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Mark chapter 16 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Mark chapter 16, let us pray. Jesus, our Lord and our God and
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  our everything, we love you, Lord.
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  Jesus, we come to you in spirit and truth.
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  Lord, we are asking for a touch from on high.
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  God, heal our bodies and heal our minds, heal our families and
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  heal our marriages. God, heal this land.
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  God, we do repent, Father. We repent and confess all of our
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  sins, Lord, all the times that we have made it about self and
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  we've made it about money and we've made it about position,
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  God, and we've made it about security.
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  God, I pray, Lord, that you will stir up within a zeal for your
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  house. Lord, let us not shrink back
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  from following after you, Lord. Let us not be cowards, Lord, let
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  us not be fearful, Father, but increase our faith today.
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  Increase our love for you today, Lord.
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  We want to walk on the water, Lord, we want to come out to
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  where you are, Lord, help us to have the strength and the faith
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  to leave the boat, Lord, and to come out in faith, Lord, and
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  follow you and to touch you, God, we want to be with you,
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  Father, we love you. Lord Jesus, teach us today your
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  words. Teach us today your thoughts
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  teach us today your precepts. God, help us to be obedient unto
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  you. Lord, obedient unto these words.
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  Hide me and hide my words and hide my thoughts.
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  Holy Spirit, you take up over, You take up residence.
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  Holy Spirit, you guide us. Lord, I decrease as you
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  increase. It's all about you.
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  King Jesus, we love you, and it's in your holy and precious
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  name that I pray. Amen.
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  Let's start in verse one. And when the Sabbath was passed,
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  Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James Salome, had bought
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  sweet spices that they might come and anoint him.
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  So we know that Jesus was placed in the tomb.
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  We know that it was a tomb that had never been used.
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  We know that Joseph of Arimathea had purchased it and that he had
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  went and craved the body of Jesus from Pilate.
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  And Pilate had checked to make sure that Jesus was dead, dead.
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  And after he got the news that he was, he released him to
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  Joseph. Joseph late a minute.
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  The women knew where he was laid.
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  And they go, and and they buy all this expensive perfume and
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  spices to come and anoint his body.
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  Verse 2. And very early in the morning,
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  the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the
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  rising of the sun. So we can see here that this is
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  the reason we celebrate on the first day of the week and not on
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  Sabbath. We see that it is such a
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  glorious, monumental moment that Jesus has risen.
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  He is alive. You cannot go to His tomb today.
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  You cannot go to his grave today.
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  Jesus is alive and He sits at the right hand of God making
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  intercession for you and for me. And he went to prepare a place
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  for us friends, three. And they said among themselves,
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  Who shall roll us away? The stone from the door of the
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  sepulcher. These women were not strong
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  enough. It would have taken many men to
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  be able to roll this stone away from the door.
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  And these women are wondering who's going to rollback the
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  stone for. And when they looked, they saw
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  the stone was rolled away for it was very great.
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  So this could not have been done by his little band of disciples
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  in the middle of the night whenever the guards were there.
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  It would have never happened. And we know from the full
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  counsel of God's word all of the events that have happened here.
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  We know that the angels have rolled it back.
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  They're sitting on the stone, they're asking who do you seek?
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  And of course they came to anoint the body of Jesus and
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  they're all fearful and all of these events are taking place
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  and the we know that the the soldiers go and try to talk to
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  the chief priest. They didn't go back to Pilate.
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  They didn't go back to their Roman officials.
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  They went to the Jewish high priest.
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  These Roman guards did, and they conspired and came up with a
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  bunch of garbage about how his body had been stolen away and
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  they created some kind of storyline.
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  But we know that. We know that Jesus is risen and
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  he is alive, and these words are trustworthy and true. 5 And
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  entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on
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  the right side clothed in a long white garment, and they were
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  affrighted. You know, of course, any time
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  that an Angel appears on the scene, the first thing he says
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  is do not be afraid, because it would have been a very a
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  frightening sight to see this man, to see this Angel. 6 And he
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  said unto them, Be not afraid. You seek Jesus of Nazareth,
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  which was crucified. He is risen, He is not here.
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  Behold the place where they laid him.
