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 Dear God, our Father in heaven, we are so, so thankful that we can come together this evening to worship you in the name of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and that we can worship you in the presence of your Holy Spirit.

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 And as we come to you, our God, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, we pray that you would still our hearts and we pray that we would come in a posture of worship, of joy, of thanksgiving, and of hunger.

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 Because as we come to you this evening, we come knowing that we need you so, so much.

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 And so we want to come before you and bow before you.

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 And as we've been singing, recognizing that you are our maker, our saviour, our God, our King.

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 And we want to come and bow before you.

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 We want to lift our hearts and our eyes to you in praise and thanksgiving.

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 And we want to hear your voice speaking to us through your word.

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 Because, Father, we need you more than anything else.

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 And we need you more than we even realize ourselves.

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 And so we pray that as we come here together, that we would meet with you, that you would bless us, and that we would all be drawn closer to you.

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 So, Father, we pray that you would help us as we come to you just now.

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 We're so conscious that we can do nothing on our own.

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 But we thank you for all the promises that you give us, for your promise to be with us, to help us, to speak to us, to teach us, and to build us up.

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 And we pray that as we come together this evening, that we would be renewed and refreshed in our faith, that we would be taught and built up in our minds and our understanding,

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 that we would be strengthened with greater courage and determination to obey you and follow you in our lives.

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 And we pray that our hearts would just burn with ever deeper love for you and for one another.

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 So we pray that you would bless us as we gather here this evening.

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 And we thank you for everybody who is here tonight.

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 And as we come together, we come with so many different needs and with so many different burdens that we carry.

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 And we just want to pray, especially for any who are here tonight who have had a really tough week.

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 We pray for any who are here just feeling tired or anxious or bruised.

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 We pray for those who are maybe feeling that their faith is hanging by a thread.

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 We pray for those who feel discouraged.

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 We pray for those who are anxious about people that they love and who are coming to you this evening with sore hearts and anxious minds.

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 We pray, Father, that whatever our circumstances, that you would meet with us all.

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 And we pray that we would hear your voice speaking to us in your word.

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 We thank you so, so much for the gospel, for the words of eternal life spoken and demonstrated in our Savior Jesus.

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 And in all that you have woven together across the pages of Scripture as you've accomplished your purposes.

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 And we just pray that we would hear your voice more tonight.

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 And that for all of us, you would meet with us and build us up, binding us closer to one another and leading us on so that we can serve you in all of our lives.

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 And we want to especially pray for anyone here or anyone in our families or in our workplaces or around us where we live who do not yet know you.

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 We pray, Father, that you would be working in people's hearts.

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 And we pray that for those who've got no word of you, that you would just press eternity into their hearts and that you'd unsettle them and that you would get their minds questioning and get their hearts seeking so that they would look to you and realize how much they need you.

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 And we pray for those who are seeking you and for those who maybe know how much they need you but who are struggling to come to any sense of assurance or certainty.

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 We pray that they would just see the simplicity of the gospel, that they'd hear your voice calling their name tonight and that they would just be able to receive and rest on Jesus Christ for their salvation.

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 And we pray that for those of us who are following you, we pray that we would be built up and encouraged in our faith as we seek to live out our lives for you.

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 As we do that, we are conscious, Father, that so often we fail and we come tonight confessing our sin before you.

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 And we do that with sorrow and with frustration, aware that very often it's not just new sins that we fall into, but often it's the same old ones that we keep slipping back into.

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 We confess that before you and we come to you tonight in repentance and we want to turn away from sin.

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 And as a new week begins, we want to go into that week obeying you and following you and listening to your voice speaking to us in your word.

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 And we thank you so much that as we confess our sin before you, we do so knowing that the promise of the gospel is that the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.

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 And how we thank you for that promise.

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 And may the reality of that cleansing in the gospel just energize us as we seek to serve you in the days ahead in our lives.

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 We want to pray for anyone who's in particular need in our communities or connected to this congregation.

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 We pray for those who grieve, asking that you'd comfort and sustain and help them.

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 We pray for those who are unwell just now.

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 We pray for those who are under pressure at work or with other responsibilities in their lives.

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 We pray for those who struggle with addiction, asking that you would help them to turn to you and that you would break the grip of addiction in their lives.

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 And we pray for any others for whom these may be difficult days.

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 And we know that for people around the world, these are very difficult days in some areas.

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 We pray for war-torn regions.

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 We pray for areas of conflict.

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 We pray for areas of disease and shortage and famine.

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 And we just pray for all those, Lord, who are just suffering so much just now.

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 And we pray for those who are in authority and able to make decisions or that they would make decisions that make for peace and for justice and for healing and for hope.

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 And more than anything else, we pray that people all across the world would hear the good news of Jesus and turn to him and find the peace that only you can give.

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 And so we pray that your blessing would be upon each one of us.

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 Bless this congregation, bless all the work that they are doing and guide them in the days ahead.

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 That they would just be a beacon of hope and light and joy to Stornoway.

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 And that you would build them up and that you would immensely bless the work of the gospel here and across our island in all the days that lie ahead.

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 We pray that in it all, your majestic name would be glorified.

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 And it's in that name that we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing again, this time from Psalm 119 in the Sing Psalms version on page 159.

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 So Psalm 119, we're singing the fifth part, verse 33 to 40.

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 Psalm 119 on page 159.

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 I love Psalm 119.

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 It's a psalm that speaks so powerfully of just recognizing the beauty of God's word.

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 And as we're singing to God's praise in these words, we're also committing ourselves to follow the teaching of God's word.

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 Praying that it would shape every part of our lives.

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 And that's one of the amazing things about the Psalms.

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 They're songs of praise and they're beautiful prayers.

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 And so we praise and pray to the Lord together as we rise to sing these words.

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 We'll sing to Rockingham, Psalm 119.

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 Teach me to follow your decrees.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Teach me to follow your decrees.

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 And I will keep them to the end.

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 In this I come, I'll keep your love.

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 With all my heart to it attend.

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 Lead me in your forgiveness, God.

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 For there, O Lord, delight I find.

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 In the Lord, delight I find.

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 In the Lord, delight I find.

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 From selfish gain, please stand my mind.

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 O time, my eyes from worthless things.

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 Get life according to your word.

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 To be, O Lord, delight I find.

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 To be, O Lord, who will be, O Lord.

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 To be, O Lord, who will be, O Lord.

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 You look on me, O Lord.

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 You're lost and self in uprightness.

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 O Lord, O Lord, who will be, O Lord.

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 Please send me in your righteousness.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to read God's word together in the Gospel of John and Chapter 11.

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 John Chapter 11.

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 And we'll read from the beginning.

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 It's on page 108.1 of this Bible, but it might be different in the Bibles that you're using.

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 John Chapter 11, verses 1 to 44.

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 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother

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 Lazarus was ill.

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 So the sister sent to him, saying, Lord, he whom you love is ill.

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 But when Jesus heard it, he said, this illness does not lead to death.

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 It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.

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 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

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 So when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

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 Then after this, he said to the disciples, let us go to Judea again.

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 The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you.

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 And are you going there again?

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 Jesus answered, are there not twelve hours in the day?

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 If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

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 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

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 After saying these things, he said to them, our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I

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 go to awaken him.

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 The disciples said to him, Lord, if he's fallen asleep, he will recover.

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 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought he meant taking rest and sleep.

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 Then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus has died.

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 And for your sake, I'm glad that I was not there, so that you may believe.

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 But let us go to him.

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 So Thomas called the twin, said to his fellow disciples, let us also go, that we may die

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 with him.

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 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

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 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha

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 and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

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 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated

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 in the house.

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 Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you'd been here, my brother would not have died.

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 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.

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 Jesus said to her, your brother will rise again.

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 Martha said to him, I know that he'll rise again in the resurrection on the last day.

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 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life.

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 Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.

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 And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.

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 Do you believe this?

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 She said to him, yes, Lord.

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 I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.

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 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, the teacher

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 is here and is calling for you.

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 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.

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 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had

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 met him.

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 When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go

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 out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

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 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him,

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 Lord, if you'd been here, my brother would not have died.

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 When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply

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 moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.

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 And he said, where have you laid him?

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 They said to him, Lord, come and see.

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 Jesus wept.

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 So the Jews said, see how he loved him.

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 But some of them said, could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this

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 man from dying?

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 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb.

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 It was a cave and a stone lay against it.

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 Jesus said, take away the stone.

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 Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, Lord, by this time there'll be an odour,

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 for he's been dead four days.

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 Jesus said to her, did I not tell you that if you believed you'd see the glory of God?

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 So they took away the stone and Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, Father, I thank you that

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 you've heard me.

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 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around

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 that they may believe that you sent me.

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 When he'd said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out.

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 The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips and his face

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 wrapped with the cloth.

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 Jesus said to them, unbind him and let him go.

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 Amen.

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 This is God's word.

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 May he add his blessing to it.

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 We're going to sing again together, this time from Psalm 37 on page 252.

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 So that's in the Scottish Psalter version.

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 Psalm 37 on page 252, singing from verse 3 to verse 7.

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 Set thou thy trust upon the Lord and be thou doing good.

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 And so thou in the land shalt dwell and verily have food.

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 This little section that we're going to read, verses 3 to 7, has three wonderful commands.

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 It says, set thou thy trust upon the Lord.

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 It says in verse 4, delight thyself in the Lord.

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 It says in verse 7, rest in the Lord.

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 And these are three wonderful things for us to do as we sing together.

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 So Psalm 37, verse 3 to 7, stand and sing to the tune Evan.

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 And so thou in the land shalt dwell and verily have food.

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 Feel like thyself in what you give.

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 Thy heart's beside to thee.

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 Thy way to go, go with him trust.

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 Good thing God.

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 For like noontide of the day.

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 Praise Him, the Lord, and patiently

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 Wait for Him, do not pray

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 For Him who prospered in His way

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 The sustenance in the day.

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 As we turn to God's Word, let's just pray for a wee moment.

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 Father, as Your Word is opened before us,

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 please may we be open before You.

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 Give us ears that can hear, minds that understand,

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 and hearts that burn with love for You.

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 Amen.

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 I'd like us to turn back to John 11,

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 and let me read again at verse 25.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 I am the resurrection and the life.

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 Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet he shall live.

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 And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.

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 Do you believe this?

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 The Bible is full of amazing promises that God gives to His people

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 and that God continues to give to us today.

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 Promises that run right through from Genesis all the way through to Revelation.

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 And in so many ways, the Gospel rests on these promises of God.

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 And one of the wonderful privileges that we have when we come to study God's Word together each week

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 is that we can come and hear these promises from God anew.

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 We can unpack them.

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 We can think about them more.

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 Because life is so often full of broken promises.

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 So often things don't go the way we want them to go.

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 So often we are hurt and let down by other people.

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 So often things turn out the way that we wish they hadn't.

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 So often life can be difficult.

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 And in all those difficulties and challenges that life can bring,

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 the promises of the Gospel are what give us hope and comfort and strength.

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 And one of the most amazing promises that God gives

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 is found in these verses that we're going to look at tonight.

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 So we're going to think a little bit more about the words of John 11, 25 and 26.

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 And as we do that, we're going to ask four questions.

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 What does this promise tell us about God?

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 What does this promise tell us about ourselves?

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 What is God promising?

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 And what does God require of us?

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 So first of all, we're asking the question,

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 what does this promise tell us about God?

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 As we read, the context around these verses

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 is the illness and death of Jesus' friend, Lazarus.

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 And as we read, Jesus had heard reports that Lazarus was ill.

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 He had waited a little longer before he travelled to Bethany.

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 And by the time he arrives there,

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 Lazarus has died and he's been in the tomb for four days.

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 As Jesus approaches Bethany,

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 Martha, one of Lazarus' sisters and a close friend of Jesus,

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 comes to meet him.

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 And John records their conversation.

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 Martha said to Jesus,

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 Lord, if you'd been here, this is verse 21,

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 Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

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 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God,

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 God will give you.

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 Jesus said to her, your brother will rise again.

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 Then Martha said to him,

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 I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

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 And it's in response to these words

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 that Jesus gives the magnificent promise of 11, 25 and 26.

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 And that, of course, is one of the great I am sayings

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 that we find in John's gospel.

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 But what does it teach us about God?

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 Well, what I want us to think about tonight in this section

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 is that here we are being reminded of the connection

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 between God and life.

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 And so it's so crucial that we maintain that connection.

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 And if you look at the conversation,

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 Martha has been confronted by death.

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 Her brother has died.

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 And her response to that is to look to Jesus.

