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 So, we're going to begin by singing in Psalm 105, Psalm 105, verses 1 to 8. That's on page 374.

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 Give thanks to God, call on His name, to men His deeds make known. Sing ye to Him, sing Psalms,

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 proclaim His wondrous works each one. See that ye in His holy name to glory do accord,

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 and let the heart of everyone rejoice that seeks the Lord. We're invited to seek the Lord,

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 to do so with rejoicing hearts, hearts that rejoice in Him and in His salvation, and to come

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 and seek in verse 4 the Lord Almighty and His strength to seek that as well, and to think

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 on the works that He has done which breed admiration. So, verses 1 to 8, the tune is Denfield,

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 Give thanks to God.

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 Give thanks to God, call on His name, to men His deeds make known.

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 Sing ye to Him, sing Psalms, proclaim His wondrous works each one.

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 See that He in His holy name to glory do accord, and let the heart of everyone rejoice that seeks the Lord.

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 The Lord Almighty and His strength with steadfast heart seek He.

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 His blessed and His grace, His blessed and His gracious face, seek ye continually.

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 Think on the works that He hath done which admiration bleed.

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 Think on the works that He hath done which admiration bleed.

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 His wonders and His grace, His wonders and the judgment's all, which from His path rose ye.

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 O ye that God of Abram's grace, His servant will abound, and ye that Jacob's children are,

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 the Lord Almighty and His glory are, whom He chose for His throne.

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 Because He and He only is, the mighty God, the Lord.

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 Because He and He only is, the mighty God, the Lord.

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 And His most righteous judgments are, in all the earth, the Lord.

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 His covenant He remembered hath, that it may ever stand.

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 Two thousand generations, the word He did command.

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 Amen.

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 Well, let's once again call on the Lord in prayer.

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 Let's join together in prayer.

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 O Lord, our gracious God, it is so good for us to be taught by Your Word even as we sing.

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 For You have given us in these words that we have sung so much to think upon, so much to admire, so much to take in and take stock of,

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 concerning the Lord Himself and His works.

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 We thank You, O Lord, at the beginning of our service this evening, that we have such great reminders extended to us in Your Word,

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 and that every time we turn to Your Word, we are taught something of importance.

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 And we pray that we may regard Your Word even this evening as that source of light and truth for us, that will bring to us these foundational truths that You have been pleased to reveal to us.

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 We give thanks, Lord, for all that makes You worthy of our praise, for the beauty that pertains to You, for that perfection of beauty that belongs to You,

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 when all Your attributes combine so completely and perfectly, so that they form that holy God whom we come to worship once again.

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 And we give thanks that that continues, Lord, without any change, without any prospect of change.

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 For not only is Your Word set before us the way in which these attributes belong to You, but also the way that You are unchangeably the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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 And You are the God, therefore, whom we need as our foundation, one in whom we find our security, for it is in Your own perfection, in Your own unchangeable beauty and perfection, that we find the ground of our confidence.

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 O Lord, help us to come before You tonight exercising that faith that believes that You are God and that You are the rewarder of those who diligently seek You.

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 O Lord, we thank You that these words we have sung remind us of the importance of seeking You.

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 O Lord, while we sometimes refer the seeking of our souls for God to that time in our experience, before we come to saving faith, we thank You that Your Word reminds us that the seeking of the Lord is an aspect of the faith of Your people,

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 and that it is something that goes on through the whole course of life.

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 O Lord, we seek You that we seek You, O Lord, this evening to come to bless us.

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 O Lord, we seek You in Your power.

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 O Lord, we seek You through Your grace to come to speak to us once again.

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 O Lord, we seek You that we may know that we have met with You here, that we have had such a profitable time together as has come to know more of the wondrous truths of God.

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 O Lord, we thank You, O Lord, that we have met with us.

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 O Lord, we thank You, O Lord, for all that You continue to be for us.

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 O Lord, however far back we look in history, You have been a faithful God to Your people.

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 However far forward we may look in the promises of Your word, we thank You that You continue and will be a faithful God to Your people.

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 O Lord, we pray, O Lord, for that sense of security for us even this evening that would come to You once again and deposit our lives into Your hand and come to trust in You and draw from You all that we require for our life ahead.

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 O Lord, we thank You that You are the God who forgives sin.

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 O Lord, we thank You that You are the God who forgives sin.

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 And as we come with our confession of sin, as we always must, O Lord, we thank You we come to a God who has demonstrated His willingness to pardon,

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 who has come to reveal Himself as the forgiver of sins in the history and experience of all who have come to know You as their God and Savior.

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 O Lord, we confess tonight our sins.

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 We confess that we find it at times so frustrating that we sin against You even in ways that we have sinned against You before.

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 O Lord, we pray that as we contemplate these things, not only may we appreciate and give thanks for Your pardon,

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 but also may we, O Lord, further our interest and further also our longing to be found at last in heaven where there is no sin,

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 where we will be complete people, set in the image of God perfectly.

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 O Lord God, help us as we turn our mind again this evening for a short time to the wonder, the glory, the prospect of resurrection life.

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 O Lord, help us, we pray, to see ourselves in the light of it and to see the hope of Your people set in it, rooted in that resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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 so that we may look forward to the resurrection of Your people.

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 O Lord, we ask, O Lord, that You would give us, each of us here together tonight, that we may ourselves glory in Your resurrection

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 and find ourselves amongst those whose prospect it is to share in resurrection life at last.

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 May we be, O Lord, like the Apostle Paul long ago, whose desire it was to go on to know Christ and the power of His resurrection

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 and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death, if by any means He might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

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 Bless us then, we pray each one.

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 Bless all that took place already here today in our morning service, and our morning services indeed in Gallic as well.

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 We thank You for the continuation of all our services, Lord, by Your grace.

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 We pray especially for our young people who heard today of the love of God and the various aspects of that love as was brought before them.

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 We thank You for them.

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 We thank You for the way that they sat and listened, for the way in which they obviously showed an interest in filling their worksheets

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 and coming to know more of that truth of the gospel.

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 We, Lord, pray for them.

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 We pray for them in this age in which they are confronted with so much that would seek to harm them physically, morally, spiritually.

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 Protect them, Lord, we pray, from the clutches of the evil one, and bless all who seek to instruct them and teach them and guide them in the right way, in the way of Your truth.

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 May it be so, Lord, within our families, our homes, our schools, and all the ways in which we find groups within the congregation and throughout the church,

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 seeking to have the well-being of our young people catered for the church, seeking to have the well-being of our young people catered for.

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 And, Lord, we pray that in our own case here in the congregation, these activities may flourish more and more.

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 We thank You for the many young folks who come to the worship services as well.

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 We pray that their participation in the worship services of Your church may prove to be of benefit to themselves, not only in the meantime, but as their life develops.

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 And so we commend ourselves, Lord, to You now.

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 And we pray as so much as taking place in our community in these days in memory of the Metagama and the Marloch and other ways by which people had to leave the island.

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 We pray as we cast our minds back and as we are informed through the meetings that take place of the difficulties of those days.

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 Lord, our God, make us thankful, we pray, for the relative plenty that You've given us to enjoy.

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 But remind us too, O Lord, how dependent we are on Yourself.

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 And as we think back on those who faced poverty and lack of work and lack of resources and lack of housing

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 and had to leave this island and other places of our nation to go abroad.

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 Lord, gracious Lord, make us thankful for the privileges we have.

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 And bless our young people.

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 And bless us, we pray, with employment and work for them as well.

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 So that we may see our communities further built up.

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 And that we may see further inroads into Your church as well by people who live around us and who presently don't come to the Gospel.

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 Be merciful to them, we pray.

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 Bless those who are in authority over us to that end as they wrestle with difficulties imposed by the conditions of our day, economic and otherwise.

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 Give them wisdom, we pray.

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 Grant Your blessing to those tonight we know who are struggling in these times financially.

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 Lord, we ask that You would help us to take note of them, to seek to help them, to do whatever we can to alleviate them, to counsel them, to give them the help they need.

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 We ask, O Lord, too, for those who tonight have other difficulties in life.

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 We pray for those who are ill.

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 We ask for those receiving treatment.

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 Bless them and keep them through that anxious time.

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 Bless those anticipating surgery.

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 We pray that You would maintain them, Lord, to look to Yourself until that takes place.

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 Remember, Lord, too, those who are seriously ill, any in hospice or hospital who are grievously low at this time.

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 We pray again for Willie Graham, and we thank You for the measure of improvement in his condition.

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 And we pray now that he is home in hospital here, that You would grant him, Lord, further progress in his health.

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 We ask, too, that You would bless Mawrak and the family.

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 Surround them with Your love, we pray, and continue to strengthen them all and grant to them as they would seek further improvement in Willie's condition,

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 that they may look to Yourself and that they may come trustingly to draw their strength from You.

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 Remember us now, then, we pray, and continue with us here with all that we seek in the pardon of our sin.

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 For Jesus' sake, amen.

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 We're going to sing again to God's praise this time.

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 It's in Psalm 54, 54, and the Sing Psalms version on page 70.

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 And singing verses 1 to 7, the whole of that psalm.

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 The tune is Evan.

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 Save me, O God, by Your great name, with power deliver me.

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 Hear, O my God, the words I speak, and listen to my plea.

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 For strangers are attacking me, the ruthless seek my life.

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 For they have no regard for God, and always stir up strife.

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 Words which remind us of our need to bring all our circumstances to God,

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 and assures us that God gives an ear to our cry as we come believingly to Him to seek His help.

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 So, Psalm 54, save me, O God, by Your great name.

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 Save me, O God, by Your great name, with power deliver me.

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 Hear, O my God, the words I speak, and listen to my plea.

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 For strangers shall attack me, the ruthless seek my life.

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 For they have no regard for God, and always stir up strife.

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 Consider this God is my help, the Lord upholds my way.

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 In faithfulness destroy my foes, their slander, glory pay.

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 I'll bring a sacrifice to you, a free will ofening.

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 Because your name, O Lord, is good.

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 Your praises I will sing.

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 For you, O Lord, have rescued me from my disgrace and woe.

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 My eyes are blue in victory upon my cruel foe.

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 O Lord, have rescued me from my life.

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 Readings from God's Word this evening.

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 There are two readings, firstly from the Gospel of John, chapter 5,

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 and then we're coming back to read from 1 Corinthians 15.

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 First of all, John, chapter 5, and reading from verse 19 to 29.

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 So Jesus said to them,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord,

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 but only what he sees the Father doing.

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 For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

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 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing.

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 And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.

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 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,

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 so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

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 The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

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 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father.

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 Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life.

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 He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and is now here,

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 when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

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 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

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 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.

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 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out,

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 those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

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 And we turn also to 1 Corinthians chapter 15.

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 We read a short passage there from verse 35 to verse 45.

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 So 1 Corinthians 15 at verse 35.

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 But someone will ask, How are the dead raised?

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 With what kind of body do they come?

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 You foolish person!

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 What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

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 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.

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 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.

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 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind of humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.

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 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another.

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 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars.

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 For star differs from star in glory.

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 So it is with the resurrection of the dead.

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 What is sown is perishable.

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 What is raised is imperishable.

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 It is sown in dishonor.

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 It is raised in glory.

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 It is sown in weakness.

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 It is raised in power.

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 It is sown a natural body.

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 It is raised a spiritual body.

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 If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

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 Thus it is written, the first man Adam became a living being.

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 The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

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 May God bless to us these two portions of his word this evening.

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 Before we turn back to 1 Corinthians 15, let's sing once again to God's praise in Psalm 71 on page 91.

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 Psalm 71, the tune is Bunili.

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 We're singing verses 14 to 21.

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 But as for me, my hope is steadfast, and more and more your name I'll bless.

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 I'll show your measureless salvation, and all day long your righteousness.

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 I will proclaim your acts, O Lord God, and your righteousness, yes, yours alone.

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 For since my youth, O God, you've taught me, and still your wonders I make known.

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 Through to verse 21, from verse 14 to the tune Bunili to God's praise.

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 God bless us, O Lord God.

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 I will proclaim Your Son.

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 But as for me, my hope is steadfast,

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 I'll show you

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 your salvation

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 and all day long

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 your righteousness.

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 I will proclaim

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 your acts, O Lord God,

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 your righteousness,

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 yes, yours alone.

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 For since my youth,

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 O God, you've taught me

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 and still your wonders

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 I may gloom.

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 And now, my God,

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 do not forsake me

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 when old and great

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 I have become

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 till I declare

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 your might and power

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 to generations yet to come.

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 Your justice reaches

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 to the heavens.

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 Who is like you,

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 O God, in strength?

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 Though you have shown me

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 many troubles,

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 you will restore

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 my soul at land.

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 From the deep places

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 of air's darkness,

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 you will bring up

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 my life once more.

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 You will increase

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 your servant's honour.

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 My comfort once

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 again restore.

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 Let's turn together

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 this evening again

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:51.240
 to 1 Corinthians 15.

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 Let's continue with

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:54.460
 our studies through

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.119
 this chapter.

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 Tonight we're looking

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.460
 at this passage

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 that we read,

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 especially the early part

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 of it,

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 and particularly

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 these words

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 from verse 42

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 to 44.

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 So it is,

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:07.960
 with the resurrection

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.779
 of the dead,

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 what is sown

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 is perishable,

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 what is raised

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 is imperishable.

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 It is sown

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 in dishonour.

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 It is raised

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 in glory.

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 It is sown

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 in weakness.

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 It is raised

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 in power.

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 It is sown

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 a natural body.

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 It is raised

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 a spiritual body.

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 What a difference

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 it makes

00:27:31.939 --> 00:27:33.059
 when you're looking

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 forward to something

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 exciting.

