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 We begin our worship of God this evening, and our first singing is Psalm 9.

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 Psalm number 9 in the Sing Psalms version, that's page 9.

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 The tune is Glasgow, and singing verses 7 to 12.

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 The Lord forever reigns on high, His throne for judgment stands.

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 He'll judge the world in righteousness, with justice rule the lands.

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 Psalm 9a, page number 9, from verse 7.

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 If you're able to stand, please stand, and we'll sing these verses.

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 Amen.

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 The Lord will be a hiding place for those who are in the land.

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 With justice rule the lands.

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 The Lord will be a hiding place for those who are in the land.

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 And he will be a strong defense for those who are in the land.

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 All those who know your name, O Lord, they knew their gospel place.

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 For you do not have found the close, who sing your gracious ways.

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 Sing praises to the Lord who says,

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 And Zion on his throne.

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 Among the nations of the world proclaim what he has done.

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 For he, the Lord, he has done.

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 For he, the angel of the land's blood, remembers evermore.

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 The cry of the Lord, the cry of the Lord, he never will be more.

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 Let's call upon the Lord now in prayer.

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 Let's join our minds together in prayer.

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 Our gracious and eternal God,

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 we give thanks for this time again that we're able to gather around your word,

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 that we're able to call upon your name and sing your praises,

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 and to give our mind to the teaching of your word.

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 And we thank you, Lord, for every opportunity we do have to worship you,

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 and to worship you to the notice of the world around us,

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 so that we may keep before the mind of the world

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 the fact that we believe in you as our God,

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 that we believe in your worthiness to be worshipped,

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 and that we ourselves would prove as we hope to be the conscience of the world.

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 And, Lord, we ask to that end that you would enable us in reaching out to the world,

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 in different ways apart from our gathering together,

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 that we may rely upon your own power and your own blessing.

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 Lord, we ask again that you would guide us into your word of truth this evening.

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 We thank you for these great words that we have already been singing,

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 of the way in which you remember your people,

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 and for the way in which your remembrance contains so much blessing for us.

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 We thank you that your people are ever in your thoughts.

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 There is never a moment in our passing of time when your people are out of your mind.

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 And we bless you, Lord, for the peace that that brings to us.

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 For we know how much we ourselves, Lord, are prone to forget,

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 how much we are prone to wander from your ways,

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 and need to be recovered.

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 And we pray that you would grant us tonight, O Lord,

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 that your word will speak to us,

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 and that we will know, Lord, that our lives have once again been affected by it.

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 Shape our minds and our thoughts, we pray,

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 through the truth of your word.

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 And give to us that we may be all the more burdened

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 to convey the teaching of your word to the world around us too.

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 We ask, Lord, that you remember every gathering of your people this evening.

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 We pray that wherever they gather,

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 and wherever your people gather and have gathered throughout the world,

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 we ask that your blessing that we seek for ourselves will be with them.

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 We pray that your Holy Spirit will be active amongst them.

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 We pray that they may know your guidance and your counsel,

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 and your strengthening of them to continue to live as your people.

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 We pray, Lord, at this time that you would be pleased to bless us as a people,

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 as a congregation of your people.

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 Bless us in all the activities we engage in.

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 Thank you for the privilege of being able to serve you

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 in the different ways in which we as individuals do so

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 in this congregation and in our community.

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 And, Lord, we ask that all our efforts may prove to be blessed by you

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 and pleasing to you.

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 For we seek, Lord, that they will be so.

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 That they will be used by you as means and as channels of blessing to others.

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 And we ask that you would grant your blessing, therefore,

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 to all age groups in the congregation

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 in all their activities through each week.

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 We thank you for your protective care of us.

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 We pray that that will continue.

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 And enable us, O Lord, at all our age groups to walk in your ways.

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 And as we teach our children your ways, we ask that you would establish them in these ways.

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 And that you would give to them, O Lord, to take up the work of the gospel in their own time.

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 We pray that they may be faithful testimony to you and to your grace.

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 As they would come by your blessing to be incorporated into the number of your confessing people.

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 And we ask, O God, that you would grant blessing to those tonight who cannot be with us.

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 Remember those who are confined to their homes.

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 Those who are watching online.

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 We ask, Lord, that you'd bless those in care homes.

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 Those, Lord, in hospital.

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 We pray that you'd grant your blessing to all such who belong to us.

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 And bless us in our families and strengthen us.

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 And the ties that bind us together as families.

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 The ties that bind us together as a people in the congregation.

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 We pray tonight that you'd bless those who are facing difficulties and struggles in life.

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 We ask again that you'd bless those we know and those who belong to us.

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 Who may be struggling financially.

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 Who may have many anxieties, O Lord.

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 Lord, in these days over different issues.

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 We pray that those who are struggling also with health.

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 Whether mental health or physical health.

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 That they too may know your blessing.

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 We pray for those who are preparing for surgery or for treatment in days to come.

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 We commend them, Lord, to your care.

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 And ask that your blessing will reach them too.

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 We pray that you would prepare us all for eventualities that lie ahead of us in your providence.

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 We pray that we may know the strength of your grace.

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 So that whatever we need to confront, Lord, we may do so.

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 In the confidence that the strength and grace of Christ brings to us.

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 Remember those who are seriously ill.

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 And who in likelihood are approaching the borders of death.

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 We pray that you would grant them your blessing and strengthening too.

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 And Lord, we ask that you would give them the faith that trusts in you.

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 So that they may know that safe way and conduct of them into heaven itself.

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 And we pray your blessing too, O Lord, for all who help us in our times of need in our community.

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 And we give thanks for them.

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 We pray for all the medical staff.

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 For all who look after those in care homes and in the hospice.

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 And we commit this to you and ask your blessing for each and all of them.

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 And all the residents and all the patients.

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 We pray for the Corlea, for those, Lord, who are counselors of the various districts of this ward.

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 And we pray, gracious one, that you would grant your blessing to them and all other wards likewise.

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 We pray for those who are officers of the council.

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 We pray that you would bless them from day to day.

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 And give them, Lord, in difficult and testing times.

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 And we pray for those who are counselors of the people, both financially and otherwise.

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 That they may come to depend upon yourself and provide for them, we pray.

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 And for us as a people.

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 We pray, Lord, in the wider sense for the people of our nation.

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 And ask that you would bless us.

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 We confess, Lord, to our shame that we have so departed from your ways so badly.

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 That we have come to love the works of darkness in such a large measure.

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 And we pray that you would deliver us, Lord, from that.

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 We pray that the power and the grace of the gospel, the power and the grace of Christ may come to work among us through your Spirit.

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 And we pray, gracious one, in your mercy that you would turn to us and turn us to you.

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 That you would restore the many years the locusts have eaten, as your word describes it.

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 Many years of wastage.

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 Many years when we have looked to other means of sufficiency that cannot possibly be in your place.

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 And we pray, gracious one, that you would return us to yourself and to your ways and to your gospel and to your truth.

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 Remember your faithful people, Lord, throughout our land.

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 As they cry to you for blessing.

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 As they pray to you.

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 Remember them each one and all of them alike.

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 Remember our young people.

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 Be with them.

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 Those in preschool and those in primary and those in secondary.

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 And as they too face so many challenges in life.

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 Lord, we pray for them and ask that you would keep them and maintain them.

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 And help them, Lord, to walk in ways of truth and righteousness and wholesomeness.

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 We pray for our teachers, for all who teach our young people in school and children in primary.

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 Oh, Lord, we pray for them too.

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 And ask that you would be with them in the challenges that they face too.

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 And bless especially our governments at this time.

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 We pray for those who are in authority over us.

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 And we ask, gracious one, that you'd be pleased to bless them with light from on high.

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 With the wisdom that you alone are able to give.

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 And with that which would enable them to rule wisely.

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 To govern justly and in righteousness and in truth.

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 We ask that you would bless our king.

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 That you'd bless him towards his coronation shortly.

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 Lord, we ask that you would keep him also.

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 And grant to him that he may be faithful to the truth of the scriptures.

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 That he may know, Lord, of your own guidance of him through that truth.

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 We pray for those who help in other ways in our community.

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 We pray for our street pastors.

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 We commend them to you, Lord.

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 Especially those of them newly inducted to the office of street pastor in recent days.

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 And we pray that your blessing will be with them.

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 And to that end we commend them to you.

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 And we pray too, O Lord, that your blessing will be with those in Tolstah.

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 And with Donald himself.

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 As he prepares to be married spiritually to that congregation.

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 We thank you for the way that you have brought this about.

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 And we pray for himself.

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 And we pray for the congregation.

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 We pray for him too in his personal life.

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 That you will bless himself and Emma as they anticipate marriage.

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 O Lord, we commend them to you as a couple.

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 And pray that your blessing will rest upon them in these new chapters in their lives.

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 And we commend them to you and to your grace.

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 Remember too, Eoin and Don.

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 You have recently become engaged.

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 We thank you for them.

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 And for the happy news of their engagement.

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 And Lord, we ask that your blessing will be with them.

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 As they come to anticipate married life together.

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 We thank you for them and for their testimony.

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 To your grace and to your goodness.

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 And we pray that you would keep them and help them, Lord.

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 As they together now show their love for each other to the world.

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 Maintain them, we pray, in walking in your ways.

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 Grant these blessings to us now, we pray.

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 Pardoning our many sins for Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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 Let's continue to praise God.

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 This time we're singing in Psalm 63.

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 Psalm 63.

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 Again, this is the Scottish Psalms.

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 The Sing Psalms.

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 That's on page number 80.

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 Verses 1 to 8.

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 The tune this time is Rockingham.

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 O God, you are my God alone.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 My soul and body thirst for you in this dry, weary wilderness.

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 Psalm 63.

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 To the tune Rockingham.

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 Verses 1 to 8.

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 Amen.

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 O God, you are my God alone.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 My soul and body thirst for you in this dry, weary wilderness.

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 I've seen you live in your holy place.

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 Your power and glory held my gaze.

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 Our day the midst you're loved and mine, and so my lips will sing your praise.

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 I'll bless you, Lord, throughout my life, and praise my love to you in prayer.

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 My joyfulness will sing your praise.

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 My soul is fed with riches dear.

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 Upon my bed I lie awake, and in my thoughts remember you.

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 I meditate throughout the night, and keep your constant love in view.

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 Because you are my help alone, in shadow of your wings I sing.

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 You hold me up with your right hand.

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 To you, O Lord, I so will bring.

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 Let's turn to read God's Word.

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 The reading this evening is in Matthew's Gospel, chapter 28.

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 And reading through the whole chapter, we're going to turn again this evening to 1 Corinthians 15,

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 to that great chapter about the resurrection.

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 So in Matthew 28 we read about the resurrection of Jesus himself from the dead.

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 Now after the Sabbath towards the dawn of the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

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 And behold, there was a great earthquake,

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 for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven,

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 and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

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 His appearance was like lightning,

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 and his clothing white as snow.

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 And for fear of him the guards trembled,

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 and became like dead men.

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 But the angel said to the woman,

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 Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who was crucified.

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 He is not here, for he has risen.

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 As he said, come, see,

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 he has risen, as he said,

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 and come, see the place where he lay.

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 Then go quickly and tell his disciples

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 that he has risen from the dead.

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 And behold, he is going before you to Galilee,

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 there you will see him.

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 See, I have told you.

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 So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy,

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 and ran to tell his disciples.

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 And behold, Jesus met them and said,

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 Greetings.

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 And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshipped him.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 Do not be afraid.

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 Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee,

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 and there they will see me.

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 While they were going,

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 behold, some of the guard went into the city

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 and told the chief priests all that had taken place.

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 And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel,

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 they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said,

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 Tell people his disciples came by night

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 and stole him away while we were asleep.

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 And if this comes to the governor's ears,

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 we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.

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 So they took the money and did as they were directed.

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 And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

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 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee,

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 to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

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 And when they saw him,

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 they worshipped him,

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 but some doubted.

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 And Jesus came and said to them,

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 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

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 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

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 And behold, I am with you always to the end of the age.

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 Again, we pray that God will bless to us that reading of his word.

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 Once more, let's sing before we come to 1 Corinthians 15.

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 And this time it's in Psalm 68.

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 Psalm 68 on page 303 of the psalm books.

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 And the tune is Sheffield.

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 Singing verses 18 to 20.

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 Thou hast, O Lord, most glorious, ascended up on high,

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 and in triumph victorious led captive captivity.

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 Thou hast received gifts for men for such as did rebel,

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 yea, even for them that God the Lord in midst of them might dwell.

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 Psalm 68, the verses marked 18 to 20 to God's praise.

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 The Lord in the midst of the psalm books.

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 The Lord in the midst of the psalm books.

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 Thou hast, O Lord, most glorious,

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 ascended upon high,

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 and in triumph victorious led captive captive captive captive captive captive.

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 Thou hast received gifts for men for such as did rebel.

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 Thou hast received gifts for men for such as did rebel.

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 And yet he for them that God the Lord in midst of them might dwell.

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 The land's deep, the Lord who is to us,

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 all our salvation, all.

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 Thou hast, O Lord, most glorious, ascended upon high,

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 and in triumph of the Lord in the midst of the Lord's name.

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 Thou hast, O Lord, most glorious, as did rebel.

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 He of salvation is the God, who is our God, O song.

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 And that to God, the Lord from death, the issues to belong.

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 Well, let's turn now to 1 Corinthians 15 and reading at verse 20.

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 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and at verse 20.

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 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

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 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive, but each in his own order.

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 Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

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 Then comes the end when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father,

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 after destroying every rule and every authority and power.

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 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

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 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

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 Now we're going to confine our thoughts this evening to verses 20 to 22.

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 Because there's enough in these three verses to keep our minds occupied for some time this evening.

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 Now you see in verses, remember,

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 previously we've looked at the early part of the chapter up to verse 20 here.

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 And verses 1 to 19, we've seen the consequences in different ways.

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 Described the consequences.

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 If there were no such thing as resurrection,

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 Paul has been dealing with some of the consequences,

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 both with regard to Jesus himself.

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 He must not,

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 if there's no resurrection,

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 then he could not have been raised from the dead.

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 And also there is no such thing as resurrection for us to anticipate either.

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 So all the way through,

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 he's been dealing with these if-then sort of statements.

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 If this is the case,

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 then this is what follows.

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 And you get the impression that he was longing,

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 and I'm sure he was longing in many ways,

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 to get to verse 20 here,

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 where he says,

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 but in fact,

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 is this really what he wants to get to now?

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 And for the following verses in the chapter,

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 he wants to really get to this point

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 where he can demonstrate assuredly

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 that Jesus has, in fact,

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 been raised from the dead.

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 That there has been such a thing as resurrection

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 in the case of Jesus himself.

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 And therefore, that things follow on from that also.

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 So in a sense,

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 he's reversing the argument.

