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 And so our sermon text is in 2 Corinthians chapter 4.

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 We'll be reading 2 Corinthians chapter 4 starting at verse 5.

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 2 Corinthians is maybe the most personal letter that Paul wrote to the church.

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 He had been going through so much suffering and his opponents were saying that the church shouldn't listen to Paul because look how weak he is.

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 So they were pointing to his suffering as a sign of weakness.

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 And then Paul, by the inspiration of the Spirit, takes out the pen and here comes this letter to the church.

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 It's like Paul's life has been wrung like you would take a wet towel and just wring out all the water of it.

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 And that's what spills onto the page.

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 It's what's on the inside of Paul through all that he had been going through.

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 The essence of his faith comes out in the verses we're going to read.

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 As I read this, remember that this is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient word.

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 It's God's very own word for you, his people.

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 When I'm done reading, I'll say this is the word of the Lord and will respond.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 2 Corinthians chapter 4 from 5 to 18.

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 We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus, the Lord, and ourselves, your servants, for Jesus' sake.

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 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us.

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 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.

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 We are perplexed, but not in despair.

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 Persecuted, but not forsaken.

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 Cast down, but not destroyed.

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 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus.

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 That the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

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 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake.

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 That the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

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 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

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 We, having the same spirit of faith according as it is written, I believed, and therefore I have spoken.

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 We also believe, and therefore speak.

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 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise us up also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

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 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God.

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 For which cause we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

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 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

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 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.

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 For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God indeed.

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 You may be seated.

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 The Bible says that the grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we trust the promise that as rain brings grain for food,

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 your word goes forth and does not return unto you void.

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 Your word does accomplish that which you please.

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 We trust that your word shall prosper in the purpose for which you send it.

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 I ask, Lord, that you will speak,

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 speak through the sermon that you have helped me to prepare by the power of your Holy Spirit.

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 Lord, I am weak, but you are strong.

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 I pray that the words that come from me as a vessel will just fall and turn to dust and blow away.

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 But the words that reveal Jesus Christ, the treasure of heaven,

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 that those will impact your people, Lord.

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 Encourage them.

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 Reorient us to what matters most in life for your glory in our lives, we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 I want to talk to you today about what you are.

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 Not who you are, but what you are.

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 I feel like this is a dangerous sermon,

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 not because it's complicated,

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 but to openly live out our faith,

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 it is dangerous in this world.

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 It's God who preserves us.

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 I'm encouraged that we're not alone

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 in that battle of doing our best to live out and march out our faith

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 in a world that hates the gospel.

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 I'm encouraged by all kinds of different heroes.

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 I've had the opportunity this past year to study one Puritan in the 1600s.

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 His name was John Flavel.

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 So I want to talk to you about the body and the soul from this text today,

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 but I'm also going to be drawing a lot from John Flavel.

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 He's become my favorite of all the Puritans.

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 You might say, why the Puritans?

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 Well, they got to build on the great doctrines of the Reformation

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 that had been buried for centuries,

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 and they lived in a time of extreme persecution.

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 You'll get some insights into that today.

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 John Flavel's parents were devout Christians.

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 They were what was called nonconformists in England.

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 Their conviction said that they will continue to worship God

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 despite the restrictions that the government kept imposing.

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 Well, one evening, his parents gathered with a group of Christians to pray.

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 That's all they were doing.

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 They were meeting in a home to pray.

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 But that was breaking the laws of England.

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 So they got arrested, and they got put into prison.

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 And the prisons in the 1600s in England is not where you want to be.

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 There would be diseases being carried by mice everywhere.

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 There was no provision of food or even blankets or the basic necessities to live.

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 So you were depending on your relatives and others,

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 bringing you everything to survive every day,

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 and also to pay for your own rent for taking up this space in a public building.

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 So many prisoners had to pay a beggar to beg for money on their behalf

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 and then keep a commission.

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 And under those conditions,

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 these Puritan, nonconformist Christians,

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 who were simply trying to be obedient,

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 they wasted away and died in prison.

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 Those were John Flavel's parents.

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 The world viewed the Christians as the problem.

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 Things haven't changed for us.

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 It's different, and we're in a time of peace.

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 But the world still attacks the truth of God's Word.

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 One specific way that this is happening more and more

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 is that the world tries to detach your personal identity from what you are.

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 There are two quotes I came across this week.

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 I won't even tell you who said them,

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 because it doesn't really matter.

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 It's really a symptom of a much deeper issue.

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 Here's the first quote.

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 This is wrong, but this is what the world says.

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 Nature made a mistake which I have corrected.

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 Well, nature doesn't create anything.

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 The Bible teaches that God is the creator

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 and that God is wise

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 and all of God's ways are perfect.

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 Here's another quote.

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 All of us are put in boxes by our society,

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 our moment in history,

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 and even our bodies.

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 And some people have courage to break free.

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 This view denies Christ as holy,

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 as the king,

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 and as the coming judge.

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 So I think it's very important that you, Christian,

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 you know what you are.

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 We can buy into these lies from Satan,

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 from our own sin inside of us,

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 and from the world as well.

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 We can start to think that what I really am

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 is whatever I feel.

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 And if what you feel is who you are,

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 then your feelings will bulldoze over

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 every aspect of your life.

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 On the other hand,

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 if you are only a body,

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 then there's no world to come.

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 There's no spiritual realm.

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 Why would you live this life anyway,

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 but besides what pleases the body?

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 So my goal is that if you are a Christian,

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 you will know more clearly

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 what you are according to God's word.

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 I'm going to do my best to persuade you

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 of this proposition.

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 What God made you in this life

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 prepares you perfectly for the next.

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 I'm going to try to show you five truths

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 from God's word

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 about what you and I are.

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 Here's the proposition one more time.

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 What God made you in this life

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 prepares you perfectly for the next.

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 Number one,

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 what are you?

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 You and I are vessels.

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 Notice Paul's words

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 in verses five, six, and seven.

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 Remember, they're criticizing Paul.

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 They're saying,

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 Paul, you're so weak.

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 Who are you?

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 Why should we listen to you?

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 There's these super apostles.

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 There's these very eloquent speakers.

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 Why would we listen to you?

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 And Paul's answer is in verse five.

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 It's because we don't preach ourselves,

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 but we preach Christ Jesus,

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 the Lord,

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 and ourselves as your servants

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 for Jesus' sake.

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 Yes, we're low.

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 We're so low.

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 We're your slaves.

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 For God,

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 who commanded the light

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 to shine out of the darkness,

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 has shined in our hearts

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 to give the light

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 of the knowledge

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 of the glory of God

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 in the face of Jesus Christ.

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 But we have this treasure

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 in earthen vessels.

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 Why?

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 That the excellency of the power

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 may be of God

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 and not of us.

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 Do you know what you are, Christian?

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 You are an earthen vessel.

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 There's dust

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 that gets mixed with water,

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 put on a potter's wheel,

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 and shaped

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 to a form that's useful.

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 That's what you are,

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 and that's what I am.

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 This is the time of year

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 where, according to the internet,

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 48% of people

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 make a goal related

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 to their fitness.

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 And also,

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 according to the same source,

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 91% fail to keep that.

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 Why do you think that is?

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 Well, I think the true answer

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 is because there's bad theology,

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 obviously.

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 But then you could say,

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 well, does that mean

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 someone with great theology

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 is the most fit?

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 Well, unfortunately,

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 that's not true either.

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 You're thinking,

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 when's the last time

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 you looked in the mirror

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 there, preacher?

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 No Greek statue yourself.

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 But we are vessels.

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 But the Bible says

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 we're also more than vessels.

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 It says we created

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 by God in two parts.

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 Notice in verse 6,

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 he says that

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 the gospel shined in your heart.

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 That's your inner being.

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 That's one of the parts.

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 It's inside of you,

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 who you are in the inside.

