WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.780 Okay, well, good morning, everyone. Lovely to see you today. This is just the best day ever. 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:19.120 ! Here's the deal. Really simply, either Christianity, sorry, either the tomb is empty or Christianity is empty. 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:32.400 It really is as simple as that. So let me welcome you to the day of all days as it centers on the man above all men. 00:00:33.020 --> 00:00:42.340 Now, if you've got a Bible, you might want to turn to 1 Corinthians 15. If you didn't bring a Bible, you can grab one on the pews roundabout or on your phone. 00:00:42.340 --> 00:00:46.000 We're going to read it in about five minutes time and the words will be on the screen. 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:55.980 But my aim over the next 20 minutes or so is to help us see that this is the day when everything changed. 00:00:57.179 --> 00:01:07.500 Particularly as it concerns the future. And particularly as it concerns the future of our bodies. 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:14.079 Friends, there are contours to what Jesus achieved as he walked out of that tomb. 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:21.819 There are contours, there are dimensions, there are glories, there are colours, there are splendours that we will never stop seeing. 00:01:22.939 --> 00:01:30.180 And it's been true in my life. The more that I've been a Christian, every single time Easter Sunday rolls around, it really is the best day of the year. 00:01:31.140 --> 00:01:35.140 But also there's just things that I see that I've never seen before. So come and see these. 00:01:35.140 --> 00:01:41.140 Now, let me try and get us into this. One of my favourite actors is a man called Eddie Redmayne. 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:54.280 Now you might disagree with me here, but for me his finest acting performance was when he played Stephen Hawking in the film A Theory of Everything. 00:01:54.280 --> 00:02:02.599 And that's why Eddie Redmayne wrote the foreword to Stephen Hawking's last published book before he died. 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:09.560 And it's called Brief Answers to the Big Questions, which is a bold title, I think you'll agree. 00:02:10.460 --> 00:02:15.719 The title piqued my interest in being a sucker for the buy now with one click feature on Amazon. 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:22.979 I bought it. And here's what Eddie Redmayne writes at the end of his foreword. 00:02:23.099 --> 00:02:28.699 And I put it on the screen so that you can see it. And I'm pretty delighted with how this picture's turned out. 00:02:28.860 --> 00:02:29.840 Here's what he writes. 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:36.680 I hope you enjoy his, talking to Stephen Hawking, I hope you enjoy his writings. 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:44.780 And to quote Barack Obama, I hope Stephen is having fun up there among the stars. 00:02:45.340 --> 00:02:46.659 Love, Eddie. 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:51.080 Now you've heard that line before, I'm pretty confident. 00:02:51.219 --> 00:02:57.480 The sentiment is lovely. The sentiment is lovely coming from a man like Eddie Redmayne about a man like Stephen Hawking. 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:00.700 That is until you realise the irony of what he's written there. 00:03:00.699 --> 00:03:07.039 Because Stephen Hawking actually believed this about what happens to our bodies after we die. 00:03:08.139 --> 00:03:12.419 He says this, there is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers. 00:03:13.139 --> 00:03:19.199 That is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. 00:03:19.259 --> 00:03:22.039 Now do you see the disconnect between those two things? 00:03:22.620 --> 00:03:23.519 Here's the point. 00:03:24.179 --> 00:03:30.060 When it comes to beliefs about what happens to our bodies after we die, 00:03:30.699 --> 00:03:34.000 opinions abound. 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:37.959 And that's not just a modern day thing. 00:03:38.099 --> 00:03:43.299 Human beings have always wondered what happens to us after we die. 00:03:43.959 --> 00:03:46.699 It has happened down the generations. 00:03:47.079 --> 00:03:49.560 It has happened across the civilisations. 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:55.039 And this passage that we're going to briefly look at from the Bible, and we're going to hear it read in a minute, 00:03:55.439 --> 00:04:01.840 is written to a people who are living in an age and living in a city that is absolutely no different to that. 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:13.099 This letter written by a man called Paul some 2,000 years ago to a group of Christians living their lives in the city of Corinth, 00:04:13.099 --> 00:04:18.000 which is just a little west of Athens. 00:04:18.100 --> 00:04:24.959 Now if you're up in your Greek mythology, you'll know that many Greeks of this day believed in Hades. 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:27.439 Now if you're struggling to picture that, think Disney's Hercules. 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:28.980 That's where my mind always goes. 00:04:29.339 --> 00:04:31.319 Hades, the god of the underworld. 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:40.180 And as for the Romans, well many believed that humans were transformed into special empowered beings after death, 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:44.500 and they kind of floated over family members, they watched over them. 00:04:46.180 --> 00:04:52.719 Again friends, many, many opinions about what happens to us after we die. 00:04:52.720 --> 00:05:01.800 But the Christian idea, the one that was birthed, given substance to in the first century friends, 00:05:01.860 --> 00:05:04.140 is so radically different. 00:05:04.840 --> 00:05:07.140 It is so radically different today. 00:05:07.420 --> 00:05:09.360 It is so radically different then. 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:14.020 There is nothing like this, if I could put it like this, there is nothing like this out there on the market. 00:05:14.019 --> 00:05:20.759 So different in fact that when Paul initially told the Christians in Corinth about it, 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:23.939 I reckon some of them were a little confused. 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:26.579 Did we hear them right? 00:05:27.799 --> 00:05:29.479 Maybe they were a little embarrassed. 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:38.639 And so Paul writes these verses to give both them and us clarity in a world of ambiguity. 00:05:39.659 --> 00:05:43.000 This is what happens to us after death. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:44.839 This is what Christians believe. 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.579 Down to generations all across the world. 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.600 What happens to us after we die. 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:54.519 This is all about where the story of our lives is going. 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:56.300 In fact it is way bigger than that. 00:05:56.379 --> 00:05:58.819 It is where the story of the whole cosmos is going. 00:05:59.300 --> 00:06:01.379 And the foundation of it all 00:06:01.379 --> 00:06:06.459 is Jesus' empty tomb. 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:10.920 Now Jamie and Hazel are going to come and read this for us. 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:17.960 And I just want to listen, want us to listen out for the three ideas that Paul uses here 00:06:17.960 --> 00:06:21.920 to help them and us understand it. 00:06:22.020 --> 00:06:25.540 Now just to help us as we track through this, here's the three of them. 00:06:26.900 --> 00:06:28.480 Paul is going to draw three similes. 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:31.740 He's going to use three ideas to help them think about what it is like. 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:33.040 The first one is like a seed. 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:36.720 The second one is like an image. 00:06:38.220 --> 00:06:41.360 And the third one is a bit more subtle, but it's in there if you look hard enough. 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:43.220 It's like a sheet. 00:06:45.379 --> 00:06:47.580 And if you get lost at any point, here's the big idea. 00:06:47.579 --> 00:06:54.699 That what happened to Jesus is going to one day happen to us 00:06:54.699 --> 00:06:59.159 and is going to one day happen to all of creation. 00:06:59.539 --> 00:07:02.139 So Jamie and Hazel, why don't you guys come up and we'll read this together. 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:07.000 And let's get into it, see what God has to say to us on this Easter Sunday. 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:11.779 Hi there, I'm Hazel. 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:13.040 I'm Jamie. 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:14.980 And we're going to do our reading this morning. 00:07:15.139 --> 00:07:17.680 And Graeme's already said it's from 1 Corinthians 15. 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:20.920 So if you've not got it, if you could find it now. 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:26.300 And if anyone needs to get the church Bibles, you'll find it on page 1157. 00:07:28.980 --> 00:07:30.420 Okay, I'm reading the first part. 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:34.720 But someone will ask, how are the dead raised? 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:37.100 With what kind of body will they come? 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:38.540 How foolish! 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.060 What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:46.580 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be but just a seed, 00:07:47.020 --> 00:07:49.080 perhaps of wheat or of something else. 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:52.280 But God gives it a body as he is determined, 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:55.440 and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 00:07:56.520 --> 00:07:57.800 Not all flesh is the same. 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:00.260 People have one kind of flesh. 00:08:00.880 --> 00:08:01.840 Animals have another. 00:08:02.520 --> 00:08:03.280 Birds another. 00:08:03.280 --> 00:08:04.480 And fish another. 00:08:05.220 --> 00:08:06.900 There are also heavenly bodies. 00:08:07.260 --> 00:08:08.620 And there are earthly bodies. 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:11.780 But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind. 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:14.440 And the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 00:08:15.260 --> 00:08:17.200 The sun has one kind of splendor. 00:08:17.660 --> 00:08:18.460 The moon another. 00:08:18.840 --> 00:08:19.820 And the star is another. 00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:22.900 And star differs from star in splendor. 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:25.960 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:28.780 The body that is sown is perishable. 00:08:29.280 --> 00:08:30.960 It is raised imperishable. 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:33.039 It is sown in dishonor. 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:34.639 It is raised in glory. 00:08:35.179 --> 00:08:36.779 It is sown in weakness. 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:38.439 It is raised in power. 00:08:38.439 --> 00:08:41.100 It is sown a natural body. 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:43.320 It is raised a spiritual body. 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:47.480 If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:48.940 So it is written, 00:08:48.940 --> 00:08:51.980 The first man Adam became a living being. 00:08:52.400 --> 00:08:55.020 The last Adam, a living, giving spirit. 00:08:55.380 --> 00:08:56.360 A life-giving spirit. 00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:59.940 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural. 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:02.100 And after that, the spiritual. 00:09:02.100 --> 00:09:05.240 The first man was of the dust of the earth. 00:09:05.560 --> 00:09:07.399 The second man is of heaven. 