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 The other reason I asked Lori to stop is, and it bears so much repeating, Lori, I'm going to ask you to read again verses 1 through 4.

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 Okay.

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 Now I would remind you, brothers of the gospel, I preach to you which you receive, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved.

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 If you hold fast to the word I preach to you, unless you believe in vain.

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 So, it's important.

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 You know, he's letting them know.

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 It's important.

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 And then, in the last statement there, verse 11, he's making, he's repeating for them again, and this isn't just my version of the gospel.

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 This is what we all preach.

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 This is the gospel.

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 And, of course, they're saying, oh, yes, yes, this is important.

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 Yes, yeah.

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 And as he goes through it, they hear it.

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 And both in the ancient world in general and in the biblical world in particular, this was a common approach.

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 You start off your presentation with something that the audience is going to agree with.

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 They don't know where you're taking them.

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 They think it's familiar ground.

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 They think they understand it.

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 They think they're in agreement with it.

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 And then, all of a sudden, bam.

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 Yeah, this is what I believe.

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 But I didn't realize this.

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 A classic example is King David.

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 When Nathan the prophet comes to him and says, let me tell you a story about a horrible man.

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 And David says, yes, he's a horrible man.

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 And Nathan then says, it's you.

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 So, for some of the Corinthians, he's springing this trap.

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 Not because he hates them.

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 But he wants to make an impression on them.

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 He wants them to see the stark reality of the mistake that they are holding on to.

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 Now, everybody's in agreement, right, with what we've read so far in Corinth, Paul, us.

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 But we're going to keep reading and look for what the mistake in belief and practice was.

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 Lori, do you want to continue reading?

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 Sure.

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 That's great.

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 Thank you.

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 Now, if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

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 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

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 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

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 We are even found to be misrepresenting God because we testified about God that he raised Christ,

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 whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.

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 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.

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 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.

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 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

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 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

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 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

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 But each in his own order, Christ the firstfruits, then in his coming those who belong to Christ.

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 Then comes the end when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.

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 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

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 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

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 For God has put all things in subjection under his feet.

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 But when it says all things are put in subjection, it is plain that he is accepted who put all things in subjection under him.

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 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

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 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead?

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 If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?

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 Why are we in danger every hour?

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 I protest, brothers, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day.

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 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus?

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 If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

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 Do not be deceived.

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 Bad company ruins good morals.

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 Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning.

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 For some have no knowledge of God.

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 I say this to your shame.

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 Thank you very much.

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 What was the theological problem, mistake, heresy, if it rises to that level, that some of the Corinthians were guilty of, in trouble with?

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 They don't eat in the resurrection again.

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 All right.

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 Thank you.

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 I think we'll probably agree on that.

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 Now, are there any other things or any more specific things that you think you see here in addition to that?

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 They don't believe in the resurrection of the dead.

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 Yes.

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 Any sub-points that you detect in their doctrinal error?

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 That Jesus didn't rise from the dead?

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 That Jesus didn't rise from the dead.

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 Gee.

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 That's part of the gospel, isn't it?

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 Uh, yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 And you might wonder, how is it that a group of people who are part of the church at Corinth, they see themselves as part of the church.

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 You know, this letter is addressed to the church at Corinth, to believers.

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 How is it that you have Corinthian Christians who don't believe that Jesus was raised from the dead?

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 That, well, there's a real tension there.

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 Is that really what he's saying, though?

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 Because he seems to be, I've always had to struggle with this practice.

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 Because if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

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 And then he goes on to draw the linkage.

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 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

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 Personally, I think that's a huge leap in logic.

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 And so, yes, I can see where, I don't know that he's saying, forgive me for being contrarian, but.

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 Let me tell you a secret.

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 I told Bob to say this ahead of clock.

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 No, no, I didn't.

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 I didn't.

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 But he is pointing out a problem I've had with this passage.

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 This and a few other things, you know, I just couldn't wrap my head around it and see it as self-consistent.

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 You know, what am I missing?

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 So, Bob, this is wonderful.

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 Thank you.

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 You're welcome.

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 Please continue if you weren't done.

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 So, you know, I think in their minds, they believed that Christ was raised from the dead.

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 But they didn't believe, apparently, in the resurrection of the bodily resurrection of the others.

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 He is drawing the connection between the two, which I think is logically weak.

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 And then, so they didn't not believe in the resurrection of Christ.

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 In their minds, they believed in the resurrection of Christ and did not believe in the resurrection of anyone else.

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 Well said.

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 Yes.

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 Bob may not be too smart, but he's at least as smart as I am.

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 Because we are like this on that in the past, you know.

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 So, hey, so we conclude.

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 Paul isn't always the best theologian.

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 But that's all right.

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 We'll overlook it.

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 The Holy Spirit inspired him.

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 Oh, no.

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 No.

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 Let's move on.

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 He might be a good theologian and a bad logician.

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 Could be.

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 If we can make a distinction.

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 The inspiring Holy Spirit.

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 Couldn't he have corrected that?

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 Don't we think that the Holy Spirit, you know, corrected other errors?

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 Couldn't he have done this?

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 Now, let me tell you my own answer to that conundrum at this point in my life.

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 There are many things about the Bible I don't understand.

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 And there are times when I've heard other people say, and I've thought to myself,

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 Paul's logic doesn't hold together here.

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 So what do I conclude?

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 Maybe I don't know the whole story.

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 You know, maybe I don't understand quite what he's saying.

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 Maybe part of it's because I don't understand the historical context.

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 And maybe if I did, you know, then it would be clear to me.

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 Maybe.

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 But in any case,

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 when,

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 as Romans 12

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 tells us all to have,

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 when I have sober judgment

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 about my own abilities

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 in logic or theology

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 or Bible interpretation,

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 I realize

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 I have a lot to be humble about.

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 You know,

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 I don't see everything clearly now.

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 Literally

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 or figuratively.

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 And so

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 I should not

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 assume I do.

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 Now,

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 who knows?

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 Maybe God inspired the way,

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 the Bible,

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 in a way

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 where,

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 you know,

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 not every argument

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 holds together

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 according to human logic.

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 Maybe because there's something wrong with human logic.

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 I don't know.

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 But I

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 am going to

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 try,

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 as a habit,

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 to be humble

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 and say,

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 well,

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 I don't get this,

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 but that doesn't mean it's wrong.

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 Or that,

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 you know,

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 maybe someday

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 I'll say,

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 aha!

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 Now,

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 maybe

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 this will be one of those occasions

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 where you'll say,

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 aha!

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 Because I think this is such a

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 powerful story,

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 I'm going to share it

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 even though it's a general point,

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 not a specific point to this text.

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 Some of you have heard of

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 Trinity Evangelical Divinity.

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 Trinity School.

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 Kenneth Concer

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 used to be

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 one of the top officials

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 of that.

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 And so,

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 one day,

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 he got a call

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 that a woman,

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 a good friend of his,

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 had

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 been involved

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 in a car accident

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 and she was killed instantly.

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 And

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 he was grieving

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 when he got another phone call

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 saying that

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 that woman

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 had not been

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 riding in a car,

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 but had been

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 riding in a bus

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 and that there was

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 an accident

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 and that she was injured

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 and she was taken

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 to the hospital.

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 And he thought,

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 what would you think

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 if you got two reports

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 like that?

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 Well,

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 what I would think is

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 one of them is wrong.

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 Now,

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 as it turns out,

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 in a kind of black humor way,

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 dark humor way,

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 the woman had had

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 a very bad day.

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 She had been riding in a bus.

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 The bus had an accident.

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 Many people

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 were injured.

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 Ambulances came,

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 but there wasn't enough room

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 in the ambulances.

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 So,

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 passerbys

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 were taking

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 injured people

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 to the hospital.

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 And unfortunately

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 for this woman,

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 the driver

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 taking her to the hospital

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 got in a car accident

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 and she was killed instantly.

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 Now,

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 and

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 Kenneth Concer's point

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 was this.

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 There are many things

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 about historical accounts

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 in the Bible

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 or other places

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 where we just

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 can't harmonize them

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 and we tend to conclude

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 one of them is wrong.

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 That may not be the case.

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 And in fact,

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 lawyers say,

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 hey,

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 you know,

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 if you hear two stories

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 that hang together

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 on every point,

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 it's been contrived.

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 Because

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 almost always

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 in human experience,

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 eyewitnesses

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 don't agree

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 on everything.

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 and sometimes

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 they can both be right

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 that once you really

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 know the details.

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 So,

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 there's this possibility.

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 But tell me,

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 here we are,

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 we're struggling

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 with the theology.

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 What did these people believe?

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 What's the application

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 for them?

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 And here's

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 one of my points.

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 that we would become

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 more confident

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 that

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 we don't have to know

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 everything about

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 the historical,

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 linguistic,

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 you know,

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 social context

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 in order to

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 have God speak to you

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 through the Bible.

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 What's the application

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 for first the Corinthians?

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 What were they supposed to do?

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 Believe in the resurrection.

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 They were supposed to believe

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 in the resurrection.

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 Both resurrections.

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 Both resurrections.

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 And what else?

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 They were supposed

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 to believe something

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 and then what were

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 they supposed to do?

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 This comes near

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 the end of the passage.

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 To act.

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 To act.

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 And take action.

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 Take action.

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 What action?

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 To obey.

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 To obey.

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 To obey what?

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 Okay,

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 they were to obey Paul

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 saying this is the truth,

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 believe it.

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 But then,

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 on a day-to-day basis,

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 what were they supposed

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 to do?

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 Not go on sinning?

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 Not go on sinning.

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 And,

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 in particular,

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 living for pleasure,

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 it would seem.

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 What's the quote?

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 Hey,

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 if there's no resurrection,

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 let's eat and drink

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 because tomorrow we die.

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 Might as well,

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 you know,

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 this is all the life there is.

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 Let's enjoy it.

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 And,

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 if you're,

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 for whatever reason,

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 tempted in that direction,

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 you know,

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 we should apply this

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 to our lives too.

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 And so now we can go home.

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 After,

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 by the way,

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 there's a mistake here.