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 Then he says in verse 7,

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 you're made as an

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 earthen vessel.

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 And that's your outer being.

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 And this is an ancient truth

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 that's been echoed

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 through all of the Scripture

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 very clearly.

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 We're told in Genesis 2-7

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 that the Lord God

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 formed man

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 of the dust

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 of the ground.

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 There's the earthen vessel.

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 That's the outer man,

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 the body,

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 the flesh,

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 or the strength.

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 Then,

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 God also breathed

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 into his nostrils

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 the breath of life.

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 and man became

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 a living soul.

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 That's what Genesis 2 says.

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 So God is the one

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 who breathed

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 a spiritual,

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 inner being

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 into man.

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 That's the inner man,

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 the heart,

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 the mind,

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 the soul.

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 John Flavel said,

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 a human being

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 is not a soul

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 nor a body,

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 but both together

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 as a composite.

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 Notice that when they

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 asked Jesus,

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 how should we live?

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 What does it mean

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 to obey your law?

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 Jesus gave a wonderful answer

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 and he's really just

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 telling them back

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 what Moses told

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 the second generation

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 before they entered

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 the promised land.

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 You know,

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 the Ten Commandments

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 went to the first generation

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 at Mount Sinai,

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 Exodus 20,

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 but then to the second generation

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 that are about to enter

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 the land in Deuteronomy 5.

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 Moses summarizes it all up

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 with what Jesus quotes

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 in Mark 12, 30.

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 You shall love

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 the Lord thy God,

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 listen to this,

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 with all thy heart,

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 soul,

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 mind.

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 Is that inner or outer?

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 Heart, soul, mind.

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 It's all your inner man

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 and with all thy strength.

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 That's the outer man.

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 Psalm 8 describes

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 the creation of Adam

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 and all of Adam's seeds,

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 so all humankind,

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 as being made a little lower

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 than the angels.

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 angels,

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 so you're put on earth

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 in a physical body,

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 but also given dominion

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 over all the animals.

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 So man is in this position.

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 You're not an angel,

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 but you're not a beast.

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 You have a body of a beast.

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 You have a body

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 that's an earthen vessel,

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 but you are a spiritual being.

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 You're made for eternity.

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 You're made for that spiritual realm

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 like the angels.

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 And then that's interpreted

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 by the author of Hebrews

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 in Hebrews 2

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 as Christ's incarnation.

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 Christ was made

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 a little lower than the angels.

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 Being truly God,

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 he also became truly man.

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 And he was given dominion

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 over all the created realm.

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 John Flavel wrote

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 that you are alive physically

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 now because soul,

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 your soul,

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 is the life of your body.

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 The absence of the soul

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 is death to the body.

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 Death is one of the hardest things

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 for metaphysicists to define.

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 What is death?

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 What is death?

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 And we would say

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 simply when the soul

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 leaves the body,

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 that's death.

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 So you're alive physically

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 when your soul

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 is still in your body.

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 And created under Adam,

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 cursed under the sin,

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 he wrote that

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 Christless men

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 are not dead

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 in the physical sense.

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 They are naturally alive,

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 though they are spiritually dead,

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 because they are separated

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 from God.

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 Eternal death

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 is the separation

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 of both body

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 and soul

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 from God.

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 What is eternal death?

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 It's when both your body

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 and your soul

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 are detached

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 from your creator.

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 That's death.

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 You see how

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 what God made you

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 in this life,

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 it prepares you perfectly

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 for the life to come.

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 God put your soul

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 in a weak vessel.

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 Why did he do that?

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 Well, Paul says here,

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 it's so that your body

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 and your weakness

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 will expose to you

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 your need for God,

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 your dependence on Christ.

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 He says in verse 5,

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 that's why we preach

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 Christ Jesus our Lord

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 and not ourselves.

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 So it's tempting,

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 isn't it,

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 to look around

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 or just maybe

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 to look at yourself

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 if you're like me

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 and wish God

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 had given you

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 a better body

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 or maybe even

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 a better mind,

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 less broken.

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 That's probably

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 the root of all

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 of our envy

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 and covetousness.

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 We are weak vessels,

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 but we have to trust

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 that God made us

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 weak vessels

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 to point us to Him,

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 to show us

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 you need God.

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 You are weak.

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 You're too weak

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 on your own.

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 You need to be right

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 with your creator.

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 God did design you,

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 body and soul,

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 perfectly for His purposes

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 in this life

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 in preparation

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 for the next.

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 Verse 7,

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 it's that the excellency

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 of the power

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 may be of God

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 and not of us.

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 Amen?

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 So that's number one.

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 You are a vessel.

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 Do you know

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 what you are?

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 Number two,

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 you are a treasure

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 holding vessel.

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 You're not only a vessel,

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 you are a treasure

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 holding vessel.

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 Paul wrote in verse 6

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 that God shined

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 in our hearts

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 into our soul

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 the inner man

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 and He gave

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 to your inner being

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 a treasure

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 in verse 7.

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 What is the treasure

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.880
 He's talking about?

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 Well, He answers that

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 in verse 6.

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 Look at that.

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 The treasure is

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 the light

00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.819
 of the knowledge

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 in the face

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 That is the treasure.

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 If you've

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 seen Jesus

00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.480
 with the eyes

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 of faith,

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 you know God

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 and that's

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 the treasure.

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 He says in verse 8,

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 We are troubled

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 on every side

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 yet not distressed.

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 We are perplexed

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 but not in despair.

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 Persecuted,

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 not forsaken,

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 cast down

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 but not destroyed.

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 Always bearing about,

00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.319
 listen,

00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.700
 in the body

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 the dying

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.779
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 That the life

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 also

00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:18.960
 of Jesus

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.079
 might be made

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.579
 manifest

00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:22.039
 in our body.

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 See His perfect design?

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 I love how

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 Blaise Pascal

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:31.039
 described this.

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 So,

00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.839
 I'm trying to argue here

00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:33.640
 that you are

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.779
 a vessel

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.720
 that was designed

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.319
 by God

00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:37.559
 to hold

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.599
 this great treasure.

00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.500
 That's what

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.539
 you were designed for.

00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:42.359
 And to not have

00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:43.119
 this great treasure,

00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:44.519
 listen to how

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.200
 this mathematician

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:46.160
 described it.

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 He says,

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:48.460
 There is a God-shaped

00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:49.119
 vacuum

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:50.339
 in the heart

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.379
 of each man

00:19:51.379 --> 00:19:52.359
 which

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:53.539
 cannot be

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.140
 satisfied

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.840
 by any

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 created

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.400
 thing.

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 That's a lot

00:19:58.280 --> 00:19:58.780
 of things.

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 It cannot

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.340
 be satisfied

00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:02.280
 by anything

00:20:02.280 --> 00:20:02.920
 created

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:04.980
 but only

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.960
 by God

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.800
 the Creator

00:20:06.800 --> 00:20:08.800
 made known

00:20:08.800 --> 00:20:09.540
 through Christ

00:20:09.540 --> 00:20:10.020
 Jesus.

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:11.880
 Amen.

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:14.300
 There's a creator-creature

00:20:14.300 --> 00:20:14.900
 distinction.

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 Nothing

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:17.060
 that the Creator

00:20:17.060 --> 00:20:18.060
 has made

00:20:18.060 --> 00:20:19.140
 can satisfy

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:20.780
 what you

00:20:20.780 --> 00:20:21.360
 as a vessel

00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:22.020
 were made

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.980
 to hold.

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.359
 The inner

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:27.839
 treasure

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:29.220
 makes all

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.519
 of your

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:29.900
 outer

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.680
 suffering

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.639
 worth it.

00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:32.759
 And I'm

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.240
 looking around

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:33.720
 the room,

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.480
 there has been

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.379
 a lot of

00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.799
 suffering

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:37.019
 in the outer

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.339
 being.

