Good evening, friends,
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and welcome to
another Wednesday Night
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Bible Study here
at A Sharper Focus
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at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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We have a
wonderful group here tonight.
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They want to welcome
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Can we do that? Amen.
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I want to say
hello to Andy Johnson
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who views every week faithfully,
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get your Bibles,
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sit down for the
next hour with us
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as we study a
very important topic
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"The Truth about
the Resurrection."
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A lot is being said
about the resurrection
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that is not true.
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We need to set the
record straight tonight.
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So join us for a
very thought provoking
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and exhilarating spirit.
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Let's study in
God's Word tonight.
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But before we do anything,
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before we even
sing our theme song,
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let's pray together.
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Our Heavenly Father,
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we thank You for
Your goodness to us,
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for Your
strength, for Your mercy.
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We pray tonight, Lord,
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as we open the Word
that we will open our hearts.
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Come and speak to us,
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may Your Word become
clearer to us than before
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and made the
connection that can only happen
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through the work
of Your Holy Spirit,
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take place in our
hearts and in our lives,
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in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen.
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Now before we sing our song.
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If you like a
copy of our lesson,
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lesson number 20,
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can you imagine we've
done 20 lessons already,
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but obviously we've been
doing this more than 20 weeks,
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go to this website asf.3abn.org
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and download the lesson entitled
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"The Truth about
the Resurrection."
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That is asf.3abn.org,
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But it's time for us
to sing our theme song.
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Are you ready to sing?
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Are you ready to sing? Yes.
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Let's sing our theme
song together tonight
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"Victory in Jesus."
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sins
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen.
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That is what the
new life is all about,
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being plunged
beneath that cleansing flood.
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If you haven't done so,
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if you have not made that
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wonderful commitment
of baptism in Christ,
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you're missing out on
the greatest opportunity
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to have a new life, a new walk,
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a new vigor of
following Jesus Christ
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as your Lord and Savior.
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Once again, if
you've just tuned in
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and you want a
copy of the lesson,
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the title tonight is
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"The Truth about
the Resurrection."
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"The Truth about
the Resurrection."
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What does the Bible
say about the resurrection?
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If you'd like a
copy of that lesson,
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go to this website
and download a copy
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asf.3abn.org,
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asf.3abn.org.
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Now one of the reasons
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I'm excited about
this study tonight is,
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you know, there's so much
has said about the resurrection
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that's not true.
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Matter of fact,
to be frank with you,
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it's a lie.
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Can I say the word lie?
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If it's not the
truth, it's what?
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Lie.
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It's not a misconception,
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if you are a preacher
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and you're
reading the Word of God
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and you're conveying something
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that is not
supported by God's Word,
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it's not the truth.
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And so much of what is
said about the resurrection...
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Matter of fact, let me
even go a step further,
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the resurrection is
hardly talked about.
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Have you noticed that?
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It's dead right to heaven.
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There is no resurrection
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in the minds of so
many people nowadays.
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People die and
go right to heaven.
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There is a kind of
an alternate route,
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there is a direct route.
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People don't wait for
the coming of the Lord.
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Preachers teach
their people in heaven now,
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they say that at funerals.
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"My mom is in heaven now,
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my family members in heaven now,
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that kid that just
got hit by the car,
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he's in heaven now."
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And the resurrection
has somehow been deleted
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from the pulpits of the world.
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You don't really
hear sermons about it.
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Think about that.
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When do you hear
about the resurrection?
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You really don't.
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The only time you
hear about the resurrection
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is the resurrection of
Jesus, and that's around Easter.
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That's it.
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But outside of that,
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we don't talk about the
resurrection of the saints.
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I remember receiving a book
a number of years ago from a...
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I won't mention
the denomination,
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but I was really
energetic and enthusiastic
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when I was a young man,
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I was kind of
like a real New York.
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You know what that means?
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I was kind of like in your face.
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I knew the truth, and I
want you to know it now.
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And I was kind of pushy
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with communicating
this to somebody years ago,
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and I received a
book from a pastor,
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different denomination,
and I was wondering,
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you know, "Why don't you
talk about the resurrection?"
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And he said, "Well..."
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In the book, it says,
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"Well, the body
goes to the grave,
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but the soul goes to heaven,
and at the coming of the Lord,
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the soul comes back
down to get the body,
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and then the body
gets the chance to go."
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And I thought to myself,
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"Well, then how they in heaven?"
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"Well, their soul is in heaven."
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So this sounds terrible.
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The thought just came to me.
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So I guess that's what
you call a soul brother.
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See, a soul man.
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This idea that
there's a soul in heaven.
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And the Bible
doesn't support that at all.
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We've read the text.
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Psalm 146:4,
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"The dead praise not the Lord,
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neither any that
go down into silence."
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Psalm 115:17,
all those text there,
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"The dead do
not praise the Lord,
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neither any that
go down into silence."
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And so what we're
going to do tonight
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is we are going to go through
as many questions as we can.
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We've got 21.
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How many did I say? Twenty-one.
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We've got 21
powerful questions tonight.
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And we're going to
go through them together
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methodically,
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beginning with the
most important death
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and resurrection of all time.
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And who would that be?
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Somebody tell me? Jesus.
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Okay, let's go to Matthew.
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Sorry, let's go to
question number one
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for tonight,
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question number one.
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What message was
delivered to Pilate
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about the death of Jesus?
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What message was
delivered to Pilate
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about the death of Jesus?
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Let's go to Matthew 27:63.
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The message delivered to
Pilate about the death of Jesus
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was a message
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that was
communicated to the disciples.
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And it's obvious
that this was heard
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by more than just the disciples.
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Where are you? Have
you turned to Matthew?
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You guys are fast.
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I didn't hear any pages turning.
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You guys are ahead of me.
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Okay, I'm going there.
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I'm almost there.
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By the way, my wife gave
me a good dinner tonight.
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I'm between
digestion and preaching.
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So pray for me.
It's really good.
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I'm enjoying it all
the way through the study.
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But if you look at
Matthew Chapter 27,
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I want to look at
a couple of things,
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and I want to
start with the key verse
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Matthew 27:63.
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And the question is
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what message was
delivered to Pilate
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after the death of Jesus?
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Let's go and look at the
verse right before verse 63.
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Let's go to verse
62, "On the next day,
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which followed the
Day of Preparation..."
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Now let me let
me ask a question.
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What is the day that
follows a Day of Preparation?
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The Sabbath.
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So now this incident
that's going to be revealed
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in the very next verse
is happening on the Sabbath.
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Let's go ahead and find out.
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And it says in verse
62, "On the next day,
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which followed the
Day of Preparation,
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the chief priests and Pharisees
gathered together to Pilate."
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That's shameful.
They should be in church.
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What do you think?
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They go on pandering
with the Roman officials.
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And why they're doing that,
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they are upset
about the death of Jesus.
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They're not upset that He died,
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but they are upset that
He even claimed to be Lord.
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Notice what they said.
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Here's where we find our answer,
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saying, "Sir, remember,
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while He was saying
sir, we remember..."
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That's right.
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Let me have it
on the screen here.
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Thank you, honey.
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"Sir, we remember,
while He was still alive,
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how that," what?
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"Deceiver said,
'after three days I will,'
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do what?
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'I will rise.' "
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Now the reason I
want to begin with this.
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First of all,
I'm not going to pay
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a whole lot of
attention to the fact that
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they call Jesus a deceiver.
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They're going to
have to answer for that.
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I'm not going
to give them any...
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Because the Bible
says they will see Him,
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He made an
appointment with them,
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when they accused
Him, and they said,
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"We adjure You, are
You the Son of God?"
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He said, "I am.
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And you will see Me
come in the clouds of heaven,
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sitting on the
right hand of the Father."
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So there is an
appointment to those, for those,
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who persecuted
Him, who crucified Him,
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and called Him a deceiver.
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But the point is this,
get this, did Jesus die?
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Yes or no? Yes.
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Of course, He did.
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Now the reason I'm
beginning with this.
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Who is more worthy to die
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and go right to
heaven than Jesus?
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Come on, somebody tell me?
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Who? Nobody.
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But did He go?
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Not when He died.
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He went how many days later?
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After His
resurrection, He said to Mary,
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"I haven't gone yet."
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But if there's anyone
worthy of going to heaven
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right away after
His death, it's who?
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Jesus.
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But notice what the text says.
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Even those who didn't like
Him remembered what He said.
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Even those who
didn't support Him,
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those who didn't even
accept His messiahship,
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knew what He said.
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And He said what?
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"After three days," what?
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"I will rise."
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Which means where was He?
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He was in the grave.
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So here's my point.
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I want to begin
tonight by saying this clearly.
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If there is anyone on this earth
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or in any universe
that's more worthy to die
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and go right to
heaven than Jesus,
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you let us know who that is.
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And then that person
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will instantly
become our Savior.
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Amen? Amen.
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You guys don't
want to buy into that.
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Why is that answer
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not even something
worth of being answered to?
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Because there is no one worthy.
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They said to Him,
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"You are worthy,
You alone are worthy."
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But Jesus as worthy
as He is did not die
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and go right to heaven.
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Some people try to teach that,
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but matter of fact,
they don't even teach that.
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Some people
teach that Jesus died
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and went to this
spirit prison under earth
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trying to convert people
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that were way back in
the time of the flood.
