1 00:00:04,605 --> 00:00:07,965 Speaker: Well, there are events that have happened in history that don't 2 00:00:07,965 --> 00:00:09,735 really make a huge impact on our lives. 3 00:00:10,035 --> 00:00:13,094 Uh, for example, the, the launch of Artemis two super cool. 4 00:00:13,245 --> 00:00:14,325 It was really awesome. 5 00:00:14,325 --> 00:00:18,075 I got to watch it and, and saw all the reels afterwards and, and I 6 00:00:18,075 --> 00:00:19,425 just thought, man, that is awesome. 7 00:00:19,430 --> 00:00:22,725 The, the inner, you know, child in me seeing the fire come outta the bottom of 8 00:00:22,935 --> 00:00:26,625 the spaceship and these four astronauts strapping themselves to the most powerful 9 00:00:26,625 --> 00:00:29,145 rocket NASA has ever sent off into space. 10 00:00:29,415 --> 00:00:30,795 That's really, really awesome. 11 00:00:30,795 --> 00:00:33,195 And yet it doesn't really change anything about my life. 12 00:00:33,510 --> 00:00:33,810 Right. 13 00:00:33,990 --> 00:00:36,570 Doesn't really impact my daily life whatsoever. 14 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,340 Where you think of October 20th, 1964, and you might be thinking, why 15 00:00:41,340 --> 00:00:43,200 would I think of October 20th, 1964? 16 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:47,700 Well, that's my point, but that's the day that former president Herbert Hoover died. 17 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,420 So you think, okay, man, a president of the United States, that's pretty weighty. 18 00:00:51,420 --> 00:00:52,560 That's pretty significant. 19 00:00:52,650 --> 00:00:54,239 The death of the President of the United States. 20 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,340 That's something that might be notable. 21 00:00:56,340 --> 00:00:58,590 And yet, what difference does that make in your life? 22 00:00:59,070 --> 00:01:01,470 Well, unless you're part of the Hoover family, not much at all. 23 00:01:01,470 --> 00:01:01,800 Right? 24 00:01:02,519 --> 00:01:06,900 See, there are things that happen to us or that happen in in history that don't 25 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:08,310 really have a reverberating effect. 26 00:01:08,310 --> 00:01:11,670 There's not the ripple effect of those events in our lives. 27 00:01:12,179 --> 00:01:14,340 But then there are other things that do matter to us. 28 00:01:14,370 --> 00:01:16,560 For example, July 4th, 1776. 29 00:01:16,950 --> 00:01:19,920 That's why we're not all in here talking with a British accent this morning. 30 00:01:20,310 --> 00:01:21,360 If you are, we love you. 31 00:01:21,450 --> 00:01:21,930 Welcome. 32 00:01:21,990 --> 00:01:24,840 We're happy to have you here, but we won, right? 33 00:01:25,830 --> 00:01:26,370 America. 34 00:01:27,870 --> 00:01:31,830 That's a significant event in history 250 years ago almost, that 35 00:01:31,830 --> 00:01:33,240 still has an impact on us today. 36 00:01:33,929 --> 00:01:37,740 Or you think of Carl Benz, the name Benz Mercedes-Benz. 37 00:01:37,740 --> 00:01:38,640 That may sound familiar. 38 00:01:38,970 --> 00:01:43,560 Carl Benz invented the modern automobile in the 18 85, 18 86. 39 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:44,580 It's a little fuzzy there, but. 40 00:01:44,580 --> 00:01:48,149 And we're thankful that happened because you're not walking home today. 41 00:01:48,210 --> 00:01:48,600 Right? 42 00:01:49,020 --> 00:01:51,780 And so there are things that happened in history that we think, man, that 43 00:01:51,780 --> 00:01:53,250 has an ongoing effect in my life. 44 00:01:53,490 --> 00:01:57,780 The discovery of penicillin in 19 28, 19 28. 45 00:01:57,780 --> 00:02:01,050 It wasn't first used in medicine until the early forties, but that was massive. 46 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,360 That means that if you have an ear infection, you're not gonna go deaf. 47 00:02:03,810 --> 00:02:06,570 That's is something that happened in history that has an ongoing 48 00:02:06,570 --> 00:02:07,920 effect today in your life. 49 00:02:09,180 --> 00:02:11,400 There's one event though historically speaking that took 50 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,590 place almost 2000 years ago. 51 00:02:14,190 --> 00:02:18,060 That is the most significant event that has happened to the world 52 00:02:18,060 --> 00:02:21,300 ever for every single person in the world that has ever lived. 53 00:02:21,570 --> 00:02:26,160 What happened to almost 2000 years ago is the most significant event that 54 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,540 has ever taken place in the world. 55 00:02:28,410 --> 00:02:30,840 It is the event that will decide eternity. 56 00:02:31,290 --> 00:02:32,820 For every single person that's lived. 57 00:02:33,450 --> 00:02:35,370 It's the event that we're celebrating this morning. 58 00:02:35,370 --> 00:02:39,420 It's the event that we've been doing a, a call back and forth with this morning. 59 00:02:39,420 --> 00:02:42,600 When I say he has risen, he has risen indeed. 60 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,980 It's the resurrection of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago when he walked out 61 00:02:46,980 --> 00:02:48,660 of the tomb never to enter again. 62 00:02:48,870 --> 00:02:52,590 That is the singular defining moment in world history, and that will determine 63 00:02:52,590 --> 00:02:57,030 eternity for everyone because it's what you do in response to that, 64 00:02:57,660 --> 00:03:00,420 that makes all of the difference for whether you will be with the Lord. 65 00:03:01,140 --> 00:03:01,829 Or apart from it. 66 00:03:02,820 --> 00:03:04,859 And this morning I want us to think about the significance 67 00:03:04,859 --> 00:03:05,760 of that event this morning. 68 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,359 I want us to think about the significance of that event, of, of that event, though 69 00:03:09,810 --> 00:03:11,220 from a little bit of a different angle. 70 00:03:12,390 --> 00:03:15,120 Have you ever had something really good happen in your life and ever 71 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,790 thought to yourself, what if it, what if it didn't work out that way? 72 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,730 What if I hadn't had that happen to me? 73 00:03:21,180 --> 00:03:24,720 I get a lot of grief for using my wife as an illustration too much in my sermons, 74 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:25,920 but I'm gonna do it again anyways. 75 00:03:26,130 --> 00:03:26,490 Um. 76 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:33,105 All the things that took place for me to meet my wife, I were, were all great 77 00:03:33,105 --> 00:03:35,115 things that had to happen for us to meet. 78 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,400 And I think back sometimes, and I think, well, what if I hadn't gone 79 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,890 down to that back to school function that was happening down there? 80 00:03:40,890 --> 00:03:44,640 What if I didn't know my roommate or my friend that in introduced me to her? 81 00:03:45,030 --> 00:03:47,460 What if I hadn't gone to that college in the first place? 82 00:03:47,609 --> 00:03:49,320 I, I think about all of these scenarios. 83 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,230 None of them are reality, but I think about them because it helps me 84 00:03:52,230 --> 00:03:54,390 appreciate what I have in my wife. 85 00:03:55,170 --> 00:03:58,380 So this morning, I want us to think of the question, what if Jesus didn't rise? 86 00:03:59,850 --> 00:04:03,390 In order that we might better appreciate the reality that we have because he 87 00:04:03,390 --> 00:04:07,410 did in fact rise, he did walk out of the grave never to enter again. 88 00:04:08,490 --> 00:04:10,260 And so as we do this, I want us to open up our Bibles. 89 00:04:10,260 --> 00:04:12,840 If you've got one to Romans chapter four, verse 25. 90 00:04:13,980 --> 00:04:15,360 Romans chapter four, verse 25. 91 00:04:16,829 --> 00:04:19,680 The apostle Paul wrote this letter and in writing it, he's writing 92 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,770 in the first five chapters, at least just about the, the gospel. 93 00:04:23,115 --> 00:04:25,425 He's been talking about the bad news of the gospel. 94 00:04:25,425 --> 00:04:28,755 Now he's, he's beginning to transition over to the good news of the gospel, 95 00:04:29,025 --> 00:04:31,695 uh, before he gets into chapter five, which is kind of the culmination 96 00:04:31,695 --> 00:04:34,575 where we find out about justification by faith and what that means. 97 00:04:34,935 --> 00:04:38,534 But here he stops down to talk about Jesus here, and he 98 00:04:38,534 --> 00:04:41,055 describes it this way in verse 25. 99 00:04:41,055 --> 00:04:45,075 He says, beginning in verse end of verse 24, Jesus our Lord, verse 25, 100 00:04:45,435 --> 00:04:50,445 who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification? 101 00:04:51,405 --> 00:04:53,205 Who has delivered up for our trespasses? 102 00:04:53,385 --> 00:04:54,015 Let's start there. 103 00:04:54,015 --> 00:04:56,295 That's what we talked about on, on Friday night, good Friday. 104 00:04:56,625 --> 00:05:00,465 That is that Jesus took your place on the cross and he died for your trespasses. 