WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.339 This morning is from 1 Corinthians chapter 6, verses 12 to 20, and that's on page 1148 of the Church Bibles. 00:00:11.019 --> 00:00:13.820 1 Corinthians 6, beginning at verse 12. 00:00:15.500 --> 00:00:19.379 Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is beneficial. 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:25.400 Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:29.480 Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.899 But God will destroy them both. 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:38.899 The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:44.799 By his power, God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 00:00:45.980 --> 00:00:49.060 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:53.780 Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:55.100 Never. 00:00:55.100 --> 00:01:01.079 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? 00:01:01.820 --> 00:01:05.140 For it is said, the two will become one flesh. 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:11.079 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:14.579 Slee from sexual immorality. 00:01:15.219 --> 00:01:18.079 All other sins a man commits are outside his body. 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.920 But he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 00:01:22.980 --> 00:01:27.000 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:29.259 whom you have received from God? 00:01:29.759 --> 00:01:30.819 You are not your own. 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:32.680 You were bought at a price. 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:35.780 Therefore, honour God with your body. 00:01:43.660 --> 00:01:44.540 Thanks, Chris. 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:46.720 Well, please keep your Bibles open. 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:51.600 We're going to pray and then look at this section together. 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:53.400 So let's pray together. 00:01:53.400 --> 00:02:22.920 Father, we have many gifts from you. 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:24.400 Father, we have many gifts from you. 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:32.280 And the Holy Spirit is another wonderful gift that you have given to your church, your people. 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:40.740 And it's for his help we ask right now that we may hear your word. 00:02:42.939 --> 00:02:45.280 That we may apply it to our lives. 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:48.939 That you may change us. 00:02:48.939 --> 00:02:55.139 And that we may put right in our lives the things that dishonour you. 00:02:56.500 --> 00:03:01.020 So that we may live lives that bring honour to you. 00:03:02.979 --> 00:03:05.680 So help us now, we pray in Jesus' name. 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:07.020 Amen. 00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:17.060 Carigaline Fornication Church. 00:03:19.060 --> 00:03:23.140 What would you feel if you read that on the front page of the Carigdown? 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:27.700 Pastor sleeps with prostitute. 00:03:27.699 --> 00:03:30.979 What would you think? 00:03:32.519 --> 00:03:36.219 Well, that's what was happening to the church in Corinth. 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:39.539 Have a look at the middle of verse 13. 00:03:40.699 --> 00:03:45.039 The body is not meant for sexual immorality. 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:48.419 Verse 16. 00:03:48.419 --> 00:03:55.560 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? 00:03:57.959 --> 00:03:58.919 Verse 18. 00:03:59.179 --> 00:04:02.060 Flee from sexual immorality. 00:04:04.060 --> 00:04:08.699 You see, Corinth as a city was well known for its promiscuous lifestyle. 00:04:09.539 --> 00:04:13.159 It was one of the world's leading centres in trade and commerce. 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:15.960 But it had a very liberal view of life. 00:04:16.980 --> 00:04:22.300 In fact, the name Corinth became associated with sexual immorality. 00:04:23.779 --> 00:04:29.779 And to act like a Corinthian was to commit fornication. 00:04:30.459 --> 00:04:32.819 To have sex outside of marriage. 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:37.819 And the problem is, what was well known in city life 00:04:37.819 --> 00:04:42.399 was becoming well known in church life. 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:48.760 It was deeply rooted within the life of the church. 00:04:49.980 --> 00:04:53.740 Now, what had happened then, although it's many, many years ago, 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:55.840 can still happen today. 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:58.980 A recent survey that I looked at, 00:04:59.760 --> 00:05:03.820 which was conducted among the 18 to 35-year-old age group, 00:05:03.940 --> 00:05:10.280 showed that 80% say sex before marriage is never wrong. 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:17.599 32% say that one-night stands are never wrong. 00:05:18.099 --> 00:05:23.739 While an additional 38% say it's sometimes wrong. 00:05:25.139 --> 00:05:29.719 67% of young men and 49% of young women 00:05:29.719 --> 00:05:34.619 say viewing porn is an acceptable way to express one's sexuality. 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:40.100 And the reason for this attitude is individual choice, 00:05:40.860 --> 00:05:44.759 personal conscience, and our consumer culture. 00:05:45.280 --> 00:05:48.199 We live in an anything-goes society. 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:52.019 But it's not just outside the church. 00:05:53.019 --> 00:05:56.500 It's also inside the church. 00:05:56.500 --> 00:06:01.180 Another survey, which was conducted in the UK, 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:04.680 but I think it still applies to the Irish theme, 00:06:05.579 --> 00:06:08.180 showed that 50% of Christian men 00:06:08.180 --> 00:06:11.079 and 25% of Christian women 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:13.480 are addicted to porn. 00:06:14.540 --> 00:06:15.779 In a church of 100, 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:18.959 that breaks down to one out of every three. 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:23.979 Another showed that 31% of Christians 00:06:23.979 --> 00:06:28.000 had sexual partners before marriage. 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:32.779 But it's not just the young and the unmarried. 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:35.899 Increasingly, pastors are counselling marriages 00:06:35.899 --> 00:06:38.979 that have broken down because of an affair. 00:06:40.139 --> 00:06:41.459 We too, it seems, 00:06:41.599 --> 00:06:44.419 are driven by our individual choice, 00:06:44.859 --> 00:06:46.500 our personal conscience, 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:48.719 and our consumer culture. 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:52.279 And as we look at all of this, 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:54.299 we must be clear as well to say 00:06:54.299 --> 00:06:56.959 that sex is not wrong. 00:06:57.579 --> 00:07:01.919 It is a beautiful and it's a wonderful gift from God. 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:06.179 But only in the context of a marriage relationship 00:07:06.179 --> 00:07:08.759 between one man and one woman. 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:11.259 And anything outside of that 00:07:11.259 --> 00:07:12.759 damages our lives 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:16.899 and distorts our relationships. 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:23.159 For the church in Corinth back in the first century 00:07:23.159 --> 00:07:25.519 and the church today, 00:07:26.239 --> 00:07:30.239 it seems that everything is permissible. 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:34.079 Have a look at verse 12 of our reading. 00:07:34.799 --> 00:07:36.279 The church cried out, 00:07:36.799 --> 00:07:38.919 everything is permissible for me. 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:43.199 But not everything is beneficial. 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:45.420 The church cried, 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.600 everything is permissible for me. 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:51.240 But I will not be mastered 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:53.000 by anything. 00:07:54.140 --> 00:07:57.020 It seems they had accepted this liberal approach 00:07:57.020 --> 00:07:58.780 to sex in the church. 00:07:58.779 --> 00:08:00.799 We can do what we're like. 00:08:00.919 --> 00:08:02.299 We're free people. 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:04.579 We're saved by God's grace. 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:07.719 We're no longer under law and under rules. 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:10.079 I've been accepted by Christ. 00:08:11.539 --> 00:08:14.459 Sure, it's no big deal if I sleep with my girlfriend. 00:08:15.099 --> 00:08:16.519 God will forgive me. 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:19.279 And what harm is there 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:20.919 if I do watch a little bit of porn? 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:23.899 God doesn't really hold those things against us. 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:26.599 We're free in Christ. 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:28.519 We can do what we like. 00:08:30.259 --> 00:08:32.419 But this is a complete distortion 00:08:32.419 --> 00:08:35.539 of God's amazing grace towards us. 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:37.240 Have a look back at verse 11, 00:08:37.939 --> 00:08:39.439 which we looked at last week. 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:42.399 Chapter 6, verse 11. 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:46.039 And that is what some of you were. 00:08:47.199 --> 00:08:47.759 In other words, 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:50.159 this is the way you used to live. 00:08:50.500 --> 00:08:52.379 But now that you've come to Christ, 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:53.759 your life has changed. 00:08:54.199 --> 00:08:55.519 You were washed. 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:58.639 Your sin has been dealt with. 00:08:58.720 --> 00:08:59.980 All your guilt and shame 00:08:59.980 --> 00:09:01.179 has been cleaned away. 00:09:01.539 --> 00:09:02.939 You were sanctified. 00:09:03.579 --> 00:09:05.019 You've now been set apart 00:09:05.019 --> 00:09:06.559 to live in God's way. 00:09:07.059 --> 00:09:08.120 You are justified. 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:10.319 That means you are now treated 00:09:10.319 --> 00:09:12.079 as God's own son. 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:14.980 Loved and treasured by him. 00:09:15.420 --> 00:09:17.720 All in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:19.660 and by the Spirit of our God. 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:22.120 Yes, this was the kind of behaviour 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:23.540 you used to live in. 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:26.620 But now you've been made holy. 00:09:27.460 --> 00:09:30.000 You've been set apart for God. 00:09:32.800 --> 00:09:35.660 So everything is not beneficial 00:09:35.660 --> 00:09:38.160 within the Christian life. 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:41.240 In fact, this freedom was twisted 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:43.219 to separate the physical 00:09:43.219 --> 00:09:44.860 from the spiritual. 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:49.539 Look at verse 13. 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:52.059 Food for the stomach 00:09:52.059 --> 00:09:55.059 and the stomach for food. 00:09:56.059 --> 00:09:57.919 It's a strange saying, isn't it? 00:09:58.500 --> 00:09:59.699 Well, in Greek culture, 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:02.600 the physical was disconnected 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:04.019 from the spiritual. 