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The Resurrection of Christ - 4/5/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  >> Praise God.
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  I'm telling you, I'm
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  I ain't been too many places in this
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  life.
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  >> I can tell you one place I've been.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> Bless his name.
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  >> Amen.
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  I just like his presence.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> I don't have to have nothing else. You
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  say, "You mean you'll sit here in
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  silence? If I feel him, I'll sit still
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  for hours." Amen.
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  >> Yes, sir.
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  >> Hallelujah. Bless his name. Amen. I tell
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  you, sinner, it'd be a good time to get
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  saved. Amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Hallelujah.
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  >> Amen. Mark's Gospel, if you have a
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  Bible. Amen. Mark's gospel.
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  I don't want to hinder the spirit, but
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  >> Amen.
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  >> He called me to preach.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And uh
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  I'm going to preach.
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  >> Mark's Gospel chapter 16. Praying about
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  this service this morning. I be honest
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  with you, I don't have to preach. I know
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  that. I'm not not surprisful to say that
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  this morning. I don't have to preach,
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  but it's just what's on my heart. and
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  been praying this week about the service
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  today and uh just what the mind of the
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  Lord what what he wanted for this
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  service and I I believe this is where he
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  wants us. I may strike out but I'm going
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  to do my best to do the will of God
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  >> and I'm going to be obedient to him. If
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  you have a Bible and you found your
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  place in Mark's Gospel chapter 16, I
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  invite you to stand.
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  I invite you to stand.
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  Simple thought this morning. nothing
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  nothing new to you, nothing extravagant.
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  And I'm thankful we're we're familiar
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  the resurrection
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  >> events thereof. I was thinking this
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  morning listening to brother Todd
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  preach. Um you're not going to hear a
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  better message than what he preached to
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  us out there uh in Portico this morning.
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  And I'm not going to try to follow that,
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  but I am going to try to tell give you
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  what the Lord gave me, what I feel like
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  he has for us this morning. Mark's
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  Gospel chapter 16, verse number one.
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  The Bible says, "When the Sabbath was
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  passed, Mary Magdalene and Mary the
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  mother of James and Shalom had bought
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  sweet spices that they might come and
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  anoint him." Very early in the morning,
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  the first day of the week, they came
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  under the supplr at the rising of the
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  sun. They said among themselves, "Who
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  shall roll us away the stone from the
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  door of the suppler?" When they looked,
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  they saw that the stone was rolled away,
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  for it was very great. And entering into
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  the supplr, they saw a young man sitting
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  on the right side, clothed in a long
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  white garment, and they were afraid. And
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  he saith unto them, "Be not afraid. You
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  seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was
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  crucified.
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  He is risen."
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  >> Amen.
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  >> He is not here.
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  Behold the place where they laid him.
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  But go your way, tell his disciples and
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  Peter that he goeth before you into
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  Galilee. There shall ye see him as he
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  said unto you. And they went out quickly
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  and fled from the suppler. For they
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  trembled and were amazed. Neither said
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  they anything to any man, for they were
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  afraid. Now, Father, I come before you
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  this morning and I ask you humbly for
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  your help. But I realize that I have
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  nothing to say this morning, God, if you
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  don't speak through me. And Lord, I
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  pray, Father, for just a few minutes
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  this morning, you would clothe me in my
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  call and rid me of sin and all flesh.
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  And God, I pray, Lord, that for a moment
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  of time, God, that I would be able to
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  disappear, Father, and the congregation
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  will be able to see you. I ask you, God,
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  please, would you grant it this morning?
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  I pray for those that are here this
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  morning and not saved. God, I pray today
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  would be the day of salvation for them.
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  And what I would hate to imagine,
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  Father, that anybody would sit in a
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  service and feel the presence of God the
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  way we felt it this morning and get up
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  and walk out lost, but I know souls are
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  doing it each and every day across this
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  country. And God, I pray, Father, that
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  today would be the last day, Lord, a
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  sinner stays lost today. God, I ask you
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  would help us as we look at this text.
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  And may we rejoice today because you are
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  alive and you did get up out of that
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  tomb. And I thank you for that today.
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  Thank you, Father, that if it had been
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  just me, you would have got up for me.
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  And I love you for that this morning.
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  And God, I ask, please help us this
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  morning. We need you. We can't do it
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  without you. Help us to receive with
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  meekness the engrafted word. Open our
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  eyes. We might behold wondrous things in
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  thy law. And God, may we see no man save
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  Jesus only. We'll give you glory because
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  we ask it in Jesus' name. God's children
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  said,
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  >> "Thank you for standing. You can be
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  seated this morning." I'm interested
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  this morning in this text on a certain
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  verse. I'm going to deal with the
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  entirety of the text that I've read. But
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  the thought that the Lord placed upon my
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  heart, I find it there in verse number
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  three where the Bible says they said
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  among themselves, who shall roll us away
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  the stone from the door of the
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  separator. In verse four, the Bible
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  says, "And when they looked, they saw
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  that the stone was rolled away."
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  >> Amen. And I want to preach on this
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  thought for just a little while this
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  morning with the help of the Lord. The
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  empty tomb says it all.
