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No, I would remind you Brothers of the Gospel. I preached to you which she receives in which you stand and by which you are saved if you hold Foster to the wood I preach to you unless you believed in vain trying to live it to you as off of first importance that I also received that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures that he was buried. He was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures and that he appear to cephas then two of The Twelve then he appeared some more than 500 Brothers at one time most of whom I still alive. They some have fallen asleep. Then he appear to change then to all the apostles. Los tofu as to one on time Lee born here. Also to me why I'm the least of the Apostles unworthy to be cold in a possible because I persecuted the Church of God, but by the grace of God, I am once I am and his grace towards me was not in vain on the country. I work harder than any of them is that it was not I but the grace of God that is with me whether then it's a woman's eye or they are so we preached and so you believed know if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead how can some of you say there is no Resurrection from the day, but if there is my resurrection of the dead then not even Christ has been raised out of Christ preaching is in vain and your face is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting gaunt because we testified about God that he raised Christ from who who he did not raise. If it is true that the dead are not released for a potato not raised not even Christ was raised I have Christ was not raised your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then they will have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have in this life only we all are of old people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep for all as a bi man and came there by a man has come outside of the resurrection of the Dead Rising Adam. So also Christ shall be made alive. But each in his own order Christ of the first fruits then at is coming those who belong to Christ. Then comes the end when he delivers the kingdom of God the Father off to destroying every Rule and every Authority and every Power before he must rain until he has put so his enemies under his Fates The Last Enemy to be destroyed is death for God has put all things in subjection under his face, but when he says all things are puts and subtraction, it is plain that he is expected who puts all things and subjected on to him. When all things are subjected to him, then the sun himself would also be subjected to him who puts all things in subjection under him that God may be in 00 in, Ohio. Indeed we pray the Lord who blesses where it's our hearts. We come now to look at his word.

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This letter was written by a pole to the church in Corinth to remind them of the truth of once the gospel had for them indeed many or those who were in the church was facing a punishment by death for once they believed. Indeed Sweden Otis hear the this passage that pool is provided to us. It is not easy at times to read it in zeid's pool was a great logical man. He has great understanding of logic. He had a great understanding of God's word and he was able to explain things in a very deep why he was able to share those truths that would be so dead to so many for centuries to come in zeid's his ability showings fruit. And sometimes that is hard for us to really contemplate a want he shares with us. And so we do have to take him to read and to read carefully I want has been shed. This morning without going to be sick. So you look hot sign Cindy time, but some of those Ka truths that weakens Hank from it indeed presents to us that our faith is not so blind faith. We do not come here believing something that is not true. We do not come here thinking something that is magical that could not possibly had taken place we come here because we are staggered by the truth by the fact that Jesus despite all of our experiences in life was raised from the dead. And seas if Jesus had not been raised from the tightest pool says we would continue in sin. We would continue in our Disobedience before gaunt and we would not be able to come before him. There would be no way by which we would be able to quench the gilts and our hearts and our lives. They would be no way in which things could be reconciled. Indeed's we would be lost and we would be the most pity the whole because we come here Gathering each Sunday to remember that Jesus rose from the dead and he didn't rise from the day. We have been wasting our time. And so all of us this morning, we need to be thinking right Catholic about this truth. In seats when we think about truth when we think about facts when we think about when somebody is telling us something how do we know it to be true? But often we will compare sources of information 120. We know that is so Mike is presented to us by Hollywood. Maybe. That's just my baby a story that probably didn't have But if we turn on the TVs and we see the news broadcast from the BBC News. We have an expectation buns for you. They won't they are sharing with us is indeed the truth. Of course, we find that at times man, lets us down. We finds that what they share with us isn't as trustworthy as we would like it to be. I might actually consider that those we know personally those we have learned to trust those that we have come to live among side and to understand how they think to trust what they say and Deidre no friends or family go and hold them they come back and they said the good news of that holiday. We do expect will they have shed with us to be the truth? That way we know that they are witnesses or what they have experienced and they have come to share with us because we know that we noticed that we are able to trust them. I didn't eat when we come here to this passage of these passages. We have red weed. Look at that source of information and seeds that have been a great many men of dolls that have spiky fully protected of the letters and the words are that we have heard today.

