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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 How I long to breathe the air of heaven.

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 That's what I want us to do this morning. I think we've started.

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 I think that's what you're tasting a little bit of.

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 You're breathing in the air of heaven where pain is gone and mercy fills the streets.

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 Can you imagine?

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 Because you're not completely able to breathe it in right now, right?

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 Pain's not gone all the way.

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 And you feel that.

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 Can you even imagine that day?

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 What we're going to see this morning is that union with Christ is the air of heaven.

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 That's what you breathe.

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 Today's the end of our summer series on what so many have called the most glorious theological truth of all.

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 That by grace, through faith, we are inseparably connected to Jesus in an unbreakable union.

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 And my heart for us, I believe God's heart for us, has been to make this theological truth a personal experience.

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 That Jesus not be merely throwing us good gifts from a great distance away, but that he truly be the closest relationship that we know.

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 He marries himself to us, the Bible says.

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 That close.

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 Before we add one final link to the chain this morning, I want to take a look back at union with Christ the last few weeks.

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 I want to encourage you as we do to pick one of these images that helps you to see yourself in Christ and Christ in you.

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 Something that you can cling to, that he's always near for you.

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 We began this summer by saying that God has located his people in Christ so that whatever happens to Jesus happens to us, right?

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 When you're on the plane, you go where it goes.

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 Then we saw God's design was that this location in Christ be what primarily defines Christians.

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 Our identity, our value, our significance settled as we are hidden, covered in Christ.

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 Like entering into the sprocket costume for a new identity, right?

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 That's where the reality of our relationship with God, our justification is settled once and for all.

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 As we are blessed in Christ.

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 That our union with Christ is like the stocking out of which flow all sorts of gifts.

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 Like forgiveness and adoption and inheritance.

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 All because we're connected to him.

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 In particular, we're loved in Christ with an unstoppable love that nothing can separate us from.

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 Just as nothing can stop God from loving Jesus, his table reminds us.

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 These are once and for all realities.

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 But that's not all that comes in union with Christ.

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 Union with Christ is for life now as well, isn't it?

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 Even when the waves of suffering crash against the ship of our life, being in Christ is enough to hold us fast.

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 Remember?

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 Union with Christ is the source of not only our justification, being made right with God,

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 but also our ongoing sanctification, being made like God.

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 Since we abide in him moment by moment, like Rick Hoyt, abiding in his father, depending on his power, rejoicing in his victory,

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 so that we bear fruit in Christ, right?

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 That's the way to grow, to change, Jesus tells us, the only way.

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 Likewise, we fight sin in our lives in Christ because he is always with us so we can fight sin

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 because we can't imagine dragging Christ into sin.

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 And we can rely on his power when we fall short in the battle.

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 Last week, we saw that we are never alone in this battle because we are connected in Christ to one another.

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 If he is our brother, we get lots of other brothers and sisters in his family sharing that deep bond.

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 And we glimpsed the glory that Jesus is inviting us into with him and his Father and Holy Spirit,

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 all of us together.

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 And that's where we're landing this week.

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 We've hinted at this repeatedly through the summer.

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 But this relationship with Christ, it's no temporary relationship, is it?

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 It's no contingency plan.

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 It's no short-term feel-good story.

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 That's not it.

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 Our union with Christ is so inseparable that it carries us from beginning to end,

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 united by God's grace before our birth.

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 And now as we look ahead to heaven and the future, beyond our death,

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 union with Christ gives us eternal hope.

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 It makes us secure forever.

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 Think back to that first image of a plane with the word united there,

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 so helpfully placed just for us, for the purpose of this summer.

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 The assurance we have today is that having been seated in that plane,

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 in Christ, we will reach our destination.

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 There will almost certainly be turbulence around us.

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 There will surely be fears and doubts within us,

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 but we can rest assured that we will arrive in heaven with God.

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 How do we know?

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 How do we know that?

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 Perhaps the Bible's best, most reassuring answer to that question is,

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 because the plane made it.

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 Christ made it home.

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 To hear this glorious truth,

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 to breathe some more of heaven's air,

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 we go to Easter.

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 And we turn to 1 Corinthians 15.

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 It's a classic passage about Jesus' resurrection.

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 I'm going to read it beginning at verse 12

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 to get us up to speed a little bit in Paul's conversation.

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 Then I'll slow down for our purposes this morning.

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 This is the eternal, infallible, enduring word of God.

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 Now, if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead,

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 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,

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 then not even Christ has been raised.

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 And if Christ has not been raised,

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 then our preaching's in vain,

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 your faith is in vain.

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 We're even found to be misrepresenting God

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 because we testified about God that he raised Christ,

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 whom he did not raise,

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 if it is true that the dead are not raised.

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 For if the dead are not raised,

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 not even Christ has been raised.

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 Do you hear what?

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 Paul's assuming union with Christ already, isn't he?

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 What happens to Jesus happens to us.

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 So if we're not raised, he's not either.

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 Paul says twice, right?

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 Verse 17.

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 And if Christ has not been raised,

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 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 this life only we have hoped in Christ,

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 we are of all people most to be pitied.

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 Oh, so we died with Christ.