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They don't even
teach that Jesus died
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and went to heaven.
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The fact of the
matter is Jesus didn't say,
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"I was going to
die and go to heaven."
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He said, and we'll
find out in just a moment
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about this entire exchange.
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So what question
was delivered to Pilate
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after the death of Jesus?
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Write it down. "I will rise."
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Write that down.
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He will rise, after
three days, He will rise.
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That was the
message delivered to Pilate.
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So even His accusers
knew that He was in the tomb.
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Matter of fact,
their actions prove that
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they knew where He was
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because they got
soldiers together
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to do what?
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Who remembers?
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Okay, say it
loudly. Secure the tomb.
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They tried to block the tomb.
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Can you imagine how
feeble that must've been?
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I mean, it's like
ants trying to keep a car
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from going forward.
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Think about that.
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"Come on, we need more ants,
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he's about to
press the gas pedal."
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I mean, really, I'm
trying to not be cynical,
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but you cannot
stop divinity from doing
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what divinity wants to do.
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Amen? Amen.
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So here they are,
they get the tomb secured,
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they try to get as many soldiers
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as they could about 100.
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And all that took
was one angel to descend
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and knock them all
out, sleeping pill.
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Instantly, that thunderous
approach of that angel
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floored them the
brightness of His glory just,
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they were like dead men.
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And the point of the matter is
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when the time came
for Jesus to come out,
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He came out. What do you say?
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Amen.
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So put it down, they said,
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"After three days, I will rise."
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Now let's go to
the next question.
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I'm going to try to
cover as many as I can tonight
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because I got 21.
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Wow!
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That's great.
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Okay?
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Let's look at the next one.
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How did Jesus encourage
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the disciples about
the fate of their Lord?
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How did Jesus
encourage the disciples
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about the fate of their Lord?
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He had to give
them encouraging words
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because they
knew, matter of fact,
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before He was
arrested, He let them know,
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"This is the hour
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that I've come
into the world for."
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And there were instances
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where they
tried to arrest Jesus,
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and He passed right
through the midst of them,
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He was at the edge of
a cliff, He disappeared,
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the time for His betrayal,
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when that time came
Jesus did not try to get away
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because His hour had come.
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But what did He say?
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Go to Mark 9:31,
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Mark 9:31.
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Okay.
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Mark 9:31, and here it
is on the screen, right?
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The answer.
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Speaking of Jesus,
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"For He taught His
disciples and said to them,
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'The Son of Man is being," what?
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"Betrayed into the hands of men,
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and they will do," what?
00:16:00.06\00:16:01.39
"Kill him.' " That
means I'm going to die.
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"And after He is
killed, He will rise," when?
00:16:03.46\00:16:08.26
"The third day.' "
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He will rise when?
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The third day.
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Now what I want you to get
here in these two scriptures
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that we just read,
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there is a controversy
brewing in the world.
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Some people said Jesus
was not supposed to rise
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until after three days.
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But in the words of Jesus,
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He said, "I
will rise," the when?
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"The third day."
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There are some
churches that believe that
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if Jesus was in the
tomb for 72 hours complete,
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then He really was in
the tomb for three days.
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But He Jesus Himself says,
He will rise the, what day?
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The third day.
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And when you
follow the whole inclusive
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reckoning of the Bible,
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any part of that day
is including the day.
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The fact of the
matter is whether you say
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He rose after the third day.
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If He rose after the third day,
what day would He have risen?
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Come on say? The what?
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Four. Four.
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So the Bible didn't say
He would rise the fourth day,
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He would rise the third day.
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So He couldn't be in the
tomb 72 hours and 1 second.
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Because that would
have been the what?
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Fourth day.
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He rose what day?
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The third day.
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So let's put this down,
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what did Jesus
encourage His disciples...
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How did He encourage them
about the fate of their Lord?
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He said, "He will rise," what?
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"The third day."
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So far we've seen two texts
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directly relating
to the Lord Himself,
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He will rise, He will rise.
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He was in the tomb,
and the tomb was secured.
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As a matter of fact, go
with me to the Book of Luke.
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What book did I say?
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Let's go and just settle
something very quickly here.
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The Book of Luke,
Luke Chapter 23, all right?
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We talked about the preparation.
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Luke Chapter 23.
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And we're going
to go ahead and look
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at verse 52.
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This will serve a good
purpose for an upcoming study
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about Luke 23:52.
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And this is
talking about Joseph,
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all right?
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Verse 52 of Luke 23,
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"This man went to Pilate
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and asked for the body of Jesus.
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Then he took it
down, wrapped it in linen,
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and laid it in a tomb
that was hewn out of rock,
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where no one had
ever lain before.
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That day was the," what day?
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"The Preparation,
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and the Sabbath drew on
or the Sabbath drew near."
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So the day that Jesus
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was taken off the
cross was what day?
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Preparation day.
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And what was going to come next?
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The Sabbath.
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All right, let's go on.
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"And the women," verse 55,
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"who had come with Him
from Galilee followed after,
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and they observed the
tomb and how His body was laid.
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Then they returned,"
that is they returned home,
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"and prepared
spices in fragrant oils.
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And they rested
on the," what day?
00:19:03.04\00:19:05.47
"Sabbath
according to the," what?
00:19:05.51\00:19:06.84
"Commandment."
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So you have the Preparation day,
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you have the Sabbath,
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and they rested on the Sabbath
according to what commandment?
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Somebody tell me
which commandment?
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The fourth.
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That's the one that says,
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"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy,
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don't do any work, rest
on that particular day."
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Now let's look at the third one.
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Luke 24:1,
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"Now on the
first day of the week."
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What day of the week?
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Say it together.
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"First day of the week,
very early in the morning."
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"Very early in the morning,
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they, and certain
other women with them,
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came to the tomb
bringing the spices,
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which they had prepared.
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But they found the stone
rolled away from the tomb,
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and they went in
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and did not find the
body of the Lord Jesus."
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So what day did He rise?
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The third day.
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What time of day?
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Early in the morning.
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Let's go ahead
and get this together.
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You see, we count
time quite differently
00:19:56.86\00:19:58.43
than they do back
than they did back then.
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The first thing they had
00:20:01.56\00:20:03.47
or the most reliable
thing they had was the sundial.
00:20:03.50\00:20:06.57
Matter of fact,
have you heard of...
00:20:06.60\00:20:10.21
In England, by the
way, there is the zero hour.
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I don't know
00:20:15.08\00:20:16.41
if it's all the
universal time zone is UTC.
00:20:16.44\00:20:18.88
And what's it called?
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Okay, Greenwich Time.
00:20:22.32\00:20:24.79
And when we went to
England a few years ago,
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we stood on that.
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We stood right on that,
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and we watched as the sun moved.
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And as the sun moved, the
time continued to advance.
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And I'm amazed how they
find a spot on the ground
00:20:36.00\00:20:39.07
that is strategically
located so accurately
00:20:39.10\00:20:42.70
that as the sun is moving,
00:20:42.74\00:20:44.21
you can look down at your watch,
00:20:44.24\00:20:45.57
and it's accurate.
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They kept time by
the movement of the sun.
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Now we have 24 hour day,
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but in fact,
it's really 23 hours
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and 56 minutes.
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That's why we get a
leap year every now and then
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to make up the time.
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However when the sun
set, a new day began,
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when the sun set, the
day that you were in ended.
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That's why was called sunset.
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And so when midnight came
00:21:08.46\00:21:10.37
that was the
middle of the night,
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the night didn't
begin at midnight,
00:21:12.37\00:21:13.70
like we say
nowadays at midnight,
00:21:13.74\00:21:15.07
we say happy new year.
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Well, that's about
six hours old by then.
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So what happens now,
00:21:19.17\00:21:21.34
they had eight
watches in the day,
00:21:21.38\00:21:23.55
each watch was three
hours long in the Bible.
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So when you read things like,
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it was the
fourth watch of the day,
00:21:27.95\00:21:29.48
it was the third
watch of the day,
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it was the first
watch of the day.
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For example, when the
day of Pentecost came,
00:21:32.59\00:21:34.99
and the disciples
began to speak in tongues,
00:21:35.02\00:21:38.03
somebody
thought they were drunk,
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but they said,
00:21:39.43\00:21:40.76
it's only the
third hour of the day.
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The third hour of the day,
which means from 6:00 to 9:00
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so it's about 9
o'clock in the morning
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too early for
anybody to be drunk,
00:21:46.13\00:21:48.34
but it was the Holy Spirit.
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So if you look at the
Bible, you begin to calculate.
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So now when did Jesus rise?
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He rose very
early in the morning.
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That mean as the sun was rising,
00:21:57.45\00:21:59.25
some of the other writers say,
00:21:59.28\00:22:00.62
John says, as the
sun began to dawn.
00:22:00.65\00:22:03.65
So He didn't wait
till like noon to get up,
00:22:03.69\00:22:07.52
He got up early in the morning.
00:22:07.56\00:22:09.22
Jesus is an early riser.
00:22:09.26\00:22:10.69
Anybody else is
an early riser here?
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Jesus got up
early in the morning,
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He had work to do.
00:22:15.00\00:22:16.33
Thereby, when
we get to the topic
00:22:16.36\00:22:17.93
about the work day,
00:22:17.97\00:22:19.30
Jesus recognized the first day
of the week to be a work day,
00:22:19.33\00:22:21.70
"No sense sleeping
in, I have work to do."
