It says, on the first day of the week, very early in the morning. Luke chapter 24, are you there? I hope you're there. If you're looking at me, you don't have the Bible in front of you, and I want you to turn to your Bibles. On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. So some of you are looking down at your knees now, aren't you? They went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. Verse 4, Luke 24, verse 4. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright, the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, Why do you look for the living among the dead? Now that's an important question. That's an incredible question. Why are you looking for the living among the dead? He is not here. He has risen. Remember, let me remind you how he told you while he was still with you in Galilee. Verse 7, the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men to be crucified, and on the third day be raised again. And then it says, verse 8, they remembered his words. They remembered his words. So they are asking, where is he? Who took his body? How could they do this? And then it clicked, it registered to them. They remembered. Remember when he said he would die and he'd be buried and he would rise up again? In Mark 8, 31 and 32, it says, The Son of Man must suffer these things. He must be rejected, he must be killed, and after three days rise again. This is Jesus telling his disciples, and he spoke to them plainly about these things. And you know what Peter did? Peter rebuked the Lord. He rebuked the Lord. And Peter said, Don't go there, Jesus. Don't talk about that. And Jesus said to Peter, Yet be behind me, Satan. He did say that. Yes, I remember now. He did say that. And I can relate to them because sometimes I forget to remember. I forget to remember. And I can relate to them. Now, just a quick thought here, and that is this. One should never be surprised at suffering. One should never be surprised at suffering. Now, I don't know why one feels betrayed by God when things don't go their way. And then the entire Bible is filled with that, that pain is universal. It is universal. In Philippians 3.10, Paul writes, he says, I want to know Christ, and I want to know the power of his resurrection and the fellowship. He wants to know the fellowship of the sharing in his sufferings. Peter writes in 1 Peter 4.12, he says, Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial that you are suffering, as though some strange thing were happening to you. But he says this, he says, Rejoice, rejoice that you participate with the sufferings of Christ. Rejoice that you may participate with the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. So never forget, because of the resurrection, we know who's going to win in the end, don't we? We know who's going to win. Rejoice, your pain and my pain has a payday, and the cross secures that, and the cross is nothing. Cross is nothing without the resurrection. Let's keep reading. It says, Then they remembered his words, verse 9. It says, When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the eleven and to all the others. And it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary, the mother of James, and the others with them, who told this to the apostles. But notice verse 11, but they did not believe the women. They did not believe the women. Because their words seemed to them like nonsense or idle tale. Let's just skip over that verse. Verse 12. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering or marveling to himself what had happened. Now, one of the greatest stories that you've ever read in the Bible is about to take place. Are you ready? Notice the next verse. Verse 13. Now that same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus. And notice it says this. Now, why is this significant? Why does it put this about seven miles? Why does it put this in there? Well, you know, the resurrection of Christ creates a major problem for the unbelieving mind, for the secular mind. They think or they question or they doubt, how could a resurrection happen? Something historically happened. Something shifted the entire Roman world at that moment. And natural man, unregenerate man, looks for a silly, foolish explanation for the apparent, the apparent resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Discovery Channel is one feeble attempt of many attempts to discredit the resurrection. One of the theories is that they arrest Jesus, and for 20 hours they punch him, they beat him, they blindfold him, they beat him with sticks, they peeled the skin off his back, they drove nails through his hands and feet, and they hung him there, bearing his entire body weight on nails that were driven through his feet. Till they took a spear and they rammed it into his ribcage, puncturing his lungs, and they pulled it out, and so he bled out all over the ground there. And in all of that, in all of that, he didn't die. And not only that, that he didn't die, but apparently Jesus is like a wolverine because 40 hours later, this man Jesus is jogging seven miles to Emmaus. Thank you, thank you, Discovery Channel, for your enlightening arguments of