He Is Risen! Mark Ch 15 & 16 (Resurrection Sunday Episode)

All right, everyone.

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Welcome back to another

episode of I Can't, king Can.

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This is episode 38 and it is

Resurrection Sunday, so happy

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resurrection Sunday to you guys.

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I hope you had an amazing and blessed

day, and if you had an amazing and

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blessed day, all glory to our Lord

and Savior Jesus Christ, because it

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is because of him, because of his

sacrifice that we are here, that we have.

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More life to live and that we have all

of the blessings and all of the provision

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that he has provided to us, and not

just that our greatest gift of all is

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the Holy Spirit and his salvation that

came through his sacrifice on the cross.

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So you know what you

guys, I truly hope that.

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With time because it took me some time

to understand what today was about.

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Um, but I really do hope that you

guys can grow closer to God and

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closer at a closer relationship with

Jesus and really understand what

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his sacrifice on the cross meant and

what it means to us individually.

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Um, because everyone has a different

perspective of the sacrifice, even though.

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The entire world benefits from it if

we declare him our Lord and Savior,

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and we believe that he was crucified

for our sins and rose on the third day.

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If we believe we can all benefit and enjoy

and share the everlasting life that we

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are promised with Jesus and with God, but.

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Not everyone is there yet.

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Not everyone is there yet, so I encourage

you to pray for those around you.

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I encourage you to pray for your family.

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I know I for sure have

to do that a lot more.

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And I really did realize that in

the past, um, few weeks or so, that

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I don't pray for my own family, my,

my own blood as much as I should.

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And it pains me to say that, um, it is.

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A little bit embarrassing.

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Honestly, as a, as a Christian,

you would think that I am praying

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for everyone, and truth be told my

friends, is that we are not perfect.

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And sometimes our family is the one

that sees the most imperfections in us.

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And sometimes that just kind

of, you know, bounces off of

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each other and we just kind of.

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Well, I just kind of forget what's

important and their salvation is

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just as important as my salvation.

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So I am going to continue praying.

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And again, I encourage you guys

to pray for your own families as

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well because we tend to forget.

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We tend to forget that.

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And even though we, we have moments in

which, um, you know, things happen, uh,

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between family, even friends, uh, it

is important to pray for each other.

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Because there is nothing

stronger than prayer.

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Through prayer and supplication, we can

draw closer to Christ and he can be moved.

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He can be moved by our prayers.

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And, and it may not always be

what we want, but we for sure can

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get what we need through prayer.

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And if that's just getting closer

to Jesus, then we have it all.

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But, um, I do want to.

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Uh, shift a little bit

because today is resurrection.

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Sunday, I was going to do a special

episode with a friend of mine, but that

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didn't pan out the way that I expected it.

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Um, this entire weekend was

just, uh, a blur, honestly.

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But sometimes things just happen for a

reason, and while we may say, oh, things

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happen for a reason, you know, it's not.

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How you think it is, it's

really just God's will.

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As I was showering, um, I was thinking

kind of what to say, what to talk

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about today because I, even though

I do have to continue with the Sound

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Mind series and Ecclesiastes, um, I

wanted to take a pause because again,

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today is Resurrection Sunday and

what more important than to discuss.

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Then Jesus, there's

nothing more important.

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And even though this show is about Jesus,

um, today is the most important day.

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So anyway, I digress with that.

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Um, but as I was showering, I had

the thought of, wow, my plans for

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today's episode did not go well.

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Um, not that anything bad

happened, but I planned and

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planned for about a week or so.

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Um, with this, um, person to, to

go ahead and record the episode.

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And it was just one thing after

the other and it didn't happen.

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And then I had this thought, it was like

clear, clear conversation in my head, and

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I'm pretty sure that the Lord put that

in, in my head to share with you because

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I kept repeating it to myself after.

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Um, and those words were.

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You can only go as far as God's will.

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You can only go as far as God's

will and man, it is so true.

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It is so true because if you think

about it, there are times where you plan

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and you wait six months, for example,

to plan a trip and to do something,

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and you do it and it's amazing.

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But then there's other times where

you plan for even longer or maybe

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even shorter time than six months.

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And no matter what you do, how you

plan, where you go, it does not pan out.

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So that just kind of

goes to show you that.