00:22:21.74\00:22:24.01
That is to finish
the plan of redemption.
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Amen? That was extra credit.
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Let's go to number three now.
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Question number
three, question number three.
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What did Isaiah the prophet
teach about the resurrection?
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What did Isaiah the prophet
teach about the resurrection?
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What you're going to find
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as we go through
this study is this,
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you're going to find
that the Bible is replete.
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That mean, it is filled
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with the teaching
of the resurrection.
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It's not something
that should be omitted
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from any Christian,
any Christian church,
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any Christian pulpit
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because it's a very
valuable and viable teaching,
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it's a necessary teaching.
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Matter of fact,
without the resurrection,
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we're in trouble.
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If we die
without the resurrection,
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life's out, right?
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Permanently, lives are out.
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But what did Isaiah teach?
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Isaiah 26, together to verse 19.
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Isaiah 26.
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What did Isaiah the prophet
teach about the resurrection?
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And by the way,
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he's not only teaching
about the resurrection,
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but he knows that he's
going to eventually die.
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So he's not saying,
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"I'm going to die
and go to heaven."
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You're not going to
see that theme in the Bible
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any prophet, any apostle,
any disciple saying that.
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He is not saying,
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"I'm going to die
and go to heaven."
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Notice, what he says.
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Isaiah 26:19,
and the Bible says,
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"Your dead shall live."
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That's what Isaiah is saying.
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"Together with," what dead body?
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Whose dead body? Read it.
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"My dead body they shall rise."
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Notice how he said.
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"Together they shall rise.
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Awake and sing, you
who dwell in the dust,
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for your dew is
like the dew of herbs,
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and the earth shall, " what?
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"Cast out the dead."
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The earth will
cast out the dead.
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If you look at that,
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when the earth is
casting out the dead,
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what is that called?
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The resurrection.
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The earth is
casting out the dead.
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In other words, time to get up,
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time to get out
of that dusty grave.
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But what I want you to get here,
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Isaiah not only talked
about the resurrection,
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not only talked about the fact
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that he will be
in the resurrection,
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but he says,
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"When your family members
wake up, I'm going to wake up."
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He used the word together.
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What word did I
just say? Together.
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So you find that there is
no preeminent resurrection,
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there's nobody going
ahead than anybody else.
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There's nobody up
there now hanging out saying,
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"Man, I wonder how
long it's going to be
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before my friend gets up here."
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No.
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Outside of the ones
that Bible talks about,
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and we know who those are,
there's nobody going to heaven,
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people not on
their way there now,
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people not popping up
every second of the day
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flying off to heaven.
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There's a resurrection.
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There's a what? Resurrection.
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That's why we have that.
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So put the answer down.
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What did Isaiah the prophet
teach about the resurrection?
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"We will rise together.
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We will rise together,
together with my dead body
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they shall rise."
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We will all rise together.
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That's really important.
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It's just...
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When I was finishing
up this lesson today,
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I was sitting there, and I
was saying, "Thank You, God.
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Thank You, Lord, for
the truth of Your Word.
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Thank You that we
don't have to guess.
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Thank You that
Your Word is clear."
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Can I get an amen? Amen.
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I mean, God's Word is clear.
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It just frustrates me somehow
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that people are so
unwilling to tell the truth
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which just really frustrates me.
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I asked a television station,
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who wants to invite me on
to be a part of their panel.
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They said, "Sure.
We'll let you to come on."
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Then I got a reply, it said,
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"No. Well, not at this time."
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And I know why
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because they want
to keep telling lies,
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see, I tell the truth.
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I make all the other guys
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that want to
tell a lie look bad.
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I am a champion of the truth.
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Can I get an amen
from anybody here?
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We have to stop telling,
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we have to stop
getting to the place
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where we tolerate a lie.
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Amen.
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Matter of fact, the reason
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why people are going to be lost,
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is they are being lied to.
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And it's a travesty
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when
Christianity embraces a lie,
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and when they refuse
to have that lie reversed.
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It's sad.
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But there're television stations
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all over the nation,
turn to any one of them,
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they'll praise you
all the way to death,
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they'll praise
you to destruction,
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they refuse to tell the truth.
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That's why this
station, 3ABN, tells the truth.
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What do we say?
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You want to find the truth?
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Get your family to tune in here.
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We will not sell you a lie.
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No lies for
sale on this network.
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Amen for that.
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Okay, let me get off my soapbox
and get back to the lesson.
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Question number four.
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So Isaiah says,
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"We're going to rise,
they're going to rise,
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we are going to rise together,
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nobody going ahead
than anybody else."
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Matter fact,
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while you're
going to question four,
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go with me to Hebrews.
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What book did I say?
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Now we're going to go
there in just a moment.
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Matter of fact, you know what?
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Let me wait
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because it's just
two more questions down.
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Let me wait, I could give
you the other component to that.
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Let's go to
question number four.
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I'm glad you
guys are really quick
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to turn your pages.
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Question number four.
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How long did Job say
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the dead would
remain in their graves?
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How long did Job say
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the dead would
remain in their graves?
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Okay.
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And Job 14:12 is
where we find the answer,
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Job 14:12.
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Okay?
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How long did he
say we'll be there?
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Oh, man, I tell
you the Bible is clear.
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Be careful don't play with it.
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It's clear.
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Job 14 beginning with verse 12.
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Matter of fact,
don't have a ton of Job
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in my lesson tonight.
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So I want to add a
couple more components,
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just for the benefit of those
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who didn't get a chance
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to tune in for
the last lesson, okay?
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Here it is, Job Chapter 14.
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Okay, I'm right there.
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Okay, here it is. I see it.
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Okay, Job 14:12.
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I want to go ahead
and read from verse 10,
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from verse 10,
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and we'll pull our answer
out when we get to verse 12.
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You got that?
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Job Chapter 14
beginning with verse 10.
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That the Bible says,
"But man dies and is," what?
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"Laid away."
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That's what we do
when we go to the cemetery,
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they lower them down.
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"Indeed he breathes his last,"
and look at the next question,
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"Where is he?"
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Very important question.
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"As water
disappears from the sea,
00:28:57.13\00:29:00.70
and a river becomes
parched and dries up, "
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here's the
answer to the question,
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how long did Job say
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the dead would
remain in their graves?
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Here's the answer.
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"So man lies down..."
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Verse 12 on the screen.
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"So man lies down and," what?
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"Does not rise."
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That word, he's not
coming on the resurrection yet,
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how long he's going to be there?
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Together, "Till the
heavens are no more.
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They will not
awake nor be," what?
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"Roused from their sleep."
00:29:29.96\00:29:32.77
Till how long?
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Till the heavens be no more.
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And what that means is
as David the psalmist says,
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"When the Lord comes..."
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Well, Peter says,
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"The heavens will pass
away with a great noise,
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and the elements will
melt with fervent heat."
00:29:44.51\00:29:47.48
So until that happens
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they are going to
remain in their graves.
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"The heavens are
going to depart as a scroll
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when it is rolled
together," Revelation Chapter 6.
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Why is that going to happen?
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Here two reasons, I believe.
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One, to prepare the
way for Jesus' descent,
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and to prepare the
way for our ascent.
00:30:02.23\00:30:06.53
You guys need some caffeine.
00:30:06.57\00:30:07.90
We don't believe in it,
but you need some right now.
00:30:07.94\00:30:10.07
Amen everybody. Amen.
00:30:10.11\00:30:11.71
To prepare the way for
the coming of the Lord,
00:30:11.74\00:30:13.84
and to prepare the
way for our departure.
00:30:13.88\00:30:17.68
The Lord is
opening up the skies,
00:30:17.71\00:30:19.78
He is making an
exit for the saints.
00:30:19.81\00:30:23.28
Now you know we're not going
to be going through clouds,
00:30:23.32\00:30:26.15
He's going to clear the
skies, ain't that wonderful?
00:30:26.19\00:30:29.16
"The heavens will depart
as a scroll," the Bible said,
00:30:29.19\00:30:32.36
"when it is rolled it together."
00:30:32.39\00:30:35.66
The King is making an entrance
to come to take us home,
00:30:35.70\00:30:41.50
and He's making an exit
00:30:41.54\00:30:43.20
so that we can go back with Him.
00:30:43.24\00:30:44.57
Praise God for that.
00:30:44.61\00:30:45.94
But how long are
they going to be there?
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"Till the heavens," are what?
00:30:47.74\00:30:49.64
"Are no more."
00:30:49.68\00:30:51.45
So if you want to
find out how long,
00:30:51.48\00:30:56.12
it's going to be
00:30:56.15\00:30:57.49
before the
resurrection takes place.
00:30:57.52\00:30:59.45
Let me give you
the encouraging word.
00:30:59.49\00:31:01.46
It is going to happen
when Jesus returns, not before.
00:31:01.49\00:31:06.70
I think we're clear already,
00:31:06.73\00:31:08.50
but we have
still 17 more questions
00:31:08.53\00:31:12.20
so that we can see
that the Bible talks about
00:31:12.23\00:31:14.70
the
resurrection in various ways.
00:31:14.74\00:31:16.91
What's the answer?
00:31:16.94\00:31:18.27
Did you write it down?
00:31:18.31\00:31:19.64
Till the heavens are no more.