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 Is that it?

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 Is that the end of the story?

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 Verse 20.

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 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 The first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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 For as by a man came death,

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 by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

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 For as in Adam all die,

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 so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

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 But each in his own order.

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 Christ the first fruits.

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 Then at his coming, those who belong to Christ.

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 Then comes the end,

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 when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father

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 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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 Father, what a glorious hope that is.

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 God, would you give us a deep breath of the air of heaven today.

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 Fill our souls with your joy and hope in Christ.

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 We ask in his name.

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 Amen.

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 Apparently, the Corinthians are having some discussions

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 surrounding life after death.

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 That's pretty understandable, right?

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 I bet some of us have questions about that.

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 What's it like?

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 What will happen?

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 We'll see they're wondering about what resurrected bodies would be like.

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 But most importantly, they want to know,

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 will the dead be raised?

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 It's a big question.

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 And Paul is really eager to build their faith.

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 And he does it in this passage by assuring them

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 that Christ himself has risen from the dead.

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 He's just told them that this is at the heart of the good news.

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 And that you can count on the fact that Jesus rose

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 in part because of all the eyewitness testimony.

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 Jesus appearing to individuals like Paul.

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 To smaller groups of 12, for example.

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 To large groups, 500 plus at the same time.

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 And that the Roman soldiers couldn't find his body to save their lives.

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 Many of his followers insist on having seen him alive

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 even when it costs their lives.

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 Religious leaders spend their lives trying to disprove his resurrection,

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 but they can't.

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 Paul says,

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 Jesus has indeed been raised from the dead.

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 And he's the first fruits.

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 Which idea means the full harvest is coming.

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 For as in Adam, all die.

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 In Adam, meaning in sin.

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 In death.

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 That's all of us stuck there when we're covered in Adam,

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 identified in Adam.

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 And he says,

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 So also in Christ shall all be made alive.

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 You see the difference, right?

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 In Christ.

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 Christ, the first fruits.

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 Then he comes back and all of those who belong to him,

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 all of those in Christ,

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 rise with him.

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 Friend, I want to say to you this morning,

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 if you have not stepped on the plane,

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 trusted in Jesus by faith in his life,

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 and his death,

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 and his resurrection in your place,

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 then you are still in Adam.

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 In the terminal, if you will,

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 where we all start.

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 And it's not a good place to be.

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 I want to warn you of that because I love you

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 and I care about you.

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 Being there means being in sin.

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 It means facing death on your own.

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 And I don't want that for any of us.

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 Because the way to safety and the life

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 is found by being covered by Jesus.

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 It is the only way.

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 But if you have come aboard, so to speak,

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 you can be gloriously certain,

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 completely confident,

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 just as confident as you are,

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 that Jesus is in heaven today,

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 that one day you will be too.

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 If Christ died and you died with him,

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 then as Christ lives,

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 you live with him.

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 Never to die again,

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 Paul says elsewhere.

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 This is a wonderful truth.

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 Charles Wesley was celebrating it

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 when he wrote this great hymn

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 we sing almost every Easter.

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 Christ the Lord is risen today.

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 Hallelujah.

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 And look down at that second verse.

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 Soar we now.

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 Where Christ has led,

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 following our exalted head.

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 Man, he's got good theology, doesn't he?

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 He reads his Bible,

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 Charles Wesley does.

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 Okay?

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 Jesus is our head.

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 We are members of his body.

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 So where the head goes,

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 the body goes, right?

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 No other tricks.

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 The head goes, the body goes.

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 We follow him.

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 Made like him.

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 Like him we rise.

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 Ours the cross,

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 the grave,

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 the skies.

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 Hallelujah.

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 Man, when you sing that this Easter,

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 I hope you remember union with Christ.

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 Crucified with Christ.

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 Buried with Christ.

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 Raised with Christ.

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 He lives, you live.

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 There's,

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 it can't be any other way,

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 can it?

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 You're that united to him.

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 It's the certainty Paul writes about in Romans 8

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 when he assures us there is,

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 therefore now,

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 no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus

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 because all those in Christ are adopted

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 into God's family,

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 his children,

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 which verse 17 says means

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 we are co-heirs

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 with Christ.

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 Christ.

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 Wow.

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 And we suffer

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 with him.

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 He suffered.

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 We experience suffering,

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 don't we?

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 Oh man,

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 yeah,

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 can't deny that.

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 As surely

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 as you experience

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 suffering,

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 you can trust.

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 Christ.

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 We will be glorified

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 with him.

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 Remember,

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 at the end of the day,

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 neither death,

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 nor life,

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 nor angels,

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 nor rulers,

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 nor things present,

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 nor things to come,

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 nor powers,

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 nor height,

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 nor depth,

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 nor anything else

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 in all creation

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 will be able to separate us

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 from the love of God

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 our Lord,

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 not even death.

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 That same promise

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 is said differently

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 to the Colossians.

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 Your life

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 is so hidden

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 with Christ

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 in God

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 that when Christ

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 appears,

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 you also

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 will appear

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 with him

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 in glory

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 over and over.

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 God wants you

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 to know

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 that you are

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 secure

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 forever.

