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doubt.

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even<00:22:43.359><c> Christ</c><00:22:43.839><c> has</c><00:22:44.059><c> been</c><00:22:44.339><c> raised.</c>

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truly<00:23:00.160><c> did?</c>

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Rise<00:23:02.900><c> from</c><00:23:03.460><c> death.</c>

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Paul<00:23:05.680><c> goes</c><00:23:05.859><c> on</c><00:23:06.059><c> and</c><00:23:06.140><c> he</c><00:23:06.220><c> says,</c><00:23:06.619><c> more</c><00:23:06.619><c> than</c><00:23:06.880><c> that,</c><00:23:07.180><c> we</c><00:23:07.299><c> are</c><00:23:07.480><c> then</c>

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So<00:23:32.900><c> what's</c><00:23:33.220><c> the</c><00:23:33.460><c> evidence?</c>

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It's<00:23:49.059><c> a</c><00:23:49.259><c> reasonable</c><00:23:49.799><c> question</c><00:23:50.319><c> to</c><00:23:50.660><c> ask.</c>

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nations<00:24:14.160><c> to</c><00:24:14.519><c> preach</c><00:24:14.960><c> the</c><00:24:15.319><c> gospel.</c>

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then<00:24:26.259><c> the</c><00:24:26.440><c> eleven</c><00:24:26.720><c> disciples</c><00:24:27.259><c> went</c><00:24:27.599><c> to</c><00:24:27.839><c> Galilee</c><00:24:28.240><c> to</c><00:24:28.400><c> the</c><00:24:28.619><c> mountain</c><00:24:28.960><c> where</c><00:24:29.180><c> Jesus</c><00:24:29.599><c> had</c>

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come<00:24:30.059><c> to</c><00:24:30.259><c> them.</c>

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These<00:24:40.640><c> are</c><00:24:40.839><c> the</c><00:24:41.099><c> disciples</c><00:24:41.500><c> of</c><00:24:41.720><c> our</c><00:24:41.920><c> Lord.</c>

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They<00:24:56.619><c> saw</c><00:24:56.859><c> his</c><00:24:57.160><c> lifeless</c><00:24:57.579><c> body</c><00:24:57.960><c> taken</c><00:24:58.359><c> off</c><00:24:58.819><c> the</c><00:24:59.160><c> cross</c><00:24:59.400><c> and</c><00:24:59.680><c> put</c><00:24:59.839><c> in</c>

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a<00:25:00.279><c> tomb.</c>

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Can<00:25:10.519><c> you</c><00:25:10.740><c> imagine?</c>

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And<00:25:12.859><c> of</c><00:25:13.059><c> course,</c><00:25:13.319><c> we</c><00:25:13.500><c> have</c><00:25:13.720><c> the</c><00:25:13.960><c> record</c><00:25:14.279><c> of</c><00:25:15.000><c> doubting</c><00:25:15.460><c> Thomas,</c>

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And<00:25:25.559><c> then</c><00:25:25.759><c> Jesus</c><00:25:26.180><c> said,</c><00:25:26.940><c> Blessed</c><00:25:26.960><c> are</c><00:25:27.140><c> those</c><00:25:27.640><c> who</c><00:25:27.880><c> have</c><00:25:28.160><c> not</c>

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Obviously,<00:25:32.779><c> we</c><00:25:33.059><c> have</c><00:25:33.319><c> not</c><00:25:33.680><c> seen</c><00:25:34.339><c> the</c><00:25:34.660><c> risen</c><00:25:34.900><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:25:38.400><c> do</c><00:25:38.599><c> we</c><00:25:38.819><c> believe?</c>

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So<00:25:40.480><c> what</c><00:25:42.220><c> evidence</c><00:25:42.640><c> do</c><00:25:42.900><c> we</c><00:25:43.140><c> have</c><00:25:43.559><c> that</c><00:25:43.759><c> would</c><00:25:44.039><c> make</c><00:25:44.380><c> belief</c><00:25:44.859><c> in</c>

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Christ's<00:25:46.039><c> resurrection</c><00:25:46.559><c> reasonable</c><00:25:47.440><c> to</c><00:25:47.779><c> believe?</c>

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In<00:25:49.420><c> the</c><00:25:49.599><c> balance</c><00:25:49.900><c> of</c><00:25:50.099><c> our</c><00:25:50.319><c> exhortation,</c><00:25:51.000><c> I'd</c><00:25:51.119><c> like</c><00:25:51.259><c> to</c><00:25:52.140><c> bring</c>

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And<00:26:06.980><c> as</c><00:26:07.440><c> a</c><00:26:07.700><c> prophet,</c><00:26:08.099><c> he</c><00:26:08.420><c> specifically</c><00:26:09.440><c> foretold</c><00:26:10.180><c> that</c><00:26:10.339><c> he</c><00:26:10.460><c> would</c><00:26:10.700><c> die</c><00:26:11.400><c> by</c>

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crucifixion<00:26:13.440><c> and</c><00:26:14.140><c> then</c><00:26:14.339><c> be</c><00:26:14.579><c> raised</c><00:26:15.019><c> to</c><00:26:15.339><c> life</c><00:26:15.539><c> again.</c>

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Mark<00:26:17.720><c> chapter</c><00:26:18.119><c> eight,</c><00:26:18.960><c> Jesus</c><00:26:19.319><c> couldn't</c><00:26:19.579><c> be</c><00:26:20.119><c> more</c><00:26:20.539><c> clear.</c>

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He<00:26:21.200><c> couldn't</c><00:26:21.440><c> be</c><00:26:21.660><c> more</c><00:26:22.019><c> direct.</c>

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He<00:26:22.599><c> couldn't</c><00:26:22.779><c> be</c><00:26:22.980><c> more</c><00:26:23.299><c> plain.</c>

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Mark<00:26:24.740><c> eight,</c><00:26:25.079><c> verse</c><00:26:25.259><c> 31.</c>

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He<00:26:26.640><c> then</c><00:26:26.900><c> began</c><00:26:27.220><c> to</c><00:26:27.579><c> teach</c><00:26:27.799><c> them</c><00:26:28.039><c> that</c><00:26:28.200><c> the</c><00:26:28.380><c> son</c><00:26:28.619><c> of</c><00:26:28.819><c> man</c><00:26:29.019><c> must</c>

