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 Well, good evening, everyone.

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 If you haven't got a Bible in front of you,

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 then you need to get one.

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 And there are some up the back,

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 just out there in the foyer.

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 Let me be frank with you.

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 If you don't have a Bible, what I'm going to say

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 is going to get really confusing very quickly.

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 And you need to follow along with me.

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 I say that because I've been wrestling with this text all week.

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 And up until five minutes ago,

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 I'm still wrestling with this text.

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 And so we need God's help to see what can't be seen.

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 So let's pray that we might be encouraged

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 and we might not lose heart.

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 Father God, I pray that as we look at your word now,

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 that you might bring clarity to the confusion.

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 We pray that you would help us to see that which is unseen.

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 And that in seeing that,

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 and even just getting a small glimpse of it,

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 that it would cause us not to lose heart

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 as your disciples seeking to proclaim the lordship of Christ

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 so that everyone might bow their knee

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 and confess with their tongue

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 that Jesus is in fact Lord.

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 And so Lord, spirit,

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 we pray for the global task.

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 In the name of the Lord Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 I've developed quite a bad habit recently.

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 While I'm watching a movie on TV,

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 I grab my phone

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 and I look up the movie in Wikipedia

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 and read the plot summary.

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 And so very early on in the movie,

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 I know how the movie ends.

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 The negative side is that it spoils the end of the movie,

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 especially if there's some unexpected twist.

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 And sometimes there is.

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 In fact, I was looking at the TV guide last night,

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 wondering whether I would watch a movie,

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 looked at the plot summary,

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 went, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

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 And then right at the end,

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 something happened.

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 I went, oh, that'd be good,

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 but it's too late now.

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 I know what's going to happen.

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 The positive side of it

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 is that every little throwaway line

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 and statement and facial expression

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 and random event makes sense.

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 First time up.

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 The other positive side

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 is that I don't waste an hour or two of my life

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 on a dud movie

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 and I get a little bit more sleep.

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 So I feel like

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 that I need to do something similar now

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 to help us understand

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 2 Corinthians 4 and 5,

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 which is our focus

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 for mission month this year.

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 If we go to the end of the letter,

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 it helps us understand the beginning

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 and especially what's happening

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 in these chapters.

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 So you need your Bible

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 and flick over.

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 Chapter 10,

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 Paul starts to, if you like,

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 pull the curtain back

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 on the reason that he has penned this letter.

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 He's defending his ministry

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 against some people

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 who have commended themselves

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 to this church at Corinth.

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 It would seem that they're boasting

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 a lot about themselves.

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 Their ministry achievements

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 and their spiritual experiences

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 and their successes

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 and stuff like that.

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 And in the process,

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 they're rubbishing Paul

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 as if Paul's not the real deal,

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 that they're superior to Paul.

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 And so in chapter 11, verse 5,

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 all's revealed who these people are.

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 He says,

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 I do not think,

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 this is Paul speaking,

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 I do not think that I'm in the least inferior

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 to those super apostles.

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 And so there they are.

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 These are the people

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 that Paul has been writing about.

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 Right from the beginning of the letter,

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 the super apostles.

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 And he uses that term quite sarcastically

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 because while he's an apostle,

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 these guys have elevated themselves

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 as super apostles

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 over the top of every other apostle.

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 These guys are the real deal,

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 if you like.

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 And so these super apostles

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 are on the forefront of Paul's mind

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 as he is penning this letter

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 and including these chapters,

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 obviously in four and five

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 that we are focusing on.

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 It seems that these super apostles

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 were professional speakers

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 who got paid lots of money

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 for being impressive people.

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 They were eloquent.

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 They were loud.

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 They were funny.

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 They promised the world.

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 They were successful.

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 They were beautiful.

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 They were well-dressed.

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 They were sort of like

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 the got-it-all-together types,

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 if you like.

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 The only thing I could think of

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 was maybe a Tony Robbins,

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 if you ever know who that guy is.

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 If you don't, Google him

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 and you'll soon understand what I mean.

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 People looked out to them.

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 They wanted to be like them,

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 like these super apostles.

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 They had the kind of lives

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 and lifestyles

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 that make you envious.

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 And Paul's great defense

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 of his ministry

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 is at the end of chapter 11

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 where he joins in

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 on their boasting.

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 He draws a big breath

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 and he starts to say

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 the sort of things

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 that he hates to hear.

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 And he starts with his heritage

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 in verse 22 of chapter 11.

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 Are they Hebrews?

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 So am I.

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 Are these guys Israelites?

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 Me too.

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 Are they Abraham's attendants?

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 Got that one.

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 And then he makes a bold claim

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 about himself

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 against the super apostles.

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 This is where he draws the line,

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 if you like,

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 in verse 23.

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 Are they servants of Christ?

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 And he's sort of like

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 a little bit of a sideline here.

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 He goes,

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 I'm just mad when I say this.

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 And then he comes back in

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 and he says,

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 are they servants of Christ?

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 I am more.

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 That's a pretty big

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 sort of line in the sand

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 to draw at that point.

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 And then

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 what he does is

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 having declared

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 that he is in fact

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 the genuine apostle,

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 that he is

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 the genuine servant of Christ.

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 At this point,

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 you would expect Paul

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 to go on

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 and give his resume

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 like the super apostles

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 and talk about

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 his successes,

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 his spiritual experiences

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 and everything

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 that makes him impressive

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 and more impressive

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 than the super apostles.

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 But instead,

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 he talks about

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 his sufferings,

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 his losses

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 and his defeats.

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 Look at what he says.

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 I have worked much harder,

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 been imprisoned more frequently,

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 been flogged more severely,

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 been exposed to death

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 again and again.

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 Five times I received

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 from the Jews

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 the 40 lashes minus one.

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 Three times I was beaten

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 with rods.

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 Once I was stoned.

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 Three times I was shipwrecked.

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 I spent a night and day

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 in the open sea.

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 I've been constantly

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 on the move.

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 I've been in danger

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 from rivers,

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 in danger from bandits,

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 in danger from my own countrymen,

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 in danger from Gentiles,

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 in danger from the city,

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 in danger in the country,

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 in danger at sea

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 and in danger from false brothers.

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 I have labored and toiled

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 and have often gone without sleep.

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 I have known hunger and thirst

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 and have often gone without food.

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 I have been cold and naked

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 and besides everything else,

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 I face daily the pressure

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 of my concern

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 for all the churches.

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 Who is weak

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 and I do not feel weak.

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 Who is led into sin

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 and I do not inwardly burn.

