪
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  • ♪ you are who you say you are ♪
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  • ♪ you'll do what you say you'll do ♪
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  • ♪ you'll come through ♪
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  • ♪ you are always able ♪
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  • ♪ i believe ♪
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  • ♪ you've already made a way ♪
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  • ♪ so i'm running through parted waves ♪
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  • ♪ straight to you ♪
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  • ♪ you are always faithful ♪
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  • ♪ i believe ♪
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  • ♪ in the cross of jesus christ ♪
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  • ♪ i believe ♪
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  • ♪ and on that day i've run my race ♪
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  • ♪ i'll finally see you face to face ♪
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  • ♪ and nothing there will separate ♪
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  • ♪ i believe, i believe ♪
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  • ♪ i'll join with every tribe and tongue ♪
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  • ♪ and bow before the lamb of god ♪
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  • ♪ singing, "holy, holy, holy." ♪
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  • ♪ i believe, i believe ♪
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  • [congregation applauding]
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ i can see jesus ♪
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  • ♪ high and exalted ♪
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  • ♪ my eyes are fixed ♪
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  • ♪ upon his face ♪
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  • ♪ it shines like the sun ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ i can see jesus ♪
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  • ♪ clothed in glory ♪
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  • ♪ he is high and lifted up ♪
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  • ♪ and his train ♪
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  • ♪ fills the temple ♪
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  • ♪ and all of the angels ♪
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  • ♪ cry holy ♪
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  • ♪ all the saints cry holy ♪
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  • ♪ all creation cries holy ♪
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  • ♪ holy is the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ all praise unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who sits on the throne ♪
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  • ♪ honor and power ♪
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  • ♪ dominion and praise ♪
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  • ♪ unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who was and is ♪
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  • ♪ and is to come ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ i can see jesus ♪
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  • ♪ high and exalted ♪
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  • ♪ my eyes are fixed ♪
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  • ♪ upon his face ♪
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  • ♪ it shines like the sun ♪
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  • ♪ i can see jesus ♪
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  • ♪ clothed in glory ♪
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  • ♪ he is high and lifted up ♪
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  • ♪ and his train ♪
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  • ♪ fills the temple ♪
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  • ♪ and all of the angels ♪
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  • ♪ cry holy ♪
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  • ♪ all the saints cry holy ♪
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  • ♪ all creation cries holy ♪
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  • ♪ holy is the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ all praise unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who sits on the throne ♪
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  • ♪ honor and power ♪
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  • ♪ dominion and praise ♪
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  • ♪ unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who was and is ♪
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  • ♪ and is to come ♪
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  • ♪ all praise unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who sits on the throne ♪
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  • ♪ honor and power ♪
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  • ♪ dominion and praise ♪
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  • ♪ unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who was and is ♪
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  • ♪ and is to come ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ all praise unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who sits on the throne ♪
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  • ♪ honor and power ♪
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  • ♪ dominion and praise ♪
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  • ♪ unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who sits on the throne ♪
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  • ♪ honor and power ♪
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  • ♪ dominion and praise ♪
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  • ♪ unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who sits on the throne ♪
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  • ♪ honor and power ♪
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  • ♪ dominion and praise ♪
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  • ♪ unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who sits on the throne ♪
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  • ♪ honor and power ♪
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  • ♪ dominion and praise ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ all praise unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who sits on the throne ♪
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  • ♪ honor and power ♪
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  • ♪ dominion and praise ♪
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  • ♪ unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who was and is ♪
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  • ♪ and is to come ♪
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  • ♪ all praise unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who sits on the throne ♪
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  • ♪ honor and power ♪
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  • ♪ dominion and praise ♪
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  • ♪ unto the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ who was and is ♪
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  • ♪ and is to come ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪♪
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  • Announcer: easter is a time for reflection,
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  • Renewal, and reconnection with god, his son,
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  • And those we cherish most.
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  • As you prepare to celebrate and gather with loved ones,
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  • Prepare your heart for this most significant of holidays
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  • With "season of hope, a celebration of easter,"
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  • By dr. jeremiah.
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  • In this beautifully designed book,
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  • You'll discover four ways
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  • To find a deeper spiritual connection
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  • To the savior during the easter season.
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  • Reflect on two foundational easter passages from god's word.
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  • Take a 25-day journey of hope
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  • As experienced through the promise,
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  • People, and places of easter with 25 daily devotionals.
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  • Search for the jesus of easter in the crowds, at the garden,
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  • At the cross, at the tomb, and in the sky
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  • Through five inspirational readings,
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  • And explore 10 answers to questions
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  • To help you better understand the prophecies fulfilled
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  • And the events that occurred that first easter.
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  • This treasury of easter readings
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  • Is sure to become a cherished volume
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  • You will come back to year after year.
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  • Understanding, and hope.
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  • Order "season of hope" from "turning point" today.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • David: some of you may know that one of the great
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  • Reformation leaders of the past, a guy by the name
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  • Of martin luther, suffered from huge bouts of depression.
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  • For days, he would have a hard time just functioning.
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  • And he tried a lot of things, and he had a wonderful wife.
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  • And the story is that one day, he was at breakfast,
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  • And she came down, and she was dressed
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  • In black.
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  • And he asked her why she was dressed like that, and she said,
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  • "well, i'm in mourning."
  • 00:29:44.165 --> 00:29:46.034
  • He then says, "what do you mean, 'i'm in mourning'"?
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  • She said, "well, i'm in mourning."
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  • He says, "well, who died?" she said, "god died."
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  • And he said, "well, you know better than that.
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  • You know that god did not die, so why are you dressed
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  • In black?"
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  • And she said, "well martin,
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  • You're living as if god had died, and i thought i could get
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  • Your attention by maybe showing you that he isn't dead, that he
  • 00:30:03.284 --> 00:30:07.522
  • Has risen from the dead, and he is alive, and you needed
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  • To start living like he was alive."
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  • So even preachers get in your face messages
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  • Once in a while, and that was one for martin luther.
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  • What she was doing that day was not trying to prove
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  • The resurrection.
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  • She was trying to pretend that it hadn't happened.
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  • She was trying to get him to look at his life, and realize
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  • That sometimes you forget things that are important,
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  • And it affects the way you live every day.
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  • And that's what paul was trying to do, i believe,
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  • In the 15th chapter of the book of 1 corinthians.
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  • For in this chapter, he talks in a certain section
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  • Of the chapter about what would be true
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  • If there was not a resurrection of christ from the dead.
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  • In fact, in a span of nine verses, he uses the word
  • 00:30:53.635 --> 00:30:56.838
  • "if" six times.
