William C. Turner, Jr. - "Fruits of the Resurrection" (March 30, 1975)

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	(choral music)	0:02
-	Lift up your hearts.	1:20
-	We lift them up to the Lord.	1:23
-	He is risen.	1:26
-	He is risen indeed.	1:28
-	Blessed be the God and father of our lord, Jesus Christ	1:31
	who according to his abundant mercy	1:36
	hath begotten us again unto a lively hope	1:39
	by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.	1:43
-	We have an inheritance incorruptible	1:50
	and undefiled and that does not fade away, amen.	1:53
-	Please join in praise to the lord	2:00
	by singing Christ the Lord is Risen Today.	2:03
	(organ music)	2:07
	♪ Christ the Lord is risen today ♪	2:51
	♪ Alleluia ♪	2:56
	♪ Earth and heaven in chorus say ♪	3:02
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:07
	♪ Raise your joys and triumphs high ♪	3:14
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:19
	♪ Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply ♪	3:25
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:31
	♪ Lives again our glorious King ♪	3:39
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:44
	♪ Where, O death, is now thy sting ♪	3:50
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:56
	♪ Once he died our souls to save ♪	4:02
	♪ Alleluia ♪	4:07
	♪ Where's thy victory, boasting grave ♪	4:13
	♪ Alleluia ♪	4:19
	♪ Love's redeeming work is done ♪	4:28
	♪ Alleluia ♪	4:33
	♪ Fought the fight, the battle won ♪	4:39
	♪ Alleluia ♪	4:44
	♪ Death in vain forbids him rise ♪	4:50
	♪ Alleluia ♪	4:56
	♪ Christ has opened paradise ♪	5:02
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:08
	♪ Soar we now where Christ has led ♪	5:16
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:21
	♪ Following our exalted Head ♪	5:26
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:32
	♪ Made like him, like him we rise ♪	5:37
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:43
	♪ Ours the cross, the grave, the skies ♪	5:48
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:54
-	The first scripture reading is taken	6:29
	from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians,	6:31
	chapter 15 verses 12 through 28	6:33
	and I urge you to concentrate	6:38
	on what Paul is saying in this passage.	6:39
	Now if Christ as priest is raised from the dead,	6:43
	how can some of you say that there	6:46
	is no resurrection of the dead?	6:48
	But if there is no resurrection of the dead,	6:51
	then Christ has not been raised.	6:54
	If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain	6:57
	and your faith is in vain.	7:01
	We are even found to be misrepresenting God,	7:04
	'cause we testified of God that he raised Christ	7:08
	whom he did not raise.	7:11
	If it is true that the dead are not raised.	7:13
	For if the dead are not raised,	7:17
	then Christ has not been raised.	7:19
	If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile	7:22
	and you are still in your sins.	7:26
	Then those also who have	7:29
	fallen asleep in Christ, have perished.	7:30
	If in this life we are in Christ have only hope,	7:40
	we are of all men most to be pitied	7:44
	but in fact Christ has been raised from the dead.	7:48
	The first fruits of those who have fallen asleep,	7:52
	for as by a man came death.	7:55
	By a man has come also the resurrection of the dead,	7:57
	for as in Adam all die, so also in Christ	8:01
	shall all be made alive,	8:05
	but each in his own order.	8:08
	Christ the first fruits, then at his coming	8:10
	those who belong to Christ.	8:13
	Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom	8:16
	to God the father after destroying every rule	8:19
	and every authority in power,	8:24
	for he must reign until he has put	8:26
	all of his enemies under his feet.	8:28
	The last enemy to be destroyed is death,	8:31
	for God has put all things in subjection under his feet,	8:34
	but when it says all things are put in subjection under him,	8:37
	it is plain that he has accepted	8:41
	who put all things under him.	8:43
	When all things are subjected to him,	8:46
	then the Son himself will also be subjected	8:49
	to him who put all things under him,	8:51
	that God may be everything to everyone.	8:55
	The second scripture reading	9:00
