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 We're pausing in our Covenant Theology series, and this summer we'll be back in the Psalms.

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 So next week we'll be in Psalm 139, and then we'll continue where we left off last summer in Psalm 9 and onward.

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 So we have a special little message today unrelated to Covenant Theology or the Psalms,

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 and it's a message of comfort.

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 It's a message for those that will face death and dying.

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 So hear these words, 1 Thessalonians 4, verses 13 through 18.

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 As I read this, I read it believing that this is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear and sufficient word.

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 It's God's very own word for you, His people.

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 When I'm done reading, I'll say this is the word of the Lord.

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 If you receive it that way, you can say thanks be to God.

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 1 Thessalonians 4, verse 13.

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 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep,

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 that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

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 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus,

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 God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep.

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 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord,

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 that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord,

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 will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

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 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command,

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 with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.

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 And the dead in Christ will rise first.

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 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds

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 to meet the Lord in the air.

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 And so we will always be with the Lord.

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 Therefore, encourage one another with these words.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God. You may be seated.

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 The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, may your word go forth like the rain.

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 May it bring refreshment to those who are in a desert.

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 May it bring food to those who are hungry.

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 May your word wash over each one of us,

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 making us more like your Son, Jesus Christ.

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 For your glory we ask. Amen.

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 There was an old preacher,

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 and he confessed that his goal was simply to preach,

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 as never to preach again,

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 and as a dying man to dying men.

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 That's been my prayer as I think about each of you this week

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 in preparing for this message.

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 There's nothing more important we could think about

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 for the next 30 to 40 minutes

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 than your life and the life to come.

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 John Flabel,

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 I told you a little bit about his life and biography back in the fall,

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 so I won't repeat that now,

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 but he was a faithful Puritan minister

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 at the height of persecution in the 1600s.

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 Listen to his words on this topic.

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 Neglecting to prepare yourself for death

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 is not brave but foolish,

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 like going blindly into war.

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 If you're wise,

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 you will use your life

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 to prepare for your death.

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 That's the end of Flabel's quote.

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 To prepare for death in a time of peace

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 without physical persecution

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 is a discipline.

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 In persecution,

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 preparation for death

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 is a daily requirement.

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 This was the case for the church

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 in Thessalonica.

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 It was planted by Paul.

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 We read of this in Acts 17.

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 It's that story of when

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 the Judaizers of Thessalonica,

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 who were among the most fierce

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 and the most aggressive,

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 they chased him,

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 and he had to be lowered out the window

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 of Jason's home.

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 Do you remember that story?

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 Christians in Thessalonica

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 were hunted down.

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 They were often hurt.

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 Thinking about death

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 was routine.

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 That's what it meant

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 to follow Christ.

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 John Gill commented on

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 this church in Thessalonica.

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 Those who had not been

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 directly attacked

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 or persecuted

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 would have had someone

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 close to them

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 removed from the church

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 by violence

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 through the rage

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 and fury

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 of their persecutors

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 for whom their surviving friends

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 were pressed with sorrow

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 and grief.

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 Think of a church like ours.

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 If only one of our members,

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 one of our regular

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 brothers and sisters

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 with whom we are used

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 to fellowshipping every week

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 is all of a sudden removed

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 because of persecution,

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 we would grieve this.

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 We would grieve it

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 most likely

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 for years and years.

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 The clinical definition

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 of grief

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 is anguish

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 experienced

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 after significant loss.

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 Each of us

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 has experienced

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 significant loss.

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 Grief often includes

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 physiological distress,

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 separation anxiety,

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 confusion,

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 yearning,

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 obsessive dwelling

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 on the past,

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 and apprehension

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 about the future.

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 So beloved congregation

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the message I want to bring

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 to you today is

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 how do we as Christians

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 comfort one another?

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 That's what Paul

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 is doing with these words

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 to the church

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 in Thessalonica.

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 That's what I pray

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 the Holy Spirit

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 will do among us.

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 Teach us

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 how to comfort

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 one another.

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 Christians need comforting,

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 don't we?

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 So I've got five ways

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 in which I think

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 we can learn

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 to do this from Paul.

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 The first is that

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 we recognize

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 Christians must grieve

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 to.

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 Christians must grieve

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 to.

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 When you have

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 the opportunity,

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 we should hear this story

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 from one another.

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 When have you felt

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 the burn

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 of pain

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 and grief?

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 I see three things

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 in verse 13.

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 The first is this.

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 Grief

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 over a loss

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 is not a sin.

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 It's a necessity.

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 To grieve loss

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 is not a sin.

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 It is a necessity.

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 Look at verse 13

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 again with me.

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 We don't want you

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 to be ignorant brothers

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 concerning those

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 who have fallen asleep

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 so you don't grieve

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 like the rest

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 who have no hope.

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 He's implying

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 that Christians

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 do grieve

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 but we grieve

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 differently.

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 John Flavel

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 acknowledged this as well.

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 To bury a child,

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 any child,

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 must needs

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 rend the heart

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 of a tender parent.

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 A child is part

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 of the parent

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 made up

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 in another skin.

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 To lay a son

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 in the grave,

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 a son who would

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 continue the name

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 and support the family,

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 this is a very

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 great affliction.

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 How could a Christian

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 not grieve

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 great loss?

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 It's not a sin

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 to grieve

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 because Jesus grieved.

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 In John 11, 33,

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 we saw this.

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 Jesus,

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 as he's approaching

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 the tomb of Lazarus,

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 he sees Mary,

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 Martha,

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 and the Jews

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 weeping.

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 And Jesus,

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 our sinless God

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 in the flesh,

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 he groaned

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 in the spirit

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 and he was troubled.

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 Ecclesiastes 3, 4,

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 can be paraphrased

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 as the ancient

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 Hebrew paraphrase

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 gave it,

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 there is

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 a time

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 to weep

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 for those

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 that sleep.

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 But God

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 doesn't waste

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 the grief.

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 He uses it.

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 Flavel pointed out,

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 God often uses

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 a person's grief

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 to get your attention.

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 God could continue

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 stripping a person

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 of all he cares about

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 until he is finally

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 willing and ready

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 to face

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 his own death

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 as well.

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 I know some of you

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 are grieving.

