WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.259 My name is Matthew Capone, and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church. 00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:09.279 And it's my joy to bring God's word to you today. 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:13.540 A special welcome if you're new or visiting with us. 00:00:13.620 --> 00:00:14.620 We're glad that you're here. 00:00:15.179 --> 00:00:18.820 And we're glad that you're here not because we are trying to fill seats, 00:00:19.199 --> 00:00:22.960 but because we're following Jesus together as one community. 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.920 And as we follow Jesus together, we've become convinced that there's no one so good. 00:00:28.100 --> 00:00:29.320 They don't need God's grace. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.039 And no one's so bad that they can't have it. 00:00:32.299 --> 00:00:37.859 Which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in his word. 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:42.340 This morning, we're taking a break from our series in the book of Judges, 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:43.759 because believe it or not, it's Easter. 00:00:45.060 --> 00:00:51.159 That's Resurrection Sunday, when we as a church celebrate the fact that Jesus, in fact, rose from the dead. 00:00:51.900 --> 00:00:58.900 Now, when we talk about Jesus, it's important to remember we're not talking about an abstraction or an idea or a theory. 00:00:58.899 --> 00:01:02.699 We are, in fact, talking about a historical figure, a real man. 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:08.620 Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem, which is five to six miles south of Jerusalem. 00:01:09.060 --> 00:01:14.739 And he grew up in Nazareth, which is 64 to 65 miles north of Jerusalem. 00:01:15.459 --> 00:01:18.840 Jesus was one of at least seven kids. 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:21.900 And he had both brothers and sisters. 00:01:22.520 --> 00:01:25.020 Real man, real time, real space. 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:28.820 It's also important to remember that the resurrection is not a metaphor. 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:34.460 When we speak about the resurrection, we are speaking about a real historical event, 00:01:34.540 --> 00:01:36.840 an event that had numerous, many eyewitnesses. 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:45.040 And so every Resurrection Sunday, every Easter, we come together and we talk about what that means for us, 00:01:45.100 --> 00:01:49.060 how, in fact, it gives us real hope and joy now. 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:52.439 We're going to turn this morning to the book of 1 Peter. 00:01:52.900 --> 00:01:56.460 And the book of 1 Peter is a letter written by the Apostle Peter. 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:01.540 He writes it in the first century A.D. to churches in modern-day Turkey. 00:02:01.540 --> 00:02:07.400 And these churches are feeling out of place in the world, and they're facing opposition from the world. 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:11.680 And so they have this temptation, the temptation with all the heat coming in against them, 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:13.680 to give up on Christianity. 00:02:14.700 --> 00:02:16.360 And so Peter writes to encourage them. 00:02:17.659 --> 00:02:23.819 Peter writes telling them why the resurrection is a better hope than any other hope, 00:02:24.500 --> 00:02:27.000 why it is worth suffering for. 00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:29.400 And so that's where we're headed this morning. 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:31.259 We're in 1 Peter 1. 00:02:31.259 --> 00:02:33.379 We're going to look at verses 3 through 9. 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:37.259 Our focus will be 3 and 4, especially 4, 00:02:37.340 --> 00:02:40.899 but we'll read 5 through 9 just so we have a larger, broader context. 00:02:41.679 --> 00:02:48.299 And as we come to this passage, I imagine that there are a few of us who are Christians, 00:02:48.519 --> 00:02:50.579 and for us, the resurrection is our life. 00:02:50.659 --> 00:02:52.379 We think of it when we wake up in the morning, 00:02:52.459 --> 00:02:56.379 and it orients the rest of our day and our weeks and our months. 00:02:56.379 --> 00:03:03.579 I would imagine for many more of us, it is actually a constant struggle for us to remember the resurrection, 00:03:04.379 --> 00:03:09.560 for it to be something as Christians that shapes our minds and our hearts and our lives. 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:13.140 Some of us are not Christians. 00:03:14.140 --> 00:03:18.319 Perhaps you have doubts or questions or objections to Christianity. 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:23.599 No matter which of those three categories you fall into, we're here together this morning, 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:28.799 and I hope that you're here because all of us need to be reminded of the great resources, 00:03:29.019 --> 00:03:33.840 the great hope that we have from the fact that Jesus rose from the dead. 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:38.439 And so it's with that I invite you to turn with me in God's Word. 00:03:38.539 --> 00:03:40.640 You can turn in your worship guide. 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:42.980 You can turn on your phone. 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:44.879 You can turn in your Bible. 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:48.539 No matter where you turn, remember that this is God's Word. 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:53.480 God tells us that His Word is more precious than gold, even the finest gold, 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:58.060 and it's sweeter than honey, even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb. 00:03:58.640 --> 00:04:02.640 And so that's why we read now 1 Peter 1, starting at verse 3. 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:06.979 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:04:07.860 --> 00:04:12.460 According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope 00:04:12.460 --> 00:04:15.620 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 00:04:16.300 --> 00:04:21.060 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:23.420 kept in heaven for you, 00:04:24.420 --> 00:04:28.079 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation, 00:04:28.899 --> 00:04:30.920 ready to be revealed in the last time. 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:35.180 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, 00:04:35.379 --> 00:04:38.620 if necessary, you've been grieved by various trials, 00:04:39.400 --> 00:04:42.020 so that the tested genuineness of your faith, 00:04:42.699 --> 00:04:44.900 more precious than gold that perishes, 00:04:45.540 --> 00:04:47.120 though it is tested by fire, 00:04:47.900 --> 00:04:51.740 may be found to result in praise and glory and honor 00:04:51.740 --> 00:04:53.920 at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:57.600 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:02.140 Though you do not now see Him, you believe in Him 00:05:02.140 --> 00:05:06.860 and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 00:05:07.819 --> 00:05:09.920 obtaining the outcome of your faith, 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:12.819 the salvation of your souls. 00:05:12.819 --> 00:05:18.319 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word. 00:05:19.819 --> 00:05:24.139 Our Father in heaven, we do praise you and thank you again. 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:28.279 We did not choose you, but you chose us. 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:32.959 We did not figure out that we should come here this morning 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:35.699 because we were smart enough and skilled enough, 00:05:35.819 --> 00:05:37.600 but instead, you've called us here. 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:38.459 You brought us. 00:05:38.459 --> 00:05:42.239 And so we ask that you would remind us of your grace in that, 00:05:42.500 --> 00:05:47.060 and you would use your word this morning to show us Jesus once again, 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:52.699 that you would remind us of the glory and the beauty of His resurrection, 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.679 that you strengthen us with the hope that it provides, 00:05:57.459 --> 00:06:00.599 and that you would use this worship service to change us, 00:06:01.219 --> 00:06:05.359 that we would look more and more like your Son and our Savior, our Lord Jesus. 00:06:05.359 --> 00:06:07.759 It's in His name that we ask all of these things, 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:08.639 Amen. 