WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.719 Our passage for today is Revelation chapter 1 verses 17 and 18. 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:13.599 We believe that the whole Bible is given by God's inspiration, breathed out by the Holy Spirit of God. 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:24.859 But he did this using men, using these scribes who were eyewitnesses and who were prophets and were writing down what God has done, what God has enacted in human history. 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:29.539 And he's preserved it by his power in the Bible, in his holy word. 00:00:31.500 --> 00:00:37.920 Jeremiah read for us the account of how the disciples gathered around the cross and Jesus promised to meet them. 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:44.620 One of the disciples that was very close to Jesus was John. 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:52.340 And by this point in the first century church, John is most likely the only disciple still alive. 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:55.480 Tradition has it that John had been tortured though. 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:04.640 He had been put in a vat of boiling oil so he would have been physically deformed and he was exiled to an island called Patmos all alone. 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:10.760 And here we are joined by brothers and sisters in the family of God sharing in our faith together. 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:17.700 And he had the worst type of torture perhaps on this island which was solitary confinement away from the church all alone. 00:01:18.620 --> 00:01:20.939 And the Lord ministered to this disciple John. 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.079 He gave them a vision. 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:28.640 He brought them spiritually, brought John spiritually into heaven, into the presence of Jesus Christ. 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:36.060 And this is what he writes down for us in Revelation chapter 1 verses 17 and 18. 00:01:39.260 --> 00:01:46.060 When I saw him, this is Jesus Christ risen from the dead in glory with God. 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:47.359 John says, 00:01:47.359 --> 00:02:07.579 Amen. 00:02:07.579 --> 00:02:12.400 And I have the keys of Hades and of death. 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.000 The word of God for the people of God. 00:02:16.020 --> 00:02:17.159 Thanks be to God. 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:17.879 Please be seated. 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:25.240 Oh Lord, please speak to everyone that you've brought here, Lord. 00:02:25.420 --> 00:02:27.300 By your power, for your glory. 00:02:28.020 --> 00:02:30.439 Please turn our eyes upon Jesus. 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:35.860 That the things of earth may grow strangely dim. 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:38.200 In the light of his glory. 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:42.119 In grace we ask for the sake of Jesus, Lord. 00:02:42.299 --> 00:02:43.619 For the sake of your name. 00:02:44.379 --> 00:02:46.179 And for his work that he accomplished. 00:02:46.780 --> 00:02:47.079 Amen. 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.379 Well brothers and sisters and dear friends. 00:02:53.679 --> 00:02:56.439 A very simple invitation for you today. 00:02:56.699 --> 00:02:57.620 For each of us. 00:02:58.719 --> 00:02:59.500 And it's this. 00:03:00.819 --> 00:03:04.780 Behold the living Jesus Christ. 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:07.979 Behold the living Jesus Christ. 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:11.039 That word behold. 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:12.939 It's an older word in English. 00:03:13.539 --> 00:03:19.459 But it's used 1,326 times in all of the Bible. 00:03:20.539 --> 00:03:22.500 An example is John 1 29. 00:03:24.459 --> 00:03:28.319 John the Baptist preaches behold Jesus Christ. 00:03:28.459 --> 00:03:30.019 The Lamb of God. 00:03:30.019 --> 00:03:31.859 Who takes away sin. 00:03:31.860 --> 00:03:32.860 To behold. 00:03:32.860 --> 00:03:33.860 To behold. 00:03:33.860 --> 00:03:34.100 To behold. 00:03:34.200 --> 00:03:37.060 According to Noah Webster's dictionary of 1828. 00:03:37.600 --> 00:03:40.900 It's to lock the eyes upon something. 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:43.280 To see with attention. 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:45.160 To observe with care. 00:03:46.200 --> 00:03:49.680 To put all that you have in attending to a thing. 00:03:50.200 --> 00:03:53.580 To direct and to fix your mind on a subject. 00:03:54.020 --> 00:03:54.160 To behold. 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.160 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:59.539 I call you to behold the living Jesus Christ with all of Scripture. 00:04:00.419 --> 00:04:04.099 But we do this not by sight physically, but by faith. 00:04:05.379 --> 00:04:09.840 Faith is to know something is true, even though you can't see it. 00:04:11.259 --> 00:04:13.340 And in this way, by the power of the Spirit, 00:04:13.780 --> 00:04:18.860 let's pray together that God will cause us to behold the living Jesus Christ, 00:04:19.300 --> 00:04:22.540 to gaze at Him, to ponder Him, to contemplate Him. 00:04:22.540 --> 00:04:25.680 In an undistracted meditation, 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:31.319 I'll invite you to behold Jesus Christ in four ways today. 00:04:31.819 --> 00:04:37.240 And as we behold Jesus, we behold the glory of God as He's revealed it to us. 00:04:37.660 --> 00:04:42.100 The first way I invite you to behold with eyes of faith today, 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:44.439 Jesus Christ is in His love. 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:48.879 Behold the love of God to us in Jesus Christ, 00:04:49.320 --> 00:04:50.820 to you who will receive it. 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:54.120 Did you notice in Revelation 117, 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:57.459 John says, 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:00.639 When I saw, when I beheld Jesus, 00:05:01.599 --> 00:05:04.699 Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:09.600 who took upon Himself our nature with all that makes us human 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:12.659 and all of our common infirmities. 00:05:13.459 --> 00:05:15.480 Yet He did this without sin. 00:05:16.139 --> 00:05:17.699 This is who John beheld. 00:05:17.699 --> 00:05:21.039 It's the same man that He walked with on earth. 00:05:21.039 --> 00:05:25.539 Him, Jesus Christ, now in glory, the King of kings in heaven. 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:31.740 The same Jesus, as we read, who wore a crown of thorns for sinners. 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:35.120 Him, Jesus Christ, the Word of God, 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:39.219 that breathed this world into existence, the Creator of all, 00:05:39.220 --> 00:05:43.360 who then became for sinners a man of sorrows, 00:05:44.280 --> 00:05:50.160 mocked, humiliated, esteemed not, despised, tortured, killed, 00:05:51.100 --> 00:05:55.620 and even buried to pay the price of the sins of His people. 00:05:55.620 --> 00:05:59.579 And now John saw Him, Jesus Christ, 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:06.139 that He had seen crucified and buried in His full splendor, 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:08.819 fulfilling His office, the God-man, 00:06:10.259 --> 00:06:14.759 exalted in His resurrected and glorified body. 00:06:16.459 --> 00:06:18.439 John beheld Jesus. 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:20.819 Did you notice His reaction? 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:23.439 Look at verse 17. 00:06:24.620 --> 00:06:28.759 I fell at His feet as dead. 00:06:31.939 --> 00:06:36.379 John's natural reaction is a paralyzing terror. 00:06:36.379 --> 00:06:41.360 John was experiencing this physically, 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:43.480 but he's describing his body. 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.139 I'm sorry, describing this spiritual encounter 00:06:46.139 --> 00:06:48.360 while his body is on the island of Patmos, 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:51.980 but it was still his body being thrown down. 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:55.360 Can you imagine your cheeks and your eyes pushed into the dirt 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:58.779 at the feet of the resurrected Jesus? 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:06.300 Some within earshot today may have been so far from God 00:07:06.300 --> 00:07:07.400 for so long 00:07:07.400 --> 00:07:11.400 that even hearing the powerful name of Jesus Christ, 00:07:12.100 --> 00:07:13.400 the living Jesus Christ, 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:15.220 so many times in a row like this, 00:07:15.740 --> 00:07:18.560 it may be striking you with the same terror. 00:07:20.100 --> 00:07:21.699 The same terror as John. 00:07:21.780 --> 00:07:23.519 You feel like you need to run away 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.000 or just throw yourself down on the dirt. 