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 There's a widespread axiom, a saying in our culture that goes,

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 live the life you love, love the life you live.

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 You guys have probably heard of this, right?

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 Another similar slogan says, live, love, laugh,

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 or one that we probably know best from Lion King, Hakuna Matata, right?

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 Don't worry, enjoy life, simply live, right?

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 That's the kind of mantra that permeates our culture.

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 And these sayings have a certain appeal because, after all,

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 who doesn't want to live a carefree life and to enjoy life and to be present, right?

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 But God's Word teaches us something that's a little more nuanced than that.

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 It teaches us that living for today without any view to eternity is short-sighted.

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 Christ calls us to radical sacrifice and full obedience,

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 and such a life cannot be sustained by a flimsy hope for the pleasures of this life.

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 What we are called to, as Christians, to live in full obedience and radical sacrifice

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 can only be sustained by a firm hope in the resurrection life to come,

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 and that's really Paul's main point in this passage.

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 Knowing that we will be raised with Christ in the future, we can die to ourselves every day.

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 So before I go further, let me just submit this to the Lord so that he can help us.

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 God, we pray that as we come to your Word, wanting to hear from you and address by you,

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 that you would speak to us powerfully, that your Word would not go in one ear and out the other,

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 but that it would land on our hearts, that we would believe it,

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 and that because we believe it, Lord, that through the renewal of our mind, Lord, we would be transformed.

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 We pray for that, Lord.

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 Speak to us.

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 Help us to hope in the resurrection life to come as you call us to in this passage.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 And so the main point is knowing that we will be raised with Christ in the future.

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 We can die to ourselves every day, and I'm going to cover that in three parts.

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 First, the past resurrection of Christ, the future resurrection of believers,

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 and then third, the present death of believers.

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 Now, in chapter 15, verses 1 to 11, which you may have noticed we skipped,

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 it's because we went ahead and covered that on Resurrection Sunday on Easter.

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 And so if you need to refresh yourself of what that was about, you can listen to the sermon online.

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 But Paul, in that passage, taught that we must hold fast to the gospel of the resurrected Christ

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 because it is of first importance.

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 And in our passage for today, we find out why Paul thought it necessary to include that in his letter to the Corinthians.

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 So he says in verse 12, read along with me.

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

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 how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

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 The dead refers to those who have died, and Christ was once among the dead,

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 but he was raised from the dead on the third day.

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 So the Corinthians believed the resurrection of Christ,

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 but they nevertheless argued, some of them, that there is no resurrection of the dead.

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 But for Paul, belief in the resurrection of Christ disallows the denial of the resurrection of the dead.

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 So he continues in verse 13.

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 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

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 If the resurrection of the dead is not a thing, then Christ also would not have been raised.

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 And it's Christ's resurrection that guarantees the resurrection of believers.

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 For this reason, proclaiming the resurrection of Christ necessitates the resurrection of the dead.

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 And denial of the resurrection of the dead negates the resurrection of Christ itself.

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 And so, arguing that there is no resurrection of the dead was tantamount to denying the resurrection of Christ.

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 So Paul then takes that line of thought and reasons it to its logical conclusion,

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 which brings us to verse 14.

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 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain.

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 If we don't believe in the resurrection of Christ as believers,

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 then Christian preaching and Christian faith are all empty.

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 They're in vain.

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 To deny the resurrection is to deprive the very substance of the Christian faith.

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 And it not only reduces our preaching and faith to vanity,

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 it also makes us guilty of fraud.

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 As Paul says in verse 15 here,

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 we are even found to be misrepresenting God

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 because we testified about God that He raised Christ,

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 whom He did not raise, if it is true that the dead are not raised.

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 If God did not raise Christ from the dead,

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 then we are lying about Him by saying that Christ was raised from the dead.

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 And the apostles, and this is quite the accusation if that's the case,

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 because the apostles were commissioned by Jesus Christ Himself

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 to be the guarantors of the faithful transmission of the gospel,

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 that Christ died and rose again for our forgiveness of sins.

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 And so these apostles who are supposed to be faithful stewards of that,

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 to transmit that to the next generations,

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 they are made out to be just charlatans, right?

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 They're all frauds.

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 For as Paul says in verse 16,

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 if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.

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 It's a pretty straightforward argument, right?

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 If the dead are not raised, then Christ could not have been raised

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 because if the resurrection of the dead is impossible,

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 then it's not possible for Christ to have been raised.

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 And then in verses 18 to 19,

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 Paul explains further how denying the resurrection of Christ

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 renders our faith futile and our hope pitiable, right?

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 He says in verse 18,

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 And if Christ has not been raised,

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 your faith is futile,

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 and you are still in your sins.

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 If Christ has not been raised,

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 then his atoning sacrifice,

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 his death on our behalf,

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 was ineffective.

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 That means we are still in our sins.

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 So sometimes we can think that,

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 as Christians,

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 Christ's death alone was sufficient for our salvation.

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 But that's not the case.

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 Paul writes in Romans 4.25,

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 Christ was delivered up for our trespasses,

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 he died for our trespasses,

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 and raised for our justification.

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 His resurrection is part of our redemption,

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 and salvation.

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 And he similarly adds in Romans 5.10,

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 For if while we were enemies,

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 we were reconciled to God by the death of his son,

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 much more now that we are reconciled,

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 shall we be saved by his life?

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 Again, the death and resurrection cannot be separated.

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 It's the resurrection of Christ is part of what saves us.

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 Because if Christ has not been raised,

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 that means it would mean that he was swallowed up by death.

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 If Christ had not been raised,

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 then it would mean that he was overwhelmed by the curse of sin.

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 If Christ had not been raised,

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 then it would mean that he was overcome by Satan,

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 the enemy of God.

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 And that means all of us,

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 all Christians,

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 would still remain in their sins

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 and stand condemned under God's judgment.

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 For that reason,

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 apart from the resurrection of Christ,

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 our faith is futile.

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 And we are still in our sins.

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 And not only is the faith of the living futile,

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 Christians who died already with faith

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 have altogether perished.

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 Paul says in verse 18,

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 then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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 The expression falling asleep

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 was a common euphemism for death among the Greeks.

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 But among Christians,

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 it also came to express their hope in the resurrection.

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 And that's because if you remember from Mark 539,

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 when Jesus goes to heal Jairus' daughter,

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 it turns out that Jairus' daughter has already died.

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 But when people are mourning around him,

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 Jesus says this,

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 the child is not dead, but sleeping.

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 And then he raises her from the dead.

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 By this miracle,

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 Jesus taught his followers

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 that those who put their faith in him,

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 for them death is not final,

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 but temporary,

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 like sleep itself.

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 So when Christians begin to use the expression

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 falling asleep,

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 they express their hope in the resurrection to come.

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 But if we deny the resurrection of the dead,

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 as the Corinthians are doing,

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 then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ

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 have perished.

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 They're no longer just asleep.

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 They've perished altogether,

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 gone forever.

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 All their deeds of faith and acts of obedience

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 would have been for nothing.

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 Of course,

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 the Corinthian believers themselves

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 would have disagreed with Paul's assessment.

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 They didn't believe in the resurrection of the dead.

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 Well, some of them probably did,

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 but some of them didn't.

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 But they did believe in the afterlife,

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 like the rest of the Greeks.

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 And so what they think is,

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 and that's why I think in verse 29,

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 we see some of them were getting baptized

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 on behalf of the dead.

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 So they clearly believed

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 that something happened after death.

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 They just didn't believe

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 in the physical resurrection of the dead.

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 So they had this disembodied view of spirituality, right?

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 And we've seen that over and over again

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 throughout this letter.

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 They thought that they were already like the angels in heaven

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 while they're living here on earth.

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 So they wrongly believed

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 that whatever they did to their body

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 didn't affect them

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 because the body, after all,

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 is something that's just going to be discarded

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 upon death anyway.

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 And we're going to be these souls,

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 you know, going into heaven.

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 So that's what they believed.

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 That's why they indulged in incest,

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 as we saw earlier.

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 That's why they were sexually immoral

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 with prostitutes.

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 That's why they believed

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 that marriage was something

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 they could neglect, right?

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 Because they didn't believe

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 that the body had any significance.

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 But this doctrine of the Greeks,

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 the immortality of the soul,

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 is an incomplete and faulty doctrine.

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 The true Christian doctrine

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 is the resurrection of the body.

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 And that's why Paul teaches here

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 that our bodies will be raised

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 and it will be perfected

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 at the second coming of Christ,

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 which we'll talk about next week.

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 And our soul and body together

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 will be made whole

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 and we'll be able to enjoy

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 our fellowship with God forever.

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 And for that reason,

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 to deny the resurrection of the dead

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 is to nullify the Christian faith altogether.

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 Because if there's no resurrection,

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 then those believers who have already died

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 have perished altogether.

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 And if Christian faith is futile,

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 then Christian hope is pitiable.

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 Paul says in verse 19,

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 If in Christ we have hope in this life only,

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 we are of all people most to be pitied.

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 This does not mean that the Christian life

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 offers no benefits in the present life.

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 It does.

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 It offers us joy,

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 peace,

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 love,

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 forgiveness.

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 It gives us community.

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 But it does help us

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 to become better moral people.

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 But if all the benefits of Christ

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 are for this life only,

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 then we are of all people

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 most to be pitied

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 because our hope for the future

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 is the basis of our joy

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 in this life

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 in the midst of suffering.

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 Because our hope in the future,

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 for the future,

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 is the basis for our peace

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 in this life,

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 even amidst the turbulent world.

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 Because that's the basis

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 for having love

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 in a hate-filled world.

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 Because that's the basis

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 for being forgiving

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 and forgiving others

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 in a vengeful world.

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 Because that's the basis,

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 that hope is the basis

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 for having community

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 in a world where people

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 are selfish and alienating.

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 If we discipline ourselves

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 and persevere to the end

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 with what Colossians 1.27

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 calls Christ in us,

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 the hope of glory,

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 but this hope turns out

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 to be an illusion

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 founded on nothing

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 because Christ hadn't, in fact,

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 been raised from the dead.

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 If we run this race

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 with endurance

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 only to discover

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 that there is no finish line,

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 no medal ceremony,

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 in fact, there was no race

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 at all to begin with.

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 We were running in vain.

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 We are of all people

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 most to be pitied.

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 Recall that in 1 Corinthians 13.13,

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 Paul said that faith, hope, and love

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 are the three most important virtues

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 that characterize the Christian life

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 in the present.

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 But that of these, he said,

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 love is the greatest

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 because it, unlike faith and hope,

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 abides eternally.

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 And it's because to have faith

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 is to believe what we do not see, right?

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 We do not see it yet.

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 And to have hope

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 is to long for

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 and wait expectantly for

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 what we do not yet have.

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 That's why we have faith now.

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 That's why we have hope now.

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 But when Christ returns

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 for his people

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 and we are raised

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 into resurrection life,

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 that our faith will turn to sight

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 and our hope will turn

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 to fulfillment.

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 But if Christ has not been raised

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 and therefore there is

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 no resurrection of death,

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 our faith will be disproved

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 and our hope will be disappointed.

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 Which means our faith is futile

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 and our hope is pitiable.

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 For that reason,

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 it is absolutely essential

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 that we believe in the resurrection.

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 And the resurrection of the Lord,

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 the resurrection of Christ

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 is the linchpin of the Christian life.

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 That's Paul's first point,

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 the past resurrection of Christ.

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 And then Paul paints this bleak picture

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 of the Corinthians' worldview

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 because he wants them

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 to be grounded in faith

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 and hope that are substantive,

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 not elusive.

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 He asserts this in verse 20.

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 But in fact,

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 Christ has been raised from the dead,

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 the first fruits of those

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 who have fallen asleep.

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 Because of this,

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 our hope is not pitiable,

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 but enviable.

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 Because of this,

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 our faith is not futile,

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 but full and fruitful.

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 And because of this,

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 we are no longer in our sins.

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 Because of this,

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 we are rightly representing God,

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 not misrepresenting him

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 when we proclaim that Christ

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 has been raised from the dead.

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 Paul uses that as a transition

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 in verses 20 and 28

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 to argue for the future

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 resurrection of believers.

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 That's my second point.

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 And he does this by calling Christ

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 the first fruits of those

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 who have fallen asleep.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 God's people were commanded

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 to bring the first fruits

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 of their labor,

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 whether it's produce,

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 if you're a farmer,

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 or livestock,

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 if you're a shepherd.

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 And they were to bring

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 the first fruits to the Lord

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 as an offering of thanksgiving.

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 And this offering

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 of the first fruits

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 was an acknowledgement

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 that God is the source

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 of all life,

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 and that ultimately

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 all the fruit of their labors

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 belong to God.

