I'm glad that you were here this morning and I'm glad to be here with you.
Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Philippians chapter 3.
Our text for today is Philippians chapter 3 verses 10 through 21.
Before I begin reading this morning's text, I have a brief note for our guests.
Many churches this morning will spend extensive time making an apologetic case for the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
They will do so because they will be inundated with guests this morning.
And the resurrection of Jesus is the linchpin to a camelline case for the Christian faith.
Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 19 and 20.
If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Without the resurrection, we have no Christianity.
However, this inundation of guests is not typically the case for us.
Our gatherings most regularly consist of devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
So we think it best to press on in our exposition of the book of Philippians as we have arrived at a text that speaks to the sanctifying implications of the resurrection.
That said, if you have found yourself here this morning, we do not believe that this is an accident and hope.
If you haven't already turned from your sin and thrown yourself on the mercy of God found in the personal work of Jesus Christ, that you will do so today.
If Jesus was not raised from the dead, then he was a liar and a lunatic.
If he was, then he is God.
And we should listen to all that he said and all that was written concerning him in the scripture.
To help you believe that Jesus is God, if you don't find yourself in that position this morning,
there's a little book available out in the book, Nick, called Your Verdict on the Empty Tomb.
It looks like this.
I think there's about a dozen of them out there and they're available for free.
And I would just strongly encourage you to take one and read it.
It won't take you very long to read and see if God doesn't work believing faith in you as a result.
So today, Philippians chapter 3, beginning in verse 10 is our text formally for this morning.
But I would like to begin by reading, starting at verse 7.
Let me remind you before I do, beloved, that this is God's word to us, written for his glory and our good.
So we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
Beginning in verse 7.
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord.
For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish,
in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him,
not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,
but that which comes through faith in Christ,
the righteousness from God that depends on faith,
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection
and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect,
but I press on to make it my own because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own,
but one thing I do,
forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Let those of us who are mature think this way,
and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.
Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
Brothers, join in imitating me
and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.
For many of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears
walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Their end is destruction.
Their God is their belly,
and they glory in their shame with minds set on earthly things.
But our citizenship is in heaven,
and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body
by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
If we are to have any hope in this world at all,
it must be a gospel hope.
This world is a terribly wretched and broken place.
If you don't feel this to be true, you just haven't lived very long.
Begin to pay attention to the world around you.
Something is deeply wrong with it.
I think that I feel this especially as a pastor.
Much of what I do is dealing with the brokenness,
the sin ravages of the world in which we live.
And I find that if I'm going to have any motivation for living at all,
it must be rooted in the transforming, resurrected power of Jesus Christ.
My gospel hope has to outbound all of the misery that I experience around me.
So I look for joy in this.
This text is packed full of it,
and we won't have time this morning to look at every one of these phrases.
I really wish we did.
I'd love to keep you here until 2 o'clock this afternoon.
But there would be a mutiny, I'm quite sure.
So we're going to keep the main point of this text in mind,
and I may have to skip over some phrases as we do that together.
But this large, this overarching hope that is out in front of us
is what we are looking to today.
We must have it.
I will say also, as an aside, as a pastor,
I look for tiny joys, right?
This is the large joy.
I need the large joy, the hope of the gospel.
But I look for tiny joys as well.
And alliteration brings me a tiny bit of joy.
And so the outline in advance of our study is as follows.
It's five points, and they alliterate.
Number one, new motivation.
Number two, new memory.
Number three, new mindset.
Number four, new mentors.
And number five, new mediator.
First, let's look at a new motivation.
We can see this in verses 10 and 11.
And we'll spend the majority of our time here
with the other points supporting and building on this one.
We see Paul say in verse 10,
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection
and may share his sufferings,
becoming like him in his death.
Now, he has just begun to address
with these Philippian believers
a heresy that was going around in their day.
And it was common.
He wrote about it to other churches as well.
And we know these people, these teachers,
as the Judaizers.
They were saying, yes, faith in Christ is good,
but you must add to that faith the law.
You must be circumcised specifically
in order to be found righteous before God.