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 There is not supposed

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 to be an eight here.

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 But,

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 once we've heard

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 that we're not to live

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 for pleasure anymore,

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 you know,

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 if that's really

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 God's word to us,

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 it's probably because

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 we have been living

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 for pleasure

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 rather than God's kingdom

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 in some area

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 of our life.

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 And so,

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 we need to say,

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 I don't want to give this up,

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 Lord,

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 but,

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 I will.

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 And again,

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 that's often

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 where we end,

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 like I did,

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 you know,

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 with,

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 yes,

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 learn more about leadership

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 in the church,

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 man.

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 Yes,

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 I will.

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 But no,

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 I didn't.

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 So,

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 number six,

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 how and when.

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 Don't let your obedience

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 slip away

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 due to forgetfulness

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 or distraction.

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 It's important.

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 All right,

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 now,

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 unless

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 Pastor Matt

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 or somebody else

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 feels that I am

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 really getting heretical here,

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 what I want to do

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 is spell out for you

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 what I

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 think

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 the more complete problem

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 in the Corinthian church

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 might have been.

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 And then,

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 we have time

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 to read through

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 the passage again

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 and see how it does

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 or doesn't match

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 more consistently

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 the text.

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 And if we get

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 through all that,

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 then,

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 we might say,

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 ah,

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 you know what?

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 There may be even

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 a tighter application

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 for us today.

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 And we may see

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 some things

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 in our own lives

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 that are

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 pretty similar

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 to the problems

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 that the Corinthians

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 had.

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 So,

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 let's talk about

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 what do we mean

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 by the resurrection?

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 So,

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 four options

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 about the afterlife.

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 One,

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 no afterlife

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 for either body

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 or spirit.

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 Typical materialistic

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 view today,

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 atheistic worldview.

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 Even some religious people

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 have that worldview.

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 Number two,

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 afterlife for the spirit

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 but not the body.

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 Number three,

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 afterlife for spirit

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 together with the body.

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 That's the biblical position.

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 Number four,

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 afterlife for the body

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 but not the spirit.

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 Now,

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 I haven't watched

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 enough zombie movies

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 to know for sure

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 but is that kind of,

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 you know,

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 yeah,

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 they don't seem to have

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 much spirit or soul

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 at that point,

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 but their body lives on.

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 Well,

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 number four

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 is not a common

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 theological position

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 taken,

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 especially in the

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 evangelical church.

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 So,

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 so I don't think

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 we have to worry

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 about that one.

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 Now,

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 again,

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 I'd assumed

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 like Elizabeth,

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 like what I understood

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 Elizabeth to say.

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 They were rejecting

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 the resurrection,

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 kind of like

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 a position one.

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 But,

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 some things

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 about the passage

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 just didn't hang

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 together consistently

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 that way

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 in my mind.

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 So,

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 here's

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 an attempt

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 at giving

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 some historical

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 background

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 that may help us.

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 one,

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 most pagans

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 in the first century

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 Roman world

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 believed in an afterlife.

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 It was a rare exception

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 that they didn't believe

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 in an afterlife.

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 But the kind

00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:01.279
 they believed in

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.940
 was an afterlife

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.700
 for the soul,

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 not for the body.

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:05.960
 So,

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.840
 that is

00:19:06.840 --> 00:19:07.900
 most likely

00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:10.039
 part of the belief

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 of this group.

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 You know,

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 your spirit

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.240
 will live on,

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 the body

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 stays in the grave,

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 decays,

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 is gone.

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 End of that,

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 the body story.

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 Now,

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 so that's one

00:19:22.080 --> 00:19:23.100
 of the two things.

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 Oh,

00:19:25.560 --> 00:19:25.980
 and the two

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 applications,

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 I think this is

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 generally agreed on.

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 A lot of pagans

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 in the first century

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 made these two

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 applications.

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 So,

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 we're not going

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:33.620
 to have a body

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 later that we'll

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 be able to enjoy

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 things like food,

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 sex,

00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:40.700
 okay,

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.080
 some of us

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 just think of

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:41.940
 those things,

00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:44.180
 or other pleasures

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:45.140
 that come from

00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.519
 the body.

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 So,

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 you better get it

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.259
 now.

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 And secondly,

00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:51.980
 seeing as you're

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 not going to have

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.560
 a body later on,

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 what you do

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.519
 with your body

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:55.240
 now really

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.740
 doesn't have

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.140
 an impact

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.680
 on the soul.

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 The body's

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:57.700
 temporary,

00:19:58.860 --> 00:19:59.320
 the soul

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 is eternal,

00:20:00.560 --> 00:20:01.220
 the eternal

00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:02.220
 immutable soul

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.759
 really doesn't

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.259
 get changed

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.840
 much by what

00:20:03.840 --> 00:20:04.200
 you do

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.759
 in the body,

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.940
 so it won't

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.279
 make any

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.539
 difference

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.160
 in the afterlife.

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.539
 So,

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:10.720
 do as you

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.140
 please.

00:20:12.820 --> 00:20:13.160
 Now,

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.820
 let me go on

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 a little bit,

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 and this is the

00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:15.299
 back side,

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 for whatever

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 reason it

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.119
 says number

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 one.

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 Oh yeah,

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 that's right,

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 that's the first

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.480
 thing we're

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:20.879
 trying to figure

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.000
 out.

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.980
 What problem

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.759
 or sin

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.659
 did the

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 Corinthians

00:20:23.919 --> 00:20:24.399
 have?

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 Well,

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 this is what

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 I think.

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 The afterlife

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:29.559
 involved a

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.299
 continuation of

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:30.759
 our spirit,

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 but not our

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.539
 body.

00:20:32.139 --> 00:20:32.700
 There was no

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.319
 resurrection of

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:33.700
 the body.

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 This could

00:20:35.419 --> 00:20:36.259
 slip into

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.119
 the position

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.960
 that what was

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.279
 done in the

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.119
 body in this

00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:40.220
 life was of

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:41.039
 little or no

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.700
 consequence for

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.279
 the afterlife.

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:43.500
 number two,

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.839
 our relationship

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.980
 with one's

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:48.779
 God didn't

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.559
 depend so much

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.359
 on morality,

00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:51.599
 but on

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.099
 loyalty.

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 Kind of like

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.619
 some political

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 leaders.

00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:56.980
 Once they get

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.539
 in power,

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.519
 they want

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.799
 their staff

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.399
 or whatever

00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:01.639
 not to tell

00:21:01.639 --> 00:21:02.119
 them that what

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:02.539
 they're doing

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.039
 is morally

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.680
 wrong.

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.440
 They want

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:06.379
 them to say,

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.700
 okay,

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.200
 you tell me

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.559
 to do it,

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.139
 I'll do it.

00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:10.200
 Even if I

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.660
 take one for

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.220
 the team,

00:21:11.399 --> 00:21:12.259
 it's politics.

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.500
 It's politics.

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.299
 It's power.

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.379
 After all,

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.200
 what were the

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.740
 Roman gods

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:19.039
 like morally?

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.259
 They were an

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:23.500
 immoral bunch.

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.299
 So they don't

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.740
 care about

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.319
 morality,

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:28.059
 and in my

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:28.740
 relationship with

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.039
 them, they

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.559
 don't care about

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.279
 my morality.

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.079
 They just want

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.819
 me to sacrifice

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.240
 lots of

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.839
 sacrifices,

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.660
 be loyal to

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:34.960
 them,

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:36.480
 and whatever

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.779
 influence they

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.240
 may have in

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:39.059
 the afterlife,

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.859
 as long as

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.440
 I'm loyal to

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:41.740
 them,

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.740
 hopefully that

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.160
 will be good.

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.500
 I'm not

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:43.740
 sure what

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.059
 they can do

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.599
 for me then,

00:21:44.899 --> 00:21:45.440
 but right

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.799
 now, I

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.180
 want them to

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.539
 do a lot

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:47.859
 of things

00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:48.200
 for me.

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.720
 I'm going

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.200
 to pray,

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.839
 Apollo,

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.519
 heal me of

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.200
 my sickness,

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.180
 you know,

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:54.740
 Mercury,

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:56.160
 please make

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:56.720
 me a faster

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.420
 runner so I

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:57.819
 can win at

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.319
 the Olympics,

00:21:58.879 --> 00:22:01.200
 you know,

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.019
 give me a

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.799
 better job.

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:11.319
 God help me

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.779
 help me now.

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.940
 The afterlife

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:15.980
 was very

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.740
 vague for

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.159
 most of

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:18.500
 them, and

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.000
 again, how

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.359
 their God

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:19.700
 was going to

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.000
 help them

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.799
 then, I

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.119
 don't know,

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.279
 but I'll

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.919
 sacrifice to

00:22:22.919 --> 00:22:23.319
 you now,

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:23.859
 you solve

00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:24.379
 my problems

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.680
 now.

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:30.560
 So, going

00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:31.920
 on, where

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.340
 it says,

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.220
 these two

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.180
 points combined,

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.620
 as I'm

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.380
 repeating myself

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:36.220
 here, to

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.700
 result in a

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.200
 position that

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.940
 bodily sins,

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.480
 like sexual

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.060
 immorality,

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.140
 gluttony,

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:42.279
 and, what's

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.660
 the last one?

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.279
 Drunkenness.

00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:44.019
 Okay, drugs,

00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.360
 I forgot

00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:47.340
 drugs, had no

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:48.279
 consequences on

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.840
 the next life.

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.859
 Further,

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.819
 since the

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.699
 effectiveness of

00:22:51.699 --> 00:22:52.579
 one's God to

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.139
 really make a

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:54.439
 difference in

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:55.019
 the next life,

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.000
 after all,

00:22:56.179 --> 00:22:56.859
 once you cross

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.859
 the Styx River,

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.839
 is that right?

00:22:58.939 --> 00:22:59.259
 Is there a

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.720
 Styx River?

00:22:59.939 --> 00:23:00.539
 Who is the

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:00.980
 God of the

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.379
 underworld?

00:23:02.159 --> 00:23:02.480
 Hades.

00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.839
 Hades, maybe.

