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 We are just a few weeks from Easter,

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 and so that's the purpose of spending some time in 1 Corinthians 15,

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 to be able to understand the resurrection,

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 to be able to better see how the resurrection applies to our lives today.

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 And so if you've been around the church for any amount of time,

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 if you're a Christian, you certainly know the gospel in a nutshell

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 that can be presented in 10 seconds or less, right?

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 Christ came to earth. He lived a perfect life.

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 He was crucified, dead, and buried.

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 He rose from the dead. He ascended into heaven.

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 In order to save us from our sins.

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 And we look forward to His return when He'll establish this eternal kingdom

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 where we will live forever with Him in paradise.

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 This is common speak for anyone who has spent any time in the church, right?

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 But one thing I think we need to recognize,

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 for those who haven't spent any time in the church,

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 for those who aren't believers,

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 just how crazy this language sounds to an outsider.

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 Because we live in this increasingly secular society

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 where biblical literacy is really a thing of the past.

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 What may have been commonplace to understand,

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 have some sort of knowledge of the gospel,

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 is completely lost in our society today.

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 And so my former minister from the States,

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 he shared this story before where he knew of this young woman

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 who had grown up as a Hindu.

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 Then she dabbled in a few other religions

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 before eventually coming to true faith in Christ.

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 And he talked about her conversion experience

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 and the confusion she went through as she was exploring the gospel.

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 And she actually wrote about this,

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 and he shared one time what her experience was like exploring Christianity.

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 And so this is a few things,

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 a little excerpt of what she said.

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 She said,

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 Christians claim that Jesus was the Son of God

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 and all this stuff about the Trinity,

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 which really I had no idea what they were talking about.

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 They claim this resurrection which made no sense to me,

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 not that I didn't believe that Jesus could rise from the dead if He were God,

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 but I had no idea what possible relevance this could have to me

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 since I didn't understand about the fall or sin or the final resurrection.

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 I assumed they were all myths

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 with no more relevant deep meaning than maybe a fairy tale,

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 except maybe metaphorical spiritual meaning.

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 I wasn't even interested because I never understood

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 what importance that event should have to me.

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 No Christian ever explained this to me.

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 They would just say crazy stuff like,

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 I'm washed by the blood of the Lamb and now I'm saved.

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 Jesus died for your sins.

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 Don't you want to be saved?

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 And then they would paint portraits of hell

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 that made zero sense to me.

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 It's just as though someone came up to me and said,

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 my red balloon popped and then candy canes fell out of the sky.

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 Your rabbit is winking at me.

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 Doesn't all this make you want to buy a new Nissan?

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 I'm not exaggerating.

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 This nutshell gospel message makes absolutely no sense to a non-Christian.

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 No meaningful sense anyways.

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 You just have no idea what they're so excited about.

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 So Jesus rose from the dead.

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 Big whoop.

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 Good for him.

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 So what?

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 I think it's safe to say that this mirrors the sentiment of many in our society.

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 Maybe even some in this church that have been around Christianity

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 but still don't understand what the resurrection means

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 and how it applies to us.

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 And so that's what I want us to accomplish tonight

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 is to be able to answer the question, so what?

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 To be able to bridge this gap between just spouting mere Christian jargon

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 to having a true understanding of the resurrection,

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 how it applies to our lives.

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 And so I really want to focus on two questions then

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 that I think this passage answers for us tonight.

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 What is the importance of the resurrection

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 and what are the implications of the resurrection?

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 And so let's look at that first point.

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 What is the importance of the resurrection?

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 Starting in verse 20,

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 Paul has just finished making this hypothetical argument

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 in the first part of chapter 15.

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 What if Christ didn't raise from the dead?

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 And he says if this is true, he didn't raise from the dead,

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 then all our preaching, all our faith is in vain

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 and we should be pitied above all else.

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 But in verse 20 he changes his argument.

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 He pushes away any lingering doubt

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 and he says Jesus has indeed risen from the dead.

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 And he uses interesting language here.

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 He refers to Jesus as the first fruits.

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 Now this may not have much significance to us nowadays,

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 but to a Jewish audience back then,

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 talking about first fruits would have great significance,

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 especially in an Old Testament context.

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 Because when you think of first fruits,

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 this would have been the portion of the crops

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 that from a harvest time

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 that would have been dedicated to the Lord,

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 that would have been sacrificed as an offering to him.

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 This was the first fruits offering.

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 This was the feast of Pentecost.

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 And so the effect of this offering of these first fruits

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 was really twofold.

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 One, it pointed back.

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 And two, it pointed forward.

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 And so think about it.

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 If you were an Israelite

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 and you had finally entered the promised land,

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 you're farming your vineyard.

