Steve Gentry
[0:00] Alright, go ahead and have a seat. [0:01] Welcome again to Village Church. [0:03] If you have your Bibles, go ahead and open them to 1 Corinthians. [0:06] We’re going to be in chapter 15 this morning, starting in verse 1. [0:11] You know, history tells us that thousands of people died on a cross, but we only remember [0:18] one of those.
[0:20] The reason that we only remember one of those deaths is because only one of those people [0:25] rose again from the dead. [0:27] You know, we’re here on Easter and we specifically are here to celebrate the fact that Jesus [0:33] is alive. [0:36] That is as a culture, today is kind of a day that we set aside to reflect on that fact. [0:43] I love all of the trappings of any holiday, from the Easter eggs to the Easter baskets
[0:50] that all our kids may or may not have received, depending on how good you were. [0:54] So if you didn’t receive one this morning, well, your parents are trying to tell you [0:58] something. [1:00] But I love all of that stuff, especially the candy part. [1:03] I love gathering with family to have a great meal, but today is more than all of that. [1:12] Today is a day where we need to really look back and reflect on why it is that we’re
[1:19] here. [1:19] Why are we gathered to worship Jesus Christ? [1:23] It doesn’t take much thought to realize that if Jesus rose from the dead, it is a very [1:31] significant event. [1:33] You know, when you search the Bible, which is a book that is mainly about the resurrection [1:38] of Jesus, it is even bigger than a day reflecting it.
[1:44] The record of the Bible shows us that God actually became a human being. [1:52] That he lived a perfect life. [1:55] That he died a sacrificial death for you and for me. [1:59] And then after that death, he rose from the dead. [2:03] This is no ordinary man that we’re talking about. [2:06] This was God become a man in the person of Jesus.
[2:11] Why would God do such a thing? [2:15] And if he did that, what are the ramifications for the rest of our lives? [2:20] For both you and for me. [2:22] You know, we have to ask those questions because if the record is true, then there has to [2:27] be a reason that God did this. [2:30] It was no arbitrary action.
[2:34] God wasn’t just looking for something to do, so he became a human being, died on a cross, [2:38] rose from the dead. [2:39] There have to be some ramifications for our lives. [2:44] And if it is true, then this is a significant event that not only impacts the lives of [2:50] those who gather as Christians, but rather it has impact for everybody worldwide. [2:57] It was the greatest miracle that this world has ever seen or will ever see.
[3:03] And if true, it changes everything about all of our lives. [3:07] Not just a few of us. [3:08] You know, I don’t think that the fact that Christians believe that Jesus rose from the [3:14] dead is a new thought for most people. [3:18] But what I do think is that it is a misunderstood thing, which is why we must look at why this [3:26] is so life altering and life changing.
[3:29] And that is what the apostle Paul wrote to the church at Corinth in 1 Corinthians 15. [3:35] He was not telling them something that they didn’t already know, but instead he was reminding [3:40] them of why it was important. [3:41] Look in verse 1 of 1 Corinthians 15. [3:45] He says, now I would remind you, brothers. [3:48] So this isn’t new.
[3:50] This isn’t something that I don’t think that I think you are unaware of. [3:53] I think you know, yeah, Jesus lived, Jesus died. [3:56] Yeah, a lot of people think that he rose from the dead. [3:58] So it’s not something new that I need to tell you about. [4:00] It’s something that I need to remind you of. [4:03] He says, this gospel I preach to you, which you received.
[4:07] So he’s saying you believed this in which you stand and by which you are being saved. [4:12] If you hold fast to the word I preach to you, unless you believed in vain, for I delivered [4:19] to you as a first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance [4:25] with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance [4:29] with the scriptures and that he appeared to Caiaphas, then to the 12th. [4:33] Then he appeared to more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive,
[4:40] though some have fallen asleep.
[4:44] I’m going to go ahead and jump into it and talk to you about really the main thrust of [4:49] what the apostle Paul is talking about is that if the resurrection is true, then the [4:55] ways of following the reality of that in your life can never be the same for three [5:02] reasons. [5:02] The first one is this. [5:04] If Jesus rose from the dead, then everything that he said is true.