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  • What if christ had not been resurrected from the grave?
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  • Just suppose for a moment, he wants us to think, that the
  • 00:31:04.178 --> 00:31:08.349
  • Resurrection of jesus christ is untrue.
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  • What if the women who went to the tomb
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  • On that first easter sunday found that the stone was
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  • Still in place, and the soldiers
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  • Were still marching up and down in front of the tomb?
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  • What if nothing had changed at all when they arrived?
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  • What if these women had to live by the memory of those cold,
  • 00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:28.269
  • Dead eyes, and the body of jesus as it was taken
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  • Down from the cross?
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  • What if jesus christ had not come back from the grave?
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  • In the verses that we're going to look at today
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  • From 1 corinthians chapter 15, paul focuses attention
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  • On that particular subject.
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  • He poses this question: what if jesus christ is not
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  • Risen from the dead?
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  • What then? what are the implications?
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  • And systematically, he lays out for us in just a few verses
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  • Five tragedies that are true if there is no easter
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  • And if jesus is not risen from the grave.
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  • First of all, in the 14th verse of the 15th chapter, he says
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  • To us that if there is no resurrection from the dead,
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  • If christ is not risen, then our preaching is
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  • Foolishness.
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  • And since i am a preacher, that gets my attention.
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  • When paul says that our preaching is empty,
  • 00:32:21.589 --> 00:32:24.692
  • What he is saying, that if there is no resurrection, there's no
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  • Foundation for any preaching.
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  • He says if you took away every passage
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  • Of the new testament that referred
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  • To the resurrection, what you would have left is
  • 00:32:33.768 --> 00:32:35.603
  • Simply a collection of writings so mutilated that you would
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  • Never be able to make any sense out of them.
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  • Without the resurrection, there is no core
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  • To the gospel message.
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  • You see, the resurrection is the cardinal truth
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  • Of the gospel.
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  • Yes, i know the death is important, the death of christ
  • 00:32:50.118 --> 00:32:52.587
  • Is critical, and we celebrate it on good friday.
  • 00:32:52.587 --> 00:32:55.423
  • But if the death of christ is all we have, there's nothing
  • 00:32:55.423 --> 00:32:57.892
  • To celebrate.
  • 00:32:57.892 --> 00:32:59.227
  • You never celebrate a death.
  • 00:32:59.227 --> 00:33:01.662
  • The celebration is because he came out of the grave,
  • 00:33:01.662 --> 00:33:04.432
  • Victorious over death, and that's why easter is
  • 00:33:04.432 --> 00:33:07.535
  • So important.
  • 00:33:07.535 --> 00:33:09.203
  • Some people argue, "well, i don't get all of this,
  • 00:33:09.203 --> 00:33:11.973
  • Dr. jeremiah.
  • 00:33:11.973 --> 00:33:13.574
  • The resurrection is just a part of jesus' story, and if i don't
  • 00:33:13.574 --> 00:33:17.078
  • Happen to believe in that, that doesn't mean the rest of it
  • 00:33:17.078 --> 00:33:19.447
  • Goes away.
  • 00:33:19.447 --> 00:33:20.782
  • I mean, jesus did a lot of good things,
  • 00:33:20.782 --> 00:33:22.550
  • He said a lot of good things, he did a lot of miracles.
  • 00:33:22.550 --> 00:33:25.186
  • Why can't i just enjoy all of that and not have to deal
  • 00:33:25.186 --> 00:33:27.889
  • With the resurrection?
  • 00:33:27.889 --> 00:33:29.223
  • I mean, what about the sermon on the mount?
  • 00:33:29.223 --> 00:33:30.925
  • That was so wonderful.
  • 00:33:30.925 --> 00:33:32.260
  • I'm into all of that stuff about jesus.
  • 00:33:32.260 --> 00:33:34.929
  • I'm just not into his resurrection."
  • 00:33:34.929 --> 00:33:38.199
  • But unfortunately, that isn't an option.
  • 00:33:38.199 --> 00:33:42.170
  • If you take all of the other things
  • 00:33:42.170 --> 00:33:43.805
  • That are written about christ, and you gather them all together
  • 00:33:43.805 --> 00:33:46.441
  • In both his words and his teachings,
  • 00:33:46.441 --> 00:33:49.077
  • And you put all these things together, and you take christ
  • 00:33:49.077 --> 00:33:52.680
  • And put him back in the tomb,
  • 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.582
  • You can just throw everything else away.
  • 00:33:54.582 --> 00:33:56.684
  • If jesus christ is still in the tomb someplace,
  • 00:33:56.684 --> 00:33:59.253
  • What he did and what he said on this earth is of no value
  • 00:33:59.253 --> 00:34:02.123
  • To us, any more than any other teacher
  • 00:34:02.123 --> 00:34:04.892
  • Of that time.
  • 00:34:04.892 --> 00:34:07.328
  • When christ came out of the grave, he proved
  • 00:34:07.328 --> 00:34:09.597
  • That what he had said he would do, he did.
  • 00:34:09.597 --> 00:34:13.334
  • He proved that he had the power over death and life.
  • 00:34:13.334 --> 00:34:16.904
  • He proved that what he did on the cross to take
  • 00:34:16.904 --> 00:34:19.073
  • Away our sin was sufficient, and almighty god answered
  • 00:34:19.073 --> 00:34:22.577
  • From heaven by allowing him to come back to life from death.
  • 00:34:22.577 --> 00:34:27.949
  • So paul's first what-if is this.
  • 00:34:27.949 --> 00:34:30.451
  • If christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty.
  • 00:34:30.451 --> 00:34:36.290
  • If christ is not risen, that means
  • 00:34:36.290 --> 00:34:37.959
  • That the son of the living god, the creator of the universe,
  • 00:34:37.959 --> 00:34:41.729
  • Could be killed forever by a hammer and some nails.
  • 00:34:41.729 --> 00:34:45.766
  • If that is true, that means that he can be imprisoned
  • 00:34:45.766 --> 00:34:48.703
  • Forever in a grave, bound by an embalmer's cloth,
  • 00:34:48.703 --> 00:34:52.206
  • Until time shall be no more.
  • 00:34:52.206 --> 00:34:54.876
  • That means that a stone and a seal can shut him up
  • 00:34:54.876 --> 00:34:58.012
  • Forever.
  • 00:34:58.012 --> 00:34:59.347
  • That is not the gospel of the word of god.
  • 00:34:59.347 --> 00:35:01.449
  • That is some liberal message, fostered by those who have
  • 00:35:01.449 --> 00:35:04.385
  • Determined not to believe in christ.
