WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.820 I'm a silly Billy. Sorry, thank you Monica. 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.420 I've just made a mess. I always make a mess. 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.039 I've spilt my drink all over the floor. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:42.659 As we're getting this cleaned up, I wonder, Natasha and Karina, where's Karina? 00:00:43.380 --> 00:00:47.200 Oh yeah, yeah. You speak a little English. 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:59.980 Okay. I wonder, just to help, if some of the younger people, if you wanted to sit a little closer and you could do Google Translate, 00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:05.519 through the sermon, just a few words and sentences. Is that possible? 00:01:07.019 --> 00:01:11.280 Yeah, are any of you able to do that? Did you understand me? 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:19.500 If anybody, I don't know how to do it, that's all. 00:01:21.500 --> 00:01:22.019 Okay. 00:01:22.019 --> 00:01:30.019 Thank you. 00:01:30.019 --> 00:01:31.019 Thank you. 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:44.640 So let's open our Bibles to Romans. 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:47.840 Romans chapter 5. 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:58.380 Can you do it? 00:01:59.939 --> 00:02:03.020 Yes, so we're going to do a Google Translate. 00:02:03.300 --> 00:02:04.659 You can help. 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:06.359 Well done. 00:02:08.860 --> 00:02:09.599 Thank you. 00:02:10.980 --> 00:02:11.620 Yes. 00:02:11.620 --> 00:02:13.939 Anybody, can you go to German? 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:16.159 Okay. 00:02:16.980 --> 00:02:19.060 Do you speak German? 00:02:19.640 --> 00:02:19.960 No. 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:20.580 No. 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:23.480 Good try. 00:02:26.020 --> 00:02:27.700 Trevor, can you do it as well? 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:30.200 I can get the Bible verses. 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:31.280 Yeah. 00:02:31.659 --> 00:02:33.000 Yeah, just move around. 00:02:33.139 --> 00:02:33.439 It's okay. 00:02:33.519 --> 00:02:38.179 I don't mind people walking around and move your seats a bit closer. 00:02:40.179 --> 00:02:40.659 Yeah. 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:42.079 Okay. 00:02:42.299 --> 00:02:44.179 So we're looking at Romans. 00:02:45.500 --> 00:02:46.019 Okay. 00:02:46.020 --> 00:02:50.219 So please, just help. 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:51.219 Just help. 00:02:51.640 --> 00:02:53.340 That's all we're asking. 00:02:59.820 --> 00:03:01.180 You can move your seats. 00:03:01.760 --> 00:03:04.800 Isabel, if you want to move your seats across the aisle, it's right. 00:03:08.300 --> 00:03:09.280 You're very good. 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:11.080 Thank you. 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:16.560 So, Romans chapter 5. 00:03:18.200 --> 00:03:20.939 And we're going to read verses 1 to 11. 00:03:22.340 --> 00:03:24.400 Yeah, just show if you've got it there. 00:03:24.480 --> 00:03:26.600 You can just pass it over and they'll follow along. 00:03:27.660 --> 00:03:29.280 Romans 5, 1 to 11. 00:03:30.920 --> 00:03:34.939 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, 00:03:35.480 --> 00:03:39.040 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:46.519 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.459 And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 00:03:51.060 --> 00:03:55.019 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings 00:03:55.019 --> 00:03:59.359 because we know that suffering produces perseverance, 00:04:00.539 --> 00:04:04.359 perseverance character, and character hope. 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:07.480 And hope does not put us to shame 00:04:07.480 --> 00:04:11.540 because God's love has been poured into our hearts 00:04:11.540 --> 00:04:15.620 through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. 00:04:16.540 --> 00:04:18.680 You see, at just the right time, 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:21.040 when we were still powerless, 00:04:21.960 --> 00:04:24.360 Christ died for the ungodly. 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:28.400 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, 00:04:28.819 --> 00:04:30.400 though for a good person, 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:33.620 someone might possibly dare to die. 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:37.540 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this. 00:04:38.220 --> 00:04:40.020 While we were still sinners, 00:04:40.819 --> 00:04:42.939 Christ died for us. 00:04:43.939 --> 00:04:47.060 Since we have now been justified by his blood, 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:51.639 how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him? 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:54.779 For if, while we were God's enemies, 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:58.620 we were reconciled to him through the death of his son, 00:04:59.180 --> 00:05:02.159 how much more, having been reconciled, 00:05:02.699 --> 00:05:05.519 shall we be saved through his life? 00:05:06.479 --> 00:05:07.979 Not only is this so, 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:10.979 but we also boast in God 00:05:10.979 --> 00:05:13.300 through our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.819 through whom we have now received reconciliation. 00:05:16.819 --> 00:05:21.959 So we're going to pray and ask for God's help. 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:27.980 Our Father God, thank you for your word. 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:30.759 Thank you for your Holy Spirit. 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:35.680 Thank you that you speak our language. 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:38.480 You communicate with us. 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:41.759 And we ask that you would help us all today 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:46.980 that we may understand something of your word and your truth, 00:05:47.719 --> 00:05:50.519 that it may build us up in our walk with you, 00:05:51.259 --> 00:05:55.319 that we may all leave encouraged and refreshed. 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:57.360 In Jesus' name. 00:05:58.039 --> 00:05:58.539 Amen. 00:05:58.540 --> 00:05:58.680 Amen. 00:06:04.100 --> 00:06:07.340 So as we start, I have two questions. 00:06:08.540 --> 00:06:09.960 Here's the first question. 00:06:10.100 --> 00:06:13.620 Can you explain the gospel? 00:06:14.500 --> 00:06:16.100 If someone asked you, 00:06:16.700 --> 00:06:17.540 what's the gospel? 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:18.939 What's it all about? 00:06:19.580 --> 00:06:21.620 Would you be able to give an answer? 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:24.100 Can you explain the gospel? 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:27.900 The second question is related but different. 00:06:28.540 --> 00:06:31.819 Have you experienced the gospel? 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:38.160 Do you know what effect or what change it brings in your life? 00:06:39.280 --> 00:06:42.680 You see, the gospel isn't just something that we know in our heads. 00:06:43.140 --> 00:06:46.580 It's something that's to be lived in our life. 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:50.540 We're not just to understand the gospel, 00:06:50.860 --> 00:06:54.259 but we are to enjoy the gospel. 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:56.720 So before we go any further, 00:06:56.720 --> 00:07:00.080 we're going to explain what the gospel is. 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:01.840 And the gospel can be explained 00:07:01.840 --> 00:07:06.760 by using two words that we find in our text. 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:12.039 One is a legal word and one is a relational word. 00:07:12.740 --> 00:07:15.060 Here's the first one, justification. 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:16.740 Look at verse one. 00:07:17.459 --> 00:07:22.039 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith. 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:30.939 This little phrase justified by or through faith summarises all of chapters one to four. 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:35.080 It's all about what Jesus has done for us. 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:41.379 Jesus Christ came into the world to exchange places with you and I. 00:07:41.379 --> 00:07:44.339 That's what we see at the end of verse eight. 00:07:44.339 --> 00:07:47.480 End of verse eight. 00:07:47.659 --> 00:07:52.920 While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:55.719 Jesus takes our place. 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:58.819 He takes our record of sin on himself. 