105 00:05:00,495 --> 00:05:05,295 Your trespasses is another word for your sins to sin is to miss the mark. 106 00:05:05,415 --> 00:05:08,715 It's to fall short of God's perfect standard and God's standard is 107 00:05:08,715 --> 00:05:10,155 absolute holiness, perfection. 108 00:05:10,755 --> 00:05:14,805 And so we, all of us in this room, myself included, are guilty of sin and 109 00:05:14,805 --> 00:05:17,594 the Bible even goes so far as to say that we are born with a sin, nature. 110 00:05:18,104 --> 00:05:20,684 What that means is that we are born with a natural propensity to sin. 111 00:05:21,075 --> 00:05:24,885 We gravitate towards falling short of God's standard, of absolute perfection. 112 00:05:25,544 --> 00:05:28,755 And so what that does is it puts us in quite the spot and quite the predicament 113 00:05:28,755 --> 00:05:32,775 because that puts us on the wrong side of an infinite chasm between us and God. 114 00:05:33,734 --> 00:05:36,344 And the problem is, is we can't cross that. 115 00:05:36,375 --> 00:05:37,755 We talked about that on Friday night. 116 00:05:38,085 --> 00:05:39,945 Our good works can't cross that chasm. 117 00:05:39,945 --> 00:05:42,205 Nothing can can bridge the chasm between us and God. 118 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,340 At least nothing on our side of it. 119 00:05:45,150 --> 00:05:49,350 And so that's why when Paul says that Jesus, our Lord was delivered up for 120 00:05:49,350 --> 00:05:53,670 our trespasses, that is such good news to us because in being delivered up 121 00:05:53,670 --> 00:05:57,150 for our trespasses, that death that Jesus died for us, that's what closed 122 00:05:57,150 --> 00:06:00,810 the gap between us and God, that if you believe that Jesus died on the cross 123 00:06:00,810 --> 00:06:04,410 for your sins, that that chasm, that your sin and my sin that has created 124 00:06:04,410 --> 00:06:06,160 there, that chasm is brought to nothing. 125 00:06:07,230 --> 00:06:13,200 And you are brought close to God because Jesus was delivered up for our trespasses. 126 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,430 That delivery involved this instrument behind me on the stage 127 00:06:17,970 --> 00:06:22,710 that involved the cross, that that Jesus had to die for our sins. 128 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,670 The Bible tells us that the wages of sin is death, and that's a, a death. 129 00:06:26,670 --> 00:06:28,920 That's not just a physical death, but an eternal death. 130 00:06:29,610 --> 00:06:31,260 That's a death that we could never pay. 131 00:06:31,380 --> 00:06:31,800 That's a death. 132 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,080 That means that our good works can't ever make up for that. 133 00:06:34,425 --> 00:06:38,745 And so Jesus being delivered over, he was delivered over to the cross to die 134 00:06:38,745 --> 00:06:42,765 in our place so that you and I, if we have faith in Jesus, can sit here this 135 00:06:42,765 --> 00:06:46,725 morning as those who are forgiven, those whose trespasses have been paid for 136 00:06:46,725 --> 00:06:48,585 because he was delivered up for them. 137 00:06:49,395 --> 00:06:53,505 But notice the second half of the verse and raised for our justification, 138 00:06:54,105 --> 00:06:55,845 he was raised for our justification. 139 00:06:56,175 --> 00:06:59,115 The resurrection of Jesus is, is the linchpin to the 140 00:06:59,115 --> 00:07:00,345 effectiveness of the cross. 141 00:07:00,930 --> 00:07:03,990 The resurrection of Jesus is what is the, the, the father's stamp of 142 00:07:03,990 --> 00:07:08,640 approval, payment, accepted, received, applied on a, on behalf of, of 143 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,380 all of those who for whom he died. 144 00:07:10,620 --> 00:07:12,719 That is what the resurrection does for us. 145 00:07:13,409 --> 00:07:17,460 But what do we mean when we say Jesus raised, Jesus raised it, it seems 146 00:07:17,849 --> 00:07:21,270 elementary, and yet it, it's good for us to stop down and, and remember 147 00:07:21,270 --> 00:07:22,235 what we mean by some of these words. 148 00:07:23,145 --> 00:07:25,695 Because sometimes we can just fall into the trap of, oh, it's 149 00:07:25,695 --> 00:07:27,135 cliche, resurrection Sunday. 150 00:07:27,135 --> 00:07:27,705 He has risen. 151 00:07:27,705 --> 00:07:28,485 He has risen indeed. 152 00:07:28,485 --> 00:07:29,415 Jesus rose from the dead. 153 00:07:29,415 --> 00:07:29,865 That's great. 154 00:07:29,865 --> 00:07:30,495 That's awesome. 155 00:07:30,735 --> 00:07:32,235 What's for brunch, right? 156 00:07:32,745 --> 00:07:35,955 What do we mean that Jesus has risen from the dead? 157 00:07:36,165 --> 00:07:36,975 Because that's unique. 158 00:07:36,975 --> 00:07:40,965 Nobody else in human history has ever done that well, it begins with his death. 159 00:07:41,055 --> 00:07:42,795 In order to raise from the dead, you have to first die. 160 00:07:42,825 --> 00:07:43,125 Right? 161 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:48,000 So Jesus, 2000 years ago, was nailed to a cross and he died on the cross. 162 00:07:48,570 --> 00:07:51,570 The Romans were ex experts at executing people. 163 00:07:51,690 --> 00:07:52,920 They knew how to do it. 164 00:07:53,159 --> 00:07:54,600 They knew what death looked like. 165 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,960 In fact, it even says in the gospels that Jesus, while he hung on the cross, that 166 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,500 one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear and blood and water flowed out. 167 00:08:02,430 --> 00:08:02,975 Jesus was. 168 00:08:03,750 --> 00:08:05,400 In fact, Jesus was dead. 169 00:08:05,460 --> 00:08:09,990 And, and his closest followers, including one Joseph e Methe and, and 170 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:12,719 even Nicodemus, shows up there at the cross, which is unexpected, but he's 171 00:08:12,719 --> 00:08:16,169 there as well as the women, uh, who were his followers, and John was there. 172 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,500 They take him down from the cross, his lifeless body, they take down 173 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:22,800 from the cross and they wrap in burial clothes, and they take 174 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,130 that, that body wrapped in burial clothes, that's no longer breathing. 175 00:08:26,130 --> 00:08:31,440 There's no pulse there, and they lay him in a tomb as the blood begins to soak 176 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,210 through even onto those burial clothes. 177 00:08:33,929 --> 00:08:37,230 And they seal the tomb with the stone, and they walk away for 178 00:08:37,230 --> 00:08:40,740 three days and Jesus is dead. 179 00:08:42,390 --> 00:08:51,120 But then three days later, Jesus gets up, the stone is rolled away, and he walks 180 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,439 outta the grave never to enter again. 181 00:08:54,390 --> 00:08:56,790 That's what we mean when we say Jesus raised from the dead. 182 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,490 But that's such a a, a strange phenomenon. 183 00:09:03,420 --> 00:09:04,980 There's a, a cemetery across the street. 184 00:09:05,550 --> 00:09:07,470 You can go over there and just set up camp there. 185 00:09:07,470 --> 00:09:08,130 It's a little weird. 186 00:09:08,130 --> 00:09:10,560 Don't, I wouldn't recommend it, but you could do that. 187 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:13,620 You could, if you could build a house within view of the CE Cemetery and just 188 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:16,410 set up a camera, you're never gonna see anybody get up outta that grave. 189 00:09:17,490 --> 00:09:19,680 Well, you will eventually when Christ comes back for the church. 190 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:20,790 But, but in the meantime, you won't. 191 00:09:21,689 --> 00:09:22,590 It doesn't happen. 192 00:09:23,430 --> 00:09:25,230 So can we be sure that it happened with Jesus? 193 00:09:26,250 --> 00:09:28,350 And the answer is thankfully yes. 194 00:09:29,130 --> 00:09:31,560 There is so much history that that testifies to the resurrection 195 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:32,285 of Jesus in its reality. 196 00:09:33,569 --> 00:09:35,699 Even just take his original followers, his disciples. 197 00:09:35,730 --> 00:09:37,830 When Jesus was betrayed and arrested in the Garden of 198 00:09:37,830 --> 00:09:39,270 Gethsemane, guess what they did? 199 00:09:39,270 --> 00:09:40,230 At least 10 of them did. 200 00:09:40,949 --> 00:09:41,850 They took off and ran. 201 00:09:42,540 --> 00:09:43,680 They didn't wanna be arrested. 202 00:09:43,710 --> 00:09:45,540 They were fearful for their own lives. 203 00:09:45,930 --> 00:09:48,810 When Jesus is being nailed to the cross, guess how many of his disciples are 204 00:09:48,810 --> 00:09:51,990 there at his, at his feet, the 12 that he had called and gathered to himself? 205 00:09:52,350 --> 00:09:56,189 Judas, let's exclude Judas for obvious reasons, but the rest of the 11, guess 206 00:09:56,189 --> 00:09:57,300 how many were there at the cross? 207 00:09:57,840 --> 00:09:59,130 One, John. 208 00:09:59,430 --> 00:10:00,300 John was the only one there. 209 00:10:01,244 --> 00:10:01,964 What about Peter? 210 00:10:02,324 --> 00:10:03,165 Peter was a leader. 