WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.379 You can open them up to 1 Corinthians chapter 15. 00:00:06.940 --> 00:00:10.779 And I don't know if, David, you're able to bring up my first slide there. 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:20.719 How'd you like to take a ride in one of those? 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:27.060 Too small. 00:00:27.059 --> 00:00:32.519 I think that's that secret desire to actually do it talking, 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:34.960 but knowing that we probably won't get the chance, 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:37.320 or we'll just never be able to afford it. 00:00:37.420 --> 00:00:40.259 But ever since I was young, I've always thought, 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:43.899 man, it'd be so cool to ride in a car like that. 00:00:44.219 --> 00:00:46.179 If I ever got the chance, I would take it, 00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:48.299 especially if it didn't cost me anything. 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:54.620 There's something about a car like that, 00:00:54.619 --> 00:00:58.759 excellence in engineering and design. 00:00:59.519 --> 00:01:01.099 It even looks good. 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:07.780 The performance capabilities are just off the charts 00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:11.099 compared to my Sienna minivan. 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:13.599 Hit the next one, David. 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:16.079 How about that? 00:01:16.899 --> 00:01:19.199 Some of you, maybe that's a little bit more appealing. 00:01:20.559 --> 00:01:24.859 The S790, the latest offering by John Deere 00:01:24.859 --> 00:01:27.239 with all of the latest features. 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.419 Maybe some of you feel that appreciation 00:01:31.419 --> 00:01:34.179 for quality design and engineering 00:01:34.179 --> 00:01:37.359 as you think of having one of those guys. 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:42.159 And even though it's green, it does look good, doesn't it? 00:01:43.539 --> 00:01:44.920 The next one there, David. 00:01:47.340 --> 00:01:48.819 How about something like that? 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:51.260 Something that probably more of us can relate to. 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:54.840 Apple computers, Apple phones. 00:01:55.539 --> 00:01:57.700 There's something about those that when we look at it, 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:02.260 we recognize the design, the engineering, 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:04.260 the quality that has been put into it. 00:02:04.260 --> 00:02:07.480 It looks good in that sleek silver finish. 00:02:08.180 --> 00:02:10.560 It has amazing visuals, 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:12.860 and it's light as a feather. 00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:16.900 There's something that we are really drawn to 00:02:16.900 --> 00:02:18.920 and appreciate when it comes to excellence 00:02:18.920 --> 00:02:20.819 in design and engineering. 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:23.219 You can put it to the black one. 00:02:24.020 --> 00:02:26.000 But this morning, we're going to be looking at 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:30.979 what the Lord has told us through Paul 00:02:30.979 --> 00:02:34.599 is one of the most amazing 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:39.900 masterpieces in design and engineering. 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:46.039 We've been working our way through 1 Corinthians 15. 00:02:46.659 --> 00:02:49.120 We began with a reminder from Paul 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:52.659 that we need to hold firmly to the good news 00:02:52.659 --> 00:02:55.879 and what that is, the message of Christ. 00:02:56.780 --> 00:02:59.439 Then we've heard that there are some who are preaching 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:03.060 or saying that there's no resurrection. 00:03:03.819 --> 00:03:05.740 There's no life after death. 00:03:05.979 --> 00:03:09.359 And Paul takes time to lay out the implications 00:03:09.359 --> 00:03:12.039 of embracing that idea. 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:15.019 He corrects the idea. 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:15.719 He says, 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:19.019 Christ has indeed been raised from the dead. 00:03:19.020 --> 00:03:23.580 He goes on to explain a bit of the bigger picture here 00:03:23.580 --> 00:03:25.280 of what's going on between God 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:28.920 and his son and his world 00:03:28.920 --> 00:03:32.879 and how Jesus is going to return to reign. 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:34.240 And when he does, 00:03:34.939 --> 00:03:37.900 those who belong to him will be raised from the dead. 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:44.100 Last Sunday, we went on to hear a few more implications 00:03:44.100 --> 00:03:47.760 that Paul has for denying the resurrection. 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:51.019 We heard him appeal to his own life 00:03:51.019 --> 00:03:53.179 and how he has put himself through 00:03:53.179 --> 00:03:55.840 all kinds of trials and suffering 00:03:55.840 --> 00:04:00.959 because he knows that the resurrection of Christ is true 00:04:00.959 --> 00:04:05.000 and how it wouldn't even make sense for him 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:08.759 to be living like he's living 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:10.599 if all of this was a lie, 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:14.319 to be risking the one precious life that he has. 00:04:14.739 --> 00:04:16.899 He's lived consistently with the truth. 00:04:16.899 --> 00:04:20.560 And now we come to verse 35. 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:23.159 Paul says this, 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:25.500 But someone will ask, 00:04:26.419 --> 00:04:27.779 How are the dead raised? 00:04:28.599 --> 00:04:31.519 With what kind of body will they come? 00:04:33.419 --> 00:04:34.379 How foolish! 00:04:35.219 --> 00:04:38.139 What you sow does not come to life 00:04:38.139 --> 00:04:40.379 unless it dies. 00:04:40.379 --> 00:04:44.159 Paul begins with a couple questions. 00:04:44.339 --> 00:04:45.300 And at first read, 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:45.879 we're kind of, 00:04:46.379 --> 00:04:47.379 they're probably questions 00:04:47.379 --> 00:04:48.959 that we would like the answer to. 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:51.439 How were the dead raised? 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:53.600 Yes, tell us that. 00:04:53.980 --> 00:04:55.819 With what kind of body will they come? 00:04:56.740 --> 00:04:58.839 Yes, we want to know more about that. 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:01.300 But what's not as clear 00:05:01.300 --> 00:05:03.719 is the way that these questions are being asked. 00:05:04.060 --> 00:05:05.579 Are they sincere questions? 00:05:05.579 --> 00:05:07.800 Are they just kind of questions 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:10.180 Paul imagines them asking 00:05:10.180 --> 00:05:11.519 after what he's been teaching 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:12.439 about the resurrection? 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:17.219 Or are they kind of cynical questions? 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:19.519 Questions that kind of have 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:23.000 a little tone of challenge in them. 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.060 Paul's answer kind of, 00:05:26.180 --> 00:05:26.620 I think, 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:27.860 gives us a bit of a clue. 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:29.779 He says in verse 36, 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:30.639 immediately after, 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:31.420 How foolish! 00:05:32.100 --> 00:05:33.220 Literally, fool! 00:05:34.939 --> 00:05:36.920 It seemed odd to respond like that 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:38.019 if they were just genuine, 00:05:38.300 --> 00:05:39.079 sincere questions. 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:40.600 And so I think 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:42.019 these questions 00:05:42.019 --> 00:05:43.459 are the kind of questions 00:05:43.459 --> 00:05:44.920 that some have been asking 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.620 as a subtle challenge 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:50.379 to the idea of resurrection. 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:54.920 How are the dead raised? 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:57.680 How's it even possible? 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:00.459 With what kind of body 00:06:00.459 --> 00:06:01.339 will they come? 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:06.339 Will their remains 00:06:06.339 --> 00:06:08.259 somehow come back together 00:06:08.259 --> 00:06:09.639 and be reanimated 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:10.920 and their soul go back 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:12.600 into their corpse 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.339 and they come back to life? 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:17.139 That doesn't even make sense. 00:06:19.060 --> 00:06:20.339 You don't have the answer 00:06:20.339 --> 00:06:21.120 to that question? 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.519 Oh, it's probably because 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:24.660 it's a bunch of baloney. 00:06:25.579 --> 00:06:26.879 It's foolishness. 00:06:28.540 --> 00:06:29.120 But Paul immediately 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:31.100 turns the table 00:06:31.100 --> 00:06:33.280 on those who would be 00:06:33.280 --> 00:06:34.879 offering this kind of challenge. 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:35.399 He says, 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:35.819 Fool! 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:36.920 No! 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:38.959 You guys are the ones 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:40.420 who are mistaken, 00:06:41.379 --> 00:06:42.459 who are foolish 00:06:42.459 --> 00:06:45.399 in denying resurrection 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:46.120 and the possibility 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:47.620 of resurrection. 00:06:47.620 --> 00:06:50.560 And he goes on 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:52.500 to give the analogy 00:06:52.500 --> 00:06:53.420 of a seed 00:06:53.420 --> 00:06:54.840 as he explains 00:06:54.840 --> 00:06:57.379 why denying the resurrection 00:06:57.379 --> 00:06:58.420 is foolishness. 00:07:00.019 --> 00:07:00.899 He says, 00:07:01.459 --> 00:07:02.300 What you sow 00:07:02.300 --> 00:07:04.560 does not come to life 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:06.000 unless it dies. 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:08.500 Verse 37, 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:09.379 When you sow, 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:11.220 you do not plant the body 00:07:11.220 --> 00:07:11.939 that will be, 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:14.000 but just a seed, 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:15.920 perhaps of wheat 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:16.939 or of something else. 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:19.480 But God gives it a body 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:20.800 as he has determined. 00:07:21.540 --> 00:07:23.379 And to each kind of seed 00:07:23.379 --> 00:07:26.580 he gives its own body. 00:07:37.580 --> 00:07:39.280 I don't know if you can see that. 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:44.959 This is a seed. 00:07:47.039 --> 00:07:49.579 And for those of us 00:07:49.579 --> 00:07:51.179 who have lived here 00:07:51.179 --> 00:07:51.939 on earth for a while, 00:07:52.019 --> 00:07:53.139 we know what this does. 00:07:55.859 --> 00:07:57.759 But how often do we stop to think, 00:07:58.379 --> 00:08:00.039 isn't it amazing 00:08:00.039 --> 00:08:03.099 that this tiny little, 00:08:03.939 --> 00:08:05.699 almost like a speck, 00:08:05.699 --> 00:08:08.599 when we plant it 00:08:08.599 --> 00:08:09.379 in the ground 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:11.659 will turn into 00:08:11.659 --> 00:08:13.399 a full-fledged, 00:08:13.740 --> 00:08:14.360 healthy, 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:15.099 vibrant, 00:08:15.339 --> 00:08:15.860 growing, 00:08:16.339 --> 00:08:18.459 green tomato plant 00:08:18.459 --> 00:08:20.399 that produces tomatoes 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.139 delicious and juicy 00:08:22.139 --> 00:08:23.339 that are like this big. 