00:23:04.419 --> 00:23:05.319
 And he's going

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:06.039
 to trump things

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.379
 there.

00:23:06.939 --> 00:23:07.439
 So, I'm not

00:23:07.439 --> 00:23:07.799
 sure what my

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.299
 God can do

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.759
 for me in the

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.220
 next life,

00:23:09.419 --> 00:23:10.339
 but, maybe

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.819
 something, I

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.159
 hope so.

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:16.220
 But, the

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:17.000
 focus tends

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.759
 to be what

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.339
 your God

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.819
 could do for

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.559
 you here

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:19.960
 and now.

00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.700
 Last point.

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.659
 Now, what

00:23:23.659 --> 00:23:24.139
 if a person

00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.679
 hears about

00:23:24.679 --> 00:23:25.019
 Jesus?

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.599
 Wow.

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:27.899
 He's a

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.259
 God of

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.859
 some kind,

00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:30.200
 who healed

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.839
 the sick

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.659
 big time,

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:35.019
 who could

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:36.379
 calm the

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:36.879
 storm,

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.659
 who could

00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:41.500
 take five

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.899
 loaves and

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:42.379
 two fishes

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:42.939
 and feed

00:23:42.939 --> 00:23:43.859
 5,000 men

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:45.240
 plus women

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.779
 and children.

00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:48.099
 Hey, that's

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.460
 the kind of

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:48.779
 God I

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.079
 want.

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.360
 Sign me

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.539
 up.

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.299
 Baptize me

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.799
 for Jesus.

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.500
 We're going

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.740
 to get

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.100
 together,

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.819
 share stories

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.380
 about how

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:57.000
 Jesus has

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.440
 changed our

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:57.900
 life here

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.299
 and now.

00:23:59.299 --> 00:23:59.700
 Almost

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.200
 sounds like a

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.500
 health and

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.120
 wealth gospel

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.559
 church.

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:01.619
 church.

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.259
 And in

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:06.839
 fact, I

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:09.519
 think there's

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.000
 a close

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.720
 relationship

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:12.399
 between the

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.279
 worst health

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.720
 and wealth

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.720
 gospel people

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:16.619
 and these

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.440
 guys in

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.799
 Corinth.

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:17.940
 people.

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.419
 Because their

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:21.220
 focus wasn't

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.000
 on living a

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.700
 holy life,

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.779
 living for

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.200
 the kingdom

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.799
 of God.

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.339
 It was on

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.779
 what Jesus

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.339
 wants to do

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:31.139
 for you now.

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.759
 Jesus is your

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.240
 genie.

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.720
 You know,

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.579
 you're loyal to

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:35.899
 him.

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:37.159
 You offer

00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:37.779
 prayers.

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.799
 You praise

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.099
 him.

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.919
 He feels

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.379
 happy with

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.599
 you.

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.220
 Gives you

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.579
 lots of

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.180
 goodies now.

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:45.380
 But of

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.640
 course,

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.279
 Jesus is

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.920
 just one

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.320
 of many

00:24:47.320 --> 00:24:47.680
 gods.

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.900
 So all

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.640
 the shortcomings

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.860
 that all

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.180
 the other

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.680
 gods have,

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.259
 Jesus has

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.720
 those too.

00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:54.380
 But boy,

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:55.480
 he heals

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.039
 the sick.

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.080
 He feeds

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.600
 the hungry.

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.060
 He protects

00:24:59.060 --> 00:24:59.799
 those who

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.700
 are in the

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.200
 midst of the

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.580
 storm.

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.299
 Sign me

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.480
 up.

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.039
 So my

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.620
 guess is

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.340
 that there

00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:07.660
 were some

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.279
 people in

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.519
 Corinth who

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:12.799
 had a

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.879
 very pagan

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:15.099
 understanding

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:16.480
 of the

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.420
 divineness

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:18.240
 of Jesus.

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.940
 And were

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.859
 treating him

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.799
 just like

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.500
 they would

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.920
 treat,

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.160
 you know,

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.480
 a typical

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.180
 Roman god.

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.960
 With the

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.400
 focus being

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.900
 on this

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.240
 life.

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.200
 Of course,

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.039
 my soul

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.339
 is going

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:33.619
 to live

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:33.920
 on.

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.940
 But I

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.240
 will still

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.759
 cross the

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.000
 Sticks

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.619
 River and

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.180
 I'll still

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.819
 have to

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.119
 deal with

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.460
 Hades.

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.680
 But for

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.379
 right now,

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:43.240
 I'm going

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.519
 to put

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.099
 my trust

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.720
 in Jesus.

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.519
 And part

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.920
 of that

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.639
 is being

00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:48.019
 baptized.

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:51.079
 And so

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.420
 when we're

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.759
 baptized,

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.319
 we can

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:53.079
 trust Jesus

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:54.139
 to fix

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:55.639
 my earthly,

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.279
 bodily

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.779
 problems

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.099
 here and

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.259
 now.

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.879
 Now,

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:02.460
 let's

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.200
 read

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.639
 1 Corinthians

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.119
 15,

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.859
 1-34

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.639
 again.

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:06.980
 With

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.539
 that,

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:10.639
 re-

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.259
 what do

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.480
 you call

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.759
 this?

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.619
 With

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:12.799
 that

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.319
 scenario,

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:13.920
 re-

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.440
 creation.

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.259
 Reorientation.

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.960
 Yeah,

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.240
 that kind

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.700
 of view

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:19.000
 of what

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.500
 the doctrinal

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.180
 problem in

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:22.039
 Corinth may

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.420
 have been.

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:24.119
 And if you

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.539
 want to,

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.139
 you can ask

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:26.220
 whoever will

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.940
 read for us

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.519
 to stop.

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.759
 And when I

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.180
 get to a

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.519
 point where

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.819
 I want to

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.240
 stop and

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.519
 make a

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:30.720
 point,

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.460
 I'll feel

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.259
 free to do

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.700
 that too,

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.579
 so whoever

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.140
 is reading,

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.000
 don't take

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.740
 offense at

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.059
 our

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.819
 interruptions.

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:37.980
 Who would

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.339
 be willing

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.859
 to read,

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.500
 or at least

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.019
 start reading?

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.700
 1 Corinthians

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.400
 15,

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:43.839
 1-34.

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.599
 Lydia,

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.160
 thank you.

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.220
 Now I

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.759
 would remind

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:46.960
 you,

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.299
 brothers,

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.839
 of the

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.379
 gospel I

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:49.039
 preached to

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.259
 you,

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:49.700
 which you

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.259
 received,

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:50.859
 in which you

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.319
 stand,

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.980
 and by which

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.180
 you are

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.940
 being saved,

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.359
 if you

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.920
 hold fast

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.180
 to the

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.519
 word I

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.019
 preached to

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.240
 you,

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.960
 unless you

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.440
 believed in

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.740
 vain.

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.720
 For I

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.319
 delivered to

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.859
 you as of

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.559
 first importance

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.240
 what I also

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.759
 received,

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.539
 that Christ

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.039
 died for

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.519
 our sins

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.019
 in accordance

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.500
 with the

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.819
 scriptures,

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.579
 that he

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.119
 was buried,

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.700
 that he

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.119
 was raised

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.440
 on the

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.960
 third day

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.480
 in accordance

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.940
 with the

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.259
 scriptures.

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.180
 Okay,

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.799
 okay,

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.180
 okay,

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.539
 yes,

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.660
 Jesus was

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.160
 raised from

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.539
 the dead,

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.700
 and the

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.279
 importance of

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.740
 that is,

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.339
 of course,

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.799
 that it

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.859
 gives some

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.440
 real,

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.180
 I mean,

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.759
 in addition to

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:18.980
 all the

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.420
 miracles,

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.259
 and the

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.799
 feeding of

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.240
 the hungry,

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:21.980
 and the

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.420
 stilling of

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:22.980
 the storm,

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:23.900
 man,

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.559
 he even

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.160
 raised people

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.559
 from the

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:26.879
 dead,

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.059
 and he

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.519
 even raised

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.059
 himself from

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.339
 the dead,

00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:29.660
 I don't know

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.319
 for how long,

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.000
 you know,

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.519
 the people

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.980
 got raised

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.240
 from the

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.379
 dead

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:32.980
 temporarily,

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.500
 but hey,

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.180
 I'll take

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.440
 that,

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.019
 I'll take

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.579
 a temporary

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:38.140
 get out of

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.559
 death free

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.200
 card for a

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.720
 little while,

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.400
 if he chooses

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.960
 to raise me

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.259
 from the

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.500
 dead,

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.480
 and,

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:44.700
 but of

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:44.960
 course,

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.539
 the afterlife

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:47.400
 is spiritual.

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.680
 And that

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.079
 he appeared

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.720
 to Cephas,

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.259
 then to the

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.579
 twelve,

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.380
 then he

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:53.860
 appeared to

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.180
 more than

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.700
 five hundred

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.279
 brothers at

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.860
 one time,

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.640
 most of whom

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.420
 are still alive,

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.000
 but some have

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.559
 fallen asleep,

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.539
 then he

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.000
 appeared to

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.380
 James,

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.059
 then to all

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.599
 the apostles,

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.960
 last of all,

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.579
 as to one

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.420
 untimely born,

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:04.980
 he appeared

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.660
 also to me,

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.559
 for I am the

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.019
 least of the

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.440
 apostles,

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.400
 unworthy to be

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.819
 called an

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.160
 apostle,

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.960
 because I

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.680
 persecuted the

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.079
 church for

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.319
 God.

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.379
 But by the

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.779
 grace of

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.039
 God,

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.539
 I am what

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:13.899
 I am,

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.319
 and his

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.819
 grace toward

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.139
 me was

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.519
 not in

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.699
 they.

00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:16.480
 On the

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.919
 contrary,

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.480
 I worked

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.899
 harder than

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.319
 any of

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.539
 them,

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:18.899
 though it

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.259
 was not

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.559
 I,

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:19.859
 but the

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.259
 grace of

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.659
 God that

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.000
 is with

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.240
 me.