00:31:19.67\00:31:21.18
That's the answer.
00:31:21.21\00:31:22.54
Till the heavens are no more.
00:31:22.58\00:31:25.25
Now number five, number five.
00:31:25.28\00:31:28.05
Here it is.
00:31:28.08\00:31:29.42
What does the Bible teach
00:31:29.45\00:31:31.95
is the hope of the
faithful that died?
00:31:31.99\00:31:35.79
What does the Bible teach
00:31:35.82\00:31:37.79
is the hope of the
faithful that died?
00:31:37.83\00:31:39.83
We've got a
hope, but what is it?
00:31:39.86\00:31:42.06
What is it?
00:31:42.10\00:31:43.43
Here it is.
00:31:43.47\00:31:44.80
Let's go to the Book
of Hebrews Chapter 11.
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I was turning there earlier.
00:31:46.90\00:31:48.70
But let's go
ahead and turn there now
00:31:48.74\00:31:50.07
but some of you already there.
00:31:50.11\00:31:51.44
If you're watching,
00:31:54.28\00:31:55.61
you can turn there
before I get there.
00:31:55.64\00:31:58.08
But I only ask that
you wait till I get there.
00:31:58.11\00:32:00.95
This is the faith chapter.
00:32:00.98\00:32:03.75
This is the faith chapter.
00:32:03.79\00:32:06.45
And we mentioned a moment ago
00:32:06.49\00:32:08.02
in the Book of Isaiah
that he said together.
00:32:08.06\00:32:10.49
Isaiah and those who have died,
00:32:10.53\00:32:12.99
the loved ones of
those who have died
00:32:13.03\00:32:15.16
will all rise how?
00:32:15.20\00:32:17.37
Together.
00:32:17.40\00:32:18.90
And here's the reason why.
00:32:18.93\00:32:20.27
I want to go and read
verse 40 in Hebrews Chapter 11.
00:32:20.30\00:32:24.44
This is the reason.
00:32:24.47\00:32:26.11
Verse 39 and 40.
00:32:26.14\00:32:28.01
This is the reason
00:32:28.04\00:32:29.38
why they're
going to rise together.
00:32:29.41\00:32:31.05
You said that. I did.
00:32:31.08\00:32:32.75
The answer is verse 35,
00:32:32.78\00:32:34.58
but I want to
read 39 and 40 first,
00:32:34.62\00:32:36.69
then hit you with verse 35.
00:32:36.72\00:32:39.25
Usually, I don't know where I am
00:32:39.29\00:32:40.62
but on this one I do.
00:32:40.66\00:32:42.16
Here we are verse 39,
00:32:42.19\00:32:43.93
speaking about all the faithful,
00:32:43.96\00:32:45.49
it says, "And all
these, having obtained
00:32:45.53\00:32:48.13
a good testimony through faith,"
00:32:48.16\00:32:50.23
what does it say next?
00:32:50.27\00:32:51.70
"Did not receive the promise,
00:32:51.73\00:32:55.67
did not receive the promise."
00:32:55.70\00:32:58.77
So these died in faith,
but did they get the promise?
00:32:58.81\00:33:02.74
No. Why not?
00:33:02.78\00:33:04.51
Look at verse 40.
00:33:04.55\00:33:06.08
"God having provided
something better for us, "
00:33:06.11\00:33:10.95
this is beautiful,
00:33:10.99\00:33:12.32
"that they should not be
made perfect apart from us."
00:33:12.35\00:33:17.43
So let me see if
you're really thinking,
00:33:17.46\00:33:20.33
"When will we
all be made perfect?"
00:33:20.36\00:33:23.70
I heard the word.
00:33:26.47\00:33:27.80
Can I hear the
word together? Together.
00:33:27.84\00:33:29.97
Can we say it
together? Together.
00:33:30.01\00:33:32.11
That's the whole point.
00:33:32.14\00:33:33.48
When will we be made perfect?
00:33:33.51\00:33:34.84
Say it again? Together.
00:33:34.88\00:33:36.95
They will not be made
perfect apart from us.
00:33:36.98\00:33:39.61
We will not be made
perfect apart from them.
00:33:39.65\00:33:42.35
Is it simple? He's fair.
00:33:42.38\00:33:44.45
It's really simple.
00:33:44.49\00:33:45.95
Not only is it simple,
00:33:45.99\00:33:47.46
but we serve a God that is fair.
00:33:47.49\00:33:51.86
Now let me just
pause for a brief moment
00:33:51.89\00:33:53.60
and go to verse
35 to get the answer.
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What does the Bible teaches
00:33:56.43\00:33:57.93
the hope of the
faithful that died?
00:33:57.97\00:33:59.67
Look at verse 35.
00:33:59.70\00:34:01.60
This is important.
00:34:01.64\00:34:03.10
It says, "Women received
00:34:03.14\00:34:04.47
their dead
raised to life again."
00:34:04.51\00:34:06.64
Verse 35, here it is.
00:34:06.68\00:34:09.54
"Women received their
dead raised to life again."
00:34:09.58\00:34:12.11
What woman did?
00:34:12.15\00:34:13.85
Somebody tell me?
00:34:13.88\00:34:15.22
What are their names?
00:34:15.25\00:34:16.58
Mary and Martha.
00:34:16.62\00:34:18.02
Who was raised to life? Lazarus.
00:34:18.05\00:34:20.42
Let's go on to the next one.
00:34:20.46\00:34:22.12
"Others were," what?
00:34:22.16\00:34:23.93
"Tortured, not
accepting deliverance,
00:34:23.96\00:34:27.20
that they might obtain a," what?
00:34:27.23\00:34:30.27
"Better resurrection."
00:34:30.30\00:34:32.23
Is that clear?
00:34:32.27\00:34:33.60
Really clear.
00:34:33.64\00:34:34.97
What are they
looking forward to?
00:34:35.00\00:34:36.40
Now some Christians...
00:34:36.44\00:34:38.57
Let me just tell a story
about a man down in San Jose,
00:34:38.61\00:34:40.51
California.
00:34:40.54\00:34:41.88
My wife and I live in California
00:34:41.91\00:34:43.24
when we heard this tragic story.
00:34:43.28\00:34:44.98
It's a family of five,
00:34:45.01\00:34:47.35
a man and his wife
living with his mother-in-law,
00:34:47.38\00:34:52.75
two children,
00:34:52.79\00:34:54.16
and they were very,
very poor, very, very poor.
00:34:54.19\00:34:57.26
They could
hardly make ends meet.
00:34:57.29\00:35:00.20
Well, it's a sad but true story.
00:35:00.23\00:35:04.40
He killed all
his family members.
00:35:04.43\00:35:06.84
Wrote a note, and
then he took his own life.
00:35:06.87\00:35:08.90
And he said,
00:35:08.94\00:35:10.67
"At least we are all
in a better place now."
00:35:10.71\00:35:14.41
Believing that somehow
00:35:14.44\00:35:16.51
by killing
everybody in his home,
00:35:16.54\00:35:20.15
and then taking his life,
00:35:20.18\00:35:21.85
he now escapes the poverty,
00:35:21.88\00:35:23.32
he escapes poverty,
00:35:23.35\00:35:24.72
but that's not the way
that we make it to the kingdom.
00:35:24.75\00:35:28.06
Unfortunately,
there's so many that say,
00:35:28.09\00:35:30.83
"Well, what
would I rather happen?
00:35:30.86\00:35:32.29
What would I rather be?
00:35:32.33\00:35:33.66
Now if it was
possible for us to die,
00:35:33.70\00:35:36.77
if the Bible
taught that we can die
00:35:36.80\00:35:39.20
and go to heaven tomorrow...
00:35:39.23\00:35:40.84
How many want to go?
00:35:44.87\00:35:47.74
I know, now we don't
want to kill ourselves.
00:35:47.78\00:35:49.24
That's not what I'm suggesting.
00:35:49.28\00:35:50.88
But wouldn't you like
to be in heaven tomorrow?
00:35:50.91\00:35:52.48
Somebody tell me amen?
00:35:52.51\00:35:54.15
I'd sure love to be there.
00:35:54.18\00:35:55.52
I mean, why be down
here for another tax season.
00:35:55.55\00:35:58.52
Why be down here
for another cold winter.
00:35:58.55\00:36:01.22
When I'm talking
about taking your life,
00:36:01.26\00:36:02.79
but man, that
would be beautiful.
00:36:02.82\00:36:04.89
If something happened, I say,
00:36:04.93\00:36:07.03
"Don't worry
about it, I'll be okay."
00:36:07.06\00:36:09.23
There will be no Christians
afraid of flying on airplanes,
00:36:09.26\00:36:12.17
there will be no
Christians afraid of ships,
00:36:12.20\00:36:14.24
there will be no
Christians afraid of anything
00:36:14.27\00:36:15.60
because they know that,
00:36:15.64\00:36:17.11
"Hey, I'll be in
heaven if anything happens,
00:36:17.14\00:36:18.47
I'll be there right away."
00:36:18.51\00:36:19.84
But the fact of the matter
is when you close your eyes
00:36:19.87\00:36:25.21
between the time
you close your eyes
00:36:25.25\00:36:28.05
and the
resurrection is going to be
00:36:28.08\00:36:29.55
in the twinkling of an eye,
00:36:29.58\00:36:31.75
you're not going to even
know how much time has passed.