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suffer<00:26:29.680><c> many</c><00:26:30.099><c> things</c><00:26:30.440><c> and</c><00:26:30.599><c> be</c><00:26:30.880><c> rejected</c><00:26:31.500><c> by</c><00:26:31.819><c> the</c><00:26:32.039><c> elders,</c>

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the<00:26:32.539><c> chief</c><00:26:32.940><c> priests,</c><00:26:33.359><c> the</c><00:26:33.579><c> teachers</c><00:26:33.859><c> of</c><00:26:34.079><c> the</c><00:26:34.140><c> law,</c><00:26:35.359><c> that</c><00:26:35.400><c> he</c>

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must<00:26:35.740><c> be</c><00:26:36.099><c> killed</c><00:26:36.640><c> and</c><00:26:37.559><c> after</c><00:26:37.859><c> three</c><00:26:38.140><c> days</c><00:26:38.460><c> rise</c><00:26:38.960><c> again.</c>

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It<00:26:40.759><c> says</c><00:26:40.920><c> he</c><00:26:41.119><c> spoke</c><00:26:41.380><c> plainly</c><00:26:41.960><c> about</c><00:26:42.200><c> this.</c>

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So<00:26:44.019><c> Jesus</c><00:26:44.319><c> spoke</c><00:26:44.720><c> in</c><00:26:45.059><c> advance</c><00:26:45.500><c> of</c><00:26:45.700><c> his</c><00:26:45.980><c> death,</c><00:26:46.980><c> saying</c><00:26:47.099><c> that</c>

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he<00:26:47.279><c> would</c><00:26:47.500><c> die</c><00:26:47.779><c> by</c><00:26:48.099><c> crucifixion</c><00:26:49.119><c> and</c><00:26:49.539><c> that</c><00:26:49.660><c> he</c><00:26:49.740><c> would</c><00:26:49.940><c> be</c><00:26:50.140><c> raised</c><00:26:50.539><c> on</c>

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the<00:26:50.980><c> third</c><00:26:51.240><c> day.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:53.119><c> also</c><00:26:53.700><c> prophesied</c><00:26:54.259><c> about</c><00:26:54.539><c> the</c><00:26:54.799><c> resurrection,</c><00:26:55.279><c> not</c><00:26:55.579><c> in</c>

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plain,<00:26:56.299><c> direct</c><00:26:56.680><c> language,</c><00:26:57.140><c> but</c><00:26:57.319><c> he</c><00:26:57.519><c> used</c><00:26:57.819><c> subtle</c><00:26:58.319><c> language.</c>

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He<00:26:59.140><c> used</c><00:26:59.680><c> allusion.</c>

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For<00:27:00.660><c> example,</c><00:27:01.119><c> he</c><00:27:01.339><c> spoke</c><00:27:01.559><c> about</c><00:27:01.779><c> the</c><00:27:02.039><c> sign</c><00:27:02.259><c> of</c><00:27:02.579><c> Jonah.</c>

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He<00:27:03.880><c> spoke</c><00:27:04.160><c> about</c><00:27:04.400><c> the</c><00:27:04.680><c> temple</c><00:27:04.980><c> that</c><00:27:05.160><c> would</c><00:27:05.339><c> be</c><00:27:05.619><c> destroyed</c><00:27:06.119><c> and</c>

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built<00:27:06.619><c> again</c><00:27:07.000><c> in</c><00:27:07.240><c> three</c><00:27:07.500><c> days.</c>

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And<00:27:10.059><c> another</c><00:27:10.299><c> point</c><00:27:10.579><c> that's</c><00:27:10.839><c> worth</c><00:27:11.079><c> making</c><00:27:11.460><c> here</c><00:27:11.779><c> is</c><00:27:12.000><c> that</c>

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the<00:27:12.500><c> hostile</c><00:27:12.960><c> witnesses,</c><00:27:13.579><c> the</c><00:27:13.779><c> ones</c><00:27:14.019><c> who</c><00:27:14.400><c> accused</c><00:27:14.759><c> Jesus,</c>

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the<00:27:16.359><c> ones</c><00:27:16.599><c> who</c><00:27:17.059><c> wanted</c><00:27:17.359><c> to</c><00:27:17.660><c> make</c><00:27:17.940><c> sure</c><00:27:18.200><c> that</c><00:27:18.480><c> Jesus</c><00:27:19.200><c> was</c><00:27:21.079><c> crucified,</c>

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their<00:27:23.980><c> very</c><00:27:24.640><c> own</c><00:27:25.119><c> testimony,</c><00:27:26.720><c> which</c><00:27:26.940><c> is</c><00:27:27.200><c> recorded</c><00:27:27.660><c> for</c><00:27:28.000><c> us,</c>

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tells<00:27:29.779><c> us</c><00:27:30.559><c> that</c><00:27:32.220><c> Jesus</c><00:27:32.700><c> said</c><00:27:33.000><c> this</c><00:27:33.200><c> would</c><00:27:33.460><c> happen</c><00:27:33.759><c> in</c><00:27:34.039><c> advance.</c>

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For<00:27:35.700><c> example,</c><00:27:36.180><c> in</c><00:27:36.599><c> one</c><00:27:36.799><c> account</c><00:27:37.119><c> we</c><00:27:37.460><c> read</c><00:27:37.720><c> of</c><00:27:37.960><c> this</c><00:27:38.220><c> hostile</c>

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witness<00:27:38.900><c> saying,</c>

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sir,<00:27:39.880><c> we</c><00:27:40.180><c> remember</c><00:27:40.700><c> how</c><00:27:40.980><c> that</c><00:27:41.460><c> imposter</c><00:27:42.079><c> said</c><00:27:42.480><c> while</c><00:27:42.779><c> he</c><00:27:42.920><c> was</c>

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still<00:27:43.380><c> alive,</c><00:27:44.619><c> after</c><00:27:44.900><c> three</c><00:27:45.200><c> days</c><00:27:45.599><c> I'll</c><00:27:45.960><c> rise.</c>

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So<00:27:47.980><c> some</c><00:27:48.319><c> skeptics</c><00:27:48.859><c> might</c><00:27:49.140><c> suggest</c><00:27:49.660><c> that</c><00:27:49.880><c> these</c><00:27:50.240><c> things</c><00:27:50.619><c> were</c>

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written<00:27:51.319><c> into</c><00:27:51.660><c> the</c><00:27:51.880><c> gospel</c><00:27:52.319><c> years</c><00:27:52.859><c> after</c><00:27:53.319><c> the</c><00:27:53.599><c> events</c>