	is taken from the Gospel of Mark,	9:01
	chapter 16 verses one through eight.	9:04
	And when the Sabbath was passed, Mary Magdalene	9:09
	and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices	9:11
	so that they might go and anoint him.	9:16
	And very early on the first day of the week,	9:18
	they went to the tomb, when the sun had risen	9:20
	and they were saying to one another	9:23
	who will roll away the stone for us	9:25
	from the door of the tomb?	9:26
	And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back,	9:28
	for it was very large, and entering the tomb	9:32
	they saw a young man sitting on the right side,	9:35
	dressed in a white robe and they were amazed.	9:37
	And he said to them do not be amazed.	9:41
	You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified.	9:43
	He has risen, he is not here.	9:46
	See the place where they laid him,	9:48
	but go tell his disciples and Peter	9:50
	that he is going before you to Galilee.	9:52
	There you will see him as he told you.	9:55
	And they went out and fled from the tomb,	9:57
	for trembling and astonishment had come upon themm	10:00
	and they said nothing to anyone, but they were afraid.	10:02
-	Let's pray together.	10:17
	Lord God, you are good.	10:22
	We praise you for who you are, for your holiness	10:24
	and for your loving kindness new every morning.	10:27
	For speaking to us in the songs of birds	10:30
	and the roar of waves.	10:33
	For sending Jesus to speak in action,	10:34
	to live and die and love.	10:36
	We praise you for the resurrection,	10:39
	for giving life to your people and hope through your spirit.	10:41
	We love you Father.	10:45
	But we admit we don't act like it or speak like it	10:47
	or even think like it.	10:51
	We don't live as if we've been crucified with Christ,	10:53
	so we repent before you and before one another.	10:56
	We're sorry for using you and not being used by you,	11:00
	for wanting you to be our partner and helper	11:03
	but not our savior or our master.	11:06
	Father we blame you for every evil,	11:11
	but don't commit our own selves to good.	11:13
	In fact, we even harm our own bodies	11:15
	which are temples of your Holy Spirit.	11:17
	So forgive us for dreaming instead of praying,	11:22
	for talking when we should be listening,	11:24
	for not learning and not caring.	11:27
	Oh Lord, we'll do almost anything to please	11:31
	a professor or an administrator, but we forget	11:34
	to say thank you to the maids or the cooks.	11:37
	Forgive us for pushing and shoving,	11:41
	for cheating and lying.	11:43
	Convict us of your righteousness and turn our lives around.	11:45
	Give us new beginnings today, Lord.	11:49
	Hearts of flesh instead of stone.	11:52
	Passionate prayers and compassionate lives, like Christ.	11:55
	We pray for those who don't know the joy of your salvation,	12:01
	for those too sick or too hungry to feel your cool winds	12:04
	or share in real human friendships,	12:08
	and we pray for those who are just too busy.	12:11
	Thank you Lord for making each of us as you did.	12:14
	Thank you for faces and hands to speak with.	12:18
	And thank you that when no one else hears us, you do.	12:22
	We want to be like Jesus Lord, and not just admire him.	12:26
	We want to belong to Christ and to one another.	12:30
	Holy Spirit, baptize us with fire	12:33
	and make us lights in the world.	12:37
	In the name of the risen Christ we pray, amen.	12:40
	(gentle guitar music)	13:30
	♪ Christ is risen Christ is risen ♪	13:39
	♪ Christ is risen today ♪	13:43
	♪ Christ is risen Christ is risen ♪	13:47
	♪ Christ is risen today ♪	13:52
	♪ His victory o'er death ♪	13:56
	♪ Has anyone told you of my savior's plan to save ♪	14:00
	♪ He'll make you walk ♪	14:05
	♪ He'll turn you around ♪	14:06
	♪ He'll set your feet ♪	14:07
	♪ Upon solid ground ♪	14:08
	♪ He'll lead you through the flame or flood ♪	14:09
	♪ If you're covered by the Lord ♪	14:12
	♪ His precious blood ♪	14:15
	♪ Christ is risen Christ is risen ♪	14:18
	♪ Christ is risen today ♪	14:23
	♪ Christ is risen Christ is risen ♪	14:27
	♪ Christ is risen today ♪	14:31
	♪ The stone rolled away and the angel said ♪	14:35
	♪ Rise did he now living among the dead ♪	14:40
	♪ Though he's not here remember what he said ♪	14:45