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:11.620 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth. 00:09:11.899 --> 00:09:16.000 And as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 00:09:16.680 --> 00:09:19.379 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:22.560 so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man. 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:27.679 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, 00:09:28.619 --> 00:09:32.679 that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, 00:09:33.439 --> 00:09:37.699 nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 00:09:39.359 --> 00:09:41.539 Listen, I tell you a mystery. 00:09:42.719 --> 00:09:47.559 We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed. 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:52.039 In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, 00:09:52.719 --> 00:09:54.059 at the last trumpet. 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:56.599 For the trumpet will sound, 00:09:57.599 --> 00:09:58.679 the dead will be risen, 00:09:59.719 --> 00:10:00.439 imperishable, 00:10:00.859 --> 00:10:02.979 and we will be changed. 00:10:03.979 --> 00:10:08.599 For the perishable must clothe itself 00:10:08.599 --> 00:10:10.459 with the imperishable, 00:10:11.099 --> 00:10:13.899 and the mortal with immortality. 00:10:13.899 --> 00:10:17.919 When the perishable has been clothed 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:19.519 with the imperishable, 00:10:20.079 --> 00:10:23.559 and the mortal with immortality, 00:10:24.220 --> 00:10:27.399 then the saying that is written 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:28.819 will come true. 00:10:30.139 --> 00:10:32.720 Death has been swallowed up in victory. 00:10:33.980 --> 00:10:35.899 Where, O death, is your victory? 00:10:36.860 --> 00:10:38.659 Where, O death, is your sting? 00:10:38.659 --> 00:10:41.819 The sting of death is sin, 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:44.779 and the power of sin is the law. 00:10:46.059 --> 00:10:47.399 But thanks be to God, 00:10:47.899 --> 00:10:49.139 he gives us the victory 00:10:49.139 --> 00:10:51.620 through our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:10:52.819 --> 00:10:55.199 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, 00:10:56.079 --> 00:10:56.879 stand firm. 00:10:57.959 --> 00:10:59.240 Let nothing move you. 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:01.740 Always give yourself fully 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:03.559 to the work of the Lord, 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:05.839 because you know 00:11:05.839 --> 00:11:08.059 that your labor in the Lord 00:11:08.059 --> 00:11:09.599 is not in vain. 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:10.679 Amen. 00:11:14.259 --> 00:11:15.559 So Paul envisages 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:16.779 that some of these Corinthians 00:11:16.779 --> 00:11:17.819 are struggling 00:11:17.819 --> 00:11:20.359 to get their head around this. 00:11:21.839 --> 00:11:23.019 The resurrection? 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:26.759 And so Paul anticipates 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:27.699 a question that they're going 00:11:27.699 --> 00:11:28.239 to be asking. 00:11:28.419 --> 00:11:29.439 It's verse 35, 00:11:29.479 --> 00:11:30.299 if you've got it there. 00:11:30.299 --> 00:11:33.579 How are the dead raised? 00:11:35.419 --> 00:11:36.279 In other words, 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:38.439 how is this going to work? 00:11:40.299 --> 00:11:41.659 And see how he logically 00:11:41.659 --> 00:11:42.799 leads them through 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:44.539 all of this. 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:48.579 What will it be like, Paul? 00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:50.639 Well, says Paul, 00:11:50.699 --> 00:11:51.519 here's your first idea. 00:11:51.599 --> 00:11:52.179 Did you see it? 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:53.479 It's like a seed. 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:56.179 And here's the logic 00:11:56.179 --> 00:11:57.339 at verse 37. 00:11:57.340 --> 00:12:00.600 When you sow a seed 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:01.519 into the ground, 00:12:02.160 --> 00:12:04.200 you're not planting 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:06.280 what will be 00:12:06.280 --> 00:12:07.540 the final product. 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:10.000 Do you see it? 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:10.500 In other words, 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:11.480 you don't plant 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:12.639 a tiny acorn 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:13.680 and in time 00:12:13.680 --> 00:12:14.740 it grows to be 00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:16.680 a giant acorn. 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.000 Right? 00:12:18.060 --> 00:12:18.940 Like something out of 00:12:18.940 --> 00:12:20.960 James and the Giant Peach. 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:22.500 Nor do you plant 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:23.160 an acorn 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:24.879 and it produces 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:26.819 lots of little acorns 00:12:26.819 --> 00:12:27.699 just like it. 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:30.159 No, the logic 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:31.399 that God has woven 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.120 into nature 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:33.559 is that one day 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:34.600 you plant an acorn 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:35.459 but in time, 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:37.899 oak tree. 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:40.980 In one sense, 00:12:41.019 --> 00:12:41.639 it's the same. 00:12:42.299 --> 00:12:43.480 The DNA is all there 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:44.439 in the seed 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:45.660 but in another 00:12:45.660 --> 00:12:46.740 truer sense, 00:12:46.920 --> 00:12:48.380 it's been transformed 00:12:48.380 --> 00:12:49.900 into something 00:12:49.900 --> 00:12:50.560 radically 00:12:50.560 --> 00:12:52.280 and gloriously 00:12:52.280 --> 00:12:53.920 different. 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:56.760 Now, 00:12:56.800 --> 00:12:57.460 Kate just told my thunder 00:12:57.460 --> 00:12:57.940 a little bit 00:12:57.940 --> 00:12:58.580 at the start. 00:13:00.180 --> 00:13:00.840 She was bang on. 00:13:01.880 --> 00:13:02.880 God has woven 00:13:02.880 --> 00:13:04.480 clues about the future 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:06.640 into nature 00:13:06.640 --> 00:13:08.840 that are whispers 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:09.980 of the resurrection, 00:13:10.180 --> 00:13:10.640 dear friends, 00:13:10.760 --> 00:13:12.400 all around us. 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:14.860 every seed 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:15.579 is telling us 00:13:15.579 --> 00:13:16.259 a story. 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.360 Every tree 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:18.419 is proclaiming 00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:19.000 to us 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:20.500 a truth. 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:22.759 The resurrection 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:23.799 is all 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:25.000 around us. 00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:25.759 The transformation 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:26.539 concept 00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:27.199 is all 00:13:27.199 --> 00:13:28.220 around us. 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:28.919 Just like that, 00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:29.399 Paul says, 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:30.759 there are earthly bodies 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:32.799 and there are 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:33.699 spiritual bodies. 00:13:33.819 --> 00:13:34.699 Our earthly bodies 00:13:34.699 --> 00:13:35.500 are the seed 00:13:35.500 --> 00:13:37.740 and our spiritual 00:13:37.740 --> 00:13:38.319 bodies 00:13:38.319 --> 00:13:40.079 are the tree. 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:41.100 It's why 00:13:41.100 --> 00:13:41.919 so many churches 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:42.419 have you ever thought 00:13:42.419 --> 00:13:42.919 about this, 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:44.379 have graveyards. 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:46.559 It's what 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:48.399 people in the past 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:48.860 in churches 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:49.659 believed that they 00:13:49.659 --> 00:13:50.120 were doing. 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:51.579 They were planting 00:13:51.579 --> 00:13:52.240 the bodies 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:52.979 of believers 00:13:52.979 --> 00:13:55.319 in anticipation 00:13:55.319 --> 00:13:56.399 that one day 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:57.439 they will rise 00:13:57.439 --> 00:13:58.819 to this 00:13:58.819 --> 00:13:59.779 future. 00:14:01.779 --> 00:14:02.259 Now, 00:14:02.319 --> 00:14:03.099 what day is that? 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:03.279 Well, 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:04.139 see Paul say 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:05.019 verse 32. 00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:05.500 He says, 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:05.919 00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:06.879 which is his way 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.299 of saying, 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:08.120 here's the point, 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:11.120 this is what 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:12.120 it will be like 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:13.980 at the resurrection 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.700 of the dead. 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:14.879 Now, 00:14:14.940 --> 00:14:15.379 that phrase 00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:15.940 indicates 00:14:15.940 --> 00:14:16.840 that we're not 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:17.480 talking 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:18.779 about 00:14:18.779 --> 00:14:19.879 heaven 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:20.639 here. 00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:21.700 Okay? 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.639 Heaven being 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:23.320 the place 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:23.980 that Christians 00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:25.480 believe 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:26.240 that we go 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:27.299 if we die 00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:28.500 before Jesus 00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:29.419 comes back. 00:14:29.940 --> 00:14:30.379 Heaven is 00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:30.799 the place 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:31.600 where we are 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.399 with Jesus 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:33.360 spiritually. 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:36.659 But that's 00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:36.899 not, 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:37.159 friends, 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:37.720 our forever 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:38.180 home. 