foolishness. Now, I know and you know what we say and believe is unbelievable. What you say and what I say as Christians is unbelievable. This is what we believe as Christians. Are you with me here? Follow me along here. We believe that a virgin gave birth to a man who lived a perfect, sinless life. We believe that. And he lived so perfectly that they actually killed him. And then after that, he rose from the dead and he hung out with a bunch of people for 40 days. 40 days he hung out with a bunch of people. And then after that, he just kind of floated up into heaven, into the clouds, and he disappeared. We believe that. If someone asks you and says that to you, do you believe that? You have to scratch your head a little bit and you say, Yeah, I believe that. I believe that with all my heart. I believe that. That's why Paul says the cross is foolishness. It's foolishness to those who are perishing. The secular unbelieving mind has problems with the resurrection and with miracles. And he didn't really die, they say. He just resuscitated in the cool, damp tomb there. Well, Jesus took on this monumental beating without dying. And after it, he walked seven miles. Seven miles. Sure. Have you ever stubbed your toe on the bedpost at night? Ever broken your toe? Anybody here ever broken their toe? Anybody ever broken their toe? Several of you have. Several have. And you walk like your pelvis just exploded, don't you? Yeah. And Jesus, bearing the whole weight of his body on his nail-pierced feet, he walks seven miles on day two. Day two. Now, who in the world are we trying to fool? And but unbelieving man believes it, don't they? Now here's the thing. Here's the thing. Once you become bitter and angry about religion, and at times we should become angry about religion. But if you're not careful, you can pick up a dreaded disease called intellectual absurdity. Intellectual absurdity. And the Discovery Channel's effort is a perfect, a perfect example of it. Discovery's channel spent 45 minutes to say that Jesus didn't really die. He just healed very quickly. And that's foolishness. Jesus did die, and he rose again, and the secular unbelieving world cannot accept that. Notice verse 13. Now, that same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about everything that had happened. And remember, this is just, you know what had happened the crucifixion and the death of Jesus. And they were talking about that. And verse 15, as they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus came up and walked along with him. Now that was a common thing in those days, if travelers were going somewhere and walking somewhere for another person to come up and walk together and visit together as they walked to a destination. But notice verse 16, a very important conjunction here. It says this, but they were kept from recognizing him. They did not recognize that this was Jesus. And so he, Jesus, verse 17, he asks them, What are you discussing together as you walk along? Now let me ask you this question. Did Jesus need to ask them that question to know what they were discussing? Not at all. We talked about this last week. In Acts chapter 1, verse 24, it says that Jesus knows what's in the heart of a man. He didn't have to ask them that question to find out the answer to that question. He knew, he knew that they were talking about the things that took place concerning himself there in Jerusalem. So he asked them the question what are you discussing together as you walk along? And what was their response? Watch this. It says, they stood what? They stood still. They stopped. They stopped altogether, and their faces were what? Downcast, downcast. Now, now, so Jesus just casually strolls up, he meanders up, and he says, uh, hey, um, guys, what are you talking about today? They were sad. And watch this next development, watch this conversation, how it goes. Now it looks, it says there in verse 17, the last part of it says, They stood still. They stood still. They stopped dead in their tracks. And this requires our full attention, they were thinking. We cannot walk and discuss this at the same time. This is too of an important issue to address here. And notice verse 18. One of them, Cleopas, asked him, Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened here these last in these days? Now, a better translation of that is this Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who does not know what has happened these last few days? Are you for real here, guy? Are you for real? You don't know what's been going on in Jerusalem? You don't know what's been going on? Do you not know the things that have happened in Jerusalem? And Jesus. Jesus says, next in verse 19. Jesus says, What things? What things? Do you see his sense of humor here? I think Jesus had to have, he had to have a lot of composure not to break out laughing right here. What things? What things, he says. And and he's kind of playing around with them, and they're bemoaning, they're downcast, they're sad because Jesus had been cruelly taken from them in crucifixion. To their eyes, in their eyes, he's gone, he's dead. He's buried in a tomb, and now he's missing. But he's right there with them. Um what things? What things? What are you talking about? What things? Notice verse 19, what things, he asked. About Jesus of Nazareth, they replied. He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him. But we had hoped, we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Our hopes were in him, and now our hopes have been dashed. Our hopes were in him. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning, but they didn't find his body. And they came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. He was alive. And then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see. They did not see, and he's standing right among them. They still can't see him, I mean, see or know him for who he truly is. Notice verse 25. He said to them, How foolish you are, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory? Verse 27, and beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them what was said in all of the scriptures concerning himself. Concerning himself. And as they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted. He's playing with them. He's an actor right now. He's playing with them like he's going to go farther. Notice verse 29. They begged him, they urged him to stay. Then they they urged him strongly, stay with us, for it's nearly evening, and the day is almost over. And so he went in to stay with them. And when he was at the table with them, he took the bread, he gave thanks, broke it, and then notice this, watch this carefully, don't miss this. He began to give it to them. And what happened in verse 31? Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They recognized him when he was about to give them the bread. Something clicked, like Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus. Something clicked. And I believe what they saw here when he began to give the bread to them, their eyes were opened. They saw his hands, and they saw the nail scars on his hands that gave it away that this was Jesus. That this was Jesus. And so it says they recognize him. And what happened immediately after they recognize him? Jesus just, woof, he's he's gone. He's gone. He's he's gone. He disappears. And verse 32, they ask each other, were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the scriptures to us. You know what they're saying? These these two people are saying this conversation was an incredible conversation because he broke the scriptures up to us so that we could see that it was talking about the Christ. The the Moses and the prophets, what they were talking about, where they were talking about the Christ. And it was a these guys, their hearts were burning within them, and they didn't want that conversation to end. They wanted that conversation to go on. And so that's that's why they begged him to stay with them that evening. And so then it says they they got up and they returned at once to Jerusalem. So these two take off and go to Jerusalem. And uh all day long, seven miles with Wolverine Jesus, and finally they realize the one that they had been talking to is Christ. Holy cow! So they run back to Jerusalem in the dark. It gets better. It gets better. Follow with me here. They there they found the eleven and those with them assembled together and saying, It is true, the Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon. So they're back at Jerusalem and they found the eleven. Now Judas was not there, so it was the eleven apostles now. And so uh they were assembled together and saying, It's true, the Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon. And then the two told what had happened on the way and how Jesus recognized, was recognized by them when he broke the bread, when he was serving them, when he was handing the bread over to them. Now notice verse 36. While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, Peace be with you. So, so from Emmaus, he just poofs, he disappears. And then in Jerusalem, poof, there he is. And and they're they're together in a circle. They're saying, Peter saw, and and they saw on the road to Emmaus, and the ladies at the tomb saw uh two angels, and the tomb was empty, and then all of a sudden, poof, hi y'all, Jesus appears. I'm here now. Let me ask you a question. Let me ask you a question. How do you not worship this guy? How do you not worship this guy who can do something like this? How do you not worship him? Notice they were startled, and they were frightened. This is verse 37, thinking they saw a ghost, verse 38, and he said to them, Why are you troubled? And why do direct doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself. Touch me and see. A ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have. Verse 40. When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet, and while they did still not believe it because of the joy and amazement, he asked them. He asked them, How many times have you gone to a home and said, Do you have anything to eat here? He asked him, Do you have anything to eat? Hey guys, I'm really hungry. In fact, I'm starving. I'm starving. Now, just a few hours earlier, he had a little bread with him back in the road to Emmaus, but they were stopped