	♪ I'll be crucified and rise from the dead ♪	14:47
	♪ Thought their leader had gone ♪	14:49
	♪ Everyone there is no prison for God's son ♪	14:51
	♪ Or anyone ♪	14:55
	♪ Who will trust in Jesus ♪	14:58
	♪ Trust in Jesus ♪	15:00
	♪ Trust in Jesus today ♪	15:02
	♪ Trust in Jesus ♪	15:07
	♪ Trust in Jesus ♪	15:09
	♪ Trust in Jesus today ♪	15:11
	♪ Discover the way of life by plan ♪	15:16
	♪ We'll never be happy living in sin ♪	15:20
	♪ Even when you're dead and lying in the ground ♪	15:25
	♪ God will raise you up and the trumpets sound ♪	15:27
	♪ On that day when the shall rise up to the skies ♪	15:29
	♪ Because Christ is risen Christ is risen ♪	15:35
	♪ Christ is risen today ♪	15:40
	♪ Christ is risen Christ is risen ♪	15:44
	♪ Christ is risen today ♪	15:49
	(gentle guitar music)	16:16
	♪ Glorious in majesty ♪	16:22
	♪ Holy in his praises ♪	16:24
	♪ Jesus our savior and our king ♪	16:27
	♪ Born a man yet lord of all ♪	16:32
	♪ Let us all adore him ♪	16:35
	♪ Filled with his spirit let us sing ♪	16:37
	♪ Living is to love him ♪	16:43
	♪ Serving him to know his freedom ♪	16:45
	♪ Come along with us to join the praise of Jesus ♪	16:47
	♪ Come to Jesus now ♪	16:53
	♪ Go to live his word rejoicing ♪	16:56
	♪ Victory he won for us ♪	17:00
	♪ Freeing us from darkness ♪	17:03
	♪ Dying and rising from the dead ♪	17:05
	♪ Living with the father now ♪	17:11
	♪ Yet he is among us ♪	17:13
	♪ We are the body he left ♪	17:16
	♪ Living is to love him ♪	17:21
	♪ Serving him to know his freedom ♪	17:23
	♪ Come along with us to join the praise of Jesus ♪	17:26
	♪ Come to Jesus now ♪	17:30
	♪ Go to live his word rejoicing ♪	17:33
	♪ Brethren we live in awe ♪	17:38
	♪ Living with each other ♪	17:41
	♪ Gladly we share each other's pain ♪	17:43
	♪ Yet you will not leave us so ♪	17:48
	♪ Soon he is returning ♪	17:50
	♪ Taking us back with him to reign ♪	17:53
	♪ Living is to love him ♪	17:58
	♪ Serving him to know his freedom ♪	18:00
	♪ Come along with us to join the praise of Jesus ♪	18:02
	♪ Come to Jesus now ♪	18:07
	♪ Go to live his word rejoicing ♪	18:10
	♪ Come to Jesus now ♪	18:15
	♪ Go to live his word rejoicing ♪	18:17
-	Let us all say amen.	18:58
-	Amen.	19:02
-	Amen.
	Song said	19:04
	living is to love him.	19:07
	Serving him to know his freedom.	19:10
	And to that we should all be able to say amen.	19:15
	From	19:23
	our New Testament lesson	19:26
	in First Corinthians chapter 15	19:28
	we want to read again verses 20 through 23.	19:30
	But the truth is	19:38
	Christ was raised to life,	19:40
	the first fruits of the harvest of the dead.	19:43
	Or since it was a man who brought death into the world,	19:48
	a man also brought resurrection from the dead.	19:53
	As in Adam, all men die	19:59
	so in Christ all will be brought to life.	20:03
	But each in his own proper place.	20:07
	Christ, the first fruits.	20:11
	And afterwards at his coming those who belong to Christ.	20:15
	From those verses we want to lift	20:21
	a subject, fruits of resurrection.	20:24
	Fruits of resurrection.	20:30
	I've often wondered what Adam ate.	20:36
	Must have been mighty rough and must have been mighty tough	20:45
	for all of the trouble it caused him, and us.	20:49
	What did Adam eat?	20:54
	Popular thinking seems to suggest	20:58
	that he ate an apple.	21:00
	Certainly the maker of a given	21:03
	brand of pipe tobacco says Adam ate an apple.	21:07
	But how could an apple cause so much trouble?	21:12
	What did Adam eat?	21:15
	A cursory reading of the story leads us	21:19
	to the conclusion that it cannot be determined what he ate.	21:22
	The story says he ate fruit,	21:26
	but seemingly it does not tell us what kind of fruit he ate.	21:29
	Upon reading the story, a bit more carefully,	21:36
	it can be determined what he ate.	21:40
	For we will remember that upon being driven from the garden,	21:45
	the Lord said let us remove him	21:51
	and banish him lest he put forth his hand	21:54
	and take from the tree of life.	21:57
	Obviously then the tree of life	22:01
	was available to him.	22:03
	At the same time he was forbidden to eat	22:05
	from the tree standing in the middle of the garden,	22:08
	and was told the day you eat of that tree, you shall die.	22:11
	The story unfolds then and	22:17
