WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.480 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.980 --> 00:00:09.560 Our passion is to experience and express grace. 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:10.620 Join us. 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:21.400 If you have a Bible with you in some form, you'd open to 2 Corinthians chapter 4. 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:28.780 We're stepping out just for this Sunday of our journey through the Gospel of Luke, which 00:00:28.780 --> 00:00:30.339 we will return to next week. 00:00:31.580 --> 00:00:39.020 But I want us to look at this section of 2 Corinthians in some way as a follow-up on a 00:00:39.020 --> 00:00:45.179 sermon that I preached here several weeks back from Psalm 67. 00:00:47.180 --> 00:00:56.219 But let me read now for us from Paul's letter, second letter to the Corinthians, beginning 00:00:56.219 --> 00:00:57.840 of verse 1 of chapter 4. 00:00:58.780 --> 00:01:09.900 We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. 00:01:09.900 --> 00:01:16.580 We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's Word, but by the open statement 00:01:16.580 --> 00:01:21.460 of the truth, we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience and sight of God. 00:01:22.880 --> 00:01:29.219 And even if our Gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. 00:01:29.219 --> 00:01:36.420 In their case, the God of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from 00:01:36.420 --> 00:01:42.219 seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 00:01:43.019 --> 00:01:51.659 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants 00:01:51.659 --> 00:01:52.659 for Jesus' sake. 00:01:52.659 --> 00:02:00.939 For God, who said, let light shine out of darkness, has shown in our hearts to give the light of the 00:02:00.939 --> 00:02:05.379 knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 00:02:05.379 --> 00:02:17.719 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:22.580 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed. 00:02:23.580 --> 00:02:26.319 Perplexed, but not driven to despair. 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:30.240 Persecuted, but not forsaken. 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.460 Struck down, but not destroyed. 00:02:35.419 --> 00:02:39.159 Always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:44.139 so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 00:02:44.139 --> 00:02:50.959 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, 00:02:51.679 --> 00:02:56.199 so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 00:02:57.259 --> 00:03:01.279 So death is at work in us, but life in you. 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:06.159 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:09.439 I believed, and so I spoke. 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:14.319 Look, we also believe, and we also speak, 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:21.300 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus 00:03:21.300 --> 00:03:24.979 and bring us with you into his presence. 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.180 For it is all for your sake, 00:03:29.099 --> 00:03:33.579 so that as grace extends to more and more people, 00:03:33.659 --> 00:03:36.719 it may increase thanksgiving to the glory of God. 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:41.099 So, we do not lose heart. 00:03:42.500 --> 00:03:44.900 Though our outer nature is wasting away, 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:49.500 our inner nature is being renewed day by day. 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:53.900 For this slight momentary affliction 00:03:53.900 --> 00:03:56.659 is preparing for us 00:03:56.659 --> 00:04:01.379 an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. 00:04:01.379 --> 00:04:05.599 as we look not to the things that are seen, 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:08.759 but to the things that are unseen. 00:04:10.019 --> 00:04:12.019 For the things that are seen are transient, 00:04:13.019 --> 00:04:16.500 but the things that are unseen are eternal. 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:22.560 Let me pray for us as we approach this portion of God's word. 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:28.360 Father, we need you. 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:32.060 We need what your word says. 00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:35.920 We need to understand what your word says. 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:40.920 But we need what your word says 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:44.240 to penetrate down into the depth of our hearts, 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:45.340 not just our minds. 00:04:45.339 --> 00:04:47.979 So, would you come? 00:04:48.819 --> 00:04:50.379 As we study your word, 00:04:50.500 --> 00:04:52.539 would you give us that gift, 00:04:53.159 --> 00:04:55.399 that working of your Holy Spirit 00:04:55.399 --> 00:05:02.120 to move away the things that would distract us? 00:05:03.719 --> 00:05:07.959 Would you clarify the things that we need to focus on? 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:12.859 Would you make our hearts receptive 00:05:12.859 --> 00:05:15.399 to what you would say? 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:18.379 And then lead us to glory. 00:05:21.979 --> 00:05:23.680 Lead us to your glory. 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:28.599 Lead us to a deeper knowledge of your glory. 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:36.060 So that we will value it above all things. 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:40.560 So come, do your work in us, 00:05:41.099 --> 00:05:44.120 we pray in the great name of Jesus. 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:45.699 Amen. 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:50.500 Now, a few weeks ago when we were, 00:05:50.699 --> 00:05:51.399 when I was here, 00:05:51.539 --> 00:05:53.359 we were talking about Psalm 67, 00:05:53.719 --> 00:05:54.159 and we really, 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:57.519 that sermon was all about 00:05:57.519 --> 00:05:59.519 what I would call the flow of grace. 00:06:00.179 --> 00:06:01.579 And it's how that 00:06:01.579 --> 00:06:05.159 the more we enter into the knowledge 00:06:05.159 --> 00:06:07.240 of all that God is 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:08.759 and what God has done for us 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:11.180 and this grace that He has poured out for us, 00:06:11.220 --> 00:06:14.040 the more we experience this relationship 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:17.120 that He has now given and restored 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:20.300 for us in Christ, 00:06:20.740 --> 00:06:23.699 the more it's going to naturally 00:06:23.699 --> 00:06:27.600 flow from us 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:32.180 into the rest of the world around us. 00:06:32.180 --> 00:06:33.800 You know, the Father, 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:36.699 in His effusive joy, 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.040 because of this joy, 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:41.459 sends His Son 00:06:41.459 --> 00:06:43.600 into the world 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:45.900 to share this joy 00:06:45.900 --> 00:06:48.740 with those He has created, 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:50.579 and then the Son 00:06:50.579 --> 00:06:52.759 then calls us 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:54.939 to go do the same. 00:06:54.939 --> 00:06:58.399 So as we experience that joy, 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:01.579 it flows from us, 00:07:01.980 --> 00:07:04.000 and we fulfill the calling 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:05.680 that He has given to us 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:07.379 by sharing that joy 00:07:07.379 --> 00:07:11.100 with those around us. 00:07:11.100 --> 00:07:14.060 And really, 00:07:14.379 --> 00:07:16.020 and since that's what this passage 00:07:16.020 --> 00:07:17.640 also is talking about, 00:07:17.820 --> 00:07:20.900 but when we look at this passage, 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.760 there's this phrase 00:07:23.760 --> 00:07:27.580 that kind of gives us pause. 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:30.700 And it's a critical phrase. 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:31.600 One of the lessons 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:34.180 that we need to learn 00:07:34.180 --> 00:07:35.480 when we study the Scriptures 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:37.020 is that when you read 00:07:37.020 --> 00:07:38.520 sections of Scripture, 00:07:38.519 --> 00:07:40.639 you look for those 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:41.659 repeated phrases. 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:43.339 And there's a repeated phrase here 00:07:43.339 --> 00:07:44.560 that kind of sandwiches 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:46.479 in this whole chapter. 00:07:47.979 --> 00:07:49.419 And that is the phrase, 00:07:50.159 --> 00:07:51.939 we do not lose heart. 00:07:52.039 --> 00:07:53.459 You see it in verse 1, 00:07:53.899 --> 00:07:55.740 and you see it down again 00:07:55.740 --> 00:07:57.699 towards the end. 00:07:58.519 --> 00:07:59.799 And if the gospel 00:07:59.799 --> 00:08:01.839 is such good news, 00:08:02.459 --> 00:08:04.459 and if it's such a glorious thing 00:08:04.459 --> 00:08:05.519 to experience, 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:07.539 and if it should be flowing 00:08:07.539 --> 00:08:09.500 freely from us, 00:08:10.019 --> 00:08:12.819 why would we lose heart? 00:08:14.719 --> 00:08:15.159 Well, 00:08:16.620 --> 00:08:18.639 proclaiming the gospel 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:22.000 when we've experienced it deeply 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:23.159 is a natural thing. 00:08:24.159 --> 00:08:25.459 It is also 00:08:25.459 --> 00:08:27.199 a costly thing. 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:30.399 And losing heart 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:32.340 is very, 00:08:32.340 --> 00:08:33.980 very easy 00:08:33.980 --> 00:08:34.860 to do. 00:08:37.740 --> 00:08:38.899 When the cost 00:08:38.899 --> 00:08:40.539 becomes 00:08:40.539 --> 00:08:41.399 and begins 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:42.720 to seem heavy 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:44.960 to bear, 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:46.440 we lose heart 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:47.500 and we wonder 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:48.379 whether 00:08:48.379 --> 00:08:49.920 it's worth 00:08:49.920 --> 00:08:51.700 continuing 00:08:51.700 --> 00:08:53.320 to proclaim 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:55.159 and to communicate 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:56.000 to this 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:57.159 world 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:58.000 that is lost 00:08:58.000 --> 00:08:58.980 in their blindness. 00:08:59.980 --> 00:09:01.060 We wonder 00:09:01.060 --> 00:09:01.940 if it's worth 00:09:01.940 --> 00:09:03.840 keeping going. 00:09:03.980 --> 00:09:06.379 You know, 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:07.420 Will spoke of this 00:09:07.420 --> 00:09:08.320 last week, 00:09:08.379 --> 00:09:08.639 I think, 00:09:08.779 --> 00:09:10.060 the last two weeks. 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:11.740 Spoke very well 00:09:11.740 --> 00:09:12.120 of this. 00:09:12.220 --> 00:09:13.159 When we come 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:14.019 to Christ, 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:15.700 it is glorious. 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:19.220 It's also costly. 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:23.320 So we particularly 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:24.779 in the Western church 00:09:24.779 --> 00:09:27.060 really find 00:09:27.060 --> 00:09:28.480 this concept 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:29.700 difficult. 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:32.520 You know, 00:09:32.580 --> 00:09:33.520 we sometimes, 00:09:33.920 --> 00:09:34.240 you know, 00:09:34.300 --> 00:09:35.360 we talk about 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:35.860 and even 00:09:35.860 --> 00:09:37.000 those of us 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:37.700 in our circles, 00:09:37.860 --> 00:09:38.920 we ridicule 00:09:38.920 --> 00:09:40.700 preachers 00:09:40.700 --> 00:09:41.780 who proclaim 00:09:41.780 --> 00:09:42.480 what is known 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:43.420 as the prosperity 00:09:43.420 --> 00:09:44.400 gospel. 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:45.879 And I'm not going 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:46.360 to mention 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:47.320 names. 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:48.020 You know who 00:09:48.020 --> 00:09:48.720 some of these 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:49.620 people are. 00:09:50.259 --> 00:09:50.680 But 00:09:50.680 --> 00:09:52.640 it is a gospel 00:09:52.640 --> 00:09:53.740 that simply says 00:09:53.740 --> 00:09:54.020 that, 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:55.420 you know, 00:09:55.460 --> 00:09:56.120 when we come 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:56.600 to Jesus, 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:57.640 if we're faithful, 00:09:57.639 --> 00:09:58.620 then we're going 00:09:58.620 --> 00:09:58.879 to, 00:09:58.980 --> 00:09:59.879 we should expect 00:09:59.879 --> 00:10:00.600 to enjoy 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:01.399 all the good 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:02.100 and the pleasures, 00:10:02.580 --> 00:10:03.299 the wealth 00:10:03.299 --> 00:10:04.059 and the benefits 00:10:04.059 --> 00:10:04.720 and health 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:06.240 that this life 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:07.539 has to offer. 00:10:07.860 --> 00:10:08.879 And we know 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:10.559 in our heads 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:11.840 that's not true. 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:13.580 That's not 00:10:13.580 --> 00:10:14.600 what the Bible 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:15.460 teaches. 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:19.539 We sort of 00:10:19.539 --> 00:10:20.039 know that. 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:22.899 but I think 00:10:22.899 --> 00:10:23.339 even 00:10:23.339 --> 00:10:24.839 in our own 00:10:24.839 --> 00:10:25.539 circles, 00:10:26.099 --> 00:10:27.240 we live 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:28.159 by the principle, 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:28.459 I mean, 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:29.439 our very country 00:10:29.439 --> 00:10:30.079 was founded 00:10:30.079 --> 00:10:31.019 on the principle 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:31.959 of life, 00:10:32.959 --> 00:10:33.299 liberty, 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:34.639 and what? 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:36.519 The pursuit 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:38.059 of happiness. 00:10:38.939 --> 00:10:39.659 And unfortunately, 00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:41.039 we expect that 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:42.459 out of our religion 00:10:42.459 --> 00:10:43.839 as well. 