I didn't see the message from Matthew. I didn't see that Luke and John. and really glasses of poem Unsolved say the letters of the Apostles as witness statements of those who were present at that time. And we can trust that source of information and that it was not easy to write down words explaining once took place. It was of great financial cost to individuals people didn't generally write things down. It was ready for anything to actually be written Town. It was even rarer to ensure that what was written down was cats for any. Of time. The credibility if we would look at this in a court case information Do all these Witnesses watch lot of work so they come from? How many fine for me read for the gospel as we find the sun with fishermen they were everyday to gain from leaving that Lively hurts and caring and tell people something. That was not true. verify account send text Alexa there's a doctor. These review tonight as credible Witnesses in a court of law. These are the types of people that have shared this information with us. And so we can vouch for that credibility before those Witnesses.

I'm when we come and contemplate these things. We need to be mindful of the question that Jesus himself posed to his disciples. Not long before he died two others say I am who do others say I am? I had the great privilege of growing up in Asia and I have traveled quite a few different countries. I have met many different people in my lifetime. And there are many people that will speak very highly of Jesus and seeds Hindu you sweetheart of him as a great philosopher. Even in Islam they treat him as the great prophets. The great prophet is the tonsil and they give to him.

But Jesus asks his disciples. Who do you say I am who you say I am. And not question that we all ask ourselves. Who do I say that Jesus Christ is Angie's in Mark chapter 18 verse 28 Pizza on set him and sent you all the Christ you are the Messiah you all God's chosen one. NZ they were powerful what's on pizza was commended a Paul nice words But who do we say Jesus is who do we believe Jesus to be?

In Siege if we think about all the teachings of Jesus, we either have to accept the mole or disregard the more we say that Jesus is woods with magnificence and great and worthy to be listened to or we dismiss them. entirely

and if we listen to them if we accept anything we want Jesus said and therefore exempt that Jesus said we have to acknowledge that in Matthew chapter 17 verse 22 amongst other many occasions that Jesus said these things Jesus said to them the son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men and they will kill him and he will be raised on the third day. And I would greatly distressed Jesus predicted his own death. Now we will have fish throwing Monday, but none of us know exactly when that time will come. But Jesus knew exactly when he was going to die. NZ Jesus demonstrated Who was Whiteford even on what we were looking at Saint on Good Friday that Jesus was in control at every step and in seed. He chose went to die. Jesus had not control. Onion seed Jesus in Mark chapter 14 investor 61 and 62 set. When do you start with with the Pharisees site? Are you the Christ the son of the blessed and Jesus said I am and you will see the son of man seated at the right hand of power and coming with the Clouds Of Heaven indeed. Jesus responded to them in the affirmative G you claim to be the Son of God and he said yes. There is no chance in that answer but just in case anybody was missing his he describes only Jews know of as God describing of himself that indeed he is seated in heaven and that he is coming on the Clouds Of Heaven in G. Jesus was very clear with him. He claims to be the son of God. To read this morning believe that truth. Do we acknowledge that Jesus is indeed the son of God.

What are the facts the facts are laid down by these are your witness statements all that these Jesus there is no question.

Indeed there have been many medical professionals who have analyzed what has been described in the witness by commence and I have all confirmed there is absolutely no way the Jesus was alive when he was put in that too. And the main aspects that we looked out for us. Spare was put into the side of Jesus under the blood that came out that separates has anybody who has any understanding about the human body the points of death the heart ultimately will stop pumping. I'm because that heart has stopped pumping the blood from that point within the heart will start to separate and over a number of hours. Separation will take place. But that moments after his death that's orders placed into his size. And that separation of blood had already taken place. That means that means that Christ's own heart physical. He was pissed unbroken open. There was no towns with a Jesus was dead and zzz the soldier who carried out snot task who was a Crip and was well-trained in the execution of men and women are killed many people. He'd probably be in Conflict Toronto. Himself when somebody was dead. And he acknowledged that Jesus was that he would not have allowed Jesus's body to be taking off like Ross unless he wants. And yet the way which Jesus dies the fact that the sun had been blotted out that Darkness has been a long cross the line for 3 hours under the monument that Jesus died that was an earthquake and that rocks spits on you put on that ultimately the curtain in the temple was ripped from top to bottom the soldier that standing before Jesus exclaims. Surely. This was the son of don't even that I thought moments and how Jesus that Soldier acknowledged who Jesus wants faces and everything that they have. And yes, he acknowledged who Jesus was.