	allows us to picture two trees standing in the garden.	22:20
	A tree of life and a tree of death.	22:24
	For if indeed the day he ate of the tree, he would die,	22:28
	the tree was death.	22:31
	With the option of life and death,	22:34
	Adam chose death.	22:38
	The fruit he ate	22:41
	was the fruit of death.	22:44
	Make no mistake, this morning we are all Adam.	22:51
	And we all make the choice of death.	22:57
	And turn down the choice of life.	23:02
	Life and death are offered to us.	23:06
	We pass life by and we choose death.	23:09
	In Adam, we all die.	23:12
	In Adam, we all see ourselves choosing death.	23:16
	And passing life by.	23:22
	But thank God for Jesus.	23:30
	Thank God for Jesus!	23:33
	For he too chose death.	23:37
	But unlike Adam and differently from us,	23:40
	he chose death knowing fully what he was choosing.	23:43
	Jesus knew the consequences of death	23:47
	and what death had brought upon the human race,	23:50
	how it had seared and scarred the tissue of human life.	23:52
	With an act of obedience to the Father, he chose death.	23:56
	Unlike Adam, however, he had a stomach for it.	24:03
	Adam chose it, but couldn't digest it.	24:07
	Jesus chose death, but by choosing death in obedience	24:10
	to the Father, rather than in disobedience,	24:16
	he gained victory over death.	24:20
	Now is Christ raised from the dead,	24:23
	and become the first fruits of those who slept,	24:28
	even as in Adam we all die.	24:33
	So in Christ can we all be made alive.	24:37
	First fruits	24:42
	was the best part of the harvest.	24:45
	That which was planted and came to ripeness first.	24:50
	The first fruit was the freshest part of the harvest.	24:56
	Possessed a greater measure of the richness	25:02
	and nurture from the land, the first fruit	25:07
	in being consecrated and offered to God	25:12
	provided consecration for the entire harvest.	25:16
	It was from the first fruit	25:19
	that God demanded that the sacrifice to him be given,	25:22
	and so it is with resurrection.	25:27
	Christ is the first fruit of the harvest of the dead,	25:29
	and following him come all who belong to him	25:34
	but that's not all.	25:39
	As fruits of resurrection, not only do we get	25:41
	Christ as fresh fruits and we, his sons and daughters,	25:44
	but the whole world is delivered	25:47
	as fruits of that harvest.	25:52
	Resurrection day	25:57
	yields options, choices,	26:01
	and possibilities	26:06
	that before now had been closed	26:08
	to the race of humankind.	26:12
	Resurrection yields as fruit	26:16
	the choice of life	26:23
	after a prior choice of death.	26:26
	Adam chose death, and immediately upon choosing death,	26:32
	death's iron claws began to wrap themselves	26:37
	around his throat, squeezing the very eternal	26:41
	and spirit-given life of God out of his body.	26:45
	The choice of death was made.	26:51
	The choice of death for Adam was a final choice.	26:54
	It sealed him in his doom,	26:57
	but with resurrection we are allowed once again	26:59
	to choose life,	27:02
	even though we've already chosen death.	27:04
	Choices for death are all around us	27:08
	in our day.	27:13
	A nation	27:17
	who in the third quarter of the 20th Century	27:20
	seeks to attain self-sufficiency	27:25
	while ignoring the emergent world order	27:29
	upon the face of the Earth has chosen death.	27:32
	The attempt to sustain a style of life	27:36
	that was built on the bloodshed and suffering	27:39
	of the rest of the world at this time in history	27:41
	is a choice for death.	27:44
	The resources of the world cannot allow us	27:48
	to continue living as we've been living.	27:51
	The peoples of the world will not tolerate it.	27:55
	The mere suggestion of going to another part of the world	27:58
	and taking resources	28:03
	is a choice for death.	28:07
	To ignore the new world order in which we	28:10
	have now been thrust is a choice for death.	28:13
	Choices for death	28:20
	are all about you.	28:24
	University that gives more attention to	28:28
	tradition than to the urgent	28:34
	needs of humankind has made a choice for death.	28:39
	Whenever more concern is given	28:46
	for name and image,	28:51
	than for what it takes to make life rich, full,	28:55
	and meaningful for every constituent part	28:58