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:46.780 we make, 00:10:47.300 --> 00:10:47.560 you know, 00:10:47.620 --> 00:10:48.420 we love sermons 00:10:48.420 --> 00:10:49.320 that are uplifting 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:51.160 and positive. 00:10:51.460 --> 00:10:52.580 We like music 00:10:52.580 --> 00:10:54.120 that makes our toes 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:55.160 tap and that are, 00:10:55.300 --> 00:10:56.280 it's uplifting 00:10:56.280 --> 00:10:57.820 and encouraging. 00:10:58.740 --> 00:10:59.320 And it's when 00:10:59.320 --> 00:10:59.820 the pain 00:10:59.820 --> 00:11:00.600 and the hardship 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:03.480 and of just life 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:07.180 or that pain 00:11:07.180 --> 00:11:07.740 and hardship 00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:08.460 which comes 00:11:08.460 --> 00:11:09.259 because of 00:11:09.259 --> 00:11:09.980 our involvement 00:11:09.980 --> 00:11:10.800 in the ministry, 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:12.040 when that 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:14.000 begins to encroach 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:15.379 on our 00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:16.819 lives, 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:20.679 we can be shaken 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:22.620 and begin 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:24.019 to ask questions 00:11:24.019 --> 00:11:24.419 like, 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:24.959 wait a minute, 00:11:25.579 --> 00:11:26.159 does God 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:28.179 really love me? 00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:30.559 If He loved me, 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:32.199 would He be doing 00:11:32.199 --> 00:11:33.279 this to me? 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:36.799 And, 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:37.959 you know, 00:11:38.019 --> 00:11:39.179 our level of suffering 00:11:39.179 --> 00:11:40.419 really doesn't have 00:11:40.419 --> 00:11:41.259 to be that great. 00:11:41.259 --> 00:11:42.179 I could go 00:11:42.179 --> 00:11:43.460 into a hotel room 00:11:43.460 --> 00:11:45.100 with lousy pillows 00:11:45.100 --> 00:11:46.620 and complain 00:11:46.620 --> 00:11:47.600 at the wazoo. 00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:49.220 He says, 00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:49.840 how am I supposed 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:50.279 to live 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:50.939 with a pillow 00:11:50.939 --> 00:11:52.100 this flat? 00:11:52.740 --> 00:11:53.480 What did I do 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:54.419 to deserve this? 00:11:58.299 --> 00:11:58.860 You know, 00:11:58.899 --> 00:11:59.740 when we were overseas 00:11:59.740 --> 00:12:01.860 doing mission work, 00:12:02.659 --> 00:12:04.379 it was easy 00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:07.159 to have a mindset 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.620 that life 00:12:09.620 --> 00:12:10.319 was not going 00:12:10.319 --> 00:12:12.299 to be comfortable, 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:13.100 cushy, 00:12:13.319 --> 00:12:13.600 cozy, 00:12:13.719 --> 00:12:14.379 though in a lot 00:12:14.379 --> 00:12:14.719 of ways 00:12:14.719 --> 00:12:15.879 our lives were. 00:12:16.740 --> 00:12:17.319 But you have 00:12:17.319 --> 00:12:17.980 this mindset 00:12:17.980 --> 00:12:18.419 to, oh, 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:19.079 I'm now 00:12:19.079 --> 00:12:20.000 in the mission field. 00:12:20.319 --> 00:12:21.120 I'm supposed 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:22.919 to have a hard time 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:24.159 and that's okay. 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:26.839 But as soon 00:12:26.839 --> 00:12:27.799 as we came back, 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:29.959 all of that ended. 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:32.060 I mean, 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:33.500 I was very grateful 00:12:33.500 --> 00:12:34.300 to enter back 00:12:34.300 --> 00:12:35.320 into the good life 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:36.740 of SUVs 00:12:36.740 --> 00:12:37.820 and Starbucks. 00:12:42.820 --> 00:12:43.840 The problem 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:45.080 with the prosperity gospel 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:45.740 is not just 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:47.080 that it's not true. 00:12:48.400 --> 00:12:49.180 It basically 00:12:49.180 --> 00:12:49.879 diminishes 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:51.200 what the gospel 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:52.000 is. 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:54.840 because it makes 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:55.960 the gospel 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:57.799 just something 00:12:57.799 --> 00:12:58.399 that I can have 00:12:58.399 --> 00:12:59.059 the good life 00:12:59.059 --> 00:13:00.120 comfort here 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:01.220 and now. 00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:05.000 And that doesn't 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:05.779 give us a whole lot 00:13:05.779 --> 00:13:06.279 of impetus 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:07.379 to proclaim it. 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:10.720 But what Paul 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:11.539 is doing here 00:13:11.539 --> 00:13:12.639 in this text 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:15.399 is he's doing 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:16.240 a couple of things. 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:18.840 He's telling us 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:20.679 about the reality 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:22.459 of what it means 00:13:22.459 --> 00:13:23.919 to live in Christ 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:25.059 and proclaim the gospel 00:13:25.059 --> 00:13:26.379 but he's also 00:13:26.379 --> 00:13:27.279 telling us 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:28.299 about a gospel 00:13:28.299 --> 00:13:29.299 that is worth 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:30.419 everything 00:13:30.419 --> 00:13:31.679 it'll cost us. 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:34.979 And so I know 00:13:34.979 --> 00:13:35.620 in your bulletins 00:13:35.620 --> 00:13:36.339 you don't have 00:13:36.339 --> 00:13:37.339 a printed outline 00:13:37.339 --> 00:13:39.219 so we'll put it up 00:13:39.219 --> 00:13:40.699 here on the screen. 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:41.859 I'm basically 00:13:41.859 --> 00:13:42.819 going to look at 00:13:42.819 --> 00:13:43.359 I want us to look 00:13:43.359 --> 00:13:44.059 at three things 00:13:44.059 --> 00:13:44.899 from this text. 00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:46.759 And it's all 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:47.539 about glory. 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:50.120 First off, 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:50.700 we're going to see 00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:51.379 the gospel 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:53.139 of glory. 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:55.399 And then we're 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:56.500 going to look 00:13:56.500 --> 00:13:57.659 at the vessels 00:13:57.659 --> 00:13:58.539 of glory 00:13:58.539 --> 00:14:00.960 and then the pathway 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:02.500 to glory. 00:14:03.340 --> 00:14:03.840 First, 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:04.600 let's look at 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:06.039 the gospel 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:06.560 of glory. 00:14:06.940 --> 00:14:07.220 You know, 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:07.820 when you read 00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:08.820 these passages 00:14:08.820 --> 00:14:10.700 of scripture, 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:11.340 again, 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:12.600 the whole thing 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:13.740 of repeated 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:15.060 phrases and words 00:14:15.060 --> 00:14:15.759 and if you read 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:16.519 this chapter, 00:14:16.620 --> 00:14:16.860 I don't know 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:17.580 if you picked up 00:14:17.580 --> 00:14:17.940 on it, 00:14:18.560 --> 00:14:19.080 the word, 00:14:19.160 --> 00:14:20.139 the term glory 00:14:20.139 --> 00:14:21.820 shows up in here 00:14:21.820 --> 00:14:23.220 five times. 00:14:24.900 --> 00:14:26.379 We see it up there 00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:27.300 in verse 4 00:14:27.300 --> 00:14:27.920 where he's talking 00:14:27.920 --> 00:14:28.920 about the gospel 00:14:28.920 --> 00:14:29.920 of the glory 00:14:29.920 --> 00:14:30.740 of Christ. 00:14:31.300 --> 00:14:32.840 You see it in verse 6 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.420 where he talks 00:14:33.420 --> 00:14:34.320 about the knowledge 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.300 of the glory 00:14:35.300 --> 00:14:35.800 of God 00:14:35.800 --> 00:14:36.520 in the face 00:14:36.520 --> 00:14:37.700 of Jesus Christ. 00:14:38.420 --> 00:14:39.360 You see it down there 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:40.560 in verse 17. 00:14:41.660 --> 00:14:42.240 We're talking about 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.899 the eternal weight 00:14:43.899 --> 00:14:44.840 of glory. 00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:48.240 The gospel 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:50.740 is not 00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:52.360 just about 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:53.820 freedom 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:54.620 from the fear 00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:55.159 of hell. 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:57.279 The gospel 00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:58.419 is not 00:14:58.419 --> 00:15:00.340 just about 00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:01.419 my ticket 00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:02.980 to a better place 00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:04.279 once I die. 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:06.680 The gospel 00:15:06.680 --> 00:15:08.840 is about glory. 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:11.540 It is all 00:15:11.540 --> 00:15:13.300 about glory. 00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:15.980 The good news 00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:16.860 of the gospel 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.879 is that 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:19.200 we again 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:19.980 can know 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:21.280 glory. 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:24.420 Back in the fall 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:25.280 when man 00:15:25.280 --> 00:15:26.280 sinned in the garden 00:15:26.280 --> 00:15:28.720 among the things 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:29.940 the consequences 00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:30.680 that happened 00:15:30.680 --> 00:15:31.379 to that 00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:32.280 there were two 00:15:32.280 --> 00:15:33.240 major 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:34.300 repercussions 00:15:34.300 --> 00:15:35.580 of our 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:36.379 disobedience. 00:15:37.280 --> 00:15:38.120 And the first 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:39.100 was that 00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:39.799 the glory 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:40.419 that man 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:40.879 knew 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:42.659 initially 00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:44.080 being created 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:45.820 in the image 00:15:45.820 --> 00:15:46.560 of God 00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:49.820 was now 00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:50.659 brought down 00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.560 to shame. 00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:52.779 What was the first 00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.500 thing that Adam 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.139 and Eve did? 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.060 They ate 00:15:55.060 --> 00:15:55.639 of the apple. 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.700 They looked 00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:57.379 at each other. 00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.100 They saw 00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:58.799 that they were 00:15:58.799 --> 00:15:59.480 naked 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:01.539 and they started 00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:02.519 covering up 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:04.460 in their shame. 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.620 They lost 00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.879 this sense 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:09.259 of glory 00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:10.259 that they 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:11.159 were created 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.379 to know 00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:13.639 to experience 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:14.820 to own 00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:15.559 and it was 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:16.320 gone. 00:16:18.539 --> 00:16:19.500 And we've been 00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:20.419 living in hiding 00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:22.039 in shame 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:24.120 ever since. 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:25.960 And you know 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:26.500 this shame. 00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:28.759 You live in hiding. 00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:30.700 I live in hiding. 00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:32.399 I'm going to tell you 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:33.539 something about myself 00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:34.379 that I'm going 00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:35.360 to pay for 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:37.800 after this 00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:38.960 but I do 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:39.639 not dance. 00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:42.800 It's not 00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.820 because I can't. 