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 Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Wow. We've had a big few weeks. We had baptisms last week, which was super, super fun. And then, of course, Darren and Ziwe yesterday. We're going to jump straight in and carry on with one Thessalonians. We have some guests here. Darren, Ziwe, your family. Welcome. It was just so good to be able to celebrate with you guys. You must be so, so proud. So just really glad that you're here. And maybe just for your sake and anyone else who isn't usually part of our gathering. We've been going through the book of Thessalonians.

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 This church that Paul is writing to, maybe he started two years ago. And then he started this church and then he got run out of town. And so he writes this letter two years in to probably a group of around this size. And he just loves this church. And he's saying, I'm so proud of you. I was so worried when I left. But now I'm hearing such good things. So you guys are the model church. I'm hearing about your work of faith, your labor of love and your steadfastness of hope is what he's saying. And he's saying everyone else is hearing about it too.

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 And the question that I asked us a few weeks ago was, well, who are you modeling your life after? Or rather, if someone was to model their life after you, Trevor, would they start to look more like Christ?

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 And that was a convicting message. Because if someone followed me around and lived the way that I lived and read this book the way that I read and prayed to him the way that I prayed, would they be more like Christ?

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 And I've still been modeling that question because I'm not entirely sure, but I hope they do.

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 And then he goes into chapter two and then he says, hey, you guys are doing so well, but I know.

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 And I'm hearing that there are some people who are talking some smack about me, who are trying to basically distract you and discourage you from this church.

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 And I just want to remind you, you know me. Don't listen to those things outside about what they're saying about me.

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 You know me. You know what I was like when I was with you and how I was working hard.

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 And it wasn't for my own selfish gain. So remember that.

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 And that week, do you remember when I got my accountability group up and we talked about what accountability means?

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 What being a leader, what are the dangers of being a leader?

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 And I had my guys come up and shared things about me to you because we need accountability.

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 That's what we needed. And then he goes, hey, so you are the model church.

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 You know my motives as a leader. And then he said, hey, you guys sat here.

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 You guys gathering in this kind of church. I know that it comes at a cost.

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 I know there are dangers or rather the moment people know that you are following this guy called Jesus or what they would have called that you are followers of the way.

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 They will mistreat you. They will leave you out of parties.

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 They will pull out of business deals because of who they know that you're identifying with.

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 And he says, stay in there. Hang in there.

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 And then last week, he starts to go into this different part, which is what Paul always does after he drops theological bombs.

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 He then says, this is how you will live.

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 Do you remember what I said? During that time in the Greco-Roman culture, the way they even perceived sex was different.

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 But the unlimited rights that a man had and how and I said, hey, imagine, imagine a man walks in here who was living by that kind of way.

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 And then he meets Jesus and then he sits and he goes, man, I've got to change the way that I live.

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 I can't go to the brothel anymore. I can't go to my mistress anymore.

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 I can't have all these things anymore. I've got to live in a different kind of way.

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 What does that look like?

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 And last week, we had the uncomfortable time of having your pastor talk to you about sex.

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 And then he continues into this week.

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 Because last week, we said, since the beginning of time, the chief end of humanity has been to seek pleasure, to do things that make you feel good.

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 But we start to realize that doesn't actually end up helping us feel good.

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 And we realize that actually we need to choose another way.

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 And that's where the catechism comes in and says, actually, the chief end of humanity should be to glorify God and to enjoy him forevermore.

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 And I encourage those all to actually have a higher view of sex.

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 Saying, actually, the topless bars and the pornography is actually not talking about sex enough.

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 The beauty of sex, what it's supposed to be for.

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 And Paul's taking them and going, hey, look, it is so much more than that.

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 You are made in the image of God.

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 Sex is for procreation and for pleasure.

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 Don't sell sex short, is what he says.

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 And then he moves on to the second part here.

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 And so if last week was about sex, this week is about something else.

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 It's actually about death.

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 Which is, again, not really my choice sermon to preach.

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 Especially on a weekend that has so many festivities.

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 But alas, this is the word of God.

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 And I truly believe, as we prayed in the morning, and I think it was Nathan that prayed.

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 This word, God breathed this word out to us.

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 And I truly believe there is something that he wants to say to all of us here about the issue of death.

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 Yesterday for the wedding, we had the pleasure of having Trevor do the scripture reading for the ceremony.

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 And it just made me think, I think we might be neglecting one of his gifts of being a public reader.

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 So I'm going to invite you, Trevor, to come back up to read the word of God to us.

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 As is our custom, we believe, man, this word is so packed and so powerful.

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 So much more better than anything I will say.

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 So we remind ourselves by that by reading it.

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 And we stand in reverence and in awe of this word.

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 So I can invite you to stand.

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 We're going to read this from here to here.

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 Oh, no, sorry.

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 Here, sorry.

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 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep,

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 that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

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 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again,

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 even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

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 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord,

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 that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord,

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 will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

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 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command,

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 with the voice of an archangel,

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 and with the sound of the trumpet of God.

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 And the dead in Christ will rise first.

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 Then we who are alive, who are left,

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 will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

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 And so we will always be with the Lord.

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 Therefore, encourage one another with these words.

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 Lord, we hang on every word that you say.

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 We believe this book has the words of life.

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 So we empty our minds of anything that isn't of you.

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 And we ask that you would speak this morning.

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 Thank you, Lord.

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 In your name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please take a seat.

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 So last week was,

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 your perspective on life will determine how you live.

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 The way you perceive life,

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 and what it's really for,

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 the purpose of it,

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 will then dictate how you live.

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 And the man who walked into that church,

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 who now has to change his ways,

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 how he treats women,

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 how he perceives women,

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 that is it.

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 And maybe then,

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 just off the back of that,

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 this week is actually,

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 how you perceive death,

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 will determine how you live.

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 So imagine that guy's coming in and going,

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 he has to rethink his whole life.

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 The context here,

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 and he says this,

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 but we do not want you to be uninformed,

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 brothers.

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 So he's saying,

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 and this is really what the purpose of teaching is about,

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 as people walk into a church,

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 and they're choosing this new way of life,

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 there are so many questions.

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 Now that I'm a follower of Christ,

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 am I allowed to do this?

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 Am I allowed to do that?

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 Am I allowed to eat pork?

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 Am I allowed to go here?

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 And those are these kind of questions.

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 And the context here is,

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 during this time,

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 now there was talk,

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 hey, this Jesus that we're following,

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 he's going to come back again.

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 He's coming back again.

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 And so let's just wait.

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 Let's just pray,

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 and be expecting for him to come back.

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 And of course,

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 something about any kind of community filled with people,

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 is that there is death.

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 So people start passing away,

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 and then people go,

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 wait,

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 wait,

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 you said Jesus is coming back,

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 and he's coming to collect us.

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 But now,

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 but now,

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 Kevin is gone.

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 What about Kevin?

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 What about Susan?

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 And so they're asking,

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 well,

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 in this new way,

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 what do we even think about death?

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 You told us Jesus is coming back,

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 and we'll be around to see him,

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 but now,

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 my son is gone.

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 Where's he going to go?

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 And so those are the questions that are happening.

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 And so,

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 Paul knows this,

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 and he's saying,

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 I don't want you to be uninformed.

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 I want you to know about what happens,

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 or really,

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 what is death?

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 This morning,

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 I was having breakfast with Ruben and Alicia,

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 and Ruben asked me,

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 what are you talking about today?

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 And I said,

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 death.

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 And she was like,

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 Solomon said,

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 that one of the only certainties in life,

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 is death.

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 I was like,

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 say what?