00:07:58.819 --> 00:08:04.120 And in its place, he gives us his record of righteousness. 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:07.240 So our sin, he takes. 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:10.620 His righteousness, he gives. 00:08:11.259 --> 00:08:15.699 In other words, Jesus is treated as we deserve to be treated. 00:08:16.100 --> 00:08:22.240 So that by faith, we are treated as Jesus deserves to be treated. 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:27.579 And that's what it means to be justified by faith. 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:30.960 We are declared right with God. 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:33.080 We're put into a right relationship. 00:08:33.340 --> 00:08:39.080 It's a legal term and it gives us a status that can't be changed. 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:42.060 So we are right with God. 00:08:42.180 --> 00:08:45.180 The second word is reconciliation. 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:51.519 These are the results or the effects of justification. 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:53.500 So look down at verse 11. 00:08:55.699 --> 00:09:00.840 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:09:01.439 --> 00:09:04.980 through whom we have now received reconciliation. 00:09:06.019 --> 00:09:13.860 So reconciliation means that we can now enjoy a living and vibrant relationship with Jesus today. 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:17.220 We're no longer his enemies, but we're now his friends. 00:09:17.220 --> 00:09:23.080 And it's all possible because of what Jesus has done. 00:09:23.940 --> 00:09:26.840 That's a relational status. 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:29.160 It's something to enjoy. 00:09:29.620 --> 00:09:32.940 So you see, the gospel isn't just something we need to explain. 00:09:33.500 --> 00:09:36.240 It is something to be experienced. 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:38.620 It's not just something we know in our heads. 00:09:38.620 --> 00:09:43.080 It's something to enjoy and to live out of our hearts. 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:53.460 So what we want to do today is to discover and think about what it means to enjoy the gospel every day. 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:56.320 How can I enjoy the gospel? 00:09:56.500 --> 00:09:59.279 Not just know it, but enjoy it. 00:09:59.940 --> 00:10:00.799 So here we go. 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:03.440 The first one is experience the gospel. 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:05.360 Let's read verses 1 and 2. 00:10:06.980 --> 00:10:11.020 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, 00:10:11.920 --> 00:10:16.440 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:10:17.300 --> 00:10:23.900 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand, 00:10:24.620 --> 00:10:28.780 and we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 00:10:29.680 --> 00:10:31.800 So did you see those three things? 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.559 Because of what Jesus has done, we have peace with God. 00:10:35.959 --> 00:10:41.599 We now stand in his grace, and we have the hope of glory. 00:10:42.979 --> 00:10:45.219 There's a past, present, and future. 00:10:45.419 --> 00:10:49.019 The peace that came because of what Jesus has done, 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:52.079 the grace in which we now stand, 00:10:52.439 --> 00:10:56.000 and the hope of glory that is yet to come. 00:10:56.000 --> 00:11:02.279 To help us understand this, I want us to picture this scene. 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:08.519 I want you to think of yourself as standing under a great big waterfall on a hot day. 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:10.440 That water rushing down, 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:14.960 and you're standing underneath the waterfall as it comes rushing down. 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:17.320 It's fresh, and it's cool. 00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:22.460 And at the bottom of that waterfall is a great big poo. 00:11:22.460 --> 00:11:30.280 And from that poo is a series of other mini waterfalls that flow down to it, 00:11:30.740 --> 00:11:32.160 to another poo. 00:11:33.540 --> 00:11:35.860 It's a picture of what we have here. 00:11:36.620 --> 00:11:40.940 The main poo is the relationship we have with Christ, 00:11:40.940 --> 00:11:44.180 because we are justified and reconciled. 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:51.139 And that overflows into peace, grace, and hope. 00:11:51.859 --> 00:11:58.839 The gospel is to be experienced as it overflows into our lives. 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:04.079 So we're going to look at these three pools in turn. 00:12:04.719 --> 00:12:08.559 The first one is we have peace with God. 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:12.099 Peace isn't just the absence of an enemy, 00:12:12.339 --> 00:12:14.419 but it's the presence of a friend. 00:12:15.079 --> 00:12:17.039 That's what chapters 1 to 4 is. 00:12:17.319 --> 00:12:19.979 It's all about explaining how we were enemies, 00:12:20.539 --> 00:12:22.679 how we were under God's just judgment, 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:25.919 but now we have peace with God. 00:12:26.199 --> 00:12:28.619 And that peace is not unlike the peace 00:12:28.619 --> 00:12:31.379 that was enjoyed in the Garden of Eden. 00:12:32.119 --> 00:12:34.899 Humanity in harmony with its creator 00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:36.599 and with creation. 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:40.340 There was a sense of safety and security, 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:43.519 a place of well-being and wholeness, 00:12:44.100 --> 00:12:47.159 in search of nothing because you have everything, 00:12:47.560 --> 00:12:50.060 satisfied and fulfilled. 00:12:51.180 --> 00:12:54.340 That's something that we can enjoy today, 00:12:54.680 --> 00:12:58.139 a living, vibrant relationship with God. 00:12:58.259 --> 00:13:00.060 So we have peace. 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:04.100 The second, we have grace. 00:13:04.100 --> 00:13:06.560 See what it says? 00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:09.100 We have peace through our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:10.220 Verse 2, 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:14.519 Through whom we have now gained access by faith 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:18.659 into this grace in which we now stand. 00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:23.920 Grace is God's continuous generosity towards us, 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:26.500 which is unearned and undeserved. 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:31.539 In practice, it means God no longer treats us 00:13:31.539 --> 00:13:33.100 as our sins deserve. 00:13:33.620 --> 00:13:37.799 He treats us now as if we were his own son, 00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:39.600 loved and treasured. 00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:41.840 And because of Jesus, 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:43.980 all our sin is covered, 00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:46.940 past, present and future. 00:13:46.940 --> 00:13:49.540 And that's something extraordinary 00:13:49.540 --> 00:13:50.780 because it means that 00:13:50.780 --> 00:13:52.980 when I sin and when I fail, 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:55.900 I don't fall out of favour from God 00:13:55.900 --> 00:13:58.920 and I don't have to work my way back into God. 00:13:59.260 --> 00:14:01.240 I am always forgiven, 00:14:01.680 --> 00:14:03.020 always accepted, 00:14:03.580 --> 00:14:05.080 always welcomed, 00:14:05.920 --> 00:14:07.380 despite my sin. 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:10.539 We stand safe and secure 00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:13.139 in God's grace. 00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:17.919 So not only do we have hope and grace 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:20.059 in which we can enjoy, 00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:23.019 but we have the hope of glory. 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:25.720 Verse 2, 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:28.879 end of verse 2, 00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:33.440 we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:35.820 We all know, don't we, 00:14:35.900 --> 00:14:38.140 from our own personal experience 00:14:38.140 --> 00:14:40.360 that the world we live in 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:42.660 is terribly broken and disordered. 00:14:43.420 --> 00:14:45.340 Nations are at war. 00:14:46.580 --> 00:14:47.840 Cultures clash. 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:49.580 Families are broken. 00:14:50.100 --> 00:14:52.000 Individual lives are wrecked 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:54.260 through abuse and selfish addiction. 