211 00:10:03,194 --> 00:10:04,275 Peter was, was bold. 212 00:10:04,305 --> 00:10:04,994 Peter was in the garden. 213 00:10:04,994 --> 00:10:06,795 He was chopping off Malus ear in the garden. 214 00:10:06,795 --> 00:10:09,704 Peter must have been brave and, and, and there. 215 00:10:09,734 --> 00:10:09,974 No. 216 00:10:09,974 --> 00:10:13,454 Peter was denying Jesus three times in Caiaphas courtyard to a servant 217 00:10:13,454 --> 00:10:15,795 girl, and then he wasn't at the cross. 218 00:10:17,354 --> 00:10:18,435 Fast forward to the book of Acts. 219 00:10:19,275 --> 00:10:23,265 You see Peter, you see John, you see James, you see his followers, and they 220 00:10:23,265 --> 00:10:24,800 are turning the world upside down. 221 00:10:25,469 --> 00:10:26,579 That's not their slogan. 222 00:10:26,699 --> 00:10:28,260 That's the slogan the enemies gave them. 223 00:10:28,740 --> 00:10:29,339 That's the slogan. 224 00:10:29,339 --> 00:10:31,709 Their opponent said that they are turning the world upside down. 225 00:10:31,709 --> 00:10:33,300 What are we gonna do with these Christians? 226 00:10:33,780 --> 00:10:37,140 Peter was standing up with the Jews that he was afraid of looking at 227 00:10:37,140 --> 00:10:40,410 them and saying, this Jesus, this Jesus that I'm here to testify to 228 00:10:40,410 --> 00:10:42,479 you about, you guys crucified him. 229 00:10:42,540 --> 00:10:43,620 You nailed him to the tree. 230 00:10:45,030 --> 00:10:48,120 You need to repent and believe Peter's preaching with a boldness that you have to 231 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,120 say What accounts for the transformation in these, these men's lives? 232 00:10:52,469 --> 00:10:54,180 Most of the the 11. 233 00:10:55,005 --> 00:10:57,225 Died martyr's deaths for their faith. 234 00:10:57,705 --> 00:11:00,255 And maybe you think, well, people are dying martyr's deaths all the time. 235 00:11:00,255 --> 00:11:04,545 Even today, you think of, of terrorists that, that die as supposed martyr. 236 00:11:04,635 --> 00:11:05,055 Martyrs. 237 00:11:05,565 --> 00:11:07,875 The difference is they're, they're dying for something that they're 238 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:09,345 not claiming to be eyewitnesses of. 239 00:11:10,365 --> 00:11:14,265 When the disciples died, they died at claiming to be eyewitnesses 240 00:11:14,265 --> 00:11:15,435 of the resurrected Christ. 241 00:11:16,785 --> 00:11:19,035 They had every opportunity to tap out and say, no, it's a lie. 242 00:11:20,445 --> 00:11:21,195 Church history holds that. 243 00:11:21,195 --> 00:11:22,485 Some of them were sa in two. 244 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:25,230 That Peter was crucified upside down. 245 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,340 You would think at some point survival instinct kicks in and you're gonna tap 246 00:11:29,340 --> 00:11:30,630 out and be like, Nope, I'm just kidding. 247 00:11:30,930 --> 00:11:31,620 It didn't happen. 248 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:32,760 Don't kill me. 249 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,610 But all of them died for what they purported to be an 250 00:11:35,730 --> 00:11:36,930 eyewitness thing that they saw. 251 00:11:37,650 --> 00:11:38,070 I did that. 252 00:11:38,070 --> 00:11:39,090 The explosion of the church. 253 00:11:39,630 --> 00:11:44,040 The church took off and grew so rapidly early on in the first century, during 254 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,590 a time when it would've been so easy for the opponents of the church, 255 00:11:46,710 --> 00:11:49,380 which there were, to come back to the tomb and roll the stone away and 256 00:11:49,380 --> 00:11:51,390 say, Hey guys, th th here's the body. 257 00:11:52,380 --> 00:11:53,010 And yet they didn't. 258 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:54,360 Nobody did. 259 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:55,710 Why? 260 00:11:55,860 --> 00:11:56,850 Because Jesus rose. 261 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,680 Because Jesus got up and walked outta the grave never to enter again. 262 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:03,480 In fact, the Apostle Paul even puts it this way in one 263 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,400 Corinthians 15, he says this. 264 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,700 He says, for I delivered to you as a first importance, what I also received. 265 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:12,450 That Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures that 266 00:12:12,450 --> 00:12:15,690 he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the 267 00:12:15,690 --> 00:12:17,430 scriptures and that he appeared tous. 268 00:12:17,430 --> 00:12:17,970 That's Peter. 269 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,080 And then to the 12, and then he appeared to more than 500 brothers at one time. 270 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,660 Most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 271 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:26,130 I mean, think about that. 272 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,090 Paul's writing to the Corinthians, and if you want to validate this, go for it. 273 00:12:30,540 --> 00:12:31,740 I can give you the names and numbers. 274 00:12:31,740 --> 00:12:33,180 You can text these 500 guys. 275 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:34,680 Most of 'em are still with us. 276 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:35,430 Some are gone. 277 00:12:37,110 --> 00:12:38,220 Paul saying, you wanna investigate? 278 00:12:38,220 --> 00:12:38,640 Go for it. 279 00:12:38,670 --> 00:12:39,510 Go investigate. 280 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,570 And in other words, he's saying, this is legitimate. 281 00:12:42,570 --> 00:12:44,040 Jesus has risen from the dead. 282 00:12:45,030 --> 00:12:47,520 And maybe though you're still out there a little bit skeptical saying, yeah, 283 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,750 but, but a resurrection motif that's been done before and, and fair it has. 284 00:12:51,780 --> 00:12:54,270 Here's some examples of of other resurrection motifs that we see. 285 00:12:55,290 --> 00:12:58,320 You've got Osiris, you've got Ishtar, you've got Timus, you've got Beal. 286 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,040 All of these have some sort of resurrection theme that surrounds them, 287 00:13:02,310 --> 00:13:05,370 and yet I would encourage you look into them and compare and contrast them. 288 00:13:05,370 --> 00:13:10,020 In Christianity, the resurrection story of Jesus, there's nothing 289 00:13:10,020 --> 00:13:11,220 that compares in any of these. 290 00:13:12,030 --> 00:13:16,200 For starters, none of them died so that the, the sins of their followers 291 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,330 could be atoned for not a single one. 292 00:13:19,230 --> 00:13:21,870 In fact, Osirus, his resurrection just meant that he was confined to 293 00:13:21,870 --> 00:13:23,250 the underworld after his resurrection. 294 00:13:23,250 --> 00:13:24,180 That's not much of a life. 295 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:26,100 You've got Ishtar, you've got two mo. 296 00:13:26,250 --> 00:13:27,510 Those were fertility gods. 297 00:13:27,510 --> 00:13:29,160 Those were gods of agriculture. 298 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:33,510 So their theirs was a pattern, a cycle of dying and resurrecting and dying and 299 00:13:33,510 --> 00:13:34,740 resurrecting and dying and resurrecting. 300 00:13:34,740 --> 00:13:35,880 What does the Bible say about Jesus? 301 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:36,990 He died once for all. 302 00:13:37,740 --> 00:13:39,120 He's risen, never to die again. 303 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:45,090 And so if we'll do a little bit of hard work, what we'll find is that, that the 304 00:13:45,090 --> 00:13:48,630 Jesus of the Bible and the resurrection that we read about here is better news 305 00:13:48,630 --> 00:13:50,310 than any other story that's ever been. 306 00:13:51,704 --> 00:13:55,305 Well invented by human minds out there because this is an invented story. 307 00:13:55,305 --> 00:13:57,525 This is the story that God has given us, revealed in his word. 308 00:13:58,574 --> 00:14:00,255 And so Jesus has risen from the dead. 309 00:14:00,255 --> 00:14:01,844 So when we say he's risen, he's risen. 310 00:14:01,844 --> 00:14:02,444 Indeed. 311 00:14:02,775 --> 00:14:06,795 This is such good news for us and is trustworthy news for us. 312 00:14:06,854 --> 00:14:10,875 But again, we should stop and say to ourselves, okay, but how, how, 313 00:14:10,964 --> 00:14:12,194 how did he rise from the dead? 314 00:14:12,734 --> 00:14:14,084 Because you're right, that doesn't happen. 315 00:14:14,084 --> 00:14:18,525 You go to the graveyard, they're still the, the original occupants still there. 316 00:14:19,245 --> 00:14:22,065 Nobody's getting out and, and putting their grave up for lease 317 00:14:22,065 --> 00:14:23,295 for somebody else to come and use. 318 00:14:24,105 --> 00:14:25,605 So how did Jesus rise from the dead? 319 00:14:25,605 --> 00:14:28,935 Well, maybe a better question is this, why couldn't death hold onto Jesus? 