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 Solomon said,

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 I was like,

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 wait,

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 wait,

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 wait,

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 like,

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 tell me more.

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 Where did you get that from?

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 Well,

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 the Action Bible is where I got it from.

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 I was like,

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 oh,

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 that is so cool.

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 Well,

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 not the,

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 not the certain death part,

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 but just the fact that you know that.

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 And I was like,

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 she was like,

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 is that in your Bible,

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 dad?

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 I was like,

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 I think so.

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 But I'm going to have to find out.

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 So then I get my,

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 not my Bible,

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 I get my phone out and Google.

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 Where did Solomon say that?

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 And of course,

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 it's Ecclesiastes,

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 right?

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 He says,

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 everything is meaningless.

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 And then chapter nine,

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 he says,

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 death comes for us all.

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 So,

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 so whilst we're giggling and smiling,

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 let me just maybe turn it a little bit morbid right now.

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 Every single person here,

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 do you think about this?

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 I do.

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 Every single person here in this room has death in their future.

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 I look around at all of you,

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 all of those of you who are really good looking and those of you who are not.

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 I look and I go,

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 man,

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 we're all going to die.

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 You're going to die.

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 You're going to die.

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 We're all going to die.

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 Every single person,

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 you know,

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 you will either go to their funeral or they will go to yours.

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 Isn't that morbid?

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 Isn't that sad?

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 It makes me think,

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 what is your perspective on death?

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 Do you think,

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 put your hand up if you think about death fairly regularly.

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 I've told you,

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 I do.

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 Anyone else?

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 Something.

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 It's just something that's kind of there.

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 But really,

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 our perspective on death is what's going to then determine how we're going to live.

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 And you see Paul here,

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 and I'm grateful for him to do this,

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 because actually,

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 this passage is one of my favorite passages.

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 Because he says,

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 I don't want you to be uninformed.

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 Because we don't grieve like others do.

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 Because we grieve in a way that has hope.

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 So I want to split this message into two parts.

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 The first part is,

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 I want to talk about death,

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 and I want to ask you what your relationship with death is like.

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 So when I say death,

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 what's the next word that comes to mind for you?

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 Aaron,

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 when I say death,

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 what's the next word that comes to mind for you?

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 Freedom.

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 Right now,

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 freedom.

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 Freedom.

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 That is so good.

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 When I say death,

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 what is the next word that comes to mind for you, Annabelle?

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 Life.

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 Life.

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 When I say death, Rocky,

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 what is the next word that comes into your mind?

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 Nothing.

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 Nothing.

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 Nothing.

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 The words of every man since the beginning of the...

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 What's going on in your head, honey?

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 Nothing.

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 It's interesting.

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 When it comes to death.

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 We need to be a people who look at death differently.

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 And I've joked about this regularly.

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 The Chinese culture is terrified of death.

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 Everything is about death.

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 Everything is about death.

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 I mean, that is the ultimate fear, right?

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 And anything else,

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 we link in to death.

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 When we're trying to describe something to an extreme level,

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 we use the word death.

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 I see what's going on in your head.

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 Heart, say that.

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 No, say that.

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 Everything is about death.

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 But yet, Paul's saying here is,

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 can we be a people that look at death differently?

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 That we look at it and say,

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 it means freedom.

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 That we go completely counter-cultural and say,

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 death actually means life.

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 What does that even mean?

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 You see, he carries on here.

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 So if you're following me,

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 and please do if you have your Bible,

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 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, verse 13 is where we began.

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 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers,

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 about those who are asleep,

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 that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

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 That you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

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 That you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

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 The first thing I want to show you here is that he says,

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 in this passage from verse 13 to verse 15,

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 he uses the word asleep three times to describe death.

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 So people are asking,

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 hey, what about my son who died?

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 What about my mom who has died?

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 What's going to happen there when Jesus comes back?

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 What's going to happen to them?

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 And within three lines, three sentences,

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 he goes, they're asleep.

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 So maybe just that's the first distinction we need to make

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 as Christians when we look at something like death,

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 we go, actually, death is simply as going to sleep.

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 There is not a finality about it that maybe the world has.

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 That death has been described as a door.

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 And that's really all it is.

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 And so he's saying, hey, look at it differently.

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 When we're thinking about death,

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 it's because we're looking at it in a way

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 where we still have hope,

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 where actually we believe death is not the end.

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 The question then is why?

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 Peter says, hey, be ready at any moment

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 to give reason to explain the hope that you have.

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 Why is that?

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 And then he goes into the next verse here.

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 Verse 14.

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 So that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

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 Verse 14.

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 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again.

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 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again.

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 That Jesus basically took the horror of death

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 and removed it.

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 So we, when we die, we fall asleep.

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 But that's because he died

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 and went to the extreme, utter horror of death.

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 The utter separation that he experienced from God.

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 And he took it so that death now for us

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 is merely just a door.

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 It's just temporary.

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 Now note here, he says in three times

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 that for us, when we die, we fall asleep.

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 But for Jesus, when he died, he died.

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 And there's a difference.

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 Because Jesus did experience the actual separation

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 and he bore the full horror of death.

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 This is where we go into 1 Corinthians 15.

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 Paul's saying, the thing of first importance,

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 the utmost important thing,

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 why we're all gathered here.

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 Maybe we could put it up as a mission statement,

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 but it would really scare people, especially newcomers.

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 We are gathered here because someone died.

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 It's essentially what this faith is about.

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 And it's the first importance, he's saying.

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 He's not everything else.

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 It's not even about the teaching.

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 Why do you go to church?

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 Why do you want your son to be a Christian?

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 Oh, because he'll be a good person.

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 Because he'll be kind and he'll be studious

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 and then he'll become a doctor

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 and he'll earn lots of money.

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 No, we gather, we want people to be Christians

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 because someone died, no full stop yet,

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 and then they rose again.

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 That's it.

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 We follow Jesus not because he's a great teacher,

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 though he was a great teacher.

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 We follow Jesus because he died and rose again.

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 Tim Keller says this.

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 If Jesus rose from the dead,

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 then you have to accept all that he said.

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 If he didn't rise from the dead,

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 then why worry about any of what he said?

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 The issue on which everything hangs

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 is not whether or not you like his teaching,

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 but whether or not he rose from the dead.

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 That's it.

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 Because what we believe is Jesus,

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 the son of God,

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 came to life here on earth

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 and then he faced death

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 and then he conquered death

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 so that we wouldn't have to face it anymore

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 because then he comes back from the grave.

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 That's why we're here.

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 Did you think about that this morning?

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 Why am I going to church?

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 Man, because Jesus died,

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 defeated my greatest fear,

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 and then he came back to life.

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 And that changes everything.

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 And that's why I'm coming to church.

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 As we're on Tim Keller,

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 he always had this quote

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 that I think he quoted multiple times

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 about another pastor

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 called Donald Barnhouse

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 who, as a pastor,

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 he lost his wife

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 and the story goes,

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 I think he was either driving

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 to his wife's funeral

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 or he was driving from

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 and he was consoling his youngest child.

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 He was consoling his youngest child

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 in the car

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 and then as they were driving,

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 they see a truck.

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 And so he turns to his child

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 and says,

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 do you see the truck?

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 And the child says,

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 yes, I see that truck.

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 Do you see the shadow of that truck?

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 Yes, dad,

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 I see the shadow of the truck.

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 And then he asks the question,

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 would you rather be hit by the truck

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 or by the shadow of the truck?

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 And of course the child says,

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 well, I'd much rather be hit

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 by the shadow of the truck.

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 And then he says,

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 Jesus was hit by the truth of death

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 so your mother only had to go through

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 the shadow of it.