They were suggesting that salvation comes by works.
And Paul does not mince words about this.
He is clear to say, no, no.
Righteousness comes by faith.
And so he uses himself as an example.
He says, if anybody should have any confidence
in the flesh at all, I should.
He uses himself.
I, the Jew of Jews, should have confidence in the flesh.
Who are these men to tell you to have confidence in the flesh?
But then he says that he counts all of that gain,
all the things that would have been
in that Judaic system of benefit to him as loss.
He puts it in a loss column.
And what he puts in the gain column is Christ.
Paul is willing to lose all things.
He now counts them as loss.
Why?
Verse 7 tells us, for the sake of Christ.
And verse 8 tells us, because of the surpassing worth
of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord.
And, in verse 8, in order that I may gain Christ.
Paul wrote in Philippians chapter 1 and verse 21,
for to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Because?
More.
Christ.
Here in verse 10, he says,
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection,
and may share his sufferings,
becoming like him in his death,
identified with him in his death.
All of Paul's spiritual fervor has a new motivation.
Christ himself.
And it has a new aim.
He says in verse 11,
that by any means possible,
I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Let's look first at the first part of this verse,
that by any means possible,
I may attain,
or you can think,
arrive at,
the resurrection from the dead.
James Montgomery Boyce,
this is on your bulletin this morning,
said of this text,
Paul wanted to know Jesus in the truest
biblical sense,
personally and experientially.
And he wanted this to affect his day-to-day living.
And so here we find the doctrine of progressive sanctification.
Those who are in Christ will persevere in holiness and be preserved to the end.
If you are saved,
you will grow in Christlikeness until the end,
until your life is over or until the Lord returns.
We are saved by grace alone,
through faith alone,
in Christ alone.
And we are kept by grace alone,
through faith alone,
in Christ alone.
But this saving and this keeping
will be evidenced in our living.
How, after all,
are we to know that we are saved?
How can you know that you are saved?
Should we tie our confidence
to a particular pastor
or ministry
or event?
What does the Bible have to say
about this?
Does it tell us to know that we are in Christ
because we
prayed a prayer
or raised a hand
or walked an aisle?
No.
A thousand times no.
The scripture does not say this.
Although many in our day
do.
Listen to the teaching
of the apostles.
John in 1 John chapter 5.
Everyone who believes
that Jesus is the Christ
has been born of God.
And everyone who loves the Father
loves whoever has been born
of Him.
So if you're in Christ,
you're going to love the church.
By this we know
that we love the children of God
when we love God
and obey
His commandments.
For this is the love of God
that we keep
His commandments.
And His commandments
are not
burdensome.
God, by the power of His Spirit,
makes us new creations.
Sets us on a different trajectory.
Not a trajectory of rebellion
against His good commands,
but one of grateful obedience
to them.
Peter,
the Apostle Peter,
after a list of divine qualities
found in 2 Peter chapter 1,
says in verse 10,
Therefore,
brothers,
be all the more diligent
to confirm
your calling and election.
For if you practice
these qualities,
you will never
fall.
So he's saying,
look at your life.
Examine it.
Be sure that it's exemplifying
these things.
Be diligent
in this practice
to confirm
your calling and election.
And Paul in Philippians chapter 2,
verse 12 and 13,
says,
Therefore, my beloved,
as you have always obeyed,
so now,
not only as in my presence,
but much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation
with fear
and trembling.
For it is God
who works in you
both to will
and to work
for His good pleasure.
So if God is in you,
these efforts to obey
will be rewarded
with obedience.
We'll be able to see that,
yes, in fact,
I am growing in grace.
And finally,
if you just say,
well, those are the apostles,
I hope you don't do that
with the scripture,
but just in case you do,
some people only want
to listen to red letters,
so here they are.
Jesus in Matthew chapter 7,
verse 17 and 18,
says,
So every healthy tree
bears good fruit,
but the diseased tree
bears bad fruit.
A healthy tree
cannot bear bad fruit,
nor can a diseased tree
bear good fruit.
And in John chapter 14
and verse 15,
he says,
If you love me,
you will keep
my commandments.
