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 Good morning again, and welcome to Church of the Advent.

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 If you're joining us for the first time, my name is Jeff, and I'm one of the pastors here,

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 and I would love to meet you after the service and get to know you a little bit.

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 I'll be outside on the steps.

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 Please come say hello.

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 Brian Johnson is a billionaire tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist whose mission in life

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 is to reverse the aging process of his own body and to be able to live longer than human beings

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 have ever been able to live.

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 Every day, Brian Johnson follows a strict regimen of diet and exercise, taking over 100 supplements

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 a day, having blood plasma treatments, skin treatments, and strict sleep protocols.

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 This is a project that costs him over $2 million a year.

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 Back in January of this year, Fortune magazine reported that Johnson had hosted Kim Kardashian

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 and other members of the Kardashian family and influential people, lots of other influential

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 people, for a don't-die dinner.

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 It sounds like I'm making this up, but I'm not.

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 The article said that Johnson has hosted bi-weekly Don't Die dinners for the last few years, and

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 he has welcomed hundreds of guests, including politicians, astronauts, artists, scientists,

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 and he says the impetus for the dinners is to provoke conversations about what it means

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 to be human.

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 Don't Die is the punchline of the dinner, he says.

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 The article goes on to say that guests enjoy a meal of broccoli, cauliflower, black lentils,

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 and nutty pudding, a concoction of various nuts and berries.

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 And in true Johnson fashion, because sleep needs to be optimized, the dinner wrapped up

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 at 7.30 that evening.

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 Most recently, it was reported on multiple news outlets, you can look this up, that due to Johnson's

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 progress, he now celebrates his biological age every 19 months.

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 Now, to many of us, I think this probably sounds a bit extreme and honestly a little silly,

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 but I think you've got to give it to him.

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 This is someone who has taken the human problem of human mortality very seriously, a problem

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 that most of us would honestly prefer not to think about on a daily basis.

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 The fact that there are over a thousand ways that our bodies can break down and get sick

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 and suffer and die.

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 Some of us right now know this better than others, but even for the healthiest among us,

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 it's just a matter of time.

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 Given enough years and days and months and minutes,

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 our bodies will eventually break down and stop working.

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 And you have to give it to him.

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 Brian Johnson is trying to face this problem of human mortality with incredible hope and

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 optimism and discipline, and he's trying to inspire others to do the same.

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 But is there a better way to think about and respond to the human problem of mortality and

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 frailty and weakness?

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 The Apostle Paul is someone who not only thought about these things a lot, but he faced them

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 head on and experienced a great deal of suffering.

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 He was imprisoned.

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 He was beaten.

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 He was shipwrecked.

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 His life was threatened countless times.

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 And he had critics who questioned his credibility, critics that he's speaking to here in this letter

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 in 2 Corinthians.

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 And his critics believe that if he really was an apostle from God,

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 he wouldn't experience this kind of bodily frailty and weakness and suffering.

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 And yet in the middle of that, he has this incredible hope and optimism.

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 Far beyond the hope and optimism of somebody like Brian Johnson.

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 And the question is why?

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 What hope does Christianity offer the world as it relates to human frailty and weakness

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 and mortality?

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 And what difference does that make in our lives?

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 And that's the question that I want to look at this morning, this question of hope.

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 That's what we're going to look at as we look at our passage in 2 Corinthians 4 and 5.

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 We're going to look at the hope of present transformation and the hope of future glory.

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 The hope of present transformation and the hope of future glory.

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 So first of all, the hope of present transformation.

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 In verse 16, at the beginning of our passage, Paul says this.

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 So we do not lose heart.

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 Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

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 The fact that our outer self is wasting away, this reality of mortality,

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 has the potential to drive us to discouragement and even to despair.

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 And many people have been driven there.

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 On the other hand, it can drive others like Brian Johnson to,

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 not to discouragement and despair, but to greater discipline.

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 To have greater discipline and mastery over his body.

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 But Paul isn't discouraged about his mortality.

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 He's not driven to despair.

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 Nor does he say that the solution is greater discipline or mastery over our bodies.

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 No, he's filled with hope and encouragement.

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 He says, for we do not lose heart.

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Because though our outer selves are headed towards a trajectory of breakdown and decay,

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 our inner selves are headed in precisely the opposite direction,

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 towards transformation and renewal and healing.

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 Listen to how Paul describes this inner transformation just a couple chapters earlier in chapter 3, verse 18.

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 And we behold the glory of the Lord.