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:44.879 It's not 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.500 because I don't 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:45.980 have rhythm. 00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.180 Oh I do. 00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:52.259 It's just 00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:52.840 dancing 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:54.240 is this 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:56.139 self-expressive 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.700 thing 00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:58.860 that you do 00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.200 out there 00:16:59.200 --> 00:16:59.680 in front of 00:16:59.680 --> 00:17:00.100 people 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:01.740 that terrifies 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.019 me. 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:04.259 The people 00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:04.500 are going 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:04.980 to watch 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:05.160 me. 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:05.420 They're going 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.880 to see 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.140 me. 00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:06.880 See what 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.680 I do. 00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:09.839 And then 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:10.220 I'm going 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.500 to get 00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.279 their attention 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:14.140 and that's 00:17:14.140 --> 00:17:14.620 not where 00:17:14.620 --> 00:17:15.099 I want 00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:15.799 their attention. 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.359 I'm going 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:18.579 to do 00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:19.380 something dumb. 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.039 I'm going 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.319 to look 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:20.900 silly, 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:21.960 foolish, 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:23.140 and so 00:17:23.140 --> 00:17:24.220 I would 00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:24.880 just as soon 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:25.440 sit, 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:27.420 tap my toes, 00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:28.579 and enjoy 00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:29.059 the music. 00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:30.740 It's 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.159 safety. 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:33.659 Now, 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:35.279 why, 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.839 if I'm 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:38.480 so self-conscious 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.819 about how 00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.399 I am 00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:40.899 perceived, 00:17:41.179 --> 00:17:41.699 why would 00:17:41.699 --> 00:17:42.439 I stand 00:17:42.439 --> 00:17:42.879 in front 00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:43.319 of 400 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:43.879 people 00:17:43.879 --> 00:17:45.339 and talk 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:46.079 for over 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:46.500 half an 00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:46.759 hour? 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.000 That 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:50.220 is the 00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:51.500 worst nightmare 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.139 for many 00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:52.699 of you. 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:55.240 Because, 00:17:55.379 --> 00:17:55.439 see, 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:56.480 these situations 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:58.119 expose us. 00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:00.599 They expose 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:01.519 us in ways 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.500 where we're 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:02.960 not, 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.199 we don't 00:18:04.199 --> 00:18:04.980 feel safe. 00:18:06.179 --> 00:18:06.939 We don't 00:18:06.939 --> 00:18:07.859 want that 00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:08.299 kind of 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.740 exposure. 00:18:08.899 --> 00:18:09.179 There is 00:18:09.179 --> 00:18:10.419 shame that 00:18:10.419 --> 00:18:11.179 is driving 00:18:11.179 --> 00:18:12.079 and controlling 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.679 so much 00:18:12.679 --> 00:18:13.059 of what we 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:13.359 do. 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.399 I stand 00:18:15.399 --> 00:18:15.759 up here 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.339 because this 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:16.759 is something 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:17.199 I feel 00:18:17.199 --> 00:18:18.139 confident in. 00:18:18.179 --> 00:18:18.480 In fact, 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:18.939 this is a 00:18:18.939 --> 00:18:19.259 way I 00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:20.399 hide my 00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:20.819 shame. 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:23.639 But, 00:18:23.679 --> 00:18:23.779 see, 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:24.179 some of 00:18:24.179 --> 00:18:24.399 us, 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.259 we know 00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:25.720 that shame 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.079 in a lot 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:26.399 of different 00:18:26.399 --> 00:18:26.659 ways. 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.039 Some of 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:27.319 you would 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:27.819 never leave 00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:28.220 the house 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:28.519 if you 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:28.660 were 00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:28.920 dressed 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:29.259 out of 00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:29.600 style. 00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:32.100 I mean, 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.539 some of 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.220 you are 00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:34.100 terrified 00:18:34.100 --> 00:18:35.660 just by, 00:18:37.100 --> 00:18:37.779 again, 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.799 speaking in 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.259 public, 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:41.600 some of 00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.000 us use 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:42.720 humor in 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.420 our words, 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:43.819 again, 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.640 to cloak 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:45.059 and to 00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:46.579 hide from 00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.240 other people 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:47.740 so that it 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.140 won't get 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:48.799 close. 00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.620 We are 00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:50.440 all hiding 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:51.120 from shame 00:18:51.120 --> 00:18:51.860 because we 00:18:51.860 --> 00:18:54.400 know that 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:54.680 there's 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.059 something 00:18:55.059 --> 00:18:55.559 deeply 00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:56.059 flawed. 00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.899 We are 00:18:58.899 --> 00:18:59.279 not 00:18:59.279 --> 00:18:59.740 right. 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.099 And I 00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.440 don't want 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:03.700 you to 00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.079 see it. 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:07.919 I've 00:19:07.919 --> 00:19:08.259 lost the 00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:08.619 glory. 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:10.859 But there's 00:19:10.859 --> 00:19:11.579 something else 00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:12.200 that we've, 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.379 consequence of 00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:13.819 that first 00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.200 obedience. 00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:16.359 The second 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:16.899 impact 00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:18.639 was 00:19:18.639 --> 00:19:19.779 that I 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.179 couldn't 00:19:20.179 --> 00:19:20.919 know the 00:19:20.919 --> 00:19:21.359 real 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:22.619 glory. 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:22.739 sin. 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:25.039 And that 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.500 isn't from 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:25.859 the face 00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.379 of God. 00:19:27.399 --> 00:19:28.199 Because one 00:19:28.199 --> 00:19:28.559 of the first 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.219 consequences 00:19:29.219 --> 00:19:30.439 of that 00:19:30.439 --> 00:19:31.439 sin is 00:19:31.439 --> 00:19:32.039 that Adam 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:32.579 and Eve 00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:33.479 were driven 00:19:33.479 --> 00:19:34.579 out 00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:36.000 away. 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:39.379 They were 00:19:39.379 --> 00:19:40.159 separated, 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.639 in some 00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:41.019 ways 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:42.319 excommunicated, 00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.559 where they 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.379 were created 00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:45.059 to know 00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:46.000 God deeply 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.959 and intimately 00:19:46.959 --> 00:19:48.119 and personally. 00:19:48.899 --> 00:19:49.719 There is 00:19:49.719 --> 00:19:50.239 now this 00:19:50.239 --> 00:19:50.979 chasm 00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:52.480 between 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.180 them 00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:54.360 and him 00:19:54.360 --> 00:19:55.039 that they 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.620 cannot 00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:57.059 overcome. 00:19:58.140 --> 00:19:58.599 And we 00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:59.420 were made 00:19:59.420 --> 00:20:00.740 for this. 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.180 There was 00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.720 this 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.860 relationship 00:20:03.860 --> 00:20:05.099 and it's 00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:05.660 something we 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.700 were constantly 00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.720 forever longing 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:09.000 to restore. 00:20:12.120 --> 00:20:13.400 We want 00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:14.039 to know 00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.740 glory. 00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.960 Glory is 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.599 something that's 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.180 remarkably 00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:18.860 beautiful. 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.480 It's something 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.000 we're so 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:21.000 attracted to. 00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.460 It's something 00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.200 we so much 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.579 want. 00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:23.319 It's like 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:23.740 when you 00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.539 see this 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.700 glorious sunset 00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.120 out there. 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.599 You cannot 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.120 take your 00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:27.700 eyes off 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.019 of it. 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.220 It just 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.900 draws you 00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:31.000 in to 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:32.140 stare and 00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.720 to linger 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:34.819 because it's 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.640 just beautiful. 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.319 And we 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:39.319 long for it, 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:40.099 attracted to 00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:40.460 beauty. 00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.259 We are 00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:42.200 drawn towards 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:42.779 beauty. 