[5:09] That is the undertone of everything that the apostle Paul is writing about in first Corinthians [5:14] 15. [5:15] He says in verse three, that this is of first importance, that this is the primary matter [5:23] that all of us must wrestle with in our lives, that if Jesus died on the cross and then [5:30] three days later physically rose from the dead, then everything that Jesus said is [5:37] of significance in our life because that means that he is God.
[5:43] You see, the apostle Paul, in the culture that he lived in, he was a man who had experienced [5:48] the greatest of successes in his culture that could be accomplished. [5:53] And all of that success, all the fame and power, all of the financial gain that he had [5:57] in his life, he wrote elsewhere in scripture that he considered all of that as rubbish [6:04] compared to the surpassing worth of knowing and believing the reality that Jesus rose [6:11] from the dead.
[6:14] This is the death and the resurrection is the good news of what Jesus did to give us [6:21] real life. [6:23] You see, the truth is that you must realize that you need to be saved from the life that [6:29] you have lived in order to experience the real life that Jesus desires to give you. [6:35] You know, the culture that we have, admitting that you need something is a hard thing. [6:41] Admitting that you’ve been wrong about something is very difficult.
[6:46] Admitting that you’ve been living your life the wrong way is not an easy thing for any [6:53] of us to do. [6:56] What Paul is saying when he talks in this text and when he talks about his life is [7:00] that we must come to a place where we humble ourselves before God and admit to him one [7:07] vital thing. [7:08] Not only have we done it wrong, not only is there something that we need in our lives,
[7:14] not only are we wrong about the way that we live our lives, but we are so wrong that [7:19] we actually need God to save us out of the life that we’ve been living. [7:27] What Paul is getting at in this text is that that is why Jesus came. [7:34] He’s saying there’s nothing that you can do to remedy the pain in your life. [7:39] There’s nothing that you can accomplish that will be so great that it ultimately fixes [7:45] the issues with your life.
[7:47] See, he says in two different places that the church at Corinth had received this. [7:52] And then he says, and just a stanza later, he says this is something that I have received. [7:57] What he’s saying is that salvation from God is not something that you earn, not something [8:02] that you do, not something that you accomplish. [8:04] It is a gift that must be received. [8:09] He’s saying that this points to something that happens outside of you, something that
[8:13] you are not in control of, but something that Jesus has done for you. [8:19] That’s why in verse three he pointed out that Jesus has died and he did so to save us from [8:26] our sin. [8:29] Everything that we do by our power to build a real and meaningful life is less than what [8:37] God can and wants to do for you. [8:42] You see, friends, God does not want us to build a life of our own.
[8:46] He desires to be the foundation of our lives. [8:51] You see, God as the creator is also God the designer. [8:56] So he designed us to live a certain way, to be a certain way, to function with a certain [9:03] foundation. [9:04] And the scriptures tell us that every single one of us have gone somewhere else for meaning, [9:10] have turned somewhere other than God for satisfaction, and are building the foundation of why we
[9:16] live on this earth on something other than God. [9:19] And Paul tells us here, he’s saying, that’s what Jesus has come to save us from.
[9:27] God will not compromise on what you need to build your life on. [9:33] He’s saying that he must be the foundation of our lives. [9:37] Why? [9:37] Because everything else is destructive. [9:40] Because God is the author of life. [9:42] And so if God must be the foundation and we put anything else as the foundation, then
[9:46] it will ultimately lead to our ruin. [9:50] Because God cannot settle for anything less than perfection. [9:54] And I don’t know about you, but I don’t have to think very far about my life to say, hmm, [9:58] there’s a little bit of imperfection. [10:02] See, friend, you can place your hope in so many things that this real world has to offer [10:08] for a real life.
[10:10] But in the end, life fades away toward death. [10:15] No matter what you do. [10:18] You see, as we grow in this world, we experience pain, we experience disappointment, we experience [10:24] the reality that our bodies age and weaken with time. [10:28] And this is all the effects of sin. [10:30] No matter what you look to for satisfaction, no matter what you look to for remedy, if
[10:36] you try to find it in this world, what will it do? [10:39] It will ultimately leave you disappointed. [10:42] It will ultimately leave you longing for more. [10:45] And then no matter what we do, even if we think it’s working, everything points to [10:51] the truth that life ultimately does fade away to death for every single one of us. [10:58] It’s obvious that there is a problem.
