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 And so if you're on the Church Bibles, it's page 1156, chapter 15, verse 50 to 58.

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 I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

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 Listen, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed.

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 In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

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 For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised, imperishable, and we will be changed.

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 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with the immortal.

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 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true.

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 Death has been swallowed up in victory.

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 Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?

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 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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 But thanks be to God, he gives us the glory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you.

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 Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.

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 Thanks so much, Avin. Keep your Bibles open there, and Kirsty's going to hand round some little notes there if you want to follow along.

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 You can get a pen and a piece of paper with headings which will help you to follow along with the talk.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 So again, just to remind you and encourage you to come along on Wednesdays.

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 It's the opportunity to pray for each other as we look at God's Word as well.

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 We encourage each other through that, and there may be things you want to discuss further about this morning's talk and have questions about that.

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 We're going to pray, and as we pray, been asked to pray for somebody who's requested prayer this morning.

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 Somebody they know who's very, very ill.

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 We just want to pray for that right now.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our Father God, we come to you as the one who is Lord over life.

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 You speak, and the dead are raised.

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 You speak, and you bring spiritual life, opening eyes to see you, and ears to hear you clearly.

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 Father, we pray for this person who is very ill at this time.

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 We pray that if it's your will that you would bring healing to them.

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 We pray ultimately that they will come to trust in the risen Lord Jesus.

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 That they may face the future without fear because of their hope in Christ.

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 Father, we pray the same for each one of us.

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 That we would renew our trust in you.

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 That we would be a people who not only talk about the resurrection,

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 but see it change our lives day by day.

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 For that is what we long.

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 Father, speak to us afresh today.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I want to start by asking a question.

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 Do you believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead?

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 Have a look at verse 20.

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 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,

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 the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep,

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 for since death came through a man,

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 the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

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 For as in Adam all die,

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 so in Christ all will be made alive.

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 Do you believe this?

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 I don't mean do you agree with it,

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 or can you tick the box to it?

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 But does the truth of the resurrection change your life?

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 Because that's the test of whether you believe in the resurrection.

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 Does it actually change you?

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 Have you become a different person because of it?

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 Have you become a different person because of it?

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 Even over these last few weeks of looking at the theme of the resurrection,

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 have you become a different person because of it?

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 Or let me put it another way.

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 Suppose there is no resurrection.

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 Imagine Jesus did not raise from the grave.

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 Would it make any difference to how you live your life now?

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 When you get up tomorrow morning,

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 if Christ didn't rise,

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 would it make any difference to you?

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 You see, the evidence that you truly believe in the resurrection

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 is that your life is dramatically transformed.

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 So this morning, we're going to look at three ways

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 belief in the resurrection changes your life.

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 Here's the first one.

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 First, it changes our view of the future.

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 It changes our view of the future.

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 If you were to conduct a survey to ask people,

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 what happens when you die?

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 You'd probably get two general answers.

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 You'll have some who will say something like this,

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 nothing happens when we die.

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 We just die and that's it.

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 We rot in the ground.

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 We just become dust.

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 Others will say something like this,

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 well, I hope there's life after death.

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 I'd like to think we go to a better place,

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 but I'm not quite sure.

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 Well, if we believe in the resurrection,

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 there are two things we can be guaranteed will happen.

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 First, we will be immediately changed.

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 Look at verse 51.

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 Here we get into our text.

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 Verse 51.

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 Listen.

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 This is really important.

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 Listen up, everyone.

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 I tell you a mystery.

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 Something that is revealed to you.

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 We will not all sleep.

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 We'll not all die.

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 But we will all be changed.

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 Listen.

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 When the risen Lord Jesus returns,

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 we will have already died,

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 or we will still be alive.

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 That's the state we will be in when Christ comes.

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 We will have already died,

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 or we will still be alive.

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 And in that moment,

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 if we believe in the resurrection,

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 if we're trusting Christ with our life,

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 at that moment when Christ returns,

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 we will be wonderfully changed.

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 And it's not going to be some long,

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 drawn-out process.

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 It will be immediate.

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 Verse 52.

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 In a flash.

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 In the twinkling of an eye.

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 Before you can even blink.

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 At the last trumpet.

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 For the trumpet will sound,

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 the dead will be raised imperishable,

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 and we will be changed.

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 I wonder if you can remember hearing

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 the final school bell

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 on the day of your school holidays.

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 Can you remember the sound of that bell?

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 There you are sitting in that desk,

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 that wooden hard desk,

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 long, dreary days of listening to the teacher

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 moaning at the front.

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 Sorry, teachers.

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 And then the sound of the bell.

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 And in that moment,

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 everything changes.

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 School is finished.

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 Screams of joy.

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 Uncontrolled excitement

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 as everybody runs out of the classroom

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 with renewed enthusiasm.

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 Well, one day,

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 in the future,

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 you will hear another sound.

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 The sound of a trumpet.

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 It's the sound of the Lord's return.

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 And before you can even blink,

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 you will be changed.

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 And that change will be complete transformation.

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 Screams of joy.

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 Uncontrolled excitement.

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 Renewed enthusiasm

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 as we have been changed.

