WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:26.900 Well, have you ever had one of those moments where you're in a conversation with someone 00:00:26.899 --> 00:00:34.140 and they start to tell you something and it's something that you already know? 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:36.460 Maybe they don't know that you know it. 00:00:36.460 --> 00:00:43.619 Maybe you read the same news article that they did or you saw the same thing on TV, 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:48.879 but it's something that you've already heard before and you're kind of wondering in that moment, 00:00:49.780 --> 00:00:54.119 do I interrupt and kind of tell them that I heard that too? 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:58.959 Or maybe they even forgot that they had already told you this in the past and they're telling it to you again. 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:06.280 Or do I just kind of listen respectfully and kind of, this is the first time I'm hearing this. 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:09.840 It's kind of a weird moment in conversation. 00:01:10.179 --> 00:01:15.060 It doesn't happen often, but when it does, you kind of wonder, well, what do I do here? 00:01:16.140 --> 00:01:21.959 Well, there's another kind of similar conversation where you might hear something that you already know, 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:30.719 but it's not because the person that's telling you doesn't think you don't know it or haven't heard it, 00:01:31.099 --> 00:01:39.500 but it's because they think that you need to know it, even though you might not think that you do. 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:47.920 Maybe your mind goes back to one of those moments as a teenager where your parents were saying something to you 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:54.019 and you're kind of thinking in your own arrogant teenage mind, 00:01:54.219 --> 00:01:55.980 why are they telling me this again? 00:01:56.500 --> 00:01:58.920 You guys have told me this countless times. 00:01:59.039 --> 00:02:01.219 Why are you saying the same thing again? 00:02:01.219 --> 00:02:11.020 And yet from the parents' perspective, it's like I'm telling you this because even though you think you know it, 00:02:11.819 --> 00:02:17.080 you think you've got this figured out, I see that you don't. 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:20.379 The quarter hasn't dropped yet. 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:21.259 There's something. 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:24.819 It's not because it's because I love you. 00:02:24.819 --> 00:02:28.859 I want to help you see something in your life that I see that you don't see. 00:02:29.500 --> 00:02:32.439 And meanwhile, you're kind of like, I know, Mom. 00:02:32.539 --> 00:02:33.379 I know, Dad. 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:36.139 You know, like, just leave me alone already. 00:02:37.519 --> 00:02:44.400 Well, that kind of moment is not just something that happens between teenagers and their parents. 00:02:44.939 --> 00:02:52.000 It's something that happened between a church and the apostle that helped to start that church. 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:59.560 The apostle that I'm referring to is the apostle Paul, and the church is the church of Corinth. 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:03.979 If you have your Bible, please open it up to 1 Corinthians. 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:07.400 1 Corinthians. 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:15.120 Paul has had a very dynamic relationship with this church. 00:03:15.979 --> 00:03:21.159 He starts off his letter with some wonderful descriptions of who they are. 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:27.439 He says that he writes to the church of God in Corinth, 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:34.840 to those specially set apart in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, 00:03:35.079 --> 00:03:40.780 together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:03:41.699 --> 00:03:44.819 Paul, immediately after this, 00:03:44.819 --> 00:03:51.340 Paul, acknowledges that God has enriched them in every way with all kinds of spiritual gifts. 00:03:52.139 --> 00:03:59.159 In verse 9, he says that they are those who have been called into fellowship with Jesus. 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:03.419 Wonderful descriptions of who they are. 00:04:03.419 --> 00:04:14.039 But then from there, he goes on to describe this church as a church wrestling with division. 00:04:14.799 --> 00:04:18.079 Major conflict going on here. 00:04:18.219 --> 00:04:20.659 They're fighting over who they follow. 00:04:21.939 --> 00:04:25.620 They're chasing after worldly wisdom, he says. 00:04:25.620 --> 00:04:32.079 He describes them as a church having some in it who are arrogant, 00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:39.800 having problems with sexual immorality going on in the church, 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:42.420 and the church is not even doing anything about it. 00:04:43.379 --> 00:04:46.019 Disputes are happening in the church, 00:04:46.019 --> 00:04:51.160 to the point where members of the church are taking other members to court. 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:57.580 There's confusion in the church about marriage and divorce, 00:04:58.460 --> 00:05:04.680 and whether Paul is even an apostle, 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:06.520 legitimately an apostle, 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:09.780 whether they should eat food sacrificed to idols. 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:14.420 He goes so far as to warn them in chapter 10 00:05:14.420 --> 00:05:17.960 that they need to watch. 00:05:18.100 --> 00:05:19.400 They need to look at their lives. 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:26.279 They need to be careful that they're not testing Christ with the way that they live. 00:05:27.479 --> 00:05:35.299 He goes on from there to describe how they have been turning the Lord's table into a pig-out session, 00:05:35.659 --> 00:05:38.319 an opportunity to get drunk. 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:44.959 And then on from there to describe how they have these spiritual gifts, 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:50.620 they haven't been using them in a loving and considerate and orderly manner. 00:05:52.500 --> 00:05:56.519 And then finally, we come to where we're looking at this morning, 00:05:57.599 --> 00:05:58.919 chapter 15. 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.639 He kind of goes right into it, 00:06:04.039 --> 00:06:08.379 and he reminds them of the gospel itself. 00:06:08.379 --> 00:06:10.240 He says this, 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:11.480 Now, brothers and sisters, 00:06:11.819 --> 00:06:18.079 I want to make known to you the gospel I preached to you, 00:06:18.579 --> 00:06:22.259 which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:26.779 By this gospel you are saved, 00:06:26.980 --> 00:06:31.339 if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. 00:06:31.339 --> 00:06:35.500 Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:38.899 These are kind of striking words. 00:06:39.019 --> 00:06:40.000 I mean, this is a church, 00:06:40.139 --> 00:06:42.500 and he said these good things about this church, 00:06:42.679 --> 00:06:45.939 but now it's come to the point where he feels 00:06:45.939 --> 00:06:50.339 he needs to remind them of the gospel again. 00:06:50.339 --> 00:06:55.539 The word remind is actually, 00:06:56.119 --> 00:06:58.179 it's kind of an interpretive decision, 00:06:58.339 --> 00:06:59.119 but the literal is, 00:06:59.339 --> 00:07:01.060 I want to make known to you. 00:07:01.719 --> 00:07:03.319 This is serious. 00:07:03.599 --> 00:07:04.859 There's a problem here. 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:07.139 At one point in this letter, 00:07:07.219 --> 00:07:10.679 he refers to himself as their father through the gospel. 00:07:10.899 --> 00:07:12.699 He talks about them as his children, 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:15.359 and he goes so far as to say, 00:07:15.459 --> 00:07:16.539 you guys are immature. 00:07:18.039 --> 00:07:19.299 You guys are like babies. 00:07:19.300 --> 00:07:22.780 You're not ready for the meat and potatoes yet. 00:07:22.900 --> 00:07:26.199 You got to go back to the milk. 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.980 And Paul said that under the inspiration of the Spirit, 00:07:31.060 --> 00:07:32.720 so I'm not suggesting that you go home 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:34.900 and tell your kids that they're immature, 00:07:35.740 --> 00:07:38.759 that that may not be the most effective way 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:40.139 to get their attention. 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:44.519 But what has happened here 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:46.080 that Paul feels the need 00:07:46.080 --> 00:07:48.139 to take them right back 00:07:48.139 --> 00:07:49.139 and say, 00:07:49.919 --> 00:07:51.319 I need to tell you guys 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:53.819 the gospel again. 00:07:56.060 --> 00:07:56.919 The gospel, 00:07:57.779 --> 00:08:01.240 I asked my daughter that this week, 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:02.159 what's the gospel? 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:05.839 And she didn't really seem to get it. 00:08:05.899 --> 00:08:06.019 I said, 00:08:06.060 --> 00:08:07.240 what's the good news about Jesus 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:09.379 that he died on the cross for our sins? 00:08:09.539 --> 00:08:10.560 Suddenly it just clicked. 00:08:10.659 --> 00:08:11.659 What is the gospel? 00:08:11.660 --> 00:08:13.439 It's kind of a weird word. 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:15.439 The way I remember it is, 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:16.640 in the old English, 00:08:16.760 --> 00:08:19.140 it's kind of God or good spell, 00:08:19.340 --> 00:08:19.540 you know, 00:08:19.620 --> 00:08:20.320 good news. 00:08:20.939 --> 00:08:22.300 That's what the gospel is. 00:08:22.340 --> 00:08:23.040 It's good news. 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:25.320 It literally means good news. 00:08:26.440 --> 00:08:29.080 And Paul feels that he needs 00:08:29.080 --> 00:08:30.340 to remind them 00:08:30.340 --> 00:08:32.340 of the good news, 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:34.560 the same good news 00:08:34.560 --> 00:08:35.920 that he preached to them 00:08:35.920 --> 00:08:36.800 back in the day, 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:37.979 the same good news 00:08:37.979 --> 00:08:39.019 that they received 00:08:39.019 --> 00:08:40.819 back in the day. 00:08:43.579 --> 00:08:44.099 Why? 00:08:46.699 --> 00:08:47.659 I think there's 00:08:47.659 --> 00:08:48.839 at least two reasons. 00:08:48.979 --> 00:08:49.759 The first is kind of 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:50.759 an implicit reason 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:51.859 as we just looked at 00:08:51.859 --> 00:08:53.799 how he's described this church 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:55.399 for the last 14 chapters 00:08:55.399 --> 00:08:57.259 as having all of these issues. 00:08:58.120 --> 00:08:58.299 You know, 00:08:58.359 --> 00:08:59.819 this is how you guys are living. 00:08:59.820 --> 00:09:00.900 And, 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:03.600 I mean, 00:09:03.820 --> 00:09:04.960 the way that you're 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:05.940 treating one another, 00:09:06.260 --> 00:09:06.420 it's, 00:09:06.940 --> 00:09:08.840 have you really understood 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:11.300 the love of Christ for you? 00:09:13.280 --> 00:09:14.740 There's a problem here. 00:09:15.400 --> 00:09:16.260 Your lives, 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:17.540 the way that you're living, 00:09:17.680 --> 00:09:18.980 it doesn't match up 00:09:18.980 --> 00:09:21.000 to the gospel. 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:23.320 So I want to make it 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:24.200 known to you again. 00:09:24.300 --> 00:09:25.160 I want to bring you 00:09:25.160 --> 00:09:26.080 back to that. 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:27.280 And, 00:09:28.560 --> 00:09:29.639 the gospel is, 00:09:30.100 --> 00:09:31.160 it certainly doesn't, 00:09:31.540 --> 00:09:32.879 the expectation is not 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:33.879 that you're perfect 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:35.180 or that you don't sin. 00:09:36.379 --> 00:09:37.400 This church has got 00:09:37.400 --> 00:09:38.480 all kinds of issues. 00:09:38.660 --> 00:09:39.740 It doesn't stop Paul 00:09:39.740 --> 00:09:40.600 from calling them 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:41.740 the church of God 00:09:41.740 --> 00:09:43.220 and saying that those, 00:09:43.379 --> 00:09:44.980 they've been chosen, 00:09:45.180 --> 00:09:46.259 that they've been set apart 00:09:46.259 --> 00:09:48.280 as God's holy people. 00:09:49.660 --> 00:09:50.140 But, 00:09:50.420 --> 00:09:52.080 there's a sense 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:53.100 in which you may think 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:53.600 that you, 00:09:53.740 --> 00:09:55.160 you know the gospel. 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:56.720 But, 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:57.860 do you really know it? 00:09:58.680 --> 00:09:59.520 That's why I'm, 00:09:59.560 --> 00:10:01.180 I'm saying it to you again. 00:10:01.400 --> 00:10:01.500 You, 00:10:01.580 --> 00:10:01.720 you, 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:03.040 you may think you know it, 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:04.900 but do you know it? 