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:29.400 If you're like me, 00:07:29.900 --> 00:07:31.340 in our flesh and our weakness, 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:33.780 you can hear the accusations of your own conscience 00:07:33.780 --> 00:07:35.220 and of Satan, 00:07:35.220 --> 00:07:37.260 the accuser condemning you. 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:42.280 It's terrifying to behold Jesus Christ in glory. 00:07:44.260 --> 00:07:46.240 Maybe you're telling yourself, 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:48.620 God sees right through you. 00:07:49.180 --> 00:07:50.280 You're exposed. 00:07:51.320 --> 00:07:51.900 Run away. 00:07:52.060 --> 00:07:52.700 Hide from Him. 00:07:54.060 --> 00:07:55.540 But notice next 00:07:55.540 --> 00:07:56.760 how God, 00:07:57.420 --> 00:07:59.040 the living Jesus Christ, 00:07:59.140 --> 00:08:00.080 is so gentle 00:08:00.080 --> 00:08:01.480 and He's so patient 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:02.420 with John 00:08:02.420 --> 00:08:03.000 and with you 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:03.500 and with me. 00:08:03.980 --> 00:08:06.439 He is long-suffering toward all, 00:08:06.960 --> 00:08:08.620 desiring that none should perish. 00:08:09.400 --> 00:08:10.160 While John says, 00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:11.379 I fell at His feet 00:08:11.379 --> 00:08:12.480 as though dead. 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:13.819 He, 00:08:14.020 --> 00:08:14.840 Jesus Christ, 00:08:15.280 --> 00:08:17.759 laid His right hand on me, 00:08:17.900 --> 00:08:18.580 saying to me, 00:08:19.200 --> 00:08:21.360 do not be afraid. 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:23.259 Do you notice 00:08:23.259 --> 00:08:24.259 it's this repetition 00:08:24.259 --> 00:08:25.680 from His account 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:26.480 of the resurrection? 00:08:27.420 --> 00:08:28.639 The women that gathered 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:29.079 and saw, 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:30.240 they fell down 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:31.420 and they were 00:08:31.420 --> 00:08:32.319 holding on 00:08:32.319 --> 00:08:33.460 to the feet of Jesus. 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:36.039 And these same words 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:36.879 come from heaven 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:37.700 like they did 00:08:37.700 --> 00:08:38.360 from the angel. 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:39.759 Now from Jesus Himself, 00:08:40.259 --> 00:08:42.460 do not be afraid. 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:46.319 Be unafraid 00:08:46.319 --> 00:08:48.399 when you are with Jesus. 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:48.559 Jesus, 00:08:49.179 --> 00:08:50.439 how is this possible? 00:08:51.539 --> 00:08:52.659 It's not because 00:08:52.659 --> 00:08:54.039 John or you or I 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:55.000 deserve to be 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:55.819 in God's presence. 00:08:56.740 --> 00:08:57.559 John knows 00:08:57.559 --> 00:08:58.659 what we all need to know. 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:00.120 We cannot survive 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:01.179 by our own merits 00:09:01.179 --> 00:09:02.259 in God's presence. 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:05.980 No one can as a sinner. 00:09:06.959 --> 00:09:08.919 But Jesus commands John 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:10.340 and He commands you and me. 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:12.199 Putting His right hand 00:09:12.199 --> 00:09:12.899 touching you. 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:14.500 You can feel the warmth. 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:15.679 He's alive. 00:09:16.179 --> 00:09:16.879 That same hand 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:18.379 that had the nail go through. 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:18.600 it. 00:09:19.340 --> 00:09:20.360 Touching those 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:20.959 He's calling. 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:23.240 Don't be afraid. 00:09:24.199 --> 00:09:24.559 Why? 00:09:25.059 --> 00:09:26.019 On what basis? 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:27.539 He says, 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:28.919 I am 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:30.419 the first 00:09:30.419 --> 00:09:31.959 and the last. 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:35.259 It's who Jesus is 00:09:35.259 --> 00:09:35.939 that makes us 00:09:35.939 --> 00:09:37.079 not live 00:09:37.079 --> 00:09:37.720 in fear 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:39.120 and even to be 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:39.980 in His presence. 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:43.399 Jesus is 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:44.879 the loving God Himself, 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:46.319 the great I am. 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:47.759 Behold, 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:48.799 with eyes of faith 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:49.259 today 00:09:49.259 --> 00:09:50.779 this glorious, 00:09:51.439 --> 00:09:52.059 loving God 00:09:52.059 --> 00:09:52.720 and the person 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:54.220 of Jesus Christ 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:55.460 for you and me 00:09:55.460 --> 00:09:56.580 who will receive Him. 00:09:57.480 --> 00:09:58.840 And I pray that you will today. 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:00.860 Number two, 00:10:01.819 --> 00:10:03.240 behold with eyes of faith 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:03.720 today 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:05.919 the victory 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.539 of Jesus Christ 00:10:07.539 --> 00:10:09.860 for you who love Him 00:10:09.860 --> 00:10:11.480 because He first loved you. 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:12.840 Behold His victory. 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:16.160 notice what He says next 00:10:16.160 --> 00:10:17.180 in verse 18. 00:10:18.300 --> 00:10:19.320 Don't be afraid, John. 00:10:19.800 --> 00:10:20.519 I am 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:22.000 He who lives 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:23.420 and was dead. 00:10:24.259 --> 00:10:24.780 Behold, 00:10:24.920 --> 00:10:26.080 I am alive 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:27.300 forevermore. 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:28.920 Amen. 00:10:28.920 --> 00:10:29.100 Amen. 00:10:30.100 --> 00:10:31.200 Amen means 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:32.220 let it be so. 00:10:33.259 --> 00:10:34.200 What He has spoken, 00:10:34.700 --> 00:10:36.340 receive it with His authority 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:37.960 and affirm it. 00:10:39.340 --> 00:10:39.940 Him, 00:10:40.060 --> 00:10:40.960 Jesus Christ, 00:10:41.800 --> 00:10:42.180 fulfilling 00:10:42.180 --> 00:10:43.720 this office 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:44.620 God has given Him 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:45.519 to redeem, 00:10:46.040 --> 00:10:47.100 to be a mediator, 00:10:47.660 --> 00:10:48.840 to be the one 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:49.560 who will pray 00:10:49.560 --> 00:10:50.379 for His people 00:10:50.379 --> 00:10:51.519 pleading for us. 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:54.639 The one who so loves us 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:56.160 even though 00:10:56.160 --> 00:10:57.180 we've rejected Him 00:10:57.180 --> 00:10:57.980 for so long. 00:10:58.700 --> 00:11:00.139 He says to you and me, 00:11:00.300 --> 00:11:00.860 I am 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:01.940 the first 00:11:01.940 --> 00:11:03.060 and the last. 00:11:03.059 --> 00:11:06.159 Jesus Christ 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:07.119 is the 00:11:07.119 --> 00:11:08.439 only begotten 00:11:08.439 --> 00:11:09.279 Son of God, 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:10.079 the brightness 00:11:10.079 --> 00:11:11.039 of God's glory. 00:11:12.139 --> 00:11:13.119 He is the true 00:11:13.119 --> 00:11:14.519 and eternal God Himself. 00:11:15.419 --> 00:11:16.539 Jesus is the Alpha 00:11:16.539 --> 00:11:17.879 and the Omega, 00:11:18.739 --> 00:11:19.399 the beginning 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:20.039 and the end. 00:11:21.619 --> 00:11:22.019 He says, 00:11:22.119 --> 00:11:22.619 I'm the first 00:11:22.619 --> 00:11:23.239 and the last. 00:11:23.339 --> 00:11:24.000 This is a figure 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:24.539 of speech 00:11:24.539 --> 00:11:25.859 where two opposites 00:11:25.859 --> 00:11:26.459 are used 00:11:26.459 --> 00:11:27.939 to encompass 00:11:27.939 --> 00:11:29.059 everything in between. 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:30.879 And Jesus is claiming 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:31.599 here the name 00:11:31.599 --> 00:11:32.399 of God Himself 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:33.899 from the Old Testament. 