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 And Jesus responds by telling her,

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 your brother will rise again.

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 Martha replies by saying, well, yes, that's true.

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 He's going to rise again on the last day.

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 And what Martha says is true,

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 but it's not the whole truth.

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 Because Martha believes in the resurrection,

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 but when she thinks of it,

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 she thinks of the resurrection as a thing

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 that's going to happen then.

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 In other words, it's an event that lies in the future.

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 That's not wrong.

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 But it's not the whole truth.

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 Jesus responds to that by saying,

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 I am the resurrection and the life.

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 Now, I want to just unpack that statement a little bit more.

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 First of all, Martha was thinking of resurrection

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 as a thing that's happening then.

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 It's an event sometime in the future.

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 Jesus directs her to himself.

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 And he says, I am.

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 And this, as we said,

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 is one of the seven I am sayings

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 that we have in John's gospel,

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 along with I am the light of the world,

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 I am the way, the truth, and the life, etc.

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 These are crucial descriptions of Jesus.

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 And in all of them,

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 there's a very deliberate link

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 to the nature and character of God himself.

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 I love the fact that the two smallest words in the Bible,

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 I am,

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 are probably the two most important words in the whole Bible.

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 Because if you think back to the Old Testament,

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 particularly when Moses met Jesus,

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 when God met Moses at the burning bush,

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 God reveals his name.

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 And his name is these words,

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 I am who I am.

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 And so when Jesus says,

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 I am,

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 it's actually a really loaded phrase

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 because it's making a direct connection to God.

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 All of this is teaching us

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 about who Jesus really is

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 as God the Son.

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 It's teaching us about God.

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 And so Jesus says,

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 I am the resurrection.

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 And he says,

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 I am the life.

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 And these two words,

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 resurrection and life,

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 these two words are pointing us

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 to what we could call,

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 we could call them meta realities.

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 Now that's just a fancy way of saying big stuff.

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 It's making us think about the big stuff,

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 the big questions,

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 the big realities of life.

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 And in many ways,

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 if you think about it,

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 the resurrection is pointing us

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 to the very end of history.

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 It's pointing us to the last day,

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 the end point

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 in the history of the universe.

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 It's the big moment

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 that everything is heading towards.

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 And if you think about the word life,

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 and if you kind of stretch

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 what lies behind that word,

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 we're thinking about the big reality

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 that makes the universe

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 more than just existence.

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 When you look at the universe,

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 it doesn't just exist.

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 It's not just a lump of stuff.

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 The universe contains life.

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 Earth is not just a bare planet.

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 It supports life.

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 And so if you think about it in those terms,

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 we start to realize that

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:35.440
 resurrection is pointing us

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 to the very last day,

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 the climax of everything.

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 Life is actually pointing us back

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 to the very first day,

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 thinking about where that came from,

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 thinking about the source of everything.

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 And that's why we're saying

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 that this is talking about meta realities.

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 We're talking about the source,

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 where everything has come from,

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 and the destiny to which everything is going.

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 And you think to yourself,

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 okay, that's the big stuff,

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 the big meta realities.

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 And we ask the question,

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:03.019
 what lies behind those?

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 And that's a question

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 that the whole world

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:08.959
 has spent centuries trying to answer.

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 What lies behind everything?

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 And some people might think,

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.840
 well, nothing.

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 And there are many people

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:22.640
 who would hold that view today.

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.039
 Others might think more

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.480
 in terms of like a force,

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:28.880
 maybe a force of physics,

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.579
 like gravity,

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.700
 maybe something to do with biology,

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.440
 like DNA,

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:35.880
 maybe more something like fate

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.740
 or chance

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.759
 or something like that.

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.580
 Other people think

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.519
 that behind those realities

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.320
 is just a machine

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:42.240
 that keeps going round

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 and round and round in circles,

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:45.299
 that life just keeps on going round

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.799
 and round and round.

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 Lots of people have different ideas

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.660
 as to what lies behind

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:52.100
 these big meta realities.

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:54.640
 The Bible tells us something different.

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.019
 The Bible tells us

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:58.240
 that behind these meta realities

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.960
 is a person.

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:05.420
 And that means

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:08.340
 that according to the Bible's worldview,

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.900
 the absolute

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:12.019
 that underlies all reality

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.160
 is a person.

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:17.799
 Now, that person has life.

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:20.640
 So he thinks and speaks

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:23.640
 and acts and wills and relates.

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.700
 And that person gives life.

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.299
 He's the source

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:31.380
 from which all other life comes.

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.940
 And all of this means

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:34.200
 that the foundation of life,

00:28:34.300 --> 00:28:36.340
 the foundation of all meta realities

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:37.500
 is not something,

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.160
 it's someone.

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:44.340
 A true, real, living someone.

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:48.160
 And that person

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:51.220
 is Jesus Christ.

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:55.100
 He is the one who lies

00:28:55.100 --> 00:28:56.940
 behind it all.

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:59.780
 If you imagine it

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.399
 a wee bit like this,

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.079
 if any of you

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.139
 like listening to music,

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.119
 imagine maybe you like

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:06.139
 listening to Ed Sheeran

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:07.599
 on Spotify.

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.539
 If anyone's not heard

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.240
 of Ed Sheeran,

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.799
 he's just,

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:12.579
 he's like a not quite

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.720
 as good version of Costello.

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:17.440
 And you like listening to him.

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.420
 And you think to yourself,

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.440
 well, I love listening to him

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.559
 on my Spotify,

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:23.799
 so I'm going to go and see him.

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:25.559
 And so you book a concert

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:29.539
 in Glasgow at the Ovo

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:31.980
 or whatever location it might be.

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.440
 And you think,

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:34.299
 oh, I'm listening to this music.

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.960
 I've got my tickets.

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.659
 I'm going to go.

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:37.059
 And I'm finally going to get

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:38.639
 to see Ed Sheeran.

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:41.480
 And if you got there

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:44.359
 and all you saw on stage

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:47.180
 was a guitar and a stand

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:49.360
 and a chair

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:52.019
 and a voice recorder,

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.220
 you'd be thinking,

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:56.420
 that's not what I came to see.

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:59.060
 And it would make no sense.

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:02.380
 The whole thing only works

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:04.820
 if Ed Sheeran is there himself.

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.039
 In other words,

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:08.380
 from the first moment

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.340
 when you've listened

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:10.620
 to an Ed Sheeran song

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:12.380
 to the day when you finally get

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.840
 to an Ed Sheeran concert,

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:15.980
 behind all of that music

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:17.120
 is a person.

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:22.539
 And the Bible is saying

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:24.920
 that exactly the same

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:26.539
 is true of the universe.

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:30.940
 Behind it all lies Jesus.

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.500
 Now, that tells us

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.980
 two incredibly important things.

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.279
 It tells us, first of all,

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:38.539
 how massive this statement is.

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.180
 When Jesus says,

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:41.900
 I am the resurrection and the life,

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:43.920
 he is saying something massive.

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:45.800
 He is saying that he

00:30:45.800 --> 00:30:47.500
 is the foundation of all reality.

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:49.640
 He is the end point of all reality.

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:51.680
 You cannot have a first day

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:54.060
 or a last day without Jesus.

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:55.960
 He is the center of all existence.

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:59.320
 He is the ultimate meta-reality.

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.620
 And so we're discovering

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:03.060
 how massive this statement

00:31:03.060 --> 00:31:04.539
 Jesus makes is.

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.880
 But even more so,

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.480
 this is showing us,

00:31:08.560 --> 00:31:10.200
 this whole passage is showing us,

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.880
 that the someone

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:14.380
 who lies behind all existence,

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.559
 the absolute

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:19.600
 from which everything else comes,

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.480
 is someone

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:25.019
 who is utterly lovely.

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:31.299
 He's kind

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:34.319
 and wise

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:36.759
 and patient

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.700
 and fair

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:39.039
 and true

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:40.660
 and compassionate.

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:42.980
 And this is one of the amazing things

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:44.240
 about what the Bible teaches us.

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:46.639
 If you peel back the universe

00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:49.039
 to find its ultimate source,

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.740
 you find loveliness.

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:55.500
 you find all the beauty

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:57.059
 and goodness

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:58.460
 and grace

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.960
 of Jesus.

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:04.400
 And perhaps most importantly of all,

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.160
 what you discover

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:06.980
 is that this person is a son.

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.859
 He is a son

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:10.200
 who has a father.

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:12.500
 This means that he's not solitary,

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.920
 he's not isolated.

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.319
 Instead,

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.579
 he is relational.

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.819
 From all existence,

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.759
 he has existed

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:19.480
 in this beautiful relationship

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.879
 between God the Father,

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.639
 God the Son,

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.399
 where the love,

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.240
 the infinite,

00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:24.099
 eternal love

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.899
 between them

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.939
 is carried forth

00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:27.220
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.980
 He is loved,

00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:29.700
 he loves,

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:31.359
 he is dependent,

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.539
 he is dependent upon,

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:34.539
 he is precious to his Father,

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:36.879
 his Father is precious to him.

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:38.519
 All of this is pointing us back

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:40.779
 to the Bible's absolute of all reality,

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.740
 the living God,

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.480
 the persons of the Father,

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.359
 the Son,

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.919
 and the Holy Spirit.

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:47.160
 Now,

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:49.360
 I hope all that makes sense.

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:51.720
 A lot of that's very big stuff

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.320
 to think about.

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.980
 I hope that that's not too complicated.

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.720
 Put simply,

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.860
 Jesus is telling us

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:59.060
 that the absolute

00:32:59.060 --> 00:33:01.320
 that lies behind reality

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:04.060
 is not a dead thing.

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.980
 It's a living person.

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.420
 It's him.

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:13.200
 And that means

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:15.360
 that the norm

00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:16.400
 for reality

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:18.920
 is not deadness.

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:21.279
 The norm for reality

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:22.880
 is life.

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:26.600
 And that's an incredibly important thing

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.680
 for us to remember.

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:29.160
 And I hope we'll see that in a moment.

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:30.480
 We need to go on to question two.

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:32.360
 What does this promise

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.400
 tell us

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.759
 about ourselves?

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.200
 Well,

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:37.140
 the big thing that I want to highlight here

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.660
 is that

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:39.720
 this passage is telling us

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:42.339
 that your life is precious.

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.180
 Now,

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.680
 you might be thinking,

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:44.839
 well,

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.519
 I know that.

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:47.380
 And we all spend a lot of our time

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.960
 trying to preserve and protect

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:50.160
 our lives.

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.180
 But

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:53.019
 what I want us to see

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:54.880
 is that your life

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:56.120
 actually matters

00:33:56.120 --> 00:33:57.039
 way,

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.360
 way more

00:33:58.360 --> 00:33:59.500
 than we tend

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.559
 to realize.

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.980
 we tend to think

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:03.019
 that life is precious

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.740
 because it's short

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.839
 and fragile.

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:07.039
 And that's true

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.940
 in so many ways.

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:10.039
 And we want

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.079
 to protect ourselves

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.420
 because

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.840
 we know that actually

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.799
 our lives

00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:15.179
 sometimes

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.799
 we're confronted

00:34:16.799 --> 00:34:17.259
 by the fact

00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:17.719
 that we realize

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.139
 our lives

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.579
 are actually

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:20.179
 hanging by

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.960
 not very much

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:23.039
 and it's far more fragile

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:24.179
 than we sometimes realize.

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.759
 And so we think

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.880
 when your life is short,

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.619
 life goes by

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.480
 so quickly

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.420
 and so we think

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.799
 we need to make

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.580
 the most of it.

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.760
 We need to protect it.

00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:32.840
 Life is precious.

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.220
 So we tend to think

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:35.120
 life is precious.

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:36.560
 Be careful with it.

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.480
 Life is precious.

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:39.039
 Make the most of it

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:40.060
 because it's short.

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.680
 God doesn't think like that.

00:34:44.060 --> 00:34:44.900
 God thinks

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:46.280
 in a way

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:47.480
 that is far better.

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:50.180
 God thinks

00:34:50.180 --> 00:34:52.280
 life is precious.

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:55.300
 Make it last forever.

00:34:55.300 --> 00:35:00.000
 So when we read

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:01.180
 of Lazarus

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:01.780
 being ill

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:03.680
 when we read

00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:04.420
 of two sisters

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.260
 losing their brother

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.280
 we think

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:07.420
 well that's a shame

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:09.660
 but it's normal.

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.400
 And Thomas

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.960
 sums it up

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.300
 really well

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:13.400
 in verse 16

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:14.800
 when he said

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.539
 to the other disciples

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.900
 well let's go to Bethany

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:18.039
 so that we can die

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.820
 with them.