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:06.100 I'm looking at your, 00:10:06.220 --> 00:10:06.840 your life, 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:07.120 your, 00:10:07.280 --> 00:10:08.259 your church, 00:10:08.740 --> 00:10:09.620 the situations 00:10:09.620 --> 00:10:11.500 that are coming out of 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:13.200 your relationships 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.100 and it doesn't match up. 00:10:17.820 --> 00:10:18.639 And so I think 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:19.460 that's one reason 00:10:19.460 --> 00:10:19.759 why, 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:20.660 why Paul 00:10:20.660 --> 00:10:22.340 goes so far 00:10:22.340 --> 00:10:23.140 as to take them 00:10:23.140 --> 00:10:24.460 right back to the gospel, 00:10:24.460 --> 00:10:24.860 to the, 00:10:24.900 --> 00:10:25.520 to the beginning. 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:26.799 The second reason 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:28.139 is what, 00:10:28.319 --> 00:10:29.379 what follows. 00:10:30.419 --> 00:10:32.019 All of chapter 15, 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:32.860 it kind of points 00:10:32.860 --> 00:10:33.340 to this, 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:34.579 this problem 00:10:34.579 --> 00:10:35.799 that's starting to emerge. 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:36.439 There are some 00:10:36.439 --> 00:10:37.179 in the church 00:10:37.179 --> 00:10:37.679 in Corinth 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:39.500 who are having an issue 00:10:39.500 --> 00:10:40.960 with the idea 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:41.779 of resurrection. 00:10:43.139 --> 00:10:44.460 That there is 00:10:44.460 --> 00:10:45.319 a resurrection. 00:10:46.539 --> 00:10:46.860 And, 00:10:46.939 --> 00:10:48.740 that's a big problem 00:10:48.740 --> 00:10:50.299 because that undermines 00:10:50.299 --> 00:10:51.720 the gospel. 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:51.779 people. 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:53.660 And so, 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:54.560 we're going to be 00:10:54.560 --> 00:10:55.399 talking about that 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:56.500 in the next weeks ahead. 00:10:56.580 --> 00:10:57.000 We're going to be 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:57.840 working through 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:59.379 1 Corinthians 15 00:10:59.379 --> 00:11:00.779 as we lead up to Easter 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:01.580 and talking about 00:11:01.580 --> 00:11:02.220 the resurrection 00:11:02.220 --> 00:11:02.960 and just what, 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:04.100 what is the significance 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:04.840 of that 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:06.139 for our faith? 00:11:06.220 --> 00:11:06.920 What's the importance 00:11:06.920 --> 00:11:07.460 of that? 00:11:07.580 --> 00:11:08.899 Why is this so critical? 00:11:08.899 --> 00:11:13.539 verse 2. 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:16.379 This is the beginning 00:11:16.379 --> 00:11:18.539 of Paul's teaching 00:11:18.539 --> 00:11:19.919 on this issue. 00:11:20.659 --> 00:11:21.639 And right at the beginning, 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:22.299 the first thing 00:11:22.299 --> 00:11:23.220 he wants them to know 00:11:23.220 --> 00:11:23.919 in verse 2 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:26.340 is that this is critical. 00:11:27.220 --> 00:11:29.100 It's absolutely critical 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:32.139 that you get the gospel. 00:11:32.139 --> 00:11:32.639 Why? 00:11:32.819 --> 00:11:33.399 Verse 2. 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:35.419 By this gospel, 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:37.080 you are saved. 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:39.799 By this good news 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:40.740 about Jesus, 00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:43.220 you are saved 00:11:43.220 --> 00:11:47.500 if you hold firmly 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:48.879 to the word 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:50.159 I preach to you 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:53.159 unless you have believed 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:53.939 in vain. 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:56.840 The picture that comes 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:57.480 to my mind 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:58.879 is the picture 00:11:58.879 --> 00:11:59.639 of a rope. 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:01.699 The gospel is like 00:12:01.699 --> 00:12:02.220 a rope 00:12:02.220 --> 00:12:03.159 that has been thrown 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:03.919 down to us 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:04.439 from heaven. 00:12:05.100 --> 00:12:06.539 It's the way of escape. 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:07.539 It's the way 00:12:07.539 --> 00:12:08.600 that we escape 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:10.179 the wrath of God, 00:12:10.340 --> 00:12:11.779 the just punishment 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:12.580 that we deserve 00:12:12.580 --> 00:12:13.340 for our sins. 00:12:13.439 --> 00:12:14.419 And it's like he's saying, 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:16.659 you need to hold 00:12:16.659 --> 00:12:17.659 on to that rope. 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:19.699 If you just kind of 00:12:19.699 --> 00:12:20.580 let go of it 00:12:20.580 --> 00:12:21.279 and move on 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:22.080 to something else, 00:12:22.199 --> 00:12:23.980 embrace something different, 00:12:24.700 --> 00:12:26.360 you're in spiritual danger. 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:31.439 Because this is the only way. 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:33.220 This is the only way 00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:33.779 of escape. 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:35.199 The way to be saved. 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:36.399 The good news 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:37.259 about Jesus. 00:12:38.439 --> 00:12:39.580 Holding on to that. 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:40.679 Believing it. 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:45.980 Unless, 00:12:46.139 --> 00:12:46.580 he says, 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:47.279 you have believed 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:47.779 in vain. 00:12:51.059 --> 00:12:51.580 Unless, 00:12:51.819 --> 00:12:52.600 back in the day 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:53.700 when I first 00:12:53.700 --> 00:12:54.679 communicated 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:55.559 all these things 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:56.059 to you, 00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:57.439 you accepted it 00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:58.400 and now you're moving 00:12:58.400 --> 00:12:59.640 on to something different 00:12:59.640 --> 00:13:01.340 and that's just kind of, 00:13:01.580 --> 00:13:02.840 the gospel's just kind of, 00:13:03.420 --> 00:13:04.700 that's old news. 00:13:06.140 --> 00:13:06.620 Then, 00:13:06.760 --> 00:13:06.960 then, 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:07.780 then what happened 00:13:07.780 --> 00:13:08.300 back there? 00:13:08.380 --> 00:13:08.700 Was that, 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:09.760 was that all for nothing? 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:12.580 You grabbed onto the rope, 00:13:12.640 --> 00:13:13.720 you believed back then 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:13.940 that, 00:13:14.040 --> 00:13:14.280 that, 00:13:14.340 --> 00:13:14.960 that was the way 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:15.720 to be saved, 00:13:15.920 --> 00:13:16.960 but now you're letting 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:17.580 go of it. 00:13:17.680 --> 00:13:17.920 I mean, 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:18.100 that, 00:13:19.300 --> 00:13:20.640 what happened there? 00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:21.000 Was that, 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:22.420 was that just fruitless? 00:13:22.540 --> 00:13:23.120 Was that just, 00:13:23.640 --> 00:13:24.340 was that nothing? 00:13:24.340 --> 00:13:28.019 Paul goes on 00:13:28.019 --> 00:13:28.660 in verse three 00:13:28.660 --> 00:13:30.600 to describe, 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:31.780 to answer the question, 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:31.980 well, 00:13:32.040 --> 00:13:32.920 what is the gospel? 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.360 Because this is really 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:35.160 what's at issue here. 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:35.340 Well, 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:35.960 what is it 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:36.720 that you are 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:37.460 to hold onto? 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.500 What is that rope? 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:40.139 He says this, 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:41.120 for what I received, 00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:42.500 I passed on to you 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:44.300 as of first importance 00:13:44.300 --> 00:13:47.200 that Christ died 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:48.720 for our sins 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:50.200 according to the scriptures, 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:52.160 that he was buried, 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:54.059 that he was raised 00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:55.120 on the third day 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:56.399 according to the scriptures, 00:13:57.059 --> 00:13:57.959 and that he appeared 00:13:57.959 --> 00:13:58.759 to Cephas 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:00.500 and then to the twelve. 00:14:01.839 --> 00:14:02.419 After that, 00:14:02.459 --> 00:14:03.120 he appeared to more 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:04.679 than 500 of the brothers 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:05.240 and sisters 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:06.259 at the same time, 00:14:07.079 --> 00:14:07.799 most of whom 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:08.559 are still living, 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:10.199 though some have 00:14:10.199 --> 00:14:10.959 fallen asleep. 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:12.620 Then he appeared 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:13.259 to James, 00:14:13.959 --> 00:14:15.439 then to all the apostles, 00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:17.059 and last of all, 00:14:17.459 --> 00:14:18.419 he appeared to me 00:14:18.419 --> 00:14:19.100 also, 00:14:19.659 --> 00:14:21.000 as to one abnormally born. 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:22.779 So here Paul does 00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:23.779 exactly what he says 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:24.279 he's going to do. 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:25.840 I want to make known 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.720 to you the gospel, 00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:28.679 and this is it. 00:14:28.940 --> 00:14:30.220 He lays it out for them. 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:31.860 But before he does, 00:14:32.340 --> 00:14:33.799 look at the little thing 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:34.480 that he says there 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:35.179 in verse three. 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.159 He says, 00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:37.519 what I received, 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:38.720 I passed on to you 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:40.700 as of first importance. 00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:42.740 There it is again, 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:43.980 just this statement. 00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:46.799 This is absolutely critical. 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:49.799 It's absolutely crucial 00:14:50.439 --> 00:14:51.779 that you get this, 00:14:52.199 --> 00:14:53.579 that you understand this, 00:14:53.659 --> 00:14:55.179 that you hold to this, 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:56.740 that I'm about to say. 00:14:58.419 --> 00:14:59.719 What is the gospel? 00:15:02.079 --> 00:15:03.219 Three statements. 00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:05.259 There's different ways 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:06.000 to divide it up, 00:15:06.079 --> 00:15:06.659 but three. 00:15:07.779 --> 00:15:08.839 That Christ died 00:15:08.839 --> 00:15:09.859 for your sins, 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:11.339 for our sins, 00:15:11.459 --> 00:15:12.459 according to the scriptures, 00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.240 and was buried. 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:16.519 that he was raised 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.539 on the third day, 00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:21.180 and that he appeared 00:15:21.180 --> 00:15:23.500 to a whole bunch of people. 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:28.159 This is Paul's description 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:29.500 of what the gospel is. 00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:32.060 And as I got thinking 00:15:32.060 --> 00:15:32.740 about this, 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:33.759 you know, 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:36.899 this is a really bare-bones 00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:37.980 version of the gospel. 