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There is no disputing that - he appeared over and over again many times and places to those who had known him well in the Galilean years, and these same people continue to give witness that he is alive.
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"And we're here today bringing you good news: the Message that what God promised the fathers
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has come true for the children - for us! He raised Jesus, exactly as described in the second Psalm: My Son! My very own Son! Today I celebrate you!
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"When he raised him from the dead, he did it for good - no going back to that rot and decay for him. That's why Isaiah said, 'I'll give to all of you David's guaranteed blessings.'
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So also the psalmist's prayer: 'You'll never let your Holy One see death's rot and decay.'
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"David, of course, having completed the work God set out for him, has been in the grave, dust and ashes, a long time now.
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But the One God raised up - no dust and ashes for him!
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I want you to know, my very dear friends, that it is on account of this resurrected Jesus that the forgiveness of your sins can be promised.
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He accomplishes, in those who believe, everything that the Law of Moses could never make good on. But everyone who believes in this raised-up Jesus is declared good and right and whole before God.
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"Don't take this lightly. You don't want the prophet's sermon to describe you:
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Watch out, cynics; Look hard - watch your world fall to pieces. I'm doing something right before your eyes That you won't believe, though it's staring you in the face."