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  >> The empty tomb says it all. Now, I'll be
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  honest with you this morning. I've never
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  been to Israel. I've got some family
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  here this morning that went and they
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  were able to view what is assumed to be
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  that tomb when they were there. And they
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  would tell you this morning that it's
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  empty. Amen. But I'll tell you this,
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  regardless of the assumptions of man
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  about which tomb it was or where it was,
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  I can promise you without seeing it,
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  amen, that it's empty. Amen. And I was
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  thinking about this text this morning. I
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  dealt last year on resurrection Sunday
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  with Matthew's account of the
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  resurrection. And the Lord put this in
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  my heart earlier this week. And I
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  studied it sometime really till really
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  just this morning, real early. God began
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  to put this message in my heart. And I I
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  want to give you a few things by way of
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  introduction this morning considering
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  the context of the scripture. I notice
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  in this text we are brought to uh the
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  foot of the tomb. Here in the text we
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  notice that the Sabbath has passed and
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  depending on what you believe. I'm not
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  going to argue with you. Nobody really
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  knows what day Jesus was crucified on
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  and whether he got up late Saturday
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  evening or early Sunday morning. But I
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  tell you this, I know that he got up.
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  Amen. But when I come to this text, I
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  note that the Sabbath is passed
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  according to verse number one. And these
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  characters here show up on the pages of
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  scripture once again, and I'll say more
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  about them in just a minute, but I I
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  want us to picture with me what has
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  happened. Now, you may be here this
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  morning, and this may be the first time
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  you've ever heard this story. I I don't
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  want to take that for granted this
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  morning. But when I come to this text,
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  what is revealed to us is the
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  resurrection of our Lord and the fact
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  that they have came and found his empty
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  tomb. And just a chapter prior in Mark
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  chapter number 15, Jesus Christ was
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  crucified by the hands of sinful men. He
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  was hung upon that cross. AND YOU SAY,
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  "PREACHER, WHY was he hung there?" He
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  was hung there for your SIN AND FOR MY
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  SIN. THE BIBLE SAYS that all have sinned
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  and come short of the glory of God. AND
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  BECAUSE OF YOUR SIN, you are separated
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  from God. You are at enmity with God
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  this morning. And you have NO
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  OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP with
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  him. But you see, God sent his son. And
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  as the song says, they called him Jesus.
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  And he lived his LIFE ON THIS EARTH,
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  PERFECT, SINLESS, AND SPOTLESS. AMEN.
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  HEY, IT'S ALL RIGHT. SOMEBODY CAN HELP
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  ME PREACH THIS MORNING. PERFECT,
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  SINLESS, and spotless. Hey, he never did
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  a wrong thing. HE NEVER HAD A WRONG
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  THOUGHT. HE NEVER HAD A BAD ATTITUDE.
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  LET ME SAY THIS. FOR THE ENTIRETY OF HIS
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  LIFE, from the time that HE WAS HERE ON
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  THE EARTH UNTIL THE TIME THAT HE
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  INCENDED, THERE WAS NEVER A SIN IN HIS
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  MIND. THERE WAS NEVER A SIN IN HIS
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  HEART. THERE WAS NEVER A SIN ON HIS
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  LIPS. I SUBMIT TO YOU, HE WAS PERFECT.
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  HE HAD NO SIN. HE DID NO SIN. AMEN. And
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  in him was no sin. Amen. And in his
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  perfection, HE CAME TO BE THE SACRIFICE.
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  HE WENT TO CALVAR'S CROSS BEFORE IT WAS
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  THE CROSS THAT WAS PROPHESIED OF THAT HE
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  WOULD DIE AND HE WOULD BEAR THE SINS OF
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  MANKIND. PAUL TOLD THE CORINTHIAN
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  CHURCH, he said, "He hath made him TO BE
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  SIN FOR US WHO KNEW NO SIN THAT WE MIGHT
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  BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN
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  HIM." AND BECAUSE OF YOUR SIN PROBLEM,
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  HE HAD TO DIE. HIM BEING PERFECT, HE HAD
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  TO GO TO CALVARY AND DIE FOR YOUR SINS.
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  AND ON THAT CROSS, HE BLED AND SUFFERED.
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  AND LET ME REMIND YOU THIS MORNING OR
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  MAYBE MAKE YOU AWARE TODAY JESUS THEY
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  COULDN'T KILL HIM. AMEN. IT WASN'T
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  POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO TAKE HIS LIFE. HE
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  SAID IN JOHN CHAPTER NUMBER 10 HE SAID I
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  LAY MY LIFE DOWN. HE SAID MY FATHER
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  LOVETH ME BECAUSE I LAY MY LIFE DOWN.
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  AND HE SAID I HAVE POWER TO TAKE IT UP
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  AGAIN. JESUS ON CALVAR'S CROSS WILLINGLY
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  SUBMITTED HIS SPIRIT UNTO THE FATHER
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  SURRENDERED HIS LIFE TO GOD AND GAVE UP
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  THE GHOST. THE BIBLE SAYS, "AND ON
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  CALVAR'S CROSS BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL,
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  HE DIED THERE FOR YOUR SIN AND FOR MY
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  SIN. AND I SUBMIT TO YOU TODAY, I STAND
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  HERE FORGIVEN BECAUSE OF THE SACRIFICE
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  OF JESUS CHRIST." AMEN.
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  >> COME ON.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, what does that mean
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  for me?" Well, I submit to you today
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  that if you've never known Jesus, if
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  you've never trusted Christ, if you've
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  never come to him and asked HIM TO
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  FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR SINS AND SAVE YOUR
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  SOUL, you are in a lost, ruined
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  condition this morning.
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  >> But you see, you say, "Preacher, was his
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  death enough?" Well, let me say this.
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  His death was the propitiation for your
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  sin.
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  >> You're right. Amen.
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  >> But I want you want you to see this
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  morning that Christ is the gospel
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  message is the death, the burial,
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  >> and the resurrection.
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  >> The Bible says Peter or Paul said it
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  this way. He was delivered for our
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  offenses and raised for our
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  justification this morning. And the
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  preacher preached on it this morning.
