WEBVTT - It Can't End Like This

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. I'm the pastor of Elevation

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<v Speaker 1>Church and.

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<v Speaker 2>This is our podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith.

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<v Speaker 1>Hope it gives you perspective to see God has moving

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<v Speaker 1>in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy the message. Mark chapter sixteen, verse one.

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<v Speaker 1>When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and married, the

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<v Speaker 1>mother of James, and Salome brought spices so that they

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<v Speaker 1>might go and anoint him. And very early on the

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<v Speaker 1>first day of the week, when the sun had risen,

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<v Speaker 1>they went to the tomb, and they were saying to

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<v Speaker 1>one another, who will roll the stone for us? From

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<v Speaker 1>the entrance of the tomb, Who's going to do it?

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<v Speaker 1>And looking up, they saw that the stone had been

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<v Speaker 1>rolled back.

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<v Speaker 2>It was very large.

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<v Speaker 1>Entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on

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<v Speaker 1>the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they

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<v Speaker 1>were alarmed.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said to them, don't freak out.

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<v Speaker 1>You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified.

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<v Speaker 2>He has risen.

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<v Speaker 1>He is not here see the place where they laid him,

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<v Speaker 1>But go and tell his disciples.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, you can.

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<v Speaker 1>Look but don't stay long, because he is not here

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<v Speaker 1>in this dead place. He is not here. He has arisen.

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<v Speaker 1>So go tell his disciples and Peter that he is

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<v Speaker 1>going before you to Galilee. There you will see him

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<v Speaker 1>just as he told you.

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<v Speaker 2>And they went out and fled from.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder what you're running from today, because sometimes when

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<v Speaker 1>life disappoints our expectations, we find ourselves hiding from the

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<v Speaker 1>very places that we came to looking for God. They

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<v Speaker 1>fled from the tomb for trembling and astonishment had seized them,

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<v Speaker 1>and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

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<v Speaker 2>And on that note, Mark's Gospel ends. It's an anti

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<v Speaker 2>clomactic ending.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not how we would expect it to end, but

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<v Speaker 1>that's how it ends. And there is an announcement that

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<v Speaker 1>I want to give to you. In fact, I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to give it to your neighbor. So pick one.

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<v Speaker 1>Look them in the eyes. Tell them, neighbor, it can't

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<v Speaker 1>end like this. Look at your other neighbor, the one

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<v Speaker 1>you were secretly hoping you'd get to talk to. Tell

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<v Speaker 1>them it can't end like this. Father, anoint your word

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<v Speaker 1>and open our hearts.

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<v Speaker 2>To hear it. In Jesus' name, Amen, you may be seated.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're reading along.

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<v Speaker 1>In your own copy of the Bible, you may see

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<v Speaker 1>verse nine, ten, eleven, and twelve. But those were put

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<v Speaker 1>there much later. By second century scribes. The oldest manuscripts

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<v Speaker 1>of the Greek New Testament, after they had been transcribed

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<v Speaker 1>for centuries, took on some additions. It was almost as

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<v Speaker 1>if the ending, and they went out and fled from

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<v Speaker 1>the tomb, for trembling in astonishment had seized them. And

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<v Speaker 1>they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Whoever

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<v Speaker 1>was copying it thought, well, it can't end like this,

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<v Speaker 1>But it ends in the original manuscript on a note

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<v Speaker 1>of uncertainty. It ends right there, right there. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>tendency for us sometimes to want to make faith something

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<v Speaker 1>that it's not. I wonder can I appreach to you today,

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<v Speaker 1>like we're real people. It may be that people outside

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<v Speaker 1>of the faith sometimes get the wrong idea about the

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<v Speaker 1>nature of faith, and they think that faith is chiefly

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<v Speaker 1>a matter of imagination. So people who have faith have

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<v Speaker 1>really good ability to suspend their disbelief and think about

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<v Speaker 1>this world that doesn't really exist. But faith for me

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<v Speaker 1>is not a matter of imagination. It's a matter of interpretation.