[11:00] But how to deal with the problem of sin, which is what we call that imperfection, is what [11:08] Jesus came to accomplish. [11:10] That’s why he came. [11:12] That’s why Jesus lived. [11:14] And that’s ultimately why Jesus died. [11:17] Because we need a hope in a world that fades that is unfading.
[11:25] You know, this wasn’t just kind of like God’s last ditch effort to save us either. [11:31] This was always God’s plan. [11:33] God wasn’t looking down on the world between the Old and New Testament. [11:36] He’s like, getting pretty bad down there, Jesus. [11:38] I’m going to have to send you in. [11:40] You’re the closer.
[11:41] Bring home the pennant. [11:42] All right. [11:43] That’s not the story of the Bible. [11:45] And we know that because that’s what this story unfolds. [11:48] Look in the book of Isaiah. [11:49] The prophet Isaiah wrote these words more than 400 years before Jesus came.
[11:55] In Isaiah 25, 8, he promises that God would swallow up death forever. [12:01] Then one chapter later in Isaiah 26, 19, he states that God had a plan to bring life [12:07] out of death. [12:09] And then he says, he will give birth to the dead, which means that he will resurrect the dead. [12:16] You see, friend, Jesus fulfilled every one of these predictions. [12:21] Jesus came to be the fulfillment of every promise of salvation and every promise of
[12:26] life that the scriptures give us. [12:28] He can be trusted. [12:30] He came to solve the problem of sin and death. [12:36] Why was this death necessary? [12:39] Sin. [12:41] Everyone that has sin, which is you, which is me, all of us deserve to die because that
[12:46] is what the penalty of death is that God had. [12:50] And so God could either justly condemn us for eternity or he could save us out of our [12:54] sin and by his grace, he chose to save us out of our sin. [12:58] And so Jesus came, the one who had no sin of his own to die for. [13:02] And because of that, he could be the just substitute for our penalty. [13:09] That’s what it means when it says that he came in accordance with the scriptures.
[13:14] In other words, Jesus came to be the fulfillment of every law that God ever gave, of every [13:20] penalty that God ever wrote down, that Jesus would fulfill everything that the scriptures, [13:25] which are God’s word, would ever give any single one of us. [13:29] And Jesus did that. [13:30] He paid the penalty, but death was only part of it. [13:36] Because you see, if Jesus had just died on the cross, and that’s the end of the story,
[13:40] we do not have good news. [13:42] We have very bad news because it means that Jesus wasn’t who he said he was, that he [13:47] couldn’t conquer sin because he couldn’t conquer death because that would mean death [13:52] conquered him. [13:53] But Jesus rose from the dead. [13:56] And if the resurrection is truth, then, for instance, everything Jesus ever said about
[14:01] himself is true. [14:03] Everything that he ever said about life can be trusted because he actually has the power [14:08] over death. [14:09] And when someone has that kind of power, you tend to want to listen to that person. [14:15] That’s why verse four says that the resurrection is of ultimate importance. [14:20] Because in order to give new life, Jesus had to kill the old one.
[14:25] And in order to give new life, Jesus had to live again. [14:30] And Jesus did rise from the dead.
[14:33] How can I trust that? [14:36] Because number two, this morning, if the resurrection is true, it changes absolutely everything. [14:42] It changes everything. [14:43] You know, when you read history, you know, some of you are still in school, some of you [14:48] school is a long time ago, but I think all of you kind of remember history class and [14:52] you would read from these textbooks and you believed what it said about history because
[14:55] what you saw in these books was based on verifiable fact. [15:00] Some of it was because it was eyewitness accounts passed on through the generations, [15:04] some of its archaeology that look back and they say it’s really there. [15:07] And I will tell you that the resurrection of Jesus has enough merit in history for you [15:13] to trust its merits, for you to trust that it is true. [15:17] As if Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to reckon with that fact.