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 What a difference

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 it makes

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 if you're,

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 let's say,

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 going to a place

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 on holiday

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 that you've never

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 been to before.

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 You've read

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 up about it.

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 You see all

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 the different

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 aspects of it

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 that take your

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 notice,

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 whether it's

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 into history

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 you are,

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 or whatever

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 aspects of

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 the world

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 you're interested

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 in.

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 You obviously

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 would have to

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 try and investigate

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 these.

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 Places you go

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 to usually

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 are favourites

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 for those sort

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 of reasons

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 that you want

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 to see various

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 aspects of things

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 you're interested

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 in.

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 And as you're

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 thinking forward

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 with excitement

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 to the eventuality,

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 to the occurrence

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 of happening,

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 the event

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 that you're

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 looking forward

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 to,

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 it inevitably

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 affects your

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 thinking right

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 now.

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 Of course,

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 you would never

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 actually book

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 for yourself

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 a holiday

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 in a place

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 where you're

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 going to see

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 a lot of

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 places,

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 a lot of

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 things that

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 really take

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 your interest

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 without meantime

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 making some

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:30.299
 preparation for it,

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 without meantime

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 studying up some

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 more about these

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 things so that

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 when you get

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 there,

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.900
 you're in a

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.579
 better position

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 to actually

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 do that.

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 So,

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 the prospect

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 of what you're

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 going to have

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 in the future

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 as you've

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 made your

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 plans and

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 as you've

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 made your

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 bookings,

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 that is

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.839
 obviously

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 affecting the

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.139
 present way

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 of thinking

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.399
 that you have

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:53.579
 in a positive

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.039
 way.

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 Of course,

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:55.539
 it could easily

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.000
 be the other

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.480
 way about,

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 that things

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 in the future

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 are things

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.059
 which give us

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.659
 concern,

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 but let's

00:29:02.439 --> 00:29:03.099
 keep it to the

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 positive.

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 That's what

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.740
 the passage

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.319
 is about,

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.359
 that positively

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:07.579
 affects the

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:07.959
 present.

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:09.539
 And of course,

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.399
 that's supremely

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:11.599
 the case with

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.179
 the Christian

00:29:12.179 --> 00:29:12.759
 life,

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 because all the

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.139
 way through

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:15.079
 this chapter

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.519
 we've been

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.259
 looking at

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.019
 Paul's treatment

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.839
 of the

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.399
 resurrection,

00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:19.439
 the resurrection

00:29:19.439 --> 00:29:20.139
 of God's

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.559
 people,

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 as that's

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.059
 united to

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.679
 the resurrection

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.839
 of Jesus

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.919
 himself from

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.379
 the dead.

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.079
 Now,

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:27.740
 you could go

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.419
 to a place

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:28.979
 that you had

00:29:28.979 --> 00:29:30.299
 really longed

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 to see,

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.359
 you'd made

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.719
 all your

00:29:31.719 --> 00:29:32.339
 preparations,

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:35.459
 and your

00:29:35.459 --> 00:29:36.159
 thoughts of

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.640
 it as you

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.440
 made your

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.040
 preparations,

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.120
 were building

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.779
 up all the

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.160
 time,

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:41.160
 and then

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.200
 you actually

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:43.100
 get to it,

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:44.480
 and it's

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.100
 disappointing.

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.400
 It's not

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.880
 really what

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.560
 you expected.

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:48.940
 It's,

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.980
 you've got a

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.380
 feeling of

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:50.960
 just being

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.700
 let down,

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.940
 and of course

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.620
 maybe some

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.820
 of the glossy

00:29:54.820 --> 00:29:55.759
 magazines or

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:57.120
 adverts are

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.380
 really overdone,

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.360
 and what you

00:29:59.360 --> 00:29:59.779
 end up

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.820
 experiencing is

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.920
 just less

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.580
 than really you

00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:03.040
 were hoping

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.940
 for or

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.379
 less than

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:05.379
 was presented

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:06.039
 to you.

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.299
 Well,

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.559
 of course,

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.099
 it's never

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.599
 going to be

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.240
 that way

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.659
 with your

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:11.639
 Christian hope.

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.779
 It's never

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.220
 going to be

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.619
 that way.

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:13.940
 In fact,

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.279
 it's going

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.759
 to be the

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.139
 opposite,

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.399
 because as

00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:16.879
 we're looking

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.720
 forward to

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.579
 the resurrection,

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.220
 as God's

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.059
 people look

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.659
 forward to

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:20.940
 that,

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.940
 and everything

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.460
 that's on the

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.059
 other side

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.399
 of the

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.920
 resurrection,

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.779
 in the

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.319
 beauties and

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.859
 the glories

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.220
 and the

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.759
 bliss of

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.200
 heaven,

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.180
 the Bible

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.779
 tells you

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.299
 all the way

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:30.159
 through that

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:30.519
 it's going

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.079
 to be far

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.599
 better than

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:31.819
 you can

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.460
 even imagine

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:32.939
 here.

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:34.839
 And that's

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.220
 why we're

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.119
 saying the

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:37.019
 prospect of

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:38.220
 resurrection life,

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.279
 following the

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.039
 resurrection from

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.679
 the dead,

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.819
 is something

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:43.199
 that fills you

00:30:43.199 --> 00:30:43.899
 here and ought

00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:44.539
 to fill us,

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.240
 and in many

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.919
 ways I find

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.699
 myself saying,

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.319
 maybe you do

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.619
 too,

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.759
 it's surprising

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.679
 how little

00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:50.720
 excitement I

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.619
 sometimes feel

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.740
 at the prospect

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.699
 of the

00:30:53.699 --> 00:30:54.819
 resurrection that

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.839
 is unto life

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:57.599
 everlasting on

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.399
 the other side

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.539
 of death and

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.279
 resurrection from

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.839
 the dead.

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:04.259
 Now, Paul was

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.159
 excited about

00:31:05.159 --> 00:31:06.519
 thinking of

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.279
 resurrection.

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:08.980
 You'll see that

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.500
 throughout his

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:11.659
 writings, that he

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.399
 wasn't just

00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:13.799
 excited about the

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.779
 prospect of leaving

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:16.339
 this world and

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.240
 going to be with

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.000
 Christ, which he

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.599
 says is far

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:21.519
 better, as he

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:21.960
 wrote to the

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:23.659
 Philippians, but

00:31:23.659 --> 00:31:24.619
 it's particularly

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:26.199
 resurrection that

00:31:26.199 --> 00:31:26.740
 he's got his

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.720
 mind set upon.

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.659
 That's the

00:31:28.659 --> 00:31:29.359
 terminus.

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.240
 That's the

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.019
 conclusion of

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.339
 the whole

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.660
 thing.

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.500
 That's the

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.279
 thing that God

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.339
 himself has in

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.759
 store.

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.799
 That's what the

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.599
 coming of Christ

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.319
 was all about.

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.200
 That's what his

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.160
 death and his

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:40.160
 resurrection and

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:41.740
 his exaltation were

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.559
 designed to

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.480
 actually bring about

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.579
 and lead to.

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.579
 And I hope we've

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.920
 got something of,

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.779
 even though some of

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.559
 these passages are

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.920
 difficult, in 1

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.960
 Corinthians 15.

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:56.340
 I hope at least one

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:57.220
 of the outcomes is

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.279
 that it's brought

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.400
 us in our mind to

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:01.400
 think of the

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.900
 wonders that await

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.940
 the Lord's people on

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.840
 the other side of

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.840
 being raised from the

00:32:05.840 --> 00:32:08.079
 dead, and of how

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:09.059
 there is no prospect

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:10.680
 of the kind of

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:12.819
 limitations and

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:14.779
 experiences of pain

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:16.180
 and loss that we

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.180
 experience in this

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.640
 life.

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:20.340
 As we turn to

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:21.160
 this passage, we've

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:22.700
 already seen the

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:25.100
 hopelessness of the

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:26.620
 person who discounts

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.500
 resurrection, who

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.560
 denies such a thing

00:32:28.560 --> 00:32:29.820
 as the resurrection.

00:32:31.060 --> 00:32:32.580
 Where is our hope if

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:33.660
 we don't believe in the

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.720
 resurrection of Jesus

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.759
 and if we don't

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.300
 believe in the

00:32:36.300 --> 00:32:37.320
 resurrection of God's

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:38.820
 people united to

00:32:38.820 --> 00:32:39.240
 Jesus?

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.720
 There is no hope.

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.800
 There is no ground

00:32:41.800 --> 00:32:42.360
 of hope.

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:42.439
 hope.

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:46.119
 It's just gloom, the

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.019
 darkness of the

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.799
 grave and nothing

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.279
 beyond.

00:32:49.979 --> 00:32:51.379
 And this life in

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:52.839
 this world, as we've

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.259
 seen already in this

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:56.799
 chapter in 1

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:59.079
 Corinthians 15, if in

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:01.379
 this life only we

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:02.559
 have hope in Christ,

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.599
 we are of all people

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.719
 most to be pitied.

00:33:06.199 --> 00:33:07.759
 Because if this world

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:09.199
 and the borders of

00:33:09.199 --> 00:33:10.740
 this world is really

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.759
 all there is to it,

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:13.140
 what is the purpose

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:14.039
 of human life?

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.440
 Yes, we can say we

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.359
 can do so much to

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:17.200
 help each other, and

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.759
 that's good.

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:19.240
 We can do so much to

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:20.220
 help others and make

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:21.039
 the world a better

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.519
 place.

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.619
 What then?

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.720
 What is the outcome

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:26.059
 of reaching the end

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:27.220
 stage of your life in

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:28.359
 this world if there's

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:29.140
 nothing beyond?

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.819
 Well, the Bible, of

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:33.220
 course, discounts that

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.799
 idea and brings us

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.619
 this wonderful positive

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:38.279
 emphasis that for all

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.960
 who trust in Christ,

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:42.220
 this world is not just

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.259
 that it's not the end

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:45.039
 of things, but it's the

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.480
 end of the limitations

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.420
 of things that we

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:49.360
 experience in this life.

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.940
 So, tonight we're

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:51.360
 looking at the

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:53.400
 transformation involved

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:55.519
 in resurrection from the

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:57.039
 dead for the Lord's

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.420
 people.

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.920
 And what a

00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:00.840
 transformation it is.

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:03.259
 Even the Apostle Paul

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:05.740
 is struggling to find

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:07.519
 words adequate to

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:09.079
 describe what the

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.440
 resurrection body, and

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.099
 that's what he's dealing

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.139
 with mainly, the

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:13.559
 resurrection body, what

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:15.460
 our body will be like in

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.000
 the resurrection.

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.400
 We know what it's like

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.820
 here.

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.820
 We know what we feel in

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:21.860
 terms of bodily pains and

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.900
 bodily limitations.

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.800
 We know what it's like

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.920
 that aspects of our

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:28.559
 physical makeup actually

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:30.320
 themselves are so united

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:32.239
 to our sinfulness and to

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:34.199
 our being sinful people and

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:35.280
 practicing sin.

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:36.880
 And the Apostle is

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:38.140
 excited at the prospect

00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:39.460
 that the body that will

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:41.280
 be raised from the dead

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:43.420
 is done with sin, and

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.480
 it's done with these

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:46.060
 limitations, and it's

00:34:46.060 --> 00:34:47.920
 done with the kind of

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:49.340
 things you have here in

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:51.860
 humiliation and in these

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:53.720
 frustrations of not being

00:34:53.720 --> 00:34:57.460
 able to glorify God a

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.580
 hundred percent as you'd

00:34:58.580 --> 00:34:59.060
 like to.

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.680
 Let's look at what he's

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:00.920
 saying.

00:35:02.120 --> 00:35:03.200
 First of all, I want to

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:04.700
 take what really is a key

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:06.519
 phrase from the passage,

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.379
 and that's what you find

00:35:07.379 --> 00:35:10.239
 in verses 38 to 41.

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.619
 And the key phrase

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:14.319
 especially is where he

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:16.919
 talks here about God

00:35:16.919 --> 00:35:19.259
 gives it a body in verse

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:21.439
 38, but God gives it a

00:35:21.439 --> 00:35:23.539
 body as he has chosen.

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.159
 These are really

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:25.539
 significant words at the

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.439
 heart of the passage.

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:28.939
 Indeed, some are of the

00:35:28.939 --> 00:35:30.059
 view that that's really the

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.980
 heart of the chapter.

00:35:31.859 --> 00:35:33.239
 God gives it a body.

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:34.419
 It's not just that there's

00:35:34.419 --> 00:35:35.319
 such a thing as a

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:37.119
 resurrection and a body

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.039
 that comes out of the

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.759
 grave as a resurrected

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:41.819
 body, as the risen body

00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:43.500
 that's united then to the

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.899
 soul.

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:46.299
 In the case of the saved,

00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:49.279
 Paul is saying, God gives

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.879
 it a body.

00:35:50.439 --> 00:35:52.859
 It is he who is in charge of

00:35:52.859 --> 00:35:54.239
 what comes up from the

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.619
 dead.

00:35:55.919 --> 00:35:57.039
 And it's interesting how he

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:58.059
 illustrates this because,

00:35:58.059 --> 00:36:02.480
 well, he begins by actually

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.380
 picking up a couple of

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:05.960
 skeptical objections, it

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:07.159
 seems, if you might call it

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:09.920
 that, in verses 35 and 36.

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:12.059
 But someone will ask, how

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:13.099
 are the dead raised?

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:15.539
 With what kind of body do

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:15.980
 they come?

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:18.460
 And you can tell that Paul is

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.579
 somewhat annoyed with that

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:21.179
 because he answers that,

00:36:21.299 --> 00:36:22.299
 first of all, by saying, you

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:23.500
 foolish person.