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 That Jesus was hit by the truth of death

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 so that your mother

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 would only have to be hit

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 by the shadow.

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 And that's why Psalm 23 is so powerful.

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 That line that Coolio quotes,

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 even though I walked through the valley

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 of the shadow of death.

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 It's beautiful.

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 Thank you, Grace.

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 I can do the whole song.

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 Don't you,

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 I don't think you realize

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 how good that verse is.

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 Even though you walk through the valley

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 of the shadow of death,

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 you're not walking through

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 the valley of death.

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 You're walking through the shadow

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 of death.

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 I'm okay with being hit by a shadow.

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 It won't hurt.

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 Because it's not real death.

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 And so I can walk through,

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 I don't even need to run through it,

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 I don't need to hide it.

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 I can just walk through

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 because it's just a shadow.

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 I would much rather

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 be hit by the shadow.

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 And you know,

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 there are such great men

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 that have gone before us,

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 and women,

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 who have just completely changed

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 the way I perceive death.

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 George Herbert says this,

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 death used to be an executioner,

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 but the gospel has made him

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 just a gardener.

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 Death used to be an executioner,

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 but the gospel has made him

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 just a gardener.

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 D.L. Moody says this,

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 just before he was about to die,

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 pretty soon you're going to hear

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 that Dwight Moody is dead.

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 Don't you believe it?

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 I'll be better than I've ever been before.

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 Don't you want that kind of faith?

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 If you're someone who's worried about death,

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 as someone who is worried about death,

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 wouldn't it be nice

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 to have that kind of faith?

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 Don't you believe it?

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 When you hear that I've died,

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 James is not dead.

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 He'll be better

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 than he's ever been before.

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 Tim Keller himself said,

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 just before he died,

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 there is no downside for me leaving.

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 Not in the slightest.

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 There is no downside.

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 His mentor,

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 Martin Lloyd-Jones,

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 says this,

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 Christians need to die well.

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 Death is not something

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 to slip past.

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 It should be victorious.

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 We should not avoid it.

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 We should not slip past it.

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 Christians should die well

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 because of what we believe.

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 Reminds me of the Apostle Paul

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 when he says in Philippians 1,

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 to live is Christ

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 and to die is gain.

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 To live in the flesh

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 means fruitful labor for me.

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 Yet which shall I choose?

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 I cannot tell.

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 I am hard-pressed between the two.

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 My desire is to depart

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 and be with Christ

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 because that is far better.

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 But to remain in the flesh

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 is more necessary

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 on your account.

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 I want that perspective

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 on death

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 because it changes the way

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 I perceive and live life.

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 And so at this point,

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 I'm actually going to invite someone up,

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 someone who's very dear to me,

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 someone who I've carried

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 for the whole of his life.

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 And it's my brother.

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 So can we invite

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 my brother up here?

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 Because if you know

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 about my brother

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 and about me,

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 we do share the same parents

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 even though it's just

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 such a shock to me

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 when I look at him

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 that we share the same parents.

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 We've experienced death.

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 I think by the end

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 of our teen years,

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 at least my teen years,

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 we'd lost all four

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 of our grandparents.

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 And of course,

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 the story that I know

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 that many of you have heard

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 share is that

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 we lost our dad

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 when I was 17

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 and he was 14.

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 And it was actually

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 on his 14th birthday

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 that happened November the 1st,

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 which was only

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 a week or two ago.

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 And of course,

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 those of you who also know

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 that day,

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 November 1st,

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 is very special.

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 It was his birthday.

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 Then became

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 dad's departing day.

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 And then just a few years ago,

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 it became his wedding day.

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 So man,

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 that day is a special day.

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 And those of you

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 who also know Joe,

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 he works for Hope International,

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 which is Danny is representing

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 right there with the hat.

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 That's his full-time job.

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 But he actually has

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 a part-time gig

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 on the side

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 that not very many people

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 know about,

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 which is actually

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 he goes and helps out

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 in a lot of funerals.

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 And he's said often

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 that he prefers

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 funerals to weddings,

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 which is actually

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 what scripture says too.

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 Solomon says that too.

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 Solomon.

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 Solomon's a wise man.

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 He is a wise man,

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 apart from the concubines

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 at the end.

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 But I'm going to give

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:56.340
 some time to Joe now

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:57.080
 to share a little bit

00:21:57.080 --> 00:21:57.740
 about his thoughts

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.580
 when it comes to death.

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.820
 Because I think it's formed

00:21:59.820 --> 00:22:01.380
 him and who he is.

00:22:01.780 --> 00:22:02.120
 So anyway,

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.720
 Joe, over to you.

00:22:03.540 --> 00:22:04.220
 Thank you, James.

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.400
 Thank you, thank you.

00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:06.480
 For those

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.960
 who don't know,

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.700
 we are from England.

00:22:09.060 --> 00:22:09.920
 There's also another

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.040
 pair of brothers in England.

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.600
 They're princes.

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:14.040
 And we also have

00:22:14.040 --> 00:22:14.900
 the similar hairstyle.

00:22:15.280 --> 00:22:16.259
 You can guess who's who.

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:20.259
 And...

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:22.220
 Sorry, I had to just

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.759
 start with that.

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.379
 James.

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.440
 So yeah,

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.140
 I walked through

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:31.079
 the valley

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:32.240
 of the shadow of death,

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.279
 as James said,

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.259
 on my 14th birthday.

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.700
 So how many of you,

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:35.980
 I mean,

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.160
 the teens are in the class,

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.200
 but 13 years old,

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.599
 do you remember

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.220
 what it was like?

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.500
 Your life is just

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.379
 very much about you.

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.900
 Everything is centered up.

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.720
 For me, it was basketball.

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.940
 It was school, basketball,

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:46.180
 try to have,

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.740
 get girlfriends.

00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:49.779
 Still trying now.

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.539
 I've got my wife.

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.279
 I win.

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:52.740
 Tick.

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.720
 But 13 years old,

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.980
 everything I was thinking

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.960
 about was so small.

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:58.240
 And on a birthday,

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.680
 it was a very simple meal.

00:22:59.820 --> 00:23:00.720
 It was James,

00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:01.259
 myself,

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.460
 mom and dad.

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:03.400
 We just got back

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.000
 from Hong Kong.

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.019
 We had a vacation there

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.480
 for a week.

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:07.420
 And we were also

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:07.880
 jet lagged.

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.660
 Well, let's just have

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.759
 our birthday meal at home.

00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:11.480
 And so we sat at home

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.980
 and we had a simple dinner.

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:15.140
 And I don't remember

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:15.980
 which part of the dinner,

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:17.120
 but it was just such

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:17.920
 a sudden moment

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:20.000
 when my dad's eyes

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:21.120
 just closed.

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:23.200
 He just tilted his head back,

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.599
 fell to the floor,

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.940
 and that was it.

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.460
 And you've got to imagine,

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.660
 as a 13-year-old,

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.099
 you're thinking,

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.380
 what on earth just happened?

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.920
 Did he choke?

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.319
 Did he...

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:37.160
 So the doctor said

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.519
 it was actually

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.539
 a sudden death syndrome.

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:40.120
 So the heart just stopped.

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.120
 It was just like a fuse.

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.419
 Someone just pulled it out

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:42.979
 and it was gone.

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.399
 And for me,

00:23:45.479 --> 00:23:46.619
 that began a journey of death.

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.339
 Of what it means

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:50.759
 to live a life

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:52.539
 that, you know,

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.419
 death is very much

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:55.379
 in my thoughts all the time.

00:23:55.479 --> 00:23:56.699
 Every birthday that comes around

00:23:56.699 --> 00:23:58.000
 is very much in my thoughts.