00:10:04.019 --> 00:10:06.840 So what you did with your physical body 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:08.740 had no effect, they said, 00:10:08.779 --> 00:10:10.480 on your spiritual life. 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:12.840 Just as eating what you want 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:13.679 is not wrong, 00:10:14.179 --> 00:10:16.159 so having sex with who you want 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:16.919 is not wrong. 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:18.519 Food for the stomach 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:20.079 and stomach for the food. 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:22.679 Or to turn it around in another way, 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:24.120 sex for the body 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:25.659 and body for sex. 00:10:25.819 --> 00:10:27.600 It's just a physical function. 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:28.940 What's the harm? 00:10:32.980 --> 00:10:34.159 Well, we mightn't take 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:35.600 such an extreme view, 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:38.320 but I think those attitudes 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:39.480 are still there. 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.659 We separate the physical 00:10:41.659 --> 00:10:42.759 from the spiritual. 00:10:43.899 --> 00:10:45.920 Oh yes, having an affair is wrong. 00:10:46.300 --> 00:10:48.580 I'd never do anything like that. 00:10:49.860 --> 00:10:51.600 But watching a little bit of porn 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:53.440 is not going to harm my marriage, 00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:53.879 is it? 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:58.000 Having multiple partners 00:10:58.000 --> 00:10:59.000 is not right. 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:01.559 I'd never do anything like that. 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:03.899 But sleeping with the same person 00:11:03.899 --> 00:11:04.799 before marriage, 00:11:04.860 --> 00:11:06.700 so long as I'm committed to them, 00:11:07.340 --> 00:11:08.120 that's okay. 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:12.679 Or having a one-night stand. 00:11:13.059 --> 00:11:14.860 I mean, it's not such a big issue, 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:15.500 is it really? 00:11:15.500 --> 00:11:18.419 As long as it didn't mean anything. 00:11:18.419 --> 00:11:23.539 No, we cannot separate 00:11:23.539 --> 00:11:25.439 the physical from the spiritual. 00:11:25.959 --> 00:11:27.439 These things do matter. 00:11:27.839 --> 00:11:29.939 What we do with our physical body 00:11:29.939 --> 00:11:31.959 has a profound effect 00:11:31.959 --> 00:11:33.899 on our spiritual life. 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:36.839 Verse 13, the end of verse 13. 00:11:37.219 --> 00:11:38.899 The body is not meant 00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:40.259 for sexual immorality, 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:41.979 but for the Lord. 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.099 And the Lord for the body. 00:11:45.100 --> 00:11:47.680 You see, our physical bodies 00:11:47.680 --> 00:11:48.560 that we have, 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:51.139 they do not belong to us 00:11:51.139 --> 00:11:53.720 to do with whatever we like. 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:55.980 They belong to the Lord. 00:11:56.300 --> 00:11:57.279 He created us. 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.180 He made us. 00:11:58.460 --> 00:12:00.200 And we are here to serve Him 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:01.800 and to honour Him. 00:12:04.500 --> 00:12:06.379 We're going to look at three things 00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:07.379 that show us 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:10.060 that what we do with our bodies 00:12:10.060 --> 00:12:11.980 really matters. 00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:15.220 And before we look at them, 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:16.440 I need to just point out 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:17.539 that the three titles 00:12:17.539 --> 00:12:18.420 that I have here 00:12:18.420 --> 00:12:19.899 are not original. 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:21.580 I've stolen them. 00:12:21.659 --> 00:12:22.480 I couldn't make them 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:23.539 any better myself. 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:24.440 So there we are. 00:12:24.779 --> 00:12:25.720 Here's the first one. 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:27.460 The Christian body 00:12:27.460 --> 00:12:28.600 is raised 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.519 by God the Father. 00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:31.600 So the reason why 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:32.639 our bodies matter 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:33.500 are first, 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:34.620 the Christian body 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:36.039 is raised 00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:37.620 by God the Father. 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:39.159 So look at verse 14. 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:41.460 By His power, 00:12:41.460 --> 00:12:43.280 God raised the Lord 00:12:43.280 --> 00:12:44.379 from the dead 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:49.060 and He will raise us also. 00:12:50.300 --> 00:12:50.740 You see, 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:52.240 when Jesus was raised 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:52.940 from the dead, 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:54.639 He was raised 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:56.759 with a physical body. 00:12:58.240 --> 00:12:59.519 He actually goes on 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:00.280 to talk about 00:13:00.280 --> 00:13:01.379 all of this 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:02.580 in chapter 15. 00:13:02.780 --> 00:13:03.639 Have a look with me 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:04.820 if you just go forward 00:13:04.820 --> 00:13:05.840 to chapter 15 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:07.820 in 1 Corinthians. 00:13:08.780 --> 00:13:10.560 Chapter 15, verse 3. 00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:13.139 And in that whole chapter 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:14.040 He talks about 00:13:14.040 --> 00:13:15.240 the resurrection. 00:13:17.040 --> 00:13:19.040 Chapter 15, verse 3. 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:20.879 We see here 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:22.420 that Christ was raised 00:13:22.420 --> 00:13:24.160 with a physical body. 00:13:25.560 --> 00:13:26.600 Verse 3. 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:28.159 So what I received 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:29.360 I passed on to you 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:30.740 as of first importance. 00:13:31.779 --> 00:13:32.340 That 1. 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:33.340 Christ died 00:13:33.340 --> 00:13:34.379 for our sins 00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:36.080 according to the scriptures. 00:13:36.820 --> 00:13:37.540 That 2. 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.500 He was buried. 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:40.560 3. 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.720 He was raised 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:42.920 on the third day 00:13:42.920 --> 00:13:44.220 according to the scriptures. 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:45.220 And 4. 00:13:45.300 --> 00:13:46.259 That He appeared 00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:47.360 to Peter. 00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:48.800 And then He appeared 00:13:48.800 --> 00:13:49.899 to the twelve. 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:50.800 And after that 00:13:50.800 --> 00:13:51.420 He appeared 00:13:51.420 --> 00:13:52.600 to more than 500 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:53.519 of the brothers 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:54.879 at the same time 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:56.299 most of whom 00:13:56.299 --> 00:13:57.519 are still living. 00:13:58.779 --> 00:13:59.139 You see, 00:13:59.240 --> 00:13:59.539 Jesus, 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:00.720 when He rose again 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.419 from the grave, 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:02.720 He wasn't a ghost. 00:14:03.079 --> 00:14:03.740 He wasn't just 00:14:03.740 --> 00:14:05.039 a floating soul 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:06.579 moving around the place. 00:14:06.939 --> 00:14:08.220 Jesus was a risen, 00:14:08.740 --> 00:14:09.539 living person 00:14:09.539 --> 00:14:10.960 with a physical body 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:11.919 that would never 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:13.860 decay or die again. 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:15.579 And what God 00:14:15.579 --> 00:14:17.199 has done for Jesus, 00:14:18.199 --> 00:14:19.240 God will do 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:20.480 for those 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:21.699 who love Him. 00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:23.440 So have a look 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:24.400 at chapter 15 00:14:24.400 --> 00:14:25.700 verse 42. 00:14:28.280 --> 00:14:29.540 See what it says there? 00:14:29.660 --> 00:14:30.780 Chapter 15 00:14:30.780 --> 00:14:31.560 verse 42. 00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:33.200 So will it be 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:34.200 with the resurrection 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:34.940 of the dead. 00:14:35.020 --> 00:14:35.920 The body that is 00:14:35.920 --> 00:14:37.060 sown perishable, 00:14:38.060 --> 00:14:39.220 well, it will be raised 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:40.500 imperishable. 00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:42.520 It's sown in dishonour. 00:14:42.680 --> 00:14:43.780 But it's raised 00:14:43.780 --> 00:14:44.420 in glory. 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:45.580 It's sown in weakness. 00:14:45.780 --> 00:14:47.160 It's raised in power. 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:48.900 It's sown a natural body. 00:14:48.900 --> 00:14:49.720 It is raised 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:51.500 a spiritual body. 00:14:52.680 --> 00:14:53.520 You see, 00:14:53.660 --> 00:14:54.200 for God, 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:56.020 our resurrection life 00:14:56.020 --> 00:14:57.120 isn't just physical, 00:14:57.300 --> 00:14:58.280 isn't just spiritual, 00:14:58.660 --> 00:14:59.620 it's physical. 00:15:00.020 --> 00:15:00.980 One day the Lord 00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:02.400 is going to return again 00:15:02.400 --> 00:15:03.600 and He's going to establish 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:04.480 a new heavens 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:05.360 and a new earth 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:06.980 and this broken, 00:15:07.460 --> 00:15:08.280 decaying, 00:15:08.560 --> 00:15:10.040 disease-ridden world 00:15:10.040 --> 00:15:11.580 is all going to be 00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:12.280 put right 00:15:12.280 --> 00:15:14.620 and we will be raised 00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:15.580 with physical, 00:15:16.040 --> 00:15:17.160 brand new bodies 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:19.059 so that we can 00:15:19.059 --> 00:15:20.500 enjoy it. 