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 He says,

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 that's what makes me

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 the real deal.

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 There is my CV

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 about genuine

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 authentic

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 apostleship.

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 The biggest issue

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 for the super apostles

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 and this church of Corinth

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 who have been swayed

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 by the super apostles

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 was not primarily

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 about Paul's teaching

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 but about Paul's lifestyle.

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 Paul's response

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 is that his lifestyle

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 is characteristic

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 of the way of the cross,

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 of a life of faith,

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 of following his saviour Jesus.

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 And so that's the perspective

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 that he wants us to have

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 as we look

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 at chapters 4 and 5.

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 That is,

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 he wants us to have

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 clay pot,

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 jars of clay,

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 takeaway containers,

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 expectations of life

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 as a disciple of Jesus.

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 If we understand

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 with clarity

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 that we are jars of clay,

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 then I think

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 what Paul's saying is

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 that if we have

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 that expectation,

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 it will help us

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 not to lose heart

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 in the global task

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 of proclaiming

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 the gospel of the Lord Jesus.

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 Clear expectations

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 and not losing heart

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 are in fact put together

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 in the passage

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 that you looked at

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 last week

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 in chapter 4,

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 verse 16.

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 Have a look at it.

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 Therefore,

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 we do not lose heart.

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 So,

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 we don't lose heart.

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 That's what he wants.

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 Though outwardly

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 we are wasting away

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 clay pot,

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 yet inwardly

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 we are being renewed

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 day by day.

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 We don't lose heart

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 even though

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 we are wasting away

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 outwardly

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 because

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 we are being renewed

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 inwardly

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 day by day.

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 We don't lose heart

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 even though the body

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 is falling apart

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 because

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 inwardly being renewed

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 day by day.

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 Inward renewal.

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 That is the key

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 to not losing heart.

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 And how does that

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 inward renewal

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 day by day happen?

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 He tells us

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 in verse 18.

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 We fix our eyes

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 not on what

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 is seen

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 but on what

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 is unseen.

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 Paul's renewed

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 heart

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 to pursue

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 God's global

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 agenda

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 to keep

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 surrendering

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 his life

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 to the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 and his

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 priorities life

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 comes

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 from something

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 very strange.

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 It comes

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 from looking

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 at what

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 he can't

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 see.

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 As verse

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 18 says

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 the things

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 he can see

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 are temporal

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 the things

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 he can't

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 see

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 are eternal

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 and it's

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 gazing

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 on the

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 eternal

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 things

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 that means

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 that he is

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 inwardly renewed

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 and encouraged

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 and not losing

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 heart.

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 The summary

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 statement

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 I think

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 is in chapter

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 4 verse 17.

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 for our

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 light and

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 momentary

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 troubles

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 those he can

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 see

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 those he can

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 feel

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 those he can

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 touch

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 are achieving

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 for us

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 an eternal

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 glory

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 that far

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 outweighs

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 them all

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 that he

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 can't see.

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 In other

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 words

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 the unseen

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 things that

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 Paul looks

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 at for

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 inner renewal

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 is the

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 immense

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 weight of

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 glory

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 that is being

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 prepared for

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 him

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 not just

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 after

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 but through

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 and by

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 the wasting

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 away of

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 his body

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 in the

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 pursuit

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 of God's

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 glory.

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 That is

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 there is a

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 correlation

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 between the

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 decay of

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 Paul's body

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 in the

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 service of

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 and the

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 display of

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 Paul's glory

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 for all

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 eternity.

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 the decaying

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 of his

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 body was

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 not

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 meaningless.

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 The pain

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 the pressure

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 the frustration

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 and affliction

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 it's not

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 happening in

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 vain.

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 They are not

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 causing him to

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 lose heart

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 because when

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 Paul is

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 hurting

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 he fixes

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 his eyes

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 not on how

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 heavy the

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 hurt is

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 but on how

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 heavy the

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 glory will be

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 because of

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 the hurt

00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:30.000
 in the

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 pursuit of

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 the Lord

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 Jesus.

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 Now that

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 bit is

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 crucial for

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 us to

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 get.

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 Because when

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 we look at

00:11:39.079 --> 00:11:39.779
 Paul's life

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 of surrender

00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:40.699
 to the

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 Lord Jesus

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 there is a

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 very significant

00:11:43.439 --> 00:11:44.279
 threat here.

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 If you

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 choose the

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 way of

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 surrender to

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 Jesus

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 then the

00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:52.559
 great threat

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 is the

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 loss of

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 everything

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 precious.

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 When you

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 look at the

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 list of

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 what Paul

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 suffered

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 because of

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 the gospel

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 because of

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 God's

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 global agenda

00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:06.059
 of the

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 gospel going

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 to the

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 ends of

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 the earth

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 the great

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 threat to

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 us is

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 the loss

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 of everything

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 precious

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 everything

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 that is

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 most precious

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 and that is

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 our life.

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 it's a

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 genuine threat.

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 It's a

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 genuine threat.

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 Anyone

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 want to

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 lose their

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 life?

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 No hands

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 go up.

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 I don't

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 think you

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 need to

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 dwell that

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 point.

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 I don't

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 want to

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 lose my

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 life.

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 I had a

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 great time

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 today.

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 After church

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 sat on the

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 deck of

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 morning tea

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 there and

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 just discussed

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 this passage

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 with a couple

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 of people and

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 it was awesome.

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 From that I

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 walked straight

00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:42.019
 over.

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 we had a

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 bunch of

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 people for

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 lunch and

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 we sat

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 down to

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 roast lamb

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 and we

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 talked and

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 it was heaps

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 of fun and

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 my lovely

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 wife made

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 it and I

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 love her

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 dearly.

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 My kids

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 are adorable.

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 They are

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 an absolute

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 hoot.

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 Basically

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 all the

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 time.

00:13:04.679 --> 00:13:05.360
 Last week

00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:05.679
 I was

00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:06.360
 visiting Hong

00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:06.740
 Kong,

00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:07.460
 meeting new

00:13:07.460 --> 00:13:07.860
 people,

00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:08.559
 seeing new

00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:10.360
 places and

00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:11.240
 to lose all

00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:11.639
 of those

00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:11.899
 things.

00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:12.579
 A threat.

00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:17.019
 And so

00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:17.579
 a life of

00:13:17.579 --> 00:13:18.179
 surrender to

00:13:18.179 --> 00:13:19.019
 Jesus looks

00:13:19.019 --> 00:13:19.519
 like a real

00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:19.860
 threat.

00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:23.379
 He may

00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:23.860
 take it.