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:26.139
 And he goes on to explain why

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:28.019
 he is so vehement in such

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:29.239
 language, you foolish

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:29.799
 person.

00:36:30.379 --> 00:36:32.859
 It's as if he's dealt with

00:36:32.859 --> 00:36:34.460
 all that the chapter has

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:35.920
 contained so far.

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.900
 There were some in Corinth

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.879
 who didn't believe in the

00:36:38.879 --> 00:36:40.099
 resurrection of the dead.

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:42.440
 And we've seen how Paul has

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.420
 dealt with that.

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.319
 But there may well have been

00:36:45.319 --> 00:36:46.519
 some people who still, as

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.579
 far as Paul was concerned,

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:49.519
 were still skeptical, still

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:51.299
 really not taking this in,

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:53.139
 that there is such a thing

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:54.539
 awaiting God's people as

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.500
 the resurrection from the

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.679
 dead.

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.940
 So he's saying, someone will

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:58.319
 ask, well, how are the dead

00:36:58.319 --> 00:36:58.879
 raised then?

00:36:58.919 --> 00:37:00.139
 As if he's saying, well, if

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.719
 you believe in the

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:02.119
 resurrection, tell me how

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.960
 they are raised.

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:05.980
 Or what kind of body will

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:07.319
 they have when they are

00:37:07.319 --> 00:37:07.719
 raised?

00:37:08.799 --> 00:37:09.899
 And Paul's reaction is,

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.940
 you foolish person.

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:13.500
 That's very strong language

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:15.199
 because what Paul is

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:16.719
 concerned for is that they

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:18.179
 haven't really exercised their

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:19.659
 minds to follow what he's

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.839
 saying even so far.

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:22.339
 So he's now adding to it.

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:24.460
 And he uses an analogy.

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:27.639
 He uses the illustration of

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:30.199
 what happens to a seed when

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.380
 you place it in the ground

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:34.320
 and the contrast between the

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:35.760
 seed that you place in the

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:37.179
 ground, whatever it might be,

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:39.380
 and the plant that grows from

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:41.019
 that when it reaches its

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.420
 fullness.

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:44.619
 That's the contrast that he's

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:46.780
 drawing and he's using that to

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:48.980
 illustrate why these people that

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:50.380
 are raising these questions

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.260
 really are foolish.

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:52.660
 They're not really thinking

00:37:52.660 --> 00:37:53.680
 things through properly.

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.820
 And of course, one of the

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:56.400
 great important things for you

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.460
 as a Christian, for us as

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.680
 Christians, is to use your

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.080
 mind.

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:01.840
 Use the mind, as Paul says so

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:05.120
 often, to consider God's truth.

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:06.720
 Apply your mind to it.

00:38:07.740 --> 00:38:09.240
 And this is what he's saying.

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:14.179
 You foolish person, what you sow

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:16.699
 does not come to life unless it

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.099
 dies.

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:19.099
 And what you sow is not the body

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:21.479
 that is to be, but a bare seed,

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:23.679
 perhaps of wheat or of some other

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.000
 grain.

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.939
 Now, you see what he's saying?

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:27.259
 That you actually place the seed in

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:29.299
 the ground, wheat, whatever it

00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:29.839
 might be.

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:32.959
 And then what comes up from it, in a

00:38:32.959 --> 00:38:35.099
 sense, of course it's still attached

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:37.579
 to the seed, but it's not exactly the

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:39.019
 seed that you planted in the ground,

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:42.340
 although it is in essence the same

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.079
 plant.

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:47.900
 And what he's really concerned for is

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:50.380
 that the Corinthians will understand

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:52.139
 that there's a process that needs to

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.900
 be gone through.

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:57.940
 Because the final plant requires the

00:38:57.940 --> 00:39:01.119
 death of the seed before it actually

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:03.259
 comes to its full fruition.

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.839
 The seed dies.

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:06.440
 You look at a potato.

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:08.679
 Some of you might have planted

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.539
 potatoes already.

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:11.839
 If you plant potatoes, and you know

00:39:11.839 --> 00:39:13.359
 very well when you come to find the

00:39:13.359 --> 00:39:16.259
 potato plant growing, yes, it produces

00:39:16.259 --> 00:39:18.219
 all these other potatoes underneath,

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:18.839
 you hope.

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.880
 The plant grows.

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.719
 The leaves are there.

00:39:20.819 --> 00:39:22.460
 Everything comes out of the ground.

00:39:22.839 --> 00:39:24.519
 You go to the original potato.

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.699
 You can't use it again.

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.039
 It's rotten.

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:29.099
 It's disintegrated.

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:33.299
 It's given its life to the plant that

00:39:33.299 --> 00:39:34.420
 grew from it.

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:37.639
 And it's that principle that Paul is

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:38.940
 applying here when he says,

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:42.759
 that which dies is placed in the

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:45.599
 ground, and out of it grows the plant

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:47.019
 from that seed.

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:51.199
 And the process is death first, then

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:53.079
 comes life from that.

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:55.360
 Now, Jesus used this very interestingly,

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:58.259
 used the same principle, same

00:39:58.260 --> 00:40:00.360
 illustration in John chapter 12.

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:01.540
 If you turn to that for a moment

00:40:01.540 --> 00:40:03.700
 with me, please, there's a few

00:40:03.700 --> 00:40:06.380
 verses there we can see are important.

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:08.620
 John 12, verse 24.

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:14.080
 This is Jesus applying this principle

00:40:14.080 --> 00:40:14.920
 to himself.

00:40:15.660 --> 00:40:17.460
 I'm not going to spend much time on this,

00:40:17.520 --> 00:40:19.360
 but just to illustrate how Jesus himself

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:21.900
 used this same principle as well.

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:24.200
 Here are, from verse 20, people who are

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:26.980
 coming up and seeking to see Jesus.

00:40:27.439 --> 00:40:28.879
 Philip and Andrew are involved.

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.239
 And this is Jesus answering.

00:40:30.379 --> 00:40:30.599
 He says,

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:33.099
 The hour has come for the Son of Man,

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:34.839
 that's himself, to be glorified.

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:36.199
 Truly, truly, I say to you,

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:38.879
 unless a grain of wheat falls into the

00:40:38.879 --> 00:40:42.279
 earth and dies, it remains alone.

00:40:43.359 --> 00:40:47.419
 But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:50.239
 He's talking there of himself, firstly.

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:52.879
 And as far as I'm aware,

00:40:52.959 --> 00:40:55.659
 it's true that in the tombs of Egypt,

00:40:56.799 --> 00:40:58.719
 grains were found that were buried

00:40:58.719 --> 00:41:01.339
 with some of the kings or important people

00:41:01.339 --> 00:41:05.339
 that were buried in these large tombs

00:41:05.339 --> 00:41:08.839
 or found in clay vessels,

00:41:09.779 --> 00:41:10.619
 still intact,

00:41:11.319 --> 00:41:13.339
 but still just as seed

00:41:13.339 --> 00:41:14.939
 as they had been placed

00:41:14.939 --> 00:41:17.739
 in the earthenware jar or whatever.

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:20.299
 But I believe it's true that when

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:22.119
 some of them were placed

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:23.299
 in the earth,

00:41:23.459 --> 00:41:24.319
 they actually grew.

00:41:24.419 --> 00:41:25.599
 They still had life in them.

00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:27.619
 The point is this.

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:29.919
 Unless the seed dies,

00:41:30.319 --> 00:41:31.979
 it remains, Jesus is saying,

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:32.959
 on its own.

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.639
 And he is saying that

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:36.099
 about his own death.

00:41:37.459 --> 00:41:38.939
 Unless he dies,

00:41:39.759 --> 00:41:40.919
 there is no fruit

00:41:40.919 --> 00:41:42.639
 from him,

00:41:42.779 --> 00:41:43.579
 from his life,

00:41:43.919 --> 00:41:45.079
 without him first dying

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:46.879
 and then rising from the dead.

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:48.240
 But he doesn't leave it at that.

00:41:48.720 --> 00:41:49.440
 He says then

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:54.440
 that whoever loves his life

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:55.240
 loses it,

00:41:55.720 --> 00:41:57.400
 and whoever hates his life

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:58.240
 in this world

00:41:58.240 --> 00:42:00.619
 will keep it for eternal life.

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:02.519
 If anyone serves me,

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.940
 he must follow me,

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:05.160
 and where I am,

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:06.920
 there will my servant be also.

00:42:07.640 --> 00:42:09.099
 If anyone serves me,

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.820
 the Father will honor him.

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.840
 Now, see what he's saying there.

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:13.059
 He's saying about himself,

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:14.400
 it must be the case

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:16.019
 that there will be death

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:17.679
 in my experience,

00:42:17.779 --> 00:42:18.599
 in my case,

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:20.059
 for there to be life

00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:20.880
 as the outcome.

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.579
 The Son of Man

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.779
 must die

00:42:23.779 --> 00:42:24.759
 just as the seed

00:42:24.759 --> 00:42:25.639
 goes into the ground.

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:28.179
 But he applies that then

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:29.199
 to our lives

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:30.239
 as human beings.

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.619
 There must be

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:32.420
 a dying

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.219
 or a death

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:33.920
 in our life.

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.699
 And this is not just

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.779
 in terms of

00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:36.799
 when our body

00:42:36.799 --> 00:42:38.059
 is laid into the tomb.

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:38.739
 That's not what he's

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:39.559
 dealing with there.

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:40.940
 It's a matter of you

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:42.320
 dying to yourself,

00:42:42.619 --> 00:42:44.539
 dying to your self-righteousness,

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:46.079
 dying to your own

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:47.119
 preferences,

00:42:47.299 --> 00:42:47.920
 as it were,

00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:49.279
 dying to everything

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:50.940
 that's a contrast to

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.679
 or an opposition

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:53.340
 to placing your life

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:54.880
 in the hands of God.

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.320
 Whoever

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:57.940
 keeps his life

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.599
 shall lose it.

00:42:58.699 --> 00:42:59.460
 You hang on to it.

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:00.139
 It's like the seed

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:01.500
 that's never been planted.

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:02.960
 It doesn't grow.

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:04.259
 It doesn't produce the fruit.

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:06.579
 But if it dies,

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.820
 if you die to yourself,

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:10.120
 remember that's what

00:43:10.120 --> 00:43:10.600
 you're doing,

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:12.440
 when you give your life

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:13.340
 over to Christ,

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:14.440
 when you come to trust

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:15.780
 in Him by God's grace,

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:17.280
 what you're doing

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:18.620
 is really handing over

00:43:18.620 --> 00:43:19.920
 your life

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:22.360
 for Him to look after it,

00:43:22.640 --> 00:43:24.039
 for Him to keep it

00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:25.160
 in security,

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:27.059
 for Him to bring

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.740
 ultimately

00:43:27.740 --> 00:43:29.660
 that fruit of righteousness

00:43:29.660 --> 00:43:31.200
 into your life.

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:33.780
 There has to be

00:43:33.780 --> 00:43:35.360
 a dying to self,

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:36.320
 and he said that elsewhere,

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.740
 didn't he,

00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:38.539
 in the other gospel,

00:43:38.659 --> 00:43:39.259
 speaking about

00:43:39.259 --> 00:43:40.339
 what it is

00:43:40.339 --> 00:43:41.500
 to be his disciple.

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:42.779
 If any man would follow me,

00:43:43.279 --> 00:43:44.859
 let him take up his cross,

00:43:45.299 --> 00:43:46.519
 deny himself,

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:47.399
 and follow me.

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:49.059
 He always mentioned this,

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:50.059
 deny himself,

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:51.799
 die to yourself,

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:55.500
 and die to the life

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:57.019
 of sin's dominance.

00:43:57.019 --> 00:44:00.599
 So important,

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.019
 isn't it?

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:02.539
 We can't expect

00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:04.119
 to live spiritually

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:06.019
 without dying to self.

00:44:06.139 --> 00:44:07.139
 I said I wasn't going to spend

00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:08.239
 too much time on it,

00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:09.559
 but it is an important point.

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.860
 I want you to take that

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:11.380
 with you

00:44:11.380 --> 00:44:12.380
 and just ponder it.

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:14.059
 Have you died to self?

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:15.039
 Have you given your life

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:16.199
 over to Christ?

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:16.559
 You see,

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:17.559
 your life is either

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.420
 in the hands of Christ

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:19.619
 or it's in your own hands.

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:21.579
 Your life is either

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:22.940
 being looked after by Him

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:23.780
 or you're trying

00:44:23.780 --> 00:44:24.900
 to manage it yourself.

00:44:24.900 --> 00:44:27.079
 And when you come to die,

00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:28.200
 you're either going to die

00:44:28.200 --> 00:44:29.160
 in the hands of Christ

00:44:29.160 --> 00:44:30.220
 or you're going to die,

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:30.820
 sadly,

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:32.420
 trying still to look after it

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:33.760
 without any prospect

00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:35.400
 of resurrection unto life.

00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:39.619
 And so,

00:44:39.720 --> 00:44:40.480
 coming back to

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:41.780
 1 Corinthians 15,

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:43.940
 here is what he's saying

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:46.480
 regarding the same principle.

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:47.960
 What you sow

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:49.119
 does not come to life

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:50.019
 unless it dies.

00:44:50.660 --> 00:44:51.260
 And what you sow

00:44:51.260 --> 00:44:51.980
 is not the body

00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:52.680
 that is to be,

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:54.440
 but God gives it a body

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:55.639
 as He has chosen.

00:44:55.720 --> 00:44:55.840
 Now,

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:56.900
 He extends that

00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:58.840
 to really pretty much

00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.820
 to the whole creation.