00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.420 But the 00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.980 ultimate 00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:45.920 beauty in 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:47.640 all of 00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:48.279 the world 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.140 is now 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:50.300 off limits 00:20:50.300 --> 00:20:54.279 because of 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.820 our own 00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:55.800 sin. 00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.160 But this 00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.519 is where the 00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.200 gospel comes 00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.440 in. 00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.240 The 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.759 gospel 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.860 restores 00:21:04.860 --> 00:21:06.500 glory. 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.619 thing. 00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:11.359 The gospel 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:12.039 covers 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:13.019 my 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:14.240 shame. 00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.240 Yes, 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.779 in and of 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.200 myself, 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.519 there's 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:17.859 something 00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.319 deeply 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.859 flawed, 00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.740 but I 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.299 am now 00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:21.220 clothed 00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.640 with 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.420 beauty, 00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.480 the 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.059 righteousness 00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:25.160 of Christ, 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:26.079 with Christ 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.859 himself. 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:28.500 And the 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.259 one who 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.960 is the 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.799 most beautiful 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.519 and glorious 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.539 looks at 00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.099 me and 00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.680 sees it 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:35.860 all and 00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.539 does this. 00:21:38.060 --> 00:21:38.960 That's my 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.360 boy. 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.500 The 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.100 creator 00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:45.100 declares 00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:46.220 me 00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:48.080 beautiful. 00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:50.980 And 00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.420 then 00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:52.740 the 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.400 creator 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:55.039 invites 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.460 me 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.580 in. 00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.820 Invites 00:21:59.820 --> 00:22:00.299 me to 00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:01.039 himself 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:03.539 to 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.480 where I 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.899 can now 00:22:05.899 --> 00:22:07.299 see 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.039 and 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.799 behold 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.180 the face 00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:11.440 of glory. 00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:17.579 I love 00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.339 these verses 00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:18.960 from the 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.480 previous 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.980 chapter up 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.259 in the 00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.740 end of 00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.960 chapter 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.480 three 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:26.299 where he 00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.799 says, 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:27.759 and we 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.279 all 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.240 with 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.940 unveiled 00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.759 face 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:32.720 beholding 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.319 the 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.960 glory 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.779 of the 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.220 Lord. 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.319 That's 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.900 the 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.379 gospel. 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.319 That's 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.660 what 00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.160 Christ 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.359 has 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.619 come 00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.119 to do 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.519 to 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.339 restore 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:46.740 glory. 00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.579 And 00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.140 that is 00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:51.059 good news. 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.660 So 00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:52.920 much 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.240 better 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.879 news 00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.940 than 00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.259 what we 00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.759 so often 00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.059 hear. 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.179 glory. 00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:00.379 But 00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:00.740 now we 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.500 come to 00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:03.000 really 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.220 the 00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.639 vessels 00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:04.039 of 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.440 glory. 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.759 And 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.179 this is 00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:06.559 where 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.299 Paul 00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.859 begins 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.359 to get 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.000 a little 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.539 bit 00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.879 dicey. 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.819 And 00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.139 this is 00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:13.619 the part 00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.059 that we 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.379 really 00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:14.919 wish he 00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.159 wouldn't 00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:15.480 have put 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:15.879 in here. 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.799 Because 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.419 how does 00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:20.059 God show 00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.799 his glory 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:22.079 to the 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:22.480 rest of 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:22.579 the 00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:22.919 world? 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:25.259 well 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.600 I mean 00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.060 that is 00:23:26.060 --> 00:23:26.240 his 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.759 intent. 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.300 His 00:23:27.300 --> 00:23:27.800 intent 00:23:27.800 --> 00:23:28.700 is to 00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.060 he has 00:23:29.060 --> 00:23:29.460 shown 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.300 in us 00:23:30.300 --> 00:23:30.980 the 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.539 light 00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:31.880 of the 00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.480 glory 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:34.240 of 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.860 himself 00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.400 you know 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.640 in the 00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.080 face of 00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:36.519 Christ 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.840 and we 00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.400 reflect 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.740 that 00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.340 glory. 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.660 But 00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:40.920 what 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.279 now is 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.460 the 00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.080 means 00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.660 of 00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.980 of him 00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.600 projecting 00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:44.880 that 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.160 glory 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.420 to the 00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:45.880 world? 00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:48.960 Well 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.460 he does 00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.700 it 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.100 very 00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.720 differently 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.940 than 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.080 we 00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.320 do. 00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:54.220 You 00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.320 know 00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:55.000 on 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.279 August 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.039 20th 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.640 the 00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:57.900 people 00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.100 of 00:23:58.100 --> 00:23:58.500 Hungary 00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.180 are 00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.400 going 00:23:59.400 --> 00:23:59.660 to 00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.180 celebrate 00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.900 one 00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.060 of 00:24:01.060 --> 00:24:01.220 their 00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.039 great 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:03.000 national 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.560 holidays. 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:03.840 It's 00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.140 kind of 00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.400 like 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.660 our 00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:04.940 fourth 00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.080 of 00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:05.480 July 00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.240 but 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.420 it's 00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.680 called 00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.120 St. 00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.960 Stephen's 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.500 Day. 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.900 And 00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.120 what 00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:11.340 they 00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:12.039 do 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.680 is 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.000 kind 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.100 of 00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.220 the 00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.500 high 00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.960 point 00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.240 of 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.519 St. 00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.100 Stephen's 00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:15.240 Day. 00:24:15.300 --> 00:24:15.380 They 00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.519 have 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.680 this 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:15.900 big 00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.440 parade 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.640 and 00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.600 procession 00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.539 through 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.060 the 00:24:19.060 --> 00:24:19.320 streets 00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:19.500 of 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.080 Budapest 00:24:20.080 --> 00:24:21.140 from 00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:22.279 Ishwan's 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.819 Cathedral. 