00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:40.620 It's kind of a stripped-down version. 00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:43.779 There's not a lot of detail here. 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:44.340 And I kind of, 00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:45.440 why is that? 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:46.840 If they need to know the gospel, 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:48.340 why isn't he 00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:49.679 just taking them 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:50.519 into the depths 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:51.399 of the glory 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:53.360 of the love of God here? 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:56.139 And I think part of the reason 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:57.340 is because he's already 00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:58.799 shared all of this with him. 00:15:58.899 --> 00:16:00.340 This is the same thing 00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:01.580 he proclaimed in the past. 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.039 This is, 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:04.560 it's kind of a quick way, 00:16:04.700 --> 00:16:05.460 mental hooks, 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:06.820 to point them back 00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:08.600 to what he already said, 00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:08.960 you know, 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:10.700 that Christ died 00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:11.540 for our sins, 00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:13.259 that he was raised 00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:14.200 from the dead. 00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:15.820 This isn't the full story 00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:16.580 of the gospel. 00:16:17.180 --> 00:16:17.480 I mean, 00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:18.500 those of us who were here 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.280 on Thursday night, 00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:21.720 we saw closer 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:23.019 to the full story 00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:25.139 of the gospel portrayed. 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:26.480 It's a big story. 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:27.940 There's a lot to it. 00:16:28.300 --> 00:16:29.240 This is kind of 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:31.300 the absolute essentials, 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:34.780 highlights version, 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.600 kind of the headlines version 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:38.060 given here. 00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:39.399 And without these parts, 00:16:39.899 --> 00:16:41.679 then the news 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.579 is not much good. 00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:45.319 If Christ hasn't died 00:16:45.319 --> 00:16:46.519 for us, 00:16:46.719 --> 00:16:49.379 then we're lost. 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:51.619 We're in big trouble. 00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:53.759 If Jesus hasn't been 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.959 raised from the dead, 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:56.379 then we're going to find out 00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:57.079 in the weeks ahead 00:16:57.079 --> 00:16:58.339 that that has serious 00:16:58.339 --> 00:16:59.000 implications. 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:05.339 But notice what's missing 00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:08.059 from Paul's version 00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:09.039 or description 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.819 of the gospel. 00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:14.700 Paul doesn't say anything 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:17.519 about what we must do, 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:20.339 about the good 00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:21.339 that we must do 00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:22.400 to be saved. 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:24.440 Why? 00:17:27.860 --> 00:17:29.820 Because the good news 00:17:29.820 --> 00:17:31.040 is not about 00:17:31.040 --> 00:17:32.180 what we must do 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:33.240 to be saved. 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:35.140 It's all about 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:36.759 what Christ has done 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.840 for us. 00:17:38.900 --> 00:17:39.500 Period. 00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:42.640 The rope 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.540 that they need 00:17:43.540 --> 00:17:44.300 to grab onto 00:17:44.300 --> 00:17:45.440 is simply 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.720 the news 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.440 that Jesus 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:48.540 has already done 00:17:48.540 --> 00:17:49.000 it all 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.780 for you. 00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:52.119 You don't need 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:52.680 to become 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:53.680 good enough. 00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.299 You don't need 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:55.099 to do something 00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:55.799 well enough 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:56.740 to be saved. 00:17:56.899 --> 00:17:57.680 Jesus has already 00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:58.359 done it all. 00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:00.980 That's all 00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.920 that we have here. 00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:03.019 This news 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.920 that they must believe 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:04.379 is just 00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:05.500 that Jesus 00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.680 did. 00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.920 That Jesus 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:08.700 did. 00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.519 That Jesus 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.200 appeared. 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:11.799 By this, 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:13.299 by believing 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:14.779 this story 00:18:14.779 --> 00:18:15.339 of Jesus 00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:16.079 and holding 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:16.639 to it, 00:18:16.879 --> 00:18:17.879 you are saved. 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.579 Isn't that 00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:20.039 amazing? 00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.539 But I want 00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:25.879 to dig 00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.399 for a moment 00:18:26.399 --> 00:18:26.960 into that 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.799 first phrase. 00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:28.740 We're going 00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:29.139 to talk 00:18:29.139 --> 00:18:29.599 more about 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:30.119 resurrection 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:31.279 in the weeks 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.639 ahead, 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:32.619 but that 00:18:32.619 --> 00:18:33.460 first phrase 00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.960 that Christ 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.679 died for 00:18:35.679 --> 00:18:36.279 our sins 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:36.720 according 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.139 to the 00:18:37.139 --> 00:18:37.480 scriptures. 00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:38.500 When I 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:38.919 asked my 00:18:38.919 --> 00:18:39.240 daughter, 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.059 what's the 00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.519 good news 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.099 about Jesus? 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:42.639 That's the 00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.059 first thing 00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.579 she said, 00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:45.139 that Jesus 00:18:45.139 --> 00:18:45.799 died for 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.299 our sins. 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:47.559 We hear 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:49.139 it so often 00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:49.840 that's kind 00:18:49.840 --> 00:18:51.040 of the 00:18:51.040 --> 00:18:52.000 easiest way 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:52.500 to say it 00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.040 that sometimes 00:18:53.040 --> 00:18:53.440 we just 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:55.080 lose the 00:18:55.080 --> 00:18:55.620 beauty of 00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:55.900 that. 00:18:56.540 --> 00:18:57.380 The meaning 00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:57.720 of it 00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.100 just kind 00:18:58.100 --> 00:18:59.560 of goes 00:18:59.560 --> 00:19:00.060 over our 00:19:00.060 --> 00:19:00.440 heads. 00:19:02.020 --> 00:19:02.780 What does 00:19:02.780 --> 00:19:03.400 that mean? 00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:05.700 That 00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:06.960 Christ, 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.920 the Messiah, 00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:11.100 died, 00:19:12.100 --> 00:19:13.880 was executed 00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:15.660 as a 00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:16.540 sacrifice 00:19:16.540 --> 00:19:19.180 for our 00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:20.120 sins 00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:22.060 to be 00:19:22.060 --> 00:19:22.460 forgiven. 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.780 That's it. 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.660 That's the 00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.020 heart. 00:19:31.040 --> 00:19:31.460 That's 00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.600 what Paul 00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:33.800 says is 00:19:33.800 --> 00:19:34.360 what I 00:19:34.360 --> 00:19:35.160 passed on 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.520 to you 00:19:35.520 --> 00:19:35.860 as a 00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.400 first 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.380 importance. 00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:41.140 out of 00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:41.420 all the 00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:41.800 things I 00:19:41.800 --> 00:19:42.140 could have 00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.500 taught, 00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:42.920 I could 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.440 have said 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:43.780 when I 00:19:43.780 --> 00:19:44.300 came to 00:19:44.300 --> 00:19:44.460 you, 00:19:44.560 --> 00:19:45.040 I made 00:19:45.040 --> 00:19:45.740 it the 00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.140 top of 00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:46.620 my list 00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:47.460 to let 00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:48.020 you know 00:19:48.020 --> 00:19:50.120 this good 00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:51.300 news that 00:19:51.300 --> 00:19:53.040 Jesus was 00:19:53.040 --> 00:19:53.980 executed on 00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.380 that cross. 00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:54.760 Not because 00:19:54.760 --> 00:19:55.320 he was just 00:19:55.320 --> 00:19:56.840 a good 00:19:56.840 --> 00:19:59.140 teacher whose 00:19:59.140 --> 00:20:00.100 culture wasn't 00:20:00.100 --> 00:20:00.700 ready for 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:00.940 him. 00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:03.720 He died 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:05.100 there so 00:20:05.100 --> 00:20:05.600 that you 00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.260 could be 00:20:06.260 --> 00:20:06.700 forgiven. 