	of the body and the family	29:01
	a choice for death	29:03
	has been made, yes!	29:06
	These are difficult and tough economic times.	29:08
	We're all living in the crutch.	29:12
	We are being pressed as stagflation and inflation	29:14
	gets out of control.	29:18
	But in our attempt to live in this	29:22
	new economic reality,	29:26
	when the fat must be trimmed,	29:29
	if the tightening of the strings around the purse	29:33
	also snuff out the life of people,	29:36
	a choice for death has been made.	29:38
	People need their jobs.	29:42
	People need educational opportunities.	29:45
	People need a chance to grow and develop	29:48
	and express themselves.	29:52
	Whenever this is denied, a choice for death	29:54
	has been made.	29:59
	Students, young people	30:00
	who pass through	30:04
	the most vital years of life	30:09
	without finding meaning and fulfillment	30:12
	have made a choice for death.	30:15
	Never again will there be the opportunity	30:18
	to give attention to spiritual	30:21
	and intellectual enrichment and growth.	30:23
	Never again will there be freedom to study	30:26
	and to search oneself to look introspectively	30:29
	in the deepest corners of the being	30:33
	and come up with an understanding	30:35
	of what God is calling us to do.	30:37
	Never again	30:39
	will we have that opportunity.	30:41
	The moment we leave this place,	30:43
	we'll be thrust into a rat race	30:45
	where we won't have time to sit down.	30:46
	Never again, and if we pass up	30:48
	these days, we've made a choice for death, yes!	30:53
	These economic times,	30:59
	the spiritual and intellectual competing forces in the world	31:02
	can seemingly dash every shred of hope	31:07
	within our heart and mind, but if we lose hope,	31:10
	if we give up and say there's no use,	31:15
	we've made a choice	31:20
	for death.	31:23
	But thank God for resurrection.	31:29
	For resurrection allows us	31:33
	to choose life,	31:36
	even if we've already chosen death.	31:38
	If we're in the grave, we can still be raised	31:42
	if in our decisions and choices for death,	31:47
	the shell of life has already begun to dissolve around us.	31:50
	If the nation is on her way down,	31:56
	standing on the last leg, Lord have mercy.	31:58
	If all meaning and hope has been lost,	32:03
	there is still the option of choosing life	32:06
	because of resurrection.	32:11
	Even if death has been chosen,	32:13
	we can still choose life	32:16
	because of resurrection.	32:21
	Policies should still be changed.	32:27
	Priorities can still be reordered.	32:34
	We can still look out upon our world	32:39
	and understand what was told to us long ago	32:42
	that God has made of one flesh	32:45
	all men who dwell on the face of the Earth.	32:48
	We can still live!	32:51
	We need not stay in the tomb.	32:54
	Now is Christ raised from the dead,	32:58
	and become the first fruits of those	33:01
	who slept. Resurrection yields	33:07
	not only the choice of life	33:11
	after the prior choice of death,	33:14
	but resurrection yields the power	33:16
	to sustain the choice for life.	33:20
	Resurrection power breaks the iron claw of death.	33:25
	It shatters the bands and the manacles that hold us.	33:31
	It severs every yoke that would bind us.	33:36
	The power of resurrection	33:39
	is power.	33:44
	Just as creation was power.	33:46
	Creation you see called life out of nothingness.	33:49
	Resurrection calls life back out of death.	33:52
	Resurrection power is power to slip down	33:56
	into the seams of the earth and split it wide open	33:59
	such that it begins to reel and rock	34:03
	and the grave can't hold the bodies	34:05
	that have been interred to her.	34:07
	Resurrection power is power to move the stone.	34:09
	Power to move every yoke and every bit of bondage.	34:14
	Lord have mercy, resurrection power is power to hold	34:20
	the grave such that it cannot exercise control	34:25
	over the bodies who've been interred there.	34:30
	Resurrection power	34:34
	is power that raises us	34:37
	to new life through Jesus Christ	34:40
	our Lord.	34:45
	We choose life.	34:47
	But because of the resurrection,	34:50
	we are promised power to sustain the choices	34:52
	that have been made.	34:57
	Fruits of resurrection, power,	35:01