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 Previously, he said,

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 if there's no resurrection,

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 then Christ is not raised,

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 then we are still in our sins,

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 then there's no hope for us for eternity.

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 Now he's turning that round and saying,

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 but now that Christ has been raised from the dead,

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 then this is what follows now

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 by virtue of that.

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 But in fact,

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 Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 And the first thing we want to look at

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 is how he says that in such an assured way,

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 but also describes it in terms of Jesus being

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 the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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 And then we'll come secondly

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 to look at something Paul speaks of elsewhere,

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 as we'll see in Romans chapter 5 especially,

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 where he brings out the relationship

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 between Jesus and Adam,

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 the first man created by God.

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 And now there's a particular relationship there

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 in terms of those that they represent,

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 Adam being the head of the whole human race,

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 apart from Jesus and his humanity,

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 and Jesus being the head

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 of all his redeemed people.

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 And now that's important for the apostle

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 as far as resurrection is concerned,

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 and the resurrection in the future too,

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 of God's people,

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 how that also is taken account of

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 in what he's saying.

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 So we're going to confine ourselves

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 to those particular aspects of the passage.

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 Christ, the first fruits,

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 and then Christ, the last Adam,

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 as called elsewhere in Romans.

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 So here is what he's saying,

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 but in fact Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 Now this is really a burst of triumphant positivity,

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 you might call it,

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 in light of following all that he's been saying before.

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 He now comes to this where he's saying,

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 but in fact,

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 and the language is really stronger

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 than is easy to convey in any translation of it.

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 It's really Paul just bursting out positively

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 and triumphantly in what he's saying,

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 so that he's now saying,

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 no longer if this is the case,

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 then this is also the case,

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 but he's now saying,

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 this is in fact the case.

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 This is the certainty of the matter.

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 And all the arguments that follow on from that

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 are actually based upon the reality

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 of this being true,

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 of this being factually true,

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 of Christ having indeed been raised from the dead.

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 Now we mentioned earlier

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 in going through the earlier verses

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 that this is important for us

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 in terms of what our present life consists of

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 and what sort of outlook we have in the present life

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 and how we view things not only for our present life,

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 but on into eternity itself.

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 Because to deny the reality of this resurrection of Jesus

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 and therefore to deny the reality of resurrection at all

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:36.079
 is really to extract the element of hope from human life.

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 Now we often say this,

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 that hope in the biblical sense,

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:42.279
 in the New Testament sense,

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 and Old Testament too,

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.519
 hope in the biblical sense

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 is much more than the kind of hoping for the best

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:53.000
 that we have in the ordinary sense in the course of life.

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:55.339
 We could hope for the best tomorrow.

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:57.660
 We could hope that something would really happen

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 and that this would be a great thing

00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:01.359
 if we could actually participate in something.

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 We can hope that that would be the case,

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 but we can't have any guarantee that it will.

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:09.680
 But this hope that the Bible speaks about,

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:14.519
 the hope that's connected inseparably with the resurrection of Christ,

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:16.099
 it's a certain hope.

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 It's what Peter in his first epistle calls a living hope.

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 It's a hope that will never be disappointed

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 because it will always result in what God has promised of eternal life.

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 And if you take away the resurrection of Jesus,

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 you're leaving human life without this hope.

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 There is no other place where you can find hope.

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 And friends,

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:46.439
 when you look at the world in which we live,

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:49.159
 when you look at its grayness,

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:51.220
 when you look at its darkness,

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:53.899
 when you look at its hopelessness,

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:57.199
 when you look at the elements of despair

00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:59.759
 and near despair in people's lives,

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:04.099
 we have to actually realize

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:06.559
 that that is because they don't have this hope.

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:10.700
 However positive people might be in their lives,

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:13.720
 it's a very different matter to have

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:17.279
 the positivity that Paul is speaking of here,

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:20.119
 the positivity of forward-looking

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:24.119
 in hope for the resurrection and to eternal life.

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:30.279
 A life that's not based on Jesus

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:33.200
 and on the resurrection of Jesus,

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.399
 on the risen Jesus,

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:36.980
 is a very sad life.

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:40.940
 It's a very hopeless life.

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:45.780
 Indeed, the Bible talks about it as a very dark life.

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.320
 We'll read Ephesians,

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.660
 a bit from Ephesians 2 later,

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:50.759
 but you remember how Ephesians 2 begins,

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 you who were dead in trespasses and sins.

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:58.440
 Because when a human life is not connected

00:31:58.440 --> 00:32:01.000
 vitally to Christ,

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:04.779
 there is no life spiritually in that life,

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.559
 in that person.

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.920
 And friends, tonight,

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:10.180
 as we look out over the world,

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:12.319
 this is surely the message

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.680
 the world needs to hear,

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:15.880
 the message the world needs to accept

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:17.299
 by the blessing of God,

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.839
 the message of hope,

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:20.799
 the message of the risen Christ,

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.519
 Christ risen from the dead,

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:24.140
 death being vanquished,

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.500
 death overcome,

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.640
 death defeated,

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:28.440
 death put beneath his feet.

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:32.559
 That's why we have a Bible.

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:34.940
 That's why we need the Bible.

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:37.259
 That's why we need the Bible

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:39.160
 not just preached to us,

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:40.720
 but witnessed to us

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:42.340
 in our lives in the world.

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:44.960
 That's why our testimony in the gospel

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:47.080
 is crucial to the world in which we live.

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:50.019
 That's why evangelism is so important.

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:52.820
 Because this is really holding out

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:54.519
 the message of life,

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:55.600
 the message of hope.

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:58.279
 And it's no accident

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.039
 that we find

00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.839
 the three sessions

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:02.899
 that we look forward to

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:03.659
 in the congregation,

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:06.019
 where they,

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:07.480
 in turn,

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.959
 these three evenings

00:33:08.959 --> 00:33:09.779
 are going to be dealing

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.939
 with the issue of hope.

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:13.899
 The resurrection of the life of Jesus,

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:15.859
 the resurrection of Jesus,

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.759
 the death of Jesus,

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:18.139
 the resurrection of Jesus,

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:21.259
 where you find that as hope.

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.879
 In one word,

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:24.540
 it's hope that describes

00:33:24.540 --> 00:33:25.620
 all of that

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.680
 and the result of that

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.720
 for us as a people.

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.600
 And that's what the world needs.

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:32.840
 And that's why we would like to see

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:34.820
 you bringing others

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:36.320
 to these meetings as well,

00:33:36.520 --> 00:33:38.060
 to hear about this hope,

00:33:38.540 --> 00:33:40.020
 to learn about this Jesus,

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:41.780
 to learn about his life,

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:43.260
 his death on the cross,

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:45.580
 and his resurrection from the dead,

00:33:46.280 --> 00:33:47.920
 the very basis of the hope

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:49.600
 that the Bible speaks about.

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:52.919
 But in fact, he says,

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:55.459
 Christ has been raised.

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:57.379
 He wants the Corinthians

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:59.079
 who have certain disputes

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:01.699
 or uncertainties about resurrection.

00:34:01.959 --> 00:34:03.000
 As he says in verse 12,

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:04.099
 how can some of you say

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:06.480
 there is no resurrection of the dead

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.699
 if Christ is proclaimed

00:34:07.699 --> 00:34:09.019
 as raised from the dead?

00:34:09.339 --> 00:34:10.199
 Why are you saying,

00:34:10.299 --> 00:34:10.679
 he's saying to them,

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.279
 why are you saying,

00:34:11.339 --> 00:34:11.980
 why are you thinking

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.659
 there's no such thing as resurrection?

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.639
 Because if and then

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.839
 Christ has been raised.

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:17.019
 But now he's saying

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:18.440
 Christ has been raised.

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.659
 He wants them to take

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:21.679
 this tremendous truth,

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:23.059
 this great fact,

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.460
 into their consideration

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.280
 more and more

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.579
 and to live it out

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.220
 in their lives

00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:28.539
 so that the risen Christ

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.780
 will be seen through them.

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:31.000
 And isn't that why we live?

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:33.740
 Isn't that what his church is about?

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.420
 Isn't that what

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:37.500
 bearing testimony to Jesus is about?

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.780
 Isn't that why

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.940
 he's made you a Christian?

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:41.940
 Isn't that why

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:43.519
 he's given you this hope?

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:45.340
 Not so that you'll keep it to yourself,

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:47.760
 but that you'll say

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:49.200
 to this world

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:50.240
 that's so devoid

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:51.360
 largely of hope,

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.800
 look, I can tell you

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.880
 where hope is found.

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.980
 I can speak of a hope

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.920
 that I've been given,

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.180
 that I haven't created,

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:02.660
 but that can be yours as well.

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.360
 Say that to the world.

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.519
 Bring that to the world.

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.579
 That's what

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:08.160
 the message of the gospel

00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:09.720
 and the testimony

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:11.280
 of God's people is about.

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:14.900
 And he goes on to speak there

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.680
 about Jesus

00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:17.100
 as the first fruits

00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:19.340
 of those who have fallen asleep.

00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.620
 What does he mean here

00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:22.160
 by the first fruits

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:23.400
 of those who have fallen asleep?

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.260
 Well, we saw earlier

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:26.300
 in the chapter in verse 18,

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:28.940
 those who have fallen asleep,

00:35:29.060 --> 00:35:30.180
 those who have fallen asleep

00:35:30.180 --> 00:35:31.980
 in Christ have perished

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.980
 if there's no such thing

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.600
 as resurrection.

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:35.519
 We saw that that describes

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:37.660
 those who have passed on

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:38.720
 from this life,

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.800
 who've died,

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:42.320
 but whose bodies

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:44.460
 have been laid out

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:46.300
 in sleep, as it were.

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:48.000
 They themselves continue

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:49.680
 to live in their souls

00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:50.800
 in eternity,

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:53.000
 but they are asleep

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:54.039
 as far as their bodies

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.780
 are concerned.

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.000
 They are awaiting

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.780
 the resurrection

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:58.380
 when Jesus comes.

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.700
 And what he's saying here,

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:02.440
 he has been raised

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.680
 the first fruits

00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:05.680
 of those who have fallen asleep.

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.720
 Now, you need to go back

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:09.280
 to the Old Testament for this,

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:11.640
 to get an insight

00:36:11.640 --> 00:36:12.280
 into the meaning

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.700
 of the words first fruits

00:36:13.700 --> 00:36:15.060
 or this description

00:36:15.060 --> 00:36:16.600
 of Jesus

00:36:16.600 --> 00:36:17.680
 as the first fruits

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:18.960
 of those who have fallen asleep.

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.380
 I need to go especially

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:22.019
 to the likes of Leviticus

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:23.080
 chapter 23

00:36:23.080 --> 00:36:24.860
 and verse 10.

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:26.200
 And that short passage

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:27.340
 talks about

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.120
 when the harvest

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.940
 was brought in

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:30.100
 by the people of Israel

00:36:30.100 --> 00:36:31.860
 having settled in Canaan,

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:33.200
 having come to enjoy

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:33.820
 the fruits,

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:35.519
 the harvest of the land.

00:36:35.620 --> 00:36:36.120
 When the harvest

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:37.920
 was being taken in,

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.639
 they would take

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:40.000
 a sheaf of the harvest

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:41.400
 and bring it to the priests

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.000
 and that priest

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.679
 would wave it

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.539
 before the people.

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.759
 It was the first fruits

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.659
 of the harvest.

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:49.460
 And it was important

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:51.319
 as the first fruits

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:51.739
 of the harvest.

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:52.420
 Why did God

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:53.420
 actually

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:55.460
 command that this

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.019
 be done?

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.480
 What was this instruction

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.880
 about?

00:36:58.299 --> 00:36:59.519
 Well, the first fruits,

00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:00.480
 this first sheaf

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.199
 of the harvest

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:02.139
 is really

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:03.419
 the representation

00:37:03.419 --> 00:37:05.019
 of the whole harvest

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:06.359
 and it's saying

00:37:06.359 --> 00:37:07.139
 a number of things

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:08.000
 to the people of Israel.

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.299
 It's saying,

00:37:08.419 --> 00:37:08.899
 first of all,

00:37:09.339 --> 00:37:10.359
 that whole harvest

00:37:10.359 --> 00:37:11.379
 actually belongs

00:37:11.379 --> 00:37:12.279
 to God.

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.980
 But apart from this sheaf,

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:16.119
 He's given it to you

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.859
 to enjoy.

00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:19.319
 And it was also saying

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:19.659
 to them,

00:37:19.919 --> 00:37:21.339
 not only is that the case,

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:23.480
 but this first sheaf

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.179
 of the harvest

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:25.619
 is expressive

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:27.059
 of its quality

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:28.299
 because Canaan

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:28.899
 was a place

00:37:28.899 --> 00:37:30.939
 of abundant produce,

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:32.119
 abundant growth.

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.220
 And when they were

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:33.940
 bringing in this

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:35.400
 first sheaf of the harvest

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.760
 and showing its quality,

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.960
 then the Lord

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.519
 was saying to them,

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.760
 this is the quality

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.599
 of the harvest.

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:42.099
 This is the first installment,

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.360
 but it tells you

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:44.500
 what the rest is like.

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:47.280
 And the third thing

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:48.380
 it said was that

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:50.320
 because this is

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:51.099
 the first fruits,

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.240
 now you're seeing

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:53.119
 with your own eyes

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:54.059
 in this sheaf

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:55.380
 what represents

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:56.519
 the whole harvest,

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:58.280
 the rest is then

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:59.420
 guaranteed to you.

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:01.440
 it's here

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.860
 in this sheaf

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:04.400
 the rest

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:06.059
 is going to follow

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.940
 in due time.

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:10.099
 And what Jesus is

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:11.139
 is the first fruits

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:11.980
 of those who have

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.920
 fallen asleep

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:14.760
 because Christ's

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.500
 own resurrection

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.599
 from the dead

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:18.119
 is itself

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:19.420
 the first fruits

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:20.180
 in the sense

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:22.000
 that all of God's

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:23.059
 redeemed people

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:24.420
 are bound up

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:25.659
 in His resurrection.

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:27.619
 He is the first fruits,

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:29.179
 really the first

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:30.699
 pledge of the whole harvest

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:31.319
 if you like.

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.940
 He is the first one

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:34.539
 risen from the dead.

00:38:34.799 --> 00:38:35.739
 The rest are then

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:36.619
 going to follow.

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:38.739
 And because He has come

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.659
 to be raised

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.420
 from the dead,

00:38:40.859 --> 00:38:41.739
 there's an assurance

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:43.139
 given by Him

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:44.440
 being the first fruits

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:45.539
 that the rest

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.940
 inevitably will follow.

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:48.199
 There is not

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:49.299
 a single person

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:50.659
 for whom Christ died

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:53.079
 that will be left out

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:54.379
 at the resurrection

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:55.380
 unto life.

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.000
 Why?