00:14:55.380 --> 00:14:57.360 None of us gets to go through life 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:00.660 without being untouched by this brokenness. 00:15:01.160 --> 00:15:02.700 It affects every one of us. 00:15:02.700 --> 00:15:03.580 We get sick. 00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:04.560 We die. 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:05.860 We face injustice. 00:15:07.060 --> 00:15:09.560 But, as Christians, as believers, 00:15:09.900 --> 00:15:12.379 we have the hope of glory to come. 00:15:13.340 --> 00:15:14.680 And hope in the Bible 00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:15.660 is not, 00:15:16.060 --> 00:15:17.460 oh I hope it will happen, 00:15:17.560 --> 00:15:18.160 a kind of, 00:15:18.700 --> 00:15:19.040 well, 00:15:19.420 --> 00:15:21.240 if I work a little bit harder 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:22.680 I might get a bit closer. 00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:24.680 Hope in the Bible 00:15:24.680 --> 00:15:28.340 is always absolute certainty. 00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:30.360 One day 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:32.680 we have the hope of glory 00:15:32.680 --> 00:15:35.759 when this world will be renewed and restored. 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:39.080 Paradise promised in all its perfection. 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:41.700 This is ours to enjoy. 00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:44.620 Guaranteed and assured. 00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:47.560 So this is the gospel. 00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:51.039 This is for us not just to know in our head, 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:53.720 but to experience every day. 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:57.100 And the invitation is to come to that waterfall 00:15:57.100 --> 00:16:02.159 to experience the flood of grace and mercy 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:04.899 and joy and peace 00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:07.519 flowing down on our life. 00:16:09.219 --> 00:16:11.659 You see, so often we can spend our time 00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:13.719 trying to find enjoyment 00:16:13.719 --> 00:16:15.579 in other things. 00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:18.860 If only I could find that right job. 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:21.280 If I could get the right partner. 00:16:22.180 --> 00:16:24.500 If I could just get that right thing. 00:16:25.300 --> 00:16:27.080 Then everything will be okay. 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:31.540 But those pools are stagnant. 00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:35.100 We are to experience the gospel 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:38.900 by immersing ourselves in the gospel. 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:41.700 But before we move on, 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:44.280 let's note that these things 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:47.620 can never ever be taken from us. 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.559 Look at what it says. 00:16:50.459 --> 00:16:53.000 We have peace. 00:16:53.939 --> 00:16:57.839 We have gained access to his grace. 00:16:58.299 --> 00:17:01.799 And we boast in the hope of glory. 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:05.599 These can never be taken from us 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:07.579 because they have been secured 00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:09.859 through the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:12.599 These are benefits of the gospel 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:14.200 that can be never taken 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:16.100 never changed 00:17:16.100 --> 00:17:17.759 and never altered. 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:21.080 So we experience the gospel 00:17:21.080 --> 00:17:22.440 every day. 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:26.080 The second thing 00:17:26.080 --> 00:17:28.819 when it comes to enjoying the gospel 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:31.340 is to know how to apply the gospel. 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:34.460 Working it out in our life. 00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:37.559 So read with me verse 3. 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:41.200 Not only so, 00:17:41.340 --> 00:17:44.279 but we also glory in our sufferings 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:46.640 or we rejoice in our sufferings. 00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:49.900 Did you read that carefully? 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:50.400 Did you? 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.559 That's hard, isn't it? 00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:56.740 Rejoice in our sufferings 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:58.700 or glory in our sufferings? 00:17:58.700 --> 00:18:02.319 That's hard because I know that many of you 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:04.660 suffer in different ways. 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:06.819 We've just said we live in a world 00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.819 that is broken, 00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:09.640 disordered and distorted. 00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:11.940 Not just the physical world, 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:14.100 but our own personal lives. 00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:16.599 As we go through our life, 00:18:16.699 --> 00:18:18.059 we experience suffering 00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:20.099 in all kinds of different ways. 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:22.599 Physically, emotionally and mentally. 00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:25.399 And the last thing we feel like doing 00:18:25.399 --> 00:18:26.859 is rejoicing. 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.919 How am I to rejoice 00:18:29.919 --> 00:18:31.679 in my illness? 00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:35.199 How am I to be grateful 00:18:35.199 --> 00:18:37.000 in my condition? 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:40.039 How am I to see good 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:41.740 in my struggle? 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:45.339 Well, let me make it clear. 00:18:45.660 --> 00:18:47.339 Rejoicing doesn't mean 00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:48.880 that we jump around the place 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:50.579 with a big smile on our face 00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:52.299 as if this is wonderful. 00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:55.920 No, it means that through Christ 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:58.059 we now have a new way 00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:59.799 at looking at our suffering 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:02.779 which we can rejoice about. 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:04.799 It gives us a different perspective. 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:07.279 You see, most of the time 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:09.200 we see nothing good in suffering. 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:11.359 The only good that can happen 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:12.619 is to get rid of it. 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.799 But the Gospel tells us 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.599 something different. 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:17.859 Because of the Gospel, 00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:19.960 we can look at our suffering 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:21.720 through a different lens 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:24.879 and see that it brings good. 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:27.619 So look at verse 3 again. 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.899 Not only so, 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:32.859 but we also glory or rejoice 00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:34.619 in our sufferings 00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:36.319 because we know 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:37.799 that suffering produces 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.679 perseverance, 00:19:39.739 --> 00:19:41.219 perseverance character 00:19:41.219 --> 00:19:44.199 and character hope. 00:19:46.939 --> 00:19:49.579 It builds perseverance. 