320 00:14:29,775 --> 00:14:31,305 Why couldn't death hold onto Jesus? 321 00:14:32,385 --> 00:14:34,905 We talked about it, but sin demands death, doesn't it? 322 00:14:35,535 --> 00:14:39,465 Sin demands death and, and with death comes the, the. 323 00:14:41,630 --> 00:14:47,565 The, the termination of our physical life, the situation where, where we 324 00:14:47,595 --> 00:14:51,615 no longer are going to be in the, the form that we exist currently 325 00:14:51,615 --> 00:14:54,465 this morning and sin demanding death is, is found in the scriptures. 326 00:14:54,465 --> 00:14:57,675 We find in, in Genesis that God told Adam and Eve that in the day that you either 327 00:14:57,675 --> 00:15:01,755 the, the tree or eyes will be open, but he also said that sin is gonna produce death. 328 00:15:02,085 --> 00:15:04,635 Ezekiel 18, God said the soul that sins is gonna die. 329 00:15:05,490 --> 00:15:10,170 In Romans six, Paul wrote that the wages of sin is death and and that tracks. 330 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:14,699 But the question we have to ask is, but what if you didn't have sin to begin with? 331 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:20,550 If all of us in the room owe death because of our sin, what if we never sinned? 332 00:15:21,449 --> 00:15:25,140 That's not a reality for any of us here, but it was a reality for Jesus. 333 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,170 See, when Jesus died on the cross, he didn't die for his own sin. 334 00:15:28,170 --> 00:15:29,310 He died for our sins. 335 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,640 He died to pay our debt, not his. 336 00:15:33,270 --> 00:15:36,990 He wasn't a sinner, and so death in the end couldn't hold onto him because 337 00:15:36,990 --> 00:15:38,640 it had nothing to charge him with. 338 00:15:42,210 --> 00:15:45,085 But if Jesus never rose, then we've got a problem. 339 00:15:46,470 --> 00:15:49,650 And again, we're we're saying this right, with the under understood 340 00:15:49,650 --> 00:15:50,760 reality that he did rise. 341 00:15:51,330 --> 00:15:54,600 And so this is meant to, to again cause us to be so much more thankful for the 342 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,130 fact that we worship a resurrected savior. 343 00:15:56,430 --> 00:15:59,310 Because if Jesus never rose, then the problem that we have is that 344 00:15:59,310 --> 00:16:00,870 would be evidence that Jesus had sin. 345 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:06,180 And if Jesus had his own sin to pay for, then the problem that we face 346 00:16:06,180 --> 00:16:10,410 is that he couldn't take our sin on, he couldn't be our substitute. 347 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:15,420 And so if Jesus never rose, if Jesus didn't rise, our first point this morning 348 00:16:15,420 --> 00:16:17,550 is this, you wouldn't have a substitute. 349 00:16:18,990 --> 00:16:21,030 If Jesus didn't rise, you wouldn't have a substitute. 350 00:16:22,770 --> 00:16:23,700 But in fact, he did. 351 00:16:23,700 --> 00:16:24,390 So we do. 352 00:16:25,470 --> 00:16:29,340 And that's such good news for us this morning because again, like I said, that 353 00:16:29,340 --> 00:16:35,310 that infinite chasm of our sin that's there, you needed that paid for, and the 354 00:16:35,310 --> 00:16:39,180 fee that was involved in your sin is, is not just physical death but eternal death. 355 00:16:39,915 --> 00:16:42,405 And so we needed somebody that could pay that for us to take 356 00:16:42,405 --> 00:16:44,115 our place, to be our substitute. 357 00:16:44,475 --> 00:16:49,635 And that's who Jesus was, the sinless one who was able to die for us in our place 358 00:16:49,635 --> 00:16:51,135 because he himself didn't have any sin. 359 00:16:51,135 --> 00:16:54,255 It's, it's the old courtroom scene where you are there and you are 360 00:16:54,255 --> 00:16:57,975 guilty and all the evidence is stacked up in front of you, and the 361 00:16:57,975 --> 00:16:59,595 judge is about to render the verdict. 362 00:16:59,595 --> 00:17:03,315 And then the very one who is the the prosecuting attorney. 363 00:17:03,375 --> 00:17:05,325 Attorney who has the right to bring charges against you. 364 00:17:06,449 --> 00:17:10,530 He goes before the judge and says, judge, charge me instead and let him go free. 365 00:17:12,419 --> 00:17:15,270 The judge looks at the attorney and says, well, I guess since you aren't 366 00:17:15,270 --> 00:17:19,888 guilty of these crimes yourself, I don't have any grounds to object. 367 00:17:21,270 --> 00:17:25,260 Then the judge looks at you in the box as the one that is guilty, fully deserving 368 00:17:25,260 --> 00:17:27,898 of the condemnation that's about to come, and he says, you're free to go. 369 00:17:28,860 --> 00:17:32,070 And so then you get up and you go and you sit in the gallery of the courtroom. 370 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:33,209 'cause now you're free. 371 00:17:33,855 --> 00:17:37,785 And you hear the judge look at that attorney who was innocent and say to 372 00:17:37,785 --> 00:17:43,455 the attorney, because you have taken these charges on yourself as your own, I 373 00:17:43,455 --> 00:17:45,195 find you guilty and deserving of death. 374 00:17:46,965 --> 00:17:48,014 That's the substitute. 375 00:17:48,855 --> 00:17:52,875 That's what Jesus did for us when he took our, our place on the cross 376 00:17:52,935 --> 00:17:57,045 and the resurrection proves to us that he was qualified to do that. 377 00:17:57,705 --> 00:18:01,185 The resurrection shows that the, the sinless one that you needed. 378 00:18:01,965 --> 00:18:06,645 Could take your place for you, see your, your accomplice crime. 379 00:18:06,645 --> 00:18:09,495 Can't look at the judge and be like, just punish me for both of us. 380 00:18:10,064 --> 00:18:10,844 That doesn't work, right? 381 00:18:10,844 --> 00:18:13,635 Because that's not just he has to pay for his own sins. 382 00:18:13,635 --> 00:18:15,014 He can't pay for yours and his. 383 00:18:15,764 --> 00:18:18,375 And so we need one unique, we needed one that was sinless to 384 00:18:18,375 --> 00:18:20,054 be able to come and die for us. 385 00:18:20,084 --> 00:18:23,054 And the resurrection is the evidence of the fact that Jesus was your 386 00:18:23,054 --> 00:18:26,534 sinless substitute, that Jesus could be the one second Corinthians 387 00:18:26,534 --> 00:18:29,145 5 21 who took your sin on himself. 388 00:18:30,014 --> 00:18:32,175 And gave you in exchange his righteousness. 389 00:18:33,014 --> 00:18:35,715 See, if Jesus had his own sin, he couldn't take your sin. 390 00:18:36,524 --> 00:18:38,085 So Jesus had to be sinless. 391 00:18:38,085 --> 00:18:41,595 He had to be the perfect one, and the resurrection shows that indeed he was. 392 00:18:41,595 --> 00:18:43,335 And the Bible backs this up further too. 393 00:18:43,335 --> 00:18:46,875 In Hebrews chapter four, verse 15, it says this, we don't have a high priest who's 394 00:18:46,875 --> 00:18:50,415 unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been 395 00:18:50,415 --> 00:18:53,175 tempted as we are yet without sin. 396 00:18:54,225 --> 00:18:55,304 Yet without sin. 397 00:18:56,250 --> 00:18:59,970 Hebrews nine 14 says, how much more will the blood of Christ who through the 398 00:18:59,970 --> 00:19:04,290 eternal Spirit, offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience 399 00:19:04,290 --> 00:19:06,150 from dead works to serve the living God? 400 00:19:06,150 --> 00:19:09,510 Notice the one who through the eternal spirit, offered himself 401 00:19:09,510 --> 00:19:11,700 without blemish, without sin. 402 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,980 He was the pure, spotless sacrifice. 403 00:19:13,980 --> 00:19:16,380 Just like in the Old Testament, the Passover lamb had to 404 00:19:16,380 --> 00:19:18,270 be a perfect spotless Lamb. 405 00:19:18,795 --> 00:19:21,795 Jesus was the perfect spotless one for us, and the resurrection 406 00:19:22,185 --> 00:19:23,355 evidences that for us. 407 00:19:23,565 --> 00:19:26,235 The fact that he got up and walked outta the grave shows us that he had 408 00:19:26,235 --> 00:19:31,755 no sin of his own to pay for one Peter 2 22 in our book that we're we're 409 00:19:31,755 --> 00:19:32,955 studying together on Sunday mornings. 410 00:19:33,105 --> 00:19:34,515 He committed no sin. 411 00:19:35,145 --> 00:19:37,425 He committed no sin, and neither was deceit found in his mouth. 412 00:19:37,425 --> 00:19:40,995 So the Sinlessness of Christ is so crucial for us because it's the 413 00:19:40,995 --> 00:19:44,925 sinlessness of Christ that shows us that, that he could be our substitute. 414 00:19:44,925 --> 00:19:46,935 And the resurrection is the evidence of it. 415 00:19:47,264 --> 00:19:49,274 The fact that he got up and walked out of the grave. 416 00:19:49,274 --> 00:19:54,315 Y Christianity rises or falls on whether or not Jesus was your substitute. 417 00:19:55,215 --> 00:19:58,695 Because if Jesus was not your substitute, if Jesus had his own sin 418 00:19:58,695 --> 00:20:00,705 to pay for, he couldn't pay for yours. 419 00:20:02,925 --> 00:20:05,534 But the clear testimony of the Bible is that indeed the sinless 420 00:20:05,565 --> 00:20:06,735 one could be your substitute, 421 00:20:08,745 --> 00:20:10,514 but what about the death that he died? 422 00:20:10,514 --> 00:20:13,875 If the wages of sin is death and he didn't have sin himself, how did he die? 423 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:20,070 This is where we begin to get into what it was for him to take our sin on himself. 