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 And by bringing a portion

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 of that,

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 they were pledging,

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 really,

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 of all that they have.

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 And when they bring

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 a portion and pledge,

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 it was also a recognition

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 that the first fruits

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 that they have currently

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 is a pledge

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 of all that is to come,

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 the full harvest

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 that is still coming.

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 And so when Paul

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 describes Christ

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 as the first fruits

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 of those who have fallen asleep,

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 he means that Christ's resurrection

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 is the first of many to come,

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 that Christ's resurrection

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 sets a precedent,

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 and that it's a pledge

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 for the resurrection

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 of all his followers,

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 those who are united with him.

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 Christ is the first fruits,

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 meaning he is the first

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 to rise from the dead,

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 but he's not the last.

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 The resurrection of Christ

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 guarantees the resurrection

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 of Christians.

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 And Paul explains

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 why this is the case

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 with two explanatory sentences

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 in verses 21 to 22.

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 For as by a man came death,

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 by a man has come

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 also the resurrection

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 of the dead.

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 For as in Adam all die,

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 so also in Christ

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 shall all be made alive.

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 Adam, as the first man,

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 functioned as the head

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 and source of all mankind.

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 And as such,

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 he represented all of humanity.

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 And therefore,

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 when he sinned against God,

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 sin and its just consequence,

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 death came to characterize

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 not just Adam,

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 but all of humanity.

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 Conversely,

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 when God sent his son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 into the world

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 as the son of man

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 to represent humanity,

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 to be the new

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 and second Adam,

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 the better Adam,

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 and when he lived

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 a life of perfect obedience

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 and died for the sins

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 of his people

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 and he was raised again

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 to vindicate

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 his sacrifice,

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 his righteousness,

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 and its just reward,

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 eternal resurrection life,

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 also came to characterize

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 all those

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 who belong to Christ.

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 Of course,

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 by this Paul,

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 by this Paul,

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 is not saying that

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 all people,

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 regardless of whether

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 they believe in Christ

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 or not,

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 will be made alive.

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 Some people can

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 misunderstand this verse

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 that way.

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 That's a heresy

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 called universalism.

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 Instead,

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 Paul uses the language

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 of participation

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 in verse 22.

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 He says,

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 For as in Adam

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 all die,

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 meaning all those

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 who are in Adam,

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 those who are part of Adam,

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 represented by him,

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 that's all of us.

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 So those who are part of Adam,

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 the first man die.

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 And then he says,

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 So also in Christ

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 shall all be made alive.

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 That's the language

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 of participation.

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 This means all of those

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 who belong to him,

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 who are in Christ,

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 those who have joined

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 themselves to Christ

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 through faith,

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 in his death

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 and resurrection,

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 they are the ones

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 who will all be made alive.

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 And if that's not clear

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 from verse 22,

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 Paul makes that,

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 they clear that up

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 beyond doubt

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 in verse 23,

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 where he says specifically,

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 at Christ's coming,

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 those who belong to Christ

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 will be made alive.

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 That's what Paul means

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 when he says

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 that all will be made alive.

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 It's all those

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 who belong to Christ,

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 all those who are in Christ.

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 Christ.

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 That's why all that

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 we hold dear as Christians,

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 right,

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 the love of God,

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 our Father,

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 the grace of our Lord

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 Jesus Christ,

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 the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,

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 we receive and experience

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 all of this

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 only insofar

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 as we are in Christ.

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 Are you in Christ today?

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 Have you aligned yourself

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 to Christ today?

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 Do you belong

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 to Christ today?

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 Does he represent you today?

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 Does he stand

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 for you today?

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 Sometimes when speaking

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 of professional development

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 or career advancement,

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 people cynically say

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 something like this,

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 which I'm sure

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 is sometimes true.

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 It's not what you know,

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 it's whom you know,

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 right?

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 You guys have probably

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 heard that, right?

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 But this unfortunate adage

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 in the context

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 of the workplace

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 is gloriously true

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 when it comes

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 to our salvation.

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 For those who want

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 to be saved

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 from their sins,

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 for those who seek

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 a full spiritual life

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 in the present,

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 for those who desire

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 eternal resurrection life,

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 it's not what you do.

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 It's not what you know,

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 but whom you know.

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 Because there's no way

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 you can earn your way

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 to heaven.

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 You and I are not qualified

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 and we never will be.

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 We cannot make our way.

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 God's standard is perfect

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 and holy

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 and we have all fallen

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 woefully short of it.

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 We have sinned

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 against an infinite God

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 and we cannot bear

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 the infinite punishment

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 that is due

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 that we have incurred.

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 We have incurred

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 an infinite debt

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 that we owe to God

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 and we have no means

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 to repay it.

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 But Christ,

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 as the second Adam,

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 as our representative,

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 as our champion,

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 he had borne the punishment

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 that we could not bear

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 and he paid the debt

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 that we could not repay.

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 That's the gospel,

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 the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 And all we need to do

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 is to align ourselves to him

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 so that he stands for us,

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 so that he represents us,

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 so that we are in Christ.

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 This salvation is offered

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 to us freely,

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 not because it's cheap,

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 but because it came

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 at great cost to God,

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 not to us.

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 Why would you refuse

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 this precious gift?

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 If you are not in Christ today,

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 if you're not a follower

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 of Jesus Christ today,

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 I urge you,

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 you're outside of God's grace.

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 You are alienated from him

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 and you are still in your sins,

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 but you have hope.

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 You can join yourself to Christ.

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 We will celebrate

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 baptism next week,

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 which is the Christian rite

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 of initiation.

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 It signifies our union

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 with Christ in his death,

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 that we are in Christ.

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 That's what it signifies.

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 And our baptism in water

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 signifies our death to sin,

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 and so that our sins

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 have been washed away,

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 so we are submerged in the water

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 in the squalor of our sins,

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 and symbolically we emerge

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 having been clothed

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 with the pure robe

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 of Christ's righteousness.

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 And that becomes a surety for us,

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 because we have died with Christ,

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 that when Christ returns,

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 we'll also be raised with him.

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 You too can make this

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 profession of faith

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 if you're not yet

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 a follower of Christ.

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 And having explained

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 why Christ's resurrection

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.740
 guarantees the resurrection

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.419
 of his followers

00:21:58.419 --> 00:21:59.819
 in verses 21 to 22,

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 Paul now explains

00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:02.419
 how these resurrections

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 will happen

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 in verses 23 to 24.

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 He writes,

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 First is the resurrection

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 of Christ,

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 who is the firstfruits.

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 Second is the resurrection

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 of all those

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 who belong to Christ,

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 which will happen

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 at Christ's coming.

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 That's a reference

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 to his second coming.

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 Then after this

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 will come the end,

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 which is the third

00:22:36.560 --> 00:22:37.320
 and final item

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 in the sequence.

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 The end will be characterized

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 by Christ delivering

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 the kingdom of God,

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 kingdom to God the Father,

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 and after destroying

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 every rule

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 and every authority

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 and power.

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 So what does that mean?

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 These words of rule,

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 authority, power,

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 they occur

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 in the exact same sequence

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:58.440
 in Ephesians 1, 20 to 21.

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 It says,

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 God the Father

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 raised Christ

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 from the dead

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 and seated him

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 at his right hand

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 in the heavenly places,

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 far above all rule

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 and authority

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 and power

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 and dominion.

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 And though these words

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 can be used

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 to refer to human rulers

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 and authority figures,

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 they are used consistently

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 in both ancient Jewish texts

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 and Gentile magical texts

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 to refer to demonic

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 and spiritual powers.

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 So Paul is saying here

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 that Christ subjects

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 all spiritual rulers,

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 authorities,

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 and powers

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 under himself.

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 But since these spiritual powers

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 and authorities

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 and rulers

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 lie behind

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 every social

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 and political

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 and economic structures

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 and systems

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 that set themselves up

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 against God,

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 Christ's subjection

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 of these things

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 refers to his reign

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 over all things

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 in life as well,

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 not just the spiritual realm.

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 He will make

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 all things right again.

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 If we don't long

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 for this sweet victory

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 and vindication,

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 I'm afraid

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 that it might be

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:05.039
 because we align

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:06.419
 ourselves too closely

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:07.039
 with the rulers

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 and authorities

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.779
 and powers of this world.

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 Whether it's

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.299
 political persecution

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:16.460
 or systemic injustices

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:18.359
 or spiritual oppression,

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 all of it

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 will be destroyed

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.859
 by the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 and if you are mourning

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.539
 because of any

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.259
 of these things,

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 you can live with hope

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 in that day

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 and rejoice

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 for that day.

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 But in Ephesians,

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 if you're paying attention,

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.359
 Paul speaks of Christ

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 as already having

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:43.199
 subjected

00:24:43.199 --> 00:24:44.339
 all rule

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.799
 and authority

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.299
 and power.

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 But here

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.399
 in 1 Corinthians,

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 why does then

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 he speak

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.500
 as if Christ

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 will only do that

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 at the end

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 when he returns?

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 I've used

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.360
 this analogy before,

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 but it's comparable

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 to the relationship

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 between D-Day

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.019
 and V-Day

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 in World War II.

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 It's when

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.900
 the Allied forces

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:06.740
 made a breach

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:08.880
 by making

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.600
 a beach landing

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 in Normandy

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:11.580
 and they successively

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:12.860
 took the surrounding area

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 that established

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:15.240
 a firm foothold

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.360
 for the Allied forces

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 in an area

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.160
 that was previously

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.680
 thought

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:20.960
 inconquerable,

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.000
 unconquerable.

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 And then that first day

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.740
 of that operation

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.740
 is called D-Day.

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.480
 And that D-Day operation

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.539
 was so pivotal

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.279
 and significant

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:30.039
 that it all but guaranteed

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.380
 the Allied forces victory.

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.279
 It made their victory

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.700
 inevitable.

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.840
 And so

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:36.019
 that D-Day

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:37.180
 set them up

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.960
 for V-Day,

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:39.000
 the Victory Day.

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.319
 So in a similar way,

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.220
 Christ's life,

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.539
 death,

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.160
 and resurrection

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:43.819
 decisively defeated

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.720
 sin, death,

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.960
 and the spiritual forces

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.480
 of evil.

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:48.259
 And it's at Christ's

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.940
 second coming

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:50.220
 that we will experience

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.380
 the full consummation

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:52.259
 of that.

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.519
 Every rule

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.220
 and every authority

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.579
 and power

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.740
 have already been

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.319
 subjected

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.460
 in a decisive way,

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.559
 but they have not yet

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.720
 been fully destroyed,

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:01.819
 including death,

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.839
 which is still a reality.

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.759
 Death has not yet

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.279
 been destroyed.

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.460
 But his victory

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.480
 will be consummated

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.920
 in its full effect

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.640
 will be realized

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.440
 at the end

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.400
 when Christ delivers

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:12.140
 the kingdom to God

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.580
 the Father.

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.840
 Paul elaborates on this

00:26:14.840 --> 00:26:16.360
 in verses 25 to 26.

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.660
 For he must reign

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.539
 until he has put

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.640
 all his enemies

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.840
 under his feet.

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.519
 The last enemy

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.500
 to be destroyed

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.259
 is death.

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:26.340
 Of all the enemies

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:27.060
 of the soul,

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.960
 the last enemy

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.519
 to be destroyed

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.019
 is death,

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.980
 which is why

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.740
 we still die.

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.880
 And when Christ

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.740
 returns and raises

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.580
 his people from the dead,

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.680
 he will destroy death

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.700
 once and for all.

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.539
 And Paul says later

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.420
 in verse 56

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.360
 of the same chapter,

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.200
 the sting of death

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.660
 is sin

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.500
 and the power of sin

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.019
 is the law.

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:42.900
 So sin,

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.980
 which is the sting of death,

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:45.160
 has already been removed.

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:47.600
 Christ has dealt with sin

00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:48.759
 and he has dealt

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.259
 with death

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.000
 in that sense.

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:51.620
 But that full effect

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:51.980
 of it,

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:53.580
 so that we no longer die,

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.400
 but we're raised

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.960
 from the dead,

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.039
 that will not happen

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:58.340
 until his second coming.

00:26:58.339 --> 00:27:01.699
 And until then,

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.579
 he must continue his reign,

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.019
 it says,

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:05.139
 until he has put

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:06.259
 all his enemies

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.319
 under his feet.

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.779
 This is an allusion

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:10.539
 to Psalm 110.1

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:12.159
 where God says

00:27:12.159 --> 00:27:13.159
 to his anointed king,

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.679
 the Messiah,

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.599
 which is the prophecy

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.099
 of Jesus,

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.740
 sit at my right hand

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:18.459
 until I make your enemies

00:27:18.459 --> 00:27:19.579
 your footstool.