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actually<00:27:54.440><c> happened.</c>

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That<00:27:56.339><c> the</c><00:27:57.000><c> disciples</c><00:27:57.660><c> sort</c><00:27:58.039><c> of</c><00:27:58.359><c> fabricated</c><00:27:58.940><c> these</c><00:27:59.299><c> things.</c>

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But<00:28:01.680><c> for</c><00:28:01.900><c> me,</c><00:28:02.220><c> the</c><00:28:02.359><c> skeptics</c><00:28:02.839><c> arguments</c><00:28:03.380><c> fall</c><00:28:03.740><c> short</c><00:28:04.200><c> when</c><00:28:04.460><c> we</c>

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realize<00:28:05.339><c> that</c><00:28:05.880><c> even</c><00:28:06.339><c> Old</c><00:28:06.900><c> Testament</c><00:28:07.519><c> prophecies</c><00:28:09.980><c> describe</c>

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these<00:28:11.160><c> things</c><00:28:11.440><c> in</c><00:28:11.700><c> great</c><00:28:11.980><c> detail.</c>

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All<00:28:13.680><c> we</c><00:28:13.839><c> have</c><00:28:14.059><c> to</c><00:28:14.240><c> do</c><00:28:14.400><c> is</c><00:28:14.539><c> look</c><00:28:14.740><c> to</c><00:28:14.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:15.319><c> chapter</c><00:28:15.740><c> 53</c><00:28:16.400><c> or</c><00:28:16.799><c> Psalm</c><00:28:17.779><c> chapter</c><00:28:18.259><c> 22</c>

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to<00:28:20.140><c> know</c><00:28:20.460><c> that</c><00:28:20.660><c> these</c><00:28:20.980><c> things</c><00:28:21.220><c> are</c><00:28:21.539><c> true.</c>

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So<00:28:23.000><c> the</c><00:28:23.180><c> first</c><00:28:23.440><c> reason</c><00:28:23.720><c> we</c><00:28:23.940><c> believe</c><00:28:24.279><c> is</c><00:28:24.519><c> because</c><00:28:24.900><c> Jesus</c><00:28:25.359><c> as</c><00:28:25.599><c> a</c>

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prophet<00:28:26.119><c> said</c><00:28:26.380><c> these</c><00:28:26.680><c> things</c><00:28:26.900><c> would</c><00:28:27.160><c> happen</c><00:28:27.460><c> in</c><00:28:27.819><c> advance</c><00:28:28.380><c> and</c>

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they<00:28:29.240><c> did.</c>

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The<00:28:30.740><c> second</c><00:28:31.000><c> reason</c><00:28:31.359><c> for</c><00:28:31.660><c> believing</c><00:28:32.019><c> that</c><00:28:32.299><c> Jesus</c><00:28:32.660><c> was</c><00:28:33.000><c> in</c><00:28:33.180><c> fact</c><00:28:33.440><c> raised</c><00:28:33.900><c> from</c><00:28:34.220><c> the</c>

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dead<00:28:34.839><c> is</c><00:28:35.640><c> that</c><00:28:35.900><c> we</c><00:28:36.119><c> know</c><00:28:36.519><c> the</c><00:28:36.720><c> temple,</c>

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we<00:28:37.859><c> know</c><00:28:38.240><c> that</c><00:28:38.519><c> the</c><00:28:38.779><c> tomb</c><00:28:39.019><c> was</c><00:28:39.319><c> empty,</c><00:28:40.299><c> that</c><00:28:40.500><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:41.000><c> body</c><00:28:41.359><c> could</c><00:28:41.779><c> not</c>

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be<00:28:42.380><c> found.</c>

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All<00:28:43.119><c> the</c><00:28:43.380><c> records</c><00:28:43.619><c> tell</c><00:28:43.900><c> us</c><00:28:44.160><c> that.</c>

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And<00:28:45.220><c> so</c><00:28:45.339><c> that</c><00:28:45.599><c> leaves</c><00:28:45.920><c> us</c><00:28:46.240><c> with</c><00:28:46.539><c> four</c><00:28:46.920><c> possibilities.</c>

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There<00:28:48.500><c> are</c><00:28:48.559><c> really</c><00:28:48.779><c> only</c><00:28:49.059><c> four</c><00:28:49.359><c> reasons</c><00:28:49.839><c> that</c><00:28:50.019><c> it</c><00:28:50.180><c> could</c><00:28:50.299><c> account</c><00:28:50.740><c> for</c>

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the<00:28:51.180><c> fact</c><00:28:51.380><c> that</c><00:28:51.619><c> the</c><00:28:51.799><c> tomb</c><00:28:51.960><c> was</c><00:28:52.220><c> empty</c><00:28:52.660><c> and</c><00:28:53.180><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:53.660><c> body</c><00:28:53.980><c> couldn't</c><00:28:54.299><c> be</c><00:28:54.660><c> found.</c>

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The<00:28:56.140><c> first</c><00:28:56.420><c> is</c><00:28:56.660><c> that</c><00:28:56.799><c> his</c><00:28:57.019><c> body</c><00:28:57.319><c> might</c><00:28:57.539><c> have</c><00:28:57.720><c> been</c><00:28:58.039><c> stolen</c><00:28:58.440><c> by</c>

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Jesus'<00:28:59.619><c> enemies.</c>

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But<00:29:01.160><c> if</c><00:29:01.299><c> they</c><00:29:01.539><c> did,</c><00:29:02.900><c> I</c><00:29:03.000><c> mean</c><00:29:03.000><c> if</c><00:29:03.200><c> his</c><00:29:03.480><c> enemies</c><00:29:03.779><c> stole</c><00:29:04.119><c> the</c><00:29:04.359><c> body,</c><00:29:05.599><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:05.880><c> they</c>

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obviously<00:29:07.400><c> have</c><00:29:08.180><c> produced</c><00:29:08.819><c> Jesus'</c><00:29:09.920><c> remains</c><00:29:10.019><c> to</c><00:29:10.339><c> prove</c><00:29:10.799><c> that</c>

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he<00:29:11.099><c> was</c><00:29:11.380><c> dead?</c>