424 00:20:20,850 --> 00:20:24,750 This is what it means when it says in Second Corinthians 5 21, that God made 425 00:20:24,750 --> 00:20:30,000 him who knew no sin to be sin so that we might become the righteousness of God. 426 00:20:31,260 --> 00:20:36,240 See, Jesus died for our sin under the weights and the condemnation of our sin. 427 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,870 Though he himself had not committed it, and so the the death that he 428 00:20:39,870 --> 00:20:42,360 died was your death and my death. 429 00:20:43,590 --> 00:20:49,500 And so that's how he died, but again, why he died so that he might in 430 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:51,810 rising again, free us from death. 431 00:20:52,649 --> 00:20:57,419 In fact, in in Hebrews chapter two verses 14 and 15, it says this, since therefore 432 00:20:57,419 --> 00:21:00,899 the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise, partook the same things 433 00:21:00,899 --> 00:21:05,190 that through death, he might destroy the one who has the power of death that is the 434 00:21:05,190 --> 00:21:10,409 devil, and deliver those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. 435 00:21:11,370 --> 00:21:14,310 In dying, Jesus set us free from the fear of death. 436 00:21:14,310 --> 00:21:17,430 Jesus won the victory over death so that when we die, someday we're 437 00:21:17,430 --> 00:21:19,410 gonna be set free from death as well. 438 00:21:20,820 --> 00:21:23,490 And so it's such good news that Jesus rose from the dead because 439 00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:24,810 indeed you do have a substitute. 440 00:21:25,410 --> 00:21:30,300 You aren't left there before the Father, before the just imperfect God to sit there 441 00:21:30,300 --> 00:21:32,370 and try to plead your own righteousness. 442 00:21:32,639 --> 00:21:33,660 You don't have to do that. 443 00:21:33,930 --> 00:21:37,620 You get to plead his righteousness because he walked outta the grave for. 444 00:21:38,024 --> 00:21:42,284 As Paul says back in our text in Hebrews 4 25, our justification, he 445 00:21:42,284 --> 00:21:44,085 was raised for our justification. 446 00:21:44,655 --> 00:21:46,335 Let's talk about that word for just a moment here. 447 00:21:46,635 --> 00:21:50,475 The the word justification, it refers to a legal declaration, a legal 448 00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:55,575 pronouncement in which you are declared not just not guilty, but innocent. 449 00:21:56,895 --> 00:22:00,645 You haven't simply been acquitted of your sins, you have been declared righteous. 450 00:22:00,990 --> 00:22:02,460 You've been declared sinless. 451 00:22:02,850 --> 00:22:06,720 You as the guilty one are declared guiltless as the unrighteous 452 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,040 one declared righteous. 453 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:13,620 But that should create in our minds this question that says, how, how can I, 454 00:22:13,620 --> 00:22:15,270 the guilty one, be declared guiltless? 455 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,990 How can I, the sinful one be declared sinless? 456 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,180 Even in our world, that doesn't work, right? 457 00:22:21,690 --> 00:22:26,250 You take somebody who, who does commits a crime and they go to jail and they 458 00:22:26,250 --> 00:22:29,130 serve their time, and then they get out, they've served their, their. 459 00:22:29,715 --> 00:22:32,475 Their debt to society is the way that we put it, and yet 460 00:22:32,655 --> 00:22:35,205 they never shake that crime. 461 00:22:35,265 --> 00:22:37,605 They never shake the association with the act that they did. 462 00:22:38,295 --> 00:22:40,005 What the cross does is it expiate. 463 00:22:40,005 --> 00:22:43,005 That's what, that's a word that means it removes your sin from you completely. 464 00:22:43,425 --> 00:22:47,535 It takes your guilt away from you completely so that you are no longer 465 00:22:47,925 --> 00:22:52,905 such and such characterized by this laundry list of all of your sins, so 466 00:22:52,905 --> 00:22:57,350 that the sinner is now looked at by God as the one who is, is righteous. 467 00:22:58,395 --> 00:23:04,065 Guiltless innocent, but how other religions have pondered this question and 468 00:23:04,065 --> 00:23:05,385 come up with their own solutions to it? 469 00:23:05,985 --> 00:23:08,475 How can I and a, a, a sinful person be made Right. 470 00:23:08,475 --> 00:23:09,764 With a, a holy god. 471 00:23:10,875 --> 00:23:14,565 It's interesting, even in the, the religions that create a, a pantheon 472 00:23:14,625 --> 00:23:18,105 of gods, all of these multiple gods, like the Eastern religions, 473 00:23:18,764 --> 00:23:21,615 they still understand that there's a problem of, of evil in the world. 474 00:23:22,425 --> 00:23:25,440 And their solution is they've, they've created this idea of reincarnation. 475 00:23:26,430 --> 00:23:28,770 That you can go through these cycles of being reborn again 476 00:23:28,770 --> 00:23:29,910 until you get to the place. 477 00:23:29,940 --> 00:23:33,540 Hopefully, there's no guarantee that you ever will, where, where you are 478 00:23:33,540 --> 00:23:36,900 good enough that you can reach either a state of oneness with the universe or 479 00:23:36,900 --> 00:23:39,120 some state of, of unconscious nirvana. 480 00:23:40,830 --> 00:23:45,060 But notice again, you've got a, a false religion system that is noticed 481 00:23:45,060 --> 00:23:47,400 that there's a problem in the world, that there's the world's broken 482 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,440 and sinful, and I think all of us in the room would agree with that. 483 00:23:50,550 --> 00:23:53,280 The sin exists, and I think all of us would look at ourselves and say, 484 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,270 there's something wrong with me. 485 00:23:54,270 --> 00:23:55,050 I'm a sinner. 486 00:23:55,260 --> 00:23:56,220 I do bad things. 487 00:23:56,220 --> 00:23:57,630 I do things that I don't like. 488 00:23:59,460 --> 00:24:02,640 So the eastern pantheistic religions have said, well, well, it's reincarnation. 489 00:24:02,970 --> 00:24:03,840 Then you've got Islam. 490 00:24:04,260 --> 00:24:05,940 Islam has said, well, here's what you need to do. 491 00:24:05,940 --> 00:24:06,960 You need to obey Allah. 492 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,330 You need to do the, the, the five pillars you need to, to, 493 00:24:09,630 --> 00:24:11,520 to be a a, an obedient Muslim. 494 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,350 And then even then, there's no guarantee. 495 00:24:13,350 --> 00:24:17,400 It's just up to the capricious will of Allah and what he decides 496 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:18,210 to do with you in the end. 497 00:24:19,725 --> 00:24:21,105 The Mormon church, alright. 498 00:24:21,135 --> 00:24:23,024 They, they've taught well be good. 499 00:24:23,745 --> 00:24:24,764 Do good works. 500 00:24:25,305 --> 00:24:28,004 Work as hard as you can at being as obedient as you possibly can. 501 00:24:28,004 --> 00:24:30,524 And, and, and here's the thing, you're not gonna be good enough, 502 00:24:30,705 --> 00:24:32,235 but that's when grace kicks in. 503 00:24:32,235 --> 00:24:34,455 Grace kicks in after you've done all that you can. 504 00:24:35,895 --> 00:24:38,475 But do you see how the, the Mormon church is saying, Hey, you guys, 505 00:24:38,475 --> 00:24:40,845 here's the problem, the solution to, to the, the problem of sin in the 506 00:24:40,845 --> 00:24:43,004 world is you just need to work harder. 507 00:24:44,085 --> 00:24:45,170 Jehovah's Witness the same thing. 508 00:24:45,810 --> 00:24:48,000 They're gonna tell you to believe in Jesus, but then, then they're gonna say, 509 00:24:48,030 --> 00:24:49,590 oh, and you also need to be baptized. 510 00:24:49,950 --> 00:24:52,020 Oh, and, and, and you also need to do good works. 511 00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:53,250 Otherwise, you're gonna lose your salvation. 512 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,080 You keep yourself saved. 513 00:24:56,550 --> 00:25:00,360 Or you look at the, even the Catholic Church, which supplements faith 514 00:25:00,390 --> 00:25:06,810 with this man centered, works-based righteousness, that you do penance 515 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,160 in order to atone for your sin. 516 00:25:08,820 --> 00:25:12,629 That you even have to go and confess your sins to a, a human priest who dares to 517 00:25:12,629 --> 00:25:15,360 stand in between you and God as though you needed him to mediate for you. 518 00:25:16,965 --> 00:25:20,325 And so you, I just wanna point out everyone in the world says the 519 00:25:20,325 --> 00:25:23,655 world's broken and, and we're sinners. 520 00:25:24,135 --> 00:25:29,055 And so we come back to this question, how then can the sinner be declared sinless? 521 00:25:30,045 --> 00:25:33,075 How can the unrighteous be declared righteous? 522 00:25:34,305 --> 00:25:38,625 This is where the resurrection is so key for us because he was delivered 523 00:25:38,625 --> 00:25:41,325 over on this cross for our trespasses. 