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:22.500 Look at verse 51 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:23.620 of the same chapter. 00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:26.439 Listen, I tell you a mystery. 00:15:26.819 --> 00:15:27.959 We will not all sleep 00:15:27.959 --> 00:15:29.039 but we will be 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:30.159 changed 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:31.419 in a flash, 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.779 in the twinkling of an eye, 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:34.419 at the last trumpet. 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:36.259 For the trumpet will sound, 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:38.039 the dead will be raised 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:38.980 imperishable 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:40.740 and we will be 00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:41.939 changed. 00:15:41.940 --> 00:15:42.120 changed. 00:15:42.920 --> 00:15:45.400 We are going to have 00:15:45.400 --> 00:15:46.500 brand new bodies. 00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:47.120 Now, 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:48.960 if all of that is true, 00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:52.740 it has a profound impact 00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:54.820 on how we live our life 00:15:54.820 --> 00:15:55.660 today. 00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:58.639 So look in the same chapter, 00:15:58.819 --> 00:15:59.679 verse 58. 00:16:00.939 --> 00:16:01.939 The conclusion 00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:03.120 of the truth 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.980 of the resurrection 00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:05.339 and our physical bodies. 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:06.199 Look what it says 00:16:06.199 --> 00:16:07.079 in verse 58. 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:07.879 Therefore, 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:09.480 because of that truth, 00:16:09.839 --> 00:16:11.299 my dear brothers and sisters, 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:12.199 stand firm, 00:16:12.579 --> 00:16:13.939 let nothing move you, 00:16:14.299 --> 00:16:15.740 always give yourselves 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:16.299 fully 00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:18.039 to the work of the Lord 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:19.319 because you know 00:16:19.319 --> 00:16:20.179 that your labour 00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:21.019 in the Lord 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:22.399 is not 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:23.620 in vain. 00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:26.519 Do you see the connection? 00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:27.960 Because our bodies 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:29.179 are going to be raised, 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.539 we are now 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.860 to use our bodies 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:33.259 to serve the Lord 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.899 well today. 00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:38.419 Why are we saying 00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:39.060 all of this? 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:41.120 Well, 00:16:41.179 --> 00:16:42.799 because sexual immorality 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:44.879 actually hinders 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:46.600 our service 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.980 for God. 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:50.620 If we behave 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.960 in ways we shouldn't do, 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:53.340 it affects 00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:54.360 how we serve 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:54.820 the Lord. 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.320 Listen to this 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:57.920 very provocative quote 00:16:57.920 --> 00:16:59.700 from John Piper 00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:01.560 and it's directed 00:17:01.560 --> 00:17:02.280 particularly 00:17:02.280 --> 00:17:04.019 at the younger men, 00:17:04.360 --> 00:17:05.100 to all men. 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:07.220 Here's what he says. 00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.259 A young man 00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:10.319 hears a challenging 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.880 call 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:12.360 to throw himself 00:17:12.360 --> 00:17:13.740 into the cause 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:15.340 of world evangelisation 00:17:15.340 --> 00:17:16.559 or intermission. 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:18.539 He feels the promptings 00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.539 of the Holy Spirit. 00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:20.799 He tastes 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.440 the thrill 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.039 of following 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.559 Jesus, 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:23.519 the King of Kings, 00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:24.220 into battle. 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:26.960 But he does not 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.619 obey 00:17:27.619 --> 00:17:29.359 because he is 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:30.259 viewing porn, 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:31.859 masturbating 00:17:31.859 --> 00:17:32.980 or sleeping around. 00:17:33.399 --> 00:17:34.099 He feels 00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:34.659 guilty. 00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.779 He can hardly 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.859 imagine witnessing 00:17:36.859 --> 00:17:37.980 to a pretty girl 00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:39.240 about the eternal 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:40.399 plight of her soul 00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:41.399 because he is 00:17:41.399 --> 00:17:42.420 so habitually 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:43.519 looked at a girl's 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.460 naked image 00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:45.920 in his imagination. 00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.980 So he feels 00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:49.220 unworthy 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:51.420 and unable 00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:52.839 to obey 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:53.539 the call 00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.779 of God. 00:17:56.120 --> 00:17:56.940 Do you see 00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.740 what he's saying? 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:00.079 What we do 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.059 with our bodies 00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:01.860 matter 00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:03.500 because 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.740 what we do 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.579 affects whether 00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:06.980 we serve the Lord 00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:08.019 as we ought to 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:09.120 or not. 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:10.500 Remember, 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.440 we are raised 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:12.700 with a physical body. 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.660 We will be raised 00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.960 a glorious body 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:17.100 in God's new 00:18:17.100 --> 00:18:18.480 and perfect world. 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.960 So start living 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.660 that life 00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:21.519 now 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.860 with the body 00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:23.460 that God 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:24.660 has given to you. 00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:28.019 Second, 00:18:29.100 --> 00:18:31.259 the Christian body 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:32.960 has been united 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:34.059 with God's Son. 00:18:35.840 --> 00:18:36.480 So look at 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:37.200 verse 15. 00:18:38.600 --> 00:18:39.360 Back in 00:18:39.360 --> 00:18:40.640 1 Corinthians 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.600 chapter 6. 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:45.319 verse 15. 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:46.959 Do you not 00:18:46.959 --> 00:18:47.639 know that your 00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.240 bodies are 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.959 members of 00:18:48.959 --> 00:18:49.859 Christ himself? 00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:51.819 If we're 00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.399 Christians, 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.759 we have been 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.599 united to 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:55.059 Christ. 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:57.179 We are in 00:18:57.179 --> 00:18:57.939 Christ and 00:18:57.939 --> 00:18:58.959 Christ is in 00:18:58.959 --> 00:18:59.179 us. 00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.259 We're bound 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.599 together as 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.039 one. 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:02.980 That's why 00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.659 the church 00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:04.699 is called 00:19:04.699 --> 00:19:06.119 the body 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.859 of Christ. 00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.059 Together, 00:19:08.459 --> 00:19:09.399 as God's 00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:09.799 people, 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:11.059 we represent 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.720 Christ. 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.480 The gathered 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.319 people are 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.220 God's very 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:16.579 presence here 00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.180 on earth. 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.159 So that means 00:19:18.159 --> 00:19:18.919 what I do 00:19:18.919 --> 00:19:20.000 with my body 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:22.119 reflects who 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:23.159 Christ is 00:19:23.159 --> 00:19:24.399 to the world. 