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Wouldn't<00:29:12.680><c> they</c><00:29:13.059><c> obviously</c><00:29:13.680><c> have</c><00:29:14.000><c> wanted</c><00:29:14.200><c> to</c><00:29:14.539><c> do</c><00:29:14.740><c> that</c><00:29:14.940><c> if</c><00:29:15.059><c> they</c><00:29:15.279><c> were</c><00:29:15.480><c> so</c>

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opposed<00:29:16.259><c> to</c><00:29:16.460><c> the</c><00:29:16.660><c> spread</c><00:29:16.859><c> of</c><00:29:17.160><c> Christianity?</c>

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That<00:29:18.900><c> when</c><00:29:19.319><c> they</c><00:29:19.640><c> saw</c><00:29:19.920><c> 3</c><00:29:20.400><c>,000</c><00:29:20.880><c> people</c><00:29:21.240><c> in</c><00:29:21.400><c> the</c><00:29:21.539><c> very</c><00:29:21.880><c> city</c><00:29:22.180><c> where</c><00:29:22.380><c> the</c>

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crucifixion<00:29:23.240><c> took</c><00:29:23.500><c> place,</c><00:29:25.299><c> believing</c><00:29:25.700><c> in</c><00:29:25.980><c> Jesus</c><00:29:26.339><c> and</c><00:29:26.519><c> being</c><00:29:26.839><c> baptized,</c>

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wouldn't<00:29:27.799><c> they</c><00:29:28.000><c> at</c><00:29:28.140><c> that</c><00:29:28.460><c> point</c><00:29:28.700><c> said,</c><00:29:29.200><c> look,</c><00:29:29.299><c> we</c><00:29:29.519><c> have</c><00:29:29.680><c> his</c><00:29:29.920><c> body.</c><00:29:30.359><c> It's</c><00:29:30.740><c> all</c><00:29:31.099><c> a</c><00:29:31.380><c> fake.</c>

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But<00:29:32.380><c> they</c><00:29:32.599><c> didn't</c><00:29:32.819><c> do</c><00:29:33.039><c> it.</c><00:29:33.299><c> Why?</c><00:29:34.400><c> Because</c><00:29:34.759><c> they</c><00:29:34.980><c> didn't</c><00:29:35.200><c> have</c>

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his<00:29:35.700><c> body.</c><00:29:36.359><c> They</c><00:29:36.599><c> couldn't.</c>

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So<00:29:38.759><c> what</c><00:29:38.960><c> other</c><00:29:39.160><c> reasons</c><00:29:39.539><c> might</c><00:29:39.779><c> there</c><00:29:40.000><c> be</c><00:29:40.279><c> for</c><00:29:41.019><c> explaining</c>

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away<00:29:42.099><c> the</c><00:29:42.420><c> empty</c><00:29:42.779><c> tomb?</c>

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Well,<00:29:44.279><c> some</c><00:29:44.500><c> suggested</c><00:29:45.000><c> that</c><00:29:45.440><c> not</c><00:29:45.619><c> Jesus'</c><00:29:46.319><c> enemies</c><00:29:46.460><c> took</c><00:29:46.740><c> the</c>

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body,<00:29:47.180><c> but</c><00:29:47.400><c> that</c><00:29:47.599><c> Jesus'</c><00:29:48.160><c> disciples</c><00:29:48.579><c> themselves</c><00:29:49.240><c> took</c><00:29:49.480><c> the</c><00:29:49.720><c> body.</c>

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This<00:29:50.599><c> is</c><00:29:50.779><c> what</c><00:29:51.519><c> the</c><00:29:51.759><c> record</c><00:29:52.039><c> tells</c><00:29:52.359><c> us</c><00:29:52.720><c> was</c><00:29:53.279><c> going</c><00:29:53.680><c> to</c><00:29:53.880><c> be</c><00:29:54.160><c> spread.</c>

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They<00:29:54.920><c> paid</c><00:29:55.339><c> the</c><00:29:55.579><c> Roman</c><00:29:55.900><c> guards</c><00:29:56.319><c> to</c><00:29:56.619><c> tell</c><00:29:56.940><c> the</c><00:29:57.279><c> people</c><00:29:57.660><c> that</c>

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the<00:29:59.359><c> Jews,</c><00:29:59.680><c> the</c><00:29:59.980><c> disciples</c><00:30:00.420><c> rather,</c><00:30:00.920><c> had</c><00:30:01.160><c> stolen</c><00:30:01.440><c> his</c><00:30:01.700><c> body.</c>

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But<00:30:04.319><c> let</c><00:30:04.460><c> me</c><00:30:04.539><c> ask</c><00:30:04.779><c> you</c><00:30:04.960><c> a</c><00:30:05.079><c> question.</c><00:30:05.519><c> Would</c><00:30:05.660><c> these</c><00:30:06.019><c> men</c><00:30:06.359><c> who</c><00:30:06.519><c> were</c><00:30:06.740><c> so</c>

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fearful<00:30:07.599><c> before</c><00:30:08.119><c> the</c><00:30:08.380><c> crucifixion,</c>

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would<00:30:09.799><c> they</c><00:30:09.980><c> put</c><00:30:10.099><c> their</c><00:30:10.319><c> lives</c><00:30:10.619><c> on</c><00:30:10.819><c> the</c><00:30:10.980><c> line</c><00:30:11.240><c> for</c><00:30:11.420><c> something</c>

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that<00:30:11.980><c> they</c><00:30:12.160><c> knew</c><00:30:12.440><c> was</c><00:30:12.859><c> false?</c>

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Couldn't<00:30:14.640><c> be.</c>

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A<00:30:17.539><c> third</c><00:30:18.039><c> reason</c><00:30:18.619><c> for</c><00:30:18.839><c> the</c><00:30:19.019><c> empty</c><00:30:19.279><c> tomb</c><00:30:19.500><c> was</c><00:30:19.799><c> that</c><00:30:20.000><c> Jesus</c>

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really<00:30:21.000><c> wasn't</c><00:30:21.279><c> dead.</c>

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That<00:30:21.839><c> he</c><00:30:21.980><c> was</c><00:30:22.200><c> merely</c><00:30:22.559><c> unconscious</c><00:30:23.339><c> when</c><00:30:23.859><c> he</c><00:30:24.019><c> was</c><00:30:24.220><c> placed</c><00:30:24.519><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:24.900><c> tomb.</c>

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Some<00:30:25.880><c> people</c><00:30:26.240><c> actually</c><00:30:26.740><c> suggest</c><00:30:27.200><c> that.</c>