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.820
 Because to Thomas

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.500
 to the disciples

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.600
 to all of these people

00:35:21.600 --> 00:35:22.760
 death just seems

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.200
 inevitable

00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:23.860
 and we think

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.500
 like that as well.

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.140
 So though we try

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:25.920
 to push it away

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.539
 though we try

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.300
 to protect ourselves

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.720
 from it

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.860
 when it does come

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.559
 we kind of resign

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.039
 to it and think

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.780
 well death is going

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.200
 to come.

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.680
 It's inevitable.

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:34.120
 We just have

00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:34.940
 to accept it.

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:36.599
 Jesus does not

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.460
 think like that.

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.380
 Jesus does not

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.420
 think like that.

00:35:44.160 --> 00:35:44.860
 Because from

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.980
 Jesus' perspective

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:47.740
 death is not normal.

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.480
 Death is not

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.000
 inevitable.

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:51.920
 Death is not

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.519
 acceptable.

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.960
 death is

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:55.460
 fundamentally wrong.

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.280
 And that's brought

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.980
 out very very

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.880
 powerfully in this

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.500
 passage but we

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.159
 don't actually see

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.759
 it very clearly

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.699
 in the English

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:03.159
 translation that

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.179
 we have before us.

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:04.980
 So if you look

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.860
 at verse 33

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:07.579
 of John chapter 11

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.759
 it says that

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.739
 when Jesus saw

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.360
 her weeping

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:12.300
 and the Jews

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.840
 who had come

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.559
 with her also

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.960
 weeping

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:15.300
 he was deeply

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:16.199
 moved in his

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:16.599
 spirit

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.880
 and greatly

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.300
 troubled.

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.659
 And so when you

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.320
 read that verse

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.980
 you tend to think

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.440
 of Jesus

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:23.619
 sees Mary

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.199
 coming and

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.800
 sees her weeping

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:26.280
 sees the Jews

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:27.019
 with her also

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.400
 weeping

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.320
 and you see

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:29.119
 his heart

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:30.900
 I don't know

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.900
 how you describe it

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.639
 but you see him

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:34.440
 feeling sorrowful

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.960
 and moved

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:38.519
 and sympathetic

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:41.480
 and sad

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:42.260
 to see them

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:43.059
 suffering.

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:45.000
 but deeply

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.599
 moved isn't

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.139
 really what the

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.840
 word in Greek

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.440
 means.

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.659
 The word in

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.139
 Greek that

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.179
 describes how

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:50.980
 Jesus felt

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.619
 in this moment

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.559
 actually means

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:54.039
 outraged.

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.940
 It's a word

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.320
 that means

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.980
 angry

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:58.259
 means very

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:59.059
 angry.