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 Some of you

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 had loss

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 very recently.

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 The Lord wants you

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 to think about

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 your own life

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 and yes,

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 even your own death

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 because there is

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 a time for Christians

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 to grieve

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 painful loss.

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 You must grieve

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 but you must grieve

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 differently.

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 Second observation

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 on verse 13.

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 Without hope,

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 your grief

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 will paralyze you.

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 Here's why

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 you must grieve

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 differently.

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 To not grieve

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 differently than the world,

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 it's devastating.

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 Hopeless grief

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 degenerates your nerves.

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 It numbs your soul.

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 It holds your mind

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 hostage.

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 And grief

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 can paralyze you.

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 Have you experienced

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 something like that?

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 In verse 13,

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 Paul writes,

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 don't grieve

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 like the rest

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 who have no hope.

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 They have no hope

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 of ever seeing

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 their friends anymore.

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 The thought of that friend

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 must be entirely

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 lost to them.

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 They will never meet,

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 see,

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 or enjoy

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 those loved ones

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 that they lost

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 outside of Christ.

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 Christ.

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 And this would drive

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 the church

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 in the ancient world

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 to extravagant actions.

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 One commentator said

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 it would make them

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 do bizarre things

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 that we would see

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 now as culturally

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 crazy,

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 you know,

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 like downright madness,

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 furious transports.

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 We get a glimpse

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 of this also

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 in the pagan world

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 in Deuteronomy 14.1.

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 Part of the civil law

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 for national Israel

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 was to not grieve

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 over the dead

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 the same way

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 the pagan nations do.

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 That verse says

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 that you are the children

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 of the Lord your God.

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 Do not cut yourselves

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 or shave the front

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 of your heads

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 for the dead.

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 That's what the pagans do.

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 But you're children of God.

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 You grieve differently.

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 Humans can be driven

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 to those extreme actions

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 because

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 death is so real.

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 No one can deny

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 the reality of death.

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 And our conscience

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 can be pricked

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 when we see that so close.

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 That's why the western world

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 has tried to sanitize death

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 is because we don't want

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 to have to deal

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 with our conscience.

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 John Flavel wrote

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 your conscience

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 is either your best of friends

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 or your worst of enemies

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 because it indicates

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 to your body

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 in this life

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 what destiny

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 you are headed to

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 for eternity.

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 So without hope

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 grief

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 will paralyze you.

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 But the third observation

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 in verse 13

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 is that

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 there is

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 a medicine

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 for this pain.

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 The balm

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 for grief

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 is truth.

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 The balm

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 or ointment

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 for grief

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 is truth.

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 Notice what he says

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 at the very beginning

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 of verse 13.

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 Here's why

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 we don't want you

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 to be ignorant.

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 You need to treat

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 that burning pain

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 of grief

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 with the right

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 ointment.

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 The only ointment

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 that can soothe.

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 And that's truth

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 from the word

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 of God.

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 Spurgeon said,

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 Oh, there is

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 in contemplating Christ

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 a balm

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 for every wound.

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 Well, how do you

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 get this medicine?

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 How do you get that?

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 That's the fourth

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 observation

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 on verse 13.

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 As your soul

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 receives the truth

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 from God's word,

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 it leaves a residual

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 effect on the pain

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 and that's hope.

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 He says,

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 don't be ignorant

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 as those who have

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 no hope.

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 Instead,

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 through the truth

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 of God's word

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 washing over us,

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 what we're left with

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 is a hope

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 that's different

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 than what the world

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 can offer.

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 So if you

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 are suffering now

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 and you are grieving,

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 you must grieve.

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 You don't grieve

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 like the world,

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 though.

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 What you do

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 is you put yourself

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 like you are now

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 under God's word.

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 You let God's word

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 wash over you

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 as truth.

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 The residual effect

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 as you go home again

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 after the service,

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 you will have more hope

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 than someone

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 outside of Christ.

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 Psalm 34,

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 verse 18 says

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 that the Lord

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 is near

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 to the brokenhearted

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 and he saves those

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 who are crushed

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 in spirit.

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 If you are crushed

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 in spirit,

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 if you feel like

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 your heart is broken

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 and you are grieving,

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 the Lord is for you

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 and he is near you.

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 So Christians

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 must grieve too.

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 The second way

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 that we ought

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 to comfort one another

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 in grief

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 is to remind

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 one another

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 of what we believe.

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 Remind one another

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 of what we believe.

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 What is that truth

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 that gives Christians

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 hope?

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 Notice how Paul

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 gets right to it.

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 Here is the crux

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 of the matter.

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 In verse 14,

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 he says,

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 for if we believe

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 that Jesus died

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 and rose again.

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 I want to point out

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 to you in verse 14

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 two things.

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 First,

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 what the Lord Jesus

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 secured

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 and secondly,

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 for whom he secured

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 this.

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 So first,

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 what did our Lord Jesus

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 secure?

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 He secured

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 eternal life.

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 He says,

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 for if we believe

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 that Jesus died

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 and rose again,

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 even so God

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 will bring with him

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 those who have

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 fallen asleep

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 in Christ.

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 Your eternal state

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 and mine,

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 it hinges on that

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 one little word,

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 if.

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 First John 2.23

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 says,

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 no one who denies

00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:21.519
 the Son

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 has the Father.

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 Whoever confesses

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 the Son

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 has the Father

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 also,

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 you must believe

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 in Jesus Christ

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 savingly

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 to have the hope

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 of the gospel.

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 We confess this

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 with the Apostles' Creed.

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 We believe

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 who for us

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 and for our salvation

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 came down

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 and was made flesh

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 and entered humanity

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 and suffered

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 and rose the third day.

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 Why did Jesus do this?

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 To secure eternal life.

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 He didn't need it.

00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:56.379
 He secured eternal life

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 for you

00:14:57.180 --> 00:14:58.300
 who believe in him.

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 Octavius Winslow

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 pointed out,

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 Christ did this

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 because he took

00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:04.520
 your cup of grief,

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 your cup of the curse,

00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:07.540
 and he pressed it

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 to his lips

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 and he drank it

00:15:09.300 --> 00:15:10.180
 to the dregs,

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 every last drop.