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 Look at verse 49.

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 And just as we have borne the likeness

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 or bear the image of the earthly man,

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 so shall we bear the likeness

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 or the image of the man from heaven.

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 We will be changed.

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 We will become,

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 just like the resurrected Jesus,

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 a life without suffering or sin.

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 No more pain.

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 No more pain.

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 No more sickness.

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 No cancers.

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 No more temptations.

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 No failing.

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 No falling.

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 We will bear the likeness of Jesus

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 for we will be forever changed.

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 And it gets even better.

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 We will be clothed eternally.

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 Look at verse 50.

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 I declare to you,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 that flesh and blood,

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 the very bodies that we have right now,

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 that we're sitting where we are,

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 I declare to you,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 that flesh and blood

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 cannot inherit the kingdom of God.

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 Nor does the perishable

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 inherit the imperishable.

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 Verse 53.

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 For, or because,

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 the perishable must clothe itself

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 with the imperishable,

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 and the mortal clothe itself

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 with immortality.

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 You see, life in our present bodies,

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 as we are right now,

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 is marked by decay and death.

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 We're perishable people.

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 We're mortal.

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 We become weak.

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 We get sick and eventually we die.

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 These bodies,

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 the way that they are right now,

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 are not fit

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 for the eternal kingdom of God.

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 We need something different

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 than this body.

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 But when the Lord Jesus returns,

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 he tells us here,

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 we are going to be clothed

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 with the imperishable.

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 We will have an immortal body.

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 Do you remember the superhero comics

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 and films?

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 Clark Kent.

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 See him there in his little spectacles

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 in his ordinary clothes?

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 And then in the moment,

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 he rips open his shirt,

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 and there he stands

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 in his superhero suit.

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 All of a sudden,

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 he can fly.

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 He can bash through concrete,

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 rip steel.

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 Now, I'm not saying

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 we're all going to become

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 supermen and superwomen

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 and be wearing red capes

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 and doing all kinds of things.

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 That's fantasy.

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 But I think you get the point.

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 When the risen Lord Jesus comes,

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 we are going to be clothed

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 in a real,

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 eternal,

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 supernatural body.

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 A body that lives forever

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 and never decays

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 and never breaks

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 and never dies.

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 Look back at verse 44.

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 It is sown,

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 the body is sown,

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 it is born,

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 and it dies,

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 a natural body.

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 But it is raised

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 a spiritual body.

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 The other word

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 that's sometimes used is,

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 it is raised

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 a supernatural body.

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 Continue,

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 verse 44.

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 If there's a natural body,

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 there is also

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 a supernatural body.

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 The idea is,

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 is that our bodies

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 will be powered differently.

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 No longer under the effects

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 of sin and suffering,

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 but they will be

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 wonderfully made new.

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 With a divine power,

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 meaning we will never,

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 ever die.

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 We will live forever

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 pure and perfect.

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 The people that God

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 longs that we would be,

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 reigning in God's

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 eternal kingdom

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 forever and ever.

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 This is the sure

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 and certain future

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 that is guaranteed

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 if you believe

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 in the resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ

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 from the dead.

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 But it not only changes

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 our view of the future,

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 it changes our attitude

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 towards death.

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 It changes our attitude

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 towards death.

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 I'm sure this is something

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 you find to be true,

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 that most people

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 fear death.

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 You might even fear death.

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 In fact,

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 we don't often like

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 to talk about death.

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 We avoid it.

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 Because death is destructive.

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 It's our undefeatable enemy.

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 It robs our joy.

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 It steals away our loved ones.

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 It turns our dreams

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 into sorrows.

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 But,

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 if we believe

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 in the resurrection,

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 we need not fear death.

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 We can face death

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 with confidence

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 and assurance.

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 First,

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 Christ's victory

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 over death.

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 Look at verse 54.

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 Follow with me

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 verse 54.

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 When the perishable

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 has been clothed

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 with the imperishable

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 and the mortal

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 with immortality,

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 then the saying

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 that is written

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 will come true.

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 Death

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 has been swallowed up

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 in victory.

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 Let's have a look

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 at that quote.

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 Keep your finger there

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 and go back to

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 Isaiah 25.

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 That little sentence,

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 death has been

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 swallowed up in victory,

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 comes from

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 Isaiah

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 chapter 25.

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 So,

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 if you could go back there

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 and if somebody

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 has a page number

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 and help me out,

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 that would be great.

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 Isaiah chapter 25.

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 Page 708.

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 Thank you.

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 Isaiah 25

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 and we'll start

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 from verse

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 6.

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 So,

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 we're thinking about

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 death being

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 swallowed up

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 by victory

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 and through Isaiah

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 God promises

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 that a day

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 would come

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 when death

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 would be defeated

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 and things

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 would be made new.

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 And here we get

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 a picture of what

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 that will be like.

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 So,

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 verse 6.

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 On this mountain,

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 so we're thinking here

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 of God's eternal kingdom.

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 On this mountain,

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 the Lord Almighty

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 will prepare

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 a feast

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 of rich food

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 for all peoples,

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 a banquet

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 of aged wine,

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 the best of meats

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 and the finest

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 of wines.