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 Harvest time comes for the very first time

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 and you're able to clip this large cluster of grapes from the vine.

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 Think about the significance that this would have to you.

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 You would have remembered your parents

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 wandering in the wilderness for 40 years.

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 You would have remembered your grandparents

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 and great-grandparents

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 who would have suffered as slaves in Egypt

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 for hundreds of years.

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 You would have recalled your own experience

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 crossing the Jordan River,

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 conquering the people of Canaan,

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 setting up your own house and farm,

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 ones that you did not build or grow,

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 and now you have the opportunity

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 to harvest these grapes for the first time.

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 It would point to you as a promise,

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 as a fulfillment of a promise,

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 a promise that wasn't just made to Joshua

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 or even to Moses,

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 but a promise that dates back much farther

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 to a man named Abram,

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 who God came to and made a promise,

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 this covenant,

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 a promise to him that says

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 that your offspring, to your offspring,

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 I will give this land.

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 And so these first fruits offered as a sacrifice

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 point back to the promise

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 that God has made to his people.

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 But they also point forward.

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 These grapes are only the beginning of a harvest.

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 They point to the assurance of the harvest to come,

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 that God has provided

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 and he will continue to provide for his people.

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 And so when we think of first fruits,

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 they wouldn't make any sense,

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 they wouldn't have any purpose

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 if a harvest wasn't to follow behind it.

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 There's no sense of celebrating

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 a cluster of grapes

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 or a bundle of wheat

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 if it wasn't going to be followed

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 by countless more.

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 And so when Christ is called the first fruits,

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 we see both of these aspects

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 in this name.

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 His resurrection,

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 it first points back

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 to a covenant promise,

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 one that dates back

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 to the time of creation,

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 the time of Adam and Eve,

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 when sin entered the world,

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 when they disobeyed God,

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 and we see the beginning of original sin.

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 We see then that God didn't abandon them,

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 he very well could have,

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 but he was faithful to them.

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 He promised that he would restore

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 this broken relationship,

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 that he would send a rescuer,

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 someone to redeem them from their sins.

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 And so this was a promise

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 that's been repeated through the Bible.

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 It was a promise that was repeated

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 to Abraham and to Moses and to David,

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 a promise to establish this eternal kingdom

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 where all nations would be blessed.

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 And now it finds fulfillment in Jesus

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 and in his resurrection.

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 And so also then,

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 that Christ as a first fruits,

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 his resurrection,

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 it points us forward

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 because it's a representation

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 of the things that will happen

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 in the future.

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 It's a guarantee of this whole harvest

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 that is to come.

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 So his resurrection

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 is an opportunity for us

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 to identify with Christ

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 because as Christ has risen,

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 we too will rise.

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 And so I think it's an important point

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 to make here

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 because when we think about

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 Christ's resurrection

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 and our resurrection,

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 we may want to think about this

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 as two separate events.

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 But I think it's more accurate

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 to recognize this as one event

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 in two episodes.

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 Because when we think of first fruits,

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 first fruits are not separate

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 from the harvest.

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 They don't point to another harvest

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 in the future.

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 They point to the harvest

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 that is happening right now.

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 Christ has rose

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 and therefore we will rise.

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 This is the same event

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 in two different episodes.

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 And so Paul goes on

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 to explain this further

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 in verse 21 and 22.

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 For since death came through a man,

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 the resurrection of the dead

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 comes also through a man.

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 For as in Adam all die,

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 so in Christ all will be made alive.

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 And so again,

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 Paul is making this connection

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 between Adam and Christ.

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 It's the same argument

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 that he makes in many

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 of his other letters.

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 If you were to turn to Romans

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 chapter 5, verse 19,

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 he says this,

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 For as by one man's disobedience

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 the many were made sinners,

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 and so by one man's obedience

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 the many will be made righteous.

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 And so we see that

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 through Adam came death.

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 Through Christ comes life.

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 And so Christ comes

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 as a second Adam,

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 as a final Adam,

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 to fulfill the law

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 that Adam could not.

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 And so Christ comes,

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 he rescues his people

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 through his obedience,

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 whereas Adam came

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 and brought about destruction

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 because of his disobedience.

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 And so then it's important

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 to think about

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 who this all is.

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 If all are in Adam

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 or all in Christ,

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 well, who is this all?

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 Are they talking about

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 the same people?

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 If we think about all

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 in the first sense,

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 that all are in Adam,

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 this is a universal statement.

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 All are sinful

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 because of Adam.

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 All are deserving of death.

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 Romans 3, 23,

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 For all have sinned

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 and fallen short

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 of the glory of God.

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 But the second Adam,

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 or second all,

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 it's a different all.

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 It's not talking about all men.

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 It's talking about

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 God's elect.