00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:52.919 You know, as we journey through life, 00:19:52.979 --> 00:19:54.219 as we walk through life, 00:19:54.719 --> 00:19:55.879 there'll be many times 00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:57.500 we want to give up and give in. 00:19:58.159 --> 00:19:59.959 It's too much of a struggle, 00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:01.559 too much of a burden. 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:03.379 But through our suffering, 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:06.779 we learn our dependence on God 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:08.639 and as we depend upon Him, 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.559 so we persevere. 00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:13.139 He gives us the ability 00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:14.279 to keep on going. 00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:16.079 He gives us the strength 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:17.839 to carry on. 00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:20.700 So through our suffering, 00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:22.940 we build perseverance. 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:26.139 And that has a knock-on effect 00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:29.560 because it builds our character. 00:20:29.560 --> 00:20:32.259 Have you noticed 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:35.400 that some of the most generous-hearted, 00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.920 kind-loving people 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:40.040 are those who suffer? 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:43.180 Why is it that those 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:44.539 who suffer the most 00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:47.319 care for others the most? 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.759 Because the Gospel 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.779 has taught them 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:52.039 that through suffering, 00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:54.019 they have patience, 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.740 understanding, 00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:57.399 and empathy. 00:20:58.379 --> 00:21:00.359 They can come alongside people 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:01.819 who are also suffering 00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.259 and say, 00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.240 you know what? 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:04.399 I've been there. 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:07.080 I know what it feels like. 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:09.040 And let me show you 00:21:09.040 --> 00:21:09.560 a God 00:21:09.560 --> 00:21:10.519 who will hold you 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.340 and keep you 00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:12.920 and never let you go. 00:21:13.280 --> 00:21:13.680 You see, 00:21:13.780 --> 00:21:14.620 the perseverance 00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.780 that God gives us, 00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:17.280 the strength He gives us, 00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:19.100 changes our character 00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:20.980 so that we 00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:22.380 are able to draw 00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:23.580 alongside others 00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:24.800 to help them 00:21:24.800 --> 00:21:25.660 in their suffering. 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:29.340 But there's a third link 00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:30.720 to this chain. 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.620 Not only perseverance 00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.399 and character, 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:35.719 but it builds hope. 00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.000 You see, 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:38.159 when we're fit 00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.839 and healthy 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:40.679 and all is good, 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:42.939 heaven and our eternal rest 00:21:42.939 --> 00:21:44.779 can seem irrelevant 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:46.319 and not required. 00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:48.359 But when suffering comes, 00:21:48.699 --> 00:21:49.719 it reminds us 00:21:49.719 --> 00:21:50.639 that this earth 00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:51.619 is not our home. 00:21:51.939 --> 00:21:52.639 We're longing 00:21:52.639 --> 00:21:54.039 for something better 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.959 and greater. 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:57.359 Suffering fuels 00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:58.299 our desire 00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:59.259 to be finished 00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.039 with the struggles 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.959 of this world. 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:03.400 to be released 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:05.660 from our decaying bodies, 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.460 to be set free 00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:09.319 from our tortured minds. 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.960 Suffering builds 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.700 within us 00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.900 an anticipation 00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:15.700 and an expectation 00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:17.740 of our final home. 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:20.000 So all of these 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:21.220 knock-on effects. 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.720 God strengthens us 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:24.019 to give us perseverance 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.960 that builds 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.299 and changes 00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:27.140 our character 00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:28.680 so that we are able 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.600 to help those 00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.299 who are suffering 00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.560 and together 00:22:31.560 --> 00:22:32.519 it creates 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:34.039 an astounding 00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:35.560 expectation 00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:37.060 of the glory 00:22:37.060 --> 00:22:38.480 that is to come. 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:40.900 You see, 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.039 because of the gospel, 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:44.360 we can rejoice 00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:46.660 in our suffering. 00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.080 Do you see 00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.980 what it says there? 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.120 Glory 00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:50.080 or rejoice 00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:50.900 in. 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.620 It doesn't say 00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.560 glory 00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:55.519 about your sufferings. 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.460 There's nothing 00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.099 good 00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:58.519 about suffering 00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.680 in and of itself. 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.220 But we can glory 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.160 in it 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:04.599 because we now 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.920 have a new perspective, 00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.319 a new way 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.900 of thinking 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.700 about it. 00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.819 Well, 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.139 you say, 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.379 that sounds great. 