  • 00:35:04.385 --> 00:35:07.722
  • I have to tell you, i love preaching more
  • 00:35:07.722 --> 00:35:10.558
  • Than anything else that i do.
  • 00:35:10.558 --> 00:35:14.228
  • But if jesus christ did not come out of the grave, there's
  • 00:35:14.228 --> 00:35:18.533
  • No reason for me to preach.
  • 00:35:18.533 --> 00:35:20.935
  • If i did not believe in the resurrection
  • 00:35:20.935 --> 00:35:22.870
  • Of jesus christ, i would resign from my job, and i would never
  • 00:35:22.870 --> 00:35:26.374
  • Preach again, for the only thing i have to offer anybody
  • 00:35:26.374 --> 00:35:30.378
  • From this pulpit from the word of god is
  • 00:35:30.378 --> 00:35:32.713
  • The message of hope in the risen christ.
  • 00:35:32.713 --> 00:35:36.384
  • Paul is teaching us the absolute priority
  • 00:35:36.384 --> 00:35:38.920
  • Of the resurrection.
  • 00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:40.254
  • If christ is not risen from the dead, he says,
  • 00:35:40.254 --> 00:35:43.124
  • The gospel message is without any meaning at all.
  • 00:35:43.124 --> 00:35:47.228
  • There is no reason for anyone to preach, and we have no hope
  • 00:35:47.228 --> 00:35:50.865
  • To offer the world.
  • 00:35:50.865 --> 00:35:53.000
  • But it's not just about preachers.
  • 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:55.403
  • He has something to say about you and to all of us
  • 00:35:55.403 --> 00:35:57.672
  • In that respect.
  • 00:35:57.672 --> 00:35:59.840
  • In verses 14 and 17 of the 15th chapter, he tells us
  • 00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:03.211
  • That if there is no resurrection,
  • 00:36:03.211 --> 00:36:05.112
  • There is no such thing as personal faith in god.
  • 00:36:05.112 --> 00:36:09.016
  • He says in verse 14, "and if christ is not risen,
  • 00:36:09.016 --> 00:36:12.453
  • Then your faith is empty."
  • 00:36:12.453 --> 00:36:15.423
  • And in verse 17, "and if christ is not risen, your faith is
  • 00:36:15.423 --> 00:36:19.827
  • Futile, and you are still in your sins."
  • 00:36:19.827 --> 00:36:24.332
  • The crucifixion of christ reminds us that we have
  • 00:36:24.332 --> 00:36:27.535
  • Only two choices in life.
  • 00:36:27.535 --> 00:36:30.938
  • Either christ bears our sin
  • 00:36:30.938 --> 00:36:34.775
  • On his body on the cross, or we bear our sins
  • 00:36:34.775 --> 00:36:39.814
  • Ourselves.
  • 00:36:39.814 --> 00:36:41.449
  • If we put our trust in him, he promises that he will take
  • 00:36:41.449 --> 00:36:44.285
  • All of our sin away from us, and place it on himself,
  • 00:36:44.285 --> 00:36:48.055
  • And pay for it by what he did on the cross.
  • 00:36:48.055 --> 00:36:50.558
  • However, if we choose not to do that, all of the weight
  • 00:36:50.558 --> 00:36:54.829
  • Of our sin rests on us.
  • 00:36:54.829 --> 00:36:59.667
  • But if jesus didn't come out of the grave
  • 00:36:59.667 --> 00:37:01.535
  • On that particular easter sunday 2,000 years ago,
  • 00:37:01.535 --> 00:37:04.438
  • We're still in our sins.
  • 00:37:04.438 --> 00:37:06.274
  • Our sins aren't forgiven.
  • 00:37:06.274 --> 00:37:07.742
  • We still have to deal with them ourselves.
  • 00:37:07.742 --> 00:37:09.944
  • And one of these days, we're going to stand before a holy,
  • 00:37:09.944 --> 00:37:12.613
  • Righteous god to have to give an account of all the things
  • 00:37:12.613 --> 00:37:15.182
  • That we have done that have violated
  • 00:37:15.182 --> 00:37:17.084
  • His holy standard, whether in word or deed,
  • 00:37:17.084 --> 00:37:19.887
  • Whether by omission or commission.
  • 00:37:19.887 --> 00:37:22.156
  • We will stand with our sins before a holy god if there is
  • 00:37:22.156 --> 00:37:25.826
  • No resurrection from the dead.
  • 00:37:25.826 --> 00:37:28.996
  • I still remember the day as a teenager when i asked
  • 00:37:28.996 --> 00:37:33.701
  • Christ to come into my life and forgive me.
  • 00:37:33.701 --> 00:37:37.204
  • Some of you may know that i grew up
  • 00:37:37.204 --> 00:37:38.906
  • In a pastor's home, so what chance did i have?
  • 00:37:38.906 --> 00:37:42.610
  • I used to tell people that when i was little,
  • 00:37:42.610 --> 00:37:44.111
  • I had a drug problem, i was drug to church every week.
  • 00:37:44.111 --> 00:37:47.181
  • I mean, that's the way it was.
  • 00:37:47.181 --> 00:37:50.051
  • But you know, i had a lot of preliminary experiences
  • 00:37:50.051 --> 00:37:53.688
  • With the lord, as most children do,
  • 00:37:53.688 --> 00:37:56.490
  • In vacation bible school, in sunday school.
  • 00:37:56.490 --> 00:37:59.593
  • But when i was a teenager, i really, really
  • 00:37:59.593 --> 00:38:02.596
  • For the first time myself understood
  • 00:38:02.596 --> 00:38:04.765
  • The implications of the gospel, and made what i believe to be
  • 00:38:04.765 --> 00:38:08.502
  • A meaningful decision to trust christ, knowing what i needed
  • 00:38:08.502 --> 00:38:12.173
  • To know to make that decision.
  • 00:38:12.173 --> 00:38:14.408
  • And i have to tell you that when i did that, i didn't
  • 00:38:14.408 --> 00:38:16.410
  • Have any emotional response to it, i didn't cry.
  • 00:38:16.410 --> 00:38:19.480
  • I'm not much of a crier.
  • 00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:21.349
  • I didn't run around the house with my hands up high, singing,
  • 00:38:21.349 --> 00:38:23.884
  • Or anything like that.