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 Your eternity

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 is gloriously

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 certain

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 in Christ.

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 But there's even

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 one further step

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 God is wanting

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 to make sure

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 we don't miss.

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 You hear all the talk

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 of glory

00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:02.560
 in these passages?

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 You'll appear

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 with him

00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.360
 in glory,

00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:07.440
 glorified

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.220
 with him.

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 So,

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 there is a quality

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:13.319
 to this eternal

00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:13.960
 hope

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 that you and I

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 can hardly imagine.

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 We really

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 can't comprehend

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 and that's that

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 because of our

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 union with Christ,

00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:24.160
 we will be

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 gloriously

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 alive.

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 I can't even

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 put it into words

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 for you.

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 We can hardly

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 fathom this glory.

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 Okay,

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 so we're

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 made alive.

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 We've read that.

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:37.779
 In Christ,

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 we're made alive.

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 That's wonderful

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 enough,

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 isn't it?

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 Just to be alive.

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 But then,

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 Jesus starts

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 ruling

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 and reigning

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 over all of

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 his and

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 our enemies.

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 He's the

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 conquering king

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 and finally,

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 he destroys

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 death.

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 None of us

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 has experienced

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 this,

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 but that is

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 the power

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.940
 of being united

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 to Jesus,

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 his life,

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 without any

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 specter of

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 death

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 hanging over

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 any of it.

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 Can you even

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 imagine?

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 And Paul goes

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 on to explain

00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:20.599
 in the rest of

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 this chapter,

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 our physical,

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 bodily resurrection

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 is as certain

00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:26.779
 as Christ's,

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 the one who himself

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 was touched

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 by so many.

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 They felt the

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 scars in his hands

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 and his sides

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 and he has this

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 glorious new

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 body.

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 even if it was

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 only from a

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 physical perspective,

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 can you imagine?

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 We long

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 for this.

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 I know you do.

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 Friends,

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.160
 dementia

00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:47.180
 is no match

00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:48.600
 for this

00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:49.060
 restoration

00:18:49.060 --> 00:18:49.960
 of the body.

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 Chronic pain

00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:53.560
 that some of you

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 have known

00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:54.720
 every day of your

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 life,

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 it's not as

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 lasting as

00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:58.460
 this relationship

00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.180
 that we have

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 in Christ.

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 Even

00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:02.120
 death

00:19:02.120 --> 00:19:03.280
 is not

00:19:03.280 --> 00:19:04.600
 as powerful

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.779
 as this

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.599
 life,

00:19:06.939 --> 00:19:07.279
 Jesus

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.480
 destroys

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 death

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:10.359
 forever.

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 Gone.

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 That's what we

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 noticed way back

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 at the start

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 of the summer

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 when we looked

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 at Ephesians 2

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 that one of the

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.740
 primary reasons

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.599
 that God raised

00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:20.339
 us with Christ

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:21.459
 and seated us

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 with him

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 was because

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 he had

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.959
 more,

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 if you can

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 imagine,

00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:27.659
 more glorious

00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:29.279
 grace to pour

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 on us.

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 Verse 7,

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 so that

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 in the coming

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 ages

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 he might

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 show the

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.939
 immeasurable

00:19:35.939 --> 00:19:36.500
 riches

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.399
 of his

00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:37.859
 grace

00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:39.299
 poured out

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:40.379
 in kindness

00:19:40.379 --> 00:19:41.359
 towards us

00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:42.799
 in Christ

00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.559
 Jesus.

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 That's the

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 nature

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:46.000
 of God

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.819
 in his

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 grace,

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 that there's

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 always something

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.979
 more to come.

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 There's always

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 something better

00:19:52.219 --> 00:19:53.859
 ahead for us.

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 In fact,

00:19:55.659 --> 00:19:56.459
 1 John 3

00:19:56.459 --> 00:19:57.679
 says that part

00:19:57.679 --> 00:19:58.479
 of that gracious,

00:19:58.959 --> 00:19:59.899
 glorious restoration

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:01.480
 is that we

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.259
 will be not

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:03.200
 only with

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:03.940
 Jesus,

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.960
 but also

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:06.340
 so connected

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:06.880
 to him

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.580
 that we

00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:08.440
 will actually

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:09.460
 be made

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:11.800
 like him.

00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:14.120
 The perfect

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:15.060
 image of

00:20:15.060 --> 00:20:15.720
 God

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:18.040
 restored in

00:20:18.040 --> 00:20:19.080
 us all the

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 way through.

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:20.840
 See,

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.680
 Christ is

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.460
 actually that

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.300
 near to us,

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.160
 not some

00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:25.180
 distant hope

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:26.120
 who is so

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.860
 amazing,

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.759
 but we could

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.359
 never be

00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:29.359
 like that.

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.640
 Pastor,

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.400
 you're crazy.

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.519
 Sin clings

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.420
 too tightly.

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.740
 My passion

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.680
 burns too

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.599
 lightly for

00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.019
 that.

00:20:38.879 --> 00:20:39.980
 Satan accuses

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.619
 me too

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.140
 rightly.

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:41.799
 I know

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.160
 it.