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:41.000 In the words 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.720 of Tom Wright, 00:14:41.800 --> 00:14:42.519 I love this, 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:43.039 no, 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:44.159 Christians believe 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:45.399 in life after 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:46.039 life after 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:46.500 death. 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:49.060 This is talking 00:14:49.060 --> 00:14:49.480 about what 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:50.019 will happen 00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:50.860 when Jesus 00:14:50.860 --> 00:14:52.519 comes back 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:53.360 and when he 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:54.899 raises the 00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:55.200 dead, 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:56.000 every human 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.519 being who's 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:57.180 ever lived 00:14:57.180 --> 00:14:58.360 and to those 00:14:58.360 --> 00:14:58.680 who have 00:14:58.680 --> 00:14:59.759 rejected him, 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:00.240 who have 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:00.920 spurned the 00:15:00.920 --> 00:15:01.779 opportunity to 00:15:01.779 --> 00:15:02.539 receive him, 00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:03.399 Jesus will 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:03.639 say, 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.279 away from 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:04.639 me. 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:06.439 As he judges 00:15:06.439 --> 00:15:06.919 evil, 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.240 he will 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:08.120 consign them 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:08.839 to a place 00:15:08.839 --> 00:15:09.879 of eternal 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:11.039 punishment. 00:15:12.199 --> 00:15:13.379 But to all 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:13.899 those who 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.719 have trusted 00:15:14.719 --> 00:15:15.179 him, 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:15.839 who have 00:15:15.839 --> 00:15:16.219 thrown 00:15:16.219 --> 00:15:16.719 themselves 00:15:16.719 --> 00:15:17.339 upon his 00:15:17.339 --> 00:15:17.860 grace, 00:15:18.219 --> 00:15:18.659 he will 00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:18.899 say, 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:19.339 come, 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:20.959 as he 00:15:20.959 --> 00:15:21.799 ushers in 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:23.860 this new 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.599 creation 00:15:24.599 --> 00:15:25.759 where he 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:26.360 rules 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:27.219 and where 00:15:27.219 --> 00:15:28.439 he reigns 00:15:28.439 --> 00:15:29.099 visibly 00:15:29.099 --> 00:15:29.719 as king. 00:15:30.079 --> 00:15:30.620 And there 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:31.139 and then, 00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:31.480 friends, 00:15:31.539 --> 00:15:31.980 we will have 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:33.420 transformed 00:15:33.420 --> 00:15:34.840 bodies. 00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:37.300 Verse 42, 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.460 bodies that 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:38.960 are 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:40.600 imperishable. 00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:40.779 Now, 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.139 that word 00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:41.779 should remind 00:15:41.779 --> 00:15:42.300 us of the 00:15:42.300 --> 00:15:42.700 fridge. 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:44.840 And those 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:45.300 foods in 00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:45.820 our fridge 00:15:45.820 --> 00:15:46.560 that have 00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:47.080 a best 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:47.980 before date, 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.259 right? 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:48.759 Things that 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:49.320 decay. 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.120 And that's 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:50.519 what our 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:51.399 bodies do, 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:52.860 right? 00:15:52.920 --> 00:15:53.240 It's why 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:53.920 footballers 00:15:53.920 --> 00:15:54.300 don't get 00:15:54.300 --> 00:15:55.240 long contracts 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:56.360 beyond the 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:57.420 age of 30. 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:57.920 It's why 00:15:57.920 --> 00:15:58.899 Ronaldo is a 00:15:58.899 --> 00:15:59.279 freak of 00:15:59.279 --> 00:15:59.600 nature, 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:00.600 still playing 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:01.000 and banging 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.259 in the 00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:01.580 goals 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:02.840 at 40. 00:16:03.040 --> 00:16:03.580 It's why 00:16:03.580 --> 00:16:04.200 we plan on 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:05.080 retiring at 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:05.720 65, 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:06.379 because we 00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:07.019 realise that 00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.580 our bodies 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.180 wither and 00:16:08.180 --> 00:16:08.779 fade. 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.519 But then, 00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:12.220 when Christ 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:12.820 returns, 00:16:12.920 --> 00:16:13.259 when he 00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:14.060 ushers this 00:16:14.060 --> 00:16:14.820 new creation 00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:15.080 in, 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.759 in our new 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.720 resurrection 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:17.279 bodies, 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.879 that will not 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:18.519 be a thing, 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:20.659 because they 00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:21.079 will have 00:16:21.079 --> 00:16:21.919 been raised 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:23.179 our bodies 00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:24.039 in glory 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:25.259 and power. 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:25.860 Friends, 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:26.439 what happened 00:16:26.439 --> 00:16:27.259 to Jesus 00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:28.639 will one 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.159 day happen 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.840 to us 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:30.960 and will 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.439 one day 00:16:31.439 --> 00:16:32.220 happen to 00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:33.759 all of 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.360 creation. 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.559 And you 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:38.659 can imagine 00:16:38.659 --> 00:16:39.159 the Corinthians 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:39.659 thinking, 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:39.919 well, 00:16:39.939 --> 00:16:40.439 we can just 00:16:40.439 --> 00:16:40.819 about get 00:16:40.819 --> 00:16:41.179 our heads 00:16:41.179 --> 00:16:41.679 around that 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:43.360 whole acorn 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:43.919 to oak 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:44.419 tree thing. 00:16:44.579 --> 00:16:45.139 We kind 00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.360 of get 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.659 that. 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:48.819 But what 00:16:48.819 --> 00:16:49.120 will we 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:49.860 look like? 00:16:52.439 --> 00:16:52.899 Well, 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.340 says Paul, 00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:53.899 and here's 00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.299 the second 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:54.639 idea, 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:55.740 it's like 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.460 an image. 00:16:58.840 --> 00:16:59.419 What will 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:00.000 the spiritual 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:00.819 body look 00:17:00.819 --> 00:17:01.100 like? 00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:01.319 Well, 00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:01.840 the minute 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:02.500 our bodies 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.279 are patterned 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:03.659 after, 00:17:03.819 --> 00:17:04.379 see him spell 00:17:04.379 --> 00:17:04.819 this out, 00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.759 verse 47, 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:06.879 the man 00:17:06.879 --> 00:17:07.500 of the dust 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:08.220 of the earth. 00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:09.619 It's always 00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.019 good to be 00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.379 reminded, 00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:10.819 isn't it, 00:17:10.859 --> 00:17:11.359 now and again, 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:11.839 that our 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.559 bodies are 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.920 our dust. 00:17:15.140 --> 00:17:16.000 I heard a 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.560 comedian talk 00:17:16.560 --> 00:17:16.900 about the 00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:17.259 fact that 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.560 we are 00:17:17.560 --> 00:17:18.000 just really 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:18.420 walking 00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:19.140 bottles of 00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:19.900 water. 00:17:21.580 --> 00:17:22.259 Right now, 00:17:22.340 --> 00:17:22.780 all of us, 00:17:22.820 --> 00:17:23.220 in terms of 00:17:23.220 --> 00:17:23.700 our bodies, 00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:24.340 we look 00:17:24.340 --> 00:17:24.820 like, 00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:26.259 we look 00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:26.860 like Adam, 00:17:27.560 --> 00:17:28.720 the first 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.259 human being 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:29.680 that God 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:29.980 made. 00:17:30.100 --> 00:17:31.100 God breathed 00:17:31.100 --> 00:17:32.560 life into 00:17:32.560 --> 00:17:33.120 him as 00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:33.600 after he 00:17:33.600 --> 00:17:34.340 formed him 00:17:34.340 --> 00:17:34.860 from the 00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:35.480 dust of 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:35.920 the earth. 