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:59.140
 Because they are in Christ.

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:01.059
 Because when He rose

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.740
 from the dead

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:03.280
 as the first fruits,

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:04.760
 God was saying,

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:06.500
 this is the first

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.579
 of my harvest

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:08.480
 of salvation.

00:39:09.660 --> 00:39:10.820
 My own Son

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.880
 risen from the dead

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.780
 is a pledge

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:14.039
 that the remainder

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.880
 will in fact

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.740
 be taken in

00:39:15.740 --> 00:39:16.579
 in due time.

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.519
 He is the first one.

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.900
 He has established

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:21.160
 that the rest

00:39:21.160 --> 00:39:21.740
 will follow.

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.519
 But there's this too.

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:24.139
 just as it was

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:25.239
 with the ordinary harvest,

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:26.320
 so it is

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:27.019
 with the resurrection

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.780
 of Christ.

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.420
 And this is dealt

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.440
 with later on

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:31.000
 in the chapter.

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:32.019
 We're just anticipating

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.960
 it very briefly.

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:35.000
 The quality

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:36.780
 of Christ's resurrection,

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.059
 if we can put it

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.579
 that way,

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:40.199
 is the guarantee

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:41.679
 of the quality

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.900
 of the resurrection

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.820
 of His people.

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.159
 In other words,

00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:47.320
 Christ has been raised

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:48.960
 to the other side

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:50.059
 of death completely.

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.860
 Death is behind Him.

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.320
 Nothing of that

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:54.000
 will ever enter

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:55.279
 into His experience again.

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.440
 He's at the right hand

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.840
 of God.

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.519
 He's in heaven.

00:39:58.840 --> 00:40:00.179
 And as the first fruits

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:02.039
 of His own saved people,

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.860
 He is guaranteeing,

00:40:04.259 --> 00:40:05.659
 look at my resurrection.

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:07.259
 Look at what's through

00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:08.460
 about my resurrection

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.079
 from the dead.

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:10.559
 Look at what's through

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:12.440
 of my risen body.

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:15.019
 And that guarantees

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:16.880
 the quality of your own.

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:19.480
 There will be no more death.

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.179
 No more crying.

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:22.420
 No more sorrow.

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.739
 No more tears.

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.619
 No more temptations.

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:28.799
 Nothing of what we associated

00:40:28.799 --> 00:40:30.980
 living bodily in this life.

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:34.039
 He is the first fruits.

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:35.259
 And He's the guarantee

00:40:35.259 --> 00:40:36.799
 that the whole harvest

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:39.440
 is certainly going to follow.

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:41.299
 This is why Paul

00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:42.420
 was so anxious

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:43.579
 to get to this point,

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:45.059
 this positive point

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:46.139
 in his exposition.

00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:47.500
 In fact,

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:48.980
 Christ has been raised

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:50.079
 from the dead,

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:51.239
 the first fruits

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:54.000
 of those who have fallen asleep.

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:57.780
 You can tell in 1 Thessalonians 4

00:40:57.780 --> 00:40:59.119
 that he deals with that as well.

00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:01.000
 There were some in Thessalonica

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:03.340
 that were asking the question,

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.219
 well, what's happened

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:05.719
 to those believers

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:06.800
 that were with us

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:08.860
 and are no longer in this world?

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:10.380
 What's going to happen to them

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.599
 when Jesus returns?

00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:14.039
 Will they be left out of

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:15.279
 that resurrection

00:41:15.279 --> 00:41:16.639
 that will take place

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.480
 at His coming?

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.219
 And Paul is saying

00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:19.019
 that of course they will.

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:21.119
 No, they certainly will not

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:23.440
 because they will participate

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:25.320
 through resurrection

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:26.480
 from the dead.

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:28.199
 They will participate

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:30.199
 as Christ returns

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:32.880
 in the overall resurrection

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:35.139
 of His own people

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.940
 who are asleep

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:38.179
 and who will be joined

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:39.139
 with those who are left

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:40.059
 living in the world

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:42.980
 to celebrate His return,

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:45.820
 to participate in His return,

00:41:46.259 --> 00:41:49.820
 to be glorified at His return.

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:53.699
 Christ is indeed, He says,

00:41:53.779 --> 00:41:54.259
 in fact,

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:55.940
 He has been raised

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:56.599
 from the dead,

00:41:57.139 --> 00:41:58.500
 the first fruits of those

00:41:58.500 --> 00:42:00.779
 who have fallen asleep.

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:04.400
 And then He comes to speak

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:05.800
 about Christ and Adam.

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:08.180
 For as by a man came death,

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:10.580
 by a man has come also

00:42:10.580 --> 00:42:12.480
 the resurrection of the dead.

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:15.140
 For as in Adam all die,

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:17.019
 so also in Christ

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:20.019
 shall all be made alive.

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:21.660
 We'll confine it to that

00:42:21.660 --> 00:42:23.340
 for the remainder

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:24.480
 of our study this evening.

00:42:25.060 --> 00:42:26.780
 As by a man came death,

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:27.540
 well, obviously,

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.660
 that's Adam.

00:42:29.379 --> 00:42:30.719
 The moment Adam sinned

00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:31.579
 against God,

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.839
 he brought death

00:42:32.839 --> 00:42:33.920
 not only on himself

00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:35.920
 but on his posterity.

00:42:36.339 --> 00:42:37.940
 As our catechism reminds us,

00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:39.039
 on all his posterity

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:41.480
 who descended from him.

00:42:41.779 --> 00:42:42.519
 There's a wonderful way

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:44.000
 in which the catechism

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.819
 describes this

00:42:44.819 --> 00:42:46.460
 in Shorter Catechism 16.

00:42:47.379 --> 00:42:49.420
 Did all mankind fall

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:51.839
 in Adam's first transgression?

00:42:52.859 --> 00:42:53.379
 Then it says,

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:54.539
 the covenant being made

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:55.000
 with Adam,

00:42:55.359 --> 00:42:56.420
 not only for himself

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:58.359
 but also for his posterity,

00:42:58.659 --> 00:43:01.420
 all mankind descending from him

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:03.619
 by ordinary generation,

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:04.399
 that leaves out

00:43:04.399 --> 00:43:05.619
 the humanity of Christ,

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:07.420
 by ordinary generation,

00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:08.799
 sinned in him

00:43:08.799 --> 00:43:10.440
 and fell with him

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:12.460
 in his first transgression.

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:14.920
 And that's from Romans 5.

00:43:15.359 --> 00:43:16.819
 Romans 5 verse 12

00:43:16.819 --> 00:43:19.399
 says as follows.

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:21.539
 I'm going to flick through

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.619
 a number of passages

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:24.299
 from Paul's letters

00:43:24.299 --> 00:43:25.219
 for the next few minutes.

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:27.399
 Romans 5 verse 12.

00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:29.839
 Therefore just as sin

00:43:29.839 --> 00:43:31.179
 came into the world

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:32.139
 through one man

00:43:32.139 --> 00:43:33.599
 and death through sin

00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:35.619
 and so death spread

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:36.719
 to all men

00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:39.879
 because all sinned.

00:43:40.419 --> 00:43:41.439
 See what that's saying?

00:43:42.379 --> 00:43:43.739
 It's not all have come

00:43:43.739 --> 00:43:45.259
 to sin since Adam

00:43:45.259 --> 00:43:47.539
 but all actually sinned

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:48.579
 in Adam.

00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:49.779
 Because you see,

00:43:49.859 --> 00:43:52.319
 Adam was set by God

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:54.320
 as the representative head

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:55.480
 of the human race

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:58.340
 so that whatever he did

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:59.140
 as he represented

00:43:59.140 --> 00:44:00.200
 the whole human race

00:44:00.200 --> 00:44:01.380
 would pass on

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:02.460
 to the human race.

00:44:03.140 --> 00:44:04.120
 Either he would stand

00:44:04.120 --> 00:44:04.640
 the test

00:44:04.640 --> 00:44:06.620
 in the Garden of Eden

00:44:06.620 --> 00:44:08.120
 and the whole human race

00:44:08.120 --> 00:44:08.780
 would then come

00:44:08.780 --> 00:44:10.180
 to be saved.

00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:11.920
 Although,

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:12.860
 that of course

00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:13.680
 isn't what happened

00:44:13.680 --> 00:44:15.039
 and there are mysteries

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:16.360
 of course associated

00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:16.960
 with this.

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.420
 But we know what happened

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:19.900
 was he disobeyed God

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:21.260
 and therefore

00:44:21.260 --> 00:44:22.220
 when he fell

00:44:22.220 --> 00:44:23.880
 and when he brought

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.820
 death on himself

00:44:24.820 --> 00:44:26.900
 all those he represented

00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:27.700
 he brought death

00:44:27.700 --> 00:44:28.639
 upon as well.

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:30.680
 All sinned

00:44:30.680 --> 00:44:31.599
 in Adam.

00:44:32.240 --> 00:44:33.119
 You and I are taken

00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:34.200
 as having sinned

00:44:34.200 --> 00:44:35.480
 in him.

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.440
 And I know

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:37.960
 that's difficult

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.460
 for us

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:39.740
 both to understand

00:44:39.740 --> 00:44:40.420
 and to accept

00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:41.000
 but that's

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.880
 how the Bible

00:44:41.880 --> 00:44:42.680
 teaches us

00:44:42.680 --> 00:44:43.660
 our relation

00:44:43.660 --> 00:44:44.340
 to Adam.

00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:46.820
 That by a man

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:48.300
 came death.

00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:49.620
 by a man

00:44:49.620 --> 00:44:50.440
 also has come

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:51.300
 the resurrection

00:44:51.300 --> 00:44:52.000
 of the dead

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:52.480
 he's saying.

00:44:53.220 --> 00:44:53.980
 So in other words

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:55.000
 when you find

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.500
 Adam

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:56.940
 driven out

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:58.140
 of the Garden of Eden

00:44:58.140 --> 00:44:59.340
 and he was

00:44:59.340 --> 00:45:00.100
 driven out

00:45:00.100 --> 00:45:02.160
 it wasn't a kind

00:45:02.160 --> 00:45:02.840
 invitation

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:04.740
 or a gentle invitation

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:05.860
 that God said to him

00:45:05.860 --> 00:45:06.260
 now look

00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:07.400
 you've done something

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:08.539
 really drastic

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:09.840
 so I invite you

00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:10.620
 now to leave

00:45:10.620 --> 00:45:11.080
 and I'm going to

00:45:11.080 --> 00:45:11.660
 close the gate

00:45:11.660 --> 00:45:12.260
 behind you.

00:45:12.660 --> 00:45:13.860
 He drove him out.

00:45:14.820 --> 00:45:15.480
 The seriousness

00:45:15.480 --> 00:45:16.420
 of what he had done

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:17.700
 we cannot appreciate

00:45:17.699 --> 00:45:18.899
 we cannot estimate

00:45:18.899 --> 00:45:19.659
 because we're now

00:45:19.659 --> 00:45:20.039
 sinners

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:21.159
 and our mind

00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:21.839
 is blinded

00:45:21.839 --> 00:45:22.460
 to an extent

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:23.579
 to the seriousness

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.179
 of sin

00:45:24.179 --> 00:45:24.879
 to the seriousness

00:45:24.879 --> 00:45:25.679
 of rebellion

00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:26.659
 against God

00:45:26.659 --> 00:45:27.899
 to the seriousness

00:45:27.899 --> 00:45:29.279
 of unrighteousness

00:45:29.279 --> 00:45:30.219
 and of living

00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:31.119
 contrary to the

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:32.019
 will of God.

00:45:33.019 --> 00:45:33.639
 And so God

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:35.639
 drove him out

00:45:35.639 --> 00:45:36.299
 of the Garden

00:45:36.299 --> 00:45:37.439
 along with Eve

00:45:37.439 --> 00:45:40.379
 and he put a barrier

00:45:40.379 --> 00:45:40.799
 there

00:45:40.799 --> 00:45:42.019
 so that he could not

00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:42.500
 return

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:43.779
 to the Garden

00:45:43.779 --> 00:45:44.239
 of Eden.

00:45:44.239 --> 00:45:46.019
 Well there you see

00:45:46.019 --> 00:45:48.039
 is the human race

00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:50.459
 there is adamantous

00:45:50.459 --> 00:45:51.799
 posterity in him

00:45:51.799 --> 00:45:53.939
 and they're outside

00:45:53.939 --> 00:45:54.599
 of the Garden

00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:55.379
 of Eden now

00:45:55.379 --> 00:45:57.019
 they're no longer

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:58.139
 within the confines

00:45:58.139 --> 00:45:58.759
 of life

00:45:58.759 --> 00:46:00.539
 they are now

00:46:00.539 --> 00:46:01.239
 in death

00:46:01.239 --> 00:46:03.399
 they're embroiled

00:46:03.399 --> 00:46:03.959
 in death

00:46:03.959 --> 00:46:04.639
 they're encased

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.319
 in death

00:46:05.319 --> 00:46:06.539
 you know that

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:07.799
 famous passage

00:46:07.799 --> 00:46:08.500
 in John 11

00:46:08.500 --> 00:46:09.299
 when Jesus came

00:46:09.299 --> 00:46:09.819
 to the tomb

00:46:09.819 --> 00:46:10.559
 of Lazarus

00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:12.119
 he groaned

00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:12.940
 within himself

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:14.500
 because he knew

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:15.319
 that that body

00:46:15.319 --> 00:46:16.099
 of Lazarus

00:46:16.099 --> 00:46:17.219
 in the tomb

00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:18.159
 was itself

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:19.179
 emblematic

00:46:19.179 --> 00:46:20.299
 of what mankind

00:46:20.299 --> 00:46:20.960
 had done

00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:21.699
 to themselves

00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:22.359
 in Adam

00:46:22.359 --> 00:46:24.199
 all sinned

00:46:24.199 --> 00:46:24.900
 in Adam

00:46:24.900 --> 00:46:25.739
 and the result

00:46:25.739 --> 00:46:26.099
 of that

00:46:26.099 --> 00:46:27.139
 the wages of sin

00:46:27.139 --> 00:46:27.940
 is death

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:28.519
 and when Jesus

00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:29.920
 came groaning

00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:30.819
 to the sepulcher

00:46:30.819 --> 00:46:31.599
 of Lazarus

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:32.639
 he wasn't just

00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:34.699
 showing a sympathy

00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:35.739
 with Mary and Martha

00:46:35.739 --> 00:46:36.519
 because their brother

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:36.980
 had died

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:38.079
 there was certainly