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:17.300 A man named William Farley tells the story of many years ago 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:20.980 when he visited a vineyard in the Napa Valley of California. 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:23.219 And when he was at this vineyard, 00:06:23.300 --> 00:06:25.300 he had a chance to speak to the foreman 00:06:25.300 --> 00:06:29.579 who explained to him many of the dynamics of the work that they performed. 00:06:30.159 --> 00:06:32.639 He told him that the grapevines that they grew 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:36.039 could reach an age of 80 to 100 years old. 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:38.939 And then, in fact, they were not most productive 00:06:38.939 --> 00:06:41.500 until they hit around 30 to 50 years old. 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:45.580 This was a long-term process of developing these grapevines, 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:47.980 of growing this vineyard. 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:50.640 In fact, he told him that, in fact, 00:06:50.700 --> 00:06:53.620 the taproot of many of these grapevines 00:06:53.620 --> 00:06:57.140 could grow 30 to 40 feet deep. 00:06:58.080 --> 00:07:00.100 Some of them grew so deep 00:07:00.100 --> 00:07:02.680 that they actually reached the water table 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:04.900 far beneath the surface of the earth. 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:09.699 And those vines became what is called self-irrigating. 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:12.699 In other words, they had this resource, 00:07:12.900 --> 00:07:14.960 this reservoir of water 00:07:14.960 --> 00:07:16.920 that they had access to 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:18.620 regardless of what was happening 00:07:18.620 --> 00:07:20.420 on the top of the earth. 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:23.000 Whatever was happening up top, 00:07:23.500 --> 00:07:25.180 they could sort of be unfazed by it. 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:26.600 Is there a drought? 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:28.740 No problem. 00:07:29.740 --> 00:07:32.220 Is there incredible intense heat? 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:33.800 No sweat. 00:07:34.580 --> 00:07:39.680 Because these grapevines have these resources, right, 00:07:39.740 --> 00:07:43.360 that transcend what's happening up above. 00:07:45.620 --> 00:07:47.460 William Farley provides this image 00:07:47.460 --> 00:07:49.660 because it reminds us of what, in fact, 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:52.700 the Christian life should be like as we live it. 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:57.579 We should have this deep reservoir of resources, 00:07:57.779 --> 00:08:02.139 a separate source of hope and peace and joy. 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:04.360 We should have that independent 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:06.259 of what's happening today. 00:08:06.779 --> 00:08:09.279 We have that as it transcends 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:13.519 whatever the events are of this day or week or month. 00:08:15.019 --> 00:08:16.620 And as you hear that, you listen to that, 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:19.120 you might think, wow, that sounds really great. 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:24.060 Also, that's not really my experience as a Christian. 00:08:25.379 --> 00:08:27.100 In fact, if we are honest, 00:08:27.819 --> 00:08:29.800 we would have to admit 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:32.700 that this is more aspiration than reality for most of us. 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:38.519 We live lives riddled with fear and anxiety and greed. 00:08:39.659 --> 00:08:42.799 Our hearts ride the roller coaster 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:48.120 of success and failure and wealth and poverty 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.379 and praise and criticism and status 00:08:50.379 --> 00:08:52.879 and loss and recognition. 00:08:56.219 --> 00:08:58.240 The churches in Asia Minor and Turkey 00:08:58.240 --> 00:08:59.559 who are receiving Peter's letter 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:01.639 also know what it's like to be rattled 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:03.719 by the circumstances around them. 00:09:05.019 --> 00:09:06.259 And so Peter writes to them 00:09:06.259 --> 00:09:09.120 to remind them of the great reservoir 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:11.500 that's provided by Christ's resurrection. 00:09:11.500 --> 00:09:13.639 He writes to remind them 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:15.340 that they have a source, in fact, 00:09:15.379 --> 00:09:16.940 of hope and peace and joy 00:09:16.940 --> 00:09:20.399 that is tied beyond this world. 00:09:21.539 --> 00:09:23.320 He raises the question for them, 00:09:23.379 --> 00:09:24.679 the same question that we have, 00:09:25.460 --> 00:09:30.740 where is it that we can get unshakable hope? 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.220 Christian, how can you have 00:09:35.220 --> 00:09:40.700 a deep reservoir untouched by this world? 00:09:41.500 --> 00:09:43.360 How can you have a root 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:46.139 that goes 30 to 40 feet deep? 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:48.840 Well, Peter points us 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.639 to the benefits of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:56.720 And he does that here in verses 3 and 4. 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:58.840 He tells us, verse 3, 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:00.960 we've been born again to a living hope 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:03.679 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:06.679 from the dead to an inheritance. 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:11.539 In other words, Jesus' resurrection means 00:10:11.539 --> 00:10:13.120 that if you are a Christian, 00:10:13.439 --> 00:10:15.799 you have a great inheritance. 00:10:16.959 --> 00:10:20.959 There is something that is in the future for you 00:10:20.959 --> 00:10:24.459 that you do not experience in the present. 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:28.120 And so Peter gives us the simple principle 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:30.120 that I mentioned during our confession of faith, 00:10:30.199 --> 00:10:30.779 which is this, 00:10:30.779 --> 00:10:33.679 whatever we believe about the future 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:38.100 dramatically affects how we live in the present. 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:40.000 Imagine, for example, 00:10:40.100 --> 00:10:41.179 you have two people, 00:10:41.299 --> 00:10:42.519 they're virtually identical. 00:10:43.139 --> 00:10:45.439 Both of them are living in great poverty. 00:10:46.839 --> 00:10:49.519 One of them has no hope 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:50.779 of that poverty ever ending. 00:10:50.779 --> 00:10:54.779 The other one knows 00:10:54.779 --> 00:10:56.339 that there is a relative 00:10:56.339 --> 00:10:59.259 who has named them in their will. 00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:03.939 And this relative is decades older than them. 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:07.139 They know the amount that's coming to them. 00:11:07.579 --> 00:11:10.000 And so as they live in the present, 00:11:10.419 --> 00:11:12.000 they have great hope in the future. 00:11:12.779 --> 00:11:14.959 They don't give in to the hopelessness 00:11:14.959 --> 00:11:16.699 and despair that the other one might have 00:11:16.700 --> 00:11:20.900 because they know there is something different coming. 00:11:22.100 --> 00:11:25.720 That's the encouragement that Peter is giving here. 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:28.720 You'll see this in page nine of your worship guide. 00:11:29.400 --> 00:11:32.360 It's staggering how expectations can alter 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:35.759 how you interpret current circumstances. 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:39.700 Peter is reminding the Christians 00:11:39.700 --> 00:11:41.020 in these churches of this. 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:43.560 No matter what's happening now, 00:11:44.540 --> 00:11:45.860 you have a great future. 00:11:46.700 --> 00:11:49.240 No matter what you're suffering now, 00:11:49.940 --> 00:11:51.100 there's great hope. 00:11:52.280 --> 00:11:54.620 No matter your loss, 00:11:55.900 --> 00:11:59.020 the best things are yet to come. 00:12:00.920 --> 00:12:02.600 What is this inheritance though? 