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.460 We bear 00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:37.100 his 00:17:37.100 --> 00:17:37.980 resemblance, 00:17:38.860 --> 00:17:40.280 every single 00:17:40.280 --> 00:17:40.840 one of us. 00:17:40.840 --> 00:17:41.920 But then, 00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:44.480 we will 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:45.160 look like 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.900 the heavenly 00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:47.380 man. 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:48.519 Now, 00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:49.160 who is this 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:49.900 heavenly man? 00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:50.559 Well, 00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:51.819 it's Jesus. 00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:52.680 But if I 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:53.059 can put it 00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:53.539 like this, 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.640 which Jesus? 00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.799 It's not 00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:58.299 the Jesus 00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:58.860 who walked 00:17:58.860 --> 00:17:59.339 the earth, 00:17:59.420 --> 00:18:00.039 was crucified 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.759 and put in 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.240 the tomb, 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.259 Jesus. 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:02.860 We won't 00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:03.460 look like 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.440 him. 00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:05.259 Friends, 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:05.579 we will 00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:06.140 look like 00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:06.779 the walked 00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.220 out of 00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:07.680 the tomb 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:08.200 in his 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.779 resurrection 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.319 body, 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:09.940 never to 00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.700 die again, 00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:11.960 Jesus. 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.160 Jesus. 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:12.200 Jesus. 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:12.240 Jesus. 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.000 When he 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:15.420 walked out 00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:15.660 of that 00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:15.960 tomb, 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.599 he was 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:19.160 the same 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:20.880 and yet 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.180 he was 00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:21.519 wonderfully 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:21.980 different. 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.360 And you 00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:23.700 get that 00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.019 impression 00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.279 as you 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:24.620 read the 00:18:24.620 --> 00:18:25.160 gospels. 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:25.480 His 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:25.960 disciples, 00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:26.660 they don't 00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:27.360 recognize 00:18:27.360 --> 00:18:27.640 him. 00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:28.880 As he's 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:29.640 talking with 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.339 two of his 00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:31.000 disciples on 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.420 the road to 00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:31.880 Emmaus at 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.240 the end of 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.599 Luke's 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:32.839 gospel, 00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:33.220 what do 00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:33.559 they say 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:33.940 to him 00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:34.200 as he's 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:34.620 walking and 00:18:34.620 --> 00:18:34.860 talking? 00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.220 They don't 00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:35.620 recognize 00:18:35.620 --> 00:18:35.779 him. 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.019 Are you 00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.400 the only 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:36.819 one who 00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.059 doesn't 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.319 know 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:37.900 what's 00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:38.299 happened 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:39.319 in the 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.779 last few 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.079 days? 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:40.900 They don't 00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:41.420 instantly 00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:42.039 recognize 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.339 him. 00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:44.019 But 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:45.599 John 21, 00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.139 when the 00:18:46.139 --> 00:18:46.639 disciples are 00:18:46.639 --> 00:18:46.980 eating on 00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.279 the beach, 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:47.679 they do 00:18:47.679 --> 00:18:48.139 recognize 00:18:48.139 --> 00:18:48.439 him. 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:48.839 It's the 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:49.199 Lord. 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:49.559 Jesus 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.059 comes to 00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.559 Thomas and 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:50.759 says, 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.079 would you 00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:52.039 touch the 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.839 marks in 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:54.339 my hands? 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.079 So Paul 00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:57.339 writes, 00:18:57.439 --> 00:18:58.099 verse 49, 00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:58.919 just as we 00:18:58.919 --> 00:18:59.699 now bear the 00:18:59.699 --> 00:19:00.279 image of the 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.939 earthly man, 00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.619 so then, 00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:04.019 so then, 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:06.139 we will 00:19:06.139 --> 00:19:06.519 bear the 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:08.459 image of 00:19:08.459 --> 00:19:08.939 the heavenly 00:19:08.939 --> 00:19:09.299 man. 00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:11.779 our bodies 00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.240 then, 00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:14.259 will be 00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:15.039 transformed 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:17.259 to look 00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.720 like his. 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.039 When will 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.419 it happen? 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:21.680 It will 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.619 happen instantly, 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.440 in a flash. 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:23.859 See that 00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.720 verse 52, 00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:25.299 when Jesus 00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:25.779 returns, 00:19:25.879 --> 00:19:26.099 when he 00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:26.599 raises the 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:26.839 dead, 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.240 his people, 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:28.619 those who 00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:29.159 have trusted 00:19:29.159 --> 00:19:29.559 in him, 00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.039 will be 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.779 changed. 00:19:30.899 --> 00:19:31.259 And it's 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:32.359 like we're 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:32.819 given a 00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.539 new wardrobe. 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:33.980 See the 00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.859 clothing language 00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.899 at verse 53, 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.579 we will take 00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:37.019 off. 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:38.980 the old 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.819 clothes on 00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.259 which the 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:41.099 label read 00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:42.740 perishable 00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.519 and mortal. 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:43.900 And we 00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:44.319 will put 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:46.619 on the 00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:47.139 clothes which 00:19:47.139 --> 00:19:47.460 read 00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:48.680 imperishable 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.139 and 00:19:49.139 --> 00:19:50.420 immortal. 00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:51.019 That's what 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.480 we will look 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:51.680 like. 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:51.980 We will 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.599 look like 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.299 him. 00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:53.980 Friends, 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:54.700 what happened 00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.799 to Jesus 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:57.639 on that 00:19:57.639 --> 00:19:57.980 day 00:19:57.980 --> 00:20:00.480 will one 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:00.940 day happen 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.420 to us 00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:01.720 and will 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.019 one day 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.519 happen to 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.559 all of 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:04.940 creation. 