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.539 But how can I 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.220 know that 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.000 as a reality 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.960 in my life? 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.039 Well, 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:19.079 look at verse 5. 00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.299 And hope 00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.500 does not 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.000 put us 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.660 to shame 00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:25.720 because God's 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.420 love has been 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.380 poured into 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.240 our hearts 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:29.759 through the Holy 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.380 Spirit 00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:31.840 who has been 00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.820 given to us. 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.100 We know 00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:35.460 God loves us 00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.920 because he's 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:38.000 proved his love 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:39.200 by dying for us 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.840 on the cross. 00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:41.019 But we just 00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.480 don't want to 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.220 know that 00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.940 in our heads. 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.920 We want to 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:45.180 experience that 00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.860 in our life. 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.920 And how does 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.779 that come about? 00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:49.300 By the work 00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:50.340 of the Holy Spirit 00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:51.660 who pours, 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.320 who takes 00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:53.300 the demonstrated 00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.119 love of God 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:55.299 and pours 00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.899 that into 00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.720 our life 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.779 so that 00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.500 even in 00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.159 our suffering 00:23:59.159 --> 00:24:00.180 we know 00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.940 that he loves 00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.819 us because 00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:03.000 he's producing 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:04.039 perseverance, 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.200 character 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.539 and hope. 00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.700 So think of 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.460 yourself under 00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.460 that roaring 00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.559 fountain 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.759 or that 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.519 waterfall 00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.940 cascading 00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.740 down upon 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.019 you, 00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.919 the love 00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.480 of God 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.480 pouring down 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.119 on your life. 00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:19.940 The Holy 00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.539 Spirit 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:22.159 internalises 00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:22.639 that 00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:23.920 so that 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.599 we know 00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.700 even in 00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.180 our most 00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.779 difficult 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.579 times 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:29.359 God is 00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:29.839 doing a 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.279 work in 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.920 our life 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:32.240 for good 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.180 and for 00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.960 his glory. 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.740 So 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:38.720 we apply 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.379 the gospel. 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:42.279 We experience 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.899 it. 00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.700 And third, 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.259 we're to 00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.859 remember 00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:48.039 the gospel. 00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.659 You see, 00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.179 if we're to 00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:51.799 know this 00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.299 gospel, 00:24:53.199 --> 00:24:53.740 if we're to 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.859 experience it 00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.639 in our life, 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.259 we need to 00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.539 remember what 00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.399 it's all about. 00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:00.859 How do we 00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.299 remember? 00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.459 Well, 00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.139 two very 00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:04.059 simple things 00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.639 that we should 00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.179 all know. 00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:07.139 We remember 00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.740 it by 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.439 focusing 00:25:08.439 --> 00:25:09.619 on the 00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.099 cross. 00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.240 Look at 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.979 verse 6. 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:15.759 You see, 00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.360 at just 00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.960 the right 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.539 time, 00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.039 when we 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.860 were still 00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.599 powerless, 00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.660 Christ died 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.099 for the 00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.860 ungodly. 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.099 Very rarely 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.740 will anyone 00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.660 die for a 00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.039 righteous 00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.779 person, 00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.279 though for a 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.940 good person 00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:32.059 someone might 00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.319 possibly dare 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.860 to die. 00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.259 But God 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.099 demonstrates 00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.740 his own 00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.480 love for us 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.839 in this. 