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:34.879 God is the one 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:35.620 who says, 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:37.199 I am always alive. 00:11:37.439 --> 00:11:39.299 I am the living one. 00:11:40.699 --> 00:11:42.439 Isaiah 44 verse 6, 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:43.279 God says, 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:45.259 I am the first 00:11:45.259 --> 00:11:46.299 and the last. 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:47.419 Besides me, 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:49.340 there is no God. 00:11:50.019 --> 00:11:51.439 The living Jesus Christ 00:11:51.439 --> 00:11:52.419 is God 00:11:52.419 --> 00:11:53.860 who came to save. 00:11:54.860 --> 00:11:55.959 I am He 00:11:55.959 --> 00:11:57.879 who lives 00:11:57.879 --> 00:11:59.919 and was dead. 00:12:01.019 --> 00:12:02.379 Don't be afraid, John. 00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:04.399 You understand 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:05.919 what has happened here. 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:07.159 I, 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:08.699 God the Son, 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:10.879 am alive 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:12.340 and I was dead. 00:12:12.939 --> 00:12:14.100 I truly did that. 00:12:14.199 --> 00:12:15.059 I accomplished 00:12:15.059 --> 00:12:16.439 your salvation. 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:19.059 Jesus Christ, 00:12:19.179 --> 00:12:19.620 He truly 00:12:19.620 --> 00:12:20.819 was crucified 00:12:20.819 --> 00:12:21.519 and died 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:23.000 and on the third day 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:24.299 He has risen 00:12:24.299 --> 00:12:25.019 from the dead 00:12:25.019 --> 00:12:26.480 with the same body 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:27.579 in which He suffered, 00:12:27.939 --> 00:12:28.799 with which He also 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:30.319 ascended into heaven 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:32.300 and sits at the right hand 00:12:32.300 --> 00:12:33.440 of His Father, 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:35.940 living to intercede 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:36.700 for His people, 00:12:36.780 --> 00:12:37.600 to pray for them. 00:12:38.700 --> 00:12:39.760 1 Corinthians 15, 00:12:39.920 --> 00:12:41.020 7 and 18 says, 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:42.940 If Christ is not risen, 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:44.600 your faith is futile. 00:12:45.280 --> 00:12:46.080 You are still 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:47.220 in your sins. 00:12:47.900 --> 00:12:48.540 Then also, 00:12:48.660 --> 00:12:49.920 those who have fallen asleep 00:12:49.920 --> 00:12:50.420 in Christ 00:12:50.420 --> 00:12:51.160 have perished. 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:52.940 Do you see? 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:54.400 Christ truly died, 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:56.100 but we don't need 00:12:56.100 --> 00:12:57.199 to be afraid anymore 00:12:57.199 --> 00:12:59.019 because He died 00:12:59.019 --> 00:13:01.019 to bury our sin 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:02.840 and the Lord 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:04.360 rose from the dead 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:06.139 to prove that His life 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:07.139 and His death 00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:08.360 satisfied 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:09.939 the holy requirements 00:13:09.939 --> 00:13:11.120 of a just God. 00:13:12.439 --> 00:13:13.519 Think about this. 00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:14.519 If our debt 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:15.519 had not been paid 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:16.159 on the cross, 00:13:16.699 --> 00:13:17.480 then Jesus, 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:18.579 as our substitute, 00:13:18.580 --> 00:13:20.240 would have never 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:20.920 been permitted 00:13:20.920 --> 00:13:21.580 justly 00:13:21.580 --> 00:13:22.379 to come out 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:22.840 of prison 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:23.720 of the grave. 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:25.220 The resurrection 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:26.000 of Christ 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:27.320 is the great 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:28.540 discharge, 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:29.320 someone wrote, 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:31.000 the public acquittal 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:32.000 of the believer. 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:34.259 It means you are 00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:35.379 truly pardoned, 00:13:35.660 --> 00:13:36.540 truly set free. 00:13:37.420 --> 00:13:38.240 And because Christ 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:39.379 rose from the dead 00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:39.940 in His same 00:13:39.940 --> 00:13:40.980 resurrected body, 00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:42.980 God calls Him 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:44.040 the first fruits 00:13:44.040 --> 00:13:45.180 of a great harvest. 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:47.320 The first fruits 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:48.400 are given to God. 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:49.379 They're holy, 00:13:49.500 --> 00:13:50.400 they're consecrated, 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:51.639 they're set apart 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:52.160 for God. 00:13:53.520 --> 00:13:54.600 And so will 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:55.780 the whole harvest be. 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:57.660 This is where 00:13:57.660 --> 00:13:59.100 our hope comes. 00:14:00.060 --> 00:14:01.700 Because Jesus lives. 00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:03.200 All who know 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:04.620 life in Jesus now 00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:05.920 will also 00:14:05.920 --> 00:14:06.980 live with Him. 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:08.620 See, 00:14:08.700 --> 00:14:09.240 the resurrection 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:10.379 of Jesus Christ 00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:13.080 is like an earnest 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:13.940 or a deposit 00:14:13.940 --> 00:14:16.180 of what comes next 00:14:16.180 --> 00:14:17.259 for each of us 00:14:17.259 --> 00:14:18.180 that trust in Him. 00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:20.139 It's the morning star 00:14:20.139 --> 00:14:22.300 of the great resurrection 00:14:22.300 --> 00:14:23.580 of all those 00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:24.200 He saved. 00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:26.180 As surely as 00:14:26.180 --> 00:14:26.900 Jesus, 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:27.940 the head is risen, 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:28.980 so surely 00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.800 shall the members 00:14:29.800 --> 00:14:30.560 of His body 00:14:30.560 --> 00:14:31.820 follow along. 00:14:33.340 --> 00:14:34.280 Acts 2.24 00:14:34.280 --> 00:14:35.280 tells us 00:14:35.280 --> 00:14:36.480 it was not possible 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.440 that Jesus 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:38.680 should be held 00:14:38.680 --> 00:14:39.600 by death. 00:14:40.040 --> 00:14:40.840 Romans 6.9 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:41.120 says, 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:42.340 we know that Christ 00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:43.700 having been raised 00:14:43.700 --> 00:14:44.399 from the dead 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:45.560 dies no more. 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:46.840 Death no longer 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:48.000 has dominion 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:48.960 over Him. 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:50.759 And this is what 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.679 Jesus preaches 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:52.659 to John 00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:53.159 and to you 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:53.600 and me. 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:54.779 I am 00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:56.360 the living 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:56.980 one. 00:14:59.179 --> 00:15:00.060 This is more 00:15:00.060 --> 00:15:00.700 than just saying 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:01.399 I'm alive. 