Now, we must be so careful
at this point.
No one is suggesting
that we are saved
by our works.
None of us are perfect.
I have a confidence
that I am redeemed.
I can see that God
works mightily in my life,
but I am far
from perfect.
But the trajectory
of my life,
the graph,
if I were able to graph
holiness day to day,
would trend
toward holiness.
It's got its ups
and it's got its downs,
but it would trend
toward holiness.
We cannot be saved
by our works.
We will never be good enough
to meet God's standard
because God's standard
is perfection.
Every one of us,
every person
who has ever lived
has fallen short
of perfection.
We are saved
by grace alone,
through faith alone,
in Christ alone.
And any holiness
we possess
is because of God.
It's divine
because we are kept
by grace alone,
through faith alone,
in Christ alone.
Let's not lose sight
as Paul's going to talk
about attaining
and striving
that he stated
in Philippians 3,
verse 9,
which I read
as part of the intro
to today's text,
that he would be found
in Christ,
not having a righteousness
of his own
that comes from the law,
but that which comes
through faith
in Christ,
the righteousness
from God
that depends
on faith.
Reese referenced earlier,
Martin,
last week,
Martin Luther
called this
an alien righteousness,
a righteousness
from outside
given to us
by God.
We are saved
by grace alone,
through faith alone,
in Christ alone,
and we are kept
by grace alone,
through faith alone,
in Christ alone,
but this saving
and this keeping
will be evidenced
in our living.
This is what Paul
is talking about.
Showing himself
to be in Christ
to the very end.
And, beloved,
the way of Christ
is the way of suffering.
We will give up
every advantage
that this world
has to offer
for the sake
of Christ
in order to know
him
and be known
by him.
Why would someone
do
such a thing?
It's divine.
It's supernatural.
God gives us
a new
motivation.
He
recreates us
as we
were meant
to be.
To be in fellowship
with him
in this life
and
forevermore.
this is so
important
to understand
for your Christian
living.
So that,
by any means
possible,
I may attain
the resurrection
of the dead.
One day,
those who are in Christ
will have
resurrection
bodies.
We are saved,
soul and body.
And the work
of redemption
is not fully complete
until we are
transformed
transformed to be
like Christ.
Embodied.
The embodied
Christ
will be like
him with
resurrection
bodies.
In Romans
chapter 8,
verse 23
and 24,
Paul stated
that we
wait eagerly
for the redemption
of our bodies.
And he adds,
for in this
hope
we were saved.
saved.
This is also
called
glorification.
We run
across those
texts from
time to
time.
Paul wrote
further in
Romans chapter
8,
this is
verse 30,
and those
whom he
predestined
he also
called.
Those whom
he called
he also
justified,
and those
whom he
justified
he also
glorified.
Because
you're saved,
if you're
in Christ,
there's a
future
guarantee
that you
will have
a resurrected
body.
You will
be glorified,
set free
from the
bondage of
sin
forever.
Wayne
Grudeman's
seminal
work,
Systematic
Theology,
defines
glorification
this way.
Glorification
is the
final step
in the
application
of redemption.
It will
happen when
Christ returns
and raises
from the
dead the
bodies of
all believers
for all
time who
have died,
and reunites
them with
their souls,
and changes
the bodies
of all
believers
who remain
alive,
thereby giving
all believers
at the same
time perfect
resurrection
bodies like
his own.
So you see,
glorification is
Paul's new
motivation.
It's the
thing that he
is looking
forward to,
this wonderful
forever state
of freedom
from the
death of
sin in the
presence of
our Savior.
We will
experience Christ
more fully
than we
could possibly
experience
him here
and now
because we
will be
freed from
sin forever.
The
resurrection of
Jesus Christ
guaranteed for
all who are
in Christ a
resurrection and
future hope.
What a
wonderful truth.
I will close
this point with
one further
scripture reading
which makes
the point a
bit further.
Romans chapter
6 verses 1
through 6.
Paul says,
What shall we
say then?
Are we to
continue in
sin that
grace may
abound?
By no
means.
How can
we who
died to
sin still
live in
it?