  • 00:38:23.884 --> 00:38:26.220
  • But what i do remember, and it's interesting
  • 00:38:26.220 --> 00:38:28.289
  • That after all these years i still remember this,
  • 00:38:28.289 --> 00:38:31.525
  • I remember that i felt like something was lifted
  • 00:38:31.525 --> 00:38:34.595
  • Off of me, that i didn't have the weight of sin that i didn't
  • 00:38:34.595 --> 00:38:38.699
  • Know how to deal with.
  • 00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:40.434
  • It's a strange thing because i don't--i don't get
  • 00:38:40.434 --> 00:38:42.870
  • Into all of the emotional things that many people do.
  • 00:38:42.870 --> 00:38:45.139
  • I just kind of felt lighter.
  • 00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:47.174
  • I was free of the burden of my sin.
  • 00:38:47.174 --> 00:38:49.944
  • It was no longer on me.
  • 00:38:49.944 --> 00:38:51.278
  • For the first time, i realized that god loved me,
  • 00:38:51.278 --> 00:38:54.148
  • And that christ had died for me, and that he had taken
  • 00:38:54.148 --> 00:38:56.650
  • All of my sin off of me, and now it was on him.
  • 00:38:56.650 --> 00:39:01.856
  • That is why christ came into the world, and that is why
  • 00:39:01.856 --> 00:39:04.358
  • He died on the cross.
  • 00:39:04.358 --> 00:39:05.693
  • But 3 days later, he came out of the grave, proving
  • 00:39:05.693 --> 00:39:08.929
  • Beyond any doubt that he
  • 00:39:08.929 --> 00:39:11.098
  • Who claimed to be the son of god and able
  • 00:39:11.098 --> 00:39:13.634
  • To forgive sin would and could do it, and did do it.
  • 00:39:13.634 --> 00:39:18.672
  • If jesus christ is not risen from the dead, our faith is
  • 00:39:18.672 --> 00:39:22.209
  • Futile, and we still carry all of our own sins
  • 00:39:22.209 --> 00:39:25.446
  • On ourselves.
  • 00:39:25.446 --> 00:39:28.048
  • Third, if there is no resurrection, our profession
  • 00:39:28.048 --> 00:39:31.285
  • Is false.
  • 00:39:31.285 --> 00:39:33.220
  • It says in verse 15, "yes, and we are found false
  • 00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:36.724
  • Witnesses of god, because we have testified of god
  • 00:39:36.724 --> 00:39:40.861
  • That he raised up christ, whom he did not raise up,
  • 00:39:40.861 --> 00:39:44.365
  • If in fact the dead do not rise."
  • 00:39:44.365 --> 00:39:46.233
  • Now, watch this.
  • 00:39:46.233 --> 00:39:47.902
  • The book of acts is the story of the birth
  • 00:39:47.902 --> 00:39:51.172
  • Of the early church.
  • 00:39:51.172 --> 00:39:52.840
  • It begins primarily with the ascension of christ,
  • 00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:55.743
  • And then the day of pentecost, and how the church in jerusalem
  • 00:39:55.743 --> 00:39:59.313
  • Began to grow.
  • 00:39:59.313 --> 00:40:00.748
  • And the bible says that one of the first services
  • 00:40:00.748 --> 00:40:02.883
  • They ever had, peter was the preacher, and when he
  • 00:40:02.883 --> 00:40:05.085
  • Got done preaching, 3,000 people got saved.
  • 00:40:05.085 --> 00:40:08.422
  • And if you study the historic documents that go
  • 00:40:08.422 --> 00:40:11.358
  • With that period of time, what you learn is
  • 00:40:11.358 --> 00:40:13.461
  • That in the early church in jerusalem,
  • 00:40:13.461 --> 00:40:15.129
  • There probably were about 100,000 members
  • 00:40:15.129 --> 00:40:17.932
  • Of the church in just a few weeks.
  • 00:40:17.932 --> 00:40:20.100
  • The church just exploded.
  • 00:40:20.100 --> 00:40:22.136
  • And it exploded for two reasons.
  • 00:40:22.136 --> 00:40:24.271
  • First of all, because of the day of pentecost,
  • 00:40:24.271 --> 00:40:26.073
  • When the holy spirit came down and filled everybody
  • 00:40:26.073 --> 00:40:27.908
  • With himself.
  • 00:40:27.908 --> 00:40:29.243
  • But it exploded also because of the preaching
  • 00:40:29.243 --> 00:40:31.812
  • That happened.
  • 00:40:31.812 --> 00:40:33.147
  • The apostles were preachers, and they went everywhere
  • 00:40:33.147 --> 00:40:35.749
  • Preaching the gospel.
  • 00:40:35.749 --> 00:40:38.285
  • But if you study what they preached,
  • 00:40:38.285 --> 00:40:40.554
  • You'll be amazed.
  • 00:40:40.554 --> 00:40:41.889
  • There are 19 sermons or addresses
  • 00:40:41.889 --> 00:40:45.526
  • In the book of acts, and every one of them are
  • 00:40:45.526 --> 00:40:49.029
  • About the same thing.
  • 00:40:49.029 --> 00:40:50.931
  • They are about the resurrection of jesus christ.
  • 00:40:50.931 --> 00:40:54.134
  • You say, "well, why would that be true?"
  • 00:40:54.134 --> 00:40:55.936
  • Well, i'm going to show you just a couple of places,
  • 00:40:55.936 --> 00:40:57.872
  • And you see if you don't understand
  • 00:40:57.872 --> 00:40:59.306
  • Why this was such a dynamic thing
  • 00:40:59.306 --> 00:41:01.041
  • In their lives.
  • 00:41:01.041 --> 00:41:02.743
  • We begin to read this when you see peter preaching
  • 00:41:02.743 --> 00:41:05.713
  • On the day of pentecost.
  • 00:41:05.713 --> 00:41:07.715
  • And when he got done preaching and 3,000 people got saved,
  • 00:41:07.715 --> 00:41:10.384
  • This is what it says.
  • 00:41:10.384 --> 00:41:11.719
  • He preached this, "this jesus god has raised up,
  • 00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:17.358
  • Of whom we are all witnesses."
  • 00:41:17.358 --> 00:41:22.429
  • Over and over again, you see that phrase.
  • 00:41:22.429 --> 00:41:24.098
  • When peter healed the lame man at the gate of the temple,
  • 00:41:24.098 --> 00:41:27.134
  • And a whole crowd of people showed up
  • 00:41:27.134 --> 00:41:29.103
  • Because of the miracle.
  • 00:41:29.103 --> 00:41:30.538
  • He spoke these words, listen again, "but you denied
  • 00:41:30.538 --> 00:41:34.208
  • The holy one and the just, and you asked for a murderer
  • 00:41:34.208 --> 00:41:36.911
  • To be granted to you, and you killed the prince
  • 00:41:36.911 --> 00:41:38.679
  • Of life, whom god raised from the dead, of which we are
  • 00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:43.017
  • All witnesses."