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 As we behold the glory of the Lord,

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 we are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.

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 From one degree of glory to another.

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 Outwardly, our bodies are being changed from one degree of mortality and weakness to another.

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 But for the Christian who's been filled with the Spirit,

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 we are inwardly being transformed from one degree of glory to another to look more and more like Christ.

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 This is a kind of glory that no amount of discipline could ever achieve.

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 And it's the glory of spiritual transformation and moral beauty.

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 It's the glory of holiness.

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 It's the glory of becoming more and more like God.

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 But even as we think about this,

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 as we think about our own transformation,

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 it's easy to get discouraged about that.

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 The older that I've gotten,

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 the more I've wondered,

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 can people actually change?

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 Can I change?

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 Can broken relationships be healed?

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 Can leaders in the public square

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 live just and morally beautiful lives?

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 A younger version of myself would probably have been more optimistic

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 about the answers to these questions.

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 And I wonder about you.

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 As you've gotten older,

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 have you become more encouraged or discouraged

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 about the possibility of change?

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 About the possibility of change in your own life

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 and in the lives of others?

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 Wherever you're at,

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 Paul would remind us today that we,

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 of all people,

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 should be optimistic in the face of these questions.

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 Because of the power of the Holy Spirit

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 that is available to us

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 to transform us inwardly,

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 even as outwardly our bodies

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 have the appearance of wasting away.

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 By God's grace,

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 people can change

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 and live lives of moral beauty

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 this side of heaven.

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 Just in the past month,

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 I have seen this.

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 I've seen a change happen in my extended family

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 that, to be honest,

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 I had lost hope could ever happen.

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 After years of no communication whatsoever,

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 I received a text message

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 from an extended family member

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 who I thought would never talk to me ever again.

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 Now, this might sound like

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 a really simple, unglorious thing,

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 but some of you have the kind of broken relationships

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 where you know that there is a depth

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 and there's a degree of brokenness

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 where to receive a text message from somebody

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 would mean that God has done a miracle.

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 And this is exactly what happened.

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 I saw real change.

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 I saw real transformation happen

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 in somebody in my extended family

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 that I have a relationship with.

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 Brian Johnson is seeking outer transformation.

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 He's seeking the reversal of his age.

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 But Christianity offers us something

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 far greater and deeper and profound,

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 the inner transformation of our humanity

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 into moral and spiritual beauty,

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 into Christlikeness,

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 the reversal of our sin nature.

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 And this isn't a transformation

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 that just lasts for the present.

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 It's a transformation that lasts for all of eternity.

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 And Paul is clear

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 that the transformation that we experience in this life

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 is evidence,

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 is directly linked to the fact

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 that we also possess the hope of eternal glory.

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 And that's what I want to look at next,

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 is we not only have the hope of present transformation,

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 but we also have the hope of future glory.

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 And we see that in the next verse

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 and the verses preceding.

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 2 Corinthians 4, verse 17.

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 Paul says,

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 For this light and momentary affliction

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 is preparing for us

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 an eternal weight of glory

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 far beyond all comparison.

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 However we imagine

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 the beauty and glory of heaven

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 to be with our finite brains,

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 our best projections,

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 our best imaginations

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 pale in comparison

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 to what it will actually be like.

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 Consider what Paul says elsewhere

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 in 1 Corinthians 2.

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 He says,

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 No eye has seen,

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 nor ear heard,

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 nor the heart of man imagined

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 what God has prepared

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 for those who love him.

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 We are actually not given

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 a lot of intricate detail in Scripture

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 about what heaven will be like.

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 We do have some glimpses

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 in some places,

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 like the book of Revelation.

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 But actually what we're given more of

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 and what Paul emphasizes here

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 in this passage

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 and in other places

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 is that we will have

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 resurrected glorified bodies.

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 In chapter 5, verse 1,

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 he compares our current bodies

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 to a tent.

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 And he says that we have,

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 in these tents that we have,

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 we have this promise

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 of a greater house,

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 a greater dwelling,

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 a building from God,

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 a house not made with hands,

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 eternal in the heavens.

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 And then in verse 4,

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 he mixes these metaphors

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 of dwelling and clothing.

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 And he says,

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 For while we are still in this tent,

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 we groan,

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 being burdened,

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 not that we would be unclothed,

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 but that we would be further clothed

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 so that what is mortal

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 may be swallowed up by life.

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 Paul is mixing metaphors here

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 of home and clothing

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 to make the point

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 that our transition

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 from this life

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 to the next one

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 isn't going from being clothed

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 to being naked.