[15:21] And I believe and I’m only going to share a few reasons this morning, but I believe [15:24] there is enough proof for you to actually say, I think that actually happened. [15:29] I believe that it is true historically that he rose from the dead. [15:33] This isn’t just a spiritual reality. [15:35] This is a fact in the physical world. [15:38] The first one I want to talk to you about is kind of the circumstantial evidence and
[15:42] it is the life of the disciples. [15:45] The scriptures tell us that after Jesus rose from the dead in 1 Corinthians 15, 5 through [15:51] 6, that he appeared to the disciples and that changed everything for them. [15:58] John 2, 22 records that the disciples remembered what Jesus had said. [16:03] It says, when therefore Jesus was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he [16:08] had said that he would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days and they believed
[16:13] the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. [16:17] But the difference is, is that now everything that Jesus had said made sense. [16:23] Why? [16:24] Because he rose from the dead. [16:26] Now they understood what he meant by it all. [16:29] They remembered what he had said in Luke 9, 22, that he had to die so that he could bring
[16:35] them new life. [16:38] You see, these men had been with Jesus for three years. [16:42] They saw every part of what he did on earth. [16:45] They saw his perfect life. [16:47] Can you imagine what that must have been like as a bumbling idiot? [16:51] That you’re with this guy who’s leading you and he never makes a mistake.
[16:55] How frustrating. [16:57] They saw his perfect life on display in front of them. [17:00] They had even understood the fact that he was God. [17:03] They said, you’re the Messiah. [17:05] You’re the Christ of God. [17:07] But it wasn’t until he rose from the dead that they knew what his mission had been.
[17:15] See, because if Jesus rose from the dead, it meant that there was life to be had that [17:20] could save you from death. [17:23] You know, the Bible doesn’t paint a very courageous picture of the disciples when Jesus was with them. [17:31] I mean, these guys, every chance they had, they said the wrong things. [17:36] They hoped for the wrong things. [17:40] A lot of times, Jesus would get done speaking to crowds and the disciples, you know, they
[17:44] were kind of proud. [17:45] So they would get Jesus off to the side and they would be like, hey, is there any way [17:48] you could explain that to us? [17:49] Because it made no sense. [17:51] I had no idea what you were talking about, Jesus.
[17:56] Then when Jesus was arrested, when he needed his friends the most, they abandoned Jesus [18:03] in fear. [18:04] I mean, this group was a group of absolute cowards that feared humiliation and death. [18:12] But then the record shows a different type of life after Jesus appeared to them. [18:19] After the resurrection, these men changed completely. [18:22] And their lives are actually recorded in the book of Acts and the scriptures telling
[18:26] us that these were now courageous men. [18:29] They did not fear being arrested. [18:32] They did not fear being beaten. [18:34] They told everyone about the resurrection of Jesus, even when their very lives were [18:40] threatened. [18:42] Ultimately, every single one of them would be arrested and most of them would be killed
[18:46] because they no longer feared death and they were killed for one reason. [18:50] They would not shut up about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. [18:57] What could account for such amazing change? [19:00] Because when people talk about the New Testament, they say, oh, those gospel accounts, they [19:04] were flubbed by the authors. [19:05] And it’s like, man, if I was flubbing something, I was trying to con everybody, I would really
[19:10] make myself look a lot better than they did.
[19:14] They’re telling the truth. [19:16] You see, they had something to trust in after the resurrection and live for that was more [19:22] powerful than death. [19:25] They now believed and trusted that Jesus would raise them to new life again. [19:32] See, because they understood what Paul’s talking about here in First Corinthians 15. [19:36] If you go just a few verses down, it says in verse 17, friends, if Christ has not been
[19:41] raised, your faith is futile. [19:43] You are still in your sins. [19:45] But it says then in verse 20, but in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead, the [19:50] first fruits of those who had fallen asleep. [19:52] So if they did not really believe that Jesus rose from the dead, they’re saying it’s [19:57] pointless.
[19:59] Our faith is futile. [20:01] We would deny it. [20:02] But we believe that it’s true. [20:04] We have seen Jesus.
[20:08] And so many people look and they say, oh, but they could have gotten together as a [20:12] group and lied. [20:13] I believe one or two of them may have gone to their grave with that lie. [20:17] But I think one of the eleven at the end of his life, when his life’s being threatened, [20:20] we may be like, OK, we were just kidding. [20:23] It’s a joke.
[20:24] But you see, the apostle Paul doesn’t just look to them. [20:29] He goes past them. [20:31] See, because number three this morning, since the resurrection is true, you can have a [20:34] new life. [20:35] And there were many, many more than just the disciples. [20:38] Note what the apostle Paul says here in First Corinthians 15.