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  But let me say this to you. If he did
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  not get up out OF THE GRAVE, THAT WOULD
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  mean that he was not God. IF HE DID NOT
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  RISE UP FROM THE GRAVE, IT WOULD MEAN
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  THAT GOD WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE
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  SACRIFICE OF HIS SON. BUT LET ME SAY
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  THIS, BECAUSE HE GOT UP AND BECAUSE HE
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  IS ALIVE TODAY, GOD IS SATISFIED AND THE
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  SON IS VINDICATED. HE IS THE SON OF GOD,
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  IN SPITE OF WHAT THE PHARISEES SAID, IN
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  SPITE OF WHAT THE WORLD SAYS, HE IS THE
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  VERY DARLING SON OF GOD. AMEN.
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  >> And his resurrection vindicates that
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  this morning. And you say, "Preacher,
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  well, you said the empty tomb says it
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  all." And it does this morning.
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  >> When I think about a gravestone,
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  often times on that epitap, people will
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  put their motives for life or a
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  description of the person that was in
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  there. Well, I submit to you, there was
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  never anything written on that empty
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  tomb.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> But there was something in front of it
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  that signified
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  >> everything that Jesus was going to do
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  and everything that he did.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> And notice this in the text this
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  morning. And I got to give you this and
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  get to the message this morning. We see
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  these ladies here in the text. You note
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  their devotion. Of course, this is Mary
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  Magdalene here in the text. Jesus as
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  earlier in his ministry cast seven
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  devils out of her. And Mary spent her
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  life following Jesus after that as one
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  of his uh close followers and Mary the
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  mother of James the less and so here in
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  the text. These three ladies have come
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  and other scriptures say that there were
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  more with them. BUT I NOTICED THEIR
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  DEVOTION in the text. And you say, "What
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  do you mean?" Well, these ladies here,
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  according to Matthew or Mark 15 and
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  verse NUMBER 40, THEY SAW HIS DEATH.
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  LOOK WHAT YOUR BIBLE SAYS. There were
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  also women looking on a far off,
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  speaking of the time when Jesus was
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  hanging on the cross. They were
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  beholding him there looking at Calvary
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  as Jesus hung there. AND NOT ONLY THEY
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  SAW HIS DEATH, but they also saw his
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  burial. According to ma mark chapter
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  number 15 and verse number 46 Joseph of
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  Arythea bought fine linen took him off
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  the cross wrapped him in that linen laid
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  him in that suppler. In verse 47 the
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  Bible says and Mary Magdalene and Mary
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  the mother OF JOSEPH BEHELD WHERE HE WAS
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  LAID. And so these women saw his death
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  but they also saw his burial. And some
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  three days later we come to this chapter
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  in chapter number 16. And you say
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  preacher what are you talking about? I'm
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  saying they were devoted to him. Amen.
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  They were coming here in the tomb. And
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  the Bible says they'd bought spices and
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  they'd spent their money to come and
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  anoint the body of the Lord Jesus. And
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  let me say this. I've read some writers
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  that said that it was a necessity that
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  they do this. But I really believe that
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  Joseph, he was a wealthy man, a rich
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  man. And I believe he had everything
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  that he needed when he wrapped that body
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  up. I BELIEVE THEY WERE COMING OUT OF
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  their own willingness because THEY LOVED
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  THE LORD. AMEN. AND THEY wanted to honor
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  him. AMEN. AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS
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  BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER this morning.
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  The people that love God the most are
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  the ones that'll go on and do for him
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  when it seems like he's done nothing for
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  them.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Oh friend, you didn't hear what I just
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  said.
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  >> Yeah. Come on, preacher.
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  >> THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD THE MOST. I'M
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  SAYING, FRIEND, THEY'LL GO ON AND SERVE
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  GOD WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THEIR LIFE'S
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  FALLING APART AROUND THEM. THESE WOMEN
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  HAD LOST THE ONLY MAN THAT HAD EVER
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  GIVEN THEM HOPE AND LIFE. I'M SAYING,
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  FRIEND, JESUS HAD DIED BEFORE THEIR
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  EYES. AND YOU GOT TO REMEMBER IN THEIR
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  MIND'S EYE, HE'S STILL DEAD,
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  >> RIGHT?
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  >> But you know what they did? They come
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  and anoint to anoint him again.
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  >> They were devoted to him. Amen. I see
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  not only their devotion. You see their
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  devotion in their treasure and in their
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  time that they come. I see not only
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  their devotion in the text, but I notice
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  their decision. Look what the Bible says
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  in verse two. And very early in the
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  morning, the first day of the week, they
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  came under the suppler at the rising of
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  the sun. And so these ladies, no doubt
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  in my mind, Jesus has never left their
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  mind from the time that he was on the
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  cross. But of course, this, the Bible
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  says that very early in the morning on
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  that Sunday morning, they come. And so
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  obviously that decision that they made
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  to come early was made the night before.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> And let me put this out there to you.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> Sunday morning churches decided on
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  Saturday night.
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  >> That's right. Amen.
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  >> Amen. Don't die on me right there. Amen.
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  Sunday morning church is decided on
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  Saturday night. They're devoted to him.
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  Their decision is to come to him. And
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  you notice in the text, the Bible says
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  that they came under the septic at the
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  rising of the sun. Of course, we know
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  Jesus has done got up out of the grave.
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  But I DON'T WANT TO PREACH ON ALL THAT.