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:21.859
 Whether

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.399
 then it

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:22.879
 was I

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.579
 or they,

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.279
 so he

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.639
 preached,

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:24.980
 and so

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.119
 you

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.539
 believed.

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.559
 Now if

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.000
 Christ is

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.639
 proclaimed as

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.059
 raised from

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.460
 the dead,

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.039
 how can

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.359
 some of

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.659
 you say

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.000
 that there

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.279
 is no

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.699
 resurrection

00:28:30.699 --> 00:28:31.099
 of the

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.299
 dead?

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:31.899
 Well,

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:32.819
 why would

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.099
 they want

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.339
 to say

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:33.919
 that anyway?

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.299
 Well,

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:36.339
 because all

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.059
 their life

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.879
 in their

00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.599
 pagan culture,

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.879
 the belief

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:40.299
 of everybody

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.779
 around them,

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.019
 and their

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.559
 belief was,

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.639
 right,

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.220
 our body

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.759
 dies,

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.259
 end of the

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.579
 body,

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.000
 but our

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.439
 spirit is

00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:45.619
 going to

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.019
 live on

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.399
 somehow,

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:46.899
 somewhere.

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.359
 Now of

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.619
 course,

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:51.159
 Jesus was

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:51.659
 resurrected,

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.240
 but that

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.720
 was special,

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:56.079
 but of

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.259
 course,

00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:56.899
 you know,

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.519
 not only do

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.199
 we believe

00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:58.639
 that there's

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.399
 no bodily

00:28:59.399 --> 00:29:00.119
 resurrection of

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.480
 the dead,

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.559
 because everybody

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.179
 else believes

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.359
 it,

00:29:02.439 --> 00:29:03.480
 but come

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.059
 on,

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.420
 it's

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.279
 impossible.

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.420
 We're

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.940
 pretty good

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.620
 scientists here

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:09.360
 in Rome,

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.759
 you know,

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.960
 we know

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.579
 what happens

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.200
 to a body,

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.180
 there's no

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.299
 way that

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.620
 that's going

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:14.940
 to be put

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.740
 back together,

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:16.799
 well,

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.420
 maybe one

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.980
 time,

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.160
 but we

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.599
 don't believe

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:19.819
 in the

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.120
 resurrection

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.819
 because it's

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.680
 ridiculous,

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.720
 it's totally

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.539
 untenable,

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:24.839
 and if you

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.220
 have one

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.720
 exception to

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.019
 the rule,

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.279
 okay,

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.640
 fine,

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.099
 but,

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.019
 you know,

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.500
 for us,

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:28.759
 no,

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.940
 no resurrection

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.779
 of the

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.099
 body.

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.960
 But,

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.579
 wait a second,

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.680
 if we really

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.480
 believe a

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.500
 resurrection is

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.299
 impossible,

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:41.299
 but if there

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.599
 is no

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.380
 resurrection of

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:42.799
 the dead,

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.400
 then not even

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.039
 Christ has been

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.400
 raised,

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.299
 and if Christ

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.839
 has not been

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.180
 raised,

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.579
 then our

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.259
 preaching is in

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.500
 vain,

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.120
 and your faith

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:48.299
 isn't.

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.500
 Wait a second,

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.200
 come on,

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.579
 come on,

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:50.920
 you know,

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.279
 we have this

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.700
 one time

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.339
 resurrection,

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.920
 and plus we're,

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.740
 you know,

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.400
 like everybody

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:55.759
 else,

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.079
 we're going to

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:57.299
 live on afterwards,

00:29:59.360 --> 00:30:00.480
 but,

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:03.220
 the whole

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:04.460
 presentation of

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.039
 the gospel

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.539
 was based,

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.099
 as far as

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:08.500
 apologetics goes,

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.960
 on Jesus

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.720
 being raised

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.120
 from the

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.519
 dead.

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.660
 Physically,

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.440
 the tomb

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.120
 was empty,

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.079
 it wasn't just

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.599
 that his spirit

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.019
 went around

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.620
 appearing to

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:18.940
 people,

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.900
 you know,

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.480
 and the dead

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.120
 body was still

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.680
 rotting in the

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:22.839
 tomb.

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.220
 No,

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.680
 the body

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.500
 wasn't there,

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.940
 it was a

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.380
 physical

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.160
 resurrection.

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.259
 resurrection,

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:30.440
 he had a

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.860
 body that

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.640
 ate food.

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.920
 Okay,

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.500
 okay,

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.120
 Jesus was

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:36.360
 resurrected from

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:36.759
 the dead,

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.900
 now I totally

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.460
 forgot why I'm

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.900
 saying this,

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.160
 what did you

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.640
 just read?

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.620
 Then our

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.120
 preaching is

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.480
 in vain,

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:44.380
 because if

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:44.980
 the resurrection

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.580
 is really

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.240
 impossible,

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.660
 our story

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.519
 is rubbish,

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:50.759
 and the

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:52.519
 whole gospel

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.680
 collapses like

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.200
 a house of

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.740
 cards once

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.380
 you pull the

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:56.240
 resurrection out.

00:30:58.160 --> 00:31:00.200
 we are even

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.740
 found to be

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.480
 misrepresenting

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.840
 God,

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.360
 because we

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:03.019
 testified about

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.779
 God that he

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.580
 raised Christ,

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.300
 whom he did

00:31:05.300 --> 00:31:05.880
 not raise,

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.500
 if it is true

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.940
 that the dead

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.660
 are not raised.

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.600
 For if the

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.120
 dead are not

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.519
 raised,

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.340
 not even Christ

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:10.680
 has been

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.019
 raised,

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.900
 and if Christ

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.420
 has not been

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.759
 raised,

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.460
 your faith is

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.900
 futile,

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.320
 and you are

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:14.820
 still in your

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.200
 sins.

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.160
 Then those

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.860
 also who have

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.440
 fallen asleep

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.940
 in Christ

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.580
 have perished.

00:31:19.060 --> 00:31:19.640
 If in this

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.340
 life only we

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:20.940
 have hoped in

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.279
 Christ,

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:22.800
 we are of all

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.460
 people most to

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:23.920
 be pitied.

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.740
 Now,

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:28.140
 for the

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.720
 most part,

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.160
 I am

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:30.120
 suggesting that

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.440
 that is what

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:30.980
 people did with

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.279
 the Roman

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.720
 gods.

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.759
 The ones that

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.000
 they were

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.600
 loyal to,

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.940
 the benefits

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.240
 they were

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.600
 hoping to

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:35.820
 get,

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.580
 were primarily

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.279
 here and

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.920
 now in

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.340
 this life.

00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:40.240
 And if you

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.759
 think Jesus

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.279
 is in the

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.960
 same category,

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.519
 and you are

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:45.800
 praying for

00:31:45.800 --> 00:31:46.220
 him to help

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.519
 you in this

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.080
 life now,

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.800
 whatever those

00:31:48.800 --> 00:31:50.259
 people who

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:51.120
 believed in

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.800
 Christ before,

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.279
 who have now

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.560
 died,

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.080
 that is the

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:53.460
 end of it.

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.340
 You know,

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.799
 they are not

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.140
 going to get

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.440
 any more

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.079
 benefit from

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.819
 Jesus now.

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.140
 It is over.

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.720
 Get what you

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.100
 can now.

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.819
 Now, at this

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.279
 point you may

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.840
 say, Matt is

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.299
 getting a little

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.819
 shaky in his

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.340
 logic here,

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.539
 you are

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.079
 probably right.

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:10.680
 But, maybe

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.299
 it is a little

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.539
 helpful.

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.279
 Please continue.

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.440
 But as in

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.380
 fact Christ has

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.799
 been raised

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.360
 from the dead,

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:15.920
 the first

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.660
 fruits of those

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:16.900
 who have

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.480
 fallen asleep.

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:19.039
 But in

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.600
 fact Christ

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:19.880
 has been

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.220
 raised from

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.500
 the dead,

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:20.880
 the first

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.240
 fruits of

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.559
 those who

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:21.819
 have fallen

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.140
 asleep.

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:23.180
 For as by

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.840
 a man came

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.460
 death, by

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.020
 a man has

00:32:25.020 --> 00:32:25.540
 come also

00:32:25.540 --> 00:32:26.100
 the resurrection

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:26.740
 of the dead.

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.700
 For as in

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.259
 Adam all

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:29.240
 die, so also

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.780
 in Christ

00:32:29.780 --> 00:32:30.220
 shall all

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.520
 be made

00:32:30.520 --> 00:32:31.000
 alive.

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.780
 But each

00:32:31.780 --> 00:32:32.080
 in his

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:32.600
 own order.

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.460
 Christ's the

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.060
 first fruits,

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.680
 then at his

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.300
 coming those

00:32:35.300 --> 00:32:35.900
 who belong to

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.200
 Christ.

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.779
 Now let me

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.299
 just interrupt

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.799
 and say,

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:38.779
 look,

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.120
 Paul is

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:40.440
 saying,

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.380
 hey,

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.660
 for your

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.299
 theology,

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.340
 don't go

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:45.000
 back to

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.120
 Roman paganism.

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.559
 Most of

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.420
 it is

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:48.940
 false.

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.400
 There may

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.720
 be some

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.460
 true aspects

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:50.759
 to it,

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.140
 like there

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.440
 is in

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.039
 almost any

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.740
 belief system,

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.539
 but most

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:53.819
 of it is

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.100
 false.

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:54.700
 If you

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:54.960
 want to

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.460
 know about

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.759
 the

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.279
 afterlife,

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.740
 go back

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.640
 to the

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.080
 scriptures.