00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.380 of your 00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:08.720 sins, 00:20:08.840 --> 00:20:09.080 of the 00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:09.540 things that 00:20:09.540 --> 00:20:09.920 you have 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.260 done 00:20:10.260 --> 00:20:10.960 against 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.400 God. 00:20:19.540 --> 00:20:20.220 The other 00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.980 details that 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.760 Paul includes, 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.380 I'm only 00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:22.760 going to 00:20:22.760 --> 00:20:23.500 mention two 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:23.760 of them 00:20:23.760 --> 00:20:24.020 here. 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.700 He says 00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.460 that 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:29.660 Christ was 00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:30.020 buried. 00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.880 Why does 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.180 he throw 00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:32.640 that little 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.260 detail in 00:20:33.260 --> 00:20:33.420 there? 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:33.920 Christ was 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.260 buried. 00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.660 That doesn't 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.180 sound like 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:37.560 part of 00:20:37.560 --> 00:20:38.000 the good 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.640 news to 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:38.880 us. 00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.980 He was 00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.380 buried. 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.700 The question 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:41.960 that we're 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.240 going to be 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.840 wrestling with 00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:43.539 is these 00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:43.940 guys are 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.480 wrestling with 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.000 the truth 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.460 of whether 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:47.120 there really 00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.460 is a 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.980 resurrection, 00:20:48.600 --> 00:20:49.080 whether that 00:20:49.080 --> 00:20:49.500 actually 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.039 happened. 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.299 Paul kind 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.759 of sneaks 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.240 that in 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.460 there. 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.539 Yes, 00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:55.200 he died. 00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:56.620 All of 00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.220 these men, 00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.019 they saw 00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.620 him die. 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.560 They saw 00:21:00.560 --> 00:21:01.580 him buried. 00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:03.340 Real people, 00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:04.240 they took 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.799 the body 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.379 of Jesus 00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:06.459 and they 00:21:06.459 --> 00:21:06.919 went through 00:21:06.919 --> 00:21:07.539 the process 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.240 of preparing 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.819 the body 00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.419 for burial 00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:10.179 and they 00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:11.579 laid the 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.059 body of 00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.659 Jesus in 00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.039 a tomb 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.539 and shut 00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.119 the door. 00:21:14.959 --> 00:21:15.379 Yes, 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.559 he was 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:16.939 dead. 00:21:20.439 --> 00:21:21.179 The next 00:21:21.179 --> 00:21:21.559 thing that 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.919 we notice 00:21:22.919 --> 00:21:23.419 is, 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:25.079 I kind 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.539 of thought 00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:25.919 this was 00:21:25.919 --> 00:21:26.399 strange at 00:21:26.399 --> 00:21:26.619 first. 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.559 This is a 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.480 really weird, 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.579 disproportionate 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:32.419 statement of 00:21:32.419 --> 00:21:32.919 the gospel. 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.319 I mean, 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:33.980 that Christ 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.460 died for 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:34.919 our sins 00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.559 is half a 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:35.919 verse. 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.339 The crucifixion 00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.919 is half a 00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:38.339 verse in 00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:38.899 verse 3. 00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:39.679 And then 00:21:39.679 --> 00:21:40.720 for four 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.220 verses, 00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:42.019 5 to 00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.799 8, 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:43.980 it's all 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.659 talking about 00:21:44.659 --> 00:21:45.519 all these 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.539 people that 00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.119 he appeared 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.460 to. 00:21:48.179 --> 00:21:48.799 This big 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.480 list of 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.039 people that 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.699 saw him 00:21:50.699 --> 00:21:51.480 after he 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:51.899 was raised 00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:52.199 from the 00:21:52.199 --> 00:21:52.359 dead. 00:21:52.419 --> 00:21:52.559 And I 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:52.960 think Paul 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.720 is intentionally, 00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:55.079 he's reminding 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.699 them of the 00:21:55.699 --> 00:21:56.339 part that they 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.859 need to hear 00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.480 the most. 00:21:58.159 --> 00:21:58.619 Because they're 00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.199 wrestling with 00:21:59.199 --> 00:22:00.139 the truth of 00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:00.399 whether, 00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.699 resurrection is 00:22:01.699 --> 00:22:02.500 even possible. 00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.740 And so 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.439 Paul's emphasis 00:22:04.439 --> 00:22:04.939 here, 00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.639 absolutely, 00:22:07.439 --> 00:22:08.359 this is true. 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.439 We all saw 00:22:10.439 --> 00:22:11.679 him dead. 00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:12.879 He was 00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.339 buried. 00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.659 And after 00:22:15.659 --> 00:22:16.460 the third day 00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.019 when he was 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.500 raised, 00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.019 this is, 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:19.879 look at all 00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.319 the people 00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.759 that saw 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.519 him alive. 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.399 Peter, 00:22:24.199 --> 00:22:24.740 he appeared 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.339 to Peter. 00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.500 Then he 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.960 appeared to 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.339 the twelve 00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:27.819 apostles. 00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.519 After that, 00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.299 he appeared 00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.619 to more 00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.440 than 500 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.039 of the 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.559 brothers and 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.119 sisters at 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:33.559 the same 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.079 time. 00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.339 Then he 00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.139 appeared to 00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:37.579 James, 00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.079 the brother 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:39.440 of Jesus. 00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:41.159 And then to 00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:41.539 all the 00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:41.940 apostles, 00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:42.440 and then 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.299 Paul says, 00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:43.759 and last 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.139 of all, 00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.559 he appeared 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.500 to me. 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.700 Think about 00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.299 that statement. 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.359 I myself, 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.240 says Paul, 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.500 saw Jesus 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.119 dead. 00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:58.379 and I 00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:58.939 saw him 00:22:58.939 --> 00:23:00.179 after he 00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:00.559 died, 00:23:00.959 --> 00:23:01.479 alive. 00:23:02.679 --> 00:23:03.179 I 00:23:03.179 --> 00:23:04.519 saw the 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.799 risen 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.379 Christ, 00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:06.779 says Paul. 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.079 It wasn't 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.219 in the 00:23:09.219 --> 00:23:09.579 ordinary 00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.259 frame of 00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.899 time that 00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:11.259 the rest 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.539 of them 00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.019 saw him. 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.419 He uses 00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:12.739 this 00:23:12.739 --> 00:23:13.719 abnormally 00:23:13.719 --> 00:23:14.039 born 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.599 analogy, 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.500 you know, 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:16.919 kind of the 00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:17.339 sense of 00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.699 that is, 00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.359 my new 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:18.819 birth was 00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.119 a little 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.819 overdue. 00:23:21.199 --> 00:23:21.679 It was 00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:25.639 different. 00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.899 But look 00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.240 at this 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.559 list. 00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:28.919 Look at 00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.299 all these 00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.759 people. 00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.339 This wasn't 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.939 something that 00:23:30.939 --> 00:23:31.599 just happened 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.659 in some 00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.599 secret corner 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.119 of some 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.899 guy's house 00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:35.579 that Jesus 00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.199 appeared to 00:23:36.199 --> 00:23:36.759 some people. 