00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:07.180 okay, 00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.559 you hear 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:07.960 them say, 00:20:08.080 --> 00:20:08.360 we've 00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:08.559 kind of 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:08.799 got a 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.320 better idea 00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:09.660 now of 00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:09.900 what it 00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.220 might look 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.420 like, 00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.000 but what 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.340 will it 00:20:11.340 --> 00:20:12.299 feel like? 00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.019 And this 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.279 is where 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.700 Paul gives 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.039 them the 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.720 third idea. 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:18.720 He's saying 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.039 it's like 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.600 a sheet. 00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.600 It will 00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:23.400 feel like a 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:23.960 sheet that 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.440 was once 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:25.100 hanging over 00:20:25.100 --> 00:20:27.519 us has 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.140 now 00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:29.100 completely 00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:29.600 been 00:20:29.600 --> 00:20:30.860 lifted. 00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:33.740 Verse 54, 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.140 when we're 00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:34.859 clothed with 00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.240 our new 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.660 bodies, 00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:37.480 then the 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.640 saying will 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.559 come true, 00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.680 death has 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.380 been swallowed 00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:44.279 up in 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:44.839 victory. 00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.519 That will 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.000 be the 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.680 chant on 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.460 the terraces 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:49.160 of heaven. 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.640 As I've 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.339 heard somebody 00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:51.000 once put 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.220 it, 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.460 you're not 00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.039 stinging 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:54.120 anymore. 00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.620 And he's 00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.180 quoting there 00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.759 from Isaiah 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.400 25, 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.279 God there 00:20:59.279 --> 00:20:59.859 is talking 00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:00.319 about how 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.940 one day 00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.279 he will 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:02.059 destroy 00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:03.639 the sheet 00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:05.079 that 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.720 currently 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.759 hangs over 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.579 all of 00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.220 humanity, 00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.579 the sheet 00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:11.159 of death 00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:12.099 and all 00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.619 its 00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.960 children, 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.500 grief, 00:21:16.419 --> 00:21:16.799 pain, 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.240 suffering, 00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.019 loss. 00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.179 Friends, 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.500 we are 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.179 currently 00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:23.440 living under 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:24.200 the sheet. 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.940 We are 00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.379 like 00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:27.899 hedgehogs. 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.220 We've got 00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.099 so used to 00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.960 living underground 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.220 it. 00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.519 We've got 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.380 no categories 00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:31.980 really to 00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:33.140 describe what 00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:33.980 life is like 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.600 up there in 00:21:34.600 --> 00:21:35.019 the light 00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.519 because we're 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.400 so used to 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.140 the dark. 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:39.140 We cannot 00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:39.799 fathom a 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.340 world without 00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:40.880 sin. 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:43.160 We cannot 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.880 imagine a 00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.360 world that 00:21:44.360 --> 00:21:44.980 is free of 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:46.779 crime and 00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.519 of sickness 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.980 and of 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:50.920 pain and 00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.759 of death. 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.640 Friends, 00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.200 some of us, 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.740 I know we are 00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.360 right there 00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:55.779 right now. 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.079 We are 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.900 feeling the 00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:58.579 sting of 00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.259 death and 00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.859 let this 00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.419 come as 00:22:00.419 --> 00:22:01.039 a wonderful 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.659 balm for 00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.359 your soul. 00:22:02.879 --> 00:22:03.359 There is 00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:03.799 going to be 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.379 a place 00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.759 where there 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.179 are no 00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:05.919 more police 00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.500 stations 00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:08.679 and where 00:22:08.679 --> 00:22:09.119 doctors 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:10.039 everywhere will 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.319 have been 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:12.099 made redundant. 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.139 Our God 00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:14.839 is telling 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:16.039 us that 00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.839 one day 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.439 he will 00:22:17.439 --> 00:22:18.299 fully and 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.659 finally act 00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:21.299 to take 00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.960 away the 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.720 sheet that 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.439 covers us 00:22:23.439 --> 00:22:23.720 at the 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.000 minute. 00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.179 And like 00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:26.699 some kind 00:22:26.699 --> 00:22:27.299 of giant 00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.079 Pac-Man, 00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.939 he's going 00:22:29.939 --> 00:22:30.639 to swallow 00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:31.279 it up 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.539 forever. 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.000 And with 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.519 it gone, 00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:35.879 he will 00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.740 wipe away 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.179 tears. 00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.439 You ever 00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:37.779 thought about 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.099 the fact 00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.359 that there's 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:38.759 coming a 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.019 day when 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.220 you will 00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.599 have cried 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.059 your last 00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.339 tear? 00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.159 And he 00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:44.859 will remove 00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.599 our disgrace 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.139 and our 00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.480 shame. 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.079 Fully 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.000 and finally, 00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:49.359 friends, 00:22:49.419 --> 00:22:49.740 we will be 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.399 rid of the 00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:51.079 sin that 00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.419 plagues us 00:22:52.419 --> 00:22:53.159 so often. 