[20:41] He says that Jesus appeared to more than 500 other people on top of the disciples. [20:49] They saw him physically. [20:52] See, if you’re accused of a crime and you go to court and somebody says, we have 500 [20:59] eyewitnesses that saw you. [21:02] You would take a plea deal. [21:04] You’d be like, it’s over.
[21:07] And what the apostle Paul is saying, he’s saying, oh, you don’t trust the disciples? [21:10] He’s saying, well, I’ve got the addresses.
[21:14] He’s not riding from some far off land. [21:16] He’s riding from close enough in that era where he’s saying, I can take you to the [21:21] house of one of the 500 people who saw Jesus physically. [21:27] He appeared to them. [21:29] I’m not making this up. [21:32] You see, that is evidence that demands a verdict.
[21:35] See, when Jesus lived again, but why did he live? [21:40] Why does this need to be substantiated? [21:43] You see, philosopher C.S. [21:45] Lewis told us that you have to deal with this evidence because we cannot play this [21:50] whole game where we say, I think Jesus was a good teacher or I think Jesus was a good [21:56] moral role model because if he claimed to be the son of God and was not the son of
[22:04] God, that means that he was either a liar who cannot be trusted because of this outlandish [22:11] claim that he was making or he was a lunatic who actually believed he was the son of God [22:16] and he was such a nutcase that you shouldn’t listen to anything that he says or there’s [22:21] a third possibility. [22:22] He was exactly who he said he was and the resurrection proves that that’s who he was [22:29] because you see, no one denies that Jesus died on the cross, not with any merit.
[22:35] See, history tells us, Roman history tells us, the executioner’s records tell us Jesus [22:41] died on a cross. [22:43] He was dead and then history tells us also, just a few days later, there was nobody in [22:49] the tomb. [22:50] What happens in between those two things is everybody’s theories get a little flawed [22:54] and nobody really wants to cop to the fact they executed a guy and he got up from the
[22:59] dead a few days later. [23:02] But I tell you, there is enough categorical evidence just with the eyewitnesses to prove [23:09] that you should believe this. [23:13] As much or more evidence than the fact that you believe almost any historical event that [23:19] happened 10, 20, 30, a few hundred years ago.
[23:24] See, there’s evidence. [23:26] See, but there’s also the fact that this happened in order to give you new life. [23:35] You see, a real life can only be lived for the God who has power over death. [23:41] And the question that you must grapple with in view of the reality of the resurrection [23:45] of Jesus is do you want life? [23:49] Because if you do, then you must go to Jesus for it.
[23:53] Paul wants us to understand that it isn’t simply something that we agree happened and [24:00] then go on with life as usual. [24:03] It changes every moment of life that comes after that and that change continues and [24:08] that change grows.
[24:11] Because you see, the origins of faith in Jesus’ resurrection did not begin in some far off [24:18] land through urban legend.
[24:22] See, it wasn’t somebody on the other side of the world pontificating on stuff that’s [24:26] going on on the other side of the world. [24:27] No, it was someone that was in that city, someone that was in that town. [24:31] And faith in Jesus’ resurrection did not start a few hundred years later. [24:36] Instead, it happened mere days after the crucifixion in the same city as the crucifixion. [24:42] Then in less than two months, there were thousands of people in that same city that
[24:49] believed then it spread to the known world in just decades. [24:57] That is evidence. [24:59] You see, friends, Christianity exploded and continues to this day. [25:04] Why? [25:05] Because the resurrection happened. [25:09] It is true.
[25:10] Jesus rose from the dead and there isn’t much more burden of proof that is needed than that. [25:19] So why is this so vital? [25:22] See, in John 20 verse 31, the Apostle John, one of those 11 disciples, wrote that he [25:28] had written everything he had about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus so that [25:34] we may believe in Jesus and have life in him. [25:40] Because this isn’t just some historical event that we nod our head yes or nod our head no
[25:45] to. [25:45] No, this is a matter of life or death to John. [25:50] If you believe, you have life. [25:53] If you don’t believe, you have death.
[25:57] I want to tell you that there’s three things that change when you believe in Jesus. [26:04] See, to live a real life in Jesus, you’ve got to have a new authority, identity, and [26:09] mission. [26:11] See, the first thing that changes when you believe in the resurrection is that you get [26:14] a new authority. [26:16] Because living the resurrected life means placing yourself under Christ’s rule.