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 On this mountain,

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 he will destroy

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 the shroud

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 that enfolds

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 all people,

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 the sheet

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 that covers

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 all nations.

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 That is,

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 the shroud

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 of death,

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 the sheet

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 of death.

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 Verse 8.

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 He will swallow

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 up death

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 forever.

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 The sovereign

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 Lord

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 will wipe

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 away the tears

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 from all faces.

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 He will remove

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 the disgrace

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 of his people

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 from all the earth.

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 The Lord

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 has spoken.

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 In that day,

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 they will say,

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 surely this

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 is our God.

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 We trusted

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 in him

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 and he

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 saved us.

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 This

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 is the Lord.

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 We trusted

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 in him.

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 Let us rejoice

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 and be glad

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 in his

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 salvation.

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 Go back

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 to 1 Corinthians.

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 that promise,

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 that picture,

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 has partially

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 been fulfilled

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 with the coming

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus Christ,

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 who through

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 his death

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 and resurrection

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 has defeated

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 death

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 and has given

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 us a future

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 beyond the grave

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 and eternity

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 where all

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 is made good.

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 And so,

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 the cry of celebration

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 can go up.

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 Look at verse 55.

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 Where,

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 O death,

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 is your victory?

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 Where,

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 O death,

00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:01.299
 is your sting?

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 The enemy

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 has finally

00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:05.820
 been destroyed.

00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.740
 Christ

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:10.080
 has victory

00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:11.320
 over death.

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 But it is not

00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:15.240
 just Christ's

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.440
 victory over death.

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 death.

00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:17.900
 This is

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 our victory

00:18:19.320 --> 00:18:20.559
 over death.

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 Continue on.

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 Look at verse 56.

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 The sting

00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:25.180
 of death

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 is sin

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 and the power

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 of sin

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 is the law.

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 You know,

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 from,

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 maybe from

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 your experiences

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 in life

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 or certainly

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 watching TV

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 programs,

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 when somebody

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 dies,

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 an autopsy

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 is carried out

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 to determine

00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:44.420
 the cause of death.

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 how did this

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 person die?

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 Well,

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 the cause

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 behind every

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 single death,

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 ultimately,

00:18:53.840 --> 00:18:54.519
 is sin.

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 The reason

00:18:56.380 --> 00:18:57.380
 we all die,

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 whether it's

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 through the

00:18:58.660 --> 00:18:59.720
 natural process

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 of age

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 or through

00:19:01.080 --> 00:19:01.840
 a tragic

00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:02.460
 accident,

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 is because

00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:05.019
 we've all

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:05.940
 broken God's

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.140
 law.

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:06.960
 We've all

00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:08.019
 disobeyed God.

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.759
 We've all

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.440
 sought to live

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.220
 life our own

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.580
 way,

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 and we die.

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 the consequences

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.539
 of sin

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.359
 is always

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:17.779
 death,

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.779
 and not one

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.200
 of us in

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.660
 this room

00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:20.299
 can avoid

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 it.

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 But,

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:21.980
 look at

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.879
 verse 57,

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:24.400
 but thanks

00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:25.299
 be to God,

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.379
 He gives

00:19:26.379 --> 00:19:27.640
 us the

00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:28.099
 victory.

00:19:28.900 --> 00:19:29.839
 He gives

00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:30.680
 us,

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 you and

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.119
 me,

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:32.839
 the victory

00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:33.720
 through our

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.440
 Lord Jesus

00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:35.079
 Christ.

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.339
 Victory

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:37.240
 over death

00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.640
 is ours.

00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:42.660
 A little

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.259
 girl was

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.220
 heard screaming

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:45.520
 in the

00:19:45.520 --> 00:19:45.880
 garden.

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.280
 A bee

00:19:48.280 --> 00:19:49.200
 was flying

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.780
 around her

00:19:49.780 --> 00:19:50.259
 face,

00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:50.640
 and she

00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:51.060
 was getting

00:19:51.060 --> 00:19:51.720
 anxious and

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.340
 flapping her

00:19:52.340 --> 00:19:52.600
 arms,

00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.259
 and her

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.640
 dad,

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.020
 who was

00:19:54.020 --> 00:19:54.460
 nearby,

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:55.860
 ran over

00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:56.600
 towards her,

00:19:57.060 --> 00:19:57.660
 wrapped his

00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:58.280
 arms around

00:19:58.280 --> 00:19:58.480
 her,

00:19:58.540 --> 00:19:59.220
 and covered

00:19:59.220 --> 00:19:59.759
 her over

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.180
 with his

00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:00.820
 big body.

00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:03.280
 A few

00:20:03.280 --> 00:20:04.100
 moments later,

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.740
 he let her

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.040
 go,

00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:06.460
 and said,

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.920
 there's no

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.600
 need to fear

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.000
 the bee

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.379
 now.

00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:10.740
 The bee

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.319
 has stung

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.699
 me,

00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.299
 and bees

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.039
 can't sting

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.619
 twice.