Do you
not know
that all
of us who
have been
baptized into
Christ Jesus
were baptized
into his
death?
We were
buried
therefore with
him by
baptism into
death in
order that
just as
Christ was
raised from
the dead by
the glory of
the Father we
too might
walk in
newness of
life.
For if we
have been
united with
him in a
death like
his we
shall certainly
be united
with him in
a resurrection
like his.
We know
that our old
self was
crucified with
him in
order that
the body
of sin
might be
brought to
nothing so
that we
would no
longer be
enslaved to
sin.
If you
are in
Christ the
resurrection of
Christ is a
foundation for
a new
motivation.
Secondly,
new memory.
We see this in
verses 12
through 14.
Paul says
not that I've
already obtained
this or I'm
already perfect.
Right?
He's being very
clear.
We haven't
reached sinlessness.
He's saying as
an apostle I've
not reached
sinlessness but I
press on to
make it my
own because
Christ Jesus
has made me
his own.
Right?
grateful
obedience.
A response
to the grace
of God to
him in
Christ.
Verse 13.
Brothers, I do
not consider
that I've
made it my
own but
one thing
I do
forgetting
what lies
behind and
straining
forward to
what lies
ahead.
I press
on toward
the goal
for the
prize of
the upward
call of
God in
Christ Jesus.
Paul's
sanctification
depends on
a reorientation
of his
memory.
You see that
he's going to
apply a
great deal
of effort.
He's
forgetting and
he's straining
and he's
pressing towards
this goal.
The upward
call of God
in Christ
Jesus.
The
resurrection
of his
body.
He states
that in his
effort to
attain the
resurrection
from the
dead,
he is
forgetting
what lies
behind.
What's he
referring to
there?
I think he
means all
the things
that he
thought were
his game
that he
has now
countered at
his loss
right back
in verses
five through
six of the
chapter.
I think he's
referring to
all of those
things but I
also think
that he is
referring more
broadly to
a sin
because he
is forgetting.
He hasn't
just forgotten
but it says
forgetting and
this is one of
those wonderful
places where
the English
nails it
right on
the head.
The original
Greek word
for this
is in the
present tense
which means
it's active
and it's
incomplete.
So he's
continually
forgetting.
He's forgetting
and he's
forgetting
and he's
forgetting
and he's
forgetting
as he's
straining
and pressing.
The power
of the gospel
has set us
free from
bondage to
present and
future sin
and it has
set us free
from the guilt
of past
sin.
Remember that
Paul was a
persecutor of
the church.
He mentions
this in
verse 6.
He stood
over the
execution of
Stephen the
very first
Christian
martyr.
A highly
psychologized
version of
Christianity
would give
Paul a
free pass
to be
forlorn
and
listness.
Would just
say like
oh we get
it.
You were
that guy
that put
Stephen to
death.
You got a
lot of
baggage you're
carrying around
with us.
We're not
going to
expect much
of you.
But he
says he's
forgetting what
lies behind
and straining
forward to
what lies
ahead.
Now as
Paul's stating
that he's
forgotten
everything as
as he's had
a brain
wipe on
his encounter
with Christ
he got his
brain zipped
out.
Absolutely
not.
He's still
a human
man who
had memories.
We're going
to have
memories but
I suggest
that the
prominent
thought of
the past
was what
Christ had
done to
deliver him
from his
sin.
That as
he considered
his past
when he
calls himself
the worst
of sinners
why?
So that
God could
show his
great mercy
in Christ.
As he
thought about
his past
what he
remembers is
what Christ
did for
him.
How unworthy
he is but
what Christ
has done.
Which is why
I'm suggesting
that Paul
had a
new
memory.
He knew
that the
past had
no bearing
on his
future
because Jesus
had paid
the penalty
for sin
and confirmed
his redemption
by being
raised
from the
dead.
Beloved,
I wonder
how many
of you
live in
the past
would suggest
in some
way that
Jesus'
death was
not enough
for your
sin.
That he
needs to
come back
down from
heaven and
get back
up on the
cross to
complete that
work.