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.759 Look at 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.399 this group, 00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.839 500 people 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.579 all at 00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.000 once. 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.619 500 00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.199 people. 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.939 This wasn't 00:23:45.939 --> 00:23:47.000 a hallucination. 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.039 This wasn't 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.500 just a 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:48.859 vision. 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.139 This was 00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.539 the real 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.859 deal. 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.539 They saw 00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.399 him alive. 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.159 And I love 00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:53.639 how he throws 00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:53.920 in that 00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.519 little detail. 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.460 Most of 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:55.799 them, he 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.519 says, are 00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.200 still living. 00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:58.839 You want 00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.119 to look 00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.720 into this? 00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.399 You want 00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:01.960 to, you 00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.299 want to, 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.960 you can find 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.420 them, you 00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.059 can talk to 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.359 them, they 00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.159 can tell you 00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.639 what they 00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.180 saw, they 00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.799 can tell you 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.159 that they 00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:08.460 knew. 00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.519 Yeah, it 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.019 was him. 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.379 This wasn't 00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.420 something that 00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.339 happened in 00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.779 an obscure 00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.299 place. 00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:17.799 And it 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.079 wasn't 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.680 something that 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.440 just the 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:20.119 followers of 00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:22.119 Jesus believed. 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.799 And I 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.240 think that's 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.899 the powerful 00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.419 part of 00:24:26.419 --> 00:24:26.940 Saul's own 00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.339 testimony. 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.559 I was on 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.039 the road to 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:30.619 Damascus so 00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:31.039 that I could 00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.619 get some of 00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.200 these guys 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:33.399 thrown into 00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:35.960 jail when 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.339 the risen 00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.159 Christ appeared 00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:37.619 to me. 00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.980 This wasn't 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.980 just bias, 00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.700 this wasn't 00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.720 just weird 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.819 hallucinations 00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.380 because of 00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.180 grief for 00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.539 those who 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:47.900 had known 00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.120 him. 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.500 I was 00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.640 going after 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:51.579 the people 00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.140 of Christ 00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:52.960 and then 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.559 I saw 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:53.839 him. 00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:57.339 After this, 00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.819 Paul goes 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.500 on to reflect 00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.019 a little bit 00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.420 on that. 00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.839 You almost 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.240 get the 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.680 sense that 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.079 even as 00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.640 he's thinking 00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.120 about his 00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:03.220 own story 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.220 and how 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.920 he saw 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.360 the risen 00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.759 Christ, 00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.480 I could 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.079 just picture 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:08.120 him there 00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.799 writing this 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:10.360 letter and 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.639 weeping. 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.959 He says, 00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.419 for I am 00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:13.859 the least 00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.179 of the 00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:14.619 apostles. 00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.439 I do not 00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:18.279 even deserve 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.619 to be called 00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.219 an apostle 00:25:20.219 --> 00:25:23.779 because I 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.759 persecuted the 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.219 church of 00:25:25.219 --> 00:25:25.559 God. 00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.399 I went 00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:30.699 after the 00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:31.559 very people 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.139 of God. 00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:35.039 I tried to 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.399 get them 00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.879 thrown in 00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.139 jail. 00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.819 I tried to 00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.259 get them 00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.819 killed. 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:40.439 I'm not 00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:41.200 even worthy 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:42.599 to be one 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:42.960 of the 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.799 ones who 00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.359 was sent 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.259 to make 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.279 Christ known. 00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.259 But what 00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.740 does he say 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.059 in verse 00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.439 10? 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.159 He says, 00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.019 but by the 00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.659 grace of 00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.059 God, 00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:53.399 I am 00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:53.759 what I 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.059 am. 00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.379 I'm an 00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:56.799 apostle. 00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.899 I'm a 00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.519 follower of 00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.299 Jesus because 00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.980 God just 00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.859 gave me a 00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:02.099 gift that 00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.460 I don't 00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.980 deserve. 00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:08.220 He says, 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:08.819 I worked 00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.200 harder. 00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.759 He says, 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.539 his grace to 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.079 me was not 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.759 without effect. 00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.180 I worked 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.700 harder than 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.220 all of them, 00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.440 yet not I, 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.799 but the 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.240 grace of 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.700 God that 00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.180 was with 00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.500 me. 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.400 Verse 11, 00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.120 whether then 00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:21.279 it is I 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.920 or they, 00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.740 this is what 00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.400 we preach 00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.940 and this 00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:28.039 is what you 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.620 believed. 00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:30.180 It doesn't 00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.620 matter whether 00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.039 you're talking 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.660 to Peter or 00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.019 whether you're 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.599 talking to me 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.299 or any of 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.000 these people 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.079 who saw 00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:36.279 him alive. 00:26:36.919 --> 00:26:37.740 It's the 00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:39.259 same news. 00:26:39.439 --> 00:26:39.819 It's the 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.799 same gospel. 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.980 And this 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:44.219 gospel that 00:26:44.219 --> 00:26:45.279 Christ died 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.899 for your sins, 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.719 that he rose 00:26:46.719 --> 00:26:47.500 from the dead, 00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.480 that he appeared 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:50.299 to all these 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.719 people, 00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:53.079 believing this 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:54.740 is critical. 