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.039
 No.

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.420
 No.

00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:47.140
 You will

00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:48.079
 be

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:49.200
 like

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.259
 him.

00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:51.960
 How?

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.019
 That's

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.599
 crazy.

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.119
 Listen,

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.000
 connect the

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.299
 dots.

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.299
 Who's the

00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:57.779
 highlight of

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.000
 heaven?

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.359
 It's not

00:20:59.359 --> 00:20:59.579
 you.

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:01.960
 Jesus

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:03.500
 is the

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.359
 highlight of

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:04.799
 heaven,

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.899
 and you

00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.619
 will be

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:09.440
 always

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.460
 with

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.759
 the Lord,

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:13.119
 which means

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:14.119
 that all of

00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:15.240
 the joys of

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.879
 union with

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.220
 Christ,

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.579
 all of the

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.339
 blessings,

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.579
 all of the

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.779
 fruit of

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.799
 union with

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.460
 Christ that

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.419
 we've discussed

00:21:23.419 --> 00:21:24.139
 this summer and

00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:24.799
 so much more

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.460
 that we haven't,

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.500
 it all

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.440
 continues

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:28.680
 forever

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.819
 with nothing

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.559
 to hinder

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.680
 their growth,

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.620
 nothing to

00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:33.100
 hinder your

00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:33.700
 joy,

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.620
 nothing to

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.240
 hinder your

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.460
 reflecting Jesus

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.160
 in ways that

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:38.299
 you never have

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.660
 before.

00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:39.240
 You are

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.779
 defined forever

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.799
 in Christ,

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:43.180
 blessed forever,

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.620
 loved forever,

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.799
 bearing fruit

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.720
 forever,

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.819
 connected to

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.400
 one another

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:48.960
 forever,

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:50.940
 therefore secure

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:52.940
 forever in

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:54.019
 Christ.

00:21:54.600 --> 00:21:55.559
 In Christ

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.840
 shall all

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.759
 be made

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.900
 alive,

00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:00.759
 not just

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.539
 life like

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.420
 you know

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:02.640
 it,

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.559
 first Christ

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.620
 himself to

00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.259
 this new

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.680
 life,

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.220
 never more

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.700
 to die,

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.779
 and then all

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.680
 who belong

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.480
 to Christ

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.500
 made alive,

00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:12.440
 never more

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.240
 to die,

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.440
 eternally to

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.940
 enjoy,

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.799
 not some

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.799
 disembodied

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.880
 existence playing

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.779
 a harp floating

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.559
 on a cloud,

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.019
 no,

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.179
 no,

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.339
 no,

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.399
 no,

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:22.179
 personal,

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.919
 physical,

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.500
 loving,

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.879
 sin-free,

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.659
 fruitful,

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.720
 adventurous,

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:30.099
 communal,

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.480
 joyous,

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.159
 purposeful,

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.220
 pain-free,

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:36.679
 glorious life

00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:38.000
 with no sin,

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:40.139
 no tears,

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:42.339
 no heartache,

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.779
 and all of

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.259
 Jesus,

00:22:44.679 --> 00:22:46.019
 all of joy,

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.079
 all of

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.980
 Jesus all

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.879
 the time,

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:51.119
 inseparably,

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:53.319
 unbreakably,

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.500
 eternally

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.519
 united

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:57.679
 to him

00:22:57.679 --> 00:22:58.480
 who makes

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.419
 heaven

00:22:59.419 --> 00:23:01.019
 heaven,

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.200
 heaven,

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.119
 right?

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.619
 You see

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:06.139
 his face

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:06.639
 and it's not

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.319
 way out there

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.779
 somewhere,

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.379
 but you say,

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.799
 Jesus,

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:11.440
 you're mine,

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.839
 you're right

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.899
 here with me

00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:14.940
 and I'm with

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:16.200
 you forever.

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.299
 forever.

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.580
 Just listen to

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:19.160
 great British

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.259
 preacher Charles

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.740
 Spurgeon.

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:23.019
 Breathe in the air

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.779
 of heaven for a

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:23.940
 minute.

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.559
 We do not know

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.259
 yet, beloved,

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.299
 of what happiness

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.799
 we are capable.

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:29.920
 Oh,

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.759
 may I be there

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:32.140
 if I may but

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:33.059
 see the king

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.900
 in his beauty,

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.940
 in the fullness

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.900
 of his joy,

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.680
 when he shall

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.640
 take by the

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.420
 right hand

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.680
 her for whom

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.400
 he shed

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.279
 his precious

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.860
 blood

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.959
 and shall

00:23:42.959 --> 00:23:43.319
 know the

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.819
 joy which

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.219
 was set

00:23:44.219 --> 00:23:44.799
 before him

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.419
 for which

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.939
 he endured

00:23:45.939 --> 00:23:46.519
 the cross

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.259
 despising

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.799
 the shame.

00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:48.500
 I shall

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.199
 be blessed

00:23:49.199 --> 00:23:49.819
 indeed.