there a few hours earlier. And the last meal Jesus probably likely had was at the Last Supper, Thursday evening, and now it was Sunday evening. And remember, he must have he was in the grave, he was in the tomb for a couple of nights, and then he was resurrected. So likely he hadn't had anything to eat. So naturally, what would you expect? I'm hungry. I'm hungry. Do you have anything to eat here? And they gave him a piece of broiled fish. Now, I'd like to think it tasted like long John Silver's, but I probably didn't. And he took it and he ate it in his presence. Let me just give you a little comfort here, okay? In our resurrected bodies we will enjoy food. Isn't that neat? Isn't that neat? In our resurrected bodies we will enjoy food. Christ, in his resurrected body, enjoyed food. Now let's go on here. Um he ate it in their presence in verse 44. He said to them, This is what I told you while I was still with you. Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms. And then he opened their minds so that they could understand the scriptures. Pretty much like the two disciples on the way to Emmaus, Cleopus, and someone else there, that he told them through the scriptures, understanding of scriptures, that he is the Christ, and he will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. And repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses, verse 48, you are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you what my Father has promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high. They were stay there until the Holy Spirit came into them as well. Now our message of repentance is based. It's based upon the resurrection of Christ. It's based upon the resurrection of Christ. Christ death would mean absolutely nothing, zilch, nothing apart from the resurrection of Christ. The resurrection is so important to us as Christians. And let me ask you what do we do with the fact that the disciples were all cowards, and then all of a sudden they weren't. They were bold individuals that went throughout all the world proclaiming the gospel. What do we do with that? You know, all of them but one died a martyr's death. And all they had to do was to recant and say, I'm uh, you know, I was wrong about who Christ is. That's and then they save their lives. Now, if the resurrection was a lie, would that have happened? I don't think so. Now, what do we do with the book of Corinthians? It's less than 60 years after the crucifixion of Christ. And the apostle Paul says, Hey, if you don't believe that Christ rose from the dead, there's 500 people that are still alive, and you can go ask them, they're personal eyewitnesses. You ask them. I'm not trying to fool you of anything. You go ask the eyewitnesses themselves. And what do you do with the fact that his family worshiped him as God? His family worshiped him as God. James, his half-brother, they grabbed him, they told him to recant, and they're demanding that he would say, Jesus is not the Christ. That's all he had to do. Jesus is not the Christ, and they would let him live. But he wouldn't do it. And they take him to the temple and they throw him off the temple. He lands on both legs, they're fractured, he's lying in a pool of his own blood, and while he's there, they pelt him with stones and he won't recant. And like he says, Jesus, my brother Jesus is God. He's the Messiah. And it so enrages the crowd that history tells us that a man picks up a club and crushes his skull, and this happened to Jesus' half-brother. Would he die for a lie? He would know Jesus pretty well, being his brother. Would he die for a lie? I don't think so. What do you do with the fact that his mother, Mary, worships him as God? His mother worships him as God. Now, my mom, I have to admit to you, I've got her fooled. She thinks I'm an angel. Those of you who don't know me might think that too, but hang around me for a while. She thinks a lot of me, but she doesn't worship me. She doesn't worship me. Jesus' family worshiped him. And what do we do with the fact that for 3,000 years, 3,000 years, worship was on Saturday, on the Sabbath Saturday. And then one day out of nowhere, it shifted to Sunday. It became the Lord's Day. We worship on Sunday. Not Saturday anymore, but on Sunday. How many of you have spent five to ten years or more in church? And is there anything that you've seen about church people in your experience that has led you to believe that after a 3,000-year tradition, you know, let's change that to Sunday. That doesn't happen, does it? Have you ever tried to change church times in church? We have traditions, don't we, that you can't touch. Ever had somebody take your seat in church? Yep, this morning several did. Church folks don't do that. They like tradition. They'll murder for tradition. My Amish family. I love my Amish family. I love to get together, My Amish family. I love them very dearly. And the Amish are very peaceful, fun-loving people, and they won't take up arms. They're pacifists. But they'll kill for tradition. Something happened to change the day of worship. Are you following me? Something happened to change the day of worship. It became the Lord's