524 00:25:42,525 --> 00:25:44,295 So he died for us here. 525 00:25:44,805 --> 00:25:49,575 But the resurrection is that the linchpin to what is our justification, 526 00:25:50,625 --> 00:25:52,455 and that's what Paul says in 4 25. 527 00:25:52,635 --> 00:25:56,504 He was raised for our justification in, in other words, if I can put it 528 00:25:56,504 --> 00:25:59,835 this way, without the empty tomb, the cross doesn't mean anything 529 00:25:59,835 --> 00:26:02,385 for us without the resurrection. 530 00:26:02,385 --> 00:26:06,165 We're still in our sins because what we talked about in point number 531 00:26:06,165 --> 00:26:10,515 one, because he couldn't atone for us, he couldn't die for our sins. 532 00:26:11,699 --> 00:26:14,879 Because he would've had his own sin to pay for, but the resurrection shows 533 00:26:14,879 --> 00:26:17,939 us that the payment was accepted, that the payment was applied. 534 00:26:18,179 --> 00:26:22,409 The resurrection is the evidence that we can point to, to say, this is why 535 00:26:22,649 --> 00:26:25,560 I'm justified without the resurrection. 536 00:26:26,699 --> 00:26:29,490 We're left just like all of those other religions saying, okay, well 537 00:26:29,490 --> 00:26:34,350 how can I figure out a way for me to be good enough to overcome the 538 00:26:34,350 --> 00:26:36,480 bad that I've done and we can't. 539 00:26:37,335 --> 00:26:40,905 But the resurrection is the stamp that says the payment was made for you. 540 00:26:41,565 --> 00:26:42,675 The payment was made for you. 541 00:26:44,145 --> 00:26:46,305 The gospel, though without the resurrection, is just another empty, 542 00:26:46,305 --> 00:26:49,215 worldly mantra to make you feel better about yourself for a time being. 543 00:26:49,215 --> 00:26:51,255 But then on the end of it, you're gonna be left on the outside 544 00:26:51,255 --> 00:26:55,275 looking in, and so that's why the resurrection is such good news. 545 00:26:55,815 --> 00:26:56,595 Listen, point number two. 546 00:26:56,595 --> 00:26:59,505 If Jesus didn't rise, you wouldn't be forgiven. 547 00:27:01,185 --> 00:27:02,325 You wouldn't be forgiven. 548 00:27:02,895 --> 00:27:04,215 And so we celebrate the resurrection. 549 00:27:04,215 --> 00:27:06,675 The resurrection is good news because you are forgiven, because 550 00:27:06,675 --> 00:27:08,145 he did indeed walk outta the grave. 551 00:27:08,325 --> 00:27:13,005 You are justified and, and, and here's why this is such good news. 552 00:27:13,275 --> 00:27:16,785 It's not as though the, the death of Jesus and his resurrection just brought 553 00:27:16,785 --> 00:27:18,015 you back to all square with God. 554 00:27:19,125 --> 00:27:21,675 It's not just that your debt was forgiven, and then he looks at you 555 00:27:21,675 --> 00:27:24,675 and says, go and, and don't rack up any more debt because then we're gonna 556 00:27:24,675 --> 00:27:25,815 be at odds with each other again. 557 00:27:26,625 --> 00:27:27,045 See that? 558 00:27:27,045 --> 00:27:28,665 That would be devastating news for us. 559 00:27:30,570 --> 00:27:35,610 Uh, in my house, I have been doing battle regressive sanctification style 560 00:27:35,610 --> 00:27:37,170 battle with two sinks that I have. 561 00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:38,370 They're in my master bathroom. 562 00:27:38,370 --> 00:27:41,850 They're, they're connected to each other and they've been backing up. 563 00:27:41,850 --> 00:27:43,860 We've had problems with these sinks since we bought the house. 564 00:27:44,250 --> 00:27:47,070 Um, and so I decided to become an amateur plumber, which starts with draino. 565 00:27:47,580 --> 00:27:51,540 And, uh, then when, when Draino ceased to be as effective as it 566 00:27:51,540 --> 00:27:54,395 once was, and the water just started backing up into the sink, I, I. 567 00:27:55,860 --> 00:27:56,909 We're not even running water. 568 00:27:56,909 --> 00:27:58,050 Why is there water in the sink? 569 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,560 Well, I found out that my air conditioner, it empties out down 570 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:02,970 into that same drain line there. 571 00:28:02,970 --> 00:28:05,490 So it's, the condensation line is constantly running into the sink. 572 00:28:05,820 --> 00:28:09,300 So e even when I'm not in there, the, the water's back flowing into 573 00:28:09,300 --> 00:28:12,480 the sink, and I'm the type of person that loses sleep over these sinks. 574 00:28:13,379 --> 00:28:16,409 And, uh, and so I, I became amateur plumber part two, which 575 00:28:16,409 --> 00:28:18,690 means I figured out what a p trapp is and how to take it off. 576 00:28:19,770 --> 00:28:21,180 And so I would do that. 577 00:28:21,180 --> 00:28:22,020 I got onto the sink. 578 00:28:22,020 --> 00:28:24,960 I, I unscrewed all, all the things, and I emptied the water into the 579 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,610 bucket, and I took the bucket out. 580 00:28:26,610 --> 00:28:30,810 And then I, I reattached everything in both sinks, and for a while I felt really 581 00:28:30,810 --> 00:28:33,150 good because the sink looked empty. 582 00:28:33,990 --> 00:28:34,920 There wasn't anything in it. 583 00:28:35,190 --> 00:28:36,210 I was back to square. 584 00:28:36,540 --> 00:28:37,950 I was all level with the sink. 585 00:28:38,340 --> 00:28:38,970 We were fine. 586 00:28:40,230 --> 00:28:43,860 But as soon as I thought about turning the water on, it immediately filled back up. 587 00:28:44,700 --> 00:28:47,760 I mean, like 10 minutes later, the water's back in the sink. 588 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:54,060 If all the cross did and the empty tomb did for you was bring you back to square 589 00:28:54,060 --> 00:29:00,149 with God, that's your future because none of us in the room are perfect, right? 590 00:29:00,689 --> 00:29:04,979 We can all agree on that, and so if all the cross did was settle the past 591 00:29:04,979 --> 00:29:07,469 sins that you had committed against God and say, well, you're back to square 592 00:29:07,469 --> 00:29:12,449 with God, if that's what justification meant, then it's not good news at all. 593 00:29:14,070 --> 00:29:17,010 Because we would be in need of Jesus to die on the cross for 594 00:29:17,010 --> 00:29:18,990 our sins again every single day. 595 00:29:20,340 --> 00:29:25,320 But the Bible in fact, says that he died once for all and that a rose 596 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:29,460 once for all, and that he's currently seated at the right hand of the Father. 597 00:29:30,450 --> 00:29:33,090 So the good news of the empty tomb and the reason why you can have 598 00:29:33,090 --> 00:29:36,180 confidence that you are forgiven is because that death paid the penalty for 599 00:29:36,180 --> 00:29:38,910 your sins past, present, and future. 600 00:29:40,395 --> 00:29:42,314 Such that you are now forgiven. 601 00:29:42,314 --> 00:29:44,235 And the, the resurrection again. 602 00:29:44,235 --> 00:29:44,955 The resurrection. 603 00:29:44,955 --> 00:29:48,135 The reason why we rejoice this morning is because the fact that 604 00:29:48,135 --> 00:29:51,314 Jesus is alive is evidence of the fact that you have been forgiven. 605 00:29:51,855 --> 00:29:54,975 The fact that Jesus is alive is, is evidence of the fact that you don't 606 00:29:54,975 --> 00:29:59,415 have sin anymore to fear being judged for when you die and stand before the 607 00:29:59,415 --> 00:30:04,905 Lord because it was born by him on the cross for you, and he rose again as a 608 00:30:04,905 --> 00:30:08,385 sign payment accepted payment applied. 609 00:30:10,785 --> 00:30:13,875 If Jesus didn't rise, that's when we're in trouble. 610 00:30:16,635 --> 00:30:18,675 But indeed, he was raised for our justification. 611 00:30:20,475 --> 00:30:21,975 I want us to think about that for a second. 612 00:30:22,935 --> 00:30:24,705 He was raised for our justification. 613 00:30:26,370 --> 00:30:32,265 I want you to think of what it would be like to amass a, a huge debt. 614 00:30:33,075 --> 00:30:37,754 That you could never repay you, you, somebody gave you a credit card with a 615 00:30:37,754 --> 00:30:41,895 limit far more than you should ever have, and you decided I'm gonna max it out. 616 00:30:42,195 --> 00:30:42,825 And you did. 617 00:30:43,455 --> 00:30:46,845 And the bill came due and you couldn't pay it, but somebody else 618 00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:48,014 stepped in and paid it for you. 619 00:30:49,725 --> 00:30:52,155 And not just some anonymous benefactor. 620 00:30:52,695 --> 00:30:56,804 Picture it being somebody that you love, a, a loved one, somebody 621 00:30:56,804 --> 00:31:00,254 very close to you, and they stepped in and they bailed you out. 622 00:31:00,284 --> 00:31:01,425 They, they paid your debt. 623 00:31:02,235 --> 00:31:05,385 And not only that, but to pay your debt to do it. 624 00:31:05,385 --> 00:31:06,675 They, they sold their house. 625 00:31:07,514 --> 00:31:09,495 They, they cashed in their, their retirement. 