00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:50.859
 Oh,

00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:51.439
 what a day

00:23:51.439 --> 00:23:52.119
 that will be

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.699
 when every

00:23:52.699 --> 00:23:53.359
 member of

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.819
 Christ

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.359
 shall be

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.019
 crowned

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.659
 in him

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.579
 and with

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:56.899
 him

00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:57.719
 and every

00:23:57.719 --> 00:23:58.119
 member

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.539
 of the

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:58.939
 mystical

00:23:58.939 --> 00:23:59.399
 body

00:23:59.399 --> 00:23:59.899
 shall be

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.919
 glorified

00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:01.559
 in the

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.059
 glory

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.519
 of the

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.399
 bridegroom.

00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:04.359
 A day

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:05.079
 will come,

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:05.799
 the day

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.399
 of days,

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.740
 times crown

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.419
 and glory

00:24:08.419 --> 00:24:09.379
 when the

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:10.240
 saints arrayed

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.519
 in the

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.959
 righteousness

00:24:10.959 --> 00:24:11.779
 of Christ

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.519
 shall be

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.279
 eternally

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.920
 one with

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.599
 him in

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.119
 living,

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:15.980
 loving,

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.859
 lasting

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.980
 union,

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.220
 partaking

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.799
 together

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.740
 of the

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.139
 same

00:24:21.139 --> 00:24:21.700
 glory,

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.420
 the glory

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.819
 of the

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.680
 Most High.

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.799
 What must

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.379
 it be

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.559
 to be

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:28.899
 there?

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.660
 What an

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.119
 eternal

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:32.660
 hope.

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.339
 Breathe

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.519
 deeply

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:38.059
 of that

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.839
 glory.

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.480
 Feel

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.079
 him right

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.359
 now.

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.059
 Take

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.379
 you

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.240
 by the

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.899
 hand

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:44.179
 and know

00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:45.139
 for certain

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:46.240
 that he

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.980
 will never

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.659
 let go

00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:49.099
 forever.

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.399
 Briefly,

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:57.839
 three thoughts

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.839
 about today

00:24:58.839 --> 00:25:00.919
 in light of

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.759
 that eternity.

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.759
 It's that

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.139
 good and

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.460
 we're not

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.039
 there yet,

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:08.279
 but it's

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.539
 already

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.940
 breaking

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.899
 in and

00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:10.539
 it must

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:12.039
 to where

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.480
 we are.

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.099
 Pastor,

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.639
 does this

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.500
 matter to

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.200
 me before

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.000
 I die

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.519
 or Jesus

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.019
 returns?

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.539
 Can I

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.960
 just put

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.359
 this on

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:18.799
 a shelf

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.559
 and when

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.220
 Jesus comes

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.819
 back I'll

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.399
 enjoy it?

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.159
 No,

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.319
 no,

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.460
 no,

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:22.859
 I hope

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.319
 it matters

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.899
 for all

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.460
 of us

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.579
 today.

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.579
 First,

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.839
 we must

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.319
 have this

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.819
 hope in

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.019
 the

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.480
 everyday.

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:32.819
 Here's

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.039
 what I

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.240
 mean.

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:36.119
 I often

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:37.460
 think that

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:39.700
 glory will

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.039
 be the

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.700
 Clemson

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.980
 football team

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:43.939
 winning the

00:25:43.939 --> 00:25:44.500
 national

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.419
 championship

00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:46.279
 this year

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.759
 again.

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.579
 That will

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.359
 be glory

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:49.740
 and that's

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.000
 what you

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.539
 think too,

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:50.939
 isn't it?

00:25:52.919 --> 00:25:53.639
 Thank you.

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.559
 And then

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.980
 let me get

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.819
 serious and

00:25:58.819 --> 00:26:00.879
 imagine that

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.379
 you're there

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:02.039
 in heaven

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:03.059
 and you've

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.440
 been there

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.359
 a million

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:05.339
 years

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:07.460
 with Jesus.

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.420
 Do you

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.899
 think I'll

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.759
 even remember?

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:16.099
 If I can

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.680
 remember

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.240
 because my

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.899
 memory is

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.899
 perfect somehow,

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.319
 do you

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:19.839
 think the

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.639
 joy will

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.279
 even

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.420
 register

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:24.519
 compared to

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.940
 the

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:26.099
 surpassing

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.779
 worth

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.899
 of being

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.519
 in

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.379
 Christ?

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:29.600
 Christ?

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.340
 For you,

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.500
 maybe glory

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.760
 feels like

00:26:34.760 --> 00:26:36.280
 fitting into

00:26:36.280 --> 00:26:36.840
 a smaller

00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:38.020
 dress size

00:26:38.020 --> 00:26:39.780
 or your

00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:40.480
 golf score

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.240
 dropping a

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.760
 stroke.

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:42.760
 Oh,

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.140
 yeah,

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.520
 that would

00:26:43.520 --> 00:26:44.300
 make your

00:26:44.300 --> 00:26:44.980
 day.

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.960
 An extra

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.760
 hundred dollars

00:26:47.760 --> 00:26:48.520
 in the bank

00:26:48.520 --> 00:26:51.460
 or that guy

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.460
 likes me or

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.140
 pays attention

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.720
 to me.