Day, Resurrection Sunday. And so we worship on Sunday. What do you do with all the sacraments? Baptism. Baptism, buried with Christ, raised to walk in newness of life. What do you do with the unbelievably quick spread of Christianity? You know, it just burst out of the gates as quickly and radically as as as uh nothing ever been seen before in um in the world. By 350 A.D., over half of the Roman Empire believes that Jesus is Lord, He is the Messiah. Over half of the Roman Empire. To date, we have not seen anything so awesome as it spread. And it didn't spread with the sword at all. Something happened in that first century. Well, the implications of the resurrection, what does it all mean? What does it all mean? Several years ago, my family and I loaded up in our fan van and we drove to Michigan. We took along our Indiana grandma, Grandma Gilbert. We loved her dearly. She was our Indiana grandma, and we went up there to bury a little two-year-old great-grandson of hers. And there was a beautiful white little coffin. Her two-year-old great-grandson lost his life in a house fire up there. And I did the service, and it was a very difficult, difficult service. And they should not have to make caskets that size. They shouldn't have to make caskets that size. Sometimes you get the feeling that something's broken on this planet, don't you? And you never fully understand the resurrection until you understand the fallenness of man. Something is broken in this world, and the Western world is so arrogant, we continue to proclaim and boast about our progression and our enlightenment, our enlightenment here in the Western world. But you look at any newspaper, any network news, and the world is just as evil and it's just as wicked as it's ever been. It's like we've progressed. No, we haven't. People still die of starvation and diarrhea and addictions. Are there still not cruel dictators murdering their people? I shared with the first service last week that 70 to 72 percent of the world's population, almost three out of four people in this world, live under oppressive regimes. Three out of four people, you and I are not living under oppressive regimes. We're in the minority. Most of the world is living under communism or dictatorship. And we don't have to argue the depravity and the brokenness of mankind. Just turn on the TV. Is there not injustice everywhere you turn? And you'd almost think this world is cursed. You'd almost think this world is is damned. And guess what? Everywhere, anywhere, wherever you turn, you see things are broken. This world is cursed. This is not a political statement, but no bill that comes out of Washington, D.C. can fix the problem in man's heart. No bill can do that. The brokenness of our universe is not physical by our kind-hearted Uncle Sam. He's got good intentions, but he's broke too. He's broke too. And the one thing that can fix it, the one thing, only one thing that can fix it, our kind-hearted, well-intended Uncle Sam has kicked out of our schools and universities. The Ten Commandments and prayer and the Bible. How do we believe as a nation? How do we act as a nation? We've kicked that out. And the woke movement, the woke movement will cure society's ills. Don't hold your breath. The world has been broken for a long time. Genesis 3, the fall of man. Genesis 6, God tried to cleanse the world with a flood. Genesis 12, God tells Abram, Through your offspring, we're going to find a fix that will cure what ails sinful mankind. Hebrews 11, it says, Abraham was a stranger and alien. And remember, we are strangers and aliens here. But Abraham, it says, by faith was looking forward to a city whose foundations are designed and built by God. And he was looking for a heavenly country, a heavenly kingdom. And God says, I will establish my kingdom, and it's my design to make all things work right, so it won't be broken anymore. And one day all things will be made right, he says. So the prophets predicting the coming kingdom, the great day of the Lord, the book of Psalms says the nations are glad and the kingdom is coming. And then there's 400 years of silence. 400 years of silence between the Old Testament and the New Testament. And then what? There's this weird, there's this bearded, homeless, extravagant man shows up eating roaches and locusts. Now, his message is here. The kingdom, the kingdom is coming. Matthew 3:3, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight paths for him. His message is this. John the Baptist's message is he's here. He's here. The kingdom of God is here. What was promised to Abram, what was shown to us in the law, what was revealed to us through the sacrificial system, what's been told to us by our prophets, what's been sung in the Psalms, it's here. He's here. Make straight paths for him. And God says, I'm going to roll in the kingdom and I'm going to put to death all of this oppression, all the disease, and all the death and all the pain, no more tears, no more suffering. And we shall, Lord, bring it on. Bring it on. Now the kingdom isn't literally here yet, but it's established in our hearts. That is those who know Christ as their Savior. We've got to wind this