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:00.880
 He talks about animals,

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:01.820
 birds,

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.200
 fish,

00:45:02.240 --> 00:45:02.780
 and what He's really

00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:03.659
 demonstrating is that

00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:04.420
 God gives them

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:05.220
 their own body.

00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:06.980
 God gives them,

00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:07.679
 each of them,

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:08.659
 the body

00:45:08.659 --> 00:45:09.900
 that He has designed

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.380
 for them.

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.380
 And He goes through

00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:12.800
 to say,

00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:14.420
 in the creation,

00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:15.659
 there are heavenly bodies

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:17.760
 and there are earthly bodies.

00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:18.820
 There's the sun

00:45:18.820 --> 00:45:19.840
 and the moon

00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:20.920
 and the stars.

00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:21.960
 They all have

00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:23.539
 their own different bodies,

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:24.440
 their own shape,

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:25.300
 their own properties,

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:28.519
 and their own glory.

00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:30.159
 And so it is,

00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:30.480
 He says,

00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:31.619
 with the resurrection

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:32.559
 of the dead.

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:35.099
 He's answering these objections,

00:45:35.300 --> 00:45:36.079
 these questions.

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:38.039
 But the point is this,

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:40.059
 if God,

00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:40.980
 as He is,

00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:42.820
 is giving their own body

00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:44.360
 to these objects,

00:45:44.659 --> 00:45:45.559
 to these planets,

00:45:45.699 --> 00:45:46.579
 to these stars,

00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:47.819
 to these creatures

00:45:47.819 --> 00:45:49.779
 in His creation,

00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:52.920
 if God is giving them

00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:54.759
 a body as He has designed,

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:56.940
 He is the one

00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:58.179
 who is going to give

00:45:58.179 --> 00:45:59.239
 His people the body

00:45:59.239 --> 00:46:00.559
 in the resurrection.

00:46:02.360 --> 00:46:03.500
 If God has done

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:04.480
 what He's done already,

00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:05.860
 Paul is really saying,

00:46:05.920 --> 00:46:06.799
 you can put it into words

00:46:06.799 --> 00:46:07.739
 like this or similar,

00:46:08.279 --> 00:46:09.759
 if you think of God

00:46:09.759 --> 00:46:11.059
 having done this already,

00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:13.460
 why should you doubt

00:46:13.460 --> 00:46:15.440
 that God will give

00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:15.880
 a body

00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:17.099
 to those

00:46:17.099 --> 00:46:17.940
 who died

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:18.699
 and His bodies

00:46:18.699 --> 00:46:20.240
 initially were laid

00:46:20.240 --> 00:46:21.019
 into the dust

00:46:21.019 --> 00:46:21.639
 and death

00:46:21.639 --> 00:46:24.840
 because He will give it

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:25.960
 a body

00:46:25.960 --> 00:46:26.760
 in the resurrection.

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.500
 And that brings us

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:29.340
 to the second part.

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.599
 What kind

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:31.659
 of body

00:46:31.659 --> 00:46:32.500
 will they be?

00:46:33.539 --> 00:46:33.840
 Well,

00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:34.260
 it's from

00:46:34.260 --> 00:46:35.039
 the natural,

00:46:35.179 --> 00:46:35.460
 He says,

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:37.940
 to the spiritual.

00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:38.679
 Let's read from

00:46:38.679 --> 00:46:40.880
 verse 42.

00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:41.619
 So it is

00:46:41.619 --> 00:46:42.700
 with the resurrection

00:46:42.700 --> 00:46:43.519
 of the dead.

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:44.880
 What is sown

00:46:44.880 --> 00:46:45.680
 is perishable.

00:46:46.119 --> 00:46:47.039
 What is raised

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:48.000
 is imperishable.

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:49.000
 It is sown

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:49.619
 in dishonor.

00:46:49.680 --> 00:46:50.079
 It is raised

00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:50.680
 in glory.

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:51.880
 It is sown

00:46:51.880 --> 00:46:52.599
 in weakness.

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:53.720
 It is raised

00:46:53.720 --> 00:46:54.340
 in power.

00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:55.480
 It is sown

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.500
 a natural body.

00:46:57.099 --> 00:46:57.920
 It is raised

00:46:57.920 --> 00:46:59.660
 a spiritual body.

00:47:01.140 --> 00:47:01.579
 So,

00:47:01.680 --> 00:47:02.000
 in a sense,

00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:03.119
 you have the same

00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:03.519
 as you have

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:04.079
 with the seed.

00:47:04.980 --> 00:47:06.720
 There's discontinuity.

00:47:07.200 --> 00:47:08.119
 It's not the seed

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:08.740
 that rises.

00:47:08.739 --> 00:47:09.959
 And yet,

00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:11.000
 there's continuity

00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:12.679
 because what rises

00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:14.019
 is from the seed

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:14.739
 that was planted.

00:47:15.259 --> 00:47:15.819
 Let me read to you

00:47:15.819 --> 00:47:17.719
 what Confession of Faith,

00:47:17.779 --> 00:47:18.139
 the Westminster

00:47:18.139 --> 00:47:19.159
 Confession of Faith,

00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:20.519
 and how it puts it

00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:21.819
 in chapter 32,

00:47:22.459 --> 00:47:23.439
 paragraph 2.

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:24.019
 This is dealing

00:47:24.019 --> 00:47:25.419
 with the resurrection.

00:47:26.899 --> 00:47:28.099
 At the last day,

00:47:28.799 --> 00:47:30.119
 such as are found alive

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:31.219
 shall not die,

00:47:31.779 --> 00:47:32.519
 but be changed.

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:33.019
 He's talking here

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:33.739
 about Christians,

00:47:33.899 --> 00:47:34.699
 the people of God.

00:47:35.799 --> 00:47:37.019
 Such as are found alive

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.819
 shall not die,

00:47:37.820 --> 00:47:38.740
 but be changed.

00:47:39.240 --> 00:47:40.200
 And all the dead

00:47:40.200 --> 00:47:41.080
 shall be raised up

00:47:41.080 --> 00:47:44.980
 with the self-same bodies.

00:47:46.120 --> 00:47:46.300
 Now,

00:47:46.320 --> 00:47:47.039
 isn't that interesting?

00:47:48.080 --> 00:47:51.240
 With the self-same bodies,

00:47:51.460 --> 00:47:52.620
 the bodies that were laid

00:47:52.620 --> 00:47:54.240
 into the grave,

00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:54.980
 into the tomb.

00:47:55.080 --> 00:47:55.559
 In other words,

00:47:55.860 --> 00:47:57.360
 it will be your body

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:58.539
 and my body

00:47:58.539 --> 00:47:59.760
 that comes out

00:47:59.760 --> 00:48:00.440
 in the resurrection.

00:48:00.680 --> 00:48:01.660
 It won't be a body

00:48:01.660 --> 00:48:04.019
 different in essence

00:48:04.019 --> 00:48:04.680
 to the body

00:48:04.680 --> 00:48:05.460
 that you had.

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:06.619
 Let's continue

00:48:06.619 --> 00:48:07.340
 with the confession.

00:48:07.840 --> 00:48:09.559
 With the self-same bodies

00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:10.800
 and none other,

00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:15.139
 although with different qualities.

00:48:16.720 --> 00:48:19.820
 Although with different qualities.

00:48:21.099 --> 00:48:22.280
 And that's what he says here,

00:48:22.679 --> 00:48:23.460
 Paul is saying,

00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:25.519
 in verses 42 to 44.

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:27.519
 The same body

00:48:27.519 --> 00:48:29.880
 as was placed in the grave,

00:48:30.619 --> 00:48:32.659
 it is sown a natural body.

00:48:33.300 --> 00:48:35.579
 It is raised a spiritual body.

00:48:35.780 --> 00:48:37.179
 The same body in that sense.

00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:39.500
 But what is sown

00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:40.519
 is perishable.

00:48:41.139 --> 00:48:41.980
 What is raised

00:48:41.980 --> 00:48:42.519
 is imperishable.

00:48:43.980 --> 00:48:44.659
 Your body,

00:48:44.780 --> 00:48:45.380
 my body,

00:48:45.699 --> 00:48:47.320
 that's what comes forth

00:48:47.320 --> 00:48:48.219
 from the grave,

00:48:48.679 --> 00:48:50.039
 but it comes forth

00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:51.519
 imperishable

00:48:51.519 --> 00:48:52.699
 and in power

00:48:52.699 --> 00:48:53.400
 and honor

00:48:53.400 --> 00:48:54.440
 and glory.

00:48:55.619 --> 00:48:56.260
 And if we look

00:48:56.260 --> 00:48:56.980
 at these briefly,

00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:58.619
 we can follow through

00:48:58.619 --> 00:48:59.500
 in what he's saying there.

00:48:59.579 --> 00:49:00.180
 So they're different.

00:49:00.860 --> 00:49:02.500
 Not the same in substance,

00:49:02.840 --> 00:49:03.780
 but they're different.

00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:04.380
 It's very difficult

00:49:04.380 --> 00:49:05.220
 for us to find

00:49:05.220 --> 00:49:05.980
 adequate words.

00:49:06.500 --> 00:49:06.680
 I mean,

00:49:06.700 --> 00:49:07.440
 I can't possibly

00:49:07.440 --> 00:49:08.280
 find adequate words.

00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:09.300
 The apostle was struggling,

00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:09.840
 so who am I

00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:11.280
 to try and put them

00:49:11.280 --> 00:49:12.240
 into English?

00:49:12.340 --> 00:49:13.200
 But this is what he's saying.

00:49:13.240 --> 00:49:13.599
 Let me see

00:49:13.599 --> 00:49:14.460
 if I can put it this way.

00:49:14.460 --> 00:49:15.660
 He deals with

00:49:15.660 --> 00:49:17.460
 four contrasts

00:49:18.820 --> 00:49:19.660
 to set out

00:49:19.660 --> 00:49:20.460
 this indescribably

00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:22.340
 great change

00:49:22.340 --> 00:49:23.720
 that comes about,

00:49:24.140 --> 00:49:24.860
 a change

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:25.880
 from what was

00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:26.980
 put in the ground

00:49:26.980 --> 00:49:28.440
 to what you see

00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:29.420
 coming forth.

00:49:30.380 --> 00:49:31.220
 Same body

00:49:31.220 --> 00:49:32.559
 in substance,

00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:34.300
 but very different

00:49:34.300 --> 00:49:35.100
 in qualities.

00:49:35.820 --> 00:49:36.240
 That's how the

00:49:36.240 --> 00:49:37.120
 confession puts it.

00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:38.340
 And he gives it that here.

00:49:39.019 --> 00:49:40.100
 He's putting that here.

00:49:40.340 --> 00:49:40.940
 Paul is saying,

00:49:41.519 --> 00:49:41.780
 it is,

00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:42.440
 what is sown

00:49:42.440 --> 00:49:43.340
 is perishable,

00:49:44.079 --> 00:49:44.940
 what is raised

00:49:44.940 --> 00:49:46.780
 is imperishable.

00:49:48.200 --> 00:49:48.680
 Perishable,

00:49:48.800 --> 00:49:49.019
 of course,

00:49:49.380 --> 00:49:50.640
 means subject

00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:51.480
 to decay,

00:49:52.259 --> 00:49:52.980
 subject to

00:49:52.980 --> 00:49:53.779
 dissolution.

00:49:54.679 --> 00:49:55.879
 Our bodies return

00:49:55.879 --> 00:49:57.519
 to the dust.

00:49:58.420 --> 00:49:58.980
 We have to

00:49:58.980 --> 00:50:00.019
 contemplate that.

00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:01.000
 That's something

00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:02.099
 that has come about

00:50:02.099 --> 00:50:02.420
 by,

00:50:04.980 --> 00:50:06.539
 in God's response,

00:50:06.659 --> 00:50:07.019
 if you like,

00:50:07.119 --> 00:50:08.279
 to our sin

00:50:08.279 --> 00:50:09.079
 against him.

00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:12.299
 As he said to Adam,

00:50:12.859 --> 00:50:13.799
 from dust

00:50:13.799 --> 00:50:14.719
 you were made,

00:50:15.219 --> 00:50:16.179
 and to dust

00:50:16.179 --> 00:50:17.219
 you shall return.

00:50:17.219 --> 00:50:18.619
 It was part of

00:50:18.619 --> 00:50:19.079
 what God

00:50:19.079 --> 00:50:20.279
 brought upon

00:50:20.279 --> 00:50:21.779
 human life

00:50:21.779 --> 00:50:24.779
 as his response

00:50:24.779 --> 00:50:25.439
 to our sin

00:50:25.439 --> 00:50:26.079
 against him.

00:50:26.539 --> 00:50:27.039
 Never mind,

00:50:27.099 --> 00:50:27.759
 this is what he's saying.

00:50:28.299 --> 00:50:29.059
 It is sown,

00:50:29.259 --> 00:50:29.779
 what is sown

00:50:29.779 --> 00:50:30.779
 is perishable,

00:50:31.279 --> 00:50:32.039
 what is raised

00:50:32.039 --> 00:50:33.319
 is imperishable.

00:50:34.119 --> 00:50:34.500
 Now again,

00:50:34.539 --> 00:50:35.159
 I'm not going to spend

00:50:35.159 --> 00:50:36.239
 time with each of those.

00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:37.519
 Let's take them together.

00:50:38.079 --> 00:50:38.559
 Perishable,

00:50:39.039 --> 00:50:40.179
 subject to decay.

00:50:40.619 --> 00:50:41.219
 That's what

00:50:41.219 --> 00:50:42.579
 your body is

00:50:42.579 --> 00:50:43.480
 when it goes back.