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 Those who have received Christ

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 by grace through faith.

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 to them only

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 will receive this eternal life.

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 Will they experience

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 the resurrection of the dead?

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 Jonathan Edwards,

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 the Puritan minister,

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 he put it this way.

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 He said,

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 We are all in Adam by nature

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 and in Christ by faith.

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 And so Paul then goes on

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 in verses 23 through 28

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 to discuss the order

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 in which this resurrection happens.

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 He says,

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 But each in turn,

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 Christ, the firstfruits,

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 then when he comes,

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 those who belong to him,

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 and then the end will come.

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 It's a very simple order.

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 Maybe you have orders of things

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 in your own life.

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 In our home,

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 on a school morning,

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 we have some very simple orders,

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 some directions the kids

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 are to follow.

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 They come down

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 after getting dressed,

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 out of bed,

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 they have breakfast,

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 they're supposed to put

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 their dishes in the dishwasher,

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 supposed to pack their snack,

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 brush their teeth.

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 It's a very simple order.

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 It's the same one every day,

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 every week.

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 It doesn't change,

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 and you would be amazed

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 at how often

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 this order goes awry.

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 When we see in this passage,

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 this is a very simple order,

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 but it's an order

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 that is not thwarted here.

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 Christ is raised,

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 and those that belong to him

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 are also raised.

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 And then the end comes.

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 And it's interesting here,

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 there's no class distinction

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 among God's people.

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 There's no hierarchy of Christians.

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 Christ is raised.

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 We are raised.

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 Christ.

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 And when it references

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 this order here,

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 when it says each in turn,

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 or this order,

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 it's really a military term.

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 It's meant to illustrate

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 this definite plan

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 that a military leader

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 would have

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 in bringing their army

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 and walking into battle.

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 Christ is leading his army

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 to victory over death.

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 And so what does this mean?

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 I want to pause

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 because it still seems like

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 there can be a little bit

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 of misunderstanding

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 or even jargon involved

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 in what we're talking about here.

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 Paul goes on to explain this

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 later in chapter 15.

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 We're not going to cover it all tonight.

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 But we know that

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 when Christ was raised,

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 he ascended into heaven

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 and he promised to return.

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 And we are now waiting

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 for his return.

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 And so during this time,

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 when believers die,

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 our souls will be present

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 with the Lord,

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 our bodies will be in the grave.

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 That's what Paul's talking about,

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 as though we have fallen asleep.

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 But when he returns,

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 our bodies will be raised.

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 It says in verse 42 through 44,

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 it will be raised imperishable,

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 glorious, and powerful

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 to be reunited with our souls.

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 And so it's important to recognize

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 that we are created

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 as embodied souls.

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 Our souls and our bodies

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 are meant to be united,

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 just in the same way

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 that Christ's soul

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 and Christ's body

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 is eternally united.

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 I think some of us

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 may have the misconception

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 that when Christ rose from the dead

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 and ascended into heaven,

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 he did so in some sort

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 of bodiless form.

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 No, Jesus will forever have

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 a real and resurrected body,

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 and so will we.

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 And it says,

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 when this happens,

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 when we are raised,

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 then the end will come.

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 In our book,

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 The Last Battle,

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 when Aslan returns,

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 returns,

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 there's this doorway

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 in a stable

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 that separates

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 old Narnia

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 from the new Narnia.

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 And it says that

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 Aslan stood in this doorway

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 and he raised his head

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 and roared,

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 now it is time.

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 Then louder,

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 time.

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 Then so loud

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 that it could have shaken

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 the stars,

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 time.

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 And at his word,

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 as the children

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 are looking on

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 through the doorway,

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 the stars began

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 to fall out of the sky.

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 The true Narnians

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 enter through this door

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 while those rebels

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 are turned away

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 into judgment.

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 It describes

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 these dragons

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 and lizards

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 that then began

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 destroying the land

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 until all vegetation

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 is gone.

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 And then these creatures

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 themselves,

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 they lay down

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 and they die,

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 their bodies shrivel

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 and they turn to bones.

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 And then it describes

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 this huge wave

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 coming over

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 and covering the land

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 and it says

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 at last the sun

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 is squeezed

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 like an orange

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 until there is

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 total darkness.

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 Now obviously

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 this is an imaginative

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 portrayal

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 of the end times

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 but this is

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 pointing to

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 what Paul describes here.

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 Christ's resurrection

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 is really twofold

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 in the fact that

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 it ensures

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 eternal victory

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 for his people

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 but also

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 judgment

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 and defeat

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 for his enemies.

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 And so we see this

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 in verse 25

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 he says

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 he must reign

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 until

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 he has put

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 all his enemies

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 under his feet.

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 This verse is implying

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 that Christ

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 is reigning now.