00:15:12.160 --> 00:15:13.060
 Then the Lord Jesus

00:15:13.060 --> 00:15:14.360
 filled it

00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.560
 with his sweet,

00:15:15.800 --> 00:15:16.240
 pardoning,

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 sympathizing love

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 and he gives it

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.480
 back to you

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 to drink

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 and to drink

00:15:21.660 --> 00:15:22.379
 forever.

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 forever.

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 That's what the Lord

00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:25.759
 accomplished.

00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.100
 He secured

00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:28.080
 eternal life

00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:30.039
 by coming to earth,

00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:30.700
 dying,

00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:32.000
 and being risen again.

00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.840
 Now for whom

00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:35.039
 did he accomplish this?

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 There's still

00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:36.559
 the condition,

00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:38.320
 if you believe.

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 Even so,

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.720
 God will bring with him

00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.799
 those who have

00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:43.559
 fallen asleep.

00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:44.939
 Notice the next two words.

00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:46.059
 Those who have

00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:46.820
 fallen asleep

00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:48.679
 in Christ Jesus.

00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:51.719
 There is nothing

00:15:51.719 --> 00:15:52.419
 more certain

00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:53.699
 or more comfortable,

00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:55.620
 one commentator

00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:56.199
 pointed out,

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 there's nothing

00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.579
 that we should

00:15:57.579 --> 00:15:58.699
 more firmly believe

00:15:58.699 --> 00:15:59.319
 than this.

00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:00.479
 If you die

00:16:00.479 --> 00:16:01.219
 in Christ,

00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.639
 you are secure

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.500
 in Christ

00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.479
 forevermore.

00:16:06.319 --> 00:16:07.519
 1 Corinthians 15

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.239
 verse 21

00:16:08.239 --> 00:16:09.039
 gives clarity.

00:16:09.459 --> 00:16:10.339
 For since death

00:16:10.339 --> 00:16:11.419
 came by man,

00:16:12.079 --> 00:16:12.339
 Adam,

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 the resurrection

00:16:13.839 --> 00:16:14.559
 of the dead

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 also comes

00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:16.839
 by man,

00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:17.819
 Jesus Christ,

00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:18.599
 the last Adam.

00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:21.459
 Jesus Christ

00:16:21.459 --> 00:16:22.120
 secured

00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.779
 eternal life

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.719
 for all

00:16:24.719 --> 00:16:25.459
 who believe

00:16:25.459 --> 00:16:26.079
 in him

00:16:26.079 --> 00:16:27.399
 as Lord and Savior.

00:16:29.359 --> 00:16:30.359
 He secured

00:16:30.359 --> 00:16:31.500
 this now,

00:16:32.599 --> 00:16:33.500
 applying it to you

00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:34.679
 by the Holy Spirit

00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:35.839
 while you are alive

00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:37.479
 so that when you die

00:16:37.479 --> 00:16:38.259
 and go to sleep

00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:39.219
 in Christ,

00:16:39.819 --> 00:16:40.599
 you can know

00:16:40.599 --> 00:16:41.159
 forever

00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:41.799
 your soul

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.979
 is in him.

00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:44.559
 You are united

00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:45.019
 from him

00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.899
 that will never

00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:46.659
 be undone.

00:16:46.659 --> 00:16:50.039
 how can this

00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:51.339
 truth be balm?

00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:52.240
 How can this

00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:52.939
 give us hope

00:16:52.939 --> 00:16:54.059
 and comfort

00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:55.000
 and how can it

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.519
 be medicine

00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:56.319
 for our suffering

00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:56.699
 soul?

00:16:59.039 --> 00:16:59.799
 John Flavel

00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:00.620
 preached a sermon

00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:02.600
 and the title

00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.139
 of the sermon

00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:03.959
 I think answers

00:17:03.959 --> 00:17:04.599
 that question.

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:06.759
 It was a funeral

00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.680
 sermon entitled

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.619
 The Balm

00:17:08.619 --> 00:17:09.740
 of the Covenant.

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 That's the covenant

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.440
 of grace

00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.079
 applied to the

00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:15.440
 bleeding wounds

00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.779
 of afflicted

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 saints.

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:19.839
 And in this sermon

00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.740
 he tells the

00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.220
 widow

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 who lost

00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.759
 her husband

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 this is a

00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.579
 sovereign balm

00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:26.859
 the blessing

00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.960
 of the Holy Spirit

00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:28.720
 on you

00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.440
 for your wounded

00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.920
 spirit

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.640
 who are groaning

00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:31.380
 under the strokes

00:17:31.380 --> 00:17:31.900
 of God.

00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.740
 Here's the promise

00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:35.500
 that same moment

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.339
 that your soul

00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:37.559
 came to Jesus

00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:38.359
 in faith

00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:40.119
 had passed

00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:41.159
 from death

00:17:41.159 --> 00:17:42.179
 to life

00:17:42.179 --> 00:17:43.299
 that soul

00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:43.960
 is no longer

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.940
 under the law

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:46.279
 condemning unto death

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.919
 but it's under

00:17:46.919 --> 00:17:47.700
 the grace

00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:48.339
 that Christ

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:49.619
 secured forever.

00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.960
 So you and I

00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:55.480
 have the opportunity

00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.259
 every time we

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.799
 think about our death

00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:58.960
 every time we think

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 about resting

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 in Christ

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 we have the chance

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 to prepare

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 for that eternal

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 state

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 what comes after

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 this life.

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 Did you notice

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 how the apostle

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 Paul calls

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 death

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 falling asleep

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 if you're in Christ?

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 If you're in Christ

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 to die

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 is simply

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 to fall

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 asleep.

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 Every night

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 that we lay

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 our heads down

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 on the pillow

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 we are practicing

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 for our death.

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 We fall asleep

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 in Christ

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 we trust

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 that he will bring

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 his own

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 back to life

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 with him.

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 John Gill

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 pointed out

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 what do death

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 and falling asleep

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 have in common?

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 In both death

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 and sleep

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 there is no

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 exercise of the senses

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 the persons

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 are at rest

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 and both

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 rise again.

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 Both death

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 and sleep

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 are common

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 to all men

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 and they are

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 proper

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 and peculiar

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 to the body

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 only.

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 That's why

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 you can have

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 a dream

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 while your body

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 sleeps.