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.939
 Paul sees Christ

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:21.799
 as this Messiah,

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:22.599
 the anointed king

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.339
 who subjects

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.279
 all of God's enemies

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.240
 under his feet.

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.120
 under his feet.

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.740
 And then Paul continues

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.380
 that train of thought

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.339
 in verse 27.

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.880
 For God has put

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:32.740
 all things in subjection

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.440
 under his feet.

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:35.019
 Now this quotation

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.980
 is from Psalm 8.

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.160
 It says,

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.200
 Yet you have made him

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.980
 a little lower

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.079
 than the heavenly beings

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.839
 and crowned him

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.680
 with glory and honor.

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.640
 You have given him

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.799
 dominion over the works

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.339
 of your hands.

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.620
 You have put all things

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.539
 under his feet.

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.900
 In the original context

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.460
 of the Psalm,

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.900
 the Psalmist is praising God

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.859
 for how God has been

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:53.240
 so gracious to humankind.

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.839
 How did you make him

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.500
 only a little lower

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.939
 than the angels?

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.419
 You have given him

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:57.059
 all this rule

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:58.139
 and authority and dominion.

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.959
 You have subjected

00:27:58.959 --> 00:27:59.959
 everything under his feet.

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.480
 And later the author

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:03.000
 of Hebrews applies this

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.740
 to Christ.

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.599
 And he says,

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.799
 But we see him

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.899
 who for a little while

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.619
 was made lower

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.500
 than the angels,

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.639
 namely Jesus,

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.959
 crowned with glory

00:28:10.959 --> 00:28:11.559
 and honor

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.559
 because of the suffering

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.019
 of death,

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:14.259
 so that by the grace

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:15.220
 of God he might taste

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.439
 death for everyone.

00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:18.039
 What the connection

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.980
 that this biblical author

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.799
 is making in Hebrews

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.539
 is that Jesus

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.839
 is the ultimate man.

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.919
 He is the ultimate

00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.639
 son of man,

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.940
 the ultimate human,

00:28:25.040 --> 00:28:25.600
 the representative

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:27.220
 of all of humanity.

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.660
 And he was made

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.100
 a little lower

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.660
 than the angels

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.860
 so that through him

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.920
 all the authorities

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.800
 and power and rule

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.680
 may be subjected

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.800
 under him.

00:28:35.280 --> 00:28:36.560
 So that he can fulfill

00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:37.400
 the true purpose

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.300
 of humankind

00:28:38.300 --> 00:28:41.220
 which is to represent God

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.400
 and to rule in his stead

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.160
 over the earth

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.160
 and to extend

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:45.240
 God's benevolent rule

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.840
 over the earth.

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.820
 And it's Christ

00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:50.620
 who accomplishes this.

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:53.979
 Notice that while

00:28:53.979 --> 00:29:00.679
 in verses 24 to 25

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:02.159
 Christ is the one

00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:03.219
 who puts all his enemies

00:29:03.219 --> 00:29:03.799
 under his feet.

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.779
 Christ is the subject

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.299
 of the verb.

00:29:05.959 --> 00:29:07.759
 But in verses 27 to 28

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.759
 it's God the Father

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:10.519
 who puts all things

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.759
 in subject

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.299
 under Christ's feet.

00:29:14.199 --> 00:29:14.939
 In subjection

00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:15.519
 under Christ's feet.

00:29:15.959 --> 00:29:16.979
 So the Father and the Son

00:29:16.979 --> 00:29:17.819
 of course are two

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.539
 of the three persons

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.000
 of the Trinity

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:20.900
 so this is not contradictory

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:22.240
 because even though

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.619
 they have distinct functions

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.539
 they have one essence

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.339
 and they always work

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:26.160
 in full concert.

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.880
 But since the Son

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.579
 works according

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.940
 to the will of his Father

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.920
 all that he does

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.359
 is ultimately

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.180
 from the Father.

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.420
 And since the Son

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.200
 always works for

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:35.400
 the glory of the Father

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.200
 all that he does

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.700
 is also to the Father.

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.319
 And that's what

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.339
 Paul's speaking of here.

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:41.700
 He says in verses 27 to 28

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.359
 read with me.

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.940
 But when it says

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:45.279
 all things are put

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.099
 in subjection

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:47.119
 it is plain

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.079
 that he is accepted

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.019
 who put all things

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.639
 in subjection

00:29:49.639 --> 00:29:50.159
 under him.

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.259
 When all things

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.299
 are subjected to him

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.619
 then the Son himself

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.699
 will also be subjected

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:55.179
 to him

00:29:55.179 --> 00:29:56.099
 who put all things

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.779
 in subjection

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.399
 under him.

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.679
 That God may be

00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:59.299
 all in all.

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.359
 There's a lot of pronouns

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:00.919
 there, right?

00:30:01.179 --> 00:30:02.000
 It can get a little bit

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.439
 confusing.

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:05.179
 But what Paul is saying

00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:05.879
 is this.

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.019
 He's not that

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.579
 by saying that

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.259
 all things will be

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.240
 subjected under Christ

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.139
 he's not saying

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.980
 of course that the Father

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.939
 himself will be subjected.

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.879
 That's a violation

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:15.139
 of the Trinitarian order.

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.379
 But what he's saying

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.200
 is that Christ

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:19.000
 on the Father's behalf

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:20.120
 subjects all things

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.720
 to himself

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:22.060
 and later that rule

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:23.380
 will also be subsumed

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:25.100
 under the Father's reign.

00:30:25.780 --> 00:30:27.200
 One Bible commentator

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.920
 puts it this way

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.400
 healthfully.

00:30:29.060 --> 00:30:30.220
 Since God and Christ

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.320
 as Lord are one

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:32.540
 this emphasis

00:30:32.540 --> 00:30:33.440
 is not upon

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:35.500
 a discontinuation

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.620
 of Christ's Lordship

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.080
 as such

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.900
 but upon

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.240
 its culmination

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.300
 within the terms

00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:41.080
 of its purpose

00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:42.000
 for this world

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.980
 and Christ's kingdom

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.440
 here.

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.760
 So this doesn't mean

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:46.200
 that Christ stops reigning

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.299
 that he stops ruling

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.460
 at some point in time

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.220
 but rather

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:50.140
 that he continues

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.779
 his reign

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:52.779
 under the lordship

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.279
 and sovereignty

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:54.299
 of God the Father.

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.940
 It's like

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.640
 God the Father

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.900
 is the king

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.660
 over all

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.420
 who sends

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.259
 his son

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:02.440
 as a viceroy

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:04.559
 and to put down

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.539
 once and for all

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.759
 all these seditious

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.920
 and treasonous activities

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.500
 that are happening

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.359
 among his subjects

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.799
 and then to reestablish

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.319
 his reign

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.879
 and his stead.

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:12.900
 And then it's

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.660
 through Christ

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.480
 God rights

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.259
 all the wrongs

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.759
 of this world

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.519
 and brings it

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.040
 once again

00:31:17.040 --> 00:31:17.820
 into order

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.920
 and under his reign

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.860
 so that God

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.540
 may ultimately

00:31:20.540 --> 00:31:21.840
 be all in all.

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.660
 That's the goal

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.180
 of humanity.

00:31:23.780 --> 00:31:24.460
 That's the goal

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.160
 of human history.

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:27.380
 And this inevitable

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.440
 chain of events

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.340
 has been initiated

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:30.320
 by the past

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:31.400
 resurrection of Christ

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.560
 and that's why

00:31:32.560 --> 00:31:33.500
 we can be assured

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.300
 as Christians

00:31:34.300 --> 00:31:35.440
 of our future

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.120
 resurrection.

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:38.019
 Note that

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.820
 consistently

00:31:38.820 --> 00:31:39.820
 and repeatedly

00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:40.880
 throughout this passage

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:42.160
 seven times in all

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.980
 Christ's resurrection

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.779
 is described

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:45.460
 in a passive form.

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:47.080
 It says that

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:48.720
 Christ was raised

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:51.420
 and that implies

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.200
 that the subject

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.100
 is God the Father

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:54.220
 who raised Christ

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.500
 up from the grave.

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.620
 Of course it's not

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.340
 wrong for us

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.860
 to say that

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:59.240
 Christ has risen.

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.519
 That's what we say

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.340
 on Resurrection Sunday

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:02.440
 because biblical writers

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:03.360
 especially in the Gospels

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.720
 also use that language.

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:06.360
 But in an ultimate sense

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:07.480
 it's God the Father

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.460
 as the authority

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.840
 over and source

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:11.059
 of all things

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:12.599
 who raised Christ

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.819
 from the dead.

00:32:14.439 --> 00:32:15.819
 And that same God

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.639
 in verse 22

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.519
 is the one

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.740
 by whom

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.519
 we shall all

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:21.259
 be made alive.

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.419
 So that shows

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:24.339
 that we don't

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:25.059
 make this happen

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.480
 ourselves.

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.240
 We don't raise

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.579
 ourselves.

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:26.959
 We don't need

00:32:26.959 --> 00:32:28.259
 to wait for the queue

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.899
 so that we can

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.959
 resurrect when it's

00:32:29.959 --> 00:32:30.539
 time for us.

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:31.159
 We don't need

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:32.000
 power ourselves

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.720
 to raise ourselves

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.259
 from the dead.

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.699
 It's God himself,

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.619
 the almighty God

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:37.119
 who raises us

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:38.259
 from the dead

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.480
 and because he has

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.400
 done it with Christ

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.319
 that becomes

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.339
 the decisive proof

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:42.779
 for us

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.359
 that that will

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.539
 happen for us.

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.240
 It's a certainty.

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:50.140
 And it's this firm

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:51.140
 hope in our

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.960
 future resurrection

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:53.099
 that sustains

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:54.460
 our present obedience

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.319
 and perseverance.

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:57.140
 Paul writes about this

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:59.099
 in verses 29 to 34.

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:02.220
 He says in verse 29,

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.660
 Otherwise,

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.500
 what do people mean

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.379
 by being baptized

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:06.579
 on behalf of the dead?

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:08.059
 If the dead are not

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.779
 raised at all,

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.679
 why are people

00:33:09.679 --> 00:33:10.720
 baptized on their

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.259
 behalf?

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:15.019
 This is arguably

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.099
 the most difficult

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.839
 verse to interpret

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:18.299
 in all of 1 Corinthians.

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:21.220
 Over 40 different

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.799
 interpretations

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:23.039
 have been suggested.

00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.919
 And notably,

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:29.319
 this difference

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.259
 of interpretations

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.179
 is not just

00:33:31.179 --> 00:33:31.819
 in our day.

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.379
 There's been

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.240
 differing interpretations

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.519
 throughout church history

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:36.559
 which tells us

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.259
 this is a difficult

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.720
 verse.

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.279
 And so we probably

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.139
 shouldn't be dogmatic

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.779
 about it.

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.500
 So with that

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:44.039
 caveat out of the way,

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:45.079
 here's my tentative

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.700
 interpretation.

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:48.000
 The expression

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.579
 the dead

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.359
 is used

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:50.160
 eight times

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.000
 in this passage,

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.279
 not including

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.019
 the two occurrences

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.940
 in verse 29

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:55.759
 which we're trying

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.139
 to figure out

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:56.500
 right now.

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.779
 And in all of those

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.500
 contexts,

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.379
 invariably,

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.500
 the word dead,

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.000
 the dead,

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.740
 refers to those

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:03.039
 who are already dead

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.680
 physically.

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:05.599
 So I think

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.599
 it's most likely

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.299
 to refer to

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.320
 the actual dead

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.820
 not to believers

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.659
 who are dying

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.820
 which is what

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.179
 some of the

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.219
 interpretations suggest.

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.400
 And because

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.259
 throughout this passage

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:16.679
 as well,

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.880
 Paul's concern

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:19.139
 whenever he says

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:20.259
 resurrection of the dead,

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.340
 he's not speaking

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.800
 of resurrection

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.420
 of the dead

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.019
 in general,

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.539
 believers and

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.259
 unbelievers alike,

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.139
 but he's speaking

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:26.000
 of the resurrection

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:28.019
 of the believers

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:29.099
 who have died.

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.079
 So I think

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:31.199
 that's most likely

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:32.079
 what Paul has in mind

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.659
 when he says

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.559
 the dead here.

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.739
 So it's those

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:36.099
 believers who died

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.980
 before they had

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.659
 the opportunity

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.799
 to get baptized.

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.779
 Basically like

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:41.579
 the thief on the cross

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.980
 that dies next to Jesus.

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.980
 So some believers,

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.699
 it seems,

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.799
 among the Corinthians

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.920
 were getting baptized

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:49.639
 on their behalf

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.000
 because,

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.460
 oh no,

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.299
 they hadn't had a chance

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:51.719
 to get baptized.