00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:39.200
 Some of you

00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:39.680
 are currently

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.539
 suffering in the

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:40.859
 body

00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:41.879
 right now.

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:43.319
 Or even

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:44.039
 harder than that

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.619
 is your dear

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.180
 loved one

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.819
 is suffering

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.720
 deeply

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.559
 in the

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:47.799
 body

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.400
 of flesh.

00:20:51.120 --> 00:20:52.079
 Paul says

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:53.079
 that the

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.880
 same God

00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.559
 who spoke

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.299
 light

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.279
 into darkness

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.819
 and created

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.220
 the whole

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.720
 world,

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.299
 that's the

00:20:59.299 --> 00:20:59.900
 power of

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.400
 His Word.

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:00.759
 He's

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.620
 regenerated

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:01.839
 you.

00:21:02.600 --> 00:21:03.019
 He has

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.819
 brought life

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.220
 to your

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.880
 inner being.

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.380
 Your

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.839
 eternal

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.400
 destiny

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:09.640
 now hinges

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:11.059
 entirely upon

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.740
 whether or

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.819
 not your

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.420
 soul,

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.120
 your inner

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.799
 person is

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.680
 united to

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.200
 Christ

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:17.539
 through faith

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.200
 while your

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:18.880
 body still

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.380
 lives.

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:20.720
 When your

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.240
 soul leaves

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.640
 your body

00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.080
 it's too

00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:22.360
 late.

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.420
 John

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:25.720
 Flavel

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.000
 wrote,

00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:26.360
 you are

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:26.700
 alive

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.320
 spiritually

00:21:27.320 --> 00:21:27.820
 now

00:21:27.820 --> 00:21:28.880
 if

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.740
 Christ

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.400
 is the

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:30.820
 life

00:21:30.820 --> 00:21:31.360
 of your

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:31.740
 soul.

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.759
 The

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.180
 absence

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:35.019
 of Christ

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:36.460
 is death

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.420
 to the

00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:37.720
 soul.

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.700
 But your

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.160
 soul,

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:41.840
 in verse

00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:42.380
 7 we're

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:42.600
 told,

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.400
 receives this

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:43.840
 treasure,

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:45.019
 the light

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.440
 of the

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:45.839
 knowledge

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.500
 of God.

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.519
 And it

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:47.759
 makes

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.240
 everything

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.700
 you go

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.079
 through on

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.680
 the outside,

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.099
 everything

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.639
 that that

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:51.720
 weak vessel

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.200
 has to

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.539
 bear,

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.299
 as it

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.900
 wears thinner

00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.400
 and thinner

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.220
 with the

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.779
 suffering in

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 life,

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:56.920
 doable.

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.180
 Not only

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.539
 doable,

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:58.879
 if you

00:21:58.879 --> 00:21:59.339
 trust that

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.599
 you were

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 made in

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.299
 this life

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.000
 exactly how

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.480
 God wanted

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:02.859
 you to be

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.160
 made,

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.039
 preparation

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.579
 for the

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:04.960
 life to

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.240
 come,

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:05.980
 it makes

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.160
 your

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.500
 suffering

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.420
 now worth

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.599
 it.

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:08.900
 It made

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.220
 it worth

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.519
 it for

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:09.819
 Paul.

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.079
 He told

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.539
 this same

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.119
 church later

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.660
 in the same

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:12.960
 letter,

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:14.759
 not to

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.220
 brag,

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.400
 in fact it was

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.420
 to brag about

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.059
 his suffering

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.400
 and his

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:18.799
 weakness

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.340
 as a

00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:19.680
 vessel.

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:20.759
 He was

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.160
 whipped

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:23.019
 with 39

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.640
 lashes,

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.940
 40 would

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.420
 kill you,

00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:26.140
 it was one

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.519
 short of

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.140
 killing you,

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:29.299
 five different

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.880
 times.

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.819
 He was

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.500
 beaten with

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.940
 rods for

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.480
 preaching the

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.019
 gospel of

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.799
 Jesus Christ,

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.519
 three different

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.039
 times.

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.000
 He was

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:39.039
 pummeled with

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.620
 stones,

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.440
 which was also

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.900
 meant to

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.279
 kill you.

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.519
 He was

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.599
 shipwrecked

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.720
 three times,

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.599
 traveling to

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:45.940
 take the

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.480
 good news

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.160
 to those

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:47.420
 who had

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.920
 never heard

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.099
 it.

00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:49.240
 On one

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.480
 of those

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.720
 trips,

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.079
 he was

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.960
 adrift at

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.680
 sea one

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.139
 night and

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.700
 one day.

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.180
 He was

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.660
 frequently

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.440
 having to

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.839
 travel.

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.000
 He experienced

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.740
 dangers from

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.319
 rivers,

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.779
 wild beasts,

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.579
 robbers,

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:01.779
 in the

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.099
 wilderness.

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.339
 He experienced

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.980
 danger at

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.359
 sea,

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.099
 danger from

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.399
 false

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:05.819
 brothers,

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.099
 toil and

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.559
 hardship,

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.960
 many sleepless

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.440
 nights,

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.920
 often hungry and

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.340
 thirsty,

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:12.300
 cold and

00:23:12.300 --> 00:23:12.920
 exposed,

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:13.759
 and he

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.560
 felt daily

00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:16.160
 anxiety for

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.080
 the bride of

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.500
 Christ.

00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:18.420
 But it was

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.539
 all worth

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:19.759
 it.

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:22.039
 That wasting

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.600
 away of his

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.300
 outer man was

00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:25.300
 worth it because

00:23:25.300 --> 00:23:25.960
 of the deep

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.700
 treasure that

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.259
 God had

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.300
 shined in

00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:29.539
 Paul's heart.

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.200
 It's good for

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.700
 us to think

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.440
 about our

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:34.779
 body,

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.860
 our soul,

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.960
 and even

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.480
 death.

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:39.680
 God gave

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:42.420
 us to wear

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:42.819
 in the

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.140
 soul.

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:43.299
 God

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:45.019
 clothes and

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.680
 covers it.

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.460
 It hath

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.880
 worn this

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.440
 garment of

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.220
 flesh from

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.819
 the beginning

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:51.059
 and is to

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.559
 wear it

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.819
 still till

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.900
 sickness has

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.599
 brought it to

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.400
 rags and

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.720
 death stripped

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.880
 it from its

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.220
 soul.

00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:00.019
 It's good for

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.660
 us to think of

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.279
 our bodies

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:04.160
 as rags or

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.539
 garments.

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:06.319
 It's what

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.940
 God gave us

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.420
 to wear in

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.899
 this life.

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.940
 It's going to

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.180
 be decaying

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.720
 off of our

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.019
 soul.

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.039
 It's going to

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.700
 be turned to

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.059
 dust.

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.359
 In the

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:15.819
 resurrection,

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.680
 we will wear

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.619
 this body

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:19.519
 again, but

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.220
 glorified.

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.180
 What Paul is

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.940
 confessing to

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.379
 the church

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.879
 here, this

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.839
 inner strength

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.319
 of being

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.899
 united to

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.379
 Christ, is

00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:29.720
 the same

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.119
 thing that

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.700
 John wrote

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.399
 in 1

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:32.079
 John 4.

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:34.419
 He who

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:34.980
 is in

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:36.000
 you is

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.259
 greater than

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.119
 he who

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.720
 is in

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.559
 the world.

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:40.839
 We need

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.799
 faith to

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.259
 hold that

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.720
 truth and

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.240
 believe it.

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.559
 The inner

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.299
 treasure makes

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.839
 all the

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:48.139
 suffering of

00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:48.579
 the outer

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.859
 vessel worth

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.879
 it, because

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.599
 what God

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.879
 made you in

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.460
 this life

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.199
 prepares you

00:24:54.199 --> 00:24:55.759
 perfectly for

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.259
 the next.