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 It's a wonderful

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 analogy

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 that the Lord

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 has given us

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 and even wiring us

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 and he makes you

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 sleep

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 not just once a month

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 he makes you sleep

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 every day

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 learning to rest

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 in him

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 practicing for your own

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 death one day.

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 Well let's remind

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 ourselves next

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 this is our third way

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 to comfort one another

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 remind one another

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 by the word

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 of the Lord

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 how it all

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 ends.

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 So having said

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 that there's only hope

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 for those in Christ

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 he reminds us

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 next of how

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 this all ends

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 and this is another

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 way that we comfort

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 one another.

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 Look at verse 15

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 for we tell you

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 by the word

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 of the Lord

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 that we who are

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 alive

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 who are left

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 until the coming

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 of the Lord

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 will in no way

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 precede those

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 who have fallen

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 asleep.

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 He says that

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 if you're in Christ

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 now and you're

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 still alive

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 this is how

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 it's going to end

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 for you

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 and what about

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 those who are

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 already dead

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 when Christ returns?

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 Well this is how

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 it will end

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 for them.

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 Verse 16

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 the Lord himself

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 will descend

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 from heaven

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 with a shout

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 with the voice

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 of the archangel

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 and with God's

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 trumpet.

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 This is imagery

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 of war.

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 it's a cry

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 of command

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 coming from

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 heaven

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 with the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 in his glorified