00:12:03.379 --> 00:12:06.700 What are the good things that are to come 00:12:06.700 --> 00:12:08.100 because of Jesus' resurrection? 00:12:09.300 --> 00:12:11.960 The apostle Paul tells us in Romans chapter eight 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:14.680 that we are fellow heirs with Jesus Christ, 00:12:14.679 --> 00:12:17.319 meaning that whatever Christ's inheritance is, 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:19.219 whatever it is he earns and receives, 00:12:19.739 --> 00:12:22.539 those things are true of us as well. 00:12:23.439 --> 00:12:25.719 And what is it that Christ accomplishes 00:12:25.719 --> 00:12:26.799 in his death and resurrection? 00:12:27.099 --> 00:12:28.559 Well, it's the defeat of sin. 00:12:29.099 --> 00:12:30.620 It's the defeat of death. 00:12:31.319 --> 00:12:32.679 And so this inheritance, 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:35.959 it encompasses all of those things that are coming 00:12:35.959 --> 00:12:38.399 when we see death and sin 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:41.139 finally put under the ground. 00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:43.779 It means the new heavens and the new earth. 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:45.740 It's part of our future inheritance. 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:50.360 It means the death finally and fully of sin 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:51.600 in our own lives. 00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:55.179 We will no longer experience tension with others 00:12:55.179 --> 00:12:57.299 because of our words and our actions 00:12:57.299 --> 00:12:58.620 and our selfishness. 00:12:59.580 --> 00:13:01.699 No, instead, we're gonna experience harmony 00:13:01.699 --> 00:13:04.139 and harmony and unity with those around us 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:06.480 better than we can even imagine right now. 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:10.720 It means that we will be at peace 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:12.879 with God and with ourselves. 00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:17.080 We'll be free finally from anxiety, 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:21.899 from depression, from guilt, from anger. 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:26.360 The inheritance though is not just freedom from sin 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:27.159 in our own lives. 00:13:27.259 --> 00:13:29.560 It's freedom from sin in society 00:13:29.560 --> 00:13:31.200 and communities and nations. 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:36.000 There will be no more systemic injustice, 00:13:36.660 --> 00:13:38.620 cruel and abusive leaders. 00:13:39.680 --> 00:13:41.780 There will be no more contentious elections. 00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:44.040 There will be no hunger, 00:13:44.660 --> 00:13:45.660 no more poverty, 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:47.140 no more strife. 00:13:49.660 --> 00:13:52.920 Our inheritance though is not just freedom from sin 00:13:52.920 --> 00:13:53.980 in our own lives, 00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:56.360 freedom from sin in our society. 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:58.160 It's also this restored creation. 00:13:58.159 --> 00:13:59.959 In Romans chapter eight, 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:01.779 Paul also talks about the fact 00:14:01.779 --> 00:14:02.959 that this world, 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:04.399 the natural order, 00:14:04.699 --> 00:14:07.339 is groaning with this longing for redemption. 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:09.919 There is some sense 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:12.079 in which the mountains and the trees 00:14:12.079 --> 00:14:14.259 cannot wait for Jesus to come back 00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:18.919 because there will be no more sickness, 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:20.360 no more disease. 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:25.579 Your bodies will work perfectly. 00:14:25.580 --> 00:14:29.660 The earth will be free of pollution. 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:33.580 You will no longer take Zyrtec 00:14:33.580 --> 00:14:36.960 because allergies will come to an end. 00:14:40.540 --> 00:14:43.080 Because of Jesus' resurrection, 00:14:44.040 --> 00:14:47.100 there are better things to come 00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:49.420 than we can even imagine. 00:14:50.580 --> 00:14:53.200 Because of Jesus' resurrection, 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:55.340 there are things in this world 00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:57.580 that no matter how rich 00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:58.920 and powerful 00:14:58.920 --> 00:15:01.139 and successful you are, 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:04.560 you cannot even come close 00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:06.019 to experiencing. 00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:10.800 You have an inheritance, 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:12.560 imperishable, 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:14.220 undefiled, 00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:15.560 unfading, 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:18.620 kept in heaven for you. 00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:24.799 Peter gives us a lot of words here 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:25.759 to try to understand 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.019 what this inheritance is like. 00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:31.340 Now I have to confess to you this morning 00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:32.340 two things. 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:33.679 One, 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:36.080 I buy a lot of chocolate milk. 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:38.919 And not only that, 00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:41.919 I am the obnoxious person 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:42.960 in the grocery store 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:45.080 who digs around with the cartons 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:47.440 to find the expiration date 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:49.080 that is farthest off in the future. 00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:51.379 I mean, 00:15:51.400 --> 00:15:52.400 I'm just one man, right? 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:54.440 I can only drink 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:55.720 so much chocolate milk. 00:15:56.400 --> 00:15:57.340 And so if I see 00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:58.480 that the expiration date 00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:59.860 is two days from now, 00:16:00.020 --> 00:16:01.420 am I going to buy the big jug? 00:16:02.420 --> 00:16:02.780 No, 00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.759 of course not, right? 00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:04.759 That would be foolish. 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:05.960 I'm going to drive it, 00:16:06.020 --> 00:16:06.800 buy the small jug. 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.539 Small jug. 00:16:09.059 --> 00:16:09.459 Why? 00:16:10.719 --> 00:16:12.219 Because the milk 00:16:12.219 --> 00:16:13.799 is perishable. 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:15.959 Right? 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:18.019 It is not going to last forever. 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:20.399 If I don't get 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:21.359 while the getting's good, 00:16:22.199 --> 00:16:23.799 I'm either not going to get any 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:26.199 or my body is going to rebel 00:16:26.199 --> 00:16:27.799 in a tremendous way. 00:16:33.079 --> 00:16:33.740 Peter says, 00:16:33.839 --> 00:16:33.919 look, 00:16:33.979 --> 00:16:35.719 this is not what your inheritance is like. 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:38.220 There is no expiration date. 00:16:39.180 --> 00:16:40.680 It is imperishable. 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:43.540 No matter how long you wait for it, 00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:46.259 it will not go bad. 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:49.480 No matter how long you suffer 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:50.440 in this world, 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:52.680 it will still be waiting for you. 00:16:54.019 --> 00:16:55.440 There is nothing 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:58.460 that can cause it to spoil. 