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[3048.10 --> 3049.94] Truth, witness, and mission. |
[3050.50 --> 3052.04] The truth of the resurrection, |
[3052.60 --> 3054.90] the witness of the resurrection, |
[3054.90 --> 3058.30] and the mission of the resurrection. |
[3059.18 --> 3061.56] Let's start with that first part. |
[3062.34 --> 3064.52] Jesus changed everything. |
[3064.94 --> 3065.54] And honestly, |
[3066.40 --> 3070.90] for some of you participating at home |
[3070.90 --> 3072.02] and maybe even here, |
[3072.78 --> 3073.98] this is the hard part. |
[3075.48 --> 3075.62] Right? |
[3075.66 --> 3078.60] Some of us think that Jesus changed some things, |
[3078.60 --> 3079.78] but not everything. |
[3079.78 --> 3083.94] Some of us think that Jesus was just a dude |
[3083.94 --> 3085.54] who lived 2,000 years ago, |
[3085.68 --> 3087.34] and so why should he have any bearing on me |
[3087.34 --> 3088.24] and my life today? |
[3089.16 --> 3090.10] There are people, |
[3090.22 --> 3092.44] and maybe not listening here and right now, |
[3092.52 --> 3093.68] but in your families, |
[3093.80 --> 3096.52] in your friends at school or at work, |
[3096.58 --> 3097.72] your sons or daughters, |
[3097.80 --> 3099.26] there are people who think |
[3099.26 --> 3101.26] that the Jesus of the Bible is just made up. |
[3103.44 --> 3104.42] Even more likely, |
[3104.54 --> 3105.82] for those of us listening right now, |
[3106.42 --> 3108.12] there are some of us listening |
[3108.12 --> 3109.72] who just don't care. |
[3111.06 --> 3112.40] We don't really see why we should. |
[3114.10 --> 3115.20] Let me be clear on that, right? |
[3115.28 --> 3117.98] Some of you have called yourself Christian |
[3117.98 --> 3120.66] or been called Christian your entire life, |
[3120.78 --> 3123.62] and this last one of not really caring |
[3123.62 --> 3125.06] why you should care |
[3125.06 --> 3127.74] describes you to a T. |
[3129.60 --> 3130.48] And you know what? |
[3131.36 --> 3132.44] Honestly, genuinely, |
[3132.98 --> 3134.24] I get it. |
[3135.36 --> 3136.84] More than you can know, |
[3137.10 --> 3137.90] I get it. |
[3138.56 --> 3139.82] It's hard to believe. |
[3140.42 --> 3141.46] Some of this, |
[3141.76 --> 3143.60] especially today on Easter Sunday, |
[3143.68 --> 3144.88] maybe most of this, |
[3145.14 --> 3147.40] doesn't make ordinary sense. |
[3150.78 --> 3152.90] But that's why this story is so beautiful. |
[3153.58 --> 3155.28] Because even for those of us |
[3155.28 --> 3156.38] who don't get it, |
[3157.34 --> 3158.08] even for those of us |
[3158.08 --> 3158.78] who struggle to believe, |
[3158.86 --> 3161.20] we find ourselves in this story. |
[3161.28 --> 3162.16] You got your Bible handy? |
[3162.26 --> 3163.68] Look with me at a few verses. |
[3163.84 --> 3165.80] Look at verse 11. |
[3165.80 --> 3168.52] So the women have gone to the tomb. |
[3168.66 --> 3170.00] They have seen it empty. |
[3170.14 --> 3172.16] They have heard from the angels. |
[3172.32 --> 3173.80] We're reminded of what Jesus has said. |
[3173.88 --> 3176.00] They went back to tell the other disciples. |
[3176.42 --> 3176.94] Verse 11, |
[3177.34 --> 3180.16] but they did not believe the women |
[3180.16 --> 3182.62] because their words seemed to them |
[3182.62 --> 3184.00] like nonsense. |
[3186.08 --> 3186.92] For some of us, |
[3186.96 --> 3188.60] this seems like nonsense. |
[3188.60 --> 3189.92] Right? |
[3190.00 --> 3190.94] Verse 17, |
[3190.94 --> 3192.40] they stood still, |
[3192.60 --> 3194.70] their faces downcast. |
[3195.76 --> 3198.06] It's hard to believe. |
[3198.06 --> 3200.44] verse 21, |
[3201.40 --> 3203.44] on the road to Emmaus, |
[3203.54 --> 3203.98] the story, |
[3204.54 --> 3206.72] the two disciples have left Jerusalem |
[3206.72 --> 3207.92] after the crucifixion. |
[3208.46 --> 3210.26] They are despondent and broken |
[3210.26 --> 3212.06] and they say to this person |
[3212.06 --> 3213.04] whom they are walking with, |
[3213.08 --> 3214.68] who we later find out to be Jesus, |
[3215.08 --> 3216.82] we had hoped that he was the one |
[3216.82 --> 3218.72] who was going to redeem Israel. |
[3219.06 --> 3219.90] We had hoped that, |
[3220.00 --> 3221.48] but the implication there is, |
[3222.00 --> 3224.06] now we just don't know. |
[3224.06 --> 3227.34] Verse 37, |
[3227.50 --> 3229.42] Jesus appears to his disciples later. |
[3229.78 --> 3231.04] They were startled and frightened |
[3231.04 --> 3232.50] thinking they saw a ghost. |
[3234.30 --> 3235.62] Belief can be hard |
[3235.62 --> 3238.30] because this isn't ordinary |
[3238.30 --> 3241.22] in our experience of life. |
[3241.42 --> 3243.10] What we are talking about here |
[3243.10 --> 3245.08] is hard and extraordinary |
[3245.08 --> 3246.18] and for many of us, |
[3246.24 --> 3247.44] it defies logic |
[3247.44 --> 3248.44] or at least it defies |
[3248.44 --> 3250.86] our ordinary experience of reality. |
[3250.86 --> 3255.34] Can I let you in on an open secret? |
[3257.02 --> 3259.02] That's been Jesus all along. |
[3260.06 --> 3261.60] Since the very beginning, |
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