00:13:25.699 --> 00:13:25.960
 And so

00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:26.579
 as Paul

00:13:26.579 --> 00:13:27.179
 launches into

00:13:27.179 --> 00:13:28.039
 chapter 5,

00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:29.460
 he's helping

00:13:29.460 --> 00:13:31.120
 us not to

00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:31.879
 lose heart.

00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:34.000
 To keep

00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:34.860
 surrendering all

00:13:34.860 --> 00:13:35.299
 to Jesus.

00:13:35.419 --> 00:13:35.699
 To keep

00:13:35.699 --> 00:13:36.919
 sacrificing for

00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:37.500
 God's global

00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:38.259
 cause because

00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:39.179
 in these verses

00:13:39.179 --> 00:13:40.480
 he deals with

00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:41.120
 that threat.

00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:43.340
 and the

00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:43.679
 way he

00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:44.139
 deals with

00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:44.560
 it is

00:13:44.560 --> 00:13:46.200
 you're

00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:46.620
 actually not

00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:46.840
 going to

00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:47.200
 lose it.

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 You think

00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:50.220
 this is

00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:50.539
 good?

00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:51.279
 All those

00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:51.600
 things I

00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:51.960
 described,

00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:52.240
 you think

00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:52.560
 this is

00:13:52.560 --> 00:13:52.860
 good?

00:13:54.899 --> 00:13:55.379
 You're

00:13:55.379 --> 00:13:55.480
 going to

00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:55.879
 get more

00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:59.600
 if you

00:13:59.600 --> 00:13:59.879
 pursue

00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:00.379
 Jesus.

00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:01.320
 Verse 1.

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 Now we

00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:02.900
 know that

00:14:02.900 --> 00:14:03.180
 if the

00:14:03.180 --> 00:14:03.440
 earthly

00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:03.840
 tent we

00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:04.220
 live in

00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:05.020
 is destroyed,

00:14:05.420 --> 00:14:05.840
 we have a

00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:06.280
 building from

00:14:06.280 --> 00:14:06.780
 God, an

00:14:06.780 --> 00:14:07.500
 eternal house

00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:07.920
 in heaven,

00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:08.820
 not built

00:14:08.820 --> 00:14:09.300
 by human

00:14:09.300 --> 00:14:09.760
 hands.

00:14:10.280 --> 00:14:10.680
 So the

00:14:10.680 --> 00:14:11.360
 contrast here

00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:11.620
 that he

00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:12.560
 says is

00:14:12.560 --> 00:14:13.080
 between the

00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:13.460
 temporary

00:14:13.460 --> 00:14:13.920
 inferior

00:14:13.920 --> 00:14:14.920
 tent that

00:14:14.920 --> 00:14:15.600
 is my

00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:16.720
 wasting away

00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:17.180
 body,

00:14:17.760 --> 00:14:18.420
 to the

00:14:18.420 --> 00:14:18.879
 eternal

00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.500
 superior

00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:20.600
 building that

00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:21.520
 is the

00:14:21.520 --> 00:14:22.160
 resurrected,

00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:23.600
 perfected,

00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:24.680
 eternal body

00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:25.600
 that Jesus

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.320
 will give me.

00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:27.340
 And so

00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:28.040
 what he

00:14:28.040 --> 00:14:28.480
 does here

00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:28.920
 in verse

00:14:28.920 --> 00:14:29.860
 1 is he

00:14:29.860 --> 00:14:30.320
 gives us a

00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:30.920
 real dose

00:14:30.920 --> 00:14:31.820
 of realism.

00:14:32.760 --> 00:14:33.640
 Every person

00:14:33.640 --> 00:14:35.100
 experiences the

00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:35.720
 wasting away

00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:36.180
 of the body

00:14:36.180 --> 00:14:37.140
 and finally

00:14:37.140 --> 00:14:38.240
 death.

00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:39.320
 It is a

00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:39.780
 normal

00:14:39.780 --> 00:14:40.540
 experience.

00:14:41.900 --> 00:14:42.280
 We will

00:14:42.280 --> 00:14:43.580
 all experience

00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:45.260
 that at

00:14:45.260 --> 00:14:45.879
 some point.

00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:50.880
 His point

00:14:50.880 --> 00:14:52.560
 is your

00:14:52.560 --> 00:14:53.260
 life is not

00:14:53.260 --> 00:14:54.220
 secure anyway.

00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:58.460
 we live

00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:58.960
 in a tent,

00:14:59.060 --> 00:14:59.320
 not a

00:14:59.320 --> 00:14:59.620
 building.

00:14:59.780 --> 00:15:00.220
 Tents are

00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:00.780
 vulnerable and

00:15:00.780 --> 00:15:01.320
 weak.

00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:03.340
 And Paul

00:15:03.340 --> 00:15:03.840
 here wants

00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.280
 us to be

00:15:04.280 --> 00:15:05.420
 free from

00:15:05.420 --> 00:15:06.260
 the expectation

00:15:06.260 --> 00:15:07.120
 that we

00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:07.540
 will be

00:15:07.540 --> 00:15:08.900
 free from

00:15:08.900 --> 00:15:10.160
 fragility and

00:15:10.160 --> 00:15:11.080
 frailty while

00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.460
 we live in

00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:12.080
 this world,

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 whether we

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 pursue Christ

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 or not.

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 Pursue all

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 the security

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 and protection

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 and comfort

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 you like.

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 It won't

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 provide what

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 you want it

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 to.

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 Death looms

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 as a shadow

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 over every

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 life.

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 Which is

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 partly why

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 we groan.

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 Verse 2,

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 we groan

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 longing to

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 be clothed

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 with our

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 heavenly

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 dwelling because

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 when we

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 are clothed

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 we will

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 not be

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 found naked.

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 For while

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 we are in

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 this tent

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 we groan

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 and are

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 burdened

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 because we

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 do not

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 wish to

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 be

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 unclothed.

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 The groaning

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 while we're

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 in this tent

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 means that

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 we groan

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 all the

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 time.

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 Impending

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 death

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 means that

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 groaning

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 is everyone's

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 experience.

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 at any

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 moment

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 death

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 will bring

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 into question

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 everything that

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 we've held

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 dear.

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 Everything that

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 we have

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 claimed to

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 achieve in

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 this life.

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 But the

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 groaning of the

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 Christian has an

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 added element.

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 Verse 2 says

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 that we groan

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 because we

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 want the

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 eternal

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 perfected

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 resurrection

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 body.

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 The building

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 made by

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 God.

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 That's what we

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 groan.