00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:17.240
 You see,

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.519
 we all

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.759
 deserve to

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.159
 die,

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.759
 but in

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.839
 this incredible

00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:23.740
 act of

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.039
 love,

00:20:24.219 --> 00:20:24.659
 the Lord

00:20:24.659 --> 00:20:25.719
 Jesus took

00:20:25.719 --> 00:20:26.519
 the sting

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.259
 of death

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.279
 for us.

00:20:28.939 --> 00:20:29.459
 When he

00:20:29.459 --> 00:20:30.099
 came and

00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:31.219
 as he hung

00:20:31.219 --> 00:20:31.519
 on the

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:31.899
 cross,

00:20:32.219 --> 00:20:32.859
 he took

00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:33.759
 my sin

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.219
 and your

00:20:34.219 --> 00:20:34.899
 sin on

00:20:34.899 --> 00:20:35.439
 himself,

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.240
 and it's

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:36.899
 like at that

00:20:36.899 --> 00:20:37.480
 moment he

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.359
 wrapped his

00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:39.259
 arms around

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.539
 us,

00:20:39.879 --> 00:20:40.659
 covering us,

00:20:40.959 --> 00:20:41.799
 protecting us

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.199
 from the

00:20:42.199 --> 00:20:42.979
 judgment we

00:20:42.979 --> 00:20:43.419
 deserve,

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.539
 he took

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.259
 the sting

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.919
 of death

00:20:45.919 --> 00:20:46.539
 for us

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.619
 so that we

00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:48.279
 don't have

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.579
 to,

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.359
 and where

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.079
 the sting

00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:50.859
 has fallen,

00:20:51.219 --> 00:20:51.599
 it will

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.579
 not sting

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.199
 again.

00:20:54.919 --> 00:20:55.879
 But more

00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:56.539
 than that,

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.959
 he rose

00:20:57.959 --> 00:20:59.019
 triumphantly

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.519
 from the

00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.539
 grave so

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.339
 that we

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.419
 might live

00:21:02.419 --> 00:21:03.259
 with him

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.199
 forever.

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:05.620
 verse 57,

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:07.380
 thanks be

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:08.039
 to God.

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.680
 He gives

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.340
 us,

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.920
 you insert

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.600
 your own

00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:13.259
 name there,

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.080
 if you are

00:21:14.080 --> 00:21:14.740
 trusting in

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:14.980
 him,

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:16.100
 he gives

00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:17.779
 Johnny Grant

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.880
 the victory

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.700
 through our

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.680
 Lord Jesus

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.340
 Christ.

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.640
 We can

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:26.400
 now face

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.200
 death,

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.980
 look death

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:30.080
 in the face,

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.880
 without fear,

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.440
 and say,

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:33.460
 verse 55,

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.279
 where,

00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:34.799
 oh death,

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:35.279
 is your

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.759
 victory,

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.259
 where,

00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:37.920
 oh death,

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.039
 is your

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.440
 sting.

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.779
 This is

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.700
 the assurance

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:44.000
 and confidence

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:45.100
 we can have

00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:45.940
 if we

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.700
 believe in

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.500
 the resurrection

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.200
 of Jesus

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.460
 Christ from

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.200
 the dead.

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.460
 So let me

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 ask that

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 question again.

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.200
 Do you

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.620
 believe in

00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.299
 the resurrection?

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.960
 Do you

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.640
 believe that

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.440
 your future

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.340
 is secure

00:22:04.340 --> 00:22:05.720
 and that

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.279
 death has

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.980
 been defeated?

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 Well,

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.299
 the test

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.360
 of whether

00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:12.299
 we believe

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.240
 these things

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.720
 is seen

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.400
 in how you

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:15.819
 live your

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 life today.

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.279
 Does it

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.960
 make any

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.720
 difference

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:21.200
 to how you

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.519
 live?

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.299
 So third,

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.920
 it not only

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.640
 changes our

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.240
 view of the

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.700
 future,

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.220
 our attitude

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:29.279
 towards death,

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 it changes

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:32.279
 our priorities

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.299
 in this

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 life.

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.200
 Look at

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.000
 verse 58.

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.879
 Therefore,

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:44.660
 because the

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.200
 resurrection

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.180
 changes your

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.740
 view of the

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.039
 future,

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.799
 because it

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.579
 changes your

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.660
 attitude towards

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.119
 death,

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.099
 therefore,

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.200
 my brothers

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.220
 and sisters,

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.639
 stand firm,

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.180
 let nothing

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.839
 move you,

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:58.240
 always give

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:59.199
 yourselves fully

00:22:59.199 --> 00:22:59.919
 to the work

00:22:59.919 --> 00:23:00.500
 of the Lord

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.459
 because you

00:23:01.459 --> 00:23:02.359
 know that

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.179
 your labour

00:23:03.179 --> 00:23:04.039
 in the Lord

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:05.240
 is not in

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.500
 vain.

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.679
 How will it

00:23:08.679 --> 00:23:09.240
 change you?

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:11.500
 What priorities

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.259
 will you have

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.019
 in your life?

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 Well,

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.399
 here's the first

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:15.699
 one.

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 Priority number

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 one,

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:19.019
 stand firm

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:20.000
 in the

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.379
 gospel.