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 We think about

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 his coming resurrection

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 and we know

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 Christ will reign

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 in the future

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 but Christ

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 is reigning now

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 it says

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 and will continue

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 to reign

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 until all his enemies

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 are destroyed

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 and he delivers

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 the kingdom

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 to God the Father.

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 and so we see

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 this kingdom

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 was inaugurated

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 it began

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 at his resurrection

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 and it will be

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 consummated

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 it will be fully

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 fulfilled

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 when he returns.

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 And so we see

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 just how

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 the totality

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 of his reign

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 in these few verses

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 because we see

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 Paul repeat himself

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 over and over again.

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 In verse 24

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 he says

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 he will destroy

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 all dominion

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 authority

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 and power.

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 Verse 25

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 he will put

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 all his enemies

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 under his feet.

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 A couple of times

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 in verse 27

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 he has put

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 everything under

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 his feet

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 God will put

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 everything under

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 Christ.

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 Verse 28

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 when he has done

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 this meaning

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 put everything

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 under his feet

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 then the son

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 himself will be

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 made subject

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 to him

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 who put

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 everything

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 under him.

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 It's almost

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 as if like

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 we want to

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 pump the brakes

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 and just say

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 Paul we get it

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 we understand

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 what you're

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 saying here

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 but what Paul

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 is actually doing

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 he's combining

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 two texts here

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 he's combining

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 Psalm 8

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 with Psalm 110

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 we sang

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 Psalm 108

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 just a second

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 ago

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 and it's a psalm

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 that reminds us

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 of the calling

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 that God gave

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 to man at creation

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 to have authority

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 over the earth

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 to rule over the earth

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 but the fact of the matter

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 is that

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 that man lost

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 this calling

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 Adam lost

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 this calling

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 at the fall

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 but now it's a calling

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 that has been completed

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 and accomplished

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 by Christ

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 and so when we think

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 about all these

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 sinful authorities

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 and sinful powers

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 that are still

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 present in this world

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 it's right to consider

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 things like

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 political powers

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 and social powers

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 and other religious powers

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 and spiritual powers

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 which hold this world

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 captive.

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 If you're around

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 on Wednesday

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 and can attend

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 the missions night

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 we're going to be hearing

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 from a friend of mine

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 who's been a missionary

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 in Ukraine

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 for over 20 years

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 who's going to be

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 giving us an update

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 about the war

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 in Ukraine

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 it would certainly

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 be right

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:14.779
 for us to pray

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 that evil

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 be defeated

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 in Ukraine

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 but in addition

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 to thinking about

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 earthly kingdoms

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 and things that are

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 external to us

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 I think it's really

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 important when we

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 think about these

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 kingdoms that will be

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 conquered

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 to recognize

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 internal

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 personal kingdoms

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 these autonomous

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 kingdoms

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 where we ourselves

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 harbor sin

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 and rebellion

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 because it's this

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 sinful morality

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 within us

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 that will also

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 be destroyed

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 the desire

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 to wander

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 from God

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 the desire

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 to turn

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 to our own ways

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 to seek

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 our own glory

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 this too

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 will be destroyed

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 and this is what

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 will allow us

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 to live in perfect

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 union with Christ

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 but I think

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 the phrase

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 that really sticks out

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 here is actually

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 verse 26

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 because it's the only

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 phrase in this

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 passage that doesn't

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 begin with any sort

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 of conjunction

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 there's no buts

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 or ands

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 or fors

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 it stands

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 on its own

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 the last enemy

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 to be destroyed

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 is death

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 so lest you think

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 that anything

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 will escape

00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:22.840
 the wrath of God

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 even death

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 will be destroyed

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 and so this is

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.380
 good news for us

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 right

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 when we look

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 around us

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 and we think

00:18:30.080 --> 00:18:30.720
 about the effects

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 of sin

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 disease

00:18:33.340 --> 00:18:35.000
 cancer

00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:37.660
 mental illness

00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:39.240
 financial hardship

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:41.519
 broken families

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:43.559
 loss of friendship

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 war

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 we don't want

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 these things

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 to just be

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 lessened

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 we pray

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 we don't pray

00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.279
 just for

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 for less death

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 we pray for it

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 to be destroyed

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 we want it gone

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 sin and all

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 its defect

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 effects

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.740
 we want it

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 destroyed forever

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 and that's what's

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 promised in this

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 passage here

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 and so the end

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 of this order then

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:09.279
 the end of this

00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:09.779
 order of events

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 it concludes with

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.819
 Christ presenting

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.439
 this kingdom

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 to the father

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 that God may be

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 all in all

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 and so we see

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 the resurrection

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 of Christ

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 the resurrection

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 of his people

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 the judgment

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 of his enemies

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 the assembly

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 of God's people

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 it all leads

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 to one point

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 the glory

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 of God

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 this is the

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 importance

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.800
 of the resurrection

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 Christ rose

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 from the dead

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 that we may

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 rise as well

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 that he may

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 establish his

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 eternal kingdom

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 in order that

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.660
 God receive

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.380
 the glory

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 forever

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 and so this

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 leads us to

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.860
 our second point

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 that's the

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 importance

00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:51.880
 of the resurrection