That you
fail functionally
to believe
that when
Jesus says
it is
finished,
it really
is
finished.
Your past
sin has
been expunged
as has
your present
and your
future.
Jesus died
for you.
He died
for every
sin that
you have
ever or
will ever
commit.
Praise be
to God.
When we
think about
the past,
our minds
ought to be
set on what
Jesus has
done.
And,
thirdly,
we should
have a new
mindset.
This is
related, I
understand.
One maybe
is the
negative, the
other the
positive.
Verses 15
and 16,
he says,
let those
of us who
are mature
think this
way.
Which way
is he
talking about?
Right?
This forgetting
what lies
behind and
straining
forward to
what lies
ahead.
And he
says that
this is a
mark of
Christian
maturity.
The
mature
think this
way.
A
functionally
active belief
in the
gospel of
Jesus Christ
will evidence
itself in
the day
to day
of one
who is
growing in
their
understanding
of all
that the
gospel means
for them.
It affects
every iota
of our
life.
I just got a
text message and
flipped it away and
lost my place in my
notes.
So give me a
second.
UPS just
text me.
So thanks
UPS.
my package
arrived.
You guys will
all be glad to
hear that.
Man, I
really lost.
Oh, here we
are.
Okay, here we
go.
Good.
Hey, back
on track.
Let me say
that again because
I lost my
mindset.
A functionally
active belief in
the gospel of
Jesus Christ will
evident itself in
the day-to-day of
one who is
growing in their
understanding of
all that the
gospel means for
them.
It'll inform
everything, right?
This ought to be
our mindset.
Our knee-jerk
reaction to our
sin as we press
on toward the
goal for the
prize of the
upward call of
God in Christ
Jesus should be
repentance and
faith, right?
Forgetting and
straining.
Often with
counselees, I use
an example of
running a race,
right?
Paul uses this
kind of language.
And we're running
a race and sin in
our life causes us
to stumble and we
fall, right?
We skin up our
knees, look at the
children sometimes,
their noses, right?
They don't catch
themselves that way.
We're just all
shredded by the
texture of the
track.
And instead of
getting up and
continuing to run
because the race
has been assured,
right?
We will finish
the race.
We sit on the
track and we
cry.
Oh, woe is
me.
I fell down.
Get up and run.
That's what I say.
Yes, you fell.
Recognize that you
fell.
Repent and
believe.
Forget and
strain forward.
You may be
familiar with this
quote from
Pastor John
Piper, but I
think it's so
good at this
point.
He says, I
hear so many
Christians murmuring
about their
imperfections and
their failures and
their addictions and
their shortcomings,
and I see so
little war.
Murmur,
murmur,
murmur.
Why am I this
way?
Make war.
If you wonder
how to make
war go to
the manual,
don't just
bellyache about
your failures.
Make war.
That's what Paul
is talking about
here.
Pressing on,
putting behind,
and straining
forward.
It should be the
knee-jerk reaction.
And a lot of
people will ask
me, but aren't
we supposed to
feel something
when we sin?
I'd say, yes,
absolutely you
should.
Well, how much
and for how
long?
I would say
only as much
as it takes to
get you back to
the cross of
Christ.
Let that sorrow
drive you to the
cross of Christ.
Forget.
Remember what
he has done and
press on.
How do we make
war?
By having this
mindset.
Paul wrote in
Romans chapter 12
verse 2.
Do not be
conformed to
this world,
but be
transformed by
the renewal
of your mind.
This ought to
be the way we
think.
The mature
will think
in this way.
And Paul is
so sure of
the importance
of this
mindset that
he encourages
the immature
that God
will mature
them.
He's going
to build
you so that
you'll think
in this way.
To stay
this course.
And he
says,
only let
us hold
true to
what we
have
attained.
He's saying,
but you have
attained some
maturity.
So continue to
walk in
that.
If we're going
to do this
well,
fourthly,
we need new
mentors.
Verses 17
through 19.
Paul says,
brothers,
join in
imitating
me and
keep your
eyes on
those who
walk
according to
the example
you have
in us.
God created
us for
fellowship.