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  So we know that the covering that would have been on his face
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  was folded into a napkin, which would have signaled to them as
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  someone at a dinner banquet that he is returning, that he is
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  coming back, friends. And we can see it all laying out
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  here. They said he says, behold, he
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  says, check it. Go and check all of the facts,
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  friends, you go back. Anybody who has ever set out on
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  a course to disprove and discredit this Bible, they have
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  become a believer themselves. The only ones who are saying
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  that they don't believe in the words of the Bible are the ones
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  that are ignorant of the words of the Bible and they haven't
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  actually went and checked the track record.
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  Friends, it all checks out. You cannot go and disprove and
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  discredit this Bible. And if you try to tell me that
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  you have somehow find any kind of discrepancy, it only proves
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  that you're hostile towards God. You're hostile towards the Word
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  of God, you're hostile towards Yahweh, you're hostile towards
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  the Jews. It shows that you are ignorant
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  of the Word of God, because when you go and try to uncover it
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  all, it all proves itself. It is all trustworthy and true.
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  It is without fault, and it is without error.
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  Friends 7 But go your way. Tell his disciples and Peter
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  that he goes before you into Galilee.
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  There shall you see him as he said unto you.
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  You remember that Jesus told them that He was going to have
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  to suffer at the hands of his enemies and that he would die
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  and be risen again on the third day, and then he would go before
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  them into Galilee. They would have done well to
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  hang on his every word like Mary did.
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  Mary got it right when she poured out the alabaster jar on
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  him and anointed him for his burial of this beautiful
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  spikenard smell. And you can see here that the
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  disciples had missed it. And you can see here that the
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  Angel put the stamp on what Jesus had already said and he
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  told, he tells them that he's going ahead of them into
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  Galilee. And look how he says go and tell
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  Peter. He doesn't say Simon.
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  He had not lost his salvation in the denial of Christ.
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  The three times. Here Peter wakes up, and he has
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  another chance to give his life over to the Lord.
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  Praise God, if you have breath in your lungs, it's not too
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  late. Friends, call upon that name and
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  be saved. 8 And they went out quickly and fled from the
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  sepulcher, for they were trembling and were amazed.
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  And neither said they anything to any man, for they were
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  afraid. It must have all felt like a big
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  dream. Here they are coming just to
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  anoint his body, and they see this Angel, and the Angel is
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  telling them Jesus is not here, he is risen, and he's going
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  before you. And here they're running to tell
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  the disciples they are not stopping, they are not passing.
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  Go. 9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week,
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  he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had
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  cast 7 devils. So here we can see that Jesus
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  appeared first to a woman. Jesus loves women, you know, in
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  this day, at this time, women would have been looked down upon
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  and here Jesus is proving that he sees women as Co equal heirs
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  of the Kingdom of God, and he loves them. 10 And she went and
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  told them that had been with him as they mourned and wept.
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  Here they are, they're mourning and they're weeping because
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  their master had been murdered. And here she comes with great
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  NEWS. 11. And they, when they heard that
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  he was alive and had been seen of her, did not believe.
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  So Jesus has appeared unto her, and she's going to tell his
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  disciples, and they did not believe.
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  And it's no different for us today.
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  We can see that people have been with him and we still are
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  hostile towards the faith. 12 After that he appeared in
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  another form unto 2 of them as they walked and went into the
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  country. We know that he appeared to the
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  disciples on the road to Emmaus, and we know that he was somewhat
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  shrouded from them and he talked with them as just a passerby.
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  But then as he broke the bread, they looked upon him and they
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  saw that it was Jesus, and then he disappeared.
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  This is amazing when you start thinking about Jesus being the
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  1st that was raised from the dead and the same power that
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  raised Jesus from the dead lives inside of you friend.
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  You have resurrection power inside of you friend and you
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  will be raised from the dead. You will not stay in the ground
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  friend and you will have a new body and it will be like Christ
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  here in this moment. Look at how he operates. 13 And
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  they went and told it unto the residue.
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  Neither believe they them. We know that Thomas was
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  doubting. Thomas said he would not believe
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  unless he could stick his finger in his hands and his hole in his
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  side. And we know that Jesus was dead,
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  dead. And here he's alive, and he is
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  appearing unto them, and he's wrecking the whole world right
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  now. You know, just prior to this
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  chapter, we could say that he was just a good man and a
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  prophet and all of the good sayings that he had.
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  But here he's proving to us the resurrection is the stamp,
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  friends, of his divinity, of his deity.
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  It is the stamp that we hold. Everything that holds in the
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  balance, friends, between life and death, between heaven and
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  hell, it's all proved here with Jesus's resurrection.