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 what are its

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.960
 implications

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.799
 to us

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 today

00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:56.120
 as we lead

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:56.920
 our lives

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:59.080
 well we turn

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 to verse 29

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 and quite honestly

00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.480
 it kind of gets

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.580
 off to a weird

00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:03.019
 start

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:04.819
 he says

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 now if there is

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.120
 no resurrection

00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:06.860
 what will those

00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:07.420
 do who are

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.259
 baptized for the

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.519
 dead

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.279
 if the dead

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.840
 are not raised

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.100
 at all

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 why are people

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 baptized for them

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 there's a lot

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.240
 of ink that's

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.740
 been spilled

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.660
 on this passage

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 there's a question

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:17.680
 about whether

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.700
 Paul is he

00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:19.339
 actually referring

00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:19.940
 to some sort

00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.720
 of vicarious

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.400
 baptism where

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:21.819
 people are

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.759
 being baptized

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 for people

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.519
 that have

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 already died

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 is Paul

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 using this

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 language

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:28.960
 in not quite

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 a literal sense

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.319
 and saying

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 that well

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 it's referring

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 to the dead

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 he's actually

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.640
 meaning Christians

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 who are still

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.519
 suffer death

00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.079
 and decay

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:37.359
 and baptism

00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:38.079
 is of no

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 importance

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 there's lots

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:41.019
 of explanations

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:42.539
 or attempts

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.019
 at making

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.519
 explanations

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.379
 that I read

00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:46.900
 I don't know

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 if there's one

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.940
 that I can

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 that I can

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 cling to

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 I think I'm

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.019
 going to go

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.379
 out on a limb

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 and say

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 I just don't

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:51.779
 know

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:53.440
 but I think

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 where we can

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.639
 focus in

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 is actually

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.839
 in verse 30

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 through 33

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 because he

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 says

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 and as for

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 us

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 why do we

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.059
 endanger

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.480
 ourselves

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 every hour

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.940
 I face

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 death

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 every day

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 yes

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 just as

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 surely

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.639
 as I boast

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 about you

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.099
 in Christ

00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:08.379
 Jesus

00:21:08.379 --> 00:21:08.940
 our Lord

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.519
 if I fought

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.139
 wild beasts

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:10.640
 in Ephesus

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.759
 with no more

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 than human

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.580
 hopes

00:21:12.580 --> 00:21:12.960
 what have I

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.360
 gained

00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:14.660
 if the dead

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.400
 are not raised

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:16.080
 let us eat

00:21:16.080 --> 00:21:16.520
 and drink

00:21:16.520 --> 00:21:17.160
 for tomorrow

00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:17.740
 we die

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 and so I think

00:21:19.840 --> 00:21:20.160
 there's really

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.000
 two main

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.600
 implications

00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:22.259
 we see

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.980
 in this passage

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.600
 implications

00:21:23.600 --> 00:21:24.140
 of the

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.620
 resurrection

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:26.100
 the first

00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:26.860
 is that it

00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:27.420
 keeps us

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.140
 focused

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:30.100
 Paul speaks

00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:30.380
 of this

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:30.780
 hardship

00:21:30.780 --> 00:21:31.400
 that he's

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:31.759
 endured

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.460
 for the sake

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:32.900
 of the gospel

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.280
 he's even

00:21:33.280 --> 00:21:33.880
 calling his

00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:34.259
 enemies

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.780
 his opponents

00:21:34.780 --> 00:21:35.300
 in Ephesus

00:21:35.300 --> 00:21:36.420
 wild beasts

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:38.640
 we certainly

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.060
 know

00:21:39.060 --> 00:21:39.800
 throughout

00:21:39.800 --> 00:21:41.080
 his letters

00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:41.360
 in the

00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:41.820
 new testament

00:21:41.820 --> 00:21:42.340
 how he

00:21:42.340 --> 00:21:42.840
 has suffered

00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.140
 and been

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.519
 imprisoned

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.200
 and shipwrecked

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.560
 for the sake

00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.060
 of the gospel

00:21:45.060 --> 00:21:45.440
 but this

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.400
 isn't unique

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.060
 for Paul

00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:48.360
 if we were

00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:48.600
 to jump

00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:48.980
 to the book

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.440
 of Hebrews

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:49.980
 in chapter

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.259
 11

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.100
 which recounts

00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:52.140
 this account

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.720
 of faithful

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.100
 men

00:21:53.100 --> 00:21:53.539
 throughout

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:55.279
 the history

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.160
 this redemptive

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:56.440
 history

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.220
 we see

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.980
 the fate

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.259
 of these

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.880
 faithful men

00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:00.860
 they're mocked

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.640
 they're flogged

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.259
 they're in prison

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.000
 stoned

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.920
 sawed in two

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:05.120
 killed by the

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:05.480
 sword

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.039
 naked

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.940
 destitute

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.599
 afflicted

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.200
 mistreated

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.740
 homeless

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:11.059
 now certainly

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.599
 I don't think

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.539
 that any of us

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.019
 will suffer

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.740
 for our faith

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.659
 in the same

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:14.960
 way

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.440
 but certainly

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:16.879
 our faith

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.559
 brings with it

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.839
 certain struggles

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:20.299
 of various kinds

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.899
 we may feel

00:22:20.899 --> 00:22:21.440
 like you've been

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.299
 mocked or ridiculed

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.899
 for your faith

00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:25.099
 you may constantly