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And at the end of the day,

everything that we do is God's will.

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And sometimes I do know from, you know,

from Sunday services, um, at my new church

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and even things that I have been reading

on my own, I have gotten bits and pieces.

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Um, so pardon me that I don't

actually have the scripture.

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Um, so don't quote me, but to the

effect of that, sometimes God allows.

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Certain things in your

life or things to happen.

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Um, not to teach us a lesson, but I

guess to show us that his will will

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allow us to go up to a certain point.

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But when it's a no, it's a no.

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And whether we specifically hear a

no or receive a no in the form of

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someone telling us, no, this isn't

gonna work, or, you know, for.

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Th lack of a great example.

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Sometimes there's just

silence and that's also a no.

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And God's will is very powerful.

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Um, so I just kind of wanted to talk

about that for a moment because I

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really had those words ingrained in my

mind as I was thinking of my planning

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and over-planning for today's episode.

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Um, you can only go as far as God's will.

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And man, I don't think I'm

ever gonna forget that.

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So I really hope that you guys also

take those words into account because

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maybe there is something in your

life that you are trying to plan

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for and it's just not working out.

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So maybe just kind of put it

on the back burner for a bit.

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Not because you're giving up, because

giving up or stopping something or

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slowing down on something is not.

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Uh, it's not a a, a, a nag on you that has

nothing to do with your character or who

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you are, but sometimes it's good to just

take a pause, collect yourself, collect

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your thoughts, and then maybe try again.

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Maybe you'll do better the next round.

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However, if you continue, you

continue, you're eventually

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gonna push through that door.

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But if it's not God's will,

it's not gonna go well.

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That's all I gotta say.

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Again today, resurrection Sunday.

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Thank you Lord.

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Thank you, Jesus for your sacrifice.

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Thank you for everything, not only

what you do in our daily lives and

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all the provision that you give us,

all of the blessings that we have

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around us, the blessings that we

forget about day in and day out.

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But thank you Lord for your

sacrifice on the cross and thank you.

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Thank you for, for.

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Leaving the proof behind for the world

to know with your word, with the Bible,

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that we can go back to and we can read

and we can share what it is that you

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did for us, Lord, because we want to

take as many people with us as possible.

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We wanna take as many people

with us as possible, Lord.

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So we thank you for your word.

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We thank you for what it means.

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We thank you that.

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You loved us enough.

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You loved us more than enough that

you loved us, period as horrible

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and as not shiny as we are.

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Um, we thank you, father, that

you give us grace and grace.

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Your grace abounds.

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Your grace is endless.

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Your mercy really has no bounds.

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Time and time again, we mess up and time

and time again, you are still there.

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So I pray, Lord, that the, that the

person on the other side of this

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is listening and they can think of

the things that they continue to

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do that grieve you just like me.

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I do not, I, I do not stand on the, on

the sideline and say that I'm perfect.

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I continue to grieve you too, God.

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And I am sorry Lord, for falling

short and we will always fall short.

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But I, I'm sorry God, for falling short

of the things that I know upset you and I

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know sadden you yet I continue to do them.

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So I pray that the person on the other

side of this can also take a moment

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to think of those things that they

continue to do time and time again.

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And I pray that you break.

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That cycle that you

break that chain in us.

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I pray that you remove the

need for us to do those things.

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I break, I, excuse me.

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I, I pray that you break whatever

situation it is that we have in

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our lives that no longer serves us,

whether it be a job, a relationship,

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an action, a way that we speak.

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A way that we treat

people, whatever it is.

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I pray that you break that in our

lives, that you sever those ties

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and that we never think about it.

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That we never want to

deal with it ever again.

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Because before we even get to that place,

we think of you Lord, and we seek you

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Lord, and we pray to you, father, and we

bring those things to your feet, Lord.

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That we bring those things to your feet

where nothing that is dark can get near.

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So I thank you, father.

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I thank you, Lord.

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I thank you for all of these

things that you've done for us.

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Thank you Lord for your, your love, your

sacrifice for absolutely everything.

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God, my words are not enough.

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My words will never be enough.

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I love you and I praise you.

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In the mighty name of Jesus Christ I pray.

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Amen.