I mean, this morning to remember that Jesus rose from the dead, how can someone runs from the dead how can someone bring about their own life? So they have to point it seems impressionist doesn't it and I'll person or experiences when somebody has finally died. We know that they are not going to be raised from the dead. But Jesus demonstrated during the time of his ministry that he had the power over death and deed his close friend Lazarus add-on. He's Jesus has done to him. It wasn't being laid in the dream. Looks like question I Velasquez his own death. And yes, Jesus raised him from the dead Jesus demonstrated. He had power over death itself. Unrefined the Jesus predicted his own Resurrection. We find a way through the scripture Old Testament prophets for planes the Messiah Adidas with raised from the dead.

How do we know that Jesus raised from the dead? Will return so that was only Witnesses fundamentally and I was only Witnesses included Mary Magdalene. And stay out of Mary. They saw Jesus. Which hold of the two men who was Walt to Ms. And we refer to it as a heat mat to see fancy house is probably one of those two men. He then appeared to the disciples. even appears to Thomas bouncing Thomas when they told him that Jesus is Alive and he said I'm next time. I see the holes in his hands and the hole in the side and I can put my hand in his side. I do not believe that Jesus is Alive. I saw him die. You cannot tell me he is alive and yet so much so him and Jesus turned to him and said put your finger in my hand with the holes for the nose. Put your hands in my side with a sword and said So that you will know I am alive and in Deeds Thomas wasn't my East Thomas indeed. I'm sure preached. Honestly that Jesus was alive. I'm in pool reminds us that Jesus appeared to 500 people on one occasion. No, you might dismiss one person thinking I saw something as hallucination. It is highly improbable that to pay for whatever hallucinates on the same thing. 500 people in one single location do not hallucinate. Jointly. It just does not happen. And pool pool himself had met with many of those 500 men and women and children he had met with them. And he knew their accounts from them many shares in the slats of for us their accounts. Indeed pool and points to his own saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in the hated Christians. He wants to put them to death. He was understand that and he spent his entire career before his confession in doing so I don't know the road to Damascus when he was going to murder Christians men women and children who proclaims this idea that government free. Jesus had raised from the dead to save our sins. He wanted them all put to death. And yet pool saw Jesus himself.

I'm in seats when you come here this morning. You might meet somebody who saw Jesus in person without a nice. But when we gather together as Christians, but those of us who know that Jesus is a life because we have spiritually met with him. We are proclaiming to you that Jesus is in deeds in science a life. We know it to be true because of the difference that he has made in our lives. It is not a difference about someone who has died and it passed away and we have learned something of what they have told. It is a different that we know in our hearts and it's not personal relationship with Jesus.

Listen to Jesus if he calls you. In seeds in 2 Peter chapter 1 Pizza himself wrote these words for we did not follow cleverly devised Mets when we made known to you the power and the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty for when he received on a anchor Lori from God the father on The Voice Was Born to him bonding Majestic Glory. This is my beloved Son. With whom I am. Well pleased we ourselves heard. This is very voice born from heaven for we were with him on the holy Mount Zion and we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed to which you will do well to pay attention. Astra lamp shining in a dark place until the Titans and the Morning Star rises in your hearts knowing this Festival that no prophecy of scripture comes from someone's own interpretation was ever produced by the prophecy was ever produced by the will of man from God as they were carried Along by the Holy Spirit. Anthony's Pizza Des Moines for his face and Christ many of those we have talked about will put to death because of proclaiming this good news. surely that witness statements are worthy to be listened to study indeed. Jesus did and he was raised from the dead and it is free without raising of the debt that we can be made right before God. Inez pool mentioned in that passage death came to us because of Adam indeed you send in the Garden of Eden. I'm not disappearance was passed on to each one of us one of us know deep down. We are not truly wanting to fight against all that gold stands for we don't want him to exist. We want to feel that we can be masters of our own lives. but the reality is but each of us know deep down. That God does exist because if he didn't we wouldn't spend so much time fighting him. Indeed's all the way through scripture. We all sorts that we can come to Jesus by faith and it is true that faith that we can be safe. Stop face, of course leads on to obedience. Hennings he's as a church. We've been looking recently in the evenings at Noah that indeed Noah entered the Ark free face and obedient stick-ons and he was saved from flood waters. And seeds Abraham the first person to be converted having had a launch that disregard you to come and then turn to him free face. He came to that postal saving knowledge of Jesus. Onion seeds if we do not believe that Jesus is raised from the dead then our faith is futile.

And if we believe that Jesus is indeed raised from the dead. Why are we so silent?

Why are we so signs?

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