626 00:31:09,584 --> 00:31:14,625 They sold their cars and they paid your debt and set you up to be able to not 627 00:31:14,625 --> 00:31:18,435 have to go into debt in the future, in other words, to, to get you out of debt. 628 00:31:18,435 --> 00:31:21,495 It was a huge cost to them, massive sacrifice for them. 629 00:31:24,435 --> 00:31:27,465 What would it be like for that to happen and then for you to turn right back 630 00:31:27,465 --> 00:31:28,814 around and jump straight back into debt? 631 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:31,485 What would that convey? 632 00:31:33,195 --> 00:31:33,675 Would that convey? 633 00:31:33,675 --> 00:31:35,355 Man, I, I'm, I'm so thankful for you. 634 00:31:35,685 --> 00:31:37,485 I'm so thankful that you paid the debt that I couldn't pay. 635 00:31:38,325 --> 00:31:41,025 I'm so thankful that not only did you forgive me, but, but you set me up to not 636 00:31:41,025 --> 00:31:42,555 have to go to, into debt in the future. 637 00:31:44,655 --> 00:31:45,495 Now I wouldn't. 638 00:31:45,555 --> 00:31:47,475 Would it, would it convey that we love them? 639 00:31:49,695 --> 00:31:54,465 See Christ has paid our debt and set us up to where we don't 640 00:31:54,465 --> 00:31:55,545 have to go into debt anymore. 641 00:31:56,505 --> 00:31:59,025 And so as we turn into this final section this morning, I want us 642 00:31:59,025 --> 00:32:02,625 to think about the life that the resurrection has now purchased for us. 643 00:32:03,225 --> 00:32:05,775 I want us to think about the reality of the, the life that we can live as 644 00:32:05,775 --> 00:32:10,545 believers now that the resurrection has happened, and the inconsistency of us 645 00:32:10,545 --> 00:32:13,215 saying, man, I'm a follower of Jesus, but then just going straight back into the 646 00:32:13,215 --> 00:32:14,835 old life that we've always lived before. 647 00:32:16,485 --> 00:32:18,285 Again, it's not that we're gonna be perfect, but that our 648 00:32:18,285 --> 00:32:19,395 life should be transformed. 649 00:32:19,395 --> 00:32:20,775 In fact, the Bible points to this. 650 00:32:21,225 --> 00:32:22,485 Romans six four says this. 651 00:32:22,485 --> 00:32:26,565 We were buried, therefore, with him by baptism into death in order that just as 652 00:32:26,565 --> 00:32:30,255 Christ was raised from the dead, by the glory of the Father, we too might walk 653 00:32:30,255 --> 00:32:35,295 in the newness of life that's presently, that we as Christians should walk in 654 00:32:35,295 --> 00:32:38,475 newness of life because we have been united to the resurrection of Christ. 655 00:32:39,890 --> 00:32:45,375 Or Colossians two 12 through 14, having been buried with Jesus in baptism, in 656 00:32:45,375 --> 00:32:48,585 which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working 657 00:32:48,585 --> 00:32:50,055 of God who raised him from the dead. 658 00:32:50,610 --> 00:32:54,390 You who are dead in your trespasses, in the uncircumcision of your flesh. 659 00:32:54,390 --> 00:32:59,250 God made alive together with him having forgiven us all our trespasses by 660 00:32:59,250 --> 00:33:02,460 canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. 661 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,860 This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 662 00:33:05,940 --> 00:33:06,810 Again, the contrast. 663 00:33:06,810 --> 00:33:09,540 Here you were dead and now you've been made alive. 664 00:33:10,945 --> 00:33:15,450 You were a sinner and now you've been redeemed, you've been forgiven. 665 00:33:16,380 --> 00:33:17,790 Or two Corinthians five 17. 666 00:33:17,790 --> 00:33:19,560 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a what? 667 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,830 He's a new creation, right? 668 00:33:22,830 --> 00:33:23,520 The old is God. 669 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:28,590 The new is here and and that's a result of the resurrection of Jesus. 670 00:33:28,590 --> 00:33:31,620 That that you, through faith in Jesus now can be born again. 671 00:33:31,620 --> 00:33:33,180 You can be made a new creation. 672 00:33:34,590 --> 00:33:38,790 Romans eight 11, which says this, if the spirit of him who raised Jesus from 673 00:33:38,790 --> 00:33:43,470 the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also 674 00:33:43,470 --> 00:33:45,240 give life to your what kind of bodies? 675 00:33:46,110 --> 00:33:47,040 Mortal bodies. 676 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:48,720 Your mortal bodies. 677 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:50,310 What's your mortal body? 678 00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:52,590 That's what you're wearing this morning. 679 00:33:53,730 --> 00:33:56,250 That's the, the, the, the, the flesh and blood that you got on 680 00:33:56,250 --> 00:33:58,320 right now, that's your mortal body. 681 00:33:58,650 --> 00:34:00,240 It's mortal because it will one day die. 682 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,570 Now, in the future, you're gonna get an immortal body, and that's 683 00:34:03,570 --> 00:34:04,800 one that God is preparing for you. 684 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:05,850 That's your resurrection body. 685 00:34:05,850 --> 00:34:06,780 That's your glorified body. 686 00:34:06,780 --> 00:34:08,130 But right now, we're inm mortal bodies. 687 00:34:08,130 --> 00:34:09,300 But notice what Paul says here. 688 00:34:09,780 --> 00:34:12,780 If the spirit of him who raised Jesus. 689 00:34:13,274 --> 00:34:14,835 See the connection back to the resurrection here. 690 00:34:15,284 --> 00:34:19,094 If the spirit of him who raised Jesus dwells in you, then the one who gave 691 00:34:19,094 --> 00:34:22,725 life to Jesus will also give life to your mortal bodies this morning. 692 00:34:23,864 --> 00:34:26,384 In other words, Christian, the resurrection means that 693 00:34:26,384 --> 00:34:27,404 your life should be different. 694 00:34:28,605 --> 00:34:31,754 The fact that Jesus got up and walked out of the the grave means that the 695 00:34:31,754 --> 00:34:34,995 life that you're living now should be a different life than the life that you 696 00:34:34,995 --> 00:34:36,614 live before you came to faith in Jesus, 697 00:34:39,375 --> 00:34:40,665 but not have, he never rose. 698 00:34:41,685 --> 00:34:43,395 If he never rose, then there is no change. 699 00:34:43,424 --> 00:34:44,415 There's no transformation. 700 00:34:44,444 --> 00:34:45,645 There's no resurrection life. 701 00:34:45,645 --> 00:34:46,725 You're not a new creation. 702 00:34:46,725 --> 00:34:51,284 You don't have the spirit to give life to your mortal bodies if Jesus never rose. 703 00:34:51,284 --> 00:34:52,335 Our final point this morning is this. 704 00:34:52,335 --> 00:34:53,625 You wouldn't have new life. 705 00:34:55,964 --> 00:34:59,085 You wouldn't have new life, but in fact he did. 706 00:35:00,435 --> 00:35:01,605 In fact, he did rise. 707 00:35:01,605 --> 00:35:06,075 And so you do have new life, or at least we should a a as the church. 708 00:35:06,075 --> 00:35:07,424 We're not the walking dead. 709 00:35:08,145 --> 00:35:10,845 We're not meant to be spiritual zombies, just making our way through 710 00:35:10,845 --> 00:35:13,965 life looking just like we did before we came to faith in Jesus. 711 00:35:14,745 --> 00:35:15,795 We should look different. 712 00:35:15,795 --> 00:35:17,175 There should be the transformation. 713 00:35:17,415 --> 00:35:20,145 God will save you where you are, no matter where you are, 714 00:35:20,145 --> 00:35:21,435 but he won't leave you there. 715 00:35:22,545 --> 00:35:25,545 He will give life to your mortal bodies to make you more like Jesus, who 716 00:35:25,545 --> 00:35:27,795 was delivered up for our trespasses. 717 00:35:29,625 --> 00:35:33,195 I read a story earlier this week in in prepping for this, 718 00:35:33,195 --> 00:35:34,815 about a man named Claude Brown. 719 00:35:36,345 --> 00:35:39,615 Claude Brown, you probably haven't heard of him, but Claude Brown was 720 00:35:39,615 --> 00:35:41,625 given a new lease on life in 2010. 721 00:35:42,825 --> 00:35:46,305 See, in 2010, Claude was on a list of those needing a, a heart transplant. 722 00:35:47,385 --> 00:35:50,505 He was in congestive heart failure, and he had been hospitalized, and 723 00:35:50,565 --> 00:35:53,085 he was getting into a situation that was pretty desperate. 724 00:35:54,525 --> 00:35:58,125 And then at the 11th hour, he got news that a heart had been found. 725 00:35:59,565 --> 00:36:01,605 The heart was rushed to the hospital, the surgery was 726 00:36:01,605 --> 00:36:03,555 performed, and Claude and survived. 727 00:36:05,145 --> 00:36:08,714 Afterwards, Claude went on to to live with his family and spend more time with 728 00:36:08,714 --> 00:36:12,134 his wife and spend time with his kids and spend time with his grandkids and just 729 00:36:12,134 --> 00:36:14,685 the, the joys of this new outlook on life. 730 00:36:14,685 --> 00:36:21,584 He, his life had been extended a fresh start almost at one point. 731 00:36:21,944 --> 00:36:25,819 Claude and his wife received a letter from Richard and Debbie Wheeland. 732 00:36:28,395 --> 00:36:31,425 Richard and Debbie wrote Claude a letter and said, Hey, we, we want 733 00:36:31,425 --> 00:36:36,405 you to know that we just found out that, um, we're connected. 734 00:36:36,675 --> 00:36:41,715 In a way, Richard and Debbie said, we, we had a 22-year-old son whose name was 735 00:36:41,715 --> 00:36:47,295 Ricky, and Ricky was involved in a motor vehicle accident that took his life. 736 00:36:47,295 --> 00:36:47,745 He died. 737 00:36:49,335 --> 00:36:51,585 But see, Ricky was on the donor list. 738 00:36:53,009 --> 00:36:57,960 And so the heart, Claude, that you have right now once belonged to our son, Ricky. 