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<v Speaker 1>What I mean by that is, for me, faith is

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<v Speaker 1>not a denial of reality, but it is a deeper

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<v Speaker 1>reality than the reality that I see, that governs the

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<v Speaker 1>way that I live. This is the essence of faith

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<v Speaker 1>in Mark's Gospel. It is always a demonstration. It is

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<v Speaker 1>not always visible. But just because you can't see it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean it isn't real. It isn't it powerful and

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<v Speaker 1>profound that the greatest demonstration of God's power came in

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<v Speaker 1>the moment when Jesus wasn't there. The greatest demonstration of

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<v Speaker 1>God's power was his absence in the place where the

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<v Speaker 1>women looked for him. Touch the person next to you

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<v Speaker 1>and say, it can't end like this. It can't end

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<v Speaker 1>like this. And sometimes our faith leaves us at a

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<v Speaker 1>place of frustration. The atmosphere of this text in Mark

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<v Speaker 1>chapter sixteen is an atmosphere of frustration, specifically for these women.

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<v Speaker 1>They bought spices. Now, remember Peter in the garden drew

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<v Speaker 1>a sword because he had strength as long as he

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<v Speaker 1>was in control of the outcome. But if you look

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday morning, Jesus has been dead now for three days.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the Jewish way of counting days. And these women,

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't draw swords in the garden.

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<v Speaker 2>They had a different kind of strength.

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<v Speaker 1>These spice girls watch Out had the kind of quiet

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<v Speaker 1>strength that would enable them, even in the midst of disappointment,

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<v Speaker 1>to still go to the place where their dream died

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<v Speaker 1>and do the best they could with what they had.

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<v Speaker 1>Notice who is missing in the text. It's not only

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus who's missing in the text. He was expected to

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<v Speaker 1>be in the grave and he wasn't there. But where

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<v Speaker 1>is Peter? Where is Peter? Waving his sword and talking

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<v Speaker 1>so loud? Have you ever noticed how sometimes the loudest

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<v Speaker 1>people aren't the most loyal. I noticed it at a

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<v Speaker 1>panther's game. There was a lady in front of me.

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<v Speaker 2>She was so loud. She was gone in the third

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<v Speaker 2>quarter two.

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<v Speaker 1>Because sometimes the people who are the loudest are not

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<v Speaker 1>the most loyal.

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<v Speaker 2>Where's Peter?

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<v Speaker 1>This is what the women are trying to figure out,

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<v Speaker 1>because the men who should have been with them to

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<v Speaker 1>help them move the stone away. Remember, it's much easier

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<v Speaker 1>to roll the stone that is at the mouth of

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<v Speaker 1>this cave, which we call a tomb, but it was

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<v Speaker 1>more like a cave and Mark points out of detail.

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<v Speaker 1>He says, it was a very heavy stone, so we

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<v Speaker 1>can't do this by ourselves, and upon realizing that we've

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<v Speaker 1>got the spices, watch this, but we don't have.

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<v Speaker 2>The strength to roll the stone away.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's an indictment on the men. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it is an indictment on the eleven disciples. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>there were twelve. Judas is dead is already a different

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<v Speaker 1>thing for him. He's already gone. He couldn't hang on,

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<v Speaker 1>he couldn't face himself after it. And Peter, well, well,

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<v Speaker 1>Peter who's going to preach in fifty days on the

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<v Speaker 1>day of Pentecost, is so disappointed.

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<v Speaker 2>That he can't potentially show his face.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe he doesn't want to venture out into the

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<v Speaker 1>darkness and risk greater disappointment. I found out that the

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<v Speaker 1>greater the faith, the deeper the disappointment when you really

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<v Speaker 1>believe in something, And this is why some of you

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<v Speaker 1>don't expect much out of life anymore. It is your

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<v Speaker 1>defense mechanism against disappointment, because if you don't venture out,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have to be vulnerable. Hope is very vulnerable.

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<v Speaker 1>Faith is very fragile. It puts you in a place

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<v Speaker 1>where you're actually expecting something. And as Peter stood there

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<v Speaker 1>considering the cost of discipleship in the shadow of the cross,

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<v Speaker 1>it shot through his central nervous system that this was

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<v Speaker 1>the end and he's not with the women. Neither is James.

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<v Speaker 1>Neither is John for that matter, or Barthel. There were

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<v Speaker 1>plenty of people who could have been with them, but

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<v Speaker 1>they weren't. And so now the women they got their spices.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not talking much. It's not a happy processional, but

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<v Speaker 1>they're on their way, and on their way they realize, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>wait a minute, when we get there, we can't do

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<v Speaker 1>what we need to do, to do what we came

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<v Speaker 1>to do, because we have spices, but we're not strong enough.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever felt like there was something in your way?