00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:23.619 I don't 00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:23.980 remember if 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.279 it goes 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.759 from there 00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.359 to there 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:26.660 but what 00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.240 they do 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.899 they bring 00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.460 out their 00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.339 most holy 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.319 of relics 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:32.940 and parade 00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.279 it through 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:34.220 the streets 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.700 and that 00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.279 relic 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.980 is a 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.399 hand. 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:41.200 It is 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:42.500 supposedly 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.859 St. 00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:44.700 Stephen's 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.759 right hand. 00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:47.339 How they 00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.379 know it's 00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.879 his right hand 00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.579 I'm not sure 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:51.319 but it's 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.460 just 00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:51.740 it's a 00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.139 hand. 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.559 It's 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:54.899 in this 00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:55.619 beautiful 00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.319 box 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.159 that it's 00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:58.039 golden 00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.539 it's got 00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.199 glass 00:24:59.199 --> 00:24:59.899 sides 00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.240 there's 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.139 really 00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:01.639 gorgeous 00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:01.939 red 00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:02.460 velvet 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.039 inside 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.000 and it's 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.480 a really 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.759 really 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.399 beautiful 00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:06.220 box 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:07.099 and it's 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.339 a good 00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:07.599 thing 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:07.839 because 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.179 that 00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.699 hand 00:25:08.699 --> 00:25:10.240 is over 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.659 a thousand 00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.480 years old 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.939 and it's 00:25:12.939 --> 00:25:13.399 not looking 00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:13.740 good. 00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.359 It's just 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:15.639 kind of 00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.319 curled up 00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.740 you know 00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:18.319 like this 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:20.679 but that 00:25:20.679 --> 00:25:20.960 is the 00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.359 hand of 00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:21.700 their very 00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.740 first king 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:24.220 you know 00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.960 a saint 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.439 now 00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:26.319 to the 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.579 people 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.039 of Hungary 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:28.679 and so 00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.159 they parade 00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:29.579 this through 00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:29.980 but it's 00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.319 got to 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:30.679 have this 00:25:30.679 --> 00:25:31.319 beautiful 00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.899 box 00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:34.079 and so 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.720 really the 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.359 beauty of 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:36.159 this relic 00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:37.079 they had 00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.740 to create 00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.619 and put 00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.720 around it 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:41.439 to take 00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:42.000 something that 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.399 really was 00:25:42.399 --> 00:25:42.980 pretty ugly 00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:45.539 to make 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.740 it 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.899 beautiful. 00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:49.140 well 00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:50.620 that's 00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:50.920 kind of 00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.100 the way 00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.440 we do 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.660 it. 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.140 That's 00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.780 the way 00:25:53.780 --> 00:25:54.360 we work. 00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.380 We are 00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:57.580 very cognizant 00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.700 of the 00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.100 fact 00:25:59.100 --> 00:26:00.280 that 00:26:00.280 --> 00:26:00.820 when we 00:26:00.820 --> 00:26:01.140 look in 00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.519 the mirror 00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.900 we don't 00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.660 see beauty. 00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.480 You know 00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.740 we look 00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:05.980 in our 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.380 hearts 00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:06.860 we don't 00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:07.240 see 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.040 beauty. 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.320 It's 00:26:09.320 --> 00:26:09.800 that whole 00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:10.280 shame 00:26:10.280 --> 00:26:10.740 thing 00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.540 again. 00:26:12.040 --> 00:26:12.340 It's 00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:12.560 our 00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:13.519 brokenness. 00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.280 So 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.700 we are 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.720 very hard 00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.519 in the 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.099 work of 00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.819 beautification. 00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.440 And we 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.079 do that 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.859 through 00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.759 exercise 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.000 through 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.720 fashion 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.759 through 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.779 makeup 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.740 through 00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.660 performance 00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.460 through 00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.579 all these 00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.420 other things 00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.759 that we 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.299 do 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.639 to decorate 00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:36.740 to make 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.319 what we 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.799 see as 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.379 ugly 00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:39.660 into 00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.099 something 00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.440 that's 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.839 quite 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.319 attractive 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.619 that's 00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.259 glorious. 00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.480 glorious. 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.160 But 00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.720 this is 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:49.180 you know 00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:49.440 it's just 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.039 like God 00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:51.900 he does 00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.420 things just 00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.099 the opposite 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:54.220 of the way 00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.519 we do 00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:54.779 it. 00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.859 His 00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:59.099 way 00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:01.839 is 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:03.160 first 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:05.259 his glory 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.579 is beautiful 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.200 in itself. 00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.500 And so 00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.879 it doesn't 00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.460 need a 00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.799 beautiful 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.379 box. 00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:15.220 it needs 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.599 the box 00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:15.920 to get 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.160 out of 00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.619 the way. 00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.220 And so 00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.559 that's 00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:20.940 exactly 00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.299 what he 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.740 does. 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.599 He 00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:24.759 says 00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.559 basically 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.519 we need 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.039 to remove 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.559 your 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.460 pitiful 00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.079 attempts 00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.799 at glory 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:32.480 so that 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.220 my glory 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:35.319 is on 00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.859 display 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.420 alone. 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:39.880 this is 00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.100 what he 00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.539 says in 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.060 verse 7 00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:42.560 of our 00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:42.920 chapter 00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.160 he says 00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.560 but we 00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:44.000 have 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.279 this 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.759 treasure 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:46.820 in 00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:47.100 jars 00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:47.600 of clay. 00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:50.240 Why? 00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.220 To 00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.820 show 00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:54.539 that the 00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.200 surpassing 00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.100 power 00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:57.140 belongs 00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:58.380 to God 00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:00.120 and not 00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.519 to us. 