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.980 And it's 00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.679 not just our 00:22:55.679 --> 00:22:56.359 bodies that 00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.879 will go through 00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.759 this transformation. 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:59.079 The entire 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:00.180 cosmos will 00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.660 go through 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.079 it as 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.460 well. 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.480 And then 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.920 God will 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.420 sing over 00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.660 us, 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:03.960 where, 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.140 oh, 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.559 death is 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:04.700 your 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.160 victory? 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:05.940 Where, 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.200 oh, 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.700 death is 00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:06.940 your 00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.440 sting? 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.220 And we've 00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.500 got to 00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.000 understand 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.720 that Christ 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.140 Jesus, 00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.940 on that 00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.259 day, 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.660 if our 00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:12.339 faith is 00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.799 in him, 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:13.900 that was 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.119 our 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.640 resurrection 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.400 day too 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.799 in a 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.319 sense. 00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:17.980 All that 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.799 he achieved 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.220 there, 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.180 because our 00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.720 faith is 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.240 in him, 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:21.839 friends, 00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.720 that victory 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.359 is now 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.259 our victory. 00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.740 on that 00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.180 day will 00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.779 be our 00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.279 victory. 00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.379 Friends, 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.879 right now, 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.559 know today 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:31.859 that you 00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.500 are free 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.039 from the 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.680 penalty of 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.119 sin, 00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.279 because Jesus 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.400 died on the 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.099 cross in 00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:37.819 our place 00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:39.059 for our 00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.299 sin. 00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.079 And that 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.720 can be yours 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.220 this morning 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.660 if you put 00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.299 your trust 00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.579 in him. 00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.299 We are free 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.900 from the 00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.700 penalty of 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:45.859 it. 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.299 When he 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.779 walked out 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.480 that tomb, 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.299 he showed 00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.900 the price 00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.220 has been 00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.720 paid. 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:52.819 And we 00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.279 are free 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.900 now from 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.640 the power 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.259 of sin. 00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:57.839 Because his 00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.539 spirit lives 00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:58.880 in us, 00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.400 helping us 00:23:59.400 --> 00:23:59.700 to say 00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.220 no to 00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.620 sin and 00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.259 yes to 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.559 sin, 00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.059 the things 00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.380 that used 00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:03.000 to dominate 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.839 and direct 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.220 us. 00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.079 We are 00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.759 free from 00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.279 the power 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.799 of sin. 00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.259 And one 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.640 day we 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:09.900 will be 00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:11.600 free from 00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:12.240 the presence 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.799 of sin 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:14.460 and death 00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.860 because we 00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.360 will be in 00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:16.900 the very 00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.940 presence of 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.519 the God 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.620 who redeemed 00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.700 us and 00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.519 saved us 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.580 and brought 00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:22.960 him to 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.519 himself. 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:23.960 Do you 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.920 see that 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.620 what happened 00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.580 to Jesus 00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:28.519 on that 00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:30.220 day will 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.840 one day 00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:31.200 when he 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.700 returns 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.460 gloriously 00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.120 happen to 00:24:33.120 --> 00:24:35.140 us and 00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.340 it will 00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:35.799 happen to 00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:37.000 all of 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.340 creation. 00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.460 Friends, 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.860 there are 00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:41.380 contours, 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.720 there are 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.420 dimensions, 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:42.980 there are 00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.480 colours, 00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:43.880 there are 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.319 glories, 00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.680 there are 00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.480 splendours 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.660 to this 00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:48.240 day that 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.600 we should 00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.460 never stop 00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.519 breathing in 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.180 and living 00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.460 in. 00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.079 This is 00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.700 your future. 00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.740 If your 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.379 trust is in 00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:55.839 him today, 00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.099 no matter 00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:56.519 how you're 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.980 feeling, 00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.259 no matter 00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.819 how weak 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.200 you think 00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.720 your faith 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.019 is, 00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.599 no matter 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.240 how painful 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.639 it might 00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.319 feel right 00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.720 now, 00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.839 this is 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.440 your future. 00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:05.779 And so 00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.379 as we begin 00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:06.740 to draw 00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.200 this to a 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.460 close, 00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:07.799 can I just 00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.019 leave you 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.359 with one 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.839 question? 