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Open your Bibles, if you would, to the Gospel of John.

We'll start in chapter 19. Okay. Open your Bibles, if you would, to the Gospel of John.

We'll start in chapter 19.

I've had a fun experience a couple times.

Twice in my life I had people tell me I ruined their Easter.

And that felt so good. So, so encouraging.

And it was because I didn't tell the Easter story. I just presented testimonies of the resurrection power of Jesus.

Okay. I thought that would work, but apparently the story is better.

So we're going to tell the story today and give opportunity at the end, once again,

for the power of Jesus to be displayed.

You and I were born for the impossible, and we're actually uniquely designed to walk in a relationship with God in this relational journey

where the impossibilities of life can be confronted.

It's actually in our DNA.

We're designed to carry that possibility, that potential every day of our life.

The death and resurrection of Christ, two sides of the same coin.

The death and resurrection of Christ are the most, is the most demanding reality in all of life.

I remember when I was, a number of years ago, I met with a bunch of high

school students and, in fact, it was at Chris's house in his living room. And I just talked with

them about this claim of the death and resurrection of Christ is so significant that if it's not true,

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