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 body

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 descending

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 coming to take

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 what's his

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 which is the

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 whole world

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 as the supreme

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 authority

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 and it's a command

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 to all his

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 soldiers

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 living and

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 dead

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 and the voice

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 of the archangel

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 that's the general

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 of the angelic

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 army

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 and with the

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 sound

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 of the trumpet

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 this is imagery

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 of a Jewish

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 shofar

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 which was the

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 trumpet made

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 out of a ram's

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 horn

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 that was used

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 when the

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 walls of Jericho

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 come tumbling

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 down

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 and the first

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 Yeshua

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 is calling the

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 people to take

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 the land

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 Jesus Christ

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 will be coming

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 back leading

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 the army

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 taking the land

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 taking the whole

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 world

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 that is his

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 own

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 this is how

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 it all

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 ends

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 in Luke 12

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 verse 49

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 Jesus said

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 in his own

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 words

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 I came

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 to throw

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 fire on the

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 earth

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 and I wish

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 it were

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 already

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 kindled

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 with the

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 gospel

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 in his

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 first coming

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 is gracious

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 he's inaugurating

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 the kingdom

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 of heaven

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 on earth

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 and this

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 fire will

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 spread

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 throughout

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 the world

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 it's the

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.259
 fire of

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 the gospel

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 it's the

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.139
 image of

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 the Holy

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.000
 Spirit

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.200
 hovering over

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 the church

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 as they

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:48.859
 gather in

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 his name

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 until every

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 one of the

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.299
 nations

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:51.940
 peoples and

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.359
 tribes are

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:52.759
 gathered

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 under

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 Jesus

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 their

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 king

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 and as

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 one

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 generation

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.680
 passes

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 and their

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 bodies

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.319
 are buried

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 they're being

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.680
 prepared for

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 that great

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 day

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.240
 when the

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 fire

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.259
 of the

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.579
 heavenly

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.000
 kingdom

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.059
 will consume

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.859
 the whole

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.200
 earth

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.099
 the new

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.480
 heavens

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:06.720
 and the

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:06.880
 new

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.160
 earth

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:08.200
 are brought

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.519
 down

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.880
 by the

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.079
 Lord

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.420
 Jesus

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.019
 himself

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.980
 with the

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.400
 host of

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:11.799
 the angels

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.240
 armies

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.200
 with all

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.539
 of those

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:13.859
 who had

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.339
 died in

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.700
 Christ

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.640
 being risen

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.720
 and all

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.020
 those who

00:22:17.020 --> 00:22:17.440
 are still

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:17.700
 living

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.000
 when he

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.420
 returns

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.000
 being

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.640
 transformed

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.180
 and brought

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.980
 with him

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:22.700
 this is how

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.040
 it all

00:22:23.040 --> 00:22:23.420
 ends

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.600
 this should

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.080
 comfort

00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:25.800
 us who

00:22:25.800 --> 00:22:26.120
 mourn

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.440
 now

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:30.700
 Jesus

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.480
 ascended

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.320
 into heaven

00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:32.700
 we read

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:32.980
 in our

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.280
 creed

00:22:33.280 --> 00:22:34.040
 he is

00:22:34.040 --> 00:22:34.400
 seated

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.960
 at the

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.400
 father's

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.020
 right hand

00:22:36.020 --> 00:22:36.780
 and he

00:22:36.780 --> 00:22:37.560
 will come

00:22:37.560 --> 00:22:38.080
 again

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:39.280
 to judge

00:22:39.280 --> 00:22:39.660
 the living

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:39.940
 and the

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.180
 dead

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:41.380
 his first

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.680
 coming

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.280
 was gracious

00:22:42.280 --> 00:22:43.000
 calling all

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.560
 to repent

00:22:43.560 --> 00:22:44.480
 and his

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:44.780
 second

00:22:44.780 --> 00:22:45.200
 coming

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.860
 is a

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.319
 time for

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.539
 his

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:46.920
 kingdom

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.580
 to be

00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:47.799
 here

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.380
 constantly

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:48.980
 where every

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.319
 knee

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.259
 will bow

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.940
 to king

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.279
 Jesus

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.799
 one way

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.039
 or the

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.279
 other

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:54.299
 remind one

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.640
 another

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.380
 by the

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:55.700
 word of

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:55.920
 God

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.420
 how this

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.160
 all ends

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:59.140
 the fourth

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.480
 way we

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.000
 comfort one

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.500
 another is

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.100
 we think

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:02.100
 of him

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:03.440
 with whom

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.200
 all believers

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.019
 will be

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:07.080
 think

00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:08.160
 of him

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.480
 with whom

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.140
 all believers

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.680
 will be

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:13.420
 verse 16

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:13.820
 we read

00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:14.120
 that the

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.519
 dead

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.360
 in Christ

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.759
 will rise

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.440
 first

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:20.820
 there are

00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:21.120
 Christians

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.420
 who have

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:21.980
 been tossed

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.980
 over ships

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.900
 there are

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.180
 Christians

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.420
 who have

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.900
 been burned

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.380
 alive at

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.880
 the stake

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.580
 their bodies

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:27.200
 were consumed

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.880
 by the fire

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:29.740
 there are others

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.140
 who have been

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.720
 buried in the

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 dirt

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 and turned

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 to dust

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.960
 their bodies

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.320
 have been

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:33.779
 eaten up

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 by worms

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:36.820
 the Lord

00:23:36.820 --> 00:23:37.580
 Jesus says

00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:38.040
 that when

00:23:38.040 --> 00:23:38.720
 he comes

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.060
 those who

00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:40.820
 died in

00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:41.240
 him

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.960
 will rise

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:45.320
 the one

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:46.000
 who created

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.300
 you

00:23:46.300 --> 00:23:47.019
 who formed

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.420
 you and

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.660
 me

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.160
 and this

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.640
 whole world

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.140
 out of

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.519
 nothing

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.580
 he will

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:51.240
 recreate

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.180
 each one

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.620
 of us

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.880
 he will

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.320
 join

00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:55.120
 body

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.160
 to soul

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:59.460
 that's the

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.860
 only way

00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:00.480
 we can be

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.080
 with him

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:02.700
 the Lord

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.019
 Jesus

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.140
 died

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.880
 and his

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.380
 own body

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:06.220
 was resurrected

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.840
 and his

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.380
 own body

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:07.960
 ascended

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.300
 to the

00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:08.800
 right hand

00:24:08.800 --> 00:24:09.520
 of the

00:24:09.520 --> 00:24:09.860
 father

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:12.420
 this mystery

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.700
 is explained

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.300
 at least

00:24:14.300 --> 00:24:15.540
 as much as

