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[3262.28 --> 3263.86] Jesus has defied
[3263.86 --> 3265.80] our ordinary experience of reality.
[3266.14 --> 3267.96] In the story of his incarnation,
[3268.70 --> 3270.10] you have this virgin woman
[3270.10 --> 3273.54] who is become pregnant with child
[3273.54 --> 3276.34] and she bears the son of God.
[3277.04 --> 3278.38] You have God-man,
[3278.38 --> 3279.66] fully human,
[3280.10 --> 3280.74] fully God
[3280.74 --> 3283.34] in one person
[3283.34 --> 3285.16] we call Jesus.
[3286.20 --> 3287.48] And if we have a God-man
[3287.48 --> 3288.48] who comes into the world,
[3288.58 --> 3289.24] that also means
[3289.24 --> 3290.74] we need a Savior
[3290.74 --> 3292.52] to save us from ourselves.
[3293.40 --> 3294.68] But not just the incarnation,
[3294.98 --> 3296.02] not just the beginning of the story,
[3296.10 --> 3296.66] all throughout
[3296.66 --> 3298.16] has been beyond
[3298.16 --> 3299.86] our ordinary experience of reality.
[3299.96 --> 3301.06] Even Jesus' teaching
[3301.06 --> 3302.16] can be hard.
[3302.70 --> 3304.32] Jesus says things like,
[3304.32 --> 3306.06] if you want to gain your life,
[3306.16 --> 3307.10] you must lose it.
[3307.10 --> 3309.16] Jesus says things like,
[3309.46 --> 3310.24] blessed are the poor.
[3312.12 --> 3312.74] Blessed are you
[3312.74 --> 3314.00] when people insult you
[3314.00 --> 3315.12] and persecute you
[3315.12 --> 3316.22] and falsely say
[3316.22 --> 3317.12] all kinds of evil
[3317.12 --> 3317.68] against you
[3317.68 --> 3318.36] because of me.
[3319.04 --> 3320.14] Jesus tells us
[3320.14 --> 3322.26] to love our enemies.
[3323.82 --> 3326.42] Jesus says something like,
[3326.68 --> 3328.12] if your right eye
[3328.12 --> 3329.40] causes you to sin,
[3330.08 --> 3330.82] gouge it out.
[3330.82 --> 3332.08] He says,
[3332.18 --> 3333.48] if you want to be perfect,
[3333.62 --> 3335.22] go and sell all your possessions
[3335.22 --> 3336.08] and give to the poor
[3336.08 --> 3336.94] and then you will have
[3336.94 --> 3338.26] treasures in heaven.
[3338.94 --> 3340.36] Then come and follow me.
[3341.30 --> 3342.20] And what Jesus teaches
[3342.20 --> 3342.82] in his life
[3342.82 --> 3344.54] is that radical obedience
[3344.54 --> 3345.88] to God,
[3345.98 --> 3346.58] to him,
[3346.66 --> 3347.58] is life.
[3347.66 --> 3349.00] And that's counterintuitive
[3349.00 --> 3350.06] in our culture.
[3350.60 --> 3351.58] That doesn't make sense
[3351.58 --> 3352.42] to us.
[3352.52 --> 3354.06] And then finally now,
[3355.18 --> 3356.38] the story of the resurrection.
[3356.38 --> 3361.08] On the first day of the week,
[3361.80 --> 3363.06] very early in the morning,
[3363.88 --> 3365.10] the women took the spices
[3365.10 --> 3365.86] they had prepared
[3365.86 --> 3366.68] and went to the tomb.
[3368.04 --> 3369.34] They found the stone
[3369.34 --> 3370.62] rolled away from the tomb.
[3371.12 --> 3371.80] But when they entered,
[3371.90 --> 3372.92] they did not find the body
[3372.92 --> 3373.70] of the Lord Jesus.
[3374.74 --> 3375.72] And while they were wondering
[3375.72 --> 3376.32] about this,
[3376.40 --> 3377.78] suddenly two men in clothes
[3377.78 --> 3379.02] that gleamed like lightning
[3379.02 --> 3380.00] stood beside them.
[3380.16 --> 3381.12] And in their fright,
[3381.20 --> 3382.02] the women bowed
[3382.02 --> 3383.60] with their faces to the ground.
[3383.60 --> 3384.68] But the men said to them,
[3384.98 --> 3386.68] Why do you look for the living
[3386.68 --> 3387.78] among the dead?
[3387.86 --> 3388.92] He is not here.
[3389.00 --> 3389.74] He has risen.
[3390.54 --> 3392.20] Remember how he told you
[3392.20 --> 3394.40] while he was still with you
[3394.40 --> 3395.04] in Galilee.
[3395.40 --> 3396.28] The Son of Man
[3396.28 --> 3396.98] must be delivered
[3396.98 --> 3398.18] over to the hands of sinners,
[3398.30 --> 3398.86] be crucified,
[3399.36 --> 3400.90] and on the third day
[3400.90 --> 3402.84] be raised again.
[3406.14 --> 3407.16] Let me tell you,
[3408.16 --> 3410.20] if the resurrection
[3410.20 --> 3412.36] is true,
[3412.36 --> 3414.70] then all the rest
[3414.70 --> 3416.00] is true as well.
[3416.42 --> 3417.12] The resurrection
[3417.12 --> 3418.70] is the foundation
[3418.70 --> 3421.68] on which stands