00:50:43.959 --> 00:50:45.019
 When it's buried

00:50:45.019 --> 00:50:45.679
 in the grave,

00:50:45.780 --> 00:50:46.980
 it's subject to decay.

00:50:47.860 --> 00:50:49.579
 It's a very solemn point.

00:50:51.300 --> 00:50:52.440
 Something that we find

00:50:52.440 --> 00:50:53.820
 difficult to comprehend,

00:50:54.300 --> 00:50:55.440
 even to accept,

00:50:55.539 --> 00:50:56.079
 that that's what's

00:50:56.079 --> 00:50:57.259
 going to happen to us.

00:50:58.460 --> 00:50:59.900
 But that's what it is.

00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:02.259
 But it's raised

00:51:02.259 --> 00:51:04.179
 imperishable.

00:51:04.800 --> 00:51:05.539
 What is raised

00:51:05.539 --> 00:51:06.539
 is imperishable.

00:51:07.059 --> 00:51:07.900
 And it's not just

00:51:07.900 --> 00:51:08.880
 the opposite

00:51:08.880 --> 00:51:10.119
 of what is perishable,

00:51:10.519 --> 00:51:11.599
 it's the actual

00:51:11.599 --> 00:51:13.199
 reverse of what's

00:51:13.199 --> 00:51:13.800
 perishable.

00:51:13.800 --> 00:51:15.120
 because what's perishable

00:51:15.120 --> 00:51:16.160
 was always leading

00:51:16.160 --> 00:51:17.519
 towards that end.

00:51:17.940 --> 00:51:18.760
 All the way through

00:51:18.760 --> 00:51:19.240
 from the time

00:51:19.240 --> 00:51:20.000
 you were born,

00:51:20.500 --> 00:51:21.539
 you were going through

00:51:21.539 --> 00:51:23.180
 the process of dying.

00:51:24.760 --> 00:51:25.840
 But what is raised

00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:26.880
 is imperishable.

00:51:27.320 --> 00:51:29.260
 There is no such process

00:51:29.260 --> 00:51:30.320
 with regard to

00:51:30.320 --> 00:51:31.420
 the resurrection body.

00:51:31.860 --> 00:51:32.840
 It remains

00:51:32.840 --> 00:51:34.300
 imperishable.

00:51:35.080 --> 00:51:35.660
 Never again

00:51:35.660 --> 00:51:36.440
 will there be something

00:51:36.440 --> 00:51:37.640
 to enter into it

00:51:37.640 --> 00:51:39.060
 as a process of decay,

00:51:39.519 --> 00:51:40.980
 a process of decomposition.

00:51:41.780 --> 00:51:42.720
 It will in fact,

00:51:42.719 --> 00:51:43.699
 in other words,

00:51:44.179 --> 00:51:45.959
 have fullness

00:51:45.959 --> 00:51:47.739
 of life

00:51:47.739 --> 00:51:49.419
 associated with it.

00:51:50.480 --> 00:51:51.699
 We're going to be raised

00:51:51.699 --> 00:51:54.199
 to a fullness of life.

00:51:55.159 --> 00:51:55.779
 A life,

00:51:56.259 --> 00:51:57.099
 we may say,

00:51:57.699 --> 00:51:59.239
 with which your present body

00:51:59.239 --> 00:52:00.679
 just couldn't cope

00:52:00.679 --> 00:52:03.259
 because the body

00:52:03.259 --> 00:52:03.899
 presently

00:52:03.899 --> 00:52:05.559
 is still affected by sin,

00:52:05.619 --> 00:52:06.199
 even the body

00:52:06.199 --> 00:52:07.099
 of the saved people

00:52:07.099 --> 00:52:07.679
 of God.

00:52:08.619 --> 00:52:09.099
 And when you see

00:52:09.099 --> 00:52:09.639
 in the Bible

00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:10.839
 briefly,

00:52:12.940 --> 00:52:13.440
 dimly,

00:52:13.699 --> 00:52:14.739
 how coming into

00:52:14.739 --> 00:52:16.000
 the presence of God

00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:17.360
 or into the glory

00:52:17.360 --> 00:52:17.860
 of Christ,

00:52:17.920 --> 00:52:18.819
 such as Paul saw

00:52:18.819 --> 00:52:19.880
 on the way to Damascus,

00:52:20.339 --> 00:52:21.420
 his body couldn't cope

00:52:21.420 --> 00:52:21.779
 with it.

00:52:22.039 --> 00:52:22.799
 He immediately fell

00:52:22.799 --> 00:52:23.319
 to the ground.

00:52:23.420 --> 00:52:23.779
 He was struck

00:52:23.779 --> 00:52:24.380
 with blindness.

00:52:26.059 --> 00:52:27.440
 And what Paul is saying

00:52:27.440 --> 00:52:27.579
 is,

00:52:27.579 --> 00:52:30.159
 God will give us

00:52:30.159 --> 00:52:30.799
 a body,

00:52:31.279 --> 00:52:32.159
 all God's people

00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:33.239
 will be given a body

00:52:33.239 --> 00:52:34.619
 that we'll be able

00:52:34.619 --> 00:52:35.659
 to cope with,

00:52:35.699 --> 00:52:36.139
 we'll be able

00:52:36.139 --> 00:52:36.880
 to manage,

00:52:37.319 --> 00:52:37.880
 we'll be able

00:52:37.880 --> 00:52:39.159
 to actually

00:52:39.159 --> 00:52:40.920
 have this

00:52:40.920 --> 00:52:42.360
 everlasting life

00:52:42.360 --> 00:52:43.639
 without it having

00:52:43.639 --> 00:52:44.719
 a destructive effect

00:52:44.719 --> 00:52:45.239
 on you.

00:52:48.539 --> 00:52:49.619
 It's the reversal

00:52:49.619 --> 00:52:50.340
 of death.

00:52:51.420 --> 00:52:52.099
 It's fullness

00:52:52.099 --> 00:52:52.679
 of life.

00:52:52.739 --> 00:52:53.319
 There's these beautiful

00:52:53.319 --> 00:52:54.239
 words in the psalm,

00:52:54.299 --> 00:52:54.619
 isn't there,

00:52:54.619 --> 00:52:56.299
 in Psalm 16,

00:52:56.960 --> 00:52:58.559
 words that were

00:52:58.559 --> 00:52:59.279
 applied to Jesus

00:52:59.279 --> 00:52:59.779
 himself,

00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:00.359
 of course,

00:53:01.339 --> 00:53:02.839
 that he would not

00:53:02.839 --> 00:53:03.639
 see corruption.

00:53:04.639 --> 00:53:05.659
 In your presence

00:53:05.659 --> 00:53:06.719
 there is

00:53:06.719 --> 00:53:07.539
 fullness

00:53:07.539 --> 00:53:09.299
 of joy.

00:53:10.380 --> 00:53:11.139
 Fullness

00:53:11.139 --> 00:53:12.539
 of joy.

00:53:13.219 --> 00:53:14.259
 Raised up to

00:53:14.259 --> 00:53:15.059
 fullness

00:53:15.059 --> 00:53:16.659
 of life.

00:53:17.519 --> 00:53:18.219
 So it's

00:53:18.219 --> 00:53:18.920
 imperishable.

00:53:19.279 --> 00:53:19.859
 It is sown

00:53:19.859 --> 00:53:20.759
 in dishonor,

00:53:21.339 --> 00:53:22.119
 it is raised

00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:22.719
 in glory.

00:53:22.839 --> 00:53:23.199
 Because

00:53:23.199 --> 00:53:24.400
 what is

00:53:24.400 --> 00:53:25.440
 presently

00:53:25.440 --> 00:53:25.820
 the case

00:53:25.820 --> 00:53:26.300
 even with

00:53:26.300 --> 00:53:26.960
 our Christian

00:53:26.960 --> 00:53:27.579
 life,

00:53:27.980 --> 00:53:28.320
 with our

00:53:28.320 --> 00:53:28.720
 Christian

00:53:28.720 --> 00:53:29.500
 bodies,

00:53:29.980 --> 00:53:30.519
 they're still

00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:31.519
 attached to sin

00:53:31.519 --> 00:53:32.260
 and our sinning,

00:53:32.320 --> 00:53:32.660
 aren't they?

00:53:33.519 --> 00:53:34.519
 When you put

00:53:34.519 --> 00:53:37.280
 our bodies

00:53:37.280 --> 00:53:38.340
 in a coffin

00:53:38.340 --> 00:53:40.400
 and they're

00:53:40.400 --> 00:53:41.340
 then laid

00:53:41.340 --> 00:53:42.420
 into the

00:53:42.420 --> 00:53:42.940
 dust,

00:53:43.840 --> 00:53:45.400
 you still

00:53:45.400 --> 00:53:46.280
 associate that

00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:46.940
 body with

00:53:46.940 --> 00:53:47.800
 dishonor,

00:53:48.519 --> 00:53:49.019
 in the sense

00:53:49.019 --> 00:53:49.840
 that it's

00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:50.800
 humiliation

00:53:50.800 --> 00:53:51.400
 for us even

00:53:51.400 --> 00:53:51.960
 to come

00:53:51.960 --> 00:53:53.460
 to be

00:53:53.460 --> 00:53:54.340
 returning

00:53:54.340 --> 00:53:55.099
 to dust.

00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:56.980
 It's

00:53:56.980 --> 00:53:57.599
 something that

00:53:57.599 --> 00:53:59.119
 really,

00:53:59.380 --> 00:53:59.900
 again,

00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:00.639
 brings to us

00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:01.300
 the fact,

00:54:01.420 --> 00:54:01.860
 the reality

00:54:01.860 --> 00:54:02.420
 of sin,

00:54:02.860 --> 00:54:03.380
 the reality

00:54:03.380 --> 00:54:03.880
 of death

00:54:03.880 --> 00:54:04.220
 as the

00:54:04.220 --> 00:54:04.900
 wages of

00:54:04.900 --> 00:54:05.220
 sin.

00:54:07.039 --> 00:54:07.380
 It is

00:54:07.380 --> 00:54:07.700
 sown

00:54:07.700 --> 00:54:09.480
 in dishonor.

00:54:10.619 --> 00:54:11.059
 Sinful

00:54:11.059 --> 00:54:11.780
 desires

00:54:11.780 --> 00:54:12.920
 right up to

00:54:12.920 --> 00:54:13.280
 the very

00:54:13.280 --> 00:54:13.760
 moment,

00:54:13.860 --> 00:54:14.139
 perhaps,

00:54:14.240 --> 00:54:14.980
 when we die,

00:54:15.599 --> 00:54:16.220
 are still

00:54:16.220 --> 00:54:17.440
 attached to

00:54:17.440 --> 00:54:18.139
 this bodily

00:54:18.139 --> 00:54:19.039
 existence.

00:54:19.960 --> 00:54:20.819
 But it

00:54:20.819 --> 00:54:21.699
 is raised

00:54:21.699 --> 00:54:24.159
 in glory.

00:54:25.319 --> 00:54:26.099
 It is

00:54:26.099 --> 00:54:26.639
 raised

00:54:26.639 --> 00:54:28.059
 in glory.

00:54:29.400 --> 00:54:29.819
 There will

00:54:29.819 --> 00:54:30.440
 be no

00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:31.460
 sinful

00:54:31.460 --> 00:54:32.059
 thoughts,

00:54:32.579 --> 00:54:33.859
 no incapacity

00:54:33.859 --> 00:54:34.799
 as far as

00:54:34.799 --> 00:54:35.859
 glorifying God

00:54:35.859 --> 00:54:36.519
 is concerned.

00:54:37.980 --> 00:54:38.599
 Do you

00:54:38.599 --> 00:54:38.980
 not long

00:54:38.980 --> 00:54:39.460
 for that?

00:54:41.159 --> 00:54:41.779
 Do you

00:54:41.779 --> 00:54:42.420
 not long

00:54:42.420 --> 00:54:42.960
 to have

00:54:42.960 --> 00:54:44.000
 a body

00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:44.699
 where your

00:54:44.699 --> 00:54:45.139
 eyes,

00:54:45.259 --> 00:54:45.559
 where what

00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:46.039
 you see,

00:54:46.179 --> 00:54:46.440
 what you

00:54:46.440 --> 00:54:46.900
 hear,

00:54:46.900 --> 00:54:47.920
 where your

00:54:47.920 --> 00:54:48.440
 mouth,

00:54:48.559 --> 00:54:48.800
 where your

00:54:48.800 --> 00:54:49.139
 tongue,

00:54:49.260 --> 00:54:49.579
 where your

00:54:49.579 --> 00:54:51.019
 speech is

00:54:51.019 --> 00:54:51.700
 not so

00:54:51.700 --> 00:54:52.880
 attached to

00:54:52.880 --> 00:54:53.400
 sin and

00:54:53.400 --> 00:54:54.220
 dishonoring God

00:54:54.220 --> 00:54:54.500
 as it

00:54:54.500 --> 00:54:55.420
 presently is?

00:54:56.700 --> 00:54:57.059
 Do you

00:54:57.059 --> 00:54:57.480
 not long

00:54:57.480 --> 00:54:58.000
 to have

00:54:58.000 --> 00:54:58.599
 a body

00:54:58.599 --> 00:54:59.760
 that's no

00:54:59.760 --> 00:55:00.720
 longer a

00:55:00.720 --> 00:55:01.139
 body of

00:55:01.139 --> 00:55:01.920
 humiliation

00:55:01.920 --> 00:55:02.680
 or a

00:55:02.680 --> 00:55:03.099
 body that's

00:55:03.099 --> 00:55:04.220
 got dishonorableness

00:55:04.220 --> 00:55:05.039
 attached to

00:55:05.039 --> 00:55:05.920
 it due to

00:55:05.920 --> 00:55:06.280
 sin?