00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:02.500 It means that Jesus 00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:04.679 combines in His 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:05.480 one person 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:06.080 these two 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:07.419 contrasting titles. 00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:09.259 He is the slain 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:10.539 Lamb of God 00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.979 and at the same time 00:15:11.979 --> 00:15:12.779 He's the living 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:13.539 Lord. 00:15:16.339 --> 00:15:17.159 A pastor 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:18.120 from a long time ago 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:19.099 named John Flavel 00:15:19.099 --> 00:15:19.719 wrote this, 00:15:19.819 --> 00:15:20.399 when Christ 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:21.699 was laid in the grave 00:15:21.699 --> 00:15:22.699 death 00:15:22.699 --> 00:15:23.419 seemed 00:15:23.419 --> 00:15:24.779 to have the victory 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:26.539 but it was only 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:27.279 that He might 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:27.919 pull out 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:28.759 its sting, 00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:30.159 the sting of death. 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:31.360 The grave 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:32.379 which was a prison 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.519 is now 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.679 for the Christian 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:35.699 a bed 00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:36.580 of rest. 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:38.000 Christ has 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.759 perfumed 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:39.500 the grave 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.980 by His body 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:42.900 and He warmed 00:15:42.900 --> 00:15:44.259 it for ours. 00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:45.820 He went 00:15:45.820 --> 00:15:46.680 into the grave 00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:47.480 as our front 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:47.879 runner 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:49.080 and came out 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:49.720 of the grave 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:51.060 as our conquer. 00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:52.680 Amen. 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:55.420 Behold 00:15:55.420 --> 00:15:56.500 with eyes 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:57.080 of faith 00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:57.560 today 00:15:57.560 --> 00:15:58.700 the victory 00:15:58.700 --> 00:16:00.460 of Jesus Christ 00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:01.300 for you 00:16:01.300 --> 00:16:02.480 who love 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:02.800 Him 00:16:02.800 --> 00:16:04.000 because He 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:04.620 first loved 00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.120 you and me. 00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:13.040 number three 00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:15.340 behold 00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:15.900 with eyes 00:16:15.900 --> 00:16:16.300 of faith 00:16:16.300 --> 00:16:16.740 today 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:18.759 the power 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.720 of Jesus 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.259 Christ 00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:21.800 for you 00:16:21.800 --> 00:16:22.440 who live 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:23.280 in Him. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.540 Behold 00:16:24.540 --> 00:16:25.259 with eyes 00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:25.879 of faith 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.540 the power 00:16:26.540 --> 00:16:27.000 of Jesus 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.580 Christ 00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:29.240 for all 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:30.280 who live 00:16:30.280 --> 00:16:30.720 in Him. 00:16:31.660 --> 00:16:32.020 Jesus 00:16:32.020 --> 00:16:32.660 says next 00:16:32.660 --> 00:16:33.040 in verse 00:16:33.040 --> 00:16:33.520 18 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:35.120 I have 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.240 the keys 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.519 of Hades 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.960 and of death. 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:41.519 Jesus 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.300 is the key 00:16:42.300 --> 00:16:42.759 holder. 00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:44.700 In the ancient 00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:45.440 Roman world 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:46.660 there was a title 00:16:46.660 --> 00:16:47.800 for the holder 00:16:47.800 --> 00:16:48.680 of the keys. 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.600 The word for key 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:51.480 is clavis 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:52.500 so the 00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.940 clavicularius 00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:55.019 is the key 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:55.680 bearer 00:16:55.680 --> 00:16:56.440 and it was a 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:57.440 very high ranking 00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:58.460 officer 00:16:58.460 --> 00:17:00.019 entrusted 00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:00.700 to control 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.240 access 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.960 into the 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.960 emperor's 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.700 treasury 00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:04.779 or to the 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.180 grain 00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:06.059 stores 00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.799 of a city. 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.279 To the 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.840 first century 00:17:08.840 --> 00:17:09.180 reader 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.539 death 00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:10.080 and Hades 00:17:10.080 --> 00:17:10.940 were the 00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.259 realm 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.600 of the 00:17:11.600 --> 00:17:11.840 dead. 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.340 Some of you 00:17:12.340 --> 00:17:12.680 know this 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.259 from Greek 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:13.799 mythology 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:15.880 and he's 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:16.380 using this 00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:16.700 metaphor 00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:17.259 to say 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.779 death 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.720 and the 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.519 underworld 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.000 where the 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.559 dead bodies 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:20.940 go. 00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:21.660 it's like 00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.340 a fortified 00:17:22.340 --> 00:17:22.720 city 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.320 with locked 00:17:23.320 --> 00:17:23.779 gates 00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.680 who up 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:24.820 here 00:17:24.820 --> 00:17:25.279 from this 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:25.559 realm 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:25.960 can get 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.200 in 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.920 or get 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.160 out. 00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:29.039 And Hades 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.380 was a 00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:30.980 Greek term 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:32.799 used by the 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:33.320 Roman world 00:17:33.320 --> 00:17:33.759 as well 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.180 and it was 00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:34.840 referring to 00:17:34.840 --> 00:17:35.220 like a 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:35.820 waiting room 00:17:35.820 --> 00:17:36.320 before your 00:17:36.320 --> 00:17:37.160 final death 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:38.680 an intermediate 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:39.279 state. 