	to sustain	35:06
	the choice of life.	35:08
	Even in violation of Caesar's seal,	35:11
	the tomb was sealed.	35:15
	The rock was put in place.	35:18
	It was understood throughout the land	35:20
	that there had been promises or even implications	35:22
	that this man called Jesus would get up in three days.	35:25
	There was fear among the people	35:28
	that the disciples would go to the tomb,	35:29
	remove the body, carry him away	35:31
	and send forth the myth	35:33
	and the legend that he had been raised.	35:34
	So a stone was rolled in front of the door.	35:39
	A guard was put there to watch the body,	35:43
	but it was understood and known	35:47
	that enough men could come and overtake the guard,	35:49
	and remove the stone.	35:52
	In order to make sure that the body was not moved,	35:55
	the seal of Caesar was stamped upon it.	35:58
	The seal of Caesar was a statement saying keep out.	36:01
	The full authority of the Roman empire	36:05
	was concentrated into that one little seal,	36:08
	but resurrection power is power	36:11
	to even cross the seal of Caesar	36:14
	in order to sustain the choice for life.	36:18
	Thank God for resurrection,	36:22
	for Caesar has sealed a whole lot	36:26
	that keeps us in bondage.	36:29
	A whole lot of men and women are sealed in the tomb	36:31
	by Caesar's seal.	36:35
	All kinds of injustices.	36:39
	All kinds of malpractices.	36:42
	All kinds of dehumanizing decisions	36:44
	are canonized into law by the seal of Caesar!	36:47
	But resurrection power sustains us in our choice to live	36:51
	so that when the prophetic witness is needed,	36:57
	against social and economic evils	37:00
	when a prophetic witness is needed	37:03
	against political wrongdoing,	37:05
	we have been given power to sustain us	37:07
	in making our choice for prophetic witness	37:11
	because of resurrection.	37:13
	Resurrection power even violates	37:16
	the seal of Caesar.	37:20
	The power is the promise of the father.	37:24
	Not only to those who are witnesses that day,	37:28
	but to those who are near, those who are far,	37:31
	and to as many as the lord God shall call.	37:33
	Still that's not all.	37:39
	For resurrection yields as fruit,	37:41
	the same choice that is yielded for believers	37:47
	to the whole world.	37:53
	The same option it yielded to the whole world.	37:55
	You see Christ is the first fruits of the harvest.	38:01
	Those who believe in him the next,	38:04
	but if we follow the apostle on down	38:07
	he says and just behind those of you who believe	38:09
	is the whole world, the whole universe	38:13
	is waiting to be delivered from its grave.	38:16
	Ready to be delivered from the bondage into which its had.	38:20
	He said even now, the risen lord is ruling and reigning	38:25
	and putting all things into subjection under his feet.	38:29
	After he has put every enemy, every dominion,	38:34
	and every principality under his feet	38:37
	then he's going to deliver the kingdom up to the father.	38:39
	Father I finished the work.	38:43
	Father I stamped out every enemy against your name.	38:45
	Fruits of resurrection is possibilities for the whole world.	38:51
	We're given the option and the choice to choose life,	38:58
	even where those before us chose death.	39:03
	Before we came on the scene, there are choices for death	39:08
	that keep us bound even in our day.	39:12
	The choices for death that were structured	39:16
	into the systems of life, into the systems of government,	39:19
	seemingly hold us so that we cannot move	39:23
	out of the confines and limits	39:27
	wherein we've been placed.	39:29
	Very often we hear people say the institutions	39:30
	you're challenging are centuries old in their life.	39:34
	Rome wasn't built in a day.	39:38
	You can't change this thing overnight.	39:40
	You can't reverse through your own being	39:42
	all that this nation has stood for.	39:45
	All that has been building up over the years.	39:48
	Understand this morning that we are given the option	39:52
	to choose life even where those before us chose death.	39:55
	Yes the fathers have eaten sour grapes.	40:00
	The children's teeth are set on edge,	40:04
	but we are not bound to the same sourness,	40:06
	we are not bound to the same death	40:09