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:25.939 All of that 00:08:25.939 --> 00:08:28.819 is right there 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:29.620 in here. 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:32.519 Isn't that amazing? 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:36.779 What's the lesson here 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:39.679 that Paul is giving? 00:08:40.539 --> 00:08:42.240 The lesson is this. 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:43.439 He says, 00:08:44.100 --> 00:08:45.000 what you sow 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:47.319 into the ground, 00:08:48.419 --> 00:08:50.220 when you sow, 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:51.360 you do not plant 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:51.960 the body 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:52.980 that will be 00:08:52.980 --> 00:08:54.439 but just a seed. 00:08:55.299 --> 00:08:57.139 What goes into the ground 00:08:57.139 --> 00:08:59.199 is not the same 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:01.460 as what comes up 00:09:01.460 --> 00:09:03.140 out of the ground. 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:05.400 Verse 42. 00:09:05.680 --> 00:09:06.500 We're going to connect 00:09:06.500 --> 00:09:07.360 back to this verse 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:07.980 again and again 00:09:07.980 --> 00:09:08.879 because Paul's going to use 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:10.280 a whole bunch of analogies here. 00:09:10.740 --> 00:09:12.020 So is it 00:09:12.020 --> 00:09:12.940 with the resurrection 00:09:12.940 --> 00:09:13.940 of the dead. 00:09:15.259 --> 00:09:16.180 The body 00:09:16.180 --> 00:09:18.140 that we have now, 00:09:18.460 --> 00:09:19.740 the body that is buried, 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:20.800 the body that turns 00:09:20.800 --> 00:09:22.680 into a pile of dead bones 00:09:22.680 --> 00:09:24.460 after it's been buried 00:09:24.460 --> 00:09:25.120 for a while 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:26.759 is not the body 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:28.120 that comes out 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:28.700 of the ground. 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:30.220 Just the same 00:09:30.220 --> 00:09:31.960 as this little seed 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:32.879 is not what comes 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:34.520 back out of the ground. 00:09:36.220 --> 00:09:36.820 Something 00:09:36.820 --> 00:09:39.180 totally different, 00:09:39.540 --> 00:09:39.860 new, 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:40.920 and better 00:09:40.920 --> 00:09:42.500 is what comes up 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:43.740 out of the ground. 00:09:45.400 --> 00:09:46.560 Verse 38. 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:48.900 But God gives it 00:09:48.900 --> 00:09:49.440 a body 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:51.020 as he has determined 00:09:51.020 --> 00:09:52.900 and to each kind 00:09:52.900 --> 00:09:53.460 of seed 00:09:53.460 --> 00:09:54.740 he gives 00:09:54.740 --> 00:09:55.960 its own body. 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:56.019 body. 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:58.340 So what kind 00:09:58.340 --> 00:09:58.759 of body 00:09:58.759 --> 00:09:59.940 will we have 00:09:59.940 --> 00:10:01.420 at the resurrection? 00:10:02.700 --> 00:10:02.980 Well, 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:04.080 just as God 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:05.280 has designed 00:10:05.280 --> 00:10:06.360 each different 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:07.240 kind of seed 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:07.940 to turn 00:10:07.940 --> 00:10:09.040 into its own 00:10:09.040 --> 00:10:09.580 unique 00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:10.960 kind of plant, 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:12.639 in the same way 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:14.120 at the resurrection 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:17.019 he will give us 00:10:17.019 --> 00:10:18.300 the body 00:10:18.300 --> 00:10:19.460 that he has 00:10:19.460 --> 00:10:19.960 determined 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:22.000 according to his design, 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:23.259 according to his plan. 00:10:23.259 --> 00:10:26.179 and notice 00:10:26.179 --> 00:10:26.759 the word 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:27.759 gives. 00:10:28.700 --> 00:10:29.460 But God 00:10:29.460 --> 00:10:30.379 gives it 00:10:30.379 --> 00:10:30.919 a body 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:31.980 and to each 00:10:31.980 --> 00:10:32.519 kind of seed 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:33.319 he gives 00:10:33.319 --> 00:10:34.779 its own body. 00:10:36.659 --> 00:10:37.439 The body 00:10:37.439 --> 00:10:38.460 that we will have 00:10:38.460 --> 00:10:39.179 when we are raised 00:10:39.179 --> 00:10:39.840 from the dead 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:41.939 comes from God. 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:42.439 It's something 00:10:42.439 --> 00:10:43.740 that he gives 00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:45.019 as he 00:10:45.019 --> 00:10:45.919 has determined 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:47.219 to those 00:10:47.219 --> 00:10:48.099 who belong 00:10:48.099 --> 00:10:48.740 to Christ. 00:10:51.339 --> 00:10:52.019 And I think 00:10:52.019 --> 00:10:52.439 there's a bit 00:10:52.439 --> 00:10:53.019 of a subtle 00:10:53.019 --> 00:10:54.939 point 00:10:54.939 --> 00:10:55.579 that we're meant 00:10:55.579 --> 00:10:55.979 to take 00:10:55.979 --> 00:10:56.519 from this. 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:57.379 I mean, 00:10:57.439 --> 00:10:57.919 the question 00:10:57.919 --> 00:10:59.259 how is it 00:10:59.259 --> 00:10:59.679 possible 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:00.299 for the dead 00:11:00.299 --> 00:11:01.019 to be raised? 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:01.500 What kind 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:01.979 of body 00:11:01.979 --> 00:11:02.379 will they 00:11:02.379 --> 00:11:02.860 come with? 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:04.899 I think 00:11:04.899 --> 00:11:05.479 that what's 00:11:05.479 --> 00:11:06.019 implied 00:11:06.019 --> 00:11:06.740 in this 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:07.259 analogy 00:11:07.259 --> 00:11:08.860 just like 00:11:08.860 --> 00:11:10.319 we have 00:11:10.319 --> 00:11:11.099 really 00:11:11.099 --> 00:11:11.740 when it 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:12.259 comes down 00:11:12.259 --> 00:11:12.679 to it 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:13.980 no idea 00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:15.740 how this 00:11:15.740 --> 00:11:16.420 tiny little 00:11:16.420 --> 00:11:16.820 thing 00:11:16.820 --> 00:11:18.320 can turn 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:19.019 into a 00:11:19.019 --> 00:11:19.860 full-fledged 00:11:19.860 --> 00:11:20.680 plant. 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:22.600 It's a miracle. 00:11:24.539 --> 00:11:25.519 So too 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:26.180 is the 00:11:26.180 --> 00:11:26.620 resurrection. 00:11:26.779 --> 00:11:27.060 It's not 00:11:27.060 --> 00:11:27.500 something 00:11:27.500 --> 00:11:28.279 that we're 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:28.800 meant to 00:11:28.800 --> 00:11:29.720 theorize 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:30.060 about 00:11:30.060 --> 00:11:31.019 and try 00:11:31.019 --> 00:11:31.420 to figure 00:11:31.420 --> 00:11:31.680 out 00:11:31.680 --> 00:11:32.620 how will 00:11:32.620 --> 00:11:32.899 God 00:11:32.899 --> 00:11:33.420 gather 00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:33.720 up 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:33.960 the 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:34.399 remnants 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:35.120 of 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:35.600 our 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:35.840 dead 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:36.220 bodies? 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:36.539 What if 00:11:36.539 --> 00:11:36.879 some of 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:38.240 the parts 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:38.539 of our 00:11:38.539 --> 00:11:38.879 body 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:39.220 were 00:11:39.220 --> 00:11:40.200 eaten 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:40.460 up 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:40.840 by a 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:41.100 fish 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:41.259 or 00:11:41.259 --> 00:11:41.600 something? 00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:42.220 How is 00:11:42.220 --> 00:11:42.420 he going 00:11:42.420 --> 00:11:42.759 to do 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:43.039 that? 00:11:43.100 --> 00:11:43.300 How is 00:11:43.300 --> 00:11:43.519 he going 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:43.879 to 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:44.820 reanimate 00:11:44.820 --> 00:11:45.240 and put 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:45.419 our 00:11:45.419 --> 00:11:45.700 soul 00:11:45.700 --> 00:11:46.059 back 00:11:46.059 --> 00:11:46.419 into 00:11:46.419 --> 00:11:46.740 a 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:47.200 corpse? 00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:48.539 That 00:11:48.539 --> 00:11:49.019 question 00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:49.259 is 00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:50.039 foolishness 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:50.259 says 00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:50.639 Paul. 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:52.659 Just 00:11:52.659 --> 00:11:53.519 the 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:53.840 body 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:54.100 that 00:11:54.100 --> 00:11:54.659 we're 00:11:54.659 --> 00:11:55.240 going 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:55.419 to 00:11:55.419 --> 00:11:55.720 go 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:55.899 into 00:11:55.899 --> 00:11:56.100 the 00:11:56.100 --> 00:11:56.379 ground 00:11:56.379 --> 00:11:56.700 with 00:11:56.700 --> 00:11:56.879 when 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:57.019 we 00:11:57.019 --> 00:11:57.259 die 00:11:57.259 --> 00:11:57.379 and 00:11:57.379 --> 00:11:57.500 are 00:11:57.500 --> 00:11:57.679 buried 00:11:57.679 --> 00:11:57.840 is 00:11:57.840 --> 00:11:58.059 not 00:11:58.059 --> 00:11:58.259 the 00:11:58.259 --> 00:11:58.559 body 00:11:58.559 --> 00:11:58.759 that 00:11:58.759 --> 00:11:58.899 we 00:11:58.899 --> 00:11:59.059 will 00:11:59.059 --> 00:11:59.220 be 00:11:59.220 --> 00:11:59.580 raised 00:11:59.580 --> 00:11:59.939 with. 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:01.580 God's 00:12:01.580 --> 00:12:01.700 going 00:12:01.700 --> 00:12:02.019 to do 00:12:02.019 --> 00:12:02.519 something 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:03.460 miraculous 00:12:03.460 --> 00:12:04.259 and it's 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:04.659 not a 00:12:04.659 --> 00:12:05.059 natural 00:12:05.059 --> 00:12:05.639 process. 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:05.899 It's 00:12:05.899 --> 00:12:06.080 not 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:06.460 something 00:12:06.460 --> 00:12:06.860 that you 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:07.120 can 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:08.080 explain 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:08.399 with 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:08.919 science. 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:09.759 It's 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:09.919 a 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:10.279 miracle. 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:11.340 It's 00:12:11.340 --> 00:12:11.600 something 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:12.059 that he's 00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:12.179 going 00:12:12.179 --> 00:12:12.459 to do 00:12:12.459 --> 00:12:12.919 by his 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:13.279 own 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:14.079 life 00:12:14.079 --> 00:12:14.739 giving 00:12:14.739 --> 00:12:15.279 power. 