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 We long for

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 it in other

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 words.

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 A resurrected

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 body is our

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 hope.

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 Our own

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 bodies will

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 be fitted

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 out eternally

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 perfectly

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 fallously

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 like Jesus'

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 body.

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 That's good

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 because a

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 building is so

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 much more

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 secure than

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 a tent.

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 Especially

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 notice when

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 this building

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 in verse 1

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 is built

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 and is coming

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 from God.

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 The eternal

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 God.

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 This building

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 is not made

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 by flawed

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 human hands

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 like mine

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 but made

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 by perfect

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 eternal

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 hands like

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 God.

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 We have

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 the secure

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 hope because

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 of the great

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 treasure of

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 the gospel.

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 That's why

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 we get this

00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.639
 building.

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 I haven't

00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:05.059
 made it with

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 my hands.

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 God has

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 made it for

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 me.

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 For me,

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 a sinful,

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 flawed,

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 ungrateful,

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 undeserving of

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 God's love,

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 deserving of

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 his condemnation.

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 People like

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 me who have

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 been forgiven

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 through the

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 work of the

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 Lord Jesus

00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:19.559
 Christ have

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 this hope.

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 I go from

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 death to

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 life eternal.

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 It is

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 secure and

00:17:26.199 --> 00:17:27.139
 it is an

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 eternal gift.

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 It's an

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 eternal house

00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.099
 in heaven

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 given to

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 everyone who

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 trusts in the

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 Lord Jesus

00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:33.359
 Christ.

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 That is

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 Paul's hope

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 and it is

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 our hope

00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.479
 who live by

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 faith in

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 the Lord

00:17:37.199 --> 00:17:37.539
 Jesus.

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 As verse 5

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 says,

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 now it is

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 God who

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 has made

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 us for

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 this very

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 purpose.

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 He is the

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 builder of the

00:17:46.419 --> 00:17:47.219
 eternal house,

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 the secure

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:48.299
 building,

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 the perfect

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 building and

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 he has made

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 it for me.

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 Okay,

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 that's good.

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 That renews

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 me and

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 gives me

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 focus in

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 serving Christ

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 in that life

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 in this world

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 is not the

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 end.

00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:07.639
 Paul has

00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.200
 helped me to

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.759
 see, just

00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.420
 get a glimpse

00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:10.680
 of the thing

00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.500
 which is

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.619
 unseen.

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 There is an

00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.359
 eternal and

00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:15.240
 perfect life in

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.000
 Christ waiting

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.480
 for me.

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 But there

00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:19.440
 is one

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:20.380
 more unseen

00:18:20.380 --> 00:18:21.039
 thing that I

00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.799
 need help

00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:22.240
 here to

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.200
 see and

00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:25.000
 that is

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:27.099
 when do I

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:27.680
 get this

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.359
 new eternal

00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:28.859
 and perfect

00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.319
 life?

00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:31.099
 This new

00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:32.059
 body, this

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.839
 new building

00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.880
 fitted for

00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.980
 eternity so

00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:35.420
 that I can

00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:36.460
 enjoy the

00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:36.880
 food, the

00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.839
 relationships and

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.960
 everything else

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.779
 in heaven for

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.079
 all of

00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:40.559
 eternity.

00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:40.679
 eternity.

00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:41.899
 And this

00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.200
 is the

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.899
 other unseen

00:18:42.899 --> 00:18:43.339
 thing which

00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:44.059
 I need to

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.819
 see if I'm

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.419
 going to not

00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:46.099
 lose heart in

00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:46.839
 serving Christ.

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:48.119
 What happens

00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:48.519
 when you

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:48.879
 die?

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.819
 In his

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.899
 answer, Paul

00:18:54.899 --> 00:18:55.559
 here wants us

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:56.539
 to be utterly

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:59.480
 secure because

00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:02.720
 security will

00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.399
 renew us

00:19:03.399 --> 00:19:04.399
 inwardly as

00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:05.179
 we outwardly

00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:05.960
 waste away.

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.460
 And he

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.159
 addresses this

00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:08.899
 in verse 4

00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.340
 and onwards.

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:11.080
 We do not

00:19:11.080 --> 00:19:11.660
 wish to be

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:13.120
 unclothed but

00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:13.920
 to be clothed

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:14.220
 with our

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:14.900
 heavenly dwelling

00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:16.180
 so that what

00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:17.240
 is mortal may

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:18.019
 be swallowed up

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.660
 by life.

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:21.300
 To go back to

00:19:21.300 --> 00:19:21.800
 the tent

00:19:21.800 --> 00:19:22.600
 building metaphor,

00:19:22.840 --> 00:19:23.400
 what Paul is

00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:24.660
 saying here is

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:26.060
 I want the

00:19:26.060 --> 00:19:26.500
 building

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:28.180
 fantastic,

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.640
 new eternal

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.460
 perfect body.

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:32.060
 What I don't

00:19:32.060 --> 00:19:32.840
 want to experience

00:19:32.840 --> 00:19:34.240
 is my tent

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:35.720
 being folded up

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.420
 and packed away

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.120
 before I get

00:19:37.120 --> 00:19:37.600
 the building.

00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:41.060
 I don't

00:19:41.060 --> 00:19:42.080
 want to die

00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:43.640
 in order to

00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:44.200
 get that.

00:19:44.780 --> 00:19:45.340
 That is, I

00:19:45.340 --> 00:19:45.920
 actually don't

00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.280
 want to be

00:19:46.280 --> 00:19:47.259
 separated from

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.800
 my body.

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.420
 I don't want

00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:50.840
 to be found

00:19:50.840 --> 00:19:51.500
 naked is what

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:51.980
 he says in

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.620
 verse 3.

00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:55.040
 He doesn't

00:19:55.040 --> 00:19:55.440
 want to die

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.040
 and be absent

00:19:56.040 --> 00:19:56.660
 from the body.

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:57.820
 And so if he

00:19:57.820 --> 00:19:58.560
 has a choice,

00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.240
 he wants Jesus

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.180
 to come back

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.980
 and immediately

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:04.240
 swallow, if you

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.460
 like, his life

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.840
 up.

00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.559
 That is, he

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.199
 wants Jesus

00:20:07.199 --> 00:20:08.059
 to immediately

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:09.699
 swap his

00:20:09.699 --> 00:20:11.299
 tent for the

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.599
 building in a

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.159
 twinkling of an

00:20:13.159 --> 00:20:15.039
 eye, as other

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.740
 parts of the New

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.480
 Testament say.