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  I WANT TO GIVE YOU this and then we'll
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  get to the message this morning. Notice
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  not only their devotion and their
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  decision, but notice their declaration
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  in verse three. And they said among
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  themselves, "Who shall roll us away the
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  stone from the door of the supplr?" Now,
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  when you look at this text, you got to
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  remember something here. This supplr
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  that they've placed Jesus in. Of course,
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  it was a bought tomb. Joseph of Arythe
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  had purchased this for himself. No
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  doubt. And so, Jesus was here placed in
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  a borrowed tomb. According to Matthew's
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  gospel, the Bible says that the chief
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  priests, he commanded those soldiers to
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  go and seal that thing,
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  >> right?
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  >> To go put the seal on it and to put a
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  watch there FOR THREE DAYS BECAUSE they
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  remembered what Jesus said.
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  >> They said that deceiver said in three
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  days he's going to get up again. AND SO
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  YOU STAY THREE DAYS TO make sure that
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  his disciples don't come and take him
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  out because they said the last mistake
• 16:33
  WILL BE WORSE THAN THE first if we allow
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  him to come and take him out. But boy,
• 16:38
  aren't you thankful that it didn't
• 16:39
  matter? Amen. THEM WATCHING THE DOOR,
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  JESUS DIDN'T HAVE TO COME through the
• 16:43
  door. Amen. I'm getting ahead of myself
• 16:45
  butchering this outline. But the truth
• 16:47
  is this morning, you understand their
• 16:49
  declaration is BECAUSE THEY SAW A
• 16:51
  problem that they couldn't handle.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> And isn't that the way it is? You think
• 16:56
  about what Jesus is going through. Jesus
• 16:59
  has bore the sin weight of the human
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  race. He's descended. Amen. He's
• 17:05
  ascended the lower parts of the earth.
• 17:06
  He's doing the work of God. He's going
• 17:08
  to ascend. He's doing the eternal work.
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  >> And isn't it interesting that these
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  weighties, they're troubled about that
• 17:14
  work that's physical.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> You see, they saw a problem that was
• 17:20
  unfixable and all the while Jesus was
• 17:21
  doing things they couldn't even
• 17:22
  understand.
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  >> Right?
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  >> Let me say this to you this morning.
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  Okay? Whatever problem you got,
• 17:27
  >> come on.
• 17:28
  >> You just know Jesus has fixed more and
• 17:30
  is fixing more right now than your
• 17:32
  problem will ever be. Amen.
• 17:34
  their their declaration in the text.
• 17:36
  What does the Bible say? They know the
• 17:38
  size of the stone. Look what the Bible
• 17:40
  says. Who shall roll us away the stone
• 17:42
  from the door of the settler. Now,
• 17:44
  history tells us this stone's probably
• 17:46
  some five to six feet high and and a
• 17:48
  foot thick. And so, it was something not
• 17:50
  really just a job of one man, but it was
• 17:52
  a job of a few men to roll this stone
• 17:55
  away. And so, knowing the size of the
• 17:57
  stone and knowing their strength was
• 17:59
  small, they make this statement. And let
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  me say this to YOU THIS MORNING. YOU MAY
• 18:03
  LOOK AT YOUR PROBLEM THIS MORNING and
• 18:05
  say that it's too large. Recognizing the
• 18:07
  fact that the problem IS BIG AND YOUR
• 18:09
  STRENGTH IS SMALL. But just remember,
• 18:12
  God don't have to move the problem out
• 18:13
  of the way.
• 18:14
  >> You're right.
• 18:15
  >> He didn't have to move the stone to get
• 18:17
  out.
• 18:17
  >> Come on, preacher.
• 18:18
  >> He had to move the stone so they could
• 18:20
  look in. That's
• 18:21
  >> right.
• 18:23
  >> God don't have to fix your problem to
• 18:25
  help you. Amen.
• 18:26
  >> He He just wants you to allow him to to
• 18:29
  be the fix.
• 18:30
  >> That's right.
• 18:31
  >> Amen. He don't have to fix the problem.
• 18:33
  Amen. I'm getting off my message this
• 18:35
  morning. I don't know where you at this
• 18:36
  morning. You need to let God help you.
• 18:38
  Amen.
• 18:39
  >> Notice this. All right. I noticed not
• 18:41
  only their declaration, notice their
• 18:43
  discovery. They discover a removed stone
• 18:46
  in the text. Verse number four. When
• 18:48
  they looked, they saw that the stone was
• 18:50
  rolled away for it was very great.
• 18:52
  Speaking of the size of it, they saw not
• 18:54
  only a removed stone, but there's a
• 18:56
  revealed servant in the text. This young
• 18:58
  man, no doubt the angel of the Lord
• 19:00
  according to Matthew's gospel is sitting
• 19:02
  there in the right side, this angel
• 19:04
  clothed in a long white garment. They
• 19:06
  were afrighted and they not only saw the
• 19:08
  removed stone and revealed servant, but
• 19:10
  soon they would see the risen savior.
• 19:13
  And you say, "Preacher, what does all
• 19:14
  that mean?" Well, it's telling us this
• 19:16
  morning that the empty tomb had a
• 19:18
  message for them. That's
• 19:19
  >> right.
• 19:20
  >> Let me say this. The empty tomb has a
• 19:22
  message for you this morning. That's
• 19:23
  >> right.
• 19:24
  >> You pray for me. All right.
• 19:26
  You say, "What's the message?" Well, I
• 19:28
  think about that stone this morning. Of
• 19:30
  course, to know that the tomb was empty.
• 19:32
  The stone had to be removed. And we've
• 19:34
  already said it. It was a sizable stone.
• 19:36
  And not only it was sizable, but it was
• 19:39
  sealed. It had THAT SEAL PLACED UPON IT.