00:12:16.059 --> 00:12:16.739 His 00:12:16.739 --> 00:12:17.159 own 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:18.859 amazing 00:12:18.859 --> 00:12:19.379 ability 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:19.659 to 00:12:19.659 --> 00:12:20.059 engineer 00:12:20.059 --> 00:12:20.679 and 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:21.459 design 00:12:21.459 --> 00:12:22.819 and 00:12:22.819 --> 00:12:23.019 give 00:12:23.019 --> 00:12:23.519 life 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:24.620 as he 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:25.059 raises 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:27.159 our 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:27.599 bodies 00:12:27.599 --> 00:12:28.419 back to 00:12:28.419 --> 00:12:28.719 life 00:12:28.719 --> 00:12:29.279 from the 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:29.559 dead. 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:32.159 And 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:32.359 what's 00:12:32.359 --> 00:12:32.759 even more 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:33.120 amazing 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:33.679 about this, 00:12:33.739 --> 00:12:33.899 I mean, 00:12:33.959 --> 00:12:34.279 you think 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:35.099 about that 00:12:35.099 --> 00:12:35.399 little 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:35.839 seed. 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:37.939 Here's 00:12:37.939 --> 00:12:38.579 kind of a 00:12:38.579 --> 00:12:39.079 skill 00:12:39.079 --> 00:12:39.399 testing 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:39.879 question. 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:40.159 We'll 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:40.439 see if 00:12:40.439 --> 00:12:40.580 our 00:12:40.580 --> 00:12:41.139 agronomist 00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:41.519 is up 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:41.799 on his 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:42.159 game. 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:44.799 Is that 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:45.080 little 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:45.480 seed 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:46.139 alive 00:12:46.139 --> 00:12:46.559 or 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:46.879 dead? 00:12:52.539 --> 00:12:53.019 Kind 00:12:53.019 --> 00:12:53.240 of a 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:53.379 trick 00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:53.779 question. 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:53.879 I 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:54.179 asked that 00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:54.419 to my 00:12:54.419 --> 00:12:54.659 wife. 00:12:54.899 --> 00:12:55.240 I 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:55.480 don't 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:55.720 know. 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:56.220 Is it 00:12:56.220 --> 00:12:56.519 alive? 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:56.840 Is it 00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:57.059 dead? 00:12:57.960 --> 00:12:58.439 You can 00:12:58.439 --> 00:12:58.700 Google 00:12:58.700 --> 00:12:59.019 this 00:12:59.019 --> 00:12:59.460 online 00:12:59.460 --> 00:13:00.039 later. 00:13:00.580 --> 00:13:00.939 But 00:13:00.939 --> 00:13:01.240 kind of 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:01.379 the 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:01.820 consensus 00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:02.320 out there 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:02.580 is that 00:13:02.580 --> 00:13:02.799 that 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:03.159 seed 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:03.340 is 00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:03.840 alive. 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:04.299 It's 00:13:04.299 --> 00:13:04.759 dormant, 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:05.179 but it's 00:13:05.179 --> 00:13:05.620 alive. 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:06.320 And you 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:06.799 can actually 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:07.460 kill it 00:13:07.460 --> 00:13:08.559 so that 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:09.100 it doesn't 00:13:09.100 --> 00:13:09.460 sprout. 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:12.299 these are 00:13:12.299 --> 00:13:12.720 not coming 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:13.240 from people 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:13.740 of faith 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:14.179 or anything. 00:13:14.460 --> 00:13:15.080 This is 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:15.559 science. 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:15.899 They're 00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:16.259 saying, 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:16.620 yeah, 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:16.820 it's 00:13:16.820 --> 00:13:17.220 alive. 00:13:17.439 --> 00:13:17.720 We don't 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:18.919 but it's 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:19.439 amazing how 00:13:19.439 --> 00:13:19.960 quickly you'll 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:20.299 come to 00:13:20.299 --> 00:13:20.720 find out 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:21.159 that they'll 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:21.980 admit we 00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:22.399 have no 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:23.320 idea how 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:24.059 it stays 00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:24.840 alive for 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:25.500 years and 00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:25.879 years and 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:26.039 years. 00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:26.360 There's 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:26.659 some 00:13:26.659 --> 00:13:27.340 processes 00:13:27.340 --> 00:13:28.100 going on 00:13:28.100 --> 00:13:28.519 in there 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:29.360 even if 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:29.559 they're 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:31.220 very slow 00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:31.700 and yet 00:13:31.700 --> 00:13:32.299 there's 00:13:32.299 --> 00:13:32.980 no input. 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:35.259 The metabolism 00:13:35.259 --> 00:13:36.080 is not 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:37.799 active and 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:38.799 going in 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:39.139 the same 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:39.639 sense as 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:40.019 when it's 00:13:40.019 --> 00:13:40.639 germinating. 00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:42.840 It's 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:43.220 amazing. 00:13:43.819 --> 00:13:44.860 Very easily 00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:45.319 I was able 00:13:45.319 --> 00:13:45.899 to find all 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:46.279 kinds of 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:46.899 people saying 00:13:46.899 --> 00:13:48.199 this is an 00:13:48.199 --> 00:13:49.000 amazing process 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:50.120 and it's 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:50.539 not one 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:51.019 that's well 00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:51.419 understood. 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:54.980 That's a 00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:55.279 seed. 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:56.159 That's a 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:56.960 living thing 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:58.240 like that 00:13:58.240 --> 00:13:59.059 turning into 00:13:59.059 --> 00:13:59.580 a living 00:13:59.580 --> 00:13:59.939 thing, 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:00.439 a plant. 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:01.659 Or you 00:14:01.659 --> 00:14:02.039 think about 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:02.559 the miracle 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:04.620 of life 00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:05.460 and how 00:14:05.460 --> 00:14:06.120 each one 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:06.379 of you 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:06.759 in this 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:07.120 room 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:08.000 began 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:09.120 as a 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:09.519 single 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:10.240 cell, 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:11.720 a single 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:12.139 human 00:14:12.139 --> 00:14:12.560 cell. 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:14.600 And even 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:14.940 in that 00:14:14.940 --> 00:14:15.240 case, 00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:16.000 you came 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:16.299 from 00:14:16.299 --> 00:14:17.799 living 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:18.200 things, 00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:18.600 you came 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:18.919 from a 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:19.519 living sperm 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:19.799 and a 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:20.379 living egg, 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:22.179 but the 00:14:22.179 --> 00:14:22.659 resurrection 00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:24.019 is something 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:24.419 else. 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:25.899 Those are 00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:26.960 natural in 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:27.320 the sense 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:27.860 that they do 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:28.360 naturally 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:28.799 occur. 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:30.699 and we 00:14:30.699 --> 00:14:31.839 should admit 00:14:31.839 --> 00:14:32.459 that yes, 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:32.839 they are 00:14:32.839 --> 00:14:33.419 miraculous. 00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.039 We can 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:34.759 try to 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:35.299 observe it, 00:14:35.359 --> 00:14:36.120 but do we 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:36.859 understand how 00:14:36.859 --> 00:14:37.339 it works? 00:14:37.439 --> 00:14:37.779 Can we 00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:38.679 reproduce that? 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:39.279 No way. 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:41.759 But the 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:42.279 resurrection 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:43.719 is not 00:14:43.719 --> 00:14:44.579 living things 00:14:44.579 --> 00:14:45.279 turning into 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:46.099 living things, 00:14:46.719 --> 00:14:48.199 but something 00:14:48.199 --> 00:14:48.859 that's dead 00:14:48.859 --> 00:14:50.279 turning into 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:51.139 something that's 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.819 alive again. 00:14:53.099 --> 00:14:54.099 Now that 00:14:54.099 --> 00:14:54.899 is amazing. 00:14:56.819 --> 00:14:57.639 When your 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.779 body dies, 00:14:58.799 --> 00:14:58.919 dies, 00:14:59.719 --> 00:15:01.299 it's because 00:15:01.299 --> 00:15:02.419 the organs 00:15:02.419 --> 00:15:03.379 that sustain 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:05.639 your life 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:07.419 have stopped. 