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:02.460
 and so Adam

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:04.079
 you know that was the problem

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:05.639
 and the problem was physical death

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:08.839
 and Jesus solves it with physical resurrection

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:10.659
 get your theology right

00:33:10.659 --> 00:33:12.779
 then comes the end

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:14.960
 when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:16.699
 after destroying every rule

00:33:16.699 --> 00:33:18.039
 and every authority and power

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:20.679
 for he must reign until he has put all his enemies

00:33:20.679 --> 00:33:21.480
 under his feet

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:23.779
 the last enemy to be destroyed is death

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:25.039
 okay now let's stop right there

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:27.439
 I want you to

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:31.500
 as Lydia reads this next section

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.960
 think

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:35.299
 could it be that Paul

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:37.600
 inspired by the Holy Spirit

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:39.259
 is giving a

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:41.880
 counter doctrine

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:43.700
 to the mistaken

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:45.500
 doctrine that Jesus was just like

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.799
 one of many gods

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:49.240
 in the Roman pantheon

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:54.000
 for God has put all things in subjection

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.740
 under his feet

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:57.420
 but when it says all things are put in subjection

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.600
 it is plain that he is

00:33:58.600 --> 00:34:01.840
 accepted to put all things in subjection

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:02.279
 under him

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:03.840
 when all things are subjected

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:04.480
 to him

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.460
 then the son himself

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:07.100
 will also be subjected to him

00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:08.659
 but put all things in subjection

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.220
 under him

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:10.780
 that God may be all in all

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.539
 no

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:13.420
 Jesus is not just another

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:15.059
 Roman type God

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:17.619
 he is the

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.860
 son of God

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:20.579
 everybody

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.880
 every God

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.599
 every authority

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.480
 is going to be subjected

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.159
 to him

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:27.760
 you've been thinking

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.519
 about him

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.960
 and in a big

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.539
 some of you

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.480
 know of the book

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.559
 your God is too small

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.119
 well

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.800
 their God

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.539
 was really

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.199
 too small

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.539
 their picture of Jesus

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:40.699
 otherwise

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.820
 what do people mean

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.539
 by being baptized

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.760
 on behalf of the dead

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.840
 if the dead are not

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.559
 raised at all

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.559
 why are people baptized

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.460
 on their behalf

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.440
 I have no idea

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.240
 because I really don't know

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:50.039
 what they're talking about

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.380
 so

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:51.559
 I admit it

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.340
 let's just move on

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.099
 I mean

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:54.139
 they knew what he was

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.759
 talking about

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:55.420
 and I believe

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.559
 they got the logic

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.420
 very clearly

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.659
 and we can speculate

00:34:58.659 --> 00:35:00.840
 but I think for the most part

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.460
 it's speculation

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:03.519
 why am I in danger

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.159
 every hour

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.639
 I protest brothers

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.639
 by my pride in you

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.579
 which I have in Christ

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.440
 Jesus our Lord

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.579
 I die every day

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.739
 what do I gain

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.759
 if humanly speaking

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.840
 I fought with beasts

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.420
 at Ephesus

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:15.199
 if the dead are not raised

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:16.320
 let us eat and drink

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:17.400
 for tomorrow we die

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.059
 so

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:19.380
 here was Paul

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.059
 the apostle

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:23.220
 he

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:25.380
 was living

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:26.800
 his present life

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:31.059
 with a total focus

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:32.280
 on the life to come

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:33.619
 on Jesus' return

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.559
 the resurrection

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:36.059
 and what would happen then

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:38.440
 he was not focusing

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.400
 on the pleasures

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.200
 of this life

00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:41.660
 now he would say

00:35:41.660 --> 00:35:42.660
 God

00:35:42.660 --> 00:35:43.720
 gives us all these

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.180
 good things

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.920
 for our enjoyment

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.900
 you know

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.579
 he doesn't have anything

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:48.019
 against physical pleasure

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.639
 but

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:51.340
 we're in the midst

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:52.780
 of a spiritual war

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.980
 you know

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:55.460
 our focus should not

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:57.380
 be on having a jolly time

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.079
 right now

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.860
 on the battlefield

00:35:58.860 --> 00:36:02.300
 but the Corinthians

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:03.619
 were living

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:06.119
 like health and wealth

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:07.840
 gospel people

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:09.619
 while Paul

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.340
 the person they were

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:11.219
 supposedly following

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:12.199
 was out

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:13.719
 fighting wild beasts

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.380
 in Ephesus

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.159
 whatever that means

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.839
 I tend to think

00:36:15.839 --> 00:36:16.599
 it means something

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.000
 literal

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:18.199
 even though there's

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.920
 no other account

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:20.099
 of it in the New Testament

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:21.420
 or any place else

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:24.440
 but I think he ended up

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:26.739
 in some really bad

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:28.579
 place where it looked like

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.279
 he was going to die

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:30.839
 but by God's grace

00:36:30.839 --> 00:36:31.940
 he didn't

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:33.839
 but he was willing

00:36:33.839 --> 00:36:34.500
 to die

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:36.319
 and let it all in there

00:36:36.319 --> 00:36:37.980
 because he was living

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.639
 today

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:41.299
 with the return of Christ

00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:42.299
 and the resurrection

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.880
 in the mind

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:44.480
 while the Corinthians

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.160
 were living

00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:46.280
 today

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:47.900
 praying

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:49.019
 to Jesus

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:50.080
 you know

00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:51.519
 to give them

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.200
 what they wanted

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:54.100
 and had no concern

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:56.280
 about looking at

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:58.400
 to the return

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.840
 of Christ

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.980
 and what that would mean

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:02.860
 do not be deceived

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.700
 bad company

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:04.680
 ruins good morals

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:06.100
 who are you hanging out

00:37:06.100 --> 00:37:06.360
 with

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:07.539
 who are you listening

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:08.000
 to

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:10.159
 you know

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.920
 if you're hanging out

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.320
 every day

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:12.280
 with people who say

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:13.440
 oh you can't believe

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.400
 what the Bible says

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:14.739
 you know

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:16.119
 it's full of fairy tales

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:18.260
 if you hear that

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:18.920
 over and over

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.940
 and over again

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:24.480
 without the fullness

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.380
 of the Holy Spirit

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:26.039
 and the help

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.760
 of the church

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.340
 and other people

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.360
 God provides

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:30.460
 it has an impact

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.300
 on most of us

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:32.860
 so

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:33.820
 who are you hanging out

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:33.980
 with

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.659
 who are you listening

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:34.960
 to

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.460
 where are you getting

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.559
 your theology from

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:39.460
 wake up from your

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.299
 drunken stupor

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:41.139
 as is right

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:42.099
 and do not go on

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.519
 sinning

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.400
 for some have

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.400
 no knowledge of God

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.639
 I say this to your shame

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:47.840
 if I'm right

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.799
 in part

00:37:48.799 --> 00:37:51.199
 they thought of Jesus

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:52.619
 like a typical

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:54.460
 Roman God

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:57.239
 they had no knowledge

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.880
 of God

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:59.139
 they hadn't gotten

00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:00.360
 their theology right

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:01.840
 and

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:03.299
 they were having

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:04.579
 a good time

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:04.920
 I think

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.920
 at the worship services

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:07.019
 and they were praying

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:08.099
 for God

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:08.720
 to give them

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.440
 what they wanted

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:11.280
 they were fairly happy

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:14.220
 but they were very

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.940
 wrong headed

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:16.820
 and some really bad

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.380
 they were doing

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:18.039
 you know

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.420
 they were getting

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:19.260
 into some really bad