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>It could be depression, it could be addiction, It could

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<v Speaker 1>be genetics, it could be your history, it could be

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<v Speaker 1>your mental conditioning.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever felt like there.

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<v Speaker 1>Was something in your way that, no matter how great

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<v Speaker 1>or how high your faith would rise or become, there

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<v Speaker 1>was something in your way, some stone in your way.

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<v Speaker 1>I love what the Bible says, because the women are

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<v Speaker 1>walking and they're worried, Well, you can't do it? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't do it. Well, Mary, you should have. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>don't tell me what I should have done. Salome, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not the one who's mom named her after Deli meat.

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<v Speaker 2>You should have done it. You should have thought, where's Peter?

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<v Speaker 1>But instead of resenting who wasn't with him? They asked

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<v Speaker 1>the question, who will roll the stone away? I got

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<v Speaker 1>good gospel news this Easter. God is already working out

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<v Speaker 1>what you're worried about. God already has your miracle in

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<v Speaker 1>motion if you will take a step in faith. The

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<v Speaker 1>Bible says when they got there, not only was the

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<v Speaker 1>stone gone, but there was a young man. Most theologians

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<v Speaker 1>believe because of the Synoptic gospel accounts that confirmed the report,

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<v Speaker 1>that this was an angel who had not only rolled.

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<v Speaker 2>The stone away, but sat down on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, the reason he sat down is not because he

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<v Speaker 1>was tired. This angel did CrossFit and had excellent cardiovascular conditioning. No,

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<v Speaker 1>this angel came down, rolled the stone and sat down

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<v Speaker 1>because in Jewish custom, when a teacher got ready to teach,

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<v Speaker 1>they sat in a seat of authority.

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<v Speaker 2>So the message is.

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<v Speaker 1>This what you thought you couldn't get through. I'm already

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<v Speaker 1>over what you thought you couldn't do, has already been done,

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<v Speaker 1>and all power and authority belongs to Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>And I believe stones still roll.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe God is working on what you're worried about.

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<v Speaker 1>Why would you stay up late crying about? See, we

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<v Speaker 1>don't understand a lot of times. What's happening as we're walking?

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<v Speaker 1>What's happening as we're walking. Matthew gives us a detail

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<v Speaker 1>that Mark omitted because he said, at some point, while

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<v Speaker 1>these women between three and six am, in the darkness

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<v Speaker 1>of despair, doubt, and disappointment.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the atmosphere of the text.

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<v Speaker 1>And in their great frustration because of their lack of

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<v Speaker 1>strength and ability, while they were walking, God was working.

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<v Speaker 1>While they were walking, God was working. Watch the second

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<v Speaker 1>verse of the last chapter of Matthew. It's a different ending.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a little bit of a different detail that we

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<v Speaker 1>don't get in Mark's gospel. It says that behold, there

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<v Speaker 1>was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>descended from heaven and came and rolled back.

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<v Speaker 2>The stone and sat down on it.

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<v Speaker 1>The angel was already on the way while the women

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<v Speaker 1>were walking to the tomb. Now, dare you to look

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<v Speaker 1>at somebody and say your angel is already on the way.

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<v Speaker 1>So don't stress out about it, and don't you dare

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<v Speaker 1>turn around and go back home, because while you're worrying,

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<v Speaker 1>God is working. God does some of his best work

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<v Speaker 1>in the tark and just because you can't see it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean it's not in progress.

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<v Speaker 2>Can't end like this?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think God would let these women get all

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<v Speaker 1>the way to the tomb and let a stone stand

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<v Speaker 1>in their way? God says, when you do what you

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<v Speaker 1>can do, I will do what you cannot do. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>help you raise those kids. I'll help you stay married

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<v Speaker 1>to that man. Ah help you make it through another wig. Ah,

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<v Speaker 1>help you help us.

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<v Speaker 2>All the way.

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<v Speaker 1>It can't end in frustration. It can't end in my frustration.

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<v Speaker 1>And it can't end in failure either. It can't end

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<v Speaker 1>in frustration. They can't end in failure. Touch somebody say,

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<v Speaker 1>it can't end like this. See, when you know the director,

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<v Speaker 1>you have a pretty good sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Of how the film is going to end.

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<v Speaker 1>God, I wish somebody came to help me preach and

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<v Speaker 1>not just look at me today. When you know who

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<v Speaker 1>made the movie, when you know how it ends. When

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus sat down with Peter, he said, you're going to fail.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna deny me, not once, not twice.