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:08.059 They've 00:15:08.059 --> 00:15:08.519 failed. 00:15:09.539 --> 00:15:09.959 They've 00:15:09.959 --> 00:15:10.359 ceased. 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:10.919 All of the 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:11.479 processes, 00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:12.179 all of the 00:15:12.179 --> 00:15:12.759 biological 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:14.120 functions that 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:15.079 sustain your 00:15:15.079 --> 00:15:15.839 life have 00:15:15.839 --> 00:15:16.299 permanently 00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:16.740 ceased. 00:15:16.859 --> 00:15:17.219 That's what 00:15:17.219 --> 00:15:18.019 death is. 00:15:19.359 --> 00:15:20.459 The living 00:15:20.459 --> 00:15:21.179 organism that 00:15:21.179 --> 00:15:21.459 is your 00:15:21.459 --> 00:15:21.879 body, 00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:22.679 from that 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:23.419 point on, 00:15:23.859 --> 00:15:24.620 it just 00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:26.120 decomposes. 00:15:27.579 --> 00:15:28.219 And up to 00:15:28.220 --> 00:15:28.580 a month 00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:28.980 later, 00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:29.860 I read 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.860 one source 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:31.340 that said 00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:32.200 the term 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:32.700 they used 00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:33.100 was it 00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:33.740 begins to 00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:34.320 liquefy. 00:15:36.180 --> 00:15:36.980 And depending 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.560 on how you're 00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:37.840 buried, 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:38.899 eventually, 00:15:39.300 --> 00:15:40.120 all that's 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:40.840 left is a 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.279 bunch of 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:42.180 dead bones 00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:43.519 in the 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:43.840 ground. 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:43.879 ground. 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.600 And yet, 00:15:47.660 --> 00:15:49.220 God is 00:15:49.220 --> 00:15:49.660 able, 00:15:50.019 --> 00:15:51.139 if he is 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:51.759 able to 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:52.259 do what 00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:52.680 he can 00:15:52.680 --> 00:15:53.519 do with 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:53.860 this, 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:55.139 this, 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:55.840 and turn 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.180 it into 00:15:56.180 --> 00:15:56.720 a plant, 00:15:57.300 --> 00:15:57.899 with a 00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:58.680 single cell, 00:15:59.080 --> 00:15:59.680 and turn 00:15:59.680 --> 00:16:00.100 it into 00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:00.519 you, 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.680 absolutely, 00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:04.460 he can do 00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:05.360 the most 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:06.000 amazing of 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.280 all, 00:16:06.540 --> 00:16:07.120 and give 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:08.060 life to 00:16:08.060 --> 00:16:08.519 the dead. 00:16:08.920 --> 00:16:09.500 It's a 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:10.560 miracle of 00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:10.940 God. 00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:11.800 We don't 00:16:11.800 --> 00:16:12.360 need to be 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:12.740 able to 00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.460 explain the 00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:14.320 resurrection in 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:15.400 scientific terms 00:16:15.400 --> 00:16:16.300 or in 00:16:16.300 --> 00:16:18.060 terms of how 00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:18.700 the parts of 00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:19.280 the body will 00:16:19.280 --> 00:16:19.720 come back 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.060 together. 00:16:20.180 --> 00:16:20.720 It's something 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.320 that God 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:22.220 does by 00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:22.880 his amazing 00:16:22.880 --> 00:16:23.360 power. 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:26.320 Paul goes 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:27.399 on to 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:28.100 give a few 00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:28.980 more analogies. 00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:29.980 Verse 39, 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:30.659 he says, 00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.759 not all 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.879 flesh is 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:34.360 the same. 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:35.860 People 00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.340 have one 00:16:36.340 --> 00:16:36.759 kind of 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:37.100 flesh, 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.360 animals have 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:38.720 another, 00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:40.240 birds another, 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.320 and fish 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:41.620 another. 00:16:42.560 --> 00:16:43.000 There are 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.680 also heavenly 00:16:43.680 --> 00:16:44.180 bodies, 00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:45.259 and there are 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:45.960 earthly bodies. 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:46.860 But the 00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:47.460 splendor of the 00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:48.159 heavenly bodies 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:48.960 is one kind, 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:49.639 and the 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.259 splendor of the 00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:51.039 earthly bodies 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.560 is another. 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:53.019 The sun 00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.879 has one 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:54.339 kind of 00:16:54.339 --> 00:16:54.799 splendor, 00:16:55.359 --> 00:16:55.879 the moon 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.359 another, 00:16:56.979 --> 00:16:57.339 and the 00:16:57.339 --> 00:16:58.099 stars another. 00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.479 And star 00:16:59.479 --> 00:17:00.979 differs from 00:17:00.979 --> 00:17:02.319 star in 00:17:02.319 --> 00:17:02.879 splendor. 00:17:03.979 --> 00:17:04.559 Now, 00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:05.299 there's at 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:05.960 least three 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.319 or four 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.659 different 00:17:06.659 --> 00:17:07.539 analogies all 00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.179 packed into 00:17:08.179 --> 00:17:08.359 there, 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.139 so we're 00:17:09.139 --> 00:17:09.319 going to 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:09.779 start with 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.220 the first 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.539 one. 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.659 He says, 00:17:11.899 --> 00:17:12.240 not all 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.279 flesh is 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:13.940 the same. 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:15.619 And then 00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.220 he walks 00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:16.799 backwards 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.460 through the 00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:17.899 days of 00:17:17.899 --> 00:17:18.399 creation. 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:18.480 creation. 00:17:20.320 --> 00:17:20.740 There's 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:22.320 different kinds 00:17:22.320 --> 00:17:23.220 of bodies 00:17:23.220 --> 00:17:23.820 that God 00:17:23.820 --> 00:17:24.340 has given 00:17:24.340 --> 00:17:26.080 in the 00:17:26.080 --> 00:17:26.500 various 00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.440 creatures that 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:27.780 he has 00:17:27.780 --> 00:17:28.220 created. 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:28.660 There's 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.440 you and 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.680 I, 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.240 and the 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:30.519 kind of 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:30.980 body we 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.220 have. 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.400 We've 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:31.840 got two 00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:32.200 legs, 00:17:32.300 --> 00:17:32.400 we've 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:32.880 got two 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:33.240 arms, 00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:33.480 we're 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:33.880 built to 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:34.220 walk, 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:34.759 we're 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.160 built to 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:35.519 work. 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.120 Then there's 00:17:38.120 --> 00:17:38.660 the animals. 00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:39.759 Some of 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.060 them are 00:17:40.060 --> 00:17:40.280 built 00:17:40.280 --> 00:17:40.920 differently, 00:17:41.080 --> 00:17:41.300 they have 00:17:41.300 --> 00:17:41.720 a different 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:42.300 kind of 00:17:42.300 --> 00:17:42.620 body. 00:17:43.280 --> 00:17:43.580 Some of 00:17:43.580 --> 00:17:43.800 them have 00:17:43.800 --> 00:17:44.280 a tail 00:17:44.280 --> 00:17:44.680 so that 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:45.060 they can 00:17:45.060 --> 00:17:46.220 balance in 00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:46.759 trees, 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:47.900 or on 00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:48.500 steep 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:48.980 cliffs. 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.119 Or they 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:50.279 have 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.900 four legs 00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:51.220 so that 00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:51.539 they can 00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:52.180 run really 00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:52.819 fast. 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.460 Or they 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:55.980 have fur 00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.400 so that 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:56.859 they can 00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:57.619 endure 00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:59.000 the 00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.559 coldest 00:17:59.559 --> 00:17:59.900 of 00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.700 climates 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:01.420 and 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:01.900 temperatures. 