739 00:36:59,549 --> 00:37:02,910 That began a relationship between Claude and his wife and the Wheelans. 740 00:37:03,420 --> 00:37:06,120 The Wheelans came and met Claude, and they were given a stethoscope, and 741 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,000 they were able to listen to their son's heart beating inside Claude's chest, 742 00:37:10,140 --> 00:37:11,310 and they sat there and they listened. 743 00:37:11,310 --> 00:37:15,240 As Claude said, Hey, I just want you to know how grateful I am for new Life. 744 00:37:16,710 --> 00:37:18,090 I've spent time with my wife. 745 00:37:18,540 --> 00:37:19,860 We've made these memories. 746 00:37:20,070 --> 00:37:22,290 I've been able to see more grandchildren born. 747 00:37:22,980 --> 00:37:24,870 I've been able to spend more time with my kids. 748 00:37:25,740 --> 00:37:31,890 I'm overwhelmingly grateful for the sacrifice of your son losing his 749 00:37:31,890 --> 00:37:33,300 life so that I could have more life. 750 00:37:36,525 --> 00:37:38,175 Imagine, if you will, for just a minute. 751 00:37:38,835 --> 00:37:42,045 If the Wheelings had showed up and Claude was sitting there stuffing his 752 00:37:42,045 --> 00:37:45,795 face with Big Macs and fries with a bottle of whiskey on the table next 753 00:37:45,795 --> 00:37:48,555 to him and a, a pack of cigarettes that he was just chain smoking. 754 00:37:49,875 --> 00:37:50,835 Thanks for your son's heart. 755 00:37:50,835 --> 00:37:51,645 I appreciate it. 756 00:37:54,375 --> 00:37:55,365 How would that hit? 757 00:37:57,495 --> 00:37:58,425 Not the same, would it? 758 00:38:01,845 --> 00:38:07,395 Jesus Rose guys, the, the, the, the cost of the cross, all of it, the resurrection 759 00:38:07,515 --> 00:38:09,195 so that you can have new life. 760 00:38:09,195 --> 00:38:13,335 This morning, the joy that Claude had was the joy of being able 761 00:38:13,335 --> 00:38:14,445 to spend time with his family. 762 00:38:14,445 --> 00:38:16,935 The joy of being able to extend his, his time with his kids 763 00:38:16,935 --> 00:38:18,255 and see more grandkids born. 764 00:38:18,615 --> 00:38:20,325 The joy of being able to love his wife more. 765 00:38:22,035 --> 00:38:24,765 That was the excitement that was brought by this life that was 766 00:38:24,765 --> 00:38:26,235 lost so that he could have life. 767 00:38:27,855 --> 00:38:32,265 What's the excitement of the life that was lost for you so that you can have life? 768 00:38:33,135 --> 00:38:35,175 And, and then how much more should we be excited because 769 00:38:35,175 --> 00:38:36,525 Jesus isn't still dead, is he? 770 00:38:37,485 --> 00:38:40,245 He's living, he's seated at the right hand of the Father, and 771 00:38:40,245 --> 00:38:41,775 one day he's coming back for us. 772 00:38:42,555 --> 00:38:44,085 And so we can live excited. 773 00:38:44,085 --> 00:38:45,105 We can live joyful. 774 00:38:45,105 --> 00:38:49,095 We can live thankful for the fact that he died so that our sins could be forgiven. 775 00:38:49,095 --> 00:38:52,815 But more than that, he rose again so that we can have life with him forever. 776 00:38:52,815 --> 00:38:54,285 And now, life begins right now. 777 00:38:55,875 --> 00:38:57,794 It doesn't wait until eternity. 778 00:38:58,125 --> 00:39:01,095 It begins right now because we get to navigate this world with 779 00:39:01,095 --> 00:39:04,875 a great joy knowing that we have a future that's guaranteed for 780 00:39:04,875 --> 00:39:06,285 us, that's gonna be with Christ. 781 00:39:06,464 --> 00:39:09,044 And that's not anything that this world could ever hurt. 782 00:39:09,105 --> 00:39:11,355 That's not anything that this world could ever take away from 783 00:39:11,355 --> 00:39:12,524 us, no matter what happens. 784 00:39:13,395 --> 00:39:16,754 And so the resurrection is the best news because Jesus rose. 785 00:39:16,964 --> 00:39:18,855 You have a substitute. 786 00:39:19,515 --> 00:39:23,355 You can be forgiven and you can indeed have new life. 787 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:25,110 He has risen. 788 00:39:25,110 --> 00:39:26,040 He has risen indeed. 789 00:39:27,569 --> 00:39:29,670 That is the most glorious reality we could ever know. 790 00:39:30,390 --> 00:39:32,160 That is the best news we could ever hear. 791 00:39:33,330 --> 00:39:35,880 And what's so amazing is that it's so accessible to us. 792 00:39:37,710 --> 00:39:41,130 What would you say is harder if pressed to get into heaven or to get 793 00:39:41,130 --> 00:39:42,420 into the Masters golf tournament? 794 00:39:45,210 --> 00:39:47,790 I read about it this week, or I watched a YouTube video on it this week. 795 00:39:48,569 --> 00:39:49,455 You have to enter a lottery. 796 00:39:50,355 --> 00:39:54,615 To get into the masters and, and, and then if you win the 797 00:39:54,615 --> 00:39:55,964 lottery, you don't win anything. 798 00:39:55,964 --> 00:40:01,245 You win to get to pay for a ticket to the masters, and that's only for one day. 799 00:40:01,875 --> 00:40:04,335 And so you, you may not even get a good day at the ma. 800 00:40:04,365 --> 00:40:07,125 It may rain on you the whole time. 801 00:40:10,275 --> 00:40:11,895 What does it cost you to get into heaven this morning? 802 00:40:13,785 --> 00:40:15,404 What did it cost you to get into heaven? 803 00:40:15,435 --> 00:40:16,545 If you're a believer this morning 804 00:40:18,765 --> 00:40:19,520 didn't cost you anything? 805 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:25,290 And cause Christ who died on the cross for your sins. 806 00:40:25,290 --> 00:40:26,879 But the good news is he didn't stay dead. 807 00:40:27,990 --> 00:40:31,859 He rose again, who's delivered for your trespasses and 808 00:40:31,859 --> 00:40:33,540 raised for your justification. 809 00:40:34,650 --> 00:40:35,609 That's the guarantee. 810 00:40:35,609 --> 00:40:38,460 That's our hope, because that's our hope in life and death. 811 00:40:40,049 --> 00:40:43,109 Should God take us home in the next 20 minutes, we know 812 00:40:43,109 --> 00:40:44,310 we're gonna go be with him. 813 00:40:45,299 --> 00:40:47,580 Maybe it's the next 20 years we're gonna go be with him. 814 00:40:49,710 --> 00:40:53,970 40 years, 50 years, whatever your time left on this earth is because of 815 00:40:53,970 --> 00:40:55,620 the resurrected savior that we have. 816 00:40:56,970 --> 00:40:58,290 Because he was your substitute. 817 00:40:59,220 --> 00:41:00,450 Because you are forgiven. 818 00:41:01,470 --> 00:41:03,810 You have a new life that begins now and will continue on 819 00:41:03,810 --> 00:41:05,130 forever and ever into eternity. 820 00:41:06,750 --> 00:41:08,610 I'm gonna pray and as I do, the band's gonna come back up. 821 00:41:08,610 --> 00:41:10,620 We're gonna close with the song that we sang right before the sermon. 822 00:41:10,620 --> 00:41:12,330 Christ, our Hope in Life and Death. 823 00:41:12,330 --> 00:41:12,750 That's it. 824 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:17,010 He is our hope in life and death because he has overcome the grave for us. 825 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:20,850 And that is the best news that the world has ever heard. 826 00:41:21,930 --> 00:41:25,350 There's no singular event that's ever happened in human history with a greater 827 00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:29,520 impact than the resurrection of Jesus that decides the fate of every human being. 828 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:32,190 What have you done with a resurrected savior? 829 00:41:32,670 --> 00:41:33,240 Let me pray. 830 00:41:34,860 --> 00:41:37,860 Lord God, we thank you for that truth, that hope, that reality that we have, that 831 00:41:37,860 --> 00:41:39,755 Jesus has in fact risen from the dead. 832 00:41:40,964 --> 00:41:42,615 Lord, he is our hope in life and death. 833 00:41:43,035 --> 00:41:45,015 It's not in being a good enough person. 834 00:41:45,015 --> 00:41:47,325 It's not in being a kind enough person. 835 00:41:47,325 --> 00:41:49,305 It's not in being a holy enough person. 836 00:41:49,365 --> 00:41:52,154 It's, it's not in attending church enough or any of those things. 837 00:41:52,785 --> 00:41:55,275 Our hope is in the fact that Jesus died on the cross for our 838 00:41:55,275 --> 00:41:56,444 sins so that we can be forgiven. 839 00:41:56,444 --> 00:42:00,975 That he gave us his full righteousness there and then he rose again overcoming 840 00:42:00,975 --> 00:42:04,305 death so that one day we too will rise to be with him and live with him forever. 841 00:42:05,415 --> 00:42:09,194 Lord, such good news available to any who will repent from their sins and 842 00:42:09,194 --> 00:42:10,725 put their trust in him is their savior. 843 00:42:11,504 --> 00:42:13,575 He's our hope in life and death. 844 00:42:14,294 --> 00:42:18,705 So God, we are so thankful that we serve and worship a resurrected savior. 845 00:42:18,975 --> 00:42:21,015 The joy that comes in being able to say He has risen. 846 00:42:21,015 --> 00:42:22,365 He has risen indeed. 847 00:42:22,995 --> 00:42:24,915 Well, and that is the best news that we could ever hear. 848 00:42:25,215 --> 00:42:29,055 I pray that we would go exuberant, triumphant in that confidence. 849 00:42:29,115 --> 00:42:30,615 We pray this in Jesus' name. 850 00:42:30,975 --> 00:42:31,485 Amen.