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.480
 things

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.000
 or staying in

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.579
 some really bad

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.039
 things

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:23.300
 you know

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:24.159
 Corinth being

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:25.000
 the Las Vegas

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.920
 or Bangkok

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:27.599
 of the day

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:30.400
 and

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:32.360
 they just

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:33.240
 didn't get it

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:34.260
 at all

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:34.680
 something

00:38:34.680 --> 00:38:38.060
 so

00:38:38.060 --> 00:38:39.500
 here we are

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:41.180
 to deal with

00:38:41.180 --> 00:38:42.140
 the most important

00:38:42.140 --> 00:38:42.580
 thing of this

00:38:42.580 --> 00:38:43.080
 Bible study

00:38:43.080 --> 00:38:43.500
 in the last

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.060
 two minutes

00:38:44.060 --> 00:38:47.920
 so I'll just

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.540
 share this

00:38:48.540 --> 00:38:51.100
 when I spoke

00:38:51.100 --> 00:38:51.560
 last time

00:38:51.560 --> 00:38:51.940
 about the

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.380
 resurrection

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.020
 my focus

00:38:53.020 --> 00:38:53.800
 was typically

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.140
 on

00:38:54.140 --> 00:38:55.000
 when bad

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.840
 things happen

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:57.220
 we need

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.760
 to look

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.300
 at them

00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:59.300
 through the

00:38:59.300 --> 00:38:59.760
 lens

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.260
 of the

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.780
 resurrection

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.660
 and its

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.160
 implications

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:04.199
 today I might

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.500
 say

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:05.399
 when things

00:39:05.399 --> 00:39:05.819
 are going

00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:06.420
 well with

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:06.759
 us

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.859
 when life

00:39:07.859 --> 00:39:08.779
 is great

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:10.859
 we need

00:39:10.859 --> 00:39:11.139
 to look

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.460
 at that

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:11.819
 through the

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.039
 lens

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.279
 of the

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:12.819
 resurrection

00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:14.000
 and see

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.299
 what it

00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:14.739
 has to

00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:15.079
 do

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:16.879
 what it

00:39:16.879 --> 00:39:17.179
 has to

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:17.719
 tell us

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:20.179
 I grew

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.539
 up I

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:20.719
 think

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:20.980
 in a

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.659
 very

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:23.199
 Bible

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:23.579
 based

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.960
 Christ

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.379
 centered

00:39:24.379 --> 00:39:25.879
 evangelical

00:39:25.879 --> 00:39:26.420
 church

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.380
 but

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.720
 sinner

00:39:27.720 --> 00:39:28.240
 that I

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:28.820
 was

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.240
 and am

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:30.420
 I

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:30.720
 came

00:39:30.720 --> 00:39:31.019
 out

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.159
 of

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.500
 that

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:32.800
 with

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.480
 this

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.139
 practical

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:34.820
 theology

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:36.039
 I'm

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.240
 going to

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:36.579
 live for

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:37.019
 Jesus

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:38.519
 things are

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.700
 going to

00:39:38.700 --> 00:39:39.059
 be great

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.559
 for me

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:41.240
 I was a

00:39:41.240 --> 00:39:41.680
 pastor for

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.099
 20 years

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.599
 I'm going

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:42.880
 to be a

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:43.380
 pastor and

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:43.700
 have a

00:39:43.700 --> 00:39:44.180
 wonderful

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:44.800
 successful

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:45.380
 ministry

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:46.539
 Jesus

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.940
 is going

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.159
 to help

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.460
 me do

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:47.740
 that

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:51.240
 instead

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:51.720
 of

00:39:51.720 --> 00:39:52.320
 seeing

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:52.860
 Jesus

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.420
 as Lord

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:54.599
 and me

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:55.119
 working for

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.840
 his kingdom

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:57.440
 I gave

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:57.940
 lip service

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.300
 to that

00:39:58.300 --> 00:39:58.660
 but what I

00:39:58.660 --> 00:39:59.180
 really wanted

00:39:59.180 --> 00:39:59.780
 was Jesus

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:00.300
 to work

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.680
 for my

00:40:00.680 --> 00:40:00.960
 kingdom

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:02.440
 I wanted

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:02.720
 him to

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:03.280
 help me

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:04.760
 be successful

00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:06.600
 have lots

00:40:06.600 --> 00:40:06.940
 of good

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.460
 food and

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:07.840
 drink

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:09.860
 have a

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.039
 great

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.360
 married

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.860
 life

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:14.720
 and so

00:40:14.720 --> 00:40:15.539
 as you

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.039
 might guess

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.480
 those

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.660
 were a

00:40:17.660 --> 00:40:17.920
 lot of

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.140
 the

00:40:18.140 --> 00:40:19.059
 focuses

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.500
 of my

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:19.740
 prayer

00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.160
 life

00:40:20.160 --> 00:40:21.500
 I want

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:21.660
 to have

00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:21.860
 a good

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.200
 time

00:40:22.200 --> 00:40:22.420
 here

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.760
 now

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:25.720
 because

00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:27.439
 I

00:40:27.439 --> 00:40:27.899
 wasn't

00:40:27.899 --> 00:40:28.179
 living

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:28.919
 today

00:40:28.919 --> 00:40:29.959
 with my

00:40:29.959 --> 00:40:30.439
 focus

00:40:30.439 --> 00:40:31.679
 on the

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:32.019
 day of

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.439
 Christ's

00:40:32.439 --> 00:40:32.959
 return

00:40:32.959 --> 00:40:37.019
 have

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.539
 any of

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:37.879
 you

00:40:37.879 --> 00:40:39.019
 heard of

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.659
 or seen

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:40.379
 the classic

00:40:40.379 --> 00:40:40.819
 movie

00:40:40.819 --> 00:40:42.299
 the bridge

00:40:42.299 --> 00:40:42.859
 over the

00:40:42.859 --> 00:40:43.159
 river

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:43.759
 quai

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:45.579
 how many

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.339
 have seen

00:40:46.339 --> 00:40:46.939
 it

00:40:46.939 --> 00:40:48.480
 the old

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:48.819
 guys

00:40:48.819 --> 00:40:49.119
 okay

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:55.619
 let me

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:55.940
 quickly

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.559
 tell you

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.079
 the story

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.940
 because I

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.359
 find it

00:40:58.359 --> 00:40:58.799
 powerful

00:40:58.799 --> 00:41:02.279
 world war

00:41:02.279 --> 00:41:02.579
 ii

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:04.900
 a british

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.480
 unit of

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.139
 some size

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:06.480
 has been

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.079
 captured by

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.619
 the japanese

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.179
 and they're

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.639
 being held

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.400
 in a

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.799
 japanese

00:41:09.799 --> 00:41:10.239
 preserve

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:10.880
 war camp

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:12.179
 now they

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:12.699
 have a

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.359
 an effective

00:41:13.359 --> 00:41:14.339
 head

00:41:14.339 --> 00:41:14.859
 officer

00:41:14.859 --> 00:41:15.480
 senior

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:15.880
 officer

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.539
 he's a

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:17.039
 good leader

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.500
 he's a

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:17.800
 tough

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.219
 guy

00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:19.400
 he's not

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.559
 going to

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:19.920
 be pushed

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.279
 around

00:41:20.279 --> 00:41:21.539
 but the

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:21.960
 japanese

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:23.000
 try and

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:24.079
 squash him

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:26.179
 unsuccessfully

00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:28.259
 and he

00:41:28.259 --> 00:41:29.279
 takes

00:41:29.279 --> 00:41:29.820
 what they

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:30.340
 dish out

00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:31.400
 and is

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:32.099
 victorious

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:33.099
 in a moral

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:33.719
 sense of the

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:33.940
 word

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.259
 and he

00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:34.739
 survives

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:35.019
 too

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:36.480
 and he

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:36.940
 just has

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.559
 the ultimate

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.360
 admiration

00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:38.940
 of all the

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.159
 men

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:40.179
 and the

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.659
 japanese

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:40.960
 enemies

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:42.799
 you know

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:43.259
 are put

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:44.139
 to shame

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.839
 by his

00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:45.159
 great

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:45.739
 ability

00:41:45.739 --> 00:41:47.500
 now

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:48.839
 you know

00:41:48.839 --> 00:41:49.299
 that's often

00:41:49.299 --> 00:41:49.719
 what i want

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.039
 for my

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.259
 life

00:41:50.259 --> 00:41:51.159
 i want

00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:51.659
 as a

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.119
 christian

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:52.639
 not as a

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.000
 british

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.319
 person

00:41:53.319 --> 00:41:53.940
 but as a

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.599
 christian

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:55.239
 to be

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:55.759
 successful

00:41:55.759 --> 00:41:56.119
 to be

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:56.679
 victorious

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:57.379
 and i

00:41:57.379 --> 00:41:57.799
 want

00:41:57.799 --> 00:41:58.779
 all those

00:41:58.779 --> 00:41:59.399
 non-believers

00:41:59.399 --> 00:41:59.899
 out there

00:41:59.899 --> 00:42:00.879
 to see

00:42:00.879 --> 00:42:02.339
 how wonderful

00:42:02.339 --> 00:42:03.259
 christ and

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:03.879
 christianity

00:42:03.879 --> 00:42:04.279
 is

00:42:04.279 --> 00:42:05.500
 yes

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:06.500
 i live

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:06.879
 for that

00:42:06.879 --> 00:42:08.659
 so he

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:09.119
 wins

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:12.420
 but then

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:13.539
 he makes

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:15.179
 a critical

00:42:15.179 --> 00:42:15.799
 mistake

00:42:15.799 --> 00:42:18.259
 he says

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:18.639
 i'm going

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:18.960
 to keep

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.599
 showing you

00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:21.259
 that the

00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:22.099
 british way

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.940
 is the

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.500
 right way

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:23.880
 to do

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.319
 things

00:42:24.319 --> 00:42:26.179
 you want

00:42:26.179 --> 00:42:26.599
 us to

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:26.980
 build a

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:27.420
 bridge for

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:27.900
 your army

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.480
 across the

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:28.679
 river

00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:29.639
 i'll show

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:30.000
 you the

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.480
 british can

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:30.759
 do it

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.159
 better than

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:31.480
 anybody

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:32.019
 else

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:33.980
 and so

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.500
 he leads

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:35.079
 his men

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.980
 in this

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.579
 wonderful

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.039
 effort

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.900
 to build

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:38.639
 a bridge

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:39.239
 for their

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:39.759
 enemies

00:42:39.759 --> 00:42:40.219
 so they

00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:40.579
 can kill

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.179
 more british

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:41.619
 people

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:45.299
 instead of

00:42:45.299 --> 00:42:46.519
 focusing

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:49.279
 on the

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:49.879
 fact that

00:42:49.879 --> 00:42:50.819
 the people

00:42:50.819 --> 00:42:51.199
 he's doing

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.599
 this work

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:52.119
 for are

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:52.859
 at war

00:42:52.859 --> 00:42:53.920
 with his

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.359