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:02.960 Life 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.160 is not 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:05.800 about me. 00:28:07.300 --> 00:28:08.220 And it's 00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.680 not about 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.000 you. 00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.480 Ministry 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.360 is not 00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:11.960 about me. 00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.740 It is 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.500 not about 00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.880 you. 00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:16.000 It is 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.460 about 00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:18.180 the gospel 00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:19.860 and the 00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.820 gospel in 00:28:20.820 --> 00:28:21.080 and of 00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:21.960 itself is 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.580 glorious. 00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:22.839 glorious. 00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:28.279 And I 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.539 have been 00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:28.960 given the 00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.439 glory of 00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:30.740 God to 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.259 dwell in 00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:33.579 me in 00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:33.839 the way 00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.199 the world 00:28:34.199 --> 00:28:34.839 sees it 00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:37.240 is when 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.679 I become 00:28:38.679 --> 00:28:40.220 nothing. 00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:43.059 Just a 00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.460 common 00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.619 old 00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.639 clay 00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.679 jar. 00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:50.839 And that's 00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.159 what God 00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:51.559 does. 00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:54.099 He takes 00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.539 those of 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.799 us who 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.240 thinks 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.579 we're 00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.000 beautiful 00:28:57.000 --> 00:29:01.159 and 00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:01.679 replaces 00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:02.379 our 00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:02.899 pitiful 00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.359 attempts 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.899 at glory 00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:05.720 with the 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:05.899 real 00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.220 thing. 00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.099 Because 00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:12.619 the gospel 00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.599 of His 00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.379 glory is 00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.899 far better 00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.740 than ours. 00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.679 Which 00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.259 leads us 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.879 to the 00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.399 last point 00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:20.720 the whole 00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.539 pathway to 00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:21.879 glory. 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.539 glory is 00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:28.819 going to be 00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:33.419 a hard one. 00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.299 Because see, 00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:38.019 we like glory. 00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:38.679 We like our 00:29:38.679 --> 00:29:38.980 own. 00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:40.539 We are not 00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.539 convinced 00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:44.240 that we 00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.740 can come 00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:46.500 out and 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.480 be exposed 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.139 and be 00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.460 okay. 00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.420 glory is 00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.460 today. 00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:53.579 But God 00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.079 says, 00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:54.660 no, 00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:58.000 it's 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.600 my glory. 00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.200 And so 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.519 what He 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.000 does 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.680 is 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:05.079 He gives 00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.559 us 00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.340 over 00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:07.840 to death. 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:10.559 Paul 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.000 says in 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.480 verse 11, 00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.579 these are 00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:13.959 some pretty 00:30:13.959 --> 00:30:14.500 sobering 00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.959 words. 00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:16.579 So we 00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.000 who live 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.819 are always 00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.439 being given 00:30:18.439 --> 00:30:19.000 over to 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.939 death for 00:30:19.939 --> 00:30:20.299 Jesus' 00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.699 sake, 00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.179 so that 00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.639 the life 00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.159 of Jesus 00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:23.000 may also 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.919 be manifested 00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.519 in our 00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.399 mortal flesh. 00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.400 God's 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:28.360 not the 00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.019 most encouraging 00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.480 words. 00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.060 But this is 00:30:33.060 --> 00:30:33.960 God's process. 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.519 That we 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:35.940 would be 00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.420 given over 00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.860 to death. 00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.340 That we, 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.400 our glory, 00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.340 our significance, 00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:41.820 our position 00:30:41.820 --> 00:30:42.560 of being front 00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:43.120 and center 00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:45.080 dies. 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:47.740 so that 00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:49.879 the real 00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.599 glory of 00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.279 the Savior 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:53.159 might be 00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:53.500 put on 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.960 display. 00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.859 Look also 00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.740 at verse 17. 00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.859 He speaks 00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.819 of this 00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.859 momentary 00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.539 slight 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.759 affliction. 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.359 We need 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.740 to put that 00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.460 in context. 00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:07.000 Because 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.859 the way 00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:08.599 He talks 00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.000 about 00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.939 momentary 00:31:09.939 --> 00:31:10.240 slight 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:11.059 affliction 00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:12.179 is not 00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:12.519 the way 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.179 I talk 00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:13.740 about it. 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.880 If you 00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.420 move on 00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.819 over to 00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.819 chapter 6 00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:18.019 He begins 00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.539 to list 00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.140 out 00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:20.680 what 00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.660 He means. 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.680 He talks 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.079 about this 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.559 momentary 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:23.819 light 00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.299 affliction. 00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.120 Well, 00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.180 He says 00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:27.019 in verse 6 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:28.500 this includes 00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.440 being lost 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.039 at sea. 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.079 It includes 00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.960 being beaten 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.559 multiple times. 00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.299 It includes 00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.460 being imprisoned. 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.500 It includes 00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.920 being starved 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:40.099 and on 00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.920 and on 00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.700 and on 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.120 and He 00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:42.980 experienced 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.799 that 00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.440 for His 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.000 whole 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.279 life. 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.400 So much 00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:50.200 for momentary 00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:53.000 or slight. 00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.720 This was 00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.380 the course. 00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.940 The 00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.259 hardship 00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.920 and suffering 00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.640 that Paul 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.200 mentions. 00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:08.180 His 00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.720 suffering 00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.279 was 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.860 experienced 00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.279 because 00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.519 of His 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:13.140 taking the 00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.840 gospel to 00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:14.380 places. 00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:16.140 But it 00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.860 might also 00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.360 be the 00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.740 suffering 00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.380 that we 00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.160 experience 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.819 just in 00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.799 normal life 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:22.640 that God 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.559 might use 00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.259 disease, 00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:24.600 it might 00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:25.480 use injury, 00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.080 He might 00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.580 use 00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:27.400 just 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.340 experiences 00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:29.539 to bring 00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.880 us down 00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.440 and get 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.340 us out 00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.799 of the 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.459 way 00:32:33.459 --> 00:32:36.339 so that 00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.119 His glory 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:38.319 would be 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.679 put on 00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.299 display. 