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.299
 Christ will come

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:18.199
 back and in a

00:20:18.199 --> 00:20:18.799
 twinkling of an

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.859
 eye, those who

00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.439
 are alive in

00:20:20.439 --> 00:20:21.079
 Christ, those who

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.679
 are walking the

00:20:21.679 --> 00:20:22.079
 face of the

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.059
 earth, trusting in

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.579
 Jesus at that

00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:24.299
 moment, will

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:25.079
 immediately be

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.679
 transformed.

00:20:26.419 --> 00:20:27.099
 No death.

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:29.059
 That's an

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:29.759
 awesome option.

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:32.019
 Bring it on any

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:33.019
 day, I reckon.

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:35.299
 That's what he

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.900
 means when he

00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:36.740
 says what is

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.700
 mortal may be

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.559
 swallowed up by

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.200
 life.

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.119
 Good option.

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.660
 No death.

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.440
 No separation

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.000
 from the body.

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.920
 No wasting

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.259
 away.

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.879
 No weariness

00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:46.379
 and weakness

00:20:46.379 --> 00:20:47.500
 in a twinkling

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:47.859
 of an eye.

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.940
 All that stuff

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.619
 gone.

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.680
 Perfected.

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.420
 Unrestricted.

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:51.900
 Eternal.

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.819
 In the presence

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.319
 of Jesus.

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 With my body.

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 Able to give

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.500
 him a hug.

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 That's

00:20:59.119 --> 00:20:59.900
 preference number

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.240
 one.

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 I'm assuming

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.740
 that's if you're

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.319
 in Christ, that

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.680
 is your

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.140
 preference.

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:05.740
 That seems

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.180
 like a good

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.599
 option to

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:06.819
 me.

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.380
 You see, like

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.480
 us, Paul loved

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.420
 life in this

00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:11.779
 world.

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.720
 He loved the

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.339
 ability to be

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:13.859
 able to hug

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.579
 people and

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.279
 kiss them and

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:16.039
 eat food and

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.660
 chat and

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.660
 travel and

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.319
 whatever else

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 it was.

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 Which is why

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:20.799
 the Christian

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.539
 hope of bodily

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.200
 resurrection

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:23.799
 connects so

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.859
 significantly with

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.440
 our hearts.

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 We don't want

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.359
 to be separated

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:28.799
 from our

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.359
 bodies.

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:31.859
 bodily

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.719
 resurrection in

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 a perfect

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.919
 physical world

00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:34.740
 that goes on

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:36.179
 forever is

00:21:36.179 --> 00:21:36.919
 our hope.

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 Our hope as a

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:39.039
 Christian is not

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.740
 an aimless

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.839
 spiritual world.

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 It's not

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 clouds and

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.059
 wings and

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 harps, but

00:21:47.959 --> 00:21:49.299
 relationships and

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 work and trees

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 and rivers and

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 food in the

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.619
 presence of our

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 great God.

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 life.

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 And that's, I

00:21:59.959 --> 00:22:00.719
 think, put Paul's

00:22:00.719 --> 00:22:01.319
 lifestyle in

00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:02.319
 perspective for us.

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:04.079
 He didn't endure

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:05.000
 what he did for

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.859
 Christ because he

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:07.399
 didn't love life in

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:07.939
 this world.

00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:09.299
 He didn't surrender

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 all that he

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:10.879
 surrendered.

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 He did not suffer

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.579
 what he suffered

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.579
 because he was a

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:14.439
 depressing, morose

00:22:14.439 --> 00:22:15.139
 kind of dude.

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 He just went,

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 I'll just bring it

00:22:16.439 --> 00:22:16.779
 on because I

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.279
 really hate my

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.579
 life.

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:20.480
 He loved it and

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.219
 he wants to spend

00:22:21.219 --> 00:22:23.519
 eternity with his

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.879
 body in a

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.680
 perfected world

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 and so he

00:22:26.300 --> 00:22:27.300
 doesn't want to

00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:28.340
 experience death.

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 He wants to go

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.700
 from this life and

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.600
 immediately into the

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:30.900
 next.

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 And it will

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 happen for

00:22:34.320 --> 00:22:35.580
 everyone who

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:37.120
 lives by faith in

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.900
 the Lord Jesus

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:40.080
 when Jesus comes

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:40.480
 back.

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:42.180
 That will be your

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.920
 experience.

00:22:46.280 --> 00:22:47.360
 If Jesus comes

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:47.900
 back when you're

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:49.720
 alive, pray for

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.280
 that to come.

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:50.920
 Come, Lord

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.240
 Jesus.

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.860
 So Paul says,

00:22:56.020 --> 00:22:57.460
 see the unseen

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:59.160
 and feel the

00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:00.220
 security of that.

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.700
 Now if you

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:05.000
 took the first

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.780
 option to his

00:23:05.780 --> 00:23:06.820
 extreme, you

00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:07.420
 could possibly

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:08.100
 conclude that

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:09.760
 life is greater

00:23:09.760 --> 00:23:11.580
 and the greatest

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:12.600
 possible thing and

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.580
 so do whatever you

00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:15.520
 can to keep

00:23:15.520 --> 00:23:17.300
 this life secure

00:23:17.300 --> 00:23:19.460
 in this world.

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:21.300
 Which is why Paul

00:23:21.300 --> 00:23:22.180
 gives us his second

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.120
 preference in verse

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 8 and without

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:26.039
 verse 8 you

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:27.060
 could misconstrue

00:23:27.060 --> 00:23:27.740
 verse 4.

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 That is, this

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.539
 helps us, verse 8

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.039
 helps us to

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.840
 correct any

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.860
 misunderstanding of

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.519
 verse 4 we

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.039
 might have.

00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:33.840
 He said, I

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.980
 would prefer to

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:36.000
 be away from the

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.759
 body and at

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.200
 home with the

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.460
 Lord.

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 What both

00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:41.740
 option 1,

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.700
 verse 4, and

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.480
 option 2,

00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:44.680
 verse 8 reveal

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.960
 is that the

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.980
 highest priority

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:50.460
 in life is to

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.240
 be with Jesus.

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.120
 That's the

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.720
 highest priority.

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.220
 If the choice

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.620
 here is between

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.480
 more life, for

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.120
 Paul is what he

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.900
 says, if the

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.779
 choice is between

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.940
 more life here by

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.660
 faith and going

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.440
 to be with

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:05.660
 Christ, he'd

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.460
 prefer that God

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.420
 would take him

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.819
 even if it means

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.400
 that his body

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.200
 gets buried in the

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.980
 ground here right

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:12.599
 now and he has

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:15.299
 to wait before

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.440
 Jesus comes back

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.819
 and unites him

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.659
 with that body.