	for we can choose life.	40:11
	Even for those around us.	40:14
	For if the living Christ lives within us,	40:17
	our witness will be fit.	40:21
	The power in our life will radiate, it will move,	40:23
	it will touch someone else.	40:28
	It will lead us to plead the cause of the helpless.	40:30
	It will lead us to lift up the bowed down head	40:33
	and to strengthen the feeble knee,	40:35
	but choice of life is a choice that we can make	40:38
	even for others for whom death has been chosen.	40:45
	The fruits of resurrection.	40:51
	The fruits of resurrection	40:57
	yield a right	41:00
	to return once again to the tree of life.	41:04
	As in Adam die, even in Christ we should all	41:09
	be made alive and given a right to the tree of life.	41:12
	We can approach that tree, once again,	41:17
	the revelator caught a glimpse of the tree	41:22
	stranded in the city who said the tree	41:25
	was planted beside the river of life	41:28
	that flowed through the streets of the city,	41:30
	and on the tree were all manner of fruit	41:33
	and the leaves of the tree were for	41:36
	the healing of the nation.	41:38
	The leaves on the tree of life are for	41:40
	the healing of our bodies and our sin sick soul.	41:42
	The leaves on the tree of life	41:45
	can heal and mend broken relationships.	41:47
	The leaves on the tree of life	41:51
	can heal the searing scars that have been	41:54
	scorched on us by the burning heat	41:57
	of oppression and injustice.	41:59
	The leaves on the tree of life	42:01
	hallelujah, can heal a struggling nation	42:05
	that's teetering and tottering and about to fall.	42:09
	We have been given once again the right	42:12
	to the tree of life.	42:15
	This is the fruit of resurrection.	42:18
	Christ is raised from the dead.	42:22
	He is the first fruit.	42:27
	But following the first fruit	42:30
	come those who believe,	42:32
	and then the whole world.	42:35
	We are allowed to choose life,	42:39
	even after a prior choice for death.	42:43
	We are given power to sustain the choice for life,	42:48
	and the option to even choose life	42:54
	over death for others	42:57
	and for our world.	43:00
	Have you chosen death this morning?	43:06
	Are you in a grave of sin?	43:12
	A grave of emptiness, meaninglessness?	43:16
	Are you in a grave of weakness and timidity?	43:20
	Partake of the fruits of resurrection this morning.	43:25
	Christ, the first fruit,	43:30
	yields the same fruit in us.	43:34
	All hail the power of Jesus name.	43:38
	Let us stand and sing.	43:41
	Let angels pass before.	43:43
	Bring forth the royal diadem	43:46
	and crown him your lord.	43:50
	(organ music)	43:56
	(choral music)	44:32
	Now the God of peace who brought again from the dead	47:58
	our lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep,	48:01
	through the blood of the everlasting covenant	48:06
	make you perfect in every good work to do his will,	48:07
	working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight	48:11
	through Jesus Christ to whom be glory forever and forever,	48:13
	amen.	48:21
	♪ Amen ♪	48:24
	♪ Amen ♪	48:31
	♪ Amen ♪	48:35
	(people murmuring)	49:08

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Title:

William C. Turner, Jr. - "Fruits of the Resurrection" (March 30, 1975)

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Christ's resurrection opened up for us the possibility to choose life, and provided us with the power to sustain that choice, even in spite of the our previous choice of death in Adam. Because of this power, we are not bound to the choice of death that is baked in to the history of our nations and institutions but are, instead, free to choose life. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Sermon start time: (Part 1) 19:04. Sermon end time: (Part 1) 43:55.
Key quotation: “Resurrection yields not only the choice of life after the prior choice of death, but resurrection yields the power to sustain the choice for life.”

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March 30, 1975

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Turner, William Clair, 1948-

Biblical Book:

1 Chronicles

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1 Corinthians 15:12-28

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