down. Everywhere you look, things are broken. Everywhere you look, things are broken. You think we're under a curse. Don't tell anybody, but we are. Go all the way back to Genesis chapter 3. We are under a curse. And it's Friday. It's Friday. It's Good Friday. And Jesus just died on the cross. And they place him in a tomb. And his life, his body is lifeless. And he's in a grave. And it's dark and it's dreary. It's a Friday. It's a frightful Friday. And the hurt and the pain and the loss is overwhelming and it consumes us. And we're lonely and we're afraid and we're in hopelessness and despair. But the message Easter is Sunday's a coming. Sunday's a coming. The curse can be reversed. The grave cannot keep captured the lifeless body of Jesus. And why does God leave you and I here? Have you ever thought about that? You and I have an announcement to make. We are not here for ourselves. We are here to carry out the implications of the resurrection. You are here to tell the world that the curse can be reversed. The curse can be reversed. Let's say that together. The curse can be reversed. And the brokenness can be made whole. It's Friday. It's Friday. Something's broken. It's unsettling. It's alarming. It's frightful. But guess what? Guess what? Sunday's a coming. That's right. Father, I thank you for the reminder that you've given to us today. Yeah, it's pretty frightful out there. We live in a very unsettling world. A world that's not found peace. And we're thankful that the kingdom has been established firmly in our hearts. We have found that peace. But we're still living in a world of restlessness and turmoil. And so, Father, just remind us that there is coming a day when all things will be made right, when there will be no more suffering, no more crying, no more pain, no more sickness. And we're looking forward to that day. And we're thankful that it was through the cross and the resurrection of Jesus that makes it possible for us to experience life everlasting. The quietness of these moments, let's just all thank the Lord anew and afresh about what the resurrection means to us, the significance of the resurrection to us personally. Jesus said, Because I live, you also shall live. And so that brings us great hope and a great promise. So the quietness of these moments, let's just all thank the Lord anew and afresh about what he's done for us. Quietly and finally, in your own heart, let's just thank him for what he's done for us. Sunday's a coming. Yes, Sunday's a coming. Bring it on, Lord. Bring it on. Remind us that there's hope and there's expectation as we think about the future. And we ask it in Christ's name. Amen. Right on time. If you're here today and you've never trusted Christ as your Savior, that's the most important decision that you can make is to trust Him as the one who died on the cross in your place for your sins, making it possible for the kingdom to be ushered into your heart, for Christ to come into your heart through the Holy Spirit and to be able to change you and transform you into an object of great beauty and an object of that will that that is receiving forgiveness and hope as well. So if you've never trusted Christ as your Savior, that's the most important decision you can make. In fact, on a Sunday crowd like this, I would be, I'm gonna have to answer the Lord someday. I hate to think about that. I don't know about John. If you're you as we as pastors, there's a lot, there's a lot on our shoulders. You think about that. But anyhow, um uh on a Sunday crowd, what do you do with that Sunday crowd in April the 5th, 19? Oh, this is 2000, isn't it? 2026, yeah. And and uh anyhow, if you're here today, you've never trusted Christ as your savior, he wants you, he'd love to have you as his child, and in and that's what you were created for. And and if you'd like to trust him, uh listen with every head bowed and every eye closed. If you'd like to trust Christ as your savior, just say this simple prayer after me, silently in your own heart. Lord Jesus, I realize that I'm a sinner. I now trust you as my personal Savior. Thank you for forgiving my sins. Thank you for giving me eternal life. Help me to live a life that's pleasing to you. Father, you heard that prayer, and there's great rejoicing in heaven over that prayer that's been uttered. And I pray that uh that that we would just grow and establish ourselves in in your kingdom as you live in us. And we ask it in Christ's name. Amen. 238. 238. Did you hear those?

Yep. 238. And let's see. We're gonna sing first, second, and whatever was off the edge of the page must be the last verse. Three. One, two, and three, okay. One and three. I read the wrong line. Good morning.

And and enjoy that uh throughout the years. Well, the fact that the grave could not hold him. There's no casket, there's no cemetery, there's no grave anywhere in all the world that can hold the soul of a true believer in Jesus Christ. Because, because, because he lives, because he lives. Reach across the aisles and we'll close in a word of prayer and uh uh and go home with the family and have a good meal. Indeed. John, could you lead us in prayer as we close today, please?