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:56.380
 really,

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:58.460
 we feel

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.180
 that's glory,

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.600
 don't we?

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.299
 In many of

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.620
 our days,

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.000
 even our

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.400
 years,

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.680
 that would

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.680
 make it.

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.579
 For just

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.240
 a moment,

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.480
 can we

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.259
 all admit

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.920
 how laughable

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:11.319
 you mocked

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.539
 me,

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:14.640
 how meager,

00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:16.799
 how small

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:18.500
 our conception,

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:20.160
 our thoughts

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:21.460
 of glory

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.380
 are,

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.640
 how easily

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.660
 distracted

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.680
 we are

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.460
 every day

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.259
 from the

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.900
 true

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:30.220
 glory.

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.779
 It's why

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.579
 God tells us

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.299
 to fix our

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.620
 eyes not

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:36.000
 on what is

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.500
 seen,

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.759
 but on what

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.420
 is unseen.

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.759
 What is seen

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.519
 is temporary,

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.539
 it's fleeting,

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.680
 it's gone

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.519
 fast.

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.600
 What is unseen

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.400
 is eternal,

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.720
 it's lasting.

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.400
 It's why

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:48.900
 He tells us

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.400
 to set our

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.420
 minds on

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.340
 things above,

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.299
 see that's

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.079
 your reality,

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.860
 don't be

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.360
 confused,

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.039
 you've been

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.900
 raised with

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.400
 Christ,

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.140
 God wants

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.640
 to lift

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.340
 your head

00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:59.180
 child of

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.680
 God because

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.200
 He loves

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:01.019
 you to

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.500
 see the

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.279
 glory you

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.680
 have in

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.340
 Christ so

00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:03.620
 that what

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.140
 you'll long

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.799
 for today is

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.380
 just an extra

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:05.960
 minute with

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.519
 Him now,

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.140
 just another

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.920
 chance to

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.380
 share His

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.980
 love today,

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:11.140
 a lasting

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:12.380
 glory beyond

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:13.539
 all comparison,

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.799
 place your

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.519
 hope there

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:17.039
 every day,

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.700
 not anywhere

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.220
 else.

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:22.600
 we also

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.299
 really need

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.880
 this eternal

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.779
 hope in

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.220
 the face

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.900
 of tragedy.

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.740
 Just get

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:29.940
 in your

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.579
 mind for a

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.039
 moment the

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.980
 last personal

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.759
 tragedy you

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.799
 experienced or

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:35.220
 the tragedy you

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.799
 saw in the

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.400
 news and you

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:38.480
 couldn't breathe.

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.579
 You had to

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.420
 avoid thinking

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.720
 about it so

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:42.980
 that you

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.740
 wouldn't find

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:46.000
 the thought

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.039
 just unbearable

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.019
 or despair

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.680
 of life.

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:51.640
 When tragedy

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.420
 strikes,

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.720
 when someone

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.299
 I love

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.660
 dies too

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.240
 soon,

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.799
 isn't it

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.359
 always?

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.779
 When I

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.259
 grieve the

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.839
 loss of

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.500
 someone even

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.140
 before he

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.599
 dies,

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:08.799
 I need a

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:10.539
 hope beyond

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.460
 this life.

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:13.420
 that's the

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.319
 only kind

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.720
 of hope

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.059
 that will

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.380
 do.

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.480
 Otherwise,

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.079
 to be honest,

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.539
 none of it

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.380
 makes sense.

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.779
 It's unjust.

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.500
 It's

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.319
 heartbreaking.

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:25.200
 It is too

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.059
 final.

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:30.059
 Unless it's

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.600
 not

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:31.779
 final.

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.900
 Unless

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.759
 there's this

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.880
 kind of

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.600
 glorious

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:38.140
 life that

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.720
 we've just

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.620
 been describing

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.319
 and it's

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.000
 really a

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.660
 thing and

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.160
 it really

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.880
 goes on

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.579
 forever

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.680
 and the

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.420
 sufferings of

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:45.980
 this life

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.680
 somehow in

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:46.960
 a way we

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.619
 don't understand

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.440
 achieve an

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.579
 eternal glory

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.740
 that far

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.680
 outweighs

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.579
 anything in

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.279
 this life,

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.539
 then I can

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.940
 breathe.

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.119
 I have to

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:59.480
 breathe the

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.099
 air of

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:02.059
 heaven and

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.900
 there's eternal

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.380
 hope,

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.920
 isn't there?

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.880
 You've tasted

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.160
 it.

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:08.160
 God's

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:10.820
 hope of

00:30:10.820 --> 00:30:11.660
 union with

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.259
 Christ

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.600
 speaks into

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.000
 our

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.880
 uncertainty.

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.480
 We all

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.000
 wonder what's

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.220
 ahead,

00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:18.620
 don't we?

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.820
 Perhaps even

00:30:20.820 --> 00:30:21.400
 more we wonder

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.080
 why we can't

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:23.000
 control so

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.500
 much of it.

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.519
 Death is

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.420
 especially

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.740
 fearful for

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.300
 humanity.