00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:38.519
 that

00:46:38.519 --> 00:46:39.559
 but he was thinking

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:40.319
 at the time

00:46:40.319 --> 00:46:41.460
 was death

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:42.420
 and Lazarus

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:44.039
 encased in death

00:46:44.039 --> 00:46:44.340
 he was

00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:45.539
 as it were

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:46.920
 if we can

00:46:46.920 --> 00:46:48.720
 put it in such words

00:46:48.720 --> 00:46:49.699
 he was saying

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:50.380
 within himself

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:53.360
 I created

00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:55.400
 human beings

00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:57.179
 to live forever

00:46:57.179 --> 00:46:59.579
 and this is what

00:46:59.579 --> 00:47:00.360
 they've come to

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:03.500
 this is where

00:47:03.500 --> 00:47:04.119
 they are

00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:07.260
 they're encased

00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:07.980
 in death

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:10.860
 by one man

00:47:10.860 --> 00:47:12.780
 death came

00:47:12.780 --> 00:47:13.599
 into the world

00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:16.000
 all sinned

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:16.920
 in Adam

00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:18.840
 but then he goes on

00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:20.340
 positively to say

00:47:20.340 --> 00:47:22.199
 that because

00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:23.320
 there's no way back

00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:24.740
 in Adam

00:47:24.740 --> 00:47:25.820
 or for ourselves

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:27.019
 so also

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.679
 by a man

00:47:27.679 --> 00:47:28.219
 has come

00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:28.719
 also

00:47:28.719 --> 00:47:30.000
 the resurrection

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:31.679
 of the dead

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:34.139
 now there's

00:47:34.139 --> 00:47:35.420
 quite a bit

00:47:35.420 --> 00:47:36.360
 of serious theology

00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:37.220
 involved in all

00:47:37.220 --> 00:47:37.680
 of this

00:47:37.680 --> 00:47:39.640
 when you think

00:47:39.640 --> 00:47:40.200
 of us being

00:47:40.200 --> 00:47:41.280
 in Adam

00:47:41.280 --> 00:47:43.280
 and the whole

00:47:43.280 --> 00:47:44.240
 human race

00:47:44.240 --> 00:47:45.420
 apart from Jesus

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:45.980
 we said

00:47:45.980 --> 00:47:47.380
 the whole human

00:47:47.380 --> 00:47:48.099
 race coming

00:47:48.099 --> 00:47:49.480
 to be constituted

00:47:49.480 --> 00:47:50.160
 sinners

00:47:50.160 --> 00:47:51.780
 and in death

00:47:51.780 --> 00:47:52.940
 because of what Adam

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:54.099
 did as a representative

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.620
 head

00:47:54.620 --> 00:47:56.099
 now he's saying

00:47:56.099 --> 00:47:57.360
 all who are

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:58.559
 in Christ

00:47:58.559 --> 00:48:00.019
 will also

00:48:00.019 --> 00:48:00.680
 participate

00:48:00.680 --> 00:48:01.900
 in his

00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:02.519
 resurrection

00:48:02.519 --> 00:48:04.099
 as all

00:48:04.099 --> 00:48:04.639
 humankind

00:48:04.639 --> 00:48:05.699
 participated

00:48:05.699 --> 00:48:06.980
 in Adam's

00:48:06.980 --> 00:48:07.599
 fall

00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:08.780
 Adam's sin

00:48:08.780 --> 00:48:09.659
 Adam's

00:48:09.659 --> 00:48:10.480
 condemnation

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:11.860
 so all

00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:12.259
 who are

00:48:12.259 --> 00:48:13.099
 in Christ

00:48:13.099 --> 00:48:13.519
 not all

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:13.860
 the human

00:48:13.860 --> 00:48:14.099
 race

00:48:14.099 --> 00:48:14.659
 but all

00:48:14.659 --> 00:48:14.920
 who are

00:48:14.920 --> 00:48:15.619
 in Christ

00:48:15.619 --> 00:48:17.739
 will participate

00:48:17.739 --> 00:48:19.219
 in Christ's

00:48:19.219 --> 00:48:19.800
 resurrection

00:48:19.800 --> 00:48:21.320
 in resurrection

00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:23.079
 where Christ

00:48:23.079 --> 00:48:23.780
 is foundational

00:48:23.780 --> 00:48:24.300
 to it

00:48:24.300 --> 00:48:25.259
 in his

00:48:25.259 --> 00:48:25.480
 own

00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:26.059
 resurrection

00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:28.079
 in other words

00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:28.500
 we're talking

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:29.800
 about union

00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:30.679
 what the Bible

00:48:30.679 --> 00:48:31.480
 calls union

00:48:31.480 --> 00:48:32.420
 with Christ

00:48:32.420 --> 00:48:34.000
 just as we have

00:48:34.000 --> 00:48:34.440
 a union

00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:35.139
 with Adam

00:48:35.139 --> 00:48:36.740
 which led

00:48:36.740 --> 00:48:37.440
 to death

00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:38.900
 so we have

00:48:38.900 --> 00:48:39.480
 a union

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:40.500
 all God's

00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:40.920
 people have

00:48:40.920 --> 00:48:41.400
 a union

00:48:41.400 --> 00:48:42.119
 with Jesus

00:48:42.119 --> 00:48:42.780
 with Christ

00:48:42.780 --> 00:48:44.599
 which leads

00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:45.300
 to life

00:48:45.300 --> 00:48:46.539
 through his

00:48:46.539 --> 00:48:47.420
 resurrection

00:48:47.420 --> 00:48:48.680
 as by man

00:48:48.680 --> 00:48:49.340
 came death

00:48:49.340 --> 00:48:50.519
 by a man

00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:50.880
 has come

00:48:50.880 --> 00:48:51.360
 also the

00:48:51.360 --> 00:48:51.700
 resurrection

00:48:51.700 --> 00:48:52.460
 of the dead

00:48:52.460 --> 00:48:53.639
 for as in Adam

00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:54.880
 all die

00:48:54.880 --> 00:48:56.139
 so also

00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:57.740
 all in Christ

00:48:57.740 --> 00:48:58.760
 shall be made

00:48:58.760 --> 00:48:59.119
 alive

00:48:59.119 --> 00:48:59.659
 I think is how

00:48:59.659 --> 00:49:00.019
 we have to

00:49:00.019 --> 00:49:00.740
 understand it

00:49:00.740 --> 00:49:01.840
 not all who

00:49:01.840 --> 00:49:02.480
 died in Adam

00:49:02.480 --> 00:49:02.900
 will come

00:49:02.900 --> 00:49:03.420
 to live

00:49:03.420 --> 00:49:04.240
 not all who

00:49:04.240 --> 00:49:05.079
 died in Adam

00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:05.460
 will come

00:49:05.460 --> 00:49:06.160
 to be in heaven

00:49:06.160 --> 00:49:07.680
 Bible makes

00:49:07.680 --> 00:49:08.380
 that clear

00:49:08.380 --> 00:49:09.840
 but all who

00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:10.620
 are in Christ

00:49:10.620 --> 00:49:11.800
 and this is a

00:49:11.800 --> 00:49:13.059
 great wide

00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:13.640
 subject

00:49:13.640 --> 00:49:14.420
 our union

00:49:14.420 --> 00:49:15.220
 with Christ

00:49:15.220 --> 00:49:16.240
 because way

00:49:16.240 --> 00:49:16.860
 back to our

00:49:16.860 --> 00:49:17.600
 being chosen

00:49:17.600 --> 00:49:18.240
 in Christ

00:49:18.240 --> 00:49:19.180
 in eternity

00:49:19.180 --> 00:49:19.860
 as Ephesians

00:49:19.860 --> 00:49:20.700
 1 puts it

00:49:20.700 --> 00:49:21.880
 being joined

00:49:21.880 --> 00:49:22.440
 to him

00:49:22.440 --> 00:49:23.400
 as he comes

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:24.079
 into the world

00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:25.240
 being in him

00:49:25.240 --> 00:49:26.500
 being in him

00:49:26.500 --> 00:49:27.720
 spiritually that is

00:49:27.720 --> 00:49:28.700
 as he dies

00:49:28.700 --> 00:49:29.140
 the death

00:49:29.139 --> 00:49:29.799
 of the cross

00:49:29.799 --> 00:49:30.779
 being in him

00:49:30.779 --> 00:49:31.500
 as he rose

00:49:31.500 --> 00:49:32.359
 from the dead

00:49:32.359 --> 00:49:33.119
 and there are

00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:34.019
 passages in Romans