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:04.000 Then there's 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.379 birds. 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:05.259 They're a 00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:05.900 whole other 00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.500 kind of 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.900 animal. 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:07.799 They've 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.579 got wings 00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:09.480 so that 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:09.779 they can 00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.500 fly through 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:11.000 the air. 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:11.940 They've 00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:12.500 got beaks 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:12.839 so that 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.240 they can 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:14.119 break 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:14.440 open 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:15.039 seeds. 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.119 Then you've 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:17.700 got fish, 00:18:17.899 --> 00:18:18.379 totally 00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:18.799 different. 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.299 They've 00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.420 got fins 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:22.220 and a 00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:23.119 tail and 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:23.339 they're 00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:23.940 sleek so 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.220 that they 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:25.079 can move 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.680 quickly through 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.099 the water. 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:26.339 They've 00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:27.039 got gills, 00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:28.200 something 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.639 totally 00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.220 different than 00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:29.799 we have. 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.599 What's 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:33.039 Paul's 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:33.779 lesson in 00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.099 this? 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.539 Because as 00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.579 we said 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:37.899 earlier, 00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:38.399 he comes 00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:38.920 down again 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.299 to verse 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:39.740 42, 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:40.279 so it 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.599 is with 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:40.759 the 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.220 resurrection 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.680 of the 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.000 dead. 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:44.839 God has 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:46.240 uniquely 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:47.000 tailored 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:48.079 each 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:48.539 different 00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.200 kind 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.799 of 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.180 creature 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.440 that 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:50.599 he 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:50.839 has 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.220 made 00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:51.920 for 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.140 the 00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:52.700 environment 00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.299 that 00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:53.619 he 00:18:53.619 --> 00:18:54.400 intended 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:55.160 for it 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:55.500 to live 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:55.740 in. 00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.819 In the 00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.420 same way, 00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:00.240 when we 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.759 are raised 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.180 from the 00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.400 dead, 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.839 he will 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.539 give us 00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.140 the body 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.619 that we 00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:04.099 need 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:05.220 for the 00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.559 life 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.440 that he 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:06.980 has for 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.279 us 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.420 in the 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:08.720 forever 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.140 kingdom 00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:10.519 that Jesus 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.299 is coming 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:11.920 to bring 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:12.320 we 00:19:12.320 --> 00:19:12.440 will 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:12.660 be 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:13.140 perfectly 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.720 suited 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:15.779 to 00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.160 eternal 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.620 life. 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.620 The 00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:17.900 body 00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.120 we 00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:18.460 have 00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:18.620 will 00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:18.980 be 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.779 engineered 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:21.580 perfectly 00:19:21.580 --> 00:19:23.060 for that. 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.840 Paul 00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:25.279 goes on, 00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:25.740 he says 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.680 that there's 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.340 heavenly 00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:27.860 bodies 00:19:27.860 --> 00:19:28.600 and earthly 00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:29.160 bodies. 00:19:30.080 --> 00:19:30.420 He goes 00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:30.740 on to 00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.340 talk about 00:19:31.340 --> 00:19:32.380 how there's 00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:32.779 different 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.560 levels of 00:19:33.560 --> 00:19:34.140 splendor 00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:35.019 or glory 00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.580 between 00:19:35.580 --> 00:19:36.400 stars and 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:36.820 various 00:19:36.820 --> 00:19:37.440 things in 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:37.900 the heavens. 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:38.960 You almost 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.320 get the 00:19:39.320 --> 00:19:39.800 sense that 00:19:39.800 --> 00:19:40.240 Paul is 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.279 just reflecting 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.680 on what 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.700 he has 00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.680 seen of 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.139 what God 00:19:45.139 --> 00:19:45.700 has done 00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:47.079 in the 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.519 universe. 00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:49.220 God's 00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:49.839 created all 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.559 kinds of 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:50.940 stuff. 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.680 What a 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.319 variety we 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:52.660 see on 00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:52.920 earth, 00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.399 but that's 00:19:53.399 --> 00:19:53.859 not it. 00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:54.559 I mean, 00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:55.019 God has 00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.839 done an 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.299 incredible 00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:57.119 variety of 00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.960 stuff in 00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.579 the heavens 00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.420 beyond the 00:19:59.420 --> 00:19:59.720 earth. 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.639 And as 00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.440 our technology 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.940 improves, 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.579 we're able to 00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.279 see more and 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.799 more of that 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:06.119 beauty through 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:06.480 Hubble 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.519 telescopes and 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.759 satellites and 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.279 all kinds of 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.720 things like 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.079 that. 00:20:11.899 --> 00:20:12.720 And we 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.139 haven't even 00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:13.720 begun to 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.200 scratch the 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:15.039 surface of 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.680 this vast 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:17.139 universe that 00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:17.740 we live in. 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.899 I'm going to 00:20:18.899 --> 00:20:19.819 give a bit of 00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:20.220 a teaser. 