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.960
 Do you

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.379
 know what

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.799
 you are?

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:03.099
 you are a

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.799
 treasure-holding

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.200
 vessel.

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:07.079
 What's more,

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.339
 as your

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.200
 vessel wears

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:11.419
 thin, what

00:25:11.419 --> 00:25:12.539
 you are on

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.319
 the inside

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:15.180
 gets manifested.

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.539
 As your

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.319
 vessel wears

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:20.099
 thin, what

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.579
 you and I

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.119
 are on the

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:22.240
 inside gets

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.099
 manifested.

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.039
 Notice what

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.559
 Paul writes

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.319
 in verse 11.

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.720
 For we

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.599
 which live

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.659
 are always

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.339
 delivered

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.480
 unto death

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.500
 for Jesus'

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.819
 sake, that

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.439
 the life

00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:35.099
 also of

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.839
 Jesus might

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.219
 be made

00:25:36.219 --> 00:25:36.939
 manifest,

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.359
 where?

00:25:38.199 --> 00:25:39.480
 In our

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.099
 mortal

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.059
 flesh.

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.699
 Verse 12.

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.359
 So then,

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.619
 death worketh

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.399
 in us,

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.559
 but life

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.159
 in you.

00:25:48.959 --> 00:25:49.759
 We, having

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.240
 the same

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.939
 spirit of

00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:51.240
 faith,

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:51.799
 according

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.819
 as it is

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.119
 written,

00:25:53.459 --> 00:25:54.279
 I believed,

00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:55.119
 and therefore I

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.759
 have spoken,

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.799
 we also

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.599
 believe,

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.740
 and therefore

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.779
 speak.

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.099
 Paul's just

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.859
 bearing witness.

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:04.140
 He's testifying.

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.140
 He's saying

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.940
 that all of

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.619
 that suffering,

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:09.279
 it wears me

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.220
 thin, and my

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.579
 body is dying.

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.779
 Paul's garments

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.819
 are worn as

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.879
 thin as rags,

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.039
 and these

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.839
 false teachers

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.440
 are mocking

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.099
 him for being

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.680
 so weak.

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.059
 He says,

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.839
 praise God,

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.019
 God, in

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.659
 verse 11.

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.019
 All that

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.059
 does, as I

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.699
 wear thin in

00:26:26.699 --> 00:26:27.139
 my body,

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.659
 all that

00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:28.500
 does is it

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:30.439
 makes manifest

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:32.319
 Jesus Christ,

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.339
 who's on the

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.959
 inside,

00:26:35.199 --> 00:26:36.099
 through my

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:37.240
 mortal body.

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.519
 Praise God.

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:43.119
 Well, we all

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:44.559
 feel the

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.259
 wearing away.

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.740
 Children that

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.159
 are growing,

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.539
 you have

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.220
 growing pains,

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.879
 you feel your

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.799
 body growing

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.359
 and adapting

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:50.980
 and changing.

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:53.319
 The rest of

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.059
 us get hurt

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.900
 doing all

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.339
 kinds of

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.960
 very simple,

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.059
 basic tasks.

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.240
 Someone said,

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.120
 life is like

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:00.599
 a roll of

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.279
 toilet paper.

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.960
 The closer

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.400
 you get to

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.839
 the end,

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.420
 the faster

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.160
 it goes.

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.779
 Think about

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.240
 how many

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.680
 gifts were

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:08.940
 in your

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.480
 family this

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.779
 year that

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.180
 had to do

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.720
 with managing

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.920
 pain or

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.519
 providing a

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.839
 little bit

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.519
 more comfort

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.059
 somehow.

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.039
 So either

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.900
 way, your

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.400
 body and

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.759
 mine are

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.160
 dying.

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:20.680
 we are

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.500
 wasting away.

00:27:24.540 --> 00:27:25.160
 But the

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.740
 difference is

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.380
 that when

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:27.000
 Christ is

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.580
 the treasure,

00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.800
 that's not

00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:30.440
 a bad thing.

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.160
 We're going

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.580
 to have a

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:32.900
 day of

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.279
 fasting.

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:33.960
 We're going

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.300
 to be

00:27:34.300 --> 00:27:35.500
 showing how

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.920
 weak our

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.620
 vessels are

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.680
 and whatever's

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.240
 on the inside

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.600
 will get

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:39.320
 manifested.

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.900
 Doesn't that

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.200
 happen?

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.480
 The Lord

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.140
 makes you

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.640
 limp around

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.180
 for a while

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.660
 or puts you

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.240
 in a hospital

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.580
 bed.

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.080
 Whatever's

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.700
 on the inside

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.620
 gets manifested.

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:50.019
 The world

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.519
 can be

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.179
 the opposite.

00:27:52.239 --> 00:27:52.439
 We

00:27:52.439 --> 00:27:53.159
 sympathize.

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.799
 This is

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.099
 what our

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.699
 flesh wants

00:27:54.699 --> 00:27:54.979
 too.

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.459
 We want

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:56.579
 the outside

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.019
 to be

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.899
 perfect or

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.379
 make everyone

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.899
 think it's

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.299
 perfect.

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.579
 But you

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:00.979
 ask that

00:28:00.979 --> 00:28:01.299
 person,

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:01.659
 they say

00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:02.079
 they feel

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.119
 dead inside.

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:06.839
 Well, we

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.339
 believe that

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.859
 we were all

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.619
 dead inside.

00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:09.799
 Ephesians 2.

00:28:14.479 --> 00:28:14.959
 Unbelievers

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.759
 stay dead.

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:17.680
 we have

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.180
 the promise

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.980
 that God

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.720
 while you

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.259
 were dead

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.980
 in sin

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:22.519
 he saved

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:22.779
 you.

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.640
 He loved

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:23.759
 you.

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.640
 He regenerated

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:24.900
 you.

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.940
 So our

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.420
 body is

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:28.779
 dying

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:30.279
 but we

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.779
 have eternal

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.319
 life.

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.180
 The world

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.720
 might try to

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.279
 preserve the

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.420
 body but if

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.039
 there's spiritual

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.559
 death

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:39.500
 where is your

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.839
 hope?

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.140
 Eternal

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.579
 death,

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.200
 Flavel wrote,

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.599
 is the

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.220
 separation

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.680
 of the

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.860
 body and

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.360
 the soul

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:47.059
 from God.

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.519
 So a

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.000
 spiritually

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.920
 dead person

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.799
 ignores the

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.200
 life to

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.460
 come.

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.960
 But the

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.420
 Bible says

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.839
 that at the

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.339
 resurrection

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.960
 both your

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.660
 body and

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.240
 your soul

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.279
 will have

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.259
 a horrid

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.460
 reunion

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:01.279
 one with

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.779
 the other.

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.339
 Think of

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.559
 that.

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.120
 When Christ

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:05.500
 returns and

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.860
 those who

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.660
 are not

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.380
 united to

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.940
 Christ in

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.480
 their soul

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.380
 they will

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:09.980
 be raised

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.700
 on the

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.079
 great day

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.640
 of judgment.

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.279
 John

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.620
 Flavel

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.220
 imagines

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.700
 that day

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.400
 where their

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:16.460
 body and

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.019
 their soul

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.759
 are brought

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.420
 back together

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:19.440
 one blaming

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.960
 the other.

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.579
 To paraphrase

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.140
 him he said

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.839
 the soul

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.599
 might say

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.000
 body

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:26.539
 you made

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.279
 us live

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.980
 for all

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.240
 of your

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.680
 wants.

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.620
 It's your

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.099
 fault now.

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:31.920
 We have

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.440
 no hope.

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.940
 The body

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.200
 says back

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.559
 soul

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.740
 your pride

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.880
 blocked

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.640
 God's

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:38.980
 call.