 kingdom

00:42:54.359 --> 00:42:56.599
 he says

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.039
 i've carved

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.539
 out my own

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:58.059
 kingdom here

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:59.059
 i have their

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.579
 respect

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:00.839
 i

00:43:00.839 --> 00:43:02.679
 am

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.779
 you know

00:43:03.779 --> 00:43:03.980
 going to

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.199
 have a

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:04.859
 wonderful time

00:43:04.859 --> 00:43:05.059
 here

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:05.319
 i'm going

00:43:05.319 --> 00:43:05.500
 to be

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:06.159
 victorious

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:07.539
 by helping

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.259
 the enemy

00:43:08.259 --> 00:43:08.940
 but he

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:09.179
 doesn't

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:09.519
 realize

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:09.879
 that

00:43:09.879 --> 00:43:12.179
 so they

00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:12.639
 build this

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:13.019
 beautiful

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.579
 bridge

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:15.279
 and

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:17.019
 and he

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.739
 is just

00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:18.339
 he's totally

00:43:18.339 --> 00:43:19.079
 lost it

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.639
 as far as

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:20.199
 perspective

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:21.699
 he doesn't

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:22.279
 have his

00:43:22.279 --> 00:43:22.819
 vision on

00:43:22.819 --> 00:43:23.539
 that day

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:24.399
 the end

00:43:24.399 --> 00:43:24.679
 of the

00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:25.059
 war

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:25.699
 when the

00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:26.019
 british

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.339
 will be

00:43:26.339 --> 00:43:26.980
 successful

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.879
 he's looking

00:43:27.879 --> 00:43:28.219
 at the

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:28.539
 here and

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:28.940
 now

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.980
 boy when

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:30.379
 they see

00:43:30.379 --> 00:43:30.920
 how great

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:31.379
 the british

00:43:31.379 --> 00:43:31.799
 can build

00:43:31.799 --> 00:43:32.359
 a bridge

00:43:32.359 --> 00:43:32.980
 they will

00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:34.019
 think i'm

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.379
 wonderful

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:34.700
 and they'll

00:43:34.700 --> 00:43:35.079
 think we're

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.460
 wonderful

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:38.599
 he wasn't

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:39.500
 living today

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:40.700
 with the

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:41.200
 right day

00:43:41.200 --> 00:43:41.680
 in mind

00:43:41.680 --> 00:43:42.059
 he was

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:42.619
 living today

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:43.160
 with today

00:43:43.160 --> 00:43:43.619
 in mind

00:43:43.619 --> 00:43:44.740
 he wasn't

00:43:44.740 --> 00:43:45.599
 living today

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:46.960
 with the

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.420
 end of the

00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:48.240
 war in

00:43:48.240 --> 00:43:48.559
 mind

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.039
 and all

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:49.420
 that that

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:50.059
 involved

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:53.059
 at the

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.480
 end of the

00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:53.760
 movie

00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:54.900
 it's like

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:55.320
 the veil

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:56.019
 gets lifted

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.559
 from his

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:57.019
 eyes

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:59.220
 and all

00:43:59.220 --> 00:43:59.599
 of a sudden

00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:00.460
 he sees

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:02.000
 that

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:03.740
 his

00:44:03.740 --> 00:44:04.400
 priorities

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:04.880
 had been

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.340
 upside

00:44:05.340 --> 00:44:05.980
 down

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:10.679
 that's

00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:10.900
 happened

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:11.360
 to me

00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:13.800
 and i'll

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:14.119
 just give

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:15.440
 you one

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:16.079
 quick example

00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:17.679
 you know

00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:18.079
 i started

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:18.539
 teaching

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:19.940
 15 years

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:20.220
 ago

00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:21.519
 and after

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:21.820
 a while

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:22.199
 i said

00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:22.760
 wow

00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:23.460
 public

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:24.019
 education

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:24.300
 in the

00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:24.480
 united

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:24.740
 states

00:44:24.740 --> 00:44:25.280
 is really

00:44:25.280 --> 00:44:25.699
 messed

00:44:25.699 --> 00:44:26.059
 up

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:28.159
 maybe

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:28.480
 god

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:28.880
 will use

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:29.900
 to help

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.259
 straighten

00:44:30.259 --> 00:44:30.539
 out

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:31.460
 at least

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:31.699
 some

00:44:31.699 --> 00:44:32.019
 of the

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.259
 public

00:44:32.259 --> 00:44:32.759
 education

00:44:32.759 --> 00:44:33.400
 problems

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:35.400
 now why

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:35.719
 would i

00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:36.179
 want to

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:36.719
 do that

00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:40.219
 i put a

00:44:40.219 --> 00:44:40.440
 lot of

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:40.759
 time and

00:44:40.759 --> 00:44:41.239
 effort into

00:44:41.239 --> 00:44:41.840
 it but

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.199
 look

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:43.079
 the united

00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:43.679
 states

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:44.500
 in spite of

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:44.739
 its

00:44:44.739 --> 00:44:45.639
 christian

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.279
 cultural

00:44:46.279 --> 00:44:46.940
 heritage

00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:47.400
 which is

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:47.880
 wonderful

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:49.000
 and maybe

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.340
 the most

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:49.719
 christian

00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:50.139
 cultural

00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:51.099
 christian

00:44:51.099 --> 00:44:51.539
 country

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:53.820
 rivaling

00:44:53.820 --> 00:44:54.299
 israel

00:44:54.299 --> 00:44:55.239
 maybe for

00:44:55.239 --> 00:44:55.699
 a while

00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:56.879
 as a

00:44:56.879 --> 00:44:57.239
 nation

00:44:57.239 --> 00:44:57.779
 who had

00:44:57.779 --> 00:44:58.219
 people in

00:44:58.219 --> 00:44:58.439
 it who

00:44:58.439 --> 00:44:58.980
 loved god

00:44:58.980 --> 00:44:59.759
 of course

00:44:59.759 --> 00:45:00.039
 that didn't

00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:00.579
 last very

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:00.939
 long with

00:45:00.939 --> 00:45:01.460
 israel for

00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:02.059
 a month

00:45:02.059 --> 00:45:02.439
 of time

00:45:02.439 --> 00:45:03.059
 and it

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.519
 hasn't lasted

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:04.000
 long in the

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.460
 united states

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:04.719
 either

00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:08.639
 why

00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:11.239
 do i

00:45:11.239 --> 00:45:11.839
 want

00:45:11.839 --> 00:45:12.759
 to

00:45:12.759 --> 00:45:14.239
 save

00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:14.699
 u.s.

00:45:14.759 --> 00:45:14.980
 public

00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:15.599
 education

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:16.559
 and

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:17.799
 as a

00:45:17.799 --> 00:45:18.460
 first step

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:19.239
 i'll just

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:19.739
 start there

00:45:19.739 --> 00:45:20.759
 first i'll

00:45:20.759 --> 00:45:21.159
 save

00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:21.679
 you know

00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:22.039
 u.s.

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.639
 educational

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.219
 system

00:45:23.219 --> 00:45:24.579
 and then

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:25.360
 it will

00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:25.759
 save

00:45:25.759 --> 00:45:26.179
 western

00:45:26.179 --> 00:45:27.079
 society

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:30.000
 i'll be

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.659
 teacher of

00:45:30.659 --> 00:45:31.319
 the year

00:45:31.319 --> 00:45:32.199
 i'll get

00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:32.599
 all kinds

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:33.179
 of praise

00:45:33.179 --> 00:45:33.699
 from people

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:34.159
 who hate

00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:34.819
 jesus

00:45:34.819 --> 00:45:37.619
 um

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:38.739
 you know

00:45:38.739 --> 00:45:39.440
 the united

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:39.920
 states is

00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:40.880
 following the

00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:41.380
 trajectory

00:45:41.380 --> 00:45:42.179
 of every

00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:42.559
 other

00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:43.940
 great nation

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:44.840
 in the history

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.239
 of the world

00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:45.719
 i think

00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:47.159
 because they're

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:47.759
 moving away

00:45:47.759 --> 00:45:48.380
 from god

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:48.860
 because they're

00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:49.319
 moving away

00:45:49.319 --> 00:45:49.840
 from moral

00:45:49.840 --> 00:45:50.420
 principles

00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:52.659
 uh

00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:53.700
 do i really

00:45:53.700 --> 00:45:54.380
 think god

00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:55.579
 wants me to

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:56.800
 stop that

00:45:56.800 --> 00:45:58.000
 or even

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.519
 slow it

00:45:58.519 --> 00:45:58.880
 down

00:45:58.880 --> 00:46:01.720
 at my

00:46:01.720 --> 00:46:02.019
 better

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.619
 moments

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:04.019
 you know

00:46:04.019 --> 00:46:04.519
 just like

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:05.900
 god said

00:46:05.900 --> 00:46:06.200
 to the

00:46:06.200 --> 00:46:06.740
 israelites

00:46:06.740 --> 00:46:07.440
 in exile

00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:08.099
 in babylon

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:08.940
 work for

00:46:08.940 --> 00:46:09.260
 the well

00:46:09.260 --> 00:46:09.680
 being of

00:46:09.680 --> 00:46:10.200
 your city

00:46:10.200 --> 00:46:12.940
 i don't

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:13.360
 think he

00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:13.800
 meant

00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:15.320
 you know

00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:16.159
 the babylonian

00:46:16.159 --> 00:46:16.659
 government

00:46:16.659 --> 00:46:18.320
 he meant

00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:18.900
 the people

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:19.539
 of the city

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:20.559
 work

00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:21.420
 you know

00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:22.119
 help them

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.980
 love them

00:46:22.980 --> 00:46:24.800
 don't love

00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:25.820
 the babylonian

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:26.680
 you know

00:46:26.680 --> 00:46:28.000
 country

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:28.900
 which was

00:46:28.900 --> 00:46:29.760
 horrible

00:46:29.760 --> 00:46:31.180
 and sinful

00:46:31.180 --> 00:46:32.300
 and despicable

00:46:32.300 --> 00:46:33.980
 no

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:34.579
 work

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:35.200
 for the

00:46:35.200 --> 00:46:35.660
 well being

00:46:35.660 --> 00:46:36.240
 of the

00:46:36.240 --> 00:46:36.680
 people

00:46:36.680 --> 00:46:37.900
 who god

00:46:37.900 --> 00:46:38.420
 loves

00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:39.180
 and who

00:46:39.180 --> 00:46:39.559
 you should

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:39.900
 love

00:46:39.900 --> 00:46:41.940
 and

00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:42.960
 just this

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.680
 past week

00:46:43.680 --> 00:46:44.099
 you know

00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:44.280
 i

00:46:44.280 --> 00:46:46.440
 the tiniest

00:46:46.440 --> 00:46:46.840
 tiniest

00:46:46.840 --> 00:46:47.660
 baby step

00:46:47.660 --> 00:46:48.139
 i got a

00:46:48.139 --> 00:46:48.740
 chance to

00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:49.539
 express

00:46:49.539 --> 00:46:50.199
 my point

00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:50.539
 of view

00:46:50.539 --> 00:46:50.939
 about what

00:46:50.939 --> 00:46:51.639
 was wrong

00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:53.039
 with new

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:53.819
 haven public

00:46:53.819 --> 00:46:54.379
 education

00:46:54.379 --> 00:46:54.839
 to a group

00:46:54.839 --> 00:46:55.279
 of teachers

00:46:55.279 --> 00:46:55.819
 in the school

00:46:55.819 --> 00:46:57.000
 oh yes

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.579
 finally we're

00:46:57.579 --> 00:46:57.839
 going to make

00:46:57.839 --> 00:46:58.639
 some progress

00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:00.039
 and you know

00:47:00.039 --> 00:47:00.519
 the presentation

00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:01.059
 went all right

00:47:01.059 --> 00:47:01.559
 i said okay

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:02.159
 what do i do

00:47:02.159 --> 00:47:02.859
 next to

00:47:02.859 --> 00:47:05.000
 politicize

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:05.879
 this little

00:47:05.879 --> 00:47:06.539
 step you know

00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:07.119
 how do we

00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:07.679
 convince more

00:47:07.679 --> 00:47:08.699
 people of the

00:47:08.699 --> 00:47:09.219
 error of their

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:09.939
 ways so that

00:47:09.939 --> 00:47:10.279
 they'll

00:47:10.279 --> 00:47:11.679
 you know

00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:12.479
 so there'll be a

00:47:12.479 --> 00:47:12.899
 better school

00:47:12.899 --> 00:47:13.599
 system for the

00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:14.119
 students in new

00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:14.279
 haven

00:47:14.279 --> 00:47:15.099
 okay i want to

00:47:15.099 --> 00:47:15.500
 do that

00:47:15.500 --> 00:47:16.219
 but you know

00:47:16.219 --> 00:47:17.000
 what god is

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:17.419
 not going to

00:47:17.419 --> 00:47:17.919
 use me to

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:18.480
 save western

00:47:18.480 --> 00:47:19.180
 society

00:47:19.180 --> 00:47:21.800
 but by his

00:47:21.800 --> 00:47:23.320
 grace i may

00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:24.039
 have an impact

00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:24.539
 on some of

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:25.019
 those teachers

00:47:25.019 --> 00:47:25.820
 who listen to

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:27.860
 me maybe my

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:28.559
 focus should not

00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:29.820
 be okay how

00:47:29.820 --> 00:47:30.240
 do we gang

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:30.940
 together instead

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.559
 of a political

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:32.539
 caucus you know

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:33.180
 in our school

00:47:33.180 --> 00:47:36.599
 but to go and

00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:37.440
 use this opportunity