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.860
 Jesus is

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.940
 outraged

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.739
 at what he

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.119
 sees

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:03.420
 and that's

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:04.099
 so important

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.599
 for us to

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.019
 recognize

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.559
 because to

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.960
 Jesus

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:07.219
 the illness

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:08.000
 and the

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.519
 death of

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.019
 this man

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.840
 was wrong

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.539
 and the

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:10.920
 pain

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.340
 that these

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.840
 sisters

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.400
 felt

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.260
 was wrong

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:14.000
 and the

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.420
 agony

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:15.400
 of separation

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.240
 that many

00:37:16.240 --> 00:37:16.700
 of you

00:37:16.700 --> 00:37:17.519
 have experienced

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.620
 is wrong

00:37:18.620 --> 00:37:20.660
 because to

00:37:20.660 --> 00:37:21.079
 Jesus

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:22.800
 death is not

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.460
 just this

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:24.579
 inevitable part

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.039
 of life

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:26.079
 that we hate

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.559
 that we have

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.100
 to accept

00:37:27.100 --> 00:37:27.800
 to Jesus

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.720
 death is

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:29.320
 an utter

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:30.360
 outrage

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:32.260
 and if you

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:32.800
 think about it

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.680
 no wonder

00:37:33.680 --> 00:37:34.680
 it's an outrage

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.720
 because he is

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.180
 the source

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:36.860
 of life

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:38.900
 he is the

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.300
 one from

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.740
 whom

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:40.439
 life has

00:37:40.439 --> 00:37:40.919
 come

00:37:40.919 --> 00:37:42.919
 and here

00:37:42.919 --> 00:37:43.639
 it's as though

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.379
 Jesus is

00:37:44.379 --> 00:37:44.819
 standing

00:37:44.819 --> 00:37:46.099
 before the

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.719
 tomb of

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.179
 his friend

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.819
 and his

00:37:47.819 --> 00:37:48.459
 arch enemy

00:37:48.459 --> 00:37:49.179
 is mocking

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.579
 him

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.059
 as though

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:50.319
 to say

00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:50.559
 look at

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:50.859
 this

00:37:50.859 --> 00:37:51.299
 you didn't

00:37:51.299 --> 00:37:51.559
 get it

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.019
 in time

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:53.099
 look at

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.459
 this

00:37:53.459 --> 00:37:54.699
 your friend's

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.059
 gone

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:56.099
 look at

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.379
 this

00:37:56.379 --> 00:37:56.799
 there's

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.459
 another one

00:37:57.459 --> 00:37:57.859
 in the

00:37:57.859 --> 00:37:58.159
 tomb

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:59.439
 and there's

00:37:59.439 --> 00:38:00.039
 many many

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.479
 more

00:38:00.479 --> 00:38:01.459
 coming

00:38:01.459 --> 00:38:02.559
 look at

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:02.919
 all these

00:38:02.919 --> 00:38:03.299
 precious

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:04.179
 people dying

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:05.159
 Lazarus

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.500
 is just

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.779
 one of

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.199
 the many

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.979
 many lives

00:38:06.979 --> 00:38:07.859
 that you

00:38:07.859 --> 00:38:08.479
 can't

00:38:08.479 --> 00:38:08.879
 save

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:10.140
 no wonder

00:38:10.140 --> 00:38:10.820
 Jesus was

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:11.700
 outraged

00:38:11.700 --> 00:38:12.340
 and no

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.800
 wonder

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.200
 he says

00:38:13.200 --> 00:38:14.019
 take that

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.700
 stone away

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:16.380
 and no

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:16.680
 wonder

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.200
 he says

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:18.200
 Lazarus

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:19.720
 come out

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:22.140
 and in

00:38:22.140 --> 00:38:23.099
 doing that

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.880
 Jesus is

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.340
 giving us

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:25.019
 a glimpse

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.579
 of what

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.200
 his mission

00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:26.840
 is all

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.300
 about

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:29.220
 he has

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:29.760
 come

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:31.619
 to give

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.340
 life

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:34.280
 he has

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.700
 come

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:36.519
 to defeat

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.539
 death

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:40.320
 and all

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:40.760
 of that

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.620
 tells you

00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:42.519
 that your

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.600
 life matters

00:38:43.600 --> 00:38:45.460
 and I want

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.700
 you to

00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:46.559
 recognize that

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.059
 whether you

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.600
 are young

00:38:47.600 --> 00:38:48.579
 and hoping

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.340
 for a lot

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.820
 of life

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.980
 ahead of you

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:52.500
 whether you're

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.019
 in the middle

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.500
 like me

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:53.800
 and you're

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.100
 like well

00:38:54.100 --> 00:38:54.340
 I don't

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:54.600
 know if

00:38:54.600 --> 00:38:54.820
 I've got

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.079
 as much

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.380
 ahead of

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.460
 me

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.740
 as I do

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.320
 behind me

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:56.880
 or whether

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.160
 you're

00:38:57.160 --> 00:38:57.740
 further on

00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:58.500
 and you're

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:59.199
 absolutely

00:38:59.199 --> 00:38:59.699
 aware

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.059
 that

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:02.259
 most of

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:02.559
 your life

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:03.459
 story lies

00:39:03.459 --> 00:39:04.579
 behind you

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.079
 I want you

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.779
 all to

00:39:05.779 --> 00:39:06.659
 recognize that

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:07.419
 your life

00:39:07.419 --> 00:39:08.099
 matters

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:10.579
 and so

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:11.539
 if you are

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:11.959
 ill

00:39:11.959 --> 00:39:14.019
 and your

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.899
 body is

00:39:14.899 --> 00:39:15.839
 suffering

00:39:15.839 --> 00:39:16.319
 because of

00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:16.599
 the fact

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:17.899
 that sin

00:39:17.899 --> 00:39:18.379
 has left

00:39:18.379 --> 00:39:19.339
 us decaying

00:39:19.339 --> 00:39:21.319
 if you are

00:39:21.319 --> 00:39:21.839
 hurt

00:39:21.839 --> 00:39:23.299
 where life

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:23.959
 has bruised

00:39:23.959 --> 00:39:24.319
 you and

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:24.919
 battered you

00:39:24.919 --> 00:39:25.439
 and knocked

00:39:25.439 --> 00:39:25.779
 you

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:27.800
 and if

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.080
 you are

00:39:28.080 --> 00:39:28.600
 confronted

00:39:28.600 --> 00:39:29.260
 with death

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:29.780
 either the

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.420
 fear of

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:30.680
 death

00:39:30.680 --> 00:39:31.180
 yourself

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:31.960
 or the

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.580
 agony of

00:39:32.580 --> 00:39:32.920
 death

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.820
 in losing

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.320
 somebody

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:34.880
 you love

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.580
 I want

00:39:35.580 --> 00:39:35.960
 you to

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.380
 realize

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:36.980
 that the

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.540
 absolute

00:39:37.540 --> 00:39:38.019
 of the

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:38.400
 universe

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:38.800
 is

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.960
 outraged

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:43.160
 and why

00:39:43.160 --> 00:39:43.480
 is he

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.160
 outraged

00:39:44.160 --> 00:39:47.180
 because

00:39:47.180 --> 00:39:47.680
 your life

00:39:47.680 --> 00:39:48.380
 is precious

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:51.180
 because

00:39:51.180 --> 00:39:51.640
 you

00:39:51.640 --> 00:39:52.180
 matter

00:39:52.180 --> 00:39:52.720
 to him

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:56.819
 so

00:39:56.819 --> 00:39:57.139
 what is

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.419
 God

00:39:57.419 --> 00:39:57.980
 promising

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:59.219
 that's

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.359
 our

00:39:59.359 --> 00:39:59.739
 third

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.459
 question

00:40:00.459 --> 00:40:03.099
 go back

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.379
 to verse

00:40:03.379 --> 00:40:04.000
 25

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.659
 Jesus said

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:04.980
 to her

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.439
 I am

00:40:05.439 --> 00:40:05.579
 the

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.039
 resurrection

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.379
 and the

00:40:06.379 --> 00:40:06.719
 life

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:07.759
 whoever

00:40:07.759 --> 00:40:08.299
 believes

00:40:08.299 --> 00:40:08.779
 in me

00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:09.279
 though

00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:09.919
 he die

00:40:09.919 --> 00:40:10.919
 yet he

00:40:10.919 --> 00:40:11.139
 shall

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.500
 live

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.279
 and

00:40:12.279 --> 00:40:12.480
 everyone

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:12.639
 who

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:12.859
 lives

00:40:12.859 --> 00:40:13.019
 and

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.319
 believes

00:40:13.319 --> 00:40:13.619
 in me

00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:13.779
 shall

00:40:13.779 --> 00:40:14.000
 never

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.359
 die

00:40:14.359 --> 00:40:14.659
 do

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:14.819
 you

00:40:14.819 --> 00:40:15.179
 believe

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.539
 this

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.799
 as

00:40:16.799 --> 00:40:16.899
 we

00:40:16.899 --> 00:40:17.059
 said

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:17.139
 a

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.339
 minute

00:40:17.339 --> 00:40:17.699
 ago

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.899
 in

00:40:18.899 --> 00:40:19.079
 this

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.459
 passage

00:40:19.459 --> 00:40:19.639
 and

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:19.779
 for

00:40:19.779 --> 00:40:19.959
 all

00:40:19.959 --> 00:40:20.059
 of

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.239
 us

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:20.359
 in

00:40:20.359 --> 00:40:20.459
 our

00:40:20.459 --> 00:40:20.779
 experience

00:40:20.779 --> 00:40:21.019
 there's

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.139
 just

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.259
 a

00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:21.399
 kind

00:40:21.399 --> 00:40:21.500
 of

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.339
 inevitability

00:40:22.340 --> 00:40:23.720
 about

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:24.320
 death

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:25.320
 you see

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:25.440
 it

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:25.600
 in

00:40:25.600 --> 00:40:26.019
 Thomas

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.519
 you see

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:26.660
 it

00:40:26.660 --> 00:40:26.800
 in

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.200
 Martha

00:40:27.200 --> 00:40:27.620
 and

00:40:27.620 --> 00:40:27.980
 Mary

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.440
 and

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.539
 they

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:28.680
 kind

00:40:28.680 --> 00:40:28.760
 of

00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:28.940
 come

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.120
 saying

00:40:29.120 --> 00:40:29.400
 if

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:29.600
 only

00:40:29.600 --> 00:40:29.800
 you'd

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:29.960
 been

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.360
 here

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:30.900
 as if

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.120
 to say

00:40:31.120 --> 00:40:31.340
 well

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:32.079
 obviously

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.539
 otherwise

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:33.579
 it's

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:33.780
 just

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:34.300
 completely

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:34.860
 inevitable

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.380
 and we

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.900
 all face

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.280
 the same

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.780
 reality

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.980
 so no

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.360
 matter

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.220
 what

00:40:39.220 --> 00:40:39.480
 our

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:39.880
 lives

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.460
 are

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:41.340
 the

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.980
 final

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:43.760
 clause

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.160
 in our

00:40:44.160 --> 00:40:44.440
 life

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.860
 story

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.059
 is

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.460
 always

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:45.660
 going

00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:45.740
 to

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.140
 be

00:40:46.140 --> 00:40:47.420
 yet

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:47.600
 he

00:40:47.600 --> 00:40:47.780
 will

00:40:47.780 --> 00:40:48.100
 die

00:40:48.100 --> 00:40:50.280
 yet

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:50.559
 she

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:50.780
 will

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:51.200
 die

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:53.500
 and

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.879
 so

00:40:53.879 --> 00:40:55.319
 you

00:40:55.319 --> 00:40:55.460
 might

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:55.579
 get

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:55.739
 a

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.059
 brilliant

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.519
 job

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:56.759
 and

00:40:56.759 --> 00:40:56.939
 you

00:40:56.939 --> 00:40:57.239
 might

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:57.679
 have

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:57.879
 a

00:40:57.879 --> 00:40:58.159
 really

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.679
 successful

00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:59.039
 career

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.419
 and

00:40:59.419 --> 00:40:59.819
 everything

00:40:59.819 --> 00:41:00.079
 might

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.359
 go

00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:01.159
 every

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:01.679
 way

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:02.000
 you

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.359
 dreamt

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:02.500
 of

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.639
 in

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:02.919
 terms

00:41:02.919 --> 00:41:03.099
 of

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:03.279
 what

00:41:03.279 --> 00:41:03.419
 you

00:41:03.419 --> 00:41:03.859
 achieve

00:41:03.859 --> 00:41:04.039
 in

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.179
 your

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:04.619
 work

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:05.819
 yet

00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:06.059
 you'll

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:06.339
 die

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:08.140
 you

00:41:08.140 --> 00:41:08.260
 might

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:08.340
 be

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.460
 able

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:08.579
 to

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:08.820
 build

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:08.960
 the

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.240
 house

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:09.360
 of

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:09.480
 your

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:09.800
 dreams

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:10.200
 and

00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:10.400
 you

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.620
 think

00:41:10.620 --> 00:41:11.180
 everything

00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:11.420
 that

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:11.500
 you

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.820
 dreamed

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:12.000
 of

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.120
 and

00:41:12.120 --> 00:41:12.220
 you

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.539
 build

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:12.680
 the

00:41:12.680 --> 00:41:12.920
 house

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.039
 and

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.240
 it's

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.539
 there

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:13.800
 and

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.420
 you

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:14.840
 make

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:14.960
 a

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.320