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:42.980
 But you

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.779
 into whose

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.440
 heart God

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.299
 has shined

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.559
 Jesus Christ

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.200
 we read in

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.700
 verse 10

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.860
 you always

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.599
 bear about

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.519
 in the

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.960
 body

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.220
 the dying

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.779
 of the

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.660
 Lord Jesus

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.200
 Christ.

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.360
 You bear

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:55.940
 the dying

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.460
 of Jesus

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.200
 in your

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.579
 body.

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.200
 Paul calls

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.259
 this mortifying

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.019
 sin putting

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.740
 to death

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.740
 the remaining

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.360
 sin in the

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:04.779
 flesh.

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.720
 You want

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:07.940
 to know

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.319
 what you

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.680
 are.

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.440
 then think

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.799
 of that.

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.039
 Think of

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:13.500
 being united

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.200
 to Christ

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.200
 in his

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.720
 dying.

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.059
 We read

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.360
 in Luke

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:19.940
 23

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:21.099
 verse 43

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:23.500
 as Jesus

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.880
 hangs dying

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.220
 on the

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.620
 cross

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:28.339
 and he

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.980
 regenerates

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.480
 the criminal

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.039
 next to

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.279
 him.

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:31.700
 Jesus

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.240
 promises

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.539
 that

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.960
 criminal

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:34.519
 this day

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.779
 you

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.700
 will be

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.160
 with me

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:37.900
 in paradise.

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.480
 From that

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.860
 Flavel

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.220
 said

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.980
 the soul

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.460
 is the

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.940
 life of

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.380
 the body

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:46.080
 so the

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.600
 soul of

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.100
 that criminal

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.620
 will be

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.860
 with Christ

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.460
 because they're

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.860
 united

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.500
 spiritually

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.440
 and though

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.900
 the body

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.380
 of Christ

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.680
 will be

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.240
 put into

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.640
 the grave

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.180
 and buried

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:55.440
 and something

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.840
 will happen

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.320
 to the body

00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:56.600
 of that

00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:56.960
 criminal

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.880
 the soul

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.340
 is so

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.779
 united

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.420
 to Christ

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.420
 that that

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:00.759
 day

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.779
 the criminal

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.580
 will enjoy

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:03.380
 eternal

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:03.880
 life.

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:06.280
 We read

00:31:06.280 --> 00:31:06.640
 in John

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.080
 19

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.480
 30

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:09.160
 Jesus

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.740
 says

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.300
 it is

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:10.740
 finished

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.160
 and then

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.700
 he bowed

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.380
 his head

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.580
 and gave

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:14.520
 up his

00:31:14.520 --> 00:31:14.980
 ghost

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.500
 or his

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.880
 spirit.

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.760
 So

00:31:17.760 --> 00:31:18.120
 Jesus

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.920
 died

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:20.220
 he gave

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.640
 up his

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:21.020
 soul

00:31:21.020 --> 00:31:21.400
 or his

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.740
 spirit

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.280
 his inner

00:31:22.280 --> 00:31:22.640
 being

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:24.620
 was

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.060
 separated

00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:25.540
 from his

00:31:25.540 --> 00:31:25.900
 body.

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.520
 It

00:31:28.520 --> 00:31:28.880
 fulfills

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.200
 what we're

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.560
 told in

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:30.240
 Ecclesiastes

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.660
 12

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.120
 7

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.640
 then the

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.220
 dust

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:33.020
 shall

00:31:33.020 --> 00:31:33.460
 return

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.920
 to the

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.220
 earth

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.700
 as it

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.180
 was

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:36.039
 in the

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.620
 spirit

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.660
 to God

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.500
 who gave

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.740
 it.

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.240
 Paul's

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.559
 body

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.759
 was

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.220
 delivered

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.840
 over

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.380
 to die

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.900
 just as

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.259
 Christ

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.700
 was.