00:24:15.540 --> 00:24:16.120
 God wants us

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.460
 to know

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.920
 for now

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.300
 in 1

00:24:17.300 --> 00:24:17.660
 Corinthians

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.259
 15

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 42

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:21.000
 notice how

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.680
 Paul explains

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:21.840
 this

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 you're welcome

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.640
 to turn

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:22.840
 there

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.400
 I'll read

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:23.700
 it for

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:23.860
 us

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.100
 1

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.540
 Corinthians

00:24:24.540 --> 00:24:25.160
 15

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:26.100
 starting

00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:26.759
 at 42

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:28.640
 the body

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.940
 is sown

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:31.080
 perishable

00:24:31.080 --> 00:24:32.460
 it's the

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.800
 image of

00:24:32.800 --> 00:24:33.400
 our body

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.019
 once the

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.400
 soul has

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.780
 left it

00:24:34.780 --> 00:24:35.300
 being put

00:24:35.300 --> 00:24:35.759
 into the

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.060
 earth

00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:36.660
 into the

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:36.920
 dirt

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:38.420
 perishable

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.380
 but it

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:40.220
 is raised

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.620
 imperishable

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:43.040
 the body

00:24:43.040 --> 00:24:43.460
 God will

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.019
 raise to

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.320
 life

00:24:44.320 --> 00:24:44.660
 when he

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.259
 comes again

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.259
 will not

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.060
 perish

00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:49.820
 it is

00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:50.180
 sown

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.640
 in

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.680
 dishonor

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:54.100
 a funeral

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.680
 is a picture

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.140
 of what

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:55.600
 our sin

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.060
 deserves

00:24:56.060 --> 00:24:56.460
 it's the

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.780
 curse

00:24:56.780 --> 00:24:57.200
 that we're

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.519
 under

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.180
 that we've

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.660
 piled onto

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.040
 with our

00:24:59.040 --> 00:24:59.620
 own sinning

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.839
 but that

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.619
 same body

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.619
 because it's

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.139
 united to

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.519
 Christ

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.299
 by his

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.579
 work

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:04.919
 will be

00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:05.459
 raised

00:25:05.459 --> 00:25:06.539
 in glory

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:08.319
 the body

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.779
 is sown

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.339
 in weakness

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.719
 but it

00:25:09.719 --> 00:25:10.079
 will be

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.559
 raised

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.319
 in power

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:14.199
 so if

00:25:14.199 --> 00:25:14.679
 you die

00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:15.519
 in Christ

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:17.339
 your soul

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.659
 will be

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.079
 separated

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:19.239
 from your

00:25:19.239 --> 00:25:19.559
 body

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.099
 until the

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.679
 second coming

00:25:20.679 --> 00:25:21.139
 of Christ

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.439
 but you

00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:21.819
 can look

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.379
 forward to

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.819
 that day

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.319
 that great

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.839
 reunion

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:25.179
 your body

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:26.359
 will be

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.000
 transformed

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.119
 so that

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.420
 you can

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.779
 be with

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.119
 the Lord

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:29.480
 body

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.140
 and soul

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:32.059
 and what

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.539
 about those

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.759
 who are

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.359
 still alive

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.839
 when Christ

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.359
 returns

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:35.700
 we read

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.019
 in verse

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.740
 17 of

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.140
 our sermon

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.579
 text

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.500
 then we

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.960
 who are

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.339
 alive

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.640
 who are

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.039
 left

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.859
 will be

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.460
 caught up

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.200
 together

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.839
 with them

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.500
 in the

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.880
 clouds

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.660
 to meet

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.140
 the Lord

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.900
 in the

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.200
 air

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:48.420
 the phrase

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.859
 in the

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.099
 air

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.660
 is used

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.059
 throughout

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.500
 the Bible

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.779
 and the

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.299
 Old Testament

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.859
 as not

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.700
 the seventh

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:53.980
 heaven

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.279
 or the

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.559
 highest

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.000
 of heaven

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.380
 but that

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:55.700
 place

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.099
 between

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.400
 heaven

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:56.759
 and earth

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.779
 it's the

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.339
 mediating

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.220
 presence

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.879
 of Christ

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.680
 in the

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:00.879
 air

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.359
 it means

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:01.839
 the

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.200
 presence

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.680
 of the

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.000
 Lord

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.839
 where he's

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.119
 bringing

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.440
 heaven

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.759
 and earth

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.259
 together

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.960
 and there's

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.240
 going to be

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.660
 a great

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.160
 reunion

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:09.160
 of all

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.420
 those

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.599
 who

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.200
 died

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.420
 in

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.799
 Christ

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.500
 and all

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.700
 those

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:11.920
 who are

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.099
 now

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.400
 still

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.799
 living

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.379
 in

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:13.879
 Christ

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:15.539
 1 Corinthians

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.019
 15

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.539
 51

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:16.859
 says

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.299
 behold

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.740
 I tell

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:17.900
 you

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.599
 a mystery

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.599
 we will

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.160
 not all

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.539
 sleep

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.440
 but we

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.799
 will

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.299
 all

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.879
 be

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.400
 changed

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.559
 in a

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.879
 moment

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.259
 in the

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.640
 twinkling

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:25.980
 of an

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.160
 eye

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:27.019
 the last

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.360
 trumpet

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.660
 will

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.160
 sound

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.800
 the dead

00:26:29.800 --> 00:26:30.140
 will be

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.560
 raised

00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:31.519
 incorruptible

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.500
 and we

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.240
 will be

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.740
 changed

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:35.540
 this perishable

00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:36.720
 body must

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.160
 become

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.060
 imperishable

00:26:38.060 --> 00:26:39.560
 and this

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.300
 mortal body

00:26:40.300 --> 00:26:41.320
 must put on

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:42.180
 immortality

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:44.860
 the Lord

00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.539
 will transform

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.240
 all of us

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.660
 those who

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.100
 died in

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.299
 him

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.000
 those who

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.340
 are still

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.820
 living in

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.080
 him

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.880
 at his

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.140
 second

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.539
 coming

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.980
 the reason

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.299
 he will

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.759
 transform

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.460
 our bodies

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.680
 is so that

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.259
 we can be

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.759
 with him

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.259
 in his

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.759
 glory

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.640
 John

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:58.960
 Flavel

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.680
 explained this

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.320
 mystery this

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:00.580
 way

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:02.060
 your body

00:27:02.060 --> 00:27:03.100
 must be

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.720
 refined

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.820
 it must be

00:27:04.820 --> 00:27:05.440
 cast into

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:05.840
 a new

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.200
 mold

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.820
 or else

00:27:06.820 --> 00:27:07.340
 that new

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:07.820
 wine

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.460
 of heavenly

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.940
 glory

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.740
 would break

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:11.400
 it is not

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.960
 union with

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.339
 Christ

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.440
 infinitely more

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.039
 desirable

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.099
 than union

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.180
 of your soul

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.599
 with this

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:16.940
 body

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:18.359
 oh cherish

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:18.900
 your union

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.440
 with him

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:21.299
 then shall

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.740
 your souls

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.339
 be happy

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.960
 when your

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.799
 bodies drop

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.339
 off from

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:24.720
 them at

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.039
 death

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.519
 and what's

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.799
 more

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.720
 your soul

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.200
 and your

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.500
 body

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.319
 shall be

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.960
 happy in

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.299
 him