00:55:07.039 --> 00:55:07.420
 Do you

00:55:07.420 --> 00:55:07.840
 not long

00:55:07.840 --> 00:55:08.260
 to have

00:55:08.260 --> 00:55:09.059
 that body

00:55:09.059 --> 00:55:10.860
 where all

00:55:10.860 --> 00:55:11.680
 your physical

00:55:11.680 --> 00:55:12.960
 dimensions and

00:55:12.960 --> 00:55:13.480
 your physical

00:55:13.480 --> 00:55:14.280
 abilities and

00:55:14.280 --> 00:55:15.700
 capabilities are

00:55:15.700 --> 00:55:16.680
 all perfectly

00:55:16.679 --> 00:55:17.460
 aligned with

00:55:17.460 --> 00:55:18.000
 the glory

00:55:18.000 --> 00:55:18.739
 of God,

00:55:19.019 --> 00:55:19.399
 with the

00:55:19.399 --> 00:55:19.960
 praise of

00:55:19.960 --> 00:55:20.339
 God?

00:55:21.019 --> 00:55:21.519
 That's what

00:55:21.519 --> 00:55:21.879
 Paul is

00:55:21.879 --> 00:55:22.139
 saying.

00:55:22.799 --> 00:55:23.099
 It is

00:55:23.099 --> 00:55:23.759
 sown in

00:55:23.759 --> 00:55:24.239
 dishonor,

00:55:24.299 --> 00:55:24.519
 it is

00:55:24.519 --> 00:55:26.039
 raised in

00:55:26.039 --> 00:55:26.619
 glory.

00:55:27.879 --> 00:55:28.460
 It is

00:55:28.460 --> 00:55:29.159
 raised in

00:55:29.159 --> 00:55:29.519
 such a

00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:30.679
 way that

00:55:30.679 --> 00:55:31.239
 no longer

00:55:31.239 --> 00:55:31.579
 is there

00:55:31.579 --> 00:55:32.239
 any further

00:55:32.239 --> 00:55:33.519
 attachment in

00:55:33.519 --> 00:55:34.139
 any way to

00:55:34.139 --> 00:55:34.460
 sin.

00:55:35.179 --> 00:55:35.659
 And it is

00:55:35.659 --> 00:55:35.980
 sown in

00:55:35.980 --> 00:55:36.319
 weakness,

00:55:36.440 --> 00:55:36.679
 it is

00:55:36.679 --> 00:55:38.059
 raised in

00:55:38.059 --> 00:55:38.659
 power.

00:55:40.199 --> 00:55:40.579
 The

00:55:40.579 --> 00:55:41.899
 incapacity

00:55:41.899 --> 00:55:43.299
 and lack

00:55:43.299 --> 00:55:44.159
 of capability

00:55:44.159 --> 00:55:44.819
 that we find

00:55:44.819 --> 00:55:45.779
 now is

00:55:45.779 --> 00:55:46.119
 gone.

00:55:46.679 --> 00:55:47.500
 You know,

00:55:47.539 --> 00:55:47.639
 it is

00:55:47.639 --> 00:55:48.259
 exciting when

00:55:48.259 --> 00:55:48.559
 you think

00:55:48.559 --> 00:55:49.440
 of the

00:55:49.440 --> 00:55:50.019
 body with

00:55:50.019 --> 00:55:50.679
 which Jesus

00:55:50.679 --> 00:55:52.019
 was raised

00:55:52.019 --> 00:55:52.379
 from the

00:55:52.379 --> 00:55:52.619
 dead,

00:55:52.679 --> 00:55:53.079
 or the

00:55:53.079 --> 00:55:53.539
 body of

00:55:53.539 --> 00:55:54.440
 Jesus raised

00:55:54.440 --> 00:55:54.839
 from the

00:55:54.839 --> 00:55:55.139
 dead.

00:55:56.639 --> 00:55:57.159
 That is

00:55:57.159 --> 00:55:57.899
 the pattern

00:55:57.899 --> 00:55:59.199
 for the

00:55:59.199 --> 00:55:59.679
 body of

00:55:59.679 --> 00:56:00.519
 Christians raised

00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:00.859
 from the

00:56:00.859 --> 00:56:01.139
 dead.

00:56:02.579 --> 00:56:04.139
 And you

00:56:04.139 --> 00:56:04.819
 can see in

00:56:04.819 --> 00:56:05.599
 the Gospels

00:56:05.599 --> 00:56:07.859
 what that

00:56:07.859 --> 00:56:08.559
 was capable

00:56:08.559 --> 00:56:09.079
 of.

00:56:10.199 --> 00:56:10.480
 Jesus

00:56:10.480 --> 00:56:11.079
 actually

00:56:11.079 --> 00:56:11.639
 traveled

00:56:11.639 --> 00:56:13.139
 through

00:56:13.139 --> 00:56:13.719
 solid

00:56:13.719 --> 00:56:14.379
 walls.

00:56:16.779 --> 00:56:17.019
 He

00:56:17.019 --> 00:56:17.559
 manifested

00:56:17.559 --> 00:56:18.019
 himself

00:56:18.019 --> 00:56:18.619
 in the

00:56:18.619 --> 00:56:18.879
 middle

00:56:18.879 --> 00:56:19.279
 of

00:56:19.279 --> 00:56:19.500
 his

00:56:19.500 --> 00:56:19.799
 group

00:56:19.799 --> 00:56:19.980
 of

00:56:19.980 --> 00:56:20.440
 disciples

00:56:20.440 --> 00:56:21.179
 and the

00:56:21.179 --> 00:56:21.500
 doors

00:56:21.500 --> 00:56:21.719
 were

00:56:21.719 --> 00:56:22.299
 locked.

00:56:22.900 --> 00:56:23.379
 Why does

00:56:23.379 --> 00:56:23.900
 it say

00:56:23.900 --> 00:56:24.759
 the doors

00:56:24.759 --> 00:56:25.000
 were

00:56:25.000 --> 00:56:25.500
 locked?

00:56:26.019 --> 00:56:26.259
 Well,

00:56:26.259 --> 00:56:26.619
 so that we

00:56:26.619 --> 00:56:27.079
 can actually

00:56:27.079 --> 00:56:28.400
 conclude that

00:56:28.400 --> 00:56:28.879
 Jesus'

00:56:29.139 --> 00:56:29.960
 entrance must

00:56:29.960 --> 00:56:30.359
 have been by

00:56:30.359 --> 00:56:30.920
 some other

00:56:30.920 --> 00:56:31.339
 way.

00:56:31.900 --> 00:56:32.339
 And it

00:56:32.339 --> 00:56:32.839
 wasn't just

00:56:32.839 --> 00:56:33.819
 a spiritual

00:56:33.819 --> 00:56:34.859
 entrance as

00:56:34.859 --> 00:56:35.239
 if they were

00:56:35.239 --> 00:56:35.819
 seeing a

00:56:35.819 --> 00:56:36.139
 ghost.

00:56:36.500 --> 00:56:36.839
 He was

00:56:36.839 --> 00:56:37.779
 there bodily.

00:56:37.780 --> 00:56:39.360
 He invited

00:56:39.360 --> 00:56:39.880
 people to

00:56:39.880 --> 00:56:40.460
 touch Him.

00:56:42.300 --> 00:56:42.800
 How did

00:56:42.800 --> 00:56:43.180
 He come

00:56:43.180 --> 00:56:44.519
 bodily into

00:56:44.519 --> 00:56:45.040
 the presence

00:56:45.040 --> 00:56:45.560
 of that

00:56:45.560 --> 00:56:46.240
 gathered group

00:56:46.240 --> 00:56:46.920
 of disciples?

00:56:47.519 --> 00:56:47.860
 Well,

00:56:48.060 --> 00:56:48.580
 we can't

00:56:48.580 --> 00:56:49.660
 say absolutely

00:56:49.660 --> 00:56:50.360
 for sure

00:56:50.360 --> 00:56:51.640
 the spiritual

00:56:51.640 --> 00:56:52.660
 mechanics of

00:56:52.660 --> 00:56:53.019
 it, if you

00:56:53.019 --> 00:56:54.180
 like, but

00:56:54.180 --> 00:56:54.640
 His body

00:56:54.640 --> 00:56:55.680
 had properties

00:56:55.680 --> 00:56:56.960
 different to

00:56:56.960 --> 00:56:57.720
 or above

00:56:57.720 --> 00:56:58.660
 the properties

00:56:58.660 --> 00:56:59.440
 He had before

00:56:59.440 --> 00:57:00.100
 His death.

00:57:01.320 --> 00:57:02.080
 He came in

00:57:02.080 --> 00:57:02.700
 His resurrected

00:57:02.700 --> 00:57:03.260
 body.

00:57:04.540 --> 00:57:05.019
 That's the

00:57:05.019 --> 00:57:05.640
 pattern for

00:57:05.640 --> 00:57:06.160
 our own.

00:57:07.780 --> 00:57:09.560
 It's sown

00:57:09.560 --> 00:57:10.220
 in weakness.

00:57:11.220 --> 00:57:12.080
 It's raised

00:57:12.080 --> 00:57:12.780
 in power.

00:57:15.120 --> 00:57:15.700
 Can you

00:57:15.700 --> 00:57:16.620
 put a

00:57:16.620 --> 00:57:16.980
 measure

00:57:16.980 --> 00:57:20.400
 on what

00:57:20.400 --> 00:57:21.140
 our resurrected

00:57:21.140 --> 00:57:22.019
 bodies will

00:57:22.019 --> 00:57:22.740
 be capable

00:57:22.740 --> 00:57:23.260
 of?

00:57:25.500 --> 00:57:26.740
 I can't.

00:57:27.560 --> 00:57:27.900
 But it's

00:57:27.900 --> 00:57:28.680
 exciting to

00:57:28.680 --> 00:57:29.160
 think of

00:57:29.160 --> 00:57:30.800
 how our

00:57:30.800 --> 00:57:31.560
 physical,

00:57:31.880 --> 00:57:32.560
 the physical

00:57:32.560 --> 00:57:33.280
 aspect of

00:57:33.280 --> 00:57:34.080
 our bodies,

00:57:35.080 --> 00:57:35.380
 how the

00:57:35.380 --> 00:57:36.060
 physical aspect

00:57:36.060 --> 00:57:36.980
 of our being

00:57:36.980 --> 00:57:38.480
 will no longer

00:57:38.480 --> 00:57:39.159
 be as limited

00:57:39.159 --> 00:57:40.039
 as it is.

00:57:40.099 --> 00:57:40.460
 It will not

00:57:40.460 --> 00:57:41.119
 be divine.

00:57:41.519 --> 00:57:41.920
 It will not

00:57:41.920 --> 00:57:42.240
 be all

00:57:42.240 --> 00:57:42.719
 powerful,

00:57:43.579 --> 00:57:44.320
 but it will

00:57:44.320 --> 00:57:45.539
 be capable

00:57:45.539 --> 00:57:46.380
 of so,

00:57:46.559 --> 00:57:47.000
 so much

00:57:47.000 --> 00:57:47.519
 more,

00:57:48.800 --> 00:57:49.519
 perhaps even

00:57:49.519 --> 00:57:50.199
 in terms of

00:57:50.199 --> 00:57:50.559
 travel,

00:57:50.659 --> 00:57:51.280
 who knows?

00:57:52.639 --> 00:57:53.260
 But it's

00:57:53.260 --> 00:57:53.800
 certainly going

00:57:53.800 --> 00:57:54.300
 to be way

00:57:54.300 --> 00:57:56.440
 above our

00:57:56.440 --> 00:57:57.219
 capacity in

00:57:57.219 --> 00:57:57.800
 this life,

00:57:58.639 --> 00:57:59.400
 in our bodily

00:57:59.400 --> 00:58:00.380
 existence now.

00:58:01.659 --> 00:58:02.300
 It is sown

00:58:02.300 --> 00:58:02.820
 in weakness.

00:58:02.820 --> 00:58:04.940
 it is raised

00:58:04.940 --> 00:58:05.740
 in power.

00:58:06.980 --> 00:58:07.280
 You know,

00:58:07.320 --> 00:58:07.580
 when you

00:58:07.580 --> 00:58:08.860
 place a

00:58:08.860 --> 00:58:09.460
 coffin into

00:58:09.460 --> 00:58:10.180
 the grave.

00:58:11.820 --> 00:58:12.260
 Let me

00:58:12.260 --> 00:58:12.860
 say it's

00:58:12.860 --> 00:58:15.460
 something that's

00:58:15.460 --> 00:58:16.160
 important to

00:58:16.160 --> 00:58:16.440
 see.

00:58:17.420 --> 00:58:17.920
 I know some

00:58:17.920 --> 00:58:19.320
 people find

00:58:19.320 --> 00:58:19.820
 it difficult

00:58:19.820 --> 00:58:20.980
 to be there

00:58:20.980 --> 00:58:21.900
 at a graveside.

00:58:22.920 --> 00:58:23.480
 Of course,

00:58:23.500 --> 00:58:23.920
 it was the

00:58:23.920 --> 00:58:24.620
 practice that

00:58:24.620 --> 00:58:25.600
 women didn't

00:58:25.600 --> 00:58:26.019
 go to the

00:58:26.019 --> 00:58:26.680
 graveside long

00:58:26.680 --> 00:58:27.160
 ago or in

00:58:27.160 --> 00:58:27.580
 more recent

00:58:27.580 --> 00:58:27.980
 times.

00:58:28.600 --> 00:58:29.180
 But now

00:58:29.180 --> 00:58:29.940
 that's, I

00:58:29.940 --> 00:58:30.400
 think, a

00:58:30.400 --> 00:58:30.800
 good thing

00:58:30.800 --> 00:58:31.440
 that is no

00:58:31.440 --> 00:58:32.019
 longer the

00:58:32.019 --> 00:58:32.400
 case.