00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.279 Why? 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.240 Back to 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.859 verse 2. 00:26:58.439 --> 00:26:59.099 By this 00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.779 gospel, 00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:00.799 you are 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.439 saved. 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:04.539 if you 00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.419 hold firmly 00:27:05.419 --> 00:27:06.719 to the 00:27:06.719 --> 00:27:07.119 word of 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:08.339 truth I 00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:08.919 preach to 00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.219 you. 00:27:10.699 --> 00:27:11.379 Do you 00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:11.699 hear the 00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:13.219 warning in 00:27:13.219 --> 00:27:13.459 that? 00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.000 There's a 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.419 danger, 00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.959 church at 00:27:17.959 --> 00:27:18.339 Corinth, 00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:20.379 that you 00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.799 guys can 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.939 move on 00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:22.439 from this 00:27:22.439 --> 00:27:22.719 and you 00:27:22.719 --> 00:27:23.299 can just 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.559 embrace 00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.959 something 00:27:24.959 --> 00:27:25.399 different. 00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.839 If you 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.199 do, 00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.419 your salvation 00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:28.959 is on the 00:27:28.959 --> 00:27:29.179 line. 00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.640 this is 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.080 the only 00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:30.440 way to 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.080 be saved. 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.019 Holding 00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.920 firmly to 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.360 this. 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.539 And it's 00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:37.820 a very 00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.180 kind of 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.600 specific 00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:39.160 thing for 00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.360 their 00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:39.779 church, 00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:40.880 dealing 00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.160 with, 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.299 do we 00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.320 believe in 00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:43.940 resurrection? 00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.240 That's 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.820 possible. 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.340 I don't 00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.880 think that 00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.519 we're there 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.799 as a 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.060 church. 00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:48.420 I hope 00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:48.759 not. 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.799 But it 00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.080 got me 00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.620 thinking this 00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:51.840 week. 00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:53.279 What ways 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.779 are we 00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:55.220 tempted to 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.340 move on 00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:57.419 from the 00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.779 gospel? 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.339 What's 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.459 your 00:28:01.459 --> 00:28:01.819 attitude 00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.359 towards 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.579 the 00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:02.980 gospel? 00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.000 How do 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.379 you feel 00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.779 about the 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.119 gospel? 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.619 Is it 00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.959 old news? 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.619 Is it 00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.139 that thing 00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:18.240 that I 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.679 think all 00:28:18.679 --> 00:28:19.220 too easily 00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.639 we get 00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.119 into this 00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.759 mindset 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.579 sometimes of 00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.539 the gospel 00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.000 is the 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.559 foundation, 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.939 it's the 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.779 elementary 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.320 stuff, 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.100 the basics, 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.680 it's the 00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.140 door that 00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.480 you go 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.900 through at 00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.460 the beginning 00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.779 and then 00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.600 leave behind 00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:33.740 and you 00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.180 go on to 00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.500 the more 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.940 advanced 00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.480 stuff of 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.940 being a 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.299 Christian 00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:37.500 and following 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:37.940 Jesus. 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.259 Sometimes 00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.920 we, I 00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.559 think, we 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.059 think that 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.299 way. 00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:45.980 But as 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.299 we saw 00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.000 last week, 00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:49.140 where are 00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.600 we going? 00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.580 What's our 00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:51.940 future? 00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.480 What's the 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.120 snapshot of 00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.640 our future? 00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.400 It's us 00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.040 standing 00:28:56.040 --> 00:28:56.900 before the 00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.400 throne of 00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.860 God and 00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.380 what are 00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.000 we singing 00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.880 about when 00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.259 we get 00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.580 there? 00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.920 Worthy 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.040 is the 00:29:05.040 --> 00:29:06.540 Lamb who 00:29:06.540 --> 00:29:07.580 was slain 00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:08.900 for us, 00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.840 whose blood 00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.680 was spilled 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.380 to wash 00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.240 our robes 00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.840 white. 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.820 Salvation 00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.800 is of 00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.920 our God. 00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.500 That's what 00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.780 we're going 00:29:20.780 --> 00:29:21.400 to be singing 00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.019 about for 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.560 the rest 00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:23.320 of eternity. 00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:25.579 the gospel. 00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.720 And that's 00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:29.960 why I 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.319 asked the 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.759 question, 00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.799 how do 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.279 you feel 00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.740 about the 00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.159 gospel? 00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:36.079 And I 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:37.059 want to be 00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.639 careful here 00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.379 because feelings 00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.000 are not 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.519 always the 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.419 best indicators. 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.220 Feelings go 00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.799 all over the 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.079 place. 00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.619 Feelings are 00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.179 affected by 00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:44.759 stress, 00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.700 they're affected 00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.460 by depression, 00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.639 they're affected 00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:49.200 by trauma, 00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.700 you name it, 00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.359 hormones, 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.259 there's all 00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.659 kinds of 00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.279 factors that 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:54.139 disorder our 00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.559 feelings, 00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.419 that mess it 00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:56.000 up and so 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:58.039 keep that in 00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.379 mind. 00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.439 But when you 00:30:02.439 --> 00:30:02.979 hear the word 00:30:02.979 --> 00:30:03.479 gospel, 00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:05.379 does your 00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.779 heart go 00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.339 immediately 00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.659 to the 00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:09.240 reality of 00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.419 God's love 00:30:10.419 --> 00:30:11.079 for you? 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:15.099 is your 00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.379 heart 00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.980 stirred? 