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:25.019 We are the 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.960 body of Christ 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.720 on earth. 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:29.259 So the question 00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:30.000 is asked in 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.480 the rest of 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.180 verse 15. 00:19:32.399 --> 00:19:33.000 Shall I then 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.460 take the 00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:34.099 members of 00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:35.480 Christ and 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:36.119 unite them 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:36.480 with a 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.180 prostitute? 00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.500 Never. 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:40.259 do you 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.819 not know 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.279 that he 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.019 who unites 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.700 himself with 00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.460 a prostitute 00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:43.920 is one 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:44.319 with her 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.859 in body? 00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:49.460 Could you 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.019 imagine a 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:51.500 husband who's 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:51.940 been away 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.539 on a trip? 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.920 He comes 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.519 back to his 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:55.160 wife after 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.619 the weekend 00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:57.819 away and 00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:58.640 she discovers 00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.619 that, well, 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.039 he's been 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.799 sleeping with 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.420 another woman. 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.299 Wondering what 00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:04.859 all the fuss 00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.319 is about, 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.859 he turns 00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:07.319 round to 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.799 his wife 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.079 and he 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.419 says, 00:20:08.679 --> 00:20:10.679 it didn't 00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:11.460 mean anything. 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.179 It's not 00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:13.679 like I 00:20:13.679 --> 00:20:14.439 knew her 00:20:14.439 --> 00:20:15.099 or anything. 00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.419 How do 00:20:17.419 --> 00:20:17.740 you think 00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.039 that would 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.399 make her 00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:18.700 feel? 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:20.879 Oh, 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.859 that's okay 00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:22.139 dear, 00:20:22.179 --> 00:20:22.519 as long 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:22.779 as it 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.079 didn't 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.559 mean 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:23.980 anything, 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:24.379 that's 00:20:24.379 --> 00:20:24.939 all right. 00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:27.039 No, 00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.619 that's not 00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.059 how she 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.519 feels. 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.480 She feels 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.279 hurt and 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.899 betrayed. 00:20:31.899 --> 00:20:32.740 It doesn't 00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.339 mean anything. 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.259 Of course 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.899 it means 00:20:34.899 --> 00:20:35.379 something. 00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:36.340 It means 00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:36.720 you have 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.200 become, 00:20:37.260 --> 00:20:37.520 look at 00:20:37.520 --> 00:20:37.820 the rest 00:20:37.820 --> 00:20:38.160 of verse 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.700 16, 00:20:39.800 --> 00:20:40.260 he says 00:20:40.260 --> 00:20:41.000 the two 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:42.200 will become 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:43.900 one flesh. 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:47.480 Now, 00:20:47.540 --> 00:20:47.920 can you see 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.520 the connection 00:20:48.520 --> 00:20:48.980 here? 00:20:50.020 --> 00:20:50.500 He's saying 00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.240 how can we 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:52.100 use our 00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:53.400 bodies for 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:54.160 sexually 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.120 immoral 00:20:55.120 --> 00:20:55.840 behaviour 00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:57.020 and say 00:20:57.020 --> 00:20:58.040 it doesn't 00:20:58.040 --> 00:20:59.600 mean anything 00:20:59.600 --> 00:21:00.520 spiritually? 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.300 Of course 00:21:02.300 --> 00:21:02.860 it means 00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.380 something. 00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:04.420 it means 00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:04.820 we are 00:21:04.820 --> 00:21:05.400 uniting 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.140 Christ 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:07.040 to our 00:21:07.040 --> 00:21:07.560 behaviour. 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.220 We're 00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.760 including 00:21:08.760 --> 00:21:09.360 Christ 00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:09.840 in what 00:21:09.840 --> 00:21:10.380 we do. 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.140 What I 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:12.060 do is 00:21:12.060 --> 00:21:12.680 I'm 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:12.980 bringing 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.500 Christ 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.300 into it. 00:21:15.540 --> 00:21:16.160 Remember, 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:17.560 we represent 00:21:17.560 --> 00:21:18.040 Christ, 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:18.880 we're united 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.480 to Christ, 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.160 we are 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.900 Christ's 00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.340 presence 00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:22.000 here on 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.240 earth. 00:21:22.540 --> 00:21:23.140 So how 00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:24.080 we behave 00:21:24.080 --> 00:21:25.020 is how 00:21:25.020 --> 00:21:25.840 Christ is 00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:26.120 being 00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.660 portrayed. 00:21:30.020 --> 00:21:30.740 Verse 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.340 17, 00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:33.220 but he 00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.939 who unites 00:21:33.939 --> 00:21:34.439 himself 00:21:34.439 --> 00:21:35.220 with the 00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.679 Lord 00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:37.559 is one 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.179 with him 00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:39.500 in spirit. 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.740 How can 00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.619 we pretend 00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.899 to be 00:21:44.899 --> 00:21:45.639 united to 00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:46.099 Christ 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:47.659 if in 00:21:47.659 --> 00:21:48.139 fact we 00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:48.819 are uniting 00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.579 ourselves to 00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.279 other things 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.659 and to 00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.419 other people? 00:21:52.179 --> 00:21:52.959 What we 00:21:52.959 --> 00:21:53.539 do with 00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.179 our body 00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:55.279 matters. 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:57.379 it declares 00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:57.960 to those 00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.639 around us 00:21:58.639 --> 00:22:00.339 who we 00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:01.039 are united 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.920 to. 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:09.019 So our 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.319 bodies 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:09.660 matter 00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.539 because the 00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.839 Christian 00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.379 body is 00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:12.200 raised by 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.639 God. 00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:14.220 It matters 00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.859 because we 00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.519 are united 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.299 with God's 00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.599 Son. 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.079 And third, 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:18.899 the Christian 00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.539 body is 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.139 occupied 00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:21.720 by God's 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.039 Spirit. 00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.980 Have a look 00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.319 at verse 00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:24.880 19. 