00:49:34.019 --> 00:49:35.519
 and in Ephesians

00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:36.619
 that teach this

00:49:36.619 --> 00:49:38.219
 great fact

00:49:38.219 --> 00:49:39.199
 for us

00:49:39.199 --> 00:49:40.039
 Ephesians 2

00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:40.619
 for example

00:49:40.619 --> 00:49:41.940
 I know the time

00:49:41.940 --> 00:49:42.379
 is passing

00:49:42.379 --> 00:49:43.119
 but just let me

00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:44.859
 read this one

00:49:44.859 --> 00:49:45.420
 for you

00:49:45.420 --> 00:49:46.859
 Ephesians 2

00:49:46.859 --> 00:49:48.179
 verses 4 to 6

00:49:48.179 --> 00:49:50.859
 having begun

00:49:50.859 --> 00:49:52.119
 by you being

00:49:52.119 --> 00:49:53.219
 dead in trespasses

00:49:53.219 --> 00:49:53.819
 and sins

00:49:53.819 --> 00:49:54.460
 but then he goes

00:49:54.460 --> 00:49:55.000
 on to say

00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:56.199
 but God

00:49:56.199 --> 00:49:56.840
 being rich

00:49:56.840 --> 00:49:57.380
 in mercy

00:49:57.380 --> 00:49:57.980
 because of

00:49:57.980 --> 00:49:58.320
 the great

00:49:58.320 --> 00:49:58.780
 love with

00:49:58.780 --> 00:49:59.159
 which he

00:49:59.159 --> 00:49:59.599
 loved us

00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:01.099
 even when

00:50:01.099 --> 00:50:01.539
 we were

00:50:01.539 --> 00:50:02.139
 dead in

00:50:02.139 --> 00:50:03.079
 our trespasses

00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:04.599
 he made

00:50:04.599 --> 00:50:05.559
 us alive

00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:06.340
 together

00:50:06.340 --> 00:50:07.239
 in union

00:50:07.239 --> 00:50:08.039
 with Christ

00:50:08.039 --> 00:50:09.579
 and raised

00:50:09.579 --> 00:50:10.059
 us up

00:50:10.059 --> 00:50:10.599
 with him

00:50:10.599 --> 00:50:11.559
 and seated

00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:12.360
 us with him

00:50:12.360 --> 00:50:13.340
 in the heavenly

00:50:13.340 --> 00:50:13.920
 places

00:50:13.920 --> 00:50:15.000
 in Christ

00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:15.380
 Jesus

00:50:15.380 --> 00:50:16.000
 now what is he

00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:16.579
 saying there

00:50:16.579 --> 00:50:18.659
 he's talking

00:50:18.659 --> 00:50:19.400
 and writing

00:50:19.400 --> 00:50:20.539
 to Ephesian

00:50:20.539 --> 00:50:21.159
 Christians

00:50:21.159 --> 00:50:21.920
 who are still

00:50:21.920 --> 00:50:22.760
 in this world

00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:24.400
 why is he saying

00:50:24.400 --> 00:50:25.039
 they've been

00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:25.780
 raised up

00:50:25.780 --> 00:50:26.440
 together with

00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:26.820
 Christ

00:50:26.820 --> 00:50:27.180
 in his

00:50:27.180 --> 00:50:27.700
 resurrection

00:50:27.700 --> 00:50:29.039
 why is he

00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:29.559
 saying they

00:50:29.559 --> 00:50:29.840
 have been

00:50:29.840 --> 00:50:30.539
 seated with

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:31.220
 him in the

00:50:31.220 --> 00:50:32.019
 heavenly places

00:50:32.019 --> 00:50:32.680
 in Christ

00:50:32.680 --> 00:50:33.400
 because what

00:50:33.400 --> 00:50:33.820
 he's saying

00:50:33.820 --> 00:50:34.559
 is because

00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:35.440
 they are in

00:50:35.440 --> 00:50:36.280
 Christ to

00:50:36.280 --> 00:50:36.920
 begin with

00:50:36.920 --> 00:50:38.420
 spiritually in

00:50:38.420 --> 00:50:38.940
 Christ

00:50:38.940 --> 00:50:40.079
 spiritually in

00:50:40.079 --> 00:50:40.660
 Christ as

00:50:40.660 --> 00:50:40.900
 their

00:50:40.900 --> 00:50:41.740
 representative

00:50:41.740 --> 00:50:44.980
 therefore

00:50:44.980 --> 00:50:45.940
 whenever Christ

00:50:45.940 --> 00:50:46.599
 died

00:50:46.599 --> 00:50:48.260
 not only did

00:50:48.260 --> 00:50:49.000
 he die for

00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:49.440
 them

00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:51.860
 but there's a

00:50:51.860 --> 00:50:52.480
 sense in which

00:50:52.480 --> 00:50:53.240
 they are accounted

00:50:53.240 --> 00:50:53.800
 as having

00:50:53.800 --> 00:50:54.340
 died

00:50:54.340 --> 00:50:54.820
 the death

00:50:54.820 --> 00:50:55.680
 which he

00:50:55.680 --> 00:50:56.100
 died

00:50:56.100 --> 00:50:57.100
 the atoning

00:50:57.100 --> 00:50:57.760
 death for

00:50:57.760 --> 00:50:58.039
 sin

00:50:58.039 --> 00:50:58.840
 which he

00:50:58.840 --> 00:50:59.220
 died

00:50:59.220 --> 00:51:00.519
 and his

00:51:00.519 --> 00:51:01.260
 resurrection

00:51:01.260 --> 00:51:01.800
 from the

00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:02.059
 dead

00:51:02.059 --> 00:51:03.140
 because they

00:51:03.140 --> 00:51:03.660
 are in

00:51:03.660 --> 00:51:04.079
 him

00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:05.519
 they are

00:51:05.519 --> 00:51:06.240
 accounted

00:51:06.240 --> 00:51:06.880
 as if

00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:07.840
 they

00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:08.980
 had risen

00:51:08.980 --> 00:51:09.380
 from the

00:51:09.380 --> 00:51:09.860
 dead by

00:51:09.860 --> 00:51:10.240
 their own

00:51:10.240 --> 00:51:10.720
 strength

00:51:10.720 --> 00:51:12.539
 you see

00:51:12.539 --> 00:51:12.900
 that's

00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:13.860
 what the

00:51:13.860 --> 00:51:14.160
 Bible

00:51:14.160 --> 00:51:14.980
 teaches

00:51:14.980 --> 00:51:15.700
 with regard

00:51:15.700 --> 00:51:16.079
 to

00:51:16.079 --> 00:51:17.079
 substitution

00:51:17.079 --> 00:51:17.820
 you can't

00:51:17.820 --> 00:51:18.039
 keep

00:51:18.039 --> 00:51:18.700
 substitution

00:51:18.700 --> 00:51:19.220
 out of

00:51:19.220 --> 00:51:19.380
 the

00:51:19.380 --> 00:51:19.760
 picture

00:51:19.760 --> 00:51:21.260
 let me

00:51:21.260 --> 00:51:21.640
 just finish

00:51:21.640 --> 00:51:22.000
 the point

00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:22.380
 by saying

00:51:22.380 --> 00:51:22.660
 this

00:51:22.659 --> 00:51:25.679
 when you

00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:26.179
 think of

00:51:26.179 --> 00:51:26.699
 Jesus

00:51:26.699 --> 00:51:27.519
 on the

00:51:27.519 --> 00:51:27.879
 cross

00:51:27.879 --> 00:51:28.339
 and then

00:51:28.339 --> 00:51:28.699
 Jesus

00:51:28.699 --> 00:51:29.719
 being

00:51:29.719 --> 00:51:30.099
 raised

00:51:30.099 --> 00:51:30.440
 from the

00:51:30.440 --> 00:51:30.719
 dead

00:51:30.719 --> 00:51:31.480
 following

00:51:31.480 --> 00:51:31.940
 that

00:51:31.940 --> 00:51:33.079
 and think

00:51:33.079 --> 00:51:33.339
 of his

00:51:33.339 --> 00:51:33.679
 people

00:51:33.679 --> 00:51:34.500
 in him

00:51:34.500 --> 00:51:35.819
 well this

00:51:35.819 --> 00:51:36.059
 is how

00:51:36.059 --> 00:51:36.679
 it works

00:51:36.679 --> 00:51:38.039
 the

00:51:38.039 --> 00:51:38.500
 sin

00:51:38.500 --> 00:51:39.059
 of his

00:51:39.059 --> 00:51:39.339
 people

00:51:39.339 --> 00:51:39.980
 the sins

00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:40.359
 of his

00:51:40.359 --> 00:51:40.759
 people

00:51:40.759 --> 00:51:42.699
 having been

00:51:42.699 --> 00:51:43.099
 taken

00:51:43.099 --> 00:51:43.539
 by

00:51:43.539 --> 00:51:44.099
 Jesus

00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:45.899
 they are

00:51:45.899 --> 00:51:46.399
 accounted

00:51:46.399 --> 00:51:47.139
 as if

00:51:47.139 --> 00:51:47.480
 they were

00:51:47.480 --> 00:51:47.879
 his

00:51:47.879 --> 00:51:48.299
 from the

00:51:48.299 --> 00:51:48.659
 beginning

00:51:48.659 --> 00:51:49.639
 as if

00:51:49.639 --> 00:51:49.960
 he had

00:51:49.960 --> 00:51:50.579
 done

00:51:50.579 --> 00:51:50.940
 these

00:51:50.940 --> 00:51:51.259
 sins

00:51:51.259 --> 00:51:51.879
 himself

00:51:51.879 --> 00:51:52.980
 that is

00:51:52.980 --> 00:51:53.419
 why God

00:51:53.419 --> 00:51:53.759
 visited

00:51:53.759 --> 00:51:53.980
 him

00:51:53.980 --> 00:51:54.759
 with

00:51:54.759 --> 00:51:54.919
 his

00:51:54.919 --> 00:51:55.339
 wrath

00:51:55.339 --> 00:51:57.599
 he took

00:51:57.599 --> 00:51:57.879
 our

00:51:57.879 --> 00:51:58.359
 sins

00:51:58.359 --> 00:51:59.199
 he took

00:51:59.199 --> 00:51:59.619
 the sins

00:51:59.619 --> 00:51:59.899
 of his

00:51:59.899 --> 00:52:00.279
 people

00:52:00.279 --> 00:52:01.779
 God

00:52:01.779 --> 00:52:02.219
 viewed

00:52:02.219 --> 00:52:02.440
 him

00:52:02.440 --> 00:52:03.159
 as the

00:52:03.159 --> 00:52:03.659
 substitute

00:52:03.659 --> 00:52:04.059
 of his

00:52:04.059 --> 00:52:04.419
 people

00:52:04.420 --> 00:52:05.500
 as if

00:52:05.500 --> 00:52:05.880
 all of

00:52:05.880 --> 00:52:06.139
 these

00:52:06.139 --> 00:52:06.380
 sins

00:52:06.380 --> 00:52:06.700
 had been

00:52:06.700 --> 00:52:07.019
 committed

00:52:07.019 --> 00:52:07.300
 by

00:52:07.300 --> 00:52:07.820
 himself

00:52:07.820 --> 00:52:09.860
 but on

00:52:09.860 --> 00:52:10.200
 the other

00:52:10.200 --> 00:52:10.539
 side

00:52:10.539 --> 00:52:10.820
 of it

00:52:10.820 --> 00:52:12.300
 when he

00:52:12.300 --> 00:52:12.579
 rose

00:52:12.579 --> 00:52:12.940
 from the

00:52:12.940 --> 00:52:13.260
 dead

00:52:13.260 --> 00:52:15.760
 so that

00:52:15.760 --> 00:52:16.380
 resurrection

00:52:16.380 --> 00:52:18.019
 God

00:52:18.019 --> 00:52:19.000
 because his

00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:19.460
 people are

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:19.920
 in him

00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:21.139
 they are

00:52:21.139 --> 00:52:21.880
 raised with

00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:22.119
 him

00:52:22.119 --> 00:52:22.720
 spiritually

00:52:22.720 --> 00:52:24.000
 they are

00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:24.519
 looked upon

00:52:24.519 --> 00:52:25.059
 by God

00:52:25.059 --> 00:52:25.680
 as if

00:52:25.680 --> 00:52:26.619
 they had

00:52:26.619 --> 00:52:27.340
 risen from

00:52:27.340 --> 00:52:27.760
 the dead

00:52:27.760 --> 00:52:28.360
 themselves

00:52:28.360 --> 00:52:30.980
 and there's

00:52:30.980 --> 00:52:31.400
 a wonderful

00:52:31.400 --> 00:52:32.099
 transaction

00:52:32.099 --> 00:52:32.579
 there

00:52:32.579 --> 00:52:34.900
 the sins

00:52:34.900 --> 00:52:35.259
 of his

00:52:35.259 --> 00:52:35.659
 people

00:52:35.659 --> 00:52:36.719
 are laid

00:52:36.719 --> 00:52:37.059
 upon

00:52:37.059 --> 00:52:37.460
 Jesus

00:52:37.460 --> 00:52:38.059
 they become

00:52:38.059 --> 00:52:38.599
 his own

00:52:38.599 --> 00:52:39.920
 he never

00:52:39.920 --> 00:52:40.559
 sinned

00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:41.759
 he never

00:52:41.759 --> 00:52:42.179
 could

00:52:42.179 --> 00:52:43.719
 but these

00:52:43.719 --> 00:52:44.199
 sins are

00:52:44.199 --> 00:52:44.779
 looked upon

00:52:44.779 --> 00:52:45.880
 as his

00:52:45.880 --> 00:52:47.400
 federally

00:52:47.400 --> 00:52:49.279
 representatively

00:52:49.279 --> 00:52:50.739
 substitutionary

00:52:50.739 --> 00:52:52.799
 and on the

00:52:52.799 --> 00:52:53.380
 other hand

00:52:53.380 --> 00:52:54.860
 the righteousness

00:52:54.860 --> 00:52:55.500
 that he has

00:52:55.500 --> 00:52:56.159
 accomplished

00:52:56.159 --> 00:52:58.000
 the righteousness

00:52:58.000 --> 00:52:58.559
 in fact

00:52:58.559 --> 00:52:59.039
 that he

00:52:59.039 --> 00:52:59.659
 is

00:52:59.659 --> 00:53:01.039
 by his

00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:01.480
 death and

00:53:01.480 --> 00:53:02.000
 resurrection

00:53:02.000 --> 00:53:04.679
 that is

00:53:04.679 --> 00:53:05.219
 accounted

00:53:05.219 --> 00:53:06.699
 the righteousness

00:53:06.699 --> 00:53:07.219
 of his

00:53:07.219 --> 00:53:07.639
 people

00:53:07.639 --> 00:53:08.980
 as if they

00:53:08.980 --> 00:53:09.519
 had created

00:53:09.519 --> 00:53:10.320
 it themselves

00:53:10.320 --> 00:53:12.599
 that's at the

00:53:12.599 --> 00:53:13.699
 heart of the

00:53:13.699 --> 00:53:14.079
 gospel

00:53:14.079 --> 00:53:16.239
 that's what

00:53:16.239 --> 00:53:16.940
 makes Jesus

00:53:16.940 --> 00:53:18.880
 such an

00:53:18.880 --> 00:53:19.400
 immense

00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:19.920
 figure

00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:21.559
 and why

00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:22.739
 union with

00:53:22.739 --> 00:53:23.559
 Jesus is so

00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:24.119
 important

00:53:24.119 --> 00:53:25.340
 why faith

00:53:25.340 --> 00:53:25.840
 in Christ

00:53:25.840 --> 00:53:26.719
 is so

00:53:26.719 --> 00:53:27.179
 crucial

00:53:27.179 --> 00:53:29.359
 so let's

00:53:29.359 --> 00:53:29.639
 ask

00:53:29.639 --> 00:53:30.779
 what use

00:53:30.779 --> 00:53:31.159
 is this

00:53:31.159 --> 00:53:31.679
 to us

00:53:31.679 --> 00:53:32.099
 now

00:53:32.099 --> 00:53:34.559
 surely this

00:53:34.559 --> 00:53:34.879
 is just

00:53:34.879 --> 00:53:35.239
 something

00:53:35.239 --> 00:53:36.259
 looking ahead

00:53:36.259 --> 00:53:36.599
 to the

00:53:36.599 --> 00:53:37.059
 resurrection

00:53:37.059 --> 00:53:37.500
 well it

00:53:37.500 --> 00:53:37.839
 is

00:53:37.839 --> 00:53:38.759
 it is the

00:53:38.759 --> 00:53:39.179
 resurrection

00:53:39.179 --> 00:53:39.599
 of the

00:53:39.599 --> 00:53:39.919
 body

00:53:39.919 --> 00:53:40.879
 that Paul

00:53:40.879 --> 00:53:41.239
 has in

00:53:41.239 --> 00:53:41.500
 mind

00:53:41.500 --> 00:53:41.940
 here in

00:53:41.940 --> 00:53:43.259
 1 Corinthians

00:53:43.259 --> 00:53:43.779
 15

00:53:43.779 --> 00:53:44.359
 especially

00:53:44.359 --> 00:53:45.619
 this resurrection

00:53:45.619 --> 00:53:46.419
 of the dead

00:53:46.419 --> 00:53:47.619
 anchored in the

00:53:47.619 --> 00:53:48.419
 resurrection of

00:53:48.419 --> 00:53:48.739
 Christ

00:53:48.739 --> 00:53:49.359
 a certainty

00:53:49.359 --> 00:53:50.299
 of that

00:53:50.299 --> 00:53:50.659
 bodily

00:53:50.659 --> 00:53:51.319
 resurrection

00:53:51.320 --> 00:53:53.100
 of Christ

00:53:53.100 --> 00:53:53.760
 is making

00:53:53.760 --> 00:53:54.380
 certain

00:53:54.380 --> 00:53:55.360
 the resurrection

00:53:55.360 --> 00:53:56.600
 of all God's

00:53:56.600 --> 00:53:56.920
 people

00:53:56.920 --> 00:53:57.460
 ultimately

00:53:57.460 --> 00:53:59.280
 but let me

00:53:59.280 --> 00:53:59.700
 just take you

00:53:59.700 --> 00:54:00.320
 back to Romans

00:54:00.320 --> 00:54:00.800
 briefly

00:54:00.800 --> 00:54:02.500
 Romans 6

00:54:02.500 --> 00:54:02.880
 and verses

00:54:02.880 --> 00:54:04.200
 11 to 14

00:54:04.200 --> 00:54:06.940
 because here

00:54:06.940 --> 00:54:07.440
 is what Paul

00:54:07.440 --> 00:54:07.880
 is saying

00:54:07.880 --> 00:54:08.700
 with regard

00:54:08.700 --> 00:54:09.140
 to

00:54:09.140 --> 00:54:10.680
 again

00:54:10.680 --> 00:54:11.059
 to

00:54:11.059 --> 00:54:12.160
 with regard

00:54:12.160 --> 00:54:12.620
 to Christ

00:54:12.620 --> 00:54:12.980
 and his

00:54:12.980 --> 00:54:13.320
 people

00:54:13.320 --> 00:54:15.480
 Romans 6

00:54:15.480 --> 00:54:16.620
 and verses

00:54:16.620 --> 00:54:17.740
 11 to 14

00:54:17.739 --> 00:54:25.199
 well let's

00:54:25.199 --> 00:54:26.659
 go from

00:54:26.659 --> 00:54:27.179
 verse 10

00:54:27.179 --> 00:54:27.579
 for the

00:54:27.579 --> 00:54:28.139
 death he

00:54:28.139 --> 00:54:28.699
 died

00:54:28.699 --> 00:54:29.419
 Jesus died

00:54:29.419 --> 00:54:30.039
 he died

00:54:30.039 --> 00:54:30.679
 to sin

00:54:30.679 --> 00:54:31.759
 once for

00:54:31.759 --> 00:54:32.199
 all

00:54:32.199 --> 00:54:33.199
 but the

00:54:33.199 --> 00:54:33.779
 life he

00:54:33.779 --> 00:54:34.059
 lives

00:54:34.059 --> 00:54:34.479
 he lives

00:54:34.479 --> 00:54:35.039
 to God

00:54:35.039 --> 00:54:36.339
 so you

00:54:36.339 --> 00:54:36.919
 also

00:54:36.919 --> 00:54:37.699
 must

00:54:37.699 --> 00:54:38.279
 consider

00:54:38.279 --> 00:54:39.079
 yourselves

00:54:39.079 --> 00:54:39.819
 dead to

00:54:39.819 --> 00:54:40.179
 sin

00:54:40.179 --> 00:54:41.259
 and alive

00:54:41.259 --> 00:54:42.059
 to God

00:54:42.059 --> 00:54:42.959
 in Christ

00:54:42.959 --> 00:54:43.559
 Jesus

00:54:43.559 --> 00:54:44.879
 he's talking

00:54:44.879 --> 00:54:45.299
 about them

00:54:45.299 --> 00:54:46.239
 presently

00:54:46.239 --> 00:54:46.799
 as they are

00:54:46.799 --> 00:54:47.179
 there and

00:54:47.179 --> 00:54:47.519
 then

00:54:47.519 --> 00:54:48.719
 not just

00:54:48.719 --> 00:54:49.179
 as they were

00:54:49.179 --> 00:54:49.539
 simply

00:54:49.539 --> 00:54:50.480
 in Christ

00:54:50.480 --> 00:54:50.960
 when he rose

00:54:50.960 --> 00:54:51.619
 from the dead

00:54:51.619 --> 00:54:52.780
 but as they

00:54:52.780 --> 00:54:53.219
 are now

00:54:53.219 --> 00:54:53.900
 as believers

00:54:53.900 --> 00:54:54.480
 in Christ

00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:55.440
 having accepted

00:54:55.440 --> 00:54:55.980
 this Christ

00:54:55.980 --> 00:54:56.659
 having received

00:54:56.659 --> 00:54:57.320
 this Christ

00:54:57.320 --> 00:54:58.219
 so what's

00:54:58.219 --> 00:54:58.679
 the outcome

00:54:58.679 --> 00:54:59.139
 of that

00:54:59.139 --> 00:54:59.619
 what are

00:54:59.619 --> 00:55:00.300
 the implications

00:55:00.300 --> 00:55:00.840
 of that

00:55:00.840 --> 00:55:01.440
 what are

00:55:01.440 --> 00:55:02.159
 the requirements

00:55:02.159 --> 00:55:02.699
 that follow

00:55:02.699 --> 00:55:03.539
 on from that

00:55:03.539 --> 00:55:05.099
 being in Christ

00:55:05.099 --> 00:55:06.159
 having Christ

00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:06.840
 as our Savior

00:55:06.840 --> 00:55:07.280
 now

00:55:07.280 --> 00:55:08.159
 being joined

00:55:08.159 --> 00:55:08.780
 to him

00:55:08.780 --> 00:55:09.500
 him in his

00:55:09.500 --> 00:55:09.980
 resurrection

00:55:09.980 --> 00:55:10.599
 well he says

00:55:10.599 --> 00:55:12.239
 let not sin

00:55:12.239 --> 00:55:12.920
 therefore

00:55:12.920 --> 00:55:14.259
 reign in your

00:55:14.259 --> 00:55:15.199
 mortal bodies

00:55:15.199 --> 00:55:16.259
 to make you

00:55:16.259 --> 00:55:16.920
 obey their

00:55:16.920 --> 00:55:17.420
 passions

00:55:17.420 --> 00:55:18.720
 do not

00:55:18.720 --> 00:55:19.180
 present

00:55:19.180 --> 00:55:19.800
 your members

00:55:19.800 --> 00:55:20.500
 to sin

00:55:20.500 --> 00:55:21.559
 as instruments

00:55:21.559 --> 00:55:22.920
 for unrighteousness

00:55:22.920 --> 00:55:24.220
 but present

00:55:24.220 --> 00:55:25.000
 yourselves to

00:55:25.000 --> 00:55:25.400
 God

00:55:25.400 --> 00:55:26.400
 as those

00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:26.840
 who have been

00:55:26.840 --> 00:55:27.440
 brought from

00:55:27.440 --> 00:55:28.360
 death to life

00:55:28.360 --> 00:55:29.980
 and your members

00:55:29.980 --> 00:55:31.240
 to God

00:55:31.240 --> 00:55:31.840
 as instruments

00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:33.200
 for righteousness