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:59.219
 Last week was

00:23:59.219 --> 00:24:00.779
 my wedding anniversary.

00:24:01.459 --> 00:24:02.159
 Alex and I,

00:24:02.219 --> 00:24:03.259
 we celebrated three years.

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.619
 And as James said,

00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:07.419
 it was a day of birth.

00:24:07.479 --> 00:24:08.039
 It's my birthday.

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.959
 It's a day of death.

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.259
 And it's a day of love.

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:12.599
 And what I've learned,

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.599
 really to sum it up

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:15.699
 and I think very quickly,

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:17.959
 is I found that love

00:24:17.959 --> 00:24:18.979
 conquers death

00:24:18.979 --> 00:24:21.019
 and death brings life.

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.479
 It's just as simple.

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.619
 The three live in unison.

00:24:24.199 --> 00:24:25.199
 Love conquers death

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:26.439
 and death can bring life.

00:24:26.979 --> 00:24:27.419
 So for me,

00:24:27.459 --> 00:24:28.119
 I learned early on

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:29.439
 that death is something

00:24:29.439 --> 00:24:30.000
 that's inevitable.

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:31.500
 It happens to all of us.

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.099
 It's like love.

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:32.919
 It's all around us.

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.759
 We have no control

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.539
 on the day we were born.

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.199
 We have no control

00:24:36.199 --> 00:24:36.939
 on the day we die.

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.580
 So sometimes it makes me wonder

00:24:38.580 --> 00:24:39.580
 why we think we have

00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:40.480
 any control of any

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.299
 of the days in between.

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.700
 And so I live by this verse

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.840
 in Psalm 90,

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.500
 verse 12.

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:45.880
 It says,

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.740
 Lord, teach us

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.640
 to number our days

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.720
 so that we may gain

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.680
 a heart of wisdom.

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:53.059
 Teach us to number our days

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.740
 so that we may gain

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.460
 a heart of wisdom.

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:56.259
 It doesn't make death

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.900
 any easier.

00:24:57.600 --> 00:24:58.320
 Death is hard.

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.039
 It's so hard.

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.960
 And it's hard for everyone.

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.519
 And you see that in the movies.

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.460
 It's hard for the gangsters,

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.019
 the bad guys.

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:06.000
 It's hard for the good guys.

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:07.460
 It's hard for no matter

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.420
 which side you're on.

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:11.079
 It's the great equalizer.

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.539
 It doesn't matter

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.480
 if you're the richest man

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.819
 in the world.

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.279
 It doesn't matter

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.279
 if you're the poorest man

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.680
 in the world.

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.620
 We all end up

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.720
 in that same place.

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:20.000
 And I grew up in England

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:22.079
 with lots of multicultural friends.

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.380
 My best friends to this day

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:25.019
 are Muslim and Hindu.

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.779
 And honestly,

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.779
 I talk to them about death

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.299
 all the time.

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.360
 The Muslims,

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:31.360
 they don't have the best news.

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.259
 They're crossing their fingers.

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.519
 I talk to my Hindu

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.220
 and Buddhist friends.

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.759
 They don't know either.

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:37.039
 We met the Dalai Lama together.

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.720
 Even he said,

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.299
 we don't know.

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:38.940
 I don't know where.

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.920
 I'm going to come back.

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.480
 I don't know where.

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.440
 I'm going to come back.

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.620
 Maybe I'll come back as a frog.

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.840
 Atheists as well,

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:46.900
 those who don't believe in a God,

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.279
 they don't have any hope

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.819
 against death.

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.400
 Death is,

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.420
 as Rocky said,

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.240
 nothing.

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.960
 And so all of us,

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.680
 in some way,

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.680
 we numb ourselves,

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.740
 we distract ourselves

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.279
 with the pleasures

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.740
 of this world.

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:58.120
 We try to avoid this topic.

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.680
 But I truly believe,

00:25:59.759 --> 00:25:59.880
 guys,

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.340
 as Christians,

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.819
 we need to lean in.

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.340
 We need to,

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.600
 this is our go-to topic.

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:05.139
 This is not just a place

00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:05.939
 where we have good news.

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.519
 This is a place

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:08.379
 where we have phenomenally good news.

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.139
 Phenomenally good news.

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.579
 And sometimes I wonder

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.500
 whether we're not sharing

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.959
 this good news

00:26:13.959 --> 00:26:14.980
 because we don't really realize

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:16.099
 how bad the bad news is.

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.779
 And I pray that none of you

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.659
 need to go to that place

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.279
 where you realize,

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.579
 man,

00:26:19.959 --> 00:26:21.019
 at the end of a funeral

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.719
 when there's nothing,

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.539
 when there's no hope,

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.579
 that is one of the worst places

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.039
 you can be.

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:26.279
 And I've been in so many funerals.

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.019
 I'd get to do two

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.799
 to three a month.

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.279
 And there's so many times

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.819
 that I'm just like,

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.079
 God,

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.960
 they are so desperate

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.639
 for good news.

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:34.119
 And here I am holding on

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:35.200
 to this phenomenal news.

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:37.059
 How can I not share?

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:39.319
 How can I not tell them

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.460
 that there is hope?

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.619
 There is hope beyond the grave,

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:43.460
 that death is not the end.

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.599
 It may feel like the end

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.200
 at the funeral,

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.720
 but it is not the end.

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:47.920
 Occasionally,

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:49.139
 after the funeral,

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.259
 we'd go to the crematorium

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:52.700
 and we'd have a line up,

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:52.980
 usually.

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:54.039
 There's someone before

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:55.220
 in the room

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:56.119
 that they're doing the burial.

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.420
 Usually,

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.680
 it's a Taoist funeral.

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.700
 And for those who've been,

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:01.039
 has anyone been to a banyikun

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.940
 or a Taoist funeral?

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.759
 They see the priest.

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.879
 So I'm standing there

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.659
 with my black suit,

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.619
 holding my Bible

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.639
 and a cross.

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.259
 And they come out.

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.839
 They come out

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:12.119
 with a whole caravan of stuff.

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.639
 They come out

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.579
 in his white costume.

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.440
 He's got his hat.

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.659
 They've got money,

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.279
 fake money,

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.940
 fake Teslas,

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.579
 fake iPhones

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.480
 that they were just burning.

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.680
 They have come out

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.480
 with this big incense

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.279
 and everyone who leaves

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.599
 the funeral

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.500
 has to jump over it

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.500
 and then walk around it.

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.980
 So many rituals,

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.619
 so many things,

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.440
 so many things

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.059
 that in a way

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.899
 we do as well

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.920
 to just think

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.579
 and comprehend

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:31.259
 and grasp death.

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.079
 But for us,

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.539
 it's simple.

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.220
 It's just book

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.799
 and a cross.

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.659
 It's a cross

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.139
 that we wear

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.740
 in our hearts,

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.399
 a cross that symbolizes

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:40.519
 that love

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.279
 has conquered death.

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.019
 And because of that,

00:27:43.399 --> 00:27:44.779
 death can bring life.

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.779
 And so,

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.960
 back to my wedding day.

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.519
 Even just last week

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.019
 at the anniversary,

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.720
 I remember asking

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.400
 James and Christina,

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:52.759
 hey,

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.779
 can you send me

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.559
 some pictures of dad?

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:55.920
 Because I was 13.

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.420
 Honestly,

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.340
 even as a 13-year-old,

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:59.059
 my memories of dad

00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:00.039
 is fading away.

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.019
 Actually,

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.840
 Christina may have

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.240
 more memories

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.620
 of my dad

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.039
 than I do.