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But<00:30:29.799><c> they</c><00:30:30.059><c> seem</c><00:30:30.200><c> to</c><00:30:30.480><c> forget</c><00:30:30.779><c> that</c><00:30:31.019><c> Jesus</c><00:30:31.420><c> hung</c><00:30:31.859><c> six</c><00:30:32.299><c> hours,</c><00:30:33.240><c> bleeding,</c><00:30:35.220><c> being</c><00:30:35.460><c> tortured</c><00:30:35.940><c> on</c>

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a<00:30:36.400><c> cross.</c>

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That<00:30:37.640><c> he</c><00:30:37.700><c> had</c><00:30:37.859><c> that</c><00:30:38.220><c> spear</c><00:30:38.519><c> thrust</c><00:30:39.000><c> into</c><00:30:39.240><c> his</c><00:30:39.559><c> side.</c>

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Are<00:30:40.299><c> we</c><00:30:40.500><c> really</c><00:30:40.859><c> to</c><00:30:41.099><c> believe</c><00:30:41.420><c> that</c><00:30:41.680><c> this</c><00:30:41.960><c> man</c><00:30:42.339><c> in</c><00:30:43.000><c> the</c><00:30:43.119><c> middle</c>

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of<00:30:43.500><c> the</c><00:30:43.680><c> night</c><00:30:44.160><c> was</c><00:30:44.779><c> able</c><00:30:45.000><c> to</c><00:30:45.339><c> roll</c><00:30:45.480><c> back</c><00:30:45.819><c> a</c><00:30:46.099><c> stone</c><00:30:46.319><c> that</c><00:30:46.539><c> the</c>

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record<00:30:47.059><c> tells</c><00:30:47.359><c> us</c><00:30:47.660><c> two</c><00:30:48.200><c> men</c><00:30:48.680><c> needed</c><00:30:49.000><c> to</c><00:30:49.339><c> roll</c><00:30:49.519><c> back?</c>

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Was<00:30:50.759><c> this</c><00:30:51.140><c> wounded</c><00:30:51.559><c> man</c><00:30:52.420><c> able</c><00:30:53.400><c> to</c><00:30:53.660><c> roll</c><00:30:53.819><c> back</c><00:30:54.099><c> a</c><00:30:54.359><c> stone</c><00:30:54.579><c> and</c>

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then<00:30:55.240><c> overpower</c><00:30:56.220><c> trained</c><00:30:56.940><c> and</c><00:30:57.279><c> professional</c><00:30:58.000><c> Roman</c><00:30:58.460><c> soldiers?</c>

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Of<00:31:01.240><c> course</c><00:31:01.420><c> not.</c>

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Or<00:31:05.620><c> the</c><00:31:06.220><c> fourth</c><00:31:06.480><c> reason</c><00:31:06.819><c> is</c><00:31:07.099><c> that</c><00:31:07.259><c> God</c><00:31:07.700><c> truly</c><00:31:08.160><c> did</c><00:31:08.819><c> raise</c><00:31:09.319><c> Jesus</c><00:31:09.759><c> from</c>

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the<00:31:10.240><c> dead.</c>

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To<00:31:12.559><c> me,</c><00:31:13.720><c> it's</c><00:31:13.859><c> a</c><00:31:13.980><c> reasonable</c><00:31:14.640><c> conclusion.</c>

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The<00:31:17.720><c> third</c><00:31:17.940><c> reason</c><00:31:18.240><c> we</c><00:31:18.400><c> can</c><00:31:18.640><c> believe</c><00:31:18.880><c> that</c><00:31:19.140><c> Jesus</c><00:31:19.420><c> is</c><00:31:19.759><c> alive</c>

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and<00:31:20.339><c> raised</c><00:31:20.619><c> from</c><00:31:20.900><c> death</c><00:31:21.140><c> is</c><00:31:21.339><c> that</c><00:31:21.599><c> the</c><00:31:21.880><c> disciples</c><00:31:22.299><c> were</c>

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immediately<00:31:23.359><c> changed.</c>

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From<00:31:24.880><c> being</c><00:31:25.299><c> hopeless</c><00:31:25.980><c> and</c><00:31:26.740><c> afraid</c><00:31:27.180><c> before</c><00:31:27.660><c> the</c><00:31:27.940><c> crucifixion</c>

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to<00:31:29.660><c> confident</c><00:31:30.299><c> witnesses</c><00:31:30.859><c> after</c><00:31:31.880><c> the</c><00:31:32.140><c> resurrection.</c>

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You<00:31:33.319><c> know,</c><00:31:33.680><c> historians</c><00:31:34.079><c> tell</c><00:31:34.359><c> us</c><00:31:34.599><c> that</c><00:31:34.759><c> about</c><00:31:35.000><c> the</c><00:31:35.200><c> time</c><00:31:35.400><c> of</c>

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the<00:31:36.339><c> time</c><00:31:36.799><c> of</c><00:31:37.019><c> Christ's</c><00:31:37.700><c> coming,</c>

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there<00:31:38.900><c> were</c><00:31:39.200><c> many</c><00:31:39.799><c> individuals</c><00:31:40.539><c> who</c><00:31:40.859><c> went</c><00:31:41.039><c> around</c><00:31:41.460><c> Israel</c><00:31:42.000><c> claiming</c><00:31:42.559><c> to</c>

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be<00:31:43.319><c> the</c><00:31:43.559><c> Messiah</c><00:31:44.039><c> and</c><00:31:44.319><c> they</c><00:31:44.720><c> developed</c><00:31:45.160><c> followers.</c>

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But<00:31:47.099><c> in</c><00:31:47.519><c> every</c><00:31:47.960><c> one</c><00:31:48.119><c> of</c><00:31:48.259><c> those</c><00:31:48.619><c> examples,</c><00:31:49.579><c> the</c><00:31:49.759><c> followers</c><00:31:50.539><c> found</c><00:31:51.579><c> that</c><00:31:51.980><c> their</c><00:31:52.319><c> so</c>

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-called<00:31:53.000><c> Messiah</c><00:31:53.900><c> eventually</c><00:31:55.440><c> died.</c>

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And<00:31:57.200><c> when</c><00:31:57.480><c> that</c><00:31:57.940><c> happened</c><00:31:58.420><c> in</c><00:31:59.259><c> every</c><00:31:59.819><c> single</c><00:32:00.299><c> event,</c><00:32:01.099><c> every</c>