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:38.280
 to follow up with

00:47:38.280 --> 00:47:39.740
 them to listen to

00:47:39.740 --> 00:47:40.680
 them to build a

00:47:40.680 --> 00:47:41.639
 relationship with

00:47:41.639 --> 00:47:42.720
 them you know

00:47:42.720 --> 00:47:44.260
 to share christ

00:47:44.260 --> 00:47:45.860
 with them as i

00:47:45.860 --> 00:47:46.200
 have the

00:47:46.200 --> 00:47:46.740
 opportunity

00:47:46.740 --> 00:47:50.140
 so

00:47:50.140 --> 00:47:54.000
 maybe god is

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:54.500
 speaking to

00:47:54.500 --> 00:47:55.220
 you about

00:47:55.220 --> 00:47:56.520
 this issue and

00:47:56.520 --> 00:47:57.300
 i'll express it

00:47:57.300 --> 00:47:57.980
 once again in

00:47:57.980 --> 00:47:59.300
 two ways maybe

00:47:59.300 --> 00:47:59.960
 you live your

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:00.600
 life day to

00:48:00.600 --> 00:48:01.300
 day and you're

00:48:01.300 --> 00:48:02.320
 focusing on the

00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:02.880
 things of this

00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:04.280
 life and your

00:48:04.280 --> 00:48:05.020
 prayer life may

00:48:05.020 --> 00:48:06.240
 reflect that you

00:48:06.240 --> 00:48:06.580
 know what do

00:48:06.580 --> 00:48:07.220
 you pray for

00:48:07.219 --> 00:48:11.279
 don't do that

00:48:11.279 --> 00:48:13.559
 be like paul

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:16.000
 live today while

00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:17.399
 focused on that

00:48:17.399 --> 00:48:17.819
 day

00:48:17.819 --> 00:48:21.899
 second way to

00:48:21.899 --> 00:48:22.559
 express it

00:48:22.559 --> 00:48:24.839
 are you really

00:48:24.839 --> 00:48:25.679
 living today for

00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:26.279
 the kingdom of

00:48:26.279 --> 00:48:28.059
 god or have

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:28.759
 you has your

00:48:28.759 --> 00:48:30.279
 focus got shifted

00:48:30.279 --> 00:48:32.399
 so you're really

00:48:32.399 --> 00:48:33.879
 asking god to

00:48:33.879 --> 00:48:34.500
 help you build

00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:35.299
 your kingdom

00:48:35.299 --> 00:48:36.379
 and maybe it

00:48:36.379 --> 00:48:36.719
 has a good

00:48:36.719 --> 00:48:37.419
 purpose you

00:48:37.419 --> 00:48:38.359
 know i want to

00:48:38.359 --> 00:48:38.659
 help the

00:48:38.659 --> 00:48:39.539
 students my

00:48:39.539 --> 00:48:40.019
 students in

00:48:40.019 --> 00:48:40.559
 new heathen

00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:43.939
 but what am i

00:48:43.939 --> 00:48:44.699
 putting first

00:48:44.699 --> 00:48:46.359
 my kingdom

00:48:46.359 --> 00:48:48.980
 or am i really

00:48:48.980 --> 00:48:49.819
 listening to the

00:48:49.819 --> 00:48:52.059
 lord so that

00:48:52.059 --> 00:48:52.980
 i'm doing what

00:48:52.980 --> 00:48:54.039
 he wants me to

00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:55.159
 for his kingdom

00:48:55.159 --> 00:48:57.259
 now if god

00:48:57.259 --> 00:48:58.000
 convicts you

00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:00.119
 yes this is a

00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:01.119
 problem that you

00:49:01.119 --> 00:49:01.519
 have

00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:05.139
 i i hope you'll

00:49:05.139 --> 00:49:06.659
 say lord help

00:49:06.659 --> 00:49:07.219
 be redeemed

00:49:07.219 --> 00:49:09.539
 but don't let

00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:11.039
 it end there

00:49:11.039 --> 00:49:12.699
 today sometime

00:49:12.699 --> 00:49:13.759
 today

00:49:13.759 --> 00:49:17.039
 pray lord

00:49:17.039 --> 00:49:19.940
 specifically what

00:49:19.940 --> 00:49:20.559
 do you want me

00:49:20.559 --> 00:49:21.379
 to do to change

00:49:21.379 --> 00:49:23.480
 this and when

00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:23.980
 am i going to

00:49:23.980 --> 00:49:24.559
 put it into

00:49:24.559 --> 00:49:26.799
 action and as

00:49:26.799 --> 00:49:29.139
 pastor nick was

00:49:29.139 --> 00:49:29.619
 saying maybe

00:49:29.619 --> 00:49:30.159
 you'll say to

00:49:30.159 --> 00:49:31.359
 somebody hey

00:49:31.359 --> 00:49:33.000
 god spoke to me

00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:33.460
 about this

00:49:33.460 --> 00:49:34.840
 today will

00:49:34.840 --> 00:49:35.719
 you pray for

00:49:35.719 --> 00:49:37.460
 me and

00:49:37.460 --> 00:49:38.139
 check up with

00:49:38.139 --> 00:49:39.480
 me about

00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:39.840
 that

00:49:39.840 --> 00:49:43.860
 let's pray

00:49:43.860 --> 00:49:49.300
 lord right

00:49:49.300 --> 00:49:50.159
 now i am full

00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:50.920
 of your joy

00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:54.059
 because i have

00:49:54.059 --> 00:49:56.300
 a little view

00:49:56.300 --> 00:49:57.860
 of who you

00:49:57.860 --> 00:50:00.559
 are and what

00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:01.200
 you're doing in

00:50:01.200 --> 00:50:02.820
 the world and

00:50:02.820 --> 00:50:03.460
 that by your

00:50:03.460 --> 00:50:04.380
 grace you've

00:50:04.380 --> 00:50:05.139
 made me part

00:50:05.139 --> 00:50:06.780
 of it when

00:50:06.780 --> 00:50:07.559
 you return

00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:08.820
 lord i will

00:50:08.820 --> 00:50:09.920
 be one of

00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:10.480
 your many

00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:11.200
 many children

00:50:11.200 --> 00:50:12.880
 who will

00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:14.280
 rule with

00:50:14.280 --> 00:50:16.659
 you we

00:50:16.659 --> 00:50:17.099
 will be

00:50:17.099 --> 00:50:17.779
 effective

00:50:17.779 --> 00:50:19.779
 in

00:50:19.779 --> 00:50:21.059
 establishing

00:50:21.059 --> 00:50:21.759
 and running

00:50:21.759 --> 00:50:22.819
 your kingdom

00:50:22.819 --> 00:50:26.960
 but lord i ask

00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:27.839
 for myself and

00:50:27.839 --> 00:50:28.539
 each of us

00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:29.519
 that while the

00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:30.739
 war is raging

00:50:30.739 --> 00:50:34.619
 we don't

00:50:34.619 --> 00:50:35.500
 try

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:37.420
 and

00:50:37.420 --> 00:50:38.579
 build a

00:50:38.579 --> 00:50:39.159
 business

00:50:39.159 --> 00:50:40.579
 or a

00:50:40.579 --> 00:50:40.899
 kingdom

00:50:40.899 --> 00:50:43.859
 that we'll

00:50:43.859 --> 00:50:44.500
 just have fun

00:50:44.500 --> 00:50:45.219
 with here while

00:50:45.219 --> 00:50:45.779
 the war is

00:50:45.779 --> 00:50:46.379
 raging

00:50:46.380 --> 00:50:49.400
 help me lord

00:50:49.400 --> 00:50:50.920
 day by day

00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:53.500
 to live

00:50:53.500 --> 00:50:53.920
 today

00:50:53.920 --> 00:50:55.559
 with your

00:50:55.559 --> 00:50:56.599
 return and

00:50:56.599 --> 00:50:57.280
 the resurrection

00:50:57.280 --> 00:50:58.579
 in clear

00:50:58.579 --> 00:50:59.140
 focus

00:50:59.140 --> 00:51:01.660
 that i may

00:51:01.660 --> 00:51:02.579
 continue to be

00:51:02.579 --> 00:51:03.079
 full of your

00:51:03.079 --> 00:51:03.440
 joy

00:51:03.440 --> 00:51:06.160
 and that i

00:51:06.160 --> 00:51:06.820
 may be

00:51:06.820 --> 00:51:07.340
 effective

00:51:07.340 --> 00:51:09.720
 in jesus

00:51:09.720 --> 00:51:10.180
 name

00:51:10.180 --> 00:51:11.640
 amen

00:51:16.380 --> 00:51:17.380
 just in case

00:51:17.380 --> 00:51:21.480
 just in case

00:51:21.480 --> 00:51:25.539
 just in case