00:23:21.439 --> 00:23:22.299
 Look at the

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.759
 beginning of

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.419
 verse 58

00:23:23.419 --> 00:23:23.839
 again.

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 Do you

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.919
 remember how

00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:34.659
 this whole

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.379
 teaching of

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:36.019
 the resurrection

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.759
 started?

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.559
 Go back

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.119
 to verse

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.679
 1,

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.779
 chapter 15.

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 This is how

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.759
 he began the

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.459
 whole teaching

00:23:44.459 --> 00:23:44.859
 on the

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.419
 resurrection.

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.159
 Chapter 15,

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.699
 verse 1.

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 Now,

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.659
 brothers and

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.059
 sisters,

00:23:49.699 --> 00:23:50.459
 I want to

00:23:50.459 --> 00:23:51.299
 remind you of

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.220
 the gospel

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.839
 that I

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.519
 preach to

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.819
 you,

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.000
 which you

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.680
 received,

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:56.619
 and on

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.119
 which you

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.619
 have taken

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.200
 your stand,

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.859
 literally on

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.319
 which you

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.920
 are building

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.819
 your life.

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.359
 By this

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.839
 gospel,

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.639
 you are

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.240
 saved.

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:07.879
 If you

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.799
 hold firmly

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.279
 to the

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.879
 word I

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.519
 preach to

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.799
 you,

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.180
 if you

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.839
 hold firmly

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.200
 to the

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.559
 word I

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.019
 preach to

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.200
 you,

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.900
 otherwise

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:16.059
 you have

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.700
 believed

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.619
 in vain.

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.879
 If you

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.279
 are a

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.700
 Christian,

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.379
 holding on

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.740
 to the

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.319
 gospel and

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.920
 making that

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.620
 the central

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.500
 foundation of

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.000
 your life

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.359
 becomes a

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.960
 priority.

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.240
 And we

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.920
 need it.

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.620
 Because,

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.019
 listen,

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.680
 the longer

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.240
 that we

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.180
 live life,

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.579
 the more

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.720
 struggles and

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.720
 heartaches we

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.500
 will face.

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.400
 And in

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.200
 those days

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.779
 and weeks

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.599
 when everything

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.779
 seems dark

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:47.120
 and empty

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:48.440
 and hopeless,

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.799
 and you

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.440
 can't see

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.200
 any light

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.700
 in the

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.120
 darkness,

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.259
 you'll just

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.640
 want to

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.120
 give up

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:55.059
 and everything

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.740
 around you

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.019
 will be

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.320
 saying,

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.320
 this faith

00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:57.840
 in Jesus

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.259
 Christ,

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.559
 this

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.240
 resurrection

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.820
 business,

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.900
 it's useless,

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.660
 it's a waste

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.180
 of time,

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.180
 give up on

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.539
 it.

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.759
 And in

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.580
 those moments

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:08.340
 you will

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:08.740
 need to

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.660
 stand firm

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.180
 on the

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.539
 gospel,

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.799
 remember the

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.700
 truth of

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.460
 the resurrection

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.519
 and let

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.240
 nothing

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.400
 move you.

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.700
 So when

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.340
 sickness

00:25:20.340 --> 00:25:21.480
 or an

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.799
 illness

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.400
 comes

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.620
 and the

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.220
 pain is

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.980
 unbearable

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.700
 and there

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.420
 seems no

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.000
 end in

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.340
 sight,

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.779
 stand

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.680
 firm

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.460
 in the

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:30.819
 gospel.

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.180
 When

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.640
 death

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.420
 sweeps in

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.960
 and takes

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.559
 away those

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.200
 we dearly

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.620
 love,

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.360
 stand

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:37.900
 firm

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:39.180
 in the

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.539
 gospel.

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:40.860
 When

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.700
 frustrations

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.620
 and disappointment

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.160
 come,

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:43.940
 and life

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.579
 doesn't work

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:44.960
 out the

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.360
 way that

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:45.880
 you wanted

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.319
 it to,

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.279
 stand

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:48.000
 firm

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.160
 in the

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.559
 gospel.

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.059
 When the

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.720
 battle with

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.539
 sin seems

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.259
 to rage

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.160
 and temptation

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:55.400
 is unrelenting,

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:56.960
 stand

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.880
 firm.

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.380
 When

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:00.819
 wars

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.539
 increase

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:03.319
 and evil

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.980
 seems to

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.259
 run

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.240
 unrestrained

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.840
 through our

00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:06.360
 streets,

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.039
 stand

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.960
 firm.

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.340
 My

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.819
 brothers

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.519
 and

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.140
 sisters,

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.140
 stand

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.000
 firm,

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.580
 let

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:15.100
 nothing

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.900
 move

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.160
 you.

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:18.100
 If you

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.740
 believe in

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.280
 the gospel,

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.380
 you will

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:21.980
 make it a

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.920
 priority in

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.640
 your life to

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.759
 remind yourself

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.280
 daily,

00:26:26.560 --> 00:26:28.000
 and remind

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.820
 your brothers

00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:29.500
 and sisters

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.400
 in Christ

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.660
 that he has

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.280
 risen from

00:26:32.280 --> 00:26:32.720
 the dead,

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.460
 that there

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.259
 will be a

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.200
 trumpet sound,

00:26:35.520 --> 00:26:36.180
 that Christ

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.060
 is going to

00:26:37.060 --> 00:26:37.500
 return,

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.460
 and we will

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.320
 be changed

00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:40.100
 in the blink

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.399
 of an

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:40.639
 eye,

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.299
 for the

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.919
 victory

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:43.339
 is ours.