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:01.060 It's imperishable. 00:17:03.560 --> 00:17:05.539 There's no best by date. 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:07.559 There is no sell-by date 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:09.000 on the inheritance 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:10.779 that is yours 00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:13.200 because of Jesus' resurrection. 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:17.259 Peter also tells us 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:18.160 it's undefiled, 00:17:19.120 --> 00:17:20.779 which is his way of saying 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.980 this inheritance 00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:24.059 is not going to be affected 00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:24.980 or touched 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.980 by sin. 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:30.200 The very best experiences 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:31.600 that you have in this world, 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.880 the closest 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:36.420 and most intimate relationships 00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.900 in your life, 00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:41.500 even when you see creation 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.880 at its best, 00:17:44.800 --> 00:17:47.000 sin is still there 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.780 in the background. 00:17:49.840 --> 00:17:52.660 You are still not seeing it 00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:54.600 for as good as it can be. 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:58.160 Not so, Christian, 00:17:58.580 --> 00:17:59.640 with your inheritance. 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:03.100 You will experience 00:18:03.100 --> 00:18:04.420 finally 00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:05.700 the world 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:07.100 without sin. 00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:11.240 And so he tells us 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.240 it's imperishable, 00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:13.200 it's untainted 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:16.560 or undefiled. 00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:17.280 We're also told 00:18:17.280 --> 00:18:18.480 that it is unfading. 00:18:19.840 --> 00:18:20.920 You may have noticed 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:21.880 last Sunday, 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:23.480 if you're a careful observer, 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.480 that my car 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.620 was not in the parking lot 00:18:25.620 --> 00:18:26.220 of this church 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:27.960 because my car 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.860 was in the body shop. 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:31.100 I got rear-ended 00:18:31.100 --> 00:18:31.759 last year 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:33.180 and I finally made it 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:34.400 into the schedule 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:35.380 many months later 00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:35.940 so I could get 00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.480 a new bumper. 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:37.539 I went to 00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:38.900 Red Nolan Collision Center 00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.559 here in town, 00:18:39.620 --> 00:18:40.600 which I cannot recommend 00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:41.420 highly enough. 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:43.180 And they broke 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:44.100 some very bad news 00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:44.740 to me when I took 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.319 my car in. 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:46.660 They said, 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:47.880 this is the last time 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:49.000 we will ever help you 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.600 because we don't see cars 00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:54.160 older than 10 years old. 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:56.420 So you've aged out. 00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:57.620 Like, we're going to 00:18:57.620 --> 00:18:59.160 let you slide in here, 00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.620 we'll give you 00:18:59.620 --> 00:19:00.180 a new bumper, 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.560 don't come back. 00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:04.120 Why? 00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:06.180 Because my car 00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:07.600 is fading. 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:09.160 Right? 00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.700 There's a sense 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.440 in which there's 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.660 a relative fading, 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.759 it's fading 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.420 in comparison 00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.300 to new cars. 00:19:15.820 --> 00:19:17.080 So for a glorious 00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:17.940 few days, 00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.680 I got to drive 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.940 around this rental car, 00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:21.900 it was a Corolla Cross, 00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:22.900 and I thought, 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.160 wow, 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:24.779 there's a lot 00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.560 of wonderful things 00:19:25.560 --> 00:19:25.980 that have been put 00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.340 in cars 00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:27.180 in the last 10 years. 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:30.080 This is what it's like 00:19:30.080 --> 00:19:31.220 to drive a new car. 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.640 So it's fading 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:34.660 in this relative sense, 00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:34.900 right? 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:36.019 My car is less 00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:37.100 and less relevant. 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.560 It does not have 00:19:38.560 --> 00:19:39.759 car play in it. 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:41.019 It does not have 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:42.000 all the bells and whistles. 00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:43.320 It doesn't beep at me, 00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:43.580 you know, 00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.740 if I'm about to hit someone. 00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:47.220 There's also 00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:48.800 an absolute fading. 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:51.240 My car is not 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.900 as glorious 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.700 as it was 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.559 10 years ago. 00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.120 My headlights, 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:57.079 they're kind of foggy. 00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:59.180 They don't light up 00:19:59.180 --> 00:19:59.660 the roads 00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.460 like they did 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.480 back in 2013, 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.240 2014. 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.559 They're chips, 00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:06.039 right, 00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:07.339 from the rocks 00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.000 of Colorado. 