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One of the great things and one of the consistent things throughout all the narratives

with all the details of the resurrection is this, that the eyewitnesses, the people who bring

us, the message and the narrative of the resurrection, they were so honest that all of them,

the men and the women, as we say every Easter, they all expected to do what dead people normally do, which is stay dead.

So when they visited his tomb and found it empty, nobody, nobody, nobody expected no body.

But there was nobody.

And then Jesus came to them in a body fully alive but what we're going to

talk about for the next few minutes is this we're going to dive into one character story a character

that you've all heard of before that plays a key role in the story of the resurrection of jesus

but what we're going to talk about specifically is this. So what? So what?

Even if it's true, even if Jesus really rose from the dead,

even if it's true, what difference does that make to you?

Or what difference does that make for you?

I mean, what difference does this have to do with you or your future or your children's future? I mean, is the resurrection of Jesus actually, I mean, like physically, like experientially, does it really matter? Does it matter in the real world? Does it matter in your world? Does it solve anything? Does it make anything better? Does it make anybody better off? I mean, do we really need Easter? I mean, it's fine if you're a Christian, you know, we could do all this cool stuff, but does it, do you really need Easter? Does the world really need Easter? Now, if you're a Christian, if you're like me, you say absolutely yes, it matters, and yes, there are real world implications for Easter as it relates to Easter.

And the reason I say that is this.

And Sandra and I were chatting about this two nights ago.

That because we were raised in church and we were raised on the teaching of Jesus,

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