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Hello and welcome to the
Middletown Baptist Church Podcast,

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where we are proclaiming the
truth to the world.

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In this podcast series, we're
going to be looking into biblical

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words that have great
significance to our faith.

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The name of this series is
called the Word of the Week, where

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once a week we will dive
deeper into these words that we are

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familiar with in scripture.

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So come along with me.

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Let's study the Word of the week.

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Pastor Josh here with another
word of the week.

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The word of the Week this week
is resurrection.

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We're coming up into this
weekend that many people in our culture

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call Easter weekend.

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But here at our church, we
love to call it Resurrection Weekend

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because we are celebrating the resurrection.

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That's what Easter is.

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It's a time in which we, as
believers, as Christians, can celebrate

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the fact that Jesus conquered
death through the resurrection and

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then extends the gift of grace
to us and the gift of salvation to

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us, so that we can conquered
death through the resurrection as

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well in him, not in our own
works, not in our own flesh, but

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in a relationship with Him.

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And so we're going to be
talking about the power of the resurrection

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and why the resurrection is so
important, specifically the resurrection

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of Jesus Christ.

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And.

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And so before we go any
further, we need to talk about what

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is the resurrection?

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What are we talking about when
we say the word resurrection?

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We're talking about Jesus's
bodily return from the dead.

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We know the story that Jesus
died on the cross.

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And as he dies on the cross,
he says it is finished.

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And so therefore he pays the
price for the sins of the world.

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And we know that was because
of his love for God, so loved the

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world that he gave his only
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We know that in Romans,
chapter 5, verse 8, that God demonstrated

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his love towards us in that
while we were yet sinners, Christ

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died for us.

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And so it's because of God's love.

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It's.

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And the only way that Jesus
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sacrifice is because of his
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And throughout Jesus's life,
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he would resurrect from the
dead, that he would conquer death

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through the resurrection.

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And even In John, chapter 11,
verse 25, Jesus says, I am the resurrection

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and the life.

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And so Jesus told his
followers that he would need to go

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to the cross for our sins.

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But then he also told them
that he would come back, that he

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would resurrect from the dead,
that he would come back to life.

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And so Jesus tells us there in
John 11:25, I am the resurrection

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and the life.

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He that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he

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live.

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And the Bible does tell us
that before we come to Christ, we

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are dead in our sins, but when
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and the life, he gives us
eternal life.

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And so, and so the Bible
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Jesus did have a bodily
resurrection that was witnessed by

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many First Corinthians,
chapter 15 tells us that there were

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over 500 witnesses.

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And we know that even Jesus's
inner circle saw him.

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But even more so than his
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And so bodily, he resurrected.

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And the reason why we want to
emphasize that truth is because there

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are many people that teach
that Jesus didn't necessarily bodily

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resurrect.

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He resurrected in his spirit
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And that sounds good, but it's
not enough because it's not what

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the Bible teaches.

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And the reason why we also
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is because the Bible says
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because of Jesus's bodily
resurrection, we too will have that

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same transformation one day.

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And that's in First
Thessalonians, chapter four, which

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we'll get to here in, in a few moments.

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And so we see that Jesus is
the resurrection and the life.

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And, and so in First John,
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I think this is an important
verse to go to.

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There's.

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There's so many that we could
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But in First John, chapter 5,
verses 11 and 12, it says, and this

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is the record that God hath
given to us eternal life, and this

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life is in His Son.

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And so the only way that we
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Jesus.

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Jesus is the way, the truth,
and the Life in John 14:6.

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And so why is the resurrection
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Because of what Jesus Christ
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of what he did in the resurrection.

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By conquering death, we too
can have salvation and have victory

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over death in our life.

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And so it says in First John,
chapter 5, verse 12, he that hath

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the Son.

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And in that context, it's
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through Jesus Christ alone.

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He that hath the Son half
life, that's eternal life.

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And he that hath not the Son
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And so the distinction between
someone going to heaven or having

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eternal life or, or going to
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is the relationship with Jesus Christ.

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That is it.

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I know that many times people
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of our salvation.

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Yes, I do believe that as we
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He.

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He gives us opportunities in
our life to experience him and to

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know him and to grow in him
and have works and have wonderful

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blessings in our life.