00:20:20.399 --> 00:20:20.720 We're going to 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.299 go here more 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.680 next week because 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.759 Paul gets to 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.200 this a little 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:25.319 later, but the 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:25.980 point that he 00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:27.000 is, I think, 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:28.519 making here is 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:30.480 that we are 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:32.879 earthly, but 00:20:32.879 --> 00:20:33.420 there will come 00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:34.460 a day in the 00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.960 resurrection where 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:37.180 we will bear the 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:38.500 image of the 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.680 heavenly man. 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.779 This 00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:43.259 resurrection thing, 00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:44.160 it's not just the 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.980 body that we went 00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.599 into the ground 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.920 with coming back 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:48.140 up again. 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.559 No. 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:53.279 It's like the 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.759 seed. 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.119 I mean, there's 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:57.240 nothing spectacular 00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:58.180 looking at that 00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.880 little seed. 00:20:59.099 --> 00:20:59.960 It just looks like 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.799 a little speck. 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.579 But compared to 00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.839 that speck, the 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.980 tomato plant, when 00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:06.759 it's fully bloomed 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:08.019 and grown and the 00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.779 tomatoes are on 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.740 it, no, that's 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.279 glorious. 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.059 That's beautiful. 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:15.180 So it is with the 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:15.680 resurrection. 00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:19.359 Our bodies will 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:19.960 go into the 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:21.139 ground, a thing 00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:22.639 of the earth, but 00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.700 they will be raised 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:26.519 to be glorious and 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:28.279 beautiful, a 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:30.339 marvelous work of 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:30.720 God. 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:30.779 God. 00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:36.059 Verse 42. 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:39.019 So it is with the 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:40.400 resurrection of the 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.700 dead. 00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:43.279 We've already 00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:45.759 talked about this. 00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.539 Paul's kind of 00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.319 relating this. 00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.259 These are all 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.120 analogies that are 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.980 pointing to how we 00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:51.259 will be raised from 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.279 the dead when 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:53.240 Christ returns. 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:56.279 But we want to 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.720 know more. 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.420 We want to know 00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.160 the details. 00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:58.859 Well, what's it 00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.420 going to be like? 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.000 What's my new 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:01.900 body going to be 00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.319 like? 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.700 Paul goes on. 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:06.039 He gives us a 00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:08.319 few descriptive 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:08.799 words. 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.640 He says in verse 00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.900 42, the body that 00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:12.440 is sown is 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.099 perishable. 00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:15.240 It is raised 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.660 imperishable. 00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.380 The word 00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.859 perishable refers 00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.920 to decay. 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.720 The bodies that 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.279 we have right 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.740 now, they're 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.720 subject to decay. 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.920 They wear down. 00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.500 They run down. 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.460 They, after a 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.100 period of time, 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.920 they expire. 00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:33.660 Our organs fail. 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.860 That's the kind 00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:37.920 of body that will 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.860 be sown into the 00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.560 ground when we 00:22:39.560 --> 00:22:39.900 die. 00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:42.560 But it will be 00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:44.340 raised imperishable. 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.560 A body that will 00:22:46.560 --> 00:22:48.640 never wear out. 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.940 A body that will 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.900 never expire. 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:52.400 A body that is 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:53.480 not subject to 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.039 decay. 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.880 Paul says it 00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.740 is sown in 00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.420 dishonor. 00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:02.380 It is raised in 00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:02.840 glory. 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.779 There's some 00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:06.039 back and forth 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.600 over what it 00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:07.200 means to be 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.700 sown in 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.200 dishonor. 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.220 Some people 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:10.120 see that as 00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:11.279 kind of how 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.259 death in itself 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.160 is kind of a 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:14.960 humiliating thing. 00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.300 You can think 00:23:16.300 --> 00:23:17.160 back to Jewish, 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:19.440 the Jewish 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:20.160 religious laws 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.700 from the Old 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.140 Testament. 00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:22.059 Even to touch 00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.799 a dead body 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:24.140 would make you 00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.940 unclean. 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.740 And that view 00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.420 kind of sees 00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.660 dishonor as 00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.600 referring to the 00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.740 ugliness and the 00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.680 shamefulness of 00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.039 death. 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:35.859 others have said, 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.799 well, no, perhaps 00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:38.399 dishonor refers to 00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:41.319 more to kind of 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.440 the consequence 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.559 that death is. 00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:45.339 That they died is 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.440 evidence that they 00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.799 were a sinner, 00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.819 that they lived a 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:50.059 dishonorable life. 00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:52.359 And which it is of 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:53.720 the two, I'm not 00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.059 sure. 00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.879 But what we're 00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:57.019 really looking at is 00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.240 the contrast that 00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.759 Paul gives. 00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.799 It is sown in 00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.500 dishonor. 00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:03.180 It is raised in 00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.599 glory. 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.299 And while it's 00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.819 true that being 00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.700 raised from the 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.220 dead is a 00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.420 glorious thing, 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.920 to have the 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.819 terrible consequence 00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:14.420 of death reversed 00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:16.039 and undone, I 00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.759 think what Paul is 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.680 really pointing to 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:19.279 is the body and 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.079 what the body will 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.720 be characterized 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.279 by. 00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.519 It will be 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.740 imperishable and 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.599 it will be raised 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.220 in glory. 