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<v Speaker 2>But check out this.

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<v Speaker 1>King James English thrice by the time the rooster crows.

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<v Speaker 1>But don't worry about it, Peter, I've got a job

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<v Speaker 1>for you to do on the other side of failure.

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<v Speaker 2>When the Angel said I I'm gonna meet you in.

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<v Speaker 1>Galilee, it was more than a geographical arrangement.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a statement of mission.

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<v Speaker 1>For many of you, remember that Galilee was the place

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<v Speaker 1>where Jesus did most of his miracles. It was the

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<v Speaker 1>place where he first called Peter. It was the sea

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<v Speaker 1>of Galilee where Peter took Jesus all around to preach

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<v Speaker 1>and heal and deliver. So when the Angel said that

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<v Speaker 1>your story can't end here, turn around and go tell

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<v Speaker 1>the disciples that I will meet them in Galilee, he

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<v Speaker 1>was saying, in effect, this can't end in a grave

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<v Speaker 1>because there's something more that I want to do. Meet

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<v Speaker 1>me in Galilee. Now that's good news all on its own.

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<v Speaker 1>For you to know that God is not through with you,

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<v Speaker 1>for you to know that if the devil could have

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<v Speaker 1>killed you, he would have by now, for you to

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<v Speaker 1>know that the testimony of your purpose is the very

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<v Speaker 1>fact of your survival, the fact that you're still here. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the reason to celebrate because of two words. Go

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<v Speaker 1>tell his disciples Verse seven, Please and Peter. That hit

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<v Speaker 1>me hard that the one who disappointed Jesus the most

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<v Speaker 1>deeply was the one he singled out by name for redemption.

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<v Speaker 1>And it gives me this hope that maybe my name

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<v Speaker 1>can go there too. I'm going back to Galilee because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't believe this story ends at a grade. It

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<v Speaker 1>can end like this. Go tell Peter to start practicing,

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<v Speaker 1>practicing what practicing his preaching. Tell him to get all

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<v Speaker 1>of his fishing out of his system, because I need

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<v Speaker 1>him in fifty days. I need him on the day

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<v Speaker 1>of Pentecost, when the spirit it comes. I want the

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<v Speaker 1>one who failed the greatest to be the trophy of

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<v Speaker 1>my triumph and transformation. And there is someone here who

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<v Speaker 1>is standing over a grave of your own failure. Today

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<v Speaker 1>now realizing that resurrection is an expectation that allows you

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<v Speaker 1>to experience life not through the lens of your failure,

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<v Speaker 1>but through the lens of grace.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's a really beautiful truth for Peter.

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<v Speaker 1>But until it is personal for you, you will stay stuck.

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<v Speaker 1>In what God has called you out of. It can end.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it can end like this. I know that

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<v Speaker 1>my story can't end in failure, because God has already

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<v Speaker 1>promised me his grace for every failure that I would

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<v Speaker 1>face in this life.

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<v Speaker 2>And Peter, and Peter, make sure you make sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Ps tell, Peter, tell the one that's snuck into church

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<v Speaker 1>that really doesn't even want to be here. I'll meet

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<v Speaker 1>you in Galilee. Failure is not the end. It's the hinge.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the hinge on which the doors of God's grace

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<v Speaker 1>swing wide open for you to experience His forgiveness at

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<v Speaker 1>a greater level.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you see it? Peter?

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<v Speaker 1>He called you by name, and the women responded in

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<v Speaker 1>a surprising way.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I never could get over this.

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<v Speaker 1>I understand why they were so disappointed when he died,

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<v Speaker 1>but I never got why they were so surprised.

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<v Speaker 2>He told them this three times. I'm going to die.

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna mock me, they're gonna scourge me, they're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>spit on me.

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<v Speaker 2>But after three days.

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<v Speaker 1>Dot dot, I viewed resurrection a little differently Now. I

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<v Speaker 1>used to think resurrection was God's exclamation point. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it is finished. He has risen. But now I see

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<v Speaker 1>it more like three dots to see whether or not

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<v Speaker 1>your story is going to end here in your fear,

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<v Speaker 1>Because the final note of Mark's Gospel is fear. They

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<v Speaker 1>were afraid. It's such a strange note to end on.