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:30.000
 in that

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.319
 great

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.940
 resurrection

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.779
 at the

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.180
 second

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.079
 and final

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.460
 coming

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.759
 of our

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.120
 Lord

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:38.940
 look at

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.720
 verse 17

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:43.000
 think of

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.380
 him

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.620
 with whom

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.440
 all believers

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.539
 will be

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:49.620
 verse 17

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.019
 we have

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.579
 this glorious

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.200
 promise

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.360
 in this

00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:52.680
 way

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.559
 so

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.360
 we

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.240
 will be

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.980
 with

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.559
 the

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:56.920
 Lord

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:58.180
 forever

00:27:58.180 --> 00:28:00.019
 we

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.460
 will be

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.799
 with

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.180
 the

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.519
 Lord

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.400
 forever

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:05.319
 Romans

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.960
 6 5

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.259
 says

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.799
 if we

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.059
 have

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.500
 become

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.039
 united

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.579
 with him

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:08.960
 in the

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.380
 likeness

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.680
 of his

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:09.980
 death

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.800
 we

00:28:10.800 --> 00:28:11.380
 also

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.200
 will be

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.520
 part

00:28:12.520 --> 00:28:12.940
 of his

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.540
 resurrection

00:28:13.540 --> 00:28:14.780
 that's

00:28:14.780 --> 00:28:15.060
 how we

00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:15.560
 will be

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.240
 with the

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.540
 Lord

00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:17.180
 forever

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.280
 we're

00:28:18.280 --> 00:28:18.600
 with the

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:18.780
 Lord

00:28:18.780 --> 00:28:19.080
 now

00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:19.780
 spiritually

00:28:19.780 --> 00:28:21.140
 one day

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.440
 we will

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.740
 be with

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:21.920
 the

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.180
 Lord

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.820
 body

00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:23.600
 and soul

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.400
 the new

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:24.780
 heavens

00:28:24.780 --> 00:28:25.440
 the new

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.800
 earth

00:28:25.800 --> 00:28:26.720
 forever

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:26.819
 forever

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:26.940
 whatever

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:28.740
 what

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.059
 greater

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.519
 comfort

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.740
 could

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.140
 a person

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.440
 ask

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:30.680
 for

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:33.940
 this

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.220
 is the

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.420
 high

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.640
 part

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:34.900
 of our

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.420
 passage

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.100
 it's

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.279
 the

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.559
 Lord

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.940
 Jesus

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.640
 himself

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.319
 your

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.740
 savior

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.019
 your

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.519
 creator

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.120
 your

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.380
 good

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.740
 shepherd

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.100
 you are

00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:41.440
 with

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.779
 him

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.759
 for all

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.240
 eternity

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:45.960
 but that's

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.440
 not where

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.380
 he ends

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:48.039
 this thought

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:49.819
 because you

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.160
 and I are

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.660
 still here

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:50.920
 in the

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.279
 church

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.880
 we're still

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.319
 in this

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.660
 life

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.160
 in these

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.579
 bodies

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.559
 and we

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.039
 long for

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.440
 that day

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.720
 that we'll

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.079
 be with

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.240
 our

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.440
 Lord

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.880
 forever

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:59.020
 but now

00:28:59.020 --> 00:28:59.560
 what do we

00:28:59.560 --> 00:28:59.920
 do while

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.480
 we grieve

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.000
 while our

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.420
 flesh is

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.760
 weak

00:29:01.760 --> 00:29:03.080
 and he

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.400
 ends with

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:04.260
 verse 18

00:29:04.260 --> 00:29:05.440
 comfort

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.080
 one another

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:07.320
 with these

00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:07.800
 words

00:29:07.800 --> 00:29:12.160
 comfort

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:13.120
 one another

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:14.680
 to

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.140
 comfort

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.220
 is to

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.800
 lessen a

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.260
 friend's

00:29:17.260 --> 00:29:17.620
 sadness

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.680
 or sorrow

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:20.200
 it's to

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.560
 minister

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:21.220
 comfort

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:23.420
 to give

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.940
 someone a

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.340
 pleasant

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:25.420
 feeling

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.040
 or being

00:29:26.040 --> 00:29:26.660
 relaxed

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.420
 more free

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.000
 from pain

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.620
 it's to

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.080
 restore

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.680
 a cheerful

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.240
 outlook

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.360
 to strengthen

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.779
 by inspiring

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.240
 them with

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.600
 hope

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:35.120
 and how

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.420
 is it

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.720
 that the

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:35.940
 Lord

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.700
 does this

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.560
 well he

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:37.880
 does it

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.259
 through the

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.640
 church

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.920
 we are

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.300
 part of

00:29:40.300 --> 00:29:40.880
 ministering

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.279
 such

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.680
 comfort

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.200
 to one

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.540
 another

00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:44.480
 and how

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.759
 do we

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.240
 comfort

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.800
 one another

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:47.080
 with

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.600
 these

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.080
 words

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:50.180
 if it's

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.580
 man's

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.040
 words to

00:29:51.040 --> 00:29:51.480
 one another

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.920
 it brings

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.519
 no hope

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:54.220
 but from

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.640
 God

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:56.120
 who alone

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.480
 has the

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.819
 words of

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.140
 eternal

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.500
 life

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.819
 through

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.059
 his

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.380
 people

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.579
 the

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:58.940
 church

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.500
 there

00:29:59.500 --> 00:29:59.640
 is

00:29:59.640 --> 00:29:59.940
 great

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.380
 comfort

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:02.740
 Jesus

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.299
 said in

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.099
 Mark 13

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.880
 verse 31

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.740
 heaven and

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.539
 earth will

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.240
 pass away

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.599
 but my

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.900
 words shall

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:11.039
 never pass

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.500
 away

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:14.059
 we take the

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.620
 word of God

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.380
 that shall not

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.980
 pass away

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.720
 and we

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.620
 minister God's

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.400
 word to

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.000
 one another

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:20.259
 the Holy

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.940
 Spirit takes

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.700
 our humble

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.339
 attempts at

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.240
 comforting one

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.160
 another from

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.819
 God's word

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.439
 and he

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:25.939
 blesses

00:30:25.939 --> 00:30:26.179
 that

00:30:26.179 --> 00:30:28.019
 Psalm 55

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.759
 verse 22

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.599
 says cast

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.339
 your burden

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.700
 on the

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.539
 Lord and

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.079
 he will

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.839
 sustain

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.099
 you

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.679
 he will

00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:33.960
 never

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.619
 permit the

00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:34.980
 righteous

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.779
 to be

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.240
 moved

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.519
 comfort one

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.419
 another with

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:39.099
 these words

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:42.159
 we all need

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:42.899
 comfort from

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:43.460
 one another

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.079
 we come to

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.559
 the church

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.240
 we want to

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.599
 hear from

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.439
 God and

00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:47.079
 God ministers

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.460
 and he

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.379
 speaks to

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:48.919
 the church

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:49.700
 through the

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.079
 church

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.619
 hasn't that

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.099
 been true in

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.779
 your experience

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.259
 you're so

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.779
 blessed every

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.160
 time you

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.599
 leave and

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.000
 you just

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.420
 never know

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:55.700
 where the

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.119
 Lord's gonna

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:57.079
 minister to

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.399
 you but it

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:58.539
 happens as

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:58.960
 you're setting

00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:00.680
 up an element

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.399
 of the service

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.420