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.700
 If you know

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.680
 that feeling,

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:32.320
 that fearing

00:30:32.320 --> 00:30:33.080
 and uncertainty

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:33.920
 around death,

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:35.320
 God says you

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:35.900
 have that

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.580
 feeling because

00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.140
 you weren't

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.740
 made for

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.860
 death or

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.860
 for experiencing

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.620
 the death of

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:41.019
 others.

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.539
 You were

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.460
 made not

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.620
 for separation

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.800
 but for an

00:30:45.800 --> 00:30:47.019
 inseparable

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.360
 relationship.

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.160
 But because

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.880
 all we know

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:53.220
 here is

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.480
 relationships with

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.200
 an expiration

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.759
 date,

00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:58.019
 we wonder

00:30:58.019 --> 00:31:00.620
 what if I

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.279
 fail

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:03.220
 big time?

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:06.620
 what if I

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.340
 struggle

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:09.060
 with doubts

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:09.900
 about God?

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:13.160
 What if I

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:14.580
 stop following

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.539
 Jesus as

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.680
 passionately as

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:18.240
 I once did?

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:19.279
 What will

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.519
 become of me

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.820
 when I die?

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:23.039
 I wonder.

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:26.680
 I want to

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.319
 say to you

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:29.559
 so that you

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:31.299
 hear on the

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.839
 authority of

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.599
 God's word,

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.539
 child of God,

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.319
 man or

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.259
 woman who

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.139
 has put

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:37.920
 your faith

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:39.039
 in Jesus,

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.519
 boy or

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.500
 girl who

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.740
 trusts Jesus

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.680
 even though

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.139
 you have

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:45.399
 so many

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:46.079
 questions,

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.399
 more questions

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:47.879
 than you feel

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.379
 like you have

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:48.819
 answers.

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.099
 I want you

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.680
 to know that

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.279
 what God is

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.059
 telling you is

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.299
 he will not

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.559
 let you go

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.500
 because you

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.079
 loosen your

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.740
 grip on him.

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.819
 He won't.

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.539
 He will not

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.980
 stop blessing

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.919
 you because

00:32:01.919 --> 00:32:03.000
 you squandered

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.720
 the first

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.379
 blessing he

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:05.159
 sent into

00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:05.720
 your life.

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:07.079
 He will not

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:08.339
 quit loving

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:09.240
 you because

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.299
 you became

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.539
 unlovely.

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.919
 You are

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:14.119
 inseparably

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:15.659
 united to

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:17.259
 his perfect

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.599
 beloved

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.779
 son,

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.799
 the one

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.579
 who once

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:23.319
 took all

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.839
 of your

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.440
 sins

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.480
 and so

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.000
 many,

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.819
 many other

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.319
 sins

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.519
 all the way

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:28.980
 to the

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.579
 grave

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.480
 with him

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.220
 and then

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.180
 he rose

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:33.420
 victoriously

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.579
 from the

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:34.980
 grave

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:36.160
 to glorious

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.599
 never ending

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.619
 life.

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.839
 He will

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.619
 bring you

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.299
 home out of

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.039
 whatever you're

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.700
 in right now

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.539
 and that

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.460
 home will

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:46.019
 be glorious.

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.920
 in Christ

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.879
 the best

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.460
 is always

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.119
 yet to

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:50.480
 come.

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.779
 That's the

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.119
 kind of

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.859
 eternal hope

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.579
 Jesus wants

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.180
 you living

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:56.379
 with today

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:58.119
 and every

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.900
 single day

00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:00.240
 with him.

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.000
 Looking

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.740
 forward,

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.639
 he wants

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:03.200
 your eyes

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.879
 fixed on

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:05.119
 that day,

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.200
 that day

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.799
 when all

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:08.000
 bow before

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.319
 him,

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.440
 when death

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.220
 will be no

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.500
 more,

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.519
 when we see

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:13.180
 Jesus face

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:14.279
 to face.

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.279
 that's the

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.700
 day he

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.240
 wants you

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.599
 to have

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:16.899
 in your

00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:17.339
 mind

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.099
 today.

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.359
 I know

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.920
 that

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:22.819
 because

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.200
 Jesus

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:24.019
 himself

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:25.500
 looks forward

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.000
 to that

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.359
 day

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:27.139
 when he

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.619
 gives us

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:28.259
 this supper

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:30.859
 to remind

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.240
 us of

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.500
 him.

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.819
 Matthew

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.839
 who was

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.160
 there

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:36.440
 that night

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:38.319
 records

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.680
 what Jesus

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.200
 said.

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.299
 As they

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.720
 were eating

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.620
 Jesus

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.319
 took bread.

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.860
 After

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.259
 blessing

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.559
 it,

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.720
 he broke

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.819
 it and

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.160
 gave it

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.539
 to them

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.160
 as I

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.799
 ministering

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.100
 in his

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:52.440
 name.

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.240
 Give

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.680
 this bread

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.100
 to you.

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.799
 He said,

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.220
 take,

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.140
 eat,

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.799
 this is

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.360
 my body.

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.220
 And in

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.539
 the same

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.019
 way after

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.420
 supper,

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.380
 he took

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:02.880
 the cup

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.920
 and said,

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.920
 drink of

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.079
 it,

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.759
 all of

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:05.920
 you.