00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.740 Do you 00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.200 not know 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.620 that your 00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:30.099 body, 00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.559 your physical 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.000 body, 00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.559 is a 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.140 temple of 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.539 the Holy 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.599 Spirit who 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.339 is in 00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.900 you, 00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.880 whom you've 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.519 received from 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:37.960 God? 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:41.019 It's an 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.440 amazing 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.019 statement. 00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.200 The Old 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.660 Testament 00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:46.120 temple that 00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.579 we read 00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.039 about in 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.440 the Old 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.099 Testament was 00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.440 the central 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.079 and focal 00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:51.019 point of 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.539 the city. 00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.940 God 00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:54.259 was the 00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.819 place where 00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.420 God came 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.039 to dwell 00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.639 with his 00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.079 people. 00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.539 Of course, 00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:59.039 we know that 00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.480 the temple 00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.960 could never 00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:01.259 contain God. 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:01.920 It was 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.500 simply a 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.859 way of 00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.420 God to 00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.000 show his 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.839 desire to 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.279 be with 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.799 his people. 00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.639 So in 00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.039 a sense, 00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.539 God was 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:07.940 saying, 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.639 I'm moving 00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.159 in with 00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:10.399 you. 00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.659 I want 00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:12.079 to be 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.639 with you. 00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.359 And all 00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.740 of that 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.299 imagery 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.839 was a 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.659 picture of 00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:18.819 God moving 00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.839 into our 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.480 physical 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.839 bodies by 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.319 his 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.079 spirit. 00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.679 So verse 00:23:24.679 --> 00:23:25.220 19, 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.039 do you 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.659 not know 00:23:26.659 --> 00:23:27.119 that your 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:28.299 body is 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.859 a temple 00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.459 of the 00:23:29.459 --> 00:23:30.240 Holy Spirit 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.759 who is 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.740 in you? 00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.859 God has 00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.720 made our 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.240 physical 00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:36.519 bodies his 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.659 home address. 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.419 If we are 00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:38.980 Christians, 00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:39.799 God is 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.059 saying, 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.159 I live 00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:42.159 in you. 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.699 Now again, 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.299 this has a 00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.139 profound effect 00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.819 on how we 00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.799 view our 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.199 physical 00:23:48.199 --> 00:23:48.639 bodies. 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.679 You see, 00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.339 the Spirit, 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.859 the Holy 00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.279 Spirit, 00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.079 is not 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.579 just a 00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.539 tenant that 00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:54.959 we can 00:23:54.959 --> 00:23:55.500 kick out 00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.899 when we 00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.319 like. 00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.799 He didn't 00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.240 just kind 00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.740 of arrive 00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.139 in and we 00:23:59.139 --> 00:23:59.339 go, 00:23:59.679 --> 00:23:59.919 sorry, 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.419 don't want 00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:00.919 you anymore 00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:01.419 and boot 00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:01.759 him out 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.139 again. 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.959 He's not 00:24:03.959 --> 00:24:04.439 a tenant. 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.519 He's our 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.519 new landlord 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.399 who's moved 00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.019 into our 00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.439 lives. 00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.220 He now 00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.000 decides what 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.500 is right 00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.000 and best 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.419 for us 00:24:11.419 --> 00:24:11.939 and how 00:24:11.939 --> 00:24:12.299 we should 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.659 live our 00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:13.019 life. 00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.799 In fact, 00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.220 like a 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.039 good landlord, 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.439 the Holy 00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:18.279 Spirit checks 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:19.399 every single 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.960 room in 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.540 our lives 00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:21.560 convicting 00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:22.080 us of 00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:22.600 our sin 00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:24.420 but also 00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.759 cleaning us 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.600 of our 00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:26.860 sin. 00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.900 So that 00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.420 means 00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:32.540 he's with 00:24:32.540 --> 00:24:34.100 you in 00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:34.600 the TV 00:24:34.600 --> 00:24:35.019 room. 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.200 He is 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.060 with you 00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:39.180 when you 00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:40.060 search the 00:24:40.060 --> 00:24:40.460 internet. 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.380 He is 00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.200 with you 00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.360 when you 00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:44.880 go to the 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.259 bedroom. 00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:47.339 the Spirit 00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.259 of God 00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.500 is in 00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.900 us 00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.720 urging 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.319 us 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.160 to live 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.680 pure 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.460 and holy 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:53.960 lives 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.140 and enabling 00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:55.779 us to 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.099 live 00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:56.980 holy 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.819 lives. 00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.279 Look at 00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.619 the rest 00:24:59.619 --> 00:24:59.960 of verse 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.500 19. 00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.539 You are 00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.379 not your 00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:03.720 own. 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.559 You were 00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.160 brought at 00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.900 a price. 