00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.019 And it 00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.839 is brought 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.359 to you by 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.799 a band 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.160 called 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.619 Keen. 00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:17.299 And they 00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.639 had a 00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:17.939 song, 00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.159 I remember 00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:19.099 when I 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.339 was at 00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:19.779 uni this 00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.199 came out, 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.519 it was 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:20.699 called 00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:21.099 Somewhere 00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.719 Only We 00:25:21.719 --> 00:25:22.339 Know and 00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.599 it kind 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:22.759 of made 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.119 a comeback 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.739 last summer 00:25:23.739 --> 00:25:24.039 and that's 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.519 why it's 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.819 on my 00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.279 Spotify 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.979 playlist 00:25:26.979 --> 00:25:27.899 now. 00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.459 But this 00:25:28.459 --> 00:25:28.739 is the 00:25:28.739 --> 00:25:28.959 song, 00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.479 oh simple 00:25:29.479 --> 00:25:29.839 thing, 00:25:29.959 --> 00:25:30.319 where have 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:30.839 you gone? 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.599 I'm getting 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:33.219 old and I 00:25:33.219 --> 00:25:34.059 need something 00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:35.019 to rely on. 00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:35.639 And so here's 00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.179 the question 00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:36.659 friends, 00:25:37.199 --> 00:25:38.559 what are you 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.359 relying on? 00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:44.439 You know, 00:25:44.479 --> 00:25:44.659 there's a 00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.059 man in the 00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.339 States, 00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:45.699 his name 00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:47.179 is Don 00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.679 Carson. 00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.719 He's one 00:25:48.719 --> 00:25:49.339 of the 00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.939 greatest 00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:51.379 Christian 00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:51.939 thinkers I 00:25:51.939 --> 00:25:52.179 think of 00:25:52.179 --> 00:25:52.519 the last 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.019 couple of 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.359 decades. 00:25:53.719 --> 00:25:54.179 He's now 00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:55.359 aged 78. 00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.479 He's from 00:25:57.479 --> 00:25:59.059 Canada and 00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.319 he's been 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.459 suffering in 00:26:00.459 --> 00:26:01.139 the last 00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:01.599 few years of 00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:01.979 his life 00:26:01.979 --> 00:26:03.299 from Parkinson's 00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.659 disease. 00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:04.799 We know 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.459 how horrendous 00:26:06.459 --> 00:26:07.039 a thing that 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.339 is. 00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:08.979 And he 00:26:08.979 --> 00:26:09.339 wrote an 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.899 open letter 00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.539 recently to 00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.079 his friends 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.500 about his 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.159 decision to 00:26:12.159 --> 00:26:12.899 retire from 00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:14.159 public ministry. 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.699 He just feels 00:26:14.699 --> 00:26:15.179 like he hasn't 00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.759 got the energy 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.339 to do it. 00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:17.039 And in the 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.519 letter he 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.119 talked about 00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.500 how the 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.439 limitations of 00:26:19.439 --> 00:26:20.179 that disease 00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:20.679 are beginning 00:26:20.679 --> 00:26:21.259 to take 00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.519 its toll 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.699 on his 00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:24.019 body. 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.659 Physically 00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.240 it's slowing 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.779 him down. 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.199 But by 00:26:28.199 --> 00:26:28.759 far the 00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.559 hardest part 00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:29.980 of it is 00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.599 the impact 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:30.919 that it's 00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.319 having on 00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.799 his mind. 00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.079 He recalls 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.379 in this 00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:34.919 letter trying 00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:35.480 to convince 00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.480 his neurologist 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.779 that they 00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.659 were in 00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.199 fact living 00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:39.319 in 2008. 00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:40.859 And he 00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.279 was unable 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.859 to remember 00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.240 the name 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.480 of the 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.720 first 00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.220 president 00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.639 of the 00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.019 United 00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.619 States. 00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.240 And you 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.819 can hear 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.159 in this 00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.720 letter his 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.399 heartbreak 00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:48.579 that cognitively 00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.079 he's beginning 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.959 to lose it a 00:26:49.959 --> 00:26:50.459 little bit. 00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.199 But here's 00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:51.899 what he said 00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:53.359 despite the 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.000 heartbreak of 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.619 that update 00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.259 here's how he 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.759 ended that 00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.039 letter. 00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.699 He said this. 00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.379 He said 00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.960 I am not 00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.620 suffering from 00:26:58.620 --> 00:27:01.240 anything that 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.560 a good 00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:02.140 resurrection 00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.260 can't fix. 00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.940 Do you 00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.220 hear the 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.680 faith in 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.200 those words? 00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.540 As horrible 00:27:09.540 --> 00:27:10.140 as that is 00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.980 that is not 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.600 where his 00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:13.320 story ends. 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.400 Friends 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.780 there is a 00:27:15.780 --> 00:27:16.280 new great 00:27:16.280 --> 00:27:16.860 day in our 00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.320 diaries. 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.540 Jesus' 00:27:19.780 --> 00:27:20.420 resurrection 00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.120 is the 00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.900 beginning of 00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.600 the remaking 00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.939 of all 00:27:23.939 --> 00:27:24.359 things. 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:25.980 His 00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.659 glorious 00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.839 new life 00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.599 his total 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.279 defeat of 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.759 death he 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.519 will powerfully 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.579 share with 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.299 all those 00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.679 who come 00:27:32.679 --> 00:27:33.039 to him 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.379 today. 00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.119 This 00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.639 world is 00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.199 not all 00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:36.519 that there 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.859 is. 00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.179 This 00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:38.939 life is 00:27:38.939 --> 00:27:39.419 not how 00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:39.719 it will 00:27:39.719 --> 00:27:40.159 remain. 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.719 God has 00:27:41.719 --> 00:27:42.639 stepped into 00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.339 the world 00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.179 to redeem 00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:44.500 it. 00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.740 And if you 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.519 know him 00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.219 know that 00:27:47.219 --> 00:27:47.919 this is your 00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:48.339 future. 