00:55:33.199 --> 00:55:34.819
 for sin

00:55:34.819 --> 00:55:35.239
 will have

00:55:35.239 --> 00:55:36.039
 no dominion

00:55:36.039 --> 00:55:36.579
 over you

00:55:36.579 --> 00:55:37.659
 for you

00:55:37.659 --> 00:55:38.000
 are not

00:55:38.000 --> 00:55:38.419
 under the

00:55:38.419 --> 00:55:38.659
 law

00:55:38.659 --> 00:55:39.079
 but under

00:55:39.079 --> 00:55:39.559
 grace

00:55:39.559 --> 00:55:40.899
 not going to

00:55:40.899 --> 00:55:41.299
 look it up

00:55:41.299 --> 00:55:41.639
 but you can

00:55:41.639 --> 00:55:41.980
 follow

00:55:41.980 --> 00:55:43.919
 Colossians chapter

00:55:43.919 --> 00:55:44.219
 3

00:55:44.219 --> 00:55:44.779
 as pretty much

00:55:44.779 --> 00:55:45.179
 the same

00:55:45.179 --> 00:55:45.619
 emphasis

00:55:45.619 --> 00:55:47.039
 if you read

00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:47.439
 that through

00:55:47.439 --> 00:55:48.359
 for yourselves

00:55:48.359 --> 00:55:48.659
 later

00:55:48.659 --> 00:55:49.279
 but what is it

00:55:49.279 --> 00:55:49.500
 saying

00:55:49.500 --> 00:55:49.879
 it's saying

00:55:49.879 --> 00:55:50.739
 that the

00:55:50.739 --> 00:55:51.599
 dynamic

00:55:51.599 --> 00:55:52.319
 of the

00:55:52.319 --> 00:55:52.779
 Christian

00:55:52.779 --> 00:55:53.399
 life

00:55:53.399 --> 00:55:55.159
 the dynamic

00:55:55.159 --> 00:55:56.019
 the energy

00:55:56.019 --> 00:55:56.779
 that enables

00:55:56.779 --> 00:55:57.239
 us through

00:55:57.239 --> 00:55:57.699
 the Holy

00:55:57.699 --> 00:55:58.119
 Spirit

00:55:58.119 --> 00:55:59.119
 to live

00:55:59.119 --> 00:55:59.719
 a God

00:55:59.719 --> 00:56:00.159
 pleasing

00:56:00.159 --> 00:56:00.759
 life

00:56:00.759 --> 00:56:01.500
 to live

00:56:01.500 --> 00:56:02.000
 a life

00:56:02.000 --> 00:56:02.799
 that in

00:56:02.799 --> 00:56:03.900
 this world

00:56:03.900 --> 00:56:04.639
 as itself

00:56:04.639 --> 00:56:06.319
 the life

00:56:06.319 --> 00:56:07.279
 that God

00:56:07.279 --> 00:56:08.099
 requires of

00:56:08.099 --> 00:56:08.299
 us

00:56:08.299 --> 00:56:09.279
 to live

00:56:09.279 --> 00:56:10.039
 that life

00:56:10.039 --> 00:56:11.579
 is by virtue

00:56:11.579 --> 00:56:12.359
 of the power

00:56:12.359 --> 00:56:13.119
 of Christ's

00:56:13.119 --> 00:56:13.639
 resurrection

00:56:13.639 --> 00:56:16.059
 that is what's

00:56:16.059 --> 00:56:16.579
 operating

00:56:16.579 --> 00:56:17.920
 through the

00:56:17.920 --> 00:56:18.579
 Holy Spirit

00:56:18.579 --> 00:56:19.500
 in every

00:56:19.500 --> 00:56:19.940
 Christian

00:56:19.940 --> 00:56:20.339
 in every

00:56:20.339 --> 00:56:21.219
 saved person

00:56:21.219 --> 00:56:24.599
 you see

00:56:24.599 --> 00:56:25.019
 that's why

00:56:25.019 --> 00:56:25.440
 you need to

00:56:25.440 --> 00:56:25.859
 know your

00:56:25.859 --> 00:56:26.380
 theology

00:56:26.380 --> 00:56:27.559
 there's a lot

00:56:27.559 --> 00:56:27.880
 of this

00:56:27.880 --> 00:56:28.559
 that I

00:56:28.559 --> 00:56:28.820
 know

00:56:28.820 --> 00:56:29.619
 is deep

00:56:29.619 --> 00:56:30.279
 a lot

00:56:30.279 --> 00:56:30.579
 of this

00:56:30.579 --> 00:56:31.599
 that really

00:56:31.599 --> 00:56:32.199
 passes my

00:56:32.199 --> 00:56:32.400
 own

00:56:32.400 --> 00:56:33.079
 understanding

00:56:33.079 --> 00:56:34.440
 and yet

00:56:34.440 --> 00:56:35.299
 I need to

00:56:35.299 --> 00:56:36.019
 preach from

00:56:36.019 --> 00:56:36.619
 these passages

00:56:36.619 --> 00:56:37.199
 as you know

00:56:37.199 --> 00:56:37.840
 but the

00:56:37.840 --> 00:56:38.639
 dynamic of

00:56:38.639 --> 00:56:39.239
 this Christian

00:56:39.239 --> 00:56:40.000
 life is

00:56:40.000 --> 00:56:40.460
 from your

00:56:40.460 --> 00:56:41.179
 union with

00:56:41.179 --> 00:56:41.619
 Christ

00:56:41.619 --> 00:56:42.299
 in his

00:56:42.299 --> 00:56:42.759
 death and

00:56:42.759 --> 00:56:43.299
 resurrection

00:56:43.299 --> 00:56:44.940
 and that

00:56:44.940 --> 00:56:45.420
 dynamic

00:56:45.420 --> 00:56:46.139
 that energy

00:56:46.139 --> 00:56:46.579
 that's in

00:56:46.579 --> 00:56:47.139
 your life

00:56:47.139 --> 00:56:48.299
 is exactly

00:56:48.299 --> 00:56:49.039
 the energy

00:56:49.039 --> 00:56:50.440
 that raised

00:56:50.440 --> 00:56:51.199
 Christ

00:56:51.199 --> 00:56:52.079
 from the

00:56:52.079 --> 00:56:52.480
 dead

00:56:52.480 --> 00:56:55.099
 and you

00:56:55.099 --> 00:56:55.440
 see that

00:56:55.440 --> 00:56:55.900
 in Paul's

00:56:55.900 --> 00:56:56.659
 own experience

00:56:56.659 --> 00:56:57.739
 when he

00:56:57.739 --> 00:56:58.039
 gave his

00:56:58.039 --> 00:56:58.420
 testimony

00:56:58.420 --> 00:56:58.639
 in

00:56:58.639 --> 00:56:58.980
 Philippians

00:56:58.980 --> 00:56:59.699
 chapter 3

00:56:59.699 --> 00:57:01.139
 why did

00:57:01.139 --> 00:57:01.599
 he count

00:57:01.599 --> 00:57:02.239
 all things

00:57:02.239 --> 00:57:02.899
 but loss

00:57:02.899 --> 00:57:04.159
 why was he

00:57:04.159 --> 00:57:04.779
 pleased to

00:57:04.779 --> 00:57:05.779
 count everything

00:57:05.779 --> 00:57:06.579
 but loss

00:57:06.579 --> 00:57:07.359
 for the sake

00:57:07.359 --> 00:57:08.019
 of Christ

00:57:08.019 --> 00:57:08.759
 well he

00:57:08.759 --> 00:57:09.779
 says so

00:57:09.779 --> 00:57:10.359
 that I

00:57:10.359 --> 00:57:11.379
 might know

00:57:11.379 --> 00:57:11.799
 him

00:57:11.799 --> 00:57:13.239
 and the

00:57:13.239 --> 00:57:14.039
 power of

00:57:14.039 --> 00:57:14.839
 his resurrection

00:57:14.839 --> 00:57:16.420
 and fellowship

00:57:16.420 --> 00:57:16.940
 with his

00:57:16.940 --> 00:57:17.719
 sufferings

00:57:17.719 --> 00:57:19.359
 that if by

00:57:19.359 --> 00:57:19.839
 any means

00:57:19.839 --> 00:57:20.239
 I might

00:57:20.239 --> 00:57:20.779
 attain

00:57:20.779 --> 00:57:22.339
 unto the

00:57:22.339 --> 00:57:22.899
 resurrection

00:57:22.900 --> 00:57:23.340
 of the

00:57:23.340 --> 00:57:23.760
 dead

00:57:23.760 --> 00:57:25.019
 see isn't

00:57:25.019 --> 00:57:25.519
 it wonderful

00:57:25.519 --> 00:57:26.480
 Paul is

00:57:26.480 --> 00:57:27.400
 saying I

00:57:27.400 --> 00:57:27.920
 can count

00:57:27.920 --> 00:57:28.539
 all things

00:57:28.539 --> 00:57:29.160
 now but

00:57:29.160 --> 00:57:29.700
 loss

00:57:29.700 --> 00:57:31.260
 everything I

00:57:31.260 --> 00:57:31.740
 once saw

00:57:31.740 --> 00:57:32.240
 as gain

00:57:32.240 --> 00:57:32.599
 in my

00:57:32.599 --> 00:57:32.960
 life

00:57:32.960 --> 00:57:34.200
 I'm more

00:57:34.200 --> 00:57:34.720
 than happy

00:57:34.720 --> 00:57:35.400
 to just

00:57:35.400 --> 00:57:35.880
 let them

00:57:35.880 --> 00:57:36.440
 drop and

00:57:36.440 --> 00:57:37.059
 fall away

00:57:37.059 --> 00:57:37.880
 they're no

00:57:37.880 --> 00:57:38.420
 use to me

00:57:38.420 --> 00:57:39.059
 anymore for

00:57:39.059 --> 00:57:39.579
 righteousness

00:57:39.579 --> 00:57:41.160
 I have

00:57:41.160 --> 00:57:41.619
 Christ

00:57:41.619 --> 00:57:42.800
 that's all

00:57:42.800 --> 00:57:43.260
 I need

00:57:43.260 --> 00:57:44.220
 to be

00:57:44.220 --> 00:57:44.760
 right with

00:57:44.760 --> 00:57:45.180
 God

00:57:45.179 --> 00:57:47.899
 so that

00:57:47.899 --> 00:57:48.339
 I might

00:57:48.339 --> 00:57:48.739
 have

00:57:48.739 --> 00:57:50.059
 his

00:57:50.059 --> 00:57:50.699
 righteousness

00:57:50.699 --> 00:57:52.619
 that comes

00:57:52.619 --> 00:57:53.299
 by faith

00:57:53.299 --> 00:57:53.679
 in him

00:57:53.679 --> 00:57:56.839
 but so

00:57:56.839 --> 00:57:57.139
 that I

00:57:57.139 --> 00:57:57.319
 might

00:57:57.319 --> 00:57:57.899
 ultimately

00:57:57.899 --> 00:57:59.339
 attain

00:57:59.339 --> 00:58:00.480
 to the

00:58:00.480 --> 00:58:01.000
 resurrection

00:58:01.000 --> 00:58:01.679
 of the

00:58:01.679 --> 00:58:02.059
 dead

00:58:02.059 --> 00:58:03.159
 he's got

00:58:03.159 --> 00:58:03.719
 the power

00:58:03.719 --> 00:58:04.019
 of his

00:58:04.019 --> 00:58:04.579
 resurrection

00:58:04.579 --> 00:58:05.759
 working in

00:58:05.759 --> 00:58:06.299
 him now

00:58:06.299 --> 00:58:08.460
 he is being

00:58:08.460 --> 00:58:09.079
 brought by

00:58:09.079 --> 00:58:10.259
 that towards

00:58:10.259 --> 00:58:12.779
 the resurrection

00:58:12.779 --> 00:58:13.359
 from the

00:58:13.359 --> 00:58:13.759
 dead

00:58:13.760 --> 00:58:15.800
 that awaits

00:58:15.800 --> 00:58:16.920
 him when

00:58:16.920 --> 00:58:17.680
 that resurrection

00:58:17.680 --> 00:58:18.620
 takes place

00:58:18.620 --> 00:58:20.960
 and it's

00:58:20.960 --> 00:58:21.920
 all to do

00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:23.580
 with Jesus

00:58:23.580 --> 00:58:27.780
 if you are

00:58:27.780 --> 00:58:28.340
 joined to

00:58:28.340 --> 00:58:29.100
 Christ tonight

00:58:29.100 --> 00:58:30.020
 by faith

00:58:30.020 --> 00:58:31.800
 you are

00:58:31.800 --> 00:58:32.420
 joined to

00:58:32.420 --> 00:58:32.640
 his

00:58:32.640 --> 00:58:33.280
 resurrection

00:58:33.280 --> 00:58:36.040
 what a

00:58:36.040 --> 00:58:36.620
 blessing it

00:58:36.620 --> 00:58:37.100
 is to be

00:58:37.100 --> 00:58:38.040
 united to

00:58:38.040 --> 00:58:38.620
 Christ

00:58:38.620 --> 00:58:40.260
 what a

00:58:40.260 --> 00:58:40.800
 blessing it

00:58:40.800 --> 00:58:41.140
 is to

00:58:41.140 --> 00:58:41.700
 know the

00:58:41.700 --> 00:58:42.280
 power of

00:58:42.280 --> 00:58:42.820
 Christ's

00:58:42.820 --> 00:58:43.340
 resurrection

00:58:43.340 --> 00:58:44.600
 making you

00:58:44.600 --> 00:58:45.000
 first of

00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:45.700
 all into

00:58:45.700 --> 00:58:46.120
 what you