00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.299 Look at 00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.000 the value 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.420 of your 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:10.740 life. 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.680 God gave 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.220 his life 00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.579 for you. 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.779 he died 00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.259 on the 00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.740 cross for 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:14.899 you. 00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.439 He's 00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:16.059 rescued 00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:16.519 you. 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.299 He's 00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.819 freed 00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.259 you from 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.740 a life 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.419 of sexual 00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:20.059 immorality 00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.939 which only 00:25:20.939 --> 00:25:21.679 enslaves 00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:22.079 us and 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.480 breaks 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.879 us and 00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.480 destroys 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.919 us. 00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.639 And now 00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:24.879 he's 00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.159 taken 00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:25.859 ownership 00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.379 of our 00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.779 lives 00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.399 so that 00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:27.899 we might 00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.480 live a 00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.319 guilt-free 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.059 life, 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:30.879 rid of 00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.359 shame, 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.099 rid of 00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.639 our sin, 00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.299 that we 00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.119 might serve 00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:34.519 God. 00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:34.919 Look at 00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:35.259 the end 00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.579 of verse 00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.019 20. 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.699 Therefore, 00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.720 honour 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.299 God 00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.059 with 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.579 your 00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.419 body. 00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.419 If we're 00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:44.019 Christians, 00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.359 our bodies 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.839 have been 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.539 redeemed 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.500 by God 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.799 and now 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.199 they are 00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:49.799 occupied 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.799 by God's 00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.579 Holy Spirit 00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.659 so let us 00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.439 use them 00:25:53.439 --> 00:25:53.859 to do 00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.740 good so 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.159 that we 00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:56.039 might reflect 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.759 the beauty 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.619 of Christ 00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.859 and the 00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.839 purity of 00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.279 Christ 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.579 to the 00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:01.960 world 00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:03.139 around us. 00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.679 So how 00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.179 we use 00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:06.879 our bodies 00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:08.859 really 00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.759 matters. 00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.939 But what 00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:14.259 does all 00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.559 of this 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:14.960 mean in 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.319 practice 00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.939 for us? 00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.220 Well, 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.579 look at 00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.259 verse 18. 00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.139 What does 00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.559 he say? 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.019 Flee 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.539 from 00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.419 sexual 00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:26.399 immorality. 00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.859 Run 00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.159 away 00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.819 from it. 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.619 Don't 00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.259 get caught 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.599 up in 00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:31.879 it. 00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:32.740 Use 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:32.939 your 00:26:32.939 --> 00:26:33.359 physical 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.839 bodies 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.099 to 00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.559 actually 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.399 move 00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:35.740 away 00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.079 from 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.399 it. 00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.259 All 00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.519 other 00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:39.960 sins 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.359 a man 00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:40.779 commits 00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.019 are 00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.599 outside 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:41.859 his 00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.220 body. 00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.799 But he 00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.619 who sins 00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.579 sexually 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:47.019 sins 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.519 against 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.879 his 00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.319 own 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.720 body. 00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:50.639 You 00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:50.899 see, 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.859 as we've 00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.259 been looking 00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.759 at through 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.299 Corinthians, 00:26:53.639 --> 00:26:54.519 all sin 00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.299 is serious. 00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.579 But 00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.279 sexual 00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.799 sin 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.399 ruins 00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.899 us 00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:00.480 in a 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.799 way 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.879 that 00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.419 all other 00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:02.859 sins 00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.599 do not. 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.359 You 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.559 see, 00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.059 sexual 00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.460 sin 00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.039 damages 00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.559 us 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.619 physically. 00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.259 STDs, 00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.039 which 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.480 in turn 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.039 can affect 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.259 the 00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.679 chances 00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:15.019 of 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.759 pregnancy. 00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.799 Sexual 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.179 sin 00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:19.579 breaks 00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:19.879 us 00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.779 emotionally. 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:21.819 The 00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.159 feeling 00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.599 of being 00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.039 used 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.759 and abused, 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.500 reduced 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:24.899 as an 00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.220 object 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.480 for 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.839 somebody 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.299 else's 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.720 pleasure. 