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:26.000
 feel like an

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.500
 outsider

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.680
 maybe you have

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.399
 been rejected

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:29.159
 by your family

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.539
 or friends

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.019
 maybe you just

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.420
 feel like you

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.960
 always have a

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.519
 target on your

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:31.819
 back

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:33.539
 certainly it

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.099
 would be easier

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.619
 for us to

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.000
 just say

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.799
 let's eat

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.339
 and drink

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.000
 and be merry

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.879
 and not worry

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.500
 about the future

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:40.740
 but Paul's

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.200
 charge here

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.980
 is to remain

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.500
 focused

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.039
 to be willing

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.819
 to endure

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:45.440
 because we know

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.859
 that this is going

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.319
 to be temporary

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:47.319
 because our focus

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.539
 is pointed ahead

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:50.559
 I don't know

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.200
 if any of you

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.000
 have heard of

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:53.220
 the marshmallow

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.960
 test before

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.819
 this was a test

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.500
 that was developed

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:57.579
 a psychology

00:22:57.579 --> 00:23:01.480
 experiment

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.220
 I got that right

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.980
 psychology experiment

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.660
 back in the

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:05.839
 1960s

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.779
 and it goes

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.180
 you may have

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.519
 even seen

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:07.980
 these videos

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.380
 on YouTube

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.940
 they still do

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.519
 it all the time

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.900
 a child is given

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:12.519
 a big marshmallow

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.779
 and sat down

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.180
 on a table

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.539
 and says

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.980
 look you can

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.640
 eat this marshmallow

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.039
 now

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.059
 or if you wait

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.660
 for me to come

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.380
 back into the room

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.140
 after a certain

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.660
 amount of time

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.660
 and you haven't

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.019
 eaten it

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.460
 I'll give you

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.039
 a second one

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:23.319
 and so they

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.860
 leave the child

00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.200
 in the room

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:24.740
 the child is

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.480
 videotaped

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.000
 and you watch

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.559
 this internal

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.220
 struggle that the

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.839
 child faces

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.720
 some of them

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.660
 give up right away

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.360
 want the marshmallow

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:30.940
 stuff it in their

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.240
 mouth

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.200
 and don't get

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.680
 a second one

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:32.980
 others

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 they see the

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 struggle

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.640
 they try to

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.359
 pinch at it

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.519
 they smell it

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.859
 they see if

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 they want to

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.440
 get it

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.960
 and some

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.720
 then eventually

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.339
 give in

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 and then you

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 have some

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 who are

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.380
 resilient

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 they resist

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 temptation

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 they don't

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.039
 eat the

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.519
 marshmallow

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.480
 and are

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.220
 rewarded with

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 a second one

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 it's ultimately

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:50.359
 this experiment

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.259
 in delayed

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.380
 gratification

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 and so that's

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.380
 essentially what

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.720
 Paul is urging

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.819
 these believers

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.579
 in the New Testament

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.259
 to do here

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 if we turn to

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.519
 the book of

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.000
 Philippians

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.680
 listen to these

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.240
 verses from

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.119
 Philippians 3

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:04.339
 starting in

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.879
 verse 7

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:06.539
 he says

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 but whatever

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.400
 gain I had

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:10.000
 I counted as

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.599
 loss for the

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.279
 sake of Christ

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 indeed I count

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.619
 everything as

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 loss because of

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.079
 the surpassing

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.839
 worth of knowing

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.639
 Christ Jesus

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.220
 my Lord

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 for his sake

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 I have suffered

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 the loss of

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 all things

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 and count them

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.960
 as rubbish

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:23.299
 in order that

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.879
 I may gain

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 Christ

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 and be found

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 in him

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 not having a

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.619
 righteousness of

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.000
 my own

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 that comes from

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:28.940
 the law

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 but that which

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.019
 comes through

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.599
 faith in

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.039
 Christ

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:32.079
 the righteousness

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.819