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 It's not from having a body

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 to being without a body.

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 Rather,

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 it's transitioning

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 from a lesser body

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 to a greater,

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 more glorified body.

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 From a tent

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 to a home.

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 From being clothed

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 to being further clothed.

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 From a weak,

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 frail,

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 mortal body

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 to an immortal,

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 indestructible,

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 glorified body.

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 Now,

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 even though he

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 doesn't go into great detail

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 about what this body

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 will look like,

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 and sometimes I wish

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 that Paul did,

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 this actually helps us

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 to imagine

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 how beautiful

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 and glorious

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 heaven will be.

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 Think about

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 all of the best

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 experiences

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 and pleasures

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 that you have experienced

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 in your body.

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 Think about

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 the best meals

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 that you have

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 ever eaten.

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 Well,

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 heaven is described

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 like a great feast,

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 a wedding supper,

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 the wedding supper

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 of the Lamb

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 between Christ

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 and the church.

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 Think about

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 the most beautiful

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 experiences

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 outdoors

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 in nature

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 that you've had,

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 whether it's

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 a sunset

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 or a hike

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 in the mountains

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 or a day

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 at the beach.

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 Our future

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 is the renewal

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 of all creation,

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 the marriage

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 of heaven and earth.

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 Think about

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 the best night's

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 sleep you've ever

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 had.

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 Heaven is

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 the ultimate

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 Sabbath rest.

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 Think about

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 the best experiences

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 of art

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 or music

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 that you've

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 ever experienced.

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 Heaven is described

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 as a place

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 of beauty

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 and glory

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 beyond all

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 comparison.

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 The point is

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 that the promise

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 of future glory

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 isn't a glory

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 apart from our bodies,

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 but an embodied

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 glory

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 that transcends

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 all our best

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 bodily experiences

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 in this life

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 and fulfills

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 the deepest

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 longings

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 that we have.

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 And this is why

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 Paul is

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 filled

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 with hope.

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 This is why

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 he repeats

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 multiple times

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 in this passage,

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 we are always

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 of good courage,

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 we do not

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 lose heart

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 because the promise

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 of future glory

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 is more beautiful

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 than any of us

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 could possibly

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 imagine.

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 And this not only

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 gives us hope

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 for the future,

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 but it transforms

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 how we think

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 about our bodies

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 in the present.

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 On one hand,

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 the hope

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 of the resurrection

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 of the body

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 gives us

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 the greatest

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 possible affirmation

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 of the dignity

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 of what it means

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 to be human

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 and to have a body.

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 But on the other hand,

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 it also cautions us

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 not to place

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 our ultimate hope

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 in these bodies,

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 in these tents.

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 We might not be

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 billionaires

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 like Brian Johnson

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 with $2 million

00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:02.240
 a year

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 to spend

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 on our physical health

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 and reversing

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 our aging process

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 and hosting

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 don't die dinners

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 with celebrities.

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 But we all

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 to some degree

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 experience the temptation

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 to treat these bodies

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 as our home

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 and not as a tent.

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 It's easy for us,

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 I think,

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 that we live

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 in the culture

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 that we live

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 in this culture

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 to base our sense

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 of self-worth,

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 to base our ultimate

00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.760
 source of hope

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 in our physical beauty,

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 in our health,

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 in our fitness.

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 We're surrounded

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 by images

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 in marketing

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 and media

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 and TV

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 and movies

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 that offer

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 a vision

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 and a particular

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 vision

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 of what it means

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 to be human

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 that can lead us

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 to a certain

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 kind of idolatry

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 where we give

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 physical beauty

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 and health

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 and fitness

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 a place of worship

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 in our hearts

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 that only God deserves.

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 One of the main problems

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 in a culture like that,

00:17:07.600 --> 00:17:08.059
 in a culture

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 that worships beauty

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 and physical fitness,

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 is that it has

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 little to no resources

00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.460
 to help people

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 face the realities

00:17:15.620 --> 00:17:17.059
 of physical weakness

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 and suffering.

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 The solutions

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.519
 we come up with

00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:21.740
 are only for the elite

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 and for the rich.

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 See,

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.220
 if you worship

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 physical beauty

00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.579
 or health

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 or fitness,

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 you'll never be able

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.860
 to see how physical

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 suffering

00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:30.319
 or weakness

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:31.340
 or even death

00:17:31.340 --> 00:17:34.220
 could make you

00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:35.559
 more beautiful,

00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:36.559
 could make you

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.360
 more glorious,

00:17:37.840 --> 00:17:38.440
 could make you

00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:39.140
 into a person

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 of greater spiritual beauty.

