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[3002.28 --> 3005.22] The theme for our time here in this text |
[3005.22 --> 3007.38] is that Jesus changes everything |
[3007.38 --> 3009.52] because he changed everything. |
[3009.96 --> 3011.94] And because Jesus changed everything, |
[3012.30 --> 3014.74] everything about you changes. |
[3016.44 --> 3018.26] Jesus changes everything |
[3018.26 --> 3020.62] because he changed everything. |
[3020.76 --> 3022.84] Now, how did Jesus change everything? |
[3023.84 --> 3026.62] In a word, resurrection. |
[3027.98 --> 3029.36] Because of the resurrection, |
[3029.36 --> 3031.84] Jesus changes everything. |
[3033.86 --> 3037.46] Because I believe that this is true, |
[3037.64 --> 3039.20] I want to show you this morning |
[3039.20 --> 3041.14] three things about the resurrection |
[3041.14 --> 3043.58] and what is changed by it. |
[3043.96 --> 3045.20] And we're going to do that together |
[3045.20 --> 3047.36] under three different headings. |
[3047.82 --> 3047.96] Right? |
[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, |
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