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.680 While we 00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.240 were still 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.900 sinners, 00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:42.960 Christ died 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:44.600 for us. 00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.400 It reminds 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.980 us of 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.580 what we 00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:51.160 were like. 00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.120 Do you 00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:52.519 see what it 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.140 says there 00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.840 in verse 00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.320 10? 00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:55.740 Or, 00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:56.259 sorry, 00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.820 verse 6 00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.300 and verse 00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:58.720 7? 00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:00.180 That we 00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:01.519 were ungodly. 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.960 We were 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.680 sinners, 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.759 enemies of 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.180 God. 00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.759 But perhaps 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.620 what is most 00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.460 revealing is 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.160 it tells us 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.680 we were 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.860 powerless, 00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.220 verse 6. 00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.720 No one 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.180 has the 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.259 power to 00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.140 change their 00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.720 relationship 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.340 with God. 00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.500 Nobody has 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.120 the inner 00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:21.100 resources to 00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.720 make God 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.420 love us 00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:23.360 or for God 00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:24.039 to change 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.299 us. 00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:24.960 It is 00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.759 something that 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.500 God does 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.060 for us. 00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:27.980 He takes 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.620 the initiative. 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.060 He intervenes 00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.700 in our life. 00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:31.779 He's the one 00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.380 who dies 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.779 for us. 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.779 Twice it 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.340 tells us, 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.180 in verse 6 00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:36.140 and in 00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.759 verse 8, 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.960 Christ 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:39.120 died 00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:40.640 for us 00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:42.700 because he 00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.640 loves us. 00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.120 He loves 00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:45.900 us deeply. 00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:48.120 So as we 00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:49.620 remind ourselves 00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.580 of this gospel 00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:51.920 truth that he 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.960 intervened into 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.600 our life 00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:54.920 to die for 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:56.299 us so that 00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.860 we could 00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:58.220 experience his 00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.720 peace, 00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.860 his grace, 00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.920 his hope, 00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:02.299 so that we 00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.080 could rejoice 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:04.079 in our 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:05.699 suffering and 00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:06.339 know that he 00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.980 is bringing 00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:08.240 about perseverance, 00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.159 that he is 00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:10.899 bringing about 00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.980 strength to 00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.659 our life, 00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.559 changing our 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:16.379 character and 00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.699 giving us 00:27:17.699 --> 00:27:18.299 hope. 00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.740 So we 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.579 focus on the 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:22.619 cross and 00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.779 we focus on 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.699 the resurrection. 00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.539 Look at 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.139 verse 10 00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.720 with me. 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.839 For if 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.359 while we 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.119 were God's 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.500 enemies, 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.819 we were 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.919 reconciled to 00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.419 him through 00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.980 the death 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.319 of his 00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.699 son, 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.460 how much 00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:38.960 more, 00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.240 having been 00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.460 reconciled, 00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:42.500 shall we 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.259 be saved 00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.199 through his 00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:44.759 life? 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.859 You see, 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.480 the fact, 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.000 and I think 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.480 there it's 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.259 talking about 00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.460 his resurrection 00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.339 life. 