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single<00:32:01.799><c> example,</c>

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these<00:32:04.140><c> followers</c><00:32:04.799><c> would</c><00:32:05.160><c> either</c><00:32:06.220><c> give</c><00:32:06.740><c> up</c><00:32:06.960><c> their</c><00:32:07.220><c> movement</c><00:32:07.740><c> or</c><00:32:10.119><c> they</c><00:32:10.420><c> would</c><00:32:10.740><c> claim</c><00:32:11.220><c> that</c><00:32:11.660><c> a</c>

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different<00:32:12.099><c> person</c><00:32:12.859><c> was</c><00:32:13.779><c> the</c><00:32:14.019><c> Messiah.</c>

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But<00:32:15.619><c> that's</c><00:32:15.880><c> not</c><00:32:16.079><c> what</c><00:32:16.299><c> happened</c><00:32:16.619><c> in</c><00:32:16.799><c> the</c><00:32:16.940><c> case</c><00:32:17.200><c> of</c><00:32:17.339><c> Jesus'</c><00:32:18.380><c> disciples.</c>

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They<00:32:19.900><c> didn't</c><00:32:20.180><c> give</c><00:32:20.480><c> up</c><00:32:20.940><c> their</c><00:32:21.220><c> movement.</c>

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They<00:32:21.960><c> continued</c><00:32:22.619><c> the</c><00:32:22.880><c> movement</c><00:32:23.259><c> even</c><00:32:24.039><c> at</c><00:32:24.299><c> the</c><00:32:24.579><c> expense</c><00:32:25.119><c> of</c>

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great<00:32:26.019><c> trial</c><00:32:26.859><c> and</c><00:32:27.200><c> difficulty</c><00:32:27.940><c> and</c><00:32:28.220><c> even</c><00:32:29.099><c> death.</c>

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Why<00:32:32.019><c> would</c><00:32:32.180><c> they</c><00:32:32.339><c> have</c><00:32:32.519><c> done</c><00:32:32.720><c> that?</c>

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Think<00:32:34.039><c> about</c><00:32:34.339><c> the</c><00:32:34.779><c> cowering</c><00:32:35.500><c> Peter</c><00:32:35.759><c> who</c><00:32:35.940><c> was</c><00:32:36.319><c> hiding</c><00:32:36.819><c> by</c><00:32:37.519><c> that</c><00:32:37.920><c> fire,</c>

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who<00:32:38.500><c> was</c><00:32:38.759><c> afraid</c><00:32:39.339><c> that</c><00:32:39.519><c> he</c><00:32:39.599><c> would</c><00:32:39.779><c> be</c><00:32:40.180><c> exposed</c><00:32:40.599><c> by</c><00:32:40.940><c> that</c><00:32:41.640><c> girl,</c>

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that<00:32:42.720><c> he</c><00:32:42.960><c> was</c><00:32:43.220><c> one</c><00:32:43.500><c> of</c><00:32:43.680><c> those</c><00:32:43.960><c> that</c><00:32:44.279><c> followed</c><00:32:44.559><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:32:47.000><c> was</c><00:32:47.500><c> scared</c><00:32:47.839><c> before</c><00:32:48.240><c> the</c><00:32:48.500><c> crucifixion.</c>

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But<00:32:49.259><c> after</c><00:32:49.619><c> the</c><00:32:49.880><c> crucifixion,</c><00:32:51.319><c> Peter</c><00:32:51.400><c> went</c><00:32:51.660><c> before</c><00:32:52.240><c> Annas</c><00:32:52.680><c> and</c><00:32:52.880><c> Caiaphas,</c><00:32:53.440><c> the</c><00:32:53.619><c> very</c><00:32:53.940><c> men</c><00:32:54.299><c> who</c><00:32:54.619><c> sentenced</c><00:32:55.000><c> Jesus</c><00:32:55.519><c> to</c><00:32:55.839><c> die.</c>

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And<00:32:57.359><c> the</c><00:32:57.519><c> record</c><00:32:57.819><c> tells</c><00:32:58.099><c> us</c><00:32:58.319><c> that</c><00:32:58.519><c> Peter</c><00:32:58.799><c> spoke</c><00:32:59.259><c> boldly.</c>

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He<00:33:01.599><c> said,</c>

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That<00:33:14.740><c> sort</c><00:33:15.460><c> of</c><00:33:15.700><c> confidence,</c><00:33:17.180><c> that</c><00:33:17.279><c> sort</c><00:33:17.559><c> of</c><00:33:17.799><c> change</c><00:33:18.200><c> in</c><00:33:18.460><c> behavior</c><00:33:18.980><c> doesn't</c><00:33:19.279><c> just</c><00:33:19.640><c> happen.</c>

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I'd<00:33:21.799><c> suggest</c><00:33:22.180><c> to</c><00:33:22.339><c> you</c><00:33:22.440><c> that</c><00:33:22.599><c> the</c><00:33:22.839><c> reason</c><00:33:23.220><c> for</c><00:33:23.519><c> Peter's</c><00:33:23.960><c> newfound</c><00:33:24.500><c> boldness</c><00:33:25.119><c> and</c><00:33:25.480><c> confidence</c><00:33:25.940><c> is</c>

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because<00:33:26.480><c> he</c><00:33:26.779><c> actually</c><00:33:27.400><c> saw</c><00:33:28.059><c> the</c><00:33:28.420><c> risen</c><00:33:28.680><c> Lord.</c>

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What<00:33:29.920><c> could</c><00:33:30.160><c> account</c><00:33:30.519><c> for</c><00:33:30.700><c> the</c><00:33:30.900><c> change</c><00:33:31.160><c> of</c><00:33:31.359><c> behavior?</c>

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There's<00:33:32.400><c> no</c><00:33:32.839><c> other</c><00:33:33.359><c> reasonable</c><00:33:34.339><c> explanation.</c>

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And<00:33:36.900><c> the</c><00:33:37.079><c> fourth</c><00:33:37.299><c> reason</c><00:33:37.640><c> we</c><00:33:37.779><c> can</c><00:33:38.059><c> believe</c><00:33:38.519><c> and</c><00:33:38.779><c> be</c><00:33:39.140><c> confident</c>