00:36:31.79\00:36:34.62
So Adam is not
down there saying,
00:36:34.66\00:36:36.62
"Man, it's been like 4,000,
00:36:36.66\00:36:40.13
no, 5,000,
00:36:40.16\00:36:43.23
Adam's not down there
clicking off a calendar.
00:36:43.26\00:36:46.90
He's resting,
waiting for the Lord to come.
00:36:46.94\00:36:49.10
Didn't we read that?
00:36:49.14\00:36:51.44
They returned to their dust.
00:36:51.47\00:36:52.87
From dust they are
to dust they return.
00:36:52.91\00:36:55.14
Okay, now so what is the answer?
00:36:55.18\00:36:57.31
What did they look forward to?
00:36:57.35\00:36:58.81
What was their hope?
00:36:58.85\00:37:01.18
The last two words, a what?
00:37:01.22\00:37:03.28
Better resurrection.
00:37:03.32\00:37:04.85
Now is there a
better resurrection?
00:37:04.89\00:37:07.49
Yes.
00:37:07.52\00:37:08.86
How many
resurrections are there?
00:37:08.89\00:37:11.43
You guys could say something.
00:37:11.46\00:37:12.79
How many
resurrections are there?
00:37:12.83\00:37:14.16
Two. Two.
00:37:14.20\00:37:15.53
Which one is better?
00:37:15.56\00:37:16.90
One or two?
00:37:16.93\00:37:18.27
The first one is the best one.
00:37:18.30\00:37:19.63
We'll see that in just a moment.
00:37:19.67\00:37:21.00
So they didn't
want to come forth
00:37:21.04\00:37:22.37
in the wrong resurrection,
00:37:22.40\00:37:23.87
they want to come forth
in the right resurrection.
00:37:23.91\00:37:26.14
And the reason
00:37:26.17\00:37:27.51
why this point is
very important is,
00:37:27.54\00:37:29.11
only as you come forth
in the correct resurrection,
00:37:29.14\00:37:32.11
do you then next
change your address
00:37:32.15\00:37:35.02
and your final
destination is heaven.
00:37:35.05\00:37:37.85
But if you come
forth in the wrong one,
00:37:37.89\00:37:40.62
you make a left.
00:37:40.66\00:37:43.96
That's right, all the
goats are on the left.
00:37:43.99\00:37:46.96
We don't want to be in
the second resurrection.
00:37:47.00\00:37:49.90
If anything happens and
the world lasts much longer
00:37:49.93\00:37:52.10
than we hope it would,
00:37:52.13\00:37:53.47
we all want to be in
the first resurrection.
00:37:53.50\00:37:55.64
They wanted a
better resurrection.
00:37:55.67\00:37:57.91
They don't want
a better funeral.
00:37:57.94\00:37:59.47
You know, I've seen
some expensive funerals.
00:37:59.51\00:38:00.98
Have any of you
seen expensive funerals?
00:38:01.01\00:38:03.18
I've seen cars on
the highway sometimes.
00:38:03.21\00:38:06.78
You know, there are some states
00:38:06.82\00:38:08.15
where you pull
over like in Florida,
00:38:08.18\00:38:09.62
they are respectful.
00:38:09.65\00:38:11.32
Here lot of
times they pull over.
00:38:11.35\00:38:13.29
But in some states, man,
00:38:13.32\00:38:14.66
they're like
cutting in between the cars,
00:38:14.69\00:38:16.56
trying to get around,
00:38:16.59\00:38:17.93
I don't want to
mention any cities.
00:38:17.96\00:38:20.43
But it's not always respectful.
00:38:20.46\00:38:23.67
I've seen some places
00:38:23.70\00:38:25.03
where the traffic
could even be coming this way
00:38:25.07\00:38:27.10
and people going
the opposite direction
00:38:27.14\00:38:28.47
just pull over out of respect.
00:38:28.50\00:38:30.87
And it could be,
you think yourself,
00:38:30.91\00:38:32.24
you sit and you
count 21, 22, 23.
00:38:32.27\00:38:35.54
Have you ever done that before?
00:38:35.58\00:38:36.91
I've done that.
00:38:36.95\00:38:38.28
"Man, 40 cars!"
00:38:38.31\00:38:39.85
And then you say to yourself,
00:38:39.88\00:38:41.22
"Who was that person that died?"
00:38:41.25\00:38:42.98
'Cause you usually
gauge their importance
00:38:43.02\00:38:45.05
by how many cars
there are, right?
00:38:45.09\00:38:47.99
That's a better funeral.
00:38:48.02\00:38:49.76
I want a better resurrection.
00:38:49.79\00:38:51.13
Come on, can you
say amen to that?
00:38:51.16\00:38:52.79
'Cause you could
go in a gold casket,
00:38:52.83\00:38:55.26
somebody got buried once,
I know of a famous singer,
00:38:55.30\00:38:58.83
got buried in a clear casket.
00:38:58.87\00:39:00.74
He wanted people to see him,
00:39:00.77\00:39:02.20
they held his
casket up on a lift
00:39:02.24\00:39:04.47
so everybody could
see him in his casket.
00:39:04.51\00:39:07.08
Some rich man once got buried,
00:39:07.11\00:39:09.21
his car got
lowered in the grave,
00:39:09.24\00:39:11.41
he wasn't going anywhere.
00:39:11.45\00:39:13.65
But those are the things,
00:39:13.68\00:39:15.02
they want to show
off in their burial.
00:39:15.05\00:39:17.82
We're all going to show
off in the resurrection, right?
00:39:17.85\00:39:20.46
See, I always like that story
Danny tells about his uncle
00:39:20.49\00:39:24.06
that before he passed
away, he said, "When I die,
00:39:24.09\00:39:26.86
I want you to
bury me in my pajamas."
00:39:26.90\00:39:31.37
Ain't that good?
00:39:31.40\00:39:32.73
'Cause what's he is going
to do till the Lord comes?
00:39:32.77\00:39:35.10
He's going to be sleeping.
00:39:35.14\00:39:36.47
And everybody
said at the funeral.
00:39:36.50\00:39:37.84
"What's uncle..."
00:39:37.87\00:39:39.21
And I forget his name.
00:39:39.24\00:39:40.58
"What he's
doing in his pajamas?"
00:39:40.61\00:39:41.94
He said,
"Sending a clear message.
00:39:41.98\00:39:43.31
I don't need a suit..."
00:39:43.35\00:39:44.68
Some people go and spend
a lot of money on a suit,
00:39:44.71\00:39:47.05
get them really nice suite.
00:39:47.08\00:39:48.78
Man, that suit
could be for somebody.
00:39:48.82\00:39:51.19
Now I know out of
respect, we do all these things.
00:39:51.22\00:39:53.79
And I'm not saying to be
disrespectful, but let's think.
00:39:53.82\00:39:56.96
We've got to focus
more on preparing our hearts
00:39:56.99\00:39:59.26
for the better resurrection
00:39:59.29\00:40:01.10
than a boastful,
flamboyant funeral.
00:40:01.13\00:40:05.30
We were just in
Africa, not too long ago,
00:40:05.33\00:40:06.84
and they said that
usually when people die,
00:40:06.87\00:40:09.77
people spend tons
of money on funerals.
00:40:09.80\00:40:12.87
Matter of fact,
funeral last for days
00:40:12.91\00:40:15.78
and no matter how poor they are,
00:40:15.81\00:40:18.05
thousands and
thousands of dollars
00:40:18.08\00:40:20.35
are spent on funerals.
00:40:20.38\00:40:21.72
And you know what?
00:40:21.75\00:40:23.08
Anybody who wants
to come to the funeral
00:40:23.12\00:40:24.45
can come and eat.
00:40:24.49\00:40:25.82
They feed people for
days, people they don't know.
00:40:25.85\00:40:29.22
It's a custom.
00:40:29.26\00:40:30.99
That's what you
call a better funeral.
00:40:31.03\00:40:32.63
But we all want a
better resurrection,
00:40:32.66\00:40:34.03
what do you say?
00:40:34.06\00:40:35.46
That's what they focused on.
00:40:35.50\00:40:36.83
That was their hope.
00:40:36.87\00:40:38.20
If you don't have hope,
00:40:38.23\00:40:39.67
make sure that
you make the decision
00:40:39.70\00:40:41.04
that if you were to
die before the Lord comes,
00:40:41.07\00:40:43.00
that everything
00:40:43.04\00:40:44.37
between you and
the Lord is right,
00:40:44.41\00:40:45.74
so you will come forth
in a better resurrection.
00:40:45.77\00:40:48.01
Look at the next one,
number six, number six.
00:40:48.04\00:40:51.28
We're moving pretty good.
00:40:51.31\00:40:53.08
We're not going
to get to 21 tonight.
00:40:53.11\00:40:54.45
I could look at that
and tell you right now.
00:40:54.48\00:40:57.19
Number 26, why
were the Jewish leaders
00:40:57.22\00:40:59.95
upset with the
apostles' preaching?
00:40:59.99\00:41:03.06
Why were the
Jewish leaders upset
00:41:03.09\00:41:06.13
with the apostles' preaching?
00:41:06.16\00:41:08.06
Acts Chapter 4, Acts Chapter 4.