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You guys, so I'm going to read Mark

chapter 15 and I was looking over

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Matthew and I know that a lot of people,

um, love reading the part in Matthew.

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I believe it was like.

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Chapter 24, 23.

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Um, it escapes me now, so I'm, I'm sorry,

but I know that most people like reading

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through Matthew for the portion of

scripture where Jesus is being crucified.

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But looking through the Bible today,

I was reading Mark, and I think it

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puts it together more concisely from

the moment where Jesus is facing.

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Pilot all the way through when Baras

takes his place and when the soldiers

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mock him, and then when he is on the

cross, when he dies, and then when he is

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in the tomb and eventually resurrects.

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So I wanted to read Mark chapter 15.

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I'm not going to stop and, um,

narrate anything while I'm reading.

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I just wanna read it through slowly and.

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Hopefully you guys on the other

side will just take it in and really

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grasp and understand these final

days and final moments in the life of

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Jesus and what he was going through.

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Um, I pray that these words from the

scriptures, directly from the scriptures,

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no interpretation by any means from me.

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I really hope and pray

that they reach your heart.

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Um, if you are listening and you are not.

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A follower of Jesus Christ.

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You have not given your life and

surrendered your life to Jesus

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Christ, our Lord and Savior.

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I pray that you do.

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I pray that these words and these things

that he went through really weigh heavy

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on your heart because there is nothing

heavier than the burden and the pain

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and the suffering that he endured.

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So if you could only understand and bear.

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The words that I'm reading

and it truly, truly move you.

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Um, I pray that it would

be closer to Jesus.

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So without further ado, I'm

going to read Mark chapter 15.

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Immediately in the morning, the chief

priests held a consultation with the

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elders and scribes and the whole council.

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And they bound.

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Jesus led him away and

delivered him to Pilate.

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Then Pilate asked him, are

you the king of the Jews?

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He answered and said to him, it is, as

you say, and the chief priests accused him

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of many things, but he answered nothing.

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Then Pilate asked him again

saying, do you answer nothing?

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See how many things they testify

against you, but Jesus still answered

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nothing so that Pilate marveled.

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Now at the feast, he was accustomed

to releasing one prisoner to

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them, whomever they requested,

and there was one name, Barba.

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Who was chained with his fellow

rebels, they had committed

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murder in the rebellion.

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Then the multitude crying aloud

began to ask him to do just as

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he had always done for them.

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But Pilate answered them

saying, do you want me to

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release you to King of the Jews?

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For He knew the chief priest had handed

him over because of envy, but the chief

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priest stirred up the crowd so that he

should rather release baras to them.

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Pilate answered and said to them again.

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What then do you want me to do with him?

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Capital H, meaning Jesus.

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What then do you want me to do with him?

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Whom you call the king of the Jews.

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So they cried out again, crucify him.

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Then Pilate said to them,

why, what evil has he done?

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But they cried out all

the more crucify him.

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So Pilate wanting to gratify the

crowd released Baras to them,

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and he delivered Jesus after he

had scorched him to be crucified.

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Then the soldiers led him away into the

hall called pre auditorium, and, and

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they called together the whole Garris.

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And they clothed him with purple

and they twisted a crown of thorns,

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put it on his head, and began to

salute him, hail king of the Jews.

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Then they struck him on the head with a

reed and spat on him and bowing the knee.

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They worshiped him and when they

had mocked him, they took the

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purple off him, put his crown.

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Put his clothes on him and

led him out to crucify him.

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Then they compelled a certain man,

Simon of Sian, the father of Alexander

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and Rufuss as he was coming out of the

country and passing by to bear his cross,

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and they brought him to the place gha,

which is translated place of a skull.

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Then they gave him wine, mingled with

myrrh to drink, but he did not take it.

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And when they crucified him, they divided

his garments, casting lots for them to

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determine what every man should take.

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Now it was the third hour and they

crucified him, and the inscription on

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and the inscription of his accusation

was written above the king of the Jews.

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With him, they also crucified

two robbers, one on his right

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and the other on his left.

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So the scripture was fulfilled, which

says, and he was numbered with the

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transgressors, and those who passed

by blaspheme, him wagging their heads

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and saying, aha, you who destroy the

temple and build it in three days, save

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yourself and come down from the cross.

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Likewise, the chief priests also

mocking among themselves with the

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scribes said he saved others himself.