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.360
 And I asked them

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:05.700
 to send me

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.279
 some more pictures

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.920
 just so I can

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.400
 reminisce

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.840
 and remember

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.360
 and reflect.

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.799
 And then this

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.319
 fall hit me.

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.940
 Every week that passes,

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:13.259
 yes,

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.079
 my memory of my dad

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.420
 fades.

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:16.800
 In reality,

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.980
 when I zoom out,

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.539
 every week that passes

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.300
 is a week closer

00:28:20.300 --> 00:28:20.900
 to seeing him.

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.640
 And so,

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.740
 as I walk

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:25.480
 and live out

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.080
 this good news,

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.100
 this phenomenal good news,

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:28.080
 I get to see that,

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:28.880
 yes,

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.460
 on one side,

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.019
 I mourn

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.259
 my dad

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.320
 who passed away

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:32.700
 on my birthday,

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.860
 but at the same time,

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.360
 how lucky,

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.400
 how blessed I am

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.800
 to have had 14 years

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:39.380
 of an incredible dad.

00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.800
 That fact that we have

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.560
 something to mourn

00:28:42.560 --> 00:28:43.500
 is a gift in itself.

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:46.320
 The person who created us,

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.380
 you know,

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.060
 death and life

00:28:48.060 --> 00:28:49.000
 came from the same hands.

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:49.720
 And so,

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:51.340
 we cannot lose

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:52.000
 the bigger picture.

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.279
 We cannot lose it.

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:54.340
 And I encourage you all

00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:54.500
 today,

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:55.740
 let us all learn

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.140
 as a community,

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.420
 teach us to number our days

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.140
 so that we may gain

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.880
 a heart of wisdom.

00:28:59.800 --> 00:29:00.120
 And finally,

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.720
 Mark Twain,

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:02.340
 the author has a great saying,

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.140
 is there's two

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:04.259
 most important days

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.640
 of your life,

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:06.279
 the day you're born

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:08.000
 and the day you find out why.

00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:09.880
 And everyone here,

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:11.420
 I think we know why.

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.600
 And that's why

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.279
 we're here this morning.

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.859
 And the third day

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.720
 I encourage us all,

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.700
 as we mentioned it

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.720
 yesterday at Darren

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.299
 and Zira's wedding,

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.899
 is that day.

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.920
 That day where we get

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:24.079
 to see him face to face.

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.619
 Just as dad was eating

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.500
 his dinner with us,

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.819
 I think we read the Bible

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.720
 every day as a family,

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:32.740
 just to think that

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.980
 for one second

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.000
 he was eating with us

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.619
 and the next second

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.240
 he was eating

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:38.460
 with Jesus himself.

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.779
 That teleportation,

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:42.039
 it's better than any

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.859
 Marvel universe

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.899
 or multiverse

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:45.279
 from one moment

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.639
 to the other.

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.799
 We're reading the Psalms

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.940
 that day together,

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:48.720
 the next moment

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.579
 he's hearing Jesus

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.839
 read the Psalm

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:52.160
 in his very words to him.

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.940
 So to end on a lighter note,

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.720
 eternity is real.

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:58.399
 Eternity is as real

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:59.220
 as James is bold.

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.240
 We can grasp it,

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.139
 we can see it,

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.059
 we can touch it.

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.759
 And I pray that

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.899
 every time you see James

00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:06.639
 that will be a reminder

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.319
 that eternity

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.859
 is coming.

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.399
 It's real.

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.680
 So let's live like

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.420
 there is an eternity,

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:11.800
 okay?

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.160
 Amen?

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.220
 Alright,

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.019
 thank you James.

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.400
 Thank you.

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:19.480
 It's always the same

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:21.180
 lack of creativity joke

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:22.800
 that we have here.

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.019
 Okay,

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.860
 so you get the message,

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.220
 death.

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.320
 Well,

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.040
 last week we said

00:30:28.040 --> 00:30:29.259
 from the beginning

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.920
 of the chapter

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:31.060
 the Lord is an avenger.

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.240
 This week we're saying

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.500
 death is inevitable.

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:35.600
 Death is inevitable.

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.620
 But is that really

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.900
 all that message is about?

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.440
 Is that really

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.160
 what Paul is saying?

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.000
 Hey guys,

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.560
 hang in there,

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.500
 y'all gonna die.

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.540
 No,

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:42.880
 he's not.

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.120
 He's saying,

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.300
 hey,

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:44.740
 I don't want you

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.300
 to be uninformed

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:45.980
 because I don't want you

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.380
 to grieve as those

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.900
 who have no hope.

00:30:49.040 --> 00:30:49.680
 Because you might go,

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:49.840
 okay,

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.320
 well fine,

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.480
 every person that I've ever loved

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.140
 that I still love

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.920
 is going to die

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.500
 and will die,

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.420
 including myself.

00:30:56.780 --> 00:30:57.360
 But man,

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.000
 that grief,

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.560
 that hurt.

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.400
 What am I supposed

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.940
 to do with that?

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.080
 Am I supposed to fake it

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.720
 and just kind of

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.980
 keep the smile?

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.759
 Because Jesus

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.500
 came alive,

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.420
 but that doesn't really,

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.819
 that's not what it's saying here.

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.180
 He's saying,

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.240
 do not grieve as those

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.880
 who have no hope.

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.740
 What he's also saying

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.619
 is that you can grieve.

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.319
 You can grieve.

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:19.319
 You can feel the loss.

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.819
 And maybe there's no better

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:22.339
 place to see that

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.159
 in John 11

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:24.939
 where Jesus has a friend,

00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:26.019
 a close friend,

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.539
 Lazarus,

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:27.179
 who dies.

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.799
 And we know

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:32.059
 that very soon

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:33.259
 Jesus is going to do

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.200
 something pretty crazy.

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.059
 Right?

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.159
 He's going to bring him

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.740
 back to life.

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.559
 He's going to say,

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.019
 Lazarus,

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.879
 wake up.

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:40.139
 And he does.

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.259
 But what happens

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.720
 before that?

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.220
 What's Jesus'

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:44.279
 first response?

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:46.139
 What does Jesus do first?

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.799
 Weeps.

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:49.480
 He cries.

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.639
 Have you thought about that?

00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:53.240
 Just think about that

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.919
 now for a second.

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.519
 He's about to do

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.779
 something completely crazy

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.220
 that will blow

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.000
 everyone's mind.

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.720
 He doesn't need

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.419
 to be sad,

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.399
 really.

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.180
 Because in 10 minutes,

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.819
 it'll be a different place.

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.879
 But he cries.

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.200
 Why?

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.779
 Why does Jesus

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.279
 still cry?

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.359
 Why?

00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:17.240
 I think he cries.

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.519
 Because he's angry.

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.319
 I think he cries

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.240
 because he realizes

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.879
 and he knows

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:24.099
 this is not how

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.859
 it's supposed to be.

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:27.200
 Death was not supposed

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.279
 to be part of this picture.

00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:31.399
 What's supposed to be here?

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:33.399
 When his father

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:34.240
 created the garden,

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:35.279
 it was not supposed

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.899
 to be there.

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.559
 Death is an intruder.

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.599
 He's angry

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.379
 because death

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:42.720
 has come into this world

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.559
 when it wasn't supposed

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.659
 to be in this world.

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.960
 And so when we grieve,

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.820
 we grieve

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:48.040
 because we know

00:32:48.040 --> 00:32:49.160
 that this isn't

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.900
 how it's supposed

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.460
 to be.

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.300
 But then we grieve

00:32:54.300 --> 00:32:54.700
 with hope.