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  He did not stay in the grave. He is alive today, friends,
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  praise God. 14 Afterward He appeared unto the 11 as they sat
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  at me, and upbraided them with their unbelief and their
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  hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen
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  Him after He was risen. He had told them time and time
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  and time again. He talked to them like little
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  children. He told them from the minute
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  details of what was going to happen to him and what was
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  going, what, where he was going to go and where they should go
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  to meet him. And then he appeared to marry
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  Magdalen. And he appeared to the two on
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  the road. And here he upbraided them for
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  their hardness of heart, friends.
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  And it's no different for us. We get so sidetracked and so
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  turned around and we get so incredibly distracted and
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  distraught and we get watered down in our faith and we get
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  watered down in our witness friends, and we get just
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  pummeled by all the cares of this world and our faith wanes
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  and our faith diminishes. And we would do well to increase
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  our faith today. We would do well to lock eyes
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  with Him and listen to His words today and actually believe them
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  and put them into practice today and not let this world give us
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  our theology, not let this world give us our doctrine.
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  But let the holy words of this book give you your thoughts
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  about God and about Jesus and about what does He say to you
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  today? Friends, He's speaking to you
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  loudly and boldly. What is He saying to you today?
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  Obey that still small voice. He upbraided them because they
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  did not believe. 15 And he said unto them, Go you into all the
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  world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that
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  believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believes
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  not shall be damned. There's only two options here,
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  friends. He gives you the great
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  commandment. He tells you to go into all the
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  earth, Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem.
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  He tells you to go and preach to every single people group.
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  Don't hold back because somebody doesn't look like you or speak
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  your language or their culture is different from yours.
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  We need to be preaching Jesus to every single man, woman and
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  child in the entire globe. We cannot just look at them as
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  different and as our enemies. We must see them the way that
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  God does and there will be a representative from every tribe,
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  nation and tongue in heaven. Friends, praise God Hallelujah
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  that we are all on this journey together friends, and He is the
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  answer to all of our problems. And then what does He tell us
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  that we need to believe? We need to be baptized and we
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  need to be saved and stamped with His name on our forehead,
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  friends. But if they will not believe,
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  shake the dust from the bottom of your feet, for there is
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  damnation for those who refuse to believe the good news of
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  Jesus Christ. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe
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  in my name. Shall they cast out devils?
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  They shall speak with new tongues, 18 And they shall take
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  up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not
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  hurt them. They shall lay hands on the
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  sick, and they shall recover. What a bunch of loaded verses,
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  friends. And the whole idea of this is
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  that we should look different and we should not seek a sign,
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  but we should also not be amazed whenever the miracles break out.
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  Do not tempt the Lord your God by trying to practice these
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  things as if He's just going to allow you to drink poison or to
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  handle poisonous snakes. And no, he's just going to
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  protect you. And when he doesn't and they
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  die, it somehow disproves him. That's not the case at all,
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  friends. This is the signs that will
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  accompany those who are truly following after Him, and it will
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  be miracle upon miracle upon miracle that breaks out beyond
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  any of the things that are listed here.
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  These are just the tip of the iceberg of what is available to
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  us when we're truly following after Him, and there are many
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  accounts of miracles that have happened over the last 2000
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  years that far exceed any of the things listed here.
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  But by and large, when we tempt the Lord God and try to make him
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  behave in a certain way and put Him in a box, it doesn't work
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  that way. Friends, this is faith that gets
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  us out of the boat and allows us to walk on water. 19 So then
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  after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into
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  heaven and sat on the right hand of God.
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  We'll end on 20 And they went forth and preached everywhere,
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  and the Lord working with them and confirming the Word with
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  signs following. Amen.
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  What an amazing book of the Bible, the Gospel of Mark.
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  What an amazing time we've had together studying this.
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  I hope you've been blessed by this book of the Bible.
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  I know I sure have, many times over.
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  We can see the fast track of Jesus's ministry, of the things
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  that he did. We can see that His words are
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  trustworthy and true. We can see that He loves us and
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  He loves us well, and He is interceding on our behalf and
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  He's seated at the right hand of God and He went to prepare a
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  place for us and we should look up and see our redemption is
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  drawing near. It's at the door, friends.
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  I hope you're blessed today and we will continue this journey on
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  tomorrow. I love you and so does God.
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  We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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  God bless you.