 nice

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.820
 garden

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.300
 and

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:16.579
 it's

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:16.760
 just

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.220
 everything

00:41:17.220 --> 00:41:17.519
 that

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:17.640
 you

00:41:17.640 --> 00:41:17.940
 wanted

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.100
 it

00:41:18.100 --> 00:41:18.220
 to

00:41:18.220 --> 00:41:18.519
 be

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:18.880
 yet

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.500
 you'll

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:19.800
 die

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:23.559
 and

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:23.640
 you

00:41:23.640 --> 00:41:23.800
 might

00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:23.940
 think

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.160
 well I

00:41:24.160 --> 00:41:24.340
 really

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:24.539
 want

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:24.620
 to

00:41:24.620 --> 00:41:24.780
 make

00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:24.900
 a

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:25.240
 name

00:41:25.240 --> 00:41:25.440
 for

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:25.680
 myself

00:41:25.680 --> 00:41:25.860
 and

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:26.059
 many

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.360
 people

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:26.680
 have

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:27.019
 made

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:27.360
 a

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.700
 massive

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:28.220
 name

00:41:28.220 --> 00:41:28.440
 for

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:28.840
 themselves

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.059
 and

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.220
 even

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:29.380
 the

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:29.680
 people

00:41:29.680 --> 00:41:30.000
 who

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.140
 are

00:41:30.140 --> 00:41:30.280
 the

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:30.539
 most

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:31.079
 famous

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:31.340
 in

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:31.460
 the

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.760
 world

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:32.119
 have

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.300
 the

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.619
 same

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:33.039
 final

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.500
 clause

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:33.640
 in

00:41:33.640 --> 00:41:33.760
 their

00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:33.980
 life

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.300
 story

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:34.619
 yet

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:34.900
 she'll

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.220
 die

00:41:35.220 --> 00:41:37.400
 yet

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:38.059
 he

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:38.260
 will

00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:38.700
 die

00:41:38.700 --> 00:41:41.160
 it's

00:41:41.160 --> 00:41:41.640
 inevitable

00:41:41.640 --> 00:41:43.539
 and

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:45.180
 all

00:41:45.180 --> 00:41:45.380
 the

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.599
 other

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:45.920
 stuff

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:46.140
 just

00:41:46.140 --> 00:41:46.320
 kind

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:46.420
 of

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:46.880
 shrinks

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.240
 in

00:41:47.240 --> 00:41:47.480
 terms

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:47.599
 of

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:47.740
 its

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.380
 significance

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:48.619
 the

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:48.860
 house

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.019
 the

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.280
 job

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:49.440
 the

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:49.820
 success

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.019
 the

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.280
 fame

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:50.599
 the

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:50.940
 whatever

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:51.760
 because

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:52.700
 our

00:41:52.700 --> 00:41:53.079
 death

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.240
 is

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:53.660
 inevitable

00:41:53.660 --> 00:41:55.079
 and

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.480
 it

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:55.840
 takes

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:56.280
 all

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:56.420
 of

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:56.720
 that

00:41:56.720 --> 00:41:57.200
 away

00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:57.820
 and

00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:58.000
 the

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.360
 key

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.700
 point

00:41:58.700 --> 00:41:58.840
 I

00:41:58.840 --> 00:41:58.980
 want

00:41:58.980 --> 00:41:59.079
 you

00:41:59.079 --> 00:41:59.160
 to

00:41:59.160 --> 00:41:59.300
 see

00:41:59.300 --> 00:41:59.420
 in

00:41:59.420 --> 00:41:59.580
 these

00:41:59.580 --> 00:41:59.880
 verses

00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:00.440
 is

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:00.660
 that

00:42:00.660 --> 00:42:01.160
 Jesus

00:42:01.160 --> 00:42:01.760
 is

00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:02.180
 promising

00:42:02.180 --> 00:42:02.620
 us

00:42:02.620 --> 00:42:03.039
 a

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.600
 new

00:42:03.600 --> 00:42:04.440
 inevitable

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:06.240
 Jesus

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:06.640
 is

00:42:06.640 --> 00:42:07.060
 promising

00:42:07.060 --> 00:42:07.680
 a

00:42:07.680 --> 00:42:08.240
 new

00:42:08.240 --> 00:42:09.240
 inevitable

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:10.039
 so

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.200
 if

00:42:10.200 --> 00:42:10.280
 you

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:10.420
 look

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.519
 at

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:10.660
 verse

00:42:10.660 --> 00:42:11.120
 25

00:42:11.120 --> 00:42:12.120
 you

00:42:12.120 --> 00:42:12.280
 can

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:12.519
 see

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:12.740
 that

00:42:12.740 --> 00:42:12.980
 the

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.380
 clause

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:13.560
 where

00:42:13.560 --> 00:42:13.680
 it

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:14.019
 says

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:15.560
 though

00:42:15.560 --> 00:42:16.060
 he

00:42:16.060 --> 00:42:16.539
 die

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:16.940
 so

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:17.060
 you

00:42:17.060 --> 00:42:17.160
 see

00:42:17.160 --> 00:42:17.280
 it

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:17.400
 just

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:17.680
 towards

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:17.860
 the

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.100
 end

00:42:18.100 --> 00:42:18.500
 Jesus

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:18.640
 said

00:42:18.640 --> 00:42:20.240
 though

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:20.500
 he

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.900
 die

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:22.720
 I

00:42:22.720 --> 00:42:23.060
 was

00:42:23.060 --> 00:42:23.480
 useless

00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:23.680
 at

00:42:23.680 --> 00:42:23.920
 English

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.100
 in

00:42:24.100 --> 00:42:24.380
 school

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:24.780
 so

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:24.880
 I

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:25.019
 don't

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:25.180
 really

00:42:25.180 --> 00:42:25.320
 know

00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:25.460
 the

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:26.000
 grammatical

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.300
 term

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:26.480
 for

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.660
 this

00:42:26.660 --> 00:42:26.860
 but

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.519
 basically

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:27.840
 those

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.080
 three

00:42:28.080 --> 00:42:28.340
 words

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:28.500
 have

00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:29.500
 what we

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:29.620
 could

00:42:29.620 --> 00:42:29.900
 call

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.940
 it

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.240
 actually

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.580
 doesn't

00:42:31.580 --> 00:42:31.860
 matter

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:32.320
 statement

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:33.480
 because

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:33.740
 that's

00:42:33.740 --> 00:42:33.920
 what's

00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:34.080
 being

00:42:34.080 --> 00:42:34.420
 conveyed

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:34.640
 here

00:42:34.640 --> 00:42:34.760
 the

00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:34.940
 fact

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.080
 that

00:42:35.080 --> 00:42:35.280
 those

00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:35.440
 three

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:35.580
 words

00:42:35.580 --> 00:42:36.019
 actually

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.400
 don't

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:36.720
 matter

00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:36.940
 they're

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:37.240
 not

00:42:37.240 --> 00:42:37.420
 the

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:37.700
 final

00:42:37.700 --> 00:42:38.240
 story

00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:39.860
 those

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.420
 words

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:41.880
 don't

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:42.039
 have

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:42.160
 the

00:42:42.160 --> 00:42:42.460
 final

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:42.820
 say

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:44.260
 what

00:42:44.260 --> 00:42:44.420
 has

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:44.580
 the

00:42:44.580 --> 00:42:44.860
 final

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:45.200
 say

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:46.120
 is

00:42:46.120 --> 00:42:46.600
 the

00:42:46.600 --> 00:42:46.980
 words

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.160
 that

00:42:47.160 --> 00:42:47.420
 come

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:47.980
 after

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:50.000
 in

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.120
 other

00:42:50.120 --> 00:42:50.420
 words

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:50.780
 the

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:51.180
 though

00:42:51.180 --> 00:42:51.420
 she

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:51.700
 may

00:42:51.700 --> 00:42:52.140
 die

00:42:52.140 --> 00:42:52.780
 though

00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:53.039
 he

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:53.280
 may

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:53.560
 die

00:42:53.560 --> 00:42:53.840
 but

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:54.660
 in

00:42:54.660 --> 00:42:54.800
 the

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:55.220
 sentence

00:42:55.220 --> 00:42:55.560
 is

00:42:55.560 --> 00:42:56.000
 not

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.180
 the

00:42:56.180 --> 00:42:56.700
 inevitable

00:42:56.700 --> 00:42:57.000
 but

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.320
 there's

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:57.519
 a

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:57.900
 new

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:58.640
 inevitable

00:42:58.639 --> 00:42:59.559
 the

00:42:59.559 --> 00:42:59.940
 new

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:00.480
 inevitable

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:02.119
 is

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:02.279
 that

00:43:02.279 --> 00:43:02.440
 we

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:02.699
 shall

00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:03.319
 live

00:43:03.319 --> 00:43:06.859
 and

00:43:06.859 --> 00:43:08.379
 there

00:43:08.379 --> 00:43:08.519
 is

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:08.859
 no

00:43:08.859 --> 00:43:09.239
 comeback

00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:09.539
 on

00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:09.859
 that

00:43:09.859 --> 00:43:11.799
 everyone

00:43:11.799 --> 00:43:12.599
 who

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:13.159
 believes

00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:13.739
 in

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:14.119
 Jesus

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:15.699
 shall

00:43:15.699 --> 00:43:16.379
 live

00:43:16.379 --> 00:43:17.440
 and

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.579
 that

00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:17.779
 means

00:43:17.779 --> 00:43:17.940
 that

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.119
 for

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:18.719
 everyone

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:18.960
 if

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.059
 you

00:43:19.059 --> 00:43:19.379
 put

00:43:19.379 --> 00:43:19.519
 your

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:19.799
 trust

00:43:19.799 --> 00:43:19.940
 in

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:20.119
 Jesus

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:20.279
 if

00:43:20.279 --> 00:43:20.379
 you

00:43:20.379 --> 00:43:20.519
 are

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:20.639
 a

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:20.879
 Christian

00:43:20.879 --> 00:43:21.039
 or

00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:21.159
 if

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:21.219
 you

00:43:21.219 --> 00:43:21.699
 become

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:22.199
 a

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:22.579
 Christian

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.639
 the

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:24.079
 final

00:43:24.079 --> 00:43:24.359
 word

00:43:24.359 --> 00:43:24.539
 for

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:24.719
 you

00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:24.920
 is

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.319
 not

00:43:25.319 --> 00:43:25.799
 yet

00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:25.960
 you

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.139
 will

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:26.519
 die

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:27.239
 the

00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:27.639
 final

00:43:27.639 --> 00:43:27.900
 word

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:28.079
 for

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:28.219
 you

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:28.460
 is

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:28.900
 yet

00:43:28.900 --> 00:43:29.260
 you

00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:29.519
 will

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:30.199
 live

00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:31.599
 yet

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:31.740
 you

00:43:31.740 --> 00:43:31.960
 will

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.380
 live

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:33.019
 forever

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:33.599
 with

00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:34.000
 Jesus

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:35.119
 so

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.240
 you

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.440
 might

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:35.840
 have

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:36.039
 an

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.539
 absolutely

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:37.119
 awful

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.460
 week

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:37.720
 this

00:43:37.720 --> 00:43:37.920
 week

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.179
 yet

00:43:38.179 --> 00:43:38.320
 you

00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:38.539
 will

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:38.960
 live

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:40.599
 you

00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:40.720
 might

00:43:40.720 --> 00:43:40.940
 get a

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:41.260
 terrible

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:41.960
 diagnosis

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:42.619
 this

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:42.980
 year

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:43.220
 and

00:43:43.220 --> 00:43:43.360
 maybe

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:43.579
 some

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:43.699
 of

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:43.800
 you

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:43.920
 are

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.179
 living

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:44.400
 with

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:44.639
 those

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:45.360
 diagnoses

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.300
 yet

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:46.480
 you

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:46.679
 will

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:47.059
 live

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:48.699
 you

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:48.840
 might

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.099
 not

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:49.260
 get

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:49.420
 the

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:49.780
 job

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:50.059
 or the

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.480
 house

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:51.639
 or the

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:51.960
 marriage

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:52.240
 that you

00:43:52.240 --> 00:43:52.500
 dreamed

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:52.699
 of

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:52.980
 yet

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.179
 you

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:53.400
 will

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:53.840
 live

00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:56.079
 you

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.400
 might

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:56.940
 have

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.140
 your

00:43:57.140 --> 00:43:57.539
 heart

00:43:57.539 --> 00:43:58.260
 broken

00:43:58.260 --> 00:43:58.660
 many

00:43:58.660 --> 00:43:58.880
 many

00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.420
 times

00:43:59.420 --> 00:43:59.940
 in this

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:00.260
 life

00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:00.820
 yet

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.180
 you

00:44:01.180 --> 00:44:01.460
 will

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:02.180
 live

00:44:02.180 --> 00:44:04.260
 that's

00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:04.740
 the new

00:44:04.740 --> 00:44:05.260
 inevitable

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:06.360
 that the

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:06.780
 gospel

00:44:06.780 --> 00:44:07.720
 promises

00:44:07.719 --> 00:44:08.739
 and it

00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:09.119
 all

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:09.399
 makes

00:44:09.399 --> 00:44:09.779
 perfect

00:44:09.779 --> 00:44:10.099
 sense

00:44:10.099 --> 00:44:10.359
 because

00:44:10.359 --> 00:44:10.579
 the

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:11.039
 reason

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.839
 your

00:44:11.839 --> 00:44:12.579
 new

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:13.239
 inevitable

00:44:13.239 --> 00:44:14.079
 as a

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.439
 person

00:44:14.439 --> 00:44:15.099
 can be

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.639
 life

00:44:15.639 --> 00:44:16.399
 is because

00:44:16.399 --> 00:44:16.599
 the

00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:17.099
 absolute

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:17.359
 of the

00:44:17.359 --> 00:44:17.639
 universe

00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:18.079
 is a

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:18.500
 living

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:18.980
 person

00:44:18.980 --> 00:44:19.339
 who

00:44:19.339 --> 00:44:19.899
 gives

00:44:19.899 --> 00:44:20.599
 life

00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:21.579
 and