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.839 How shall we 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.379 be saved 00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.859 through his 00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.439 resurrection 00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:53.879 life? 00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:54.839 The fact 00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.599 that Christ 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.319 rose from 00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.879 the grave 00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:58.359 is the 00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.039 proof that 00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.879 we need 00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:01.019 to know 00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.559 that we 00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.240 will receive 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.759 our full 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.500 salvation. 00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.880 Because 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.440 Christ 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.980 rose, 00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.200 we will 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.759 rise. 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.460 And because 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.120 he rose 00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.519 again, 00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.680 we know 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.579 that we 00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.759 will experience 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:15.120 peace and 00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.900 grace and 00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:17.019 joy in 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.640 all its 00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.759 fullness in 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.660 eternity to 00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:19.960 come. 00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.579 I need to 00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.519 remind myself 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.299 of that 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.779 truth. 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.680 We have it 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:27.200 because we 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.059 are saved 00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:29.419 through his 00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.619 resurrection 00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:31.379 life. 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.059 So these 00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.379 are the 00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:34.480 twin truths 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.240 that we 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.619 are to 00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.399 carry with 00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:37.379 us every 00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:38.200 single day. 00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.980 We need 00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.599 to remind 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.899 ourselves of 00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.740 these truths, 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.799 the cross 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.839 and the 00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.399 resurrection. 00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:48.240 Remember 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.399 that waterfall 00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:49.940 that we 00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.759 talked about? 00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.940 As the 00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.679 water comes 00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.919 cascading down 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.660 and it 00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.380 fills up 00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:57.100 that pool 00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:58.180 and from 00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.759 that pool 00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.820 it overflows 00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.560 to other 00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:01.019 ones? 00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:02.560 Well, 00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:02.900 if that 00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.480 waterfall 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.340 stopped, 00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:07.140 those pools 00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.779 would not be 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.160 there. 00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.019 In other 00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.279 words, 00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.900 it needs to 00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.720 be continually 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.800 filled up 00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:14.220 and overflowing. 00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:15.759 And we 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.300 need to 00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:17.120 fill up in 00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.740 our life. 00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.779 We need to 00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.720 fill our 00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.420 lives up 00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:20.779 with the 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.200 gospel, 00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:22.100 to go 00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:22.660 back to 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.400 the truth 00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.180 of the 00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.759 cross and 00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:24.920 the 00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.460 resurrection. 00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.420 And as 00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:26.960 it does, 00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.620 it overflows 00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.640 into our 00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.240 life with 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.360 peace and 00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.480 grace and 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.019 hope, 00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.980 giving us 00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.660 a future, 00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.420 giving us 00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.319 strength to 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.400 live for 00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:39.860 today. 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.519 So my 00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.480 invitation and 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.019 encouragement 00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.920 for us all 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.000 is that we 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:46.000 would swim 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.840 in the 00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.600 gospel every 00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:47.960 day. 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.120 Don't just 00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.700 dip your 00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.420 toe in, 00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.900 and just 00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.320 kind of 00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:52.980 put a 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.580 finger in 00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:54.019 and see 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.560 what it's 00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:54.980 like. 