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.080 And this 00:17:41.080 --> 00:17:41.680 language that 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.380 John is using 00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:43.200 it's so the 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.960 church can hear 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:45.259 every notion 00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:45.700 that you've 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.120 heard about 00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:46.799 what happens 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:48.380 after this 00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:48.940 life and 00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:49.299 death. 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:50.859 Christ is 00:17:50.859 --> 00:17:51.279 the one 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:51.819 who rules 00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.339 over it 00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:53.779 who lives 00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.940 to intercede 00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:55.559 and to bring 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.240 his people 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.099 out of 00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:57.799 death 00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:58.700 and spiritual 00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.079 torment 00:17:59.079 --> 00:17:59.940 into heaven 00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:00.980 into paradise 00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.519 with him. 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.079 Christ holds 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.659 the keys. 00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:04.839 It means that 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:05.759 he has invaded 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:06.839 enemy territory 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:08.079 and he has 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:08.839 plundered it. 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.680 He isn't just 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.500 a survivor 00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.079 of death. 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:13.839 Jesus is risen 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:14.700 as the master 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.539 over death. 00:18:16.399 --> 00:18:16.919 1 Corinthians 00:18:16.919 --> 00:18:17.879 15 20 00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.419 and 21 00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:18.819 says 00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.879 now Christ 00:18:19.879 --> 00:18:20.419 is risen 00:18:20.419 --> 00:18:21.039 from the 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.319 dead 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:22.059 and has 00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:22.500 become 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.500 the first 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:23.779 fruits 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.379 for all 00:18:24.379 --> 00:18:24.720 who have 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.500 fallen asleep 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.879 for since 00:18:26.879 --> 00:18:27.399 by man 00:18:27.399 --> 00:18:27.980 came death 00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.639 by man 00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.079 also 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:29.819 came the 00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.279 resurrection 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:31.319 of the 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:31.599 dead. 00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:32.779 This is 00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.259 the power 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.679 of Jesus 00:18:33.679 --> 00:18:34.639 over the 00:18:34.639 --> 00:18:35.000 grave 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.939 that having 00:18:35.939 --> 00:18:36.539 risen from 00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:36.919 the dead 00:18:36.919 --> 00:18:37.419 he's now 00:18:37.419 --> 00:18:37.919 enthroned 00:18:37.919 --> 00:18:38.439 in heaven 00:18:38.439 --> 00:18:39.339 uniting 00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:39.759 in his 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.200 one 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:40.939 wonderful 00:18:40.939 --> 00:18:41.500 person. 00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:43.000 The tenderest 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.559 sympathies 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:44.460 of divine 00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.220 perfections 00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.779 and he's 00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.539 also qualified 00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.099 to be 00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:48.059 our suitable 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:49.059 compassionate 00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:50.119 and all 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:50.700 sufficient 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.599 savior. 00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:52.700 This is 00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.220 the power 00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:53.740 of Jesus 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.879 over death 00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.879 to minister 00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.339 to you 00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:56.700 and me 00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:57.659 who will 00:18:57.659 --> 00:18:58.099 trust him 00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:58.440 today. 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:00.460 He says 00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:01.079 I hold 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:01.759 the keys 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.240 of Hades 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.659 and of 00:19:02.659 --> 00:19:03.039 death. 00:19:04.139 --> 00:19:04.639 He has 00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:05.220 authority 00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:06.000 he has 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.500 power. 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.240 There was 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:10.019 a Roman 00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.700 god 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.139 a false 00:19:11.139 --> 00:19:11.500 god 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.740 named 00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.559 Janus 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.339 and he 00:19:14.339 --> 00:19:14.480 was 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.759 often 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.220 depicted 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.619 holding 00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:16.099 keys 00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.519 to the 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:16.759 gates 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:16.960 of 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.299 heaven 00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.879 and the 00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:19.179 doors 00:19:19.179 --> 00:19:19.679 of war 00:19:19.679 --> 00:19:20.240 and peace 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.559 and Christ 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.079 is saying 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.500 in this 00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.740 apocalyptic 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.599 language of 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:24.960 John 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:26.460 that Jesus 00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:26.940 is the 00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.299 true 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:28.139 lord 00:19:28.139 --> 00:19:28.899 and ruler 00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:29.500 of the 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:29.940 afterlife. 