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.400
 They had faith

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:53.279
 but they died

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.940
 without being able

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.340
 to get baptized

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.819
 so I'm going

00:34:54.819 --> 00:34:55.219
 to get baptized

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:56.000
 for them.

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.699
 I mean,

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.079
 well-meaning

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.840
 but misguided.

00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:01.280
 And the problem

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:02.720
 with this interpretation,

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.579
 the difficulty

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.200
 with it rather,

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.940
 is that there's

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.960
 no biblical precedent

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:08.200
 for such vicarious baptisms.

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:10.620
 It seems to contradict

00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:11.400
 Paul's teaching

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.320
 that people are saved

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:13.260
 by grace through faith

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.660
 and that personal faith

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:15.240
 is required

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:17.059
 and that a personal response

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.079
 involves baptism.

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:18.660
 It has to be

00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:19.740
 that person's decision.

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.700
 So just as you can't believe

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:22.579
 on behalf of someone,

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:23.720
 you also can't get baptized

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.760
 on behalf of someone

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:26.220
 so they must themselves

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:27.120
 respond to God.

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:28.799
 And I think it's that

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:30.119
 theological difficulty

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.119
 that has engendered

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.859
 all these alternate

00:35:31.859 --> 00:35:32.500
 interpretations

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.279
 over and against

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:34.059
 the plain meaning

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.659
 of the text.

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.299
 But even though

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:37.000
 I will add this,

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.739
 Paul mentions

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:39.219
 these vicarious baptisms,

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:41.000
 he's not necessarily

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.940
 endorsing them

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.500
 as legitimate

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:44.259
 because he's only saying

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:45.299
 that their existence

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:46.859
 proves people's

00:35:46.859 --> 00:35:47.900
 implicit belief

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.460
 in the resurrection

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.019
 of the dead

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:50.339
 because without belief

00:35:50.339 --> 00:35:50.819
 in the resurrection

00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:51.159
 of the dead,

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.839
 such baptism

00:35:51.839 --> 00:35:52.579
 would be pointless

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:54.159
 in Paul's argument.

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.659
 So we can think

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.019
 of it this way.

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.400
 For example,

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:57.559
 if I can say to you,

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.139
 what do people mean

00:35:59.139 --> 00:36:00.880
 by knocking on wood?

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.599
 Right?

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:04.240
 If they really

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:05.340
 don't believe in luck,

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:07.000
 then why do they

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.740
 knock on wood

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.740
 to avoid bad luck?

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.579
 Right?

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:11.420
 So that's an argument

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.019
 I can make.

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:13.360
 When I say that,

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:15.059
 I'm not endorsing

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.680
 the practice

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:16.780
 of knocking on wood.

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.240
 Right?

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:19.160
 I'm merely using that

00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:19.940
 as an example

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.200
 to prove that people

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:22.099
 do in fact

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:23.519
 believe in superstitions.

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:23.960
 Right?

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:25.099
 They believe in luck.

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:27.219
 So I think

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.839
 that's kind of

00:36:27.839 --> 00:36:28.500
 what's going on here.

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.219
 So it's Paul

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:30.259
 is using this

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:31.000
 not to say

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:32.099
 that it's legitimate

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.920
 to get baptized

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:34.219
 on behalf of someone,

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.519
 a believer who has died,

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.759
 but to point out

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:37.480
 that the Corinthians'

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:39.059
 practice of doing so

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:40.400
 proves actually

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.279
 that there is

00:36:41.279 --> 00:36:42.019
 resurrection of the dead

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.779
 because without

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:43.519
 the resurrection,

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:44.500
 there's no spiritual

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.880
 existence beyond the grave.

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:48.119
 So this verse

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:49.000
 doesn't teach us

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.500
 that we should get

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.320
 baptized on behalf

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.760
 of the dead.

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.519
 So that's

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.840
 some of the Corinthian

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.260
 believers

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:54.860
 seem to have

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.500
 had this kind of

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.200
 magical view

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:56.740
 of baptism

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.599
 and I think

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:57.940
 that's why

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.700
 kind of Paul

00:36:58.700 --> 00:37:00.019
 corrects them

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:01.180
 throughout this letter.

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.280
 So for example

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:03.300
 in chapter 1

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:04.579
 verses 14 to 17

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.300
 he said this,

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.740
 I thank God

00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:07.619
 that I baptize

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.240
 none of you

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:09.260
 except Crispus

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:09.940
 and Gaius

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.599
 so that no one

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.000
 may say

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.380
 that you are

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.380
 baptizing my name.

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.619
 for Christ

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.880
 did not send me

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.980
 to baptize

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.619
 but to preach

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.099
 the gospel.

00:37:18.200 --> 00:37:19.440
 He's downgrading

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.079
 baptism here

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:21.220
 because the Corinthians

00:37:21.220 --> 00:37:21.640
 were making

00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:22.420
 such a big deal

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.840
 of baptism

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:23.519
 saying oh I got

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.360
 baptized by Paul

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.079
 I got baptized

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.680
 by Apollos

00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:26.300
 I got baptized

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:27.500
 by so and so

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.420
 and Paul's saying

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.160
 no that's not

00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:30.079
 what saves you

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:31.079
 baptism is your

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:32.160
 personal response

00:37:32.160 --> 00:37:32.840
 to Christ

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.820
 Christ is the one

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.680
 who saves you.

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.700
 And similarly

00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:38.200
 he said

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:39.320
 in chapter 10

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:40.200
 verses 1 to 5

00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:41.579
 I do not want you

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.099
 to be unaware

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.639
 brothers

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.460
 that our fathers

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:44.339
 were all under

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:44.920
 the cloud

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:46.019
 and all passed

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.679
 through the sea

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:47.579
 and all were

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.880
 baptized into Moses

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:49.619
 in the cloud

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.360
 and in the sea

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.460
 and all ate

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.299
 the same spiritual

00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:53.059
 food and all

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.900
 drank the same

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.779
 spiritual drink

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.639
 nevertheless

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:57.639
 with most of them

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:58.339
 God was not

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.860
 pleased

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.839
 for they were

00:37:59.839 --> 00:38:00.679
 overthrown

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.940
 in the wilderness.

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.679
 Why does Paul

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.839
 make this connection

00:38:04.839 --> 00:38:05.779
 between Israel

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.619
 and the present church

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.500
 and he uses

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.039
 the language

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.699
 of baptism

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.519
 and he uses

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.019
 the language

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.599
 of communion

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.699
 spiritual food

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.139
 and spiritual

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.519
 drink.

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.299
 The point

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:13.739
 he's trying

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:14.139
 to make

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.519
 is that the

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.319
 Corinthian believers

00:38:15.319 --> 00:38:16.279
 were complacent

00:38:16.279 --> 00:38:17.019
 and they were

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:18.039
 engaging in sexual

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.619
 immorality

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.460
 and incest

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:20.079
 and doing all

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.699
 kinds of things

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:21.339
 that are forbidden

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:21.939
 by God

00:38:21.939 --> 00:38:23.019
 and yet they were

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.679
 saying to themselves

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:25.000
 well I was baptized