00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.519 I have a cracked 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:09.980 windshield. 00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.140 Time 00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:15.019 has its effect 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.980 on all things. 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:18.680 time wears 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:20.079 down all things 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.839 where they become 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:22.440 less and less 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.360 beautiful. 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:26.440 Not so 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.700 with your inheritance. 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:30.500 It is imperishable, 00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.920 undefiled, 00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:33.819 unfading. 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:37.720 No matter how long 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.200 you wait, 00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:40.559 no matter what happens 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.460 in this world, 00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:43.299 it will be as glorious 00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:45.359 then as it is 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:46.279 now. 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.919 That brings us 00:20:51.919 --> 00:20:52.879 back to our question, 00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.419 which is this, 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.539 where do we get 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:57.099 that unshakable 00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:57.419 hope? 00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:00.119 What does it look 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:01.279 like for our roots 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:02.279 to go 30 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:03.259 and 40 feet 00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.019 into the ground 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.899 that we can access 00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:06.240 a water table 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:07.579 separate from 00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.180 whatever is 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.559 happening 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.519 today? 00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.680 Well, 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.240 it's reminding 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.740 ourselves 00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.519 of this truth. 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.120 No matter 00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.720 what happens 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.279 now 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.339 in this world, 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.839 it cannot 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.839 affect 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:21.000 your future 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.039 with Christ. 00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:25.099 No matter 00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:26.099 what is shaken 00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:27.279 temporarily, 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:30.180 your inheritance 00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:31.819 is secure. 00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.660 Your hope 00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.839 cannot be 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.339 taken away. 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.880 Let's say 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.480 that you 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.539 get in your car 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.019 and you drive 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.000 away after the 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.740 service today 00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.120 and you're 00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.599 filled with 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.440 hope from 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:44.200 our celebration 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.940 of Easter 00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:46.380 and you get 00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.000 in a horrific 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.740 car accident 00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:49.940 and it turns 00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.680 out that you're 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.519 actually paralyzed 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.220 from the neck 00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.460 down. 00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:56.240 Your life 00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:57.319 will change 00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.079 dramatically 00:21:58.079 --> 00:22:04.059 and the promise 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:05.380 of a new body 00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:07.000 in the new heavens 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:08.420 and the new earth 00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:09.580 is untouched. 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:13.420 Your future, 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:15.860 your ultimate future 00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:18.620 changes in no way. 00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:21.640 You still have 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.539 an inheritance 00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:25.100 that is imperishable, 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.519 undefiled, 00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.600 unfading, 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:29.259 kept in heaven 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.240 for you. 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:34.039 Let's say that you are 00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:35.420 falsely accused 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.800 of a crime 00:22:36.800 --> 00:22:37.560 you didn't commit 00:22:37.560 --> 00:22:39.940 and you end up 00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.840 spending the next 00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.779 20 years 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.380 in prison. 00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.980 That is a real 00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.440 tragedy. 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.160 And 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.880 you will 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:52.800 still experience, 00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.120 if you are 00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.820 in Christ, 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.800 better things 00:22:56.800 --> 00:22:57.960 than anyone 00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:59.180 on this earth 00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.900 has ever 00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.600 seen. 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:03.500 your future, 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.839 your ultimate 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.559 future 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.379 remains 00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:07.299 the same. 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.240 Your inheritance 00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.699 is imperishable, 00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.339 undefiled, 00:23:12.679 --> 00:23:13.419 and unfading, 00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.299 kept 00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.199 in heaven 00:23:15.199 --> 00:23:16.119 for you. 