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:46.240
 So priority

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.959
 number one,

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.359
 stand firm

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:49.819
 in the

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.179
 gospel,

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:51.819
 remind

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.339
 yourself

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:52.819
 and each

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.119
 other

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.500
 of what

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.219
 we have.

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.339
 Priority

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.699
 two,

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.079
 give your

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.779
 life to the

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.839
 work of

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.359
 the gospel.

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.399
 gospel.

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.479
 If you

00:27:05.479 --> 00:27:06.699
 truly believe

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.399
 the gospel,

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.459
 then look at

00:27:09.459 --> 00:27:10.199
 verse 58,

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.119
 therefore my

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.819
 dear brothers

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.539
 and sisters,

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:16.319
 stand firm,

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:16.799
 let nothing

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.259
 move you,

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.500
 always give

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.500
 yourselves fully

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.279
 to the work

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.619
 of the

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:20.939
 Lord,

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.599
 because you

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.099
 know that

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.659
 your labour

00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.219
 in the Lord

00:27:24.219 --> 00:27:25.059
 is not in

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.319
 vain.

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.979
 The work

00:27:26.979 --> 00:27:27.319
 of the

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.639
 Lord is

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.059
 the work

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.379
 of the

00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:29.740
 gospel.

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:29.779
 gospel.

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.279
 It's

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.759
 making

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.299
 Jesus

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.799
 Christ

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.440
 known to

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.460
 people who

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.960
 do not

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.200
 know

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.680
 Christ.

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.200
 It's

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.539
 about

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.579
 investing

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:38.880
 our

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.460
 life,

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.299
 our

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.039
 time,

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:41.680
 our

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.140
 money,

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.079
 into the

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.440
 one

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.920
 thing

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.799
 that is

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.339
 going to

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.019
 last for

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.599
 eternity.

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.559
 Do you

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.420
 believe in

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.579
 the

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.079
 resurrection?

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.480
 If it

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.880
 does,

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.240
 if you

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.539
 do,

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.720
 you will

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.099
 give your

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.660
 life to

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.019
 the work

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.319
 of the

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.680
 gospel.

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.019
 Let me

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.480
 show you

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.940
 briefly.

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.620
 Three

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.240
 very

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.759
 practical

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.559
 ways this

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:02.920
 is going

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.319
 to mean

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.880
 change.

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.880
 First,

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.339
 it's going

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:05.960
 to affect

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.859
 your

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.539
 attitude to

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.720
 your

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.240
 possessions,

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:08.839
 to your

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.099
 money,

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.620
 what you

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:09.980
 do with

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.240
 it.

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.819
 Francis

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.299
 Schaeffer

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.579
 was a

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:14.960
 Christian

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.620
 thinker

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.420
 and writer.

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.640
 He wrote

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.160
 an essay,

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:18.920
 you can

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.380
 look it up

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:19.660
 on the

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.000
 internet,

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.559
 it's called

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.519
 Ash Heap

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.240
 Lives.

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.480
 Ash Heap

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.960
 Lives.

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.900
 He writes

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.279
 this,

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:26.980
 Have you

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.579
 ever walked

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.319
 through a

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.079
 city dump?

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.980
 You should.

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.440
 When I was

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.180
 growing up in

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.759
 Philadelphia,

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.920
 I would hike

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.759
 every Saturday.

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.039
 To get to the

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.839
 clean air of the

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:39.099
 country, I used

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.720
 to save a

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.160
 couple of

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.759
 miles by

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.259
 trampling

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.819
 through the

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.519
 city dump.

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.099
 I have never

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:45.000
 forgotten this.

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.160
 It was a

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.640
 place of

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.099
 junk,

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.299
 fire,

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.880
 and stench.

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.240
 It has

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.740
 helped me

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.839
 tremendously to

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.640
 think back on

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.180
 that place,

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.299
 because even

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.960
 as a boy,

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.200
 I realised

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.960
 that I saw

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:59.160
 there almost

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.519
 everything people

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.240
 spend their

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.799
 money on.

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.200
 That was

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.860
 where their

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.580
 investment

00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:05.700
 ended.

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.340
 You see,

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.559
 think about

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.120
 all the

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:12.000
 stuff we

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.980
 buy and

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.559
 accumulate.

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.279
 Fast forward

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.940
 10,

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.480
 20,

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.559
 50 years,

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.240
 decaying,

00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:21.019
 rotting,

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:21.759
 rusting,

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:23.059
 rubbish.