• 19:41
  And in spite of its size and in spite of
• 19:44
  its seal, this angel according to
• 19:46
  Matthew's gospel comes and shoves this
• 19:48
  stone out of the way and gets it out of
• 19:50
  the way so that all those that would
• 19:52
  come would be able to look in there and
• 19:54
  see the emptiness of this tomb.
• 19:56
  >> And in light of this servant, the the
• 19:59
  the work that he does in removing the
• 20:01
  stone, you see, he has to do something
• 20:03
  else. There's another stone that's in
• 20:04
  the way. You say, "What is that?" Well,
• 20:07
  it's the blindness of their lack of
• 20:08
  faith. That's
• 20:09
  >> right. You see, when they looked in
• 20:11
  there, you know what they saw? They saw
• 20:12
  emptiness,
• 20:13
  >> right?
• 20:14
  >> They didn't see what was there.
• 20:16
  >> Yeah. Come on.
• 20:17
  >> Amen. You say, "Preacher, WHAT ARE YOU
• 20:19
  SAYING?" I'M SAYING THAT napkin that was
• 20:21
  folded.
• 20:22
  >> Come on.
• 20:23
  >> Them grave clothes that were laying in
• 20:25
  there JUST LIKE OLD FRIEND, HE DIDN'T HE
• 20:27
  DIDN'T COME out of there. Let me This
• 20:29
  pet peeve of mine. Okay. All right. Let
• 20:30
  me just stop here for a minute. Okay.
• 20:33
  People talk about and I I'm not going to
• 20:34
  fall out if you believe this. Okay. But
• 20:36
  people talk about Jesus holded that
• 20:38
  napkin and you know that was a sign
• 20:40
  Jewish culture that you know he wasn't
• 20:42
  done you know Jewish culture table
• 20:44
  culture you know if he wasn't done with
• 20:45
  his meal he would fold his napkin to let
• 20:47
  them know that he was coming back. That
• 20:49
  preaches good. All right. That ain't
• 20:51
  what the text's talking about.
• 20:52
  >> Come on.
• 20:53
  >> When he sees the napkin folded, here's
• 20:55
  what he sees. He sees that napkin as it
• 20:57
  was wrapped on his head. That's
• 20:59
  >> right.
• 21:00
  >> And you know what? When Jesus come alive
• 21:02
  again, you know what he did? That napkin
• 21:03
  just fell off
• 21:06
  >> in the same shape that it was wrapped
• 21:08
  around his head.
• 21:09
  >> You're right.
• 21:09
  >> And you know what? All them garments, he
• 21:11
  was wrapped in all them grave clothes.
• 21:12
  You know what they did? They just laid
• 21:14
  down.
• 21:14
  >> That's right.
• 21:15
  >> Come on.
• 21:16
  >> You say, "How is that?" Well, because
• 21:18
  the stone didn't have to be moved FOR
• 21:19
  HIM TO GET OUT. JESUS DIDN'T HAVE TO
• 21:21
  UNWIND HIMSELF. JESUS DIDN'T HAVE TO
• 21:24
  TAKE THE HEAD CLOTHES OFF. HE DIDN'T
• 21:26
  HAVE TO MOVE THE STONE OUT OF THE WAY.
• 21:28
  BUT OH FRIEND, THE MOMENT HE CAME ALIVE.
• 21:30
  HE WASN'T JUST A MAN ANYMORE, BUT HE WAS
• 21:33
  THE EXALTED LAMB OF GOD IN A NEW BODY,
• 21:36
  HE'S THE FIRST BEGOTTEN OF THE DEAD. AND
• 21:38
  FRIEND, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE A DOOR.
• 21:40
  BUT THANK GOD, HE JUST APPEARED TO HIM
• 21:42
  DOWN THE ROAD. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WALK NO
• 21:44
  MORE. AMEN. HALLELUJAH. YOU SAY,
• 21:46
  "PREACHER, WHY DOES THAT HELP YOU?" CUZ
• 21:48
  HE'S THE FIRSTBORN. I'M GOING TO HAVE
• 21:50
  THAT SAME BODY ONE OF THESE DAYS.
• 21:55
  >> Jesus gets up and comes out of there.
• 21:57
  You say, "Preacher, what's the message
• 21:58
  of the empty tomb? Three things and I'm
• 22:00
  done." You see, this tomb was left there
• 22:04
  to show some things. And somewhere or
• 22:06
  another, this tomb's still empty. That's
• 22:09
  >> right.
• 22:10
  >> Amen. It's still empty. And I want to
• 22:12
  give you this, and I'm done this
• 22:13
  morning. I've already preached it, but
• 22:15
  I'm going to give it to you anyway. I'd
• 22:17
  say this. Number one, the message of the
• 22:19
  empty tomb is that his, you see, his
• 22:21
  decided death. You say, "What do you
• 22:24
  mean?" Well, notice the text. The angel
• 22:27
  says to these ladies here, the Bible
• 22:29
  says that they see him. He's in a long
• 22:31
  white garment. They were afraid. Verse
• 22:33
  six, he saith unto them, "Be not afraid.
• 22:36
  You seek Jesus of Nazareth." What those
• 22:38
  next three words? Which was crucified.
• 22:43
  You see in this text what it reveals.
• 22:45
  You say, "Well, preacher, they crucified
• 22:46
  him and because of his death, BECAUSE OF
• 22:48
  HIM HANGING ON THAT cross and all the
• 22:51
  loss of blood." I've heard the
• 22:52
  scientific explanations and all of this.
• 22:55
  The truth is it's more of a miracle that
• 22:57
  Jesus stayed alive as long as he did.
• 22:59
  AMEN. THAN THE FACT THAT HE DIED THERE.
• 23:01
  >> YOU'RE RIGHT.