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:55.940 No, 00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:57.400 jump in, 00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.920 immerse 00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.500 yourself, 00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.840 apply it, 00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.500 and enjoy 00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.180 the gospel. 00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.820 We have 00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:05.740 been justified. 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.200 We are 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.259 reconciled. 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.620 We have a 00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.680 great relationship 00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.920 with our 00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.320 God. 00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.600 Let's 00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:13.860 pray. 00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:13.980 Amen. 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.980 God, 00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.480 we are 00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.420 going to 00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.980 pray. 00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.480 Amen. 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.560 Amen. 00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:24.000 Amen. 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.840 Our 00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.420 Father God, 00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.920 we thank 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.380 you so 00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:28.180 much for 00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.900 the truth 00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.620 of the 00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.120 gospel. 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.880 Thank you 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.420 that you 00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.300 have saved 00:30:33.300 --> 00:30:33.779 us, 00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:35.120 you have 00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:36.160 rescued us, 00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.539 and you 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.000 have given 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.860 us peace 00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.340 with you 00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:39.800 today, 00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.640 grace to 00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.340 cover all 00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.700 of our 00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.000 sin, 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.759 the hope 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.360 of glory 00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:45.960 to come. 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.579 Would you 00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:48.299 please help 00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.819 us as we 00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.319 go through 00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.100 our struggles 00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.960 and trials 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:52.860 to be able 00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.480 to look at 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.400 them with 00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.420 your perspective, 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.440 to know that 00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.180 you are working 00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:59.440 good in them 00:30:59.440 --> 00:30:59.960 and through 00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.319 them, 00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.740 strengthening 00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.360 us, 00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.799 building us 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.140 up, 00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.840 transforming 00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:06.759 our character, 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.420 and giving 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.380 us the hope 00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:10.480 of what we 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.279 have to come. 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.960 Father, 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.740 help us 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.700 that we 00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.539 would remember 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.940 the truth 00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.279 of the 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.700 gospel 00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.599 every day, 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.019 that Jesus 00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.980 died for 00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.319 me, 00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.879 that Jesus 00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.819 was raised 00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.460 for me, 00:31:25.159 --> 00:31:25.980 so that I 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.819 can be safe 00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.559 and secure 00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.940 with him 00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:30.859 now and 00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.359 forever. 00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:32.879 We give 00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.240 you our 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.779 praise, 00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.779 we say 00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.420 thank you, 00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.319 in Jesus' 00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:36.819 name, 00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.119 Amen. 00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.220 Well, 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.460 we're going 00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:42.839 to sing 00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.339 together, 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.119 one that 00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.899 helps us 00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.720 to rejoice 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.360 further 00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:47.860 in the 00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.320 gospel, 00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:49.759 to God 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.220 be the 00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.660 glory, 00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.700 great things 00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.060 he has 00:31:52.060 --> 00:31:52.400 done, 00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.900 so loved 00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.300 he the 00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:54.620 world 00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:54.980 that he 00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.600 gave us 00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:56.259 his 00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.560 son. 00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:57.340 So let's 00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.640 stand 00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.180 together 00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.560 as we 00:31:59.560 --> 00:31:59.980 sing. 00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:12.680 Thank you.