00:58:32.720 --> 00:58:33.180
 Everybody's

00:58:33.180 --> 00:58:33.440
 got their

00:58:33.440 --> 00:58:33.980
 own personal

00:58:33.980 --> 00:58:34.560
 opinion and

00:58:34.560 --> 00:58:35.280
 not interfering

00:58:35.280 --> 00:58:35.780
 with that.

00:58:36.320 --> 00:58:37.280
 But seeing a

00:58:37.280 --> 00:58:38.019
 coffin going

00:58:38.019 --> 00:58:38.460
 into the

00:58:38.460 --> 00:58:39.519
 grave, coming

00:58:39.519 --> 00:58:40.820
 to just show

00:58:40.820 --> 00:58:42.140
 the very last

00:58:42.140 --> 00:58:43.100
 respects by

00:58:43.100 --> 00:58:44.060
 scattering sand

00:58:44.060 --> 00:58:44.800
 or earth into

00:58:44.800 --> 00:58:45.620
 it, and the

00:58:45.620 --> 00:58:46.080
 grave being

00:58:46.080 --> 00:58:46.720
 filled in,

00:58:47.000 --> 00:58:47.960
 that has its

00:58:47.960 --> 00:58:48.980
 own point to

00:58:48.980 --> 00:58:49.400
 make.

00:58:50.860 --> 00:58:51.780
 That has its

00:58:51.780 --> 00:58:52.760
 own solemnity.

00:58:53.420 --> 00:58:54.120
 That has its

00:58:54.120 --> 00:58:54.820
 own level of

00:58:54.820 --> 00:58:55.220
 teaching.

00:58:56.800 --> 00:58:57.260
 And indeed,

00:58:57.340 --> 00:58:57.800
 that has its

00:58:57.800 --> 00:58:58.560
 own level of

00:58:58.560 --> 00:59:00.019
 finality as

00:59:00.019 --> 00:59:00.740
 well for this

00:59:00.739 --> 00:59:02.500
 life as we

00:59:02.500 --> 00:59:03.339
 say goodbye to

00:59:03.339 --> 00:59:03.759
 those we

00:59:03.759 --> 00:59:04.159
 love.

00:59:06.859 --> 00:59:07.539
 It is

00:59:07.539 --> 00:59:09.059
 sown in

00:59:09.059 --> 00:59:09.459
 weakness.

00:59:09.599 --> 00:59:09.959
 But as you

00:59:09.959 --> 00:59:10.579
 put that

00:59:10.579 --> 00:59:11.179
 coffin into

00:59:11.179 --> 00:59:11.799
 the dust,

00:59:12.819 --> 00:59:13.179
 as the

00:59:13.179 --> 00:59:13.539
 grave is

00:59:13.539 --> 00:59:14.159
 filled in,

00:59:15.000 --> 00:59:15.559
 one thing

00:59:15.559 --> 00:59:16.599
 you're absolutely

00:59:16.599 --> 00:59:17.659
 sure of when

00:59:17.659 --> 00:59:18.339
 you leave that

00:59:18.339 --> 00:59:20.039
 spot, that

00:59:20.039 --> 00:59:20.659
 coffin and

00:59:20.659 --> 00:59:21.199
 that body

00:59:21.199 --> 00:59:22.279
 inside is

00:59:22.279 --> 00:59:22.899
 not going

00:59:22.899 --> 00:59:23.639
 to move

00:59:23.639 --> 00:59:25.139
 until God

00:59:25.139 --> 00:59:25.699
 raises it

00:59:25.699 --> 00:59:26.000
 from the

00:59:26.000 --> 00:59:26.319
 dead.

00:59:26.839 --> 00:59:27.319
 It is

00:59:27.319 --> 00:59:28.839
 sown in

00:59:28.839 --> 00:59:29.439
 weakness.

00:59:29.440 --> 00:59:29.500
 weakness.

00:59:30.300 --> 00:59:31.119
 But it is

00:59:31.119 --> 00:59:32.820
 raised in

00:59:32.820 --> 00:59:33.300
 power.

00:59:34.079 --> 00:59:34.840
 And it is

00:59:34.840 --> 00:59:35.820
 raised in

00:59:35.820 --> 00:59:36.400
 power in

00:59:36.400 --> 00:59:36.920
 such a way

00:59:36.920 --> 00:59:37.720
 that we

00:59:37.720 --> 00:59:38.079
 find it

00:59:38.079 --> 00:59:38.639
 difficult even

00:59:38.639 --> 00:59:39.280
 now even to

00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:40.179
 estimate what

00:59:40.179 --> 00:59:40.519
 it would be

00:59:40.519 --> 00:59:40.920
 like.

00:59:41.579 --> 00:59:42.059
 But that's

00:59:42.059 --> 00:59:42.360
 what we're

00:59:42.360 --> 00:59:42.760
 told.

00:59:43.159 --> 00:59:44.039
 The opposite

00:59:44.039 --> 00:59:44.740
 of what's put

00:59:44.740 --> 00:59:44.960
 in the

00:59:44.960 --> 00:59:46.500
 ground is

00:59:46.500 --> 00:59:46.960
 what comes

00:59:46.960 --> 00:59:47.420
 out in the

00:59:47.420 --> 00:59:47.900
 resurrection.

00:59:49.800 --> 00:59:50.960
 And it

00:59:50.960 --> 00:59:52.320
 is sown a

00:59:52.320 --> 00:59:53.200
 natural body.

00:59:53.659 --> 00:59:54.320
 It is

00:59:54.320 --> 00:59:54.940
 raised a

00:59:54.940 --> 00:59:55.780
 spiritual body.

00:59:55.780 --> 00:59:56.100
 Now, it

00:59:56.100 --> 00:59:56.500
 doesn't mean

00:59:56.500 --> 00:59:57.280
 by that that

00:59:57.280 --> 00:59:58.720
 the body

00:59:58.720 --> 00:59:59.360
 that's raised,

00:59:59.560 --> 01:00:00.040
 the resurrection

01:00:00.040 --> 01:00:00.700
 body of

01:00:00.700 --> 01:00:01.300
 God's people,

01:00:01.460 --> 01:00:02.320
 has no

01:00:02.320 --> 01:00:03.600
 physical dimensions,

01:00:03.740 --> 01:00:04.080
 that it will

01:00:04.080 --> 01:00:04.920
 no longer have

01:00:04.920 --> 01:00:06.000
 flesh and

01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:06.980
 bones and

01:00:06.980 --> 01:00:07.800
 the substance

01:00:07.800 --> 01:00:08.519
 of our bodies

01:00:08.519 --> 01:00:09.040
 as we now

01:00:09.040 --> 01:00:09.400
 know it.

01:00:09.519 --> 01:00:09.900
 That's not

01:00:09.900 --> 01:00:10.340
 what's meant

01:00:10.340 --> 01:00:11.460
 by having a

01:00:11.460 --> 01:00:12.380
 spiritual body.

01:00:12.580 --> 01:00:12.920
 He says there

01:00:12.920 --> 01:00:13.519
 is a natural

01:00:13.519 --> 01:00:14.480
 body, there

01:00:14.480 --> 01:00:15.120
 is a spiritual

01:00:15.120 --> 01:00:15.580
 body.

01:00:15.720 --> 01:00:16.519
 It is sown a

01:00:16.519 --> 01:00:17.300
 natural body,

01:00:17.700 --> 01:00:18.260
 raised a

01:00:18.260 --> 01:00:18.940
 spiritual body.

01:00:19.000 --> 01:00:19.360
 What he means

01:00:19.360 --> 01:00:19.880
 by that, I

01:00:19.880 --> 01:00:21.080
 think, is it

01:00:21.080 --> 01:00:22.180
 is sown as

01:00:22.180 --> 01:00:22.740
 the body that

01:00:22.740 --> 01:00:23.360
 belongs to

01:00:23.360 --> 01:00:24.079
 this life,

01:00:25.120 --> 01:00:25.880
 the body that

01:00:25.880 --> 01:00:26.360
 belongs to

01:00:26.360 --> 01:00:26.900
 our existence

01:00:26.900 --> 01:00:27.559
 now, this

01:00:27.559 --> 01:00:28.039
 side of the

01:00:28.039 --> 01:00:28.500
 grave.

01:00:29.240 --> 01:00:30.280
 It is raised

01:00:30.280 --> 01:00:30.920
 a spiritual

01:00:30.920 --> 01:00:31.519
 body.

01:00:32.280 --> 01:00:32.640
 In other

01:00:32.640 --> 01:00:33.640
 words, Paul's

01:00:33.640 --> 01:00:34.000
 use of the

01:00:34.000 --> 01:00:34.559
 word spiritual

01:00:34.559 --> 01:00:35.380
 usually means,

01:00:35.440 --> 01:00:35.820
 and I think

01:00:35.820 --> 01:00:36.559
 means the

01:00:36.559 --> 01:00:37.000
 same here,

01:00:37.480 --> 01:00:38.519
 it is raised

01:00:38.519 --> 01:00:40.059
 in the energy

01:00:40.059 --> 01:00:40.840
 of and in the

01:00:40.840 --> 01:00:41.780
 dynamic of

01:00:41.780 --> 01:00:42.220
 the Holy

01:00:42.220 --> 01:00:42.720
 Spirit.

01:00:44.620 --> 01:00:45.360
 Because these

01:00:45.360 --> 01:00:46.599
 will be

01:00:46.599 --> 01:00:48.980
 bodies that

01:00:48.980 --> 01:00:49.720
 will be able,

01:00:50.820 --> 01:00:51.340
 through the

01:00:51.340 --> 01:00:52.180
 power of God,

01:00:52.260 --> 01:00:52.740
 the power that

01:00:52.739 --> 01:00:53.299
 God gives

01:00:53.299 --> 01:00:54.279
 them, will

01:00:54.279 --> 01:00:55.119
 be able to

01:00:55.119 --> 01:00:56.179
 have the

01:00:56.179 --> 01:00:57.039
 Holy Spirit's

01:00:57.039 --> 01:00:59.179
 residence to

01:00:59.179 --> 01:00:59.779
 the fullness

01:00:59.779 --> 01:01:00.619
 that God

01:01:00.619 --> 01:01:01.399
 will himself

01:01:01.399 --> 01:01:01.979
 bring about.

01:01:03.719 --> 01:01:04.539
 So you see,

01:01:04.599 --> 01:01:04.979
 it all comes

01:01:04.979 --> 01:01:05.459
 together,

01:01:06.399 --> 01:01:07.219
 imperishable,

01:01:07.779 --> 01:01:08.179
 glory,

01:01:08.839 --> 01:01:09.299
 power,

01:01:10.000 --> 01:01:10.519
 spiritual,

01:01:11.019 --> 01:01:12.279
 lived fully in

01:01:12.279 --> 01:01:13.139
 the dynamic of

01:01:13.139 --> 01:01:14.059
 the Holy Spirit,

01:01:15.059 --> 01:01:16.079
 which is not

01:01:16.079 --> 01:01:17.839
 what we are

01:01:17.839 --> 01:01:18.699
 capable of here

01:01:18.699 --> 01:01:19.639
 now in our

01:01:19.639 --> 01:01:20.119
 existence.

01:01:20.119 --> 01:01:20.460
 presence.

01:01:22.199 --> 01:01:22.719
 And of course,

01:01:22.799 --> 01:01:23.179
 we need to

01:01:23.179 --> 01:01:24.500
 retain this in

01:01:24.500 --> 01:01:25.099
 our mind too,

01:01:25.199 --> 01:01:26.779
 that Paul is

01:01:26.779 --> 01:01:27.500
 dealing here with

01:01:27.500 --> 01:01:28.239
 the resurrection

01:01:28.239 --> 01:01:30.460
 body, but you

01:01:30.460 --> 01:01:31.119
 mustn't think that

01:01:31.119 --> 01:01:31.980
 eternal life is

01:01:31.980 --> 01:01:33.179
 just a body

01:01:33.179 --> 01:01:34.239
 with some

01:01:34.239 --> 01:01:35.380
 spiritual life to

01:01:35.380 --> 01:01:35.619
 it.

01:01:36.480 --> 01:01:37.099
 What he's talking

01:01:37.099 --> 01:01:37.659
 of here is

01:01:37.659 --> 01:01:39.440
 God's saved

01:01:39.440 --> 01:01:39.980
 people,

01:01:41.019 --> 01:01:42.159
 coming as they

01:01:42.159 --> 01:01:43.319
 now exist in

01:01:43.319 --> 01:01:44.579
 heaven, in their

01:01:44.579 --> 01:01:46.019
 souls, coming to

01:01:46.019 --> 01:01:47.000
 be reunited with

01:01:47.000 --> 01:01:48.119
 their bodies as

01:01:48.119 --> 01:01:48.880
 they are raised,

01:01:48.960 --> 01:01:49.539
 the bodies are

01:01:49.539 --> 01:01:50.779
 raised from the

01:01:50.779 --> 01:01:52.000
 ground to meet

01:01:52.000 --> 01:01:52.619
 the soul and to

01:01:52.619 --> 01:01:53.339
 be combined with

01:01:53.339 --> 01:01:53.659
 the soul.

01:01:53.859 --> 01:01:55.139
 The whole entire

01:01:55.139 --> 01:01:55.920
 person is

01:01:55.920 --> 01:01:57.900
 redeemed and the

01:01:57.900 --> 01:01:58.719
 redemption of the

01:01:58.719 --> 01:01:59.819
 body that Paul

01:01:59.819 --> 01:02:00.779
 finds so important

01:02:00.779 --> 01:02:02.619
 is concluded at

01:02:02.619 --> 01:02:03.199
 the resurrection

01:02:03.199 --> 01:02:04.119
 from the dead.