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.440
 Being at home

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.059
 with the Lord,

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:23.460
 he said, is so

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.919
 irresistibly

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:27.000
 attractive because

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:28.500
 it means ultimately

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.480
 more intimacy

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:31.159
 with Jesus

00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:32.899
 than we would

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:34.059
 ever experience

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.319
 in this world.

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.319
 Whatever

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:42.799
 happens with

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:44.240
 you, Jesus

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.799
 comes back,

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.299
 twigly

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.879
 even I, done

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:48.680
 or death

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.519
 and wait

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.200
 for your body

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.859
 to be united

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.759
 with him in his

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.319
 presence in the

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.079
 physical world.

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.659
 Paul

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:57.940
 wants us to

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.859
 have absolute

00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:00.240
 security and

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.079
 confidence in the

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.419
 future.

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.299
 For Paul,

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:05.940
 death

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.740
 meant

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.799
 gain.

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:10.200
 Philippians 2,

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.039
 to live is

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.980
 Christ and to

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.859
 die is

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.700
 gain.

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.299
 It's better

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.200
 in Christ.

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.579
 And what

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.139
 Paul writes

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.599
 here is meant

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.180
 to give the

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.680
 Christian a

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.359
 deep sense

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.299
 of security

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.139
 in the future.

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:23.899
 For the

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.359
 Christian who

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.859
 loses their

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.399
 life before

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:26.419
 Jesus returns,

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.440
 you are not

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.379
 aimlessly floating

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:28.980
 around in some

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.159
 spiritual world.

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.500
 At the point

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.819
 of death,

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.259
 there is an

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.940
 immediate

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:34.019
 folding into

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.480
 the presence

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.159
 of Christ.

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.519
 We will not

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.220
 be separated

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.859
 from Jesus.

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.079
 We will never

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.680
 be separated

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.740
 from his love.

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.779
 that is the

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.319
 impact of

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.039
 verses 6 to

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.400
 8.

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.980
 But these

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.620
 verses do

00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:47.420
 emphasize that

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.099
 the great and

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.779
 final hope of

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.279
 the Christian

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.500
 is not to

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.339
 die and be

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.620
 freed from

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:53.400
 our bodies.

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.579
 Our hope is

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.099
 not a

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:56.200
 spiritual world.

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:56.819
 It is a

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.380
 world more

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.339
 physical and

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.380
 real than the

00:25:59.380 --> 00:25:59.880
 world in which

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.400
 we live.

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.680
 This is but a

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.539
 foretaste, this

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.480
 world, of what

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.059
 is yet to

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.400
 come.

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.299
 The hope of

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.500
 the Christian is

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.539
 not to be free

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.099
 from their

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.460
 body.

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.799
 We often

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.600
 say of the

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.140
 Christian who

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.539
 has just

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.500
 died, well

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.160
 it's all over

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.880
 now, at least

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.240
 they're in

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.519
 heaven.

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.039
 And I want to

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.720
 say that's

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.299
 option number

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.539
 two, according

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.299
 to Paul, and

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.360
 that is good,

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:23.700
 but it's not

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.500
 the best.

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.299
 There is still

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.160
 something yet

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.779
 to come.

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.160
 There is even

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.079
 more forward to

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.940
 look forward to

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.779
 when Jesus

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.799
 return and

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:34.100
 raises all the

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:35.240
 dead in Christ.

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.360
 As 1

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:37.140
 Corinthians 15

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:38.120
 54 says,

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.720
 when the

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.680
 perishable,

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.740
 this body,

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.579
 has been

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.160
 clothed with

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.220
 the imperishable,

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.079
 my eternal

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.299
 body, and

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.839
 the mortal,

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.860
 this body,

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:48.400
 with immortality,

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.180
 the eternal

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:50.779
 body, then

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.900
 the saying

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.640
 that is written

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.440
 will come

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.940
 true.

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:56.079
 Death has

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.779
 been swallowed

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.640
 up in victory.

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.600
 That, the

00:26:59.600 --> 00:27:00.400
 perusia, the

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.200
 end of time

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.819
 when Jesus

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.880
 comes back and

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.759
 winds up this

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.400
 whole show,

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.700
 that's the

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.180
 victory we're

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.700
 looking for.

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.660
 The

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.100
 resurrection

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:14.580
 body is

00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:15.220
 our hope.

00:27:17.060 --> 00:27:17.279
 And so

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.960
 Paul here has

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.720
 given us a

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.779
 glimpse of the

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.180
 unseen.

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.299
 I can't explain

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.980
 it all to you.

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.500
 I can just do

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.200
 what Paul did

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.700
 and try and

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.680
 explain something

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.440
 of what he has

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.799
 seen.

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.840
 It is meant to

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.820
 cause us to be

00:27:30.820 --> 00:27:31.299
 confident.

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.460
 In fact, he uses

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.700
 the word twice in

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.279
 these verses,

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:34.860
 that he is

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.279
 confident.

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.220
 Of course, the

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:38.140
 future shapes his

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.980
 present life.

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:41.200
 If Christ doesn't

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.259
 come and clothe him

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.460
 with immortality in

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.980
 the twinkling of

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.720
 an eye, bam, and

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.480
 he doesn't call him

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.340
 home in death, then

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:48.180
 Paul will, verse

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:49.180
 7, live by faith

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.000
 and not by sight.

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.559
 That is his life

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.299
 in this world.

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.799
 Now, that living

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.519
 by faith and not

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.220
 by sight doesn't

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.920
 mean we leap into

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.680
 the dark and just

00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:00.039
 hope that preference

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:02.660
 one or two, one or

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.580
 both of them sort

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.360
 of work out and

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.920
 come true.

00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:07.040
 What it does mean

00:28:07.040 --> 00:28:07.820
 is that what is

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.960
 eternal, precious,

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.960
 important, and

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.960
 beyond our senses,

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.900
 that's what it

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.279
 means.

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.960
 We can't see or

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.779
 even imagine what

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.680
 the eternal building

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.480
 will look like and

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.060
 feel like.

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.259
 What does it mean

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.220
 that my body will

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.980
 not decay?

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.480
 Ever.

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:25.019
 What does it mean

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.660
 it will never be

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.279
 restricted?

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.500
 Ever.

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.720
 I don't get that.

00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.320
 I mean, I'm

00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:31.000
 preaching with a

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.680
 neck that I can't

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.200
 hardly move.