 in the meal

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.639
 just passing in

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.059
 the hallway

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.079
 we listen to

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.480
 one another

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.139
 we minister

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:07.319
 to one another

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:09.859
 just as we

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.440
 prepare for

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.119
 death as a

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.859
 discipline now

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.700
 we also need

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.240
 to be prepared

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.119
 for persecution

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:15.579
 and for more

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.839
 serious grieving

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.819
 within this body

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.480
 we need to be

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.480
 equipped to

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.180
 minister and to

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:21.099
 comfort within

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.639
 this body

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.840
 we don't know

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.259
 what the Lord

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.740
 will bring

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:26.380
 I'm reminded

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.080
 every time I

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:28.280
 read of another

00:31:28.280 --> 00:31:28.920
 part of the

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.740
 world or another

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.560
 time in Christian

00:31:30.560 --> 00:31:31.560
 history how much

00:31:31.560 --> 00:31:33.080
 persecution little

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:34.240
 churches like ours

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.820
 seeking to be

00:31:34.820 --> 00:31:35.540
 faithful to God's

00:31:35.540 --> 00:31:35.900
 word have

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.560
 endured

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:38.540
 one last example

00:31:38.540 --> 00:31:39.060
 from John

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:39.900
 Flavel's life

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:41.560
 during the

00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:43.200
 the reign in

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:44.120
 England when it

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:45.380
 was prohibited to

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:46.400
 minister from

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.160
 God's word to

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.680
 one another

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:49.080
 you had to use a

00:31:49.080 --> 00:31:49.660
 book of common

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.320
 prayer and be

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:51.540
 regulated by the

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.000
 government

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.759
 pastors like

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.259
 John Flavel

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.940
 spent time in

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.740
 prison then

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.099
 there was a

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.899
 five mile act

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.240
 where they had

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.960
 to be five miles

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.599
 away from the

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.339
 village where

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.720
 there was an

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.539
 official parish

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.819
 because it was

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.500
 outlawed to

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.279
 minister God's

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.839
 word to comfort

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.399
 one another

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:06.200
 and John Flavel

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.159
 was not popular

00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:09.059
 his opponents

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:10.259
 made an effigy

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.740
 of him and

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.879
 burned it as a

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.619
 protest against

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.559
 puritanism and

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.519
 the free ministry

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.039
 of the word

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:16.779
 on another

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:18.200
 occasion his

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.980
 congregation would

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.500
 meet him in a

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.180
 field just to

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.899
 minister the word

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.480
 of the Lord to

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.160
 one another and

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.680
 worship with

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.160
 freedom of

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.620
 conscience

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:25.780
 there the city

00:32:25.780 --> 00:32:26.680
 of darts is on

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.500
 the mouth of

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:29.259
 the ocean and

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.660
 these rivers bring

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.580
 that salty water

00:32:31.580 --> 00:32:34.880
 in and so there

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.800
 was one island

00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:36.440
 called the

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.440
 south stone rock

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.560
 and this is an

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:39.420
 estuary in

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:41.380
 England and here

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.100
 the sailors would

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.580
 come and they

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.500
 would they would

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.060
 put their ships

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.420
 and they would

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.240
 march out and the

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.000
 people from the

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.480
 village would

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.720
 join while the

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.280
 tide would blow

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.680
 they would take

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.240
 their little boats

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:50.059
 onto this rock

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.759
 and they would

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.299
 hold a worship

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.480
 service where they

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.859
 couldn't be

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:54.000
 persecuted and

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.680
 then as the tide

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.339
 would rise that

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.160
 same little island

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.839
 would get buried

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.500
 by the water

00:32:57.500 --> 00:33:00.799
 John Flavel took

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.420
 the truth of the

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.200
 gospel and he put

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.059
 it as a question

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.899
 and answer for

00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:04.359
 these simple

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.299
 sailors it was

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:06.139
 called a catechism

00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:08.240
 for sailors and

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 listen to his

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.940
 words on death

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 ministering this

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.779
 comfort to men

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.319
 like that

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:14.500
 to die is to

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 pass through a

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:16.500
 raging maritime

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.659
 tempest that

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:19.039
 strips the ship

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.740
 of its worldly

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:21.579
 cargo and though

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.659
 all earthly things

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.519
 fail at death

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.980
 yet neither the

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:26.119
 soul nor its

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.939
 well-grounded

00:33:26.939 --> 00:33:28.079
 hopes can fail

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:30.159
 the anchor of a

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:31.500
 believer's hope

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:33.200
 is firm and

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.519
 sure amen

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:36.779
 Jesus Christ is

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:38.079
 the anchor of

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.740
 every believer

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:40.399
 well Satan wants

00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:41.319
 to attack you in

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.899
 your grief

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:43.700
 he wants to

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:45.019
 accuse God to

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:47.880
 you in your

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.780
 grief as you

00:33:48.780 --> 00:33:49.700
 suffer loss you

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.660
 can feel empty

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:52.340
 bruised deserted

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:53.700
 and spiritually

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:55.900
 parched and

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 Jesus says to

00:33:56.780 --> 00:33:58.040
 you you who

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 mourn in him

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 are blessed

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.640
 Matthew 5

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:04.300
 4 how can a

00:34:04.300 --> 00:34:04.900
 person mourning

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.580
 be blessed

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:07.519
 Jesus says

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.160
 because you

00:34:08.160 --> 00:34:09.139
 shall be

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.700
 comforted

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:15.739
 Christ comforts

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.339
 you in your

00:34:16.339 --> 00:34:17.759
 grief he

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.500
 fills you who

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.019
 are empty

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:20.819
 he brings water

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:21.500
 to you who are

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.000
 in a desert

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:24.339
 I love how

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:24.879
 John Newton

00:34:24.879 --> 00:34:25.980
 the same pastor

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.139
 who composed the

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.139
 lyrics to amazing

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:30.039
 grace he put it

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:31.119
 this way in a

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:33.219
 poem see the

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:34.259
 streams of living

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:35.679
 water springing

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.500
 from eternal

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:38.199
 love well supply

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:39.000
 thy sons and

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.039
 daughters and

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.119
 all fear of

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:42.099
 want remove

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:43.359
 who can faint

00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:44.339
 while such a

00:34:44.339 --> 00:34:45.839
 river ever flows

00:34:45.839 --> 00:34:47.000
 their thirst to

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:48.639
 assuage grace

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.739
 which like the

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.599
 Lord the giver

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:52.919
 never fails from

00:34:52.919 --> 00:34:54.119
 age to age

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:56.239
 so church

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:57.019
 comfort one

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.819
 another with

00:34:57.819 --> 00:34:59.519
 this all you

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.639
 who are in

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.659
 our Lord Jesus

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:03.659
 Christ all your

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.859
 loved ones who

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:06.219
 die in our

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:06.719
 Lord Jesus

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.919
 Christ and

00:35:07.919 --> 00:35:08.279
 the whole

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:09.399
 church who

00:35:09.399 --> 00:35:10.559
 is united in

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.159
 the Lord Jesus

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:12.219
 Christ from

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:13.099
 all generations

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:14.259
 all peoples

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:15.500
 nations tribes

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.839
 and tongues will

00:35:16.839 --> 00:35:18.159
 be with the

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:19.359
 Lord forever

00:35:19.359 --> 00:35:21.179
 comfort one

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:22.459
 another in this

00:35:22.459 --> 00:35:24.239
 truth let's

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:24.480
 pray

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:39.480
 Lord now we

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.059
 receive your

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.559
 truth by

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:40.980
 faith

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:43.880
 we believe

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:45.380
 help our

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.920
 unbelief

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:49.940
 we do pray

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.599
 Lord for those

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.099
 who are still

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.500
 grieving

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.659
 those who have

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.360
 suffered great

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.820
 loss

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:55.700
 we pray that

00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:56.260
 the truth

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:57.519
 that we are

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.380
 secure in

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.220
 Jesus Christ

00:35:59.220 --> 00:36:00.620
 and that the

00:36:00.620 --> 00:36:01.420
 anchor of our

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:03.000
 hope will not

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:04.700
 fail we pray

00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:05.340
 that that truth

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:06.240
 once again today

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:07.680
 Lord will stir

00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:08.140
 up in our

00:36:08.140 --> 00:36:09.240
 hearts a hope

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:10.480
 in you for

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.140
 your glory we

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.980
 ask amen