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.880
 Because then he shows us

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.400
 there's something

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.100
 more here.

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.500
 When we grieve,

00:33:01.040 --> 00:33:02.279
 we can grieve.

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.460
 And we can go,

00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:04.420
 that is not

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.060
 how it's supposed

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:05.440
 to be.

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.660
 Yesterday,

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:08.080
 I was with a group

00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.560
 of friends

00:33:08.560 --> 00:33:09.720
 talking about

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.940
 the next generation.

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:13.140
 and that's the thing.

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.779
 Young people

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.420
 are growing up

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:15.519
 and you're grieving

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:17.259
 because you look

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.680
 at the world,

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.460
 you look at the leaders

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.000
 of the world,

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.000
 maybe the leaders

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.640
 of the free world

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.019
 and you're going,

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:22.120
 what is going on?

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.140
 That is not how

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:24.480
 it's supposed to be.

00:33:25.820 --> 00:33:26.600
 You look at how

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.519
 we're treating the planet

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.759
 and you're like,

00:33:28.820 --> 00:33:29.660
 that is not how

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.600
 it's supposed to be.

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:31.900
 You're looking at

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:32.340
 how we're treating

00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:32.940
 other people

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.299
 and we're going,

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.259
 that is not how

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:35.160
 it's supposed to be.

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.720
 And so to that,

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.539
 I say grieve

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.440
 and grieve away.

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:41.160
 lean into it

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.860
 because that really,

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.539
 it truly is

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.240
 the gospel message

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.580
 as well,

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:44.940
 that hey,

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.620
 there is bad news.

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.860
 These things

00:33:47.860 --> 00:33:48.580
 are happening.

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.200
 The people

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.700
 that we love

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.360
 are dying

00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:51.660
 and so let us

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.519
 grieve.

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:55.039
 But let us grieve

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:56.120
 with hope

00:33:56.120 --> 00:33:57.960
 because we believe

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.779
 that Jesus died

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.440
 and rose again.

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.460
 Even so,

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.019
 through Jesus,

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.680
 God will bring

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.140
 with him

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.740
 those who have

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:04.039
 fallen asleep.

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.860
 We can hate death.

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:08.799
 Jesus hated death.

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.539
 And that was John 11

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.539
 and then John 16,

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.920
 just before he goes

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.940
 to confront death,

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:15.119
 he says,

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.659
 I'm going to turn

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:17.039
 your sorrow into joy.

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.900
 I'm going to turn

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:21.059
 my sorrow into joy

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:22.940
 because I'm going

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.380
 to do something

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.799
 that no one's

00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.380
 ever done before.

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:26.139
 And I'm going to show

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.839
 once and for all,

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.599
 I'm going to clean

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:30.420
 out everything

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.920
 that the enemy

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.920
 puts into this creation

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:33.579
 and I'm going to

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.039
 deal with it

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.900
 and I'm going to

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.359
 pay for it.

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:37.539
 I'm going to

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.240
 turn things around

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:39.740
 and then I'm going

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.420
 to come back again.

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:42.019
 And in Revelation 21,

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:42.599
 we see this,

00:34:42.640 --> 00:34:43.519
 we see this new heaven

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.579
 and this new earth

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:46.420
 that is coming.

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:49.039
 And it says,

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:50.539
 there will be a new heaven

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.059
 and a new earth,

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:52.039
 there will be a new Jerusalem

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.280
 and he will be

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:54.140
 with his people

00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:55.000
 and he will dwell

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.960
 with his people.

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.620
 We will finally

00:34:56.620 --> 00:34:57.200
 be together

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:58.019
 because he took

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:59.220
 the separation

00:34:59.220 --> 00:34:59.860
 from God

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.820
 for us

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.760
 so that we can

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.660
 then be with God.

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:03.420
 And I can just imagine

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.280
 this being in a movie

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:05.220
 as those words

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:05.600
 come out

00:35:05.600 --> 00:35:06.680
 from Revelation 21

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.840
 and he will be

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.420
 with his people

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.019
 and he will dwell

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.460
 with his people

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.360
 and I can just see

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:11.060
 the film.

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.820
 The film director

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.540
 can do this for me

00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:13.040
 one day maybe

00:35:13.040 --> 00:35:14.340
 and it will just rewind

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.160
 just the history

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.640
 of mankind

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:17.100
 and all the brokenness

00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:17.800
 and all the pain

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.460
 and all the sickness

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.360
 and all the death

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.220
 and he will rewind

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.660
 it all

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:21.500
 and at one point

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.120
 we'll get back

00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:23.180
 to the Garden of Eden

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.560
 again

00:35:23.560 --> 00:35:24.640
 where we can dwell

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:25.540
 with him

00:35:25.540 --> 00:35:26.380
 because Jesus

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.320
 addressed

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:28.019
 and redeemed

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.880
 the story.

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:32.940
 That's why

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.940
 I can still grieve

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:35.200
 but I can grieve

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:36.400
 with hope

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:38.400
 because I know

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.740
 that Jesus

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.460
 is coming back

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.300
 to restore

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.920
 that.

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.860
 C.S. Lewis

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.440
 says this

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:44.920
 if you are really

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.360
 a product

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.360
 of a materialistic

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:46.760
 universe

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.679
 how is it

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.280
 that you don't

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.079
 feel at home there?

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.619
 Do fish complain

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.139
 of the sea

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.880
 for being wet?

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.400
 Or if they did

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:54.340
 would that fact itself

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:55.320
 not strongly suggest

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.980
 that they had not

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.579
 always been

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.659
 or would not

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.320
 always be

00:35:58.320 --> 00:36:00.039
 purely aquatic creatures?

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.059
 Why are we

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.960
 continually shocked

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.960
 and repulsed

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.599
 by death

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:05.019
 unless indeed

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:06.039
 something in us

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.980
 is not temporal?

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:09.240
 Why are we

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.900
 so shocked

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.639
 and repulsed

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.860
 every time?

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.640
 Why are we

00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:13.420
 so angry

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.480
 every time?

00:36:14.700 --> 00:36:15.180
 It's because

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.700
 it was never

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.500
 supposed to be.

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.240
 But we're okay

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:20.700
 with that

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.680
 right now.

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:24.019
 When we were

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.840
 praying this morning

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.400
 in pre-service

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:25.720
 prayer

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:27.019
 there was

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.360
 drilling

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.360
 happening

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:30.180
 and I was like

00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:30.920
 oh my goodness

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.559
 I mean that's part

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.260
 of living in Hong Kong

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.640
 as well

00:36:32.640 --> 00:36:33.920
 and I was like

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.420
 oh my goodness

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.900
 and then I thought

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.579
 oh you know what

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:38.840
 I've got to be

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.360
 okay with this

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.960
 because that is

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.620
 us living here

00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:41.160
 on this planet

00:36:41.160 --> 00:36:41.840
 in this earth

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.600
 that God is

00:36:42.600 --> 00:36:43.300
 making all things

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.519
 new

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.800
 and in the meantime

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.280
 there will be

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.680
 some drilling

00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:48.539
 but one day

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:50.579
 this new city

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.059
 is coming

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:52.940
 we weren't made

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.700
 for this place

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:56.880
 and as my daughter

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.860
 quoted Ecclesiastes

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.980
 he planted eternity

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.660
 into the heart

00:36:59.660 --> 00:37:00.000
 of man

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:01.900
 knowing very well

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.340
 that death

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:02.800
 would come

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.300
 for us all

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:04.880
 that's the crux

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.300
 of our hope

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.760
 in this one

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.579
 Thessalonians passage

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:09.019
 is that the Lord

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.920
 himself will descend

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.319
 from heaven

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:11.319
 with a cry of command