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.579
 The

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.120
 sacrifice

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.819
 that Paul

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.340
 endured

00:31:52.340 --> 00:31:52.920
 as a

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.259
 missionary

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.600
 was

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.200
 identifying

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:55.000
 with

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.340
 Jesus

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.799
 Christ

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.259
 on the

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.640
 cross

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.860
 and

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.079
 just

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.319
 as

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.860
 the

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.039
 Lord

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.340
 Jesus

00:31:59.340 --> 00:31:59.660
 gave

00:31:59.660 --> 00:31:59.960
 hope

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.340
 to that

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:00.720
 criminal

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.100
 and to

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.299
 you

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.660
 and me

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.380
 that we

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.980
 are united

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.420
 to him

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.380
 it was

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.820
 the

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.380
 persecution

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:05.840
 and the

00:32:05.840 --> 00:32:06.140
 suffering

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.640
 that Paul

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.019
 endured

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.820
 that was

00:32:07.820 --> 00:32:08.460
 a spiritual

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.980
 gift

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.400
 it was

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.620
 giving

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:10.120
 life

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.640
 it was

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.259
 ministering

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.700
 Christ

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.680
 to the

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.080
 church

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:15.500
 all who

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.180
 believe

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.240
 share in

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.700
 the same

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.440
 spirit of

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.779
 faith

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.320
 he writes

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:19.980
 and it's

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.500
 because it

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:21.140
 flows

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.259
 from union

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.279
 to Christ

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:24.560
 the true

00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:25.000
 vine

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.340
 all souls

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.600
 that are

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:27.220
 engrafted

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.860
 into Christ

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.960
 share in

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.500
 that same

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.920
 union

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.940
 with Christ

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:34.440
 so God

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.980
 might use

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.200
 the

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.620
 ailments

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:35.840
 the

00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:36.180
 illness

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.440
 the

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:36.779
 troubles

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.140
 that you

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.600
 experience

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:37.960
 in your

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.279
 body

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.720
 in this

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.160
 life

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:40.400
 to drive

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.900
 your soul

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.480
 to that

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.860
 union

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.920
 and once

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.440
 you're united

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.039
 to Christ

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.880
 he uses

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.539
 that union

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.140
 to Christ

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.140
 to encourage

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.420
 you

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.080
 as your

00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:48.519
 body

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.539
 wears thin

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.480
 as that

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.900
 vessel

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.860
 gets weaker

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.320
 and weaker

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:52.860
 and weaker

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:54.380
 what's on

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:55.019
 the inside

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.600
 will be

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.279
 manifest

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.500
 he will

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.000
 manifest

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:59.180
 that precious

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.840
 union to

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.160
 Jesus

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.680
 Christ

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.640
 and God

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:01.940
 will be

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.600
 glorified

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:03.400
 in your

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.759
 life

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.259
 it'll be

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.820
 a blessing

00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.380
 it'll be

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.920
 a testimony

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.860
 to those

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.400
 he brings

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.300
 into your

00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:08.660
 life

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:12.180
 so you

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.700
 are a

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.000
 treasure

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.320
 holding

00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:13.800
 vessel

00:33:13.800 --> 00:33:14.360
 and as

00:33:14.360 --> 00:33:14.860
 the vessel

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.460
 wears thin

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:15.880
 what's on

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.460
 the inside

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.860
 gets

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.660
 manifested

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:20.500
 do you

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.759
 want to

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.040
 know

00:33:21.040 --> 00:33:22.080
 what you

00:33:22.080 --> 00:33:22.340
 are

00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:24.720
 you are

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.720
 a body

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.840
 and a

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.160
 soul

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:28.740
 made

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:28.759
 made

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:30.220
 for God's

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.859
 glory

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:32.579
 you are

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.000
 a body

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.640
 and a soul

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.640
 made for

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:34.980
 God's

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.380
 glory

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:38.440
 verses 14

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.259
 through 17

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:40.940
 knowing

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.900
 that he

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.640
 which raised

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.019
 up the

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.579
 Lord Jesus

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.779
 shall raise

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.559
 up us

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.160
 also

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.859
 by Jesus

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.480
 and shall

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.400
 present us

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:49.200
 with you

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.500
 for all

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.140
 things are

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.680
 for your

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.019
 sakes

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.900
 that the

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.420
 abundant

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.039
 grace

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.759
 might through

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.539
 the thanksgiving

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.220
 of many

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.240
 redound

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.759
 to the

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.279
 glory

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:59.319
 of God

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:01.980
 for which

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.500
 cause we

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.220
 faint not

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.160
 but though

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.740
 our outward

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.539
 man perish

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.039
 yet the

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.319
 inward

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.819
 man is

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.200
 renewed

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.600
 day by

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:07.940
 day

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:09.119
 for our

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.480
 light

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.059
 affliction

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:11.019
 is but

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.639
 for a

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.159
 moment

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.920
 and it

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.440
 works for

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.900
 us a

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.559
 far more

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.400
 exceeding

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.619
 and eternal

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.619
 weight

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.720
 of glory

00:34:18.720 --> 00:34:22.059
 verse

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:23.539
 15

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:25.699
 what is

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.199
 all this

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.559
 for

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.500
 why does

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.219
 God allow

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.960
 weak

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.440
 vessels

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.420
 to go

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.619
 through

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:30.920
 all that

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.199
 we go

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.420
 through

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.659
 in a

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.019
 life

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:33.179
 it's

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.420
 that it

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.559
 may

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.219
 redound

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:35.000
 it may

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.559
 multiply

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.320
 it may

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:37.519
 reverberate

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.000
 as

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.719
 thanksgiving

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.500
 for the

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.860
 glory

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.519
 of God

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:42.300
 and he

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.719
 says he's

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.300
 working the

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.880
 glory of

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.219
 God

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:45.420
 inside of

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.599
 you

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.840
 he calls

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.500
 it the

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.119
 eternal

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.840
 weight

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.519
 of glory

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.259
 that's even

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:51.400
 more exceeding

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.940
 than what

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.279
 you know

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.659
 now

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:55.460
 we have

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.940
 the promise

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.279
 that our

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:56.960
 Lord Jesus

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.920
 will present

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.480
 you to

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.940
 God

00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:00.039
 body

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:01.039
 and soul

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:02.299
 faultless

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:05.839
 how can

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:06.179
 he do

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.539
 this

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.940
 how can

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.319
 God

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:08.920
 who created

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.440
 you as a

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.940
 body and

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.299
 soul

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:11.980
 present you

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:13.099
 broken as

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.500
 you and I

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.779
 are

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:14.759
 faultless

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.099
 in this

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.399
 way

00:35:15.399 --> 00:35:18.319
 Hebrews 2

00:35:18.319 --> 00:35:18.960
 answers this

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.379
 question

00:35:19.379 --> 00:35:20.000
 Hebrews 2

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.579
 14

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:22.940
 because you

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.299
 and I

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:24.000
 are flesh

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.519
 and blood

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.599
 Christ

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.179
 himself

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.799
 also

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.440
 likewise

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.639
 became

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.500
 flesh

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.460
 and blood

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.480
 that through

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.239
 his death

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.980
 he might

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.799
 destroy the

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.599
 devil who

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.039
 has the

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.500
 power

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.559
 of death

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:38.500
 Jesus

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.079
 Christ

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:40.480
 became

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.380
 a man

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.259
 we read

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:42.519
 in the

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.179
 Chalcedonian

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.900
 Creed

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:46.480
 he became

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.079
 a full

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.460
 man

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.240
 body

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:48.960
 and soul

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.720
 according to

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.179
 his human

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:50.619
 nature

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.860
 in order

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.579
 to deliver

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.059
 you as

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.420
 the only

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.000
 mediator

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.679
 between

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.099
 God

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:56.000
 and man

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.920
 in order

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.579
 to present

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:57.920
 you

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.940
 faultless

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.699
 before

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:00.139
 God

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:03.220
 John

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:03.539
 Flavel

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:03.800
 wrote

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.119
 that at

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.539
 death

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.059
 the soul

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.559
 feels

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.240
 the house

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.720
 in which

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.340
 it dwelt

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:08.559
 dropping

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.039
 into

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.659
 ruins

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:11.240
 what will

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:11.679
 your soul

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.099
 do on

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.579
 that day

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:14.340
 either

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:14.760
 Christ

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:15.099
 takes

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.519
 your soul

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.880
 that day

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.260
 when your

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.539
 body

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:16.940
 drops

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.599
 like a

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:18.039
 collapsing

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.500
 house

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.200
 and Christ

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:19.740
 presents

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:20.079
 you

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:21.059
 faultless

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:22.940
 or you're

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.360
 left

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:24.660
 homeless

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:26.220
 away

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:26.820
 from God

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:28.160
 your sin

00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:28.900
 cannot be

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.340
 in his

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.579
 holy

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.160
 presence

00:36:30.160 --> 00:36:32.400
 he says

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.880
 your soul

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.160
 will be

00:36:33.160 --> 00:36:33.740
 looking for

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.200
 a new

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:35.240
 habitation

00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:36.820
 but if

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.000
 you're

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.480
 united

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.059
 to Christ

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.400
 in your

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.780
 soul

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.599
 you don't

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:39.860
 fear

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.360
 death

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:42.460
 Flavel

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.720
 wrote

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.079
 on that

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.300
 day

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.680
 you can

00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:44.180
 happily

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.880
 let go

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.220
 of your

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.599
 body

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:47.119
 trusting

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.539
 that

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.860
 Christ

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.360
 will

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.839
 receive

00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:50.059
 you

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.519
 forever

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:53.360
 and

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:53.799
 one day

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:54.139
 he will

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.420
 call

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.619
 your

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.079
 body

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.799
 to be

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:56.299
 reunited

00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:56.779
 to your

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.119
 soul

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:58.460
 the glorified

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.880
 state

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.199
 of the

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.759
 resurrection

00:36:59.759 --> 00:37:01.860
 so we

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.519
 behold the

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.019
 glory of

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.440
 God in

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.739
 Jesus

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.500
 by faith

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.779
 now

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:05.139
 it's the

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.579
 invisible

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.059
 realm

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:08.139
 one day

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.719
 that faith

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.019
 will be

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.299
 made

00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:09.860
 sight

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.480
 Job

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:10.799
 said

00:37:10.799 --> 00:37:11.019
 it's

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.480
 with my

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.960
 eyes

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.319
 that I

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.579
 will

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:12.940
 see

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.539
 my

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.960
 redeemer

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.279
 one

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:14.519
 day

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:17.440
 what a

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:17.759
 great

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.500
 and exceeding

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:18.739
 weight

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.360
 of glory

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:21.360
 that

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.840
 expression

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.079
 the

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.360
 weight

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:22.539
 of

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:22.940
 glory

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:25.079
 the

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.480
 weight

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:25.940
 of your

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.420
 gold

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:26.840
 or your

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.199
 treasure

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.820
 represented

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.380
 who you

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.860
 were

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.139
 and how

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.380
 much

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.480
 you

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.599
 were

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:29.880
 literally

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.300
 how much

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.579
 you are

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:30.980
 worth

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.900
 so you

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.139
 could go

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.460
 to one

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:32.739
 man's

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.099
 household

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.800
 and he

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:34.079
 would have

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.440
 his little

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.900
 treasury

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.659
 you would

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:35.960
 have to

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.460
 stockpile

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.840
 all of

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.179
 that up

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.579
 and weigh

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:37.840
 it

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.639
 and you

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:38.860
 go to

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.099
 another

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.400
 man's

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:39.599
 house

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:39.800
 and you

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:39.960
 take

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.119
 all

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.400
 that he

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:40.619
 owns

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.440
 and put

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.659
 it on

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.339
 a balance

00:37:42.339 --> 00:37:42.719
 and weigh

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:42.980
 it all

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.539
 up and add

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.099
 up how much

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:46.699
 treasure you've been able to amass for yourself