  • 00:41:43.017 --> 00:41:47.421
  • After the supernatural escape from prison, the apostles
  • 00:41:47.421 --> 00:41:49.990
  • Again spoke of the resurrection.
  • 00:41:49.990 --> 00:41:51.992
  • And they said, "the god of our fathers raised
  • 00:41:51.992 --> 00:41:54.595
  • Up jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree,
  • 00:41:54.595 --> 00:41:57.197
  • And we are his witnesses."
  • 00:41:57.197 --> 00:42:01.669
  • The apostles knew who jesus was.
  • 00:42:01.669 --> 00:42:04.638
  • They had seen him in his resurrection body.
  • 00:42:04.638 --> 00:42:07.408
  • These are the apostles who had seen him hanging on a tree,
  • 00:42:07.408 --> 00:42:10.878
  • So dead that the soldiers didn't even break his legs.
  • 00:42:10.878 --> 00:42:14.582
  • They had seen his limp, dead body taken down
  • 00:42:14.582 --> 00:42:17.585
  • Off the cross, and hundreds of pounds of spices
  • 00:42:17.585 --> 00:42:20.521
  • Rolled into the fabric with which he was entombed.
  • 00:42:20.521 --> 00:42:23.757
  • They saw him placed in the grave, and the stone put
  • 00:42:23.757 --> 00:42:26.794
  • Across the mouth of the tomb.
  • 00:42:26.794 --> 00:42:28.295
  • And then on easter, they saw this same person, undeniably
  • 00:42:28.295 --> 00:42:32.933
  • Identified by the prints in his hands and in his feet,
  • 00:42:32.933 --> 00:42:36.604
  • And they saw him walking around in a resurrected body.
  • 00:42:36.604 --> 00:42:42.376
  • And they couldn't help but tell everybody what they had seen.
  • 00:42:42.376 --> 00:42:46.580
  • Put yourself in their shoes.
  • 00:42:46.580 --> 00:42:48.515
  • They had known jesus before his death.
  • 00:42:48.515 --> 00:42:50.851
  • They had seen the brutality that had been wreaked
  • 00:42:50.851 --> 00:42:53.454
  • On his body.
  • 00:42:53.454 --> 00:42:54.788
  • And then they saw him after death, walking around,
  • 00:42:54.788 --> 00:42:58.359
  • The resurrected son of god.
  • 00:42:58.359 --> 00:43:00.027
  • And everywhere they went, they said, "he is risen,
  • 00:43:00.027 --> 00:43:03.130
  • He is risen indeed."
  • 00:43:03.130 --> 00:43:05.566
  • One pastor reminds us that if the apostles,
  • 00:43:05.566 --> 00:43:07.735
  • The prophets, and the new testament writers
  • 00:43:07.735 --> 00:43:10.070
  • Lied about this,
  • 00:43:10.070 --> 00:43:12.072
  • If they were false witnesses, why should we believe them
  • 00:43:12.072 --> 00:43:16.176
  • About anything else?
  • 00:43:16.176 --> 00:43:17.544
  • If they went around telling everybody he is alive and he
  • 00:43:17.544 --> 00:43:19.913
  • Wasn't--and by the way, almost all the new testament was
  • 00:43:19.913 --> 00:43:23.384
  • Written by these guys, 13 of the books
  • 00:43:23.384 --> 00:43:25.753
  • Of the new testament written by these apostles.
  • 00:43:25.753 --> 00:43:28.355
  • If they're not telling us the truth
  • 00:43:28.355 --> 00:43:29.990
  • About the resurrection, why should we believe anything
  • 00:43:29.990 --> 00:43:32.259
  • That they say?
  • 00:43:32.259 --> 00:43:33.927
  • You see, it's not like you can just set the resurrection
  • 00:43:33.927 --> 00:43:36.230
  • Over here and say this is optional belief for a believer.
  • 00:43:36.230 --> 00:43:39.333
  • You don't get to do that.
  • 00:43:39.333 --> 00:43:40.668
  • If you don't believe in the resurrection,
  • 00:43:40.668 --> 00:43:42.002
  • Everything falls apart.
  • 00:43:42.002 --> 00:43:43.437
  • Because everybody who is a part of that story witnessed
  • 00:43:43.437 --> 00:43:48.108
  • That it was true.
  • 00:43:48.108 --> 00:43:50.377
  • And these are the people who have written to us
  • 00:43:50.377 --> 00:43:52.112
  • The instructions as how to live as christians.
  • 00:43:52.112 --> 00:43:54.581
  • These are the apostles, the witnesses
  • 00:43:54.581 --> 00:43:57.151
  • Of the resurrection.
  • 00:43:57.151 --> 00:43:58.552
  • And paul says if christ is not risen,
  • 00:43:58.552 --> 00:44:02.656
  • They're all false witnesses, they're deceitful people.
  • 00:44:02.656 --> 00:44:06.126
  • Here's the fourth thing he wants us to know, that if there is no
  • 00:44:06.126 --> 00:44:07.995
  • Resurrection, our promise for the future is fraudulent.
  • 00:44:07.995 --> 00:44:12.299
  • I love verse 18, he says, "then also," if he is not risen,
  • 00:44:12.299 --> 00:44:15.903
  • "those who have fallen asleep in christ have perished."
  • 00:44:15.903 --> 00:44:19.840
  • Now, let me explain the first part of that
  • 00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:21.308
  • Very quickly.
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  • Paul is not talking about the kind of sleep
  • 00:44:22.643 --> 00:44:24.511
  • That some of you do in church.
  • 00:44:24.511 --> 00:44:26.680
  • He is talking about a different kind of sleep.
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  • This is a metaphor for death.
  • 00:44:29.316 --> 00:44:32.853
  • In the new testament, the word "sleep" is often used
  • 00:44:32.853 --> 00:44:35.022
  • As a metaphor for death.
  • 00:44:35.022 --> 00:44:38.759
  • And he's talking about dying.
  • 00:44:38.759 --> 00:44:42.930
  • He's telling us that if there is no resurrection, then those who
  • 00:44:42.930 --> 00:44:47.868
  • Have died, it's over, they've perished.
  • 00:44:47.868 --> 00:44:54.174
  • If jesus didn't come out of the grave,
  • 00:44:54.174 --> 00:44:56.243
  • Nobody else is going to come out of the grave either.