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.599 His 00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.119 suffering 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:48.659 works 00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.899 in this 00:32:49.899 --> 00:32:50.220 way. 00:32:51.959 --> 00:32:52.299 And that 00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.980 suffering can 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.500 come from 00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.059 two different 00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.959 sources. 00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.399 One, 00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.019 it does 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.699 come to us 00:32:56.699 --> 00:32:57.579 involuntarily. 00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.919 It comes 00:32:58.919 --> 00:32:59.459 from just 00:32:59.459 --> 00:33:00.079 living our 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.519 lives in 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.960 this broken 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.359 world, 00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.039 but it 00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.879 does come 00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.859 when we 00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:05.059 choose 00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.799 Christ 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:08.799 above all 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.480 things, 00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.579 and we 00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.519 experience 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.859 the payment 00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.819 then that we 00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.399 have to pay 00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:14.980 because of 00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.179 that. 00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:16.059 If I'm at 00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:17.119 school and 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.319 there are 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.980 other kids 00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.039 and I am 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.759 encouraged 00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:21.159 to engage 00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:21.879 in, 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.500 let's just 00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.699 say, 00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.939 sexual activity 00:33:23.939 --> 00:33:24.980 or other 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.500 things, 00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.439 and I say 00:33:26.439 --> 00:33:27.159 no, 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.059 that is 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.379 going to 00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.080 bring on 00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.560 me a 00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:31.360 heap of 00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.980 pain 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:33.800 and 00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:34.480 ridicule. 00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.940 If I 00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.340 am in 00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:37.960 an employment 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.500 and I am 00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.960 asked to 00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.560 do something 00:33:39.560 --> 00:33:40.220 contrary 00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.760 to the 00:33:41.760 --> 00:33:42.520 standards by 00:33:42.520 --> 00:33:43.000 which the 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.780 kingdom calls 00:33:43.780 --> 00:33:44.120 me to 00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:44.440 live, 00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.520 I might 00:33:45.520 --> 00:33:46.060 lose my 00:33:46.060 --> 00:33:46.620 job. 00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.300 If I 00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:50.800 go talk 00:33:50.800 --> 00:33:51.180 to my 00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.500 neighbors 00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.000 and tell 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.640 them I 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.740 love Jesus 00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.160 and they 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.480 need to 00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.760 love him 00:33:54.760 --> 00:33:55.040 too, 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.700 that may 00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:55.920 be the 00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.480 last party 00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.960 I'm ever 00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.340 invited 00:33:57.340 --> 00:33:57.700 to. 00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:01.320 Some 00:34:01.320 --> 00:34:01.800 parts of 00:34:01.800 --> 00:34:02.260 the world 00:34:02.260 --> 00:34:03.500 we start 00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.060 talking about 00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.640 Jesus and 00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:04.920 you lose 00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.460 your head, 00:34:06.520 --> 00:34:06.940 literally. 00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.200 You lose 00:34:09.200 --> 00:34:09.760 your family. 00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.860 You become 00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.700 an outcast. 00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.000 And so 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.780 part of it 00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.720 is that we 00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:17.039 choose to 00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.599 stand with 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.200 Christ in 00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.599 the kingdom 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:20.539 but we're 00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.760 going to 00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.240 pay for 00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.640 that. 00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.619 Some of 00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:27.480 it might 00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.260 be voluntary. 00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:31.960 we proclaim 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.440 the glory 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.059 of God 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:36.000 not just 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.460 when we 00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.300 accept 00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:38.400 the hardship 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:40.599 for standing 00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:40.900 with him, 00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.640 we proclaim 00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.160 the glory 00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:43.460 of God 00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.280 when we 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.940 voluntarily 00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.780 choose 00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.640 to 00:34:46.640 --> 00:34:47.400 enter 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.880 into 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:49.000 a harder 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.240 life 00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:51.619 because 00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:53.119 the kingdom 00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.920 is so 00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.599 valuable to 00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:54.960 us. 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:56.860 that I 00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.079 would 00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.800 choose to 00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.119 live at 00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.440 a lower 00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.920 standard 00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.460 of living, 00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.360 that I 00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:00.980 would choose 00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.579 to live 00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:01.960 in a 00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.480 place 00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.039 that's 00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.900 not easy, 00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.420 that I 00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.119 would choose 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.539 to live 00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.159 maybe in a 00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.539 neighborhood 00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.220 that is 00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:07.460 even 00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.240 dangerous, 00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.039 that I 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.260 would, 00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:09.960 I mean I 00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.179 know 00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.880 missionaries 00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.800 who move 00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.559 their families 00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.320 into a 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.740 city that 00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:14.139 was so 00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.639 polluted 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.539 you fly 00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.099 into a 00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.559 cloud 00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.639 50 miles 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.220 out, 00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.679 this thick 00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.599 red cloud 00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.500 and they 00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:21.860 took their 00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.179 children 00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.579 there 00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:26.960 because 00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.639 they 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:28.980 thought 00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.819 the 00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:30.119 kingdom 00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.360 was 00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:31.759 rivet. 00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:35.339 So the 00:35:35.339 --> 00:35:35.739 suffering, 00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.279 the hardship 00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:37.000 can come 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:38.360 either way 00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.299 but why 00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:40.239 is 00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:41.159 suffering, 00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.860 why is 00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.420 hardship 00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.880 so 00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.599 integral, 00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.139 so 00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:45.039 important 00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:46.599 and I 00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:46.880 say 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.799 essential 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:50.280 for the 00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:50.900 proclamation 00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.860 of God's 00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.360 glory. 00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:56.400 It's 00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.760 this, 00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:59.360 when I 00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.060 choose 00:36:00.060 --> 00:36:01.940 to endure 00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.580 pain 00:36:02.580 --> 00:36:04.539 or hardship 00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:06.360 or deprivation 00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:08.700 or loss 00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:10.539 because 00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:12.420 I think 00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:13.820 Christ 00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.539 is more 00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.240 valuable 00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.840 than what 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.180 I would 00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:16.740 gain 00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.620 otherwise. 00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:19.720 I 00:36:19.720 --> 00:36:20.440 proclaim 00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:22.060 that 00:36:22.060 --> 00:36:22.800 Christ 00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.860 is my 00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.120 ultimate 00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:24.560 worth. 00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.920 I 00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.519 proclaim 00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.860 His 00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.740 ultimate 00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:33.100 value 00:36:33.100 --> 00:36:36.480 and 00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.060 that 00:36:37.060 --> 00:36:38.740 proclaims 00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:39.440 His 00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.880 glory. 