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:48.619
 and however much it weighs

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:52.000
 the more glorious or powerful or wealthy you are

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:55.119
 Paul's lost everything

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:56.119
 he's like Job

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:57.440
 in the New Testament

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.599
 he's lost everything

00:37:58.599 --> 00:38:01.039
 but he's trusting by faith

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:03.619
 there is a greater weight

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.679
 of glory

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:06.059
 in the life to come

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:09.440
 we trust in the words of Romans 14

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:10.760
 that whether we live

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:11.460
 or die

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:13.200
 we are the Lord's

00:38:13.200 --> 00:38:15.440
 for to this end

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.340
 Christ died

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.860
 rose

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.659
 and revived

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:19.200
 that he might be

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:20.079
 both Lord

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:21.539
 of the dead

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.760
 and of the living

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:24.760
 we sang now

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:25.280
 which was

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:26.280
 our catechism

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:26.920
 the first one

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:28.280
 in an orthodox catechism

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:30.220
 what is your only comfort

00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:30.920
 in life

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.740
 and in death

00:38:31.740 --> 00:38:33.260
 the answer is

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:34.579
 that I am not my own

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.500
 but I belong

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:37.079
 body and soul

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:39.099
 to my faithful Savior

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:40.559
 Jesus Christ

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:42.579
 he has fully paid

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:44.019
 for all my sins

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:45.980
 with his precious blood

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:49.259
 what God made you in this life

00:38:49.259 --> 00:38:50.739
 prepares you perfectly

00:38:50.739 --> 00:38:52.339
 for the next

00:38:52.339 --> 00:38:54.259
 Flavel wrote

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:56.119
 that when the light of this world is gone

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:58.659
 and all the joy ceases on earth

00:38:58.659 --> 00:39:00.059
 as you mourn

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:01.619
 around a deathbed

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:03.739
 it's faith

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:05.179
 that can give us sights

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:06.559
 of things invisible

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:08.059
 in the other world

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:09.019
 those sights

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:10.159
 will breathe life

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:11.400
 into your souls

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:13.219
 amidst the very pangs

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:14.259
 of death

00:39:14.259 --> 00:39:15.880
 praise God

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.659
 for this gift

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.679
 of faith

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:20.480
 if your outer

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.400
 self

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.679
 is wasting away

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:25.199
 it's for God's glory

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:27.599
 there's a bright

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.519
 shining treasure

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.299
 in your soul

00:39:29.299 --> 00:39:30.480
 the knowledge

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.099
 of God

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:32.819
 and the more cracks

00:39:32.819 --> 00:39:34.739
 start to spread

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:35.559
 throughout the vessel

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.179
 of the body

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:37.960
 the more of the light

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.519
 of Christ

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.500
 can shine through

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:42.559
 the more your body

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.539
 is wasting away

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.159
 the more

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:45.480
 you put to death

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.339
 the desires

00:39:46.339 --> 00:39:47.360
 of your flesh

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:48.699
 all the more

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.819
 does Jesus

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:50.960
 shine through

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:52.500
 because you are

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.880
 body and soul

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:56.259
 made for God's glory

00:39:56.260 --> 00:40:01.320
 well here's the last

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:02.140
 thing you need to know

00:40:02.140 --> 00:40:03.500
 about what you are

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:05.940
 you are made

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:07.140
 body and soul

00:40:07.140 --> 00:40:10.280
 for the everlasting

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:11.980
 world to come

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:14.240
 you are made

00:40:14.240 --> 00:40:15.400
 body and soul

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:16.860
 not for this world

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:18.940
 but for the everlasting

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:20.560
 world to come

00:40:20.560 --> 00:40:22.360
 that's what Paul writes

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:23.260
 in verse 18

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:25.080
 while we look not

00:40:25.080 --> 00:40:25.820
 at the things

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.800
 which are seen

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.980
 but at the things

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:29.160
 which are not seen

00:40:29.160 --> 00:40:30.340
 for the things

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:31.280
 which are seen

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:32.180
 are temporal

00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:33.360
 but the things

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:34.540
 which are not seen

00:40:34.540 --> 00:40:35.860
 are eternal

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:40.160
 how do you know

00:40:40.160 --> 00:40:40.720
 that what Paul

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:41.680
 is saying is true

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:43.240
 how can you know

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.860
 that this is

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:44.880
 what's really

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:45.540
 going to happen

00:40:45.540 --> 00:40:47.100
 when this life

00:40:47.100 --> 00:40:47.580
 is over

00:40:47.580 --> 00:40:49.420
 when your body

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:50.080
 the house

00:40:50.080 --> 00:40:50.720
 collapses

00:40:50.720 --> 00:40:52.520
 and your soul

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:54.340
 enters the spiritual

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:54.759
 realm

00:40:54.759 --> 00:40:55.619
 without a body

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:59.679
 there's no way

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.300
 for me to prove

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.759
 this to you

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:01.340
 scientifically

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.940
 you need to ask

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.219
 the Lord

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.719
 to give you

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:04.880
 a gift of faith

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:06.039
 but one day

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.840
 for everyone

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:08.259
 death will prove

00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:09.480
 whether the testimony

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:10.759
 of God's word

00:41:10.759 --> 00:41:11.440
 is true

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.500
 death

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.480
 will put this

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:14.219
 to the test

00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:17.820
 so we have to ask

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.420
 the question

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:19.880
 for John Flavel

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:21.079
 was this testimony

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.880
 something he could

00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:22.460
 hold on to

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:23.079
 by faith

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:24.480
 until the very end

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:26.760
 I told you

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:27.559
 about his parents

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.300
 at the beginning

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:30.360
 and England

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:30.920
 at this time

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.639
 was ravished

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:32.480
 by plagues

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:34.360
 some of the worst

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:35.820
 most deadly plagues

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.980
 of the history

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.679
 of that country

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:39.940
 in the year 1666

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:41.019
 there was a great

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.940
 great fire

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:43.059
 that destroyed London

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:44.940
 on top of that

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:45.380
 the nation

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:46.820
 was tossed

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:47.360
 and turned

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:48.099
 back and forth

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:49.039
 with civil war

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:52.179
 when the side

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:53.119
 that was fighting

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:54.199
 against the Puritans

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.559
 when they were

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.619
 trying to restrain

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:56.340
 and institute

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:57.599
 a formal religion

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.599
 over the whole country

00:41:58.599 --> 00:42:01.039
 then those who were

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.880
 like John Flavel

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:02.460
 and his parents

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.219
 who had convictions

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.779
 to worship

00:42:03.779 --> 00:42:04.920
 according to the scripture

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:06.400
 in their conscience

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:08.800
 when they disobeyed

00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:09.279
 the government

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:09.880
 willfully

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:11.159
 they received

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:11.920
 much opposition

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:12.779
 from the government

00:42:12.779 --> 00:42:13.460
 as well as

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:14.099
 from the people

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:15.679
 a mob

00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:17.239
 formed outside

00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:18.400
 of John Flavel's home

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:21.159
 they formed

00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:22.239
 an effigy

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:22.799
 like they made

00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:24.159
 basically a straw

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:25.239
 man

00:42:25.239 --> 00:42:26.980
 with a picture

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:27.759
 of John Flavel

00:42:27.759 --> 00:42:28.500
 you're supposed to know

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:29.339
 that's who this is

00:42:29.339 --> 00:42:30.079
 mocking him

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:31.559
 and they set it on fire

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:35.480
 for 25 years

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:36.079
 of ministry

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.699
 the government

00:42:36.699 --> 00:42:37.440
 banished

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:38.319
 the Puritans

00:42:38.319 --> 00:42:39.139
 from their country

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:40.380
 many were in prison

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:41.199
 like John Bunyan

00:42:41.199 --> 00:42:41.699
 where he wrote

00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:42.559
 Pilgrim's Progress