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 Instead,

00:17:41.340 --> 00:17:42.600
 it will always drive you

00:17:42.600 --> 00:17:44.660
 to despair

00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:46.039
 and discouragement.

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 But if you see

00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:50.120
 Jesus Christ,

00:17:51.080 --> 00:17:52.400
 what you see in Jesus

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 is that you see

00:17:53.340 --> 00:17:53.940
 a God

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 who took on a body.

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 Think about

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 what it means

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 for our weak,

00:18:02.080 --> 00:18:02.740
 frail,

00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.240
 suffering,

00:18:05.860 --> 00:18:06.660
 dying bodies

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:09.080
 that are outwardly

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 wasting away.

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 Think about

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 what it means

00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:15.220
 that God

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 took on a body,

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 a body that was weak,

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 a body that was frail,

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 that had limits,

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 a body that suffered,

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 a body that died.

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 Think about the fact

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 that because God

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 himself experienced

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 in his body

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.359
 all the weaknesses

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 and frailties

00:18:38.139 --> 00:18:39.159
 that we experience.

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 He can use

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 those things

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 in our life

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 to transform us

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 to be more like him,

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 to become

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 more glorious.

00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.559
 And what can bring us

00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.079
 more hope

00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:52.440
 for our bodies

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 than the fact

00:18:52.899 --> 00:18:53.659
 that we are promised

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 the same transformation

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.899
 that Christ experienced

00:18:56.899 --> 00:18:58.559
 in his own resurrection,

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 a transformation

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 far beyond

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:02.139
 what supplements

00:19:02.139 --> 00:19:04.039
 and skin treatments

00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:06.619
 and gym memberships

00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.279
 and mascara

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.279
 could ever achieve,

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:08.879
 a transformation

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.839
 that doesn't

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:11.759
 downplay

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:13.379
 or minimize

00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:15.500
 or ignore

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:17.299
 our suffering

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:17.980
 and our weakness,

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:21.879
 but that in comparison,

00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:23.599
 in comparison,

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:25.480
 makes our suffering

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.619
 look like

00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:27.740
 what Paul calls

00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:29.180
 a light

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:30.660
 and momentary

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.400
 affliction.

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 And far from being

00:19:34.120 --> 00:19:34.460
 a hope

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.120
 that is only

00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:36.599
 available to the rich

00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:37.140
 and the elite

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:37.640
 and the healthy,

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.120
 the hope

00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:39.059
 of the resurrection

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:40.079
 of the body

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.680
 is a hope

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.480
 that is available

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.120
 to everyone.

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.559
 And this is why

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:46.160
 Paul is full

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:47.319
 of optimism

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:47.940
 and hope

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.420
 in the midst

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.920
 of his own mortality.

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.640
 This is why he says

00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:51.339
 we are always

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:51.940
 of good courage,

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.920
 we do not lose heart.

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:56.079
 In these tents

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:56.720
 we groan.

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:59.680
 But in our groaning

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.599
 we are always

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:02.019
 of good courage

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:03.900
 because we have

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.319
 the hope

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:06.220
 of present transformation,

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:08.259
 that by God's grace

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:09.240
 we can be transformed

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.180
 by the Holy Spirit

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:11.740
 to live lives

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.980
 of moral beauty

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:14.299
 this side of heaven.

00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:16.180
 And that this

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:17.279
 present transformation

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.420
 is evidence

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:19.779
 that we also possess

00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:20.319
 the hope

00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:21.680
 of future glory.

00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:24.700
 And our groaning

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:27.019
 is evidence

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:29.039
 that one day

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:30.220
 our groaning

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.980
 will end.

00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:33.400
 That our earthly tent

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.859
 will become

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:36.299
 a heavenly dwelling.

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:39.000
 That our tattered rags

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.900
 will become robes

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.420
 of splendor.

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.920
 That what is mortal

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:44.819
 will be swallowed up

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.819
 by life.

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:50.259
 as I was reflecting

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:51.079
 on all this

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.799
 this past week

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:54.119
 I couldn't help

00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:54.720
 but continue

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.359
 to think about

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.500
 Brian Johnson's

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:58.019
 don't die dinners.