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:27.039
 well I partake

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.759
 in the Lord's supper

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:29.579
 so I'm safe

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:31.779
 and Paul

00:38:31.779 --> 00:38:33.139
 tells them

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:34.859
 look at your

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:35.639
 forefathers

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:37.559
 they were

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.159
 in a sense

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.799
 baptized

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:39.100
 baptized

00:38:39.100 --> 00:38:39.780
 under Moses

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:41.000
 they were

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.440
 in a sense

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:42.039
 partaking

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.480
 in spiritual

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:42.760
 food

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.380
 just like

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.720
 you

00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:44.220
 yet they

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:45.000
 were destroyed

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.500
 because of

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.460
 their idolatry

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:50.240
 so Paul

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:50.740
 has already

00:38:50.740 --> 00:38:52.060
 kind of addressed

00:38:52.060 --> 00:38:52.660
 this issue

00:38:52.660 --> 00:38:53.140
 of baptism

00:38:53.140 --> 00:38:53.560
 throughout

00:38:53.560 --> 00:38:54.120
 so I think

00:38:54.120 --> 00:38:54.500
 he doesn't

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.120
 feel the need

00:38:55.120 --> 00:38:55.640
 to correct

00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:56.039
 them yet

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.460
 again

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:57.420
 in this

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:58.060
 instance

00:38:58.060 --> 00:38:59.220
 but he's

00:38:59.220 --> 00:38:59.720
 just using

00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:00.019
 that as an

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.280
 example

00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:00.660
 to prove

00:39:00.660 --> 00:39:01.280
 his point

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:02.480
 that the

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.840
 resurrection

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.380
 of the dead

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:04.440
 is a reality

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:08.039
 and then

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.820
 in verses

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:09.619
 30 to 31

00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:10.400
 Paul uses

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:11.059
 his personal

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.440
 example

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:11.860
 to prove

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.260
 the same

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:12.619
 point

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.920
 why are we

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.660
 in danger

00:39:14.660 --> 00:39:15.400
 every hour

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:17.619
 I protest

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.059
 brothers

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:19.220
 by my pride

00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:19.619
 in you

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.680
 which I have

00:39:20.680 --> 00:39:21.140
 in Christ

00:39:21.140 --> 00:39:21.500
 Jesus

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.079
 our Lord

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:23.119
 I die

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:24.320
 every day

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:26.180
 Paul says

00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:26.539
 that he

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.099
 faces

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:28.360
 danger

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:29.900
 every hour

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:31.260
 and he says

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:32.220
 that he dies

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:33.839
 every day

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:35.079
 every hour

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:36.039
 every day

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.439
 the two

00:39:36.439 --> 00:39:36.919
 expressions

00:39:36.919 --> 00:39:37.559
 together

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.319
 basically

00:39:38.319 --> 00:39:38.919
 amount to

00:39:38.919 --> 00:39:39.219
 Paul

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.699
 claiming

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.159
 that he's

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.480
 facing

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:40.899
 risk

00:39:40.899 --> 00:39:41.539
 and suffering

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.839
 24 hours

00:39:42.839 --> 00:39:43.199
 a day

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:43.639
 and 7

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:44.259
 days a week

00:39:44.259 --> 00:39:45.299
 24-7

00:39:45.299 --> 00:39:45.919
 this is

00:39:45.919 --> 00:39:47.000
 his life

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:51.799
 Jesus said

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:52.679
 in Luke

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:53.379
 9 23

00:39:53.379 --> 00:39:54.119
 if anyone

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.639
 would come

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:55.239
 after me

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.919
 let him

00:39:55.919 --> 00:39:57.000
 deny himself

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.719
 and take

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:58.399
 up his

00:39:58.399 --> 00:39:58.919
 cross

00:39:58.919 --> 00:39:59.719
 daily

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.679
 and follow

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:00.959
 me

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:02.480
 this

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.039
 is in

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.220
 fact

00:40:03.220 --> 00:40:03.860
 what Paul

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.800
 has been

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.199
 doing

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.860
 he has

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.059
 been

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.740
 daily

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.720
 dying

00:40:07.720 --> 00:40:08.400
 to himself

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:08.780
 for the

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.039
 glory

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.500
 of God

00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:11.340
 and to

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.920
 emphasize

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:14.119
 the truth

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.500
 of his

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.940
 claim

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.940
 Paul writes

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:17.340
 I protest

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:18.199
 brothers

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:19.420
 by my

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:19.940
 pride

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.420
 in you

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:21.840
 which I

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:22.240
 have in

00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:22.500
 Christ

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:22.840
 Jesus

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.400
 our Lord

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.960
 I die

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.900
 every day

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.880
 what does

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.320
 Paul mean

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:27.639
 by that

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:28.159
 I think

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.679
 the NIV

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:29.320
 translates

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.699
 a little

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.039
 bit more

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.400
 literally

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:30.820
 and health

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.000
 fully

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:32.019
 it says

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.840
 I face

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.300
 death

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:33.900
 every day

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.440
 yes

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.500
 just as

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.039
 surely

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.539
 as I

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.039
 boast

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.360
 about

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:37.779
 you

00:40:37.779 --> 00:40:38.239
 in

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.699
 Christ

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:39.440
 Jesus

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.239
 our

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:40.719
 Lord

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:41.279
 right

00:40:41.279 --> 00:40:42.320
 Paul said

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:42.679
 earlier

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:43.259
 in chapter

00:40:43.259 --> 00:40:44.000
 9

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:45.019
 that

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.699
 Corinthian

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:45.980
 church

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.320
 is the

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.900
 workmanship

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.759
 his workmanship

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:48.079
 in the

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:48.320
 Lord

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:49.199
 that they

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.559
 are the

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:50.159
 seal of

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.300
 his

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:51.039
 apostleship

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:51.400
 because

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.960
 he planted

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.279
 them

00:40:52.279 --> 00:40:52.579
 in their

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.059
 church

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:53.820
 for that

00:40:53.820 --> 00:40:54.179
 reason

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:54.579
 Paul

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:55.239
 had great

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:55.739
 pride

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.079
 in the

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.440
 Corinthian

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:56.920
 church

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:58.039
 in Christ

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.460
 of course

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:59.079
 and that's

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.320
 why he

00:40:59.320 --> 00:40:59.500
 says

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.240
 as surely

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:00.720
 as I

00:41:00.720 --> 00:41:01.000
 have

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.420
 pride

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.940
 in you

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:03.639
 that

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.340
 certainly

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:05.539
 that surely

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.000
 I am

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.440
 facing

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.860
 danger

00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:07.760
 every hour

00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:08.099
 and I'm

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.780
 facing death

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:09.679
 every day

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:10.099
 doesn't that

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.679
 really reveal

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.500
 Paul's heart

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.179
 I was so

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:12.699
 moved by that

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:12.920
 as I was

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.300
 preparing

00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:14.179
 this passage

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:15.320
 even though

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.880
 the Corinthian

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.320
 church

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:17.599
 caused him

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:18.119
 more grief

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.539
 than any

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:19.159
 other churches

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:19.579
 that he

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:20.360
 ever served

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:22.039
 he says

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.400
 to him

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:23.639
 the surest

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:23.960
 thing

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.300
 that he

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:24.740
 can grab

00:41:24.740 --> 00:41:25.460
 hold of

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:26.559
 to prove

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:26.900
 that he

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.440
 really is

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.740
 facing

00:41:27.740 --> 00:41:28.059
 danger

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.659
 every day

00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:29.599
 is

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:31.000
 my pride

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.400
 in you

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:32.880
 my boast

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.420
 in you

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:35.940
 that's his

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.960
 heart for the

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.280
 church

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:38.559
 that's his

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:39.000
 care for

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.240
 them

00:41:39.240 --> 00:41:42.380
 and Paul

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:42.900
 is hardly

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.940
 exaggerating

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:52.179
 he says

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:52.619
 in 2nd

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:52.980
 Corinthians

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.480
 11

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:54.139
 23 to

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:54.539
 28

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:54.980
 these are

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.340
 the things

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:55.779
 that he's

00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:56.259
 suffering

00:41:56.259 --> 00:41:56.639
 for the

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:56.860
 sake of

00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:57.259
 the gospel

00:41:57.259 --> 00:41:58.980
 and he's

00:41:58.980 --> 00:41:59.920
 contrasting

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:00.179
 himself

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:00.739
 from the

00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:01.079
 false

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:01.480
 apostles

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:01.699
 who are

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.019
 trying to

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.279
 lead the

00:42:02.279 --> 00:42:02.559
 Corinthians

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.039
 astray

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:04.099
 are they

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:04.619
 servants of

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:05.000
 Christ

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:06.199
 I am a

00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:06.800
 better one

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:07.820
 I am

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:08.340
 talking like