We are
easily
influenced
and need
good
influences
in our
lives.
Just think
for a moment
about how
easily
influenced
you are.
A simple
matter,
I have a
brother-in-law
who's
British.
And I
have no
part of
me,
I mean,
maybe
somewhere in
my,
like,
generations
ago past
was British,
but if I
spend a bit
of time
around him,
I start
to use
words I
don't use
normally.
If you
ever have
me call
you mate,
it's probably
because I've
been hanging
out with
my brother-in-law
and you can
just go,
yeah,
okay,
right?
We pick
up things
from people.
So if we're
going to follow
after Christ
this way,
if we're
going to
attain this
resurrection
from the
dead,
we're going
to need
good
influence
in our
lives.
Paul is
not specific
about the
good example,
but we can
infer that the
example you
have in us
is found in
the pressing
on toward
the goal
for the prize
of the
upper call
of God
in Christ
Jesus.
Surround
yourself by
people doing
that,
right?
Straining
forward,
right?
Pressing for
holiness,
right?
Looking to
please the
Lord.
God
we can
also
infer
that's
the
opposite
of
the
bad
example
that
he
lists
out
in
some
detail
here.
People
whose
end is
destruction.
Their God
is their
belly,
meaning they
serve all
of their
appetites,
and he
doesn't just
mean food
appetites,
but all of
the lusts
of the
world,
and they
glory,
they're proud
in things
that ought
to be
to their
shame.
their
minds
are set
on
earthly
things,
right?
They're
concerned
about
the
temporal,
they're
concerned
about
the
now,
instead
of being
concerned
about
the
eternal.
You
need to
get
yourself
around
people
who are
thinking
heavenward,
always
thinking,
how is
this
life
best
spent
for
that
life,
that
forever
life?
And I
can tell
you now
that if
you live
this way
and you
think
in this
way,
you're
going to
be laying
down
your
life,
you're
going to
be
suffering
the
loss
of
all
things,
you
are
going
to
be
uncomfortable
in
this
world
for
the
sake
of
the
next.
And Paul
exhorts us
to be
cautious
about
these
kind
of
people,
right?
Mind set
on
earthly
things,
right?
We're
to avoid
them,
but I
want
to
note
that
he
does
it
with
heartbreak.
He's
not just
dismissive
to
them,
but he
does it
with
heartbreak.
He says
with
tears
they
walk
as
enemies
of the
cross
of
Christ.
Fifth
and
lastly,
we
need
and in
Christ
we
have
a
new
mediator.
The
last
two
verses
of our
text.
But our
citizenship,
we're not
those who
are going
to be
destroyed.
Our
end
is not
destruction.
Our
citizenship
is in
heaven,
and from
it we
await
a
Savior,
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
We
will
transform
our
lowly
body
to be
like
his
glorious
body
by the
power
that
enables
him
even
to
subject
all
things
to
himself.
We
have a
resurrected
Savior,
the Lord
Jesus
Christ.
He
is
ascended
to the
right
hand
of
God
the
Father
where
he
rules
over
all
things.
Right?
Paul
mentions
that here
in
verse
21,
by the
power
that
enables
him
even
to
subject
all
things
to
himself.
!
Or as
our
catechism
question
this
morning
said,
interceding
for us.
God
the
Father
is
pleased
with
us
if
we
are
in
Christ.
Further,
he
has
given
us
his
good
word
and
he
has
sent
us
his
spirit.
We
have
the
word
of
Christ
to
lead
us
in
the
truth
and
empower
us
in
holiness.
What
a
confidence
we
should
have
because
Jesus
is
alive.
One
wonderful
day
he
will
return
for
the
citizens
of
his
kingdom
and
will
transform
our
lowly
bodies
to be
like
his
glorious
body.
So let
me ask
you in
closing
this
Easter
Sunday
do
you
have
new
motivation
new
memory
new
mindset
new
mentors
and a
new
mediator?
Do
you have
future
hope
in the
resurrection
of your
body?
Do
you have
hope
in this
life
and
the
life
to
come?
You
can
because
Jesus
is
alive.
Let's
pray
together.