00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.919 Sexual 00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:29.279 sin 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.799 destroys 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.059 us 00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.879 relationally, 00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.199 breaks 00:27:32.199 --> 00:27:32.919 up marriages, 00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.579 creates a 00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.039 fear of 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.519 commitment, 00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:37.199 reduces the 00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:37.740 loss of 00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.700 trust. 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.819 And 00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.259 sexual 00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.680 sin 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.400 wrecks us 00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:43.019 spiritually, 00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.960 no longer 00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.980 walking forward 00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.640 in service, 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.539 instead we're 00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.799 hiding under 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:49.140 a cloud of 00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.759 guilt and 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.259 shame. 00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.240 So that's 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.900 why he says 00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.319 in verse 00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.759 18, 00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.920 flee from 00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.440 sexual 00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.079 immorality, 00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.480 run away 00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.200 from it, 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.500 put in 00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.920 place 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.640 everything 00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.279 physically 00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.960 you need 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.539 to do 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.700 so that 00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.079 you live 00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.460 a pure 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:05.899 life. 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.440 Don't go 00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.299 where temptation 00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.960 will take 00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.200 you. 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.500 Don't 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.039 watch 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:13.180 what will 00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.700 control 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.079 you. 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.379 And don't 00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:15.920 touch 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:17.059 what you 00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.379 cannot 00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.079 stop. 00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.759 But it's 00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.240 not just 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.819 enough to 00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:24.059 flee from 00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.559 sexual 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.159 immorality. 00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.819 We must 00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:28.019 also run 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:29.859 to Christ 00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:31.319 and his 00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.839 cross. 00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:33.879 You see, 00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.659 whatever our 00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.519 past is, 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.139 whatever our 00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:40.359 sexual sin 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:41.259 may be, 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.019 and let's 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.899 be honest, 00:28:44.199 --> 00:28:44.879 we all 00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.459 fail and 00:28:45.459 --> 00:28:46.139 fall in 00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.859 this area, 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.659 every single 00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.319 one of us. 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.759 So whatever 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.439 our hurts 00:28:51.439 --> 00:28:51.839 and our 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.519 pains may 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.399 be from 00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:54.019 the past 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.500 and that we 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.240 carry into 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.819 our lives 00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.279 today, 00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.659 run to 00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:59.319 Christ and 00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.899 his cross 00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.619 because only 00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.279 Christ 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:03.200 can forgive 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.599 you. 00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.359 And only 00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.099 Christ 00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:08.240 can heal 00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.579 you. 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.440 Remember 00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.859 what we 00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.359 read in 00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.980 chapter 1 00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.759 verse 18? 00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.940 The message 00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.579 of the cross 00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.839 is foolishness 00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.700 to those 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.039 who are 00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.500 perishing. 00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.180 So for 00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.579 those who 00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.019 want to 00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.480 live a 00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.899 sexually 00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.339 immoral 00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.680 life, 00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.200 they'll 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.500 look at 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.980 Christ and 00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.399 the cross 00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.660 and they'll 00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:23.879 say, 00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.259 how stupid, 00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:27.579 how ridiculous. 00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:27.960 How 00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:29.960 are 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.960 saved? 00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.900 But to 00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.480 those who 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.880 are being 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.600 saved, 00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.880 the cross 00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.519 is the 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.319 power of 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.700 God. 00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.460 So run 00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.960 to the 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.420 cross 00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:43.799 because 00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.360 Christ 00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:44.980 takes our 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.940 past life 00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:47.400 and he 00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.819 gives us 00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.279 a brand 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.019 new life. 00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.620 Christ 00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.360 takes the 00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.059 consequences 00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.539 of our 00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:54.700 sin and 00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.539 he fills 00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.180 our life 00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.580 with the 00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:57.259 Holy Spirit. 00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.060 He takes 00:29:59.060 --> 00:29:59.680 away the 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.560 momentary 00:30:00.560 --> 00:30:01.160 pleasures 00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:03.380 and he 00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.519 replaces it 00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.620 with everlasting 00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:06.320 joy. 00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.920 He takes 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.500 away our 00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.100 guilt and 00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.840 our shame 00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:11.519 and he 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.200 gives us 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.560 gifts 00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:14.779 so that we 00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.680 might serve. 