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:08.719
 a mad

00:42:08.719 --> 00:42:08.960
 man

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.699
 but with

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:10.440
 far greater

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:11.059
 labors

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:12.239
 far more

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:13.259
 imprisonments

00:42:13.259 --> 00:42:14.159
 with countless

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:15.159
 beatings

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:15.759
 and often

00:42:15.759 --> 00:42:16.779
 near death

00:42:16.779 --> 00:42:17.940
 five times

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.559
 I received

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.059
 at the hands

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.599
 of the Jews

00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:20.320
 the forty

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.800
 lashes

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:21.639
 less one

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:22.920
 three times

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.259
 I was

00:42:23.259 --> 00:42:23.900
 beaten with

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.340
 rods

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:25.079
 once

00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:25.460
 I was

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:26.039
 stoned

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:27.620
 three times

00:42:27.620 --> 00:42:27.960
 I was

00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:28.800
 shipwrecked

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:29.320
 a night

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:29.880
 and a day

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:30.240
 I was

00:42:30.240 --> 00:42:30.600
 adrift

00:42:30.600 --> 00:42:31.180
 at sea

00:42:31.180 --> 00:42:32.079
 on frequent

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.559
 journeys

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.200
 in danger

00:42:33.200 --> 00:42:33.900
 from rivers

00:42:33.900 --> 00:42:34.480
 danger

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:35.400
 from robbers

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:36.000
 danger

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.500
 from my

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.180
 own people

00:42:37.180 --> 00:42:37.740
 danger

00:42:37.740 --> 00:42:38.660
 from Gentiles

00:42:38.660 --> 00:42:39.059
 danger

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.740
 in the city

00:42:39.740 --> 00:42:40.400
 danger

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:41.120
 in the wilderness

00:42:41.120 --> 00:42:41.680
 danger

00:42:41.680 --> 00:42:42.420
 at sea

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:43.079
 danger

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:43.900
 from false

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:44.340
 brothers

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:45.320
 in toil

00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:46.300
 and hardship

00:42:46.300 --> 00:42:47.180
 through many

00:42:47.180 --> 00:42:47.920
 a sleepless

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:48.320
 night

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:49.160
 in hunger

00:42:49.160 --> 00:42:49.940
 and thirst

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:50.599
 often

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:50.619
 often

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:51.000
 without

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.639
 food

00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:53.340
 in cold

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:54.720
 and exposure

00:42:54.720 --> 00:42:56.320
 and apart

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:56.780
 from other

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.139
 things

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:57.519
 there is

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.280
 the daily

00:42:58.280 --> 00:42:59.099
 pressure

00:42:59.099 --> 00:42:59.800
 on me

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:00.639
 of my

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:01.360
 anxiety

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:01.940
 for all

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:02.500
 the churches

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:06.280
 but if there

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:07.039
 is no

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:08.019
 resurrection

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:09.500
 of the dead

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:12.539
 for what

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:15.480
 is Paul

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:15.960
 enduring

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:16.480
 all of this

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:16.820
 hardship

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:20.180
 he continues

00:43:20.180 --> 00:43:21.019
 in verse 32

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:22.059
 what do I

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:22.539
 gain

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:23.320
 if humanly

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:23.539
 speaking

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:24.080
 I fought

00:43:24.080 --> 00:43:24.820
 with beasts

00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:25.640
 at Ephesus

00:43:25.640 --> 00:43:27.100
 if the dead

00:43:27.100 --> 00:43:27.620
 are not

00:43:27.620 --> 00:43:28.160
 raised

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:29.039
 let us

00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:29.400
 eat and

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:29.760
 drink

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:30.640
 for tomorrow

00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:31.360
 we die

00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:33.680
 fighting

00:43:33.680 --> 00:43:34.420
 with beasts

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:35.260
 is likely

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:36.300
 metaphorical

00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:36.920
 and not

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:37.340
 literal

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:38.300
 for several

00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:38.620
 reasons

00:43:38.620 --> 00:43:39.000
 first

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:39.920
 if it were

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:40.280
 literal

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:40.980
 Paul would

00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:41.460
 not have

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:42.000
 survived

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:42.500
 all the

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:42.740
 tale

00:43:42.740 --> 00:43:43.780
 secondly

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:44.539
 if it

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:44.840
 were

00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:45.559
 if it

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:45.700
 were

00:43:45.700 --> 00:43:46.039
 literal

00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:47.119
 it's

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:48.360
 not likely

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.579
 to be

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:48.900
 because

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.699
 Paul was

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:49.980
 a Roman

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:50.380
 citizen

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:51.340
 and the

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:51.739
 punishment

00:43:51.739 --> 00:43:52.380
 execution

00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:52.719
 by

00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:53.059
 giving

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.800
 being

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.259
 given

00:43:54.259 --> 00:43:54.500
 to

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:54.840
 wild

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.139
 beasts

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:55.699
 was a

00:43:55.699 --> 00:43:56.000
 punishment

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:56.340
 that

00:43:56.340 --> 00:43:56.639
 the

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:56.820
 Roman

00:43:56.820 --> 00:43:57.119
 citizens

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:57.320
 were

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:57.820
 excluded

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.159
 from

00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:58.980
 and

00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.400
 third

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:00.199
 that

00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:00.820
 expression

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.920
 fighting

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.219
 with

00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:02.659
 beasts

00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:03.300
 is a

00:44:03.300 --> 00:44:03.500
 very

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:04.119
 common

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:04.900
 metaphorical

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:05.239
 expression

00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:05.500
 that's

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:05.820
 used

00:44:05.820 --> 00:44:06.279
 throughout

00:44:06.279 --> 00:44:06.599
 Greek

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.019
 literature

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.320
 so

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:07.739
 I

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:07.920
 think

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.119
 it's

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:08.380
 likely

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:08.679
 Paul's

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:08.860
 using

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:09.059
 the

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:09.219
 same

00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:09.539
 sense

00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:09.779
 it

00:44:09.779 --> 00:44:10.400
 refers

00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:10.739
 to

00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:11.500
 fighting

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:11.759
 or

00:44:11.759 --> 00:44:12.000
 some

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.199
 kind

00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:12.360
 of

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:12.820
 intense

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.659
 struggle

00:44:13.659 --> 00:44:13.900
 like

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.420
 a mortal

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:15.000
 struggle

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.239
 with

00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:15.619
 one's

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:15.960
 enemies

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.820
 and so

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:17.139
 Paul's

00:44:17.139 --> 00:44:17.280
 saying

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:17.559
 he's

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.280
 intensely

00:44:18.280 --> 00:44:18.920
 struggling

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:19.280
 in this

00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:19.519
 way

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:20.139
 for the

00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:20.380
 sake

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:20.500
 of

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:20.619
 the

00:44:20.619 --> 00:44:21.059
 gospel

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.559
 but

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:21.860
 what

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:22.320
 gain

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.539
 is

00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:22.800
 there

00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:22.980
 if

00:44:22.980 --> 00:44:23.119
 the

00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:23.320
 dead

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:23.460
 are

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:23.639
 not

00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:24.139
 raised

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:24.940
 let

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:25.079
 us

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:25.240
 eat

00:44:25.240 --> 00:44:25.420
 and

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:25.659
 drink

00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:25.840
 for

00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:26.260
 tomorrow

00:44:26.260 --> 00:44:26.760
 we

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:27.099
 die

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:27.300
 that's

00:44:27.300 --> 00:44:27.400
 a

00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:27.740
 quotation

00:44:27.740 --> 00:44:28.000
 from

00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:28.280
 Isaiah

00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:28.760
 22

00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:29.220
 13

00:44:29.220 --> 00:44:29.460
 that

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:29.860
 expresses

00:44:29.860 --> 00:44:30.079
 a

00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:30.440
 mindset

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:30.920
 of

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:31.300
 people

00:44:31.300 --> 00:44:31.599
 who

00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:31.840
 do

00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:32.039
 not

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.220
 have

00:44:32.220 --> 00:44:32.380
 any

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:32.740
 regard

00:44:32.740 --> 00:44:32.960
 for

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:33.320
 God

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:34.240
 if

00:44:34.240 --> 00:44:34.460
 there

00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:34.599
 is

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:34.980
 nothing

00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:35.440
 beyond

00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:36.059
 death

00:44:36.059 --> 00:44:36.740
 why

00:44:36.740 --> 00:44:37.240
 suffer

00:44:37.240 --> 00:44:37.420
 in

00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:37.559
 this

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.000
 life

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:40.699
 why

00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:41.199
 should

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:41.420
 we

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:41.740
 not

00:44:41.740 --> 00:44:42.500
 indulge

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:42.740
 our

00:44:42.739 --> 00:44:43.119
 every

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:43.739
 desire

00:44:43.739 --> 00:44:44.559
 entertain

00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:45.039
 our

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.479
 every

00:44:45.479 --> 00:44:45.979
 whim

00:44:45.979 --> 00:44:46.659
 and

00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:47.359
 enjoy

00:44:47.359 --> 00:44:47.619
 the

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:47.919
 pleasures

00:44:47.919 --> 00:44:48.099
 of

00:44:48.099 --> 00:44:48.279
 this

00:44:48.279 --> 00:44:48.559
 life

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:48.859
 why

00:44:48.859 --> 00:44:49.319
 not

00:44:49.319 --> 00:44:50.239
 if

00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:50.519
 there's

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:51.039
 nothing

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:51.439
 beyond

00:44:51.439 --> 00:44:51.839
 death

00:44:51.839 --> 00:44:54.539
 but

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:54.779
 to

00:44:54.779 --> 00:44:55.199
 live in

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:55.359
 that

00:44:55.359 --> 00:44:55.679
 way

00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:56.000
 would

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:56.299
 be

00:44:56.299 --> 00:44:56.559
 the

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:57.079
 height

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:57.779
 of

00:44:57.779 --> 00:44:58.539
 foolishness

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:58.859
 because

00:44:58.859 --> 00:44:59.919
 there

00:44:59.919 --> 00:45:00.699
 is

00:45:00.699 --> 00:45:01.259
 the

00:45:01.259 --> 00:45:01.719
 resurrection

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:02.019
 of

00:45:02.019 --> 00:45:02.139
 the

00:45:02.139 --> 00:45:02.439
 dead

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:06.619
 Balthasar

00:45:06.619 --> 00:45:07.320
 Grathian

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:09.320
 he was

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:09.519
 a

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:09.980
 17th

00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:10.220
 century

00:45:10.220 --> 00:45:10.559
 Christian

00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:11.039
 philosopher

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:11.360
 from

00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:11.720
 Spain

00:45:11.720 --> 00:45:12.119
 he wrote

00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:12.480
 this

00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:13.240
 never

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:13.960