00:58:46.120 --> 00:58:47.059
 are as

00:58:47.059 --> 00:58:48.039
 alive in

00:58:48.039 --> 00:58:48.480
 Christ

00:58:48.480 --> 00:58:49.900
 having

00:58:49.900 --> 00:58:51.240
 brought you

00:58:51.240 --> 00:58:51.460
 from

00:58:51.460 --> 00:58:52.039
 spiritual

00:58:52.039 --> 00:58:52.640
 death

00:58:52.640 --> 00:58:55.200
 raised you

00:58:55.200 --> 00:58:56.000
 spiritually to

00:58:56.000 --> 00:58:56.900
 be joined

00:58:56.900 --> 00:58:58.579
 to Christ

00:58:58.579 --> 00:58:59.920
 what a

00:58:59.920 --> 00:59:00.539
 blessing you

00:59:00.539 --> 00:59:00.940
 have

00:59:00.940 --> 00:59:03.039
 now that's

00:59:03.039 --> 00:59:03.440
 what's true

00:59:03.440 --> 00:59:03.740
 of your

00:59:03.740 --> 00:59:04.240
 life

00:59:04.240 --> 00:59:07.780
 what

00:59:07.780 --> 00:59:08.800
 incalculable

00:59:08.800 --> 00:59:09.460
 loss

00:59:09.460 --> 00:59:10.800
 God

00:59:10.800 --> 00:59:11.539
 if it

00:59:11.539 --> 00:59:11.900
 should be

00:59:11.900 --> 00:59:12.300
 otherwise

00:59:12.300 --> 00:59:13.099
 with you

00:59:13.099 --> 00:59:15.679
 because

00:59:15.679 --> 00:59:16.400
 unless you're

00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:16.840
 joined

00:59:16.840 --> 00:59:18.320
 vitally to

00:59:18.320 --> 00:59:18.900
 Jesus

00:59:18.900 --> 00:59:20.320
 it doesn't

00:59:20.320 --> 00:59:20.840
 matter how

00:59:20.840 --> 00:59:21.260
 much you

00:59:21.260 --> 00:59:21.740
 know in

00:59:21.740 --> 00:59:22.179
 your head

00:59:22.179 --> 00:59:22.840
 of theology

00:59:22.840 --> 00:59:25.039
 it doesn't

00:59:25.039 --> 00:59:25.460
 matter what

00:59:25.460 --> 00:59:26.280
 standards of

00:59:26.280 --> 00:59:26.980
 attainment you

00:59:26.980 --> 00:59:27.460
 may have

00:59:27.460 --> 00:59:28.360
 academically or

00:59:28.360 --> 00:59:28.780
 otherwise

00:59:28.780 --> 00:59:29.699
 in this

00:59:29.699 --> 00:59:30.220
 life

00:59:30.220 --> 00:59:31.400
 you are

00:59:31.400 --> 00:59:32.079
 dead in

00:59:32.079 --> 00:59:32.260
 your

00:59:32.260 --> 00:59:32.920
 trespasses

00:59:32.920 --> 00:59:33.619
 and sins

00:59:33.619 --> 00:59:37.019
 that's the

00:59:37.019 --> 00:59:37.539
 reality

00:59:37.539 --> 00:59:39.619
 that God

00:59:39.619 --> 00:59:40.159
 tells us

00:59:40.159 --> 00:59:40.599
 about

00:59:40.599 --> 00:59:43.619
 but focus

00:59:43.619 --> 00:59:45.099
 on Christ

00:59:45.099 --> 00:59:45.619
 himself

00:59:45.619 --> 00:59:47.859
 as by a

00:59:47.859 --> 00:59:48.659
 man came

00:59:48.659 --> 00:59:49.239
 death

00:59:49.239 --> 00:59:51.079
 we all know

00:59:51.079 --> 00:59:51.579
 about that

00:59:51.579 --> 00:59:52.139
 that's where we

00:59:52.139 --> 00:59:52.699
 all are

00:59:52.699 --> 00:59:53.880
 coming into

00:59:53.880 --> 00:59:54.440
 the world

00:59:54.440 --> 00:59:56.400
 so also

00:59:56.400 --> 00:59:56.820
 by a

00:59:56.820 --> 00:59:57.220
 man has

00:59:57.220 --> 00:59:57.500
 come

00:59:57.500 --> 00:59:57.880
 the

00:59:57.880 --> 00:59:58.260
 resurrection

00:59:58.260 --> 00:59:58.820
 of the

00:59:58.820 --> 00:59:59.039
 dead

00:59:59.039 --> 00:59:59.740
 as in

00:59:59.740 --> 01:00:00.360
 Adam all

01:00:00.360 --> 01:00:00.760
 die

01:00:00.760 --> 01:00:01.420
 so also

01:00:01.420 --> 01:00:02.539
 in

01:00:02.539 --> 01:00:03.119
 Christ

01:00:03.119 --> 01:00:04.659
 shall all

01:00:04.659 --> 01:00:04.860
 who are

01:00:04.860 --> 01:00:05.340
 in Christ

01:00:05.340 --> 01:00:05.920
 be made

01:00:05.920 --> 01:00:07.139
 alive

01:00:07.139 --> 01:00:10.179
 now

01:00:10.179 --> 01:00:10.599
 which is

01:00:10.599 --> 01:00:10.820
 it

01:00:10.820 --> 01:00:13.059
 which is

01:00:13.059 --> 01:00:13.400
 it for

01:00:13.400 --> 01:00:13.940
 yourself

01:00:13.940 --> 01:00:18.119
 have you

01:00:18.119 --> 01:00:18.599
 come to

01:00:18.599 --> 01:00:19.220
 trust in

01:00:19.220 --> 01:00:19.460
 him

01:00:19.460 --> 01:00:20.740
 to the

01:00:20.740 --> 01:00:21.119
 extent

01:00:21.119 --> 01:00:21.440
 that you

01:00:21.440 --> 01:00:21.900
 now know

01:00:21.900 --> 01:00:22.440
 his power

01:00:22.440 --> 01:00:22.720
 in your

01:00:22.720 --> 01:00:23.139
 life

01:00:23.139 --> 01:00:24.779
 have you

01:00:24.779 --> 01:00:25.219
 given your

01:00:25.219 --> 01:00:25.960
 life over

01:00:25.960 --> 01:00:26.460
 to him

01:00:26.460 --> 01:00:27.879
 so that

01:00:27.879 --> 01:00:28.239
 it's now

01:00:28.239 --> 01:00:28.859
 governed by

01:00:28.859 --> 01:00:29.400
 the power

01:00:29.400 --> 01:00:29.779
 of his

01:00:29.779 --> 01:00:30.319
 resurrection

01:00:30.319 --> 01:00:32.319
 are you

01:00:32.319 --> 01:00:32.819
 trying to

01:00:32.819 --> 01:00:33.339
 deal with

01:00:33.339 --> 01:00:34.019
 sin in

01:00:34.019 --> 01:00:34.639
 your life

01:00:34.639 --> 01:00:34.879
 through

01:00:34.879 --> 01:00:35.400
 anything

01:00:35.400 --> 01:00:36.440
 other than

01:00:36.440 --> 01:00:36.960
 the power

01:00:36.960 --> 01:00:37.659
 of Christ's

01:00:37.659 --> 01:00:38.159
 resurrection

01:00:38.159 --> 01:00:40.099
 is your

01:00:40.099 --> 01:00:41.139
 hope towards

01:00:41.139 --> 01:00:41.779
 eternity

01:00:41.779 --> 01:00:43.359
 based on

01:00:43.359 --> 01:00:43.819
 anything

01:00:43.819 --> 01:00:44.619
 other than

01:00:44.619 --> 01:00:46.159
 this

01:00:46.159 --> 01:00:46.779
 Jesus

01:00:46.779 --> 01:00:47.839
 in his

01:00:47.839 --> 01:00:48.480
 resurrection

01:00:48.480 --> 01:00:50.500
 friends I

01:00:50.500 --> 01:00:51.199
 hope not

01:00:51.199 --> 01:00:52.719
 I hope it

01:00:52.719 --> 01:00:53.399
 for myself

01:00:53.399 --> 01:00:54.879
 I hope it

01:00:54.879 --> 01:00:55.579
 for yourselves

01:00:55.579 --> 01:00:58.139
 I hope that

01:00:58.139 --> 01:00:58.899
 this Jesus

01:00:58.899 --> 01:00:59.539
 is your

01:00:59.539 --> 01:00:59.980
 Jesus

01:00:59.980 --> 01:01:01.919
 that this

01:01:01.919 --> 01:01:02.759
 risen Jesus

01:01:02.759 --> 01:01:03.419
 is your

01:01:03.419 --> 01:01:04.219
 risen Jesus

01:01:04.219 --> 01:01:06.779
 I hope that

01:01:06.779 --> 01:01:08.399
 this hope

01:01:08.399 --> 01:01:08.919
 of eternal

01:01:08.919 --> 01:01:09.539
 life

01:01:09.539 --> 01:01:11.299
 is your

01:01:11.299 --> 01:01:11.879
 hope as

01:01:11.879 --> 01:01:12.199
 well

01:01:12.199 --> 01:01:13.879
 it's the

01:01:13.879 --> 01:01:14.599
 only hope

01:01:14.599 --> 01:01:15.839
 the Bible

01:01:15.839 --> 01:01:16.619
 knows of

01:01:16.619 --> 01:01:17.839
 as a

01:01:17.839 --> 01:01:18.199
 true

01:01:18.199 --> 01:01:19.359
 living

01:01:19.359 --> 01:01:20.500
 hope

01:01:20.500 --> 01:01:21.519
 let's

01:01:21.519 --> 01:01:21.780
 pray

01:01:21.780 --> 01:01:25.239
 Lord our

01:01:25.239 --> 01:01:25.780
 God our

01:01:25.780 --> 01:01:26.579
 Father in

01:01:26.579 --> 01:01:26.840
 heaven

01:01:26.840 --> 01:01:29.599
 we thank

01:01:29.599 --> 01:01:29.880
 you for

01:01:29.880 --> 01:01:30.460
 your word

01:01:30.460 --> 01:01:32.280
 we thank

01:01:32.280 --> 01:01:32.739
 you for all

01:01:32.739 --> 01:01:33.039
 that it

01:01:33.039 --> 01:01:33.559
 contains

01:01:33.559 --> 01:01:34.960
 for that

01:01:34.960 --> 01:01:35.340
 which we

01:01:35.340 --> 01:01:35.579
 can

01:01:35.579 --> 01:01:36.360
 understand

01:01:36.360 --> 01:01:36.739
 in a

01:01:36.739 --> 01:01:37.000
 measure

01:01:37.000 --> 01:01:38.400
 and for

01:01:38.400 --> 01:01:38.960
 that which

01:01:38.960 --> 01:01:39.579
 carries us

01:01:39.579 --> 01:01:40.179
 beyond our

01:01:40.179 --> 01:01:40.860
 understanding

01:01:40.860 --> 01:01:42.940
 and Lord as

01:01:42.940 --> 01:01:43.619
 we consider

01:01:43.619 --> 01:01:44.199
 these great

01:01:44.199 --> 01:01:45.000
 aspects of

01:01:45.000 --> 01:01:46.139
 the resurrection

01:01:46.139 --> 01:01:46.960
 of our Lord

01:01:46.960 --> 01:01:47.659
 from the dead

01:01:47.659 --> 01:01:48.879
 and the

01:01:48.879 --> 01:01:49.299
 resurrection

01:01:49.299 --> 01:01:50.099
 that awaits

01:01:50.099 --> 01:01:51.019
 his people

01:01:51.019 --> 01:01:51.500
 bodily

01:01:51.500 --> 01:01:53.159
 we bless you

01:01:53.159 --> 01:01:53.619
 for that

01:01:53.619 --> 01:01:54.119
 spiritual

01:01:54.119 --> 01:01:54.739
 resurrection

01:01:54.739 --> 01:01:57.019
 that has

01:01:57.019 --> 01:01:57.679
 taken place

01:01:57.679 --> 01:01:57.940
 in the

01:01:57.940 --> 01:01:58.599
 experience of

01:01:58.599 --> 01:01:59.059
 all who are

01:01:59.059 --> 01:01:59.539
 saved

01:01:59.539 --> 01:02:01.139
 and we bless

01:02:01.139 --> 01:02:01.639
 you tonight

01:02:01.639 --> 01:02:02.259
 Lord that

01:02:02.259 --> 01:02:03.039
 through the

01:02:03.039 --> 01:02:03.440
 gospel

01:02:03.440 --> 01:02:04.659
 this is still

01:02:04.659 --> 01:02:05.519
 proclaimed to

01:02:05.519 --> 01:02:06.819
 us as the

01:02:06.819 --> 01:02:07.379
 avenue to

01:02:07.379 --> 01:02:07.839
 life

01:02:07.839 --> 01:02:09.539
 bless us

01:02:09.539 --> 01:02:10.039
 we pray

01:02:10.039 --> 01:02:10.960
 as your

01:02:10.960 --> 01:02:11.559
 word again

01:02:11.559 --> 01:02:12.279
 touches our

01:02:12.279 --> 01:02:12.779
 lives

01:02:12.779 --> 01:02:14.440
 bless us

01:02:14.440 --> 01:02:14.899
 so that we

01:02:14.899 --> 01:02:16.019
 may respond

01:02:16.019 --> 01:02:17.079
 believingly

01:02:17.079 --> 01:02:18.300
 wholeheartedly

01:02:18.300 --> 01:02:18.960
 and honestly

01:02:18.960 --> 01:02:19.780
 and seriously

01:02:19.780 --> 01:02:21.480
 bless the

01:02:21.480 --> 01:02:22.039
 young people

01:02:22.039 --> 01:02:22.780
 here tonight

01:02:22.780 --> 01:02:23.179
 Lord

01:02:23.179 --> 01:02:24.360
 if you