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.919 Or is 00:30:18.919 --> 00:30:19.399 it something 00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.759 that, 00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:20.759 yeah, 00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.339 I believe 00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.659 that, 00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.299 but I 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.740 like all 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.119 these other 00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.599 things, 00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.519 they're more 00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.359 interesting to 00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:25.639 me. 00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.879 These other 00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:29.500 teachings in 00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.960 the Bible, 00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.259 these other 00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.679 ideas, 00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.099 this other 00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:32.699 theology, 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.720 this other 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.960 social issue, 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:38.559 listen to the 00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:38.960 words of 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.259 Paul, 00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.960 it's critical, 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.039 that we get 00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.319 this, 00:30:42.439 --> 00:30:44.159 of first 00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:45.019 importance, 00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.939 that Christ 00:30:46.939 --> 00:30:48.039 died for our 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.359 sins. 00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:49.759 This is our 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.399 main message, 00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.139 this is the 00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:52.460 core belief, 00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:54.039 the gospel is 00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.699 the center, 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.759 it's not 00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.519 something that 00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.099 we are meant 00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:59.439 to just get 00:30:59.439 --> 00:31:00.279 at the beginning, 00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.279 grab onto, 00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.159 it's something 00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:02.740 we're meant to 00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.679 hold onto 00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:05.339 right to the 00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.639 end. 00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:09.400 I've used 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.620 this kind 00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.180 of analogy 00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:12.520 before here, 00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.320 but I want 00:31:13.320 --> 00:31:13.740 to say it 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.060 again, 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.720 the gospel is 00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.060 like a 00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:16.580 bottomless 00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:16.920 well, 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.140 and you 00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.520 can just 00:31:18.520 --> 00:31:19.140 keep letting 00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.720 that bucket 00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.900 down deeper 00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.480 and deeper 00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.080 and deeper, 00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.640 and yet 00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:25.320 there's deeper 00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:26.140 and sweeter 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:27.300 waters yet 00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:27.920 to be drawn 00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.240 up. 00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:30.599 David and 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:30.819 I, 00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.339 we had 00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.579 supper 00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:32.880 together 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.460 last night, 00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.940 we had 00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.880 pizza, 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.620 that's our 00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.779 favorite food, 00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.519 we have that 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.960 in common, 00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:41.680 and this 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.980 is a dim 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.500 analogy, 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.519 but pizza 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.779 is my 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.299 favorite food, 00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.640 I mean, 00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.620 I could eat 00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.299 pizza every 00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.960 single day, 00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.019 I love it 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.539 that much, 00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.599 and every 00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.339 time I have 00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.519 it, 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.559 it just 00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.880 increases my 00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.660 enjoyment of 00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:55.799 it, 00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.319 it just 00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.480 reinforces how 00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:57.740 much, 00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.220 yes, 00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:59.000 this is so 00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.519 good, 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.319 and the 00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.860 next time 00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.519 my anticipation 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.559 is just even 00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.019 that much 00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.360 bigger, 00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.759 and I get 00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.220 to eat it 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.640 again, 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.279 like wow, 00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.680 this is 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.140 amazing, 00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.279 and I think 00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.660 that's a 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.160 picture of 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.500 how the 00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.259 gospel should 00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.400 be to 00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:12.019 us as 00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.640 followers of 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:12.980 Jesus, 00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.400 it's just, 00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.019 it's something 00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:16.180 that's not 00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.680 meant to 00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.240 get old, 00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.620 or, 00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.960 you know, 00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.380 well, 00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.539 I've heard 00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.319 lots about 00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.579 that, 00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.240 let's have 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.039 something else, 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.900 and so I 00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.460 want to ask 00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.740 you, 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:30.900 how do you 00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.380 feel about 00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.960 the gospel? 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.380 We're coming 00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:37.440 into Good 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.980 Friday and 00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.460 Easter in 00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.940 three weeks 00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.180 here, 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.900 and I don't 00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.360 want to end 00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:41.960 this message 00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.700 by giving you 00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.299 something to 00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.819 do, 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.539 because the 00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.140 gospel is 00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.640 that Christ 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.039 has done 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.460 it all 00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.460 for you, 00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:51.200 but how 00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.519 can we 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.039 increase 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.380 our 00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:53.000 enjoyment 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.200 of the 00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.620 gospel? 00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:54.679 gospel? 00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.899 What 00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.339 prevents 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.059 us from 00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.979 feeling the 00:32:57.979 --> 00:32:58.439 love of 00:32:58.439 --> 00:32:59.479 God in 00:32:59.479 --> 00:33:00.079 the gospel? 00:33:00.739 --> 00:33:01.359 It's a good 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.859 question to 00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.159 ask. 00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.779 If you feel 00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.599 like your 00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.639 heart is not 00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.419 connected to 00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:06.019 that love, 00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:06.979 that the 00:33:06.979 --> 00:33:07.659 gospel has 00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:07.979 kind of 00:33:07.979 --> 00:33:08.659 grown old 00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.579 or stale 00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.039 to you, 00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.799 what's 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.319 preventing 00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.019 you from 00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:13.439 feeling that? 00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.359 It's a 00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.859 question you 00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.519 need to 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.279 ask yourself. 00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:19.139 Is it 00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.459 pride? 00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.840 Is it 00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.720 that teenage 00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.360 attitude? 00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.500 I know 00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.799 that. 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.200 I don't 00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.480 need to 00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.840 hear any 00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:24.259 more about 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.579 that. 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.440 Is it 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:27.700 that you 00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.319 haven't read 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.840 the gospel 00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.860 or meditated 00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.480 on it in 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.880 a while? 