 contend

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:14.159
 with

00:45:14.159 --> 00:45:14.320
 a

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:14.579
 man

00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:14.860
 who

00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:15.200
 has

00:45:15.200 --> 00:45:15.599
 nothing

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:15.860
 to

00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:16.260
 lose

00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:18.440
 because

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:18.639
 he

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:18.800
 has

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.139
 nothing

00:45:19.139 --> 00:45:19.420
 to

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:19.860
 lose

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:20.599
 that

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:20.900
 person

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.099
 can

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:21.340
 give

00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:21.700
 himself

00:45:21.700 --> 00:45:22.619
 unreservedly

00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:22.820
 and

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.480
 wholeheartedly

00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:23.679
 to

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:24.139
 something

00:45:24.139 --> 00:45:26.119
 Christians

00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:26.639
 are

00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:27.059
 men

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:27.639
 and

00:45:27.639 --> 00:45:28.000
 women

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:28.340
 who

00:45:28.340 --> 00:45:28.700
 have

00:45:28.700 --> 00:45:29.159
 nothing

00:45:29.159 --> 00:45:29.500
 to

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:29.880
 lose

00:45:29.880 --> 00:45:30.420
 because

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:31.079
 what

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:31.280
 we

00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:31.539
 have

00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:31.760
 to

00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:32.200
 lose

00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:32.699
 in

00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:32.899
 this

00:45:32.899 --> 00:45:33.199
 world

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:33.480
 is

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:34.079
 nothing

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:35.319
 compared

00:45:35.319 --> 00:45:35.559
 to

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:35.739
 the

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:36.319
 surpassing

00:45:36.319 --> 00:45:36.659
 greatness

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:36.879
 of

00:45:36.879 --> 00:45:37.079
 knowing

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:37.559
 Christ

00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:40.539
 as

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:40.739
 Paul

00:45:40.739 --> 00:45:41.099
 says

00:45:41.099 --> 00:45:41.279
 in

00:45:41.279 --> 00:45:41.659
 Philippians

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:42.460
 121

00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:42.960
 for

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:43.119
 to

00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:43.259
 me

00:45:43.259 --> 00:45:43.399
 to

00:45:43.399 --> 00:45:43.839
 live

00:45:43.839 --> 00:45:44.079
 is

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:44.639
 Christ

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:45.099
 but

00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:45.319
 to

00:45:45.319 --> 00:45:45.719
 die

00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:46.119
 is

00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:46.619
 gain

00:45:46.619 --> 00:45:49.299
 if

00:45:49.299 --> 00:45:49.480
 we

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:49.839
 die

00:45:49.839 --> 00:45:50.059
 in

00:45:50.059 --> 00:45:50.500
 Christ

00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:51.000
 we

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:51.179
 will

00:45:51.179 --> 00:45:51.659
 rise

00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:52.460
 again

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:52.719
 with

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:52.939
 him

00:45:52.939 --> 00:45:54.059
 and

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:54.279
 our

00:45:54.279 --> 00:45:54.699
 sweet

00:45:54.699 --> 00:45:55.099
 union

00:45:55.099 --> 00:45:55.339
 with

00:45:55.339 --> 00:45:55.599
 him

00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:55.779
 will

00:45:55.779 --> 00:45:55.919
 be

00:45:55.919 --> 00:45:56.839
 perfected

00:45:56.839 --> 00:45:58.159
 the

00:45:58.159 --> 00:45:58.339
 one

00:45:58.339 --> 00:45:58.500
 who

00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:58.879
 loves

00:45:58.879 --> 00:45:59.239
 us

00:45:59.239 --> 00:45:59.779
 better

00:45:59.779 --> 00:46:00.439
 and

00:46:00.439 --> 00:46:00.659
 more

00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:00.819
 than

00:46:00.819 --> 00:46:01.159
 anyone

00:46:01.159 --> 00:46:01.480
 we've

00:46:01.480 --> 00:46:01.679
 ever

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:02.079
 known

00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:03.000
 the

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:03.259
 one

00:46:03.259 --> 00:46:03.500
 whom

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:03.719
 we're

00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:04.059
 living

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.360
 for

00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:04.519
 will

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:04.639
 be

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.039
 united

00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:05.299
 with

00:46:05.299 --> 00:46:05.599
 him

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:06.340
 in

00:46:06.340 --> 00:46:06.920
 perfect

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:08.239
 undistracted

00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:09.460
 undisturbed

00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:10.179
 communion

00:46:10.179 --> 00:46:10.819
 and

00:46:10.819 --> 00:46:11.420
 fellowship

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:12.679
 that's

00:46:12.679 --> 00:46:13.360
 what we

00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:13.779
 have to

00:46:13.779 --> 00:46:14.319
 gain

00:46:14.319 --> 00:46:15.119
 when we

00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:15.500
 die

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:18.299
 what do

00:46:18.299 --> 00:46:18.639
 we have

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:19.219
 to lose

00:46:19.219 --> 00:46:23.819
 it's

00:46:23.819 --> 00:46:24.199
 only

00:46:24.199 --> 00:46:24.819
 when we

00:46:24.819 --> 00:46:25.279
 see

00:46:25.279 --> 00:46:26.159
 that

00:46:26.159 --> 00:46:26.579
 hope

00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:26.900
 with

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:27.460
 clarity

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:28.880
 that we

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:29.460
 can count

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:30.159
 the costs

00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:30.539
 of

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:30.739
 this

00:46:30.739 --> 00:46:31.099
 life

00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:32.920
 and

00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:33.079
 then

00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:33.399
 say

00:46:33.399 --> 00:46:33.879
 still

00:46:33.879 --> 00:46:34.539
 I

00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:34.719
 will

00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:35.259
 gladly

00:46:35.259 --> 00:46:36.359
 pay

00:46:36.359 --> 00:46:36.539
 the

00:46:36.539 --> 00:46:36.980
 price

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:39.719
 that's

00:46:39.719 --> 00:46:39.960
 what it

00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:40.199
 means to

00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:40.420
 be a

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:40.779
 Christian

00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:45.079
 God's

00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:45.399
 not

00:46:45.399 --> 00:46:46.279
 calling us

00:46:46.279 --> 00:46:46.500
 to be

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:46.739
 little

00:46:46.739 --> 00:46:47.299
 groupies

00:46:47.299 --> 00:46:47.460
 that

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:47.719
 follow

00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:47.839
 him

00:46:47.839 --> 00:46:48.119
 around

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:48.359
 whenever

00:46:48.359 --> 00:46:48.659
 things

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:48.779
 are

00:46:48.779 --> 00:46:48.980
 going

00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:49.179
 well

00:46:49.179 --> 00:46:49.420
 he's

00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:49.759
 calling

00:46:49.759 --> 00:46:50.480
 us

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:50.679
 to

00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:50.920
 give

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:51.099
 up

00:46:51.099 --> 00:46:51.279
 our

00:46:51.279 --> 00:46:51.679
 lives

00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:51.920
 for

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.299
 him

00:46:52.299 --> 00:46:54.079
 whoever

00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:54.539
 will

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:54.920
 save

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.079
 his

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:55.319
 life

00:46:55.319 --> 00:46:55.500
 will

00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:55.819
 lose

00:46:55.819 --> 00:46:55.960
 it

00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:56.099
 but

00:46:56.099 --> 00:46:56.339
 whoever

00:46:56.339 --> 00:46:56.799
 loses

00:46:56.799 --> 00:46:57.000
 my

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.279
 life

00:46:57.280 --> 00:46:57.400
 for

00:46:57.400 --> 00:46:57.540
 the

00:46:57.540 --> 00:46:57.700
 sake

00:46:57.700 --> 00:46:57.840
 of

00:46:57.840 --> 00:46:58.240
 Christ

00:46:58.240 --> 00:46:58.980
 and

00:46:58.980 --> 00:46:59.480
 his

00:46:59.480 --> 00:46:59.960
 gospel

00:46:59.960 --> 00:47:00.680
 will

00:47:00.680 --> 00:47:01.260
 save

00:47:01.260 --> 00:47:01.600
 it

00:47:01.600 --> 00:47:06.380
 so

00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:06.760
 what

00:47:06.760 --> 00:47:07.400
 in the

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:07.740
 world

00:47:07.740 --> 00:47:08.080
 are we

00:47:08.080 --> 00:47:08.620
 doing

00:47:08.620 --> 00:47:08.980
 living

00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:09.560
 like

00:47:09.560 --> 00:47:09.760
 there

00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:09.880
 is

00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:10.040
 no

00:47:10.040 --> 00:47:10.480
 resurrection

00:47:10.480 --> 00:47:10.780
 of the

00:47:10.780 --> 00:47:10.980
 dead

00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:11.240
 that's

00:47:11.240 --> 00:47:11.360
 what

00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:11.560
 Paul

00:47:11.560 --> 00:47:11.660
 is

00:47:11.660 --> 00:47:11.980
 essentially

00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:12.380
 saying

00:47:12.380 --> 00:47:12.519
 in

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:12.700
 verses

00:47:12.700 --> 00:47:13.220
 33

00:47:13.220 --> 00:47:13.740
 34

00:47:13.740 --> 00:47:14.500
 do

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:14.840
 not

00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:15.040
 be

00:47:15.040 --> 00:47:15.640
 deceived

00:47:15.640 --> 00:47:16.220
 bad

00:47:16.220 --> 00:47:16.660
 company

00:47:16.660 --> 00:47:17.180
 ruins

00:47:17.180 --> 00:47:17.500
 good

00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:17.980
 morals

00:47:17.980 --> 00:47:18.640
 wake

00:47:18.640 --> 00:47:18.880
 up

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:19.080
 from

00:47:19.080 --> 00:47:19.280
 your

00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:19.680
 drunken

00:47:19.680 --> 00:47:20.380
 stupor

00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:20.800
 as

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:20.960
 is

00:47:20.960 --> 00:47:21.280
 right

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:21.720
 and

00:47:21.720 --> 00:47:21.900
 do

00:47:21.900 --> 00:47:22.220
 not

00:47:22.220 --> 00:47:22.500
 go

00:47:22.500 --> 00:47:22.720
 on

00:47:22.720 --> 00:47:23.280
 sinning

00:47:23.280 --> 00:47:23.620
 for

00:47:23.620 --> 00:47:24.000
 some

00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:24.260
 have

00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:24.440
 no

00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:24.840
 knowledge

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:24.980
 of

00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:25.200
 God

00:47:25.200 --> 00:47:25.340
 I

00:47:25.340 --> 00:47:25.600
 say

00:47:25.600 --> 00:47:25.880
 this

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:26.060
 to

00:47:26.060 --> 00:47:26.340
 your

00:47:26.340 --> 00:47:27.160
 shame

00:47:27.160 --> 00:47:28.360
 the

00:47:28.360 --> 00:47:28.620
 quote

00:47:28.620 --> 00:47:28.860
 there

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:29.039
 the

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:29.260
 bad

00:47:29.260 --> 00:47:29.579
 company

00:47:29.579 --> 00:47:29.840
 ruins

00:47:29.840 --> 00:47:30.000
 good

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:30.260
 morals

00:47:30.260 --> 00:47:30.519
 is

00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:31.180
 a

00:47:31.180 --> 00:47:31.400
 quote

00:47:31.400 --> 00:47:31.620
 from

00:47:31.620 --> 00:47:31.760
 a

00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:31.980
 Greek

00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:32.700
 dramatist

00:47:32.700 --> 00:47:32.980
 named

00:47:32.980 --> 00:47:33.380
 Menander

00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:33.600
 that

00:47:33.600 --> 00:47:33.780
 Paul

00:47:33.780 --> 00:47:34.120
 uses

00:47:34.120 --> 00:47:35.019
 he seems

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.240
 to have

00:47:35.240 --> 00:47:35.400
 been

00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:36.039
 widely

00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:37.180
 well

00:47:37.180 --> 00:47:37.559
 read

00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:38.780
 and

00:47:38.780 --> 00:47:39.180
 by

00:47:39.180 --> 00:47:39.539
 keeping

00:47:39.539 --> 00:47:39.980
 company

00:47:39.980 --> 00:47:40.180
 with

00:47:40.180 --> 00:47:40.480
 people

00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:40.680
 who

00:47:40.680 --> 00:47:41.059
 denied

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:41.240
 the

00:47:41.240 --> 00:47:41.600
 resurrection

00:47:41.600 --> 00:47:42.000
 of the

00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:42.300
 dead

00:47:42.300 --> 00:47:42.880
 and

00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:43.160
 therefore

00:47:43.160 --> 00:47:43.800
 people

00:47:43.800 --> 00:47:44.000
 who

00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:44.160
 had

00:47:44.160 --> 00:47:44.559
 lax

00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:45.220
 attitudes

00:47:45.220 --> 00:47:45.539
 toward

00:47:45.539 --> 00:47:46.079
 life

00:47:46.079 --> 00:47:46.820
 the

00:47:46.820 --> 00:47:47.100
 Corinthians

00:47:47.100 --> 00:47:47.380
 were

00:47:47.380 --> 00:47:48.019
 corrupting

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:48.180
 their

00:47:48.180 --> 00:47:48.420
 good

00:47:48.420 --> 00:47:48.820
 morals

00:47:48.820 --> 00:47:49.059
 so

00:47:49.059 --> 00:47:49.300
 Paul

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:49.800
 warns

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:49.960
 them

00:47:49.960 --> 00:47:50.100
 and

00:47:50.100 --> 00:47:50.380
 tells

00:47:50.380 --> 00:47:50.539
 them

00:47:50.539 --> 00:47:50.700
 to

00:47:50.700 --> 00:47:50.980
 stop

00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:51.579
 associating

00:47:51.579 --> 00:47:51.800
 with

00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:52.000
 them

00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:52.579
 and

00:47:52.579 --> 00:47:52.720
 he

00:47:52.719 --> 00:47:53.579
 contrasts

00:47:53.579 --> 00:47:53.759
 being

00:47:53.759 --> 00:47:54.419
 awake

00:47:54.419 --> 00:47:55.019
 on the

00:47:55.019 --> 00:47:55.159
 one

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:55.299
 hand

00:47:55.299 --> 00:47:55.559
 from

00:47:55.559 --> 00:47:56.019
 eating

00:47:56.019 --> 00:47:56.279
 and

00:47:56.279 --> 00:47:56.599
 drinking

00:47:56.599 --> 00:47:56.899
 on the

00:47:56.899 --> 00:47:57.079
 other

00:47:57.079 --> 00:47:57.279
 so

00:47:57.279 --> 00:47:57.719
 that's

00:47:57.719 --> 00:47:58.000
 in

00:47:58.000 --> 00:47:58.259
 our

00:47:58.259 --> 00:47:58.539
 idiom

00:47:58.539 --> 00:47:58.779
 it might

00:47:58.779 --> 00:47:58.939
 be

00:47:58.939 --> 00:47:59.179
 something

00:47:59.179 --> 00:47:59.439
 like

00:47:59.439 --> 00:47:59.679
 being

00:47:59.679 --> 00:48:00.299
 sober

00:48:00.299 --> 00:48:01.899
 contrasted

00:48:01.899 --> 00:48:02.119
 from

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:02.779
 partying

00:48:02.779 --> 00:48:02.939
 and

00:48:02.939 --> 00:48:03.159
 being

00:48:03.159 --> 00:48:03.599
 wasted

00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:06.819
 he

00:48:06.819 --> 00:48:07.279
 exhorts

00:48:07.279 --> 00:48:07.460
 them

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:07.880
 wake

00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:08.199
 up

00:48:08.199 --> 00:48:08.500
 from

00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:08.880
 your

00:48:08.880 --> 00:48:09.380
 drunken

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:09.980
 stupor

00:48:09.980 --> 00:48:11.619
 those

00:48:11.619 --> 00:48:11.739
 who