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in<00:33:39.839><c> the</c><00:33:40.059><c> fact</c><00:33:40.299><c> that</c><00:33:40.539><c> Jesus</c><00:33:41.000><c> did</c><00:33:41.579><c> rise</c><00:33:42.200><c> from</c><00:33:42.579><c> the</c><00:33:42.819><c> grave</c><00:33:43.180><c> is</c>

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eyewitness<00:33:45.220><c> testimony.</c>

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Not<00:33:47.519><c> only</c><00:33:47.819><c> did</c><00:33:48.039><c> Paul,</c><00:33:48.920><c> the</c><00:33:49.279><c> arch</c><00:33:49.619><c> enemy</c><00:33:50.160><c> of</c><00:33:50.460><c> the</c><00:33:50.660><c> Christian</c><00:33:51.039><c> faith,</c>

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the<00:33:51.940><c> man</c><00:33:52.299><c> who</c><00:33:52.779><c> hunted</c><00:33:53.200><c> down</c><00:33:53.859><c> our</c><00:33:54.259><c> early</c><00:33:54.680><c> first</c><00:33:54.980><c> century</c><00:33:55.400><c> brothers</c><00:33:55.759><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:33:56.380><c> to</c><00:33:57.599><c> murder</c><00:33:58.480><c> them,</c>

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not<00:33:59.920><c> only</c><00:34:00.200><c> did</c><00:34:00.519><c> this</c><00:34:01.019><c> arch</c><00:34:01.259><c> enemy</c><00:34:01.619><c> of</c><00:34:01.799><c> the</c><00:34:01.980><c> Christian</c><00:34:02.400><c> faith</c>

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testify<00:34:04.599><c> that</c><00:34:05.380><c> he</c><00:34:05.799><c> saw</c><00:34:06.380><c> Jesus</c><00:34:07.079><c> alive,</c>

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he<00:34:08.860><c> actually</c><00:34:09.559><c> became</c><00:34:10.559><c> one</c><00:34:10.780><c> of</c><00:34:10.960><c> Christ's</c><00:34:11.619><c> followers.</c>

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He<00:34:13.219><c> became</c><00:34:13.500><c> an</c><00:34:13.739><c> apostle.</c>

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So<00:34:15.139><c> it</c><00:34:15.179><c> was</c><00:34:15.360><c> not</c><00:34:15.579><c> only</c><00:34:15.880><c> Paul</c><00:34:16.340><c> that</c><00:34:16.719><c> converted</c><00:34:17.239><c> and</c><00:34:17.579><c> became</c><00:34:17.840><c> an</c>

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apostle<00:34:18.360><c> and</c><00:34:18.719><c> testified</c><00:34:19.360><c> to</c><00:34:19.559><c> having</c><00:34:19.800><c> seen</c><00:34:20.219><c> Jesus,</c>

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he<00:34:21.980><c> says</c><00:34:22.239><c> that</c><00:34:22.420><c> there</c><00:34:22.579><c> were</c><00:34:23.199><c> 500</c><00:34:24.139><c> other</c><00:34:25.019><c> witnesses.</c>

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First<00:34:27.280><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:27.639><c> chapter</c><00:34:28.079><c> 15</c><00:34:28.559><c> verse</c><00:34:28.800><c> 6</c><00:34:29.500><c> tells</c><00:34:29.780><c> us</c><00:34:30.079><c> Paul</c><00:34:30.260><c> says,</c>

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Not<00:34:44.559><c> only</c><00:34:44.880><c> did</c><00:34:45.059><c> Paul</c><00:34:45.380><c> claim</c><00:34:45.960><c> that</c><00:34:46.159><c> there</c><00:34:46.460><c> were</c><00:34:46.820><c> eyewitness</c><00:34:47.500><c> testimony,</c>

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not<00:34:48.760><c> only</c><00:34:49.000><c> did</c><00:34:49.139><c> he</c><00:34:49.320><c> claim</c><00:34:49.559><c> there</c><00:34:49.719><c> were</c><00:34:50.059><c> 500</c><00:34:50.719><c> that</c><00:34:51.099><c> had</c><00:34:51.320><c> seen</c><00:34:51.619><c> Jesus,</c>

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he<00:34:53.239><c> said</c><00:34:53.380><c> that</c><00:34:53.579><c> these</c><00:34:53.760><c> people</c><00:34:54.000><c> were</c><00:34:54.300><c> still</c><00:34:54.599><c> alive.</c>

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That<00:34:56.420><c> means</c><00:34:56.800><c> that</c><00:34:57.079><c> those</c><00:34:57.639><c> witnesses</c><00:34:58.139><c> could</c><00:34:58.539><c> be</c><00:34:59.139><c> sought</c><00:34:59.380><c> out.</c>

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They<00:34:59.920><c> could</c><00:35:00.159><c> ask</c><00:35:00.559><c> whether</c><00:35:00.880><c> or</c><00:35:01.099><c> not</c><00:35:01.280><c> these</c><00:35:01.619><c> things</c><00:35:01.860><c> were</c><00:35:02.159><c> true.</c>

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Why<00:35:03.920><c> would</c><00:35:04.179><c> the</c><00:35:04.519><c> disciples</c><00:35:05.059><c> acknowledge</c><00:35:05.880><c> that</c><00:35:06.280><c> fact</c><00:35:06.679><c> if</c><00:35:07.519><c> it</c>

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weren't<00:35:07.940><c> true?</c>

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So<00:35:11.619><c> brothers</c><00:35:11.800><c> and</c><00:35:12.059><c> sisters,</c><00:35:12.460><c> this</c><00:35:12.760><c> morning</c><00:35:13.260><c> we've</c><00:35:14.079><c> come</c><00:35:14.340><c> here</c>

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to<00:35:15.639><c> speak</c><00:35:15.940><c> about</c><00:35:16.400><c> faith</c><00:35:17.059><c> and</c><00:35:17.659><c> doubt.</c>

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They're<00:35:19.280><c> not</c><00:35:19.539><c> mutually</c><00:35:19.980><c> exclusive,</c><00:35:21.539><c> but</c><00:35:21.719><c> they</c><00:35:21.960><c> can</c><00:35:22.179><c> work</c><00:35:22.699><c> together</c><00:35:23.559><c> to</c>

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develop<00:35:24.800><c> confidence</c><00:35:25.760><c> in</c><00:35:26.480><c> the</c><00:35:26.679><c> things</c><00:35:26.880><c> we</c><00:35:27.159><c> believe.</c>