00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.359 Verse 58 00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.619 this is why 00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.139 he can write 00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.539 this. 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:54.519 Stand 00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:54.939 firm. 00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.219 You see it 00:27:56.219 --> 00:27:56.619 in the text 00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.240 verse 58 00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:58.159 stand firm. 00:27:59.459 --> 00:28:00.119 Let nothing 00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.939 move you. 00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:02.659 Give 00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.179 yourselves 00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:04.000 fully to 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.379 the work 00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.699 of the 00:28:04.699 --> 00:28:04.980 Lord 00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.879 knowing that 00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.539 your labor 00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.179 your work 00:28:07.179 --> 00:28:07.619 for him. 00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:07.939 Do you ever 00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:08.539 think this to 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.879 yourself? 00:28:08.959 --> 00:28:09.199 Does it 00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:09.699 making any 00:28:09.699 --> 00:28:10.079 difference? 00:28:10.199 --> 00:28:10.559 What's the 00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:10.839 point? 00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:11.559 Here's what 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.139 Paul says. 00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.059 Know that 00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.579 your labor 00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.099 for him 00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.719 your trust 00:28:14.719 --> 00:28:15.179 in him 00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:16.699 is not 00:28:16.699 --> 00:28:18.439 in vain. 00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.119 And so 00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.799 that's why 00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.939 Isaiah 25 00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:24.259 God's people 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.820 declare in 00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.279 that day 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.779 this is our 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.140 God. 00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:29.039 We waited 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.620 for him 00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.840 and he 00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.400 came if I 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.000 can paraphrase 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.259 that he 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.720 came and 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.539 he triumphed 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.180 for us. 00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.180 Friends our 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.900 labor for him 00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.840 and our trust 00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.220 in him 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.620 is not in 00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:40.840 vain. 00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.700 Let me pray 00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:45.000 and maybe 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.400 let's just 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.019 take a moment 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.880 just before we 00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.559 sing and close 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:48.940 our time 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.360 together. 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:52.759 Friends why 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.039 don't we 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.500 take a moment 00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.019 just to be 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.419 silent. 00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.639 For some 00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.079 of us this 00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.479 will be maybe 00:28:59.479 --> 00:29:00.139 the first time 00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.539 we've heard 00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.039 this stuff. 00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.599 Maybe we've 00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.939 never thought 00:29:02.939 --> 00:29:03.479 about Jesus 00:29:03.479 --> 00:29:04.139 before. 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.959 For all of 00:29:05.959 --> 00:29:06.339 us as 00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:08.039 others of 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.299 us. 00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.199 Friends I 00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:09.559 know that 00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:09.899 we're going 00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.299 through some 00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.240 serious stuff 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.779 and maybe 00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.539 I pray that 00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.399 God's spirit 00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.779 will be 00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.559 bringing a 00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.119 fresh 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:16.299 knowledge 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.359 knowledge 00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.379 of what 00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:17.720 he has 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.359 achieved 00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.339 through his 00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.980 son for us 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.480 on the cross 00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.799 to our 00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.299 hearts right 00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.599 now. 00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.059 And so 00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.919 glorious God 00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:29.500 on this 00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.339 wonderful 00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.279 Easter Sunday 00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:34.460 we celebrate 00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.440 the resurrection 00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.200 of your 00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.660 son. 00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:38.980 And in the 00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.600 same way 00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:40.039 that the 00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:41.080 sun rises 00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:43.880 may the 00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.340 light of 00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:45.019 his victory 00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.900 over death 00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:48.279 shine into 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.180 our hearts. 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.500 Would you 00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.160 fill us 00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.820 this morning 00:29:51.820 --> 00:29:54.039 with joy 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:55.080 and gratitude 00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.299 gratitude 00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:57.460 and may 00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.980 we leave 00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.599 here today 00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.519 buoyed 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.779 by the 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.220 hope 00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:03.019 and the 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.819 new life 00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.199 that is 00:30:05.199 --> 00:30:05.740 found in 00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.119 him 00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.599 who walked 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:07.939 out of 00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.500 that tomb 00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.819 having 00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.419 declared 00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:10.679 on the 00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:11.139 cross 00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:12.500 that it 00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.559 is 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.919 finished. 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.319 Father we 00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.960 thank you 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.319 for your 00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.019 love for 00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.519 us this 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:18.779 day. 00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.240 We thank 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.519 you that 00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.960 we have a 00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.319 saviour 00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.859 who is not 00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.299 dead 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.339 but is 00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.899 alive. 00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.379 Lord would 00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:24.799 you lift 00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.299 the eyes 00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.559 of our 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:25.899 hearts 00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.419 to him 00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:26.819 today 00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.980 and this 00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.279 is our 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.599 prayer 00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.599 in his 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.319 wonderful 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:31.339 and in 00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.059 his strong 00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.940 name we 00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.200 pray. 00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.519 Amen.