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.299 Let's say 00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.079 the stock market 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.039 crashes tomorrow 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:26.799 and you thought 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.339 that you were 00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:27.879 going to be able 00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.579 to retire 00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:30.500 and now 00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.000 that becomes 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.839 more of a dream 00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:33.199 than a reality. 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:36.299 Your financial 00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.980 security 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.399 may decrease, 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:42.879 your ultimate 00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.399 future 00:23:43.399 --> 00:23:45.119 is unchanged. 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.159 That 00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:49.019 is the 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.819 water table 00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.899 of the Christian. 00:23:52.419 --> 00:23:53.299 That 00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.740 is the 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.379 source 00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:55.299 of hope 00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.439 and peace 00:23:56.439 --> 00:23:57.699 and joy 00:23:57.700 --> 00:24:00.580 no matter 00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:00.960 what. 00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.940 You'll see 00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:04.039 this on page 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.620 nine of your 00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.240 worship guide. 00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:06.640 What many 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.299 people would 00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.140 spend millions 00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:09.140 to attain, 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.319 God has 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.000 made available 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.000 to every 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.559 believer 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.500 through the 00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.500 gift of 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.840 the Holy 00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.240 Spirit. 00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.279 Christian, 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.019 you have 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.500 a hope. 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:22.000 You have 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.600 a future 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:22.659 future 00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:25.480 that others 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.419 spend their 00:24:26.419 --> 00:24:26.959 lives 00:24:26.959 --> 00:24:28.000 trying to 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.619 secure 00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:30.559 and never 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.379 achieve. 00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.919 You are 00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.339 richer 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.459 than you 00:24:36.459 --> 00:24:37.039 can imagine. 00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:40.059 Financial 00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.759 advisors will 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.439 tell you not 00:24:41.439 --> 00:24:41.959 to watch 00:24:41.959 --> 00:24:42.699 your portfolio 00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:43.699 too closely 00:24:43.699 --> 00:24:44.299 if you want 00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.699 to stay 00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.139 sane 00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:46.000 because the 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.619 ups and 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.199 the downs 00:24:47.199 --> 00:24:47.879 of the market 00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.339 are so 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.799 constant. 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.559 It's easy 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.079 for our 00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.039 hearts to 00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.379 become 00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:51.980 tethered 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.440 to those 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.159 things and 00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:53.740 lose 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.420 perspective 00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.759 on the 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.259 big picture. 00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.799 Peter is 00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.319 telling us 00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.960 the opposite 00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.359 here. 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.240 Keep your 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.500 eyes on 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.079 this 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.940 portfolio. 00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.460 Watch 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.059 this 00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.980 portfolio 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:09.200 every day. 00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.539 Remind 00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.319 yourself 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:13.420 constantly 00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.579 of what 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.240 cannot 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.399 be touched. 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.279 And as 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.799 life swirls 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.700 around you, 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.339 you will 00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.059 have a 00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.599 peace 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.859 and a 00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.480 security 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.539 and a 00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.119 stability 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:29.220 that others 00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.059 can only 00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:31.039 dream of. 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:36.159 For those 00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:36.639 who are in 00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.059 Christ, 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.680 nothing 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:40.139 and no 00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.559 one 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.659 can touch 00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:42.480 your 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.359 inheritance. 