00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.600 Run to 00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:18.360 Christ and 00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:19.140 his cross 00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:20.160 because there 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.600 we are 00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.340 washed 00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:23.279 like 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.180 stepping into 00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.820 a shower 00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.580 and all 00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.139 the dirt 00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.939 being washed 00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.939 away so 00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.519 Christ 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.379 washes us 00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:30.439 deep inside 00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:31.939 purifying us 00:30:31.939 --> 00:30:32.539 from all 00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.079 our guilt 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.679 and shame 00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:34.259 and all 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.740 the mess 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.139 that is 00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.419 there 00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:36.639 purifying 00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:38.439 us so 00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:38.799 that we 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.359 can be a 00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:40.059 clean and 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:41.019 holy people 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:42.720 so that we 00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.419 can honour 00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.079 God 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.639 with our 00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.019 bodies. 00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.899 Our 00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.399 bodies are 00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.779 not our 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.019 own. 00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.039 They were 00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.879 bought at 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.620 a price. 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.760 Therefore, 00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.760 honour God 00:30:58.760 --> 00:31:00.240 with your 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.560 body. 00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.660 Let's pray. 00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:08.720 our 00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:22.440 Father God, 00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.660 we're 00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.100 conscious 00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:24.460 that as 00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.140 we read 00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.759 your word 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:27.820 and as 00:31:27.820 --> 00:31:28.300 we listen 00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:28.920 to it, 00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:32.840 we realise 00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.380 that we 00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:34.360 are all, 00:31:34.560 --> 00:31:35.080 every 00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.920 single one 00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.500 of us, 00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.519 we have 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.880 all, 00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.680 we are 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.400 all impure. 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.560 We've 00:31:43.560 --> 00:31:44.000 all done 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.500 things, 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.180 we've all 00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.500 watched 00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.019 things, 00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.720 said 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.279 things 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:50.060 that are 00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.759 not honourable 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.240 to you. 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:54.259 and so 00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.680 we come 00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.039 to you 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.559 afresh, 00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.299 Father God, 00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:58.359 and pray 00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:59.460 that cleansing 00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.140 forgiveness 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.440 in our 00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.980 lives. 00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:04.500 Help us 00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:04.839 that we 00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.460 may see 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.420 that our 00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.079 bodies have 00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.819 been made 00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.559 by you, 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.339 created by 00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.680 you, 00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.539 created 00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.539 for a 00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.940 wonderful 00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.599 purpose, 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.759 a purpose 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.319 to honour 00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.779 you and 00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.539 serve you. 00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:19.440 thank you 00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.879 that one 00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.319 day our 00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.899 bodies will 00:32:20.899 --> 00:32:21.639 be raised 00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.339 to be 00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.200 brand new 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.740 when we 00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.200 will live 00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.619 with you 00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:25.940 in your 00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.500 new heaven 00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.899 and new 00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.200 earth. 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.799 Thank you 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.460 that today 00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.319 through 00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:31.440 faith in 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.039 Jesus we 00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.879 are united 00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.619 to Christ, 00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.579 belonging 00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.240 to him. 00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.480 And thank 00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.599 you that 00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:39.920 you have 00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.680 not abandoned 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.200 us but 00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.639 that you 00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.700 live in 00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:44.700 us by 00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.240 your Holy 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.639 Spirit. 00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:45.860 it. 00:32:47.040 --> 00:32:48.080 We pray 00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:48.900 Father God 00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:50.580 that all 00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.120 of us 00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:52.360 and you 00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:52.900 would enable 00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.460 each one 00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.960 of us to 00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.759 live lives 00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:56.440 that reflect 00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.540 the purity 00:32:57.540 --> 00:32:58.240 of Christ 00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.700 and the 00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.080 love of 00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.660 Christ to 00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.220 those around 00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.600 us. 00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:03.080 We pray 00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.540 this in 00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:04.320 Jesus name. 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.600 Amen. 00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.340 We're going 00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:10.759 to sing 00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.280 together 00:33:11.280 --> 00:33:13.980 a song 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.480 which helps 00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.780 us to 00:33:14.780 --> 00:33:15.340 reflect on 00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.759 what we've 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.659 just been 00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.339 looking at 00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.459 and a 00:33:18.459 --> 00:33:18.899 song that 00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.579 will prepare 00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:21.119 us as 00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.559 we come 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.000 to share 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.179 the 00:33:22.179 --> 00:33:22.659 love of 00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.139 Christ. 00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:23.480 Amen. 00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.519 Amen. 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.579 Amen. 00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:23.639 Amen. 00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.019 Amen. 00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.079 Amen. 00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.139 Amen. 00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.159 Amen. 00:33:24.159 --> 00:33:24.419 Amen. 00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:24.480 Amen. 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.559 Amen. 00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:24.639 Amen. 00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:24.659 Amen. 00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:24.720 Amen. 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:24.740 Amen. 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:24.980 Amen.