00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.099 It will be a 00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:28.680 glorious body. 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:31.279 Think back to 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.980 what Paul said in 00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:33.000 his letter to the 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.559 Philippians. 00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.700 He says that we 00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:36.579 are awaiting a 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:38.000 savior, Jesus, 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.640 who by his power 00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:41.200 will transform our 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:43.640 lowly bodies so 00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.500 that they will be 00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:46.740 like his glorious 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.339 body. 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.660 There's that same 00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.339 idea. 00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:53.960 Our bodies, when we 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.779 are raised from the 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.559 dead, are going to 00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.759 be nothing like the 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.559 kind of body that 00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.000 we had. 00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.460 I'm not going to 00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.359 talk about whether 00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:02.399 we'll have two arms 00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.659 and two legs today. 00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:05.240 We can talk about 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.619 that next Sunday. 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:09.740 But in terms of the 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:11.599 quality, the 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:14.659 permanence of our 00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:15.879 bodies, the 00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:17.779 splendor, the glory 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:19.519 of our bodies, it 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:19.899 will be the 00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:20.619 difference between 00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:23.119 this tomato seed and 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:24.319 the full-grown plant 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.659 with the fruit on 00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:25.919 it. 00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:29.139 Like Christ's 00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:30.460 glorious body. 00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:33.399 Paul says, it is 00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:34.679 sown in weakness. 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:37.220 It is raised in 00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.679 power. 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.759 Weakness. 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.919 That's what describes 00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.859 the bodies that we 00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.500 have right now. 00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.159 They're frail. 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.700 They're fragile. 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.039 They break. 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:48.279 And we have a 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:50.359 limited ability to 00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.879 heal ourselves. 00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.819 But the bodies that 00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:56.559 we will have in the 00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:58.940 resurrection, it will 00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:01.000 be raised in power. 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.200 And yes, I think that 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:05.339 that describes how 00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.500 God will do it. 00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.480 He will do it with 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.059 his power. 00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:09.180 But I think Paul is 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.500 really describing what 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.779 the body will be like. 00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.259 It will be 00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.159 imperishable. 00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.460 It will be glorious. 00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:17.720 It will be a body 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.420 of power, 00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.620 characterized by 00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.160 power. 00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.620 The life-giving 00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.800 power of God 00:26:23.800 --> 00:26:25.140 will be in it. 00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:28.620 Perhaps we will 00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:31.220 have capacities 00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.600 or abilities that 00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.340 we never had 00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:33.700 before. 00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.279 I'm not going to 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.360 go too much into 00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:35.980 that kind of 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.420 speculation. 00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.740 But for sure, 00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.500 the capacities 00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:40.140 that we will have, 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.900 the abilities that 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.620 we have, will be 00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.460 perfected. 00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.060 in that body. 00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.759 We'll be strong. 00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:49.320 We'll have energy. 00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:54.360 Lastly, Paul says, 00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:56.060 it is sown a natural 00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:56.540 body. 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.840 It is raised a 00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:58.540 spiritual body. 00:26:58.580 --> 00:26:59.080 And we're actually 00:26:59.080 --> 00:27:00.040 going to focus in on 00:27:00.040 --> 00:27:01.259 that next Sunday. 00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:04.340 It's one of those 00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:05.300 verses that I think 00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:06.660 we have often 00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.500 misinterpreted. 00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:08.340 And Paul has quite a 00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.220 lot to say about it 00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.320 in the next whole 00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:10.700 paragraph. 00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.460 So we're going to 00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.220 save that for 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.559 next Sunday. 00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.440 What is Paul's 00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.360 point in all this? 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.840 Paul's point is 00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:21.860 that it's foolish 00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:23.360 to think that 00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:24.380 the resurrection 00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:25.539 is impossible 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.840 because we can't 00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.700 imagine how it 00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.240 works. 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.299 We can't even 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.140 imagine how that 00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:31.960 little seed turns 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.680 into a tomato 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.080 plant. 00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:37.620 God will do it. 00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.839 He can do it 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:40.139 by his amazing 00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:41.799 power, by his 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:43.419 design and 00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:44.099 engineering 00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:46.479 ability that is 00:27:46.479 --> 00:27:48.139 completely unrivaled 00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.879 and like nothing 00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:49.639 else that we have 00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.039 ever seen. 00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.779 If we think that 00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:52.839 the Ferrari is 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:54.259 impressive, we 00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.919 ain't seen nothing 00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:55.259 yet. 00:27:56.239 --> 00:27:57.199 If you think that 00:27:57.199 --> 00:27:59.899 that S790 is 00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:01.699 awesome, a work of 00:28:01.699 --> 00:28:02.599 true ingenuity, 00:28:02.979 --> 00:28:03.539 you ain't seen 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.139 nothing yet. 00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:06.120 If you think 00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.800 that the best 00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:08.380 of art and 00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:10.640 music and film 00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:12.140 that people are 00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:13.080 able to create 00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:14.220 is something 00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.620 today, you 00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.040 ain't seen 00:28:16.040 --> 00:28:16.680 nothing yet. 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.940 And the 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.520 evidence of 00:28:19.520 --> 00:28:20.840 that, Paul 00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.980 says, is in 00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.480 the world that 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.040 we live in. 00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.140 Look around. 00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.400 Open your 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.680 eyes. 00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:26.259 Look at the 00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.940 world that he's 00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.420 created. 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.300 All of it 00:28:28.300 --> 00:28:29.060 points to his 00:28:29.060 --> 00:28:30.360 ability to do 00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:33.120 this, to give 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.439 life from the 00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:34.759 dead. 