00:41:08.10\00:41:11.40
You know I've discovered,
00:41:11.43\00:41:12.93
I'm right now
finishing up a book and pray
00:41:12.97\00:41:15.20
that the Lord
will give me strength
00:41:15.24\00:41:16.57
to finish this up,
it's called Sunday Mask.
00:41:16.60\00:41:19.41
This is going to be the
most thought provoking book
00:41:19.44\00:41:24.51
on the movement of Sunday
00:41:24.55\00:41:25.88
that you have
read in recent memory.
00:41:25.91\00:41:28.92
I mean, it's the
subject of 30 years of research,
00:41:28.95\00:41:32.05
it's hard hitting, it
is not cutting corners,
00:41:32.09\00:41:34.32
you know why?
00:41:34.36\00:41:35.69
I believe we're too
close to the end to cut corners
00:41:35.72\00:41:37.93
and dilute the truth.
00:41:37.96\00:41:39.96
I believe we need
to tell the truth.
00:41:40.00\00:41:41.33
There're people that
need to know the truth,
00:41:41.36\00:41:43.30
people that need to know.
00:41:43.33\00:41:44.67
And the reason I'm saying
00:41:44.70\00:41:46.03
that is because any
time you tell the truth,
00:41:46.07\00:41:47.40
somebody's going to get upset.
00:41:47.44\00:41:48.77
The Jewish leaders were upset
00:41:48.80\00:41:50.14
because of the
apostles' preaching,
00:41:50.17\00:41:51.71
why were they upset?
00:41:51.74\00:41:53.07
Look at Acts 4:2, Acts 4:2.
00:41:53.11\00:41:58.25
And the Bible didn't
just say they were upset,
00:41:58.28\00:42:00.62
but the Bible says,
"Being greatly," what?
00:42:00.65\00:42:03.08
Disturbed that
they taught the people
00:42:03.12\00:42:06.76
and preached in Jesus
the resurrection," what?
00:42:06.79\00:42:10.63
"From the dead."
00:42:10.66\00:42:12.09
They didn't like it.
00:42:12.13\00:42:14.10
Matter of fact,
00:42:14.13\00:42:15.46
1 Corinthians Chapter 15
was written by the Apostle Paul
00:42:15.50\00:42:18.90
to address the issue
that the resurrection
00:42:18.93\00:42:21.17
was not passed.
00:42:21.20\00:42:22.67
There was a big argument,
00:42:22.70\00:42:24.04
some said the resurrection
had already happened.
00:42:24.07\00:42:25.94
The reason being
00:42:25.97\00:42:27.31
because many rose from the dead
00:42:27.34\00:42:28.88
when Jesus died,
00:42:28.91\00:42:30.45
and those who were
firstfruits of those
00:42:30.48\00:42:32.18
who had been in the grave.
00:42:32.21\00:42:34.18
But people thought that was it.
00:42:34.22\00:42:36.28
But they said,
"No, no, no, no, no.
00:42:36.32\00:42:37.65
That was just the
firstfruits, Jesus rose,
00:42:37.69\00:42:40.26
that's just the firstfruits,
00:42:40.29\00:42:41.62
there's going to be
another resurrection coming."
00:42:41.66\00:42:44.33
But the Pharisees
and Sadducees were upset
00:42:44.36\00:42:47.50
that the apostles
preached in Jesus,
00:42:47.53\00:42:50.10
the resurrection from the dead.
00:42:50.13\00:42:52.30
Now what gives Jesus the power
00:42:52.33\00:42:57.24
to bring anybody
forth from the grave?
00:42:57.27\00:43:00.91
There's a text in the
Bible that I want you to repeat.
00:43:00.94\00:43:03.55
Jesus said, "I am the..."
00:43:03.58\00:43:05.45
The resurrection.
00:43:09.45\00:43:10.79
"I am the
resurrection, and the life."
00:43:10.82\00:43:14.66
Yes, He is the way,
the truth and the life,
00:43:14.69\00:43:16.02
but He is the, what also?
00:43:16.06\00:43:17.63
Resurrection.
00:43:17.66\00:43:19.29
So what gives Him the power?
00:43:19.33\00:43:20.76
He has the power.
00:43:20.80\00:43:22.13
As He said to His
disciples, "I have gotten this,
00:43:22.16\00:43:26.74
I have my power
to lay down My life,
00:43:26.77\00:43:31.34
and I've got
power to take it again."
00:43:31.37\00:43:33.54
Don't worry about it.
00:43:33.58\00:43:34.91
And when you read
Revelation, the beauty is
00:43:34.94\00:43:36.61
Jesus has the keys
to death and the grave.
00:43:36.64\00:43:39.35
Hallelujah for that.
00:43:39.38\00:43:41.05
My mothers that are resting,
00:43:41.08\00:43:42.42
my friends that
are in the graves,
00:43:42.45\00:43:43.79
they're not
locked in there forever,
00:43:43.82\00:43:45.35
as long as they know
Jesus, they are coming forth,
00:43:45.39\00:43:47.39
and they're not
going to look like
00:43:47.42\00:43:48.76
they did the way
they went down there.
00:43:48.79\00:43:50.66
No more signs of
death, no more signs of sin,
00:43:50.69\00:43:53.23
no more signs of
ailments, no more...
00:43:53.26\00:43:56.56
No more disease.
00:43:56.60\00:43:58.40
They're going to be perfect.
00:43:58.43\00:43:59.77
We'll find out if we move on.
00:43:59.80\00:44:02.04
So here's the answer.
00:44:02.07\00:44:03.41
Why were the
Jewish leaders upset
00:44:03.44\00:44:04.84
with the apostles' preaching?
00:44:04.87\00:44:06.21
Because they preached
00:44:06.24\00:44:07.58
about the
resurrection from the dead.
00:44:07.61\00:44:08.98
And today, I tell you,
00:44:09.01\00:44:11.01
as ardent and
as excited as I am,
00:44:11.05\00:44:13.01
I need to notch it back a
few because I'm so excited,
00:44:13.05\00:44:16.52
I'm talking like a New Yorker,
and I'm here in the Midwest,
00:44:16.55\00:44:18.69
I got to slow down
00:44:18.72\00:44:20.62
so that people may be
able to understand it.
00:44:20.66\00:44:23.56
But this is a...
00:44:23.59\00:44:26.13
This is a vital topic.
00:44:26.16\00:44:28.46
It's very important to
teach it so that people can say,
00:44:28.50\00:44:31.90
"You know, Pastor, that's right.
00:44:31.93\00:44:34.57
I'm no longer
upset about the fact
00:44:34.60\00:44:38.24
that I have loved ones
that have been laid to rest
00:44:38.27\00:44:40.58
because I know there's
a resurrection coming."
00:44:40.61\00:44:43.21
And tonight, you can encourage
yourself that mom, and brother,
00:44:43.24\00:44:46.92
and sister, and uncle, and aunt,
00:44:46.95\00:44:48.28
and cousin or friends
that died in an accident
00:44:48.32\00:44:50.65
are not in heaven
having fun without you.
00:44:50.69\00:44:53.19
We're going to all be up there
00:44:53.22\00:44:54.56
and rejoice
together with the Lord.
00:44:54.59\00:44:55.92
Amen? Amen.
00:44:55.96\00:44:57.29
So let's not make this thing
00:44:57.33\00:44:58.66
seem like
there's some kind of...
00:44:58.69\00:45:00.36
You're not
missing out on anything.
00:45:00.40\00:45:01.93
Remember Hebrews 11:40,
00:45:01.96\00:45:03.73
"They will not be made
perfect apart from us."
00:45:03.77\00:45:06.63
God's got
something better planned,
00:45:06.67\00:45:08.50
and that's why He's
preparing the wedding,
00:45:08.54\00:45:11.61
He's preparing the banquet,
00:45:11.64\00:45:13.44
He's preparing
the reception for us.
00:45:13.48\00:45:15.88
And He says in John 14:1-3,
00:45:15.91\00:45:18.41
"If I go away, I will come again
00:45:18.45\00:45:20.35
and receive you to Myself
00:45:20.38\00:45:23.39
that where I am presently
there you may be also."
00:45:23.42\00:45:28.69
He's coming again to receive us.
00:45:28.72\00:45:30.83
He's not saying,
00:45:30.86\00:45:32.19
"I'll see you
when you get there."
00:45:32.23\00:45:33.56
He said, "I'm
coming again to do," what?
00:45:33.60\00:45:34.93
"Receive you?
00:45:34.96\00:45:36.30
Amen for that?
00:45:36.33\00:45:37.67
God's Word is clear.
00:45:37.70\00:45:39.03
Question number
seven, question number seven.
00:45:39.07\00:45:41.94
What did Jesus teach
concerning the resurrection?
00:45:41.97\00:45:45.87
What did Jesus teach...
00:45:45.91\00:45:47.94
One thing you'll find
as you study this text,
00:45:47.98\00:45:51.18
you'll find that Jesus
does not conflict with Isaiah,
00:45:51.21\00:45:54.35
or Job, or Paul,
00:45:54.38\00:45:56.32
or the apostles or the prophets,
00:45:56.35\00:45:58.49
they all are on the same page.
00:45:58.52\00:46:01.96
They all on the same page,
00:46:01.99\00:46:03.86
they all work for the same Lord,
00:46:03.89\00:46:05.36
there is no conflict.