[26:21] Because if he rose from the dead, then there is no power that is greater than him. [26:26] There is no authority that we can go to that is greater than the authority that Jesus has [26:32] because nothing else has authority over death itself. [26:36] And we do this thing by placing our faith for where our lives are to go in his death [26:44] and resurrection. [26:45] We place our faith in God.
[26:48] And friends, we must turn away from everything else that we are trusting in. [26:53] And we are trusting in much. [26:56] We are building our lives on a lot of things that are not about Jesus. [27:01] And the gospel of Jesus tells us we must submit to his new authority and trust in him rather [27:07] than other things. [27:09] But it also gives us a new identity.
[27:12] You see, friends, our identity is typically built around something that we do or something [27:17] that we are accomplishing. [27:19] But the resurrection changes that. [27:21] You see, through faith in Jesus, our identity can be found in what Jesus has done and is [27:28] doing in us. [27:29] To trust Jesus is to find your life in what he has accomplished and to define your life
[27:36] in the humble state of the fact that you needed salvation and God actually did the work in [27:42] order to save you. [27:43] And you find your joy in that. [27:45] You find your identity in that. [27:48] And you’re also given, thirdly, a new mission. [27:52] You see, friend, our mission is to then live under the authority of Jesus, to live for
[28:00] him. [28:01] And we live out this new life that Jesus gives us to tell people about the resurrected Jesus [28:07] in obedience to him. [28:08] We are called by Jesus to take the good news that Jesus is king to the world. [28:18] We tell people of the salvation that we have found. [28:23] That’s why we’re here today.
[28:24] That’s why we’re celebrating Easter. [28:28] It has to be all about Jesus and not ourselves. [28:34] You see, you can live your life for something that will never fail. [28:38] Do you know that? [28:40] You can live your life with something that you can be certain will succeed in eternity. [28:46] It is something that is eternal and it is a mission of the greatest importance.
[28:51] Because even if you die, you will live again. [28:57] How can I trust that? [28:59] Because I live for the king who died and then lived again and lives today. [29:07] You see, friend, I tell you, live for Jesus because Jesus is alive and he is Lord of [29:16] all. [29:18] Trust him.
[29:20] As the band comes up in this moment of celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, I just want [29:28] to ask you one question. [29:30] And it might be a different type of question than someone’s phrase to you before. [29:34] And that question is, does Jesus have you? [29:39] Because many times we reach this point and the question that we ask ourselves is, do [29:42] I have Jesus?
[29:44] And see, I think we like to phrase it that way because if I have Jesus, then I can still [29:49] be an authority. [29:51] I can still kind of manage my identity. [29:55] I can kind of do with what I want with the mission of my life. [29:58] But that’s not the question that we must answer. [30:00] We must answer the question of, does Jesus have us?
[30:03] Because all authority is his. [30:05] All the identity is in his hands. [30:07] The mission comes directly from him. [30:09] And so if he is the Lord of our lives, then he has us.
[30:16] And friend, you need Jesus to have you because he’s God. [30:20] Friend, you need Jesus to have you because he’s king. [30:24] Friend, you need Jesus to have you because he has ultimate power over life and death. [30:31] And he proved it in the resurrection. [30:34] And so if you’re in here this morning, you’re kind of dealing with this and you’re like, [30:38] man, do I believe?
[30:40] Have I believed? [30:41] Have I trusted in Jesus? [30:43] Friend, I want to ask you to do something very simple.
[30:47] I want you to look at everything that you’re building your life on, everything that you’re [30:50] trusting right now, and I’m going to ask you to turn from that and trust in Jesus. [30:55] I’m going to tell you to believe the resurrection with your life, not just in a nodding of agreement, [31:02] but that because he rose from the dead, he controls your life. [31:06] And if that’s you this morning in just a few minutes as we’re singing, as we stand and sing, [31:10] I’m going to ask you just to slip out into the foyer this morning where somebody can talk to you about this.
[31:15] Someone can pray for you and pray with you. [31:18] But if you’re in here this morning and you’ve trusted and you know that he is King, that he is Lord, [31:25] that he is God, friend, right now, I want all of us in this room to stand and I want us to sing praises [31:32] to our God and King and let’s worship and celebrate the resurrection, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. [31:40] Stand and sing.