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  • If the resurrection didn't happen, if he did not
  • 00:44:59.012 --> 00:45:01.381
  • Conquer death by his resurrection
  • 00:45:01.381 --> 00:45:03.684
  • From the grave, there is no hope that anyone will ever live again
  • 00:45:03.684 --> 00:45:07.755
  • After they die.
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  • I know that, one day, i'm going to see my mother and my father
  • 00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:14.495
  • In heaven because they trusted in christ, and i'm going to see
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  • My sister and others that i have known and been close to
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  • Over the years who have gone on to be with the lord.
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  • They're in heaven.
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  • My hope for heaven is based upon what jesus did when he came
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  • Out of the grave.
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  • When he came out of the grave, he put his foot on the neck
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  • Of death and he broke it.
  • 00:45:33.247 --> 00:45:35.215
  • And death is broken because he broke through death so that we
  • 00:45:35.215 --> 00:45:38.952
  • Would have hope that, after his resurrection,
  • 00:45:38.952 --> 00:45:42.289
  • One day we are going to be raised again to life.
  • 00:45:42.289 --> 00:45:46.293
  • So, let's review.
  • 00:45:46.293 --> 00:45:48.428
  • If there's no resurrection, preaching is foolishness.
  • 00:45:48.428 --> 00:45:51.665
  • If there's no resurrection, personal faith is futile.
  • 00:45:51.665 --> 00:45:54.935
  • If there's no resurrection, our professions are false.
  • 00:45:54.935 --> 00:45:58.305
  • And if there's no resurrection, our promise for the future is
  • 00:45:58.305 --> 00:46:01.308
  • Fraudulent.
  • 00:46:01.308 --> 00:46:02.643
  • But here's the last one.
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  • If there's no resurrection, our prospect for life
  • 00:46:03.977 --> 00:46:06.313
  • Is fantasy.
  • 00:46:06.313 --> 00:46:07.748
  • You see, the resurrection not only is about the past
  • 00:46:07.748 --> 00:46:11.084
  • And about the future, but it's also about the here
  • 00:46:11.084 --> 00:46:13.587
  • And now.
  • 00:46:13.587 --> 00:46:14.922
  • Listen to what paul says in verse 19.
  • 00:46:14.922 --> 00:46:16.924
  • He says, "if in this life," in this life in which we live
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  • Right now, only in this life, "we have hope in christ,
  • 00:46:20.127 --> 00:46:24.264
  • We are of all men most pitiable."
  • 00:46:24.264 --> 00:46:26.700
  • In other words, if we don't have christ, our resurrected lord
  • 00:46:26.700 --> 00:46:30.571
  • As our hope, even what we do in the current life begins
  • 00:46:30.571 --> 00:46:35.142
  • To come unraveled.
  • 00:46:35.142 --> 00:46:36.810
  • If all i am living for in the here and now is the here
  • 00:46:36.810 --> 00:46:40.047
  • And now, that's not enough because it continues to recycle
  • 00:46:40.047 --> 00:46:46.086
  • Itself, and it doesn't come out in the right place.
  • 00:46:46.086 --> 00:46:49.223
  • I need something much more powerful to hinge
  • 00:46:49.223 --> 00:46:51.625
  • My life on than just what's going to happen tomorrow.
  • 00:46:51.625 --> 00:46:54.828
  • I need to know that my life is meaningful, and that it has
  • 00:46:54.828 --> 00:46:58.131
  • A purpose beyond this life.
  • 00:46:58.131 --> 00:47:01.235
  • Someone has said that when you become a christian, you cast
  • 00:47:01.235 --> 00:47:03.637
  • An anchor into heaven, and it's twirled around the throne
  • 00:47:03.637 --> 00:47:06.506
  • Of god, and that anchor continues to pull you
  • 00:47:06.506 --> 00:47:09.309
  • Toward the father.
  • 00:47:09.309 --> 00:47:11.178
  • And every day, you realize you're connected to eternity.
  • 00:47:11.178 --> 00:47:14.882
  • But if you don't have a connection
  • 00:47:14.882 --> 00:47:16.617
  • To what comes after this life, then the life you live now
  • 00:47:16.617 --> 00:47:19.686
  • Will have its good moments and its bad moments,
  • 00:47:19.686 --> 00:47:21.955
  • But it won't have any meaningful moments
  • 00:47:21.955 --> 00:47:25.893
  • That will keep you going and give you hope.
  • 00:47:25.893 --> 00:47:28.795
  • If we don't know that there is a future with god,
  • 00:47:28.795 --> 00:47:34.101
  • It affects our future with god, but it also affects the here
  • 00:47:34.101 --> 00:47:38.338
  • And now.
  • 00:47:38.338 --> 00:47:39.673
  • Here's the way i like to say it.
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  • If you get heaven, you get heaven and now as well.
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  • But if you don't get heaven, you don't get either one.
  • 00:47:44.211 --> 00:47:46.546
  • If you don't get heaven, you don't get the future and you
  • 00:47:46.546 --> 00:47:48.482
  • Don't get meaningful life.
  • 00:47:48.482 --> 00:47:50.350
  • The reason my life is meaningful is because, even though i know
  • 00:47:50.350 --> 00:47:53.287
  • There are issues and troubles and difficulties here,
  • 00:47:53.287 --> 00:47:56.156
  • I'm living my life for something beyond my death.
  • 00:47:56.156 --> 00:48:01.728
  • My life has a meaning because of eternity,
  • 00:48:01.728 --> 00:48:03.864
  • And because that christ is there.
  • 00:48:03.864 --> 00:48:05.399
  • And one day, i'm going to be with him.
  • 00:48:05.399 --> 00:48:06.934
  • And one day, i'm going to spend eternity with him.
  • 00:48:06.934 --> 00:48:08.835
  • And everything i do on this earth is connected
  • 00:48:08.835 --> 00:48:11.338
  • To that in some way.
  • 00:48:11.338 --> 00:48:12.673
  • And i'm still learning as i grow in christ how that all works,
  • 00:48:12.673 --> 00:48:16.710
  • But what i know is that heaven and the future and life
  • 00:48:16.710 --> 00:48:19.980
  • After death, and understanding how that works in my life,
  • 00:48:19.980 --> 00:48:24.084
  • Brings meaning and hope to every day.
  • 00:48:24.084 --> 00:48:27.921
  • If we only have this life, if all we have is living
  • 00:48:27.921 --> 00:48:33.060
  • For now, paul says that's
  • 00:48:33.060 --> 00:48:36.196
  • Not enough.