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:26.819
 If you

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.179
 and I

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:27.899
 believe in

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.039
 the

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.599
 resurrection,

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.379
 we will

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.179
 invest in

00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:31.819
 stuff,

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:33.460
 not in

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:33.980
 stuff that

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.440
 doesn't

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.859
 last,

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.399
 but in

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:36.759
 the work

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.059
 of the

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.440
 gospel,

00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:38.139
 because,

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.480
 look at

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.740
 the end

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.039
 of verse

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.519
 58,

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.859
 you know

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.359
 that your

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:43.179
 labour in

00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:43.559
 the Lord

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.299
 is not

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.619
 in vain.

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:48.740
 So it

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:48.960
 will mean

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.519
 change in

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.679
 our

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.159
 possessions,

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.019
 and it

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.259
 will mean

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.839
 change in

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.019
 our

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.579
 decisions.

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.980
 See,

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.419
 most of

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:56.899
 the time

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.379
 our

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.899
 decisions

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:59.459
 are around

00:29:59.459 --> 00:30:00.379
 securing a

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:00.779
 good and

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.159
 comfortable

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.720
 life.

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.579
 Isn't that

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:02.879
 what we

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.539
 encourage our

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.099
 children to

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.319
 do?

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.000
 Get a

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.599
 good job,

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.379
 healthy

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.799
 income,

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.519
 nice house,

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.000
 secure

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.419
 pension,

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.299
 that's the

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.839
 things that

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.179
 matter.

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.599
 But what

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.379
 if you

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:13.779
 were to

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.480
 sacrifice

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.339
 the good

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:17.299
 life for

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.459
 gospel work

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:19.139
 where Christ

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.639
 is not

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:19.879
 now?

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.119
 What would

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.539
 it mean

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.139
 for you

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:23.280
 to move

00:30:23.280 --> 00:30:23.800
 to another

00:30:23.800 --> 00:30:24.520
 country where

00:30:24.520 --> 00:30:25.200
 Christ is

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.759
 not yet

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.140
 known,

00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.560
 and leave

00:30:27.560 --> 00:30:27.980
 the good

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.520
 life,

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.220
 so that

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.580
 you can

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:30.800
 bring

00:30:30.800 --> 00:30:31.300
 Christ?

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:33.860
 Well,

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.520
 because the

00:30:34.520 --> 00:30:35.380
 resurrection is

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.820
 true,

00:30:36.540 --> 00:30:37.500
 because he

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.300
 believed in

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:38.920
 the resurrection,

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.020
 Paul made

00:30:40.020 --> 00:30:40.740
 sacrificial

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.300
 decisions.

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.840
 Look back

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.180
 at verse

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.740
 31.

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.220
 This is the

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.920
 effect it

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.640
 had on his

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.100
 life.

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.300
 Verse 31.

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:49.240
 I die

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.659
 every day.

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.619
 A little

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.180
 bit of me

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.980
 dies every

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.259
 day.

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.079
 I mean

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.339
 that,

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.919
 brothers and

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.240
 sisters,

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:55.940
 just as

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.599
 surely as I

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.419
 glory over

00:30:57.419 --> 00:30:57.899
 you in

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.779
 Christ Jesus

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.799
 our Lord.

00:31:02.919 --> 00:31:03.700
 In his

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.619
 decision-making

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.359
 about life,

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.720
 he was

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.379
 willing to

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:07.079
 give of

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.720
 his life,

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:08.759
 to make

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.700
 sacrifices,

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.940
 because he

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.379
 knew it

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.000
 counted for

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.519
 eternity.

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.720
 So think

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.500
 about this.

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.200
 Every

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.680
 Sunday

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.160
 school

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.900
 lesson you

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.519
 prepare,

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.920
 instead of

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.579
 watching your

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:23.200
 favorite TV

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.619
 show,

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.039
 or every

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.960
 Friday and

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.720
 weekend you

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.660
 sacrifice for

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.240
 The Rock,

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.339
 every hour

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:31.339
 of me time

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:32.079
 you let go

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.779
 of to serve

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.420
 in polo,

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.720
 every person

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.420
 you invite

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:35.960
 into your

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.519
 home and

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.900
 serve,

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.879
 even if

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.259
 you've had

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.680
 a long

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.160
 week and

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.359
 you're

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.920
 tired,

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.920
 every visit

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.460
 and phone

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:42.920
 call you

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.320
 make to

00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:43.700
 somebody,

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.600
 even when

00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:45.259
 you feel

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.779
 fed up,

00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:46.420
 is a

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:46.920
 decision

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.720
 well made

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.340
 because,

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:48.940
 end of

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.580
 verse 58,

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.279
 you know

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.080
 that your

00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:51.779
 labor in

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.240
 the Lord

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.920
 is not

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.759
 in vain.

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.380
 It

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.259
 affects our

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.779
 everyday

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.320
 to day

00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:59.060
 decisions,

00:31:59.600 --> 00:32:00.019
 if we

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.580
 believe in

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.200
 the resurrection.

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.620
 And

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.160
 last,

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:07.240
 it affects

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.500
 our

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.259
 conversations

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.759
 with other

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.160
 people.

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:12.700
 talking

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.100
 about

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:13.540
 Jesus,

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.880
 his

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.220
 death

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.420
 and

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.960
 resurrection

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.279
 is

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.600
 perhaps

00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:16.960
 one of

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.100
 the

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.420
 hardest

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.820
 things

00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.000
 we

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.259
 have

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.420
 to

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.660
 do.