• 23:02
  >> HE THEY COULDN'T TAKE his life.
• 23:04
  >> You're right.
• 23:05
  >> THEY COULDN'T TAKE IT FROM HIM. WHAT I'M
• 23:07
  SAYING IS HIS DEATH WAS A DECISION THAT
• 23:09
  HE MADE.
• 23:10
  >> AMEN. FRIEND, HE SAID IN JOHN CHAPTER
• 23:13
  NUMBER 12, EXCEPT A CORN OF WHEAT FALL
• 23:15
  INTO THE GROUND AND DIE, IT ABIDETH
• 23:18
  ALONE. BUT WHAT DID HE SAY? BUT if it
• 23:19
  die, it bringeth FORTH MUCH FRUIT. YOU
• 23:22
  KNOW WHAT? SOMEBODY HAD TO PLANT THAT
• 23:23
  CORNER WHEAT.
• 23:24
  >> GOD ON CALVAR'S CROSS, THEM SOLDIERS
• 23:27
  DIDN'T HANG HIM THERE. GOD PUT HIM
• 23:28
  THERE. AMEN. AND ON CALVARY, HE LAID HIS
• 23:31
  LIFE DOWN, SHED HIS BLOOD. THAT EMPTY
• 23:34
  TOMB SAID THERE was a MAN THAT DECIDED
• 23:36
  TO DIE. YOU SAY, "HOW IS THAT,
• 23:38
  PREACHER?" BECAUSE THE SAME WAY THAT HE
• 23:40
  DECIDED TO DIE, HE DECIDED TO GET UP.
• 23:43
  AND THAT EMPTY TOMB WAS A TESTIMONY TO
• 23:45
  ALL THAT WERE AROUND THAT JESUS POWER
• 23:48
  WAS MORE THAN DEATH. THAT JESUS POWER
• 23:51
  WAS MORE THAN GRAVE. JESUS POWER WAS
• 23:54
  MORE THAN THE DEVIL. HE TOOK THE KEYS.
• 23:56
  HE DEFEATED DEATH, HELL, AND THE GRAVE.
• 23:58
  AND LET ME SAY THIS TO YOU, FRIEND THIS
• 24:00
  MORNING. IF HE CAN DIE HIMSELF AND GET
• 24:03
  UP HIMSELF, DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT HE
• 24:05
  can't help you?
• 24:06
  >> Amen.
• 24:08
  >> Come on, preach.
• 24:09
  >> It's a testimony of his decided death.
• 24:13
  Listen to what Jesus said. John chapter
• 24:15
  number 10. the reference to these verses
• 24:19
  that I quoted earlier. Listen to what he
• 24:21
  says. God bless you, brother. John 10
• 24:24
  verse 17. Therefore doth my father love
• 24:27
  me because I lay down my life. Notice
• 24:30
  that. That I might take it again. No man
• 24:34
  taketh it from me, but I lay it down of
• 24:36
  myself. I have power to lay it down and
• 24:39
  I have power to take it again. This
• 24:42
  commandment have I received of my
• 24:44
  father. The fact that that tomb is empty
• 24:46
  today testifies that as Jesus decided to
• 24:49
  die, he decided to get up.
• 24:51
  >> Amen.
• 24:53
  >> Notice this. Second of all, and I'm
• 24:55
  moving. I'll be done this morning. I'll
• 24:57
  say this. Not only we see in the text,
• 24:59
  his decided death, but we see his death
• 25:01
  was defeated.
• 25:03
  >> Right.
• 25:04
  >> Oh, friend.
• 25:04
  >> Come on.
• 25:05
  >> YOU SAY YOU DONE PREACHED IT. WELL, I'M
• 25:06
  GOING TO PREACH IT AGAIN. AMEN. Listen
• 25:08
  to what Peter said in Acts chapter
• 25:10
  number two. And I love the way he puts
• 25:12
  it. He was preaching to those men there
• 25:14
  at Pentecost and they were witnessing to
• 25:16
  the truth that he told. Listen to what
• 25:18
  he says. Acts two and verse number 24.
• 25:21
  He says this. Whom God hath raised up.
• 25:24
  Listen to this now. Having loosed the
• 25:26
  pains of death because it was not
• 25:30
  possible that he should be holding of
• 25:32
  it.
• 25:33
  >> Right.
• 25:34
  >> The son of God's power was so much they
• 25:36
  couldn't keep him down.
• 25:37
  >> You're right.
• 25:38
  >> And you know what? That same power is in
• 25:40
  you.
• 25:41
  >> Right. Bible says, "Now in him that's
• 25:43
  able to do exceedingly abundantly above
• 25:44
  all that we ask or think according to
• 25:47
  the power that's right
• 25:48
  >> that workketh in us." You know what that
• 25:49
  is? That's resurrection power.
• 25:51
  >> Amen.
• 25:51
  >> It's in you if you're saved this
• 25:53
  morning.
• 25:53
  >> Amen.
• 25:54
  >> He is able to save you. And as the verse
• 25:57
  says in 1 Corinthians 15, the text says,
• 25:59
  "Oh death, where is thy stain? Oh grave,
• 26:02
  where is thy victory? The strength of
• 26:03
  death is sin. The strength of law sin is
• 26:06
  law." And let me say this. He said,
• 26:07
  "Thanks be unto God, which through
• 26:09
  Christ Jesus. He's given us the
• 26:11
  victory." Amen. We have victory. His
• 26:13
  death is defeated. And therefore, death
• 26:16
  in our life can be defeated. YOU SAY,
• 26:17
  "WHAT IS THAT?" IT'S THE SIN NATURE.