  • 00:48:36.196 --> 00:48:37.731
  • And many of you have told me over the years you've discovered
  • 00:48:37.731 --> 00:48:40.200
  • That as well.
  • 00:48:40.200 --> 00:48:42.035
  • When you find christ, you find the center of meaning.
  • 00:48:42.035 --> 00:48:46.907
  • Often, we have said it this way.
  • 00:48:46.907 --> 00:48:48.875
  • When god created you, he built you with a god-shaped vacuum
  • 00:48:48.875 --> 00:48:52.112
  • In your heart.
  • 00:48:52.112 --> 00:48:53.680
  • And until god is in that place, you feel incomplete
  • 00:48:53.680 --> 00:48:57.918
  • And something of an emptiness.
  • 00:48:57.918 --> 00:49:01.054
  • The purpose of paul's argument here is this.
  • 00:49:01.054 --> 00:49:04.324
  • If christ is not risen, everything we hold dear
  • 00:49:04.324 --> 00:49:07.561
  • As followers of him falls apart.
  • 00:49:07.561 --> 00:49:10.697
  • But i'm glad he didn't end his little message
  • 00:49:10.697 --> 00:49:13.600
  • On kind of a negative list of tragedies.
  • 00:49:13.600 --> 00:49:17.938
  • He gets through with all of these what-ifs.
  • 00:49:17.938 --> 00:49:20.107
  • And when he gets through with all of the what-ifs,
  • 00:49:20.107 --> 00:49:22.542
  • He comes to the 20th verse of this 15th chapter.
  • 00:49:22.542 --> 00:49:27.214
  • And in this verse, he puts it all into perspective.
  • 00:49:27.214 --> 00:49:31.151
  • It's no longer what if, what if, what if, but it is,
  • 00:49:31.151 --> 00:49:34.488
  • "but now christ is risen from the dead, and he has
  • 00:49:34.488 --> 00:49:38.859
  • Become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep."
  • 00:49:38.859 --> 00:49:44.398
  • The scripture says that jesus christ is not
  • 00:49:44.398 --> 00:49:46.266
  • In a tomb.
  • 00:49:46.266 --> 00:49:47.601
  • He is risen from the dead.
  • 00:49:47.601 --> 00:49:50.170
  • He is alive forevermore.
  • 00:49:50.170 --> 00:49:51.872
  • And because he lives, we too shall live.
  • 00:49:51.872 --> 00:49:55.242
  • And that is the hope of easter, and that is the hope
  • 00:49:55.242 --> 00:49:57.511
  • Of the gospel.
  • 00:49:57.511 --> 00:49:58.845
  • And without the resurrection, there is no gospel, there is
  • 00:49:58.845 --> 00:50:01.181
  • Nothing really to believe in except a fantasy story
  • 00:50:01.181 --> 00:50:04.051
  • About a good man who walked on this earth many years ago.
  • 00:50:04.051 --> 00:50:07.788
  • But if he really did what the scripture says he did,
  • 00:50:07.788 --> 00:50:11.191
  • And what historians have adequately proven he did,
  • 00:50:11.191 --> 00:50:14.461
  • If by his own power on the third day
  • 00:50:14.461 --> 00:50:16.763
  • After his death, he walked out of that tomb victorious
  • 00:50:16.763 --> 00:50:19.866
  • Over death, and says to us, "because i live, you too
  • 00:50:19.866 --> 00:50:24.304
  • Shall live," it is worthy of us to put our trust
  • 00:50:24.304 --> 00:50:28.341
  • In him both for now and forever.
  • 00:50:28.341 --> 00:50:33.647
  • Don't miss this point. he is risen, he is living.
  • 00:50:33.647 --> 00:50:36.783
  • He is the one who said to the sister of lazarus,
  • 00:50:36.783 --> 00:50:41.354
  • "i am the resurrection and the life.
  • 00:50:41.354 --> 00:50:44.357
  • He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live.
  • 00:50:44.357 --> 00:50:48.061
  • And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.
  • 00:50:48.061 --> 00:50:52.399
  • Do you believe this?" what did he mean?
  • 00:50:52.399 --> 00:50:54.901
  • Was he saying that if you believed in him, you would never
  • 00:50:54.901 --> 00:50:57.771
  • Physically die?
  • 00:50:57.771 --> 00:50:59.106
  • Of course not.
  • 00:50:59.106 --> 00:51:00.440
  • He had just presided over the resurrection
  • 00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:01.775
  • Of lazarus.
  • 00:51:01.775 --> 00:51:03.443
  • What jesus was saying is what we need to understand
  • 00:51:03.443 --> 00:51:06.079
  • As we bring this all together into our hearts today,
  • 00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:09.216
  • That there is life and there is death in two areas of existence.
  • 00:51:09.216 --> 00:51:14.888
  • Just as we are born physically and one day will die physically,
  • 00:51:14.888 --> 00:51:18.992
  • So we have the opportunity to be born spiritually so that we
  • 00:51:18.992 --> 00:51:23.897
  • Never die spiritually.
  • 00:51:23.897 --> 00:51:26.933
  • Here's how it works.
  • 00:51:26.933 --> 00:51:29.069
  • Death is simply a word that means separation.
  • 00:51:29.069 --> 00:51:31.705
  • When we say somebody has died physically, that means
  • 00:51:31.705 --> 00:51:34.708
  • Their soul and spirit has departed from their body.
  • 00:51:34.708 --> 00:51:37.644
  • Their soul and spirit has separated from their body.
  • 00:51:37.644 --> 00:51:40.347
  • In the new testament, one of the writers said,
  • 00:51:40.347 --> 00:51:42.215
  • "absent from the body, present with the lord."
  • 00:51:42.215 --> 00:51:46.019
  • But spiritual death is also separation,
  • 00:51:46.019 --> 00:51:48.755
  • Much more seriously so.
  • 00:51:48.755 --> 00:51:50.757
  • Spiritual death is the separation of your soul
  • 00:51:50.757 --> 00:51:53.994
  • From god.
  • 00:51:53.994 --> 00:51:55.896
  • You can overcome physical death, but you cannot overcome
  • 00:51:55.896 --> 00:51:59.065
  • Spiritual death.
  • 00:51:59.065 --> 00:52:00.834
  • Just as we are born physically, we need to be born spiritually.
  • 00:52:00.834 --> 00:52:05.038
  • Jesus christ went to the cross and was resurrected
  • 00:52:05.038 --> 00:52:07.340
  • From the tomb so that we could have new life in him.
  • 00:52:07.340 --> 00:52:11.344
  • That new life begins when we put our trust in him
  • 00:52:11.344 --> 00:52:13.847
  • And what he has done.