00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.659
 Partially because

00:20:59.659 --> 00:21:00.519
 I thought it was funny

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.879
 to imagine

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.980
 the Kardashian family

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.899
 sitting around the table

00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:05.480
 with their makeup

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.399
 and Botox

00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:08.139
 eating cauliflower

00:21:08.139 --> 00:21:09.460
 telling each other

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.039
 to not die.

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:13.819
 but more so

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:15.740
 because I couldn't

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.119
 help

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:18.279
 but connect it

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.759
 to the meal

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.500
 that we receive

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.039
 each week

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.619
 at this table.

00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:23.019
 Now maybe that's

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.480
 because I'm an

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.119
 Anglican priest

00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:25.720
 and because I think

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.279
 about these things

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.519
 a lot.

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.700
 But also I think

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.220
 there is something

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.940
 that is connected

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:31.399
 to this universal longing

00:21:31.399 --> 00:21:32.960
 for what is offered

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.980
 and made available

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.859
 in the Eucharist.

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:36.659
 That in our decaying

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.079
 frail

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:38.599
 mortal bodies

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:40.019
 we have this longing

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.199
 for present healing

00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:42.079
 and transformation

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:45.319
 and also this longing

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.719
 for future glory

00:21:46.719 --> 00:21:47.539
 and immortality.

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:50.539
 And somehow we know

00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.939
 on an intuitive level

00:21:51.939 --> 00:21:55.459
 that what we eat

00:21:55.459 --> 00:21:56.879
 and what we drink

00:21:56.879 --> 00:22:00.419
 is where we find assurance

00:22:00.419 --> 00:22:02.480
 that those longings

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.480
 will be fulfilled.

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.740
 And if I was there

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:08.960
 at that dinner table

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:10.519
 at Brian Johnson's house

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:13.259
 if you can imagine

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.620
 me and my collar

00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:16.579
 sitting next to Kim

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:16.980
 and Courtney

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:21.140
 what I would want

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:22.160
 to invite them

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.960
 to

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:24.220
 and what I want

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.960
 to invite us to

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.559
 is this

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:27.339
 that the hope

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:27.920
 of healing

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.720
 and immortality

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.660
 that they are longing

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:29.980
 for

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.940
 that we are all

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.940
 longing for

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:35.940
 isn't in what

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.640
 we do

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:38.160
 to our bodies

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:41.299
 it's in what

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.019
 Jesus does

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.720
 to our bodies

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.759
 and nowhere

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.620
 are we assured

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:46.279
 more of this

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.220
 than in the Eucharist

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.140
 where Christ

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.160
 gives us

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.200
 his own life

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:52.120
 his own

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 body

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 broken for us

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 his own blood

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 shed for us

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 offered

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 mystically

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 and sacramentally

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 in bread

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 and wine

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 the hope

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 of healing

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 and transformation

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 both now

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 and forever

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 given

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 and offered

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 freely

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 to bodies

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 that are

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 frail

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 and weak

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 and sick

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 and suffering

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 that through

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 the suffering

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 and weakness

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 of his own body

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 through the

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 indestructible glory

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 of his resurrection

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 Jesus is the one

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 who reverses

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 our aging process

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 forever

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 through the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 and to the glory

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 of God the Father

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 and I'd want

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 to remind

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 the people

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 at this table

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 of these words

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 therefore

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 we do

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 not lose

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 heart

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 though our

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 outer self

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 is wasting away

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 our inner self

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 is being renewed

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 day by day

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 for this light

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 momentary affliction

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 is preparing

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 for us

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 an eternal

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 weight of glory

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 beyond all

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 comparison

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 as we look

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 not to the things

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 that are seen

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 but to the things

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 that are unseen

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 for the things

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 that are seen

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 are transient

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 but the things

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 that are unseen

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 are eternal

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 let's pray

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 God and Father

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 we thank you

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 that in the midst

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 of the weakness

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 and frailty

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.240
 and mortality

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 of our own bodies

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 that we have

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 this hope

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 that we have

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 this embodied

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.680
 hope of the

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 resurrection

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 of the body

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 Lord I pray

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 that that hope

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.940
 would fill us

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 with faith

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 right now

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.759
 in the present

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 to know you

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 and trust you

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 and worship you

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:52.759
 thank you

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.539
 that you promise

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.940
 healing to us

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 both now

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.000
 and forever

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 and thank you

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.900
 that you offer

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.940
 your own body

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.640
 to us

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 at the table

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 we pray this

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 in the name

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 of the Father

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.839
 the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.420
 Amen