01:02:05.799 --> 01:02:08.779
 Well, what

01:02:08.779 --> 01:02:09.380
 changes?

01:02:12.259 --> 01:02:13.559
 What prospects

01:02:13.559 --> 01:02:14.420
 we have?

01:02:16.000 --> 01:02:17.320
 What encouragement

01:02:17.320 --> 01:02:18.219
 we have?

01:02:20.380 --> 01:02:21.739
 What an incentive

01:02:21.739 --> 01:02:24.000
 really to be, as

01:02:24.000 --> 01:02:25.340
 Paul put it, as

01:02:25.340 --> 01:02:26.320
 he wrote to the

01:02:26.320 --> 01:02:27.699
 Philippians in his

01:02:27.699 --> 01:02:28.719
 great testimony in

01:02:28.719 --> 01:02:29.559
 Philippians 3.

01:02:31.519 --> 01:02:32.340
 Our encouragement,

01:02:32.840 --> 01:02:33.619
 our incentive,

01:02:34.900 --> 01:02:37.360
 our prospects.

01:02:38.000 --> 01:02:39.059
 How did he put it?

01:02:39.139 --> 01:02:39.880
 Well, he says,

01:02:39.880 --> 01:02:41.920
 I have suffered

01:02:41.920 --> 01:02:43.840
 the loss of all

01:02:43.840 --> 01:02:44.320
 things.

01:02:45.200 --> 01:02:46.320
 I count everything

01:02:46.320 --> 01:02:47.920
 as loss because

01:02:47.920 --> 01:02:48.800
 of the surpassing

01:02:48.800 --> 01:02:49.519
 worth of knowing

01:02:49.519 --> 01:02:50.480
 Christ Jesus my

01:02:50.480 --> 01:02:50.840
 Lord.

01:02:52.119 --> 01:02:53.099
 And for his sake,

01:02:53.840 --> 01:02:55.019
 I have suffered

01:02:55.019 --> 01:02:55.780
 the loss of all

01:02:55.780 --> 01:02:56.460
 things and count

01:02:56.460 --> 01:02:57.059
 them but rubbish

01:02:57.059 --> 01:02:58.519
 in order that I

01:02:58.519 --> 01:02:59.420
 may gain Christ

01:02:59.420 --> 01:03:00.240
 and be found in

01:03:00.240 --> 01:03:01.680
 him, not having

01:03:01.680 --> 01:03:02.660
 a righteousness of

01:03:02.660 --> 01:03:03.660
 my own that comes

01:03:03.660 --> 01:03:04.300
 from the law,

01:03:05.079 --> 01:03:05.680
 but that which

01:03:05.680 --> 01:03:06.400
 comes through the

01:03:06.400 --> 01:03:07.380
 faith of Christ,

01:03:07.900 --> 01:03:08.640
 the righteousness

01:03:08.640 --> 01:03:09.320
 of God that

01:03:09.320 --> 01:03:10.160
 depends on faith,

01:03:10.600 --> 01:03:11.640
 that I may know.

01:03:11.780 --> 01:03:13.039
 Why is he saying

01:03:13.039 --> 01:03:13.840
 I've put everything

01:03:13.840 --> 01:03:14.620
 that I once used

01:03:14.620 --> 01:03:15.539
 to trust in behind

01:03:15.539 --> 01:03:15.860
 me?

01:03:16.400 --> 01:03:17.080
 Why do I think

01:03:17.080 --> 01:03:17.640
 that now is

01:03:17.640 --> 01:03:18.620
 worthless, he's

01:03:18.620 --> 01:03:19.980
 saying, as far as

01:03:19.980 --> 01:03:20.600
 my relationship

01:03:20.600 --> 01:03:21.260
 with God is

01:03:21.260 --> 01:03:21.559
 concerned?

01:03:21.620 --> 01:03:22.280
 Because, he says,

01:03:22.420 --> 01:03:24.140
 I want to know

01:03:24.140 --> 01:03:24.360
 him.

01:03:25.500 --> 01:03:26.200
 God has delivered

01:03:26.200 --> 01:03:27.480
 me from myself

01:03:27.480 --> 01:03:28.660
 so that I may

01:03:28.660 --> 01:03:29.320
 know him.

01:03:30.500 --> 01:03:31.940
 And the power

01:03:31.940 --> 01:03:33.080
 of his resurrection

01:03:33.080 --> 01:03:34.600
 and the fellowship

01:03:34.600 --> 01:03:35.820
 of his sufferings,

01:03:36.160 --> 01:03:37.160
 becoming like him

01:03:37.160 --> 01:03:37.720
 in his death,

01:03:37.820 --> 01:03:38.780
 that by any means

01:03:38.780 --> 01:03:40.540
 possible, I may

01:03:40.540 --> 01:03:42.080
 attain the

01:03:42.080 --> 01:03:43.820
 resurrection from

01:03:43.820 --> 01:03:44.340
 the dead.

01:03:46.860 --> 01:03:47.660
 Well, what a

01:03:47.660 --> 01:03:48.019
 prospect.

01:03:50.900 --> 01:03:51.680
 Is that what

01:03:51.680 --> 01:03:52.500
 you're living for?

01:03:54.940 --> 01:03:55.860
 Is that your

01:03:55.860 --> 01:03:56.320
 prospect?

01:03:59.420 --> 01:04:00.360
 Is that your

01:04:00.360 --> 01:04:00.820
 hope?

01:04:00.820 --> 01:04:00.880
 hope?

01:04:02.760 --> 01:04:03.860
 When you come to

01:04:03.860 --> 01:04:06.300
 die, will it be in

01:04:06.300 --> 01:04:08.140
 the expectancy of

01:04:08.140 --> 01:04:09.019
 being raised

01:04:09.019 --> 01:04:11.320
 imperishable, in

01:04:11.320 --> 01:04:12.920
 glory, in power,

01:04:13.440 --> 01:04:15.340
 in the energy of the

01:04:15.340 --> 01:04:16.080
 Holy Spirit?

01:04:18.280 --> 01:04:19.440
 Or will it be, as

01:04:19.440 --> 01:04:21.140
 Jesus said, as we read

01:04:21.140 --> 01:04:22.160
 in John's Gospel,

01:04:23.160 --> 01:04:27.640
 raised to condemnation,

01:04:27.639 --> 01:04:32.679
 to the darkness of

01:04:32.679 --> 01:04:33.519
 hell forever?

01:04:35.519 --> 01:04:36.379
 Because that's the

01:04:36.379 --> 01:04:38.639
 alternative of all

01:04:38.639 --> 01:04:39.440
 that we've looked at

01:04:39.440 --> 01:04:40.059
 this evening.

01:04:41.480 --> 01:04:42.639
 Everybody is going to

01:04:42.639 --> 01:04:45.239
 be raised, but not

01:04:45.239 --> 01:04:46.059
 everybody is going to

01:04:46.059 --> 01:04:48.199
 be raised to eternal

01:04:48.199 --> 01:04:48.839
 life.

01:04:48.840 --> 01:04:48.900
 life.

01:04:50.600 --> 01:04:51.760
 But let's finish on the

01:04:51.760 --> 01:04:52.140
 positive.

01:04:53.800 --> 01:04:54.800
 Make sure that you're

01:04:54.800 --> 01:04:56.420
 found in Christ.

01:04:57.380 --> 01:04:58.300
 Make sure that being

01:04:58.300 --> 01:04:59.700
 found in Christ, your

01:04:59.700 --> 01:05:01.760
 hope, is the hope of

01:05:01.760 --> 01:05:04.539
 the Gospel, the hope of

01:05:04.539 --> 01:05:07.400
 eternal life, the hope of

01:05:07.400 --> 01:05:10.200
 resurrection, imperishable,

01:05:10.760 --> 01:05:15.000
 powerful, glorious life in

01:05:15.000 --> 01:05:15.340
 heaven.

01:05:15.340 --> 01:05:16.460
 Let's pray.

01:05:19.260 --> 01:05:20.420
 Lord, our God, we

01:05:20.420 --> 01:05:22.860
 thank you that, although

01:05:22.860 --> 01:05:24.579
 we find it so difficult to

01:05:24.579 --> 01:05:26.720
 handle these aspects of

01:05:26.720 --> 01:05:27.800
 your Word that take us so

01:05:27.800 --> 01:05:30.640
 deeply into your truth, we

01:05:30.640 --> 01:05:32.220
 thank you, O Lord, for the

01:05:32.220 --> 01:05:33.539
 clarity of that prospect

01:05:33.539 --> 01:05:35.280
 that you have given to your

01:05:35.280 --> 01:05:36.720
 people that is revealed to

01:05:36.720 --> 01:05:37.640
 us in these words.

01:05:38.620 --> 01:05:39.960
 And we give thanks tonight,

01:05:40.140 --> 01:05:41.760
 Lord, for the way that that

01:05:41.760 --> 01:05:43.260
 prospect is contained in the

01:05:43.260 --> 01:05:44.380
 hope that you give to your

01:05:44.380 --> 01:05:46.460
 people, the hope of eternal

01:05:46.460 --> 01:05:47.420
 life, the hope that's

01:05:47.420 --> 01:05:49.140
 anchored in the resurrection

01:05:49.140 --> 01:05:50.360
 of our Lord himself.

01:05:51.380 --> 01:05:52.680
 Oh, bless to us, we pray,

01:05:53.380 --> 01:05:54.820
 this word this evening.

01:05:55.720 --> 01:05:57.059
 Bless us in the life that we

01:05:57.059 --> 01:05:59.260
 presently live so that those

01:05:59.260 --> 01:06:01.460
 prospects may be those of

01:06:01.460 --> 01:06:03.039
 glory with you.

01:06:03.740 --> 01:06:04.860
 Help us, we pray, to

01:06:04.860 --> 01:06:07.420
 approach life every day in the

01:06:07.420 --> 01:06:09.539
 spirit of the psalmist who

01:06:09.539 --> 01:06:11.059
 could say that God would

01:06:11.059 --> 01:06:15.099
 guide him by his counsel and

01:06:15.099 --> 01:06:17.360
 afterwards receive him into

01:06:17.360 --> 01:06:17.759
 glory.

01:06:18.400 --> 01:06:19.840
 Hear us, we pray, for Jesus'

01:06:20.059 --> 01:06:20.279
 sake.

01:06:20.679 --> 01:06:21.039
 Amen.

01:06:23.679 --> 01:06:25.259
 Our final psalm this evening is

01:06:25.259 --> 01:06:26.179
 Psalm 84.

01:06:27.299 --> 01:06:29.019
 Psalm 84, again, it's in the

01:06:29.019 --> 01:06:30.159
 Scottish Psalter.

01:06:32.400 --> 01:06:34.519
 Verses 8 to 12, the tune is

01:06:34.519 --> 01:06:35.139
 Wetherby.

01:06:37.139 --> 01:06:38.980
 Lord God of hosts, my prayer

01:06:38.980 --> 01:06:41.199
 here, O Jacob's God, give

01:06:41.199 --> 01:06:41.500
 ear.

01:06:42.219 --> 01:06:44.019
 See God our shield, look on the

01:06:44.019 --> 01:06:47.159
 face of thine anointed dear.

01:06:48.300 --> 01:06:50.380
 Prospect of God the Lord in

01:06:50.380 --> 01:06:52.139
 verse 11, who is a sun and

01:06:52.139 --> 01:06:55.039
 shield, heal grace and glory

01:06:55.039 --> 01:06:55.780
 give.

01:06:55.780 --> 01:06:57.820
 So these verses 8 to 12, Lord

01:06:57.820 --> 01:06:59.960
 God of hosts, my prayer here.

01:06:59.960 --> 01:07:13.000
 Lord God of hosts, my prayer

01:07:13.000 --> 01:07:21.480
 hear, O Jacob's God, give

01:07:21.480 --> 01:07:22.579
 ear.

01:07:22.579 --> 01:07:24.579
 Lord God of hosts, my prayer here.

01:07:24.579 --> 01:07:25.579
 Lord God of hosts, my prayer here.

01:07:25.579 --> 01:07:27.579
 For in thy core, one may excel, hath

01:07:27.579 --> 01:07:31.639
 a thousand嘉

01:07:31.639 --> 01:07:57.559
 is the tenical

01:07:57.559 --> 01:08:09.659
 My God's will I keep adorn,

01:08:10.219 --> 01:08:17.380
 Thine dwell in tents of sin.

01:08:17.380 --> 01:08:28.239
 For God the Lord has sound and shield,

01:08:28.800 --> 01:08:36.180
 In grace and glory give,

01:08:36.180 --> 01:08:46.720
 And will behold the good of them,

01:08:46.720 --> 01:08:54.699
 That are right to live.

01:08:55.840 --> 01:09:05.900
 O thou that art the Lord of whose

01:09:05.900 --> 01:09:14.039
 That man is truly blessed,

01:09:14.039 --> 01:09:24.380
 Who by the adjured of the end,

01:09:24.760 --> 01:09:32.019
 On thee alone the best.

01:09:32.020 --> 01:09:32.220
 Amen.

01:09:33.580 --> 01:09:35.760
 I'll go to the main door again after the benediction.

01:09:37.460 --> 01:09:39.780
 Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,

01:09:40.160 --> 01:09:41.400
 The love of God the Father,

01:09:41.620 --> 01:09:43.160
 And the communion of the Holy Spirit,

01:09:43.740 --> 01:09:45.460
 Be with you now and evermore.

01:09:45.860 --> 01:09:46.240
 Amen.