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.900
 It's

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.220
 never

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.620
 easy,

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:20.880
 I

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.259
 struggle

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.779
 with it.

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.360
 Don't

00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:24.060
 we fear

00:32:24.060 --> 00:32:24.640
 what people

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.040
 are going

00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:25.580
 to say?

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.820
 And because

00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:27.500
 we fear

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.000
 people's

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.480
 responses,

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:28.980
 we say

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.340
 nothing.

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:31.540
 What if

00:32:31.540 --> 00:32:32.160
 I lose

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.920
 my friend

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.600
 over this?

00:32:34.540 --> 00:32:35.180
 What if

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.880
 people think

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.500
 I'm weird

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.860
 and a

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.420
 nutcase?

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:38.380
 What if

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:38.960
 I go to

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.220
 another

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.000
 country and

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.559
 I actually

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.440
 die for

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.079
 speaking the

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.440
 gospel?

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.859
 Because

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.559
 people do.

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.640
 Well,

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:48.099
 let me put

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.440
 all this

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.000
 another way.

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.519
 What would

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.039
 it mean

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:53.559
 if I

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.559
 keep my

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.460
 friends in

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.200
 this life

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:58.839
 but lose

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.559
 my friends

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.119
 for all

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.640
 eternity?

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.480
 What would

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.900
 it mean

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.680
 to save

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.480
 your life

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.279
 in this

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.759
 life

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:08.900
 life?

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.700
 But

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.379
 lose it

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:13.079
 for all

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.599
 eternity.

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.720
 Do you

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.099
 remember the

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.539
 words of

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.980
 Jesus?

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.859
 Whoever

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.579
 wants to

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.259
 save his

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.859
 life will

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.460
 lose it,

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.359
 but whoever

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.259
 loses his

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.259
 life for me

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.920
 and the

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.359
 gospel

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.900
 will save

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.200
 it.

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.859
 Do you

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:34.519
 believe in

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.659
 the

00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:35.219
 resurrection

00:33:35.219 --> 00:33:35.879
 of Jesus

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.359
 Christ

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.740
 from the

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.039
 dead?

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.919
 I don't

00:33:38.919 --> 00:33:39.359
 mean do

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:39.939
 you agree

00:33:39.939 --> 00:33:40.359
 with it

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.759
 or can

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.339
 you sign

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:41.839
 and tick

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.419
 the right

00:33:42.419 --> 00:33:42.879
 box?

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.139
 But has

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.779
 the truth

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.119
 of the

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.659
 resurrection

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.459
 changed

00:33:47.459 --> 00:33:47.899
 your

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.659
 life?

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:51.079
 That's the

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.639
 test of

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:52.059
 whether you

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.779
 believe the

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.259
 resurrection.

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.059
 Does it

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.879
 change you?

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.740
 Have you

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.299
 become a

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.539
 different person

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.259
 because of

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.500
 it?

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.059
 Has it

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.740
 changed your

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.619
 attitude towards

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.359
 your possessions

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:03.819
 and your

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.099
 money?

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.039
 Has it

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.659
 changed how

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.079
 you make

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.639
 decisions?

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.279
 Is it

00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:09.259
 comfort or

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:09.539
 is it

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.079
 sacrifice?

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:12.799
 does it

00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:13.500
 change how

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.000
 you think

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.500
 about the

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.159
 conversations

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.759
 you'll have

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.539
 with that

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.440
 person tomorrow

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.019
 at work?

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.079
 Well it's

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.579
 bank holiday

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.239
 tomorrow so

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.639
 the next

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:20.880
 day.

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.699
 Listen to

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.159
 this.

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.940
 Our life

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:30.119
 is but a

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.579
 moment.

00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.319
 A

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.799
 breath.

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.920
 It's the

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.420
 tick of a

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.840
 clock.

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.440
 A blink of

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.799
 an eye.

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:39.960
 a click

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.260
 of the

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:40.660
 fingers.

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:43.160
 You get

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:43.980
 one life.

00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:46.280
 One chance.

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.160
 There's no

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.640
 replay.

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.820
 There's no

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.740
 rewind button.

00:34:54.060 --> 00:34:55.240
 Don't live

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.820
 for the

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.320
 moment.

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.860
 Live for

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.440
 the gospel

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:02.000
 because you

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.500
 know that

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.060
 your labor

00:35:04.060 --> 00:35:04.480
 in the

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.200
 Lord is

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:06.080
 not in

00:35:06.080 --> 00:35:06.360
 vain.

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:09.280
 let's

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.559
 pray.

00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:21.640
 As we

00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:22.559
 reflect

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:25.539
 maybe

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.180
 there's just

00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:26.880
 one thing

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.500
 that we want

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.980
 to take

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.860
 away today.

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:29.680
!

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.200
 olabilir.

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:36.240
 I love you crazy.

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:36.720
 That's

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.180
 what I

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:37.500
 have to

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.660
 go.

00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:40.740
 stop

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:41.240
 you

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:42.599
 okay.

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.400
 it's

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:56.660
 Mis