00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.600 You haven't 00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.279 been in 00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.740 the word. 00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.640 You haven't 00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.200 been thinking 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:35.360 about what 00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:35.720 it's all 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.059 about. 00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.559 I don't 00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.000 know what 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.460 that answer 00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.079 is for you, 00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.480 but one 00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.180 simple thing 00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.640 that we can 00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.120 do in the 00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.660 weeks ahead 00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.400 is as we 00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:45.000 draw near to 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.799 Easter to 00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.539 increase our 00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.860 enjoyment of 00:33:47.860 --> 00:33:48.400 the gospel 00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:49.059 and to see 00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.519 you fresh 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.539 is just 00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.960 simply to 00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:53.019 take the 00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.539 time where 00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.480 we read 00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.980 the word, 00:33:55.919 --> 00:33:57.139 hopefully that's 00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.619 daily, 00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:59.379 to read 00:33:59.379 --> 00:33:59.779 through the 00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.259 story of 00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.019 Jesus again. 00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.700 Paul gave 00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.159 us kind of 00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:05.200 the two of 00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.159 the highlights 00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:07.619 that he died, 00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.119 that he rose 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.739 again, but the 00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.420 gospel is bigger 00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.019 than that. 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:12.079 We watched 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.900 the movie the 00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.380 other night, 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.099 but I encourage 00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.599 you in this 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.099 season leading 00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.779 up to Easter, 00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.059 maybe it's not 00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.960 even in the 00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.519 right order in 00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:18.920 your Bible 00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:20.559 reading plan, 00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.519 but you can 00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.159 shift the 00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.720 order around 00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.280 a little bit. 00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.420 Pick one of 00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.099 the gospels, 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:26.960 read through 00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.500 it again, 00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:30.680 ask the 00:34:30.680 --> 00:34:31.159 Lord to 00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:32.380 show you 00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:34.800 just again 00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:36.780 afresh his 00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.420 love for 00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.780 you. 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:42.500 Maybe you 00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.780 want to 00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:44.079 read the 00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.360 book of 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.099 Romans instead, 00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:45.659 that's kind 00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.099 of like a 00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:47.079 commentary on 00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.980 the gospel, 00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.039 it explains the 00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.440 details, 00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.819 maybe you 00:34:49.819 --> 00:34:50.039 want to 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.360 read the 00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.639 book of 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.059 Hebrews, 00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.079 all good 00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.779 places to 00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.239 go in 00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:54.420 the season 00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.779 ahead, 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.239 and so I 00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:55.719 would encourage 00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.159 you to do 00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.639 that, not 00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.059 as something 00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:58.639 to do so 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:00.819 that you 00:35:00.819 --> 00:35:01.440 are in a 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.219 better standing 00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.900 with God, 00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:05.699 but faith, 00:35:06.819 --> 00:35:07.559 deeper faith 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.579 comes by 00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.319 hearing, 00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.679 and hearing by 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.219 the word of 00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.519 God. 00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.559 God. 00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.719 So if you 00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.079 want to 00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.619 grow in 00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.239 your faith 00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:15.780 and hold 00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.460 more firmly 00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.139 onto it, 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:19.119 get into the 00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.719 word of God 00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.420 this Easter 00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.880 season. 00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.139 And my 00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.639 hope and my 00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.699 prayer, I'm 00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.000 going to do 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.860 this too, I'm 00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.380 going to read 00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.039 the gospel of 00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:28.639 Matthew, it's 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.259 out of my 00:35:29.259 --> 00:35:31.099 plan, but I'm 00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.579 going to do it 00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:33.059 anyway, and 00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:34.099 my hope and 00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.780 prayer is that 00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:36.759 that will just 00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.420 grow sweeter 00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:39.039 to us, the 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.759 love of God. 00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:41.620 may we never 00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.640 move on from 00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:42.960 that. 00:35:44.120 --> 00:35:44.680 This is 00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:45.940 critical that we 00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.500 get this. 00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.780 By this 00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:49.280 gospel, we 00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:50.780 are saved, if 00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.820 we hold firmly 00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:53.020 to the word 00:35:53.020 --> 00:35:54.040 that's been 00:35:54.040 --> 00:35:54.780 preached to us. 00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:56.200 Let's pray. 00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.640 Father in 00:36:02.640 --> 00:36:03.440 heaven, thank 00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.640 you so much 00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:07.620 for what you 00:36:07.620 --> 00:36:08.580 have done for 00:36:08.580 --> 00:36:09.320 us through 00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.800 Christ. 00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.960 Lord, we 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.780 confess that it 00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.660 has got old to 00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:15.440 us at times. 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:17.039 We confess that 00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.220 we oftentimes 00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.980 haven't felt 00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:20.580 about it as 00:36:20.580 --> 00:36:21.600 we should, but 00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:22.300 we ask that you 00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:23.760 would make new 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:25.500 and sweeter 00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.280 and deeper 00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:28.160 your love to 00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:28.780 us, our 00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.900 understanding of 00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.500 your love to 00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.680 us. 00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.180 May we not 00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:31.880 just know it 00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.420 in our heads, 00:36:32.580 --> 00:36:33.059 Lord, but may 00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.640 you take it 00:36:33.640 --> 00:36:34.420 right to the 00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.080 depths of our 00:36:35.080 --> 00:36:35.400 heart. 00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.460 Lord, 00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:35.500 Lord, 00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.559 Lord, 00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:35.620 Lord, 00:36:35.620 --> 00:36:35.640 Lord, 00:36:35.640 --> 00:36:35.700 Lord, 00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:35.720 Lord, 00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.820 Lord, 00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.559 Lord, 00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:40.500 may you 00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:42.900 bring forth 00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:44.279 praise from 00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:46.440 us and a 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.299 passion to 00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.940 share that 00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:49.179 news, that 00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:50.559 gospel with 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.440 others who 00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:52.239 also need to 00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.739 be saved. 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.199 We ask this in 00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:54.739 Christ's name. 00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:55.919 Amen.