00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.680 When I 00:36:41.680 --> 00:36:42.680 choose 00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:44.000 to do 00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.580 without, 00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.120 when I 00:36:46.120 --> 00:36:46.920 choose 00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.680 to give 00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:48.159 up 00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:49.139 what I 00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.579 could 00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.260 have 00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:53.320 because 00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:53.800 the 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.180 kingdom 00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:55.400 of Christ 00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.220 is a 00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:56.400 more 00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.099 valuable 00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.780 to me, 00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.400 I 00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.139 proclaim 00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:02.360 boldly 00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:03.480 the value, 00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.780 the glory 00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.840 of that 00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.200 kingdom. 00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.339 kingdom. 00:37:11.339 --> 00:37:11.939 And I 00:37:11.939 --> 00:37:12.439 think Paul 00:37:12.439 --> 00:37:13.099 would say 00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:15.819 that's 00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:16.099 the only 00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.539 way. 00:37:18.939 --> 00:37:19.739 The way 00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.019 of the 00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.339 kingdom, 00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.539 the way 00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.359 of glory, 00:37:22.919 --> 00:37:23.659 the way 00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.639 of following 00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.339 Christ 00:37:25.339 --> 00:37:27.039 is going 00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.539 to 00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:30.359 take us 00:37:30.359 --> 00:37:30.960 through 00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.859 hard 00:37:31.859 --> 00:37:33.119 places. 00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.239 Jesus. 00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.819 So how 00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:38.099 can we 00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.519 go there? 00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.579 How can 00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.460 we not 00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.319 lose 00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:42.059 heart? 00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.859 It is 00:37:46.859 --> 00:37:47.559 because, 00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:48.719 again, 00:37:48.839 --> 00:37:49.339 of what 00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:49.880 He has 00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.279 said 00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:51.199 here. 00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.799 It is 00:37:51.799 --> 00:37:52.440 because 00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.480 we know 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:55.400 that there's 00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.960 a resurrection 00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.480 from the 00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:56.779 dead. 00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.839 It is 00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:59.599 because we 00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:00.799 have tasted 00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:02.340 His grace 00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:03.080 and goodness. 00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:03.660 It is 00:38:03.660 --> 00:38:04.600 because we 00:38:04.600 --> 00:38:05.320 have seen 00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:06.720 His death 00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:08.700 that He 00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:09.160 would pay 00:38:09.160 --> 00:38:09.760 the ultimate 00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.580 price for 00:38:10.580 --> 00:38:11.140 us. 00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.560 That we 00:38:14.560 --> 00:38:15.420 have seen 00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:16.420 and tasted 00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.980 the kingdom. 00:38:22.660 --> 00:38:23.539 And when 00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:23.860 we've 00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.560 tasted it, 00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:28.280 nothing 00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.800 else 00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:30.440 can compare. 00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:33.840 because we 00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.340 have found 00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:35.039 the ultimate. 00:38:36.240 --> 00:38:37.180 The ultimate 00:38:37.180 --> 00:38:37.740 love, 00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.620 the ultimate 00:38:39.620 --> 00:38:40.160 beauty, 00:38:41.600 --> 00:38:42.240 the ultimate 00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:43.760 glory. 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:48.039 And whatever 00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.920 it costs 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:51.440 to gain 00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:51.980 that 00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:54.100 is no 00:38:54.100 --> 00:38:54.580 sacrifice. 00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:57.019 It's a 00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.320 joy. 00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:57.440 It's a 00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:57.460 joy. 00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:58.460 joy. 00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.340 It's a 00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.460 joy. 00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.220 It's a 00:39:00.220 --> 00:39:00.460 joy. 00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:00.940 It's a 00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.039 joy. 00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.460 Because to 00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.980 give up 00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:03.179 this which 00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.639 I cannot 00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:04.119 keep, 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:07.800 to gain 00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.679 something so 00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.380 glorious 00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:10.480 that I 00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.820 could never 00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.240 lose. 00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.059 Duh. 00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.659 What choice 00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.139 is that? 00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.220 What choice 00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:21.240 is that? 00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:25.199 don't lose 00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.619 heart. 00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.219 Come, 00:39:29.479 --> 00:39:30.219 let us 00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:31.039 come 00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:32.879 to Christ 00:39:32.879 --> 00:39:35.099 who is the 00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.679 ultimate of 00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:36.059 light, 00:39:36.459 --> 00:39:37.079 ultimate in 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.399 beauty, 00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.539 ultimate of 00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.059 value, 00:39:39.899 --> 00:39:40.599 the ultimate 00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.359 in glory. 00:39:42.419 --> 00:39:42.939 Let us 00:39:42.939 --> 00:39:44.099 run to 00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:45.179 Christ 00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:46.859 in His 00:39:46.859 --> 00:39:47.459 grace. 00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:49.840 let us 00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.280 run to 00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.699 the one 00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:52.000 who has 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.840 bought us 00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:55.099 and has 00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.679 made us 00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:56.240 His own 00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:56.699 and has 00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:57.480 given us 00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:58.340 His 00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:59.679 glory. 00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:02.340 It's 00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:02.720 worth 00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:04.039 every 00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:05.199 cent. 00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:06.000 It'll 00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.500 cost you. 00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:10.079 Let's 00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.320 pray. 00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:12.740 Father, 00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:14.059 grant us 00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.400 grace 00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:16.659 to see 00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:20.279 all we 00:40:20.279 --> 00:40:20.480 see 00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.059 sometimes 00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:21.719 we're 00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:21.940 very 00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.259 short 00:40:22.259 --> 00:40:22.739 sighted 00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:25.000 and all 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.399 we see 00:40:25.399 --> 00:40:26.339 is what's 00:40:26.339 --> 00:40:26.699 here in 00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:27.000 front of 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.399 us. 00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.619 Would 00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:30.879 you give 00:40:30.879 --> 00:40:31.339 us eyes 00:40:31.339 --> 00:40:31.859 to see 00:40:31.859 --> 00:40:32.539 Your glory? 00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:33.819 Would 00:40:33.819 --> 00:40:34.059 you give 00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.519 us eyes 00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:34.859 to see 00:40:34.859 --> 00:40:35.440 the realities 00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:35.879 of this 00:40:35.879 --> 00:40:36.279 world? 00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:37.420 Give 00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.940 us eyes 00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.539 to see 00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.739 clearly 00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:43.359 so that 00:40:43.359 --> 00:40:45.359 we would 00:40:45.359 --> 00:40:45.759 invest 00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.359 ourselves 00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:47.539 in that 00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.039 which is 00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.420 worthy. 00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.539 Encourage 00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.099 us 00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.880 that we 00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.260 would not 00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:54.500 lose 00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:54.900 heart 00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:56.300 though the 00:40:56.300 --> 00:40:56.559 journey 00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.500 seems long 00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.200 and the 00:40:58.200 --> 00:40:58.660 cost 00:40:58.660 --> 00:40:59.140 heavy. 00:41:01.140 --> 00:41:01.980 Give us 00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.579 eyes to 00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:03.079 see the 00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:03.760 goal of 00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:04.400 the prize 00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.860 of the 00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.140 upward 00:41:05.140 --> 00:41:05.620 call of 00:41:05.620 --> 00:41:05.900 God 00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:06.099 in 00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.460 Christ. 00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.539 Give 00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:09.980 us eyes 00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.500 to see 00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.840 the glory 00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.599 that is 00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.039 found in 00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.620 His face 00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:16.159 in the 00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:16.539 hope that 00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:17.000 one day 00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.639 we will 00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:18.179 stand there 00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:18.579 and see 00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:18.819 it. 00:41:20.259 --> 00:41:21.039 We pray 00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.339 in His 00:41:21.339 --> 00:41:21.619 name. 00:41:22.299 --> 00:41:22.519 Amen. 00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:22.599 Amen. 00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:27.139 For more 00:41:27.139 --> 00:41:27.659 information, 00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.460 visit us 00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:29.359 online at 00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:30.260 southwood.org.