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.139 He strips 00:19:31.139 --> 00:19:31.720 all the 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.359 Roman gods 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:32.679 of their 00:19:32.679 --> 00:19:33.139 perceived 00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:33.619 power 00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.299 in the 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:34.700 afterlife. 00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:35.579 Jesus 00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.000 claims 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.339 to be 00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:36.859 the only 00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.240 one 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.039 with the 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.359 master 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:38.659 key. 00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.179 Think 00:19:40.179 --> 00:19:40.599 about this 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:40.879 Jesus 00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:41.339 doesn't 00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:41.779 leave the 00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.000 key 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.919 to life 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.279 after 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.039 death 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.620 in the 00:19:44.620 --> 00:19:44.820 hands 00:19:44.820 --> 00:19:45.100 of an 00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:45.400 angel. 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.320 He 00:19:46.320 --> 00:19:46.600 doesn't 00:19:46.600 --> 00:19:46.880 leave it 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.100 in the 00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:47.360 hands 00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:47.580 of 00:19:47.580 --> 00:19:48.120 anyone 00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:48.400 else. 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.580 He 00:19:48.580 --> 00:19:49.140 personally 00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:49.880 holds 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:50.080 it 00:19:50.080 --> 00:19:50.600 still 00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:51.180 and 00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.500 uses 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:51.920 this 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.480 at 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:52.680 his 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.080 pleasure. 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.320 He 00:19:54.320 --> 00:19:54.759 keeps 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.519 every 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:55.820 soul 00:19:55.820 --> 00:19:56.000 that 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.420 belongs 00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:56.660 to 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:56.940 him 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.380 in 00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.560 his 00:19:57.560 --> 00:19:57.759 own 00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.140 hand. 00:20:00.060 --> 00:20:00.640 This 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:00.980 is our 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.620 only hope 00:20:01.620 --> 00:20:02.360 in life 00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.860 and in 00:20:02.860 --> 00:20:03.160 death. 00:20:04.100 --> 00:20:04.320 This 00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:04.600 is the 00:20:04.600 --> 00:20:04.820 same 00:20:04.820 --> 00:20:05.240 creator 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.660 God. 00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.360 Someone 00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:07.700 pointed 00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.039 out 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.900 at 00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.340 creation 00:20:09.340 --> 00:20:09.720 it was 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.000 on the 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.279 third 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:10.560 day 00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:11.539 that 00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:11.860 God 00:20:11.860 --> 00:20:12.420 caused 00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:12.840 the 00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:13.220 trees 00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.500 and the 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:13.860 grass 00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:14.180 and the 00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:14.519 vegetation 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:14.980 to 00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.519 flourish. 00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.240 And we 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.600 get in the 00:20:17.600 --> 00:20:18.080 New Testament 00:20:18.080 --> 00:20:18.660 the language 00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.080 of a 00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:19.380 seed 00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:20.380 being put 00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:20.779 into the 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.000 earth 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.460 to die. 00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:22.880 And by 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:23.320 the death 00:20:23.320 --> 00:20:23.580 of a 00:20:23.580 --> 00:20:23.759 seed 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.560 springs up 00:20:24.560 --> 00:20:25.340 new life. 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.420 And this 00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.860 happened on 00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:27.220 the third 00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.560 day of 00:20:27.560 --> 00:20:28.080 creation. 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:28.940 Now the 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.539 third day 00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.320 after being 00:20:30.320 --> 00:20:30.960 buried like 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.300 a seed 00:20:31.300 --> 00:20:31.680 Jesus 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.660 risen from 00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.140 the dead. 00:20:34.320 --> 00:20:35.160 The promise 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.880 of resurrection 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.660 life and 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.759 springing up 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.620 new creation 00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:38.679 creation. 00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.500 It's been 00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.259 baked into 00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.679 God's 00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.139 plan from 00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:41.579 the very 00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.019 beginning. 00:20:43.739 --> 00:20:44.319 This is 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.759 our hope 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.159 that every 00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:45.759 loved one 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.899 that we 00:20:46.899 --> 00:20:47.219 have had 00:20:47.219 --> 00:20:47.759 to bury 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.779 in Christ 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.259 will receive 00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.679 a new 00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.739 glorified body 00:20:51.739 --> 00:20:53.019 and live 00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.559 with Jesus. 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.439 And we 00:20:55.439 --> 00:20:55.919 can trust 00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.439 this because 00:20:56.439 --> 00:20:57.059 Christ is 00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.439 the one 00:20:57.439 --> 00:20:57.899 that has 00:20:57.899 --> 00:20:58.299 the key 00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:59.019 the authority 00:20:59.019 --> 00:21:00.039 to make 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.539 this so. 00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.019 I've 00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.239 mentioned 00:21:03.239 --> 00:21:03.639 to some 00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.000 of you 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.899 and the 00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.339 songs and 00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.759 the kings 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.299 got to 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.119 go to 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.379 the 00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:07.720 Netherlands 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.159 and meet 00:21:08.159 --> 00:21:08.720 this pastor 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.460 I'm referring 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:09.779 to. 