00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:46.339 No tragedy, 00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:48.359 no accident, 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:50.659 no loss. 00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:53.299 Paul also 00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.819 tells us 00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.339 in Romans 00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.359 chapter 8 00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.119 this, 00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:57.399 For I 00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.059 consider that 00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.779 the sufferings 00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.139 of this 00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.979 present time 00:25:59.979 --> 00:26:00.639 are not 00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.759 worth comparing 00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.979 with the 00:26:02.979 --> 00:26:04.379 glory that 00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:04.839 is to be 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.479 revealed to 00:26:05.479 --> 00:26:05.839 us. 00:26:08.959 --> 00:26:09.779 What is 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.219 the hardest 00:26:10.219 --> 00:26:12.039 and most 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.719 discouraging 00:26:12.719 --> 00:26:13.279 thing in 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.740 your life? 00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:18.359 it is 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.920 not worth 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.259 being 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.799 compared 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.740 to the 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.120 glory 00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:22.120 that is 00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.759 going to 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.200 be 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.960 revealed. 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.880 If you 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.279 are in 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.700 Christ, 00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.859 the best 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:30.000 things are 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.960 yet to 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.259 come. 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.319 And so 00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.880 this raises 00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.500 the piercing 00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.740 question for 00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.400 all of us. 00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.259 What is 00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.380 the glory 00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.460 of your 00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.240 life? 00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.100 What is 00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.600 the hope 00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:48.040 that you 00:26:48.040 --> 00:26:48.700 have above 00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.580 every other 00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:49.920 hope? 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.180 What is 00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.940 the security 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:55.020 that you 00:26:55.020 --> 00:26:55.460 rest your 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.860 feet on? 00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.820 Anything 00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.380 else, 00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:00.660 anything 00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:02.000 besides the 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:03.000 resurrection of 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.760 Jesus Christ, 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.220 which earns 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.120 you an 00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:06.680 inheritance 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.700 that is 00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.500 imperishable, 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.380 unfading, 00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:10.600 and undefiled 00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.540 will 00:27:11.540 --> 00:27:12.440 disappoint. 00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.500 Anything 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.000 else 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.320 will fail. 00:27:18.780 --> 00:27:19.240 Health, 00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.540 wealth, 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.960 relationships, 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.540 all good 00:27:23.540 --> 00:27:24.080 things, 00:27:24.520 --> 00:27:25.000 not 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:26.100 ultimate 00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:27.220 things. 00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.840 There is 00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.680 one thing 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:32.060 that is 00:27:32.060 --> 00:27:32.820 most worthwhile, 00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:35.360 one thing 00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:35.900 that is 00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.600 most valuable, 00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:39.039 one thing 00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.699 that you 00:27:39.699 --> 00:27:40.059 cannot 00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.599 lose, 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.659 and that 00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:44.279 is your 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.039 water 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.459 table. 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.279 That 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:50.399 is what 00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:50.980 the roots 00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.359 of the 00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:51.839 Christian 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.039 draw water 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.019 from deep 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:55.059 underneath 00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:56.679 the surface. 00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.959 It's not a 00:27:59.959 --> 00:28:00.639 pie-in-the-sky 00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:00.980 hope. 00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.419 It's not a 00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:02.959 maybe hope. 00:28:03.959 --> 00:28:04.639 Peter tells us 00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.159 in verse 3 00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.699 it's a living 00:28:05.699 --> 00:28:06.039 hope. 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:12.919 It's not 00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.519 based on 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:13.980 someone's 00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.439 projection 00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:15.079 about what 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.819 might happen 00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.099 in the 00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.459 future. 00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:17.399 No, 00:28:17.459 --> 00:28:17.899 it's based 00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.159 on the 00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:18.579 fact that 00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:18.859 Jesus, 00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.799 as a 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.219 real man 00:28:20.219 --> 00:28:20.519 in real 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.000 time and 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.639 real space, 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.159 actually died 00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:24.039 and actually 00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.579 rose again 00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:24.899 from the 00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.119 dead. 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.439 Paul tells 00:28:27.439 --> 00:28:27.759 us in 00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.339 1 Corinthians 00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.119 chapter 15 00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.740 this is not 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.119 just some 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.859 idea that 00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.099 someone 00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.659 created. 