00:48:11.739 --> 00:48:11.860
 are

00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:12.199
 living

00:48:12.199 --> 00:48:12.679
 without

00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:13.159
 view

00:48:13.159 --> 00:48:13.380
 to

00:48:13.380 --> 00:48:13.519
 the

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:13.940
 resurrection

00:48:13.940 --> 00:48:14.239
 are

00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:14.599
 living

00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:14.839
 in

00:48:14.839 --> 00:48:14.980
 a

00:48:14.980 --> 00:48:15.460
 drunken

00:48:15.460 --> 00:48:16.079
 stupor

00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:16.319
 it's

00:48:16.319 --> 00:48:16.539
 like

00:48:16.539 --> 00:48:17.179
 an

00:48:17.179 --> 00:48:18.000
 inebriated

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:18.559
 person

00:48:18.559 --> 00:48:19.000
 is

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:19.920
 incapacitated

00:48:19.920 --> 00:48:20.039
 in

00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:20.239
 every

00:48:20.239 --> 00:48:20.539
 way

00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:22.880
 their

00:48:22.880 --> 00:48:24.940
 muscles

00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:25.199
 are

00:48:25.199 --> 00:48:25.619
 relaxed

00:48:25.619 --> 00:48:25.839
 they

00:48:25.839 --> 00:48:26.420
 don't

00:48:26.420 --> 00:48:26.619
 really

00:48:26.619 --> 00:48:26.860
 have

00:48:26.860 --> 00:48:27.099
 full

00:48:27.099 --> 00:48:27.500
 control

00:48:27.500 --> 00:48:27.819
 they

00:48:27.819 --> 00:48:28.360
 can't

00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:28.519
 even

00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:28.900
 walk

00:48:28.900 --> 00:48:29.380
 straight

00:48:29.380 --> 00:48:30.019
 they

00:48:30.019 --> 00:48:30.339
 can't

00:48:30.339 --> 00:48:30.880
 drive

00:48:30.880 --> 00:48:31.360
 their

00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:31.900
 speech

00:48:31.900 --> 00:48:32.119
 is

00:48:32.119 --> 00:48:32.559
 slurred

00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:32.739
 they

00:48:32.739 --> 00:48:33.059
 can't

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:33.880
 articulate

00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:34.460
 themselves

00:48:34.460 --> 00:48:35.000
 in

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:35.179
 fact

00:48:35.179 --> 00:48:35.380
 their

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:35.799
 mind

00:48:35.799 --> 00:48:36.000
 their

00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:36.340
 mental

00:48:36.340 --> 00:48:36.759
 faculty

00:48:36.759 --> 00:48:36.920
 is

00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:37.199
 also

00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:37.820
 degenerating

00:48:37.820 --> 00:48:38.019
 so

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:38.239
 they

00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:39.299
 they're

00:48:39.299 --> 00:48:39.840
 confused

00:48:39.840 --> 00:48:40.340
 a lot

00:48:40.340 --> 00:48:40.440
 of

00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:40.799
 times

00:48:40.799 --> 00:48:42.299
 in

00:48:42.299 --> 00:48:42.519
 fact

00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:42.860
 if

00:48:42.860 --> 00:48:43.000
 you're

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:43.219
 so

00:48:43.219 --> 00:48:43.539
 drunk

00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:43.679
 you

00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:43.820
 could

00:48:43.820 --> 00:48:44.000
 even

00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:44.219
 lose

00:48:44.219 --> 00:48:44.820
 consciousness

00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:47.599
 that's

00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:48.059
 what

00:48:48.059 --> 00:48:48.779
 Paul

00:48:48.779 --> 00:48:49.320
 compares

00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:50.019
 living

00:48:50.019 --> 00:48:50.820
 without

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:51.320
 view

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:51.739
 to

00:48:51.739 --> 00:48:51.900
 the

00:48:51.900 --> 00:48:52.320
 resurrection

00:48:52.320 --> 00:48:52.880
 too

00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:54.239
 if

00:48:54.239 --> 00:48:54.380
 we

00:48:54.380 --> 00:48:54.559
 do

00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:54.900
 not

00:48:54.900 --> 00:48:55.239
 live

00:48:55.239 --> 00:48:55.440
 with

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:55.599
 the

00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:56.079
 resurrection

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:56.440
 with

00:48:56.440 --> 00:48:56.599
 the

00:48:56.599 --> 00:48:56.860
 long

00:48:56.860 --> 00:48:57.179
 view

00:48:57.179 --> 00:48:57.500
 in

00:48:57.500 --> 00:48:58.000
 mind

00:48:58.000 --> 00:48:58.340
 then

00:48:58.340 --> 00:48:58.519
 we're

00:48:58.519 --> 00:48:58.900
 living

00:48:58.900 --> 00:48:59.199
 as

00:48:59.199 --> 00:48:59.360
 if

00:48:59.360 --> 00:48:59.559
 we're

00:48:59.559 --> 00:48:59.840
 like

00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:00.259
 a

00:49:00.259 --> 00:49:00.579
 drunk

00:49:00.579 --> 00:49:04.340
 intoxicated

00:49:04.340 --> 00:49:06.279
 knowing

00:49:06.279 --> 00:49:06.739
 that we

00:49:06.739 --> 00:49:07.119
 will be

00:49:07.119 --> 00:49:07.619
 raised

00:49:07.619 --> 00:49:08.119
 with

00:49:08.119 --> 00:49:08.639
 Christ

00:49:08.639 --> 00:49:09.039
 in the

00:49:09.039 --> 00:49:09.480
 future

00:49:09.480 --> 00:49:10.380
 we can

00:49:10.380 --> 00:49:10.719
 die

00:49:10.719 --> 00:49:11.059
 to

00:49:11.059 --> 00:49:11.679
 ourselves

00:49:11.679 --> 00:49:12.579
 every

00:49:12.579 --> 00:49:12.900
 day

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:13.480
 and in

00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:13.739
 order

00:49:13.739 --> 00:49:14.039
 to

00:49:14.039 --> 00:49:14.480
 endure

00:49:14.480 --> 00:49:15.019
 present

00:49:15.019 --> 00:49:15.440
 death

00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:17.079
 we must

00:49:17.079 --> 00:49:17.599
 be assured

00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:17.940
 of our

00:49:17.940 --> 00:49:18.460
 future

00:49:18.460 --> 00:49:19.340
 resurrection

00:49:19.340 --> 00:49:21.280
 Christ

00:49:21.280 --> 00:49:21.519
 has

00:49:21.519 --> 00:49:21.700
 been

00:49:21.700 --> 00:49:22.100
 raised

00:49:22.100 --> 00:49:22.300
 from

00:49:22.300 --> 00:49:22.440
 the

00:49:22.440 --> 00:49:22.720
 dead

00:49:22.720 --> 00:49:23.220
 the

00:49:23.220 --> 00:49:23.519
 first

00:49:23.519 --> 00:49:23.840
 fruits

00:49:23.840 --> 00:49:24.039
 of

00:49:24.039 --> 00:49:24.360
 those

00:49:24.360 --> 00:49:24.559
 who

00:49:24.559 --> 00:49:24.920
 have

00:49:24.920 --> 00:49:25.360
 fallen

00:49:25.360 --> 00:49:26.059
 asleep

00:49:26.059 --> 00:49:27.760
 I

00:49:27.760 --> 00:49:28.120
 mentioned

00:49:28.120 --> 00:49:28.519
 the

00:49:28.519 --> 00:49:28.900
 Old Testament

00:49:28.900 --> 00:49:29.320
 practice

00:49:29.320 --> 00:49:29.700
 of bringing

00:49:29.700 --> 00:49:29.880
 the

00:49:29.880 --> 00:49:30.120
 first

00:49:30.120 --> 00:49:30.320
 fruit

00:49:30.320 --> 00:49:30.720
 offerings

00:49:30.720 --> 00:49:31.140
 earlier

00:49:31.140 --> 00:49:31.960
 there

00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:32.120
 was

00:49:32.120 --> 00:49:32.320
 one

00:49:32.320 --> 00:49:32.519
 more

00:49:32.519 --> 00:49:32.800
 thing

00:49:32.800 --> 00:49:33.039
 that

00:49:33.039 --> 00:49:33.240
 they

00:49:33.240 --> 00:49:33.519
 were

00:49:33.519 --> 00:49:34.200
 commanded

00:49:34.200 --> 00:49:34.400
 to

00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:34.660
 bring

00:49:34.660 --> 00:49:35.000
 not

00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:35.380
 just

00:49:35.380 --> 00:49:36.340
 produce

00:49:36.340 --> 00:49:36.740
 and

00:49:36.740 --> 00:49:37.079
 livestock

00:49:37.079 --> 00:49:38.360
 they

00:49:38.360 --> 00:49:38.620
 were

00:49:38.620 --> 00:49:39.340
 required

00:49:39.340 --> 00:49:39.960
 by

00:49:39.960 --> 00:49:40.280
 God's

00:49:40.280 --> 00:49:40.480
 law

00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:40.720
 to

00:49:40.720 --> 00:49:41.019
 bring

00:49:41.019 --> 00:49:41.500
 the

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:41.820
 first

00:49:41.820 --> 00:49:42.120
 born

00:49:42.120 --> 00:49:42.380
 among

00:49:42.380 --> 00:49:42.620
 their

00:49:42.620 --> 00:49:43.140
 sons

00:49:43.140 --> 00:49:43.400
 as

00:49:43.400 --> 00:49:43.680
 well

00:49:43.680 --> 00:49:45.140
 according

00:49:45.140 --> 00:49:45.280
 to

00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:45.660
 Numbers

00:49:45.660 --> 00:49:46.059
 18

00:49:46.059 --> 00:49:46.460
 15

00:49:46.460 --> 00:49:46.660
 to

00:49:46.660 --> 00:49:47.059
 17

00:49:47.059 --> 00:49:48.539
 the

00:49:48.539 --> 00:49:49.400
 Canaanites

00:49:49.400 --> 00:49:51.159
 Israel's

00:49:51.159 --> 00:49:51.480
 neighbors

00:49:51.480 --> 00:49:51.900
 who

00:49:51.900 --> 00:49:52.400
 worshipped

00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:52.820
 the

00:49:52.820 --> 00:49:53.079
 idol

00:49:53.079 --> 00:49:53.659
 Molech

00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:54.400
 they

00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:54.900
 actually

00:49:54.900 --> 00:49:55.400
 literally

00:49:55.400 --> 00:49:56.539
 sacrificed

00:49:56.539 --> 00:49:57.519
 their

00:49:57.519 --> 00:49:57.840
 children

00:49:57.840 --> 00:49:58.480
 by fire

00:49:58.480 --> 00:49:59.019
 to their

00:49:59.019 --> 00:49:59.279
 idols

00:49:59.279 --> 00:49:59.519
 but

00:49:59.519 --> 00:49:59.860
 God

00:49:59.860 --> 00:50:00.759
 expressly

00:50:00.759 --> 00:50:00.940
 and

00:50:00.940 --> 00:50:01.519
 explicitly

00:50:01.519 --> 00:50:02.239
 forbade

00:50:02.239 --> 00:50:02.659
 this

00:50:02.659 --> 00:50:03.480
 in

00:50:03.480 --> 00:50:03.779
 numerous

00:50:03.779 --> 00:50:04.139
 places

00:50:04.139 --> 00:50:04.299
 in

00:50:04.299 --> 00:50:04.400
 the

00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:04.539
 Old

00:50:04.539 --> 00:50:04.799
 Testament

00:50:04.799 --> 00:50:05.599
 and

00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:05.940
 instead

00:50:05.940 --> 00:50:06.179
 he

00:50:06.179 --> 00:50:06.619
 called

00:50:06.619 --> 00:50:06.820
 for

00:50:06.820 --> 00:50:06.960
 the

00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:07.480
 redemption

00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:07.900
 of

00:50:07.900 --> 00:50:08.039
 the

00:50:08.039 --> 00:50:08.259
 first

00:50:08.259 --> 00:50:08.500
 born

00:50:08.500 --> 00:50:10.579
 Israelites

00:50:10.579 --> 00:50:11.119
 had to

00:50:11.119 --> 00:50:11.440
 pay

00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:11.639
 the

00:50:11.639 --> 00:50:12.000
 redemption

00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:12.460
 price

00:50:12.460 --> 00:50:12.619
 for

00:50:12.619 --> 00:50:12.779
 their

00:50:12.779 --> 00:50:13.039
 first

00:50:13.039 --> 00:50:13.199
 born

00:50:13.199 --> 00:50:13.539
 sons

00:50:13.539 --> 00:50:13.779
 as

00:50:13.779 --> 00:50:13.920
 a

00:50:13.920 --> 00:50:14.360
 recognition

00:50:14.360 --> 00:50:14.659
 of

00:50:14.659 --> 00:50:14.799
 the

00:50:14.799 --> 00:50:15.039
 fact

00:50:15.039 --> 00:50:15.199
 that

00:50:15.199 --> 00:50:15.320
 they

00:50:15.320 --> 00:50:15.799
 belong

00:50:15.799 --> 00:50:16.239
 to

00:50:16.239 --> 00:50:16.519
 the

00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:16.840
 Lord

00:50:16.840 --> 00:50:18.079
 that

00:50:18.079 --> 00:50:18.559
 practice

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:18.820
 was

00:50:18.820 --> 00:50:19.300
 instituted

00:50:19.300 --> 00:50:19.460
 in the

00:50:19.460 --> 00:50:19.600
 Old

00:50:19.600 --> 00:50:19.860
 Testament

00:50:19.860 --> 00:50:20.380
 why

00:50:20.380 --> 00:50:21.260
 because

00:50:21.260 --> 00:50:21.620
 it

00:50:21.620 --> 00:50:21.820
 was

00:50:21.820 --> 00:50:22.280
 intended

00:50:22.280 --> 00:50:22.620
 to

00:50:22.620 --> 00:50:23.140
 point

00:50:23.140 --> 00:50:23.559
 to

00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:23.780
 the

00:50:23.780 --> 00:50:24.300
 sacrifice

00:50:24.300 --> 00:50:25.100
 of

00:50:25.100 --> 00:50:25.320
 the

00:50:25.320 --> 00:50:25.539
 Son

00:50:25.539 --> 00:50:25.700
 of

00:50:25.700 --> 00:50:26.039
 God

00:50:26.039 --> 00:50:26.840
 who

00:50:26.840 --> 00:50:27.000
 is

00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:27.579
 described

00:50:27.579 --> 00:50:27.860
 in

00:50:27.860 --> 00:50:28.260
 Colossians

00:50:28.260 --> 00:50:28.480
 1

00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:28.800
 15

00:50:28.800 --> 00:50:29.019
 as

00:50:29.019 --> 00:50:29.180
 the

00:50:29.180 --> 00:50:29.620
 first

00:50:29.620 --> 00:50:30.059
 born

00:50:30.059 --> 00:50:30.800
 of

00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:31.260
 all

00:50:31.260 --> 00:50:32.120
 creation

00:50:32.120 --> 00:50:34.140
 Jesus

00:50:34.140 --> 00:50:34.740
 Christ

00:50:34.740 --> 00:50:35.539
 is

00:50:35.539 --> 00:50:35.740
 the

00:50:35.740 --> 00:50:36.140
 first

00:50:36.140 --> 00:50:36.559
 born

00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:37.100
 who

00:50:37.100 --> 00:50:37.300
 was

00:50:37.300 --> 00:50:37.820
 sacrificed

00:50:37.820 --> 00:50:38.300
 in

00:50:38.300 --> 00:50:38.539
 our

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:39.140
 place

00:50:39.140 --> 00:50:41.780
 sacrificed

00:50:41.780 --> 00:50:42.360
 for

00:50:42.360 --> 00:50:42.800
 our

00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:43.539
 sins

00:50:43.539 --> 00:50:45.079
 so

00:50:45.079 --> 00:50:45.099
 so

00:50:45.099 --> 00:50:45.279
 that

00:50:45.279 --> 00:50:45.619
 we

00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:45.940
 can

00:50:45.940 --> 00:50:46.119
 be

00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:46.699
 redeemed

00:50:46.699 --> 00:50:47.139
 and

00:50:47.139 --> 00:50:47.279
 be

00:50:47.279 --> 00:50:47.759
 adopted

00:50:47.759 --> 00:50:48.679
 as

00:50:48.679 --> 00:50:48.940
 his

00:50:48.940 --> 00:50:49.400
 children

00:50:49.400 --> 00:50:49.619
 in

00:50:49.619 --> 00:50:49.759
 the

00:50:49.759 --> 00:50:50.079
 family

00:50:50.079 --> 00:50:50.259
 of

00:50:50.259 --> 00:50:50.519
 God

00:50:50.519 --> 00:50:51.420
 and

00:50:51.420 --> 00:50:51.759
 because

00:50:51.759 --> 00:50:52.079
 he

00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:52.320
 was

00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:52.500
 the

00:50:52.500 --> 00:50:52.840
 first

00:50:52.840 --> 00:50:53.300
 born

00:50:53.300 --> 00:50:53.860
 that

00:50:53.860 --> 00:50:54.360
 died

00:50:54.360 --> 00:50:54.800
 he

00:50:54.800 --> 00:50:55.019
 is

00:50:55.019 --> 00:50:55.199
 the

00:50:55.199 --> 00:50:55.579
 first

00:50:55.579 --> 00:50:56.179
 fruits

00:50:56.179 --> 00:50:56.460
 of

00:50:56.460 --> 00:50:56.599
 the

00:50:56.599 --> 00:50:57.099
 resurrection

00:50:57.099 --> 00:50:58.199
 Christ

00:50:58.199 --> 00:50:58.460
 is

00:50:58.460 --> 00:50:58.599
 our

00:50:58.599 --> 00:50:59.259
 substitute

00:50:59.259 --> 00:50:59.619
 in

00:50:59.619 --> 00:50:59.980
 death

00:50:59.980 --> 00:51:00.339
 and

00:51:00.339 --> 00:51:00.599
 he

00:51:00.599 --> 00:51:00.819
 is

00:51:00.819 --> 00:51:01.019
 our

00:51:01.019 --> 00:51:01.819
 forerunner

00:51:01.819 --> 00:51:02.159
 in

00:51:02.159 --> 00:51:02.279
 the

00:51:02.279 --> 00:51:02.779
 resurrection

00:51:02.779 --> 00:51:03.400
 and

00:51:03.400 --> 00:51:03.759
 death

00:51:03.759 --> 00:51:04.000
 is

00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:04.179
 the

00:51:04.179 --> 00:51:04.579
 truth

00:51:04.579 --> 00:51:04.980
 upon

00:51:04.980 --> 00:51:05.259
 which

00:51:05.259 --> 00:51:05.539
 our

00:51:05.539 --> 00:51:06.039
 faith

00:51:06.039 --> 00:51:06.239
 is

00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:06.679
 founded

00:51:06.679 --> 00:51:07.839
 that's

00:51:07.839 --> 00:51:07.980
 the

00:51:07.980 --> 00:51:08.360
 gospel

00:51:08.360 --> 00:51:08.599
 of

00:51:08.599 --> 00:51:08.819
 Jesus

00:51:08.819 --> 00:51:09.400
 Christ

00:51:09.400 --> 00:51:10.279
 so

00:51:10.279 --> 00:51:10.619
 let's

00:51:10.619 --> 00:51:11.119
 be

00:51:11.119 --> 00:51:11.679
 clear

00:51:11.679 --> 00:51:12.839
 eyed

00:51:12.839 --> 00:51:13.199
 and

00:51:13.199 --> 00:51:14.440
 unflinching

00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:15.279
 about

00:51:15.279 --> 00:51:15.679
 this

00:51:15.679 --> 00:51:16.099
 truth

00:51:16.099 --> 00:51:16.880
 and

00:51:16.880 --> 00:51:17.480
 live

00:51:17.480 --> 00:51:18.900
 march

00:51:18.900 --> 00:51:19.860
 forward

00:51:19.860 --> 00:51:20.259
 giving

00:51:20.259 --> 00:51:20.579
 our

00:51:20.579 --> 00:51:21.059
 every

00:51:21.059 --> 00:51:21.559
 breath

00:51:21.559 --> 00:51:22.799
 and

00:51:22.799 --> 00:51:23.039
 be

00:51:23.039 --> 00:51:23.559
 ready

00:51:23.559 --> 00:51:24.000
 to

00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:24.460
 give

00:51:24.460 --> 00:51:24.779
 even

00:51:24.779 --> 00:51:25.039
 our

00:51:25.039 --> 00:51:25.339
 very

00:51:25.339 --> 00:51:25.860
 last

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 breath

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 for

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 the

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 sake

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 of

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 Christ

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 for

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 his

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 glory

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 for

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 the

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 love

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 of

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 Christ

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 let's

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 reflect

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 on that

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 in silence

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 a few

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 minutes

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 and then

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 we'll

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 respond

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 in

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 prayer