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:45.559
 During this time

00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:46.099
 John Flavel

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:47.039
 had to sneak back

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.739
 into the village

00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:48.219
 the congregation

00:42:48.219 --> 00:42:48.980
 had to go out

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.900
 into open fields

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:50.579
 to meet him

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.079
 to hear

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:52.139
 the word of God

00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:52.599
 preached

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:54.119
 he was imprisoned

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:55.980
 he had to

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:57.099
 have their meetings

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:57.719
 disrupted

00:42:57.719 --> 00:42:58.500
 several times

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:59.099
 and he had to

00:42:59.099 --> 00:42:59.820
 get on a horse

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:00.480
 and run away

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.440
 and be chased down

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:02.440
 one time

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:03.380
 he got in some

00:43:03.380 --> 00:43:04.079
 rough waters

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.619
 he had to leave

00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:05.219
 the horse behind

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:05.920
 and just swim

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:07.159
 through the rocks

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:09.420
 and the river

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:10.179
 darted

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.920
 into the ocean

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.619
 to get away

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:14.159
 during this time

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:15.319
 with the plagues

00:43:15.319 --> 00:43:17.400
 he had a dear loss

00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:18.599
 within his own household

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:20.659
 it was his wife Jane

00:43:20.659 --> 00:43:22.199
 and she died

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:22.960
 giving birth

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:25.159
 to his only child

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:26.299
 who also died

00:43:26.299 --> 00:43:27.000
 in the year

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:28.460
 1656

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:30.739
 listen to how

00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:31.739
 Flavel reflected

00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:33.019
 on this tragic

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:34.000
 double loss

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:36.019
 he wrote

00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:36.440
 quote

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:37.119
 the almighty

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:38.420
 visited my tent

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:39.480
 with his rod

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:42.039
 that's like the prayer

00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:42.639
 of Job

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:43.740
 that James read

00:43:43.740 --> 00:43:44.280
 for us

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:45.699
 and in one year

00:43:45.699 --> 00:43:46.619
 the Lord

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:47.639
 cut off

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:49.679
 from my tent

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:50.619
 both the root

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:51.679
 and the branch

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:52.980
 the tender mother

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:54.639
 and the only son

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:58.300
 but John Flavel

00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:59.240
 wasn't hopeless

00:43:59.240 --> 00:43:59.699
 he wrote

00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:01.019
 there is still though

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:02.659
 an everlasting tie

00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:03.800
 between the Christ

00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:05.159
 and the believer

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:06.780
 a tie stronger

00:44:06.780 --> 00:44:08.320
 than all other unions

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:09.500
 of the world

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:11.519
 death

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:11.980
 he said

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:12.860
 dissolves

00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:14.160
 the dear union

00:44:14.160 --> 00:44:15.060
 between husband

00:44:15.060 --> 00:44:15.940
 and wife

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:17.019
 friend

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:17.820
 and friend

00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:19.180
 even soul

00:44:19.180 --> 00:44:19.940
 and body

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:21.580
 but not

00:44:21.580 --> 00:44:22.420
 between

00:44:22.420 --> 00:44:23.120
 Christ

00:44:23.120 --> 00:44:24.380
 and your soul

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:27.180
 we have the promise

00:44:27.180 --> 00:44:28.340
 in this text

00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:30.800
 that the same God

00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:31.740
 who raised up

00:44:31.740 --> 00:44:32.500
 the Lord Jesus

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:33.620
 from the dead

00:44:33.620 --> 00:44:34.540
 he shall

00:44:34.540 --> 00:44:35.960
 raise us up

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.460
 also

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:37.980
 by the power

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.860
 of Jesus

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:41.059
 and just as

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.699
 Christ

00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:42.679
 pulls your soul

00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:43.260
 to heaven

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:45.619
 the encouragement

00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:46.300
 for us now

00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:47.220
 is your soul

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:47.920
 being united

00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:48.440
 to Christ

00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:48.780
 in heaven

00:44:48.780 --> 00:44:49.420
 let your soul

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:50.980
 also pull your body

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.860
 heavenward

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:54.920
 the grief

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.460
 of Christians

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:56.539
 in this life

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:57.960
 Flavel wrote

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.780
 is only

00:44:58.780 --> 00:44:59.639
 temporary

00:44:59.639 --> 00:45:00.740
 amen

00:45:00.740 --> 00:45:02.019
 it will be

00:45:02.019 --> 00:45:02.559
 replaced

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:03.420
 by joy

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:04.800
 at the resurrection

00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:06.400
 when your souls

00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:07.720
 meet your bodies

00:45:07.720 --> 00:45:09.240
 and bless God

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 one for the other

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 forevermore

00:45:11.720 --> 00:45:14.840
 on that day

00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:16.060
 both body

00:45:16.060 --> 00:45:16.820
 and soul

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 of the believer

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 will enjoy

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:20.220
 the infinite

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 satisfaction

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:22.940
 of being together

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:23.680
 once again

00:45:23.680 --> 00:45:24.740
 in Christ

00:45:24.740 --> 00:45:27.240
 do you see

00:45:27.240 --> 00:45:28.320
 how God

00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:28.960
 made you

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:30.180
 body and soul

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:31.919
 perfectly

00:45:31.919 --> 00:45:33.319
 for his purpose

00:45:33.319 --> 00:45:34.419
 in this life

00:45:34.419 --> 00:45:35.799
 to prepare us

00:45:35.799 --> 00:45:36.839
 for the next

00:45:36.839 --> 00:45:38.279
 all glory

00:45:38.279 --> 00:45:38.960
 be to God

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:42.339
 you know

00:45:42.339 --> 00:45:44.079
 what you are

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:46.480
 in the words

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:47.779
 of 1 Corinthians 6

00:45:47.779 --> 00:45:49.379
 19 and 20

00:45:49.379 --> 00:45:50.779
 Christian

00:45:50.779 --> 00:45:52.319
 you are

00:45:52.319 --> 00:45:53.339
 the temple

00:45:53.339 --> 00:45:54.539
 of the Holy Spirit

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:55.460
 which is in you

00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:56.899
 which you have

00:45:56.899 --> 00:45:57.599
 of God

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:58.900
 you are

00:45:58.900 --> 00:45:59.920
 not your own

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:02.000
 you are

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:02.719
 bought

00:46:02.719 --> 00:46:03.759
 with a price

00:46:03.759 --> 00:46:06.460
 therefore

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:07.639
 glorify God

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:08.819
 in your body

00:46:08.819 --> 00:46:10.139
 and in your spirit

00:46:10.139 --> 00:46:11.980
 because you

00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:12.819
 are

00:46:12.819 --> 00:46:14.079
 the Lord's

00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:14.900
 amen

00:46:14.900 --> 00:46:17.059
 let's pray

00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:21.000
 oh Lord

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:21.699
 we confess

00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:22.519
 the same words

00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:23.599
 as ancient Job

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 we know

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 that our

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:27.779
 Redeemer

00:46:27.779 --> 00:46:28.699
 lives

00:46:28.699 --> 00:46:30.380
 and at the

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:31.099
 last day

00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:32.259
 he will

00:46:32.259 --> 00:46:33.619
 stand upon

00:46:33.619 --> 00:46:34.319
 this earth

00:46:34.319 --> 00:46:34.920
 and with our

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:35.400
 eyes

00:46:35.400 --> 00:46:36.779
 we shall

00:46:36.779 --> 00:46:37.420
 see him

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:38.839
 help us

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 to live

00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:40.420
 in this life

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:41.659
 in preparation

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:42.480
 for the life

00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:43.000
 to come

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:44.279
 so that you

00:46:44.279 --> 00:46:45.440
 will be glorified

00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:46.679
 in our body

00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:48.079
 and in our spirit

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:49.199
 we ask this

00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:49.980
 for Christ's sake

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:50.360
 alone

00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:51.219
 amen