• 26:20
  IT'S THAT OLD DEAD MAN INSIDE. IF ANY
• 26:23
  MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE'S A NEW CREATURE.
• 26:25
  AMEN.
• 26:27
  >> Notice this. And this is where I really
• 26:29
  want to get to this morning. All right.
• 26:32
  You say, "What do you What else have you
• 26:33
  got to say?" I got a whole lot I want to
• 26:35
  say. You need to stay with me. All
• 26:36
  right.
• 26:37
  I see his decided death, the witness of
• 26:39
  the tomb. I see his death defeated is a
• 26:42
  witness of the tomb. But you know, this
• 26:45
  is the one we we struggle with. I think
• 26:47
  it's what we don't think about too
• 26:48
  often. You see, when Jesus got up, he
• 26:52
  didn't stay in the tombs.
• 26:53
  >> Yeah. Right.
• 26:55
  >> Notice the text.
• 26:57
  The Bible says in Mark 16, verse number
• 27:01
  six, the angel says, "You seek Jesus of
• 27:03
  Nazareth, which was crucified. He is
• 27:06
  risen. Hallelujah.
• 27:07
  >> Amen.
• 27:08
  >> But notice the next four words.
• 27:10
  >> He is not here.
• 27:13
  >> Amen. That's right.
• 27:15
  >> It declares the empty tomb declares his
• 27:17
  decided death. It clares declares his
• 27:19
  death was defeated. But I'll say this,
• 27:22
  it declares his departure from the dead.
• 27:25
  >> Yeah.
• 27:25
  >> You say, "What is that?" Well, you know
• 27:27
  what? While he was in that tomb, you
• 27:28
  know what? He was surrounded by
• 27:31
  all them dead people.
• 27:33
  You know, when I thought about this
• 27:35
  text, I really didn't think about it. I
• 27:36
  never thought about it in this way
• 27:38
  before, and I it may not be right, but
• 27:40
  let me say this. All right? There was a
• 27:41
  lot of dead people buried around him.
• 27:43
  Now, the Bible says there were tombs
• 27:44
  that were open, all of that at Calvary.
• 27:46
  We know that. But here's what I'll tell
• 27:48
  you. He's the only one that got up that
• 27:49
  day.
• 27:50
  >> You're right.
• 27:51
  >> You say, "What do you mean by that?"
• 27:52
  Well, when he got up, he didn't stay in
• 27:54
  the tombs.
• 27:55
  >> He didn't stay in the place of the dead.
• 27:58
  And you say, "What does that represent?"
• 27:59
  Well, the death that dead place
• 28:01
  represents sin,
• 28:02
  >> right?
• 28:03
  >> All right. The Bible says when that
• 28:05
  demoniac of Gdero there, you remember
• 28:07
  the reference? The Bible says that he
• 28:08
  was always in the where the tombs. He
• 28:12
  was ALWAYS WALKING ABOUT IN THEM DEAD
• 28:14
  PLACES. And what was the Bible say about
• 28:16
  him? He had a legion. He had a devil in
• 28:18
  him. And he was unclothed. Amen. He was
• 28:21
  crying, running about, cutting himself
• 28:23
  with stones in that DEAD PLACE. LET ME
• 28:25
  SAY THIS. JESUS HAD TO BE BURIED because
• 28:28
  he had to become sin for you and I.
• 28:30
  Well, let me SAY THIS. WHEN HE GOT UP,
• 28:32
  HE DIDN'T STAY AROUND dead things. LET
• 28:34
  ME SAY THIS. HE DIDN'T STAY IN THAT
• 28:36
  BURIED PLACE, BUT YOU KNOW WHERE HE
• 28:38
  WENT? HE WENT TO HEAVEN. AMEN. THAT'S
• 28:40
  THE LAND OF THE LIVING. HE LEFT THE LAND
• 28:42
  OF THE DYING to go into the land of the
• 28:44
  living. AND THIS IS WHAT I'LL NEVER
• 28:46
  UNDERSTAND ABOUT PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY'RE
• 28:49
  SAVED. THEY WANT TO LIVE among the dead
• 28:52
  all the time. You're
• 28:53
  >> right.
• 28:55
  You say, "Preacher, well, I've got to
• 28:57
  live my life." Yeah, I understand that.
• 29:00
  Let me say this. Jesus didn't stay in
• 29:01
  the tomb. That's
• 29:02
  >> right.
• 29:03
  >> He departed from the dead. Why did he
• 29:06
  depart from the dead? Because it was
• 29:07
  God's plan.
• 29:09
  >> Colossians chapter 1, verse number 18.
• 29:13
  Listen to what Paul says to the church.
• 29:17
  I ain't got them tabs in my Bible like
• 29:19
  y'all do to cheat. Amen. Colossians
• 29:20
  chapter 1, verse number 18.
• 29:24
  Paul said, "He is the head of the body,
• 29:25
  the church, who is the beginning, the
• 29:28
  firstborn from the dead, that in all
• 29:31
  things he might have the preeminence."
• 29:33
  When Jesus addresses John in the book of
• 29:36
  Revelation, chapter number one and verse
• 29:38
  number five, that's the way he labels
• 29:39
  himself, the firstborn from the dead.
• 29:42
  Now, let me say this to you this
• 29:44
  morning. Literally, this this interprets
• 29:46
  to us today that Jesus when he got up
• 29:48
  out of that grave, he would never more
• 29:50
  die. Amen. He was to live eternally. He
• 29:53
  died so that we might live. You and I
• 29:55
  will never have to die spiritually
• 29:56
  because he died on Calvar's cross. And
• 29:59
  he left the tombs that day never more to
• 30:02
  enter that place again. I'll tell you
• 30:03
  the the time that he'll come back. He'll
• 30:05
  not come back to the earth, but he'll
• 30:07
  come in the clouds. And the Bible says
• 30:08
  them tombs are going to open.