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:21.859
 that's

00:44:21.859 --> 00:44:22.079
 so

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:22.319
 so

00:44:22.319 --> 00:44:22.739
 crucial

00:44:22.739 --> 00:44:23.319
 for us

00:44:23.319 --> 00:44:23.459
 to

00:44:23.459 --> 00:44:23.799
 recognize

00:44:23.799 --> 00:44:24.119
 this is

00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:24.359
 how we

00:44:24.359 --> 00:44:24.579
 need

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:24.739
 to

00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:25.179
 understand

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:25.619
 reality

00:44:25.619 --> 00:44:25.799
 and

00:44:25.799 --> 00:44:25.939
 this

00:44:25.939 --> 00:44:26.079
 is

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:26.259
 where

00:44:26.259 --> 00:44:26.859
 what

00:44:26.859 --> 00:44:27.039
 the

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.359
 bible

00:44:27.359 --> 00:44:27.799
 teaches

00:44:27.799 --> 00:44:28.039
 and

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:28.179
 what

00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:28.480
 everybody

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:28.779
 around

00:44:28.779 --> 00:44:28.980
 us

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.179
 thinks

00:44:29.179 --> 00:44:29.419
 are

00:44:29.419 --> 00:44:29.839
 completely

00:44:29.839 --> 00:44:30.339
 opposite

00:44:30.339 --> 00:44:31.319
 because

00:44:31.319 --> 00:44:31.559
 the

00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:31.879
 world

00:44:31.879 --> 00:44:32.179
 tends

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:32.359
 to

00:44:32.359 --> 00:44:32.639
 view

00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:33.419
 reality

00:44:33.419 --> 00:44:33.679
 a little

00:44:33.679 --> 00:44:33.799
 bit

00:44:33.799 --> 00:44:33.959
 like

00:44:33.959 --> 00:44:34.239
 this

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:35.000
 I

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.099
 don't

00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:44.480
 nothing

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:45.039
 nothing

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.239
 nothing

00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:45.459
 nothing

00:44:45.459 --> 00:44:45.579
 nothing

00:44:45.579 --> 00:44:45.899
 nothing

00:44:45.899 --> 00:44:46.579
 and then

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:46.739
 there's

00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:46.899
 this

00:44:46.899 --> 00:44:47.379
 wee blip

00:44:47.379 --> 00:44:47.899
 of life

00:44:47.899 --> 00:44:49.279
 for a

00:44:49.279 --> 00:44:49.399
 few

00:44:49.399 --> 00:44:49.699
 billion

00:44:49.699 --> 00:44:50.179
 years

00:44:50.179 --> 00:44:50.559
 where

00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:50.899
 the

00:44:50.899 --> 00:44:51.139
 universe

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:51.419
 comes

00:44:51.419 --> 00:44:51.599
 into

00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:51.980
 existence

00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:52.419
 and

00:44:52.419 --> 00:44:52.819
 there's

00:44:52.819 --> 00:44:53.139
 life

00:44:53.139 --> 00:44:53.279
 and

00:44:53.279 --> 00:44:53.539
 everything

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:53.679
 and

00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:53.839
 all

00:44:53.839 --> 00:44:54.000
 that

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.299
 stuff

00:44:54.299 --> 00:44:54.699
 and

00:44:54.699 --> 00:44:55.139
 slowly

00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:55.439
 it

00:44:55.439 --> 00:44:55.619
 all

00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:56.099
 starts

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:56.279
 to

00:44:56.279 --> 00:44:56.699
 burn

00:44:56.699 --> 00:44:56.879
 up

00:44:56.879 --> 00:44:57.000
 and

00:44:57.000 --> 00:44:57.419
 disappear

00:44:57.419 --> 00:44:57.939
 until

00:44:57.939 --> 00:44:58.079
 the

00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:58.199
 end

00:44:58.199 --> 00:44:58.299
 it

00:44:58.299 --> 00:44:58.480
 all

00:44:58.480 --> 00:44:58.839
 collapses

00:44:58.839 --> 00:44:58.980
 and

00:44:58.980 --> 00:44:59.059
 we

00:44:59.059 --> 00:44:59.159
 go

00:44:59.159 --> 00:44:59.359
 back

00:44:59.359 --> 00:44:59.519
 to

00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:00.119
 deadness

00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:01.000
 so

00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:01.379
 it's

00:45:01.379 --> 00:45:01.480
 a

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:01.579
 little

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:01.719
 bit

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:01.899
 like

00:45:01.899 --> 00:45:02.039
 you

00:45:02.039 --> 00:45:02.480
 start

00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:02.699
 with

00:45:02.699 --> 00:45:03.199
 death

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:04.059
 there's

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.579
 start

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:04.759
 with

00:45:04.759 --> 00:45:05.339
 deadness

00:45:05.339 --> 00:45:06.299
 there's

00:45:06.299 --> 00:45:06.519
 this

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:07.239
 this

00:45:07.239 --> 00:45:08.219
 anomaly

00:45:08.219 --> 00:45:08.579
 in the

00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:08.839
 middle

00:45:08.839 --> 00:45:09.219
 called

00:45:09.219 --> 00:45:09.719
 life

00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:10.639
 and

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:10.899
 then

00:45:10.899 --> 00:45:11.319
 there's

00:45:11.319 --> 00:45:11.479
 a

00:45:11.479 --> 00:45:11.939
 death

00:45:11.939 --> 00:45:12.459
 erection

00:45:12.459 --> 00:45:13.059
 at

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.219
 the

00:45:13.219 --> 00:45:13.619
 end

00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:14.439
 but

00:45:14.439 --> 00:45:14.659
 everything

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:14.919
 just

00:45:14.919 --> 00:45:15.359
 becomes

00:45:15.359 --> 00:45:16.019
 dead

00:45:16.019 --> 00:45:17.219
 again

00:45:17.219 --> 00:45:18.379
 and

00:45:18.379 --> 00:45:18.879
 that's

00:45:18.879 --> 00:45:19.179
 actually

00:45:19.179 --> 00:45:20.439
 how most

00:45:20.439 --> 00:45:20.879
 people would

00:45:20.879 --> 00:45:21.500
 view reality

00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:22.339
 in Britain

00:45:22.339 --> 00:45:23.359
 today

00:45:23.359 --> 00:45:24.719
 the Bible

00:45:24.719 --> 00:45:25.199
 says

00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:26.099
 the opposite

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:28.000
 the exact

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:28.559
 opposite

00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:30.399
 in the Bible's

00:45:30.399 --> 00:45:30.879
 worldview

00:45:30.879 --> 00:45:31.879
 the norm

00:45:31.879 --> 00:45:32.639
 is life

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:33.699
 life is

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:34.139
 what everything

00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:34.619
 came from

00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:35.079
 the life

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:35.559
 of the living

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:35.939
 God

00:45:35.939 --> 00:45:36.659
 father son

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:37.299
 and holy

00:45:37.299 --> 00:45:37.599
 spirit

00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:38.579
 the anomaly

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:39.139
 in the middle

00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:39.819
 is death

00:45:39.819 --> 00:45:40.480
 that's the

00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:41.119
 intrusion

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:42.000
 sin has

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:42.519
 brought in

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:42.839
 something

00:45:42.839 --> 00:45:43.619
 that was

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:44.239
 never meant

00:45:44.239 --> 00:45:44.599
 to be

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:44.960
 there

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.599
 something

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:45.879
 that has

00:45:45.879 --> 00:45:46.279
 ruined

00:45:46.279 --> 00:45:46.920
 what God

00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:47.460
 has

00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:48.000
 created

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:49.759
 and

00:45:49.759 --> 00:45:50.739
 that's

00:45:50.739 --> 00:45:51.039
 why

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:51.940
 it's

00:45:51.940 --> 00:45:52.219
 all going

00:45:52.219 --> 00:45:52.420
 to end

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:52.759
 with a

00:45:52.759 --> 00:45:53.420
 resurrection

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:55.739
 everybody

00:45:55.739 --> 00:45:56.619
 restored

00:45:56.619 --> 00:45:57.219
 to life

00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:58.139
 everyone

00:45:58.139 --> 00:45:58.599
 appearing

00:45:58.599 --> 00:45:59.019
 before the

00:45:59.019 --> 00:45:59.339
 judgment

00:45:59.339 --> 00:45:59.739
 seat

00:45:59.739 --> 00:46:00.319
 of the

00:46:00.319 --> 00:46:00.559
 living

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:00.920
 God

00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:01.199
 and the

00:46:01.199 --> 00:46:01.480
 whole

00:46:01.480 --> 00:46:01.779
 point

00:46:01.779 --> 00:46:02.139
 of Jesus

00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:02.519
 mission

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:02.879
 is to

00:46:02.879 --> 00:46:03.440
 break

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:04.219
 the power

00:46:04.219 --> 00:46:04.599
 of death

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:05.379
 to undo

00:46:05.379 --> 00:46:06.299
 that anomaly

00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:07.519
 to put

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:07.920
 right the

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:08.280
 wrong

00:46:08.280 --> 00:46:09.080
 and to

00:46:09.080 --> 00:46:09.640
 give

00:46:09.640 --> 00:46:10.460
 you

00:46:10.460 --> 00:46:11.440
 life

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:13.160
 and at the

00:46:13.160 --> 00:46:13.640
 heart of that

00:46:13.640 --> 00:46:14.360
 life is two

00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:15.400
 things that we

00:46:15.400 --> 00:46:15.900
 see in this

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:16.240
 chapter

00:46:16.240 --> 00:46:17.380
 there's

00:46:17.380 --> 00:46:18.260
 individual

00:46:18.260 --> 00:46:19.140
 preciousness

00:46:19.140 --> 00:46:20.920
 and precious

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.780
 togetherness

00:46:21.780 --> 00:46:23.740
 individual

00:46:23.740 --> 00:46:24.700
 preciousness

00:46:24.700 --> 00:46:26.320
 and precious

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:27.740
 togetherness

00:46:27.740 --> 00:46:28.980
 so Jesus

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:29.720
 restores

00:46:29.720 --> 00:46:30.680
 your life

00:46:30.680 --> 00:46:31.440
 for everyone

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:31.920
 here who's a

00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:32.180
 Christian

00:46:32.180 --> 00:46:32.560
 for everyone

00:46:32.560 --> 00:46:33.200
 who becomes a

00:46:33.200 --> 00:46:33.400
 Christian

00:46:33.400 --> 00:46:33.760
 Jesus

00:46:33.760 --> 00:46:34.380
 restores

00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:35.079
 your life

00:46:35.079 --> 00:46:35.800
 because you

00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:36.420
 as an

00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:36.880
 individual

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:38.039
 are precious

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:39.099
 and so he

00:46:39.099 --> 00:46:39.840
 died to take

00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:40.360
 your sin

00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:41.039
 he died in

00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:41.559
 your place

00:46:41.559 --> 00:46:42.139
 and you are

00:46:42.139 --> 00:46:42.940
 united to him

00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:43.480
 in the power

00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:43.760
 of his

00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:44.160
 resurrection

00:46:44.160 --> 00:46:45.220
 because you

00:46:45.220 --> 00:46:45.760
 as an

00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:46.180
 individual

00:46:46.180 --> 00:46:47.079
 are precious

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:47.820
 but Jesus

00:46:47.820 --> 00:46:49.400
 also restores

00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:50.340
 your life

00:46:50.340 --> 00:46:51.700
 so that other

00:46:51.700 --> 00:46:52.820
 people can enjoy

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:53.480
 your company

00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:55.200
 and so that you

00:46:55.200 --> 00:46:56.460
 can enjoy theirs

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:57.360
 so that there's

00:46:57.360 --> 00:46:57.880
 this beautiful

00:46:57.880 --> 00:46:58.660
 togetherness

00:46:58.660 --> 00:46:59.300
 in the new

00:46:59.300 --> 00:46:59.840
 humanity

00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:00.360
 that Jesus

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:01.079
 is restoring

00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:01.920
 through his

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:02.380
 death and

00:47:02.380 --> 00:47:02.760
 resurrection

00:47:02.760 --> 00:47:03.579
 and you see

00:47:03.579 --> 00:47:04.140
 this so

00:47:04.140 --> 00:47:04.599
 clearly

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:05.720
 in Lazarus

00:47:05.720 --> 00:47:06.360
 Jesus

00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:07.519
 wept at

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:08.079
 the grave

00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:08.700
 of this

00:47:08.700 --> 00:47:09.360
 individual

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:12.019
 this dear

00:47:12.019 --> 00:47:12.640
 friend

00:47:12.640 --> 00:47:14.559
 who Jesus

00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:15.360
 knew and

00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:15.700
 loved

00:47:15.700 --> 00:47:16.340
 Lazarus

00:47:16.340 --> 00:47:17.400
 the individual

00:47:17.400 --> 00:47:18.079
 mattered

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:19.180
 to Jesus

00:47:19.180 --> 00:47:20.420
 and you

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:20.860
 as an

00:47:20.860 --> 00:47:21.300
 individual

00:47:21.300 --> 00:47:22.300
 matter to

00:47:22.300 --> 00:47:22.960
 him as

00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:23.160
 well

00:47:23.160 --> 00:47:23.440
 but the

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:23.820
 amazing

00:47:23.820 --> 00:47:24.240
 thing

00:47:24.240 --> 00:47:25.340
 about

00:47:25.340 --> 00:47:25.920
 Lazarus

00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:26.340
 is that

00:47:26.340 --> 00:47:26.640
 you never

00:47:26.640 --> 00:47:26.900
 hear him

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:27.300
 talk

00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:29.780
 when you

00:47:29.780 --> 00:47:30.180
 look at

00:47:30.180 --> 00:47:30.579
 all

00:47:30.579 --> 00:47:31.079
 he's like a

00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:31.500
 key figure

00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:31.700
 in the

00:47:31.700 --> 00:47:31.940
 gospel

00:47:31.940 --> 00:47:32.220
 but you

00:47:32.220 --> 00:47:32.440
 never

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:32.800
 hear him

00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:33.280
 talk

00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:35.480
 instead

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:36.740
 he's

00:47:36.740 --> 00:47:37.519
 always

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:38.139
 described

00:47:38.139 --> 00:47:39.320
 in terms

00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:39.619
 of his

00:47:39.619 --> 00:47:40.380
 relationship

00:47:40.380 --> 00:47:40.900
 with other

00:47:40.900 --> 00:47:41.320
 people

00:47:41.320 --> 00:47:44.079
 so he's

00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:44.500
 described

00:47:44.500 --> 00:47:46.059
 as a

00:47:46.059 --> 00:47:46.460
 friend

00:47:46.460 --> 00:47:48.740
 as a

00:47:48.740 --> 00:47:49.079
 brother

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:50.740
 and in

00:47:50.740 --> 00:47:51.340
 chapter 11

00:47:51.340 --> 00:47:52.039
 his death

00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:53.280
 is mourned

00:47:53.280 --> 00:47:53.800
 but in

00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:54.519
 chapter 12

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:54.940
 you find

00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:55.420
 Lazarus

00:47:55.420 --> 00:47:55.780
 again

00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:56.179
 and he's

00:47:56.179 --> 00:47:56.639
 having a

00:47:56.639 --> 00:47:56.940
 meal

00:47:56.940 --> 00:47:57.700
 with his

00:47:57.700 --> 00:47:58.200
 friends

00:47:58.200 --> 00:47:59.059
 everyone

00:47:59.059 --> 00:48:00.240
 is enjoying

00:48:00.240 --> 00:48:00.920
 being

00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:01.539
 together

00:48:01.539 --> 00:48:02.220
 and so

00:48:02.220 --> 00:48:02.639
 Jesus

00:48:02.639 --> 00:48:03.500
 promises

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:03.920
 you

00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:04.240
 life

00:48:04.240 --> 00:48:04.579
 because

00:48:04.579 --> 00:48:04.980
 you

00:48:04.980 --> 00:48:05.200
 are

00:48:05.200 --> 00:48:05.519
 precious

00:48:05.519 --> 00:48:06.079
 to him

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:07.139
 and because

00:48:07.139 --> 00:48:07.760
 you are

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:08.159
 precious

00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:09.200
 to others

00:48:09.200 --> 00:48:09.579
 that there's

00:48:09.579 --> 00:48:10.400
 this collective

00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:11.760
 preciousness

00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:13.460
 this beautiful

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:14.500
 togetherness

00:48:14.500 --> 00:48:15.400
 that lies

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:16.340
 at the heart

00:48:16.340 --> 00:48:17.159
 of the gospel

00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:18.139
 and the result

00:48:18.139 --> 00:48:18.980
 is that for all

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:19.340
 of us who

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:20.019
 trust in Jesus

00:48:20.019 --> 00:48:20.940
 we can enjoy

00:48:20.940 --> 00:48:22.320
 this amazing

00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:23.300
 togetherness

00:48:23.300 --> 00:48:23.619
 and I think

00:48:23.619 --> 00:48:24.480
 that the meal

00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:25.099
 that Lazarus

00:48:25.099 --> 00:48:25.400
 shares

00:48:25.400 --> 00:48:26.220
 is a glimpse

00:48:26.220 --> 00:48:26.460
 of this

00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:26.920
 I think it's a

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:27.559
 beautiful picture

00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:28.579
 that Lazarus

00:48:28.579 --> 00:48:29.880
 has died

00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:30.619
 Lazarus

00:48:30.619 --> 00:48:31.440
 is restored

00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:31.900
 to life

00:48:31.900 --> 00:48:32.360
 through Jesus

00:48:32.360 --> 00:48:33.079
 the very next

00:48:33.079 --> 00:48:33.659
 thing we see

00:48:33.659 --> 00:48:34.099
 him doing

00:48:34.099 --> 00:48:34.940
 is having a

00:48:34.940 --> 00:48:35.500
 meal with his

00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:36.039
 friends

00:48:36.039 --> 00:48:38.139
 with his

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:38.920
 fellow believers

00:48:38.920 --> 00:48:40.779
 and I think

00:48:40.779 --> 00:48:41.299
 that that's

00:48:41.299 --> 00:48:42.380
 a beautiful

00:48:42.380 --> 00:48:43.139
 picture of how

00:48:43.139 --> 00:48:43.599
 the gospel

00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:44.199
 works because

00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:44.779
 you as an

00:48:44.779 --> 00:48:45.400
 individual are

00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:46.239
 saved and

00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:46.579
 then you're

00:48:46.579 --> 00:48:47.179
 brought into

00:48:47.179 --> 00:48:47.779
 this beautiful

00:48:47.779 --> 00:48:48.460
 family called

00:48:48.460 --> 00:48:49.059
 the church

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:51.779
 where precious

00:48:51.779 --> 00:48:53.440
 individuals enjoy

00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:54.319
 beautiful

00:48:54.319 --> 00:48:55.340
 togetherness

00:48:55.340 --> 00:48:56.699
 side by

00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:57.339
 side

00:48:57.339 --> 00:48:59.559
 and it's

00:48:59.559 --> 00:49:00.179
 all reminding

00:49:00.179 --> 00:49:00.659
 us that the

00:49:00.659 --> 00:49:01.259
 new life

00:49:01.259 --> 00:49:01.739
 that the gospel

00:49:01.739 --> 00:49:02.679
 gives starts

00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:04.299
 now and the

00:49:04.299 --> 00:49:05.259
 church is always

00:49:05.259 --> 00:49:06.359
 meant to be a

00:49:06.359 --> 00:49:07.159
 glimpse that the

00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:08.419
 world can see of

00:49:08.419 --> 00:49:09.299
 all the beauty

00:49:09.299 --> 00:49:10.179
 and joy and

00:49:10.179 --> 00:49:11.279
 goodness of the

00:49:11.279 --> 00:49:12.599
 life to come in

00:49:12.599 --> 00:49:13.659
 the new creation

00:49:13.659 --> 00:49:15.039
 and that's why

00:49:15.039 --> 00:49:16.159
 as we come to

00:49:16.159 --> 00:49:17.119
 faith in Jesus

00:49:17.119 --> 00:49:18.779
 we leave sin

00:49:18.779 --> 00:49:20.139
 and deadness

00:49:20.139 --> 00:49:21.339
 behind and

00:49:21.339 --> 00:49:22.319
 again you see

00:49:22.319 --> 00:49:23.639
 that reality in

00:49:23.639 --> 00:49:24.439
 Lazarus because

00:49:24.439 --> 00:49:26.079
 when Jesus calls

00:49:26.079 --> 00:49:26.599
 him out of the

00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:27.739
 grave Lazarus

00:49:27.739 --> 00:49:29.239
 comes out and

00:49:29.239 --> 00:49:30.219
 his hands and

00:49:30.219 --> 00:49:30.819
 feet are bound

00:49:30.819 --> 00:49:31.139
 with linen

00:49:31.139 --> 00:49:32.400
 strips his face

00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:32.980
 is wrapped with

00:49:32.980 --> 00:49:33.900
 a cloth Jesus

00:49:33.900 --> 00:49:34.659
 said to them

00:49:34.659 --> 00:49:36.639
 unbind him and

00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:37.960
 let him go and

00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:38.259
 I think that

00:49:38.259 --> 00:49:38.519
 there's an

00:49:38.519 --> 00:49:39.480
 incredibly important

00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:40.259
 truth conveyed in