00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:32.740 No, 00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.079 there were 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:34.000 eyewitnesses 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.500 who saw 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.379 Jesus after 00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.019 his resurrection. 00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.440 In fact, 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.839 at one 00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.139 point, 00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.700 there were 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.579 500 people 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.000 who saw 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.220 him at 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.680 one time. 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.539 We're not 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:41.920 getting into 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.319 this this 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.519 morning, 00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:42.779 but there 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.119 are many 00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.619 and great 00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.299 reasons that 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.599 Christians 00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.440 believe that 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.139 Jesus did 00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.680 in fact 00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:48.000 rise from 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.379 the dead. 00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.759 And so 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.139 there is 00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:52.339 great security 00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.759 in knowing 00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.119 what will 00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.519 happen in 00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.940 the future. 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:56.799 God 00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.440 tells us, 00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.100 John chapter 00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.460 5, 00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.759 there will 00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.039 be a 00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.480 resurrection, 00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.700 a resurrection 00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.340 to life 00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:01.960 and a 00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.360 resurrection 00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:02.980 to judgment. 00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.820 Those who 00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.180 are in 00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.740 Christ will 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.980 experience a 00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.360 resurrection 00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:07.960 to life. 00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.480 Christian, 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.620 that is 00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:12.940 your 00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:14.759 unshakable 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.559 hope. 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:15.619 love. 00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.500 That is 00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.059 what gives 00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.119 you joy 00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:21.119 and peace 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.919 and hope 00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:23.179 and confidence 00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:25.559 no matter 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.720 what. 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.019 Because Jesus 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.359 has risen 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.319 from the 00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.519 dead. 00:29:33.479 --> 00:29:34.039 Let's 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.259 pray. 00:29:35.979 --> 00:29:36.539 Our 00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:36.979 Father in 00:29:36.979 --> 00:29:37.179 heaven, 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.779 we do 00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.959 thank you 00:29:38.959 --> 00:29:40.059 that you 00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:41.039 have made 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.259 us a 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.919 great promise 00:29:41.919 --> 00:29:43.319 that we 00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.959 do have 00:29:43.959 --> 00:29:45.419 an inheritance 00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:46.779 that's better 00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.419 even than we 00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:47.959 can imagine. 00:29:48.719 --> 00:29:49.119 And that no 00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.719 matter what 00:29:49.719 --> 00:29:50.479 happens here, 00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.299 it cannot 00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.500 be taken 00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:52.819 away. 00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.199 We ask 00:29:54.199 --> 00:29:54.459 that you 00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:55.039 would grow 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.519 that hope 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.779 in our 00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.219 hearts that 00:29:56.219 --> 00:29:56.399 it would 00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:57.119 become more 00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.619 and more 00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.279 real to 00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.899 our minds 00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.240 and our 00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.819 affections 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.679 and that 00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:00.960 it would 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.419 give us 00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:02.119 a steady 00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:04.319 and unshakable 00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.740 a daily 00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.980 peace and 00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.519 joy in 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.740 you. 00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.299 That as the 00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.179 world swirls 00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:09.839 around us, 00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.659 we would 00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.119 have calm 00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.740 as we stand 00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.139 on that 00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:13.679 foundation, 00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.659 the only 00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.519 foundation that 00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.019 cannot be 00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.279 shaken. 00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:17.460 We ask 00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.960 these things 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.399 in the mighty 00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:18.859 name of 00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.579 Jesus Christ. 00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.099 Amen.