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But the true distinction, as
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relationship with Jesus Christ.

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Now, there's another passage
of Scripture that speaks very clearly

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about the importance of the resurrection.

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And, and we could sit here all
day and talk about the importance

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of the resurrection.

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One would be that it was
foretold in the Old Testament, and,

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and Jesus is the fulfillment
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It.

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It.

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It talks about the conquering
of death and sin, but we know that

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even as believers, it's.

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It's the understanding that
what we do matters.

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We're not laboring in vain.

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And so in First Corinthians,
chapter 15, Paul is talking here

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to the church at Corinth, and
he says, moreover, brethren, I declare

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unto you the gospel which is
preached unto you, which also ye

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have received, and where in ye stand.

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So he says, you need to know
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You've been taught the Gospel
by which also you are saved.

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He says, you are saved through
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That's the gospel, the good
news of Jesus, the complete good

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news of Jesus.

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And he goes on to talk about
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And, and he.

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And he goes on to say what
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He says, for I, verse three,
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all that which I also
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our sins according to the Scriptures.

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So again, there's the
understanding of Jesus dying on the

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cross for our sins.

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And he says that's according
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And that he was buried.

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So that's part of the Gospel,
that, that he was buried and that

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he rose again the third day.

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And then he says that very,
very important phrase according to

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the Scriptures.

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So he talks about the
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on the third day.

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And then he says, according to
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of the word of God.

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And then he goes on to talk
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Verse 6.

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500 above.

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500 brethren at once saw him.

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And he goes on to talk about
some of the individual witnesses

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of Jesus's resurrection.

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And then he goes on to verse 10.

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And he says, but by the grace
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which was bestowed upon me was
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So he says, what.

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What God has done in my life is.

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Is not in vain.

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And so maybe Paul was being
tempted by some of the other people

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to Think that his work was.

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Was not in vain, or maybe that
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saying.

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And so Paul is trying to
explain here that our labor is not

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in vain.

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He says it's because of the
grace of God that he has given us

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this opportunity.

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And then he goes on to say
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Now, if Christ be preached
that he rose from the dead, meaning

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were preaching about the
resurrection, how say some of you,

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that there is no resurrection
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So there were some people this
time basically denying the fact that

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we as believers would
resurrect from the dead ourselves,

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that, that we would have
glorified bodies, that we would be

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raised to walk in that newness
of life, ultimately for eternity

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with God.

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So he says, how.

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How could you teach that?

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He says, verse 13.

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But if there be no
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Christ not risen.

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And if Christ be not risen,
then is our preaching in vain, and

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your faith is also vain.

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So what is he saying here?

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He's saying that if Jesus did
not resurrect, if, If Jesus did not

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come back to life, our
preaching is in vain, our faith is

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in vain.

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And so I think that's so
important to see because it speaks

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to the fact that if we don't
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We are just like every other
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But Paul says, hey, there,
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There would be proof.

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There is proof according to
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that Jesus came back from the dead.

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And I think that's important
for us to note there.

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What, what Paul is saying
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What is he saying here?

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Is he saying is there's so
much proof to prove that we are not

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laboring in vain.

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And so it speaks of that.

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And, and Paul says that it
would all be useless, the gospel,

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the preaching, There would be
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Our forgiveness of sins there.

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There would be nothing there
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So that's why it's so
important if you, if you go forward

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in, in that, or I guess go
further on, in 1 Corinthians, chapter

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15, it speaks at the very end
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chapter 15, verse 53.

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And if you have more time, and
we don't have the time today, but

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if you have more time, I would
encourage you to go through First

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Corinthians, chapter 15 and
read all of it, because it's a wonderful

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teaching on the importance of
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But he says in verse 53,
talking about us as believers for

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this corruptible, talking
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and bone, that that is going
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He says, for this corruptible
must put on incorruption, meaning

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one day we're going to have
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One day we're going to have immortality.

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He says, and this mortal must
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So when this corruptible shall
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mortal shall have put on
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to pass the saying that is written.

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Death is swallowed up in victory.

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O death, where is thy sting?

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O grave, where is thy victory?

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He says, death has no longer
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There's no more fear in death.