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<v Speaker 1>It's such a crazy way to end your gospel. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>there was more to the manuscript. I don't know, and

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<v Speaker 1>it got lost. That's one theory. Or maybe verse nine

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<v Speaker 1>is up to us. Maybe fear is not the end.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's an invitation. See in Marx's Gospel, usually when

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<v Speaker 1>it talks about fear, something comes after it.

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<v Speaker 2>In marx Gospel, there's.

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<v Speaker 1>A pattern that emerges is over and over again in

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<v Speaker 1>Mark's Gospel.

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<v Speaker 2>So like in chapter five.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a woman who has an issue, and an issue.

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<v Speaker 2>Of blood, and nobody can make her better.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible says that she spent all that she had,

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<v Speaker 1>but instead of getting better, she got worse. She shoved

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<v Speaker 1>more stuff into her life, she got busier, and she

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<v Speaker 1>just got brokeer. She spent more time trying to be liked,

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<v Speaker 1>and she only felt more lonely. And then she comes

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<v Speaker 1>up and touches Jesus, and everybody wants to know who

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<v Speaker 1>did it because there was a big crowd.

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<v Speaker 2>Around and they didn't know, but she did so.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible says that trembling, she fell down in fear

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<v Speaker 1>on her.

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<v Speaker 2>Face before Jesus. But it wasn't the.

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<v Speaker 1>End of the story, because when Mark says fear, something follows.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not the end.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody say it's not the end, it's a new beginning.

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<v Speaker 1>And after her fear, Jesus looked at her and said, daughter,

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<v Speaker 1>your faith has healed you. Now go in peace, because

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<v Speaker 1>fear is not the end.

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<v Speaker 2>Fear is the beginning.

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<v Speaker 1>Right after this, a man named Gyros has a little

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<v Speaker 1>daughter who has died.

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<v Speaker 2>While Jesus is on his way to heal her.

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<v Speaker 1>The crowd says, don't worry about it, she's already dead.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, no, she's just asleep.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't be afraid, Gyros, because when I get there, something

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<v Speaker 1>is going to happen that is going.

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<v Speaker 2>To overrule and overturn.

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<v Speaker 1>The verdict of earthly principles. She's gonna get up, and

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<v Speaker 1>the little girl got up.

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<v Speaker 2>Because fear is not the end. One night, the disciples

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<v Speaker 2>were in a great storm.

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<v Speaker 1>The wind was blowing so hard they thought, surely we're

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<v Speaker 1>going down this time. No, you can't die here. There's

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<v Speaker 1>something left for you to do. The Bible says they

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<v Speaker 1>were greatly afraid, but fear was not the end. The

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<v Speaker 1>moment they felt the fear, Jesus spoke the word peace.

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<v Speaker 2>Be still.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel him speaking peace to somebody today.

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<v Speaker 2>Fear is not the end. It can't end like this.

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<v Speaker 2>It can't end like this.

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<v Speaker 1>God's got more for you to do, he said, meet

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<v Speaker 1>me in Galilee dot dot dot Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>The stone is already rolled.

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<v Speaker 1>God has already done what the law was powerless to do,

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<v Speaker 1>and that it was weakened by the sinful nature. I

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<v Speaker 1>know you're weak, I know you're frustrated, but frustration is

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<v Speaker 1>not the end. Frustration is the hinge on which the

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<v Speaker 1>door to surrender swings wide open, to say, I need

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<v Speaker 1>you to do for me God what I can't do

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<v Speaker 1>for myself. It's not the end. Your failure is not

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<v Speaker 1>the end. God's going to use the one who knows

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<v Speaker 1>their need for grace to show others what his grace

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<v Speaker 1>is capable of. It can't end like this. Your story

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<v Speaker 1>can't end in this grave. You are needed in Galilee, Peter.

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<v Speaker 1>There's more for you to do. It can't end like this,

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<v Speaker 1>It can't end in fear. What if those women would

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<v Speaker 1>have stayed silent. We know that they didn't. We know

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<v Speaker 1>that they went and told the disciples, And we know

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<v Speaker 1>that the disciples first instinct was fear. Because the starting

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<v Speaker 1>point of faith is always fear. It's always scary to

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<v Speaker 1>step out and trust God. It's always risky to make

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<v Speaker 1>yourself vulnerable. But what if I come to God? And

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<v Speaker 1>what if it doesn't work? And what if it ends

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<v Speaker 1>on a cross? See, even if it ends on a cross,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't end on the cross.