 from God

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 that depends

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.839
 on faith

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 that I may

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.859
 know him

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.940
 and the power

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.940
 of his resurrection

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 and may share

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.420
 in his sufferings

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 becoming like

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.180
 him in death

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.460
 that by any

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.440
 means possible

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.440
 I may obtain

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.819
 the resurrection

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:48.119
 from the dead

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 Paul is

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.680
 specifically

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.700
 linking here

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.500
 his suffering

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 with the knowledge

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.339
 of the resurrection

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 and so just in

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.039
 the same way

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.839
 that we identify

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.619
 with Christ

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.559
 in his resurrection

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 we also ought

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.459
 to identify

00:25:00.459 --> 00:25:01.259
 with Christ

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.399
 in his suffering

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:04.259
 because Christ

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.679
 suffered

00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:05.480
 we too

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.339
 should endure

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.879
 suffering

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.839
 and because

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.839
 Christ rose

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 we can anticipate

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.159
 the blessing

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:12.319
 of the life

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.779
 to come

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:15.259
 and so then

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.679
 the second

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.199
 implication

00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:16.720
 I think this

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.299
 passage shows

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.480
 us

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.159
 one is to

00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:18.919
 stay focused

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.940
 and two

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 having proper

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.100
 understanding

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.880
 of the resurrection

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 keeps us

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.560
 pure

00:25:24.560 --> 00:25:27.000
 verse 33

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 do not be misled

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 bad company

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.820
 corrupts good

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 character

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 come back to

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.900
 your senses

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.600
 as you ought

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 and stop sinning

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.519
 for there are

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.100
 some who are

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:36.039
 ignorant of God

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.860
 and I say this

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.500
 to your shame

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 and so notice

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:41.360
 the chain of logic

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:42.160
 that Paul is

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.820
 presenting here

00:25:42.820 --> 00:25:43.860
 those who are

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.820
 ignorant of God

00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:46.200
 are going to

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.080
 deny the resurrection

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:48.800
 if you deny

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.500
 the resurrection

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.879
 then you essentially

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:52.200
 serve a dead God

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:54.440
 if you serve a dead God

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.379
 you have no reason

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:56.139
 to follow him

00:25:56.139 --> 00:25:56.819
 and if you have no

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.700
 reason to follow him

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:59.139
 live however you want

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.940
 like an unbeliever

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:01.819
 Paul says

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.919
 don't live

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:04.099
 like an unbeliever

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.819
 wrong theology

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:07.720
 leads to bad morals

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:09.940
 if we think

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.919
 like an unbeliever

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.619
 inevitably

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:12.539
 we will begin

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.180
 to act

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.599
 like an unbeliever

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:17.099
 and so instead

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.960
 Paul urges us

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:19.180
 to come back

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.900
 to our senses

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.400
 in the Greek here

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.079
 it literally means

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:23.819
 to wake up sober

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:25.240
 wake up from your drunkenness

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.960
 it's words

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.220
 that seem to be echoed

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.920
 by Isaiah

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:30.079
 in Isaiah 52

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:31.880
 where he says

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.400
 awake

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.660
 awake

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.819
 and put on your strength

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.319
 oh Zion

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.920
 put on your beautiful garments

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:38.079
 oh Jerusalem

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.900
 the holy city

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:40.360
 shake yourself

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:41.140
 from the dust

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.720
 and arise

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.400
 be seated

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.180
 oh Jerusalem

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.600
 loose the bonds

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.220
 from your neck

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:46.220
 oh captive daughter

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.100
 of Zion

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:50.339
 this chapter

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.839
 in 52

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.779
 it's an introduction

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.680
 to a prophecy

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:54.160
 of Christ's coming

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:56.420
 and so Isaiah

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.220
 is saying here

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.279
 purify yourselves

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.279
 because the salvation

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.920
 of the Lord

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.860
 is at hand

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:02.980
 this is what Paul

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.640
 has been spending

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:05.299
 his entire book

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.100
 this letter

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:07.120
 to the Corinthian church

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.559
 doing

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.880
 warning the church

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.900
 to guard yourselves

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.819
 about the immorality

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.460
 that's creeping

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.380
 into the church

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:14.700
 keep the truth

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.740
 of the resurrection

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:17.180
 in your hearts

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:18.820
 that it may have

00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:19.520
 deep effect

00:27:19.520 --> 00:27:20.140
 in your life

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:22.920
 and so he concludes