00:49:40.259 --> 00:49:41.380
 those words unbind

00:49:41.380 --> 00:49:42.360
 him and let him

00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:43.219
 go we come to

00:49:43.219 --> 00:49:44.539
 faith in Jesus

00:49:44.539 --> 00:49:46.659
 and sin still

00:49:46.659 --> 00:49:47.719
 kind of has its

00:49:47.719 --> 00:49:48.400
 grip on us we're

00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:49.279
 still wrapped with

00:49:49.279 --> 00:49:50.380
 all the mess of

00:49:50.380 --> 00:49:51.199
 our mistakes and

00:49:51.199 --> 00:49:51.880
 all the kind of

00:49:51.880 --> 00:49:53.380
 bad choices that

00:49:53.380 --> 00:49:54.059
 we make and all

00:49:54.059 --> 00:49:54.819
 the attraction that

00:49:54.819 --> 00:49:55.460
 we have towards

00:49:55.460 --> 00:49:56.219
 sin and all the

00:49:56.219 --> 00:49:56.959
 attitudes that

00:49:56.959 --> 00:49:58.000
 have been just

00:49:58.000 --> 00:49:58.959
 cultivated in a

00:49:58.959 --> 00:49:59.659
 life that's not

00:49:59.659 --> 00:50:00.480
 centered on Jesus

00:50:00.480 --> 00:50:01.599
 and then as we

00:50:01.599 --> 00:50:02.439
 come to faith in

00:50:02.439 --> 00:50:03.639
 Jesus and turn to

00:50:03.639 --> 00:50:04.599
 him and follow him

00:50:04.599 --> 00:50:05.439
 Jesus is saying

00:50:05.439 --> 00:50:06.839
 get all that off

00:50:06.839 --> 00:50:07.159
 you

00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:10.059
 unbind him

00:50:10.059 --> 00:50:11.699
 let him go

00:50:11.699 --> 00:50:12.679
 live in the

00:50:12.679 --> 00:50:14.039
 freedom of the

00:50:14.039 --> 00:50:15.179
 gospel in other

00:50:15.179 --> 00:50:17.619
 words live life

00:50:17.619 --> 00:50:20.559
 have the life

00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:22.379
 that I created you

00:50:22.379 --> 00:50:23.299
 to have

00:50:23.300 --> 00:50:24.860
 love and that's

00:50:24.860 --> 00:50:25.600
 why there is such

00:50:25.600 --> 00:50:26.860
 an amazing change

00:50:26.860 --> 00:50:29.519
 now for everybody

00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:31.220
 who comes to

00:50:31.220 --> 00:50:31.960
 faith in Jesus

00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:33.080
 but ultimately it

00:50:33.080 --> 00:50:33.660
 will be fully

00:50:33.660 --> 00:50:35.820
 enjoyed then at

00:50:35.820 --> 00:50:36.539
 the resurrection

00:50:36.539 --> 00:50:37.620
 when we will be

00:50:37.620 --> 00:50:38.720
 brought into the

00:50:38.720 --> 00:50:40.160
 new creation and

00:50:40.160 --> 00:50:40.780
 when you look at

00:50:40.780 --> 00:50:41.300
 the Bible's

00:50:41.300 --> 00:50:42.240
 descriptions of

00:50:42.240 --> 00:50:43.380
 that new creation

00:50:43.380 --> 00:50:44.780
 the descriptions

00:50:44.780 --> 00:50:45.700
 picture just

00:50:45.700 --> 00:50:47.120
 beautiful togetherness

00:50:47.120 --> 00:50:47.940
 of God's people

00:50:47.940 --> 00:50:49.120
 enjoying life you've

00:50:49.120 --> 00:50:50.019
 got imagery of a

00:50:50.019 --> 00:50:51.039
 heavenly banquet

00:50:51.039 --> 00:50:51.840
 you've got imagery

00:50:51.840 --> 00:50:53.119
 of a marriage

00:50:53.119 --> 00:50:53.719
 supper of the

00:50:53.719 --> 00:50:54.340
 lamb nobody has a

00:50:54.340 --> 00:50:54.860
 banquet on their

00:50:54.860 --> 00:50:56.420
 own nobody has a

00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:57.019
 marriage on their

00:50:57.019 --> 00:50:58.219
 own it's all about

00:50:58.219 --> 00:50:59.800
 togetherness Jesus

00:50:59.800 --> 00:51:01.420
 reclaiming us from

00:51:01.420 --> 00:51:01.960
 the kingdom of

00:51:01.960 --> 00:51:03.199
 darkness restoring us

00:51:03.199 --> 00:51:04.820
 to life and bringing

00:51:04.820 --> 00:51:05.820
 us into his kingdom

00:51:05.820 --> 00:51:06.860
 where we can enjoy

00:51:06.860 --> 00:51:09.119
 the fullness of his

00:51:09.119 --> 00:51:11.559
 life together oh God

00:51:11.559 --> 00:51:14.019
 is promising us so so

00:51:14.019 --> 00:51:16.599
 much and you think

00:51:16.599 --> 00:51:17.960
 of every single way in

00:51:17.960 --> 00:51:19.119
 which life is rubbish

00:51:19.119 --> 00:51:21.719
 just now every way in

00:51:21.719 --> 00:51:22.759
 which friendships are

00:51:22.759 --> 00:51:24.259
 broken families are

00:51:24.259 --> 00:51:26.699
 torn apart every time

00:51:26.699 --> 00:51:27.480
 we're hurt by other

00:51:27.480 --> 00:51:28.259
 people every time we

00:51:28.259 --> 00:51:29.239
 feel lonely every time

00:51:29.239 --> 00:51:30.480
 we feel isolated every

00:51:30.480 --> 00:51:31.539
 bruise that's hit our

00:51:31.539 --> 00:51:34.659
 heart then it's going

00:51:34.659 --> 00:51:35.819
 to be none of that

00:51:35.819 --> 00:51:40.159
 ever again instead we

00:51:40.159 --> 00:51:41.359
 will be together every

00:51:41.359 --> 00:51:42.319
 single believer will be

00:51:42.319 --> 00:51:44.679
 together with Jesus and

00:51:44.679 --> 00:51:45.679
 we will see the most

00:51:45.679 --> 00:51:47.219
 beautiful version of one

00:51:47.219 --> 00:51:49.899
 another as the power of

00:51:49.899 --> 00:51:52.219
 sin is broken forever and

00:51:52.219 --> 00:51:53.239
 the grave clothes are

00:51:53.239 --> 00:51:55.199
 fully unbound and fully

00:51:55.199 --> 00:51:57.159
 left behind and together

00:51:57.159 --> 00:51:59.539
 we will reflect the

00:51:59.539 --> 00:52:00.719
 beauty and glory of

00:52:00.719 --> 00:52:02.899
 Jesus together in his

00:52:02.899 --> 00:52:04.559
 kingdom what is God

00:52:04.559 --> 00:52:05.559
 promising us he is

00:52:05.559 --> 00:52:08.019
 promising us an amazing

00:52:08.019 --> 00:52:11.659
 life that begins now and

00:52:11.659 --> 00:52:12.639
 that will last forever

00:52:12.639 --> 00:52:17.279
 last question what does God

00:52:17.279 --> 00:52:18.819
 require of you for all of

00:52:18.819 --> 00:52:23.139
 that well the answers in

00:52:23.139 --> 00:52:27.239
 our verses he wants you to

00:52:27.239 --> 00:52:32.099
 believe in him everyone who

00:52:32.099 --> 00:52:35.980
 lives and believes in me shall

00:52:35.980 --> 00:52:39.920
 never die and the key point

00:52:39.920 --> 00:52:43.079
 here is that that Jesus is not

00:52:43.079 --> 00:52:44.599
 asking us to believe things

00:52:44.599 --> 00:52:46.740
 he's not asking us to believe

00:52:46.740 --> 00:52:48.740
 information he's not asking us

00:52:48.740 --> 00:52:50.360
 to believe even in a

00:52:50.360 --> 00:52:52.800
 particular world view we're not

00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:54.599
 being asked to believe in things

00:52:54.599 --> 00:52:55.880
 we're being asked to believe a

00:52:55.880 --> 00:53:00.099
 person he's asking us to believe

00:53:00.099 --> 00:53:03.119
 him and that's where it all comes

00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:05.139
 together perfectly the absolute of

00:53:05.139 --> 00:53:07.800
 the universe is a person Jesus and

00:53:07.800 --> 00:53:09.820
 all that's required of us is to

00:53:09.820 --> 00:53:12.620
 believe in him to trust him and

00:53:12.620 --> 00:53:13.900
 it's reminding us that the whole

00:53:13.900 --> 00:53:15.240
 gospel is to be understood in

00:53:15.240 --> 00:53:17.019
 terms of a relationship no wonder

00:53:17.019 --> 00:53:18.660
 because the absolute of reality is

00:53:18.660 --> 00:53:20.680
 the triune God in an eternal

00:53:20.680 --> 00:53:23.039
 perfect beautiful relationship and

00:53:23.039 --> 00:53:24.660
 at the heart of any relationship is

00:53:24.660 --> 00:53:25.400
 trust

00:53:25.400 --> 00:53:29.860
 and you know that's true in any

00:53:29.860 --> 00:53:32.620
 family in any work relationship with

00:53:32.620 --> 00:53:35.460
 friends in any way in a church for a

00:53:35.460 --> 00:53:36.940
 relationship to function there's got

00:53:36.940 --> 00:53:38.639
 to be trust and when trust isn't

00:53:38.639 --> 00:53:40.300
 there you either have enmity where

00:53:40.300 --> 00:53:41.760
 people fall out or you have

00:53:41.760 --> 00:53:43.260
 manipulation where somebody might be

00:53:43.260 --> 00:53:44.599
 trusting somebody but they're

00:53:44.599 --> 00:53:46.960
 actually not trustworthy and they're

00:53:46.960 --> 00:53:49.280
 not doing or being what they said

00:53:49.280 --> 00:53:51.320
 that they would be a true healthy

00:53:51.320 --> 00:53:54.440
 relationship involves trust and

00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:56.500
 that's why being a Christian doesn't

00:53:56.500 --> 00:53:59.780
 mean bargaining with Jesus it doesn't

00:53:59.780 --> 00:54:01.079
 mean you think you know well okay I

00:54:01.079 --> 00:54:03.119
 well Jesus if you do this maybe for me

00:54:03.119 --> 00:54:05.340
 then I will follow you that's not the

00:54:05.340 --> 00:54:08.220
 basis for the gospel nor does being a

00:54:08.220 --> 00:54:09.780
 Christian mean impressing Jesus it's

00:54:09.780 --> 00:54:11.460
 not saying well Jesus look I I think

00:54:11.460 --> 00:54:13.039
 I can do this I'll try I'll make sure

00:54:13.039 --> 00:54:14.240
 I don't make that mistake again and

00:54:14.240 --> 00:54:15.940
 I'll keep it as good as I can be

00:54:15.940 --> 00:54:18.180
 that's not the gospel and it doesn't

00:54:18.180 --> 00:54:20.100
 mean using Jesus where we think well

00:54:20.100 --> 00:54:22.380
 oh yes Jesus I'm in a crisis right

00:54:22.380 --> 00:54:23.840
 now can you help me and then we go

00:54:23.840 --> 00:54:25.840
 through the rest of our lives as though

00:54:25.840 --> 00:54:27.860
 he's not there at all that is not

00:54:27.860 --> 00:54:29.240
 what the gospel involves the gospel

00:54:29.239 --> 00:54:34.739
 involves trusting him and that's all

00:54:34.739 --> 00:54:41.159
 it involves we trust him and follow

00:54:41.159 --> 00:54:46.179
 him so often we make make two mistakes

00:54:46.179 --> 00:54:48.159
 when we approach the gospel and we do

00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:49.439
 this as Christians and we do this as