00:46:05.39\00:46:06.73
John 5:28 and 29.
00:46:06.76\00:46:09.26
You guys are fast tonight.
00:46:09.30\00:46:10.67
You already there.
00:46:10.70\00:46:12.03
You guys got away from me.
00:46:12.07\00:46:14.10
You guys sitting there...
00:46:14.14\00:46:15.60
Maybe those of you are at home,
00:46:15.64\00:46:16.97
while I'm talking
100 miles an hour,
00:46:17.01\00:46:19.74
you're already in the passage.
00:46:19.77\00:46:21.11
What did Jesus teach
concerning the resurrection?
00:46:21.14\00:46:23.45
Here it is on the screen.
00:46:23.48\00:46:25.05
Jesus said, "Do
not marvel at this,
00:46:25.08\00:46:28.22
for the hour is," what?
00:46:28.25\00:46:30.02
"Coming in which
all who are," where?
00:46:30.05\00:46:33.62
"In the graves will," what?
00:46:33.66\00:46:35.56
"Hear his voice and," do what?
00:46:35.59\00:46:37.76
"Come forth.
00:46:37.79\00:46:39.13
Those who have done good
to the resurrection of life,
00:46:39.16\00:46:44.13
those who have done evil,
00:46:44.17\00:46:45.50
to the
resurrection of condemnation."
00:46:45.53\00:46:48.34
Now which one is
better? Somebody tell me?
00:46:48.37\00:46:50.87
The resurrection of life.
00:46:50.91\00:46:52.31
That's the one that the faithful
00:46:52.34\00:46:54.34
saints look forward to.
00:46:54.38\00:46:55.71
They wanted a
better resurrection,
00:46:55.74\00:46:57.55
the resurrection of life.
00:46:57.58\00:46:58.91
So the Bible teaches
how many resurrections?
00:46:58.95\00:47:01.28
Two.
00:47:01.32\00:47:02.65
Resurrection of life,
resurrection of condemnation.
00:47:02.68\00:47:07.26
So what did Jesus teach
concerning the resurrection?
00:47:07.29\00:47:11.26
The answer is there
are two resurrections,
00:47:11.29\00:47:14.10
there are two resurrections.
00:47:14.13\00:47:16.73
And you'll find out that
00:47:16.77\00:47:18.10
they both don't
happen at the same time,
00:47:18.13\00:47:20.80
they both do not
happen at the same time,
00:47:20.84\00:47:24.77
all right?
00:47:24.81\00:47:26.47
Now let's go to 1 Corinthians
00:47:26.51\00:47:30.71
Chapter 15.
00:47:30.75\00:47:32.41
And the question we're going
to lead into that with is this.
00:47:32.45\00:47:36.75
Why is the
resurrection necessary?
00:47:36.79\00:47:40.52
Why is the resurrection
00:47:40.56\00:47:42.62
necessary to
prepare us for heaven?
00:47:42.66\00:47:46.39
That's a question that
hasn't really been asked before.
00:47:46.43\00:47:49.03
Why is the
resurrection necessary
00:47:49.06\00:47:51.40
to prepare us for heaven?
00:47:51.43\00:47:54.00
Now let me tell you
00:47:54.04\00:47:55.37
as you turn to 1
Corinthians 15:51.
00:47:55.40\00:47:58.57
Unless the resurrection happens,
00:47:58.61\00:48:00.48
you can't go to heaven.
00:48:00.51\00:48:02.38
What word that I just used?
00:48:02.41\00:48:04.11
You can't go.
00:48:04.15\00:48:06.78
Because there's something
00:48:06.82\00:48:08.15
that happens in the resurrection
00:48:08.18\00:48:09.52
that is necessary to
prepare us for heaven,
00:48:09.55\00:48:14.72
it happens only then.
00:48:14.76\00:48:16.09
Let me ask another question.
00:48:16.12\00:48:17.46
Can you get on an
airplane without a ticket?
00:48:17.49\00:48:19.33
Yes or no? No.
00:48:19.36\00:48:20.70
Okay.
00:48:20.73\00:48:22.06
So there's
something that happens,
00:48:22.10\00:48:23.50
there's
something that's necessary,
00:48:23.53\00:48:25.70
and you know they are
standing at the door checking,
00:48:25.73\00:48:29.17
"Boarding pass please?"
00:48:29.20\00:48:30.54
And then even after
you get on the plane...
00:48:30.57\00:48:32.44
I was on a plane,
once somebody said,
00:48:32.47\00:48:34.14
"If your final
destination is not Toledo, Ohio,
00:48:34.18\00:48:37.38
this is the good
time to get off the plane.
00:48:37.41\00:48:39.75
Check your ticket."
00:48:39.78\00:48:41.12
Because somehow, you
know, mistakes happen, humanity.
00:48:41.15\00:48:43.22
But there'll be no
mistake when Jesus comes.
00:48:43.25\00:48:46.15
Absolutely, none.
00:48:46.19\00:48:47.52
So why is the
resurrection necessary
00:48:47.56\00:48:49.29
to prepare us for heaven?
00:48:49.32\00:48:50.66
Very short, I'm not
going to read all them together
00:48:50.69\00:48:52.19
because we normally read
all seven or eight verses.
00:48:52.23\00:48:54.96
But here's the reason why,
00:48:55.00\00:48:56.56
"Behold, I tell you a mystery.
00:48:56.60\00:48:58.67
We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be," what?
00:48:58.70\00:49:02.04
"Changed."
00:49:02.07\00:49:03.41
Why is the
resurrection necessary
00:49:03.44\00:49:05.51
to prepare us for heaven?
00:49:05.54\00:49:06.88
What do we need?
00:49:06.91\00:49:08.64
We've got to be changed.
00:49:08.68\00:49:10.31
We've got to be
what? Say it again?
00:49:10.35\00:49:11.68
Changed.
00:49:11.71\00:49:13.05
You can't go the way you are,
00:49:13.08\00:49:14.92
we can't go to
heaven with this nature,
00:49:14.95\00:49:20.16
we can't go to heaven
with this mortal body,
00:49:20.19\00:49:24.83
we cannot go the way we are.
00:49:24.86\00:49:26.96
Matter of fact, Jesus
after His resurrection
00:49:27.00\00:49:31.87
was prepared to go to heaven
00:49:31.90\00:49:34.17
because when He rose,
there was a difference
00:49:34.20\00:49:37.21
than when He went into the tomb.
00:49:37.24\00:49:39.74
He was raised...
00:49:39.77\00:49:41.14
I'll wait till I get
to the text and tell you.
00:49:45.75\00:49:48.88
When Jesus
rose, was He immortal?
00:49:48.92\00:49:50.75
Yes or no?
00:49:50.79\00:49:53.72
Guys, don't even
think long on that one?
00:49:53.76\00:49:55.52
Was He immortal? Yes or no?
00:49:55.56\00:49:56.93
Yes.
00:49:56.96\00:49:58.59
When He rose, was He immortal?
00:49:58.63\00:50:00.83
Yes. Yes.
00:50:00.86\00:50:02.66
That shouldn't
even be a whisper.
00:50:02.70\00:50:04.93
'Cause if He
weren't, we are in trouble.
00:50:04.97\00:50:07.74
Because we are going to be...
00:50:07.77\00:50:09.10
Well, I'm
running ahead of myself.
00:50:09.14\00:50:10.61
Let's stop here and
just make a point here.
00:50:10.64\00:50:13.17
The reason why the
resurrection is necessary
00:50:13.21\00:50:15.48
because it is
in the resurrection
00:50:15.51\00:50:16.91
that we are changed.
00:50:16.95\00:50:19.91
We are going to be changed.
00:50:19.95\00:50:21.28
Now, to build on that,
look at the next question,
00:50:21.32\00:50:25.12
question number nine.
00:50:25.15\00:50:26.62
So you want to answer
question number eight,
00:50:26.65\00:50:29.12
why is the
resurrection necessary?
00:50:29.16\00:50:31.59
We shall all be
changed or write it this way,
00:50:31.63\00:50:34.96
we must all be changed.
00:50:35.00\00:50:39.57
Okay, the next one, number nine.
00:50:39.60\00:50:44.31
This is the most we've covered
in years, ain't it right?
00:50:44.34\00:50:47.38
You know, I'm trying
not to let this lesson last,
00:50:47.41\00:50:50.71
you know, forever.
00:50:50.75\00:50:52.08
I want to get to
this, this is so good.
00:50:52.11\00:50:54.05
You know while I have
dinner, and I'm all energetic.
00:50:54.08\00:50:56.99
Thank my wife for all my energy.
00:50:57.02\00:50:59.25
Good food tonight.
00:50:59.29\00:51:01.19
How quickly does the
Bible teach the change will be?
00:51:01.22\00:51:04.99
How quickly does the
Bible teach the change will be?
00:51:05.03\00:51:07.96
How quickly? How quickly?
00:51:08.00\00:51:10.17
1 Corinthians 15:52.
00:51:10.20\00:51:12.63
We are already there,
we're already there, right?
00:51:12.67\00:51:15.80
Let's see what the Bible says.
00:51:15.84\00:51:18.27
Since we're already there,
00:51:18.31\00:51:19.64
no sense in
holding it up too long.
00:51:19.67\00:51:21.38
All right?
00:51:21.41\00:51:22.74
Let's read this one
together. Are we ready?