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.080
 That direction at

00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:33.539
 the moment.

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.420
 That's got to be

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.059
 good to get rid of

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.519
 that one.

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.480
 And so what

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.580
 happens is,

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.380
 living by faith

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.120
 means we look to

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.860
 what we know of

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.519
 the Lord Jesus

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.700
 from faithful

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.460
 witnesses who

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.140
 walked and ate

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.660
 with him and

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.380
 heard his voice,

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.360
 witnessed the

00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:50.840
 horror of his

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:51.660
 crucifixion and

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.600
 saw him risen from

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.640
 the dead, who

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.420
 ate fish with him

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.299
 on a beach after

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.039
 that had happened,

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.500
 put their hands

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:59.360
 in his side and

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.220
 in his fingers.

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.720
 And we look to

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.460
 such tests and

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.420
 we believe the

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.160
 good news of the

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.880
 salvation of

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.779
 sinners and with

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.360
 the help of the

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.980
 down payment of

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.759
 the Holy Spirit,

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.700
 we trust his

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.759
 word and we

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.380
 renew our

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:11.079
 courage and we

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.720
 make it our

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.720
 goal to please

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:15.039
 him, to live

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.700
 by faith.

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:15.759
 death.

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.460
 There is, just

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.080
 before we finish,

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.880
 there is another

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:24.400
 aspect of the

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:24.880
 end of all

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:26.400
 things that

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.160
 shapes Paul's

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.840
 lifestyle and

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.440
 gives us another

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.180
 reason why we

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.640
 should want to

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.140
 please him.

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.960
 It's verse 10,

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:32.539
 for we must all

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.420
 appear before the

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.140
 judgment seat of

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.140
 Christ that each

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:36.220
 one may receive

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.460
 what is due him

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.140
 for the things

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.860
 done while in

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:39.200
 the body,

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:40.019
 whether good or

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.360
 bad.

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:42.899
 very quickly,

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:45.459
 for Paul in

00:29:45.459 --> 00:29:46.319
 these verses,

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.699
 it's not

00:29:47.699 --> 00:29:49.179
 condemnation that

00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:50.119
 he fears,

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:53.179
 although it

00:29:53.179 --> 00:29:53.779
 might be true

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:55.259
 for some who

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.299
 at the present

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.159
 are not trusting

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:57.899
 in Christ.

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:59.659
 What he fears

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.719
 in that verse,

00:30:01.219 --> 00:30:01.899
 in the judgment

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.719
 throne, is

00:30:02.719 --> 00:30:03.599
 evaluation.

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:03.879
 salvation.

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.559
 It's not the

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.659
 loss of salvation,

00:30:08.939 --> 00:30:09.899
 but the loss of

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:11.519
 commendation that

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.339
 he fears.

00:30:13.199 --> 00:30:14.459
 Because he lives

00:30:14.459 --> 00:30:15.980
 to please the

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:17.099
 Lord, his

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:18.480
 greatest fear is

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.319
 in fact not to

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.019
 please him with

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.559
 his life.

00:30:22.459 --> 00:30:23.859
 Now when I say

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:25.679
 that, it sounds

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.599
 like I'm talking

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.759
 about rewards in

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.099
 heaven.

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:31.359
 And that's

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.219
 true, because

00:30:32.219 --> 00:30:33.459
 that's what I am

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:33.819
 saying.

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.940
 The problem

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.960
 is that when I

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.440
 talk about

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.100
 rewards in

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:40.160
 heaven, it

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:41.759
 sounds anti-grace.

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:44.160
 Ephesians 2

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.860
 verse 8 says

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.220
 that we are

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.960
 saved by grace

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.799
 through faith and

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.559
 not of any works

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.120
 that we've done.

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.340
 We do not earn

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:50.059
 our salvation.

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.660
 Works

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:54.360
 contradict grace,

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.900
 according to

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.720
 Ephesians 2,

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.079
 and rewards

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.440
 sound like works.

00:30:58.440 --> 00:31:03.299
 I think what

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.820
 Paul is saying

00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:05.480
 is salvation is

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.660
 by faith and

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.680
 rewards are by

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.380
 faith, but the

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:08.920
 evidence of

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:10.500
 invisible faith in

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.460
 the judgment room

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.259
 of Christ at the

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.440
 end of time will

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.900
 be a transformed

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.460
 life.

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.620
 I don't think his

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.620
 teaching here is

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.380
 out of line to the

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:19.820
 rest of the New

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.220
 Testament.

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:22.299
 It's in line with

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.180
 Jesus teaching on

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.920
 the accountability of

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.660
 the steward to his

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:26.140
 master with respect

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.820
 to the faithful

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.860
 use of gifts

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.700
 entrusted to him.

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:29.880
 It's in line with

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.880
 Paul's teaching in

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:34.020
 1 Corinthians 3.

00:31:35.520 --> 00:31:36.300
 The purchase of

00:31:36.300 --> 00:31:37.460
 our pardon by the

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.400
 blood of Jesus,

00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:40.200
 sorry, the purchase

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:41.200
 of our pardon was

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:42.200
 the blood of Jesus,

00:31:42.800 --> 00:31:44.259
 sufficient once for

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.200
 all to cover all

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:46.000
 of our sins.

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:48.240
 The means by which

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.920
 we own it is

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.680
 faith.

00:31:52.520 --> 00:31:53.680
 And faith alone.

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:55.920
 And at the

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.400
 judgment of

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:57.279
 believers, Jesus

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.279
 is looking for

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.480
 deeds that prove

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.759
 that we have

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.600
 enjoyed our

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:02.039
 pardon.

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:10.740
 One movie I

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.840
 haven't searched

00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:13.920
 on Wikipedia and

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.820
 haven't gone to bed

00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:16.100
 early on is

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.680
 Gladiator.

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:19.160
 At the beginning

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.700
 of the movie,

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.920
 Russell Crowe's

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:22.340
 character, Maximus

00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:23.400
 Decimus Meridius,

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:27.039
 is inspiring

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.340
 his troops to

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:29.539
 fight well in

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.539
 one final battle,

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.980
 knowing full well

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.580
 that they might

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:33.259
 die, but the

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.420
 victory is almost

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:34.779
 there.

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.360
 It's been a long

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:36.980
 campaign.

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.360
 And to inspire

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:41.220
 his troops to

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.279
 throw their life

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.000
 into the battle,

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.740
 he says to them,

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:46.140
 what we do in

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:48.400
 life echoes in

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.039
 eternity.