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You<00:35:29.400><c> see,</c><00:35:29.659><c> by</c><00:35:29.800><c> acknowledging</c><00:35:30.420><c> and</c><00:35:30.800><c> wrestling</c><00:35:31.219><c> with</c><00:35:31.539><c> our</c><00:35:31.780><c> doubts,</c><00:35:33.119><c> we'll</c><00:35:33.320><c> become</c><00:35:33.639><c> more</c><00:35:34.179><c> faithful</c>

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as<00:35:36.199><c> the</c><00:35:36.639><c> reasonableness</c><00:35:37.420><c> and</c><00:35:38.500><c> as</c><00:35:38.760><c> the</c><00:35:39.079><c> logic</c><00:35:39.679><c> of</c><00:35:40.559><c> our</c><00:35:40.840><c> beliefs</c>

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become<00:35:42.239><c> even</c><00:35:42.719><c> more</c><00:35:43.000><c> evident.</c>

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As<00:35:45.019><c> an</c><00:35:45.320><c> example</c><00:35:45.719><c> of</c><00:35:45.940><c> this,</c><00:35:46.400><c> we</c><00:35:46.599><c> considered</c><00:35:47.039><c> the</c><00:35:47.460><c> evidence</c><00:35:47.880><c> of</c>

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Jesus'<00:35:49.380><c> resurrection</c><00:35:49.420><c> from</c><00:35:49.760><c> the</c><00:35:49.960><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:35:51.900><c> while</c><00:35:52.039><c> there's</c><00:35:52.340><c> no</c><00:35:52.679><c> way</c><00:35:53.139><c> to</c><00:35:53.679><c> prove</c><00:35:54.500><c> that</c><00:35:55.880><c> Christ</c><00:35:56.199><c> was</c><00:35:56.500><c> raised</c><00:35:56.860><c> from</c><00:35:57.159><c> death</c><00:35:57.480><c> to</c><00:35:57.760><c> life,</c>

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the<00:35:59.539><c> preponderance</c><00:36:00.500><c> of</c><00:36:00.719><c> the</c><00:36:01.039><c> evidence</c><00:36:01.679><c> leads</c><00:36:03.519><c> us</c><00:36:03.800><c> to</c><00:36:04.079><c> believe</c>

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that<00:36:04.559><c> Jesus</c><00:36:05.019><c> is</c><00:36:05.400><c> in</c><00:36:05.639><c> fact</c><00:36:06.340><c> alive.</c>

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You<00:36:07.820><c> see,</c><00:36:09.760><c> it</c><00:36:09.760><c> really</c><00:36:10.179><c> is</c><00:36:10.599><c> reasonable</c><00:36:11.239><c> to</c><00:36:11.940><c> believe</c><00:36:12.159><c> this</c><00:36:12.460><c> to</c>

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be<00:36:12.900><c> true.</c>

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The<00:36:14.699><c> process</c><00:36:15.179><c> of</c><00:36:15.480><c> wrestling</c><00:36:15.980><c> with</c><00:36:16.440><c> our</c><00:36:16.739><c> doubts</c><00:36:17.260><c> should</c><00:36:18.280><c> help</c>

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us<00:36:18.900><c> feel</c><00:36:19.199><c> confident</c><00:36:20.000><c> in</c><00:36:20.760><c> the</c><00:36:20.940><c> things</c><00:36:21.139><c> not</c><00:36:21.519><c> seen.</c>

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Jesus<00:36:23.920><c> said</c><00:36:24.199><c> to</c><00:36:24.420><c> doubting</c><00:36:24.760><c> Thomas,</c>

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Brothers<00:36:34.620><c> and</c><00:36:35.360><c> sisters,</c><00:36:37.800><c> eventually</c><00:36:38.300><c> there</c><00:36:39.719><c> will</c><00:36:39.920><c> be</c><00:36:40.159><c> a</c><00:36:40.340><c> day</c>

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when<00:36:41.099><c> faith</c><00:36:41.679><c> in</c><00:36:42.179><c> the</c><00:36:42.400><c> unseen</c><00:36:43.019><c> is</c><00:36:44.199><c> no</c><00:36:44.420><c> longer</c><00:36:44.739><c> required.</c>

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It<00:36:46.760><c> will</c><00:36:46.860><c> be</c><00:36:47.039><c> the</c><00:36:47.239><c> day</c><00:36:47.500><c> when</c><00:36:48.420><c> the</c><00:36:48.760><c> cry</c><00:36:49.059><c> goes</c><00:36:49.320><c> up</c><00:36:49.699><c> triumphant</c><00:36:50.400><c> that</c><00:36:50.659><c> the</c><00:36:50.940><c> Lord</c><00:36:51.639><c> has</c><00:36:52.239><c> come</c><00:36:52.519><c> at</c><00:36:52.739><c> last.</c>

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Lord,<00:36:56.440><c> come</c><00:36:56.780><c> then</c><00:36:57.000><c> in</c><00:36:57.139><c> thy</c><00:36:57.340><c> kingdom,</c><00:36:59.480><c> set</c><00:36:59.599><c> up</c><00:36:59.800><c> on</c><00:37:00.000><c> earth</c><00:37:00.300><c> thy</c><00:37:00.659><c> throne,</c>

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and<00:37:02.900><c> lest</c><00:37:03.099><c> thy</c><00:37:03.320><c> sheep</c><00:37:03.599><c> grow</c><00:37:03.940><c> weary,</c><00:37:04.579><c> come</c><00:37:04.900><c> take</c><00:37:05.179><c> them</c><00:37:05.440><c> for</c>

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thine<00:37:05.940><c> own.</c>

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Now,<00:37:10.320><c> when</c><00:37:10.679><c> the</c><00:37:10.860><c> night</c><00:37:11.099><c> seems</c><00:37:11.460><c> darkest,</c><00:37:12.780><c> come</c><00:37:12.980><c> in</c><00:37:13.199><c> thy</c><00:37:13.360><c> glory</c><00:37:13.780><c> bright,</c>

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come<00:37:16.139><c> to</c><00:37:16.519><c> redeem</c><00:37:16.900><c> thine</c><00:37:17.159><c> Israel,</c><00:37:19.019><c> and</c><00:37:19.260><c> turn</c><00:37:20.139><c> our</c><00:37:21.860><c> faith</c><00:37:22.400><c> to</c><00:37:23.699><c> sight.</c>