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.759 And he will. 00:28:38.479 --> 00:28:39.899 He will for 00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.759 those who 00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.799 belong to 00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.279 Jesus. 00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.039 For those who 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.519 belong to 00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:47.819 Jesus. 00:28:47.959 --> 00:28:48.299 It's not 00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.779 something that 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.219 will be given 00:28:49.219 --> 00:28:49.959 to everybody. 00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:51.859 The resurrection 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.959 to this life 00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:53.579 and this new 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.539 body, this is a 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.379 gift that God 00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.659 will give as he 00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:59.059 determines to 00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.739 those who belong 00:28:59.739 --> 00:29:00.379 to Jesus. 00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.599 Do you 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.059 belong to 00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.359 Jesus? 00:29:08.679 --> 00:29:09.259 If you have 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.919 any doubts in 00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.519 your heart or 00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:10.899 if that's 00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.379 something that 00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:11.979 you want to 00:29:11.979 --> 00:29:12.359 know more 00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:12.859 about and 00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.219 you're not 00:29:13.219 --> 00:29:14.819 sure, come 00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.459 talk to me 00:29:15.459 --> 00:29:15.879 after the 00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.159 service. 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.639 I'd love to 00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.000 have that 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.599 conversation 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.239 with you. 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:27.960 The last 00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:30.120 thing that I 00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.539 want us to 00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.240 reflect on for 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.539 a moment. 00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.000 I mean, this 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.759 is Paul writing 00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.099 to the 00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.519 Corinthian 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.960 church. 00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.299 You might 00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.720 think, well, 00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:37.960 that's so long 00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.779 ago, that's so 00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.440 out there. 00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.039 What does this 00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.799 have to do with 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:42.299 my life today? 00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:43.859 And what I 00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.339 want to press 00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.299 home is simply 00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.160 this. 00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.900 Isn't it 00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:49.180 amazing that 00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.779 for those of 00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.420 us who belong 00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:52.060 to Jesus, God 00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:52.620 is going to 00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:54.060 give us this 00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:56.279 amazing gift of 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.980 a new, glorious, 00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.720 imperishable, 00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:03.000 powerful body to 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:06.100 live in, that 00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:08.180 will be us for 00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.720 eternity. 00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:12.000 What do we do 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.500 to deserve 00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.840 that? 00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:15.400 Nothing. 00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:18.140 In fact, we've 00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.680 done all kinds 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.640 of things not 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.519 to deserve it, 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.259 and yet this 00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.060 too is part of 00:30:23.060 --> 00:30:23.779 the good news 00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:25.540 that Jesus has 00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:26.440 done this and 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.100 he gives this 00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.900 to us as a 00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.880 free gift of 00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:30.180 his love and 00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.820 his grace. 00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.740 The one thing 00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:35.240 that totally 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:36.540 beats us all, 00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.140 death. 00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.300 He is going 00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:40.380 to flip on 00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:42.100 its head and 00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:43.440 give us life 00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.200 and a new 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.580 body. 00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:48.299 won't it be 00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.779 something to 00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.299 have a body 00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.240 that doesn't 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.960 have problems 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:52.159 with sickness? 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.500 Won't it be 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.939 something to 00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.399 have a body 00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:57.980 that doesn't 00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.419 have any 00:30:58.419 --> 00:30:59.159 issues of 00:30:59.159 --> 00:31:00.039 disability? 00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.199 Won't it be 00:31:03.199 --> 00:31:03.639 something to 00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.139 have a body 00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:04.559 that doesn't 00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:04.879 have any 00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.599 problems with 00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.279 hormonal 00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.779 imbalances and 00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:09.299 not feeling the 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.799 way that I 00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.379 should about 00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:11.240 different things? 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:14.120 a body that 00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.839 doesn't have 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.900 problems with 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.880 achy joints 00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:18.200 and pain 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.779 with parts of 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.279 it that just 00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.140 wear out and 00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.779 don't work 00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.620 right anymore? 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:27.039 This is the 00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.839 gift of God 00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:29.279 for his people, 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.900 for all of 00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.900 those who 00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.720 belong to 00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.120 Christ. 00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.480 Isn't that 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.859 amazing? 00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:35.859 God, 00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:38.219 let's pray. 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.099 Father in 00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.259 heaven, 00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:43.119 thank you that 00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:44.079 we have this 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.979 to look forward 00:31:44.979 --> 00:31:45.299 to. 00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.240 Lord, 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.719 some of us 00:31:46.719 --> 00:31:47.399 don't feel it. 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.000 We're young. 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.699 We bounce 00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:50.240 back pretty 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.879 quickly when we 00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.419 get sick. 00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.619 But we pray 00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.219 and ask that 00:31:55.219 --> 00:31:55.500 you would 00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.099 increase our 00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.419 faith, 00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:57.379 that we would 00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:58.000 not be like 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.859 the skeptics 00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:00.000 who doubt 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.919 your abilities 00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:01.399 and your 00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:01.759 power. 00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:04.299 increase our 00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.740 faith and 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.079 fill our 00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.480 hearts with 00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:08.079 joy as 00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.759 we trust 00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.859 in the 00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.779 good gift, 00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.240 the good 00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.960 future that 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.259 you have 00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.839 prepared for 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.099 us. 00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.240 We ask 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.539 this in 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.920 Christ's 00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.119 name. 00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.359 Amen.