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He cannot save.

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Let the Christ, the King of Israel,

descend now from the cross that we

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may see and believe even those who

were crucified with him reviled him.

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Now, when the sixth hour had come,

there was darkness over the whole

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land until the ninth hour, and at the

ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a

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loud voice saying, Eli, Eli Lama Ani.

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Which is translated, my God, my

God, why have you forsaken me?

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Some of those who stood by when they heard

that said, look, he is calling for Elijah.

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Then someone ran and filled a sponge

full of sour wine, put it on a reed

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and offered it to him to drink.

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Same.

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Let him alone.

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Let us see if Elijah will come to take

him down, and Jesus cried out with

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a loud voice and breathed his laugh.

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Then the veil of the temple was

torn in two from top to bottom.

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So when the centurion who stood

opposite him saw that he cried out like

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this and breathed his last, he said,

truly this man was the son of God.

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There were also women looking from

afar among who were Mary Magdalene.

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Mary, the mother of James and less of

Joseph and Salome, who also followed

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him and ministered to him when he was

in Galilee and many other women who

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came up with, with him to Jerusalem.

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Now, when evening had come, because it

was the preparation day, that is the

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day before the Sabbath, Joseph and a a

prominent council member who was with.

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Himself waiting for the kingdom

of God, coming and taking courage.

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Went into Pilate and asked

for the body of Jesus.

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Pilate, marveled that he was already

dead and summoning the centurion.

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He asked him if I had

been dead for some time,

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excuse me.

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Asked if he had been dead for some time.

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So when he found out from the centurion,

he granted the body to Joseph.

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Then he bought them fine linen, took

him down and wrapped him in the linen,

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and he laid him in a tomb which had

been hu out of the rock and rolled a

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stone against the door of the tomb.

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And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother

of Joseph's, observed where he was laid.

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Chapter 16

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Now.

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When the Sabbath was passed, Mary

Magdalene married the mother of

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James and Salome about bought spices

that they might come and anoint

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him very early in the morning.

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On the first day of the week, they

came to the tomb when the sun had

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risen and they set amongst themselves,

who will roll away the stone from

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the door for the tomb for us.

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But when they look up, they saw that

the stone had been rolled away for.

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It was very large.

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And entering the tomb.

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They saw a young man clothed in

a long white robe sitting on the

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right side, and they were alarmed.

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But he said to them, do not be alarmed.

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You seek Jesus of Nazareth

who was crucified.

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He has risen.

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He is not here.

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See the place where they laid him?

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But go tell his disciples and Peter that

he is going before you into Galilee.

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There you will see him as he said to you.

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So they went out quickly and fled

from the tomb for they trembled and

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were amazed and they said nothing

to anyone for they were afraid.

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Now, when he rose early on the

first day of the week, he appeared

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first to Mary Magdalene, out of

whom he had cast seven demons.

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She went and told those who had been

with him as they mourned and wept, and

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when they heard that he was alive and had

been seen by her, they did not believe.

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After that, he appeared in another

form to two of them as they walked

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and went into the country, and they

went and told it to the rest, but

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they did not believe them either.

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Later he appeared to the 11 as they

sat at the table and he rebuked their

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unbelief and hardness of heart because

they did not believe those who had

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seen him after he had risen, and he

said to them, go into the world and

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preach the gospel to every creature.

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He who believes and is baptized will

be saved, but he who does not believe

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will be condemned and these signs

will follow those who believe in

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my name, they will cast out demons.

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They will speak with new tongues,

they will take up serpents and

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if they drink anything deadly,

it will by no means hurt them.

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They will lay hands on the

sick and they will recover.

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So then after the Lord had spoken to

them, he was received up into heaven and

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sat down at the right hand of God and

they went out and preached everywhere

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the Lord working with them and confirming

the word through the accompanying signs.

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Amen.

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All right, my friends.

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Well, that is Mark chapter

15, and actually chapter 16.

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I didn't realize it was two, but I hope

that you guys have enjoyed this reading of

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what Jesus faced the last few days before

his, he was crucified and when he rose.

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Anyway, guys, thank you for listening.

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As always, thank you for being here.

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I love you all.

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I hope that this has blessed you.

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Until next time.

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Take care.