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.319 In the 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:11.759 Netherlands 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.940 almost everyone 00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.419 rides their 00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:13.779 bicycles 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.259 everywhere. 00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.319 And this 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.879 pastor had 00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:17.599 come about 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.079 two hours 00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.579 away to 00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.039 be part 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:20.099 of a 00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.259 little 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.779 conference. 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.200 It was 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.680 an academic 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.759 meeting and 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.119 he was 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:24.720 coming to 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:26.599 understand the 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.139 teachings of 00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:27.759 this old 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.559 pastor from 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.180 many centuries 00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.480 ago, 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:29.779 John 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.159 Flavel. 00:21:30.899 --> 00:21:31.480 And he 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.839 asked very 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.200 difficult 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.700 questions, 00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.220 was very 00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.659 sharp. 00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.480 He was a 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.980 pastor in a 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.559 different town 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:37.200 and then 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.879 afterwards when 00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.259 it was all 00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.740 over during 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.019 a little 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.519 reception, 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.159 this pastor 00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.639 came over 00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.019 and talked 00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.440 to me and 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:41.980 his eyes 00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.519 were welling 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.740 up and 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.220 he swallowed 00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.740 hard and 00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.240 he said the 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.759 reason this 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.419 topic of 00:21:46.419 --> 00:21:47.819 life, 00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:48.779 death, 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.720 and the 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.480 ministry of 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.440 Jesus around 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.079 the deathbed 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.799 is so tender 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:54.299 to him is 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.000 because when 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.519 his daughter 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.159 was I 00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.879 believe 16 00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:57.440 years old, 00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:57.960 she was on 00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:59.399 her bike and 00:21:59.399 --> 00:22:00.139 a bus, 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:00.819 didn't see 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.039 her, 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.859 turning a 00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.399 corner and 00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:03.139 hit her and 00:22:03.139 --> 00:22:03.500 his daughter 00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.899 died. 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.599 And he 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:08.039 had trouble 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.539 getting these 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.139 words out, 00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.179 but he says 00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:10.779 he thinks of 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.119 her every 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:13.720 day and 00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.259 it helped 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.539 him to 00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.399 appreciate the 00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:16.220 love of 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.659 God the 00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:17.200 Father and 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.839 giving his 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.139 son, 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.019 Jesus Christ, 00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.639 who would 00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.059 lay down 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.899 his life so 00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.879 that sinners 00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:23.659 like us could 00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.179 belong to 00:22:24.179 --> 00:22:25.000 him and be 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.440 brought into 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.059 his family. 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:26.960 And the 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.779 resurrection of 00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.539 Jesus is his 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:30.440 only hope that 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.059 we will be 00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.879 around the 00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.299 throne of 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.099 Jesus together. 00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:34.500 father, he 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.539 said, these 00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.179 thoughts of 00:22:36.179 --> 00:22:37.199 God have 00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:37.740 made him more 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.799 patient as a 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:40.019 pastor, as a 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:41.159 husband, as a 00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:42.379 father, more 00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.719 tender, more 00:22:43.719 --> 00:22:45.059 full of gratitude 00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.719 for God. 00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:47.859 And this 00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:49.519 Puritan John 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.199 Flavel wrote, 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.319 what a hole 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:53.259 that the death of 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:54.159 some children have 00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:54.699 made in the 00:22:54.699 --> 00:22:55.379 hearts of some 00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:56.059 parents which 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.919 will never close 00:22:56.919 --> 00:22:57.659 up in this 00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:58.159 world. 