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:06.660
 This

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.319
 is my

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.819
 blood of

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.360
 the covenant

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.179
 poured

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:10.300
 out for

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:11.059
 many for

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.679
 the forgiveness

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.679
 of sins.

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:15.099
 then he

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.799
 said this,

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.019
 I tell

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.339
 you I

00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:17.759
 will not

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.059
 drink

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:19.039
 again of

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.559
 this fruit

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.819
 of the

00:34:19.819 --> 00:34:20.819
 vine until

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:21.879
 that day

00:34:21.879 --> 00:34:22.839
 when I

00:34:22.839 --> 00:34:23.299
 drink it

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.839
 new with

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.839
 you in

00:34:24.839 --> 00:34:25.079
 my

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.759
 father's

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.399
 kingdom.

00:34:27.399 --> 00:34:28.059
 Until

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.779
 that day

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:31.319
 Jesus

00:34:31.319 --> 00:34:31.759
 said.

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.899
 Jesus as

00:34:32.899 --> 00:34:33.359
 he goes

00:34:33.359 --> 00:34:33.739
 to the

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.719
 cross is

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.439
 thinking of

00:34:35.439 --> 00:34:36.559
 that day

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:38.500
 when we

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.039
 will drink

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.879
 this cup

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:41.180
 with him

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.760
 at the

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.079
 wedding

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.680
 supper

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.140
 of the

00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:43.380
 lamb

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.039
 where we

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.340
 are

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.720
 the

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.260
 bride

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:46.079
 united

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.760
 to him

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.680
 forever.

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.119
 Now don't

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.920
 be confused

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.559
 about this.

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.760
 Jesus by

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.500
 his spirit

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.480
 is present

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:55.000
 eating this

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.340
 supper

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:56.280
 with us

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.000
 today.

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.920
 but the

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.380
 physical

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:01.039
 personal

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:02.219
 bodily

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:03.179
 resurrected

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.960
 son of

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.360
 God

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.320
 will drink

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.780
 this

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.840
 with you

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.860
 your

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.840
 physical

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:10.300
 bodily

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:11.440
 resurrected

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:13.079
 personal

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:14.119
 child

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.760
 of God

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.320
 self

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.980
 on

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.619
 that

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.400
 day.

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.960
 He'll

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.300
 drink it

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.760
 with us.

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.300
 If that's

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.720
 your hope

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.260
 right now

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:22.840
 he says

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:23.220
 eat

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:24.220
 and drink

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.980
 look back

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:26.700
 and remember

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.119
 what he's

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.539
 done for

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:27.679
 you.

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:27.920
 Look

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.539
 forward

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.980
 to life

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.480
 with him

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.940
 forever

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.599
 and live

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.159
 now

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:33.139
 in light

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.519
 of that

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.019
 eternal

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.460
 hope.

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.700
 If you're

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:38.240
 here today

00:35:38.240 --> 00:35:39.579
 and that's

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.119
 not your

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.480
 hope

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:42.440
 my heart

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.860
 for you

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.219
 is that

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.579
 you would

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.679
 not leave

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:45.579
 hopeless

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.880
 today.

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.059
 Don't come

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.800
 eat bread

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.980
 and wine

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 that will

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 mean nothing

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 of hope

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 to you

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 but would

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.940
 you consider

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 the offer

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 of Jesus

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 he's offering

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 you an

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 eternal

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 hope

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.440
 that no

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 matter what

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 happens

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 nothing

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 could ever

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 take away

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 from you

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 that you

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 would be

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 so connected

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 to him

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 that whatever

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 happens to him

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 and that's

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 a lot

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 of good

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.320
 stuff

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 happens

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 to you

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 what a joy

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 it would be

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.820
 for us to get

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.579
 to talk with you

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.800
 more about our

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.880
 relationship with him

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.559
 let's pray

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.220
 and we'll come

00:36:22.220 --> 00:36:22.820
 to this table

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.300
 together

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:28.800
 what blessed

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.900
 assurance

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:31.639
 that Jesus

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:33.139
 is mine

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 what a foretaste

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:38.719
 of glory

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:40.119
 divine

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.920
 father

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.519
 that you

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.059
 give us

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.599
 in this

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.519
 bread

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.179
 and wine

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.639
 would you

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 take common

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.119
 elements

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:47.739
 would you

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.299
 use them

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:48.879
 to help

00:36:48.879 --> 00:36:49.400
 us

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.159
 taste

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:50.920
 heaven

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:52.059
 to build

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.679
 our

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.519
 confidence

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.480
 our

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.179
 anticipation

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:57.099
 our wonder

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.819
 at our

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 great

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 savior

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 do that

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.239
 by your

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.779
 spirit

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.599
 meeting

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.259
 with us

00:37:03.259 --> 00:37:04.000
 we ask

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.979
 for Jesus

00:37:04.979 --> 00:37:05.479
 sake

00:37:05.479 --> 00:37:06.859
 amen

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:08.959
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00:37:08.959 --> 00:37:09.459
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00:37:09.459 --> 00:37:10.299
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