00:54:49.439 --> 00:54:53.239
 non-Christians so often we play down or

00:54:53.759 --> 00:54:55.879
 minimize what we think Jesus will do for

00:54:55.880 --> 00:55:00.160
 us and we amplify what we must do for

00:55:00.160 --> 00:55:02.700
 him so we kind of we kind of minimize

00:55:02.700 --> 00:55:04.200
 what we think Jesus will do for us so

00:55:04.200 --> 00:55:05.440
 we sometimes think well Jesus is

00:55:05.440 --> 00:55:07.900
 important but he's probably going to

00:55:07.900 --> 00:55:11.559
 spoil my life and maybe you know I know

00:55:11.559 --> 00:55:13.980
 that my sins need to be forgiven but I

00:55:13.980 --> 00:55:15.200
 kind of don't really want to surrender

00:55:15.200 --> 00:55:18.099
 my independence and he'll maybe he'll

00:55:18.099 --> 00:55:19.680
 maybe kind of get in the way of my life

00:55:19.680 --> 00:55:21.420
 a wee bit or we might think well yes

00:55:21.420 --> 00:55:23.160
 Jesus he'll give me the ticket to

00:55:23.160 --> 00:55:24.079
 heaven that I know I'm going to need

00:55:24.079 --> 00:55:26.400
 when I die but just now I'd kind of

00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:27.900
 quite like to just keep him to one

00:55:27.900 --> 00:55:29.980
 side in my life because we kind of

00:55:29.980 --> 00:55:31.159
 think that you know what Jesus is

00:55:31.159 --> 00:55:33.920
 probably going to just interfere with

00:55:33.920 --> 00:55:36.420
 my life or spoil it or do something to

00:55:36.420 --> 00:55:38.019
 me that I don't want him to do so we

00:55:38.019 --> 00:55:40.059
 kind of play down what we think Jesus

00:55:40.059 --> 00:55:41.739
 will do for us and at the very same

00:55:41.739 --> 00:55:44.279
 time we amplify what we need to do for

00:55:44.279 --> 00:55:47.159
 him so we think well okay I need to

00:55:47.159 --> 00:55:49.059
 learn more I need to understand more

00:55:49.059 --> 00:55:50.819
 I need to be better at attending

00:55:50.819 --> 00:55:52.279
 church I need to become more diligent

00:55:52.280 --> 00:55:55.860
 in my my my my personal study time and

00:55:55.860 --> 00:55:57.580
 devotions I need to make sure that I

00:55:57.580 --> 00:55:58.780
 don't make these mistakes and I need

00:55:58.780 --> 00:56:00.100
 to kind of actually just get my life

00:56:00.100 --> 00:56:01.200
 in order and then I'll be able to

00:56:01.200 --> 00:56:02.480
 follow Jesus so we have these two

00:56:02.480 --> 00:56:04.260
 views where we kind of minimize what

00:56:04.260 --> 00:56:06.220
 Jesus has done or we reduce it we

00:56:06.220 --> 00:56:08.180
 kind of amplify what we have to do

00:56:08.180 --> 00:56:09.580
 both of them are completely wrong

00:56:09.580 --> 00:56:14.260
 the gospel is the opposite

00:56:14.260 --> 00:56:20.640
 what Jesus will do for you is beyond

00:56:20.640 --> 00:56:22.560
 anything that I can describe

00:56:22.560 --> 00:56:29.020
 Jesus's love for you is deeper and

00:56:29.020 --> 00:56:31.480
 stronger than anything that I can

00:56:31.480 --> 00:56:35.880
 convey and Jesus's promises for you are

00:56:35.880 --> 00:56:39.540
 bigger and better than anything that I

00:56:39.540 --> 00:56:41.360
 could set before you with my words

00:56:41.360 --> 00:56:43.620
 tonight and what Jesus will promise

00:56:43.620 --> 00:56:45.320
 what Jesus is promising us in the

00:56:45.320 --> 00:56:47.420
 future when we we will step into the

00:56:47.420 --> 00:56:49.000
 new creation and we will be there for

00:56:49.000 --> 00:56:53.300
 one second and we will think wow this

00:56:53.300 --> 00:56:56.539
 is beyond anything that I imagined and

00:56:56.539 --> 00:56:58.420
 so what Jesus will really do for you is

00:56:58.420 --> 00:57:02.280
 just way way way bigger than what we

00:57:02.280 --> 00:57:05.360
 imagine and what Jesus requires of you in

00:57:05.360 --> 00:57:10.579
 in comparison to that is never bigger

00:57:10.579 --> 00:57:11.579
 than one word

00:57:11.579 --> 00:57:16.760
 believe

00:57:16.760 --> 00:57:24.700
 you don't need to add any extra

00:57:24.700 --> 00:57:25.860
 requirements to that

00:57:25.860 --> 00:57:29.559
 you don't need to bring any impressive

00:57:29.559 --> 00:57:30.360
 knowledge

00:57:30.360 --> 00:57:35.840
 you don't need to you don't need to know

00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:37.320
 this that and the next thing

00:57:37.320 --> 00:57:41.200
 all you need to do

00:57:41.200 --> 00:57:44.740
 is believe in him

00:57:44.740 --> 00:57:48.000
 and that's what makes the gospel so

00:57:48.000 --> 00:57:50.260
 amazing that's the astounding truth of

00:57:50.260 --> 00:57:52.000
 the gospel Jesus is saying I am the

00:57:52.000 --> 00:57:53.820
 resurrection and the life I am the

00:57:53.820 --> 00:57:55.420
 absolute of the universe I am the

00:57:55.420 --> 00:57:57.480
 source of all life I am the beginning

00:57:57.480 --> 00:58:00.500
 and the end you are precious to me your

00:58:00.500 --> 00:58:02.820
 life matters I've come to save you from

00:58:02.820 --> 00:58:05.179
 death I am outraged by the fact that

00:58:05.179 --> 00:58:07.300
 death is threatening you I have come to

00:58:07.300 --> 00:58:09.360
 save you in fact I have come to die

00:58:09.360 --> 00:58:10.699
 instead of you

00:58:10.699 --> 00:58:15.000
 and though you may suffer and though you

00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:17.760
 may get ill and though you will die

00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:22.659
 physically yet you will never die because

00:58:22.659 --> 00:58:26.340
 I'll never forget you and I will delight

00:58:26.340 --> 00:58:29.300
 over you and I will delight in you being

00:58:29.300 --> 00:58:32.079
 with me for all eternity along with all

00:58:32.079 --> 00:58:33.579
 your brothers and sisters that is the

00:58:33.579 --> 00:58:35.019
 promise of the gospel that is what

00:58:35.019 --> 00:58:38.220
 Jesus wants and Jesus is saying for all

00:58:38.220 --> 00:58:40.000
 of that to happen for you to receive all

00:58:40.000 --> 00:58:42.780
 these promises I will do everything I'll

00:58:42.780 --> 00:58:46.000
 do absolutely everything you don't have

00:58:46.000 --> 00:58:52.700
 to do anything just trust me and that's

00:58:52.699 --> 00:58:55.939
 when we see that the question at the end of

00:58:55.939 --> 00:58:59.039
 verse 26 becomes the most important

00:58:59.039 --> 00:59:00.500
 question you'll ever ask

00:59:00.500 --> 00:59:04.719
 do you believe this

00:59:04.719 --> 00:59:10.899
 amen let's pray

00:59:10.900 --> 00:59:20.880
 Lord Jesus we just thank you so much for who you

00:59:20.880 --> 00:59:23.840
 are you are the resurrection and the life and

00:59:23.840 --> 00:59:26.320
 thank you for everything that you've done

00:59:26.320 --> 00:59:30.860
 for us and help us all just to live out this

00:59:30.860 --> 00:59:34.860
 week and every week of our lives and with our

00:59:34.860 --> 00:59:37.840
 minds and our attitudes and our whole lives

00:59:37.840 --> 00:59:41.000
 shaped by the gospel by the reality of who you

00:59:41.000 --> 00:59:43.340
 are and of everything that you've done and if

00:59:43.340 --> 00:59:45.880
 there's anyone here who's maybe not yet come to

00:59:45.880 --> 00:59:50.220
 faith or not sure I'll help them just to hear that

00:59:50.220 --> 00:59:53.400
 beautifully simple command to believe

00:59:53.400 --> 00:59:55.400
 amen

00:59:55.400 --> 01:00:06.579
 we're going to conclude with I think the greatest

01:00:06.579 --> 01:00:08.240
 resurrection song that was ever written

01:00:08.240 --> 01:00:11.579
 psalm 16 and we're going to sing the sing psalms

01:00:11.579 --> 01:00:13.519
 version on page 17

01:00:13.519 --> 01:00:23.599
 and we're singing from verse 7

01:00:23.599 --> 01:00:27.000
 I'll praise the Lord my God whose counsel guides my

01:00:27.000 --> 01:00:29.739
 choice and even in the night my heart recalls

01:00:29.739 --> 01:00:32.599
 instructions voice this is and the words we're going

01:00:32.599 --> 01:00:35.159
 to sing are quoted in the New Testament all

01:00:35.159 --> 01:00:38.119
 directly referencing the resurrection of Jesus

01:00:38.119 --> 01:00:41.559
 Jesus and we can sing with joy down to the words of

01:00:41.559 --> 01:00:44.299
 eleven you have made known to me the path of life

01:00:44.299 --> 01:00:48.539
 divine bliss shall I know at your right hand joy from

01:00:48.539 --> 01:00:52.039
 your face will shine we'll sing to the tune Golden Hill

01:00:52.039 --> 01:00:53.039
 and we'll stand together

01:00:53.039 --> 01:00:54.039
 amen

01:00:54.039 --> 01:01:12.920
 I'll praise the Lord my God whose counsel guides my

01:01:12.920 --> 01:01:22.019
 choice and even in the night my heart recalls my

01:01:22.019 --> 01:01:29.019
 heart recalls my instructions voice before me constantly I

01:01:29.019 --> 01:01:50.019
 said the Lord alone before me constantly I said the Lord alone he

01:01:50.019 --> 01:01:59.320
 voice and I'll king the bell the Lordden home my heart

01:01:59.320 --> 01:02:00.019
 clearly knows his favorite the man who died by 신

01:02:00.019 --> 01:02:03.820
 a lot of choices and and and for the more mie

01:02:03.820 --> 01:02:08.980
 heard the Lord soisten to the Lord through me Fed can however he

01:02:08.980 --> 01:02:19.759
 heard my heart tell them life

01:02:19.760 --> 01:02:26.440
 With glory we'll sing

01:02:26.440 --> 01:02:31.760
 My holy tomb

01:02:32.520 --> 01:02:35.760
 Will be secure

01:02:36.280 --> 01:02:42.380
 In war of me

01:02:42.380 --> 01:02:49.740
 For you will

01:02:49.739 --> 01:02:53.979
 What I love

01:02:53.979 --> 01:02:57.599
 My soul

01:02:57.599 --> 01:03:01.739
 In death to stay

01:03:01.739 --> 01:03:07.479
 How will you

01:03:07.479 --> 01:03:13.239
 In your holy heart

01:03:13.239 --> 01:03:15.739
 To see

01:03:15.739 --> 01:03:21.599
 Aogenic day

01:03:21.599 --> 01:03:41.439
 You are

01:03:41.440 --> 01:03:49.440
 I know that you I can

01:03:49.440 --> 01:03:57.780
 For in hope your face will shine

01:03:57.780 --> 01:04:01.360
 As you go into a new week together

01:04:01.360 --> 01:04:03.599
 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ

01:04:03.599 --> 01:04:05.139
 The love of God

01:04:05.139 --> 01:04:07.019
 And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

01:04:07.019 --> 01:04:08.159
 Be with you all

01:04:08.159 --> 01:04:09.340
 Amen

01:04:11.440 --> 01:04:13.440
 Amen