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:51.059
 of course, it's

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.960
 unfortunate that he

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.639
 then went on to

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.559
 live a life of

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.819
 seeking revenge,

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.379
 but that's beside

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.839
 the point.

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.279
 He was still the

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.379
 hero, I think,

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.879
 in the end,

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.519
 even though he

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.819
 died.

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.940
 I think that's what

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.740
 Paul is doing for

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.099
 us here.

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.559
 Do not lose

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:08.920
 heart.

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.579
 The Lord Jesus

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.819
 has secured an

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.680
 eternal building for

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.519
 all who trust in

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.700
 him.

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:15.159
 Look towards it by

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:17.139
 surrendering your

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:18.040
 life to him.

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.980
 Who we are in

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.720
 Christ, what we

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.240
 have done with

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.480
 our time, how we

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.960
 have pursued

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.340
 opportunities, how

00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:25.259
 single-minded we

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.560
 have been in our

00:33:26.560 --> 00:33:28.000
 Christian service

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.460
 will matter for all

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.060
 of eternity.

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.060
 And he says it's

00:33:31.060 --> 00:33:32.180
 possible to live in

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:34.800
 such a way as to

00:33:34.800 --> 00:33:36.660
 build an eternal

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.740
 weight of glory.

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.920
 In 2 Corinthians,

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.700
 Paul demonstrates a

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.980
 life that hasn't

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.740
 lost heart.

00:33:45.580 --> 00:33:47.040
 His lifestyle is

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:48.000
 the evidence of

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.180
 it.

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:50.139
 He longed for a

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:51.099
 life of comfort

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:52.299
 and security and

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.359
 health and safety

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.579
 and painlessness,

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:56.460
 and so much so

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.680
 that he surrendered

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.539
 his body to

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.339
 insults and

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.059
 torments and

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:01.240
 beatings for the

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.220
 sake of Christ.

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.399
 Because in

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:06.079
 surrendering his

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:08.019
 body, he secured

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:09.759
 the comfort, the

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.340
 security, the

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.800
 health, the

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.380
 safety and the

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.840
 painlessness.

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:15.199
 And it was the

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.980
 grace of God that

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.820
 was sufficient to

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.720
 sustain him.

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.559
 My friends, I

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.120
 think that one of

00:34:21.120 --> 00:34:21.600
 the primary

00:34:21.600 --> 00:34:22.420
 evidences of a

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.340
 Christian's losing

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.280
 heart in pursuing

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:25.019
 God's global

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:27.539
 agenda is seen in

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.420
 pursuing confidence,

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:30.120
 security, and

00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:31.260
 painlessness, and

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:32.700
 everything else here

00:34:32.700 --> 00:34:34.880
 and now, bedding down

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:36.380
 in this world now.

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.420
 That is, we start

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:41.019
 living by sight rather

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:42.260
 than living by faith.

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.320
 life.

00:34:44.040 --> 00:34:45.200
 The temporal becomes

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:47.180
 what's, becomes, you

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:47.900
 know, the supreme

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.840
 thing for us.

00:34:49.520 --> 00:34:50.680
 We stop looking to

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.620
 the eternal building

00:34:51.620 --> 00:34:53.480
 and try to make

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:55.840
 this tent as

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:57.220
 secure and as

00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:58.820
 comfortable as we

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.940
 possibly can.

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:02.620
 A few more poles,

00:35:03.620 --> 00:35:05.140
 a few extra chairs.

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.940
 I mean, have you been

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.800
 to a camping shop

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.180
 lately?

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:11.519
 It's astounding.

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.819
 You can get

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:15.119
 recliner camping

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.739
 chairs.

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.519
 You've got one.

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:20.460
 Oh, you can get

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:21.679
 recliner camping

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:23.539
 chairs, hot water

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:25.259
 systems, fridges.

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:27.000
 I mean, why, why

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.800
 even go?

00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:30.540
 Just stay at home.

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:32.040
 You've got it all

00:35:32.040 --> 00:35:32.400
 there.

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:35.380
 And sometimes we do

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.940
 the same with the

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.620
 Christian life.

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:39.100
 We just pursue the

00:35:39.100 --> 00:35:39.740
 comfort and the

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.220
 security.

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.620
 We try and make the

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:43.720
 tent as livable as

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.660
 we possibly can.

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.620
 And my friends, it's a

00:35:45.620 --> 00:35:46.380
 daily struggle.

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.480
 Present comfort,

00:35:47.600 --> 00:35:48.540
 security, and glory,

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.740
 or eternal comfort,

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.740
 security, and glory.

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.940
 It's my struggle.

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:54.000
 I'll level with you.

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.980
 I love comfort.

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.579
 And the older I'm

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.519
 getting, the more I

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.000
 like it.

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:01.260
 I'll be frank with you.

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.199
 That's why I wear a

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:03.260
 jumper on a cold day.

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:03.820
 It's because I love

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.179
 comfort.

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.960
 It's why I'd rather be

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.599
 sitting in business

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.559
 class than economy

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.380
 class, because I love

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.760
 comfort.

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.420
 It's like the fact I

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.300
 like an air conditioner

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:11.880
 when I'm in hot

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:14.780
 economy, hot climate.

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.059
 It's because I like

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.460
 comfort.

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.820
 I like gadgets in my

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.199
 car.

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.500
 Not because I need

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.780
 them, because they're,

00:36:22.220 --> 00:36:23.539
 I don't know, because

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.240
 I like comfort.

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:26.400
 It's a daily battle.

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:29.440
 It's a daily battle.

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.860
 And so I think what

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.740
 this passage is doing

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.960
 for us is, do we share

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:35.039
 Paul's biblical

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:36.920
 priorities and values

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.699
 in life?

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:39.800
 Do I love his grace and

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.260
 his mercy?

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:41.599
 Do I enjoy his pardon?

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:43.599
 Do I long first and

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:45.219
 foremost, and do I pray

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:47.659
 for Jesus to come back?

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:49.880
 Or would Jesus coming

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:51.179
 back right now be an

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:52.799
 inconvenience for you?

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.900
 Secondly, do I long to

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:59.319
 be at home with Christ,

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:02.940
 even if it costs the

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:04.139
 surrender of my body?

00:37:05.839 --> 00:37:06.719
 And thirdly, am I

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:07.940
 committed to walk by faith

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:09.079
 until he comes or until

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.839
 he calls, and to live by

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:12.039
 faith in such a way

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:14.579
 that what awaits me in

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.720
 the building is an

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.900
 eternal weight of glory

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.700
 in Christ.

00:37:18.600 --> 00:37:18.920
 Amen.