• 30:10
  >> And you know what? The dead in Christ
• 30:12
  are going to rise first. Amen. All them
• 30:14
  tombs. One of these days, we're getting
• 30:15
  out of the tombs, too. Somebody say,
• 30:17
  "Amen."
• 30:18
  Let me say this in an application sense
• 30:20
  this morning. You say, "Well, Jesus was
• 30:22
  perfect." But you know what? He didn't
• 30:24
  stay in the place where he got raised
• 30:27
  from.
• 30:30
  Say, "What do you mean?"
• 30:32
  Salvation is like that resurrection.
• 30:34
  >> That's right.
• 30:35
  >> Bible says we're buried with him
• 30:37
  likeness of his death, raised with him
• 30:40
  likeness of his resurrection. Amen.
• 30:42
  That's salvation.
• 30:43
  >> That's right.
• 30:43
  >> It's redemption, regeneration.
• 30:46
  Let me say this to you this morning.
• 30:49
  Jesus didn't stay in the tombs because
• 30:51
  he was never destined to stay there.
• 30:52
  That's
• 30:53
  >> right.
• 30:53
  >> But so many saved people, they got
• 30:56
  raised and got lifted out. But you know
• 30:58
  what? They hanging around the tomb.
• 31:00
  >> You're right. Come on.
• 31:01
  >> Come on, preach.
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  >> They're hanging around all them dead
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  things.
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  >> Let me say this to you this morning.
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  This world has nothing to offer you.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, how does that fit
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  with resurrection?" And they was just
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  singing about it.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> All that alcohol,
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  >> all them drugs,
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  >> all that sensual sexual living that
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  you're doing outside of marriage.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> That's dead things.
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  >> Preach.
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  >> That's what dead people do.
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  >> You say, "Well, preacher, what can I
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  do?" Well, if you're saved this morning,
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  you need to get out of the tombs,
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  >> right?
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  >> The tomb testifies
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  Jesus departed the dead.
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  You say, "What's that for me?" It's
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  sanctification is what it is.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Jesus got up so you could be like him.
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  >> Yes.
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  >> And I want to ask you this question.
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  Every heads bowed and every eyes closed
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  this morning. You say, "Preacher,
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  there was a time in my life where I made
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  a profession.
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  I went through the motions.
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  But preacher, I've never really been
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  able to shake sin in my life. I've
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  always just done what I wanted to do.
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  Never felt any remorse for it.
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  You know, that's that that just shows
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  you this morning that you've never
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  really known Jesus.
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  And I got to ask you today, if he were
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  to come right now, would you go with
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  him?
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  Say, "Preacher, I don't know if I died
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  right now that I'd go to heaven.
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  There's nobody looking around with me.
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  Hey, I want to ask you, would you be
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  honest? So, preacher, I'm not saved.
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  Would you pray for me? Just slip your
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  hand up and I'll pray for you this
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  morning.
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  Preacher, I don't know the Lord.
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  Hey, God knows your heart this morning.
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  He knows where you're at. You're not
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  fooling him.
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  Preacher, would you pray for me? I'm not
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  saved. Anybody just slip your hand up
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  and I'll pray for you.
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  Let me ask you this. Say, "Preacher, I'm
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  saved.
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  I'm saved."
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  Preacher, there's a lot of dead things
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  in my life.
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  You be honest. Yeah. And God sees that.
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  God sees that. God sees those hands. Let
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  me let me let me say this to you this
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  morning.
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  The children of God never meant to live
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  that way.
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  It's a very loose application this
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  morning, but the truth is still the
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  same. When Jesus got up, he didn't stay
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  in the grave.
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  He didn't hang around cuz that wasn't
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  where he was supposed to be. But you
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  know what he did? He went down to where
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  a group of people were gathered
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  together. And you know what he did? He
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  showed up in the midst of them, revealed
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  himself to them,
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  said, "I'm risen."
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  Bible says, "Forsake not the assembling
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  of yourselves together."
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  Truth is, you're probably not here most
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  of the time because you don't want to
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  be.
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  That's an evidence of not knowing
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  Christ. I tell you, if you know Christ,
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  you'll love the things he loves. He
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  loves the church.
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  Father, I pray in Jesus name this
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  morning for those that's here today is
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  lost. Those that's here today not right
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  with you.
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  God, cuz the empty tomb says it all.
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  That you are alive.
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  That you're not dead, but you're living
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  for us.
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  You're alive for our salvation. You're
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  alive for our sanctification.
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  And it is your life, God, that's going
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  to get us to heaven's land where we'll
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  be glorified with you. And Lord, I pray
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  for those that's here today and lost.
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  God, they it's written on their face.
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  Lord, I pray you'd help them. God, don't
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  let them leave this place lost today.
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  And Lord, for those that's here today
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  not right with you, I pray God they get
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  right with you today.
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  And may all the will of God be done
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  in Jesus name. These are still praying
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  this morning. Every head still bowed.
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  Just a moment of time. Thank you for
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  joining our service today. We'd love it
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  if you'd join us in person the next time
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  you are able at Meadows Baptist Church.
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  Our physical address is 2988 Stewart
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  Road in Walnut Cove, North Carolina. Our
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  service times are Sunday school at 10:00
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  a.m., Sunday morning worship at 11:00
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  a.m., Sunday evening worship at 6:00
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  p.m., and Wednesday evening Bible study
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  at 700 p.m. For more information, visit
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  us at meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.