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:24.520
 his whole letter

00:27:24.520 --> 00:27:25.500
 in verse 56

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.660
 excuse me 58

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.940
 therefore

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:29.900
 so keeping in mind

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.740
 that the resurrection

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.440
 is real

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.920
 therefore

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:33.220
 my dear brothers

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.760
 and sisters

00:27:33.760 --> 00:27:34.540
 stand firm

00:27:34.540 --> 00:27:35.880
 let nothing move you

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:37.560
 always give yourselves

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:38.740
 fully to the work

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.260
 of the Lord

00:27:39.260 --> 00:27:40.800
 because you know

00:27:40.800 --> 00:27:41.500
 that your labor

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.079
 and the Lord

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:43.380
 is not in vain

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:46.259
 and so we wait

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.980
 for Easter

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:48.000
 to roll around

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.579
 every year

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.420
 on the church calendar

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.920
 I think it's important

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.519
 for us to remember

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.440
 the reality is

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.740
 that we constantly

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.440
 live

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.559
 in the season

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.059
 of Easter

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:58.079
 for Easter

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.740
 again it's this

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.460
 one event

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.819
 in two episodes

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:02.579
 we look back

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.319
 to the joy

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.119
 of the resurrection

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:05.000
 of Christ

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.940
 and we also look forward

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.500
 with hope

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:09.000
 at our own

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.819
 resurrection

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:11.779
 so as we live

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.559
 in this period

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.779
 of the already

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:15.200
 and the not yet

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:17.379
 Paul urges us

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.599
 to remain faithful

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.399
 to our calling

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:21.059
 as we long

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.899
 for Christ's return

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:24.359
 let's pray together

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:31.919
 God we thank you

00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:32.679
 for the season

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.319
 of Easter

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:35.619
 and to know

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.519
 that it's not a season

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.399
 that comes around

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:38.519
 once every spring

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.279
 but it is a season

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.420
 in which we live

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:42.920
 recognizing the resurrection

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:44.139
 of Christ

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:45.639
 and also the resurrection

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.759
 to come

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.819
 our own resurrection

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.500
 that is brought

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.500
 by Christ's return

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:52.900
 and so may that

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:54.139
 give us great joy

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:56.680
 may it give us

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.299
 great hope

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.940
 in the future

00:28:57.940 --> 00:29:01.539
 may that motivate us

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.559
 now in how we live

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:05.200
 God we thank you

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.079
 for the sacrifice

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:07.439
 of your son

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:08.939
 we thank you

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:09.980
 that you reign

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:11.279
 now and will reign

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.879
 eternally

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:14.039
 we thank you

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:15.059
 that you promise

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:16.179
 to destroy

00:29:16.179 --> 00:29:17.059
 all dominion

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.659
 and authority

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.240
 and power

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.139
 and even death

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.720
 itself

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:24.019
 we thank you

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.619
 that we

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.339
 can be

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:26.259
 your children

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:28.199
 and so may we

00:29:28.199 --> 00:29:29.619
 live from a position

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.500
 of victory

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:34.059
 may we always live

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.599
 in light

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.440
 of the cross

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:38.579
 and in light

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.619
 of an empty grave

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:42.700
 we pray all these

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.779
 things in Jesus name

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.279
 amen

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:48.799
 and now

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.359
 since we are

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:50.099
 without a musician

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:51.659
 we're going to do

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:51.940
 a call

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.419
 little audible

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:52.659
 here

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.099
 we are going

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.599
 to close

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.339
 by singing

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.399
 the doxology

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.859
 together

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:58.960
 so if you don't

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.319
 know it

00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:00.399
 look it up

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:00.720
 real fast

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.200
 if you need to

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.759
 if you know it

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.599
 then you can stand

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.639
 and we'll sing

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.419
 the doxology

00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:04.959
 together

00:30:04.959 --> 00:30:10.799
 praise God

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:12.339
 from whom

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.919
 all blessings

00:30:13.919 --> 00:30:15.799
 flow

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:18.059
 praise him

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:19.740
 all creatures

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:22.339
 here below

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:25.379
 praise him

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 above ye

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 heavenly hosts

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 praise father

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 son

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 and holy

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 ghost

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 amen

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 and now receive

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 this good word

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 this benediction

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 from the lord

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 and now

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 may the god

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 of peace

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 who through the

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 blood of the

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 eternal covenant

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 brought back

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 from the dead

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 our lord jesus

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 that great shepherd

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 of the sheep

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 equip you

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 with every

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 good thing

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 to complete

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 his will

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 and may he

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 work in us

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 what is pleasing

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 to him

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 through jesus christ

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 to him be glory

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 forever

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 and ever

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 amen