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There's no more fear in that.

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That sting of death.

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Because there is no victory in death.

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Because we have Jesus Christ.

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We have victory in him in
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And it's not the end.

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The sting of death.

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Is sin so tied to death,
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The pain of death is.

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Is that sin nature, that destruction?

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But then he goes on to say,
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meaning the law just reveals
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But thanks be to God, which
giveth us the victory through our

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Lord Jesus Christ, our victory
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And then he kind of sums it
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Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be steadfast, unmovable,

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always abounding in the work
of the Lord.

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For as much as you know that
your labor is not in vain, your labor

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is not in vain.

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And then the last three words
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So when we're serving the
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Lord, when we are yielding
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Because he has conquered death
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And so that is why the
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Because sometimes we're
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the material things of this
world, the pain that we face, the

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things that we might be giving
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And so therefore he says here,
remember the resurrection.

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Remember that there's no more
pain and death.

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Remember that you have an
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And that eternal destination
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in heaven forever.

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And so there's so much to be
said about that passage of Scripture

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there, and I would love to
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But if you'd like to see
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Of that glorified body, that.

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That victory over death, you
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chapter 4.

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First Thessalonians, chapter
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And, and this is a passage of
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at believers funerals because
there's a lot of mourning obviously

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with losing a loved one.

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But the Bible says that
because of the hope that we have

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in Christ, we don't have the
sorrow as other sorrow.

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And this is in first lesson
one, Thessalonians, chapter four

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13.

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But I would not have you to be
ignorant, brethren, concerning them

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which are asleep or passed
away, that you sorrow not even as

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others which have no hope.

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So he says, don't sorrow like
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Like this is the end.

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He says that there is, there
is hope as a believer passes into

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eternity.

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He says, for if we believe
that Jesus died and rose again, so

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if you believe that Jesus died
and he rose again, even so them also

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which sleep in Jesus, okay, so
talking about dying and believing

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in Jesus in our lives as
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So God's going to bring us to
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We say unto you by the word of
the Lord, that we which are alive

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and remain unto the coming of
the Lord shall not prevent them which

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are asleep.

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For the Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout

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and with the voice of an
archangel, and with the triumph with

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the trump of God and the death
of the dead in Christ shall rise

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first.

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Then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together

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with them in the clouds to
meet the Lord in the air.

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And so shall we ever be with
the Lord wherefore comfort one another

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with these words.

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And so there's comfort in
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So the resurrection brings us
salvation, the resurrection brings

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us a confirmation in the truth
of Jesus Christ according to scripture,

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the reser.

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The.

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The.

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The resurrection brings us
comfort to know that this is not

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the end.

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And so to think about it from
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this idea that the
resurrection brings us confidence,

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the resurrection brings us
salvation, the resurrection brings

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us hope, the resurrection
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And so think on these things believer.

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And if you are a believer in
Jesus Christ, you can take comfort

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in the fact that Jesus's
resurrection means that you have

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life, you have eternal life in him.

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If you have not trusted in
him, it's as simple as coming to

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him in faith and trusting in
Jesus and his work on the cross and

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his victory over death so that
you can have that very same hope,

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that you can have that same
confidence here as we come to resurrection

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Sunday, that hey, you know what?

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Just as Jesus conquered death,
so I can in him, in him, not in my

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own strength.

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I'm not the one that's able to
do it, but but he is the one that

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is able to do it in me.

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And so thank you for listening.

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We're going to be studying
many words as we come forward in

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the near future and I hope
that these are blessing for you.

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We try to take about 15
minutes just to dig deeper into a

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biblical word or a thought
that we can apply to our daily walk.

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So I hope that this has been a
blessing for you.

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Thank you so much for
following along.

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I encourage you to share this
with somebody that you love and look

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forward to continuing on this series.

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God Bless.

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You have a wonderful
Resurrection Week.

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Hey, I really appreciate that
you listen to the Word of the Week

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podcast.

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If you have any questions
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Or you can find the podcast on
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directly at Josh Massaro at
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tuned for future Word of the
Week episodes where we dive deeper

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into words that impact our
life according to scripture.

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Thank you so much.

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God Bless.

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We'll talk to you soon.