00:37:11.319 --> 00:37:11.920
 and with the voice

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.539
 of an archangel

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.159
 with the sound

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.579
 of the trumpet

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:13.940
 of God

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.900
 and the dead

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.340
 in Christ

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:15.880
 will rise

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:18.019
 then we

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.659
 who are alive

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.079
 who are left

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.679
 will be caught up

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.319
 together with them

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:20.759
 in the clouds

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.420
 to meet the Lord

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.880
 in the air

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.480
 so that we will

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.559
 always be with the Lord

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.059
 therefore

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:26.719
 encourage one another

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:28.539
 with these words

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:30.820
 reminds me of Hebrews 10

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.159
 when it says

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.920
 don't stop meeting

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:33.659
 don't stop meeting

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.679
 keep stirring each other

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.320
 up in love

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.940
 and good works

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.880
 and encourage each other

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:38.099
 as the day draws near

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:40.079
 that's why we're here

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:41.099
 because someone died

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:42.019
 and someone rose again

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.639
 and in the meantime

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.480
 we need encouragement

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:46.800
 that's what we're here doing

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:48.759
 and that's what I hope

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:49.500
 even this message

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.779
 even this morbid message

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:51.820
 of you will die

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:53.619
 can leave you lifted

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:56.239
 as you deal

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:57.440
 with friends

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.239
 who have passed away

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:59.039
 children

00:37:59.039 --> 00:38:00.379
 who have passed away

00:38:00.379 --> 00:38:01.179
 parents

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:02.099
 who have passed away

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:05.059
 you can still be lifted

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:07.539
 you can still be lifted

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:09.299
 because of this

00:38:09.299 --> 00:38:11.599
 the fact that there is

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.179
 an empty tomb

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:13.659
 remains unchanged

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:15.000
 and that fact

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.579
 changes

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.879
 everything

00:38:16.879 --> 00:38:19.459
 the fact that there is

00:38:19.459 --> 00:38:20.339
 an empty tomb

00:38:20.339 --> 00:38:21.799
 remains unchanged

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:23.019
 and that fact

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.699
 changes

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:24.959
 everything

00:38:24.959 --> 00:38:25.919
 so maybe that question

00:38:25.919 --> 00:38:26.539
 that I asked you

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.039
 at the beginning

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:28.519
 about

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:29.460
 your perspective

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:29.940
 on death

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.279
 is what

00:38:30.279 --> 00:38:31.860
 determines how you live

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.719
 maybe that's not really

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.400
 the right question

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:34.639
 maybe it is

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.739
 what's your perspective

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:36.480
 on the resurrection

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:38.579
 because that will change

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.059
 how you live

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:41.960
 the fact that someone

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.719
 died and rose again

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:43.659
 will change how you deal

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.219
 with your boss

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:45.800
 how you deal with heartache

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.960
 how you deal with uncertainty

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:48.019
 how you deal with loss

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:49.039
 how you deal with death

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:51.940
 let us be a people of hope

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:54.780
 knowing that

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.519
 he is here

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:56.539
 but maybe I'll finish

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:56.940
 with this

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:58.619
 how do we encourage

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.079
 one another

00:38:59.079 --> 00:39:00.700
 if you're grieving

00:39:00.700 --> 00:39:01.000
 you're like

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.659
 hey James I get it

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.380
 death is inevitable

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.659
 I can still grieve

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.480
 but what does that

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:05.099
 even look like

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.940
 how do we encourage

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.360
 one another

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:06.980
 like this

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.360
 and I'll just

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.300
 quickly share with you

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:09.720
 three final thoughts

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.539
 about this

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.599
 the first

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.679
 is lean in

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:14.099
 lean

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.860
 in

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:16.599
 when you feel

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:16.980
 that hurt

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.659
 don't run away

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:19.319
 don't find something

00:39:19.319 --> 00:39:20.179
 to try and take

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.920
 your mind off it

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.980
 to comfort you

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.500
 or to distract

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:23.920
 lean into it

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:27.119
 I'm sure Jesus

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.319
 wept

00:39:27.319 --> 00:39:29.059
 Jesus sobbed

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:30.440
 when his friend died

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:30.980
 and he knew

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.440
 he was going to

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:31.839
 raise him back

00:39:31.839 --> 00:39:32.339
 to life again

00:39:32.339 --> 00:39:33.379
 lean in

00:39:33.379 --> 00:39:33.859
 to it

00:39:33.859 --> 00:39:35.839
 and just go

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.359
 that's okay

00:39:36.359 --> 00:39:37.119
 oh I feel

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:38.099
 pain

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:39.899
 I feel pain

00:39:39.899 --> 00:39:40.460
 that that person

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:41.259
 is not here anymore

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:42.879
 I feel pain

00:39:42.879 --> 00:39:43.940
 as I walk into a room

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.699
 and I see something

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.899
 that my best friend

00:39:45.899 --> 00:39:46.799
 would have totally seen

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:48.220
 and we would have looked at each other

00:39:48.220 --> 00:39:49.300
 and we would have a little giggle

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:50.340
 without even speaking

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:51.640
 I feel pain

00:39:51.640 --> 00:39:52.220
 that that friend

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:52.960
 is not here anymore

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:55.840
 and that's okay

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:57.480
 because

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:58.840
 feeling that pain

00:39:58.840 --> 00:39:59.780
 is part of being human

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:02.120
 lean into it

00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:03.500
 the second is

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.320
 as a community

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:05.360
 can we be willing

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:05.860
 to listen

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:07.960
 can we be willing

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.620
 to listen

00:40:08.620 --> 00:40:09.300
 to each other

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:10.460
 because once we're aware

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:10.940
 of that pain

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.660
 and we lean into it

00:40:11.660 --> 00:40:13.160
 we should also share it

00:40:13.160 --> 00:40:15.260
 can we be a community

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:15.820
 when we know

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.460
 that something's happening

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.720
 look it can be death

00:40:17.720 --> 00:40:18.720
 but it can also

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.260
 just be

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:20.619
 a bad week

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:23.559
 can we be aware enough

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.460
 and caring enough

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.099
 to look at each other

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.380
 and go okay

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:26.000
 you've had a bad week

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.639
 can you just

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:28.760
 share with me

00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:30.220
 I want to listen

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:31.400
 I'm not here

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:32.300
 to provide solutions

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:34.099
 I just want to lean in

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.720
 with you

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:38.260
 in an ideal perfect world

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.980
 we can be that

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.500
 for each other

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:40.159
 every time

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.800
 any of us

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:41.740
 have any kind of trouble

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:42.880
 we can be that person

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:43.460
 for each other

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:44.920
 but I also recognize

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.740
 that many of us

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.519
 don't feel equipped

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:50.119
 man when someone else

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:51.039
 loses a loved one

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:52.059
 I don't know

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.579
 what to say

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.679
 by the way

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:54.059
 that's usually

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:54.659
 how I start

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:56.320
 I don't know

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:56.760
 what to say

00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:57.699
 can I just sit here

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:58.019
 with you

00:40:58.019 --> 00:41:00.139
 can I just listen

00:41:00.139 --> 00:41:00.840
 can you tell me

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:01.480
 stories about

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:03.019
 your friend

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:04.740
 so I can know

00:41:04.740 --> 00:41:05.380
 a little bit

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:06.900
 let us lean into it

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.240
 ourselves

00:41:07.240 --> 00:41:07.699
 but then let us

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:08.500
 listen to each other

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:10.179
 and if we need more

00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:11.679
 then we need more

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.679
 then we go and seek help