00:51:22.78\00:51:24.11
Here we go.
00:51:24.15\00:51:25.48
"In a moment,
00:51:25.51\00:51:26.98
in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet.
00:51:27.02\00:51:31.89
For the trumpet will sound,
00:51:31.92\00:51:34.16
and the dead will be
raised incorruptible,"
00:51:34.19\00:51:38.33
and together, "and
we shall be changed."
00:51:38.36\00:51:42.20
Notice how verse 51 and verse 52
00:51:42.23\00:51:45.23
both end with change.
00:51:45.27\00:51:47.64
There's got to be a change
before we go anywhere, right?
00:51:47.67\00:51:52.87
Not only are we justified,
00:51:52.91\00:51:54.98
not only are we
being sanctified,
00:51:55.01\00:51:56.85
one day we're
going to be glorified.
00:51:56.88\00:51:59.31
You see the Lord was glorified,
we're not glorified yet,
00:51:59.35\00:52:02.52
we're being sanctified.
00:52:02.55\00:52:03.92
Jesus was glorified.
00:52:03.95\00:52:05.79
But we have not
been glorified yet.
00:52:09.02\00:52:10.93
That glorification
00:52:10.96\00:52:12.29
is the
perfection of our character.
00:52:12.33\00:52:14.70
The removal of anything mortal,
00:52:14.73\00:52:17.17
the removal of
anything that can decay
00:52:17.20\00:52:19.83
or become corrupted
that has not happened yet
00:52:19.87\00:52:23.20
'cause we are all still
praying every day for the Lord
00:52:23.24\00:52:26.31
to deliver us
when we are tempted.
00:52:26.34\00:52:27.98
Amen?
00:52:28.01\00:52:29.84
That's the struggle down here.
00:52:29.88\00:52:31.31
We've got this mortal body.
00:52:31.35\00:52:32.88
We can't wait one
day, as Paul says,
00:52:32.91\00:52:35.28
"Till mortality is
swallowed up by life."
00:52:35.32\00:52:39.52
That was in our last study.
00:52:39.55\00:52:40.99
If you missed that one,
00:52:41.02\00:52:42.36
you can go to the same website
00:52:42.39\00:52:43.73
and download the lesson
prior to this lesson number 19.
00:52:43.76\00:52:46.29
Okay, now that
we've got to number 9,
00:52:46.33\00:52:48.30
let's turn to page number two
00:52:48.33\00:52:50.57
or turn yours or flip it over
and let's look at number 10.
00:52:50.60\00:52:54.37
This is a record.
00:52:54.40\00:52:55.74
Ten questions in one night.
00:52:55.77\00:52:58.07
It's amazing, right?
00:52:58.11\00:52:59.81
Right, Jennifer? It's amazing.
00:52:59.84\00:53:01.18
We got 10
questions going here tonight.
00:53:01.21\00:53:03.51
Let's look at
question number 10.
00:53:03.55\00:53:06.41
Just so we can
balance the picture up
00:53:06.45\00:53:07.95
because a lot
of people will say,
00:53:07.98\00:53:09.32
"Well, you know, you reading
00:53:09.35\00:53:10.69
a lot of New
Testament passages."
00:53:10.72\00:53:12.05
Let's go ahead and
peek into the Old Testament.
00:53:12.09\00:53:13.99
Here it is.
00:53:14.02\00:53:15.36
What evidence does
the Old Testament present
00:53:15.39\00:53:17.39
to support this teaching?
00:53:17.43\00:53:18.96
In other words, to
support what teaching?
00:53:18.99\00:53:20.76
The teaching of the change.
00:53:20.80\00:53:23.37
I don't have a
whole lot of space
00:53:23.40\00:53:24.83
to put all the evidences there,
00:53:24.87\00:53:26.70
but what evidence does
the Old Testament present
00:53:26.74\00:53:28.60
to support this teaching,
the teaching of the change?
00:53:28.64\00:53:31.37
We're going back
to the book of what?
00:53:31.41\00:53:33.58
Job. Here we are.
00:53:33.61\00:53:35.74
Back to Job Chapter 14.
00:53:35.78\00:53:39.75
That's right.
00:53:39.78\00:53:41.12
Job is right before
the big Book of Psalm.
00:53:41.15\00:53:44.09
Okay.
00:53:44.12\00:53:45.45
Job Chapter 14.
00:53:48.42\00:53:50.79
Okay.
00:53:50.83\00:53:52.16
What evidence do we have?
00:53:52.19\00:53:53.53
Job 14:14.
00:53:53.56\00:53:56.36
Right along, right
along, right down the pipe.
00:53:56.40\00:53:59.97
Here we are.
00:54:00.00\00:54:01.34
He says, "If a man dies,
00:54:01.37\00:54:04.21
shall he live again?"
00:54:04.24\00:54:07.14
That's a big...
00:54:07.18\00:54:08.61
"All the days of my hard service
00:54:08.64\00:54:11.58
I will wait, till my,"
00:54:11.61\00:54:14.28
say it together,
00:54:14.32\00:54:15.65
"till my change comes.
00:54:15.68\00:54:18.75
Till my what comes?" Change.
00:54:18.79\00:54:21.22
Job knew about the change,
Paul knew about the change,
00:54:21.26\00:54:25.69
and Jesus was changed
00:54:25.73\00:54:28.66
at His resurrection.
00:54:28.70\00:54:31.47
Once He survived the tomb,
He came forth to die no more.
00:54:31.50\00:54:37.01
That's why Revelation
says, I mean, Hebrew says,
00:54:37.04\00:54:40.08
"He ever liveth to make
intercession for us, right?"
00:54:40.11\00:54:43.45
He, how long does he
live, He ever liveth,
00:54:43.48\00:54:45.21
He is continually alive,
00:54:45.25\00:54:47.98
and he will be
alive for evermore.
00:54:48.02\00:54:50.82
"I have the keys of death and...
00:54:50.85\00:54:52.19
I was dead, but behold,
I am alive for ever more."
00:54:52.22\00:54:56.16
Praise God for that.
00:54:56.19\00:54:57.53
All right, so the
answer to question number 10 is
00:54:57.56\00:54:59.83
what evidence does
the Old Testament present
00:54:59.86\00:55:01.46
to support this teaching?
00:55:01.50\00:55:04.07
We have to wait
till our change comes.
00:55:04.10\00:55:06.23
We have to do what? Wait.
00:55:06.27\00:55:08.00
You gonna labor
really hard, like Job said,
00:55:08.04\00:55:10.51
"I'm going to work really hard,
I'm going to labor really hard,
00:55:10.54\00:55:13.98
yeah, I'll die, I'll live again.
00:55:14.01\00:55:15.74
But, man, until then,
I'm going to labor hard,
00:55:15.78\00:55:18.51
life is going to be tough
00:55:18.55\00:55:19.95
because I'm waiting
for my change to come."
00:55:19.98\00:55:22.08
When our change comes
as one songwriter says,
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"When all our
labors and trials are over,
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then I am safe on
that beautiful shore,
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just to be near
my dear Lord I adore,
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will through the ages be," what?
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"Glory for me."
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Don't you see it now?
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"All that will be glory for me."
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I'm going to stop
singing right now.
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But I could tell you
that's a beautiful thought.
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Brothers and
sisters, we've got hope,
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not because of how thing are now
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but because how the Lord is,
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in fact, in charge
of how things will be.
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Now let's try to
get one more in there.
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If we do...
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If not, we'll begin
where we end this week.
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But let's look at
question number 11.
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In what way does the Bible teach
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we will be changed?
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Very quickly,
Philippians Chapter 3,
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Philippians 3:20-21.
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I'm taken for
granted that those of you
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on the screen are turning there.
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Here it is.
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Just for the benefit of time,
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we'll begin with this
one on the next study.
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But here it is.
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Philippians 3:20
and 21, the Bible says,
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"For our citizenship is," where?
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"Our citizenship is in heaven,
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from which we also
eagerly wait for the Savior,
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the Lord Jesus Christ,
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who will
transform our lowly body
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that it may be
conformed to His glorious body,
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according to
the working," where?
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"By which He is able even
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to subdue all things to Himself.
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Now I want to just say
something very quickly.
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We didn't put
that on the screen,
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we'll do that next week.
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But let me tell you
why I want to give you
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this to kind of
leave with this thought.
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What is in heaven?
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Say that. Come on,
what it is in heaven?
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Citizenship.
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Our citizenship,
not our citizens.
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Our citizenship is there.
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One day the
citizen going to be there.
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Come on, amen to that?
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Where is your
citizenship tonight?
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Is your citizenship in heaven?
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Is your citizenship in heaven?
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We are citizens of what?
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Of what?
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Come on, say it. Of what?
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Heaven. We are a holy nation.
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We are a royal priesthood.
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One day we will be
living in a holy nation.
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We will be with the
Royal Priest Himself,
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the Lord Jesus Christ.
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But we are a holy nation now.
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We are a royal priesthood,
but our citizenship is there.
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We are citizens and
that's why Abraham said,
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"I am a stranger."
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He was looking for the
city who had foundations,
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whose builder and maker is God.
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So, friends, we encourage
you keep studying God's Word,
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and make sure that
your citizenship is there.
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If it doesn't make sense,
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keep on looking,
keep on searching,
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one day it will come
into A Sharper Focus.
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