  • 00:52:13.847 --> 00:52:15.182
  • And the scripture says when we do that, we are born again.
  • 00:52:15.182 --> 00:52:19.419
  • That's what jesus said to nicodemus, "except a man be
  • 00:52:19.419 --> 00:52:21.755
  • Born again, he cannot see the kingdom of god."
  • 00:52:21.755 --> 00:52:26.092
  • So here's how it works mathematically.
  • 00:52:26.092 --> 00:52:28.862
  • If you are only born once,
  • 00:52:28.862 --> 00:52:32.098
  • You have to die physically and then ultimately die
  • 00:52:32.098 --> 00:52:36.903
  • Spiritually.
  • 00:52:36.903 --> 00:52:38.271
  • You will be separated from your body,
  • 00:52:38.271 --> 00:52:39.940
  • And if you haven't had a second birth, you'll be
  • 00:52:39.940 --> 00:52:42.142
  • Separated from god.
  • 00:52:42.142 --> 00:52:43.710
  • But if you are born twice, you only have to die once.
  • 00:52:43.710 --> 00:52:48.381
  • If you're born twice, you're born physically,
  • 00:52:48.381 --> 00:52:51.318
  • You may have to die physically if the lord doesn't return
  • 00:52:51.318 --> 00:52:53.887
  • Before your death time.
  • 00:52:53.887 --> 00:52:55.655
  • But if you've trusted in jesus christ, because you've
  • 00:52:55.655 --> 00:52:58.525
  • Been born again, you will never,
  • 00:52:58.525 --> 00:53:00.627
  • Ever die spiritually.
  • 00:53:00.627 --> 00:53:02.929
  • Now, listen to these words again, "jesus said to her,
  • 00:53:02.929 --> 00:53:05.799
  • 'i am the resurrection and the life.
  • 00:53:05.799 --> 00:53:08.235
  • He who believes in me, though he may die,'" physically,
  • 00:53:08.235 --> 00:53:13.773
  • "he will live.
  • 00:53:13.773 --> 00:53:16.643
  • And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die."
  • 00:53:16.643 --> 00:53:23.316
  • That is the message of the gospel, and you can see
  • 00:53:23.316 --> 00:53:25.485
  • How it is so entwined with the resurrection of christ.
  • 00:53:25.485 --> 00:53:29.756
  • Because he came out of the grave victorious over death,
  • 00:53:29.756 --> 00:53:33.226
  • He canceled death's power over us so that one day,
  • 00:53:33.226 --> 00:53:37.063
  • We too shall live because of what he did.
  • 00:53:37.063 --> 00:53:41.935
  • And it behooves us to make sure of our birthdays, that we've had
  • 00:53:41.935 --> 00:53:47.440
  • Two of them.
  • 00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:50.143
  • Because if you've only been born once, you will have
  • 00:53:50.143 --> 00:53:52.912
  • To die twice.
  • 00:53:52.912 --> 00:53:54.914
  • But if you've been born twice, you will only have to die once.
  • 00:53:54.914 --> 00:53:58.818
  • And if jesus comes back, you might miss that one too.
  • 00:53:58.818 --> 00:54:02.122
  • That's kind of what i'm hoping for.
  • 00:54:02.122 --> 00:54:04.357
  • I want to be alive when he comes back, and then i'll miss
  • 00:54:04.357 --> 00:54:06.192
  • Both of those.
  • 00:54:06.192 --> 00:54:08.662
  • You see, when you believe in the resurrection and you know
  • 00:54:08.662 --> 00:54:11.798
  • That you have a living savior, everything changes.
  • 00:54:11.798 --> 00:54:15.769
  • We live in a very troubled world.
  • 00:54:15.769 --> 00:54:17.304
  • And every day, it seems like something happens
  • 00:54:17.304 --> 00:54:19.839
  • That was worse than anything we've ever heard before.
  • 00:54:19.839 --> 00:54:22.342
  • Sometimes, we have to just step away from all the things
  • 00:54:22.342 --> 00:54:25.178
  • That are happening in the temporal world
  • 00:54:25.178 --> 00:54:26.813
  • In which we live, and get a long, long look
  • 00:54:26.813 --> 00:54:30.283
  • At the risen christ, and remember that he
  • 00:54:30.283 --> 00:54:33.186
  • Has overcome it all.
  • 00:54:33.186 --> 00:54:35.121
  • And there is nothing too hard for him.
  • 00:54:35.121 --> 00:54:36.656
  • And he stands in the wrecks of time with his hands lifted
  • 00:54:36.656 --> 00:54:39.225
  • Up as the risen savior.
  • 00:54:39.225 --> 00:54:41.828
  • Jesus christ is the champion over everything for one reason:
  • 00:54:41.828 --> 00:54:47.834
  • He is the only one who ever faced death
  • 00:54:47.834 --> 00:54:51.438
  • Square in the face, and overcame it by his own power.
  • 00:54:51.438 --> 00:54:55.542
  • And he says to you and to me, "if you'll put your trust in me,
  • 00:54:55.542 --> 00:55:00.046
  • You can be victorious over death yourself."
  • 00:55:00.046 --> 00:55:05.385
  • That's the message of easter.
  • 00:55:05.385 --> 00:55:07.253
  • That's why i love to preach it because it is
  • 00:55:07.253 --> 00:55:09.656
  • The most liberating truth you will ever hear.
  • 00:55:09.656 --> 00:55:13.326
  • David: if you're a christian, no doubt you're as glad as i am
  • 00:55:16.496 --> 00:55:19.532
  • That today's what-if question is just hypothetical.
  • 00:55:19.532 --> 00:55:24.137
  • But if you haven't yet trusted christ as your savior, i hope
  • 00:55:24.137 --> 00:55:28.174
  • Today's message makes the right choice crystal clear.
  • 00:55:28.174 --> 00:55:32.645
  • The only way to a life of joy and peace and fulfillment,
  • 00:55:32.645 --> 00:55:36.716
  • Now and for eternity, is through a personal relationship
  • 00:55:36.716 --> 00:55:41.221
  • With the risen savior, jesus christ.
  • 00:55:41.221 --> 00:55:45.759
  • It's my deepest hope that you make him the lord of your life,
  • 00:55:45.759 --> 00:55:49.929
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  • Dr. jeremiah: bible says when you have a city on a hill
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  • Where all the candles are lit, no one can deny the truth.
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  • So the most important thing we can do as christians
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  • In the darkness of our time is to let our light so shine
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  • That men will see us and they will give glory
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