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:14.299
 then we seek counseling

00:41:14.299 --> 00:41:15.819
 then we seek therapists

00:41:15.819 --> 00:41:17.480
 let us not be afraid

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:19.960
 of going to that place

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.960
 where we can share it

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.819
 with each other

00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:23.839
 and finally

00:41:23.839 --> 00:41:24.940
 look

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:27.819
 so you lean

00:41:27.819 --> 00:41:28.699
 you listen

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:29.759
 and then you look

00:41:29.759 --> 00:41:30.659
 not to each other here

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.719
 but you encourage each other

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:32.839
 to look up there

00:41:32.839 --> 00:41:35.279
 to look to the new city

00:41:35.279 --> 00:41:38.039
 to look to the future

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:41.219
 and go hey

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:42.360
 this sucks right now

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:43.199
 and I'm with you

00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:44.239
 it totally sucks

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:45.440
 that drilling

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.860
 is so annoying

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:49.440
 but let us look

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:51.920
 why don't we look together

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:54.800
 look to him

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:56.480
 I'm going to invite

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:57.300
 Gracie and the team

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:57.880
 to come back

00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:59.340
 to lead us in a song

00:41:59.340 --> 00:41:59.559
 and

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:01.639
 I don't know

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:02.179
 where you're at

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:03.380
 I don't know

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 what you're grieving over

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 I don't know

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 what really hurts you

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:09.680
 as your pastor

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 I wish I did

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 but I knew

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 every single person's pain

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 that I'd be able

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 to lean in with you

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 listen to you

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 and then encourage you

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 to look

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 but I don't

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 but my prayer

00:42:21.700 --> 00:42:22.280
 is that I hope

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 that between us

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:24.260
 we can cover each other out

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 we can encourage

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 one another

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 I want to spend

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:31.480
 the final few moments

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 whether it's you

00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:32.840
 by yourself

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 and if that's what

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.180
 makes you comfortable

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 that's fine

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 or whether it's

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 you have someone

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:37.699
 next to you

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:38.539
 who knows

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:40.539
 what the grief is

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 to encourage them

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 to look

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 and Gracie's going

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 to sing this song

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 for us

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 and it's called

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 Soon

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 I love this song

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 because it gives us

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:56.119
 some very simple

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:59.079
 very powerful words

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 to deal

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.659
 with grief

00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:04.159
 and so when you

00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:04.819
 find yourself

00:43:04.819 --> 00:43:05.359
 hurting

00:43:05.359 --> 00:43:06.659
 in deep pain

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:07.799
 in deep anger

00:43:07.799 --> 00:43:10.299
 you can remember

00:43:10.299 --> 00:43:10.859
 these words

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 and so maybe

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:13.019
 I encourage you

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 whatever place

00:43:13.799 --> 00:43:14.519
 you're in right now

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:15.159
 that you would just

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 maybe right now

00:43:15.819 --> 00:43:17.019
 let us close our eyes

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:26.480
 Lord we ask you

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.239
 to search our hearts

00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:27.899
 test our thoughts

00:43:27.899 --> 00:43:28.500
 if there is any

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:29.460
 offensive way in us

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:32.099
 any anxiety

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:32.559
 in us

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:33.820
 when it comes

00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:34.220
 to death

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 any grief

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 and we come to you

00:43:54.739 --> 00:43:58.099
 not a concept of you

00:43:58.099 --> 00:43:59.099
 not a memory

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 of you

00:43:59.619 --> 00:44:00.960
 not an image

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.299
 of you

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 Lord you

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 the living God

00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:03.619
 you right here

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:04.239
 right now

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:08.960
 knowing that you

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.339
 have something

00:44:09.339 --> 00:44:10.099
 to say about death

00:44:10.099 --> 00:44:12.579
 you have the final

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:12.900
 word

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 on death

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 would you fill us

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 with hope

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 fill us with hope

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 as we say

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 and sing

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 and pray

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 the words

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 soon

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 very soon

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:37.360
 death will be

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:37.800
 no more

00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:41.019
 our king

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:41.420
 is coming

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 and he will

00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:44.039
 make all things

00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:44.260
 new

00:44:44.260 --> 00:44:45.880
 he will wipe

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:46.720
 away every tear

00:44:46.720 --> 00:44:48.880
 every sickness

00:44:48.880 --> 00:44:50.940
 every pain

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:52.900
 and so while

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.500
 things are not

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:54.039
 how they should

00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:54.720
 be

00:44:54.720 --> 00:44:59.400
 they will

00:44:59.400 --> 00:45:03.220
 they will in the

00:45:03.220 --> 00:45:03.420
 end

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:06.019
 and we will

00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:06.720
 dwell with you

00:45:06.720 --> 00:45:09.960
 and it will

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.639
 be just

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:12.139
 as you wished

00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:12.619
 it to be

00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:14.320
 because of

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:14.760
 what you did

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:18.059
 thank you

00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:25.380
 thank you Lord

00:45:25.380 --> 00:45:25.900
 that the drilling

00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:27.079
 has come right on

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:27.300
 time

00:45:27.300 --> 00:45:29.980
 that we would

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:30.720
 be people

00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:31.300
 who are

00:45:31.300 --> 00:45:32.519
 okay

00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:33.420
 sitting

00:45:33.420 --> 00:45:35.960
 in this

00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:36.260
 moment

00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:36.820
 with the

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:37.220
 construction

00:45:37.220 --> 00:45:37.680
 happening

00:45:37.680 --> 00:45:39.880
 and my

00:45:39.880 --> 00:45:40.240
 goodness

00:45:40.240 --> 00:45:40.600
 it is

00:45:40.600 --> 00:45:40.880
 annoying

00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:43.280
 it is

00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:43.660
 painful

00:45:43.660 --> 00:45:46.780
 but we

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:47.120
 know that

00:45:47.120 --> 00:45:47.740
 you are here

00:45:47.740 --> 00:45:48.440
 making all

00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:48.980
 things new

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:51.460
 and you are

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:52.140
 building a new

00:45:52.140 --> 00:45:52.460
 city

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:54.100
 soon

00:45:54.100 --> 00:45:56.019
 and very

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.340
 soon

00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:59.579
 so for

00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:00.140
 now we

00:46:00.140 --> 00:46:01.760
 tolerate it

00:46:01.760 --> 00:46:03.680
 we lean in

00:46:03.680 --> 00:46:04.700
 we listen to

00:46:04.700 --> 00:46:05.059
 one another

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:05.720
 but we look

00:46:05.720 --> 00:46:09.079
 to you

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:13.140
 thank you for

00:46:13.140 --> 00:46:13.579
 being here

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:14.059
 this morning

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:15.500
 be with us

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:16.019
 as we go for

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.300
 lunch

00:46:16.300 --> 00:46:16.940
 be with us

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:17.300
 as we

00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:18.340
 step into

00:46:18.340 --> 00:46:18.680
 Monday

00:46:18.680 --> 00:46:21.100
 be with us

00:46:21.100 --> 00:46:21.579
 every day

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 it is

00:46:25.920 --> 00:46:26.360
 in your name

00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:26.759
 we pray

00:46:26.759 --> 00:46:28.960
 amen

00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:31.980
 it is the

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 end of our

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 time here

00:46:32.779 --> 00:46:35.500
 thank you

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.840
 for being

00:46:35.840 --> 00:46:35.980
 here

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 and I pray

00:46:36.319 --> 00:46:36.599
 that this

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 will bless

00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:38.099
 you into

00:46:38.099 --> 00:46:38.639
 this new

00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:38.960
 week as

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 well

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 see you

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 next

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 Sunday

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