01:02:24.360 --> 01:02:24.860
 spare them

01:02:24.860 --> 01:02:25.239
 they have

01:02:25.239 --> 01:02:25.619
 their whole

01:02:25.619 --> 01:02:26.159
 life ahead

01:02:26.159 --> 01:02:26.539
 of them

01:02:26.539 --> 01:02:27.719
 to serve

01:02:27.719 --> 01:02:28.199
 the Lord

01:02:28.199 --> 01:02:29.500
 we pray

01:02:29.500 --> 01:02:29.820
 that they

01:02:29.820 --> 01:02:30.139
 may know

01:02:30.139 --> 01:02:30.579
 you in

01:02:30.579 --> 01:02:30.960
 their young

01:02:30.960 --> 01:02:31.420
 days

01:02:31.420 --> 01:02:32.840
 make the

01:02:32.840 --> 01:02:33.420
 power of

01:02:33.420 --> 01:02:34.280
 your resurrection

01:02:34.280 --> 01:02:34.820
 live in

01:02:34.820 --> 01:02:35.500
 their lives

01:02:35.500 --> 01:02:37.019
 give them

01:02:37.019 --> 01:02:37.539
 Lord to

01:02:37.539 --> 01:02:38.019
 love you

01:02:38.019 --> 01:02:38.280
 as the

01:02:38.280 --> 01:02:39.320
 one who

01:02:39.320 --> 01:02:39.759
 has now

01:02:39.759 --> 01:02:40.500
 risen from

01:02:40.500 --> 01:02:40.980
 the dead

01:02:40.980 --> 01:02:41.920
 who is

01:02:41.920 --> 01:02:42.719
 alive forever

01:02:42.719 --> 01:02:43.179
 more

01:02:43.179 --> 01:02:44.400
 and who

01:02:44.400 --> 01:02:45.019
 invites us

01:02:45.019 --> 01:02:45.480
 to come

01:02:45.480 --> 01:02:46.519
 and place

01:02:46.519 --> 01:02:47.000
 our life

01:02:47.000 --> 01:02:47.280
 in his

01:02:47.280 --> 01:02:47.760
 hands

01:02:47.760 --> 01:02:49.260
 receive us

01:02:49.260 --> 01:02:49.760
 we pray

01:02:49.760 --> 01:02:50.760
 in Jesus

01:02:50.760 --> 01:02:51.240
 name

01:02:51.240 --> 01:02:52.240
 Amen

01:02:52.240 --> 01:02:56.079
 We're going

01:02:56.079 --> 01:02:56.460
 to conclude

01:02:56.460 --> 01:02:56.760
 singing

01:02:56.760 --> 01:02:57.740
 Psalm 93

01:02:57.740 --> 01:02:59.559
 Psalm 93

01:02:59.559 --> 01:03:00.199
 in the

01:03:00.199 --> 01:03:00.480
 Scottish

01:03:00.480 --> 01:03:00.940
 Psalter

01:03:00.940 --> 01:03:02.280
 on page

01:03:02.280 --> 01:03:04.719
 123

01:03:04.719 --> 01:03:07.760
 We'll sing

01:03:07.760 --> 01:03:08.199
 to the tune

01:03:08.199 --> 01:03:08.820
 Argyle

01:03:08.820 --> 01:03:09.199
 we'll sing

01:03:09.199 --> 01:03:09.539
 the whole

01:03:09.539 --> 01:03:09.800
 psalm

01:03:09.800 --> 01:03:10.199
 the five

01:03:10.199 --> 01:03:10.719
 stanzas

01:03:10.719 --> 01:03:12.119
 a psalm

01:03:12.119 --> 01:03:13.420
 that celebrates

01:03:13.420 --> 01:03:13.920
 the power

01:03:13.920 --> 01:03:14.240
 and the

01:03:14.240 --> 01:03:14.599
 strength

01:03:14.599 --> 01:03:15.179
 of God

01:03:15.179 --> 01:03:16.440
 over all

01:03:16.440 --> 01:03:16.839
 the forces

01:03:16.839 --> 01:03:17.559
 in creation

01:03:17.559 --> 01:03:18.099
 and of course

01:03:18.099 --> 01:03:19.199
 that we know

01:03:19.199 --> 01:03:19.940
 includes the

01:03:19.940 --> 01:03:20.699
 power of death

01:03:20.699 --> 01:03:21.259
 itself

01:03:21.259 --> 01:03:22.599
 in the ways

01:03:22.599 --> 01:03:23.099
 in which the

01:03:23.099 --> 01:03:23.460
 psalm

01:03:23.460 --> 01:03:24.339
 while it doesn't

01:03:24.339 --> 01:03:24.980
 speak of death

01:03:24.980 --> 01:03:25.480
 as such

01:03:25.480 --> 01:03:26.099
 it's nevertheless

01:03:26.099 --> 01:03:27.500
 indicative

01:03:27.500 --> 01:03:28.239
 that that's

01:03:28.239 --> 01:03:28.980
 included in

01:03:28.980 --> 01:03:30.139
 all the powers

01:03:30.139 --> 01:03:31.000
 that God

01:03:31.000 --> 01:03:31.940
 has overcome

01:03:31.940 --> 01:03:33.519
 the Lord

01:03:33.519 --> 01:03:34.119
 the Lord is king

01:03:34.119 --> 01:03:34.139
 the Lord is king

01:03:34.139 --> 01:03:35.460
 his throne

01:03:35.460 --> 01:03:36.320
 endures

01:03:36.320 --> 01:03:38.200
 endures majestic

01:03:38.200 --> 01:03:38.960
 in its height

01:03:38.960 --> 01:03:40.720
 the Lord is robed

01:03:40.720 --> 01:03:41.440
 in majesty

01:03:41.440 --> 01:03:42.720
 and armed

01:03:42.720 --> 01:03:43.519
 with strength

01:03:43.519 --> 01:03:44.780
 and might

01:03:44.780 --> 01:03:45.800
 Psalm 93

01:03:45.800 --> 01:03:46.500
 on page

01:03:46.500 --> 01:03:47.920
 123

01:03:47.920 --> 01:03:49.960
 to the tune

01:03:49.960 --> 01:03:50.519
 Argyle

01:03:50.519 --> 01:03:51.000
 the Lord

01:03:51.000 --> 01:03:52.300
 is king

01:03:52.300 --> 01:03:58.680
 the Lord

01:03:58.680 --> 01:04:00.560
 is king

01:04:00.560 --> 01:04:03.560
 his throne

01:04:03.560 --> 01:04:05.560
 endures

01:04:05.560 --> 01:04:08.560
 majesty

01:04:08.560 --> 01:04:12.120
 gave his

01:04:12.120 --> 01:04:12.560
 height

01:04:12.560 --> 01:04:16.800
 the Lord

01:04:16.800 --> 01:04:17.620
 is

01:04:17.619 --> 01:04:19.159
 bold

01:04:19.159 --> 01:04:22.619
 in majesty

01:04:22.619 --> 01:04:25.619
 and armed

01:04:26.460 --> 01:04:27.619
 with strength

01:04:27.619 --> 01:04:30.619
 and might

01:04:30.619 --> 01:04:33.619
 the world

01:04:33.619 --> 01:04:34.619
 is

01:04:34.619 --> 01:04:36.619
 his throne

01:04:36.619 --> 01:04:37.619
 is

01:04:37.619 --> 01:04:38.619
 firm

01:04:38.619 --> 01:04:40.619
 and sure

01:04:41.299 --> 01:04:43.619
 we could

01:04:43.619 --> 01:04:44.619
 it

01:04:44.619 --> 01:04:45.619
 have

01:04:45.619 --> 01:04:46.619
 not

01:04:46.619 --> 01:04:47.619
 be

01:04:47.619 --> 01:04:49.619
 your

01:04:50.380 --> 01:04:51.619
 glorious

01:04:51.619 --> 01:04:53.619
 song

01:04:54.380 --> 01:04:54.619
 and

01:04:55.259 --> 01:04:55.619
 you

01:04:55.619 --> 01:04:56.619
 are

01:04:57.819 --> 01:04:58.619
 gone

01:04:59.159 --> 01:04:59.619
 from

01:04:59.619 --> 01:05:01.619
 only

01:05:01.619 --> 01:05:03.619
 eternity

01:05:03.619 --> 01:05:08.619
 the

01:05:08.619 --> 01:05:09.619
 seas

01:05:09.619 --> 01:05:10.619
 o

01:05:10.619 --> 01:05:11.619
 lord

01:05:11.619 --> 01:05:12.619
 have

01:05:12.619 --> 01:05:14.619
 lifted

01:05:14.619 --> 01:05:15.619
 up

01:05:15.619 --> 01:05:17.619
 they

01:05:17.619 --> 01:05:18.619
 lifted

01:05:18.619 --> 01:05:19.619
 up

01:05:19.619 --> 01:05:20.619
 their

01:05:20.619 --> 01:05:21.619
 voice

01:05:21.619 --> 01:05:22.619
 that

01:05:22.619 --> 01:05:23.619
 seas

01:05:23.619 --> 01:05:24.619
 have

01:05:24.619 --> 01:05:25.619
 lifted

01:05:25.619 --> 01:05:26.619
 up

01:05:26.619 --> 01:05:27.619
 their

01:05:27.619 --> 01:05:28.619
 voice

01:05:28.619 --> 01:05:29.619
 that

01:05:29.619 --> 01:05:30.619
 lifted

01:05:30.619 --> 01:05:31.619
 up

01:05:31.619 --> 01:05:32.619
 their

01:05:32.619 --> 01:05:33.619
 ways

01:05:33.619 --> 01:05:35.619
 and

01:05:35.619 --> 01:05:36.619
 make

01:05:36.619 --> 01:05:37.619
 a

01:05:37.619 --> 01:05:38.619
 mighty

01:05:38.619 --> 01:05:39.619
 noise

01:05:39.619 --> 01:05:40.619
 Lord

01:05:40.619 --> 01:05:42.619
 and

01:05:42.619 --> 01:05:43.619
 own

01:05:43.619 --> 01:05:44.619
 the

01:05:44.619 --> 01:05:45.619
 highest

01:05:45.619 --> 01:05:46.619
 strong

01:05:46.619 --> 01:05:47.619
 for

01:05:47.619 --> 01:05:48.619
 powerful

01:05:48.619 --> 01:05:49.619
 is

01:05:49.619 --> 01:05:50.619
 he

01:05:50.619 --> 01:05:51.619
 and

01:05:51.619 --> 01:05:52.619
 thunder

01:05:52.619 --> 01:05:53.619
 of

01:05:53.619 --> 01:05:54.619
 the

01:05:54.619 --> 01:05:55.619
 ocean's

01:05:55.619 --> 01:05:56.619
 waves

01:05:56.619 --> 01:05:57.619
 are

01:05:57.619 --> 01:05:58.619
 makers

01:05:58.619 --> 01:05:59.619
 of

01:05:59.619 --> 01:06:00.619
 the

01:06:00.619 --> 01:06:01.619
 sea

01:06:01.619 --> 01:06:02.619
 and

01:06:02.619 --> 01:06:03.619
 thunder

01:06:03.619 --> 01:06:04.619
 of

01:06:04.619 --> 01:06:05.619
 the

01:06:05.619 --> 01:06:06.619
 ocean's

01:06:06.619 --> 01:06:07.619
 waves

01:06:07.619 --> 01:06:08.619
 are

01:06:08.619 --> 01:06:09.619
 makers

01:06:09.619 --> 01:06:10.619
 of

01:06:10.619 --> 01:06:11.619
 the

01:06:11.619 --> 01:06:12.619
 sea

01:06:12.619 --> 01:06:13.619
 the

01:06:13.619 --> 01:06:14.619
 sea

01:06:14.619 --> 01:06:15.619
 the

01:06:15.619 --> 01:06:17.619
 sea

01:06:17.619 --> 01:06:19.619
 you

01:06:19.619 --> 01:06:20.619
 your

01:06:20.619 --> 01:06:21.619
 royal

01:06:21.619 --> 01:06:22.619
 statues

01:06:22.619 --> 01:06:23.619
 are

01:06:23.619 --> 01:06:24.619
 sand

01:06:24.619 --> 01:06:25.619
 firm

01:06:25.619 --> 01:06:26.619
 and

01:06:26.619 --> 01:06:27.619
 changing

01:06:27.619 --> 01:06:28.619
 is

01:06:28.619 --> 01:06:29.619
 your

01:06:29.619 --> 01:06:30.619
 word

01:06:30.619 --> 01:06:31.619
 and

01:06:31.619 --> 01:06:32.619
 holiness

01:06:32.619 --> 01:06:33.619
 your

01:06:33.619 --> 01:06:34.619
 word

01:06:34.619 --> 01:06:36.619
 and

01:06:36.619 --> 01:06:37.619
 holiness

01:06:37.619 --> 01:06:38.619
 that

01:06:38.619 --> 01:06:39.619
 adores

01:06:39.619 --> 01:06:40.619
 your

01:06:40.619 --> 01:06:41.619
 hearts

01:06:41.619 --> 01:06:42.619
 all

01:06:42.619 --> 01:06:43.619
 endless

01:06:43.619 --> 01:06:44.619
 days

01:06:44.619 --> 01:06:45.619
 o

01:06:45.619 --> 01:06:46.619
 Lord

01:06:46.619 --> 01:07:00.619
 can I say how uplifting and encouraging it is to see so many out this evening and so many young people as well.

01:07:01.619 --> 01:07:17.619
 nothing gives me or callum or greater joy than to know that you are set your mind you're setting your mind on the gospel on the message of the gospel on the worship of God publicly as we have opportunity in this life.

01:07:17.619 --> 01:07:21.619
 So let me just say how gratifying and comforting that is to me.

01:07:21.619 --> 01:07:31.619
 Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and always. Amen.

01:07:51.619 --> 01:08:00.539
 Let me up celebrating a happy cat

01:08:00.539 --> 01:08:30.519
 Thank you.