00:22:59.179 --> 00:22:59.779 John Flavel 00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.939 lost children and 00:23:00.939 --> 00:23:01.839 a wife too. 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.379 that hole will 00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:03.980 never be healed 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.559 in this life. 00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.039 It's always 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.379 there. 00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:06.939 But he wrote, 00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.759 yet surely 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:09.379 never did any 00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:10.299 child lie so 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.980 close to a 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.579 parent's heart 00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:13.359 as Christ did 00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.859 to his 00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.299 fathers. 00:23:15.459 --> 00:23:16.439 And yet he 00:23:16.439 --> 00:23:17.699 willingly parted 00:23:17.699 --> 00:23:18.279 with him, 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:20.179 his only son, 00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.399 the son of his 00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:21.939 delights, 00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.579 and that to 00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.259 death, a 00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.179 cursed death 00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:25.939 for sinners. 00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.079 And it's 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:29.139 specifically because 00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:30.199 Jesus Christ was 00:23:30.199 --> 00:23:30.740 slain. 00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.919 on the cross 00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:34.179 that Jesus 00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:35.099 now has this 00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.599 authority, 00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.740 this power, 00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:37.839 this right 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:39.659 over death 00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.220 because he 00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.779 bought it 00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.599 with his 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.139 own life. 00:23:43.439 --> 00:23:44.119 No one 00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:45.000 gets out of 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.599 this world 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.639 or enters 00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.159 into the 00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:48.740 next except 00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.240 through the 00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.220 permission of 00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.980 Jesus Christ 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.699 and by God's 00:23:51.699 --> 00:23:52.139 appointment. 00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:56.259 Romans 8, 00:23:56.379 --> 00:23:57.539 34 asks the 00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:57.980 question, 00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.919 who is he 00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:00.220 who condemns? 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.539 Satan wants 00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.160 to accuse 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.860 and attack. 00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.580 And God 00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:06.320 says instead, 00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:07.060 no, think 00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.620 of Christ 00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.360 who died 00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.380 and furthermore 00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.880 is also 00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.340 risen, 00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:12.180 who is even 00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.920 at the right 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.640 hand of God 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.300 and who also 00:24:14.300 --> 00:24:15.380 makes intercession 00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.580 for us. 00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.580 No one 00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.180 can condemn 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.380 you. 00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.700 Jesus is 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.220 alive, 00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.340 ministering. 00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:22.779 Behold, 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.340 with eyes 00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.720 of faith 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.140 today, 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.800 the power 00:24:24.800 --> 00:24:25.680 of Jesus 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.200 Christ 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.340 for you 00:24:27.340 --> 00:24:27.720 and me 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.080 who will 00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:28.740 know life 00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.299 in him 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.700 today. 00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.700 Finally, 00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:32.380 number four, 00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:33.460 behold, 00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.060 with eyes 00:24:34.060 --> 00:24:34.580 of faith 00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:35.360 today, 00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:37.240 in his 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.700 power, 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.640 in his 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.160 love, 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.240 the living 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.799 ministry 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.680 of Jesus 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.220 Christ 00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.220 to all 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.840 who will 00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:45.279 hope in 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.560 him. 00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.420 Behold, 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.019 with eyes 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.460 of faith 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:48.980 that Jesus 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.460 lives to 00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.920 minister 00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:52.140 to all 00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:52.420 who will 00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.759 put our 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.140 hope in 00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.380 him. 00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:54.960 I want 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.259 to take 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.619 you back 00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.079 to the 00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.980 final words 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.400 that Jesus 00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.819 said. 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.079 Behold, 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.119 I am 00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.319 alive 00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.619 forevermore. 00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.960 I am 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.460 alive 00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.359 forevermore. 00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.640 Romans 8 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.279 11 tells 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.460 us, 00:25:08.579 --> 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