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 Father, we ask that you would gently and deeply pour out your Holy Spirit upon us as we think

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 upon your word. Father, we ask that your Holy Spirit would help us, would bring your word

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 and have your word touch our heart, the center of who we are, so that in our day-to-day life,

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 we might live in such a way that we bear much fruit for your glory. And this we ask in the

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 name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen. Please be seated.

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 So I was off last Sunday. I was at another church. I had a week off. And so two Sundays

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 ago was the last time that I was here preaching and leading the service. And I didn't know

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 two weeks ago that as I was doing the service that there were three people here waiting to

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 talk to me after the service. And they wanted to talk to me after the service because their

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 dad had died and they wanted me to do a funeral. In fact, they wanted me to do the funeral during

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 my holiday because I had a week of holiday. So it was Craig, the husband of Dodie. And I

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 knew Greg a little bit and I knew Dodie very well. So I said I would do the funeral. And so,

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 you know, you're preaching, you're doing this. Many of us have all maybe had, I mean, you know,

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 notices of death and stuff like that. And it always comes, almost always comes unexpected and

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 unbidden. This morning, just before the eight o'clock service, about five minutes before, I get a text on my

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 phone. And Dodie, whose husband had died just a week and a half, two weeks ago, she died at 3.30 this

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 morning. So I'll be doing a funeral probably on Wednesday, actually, for Dodie, who was a long,

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 fairly long time member of this church. We don't like to think about death. In fact, one of the

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 reasons that we have the curtain up today is because this is like a normal, I mean, not really a normal

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 household scene. For those of you who are young, most houses used to have ashtrays back in the old

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 days. Because so many people smoked. And it was considered polite, even if you were non-smoking,

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 that when smokers came that they could smoke in your house. And so I grew up in a house of non-smokers,

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 but we had an ashtray. And when smokers would come, we'd pull out the ashtray. And so they would have

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 an ashtray. So this is a bit of a dated type of a house. But, you know, it's in a sense, it's life,

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 right? It's where it sort of is very, makes it very conscious of where we live. And sometimes,

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 you know, the curtain here, being in front of the cross and everything, it can make us feel as if,

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 you know, on one hand, it's a good thing that we can sort of feel like we're in a bit of a holy place.

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 But it can also be something that it makes us not think of life as much. And having the curtain up

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 been looking at this living room thing, even if it's a bit dated, somebody told me that it's an

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 Anglican room because there's decanters of alcohol over there. But then another person told me it

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 can't be an Anglican room because there's no picture of the queen. So I don't know, maybe it's a lapsed

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 Anglican house or something like that. I don't know. Anyway, the fact of the matter is that every

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 single one of us in this room will die. Unless Jesus comes back, every one of us will die.

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 And in Canada, we don't like thinking about it. And in fact, there's lots of pressure to not even use

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 the word die when we're talking about different people who are dying. But we will all die. And how

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 we understand death and how we think about death makes a really big difference to how we live, at

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 least potentially. And the Bible text today that we're going to look at, because we're preaching

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 through the book of 2 Corinthians, is a very important and powerful text about death, death

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 for a Christian. So it would be a great help for me if you'd get your Bibles out and turn to 2 Corinthians

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 5. If you don't have a Bible, there's some Bibles over here and you can just get up and wander over

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 there and get your Bible. But if you could, actually, before we look at 2 Corinthians 5, let's look at

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 2 Corinthians 4, verses 17 and 18. They're the two verses before chapter 5. And here's what the text

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 says in 2 Corinthians 4, verses 17 and 18. Verse 17, you might remember two weeks ago that it was a

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 verse that we had up on the screen and we said it quite a few times because it's one of the most

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 beautiful verses in the Bible, I think. And it says this, for this light momentary affliction,

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 2 Corinthians 4, verse 17, for this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of

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 glory beyond all comparison. Isn't that just so beautiful? I'll just, I'll read it again. For this

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 light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

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 as we look not to the things that are seen, but to the things that are unseen. For the things that

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 are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. Now, just before we need to read

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 the next verse, verses like this have been very, very influential to many, many Christians throughout

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 the years. And it tends to create within Christians, whether we're aware of it or not, almost this

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 sense that when we die, we become more spiritual. In fact, we might become spiritual. We have echoes of

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 it in our culture, even if our culture isn't aware of the fact that when, like, if you probably went down

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 Rideau Street after this and asked people time after time what happens to you when you die, many,

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 many people will probably say, well, we either, that we go to a better place, that our spirits pass to a

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 better place. And many people don't realize that they're sort of having an echo and a shadow and a

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 memory of a Christian idea which has been, has been twisted and turned a bit, but it's in fact where

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 people get it from. And they also get it from some fundamental intuitions, which I'm going to talk about in a

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 moment. But many Christians, we tend to think of the fact that when we die, we just, we go to a better

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 place. We go to heaven. And it's a spiritual reality. And reading a text like this, it's very easy to see.

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 It says this, that we're being prepared for this eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, and

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 that we look to the things that are unseen, not the things that are seen. It's very easy to understand

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 this in a very, very spiritual sense. But Paul, the writer of this, immediately goes from giving this

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 view that makes it look like it's just going to be a type of spiritual reality that we head to.

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 He grounds it and helps us to understand that in fact,

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 it's not going to be spiritual in the way that we think of spiritual as being something non-physical,

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 that it's going to be a physical reality that we go to when we die in Christ. It goes like this.

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 Actually, I'll just start the last sentence of chapter four.

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 For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

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 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God,

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 a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our

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 heavenly dwelling. If indeed by putting it on, we may not be found naked. For while we are still in

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 this tent, we groan, being burdened, not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further

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 clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Andrew, could you put up verse

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 one for me on the screen, please? Could you all say this verse with me together?

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 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God,

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 not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. This passage is to teach you, if you could put up the

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 first point, Andrew, all of these verses which I just read are teaching us a very, very important

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 idea. God will resurrect me with a resurrected body to dwell in the new heaven and earth with him and

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 his people. I'm not saying he's going to do that to me because there's something special about me.

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 There's nothing special about me that's relevant to being resurrected. I, like all human beings,

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 are fallen and a rebel against God and have my only trust and confidence is that I have put my faith

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 and trust in Jesus and trusted in what he has accomplished for me in his, in the cross and in

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 his resurrection. I'm speaking here as a Christian that God will resurrect me with a resurrected body

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 to dwell in the new heaven and earth with him and his people. That's what the Bible's teaching.

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 You know, because if you go back, in fact, the Bible, Paul gives in these four verses three different

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 images that all communicate to us that there's going to be, in a sense, an embodied existence that

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 we're going to continue to have in the new heaven and the new earth. After Jesus comes and there's a

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 judging of the living and the dead and God in his sovereign power recreates the entire order and

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 we now live in a new heaven and a new earth. And there's three different images. The first image is

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 in verse one, for we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building

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 from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. And some of your Bible translations might

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 not have the word destroyed, it might have the word dismantled. And the original word in the original

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 language has, it has to actually be destroyed, dismantled slash destroyed. They're both completely

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 good ways to understand what the original word says. And so we have this image that there's this

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 sense that the tents are transitory things, that they don't last very long, that they're far more

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 flimsy and weak and houses are something far more substantial. And on one hand, we know that,

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 that there is something weak about our bodies and our bodies, they do get dismantled, they do get

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 destroyed, they do come to an end. But this text is telling us that what God has done, and it's very

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 interesting, did you notice it says a house not made with hands? Not made by human effort.

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 Or human ingenuity, or just anything human. Me, and for good or for ill, part of how I am and how I

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 look, well, part of it is, I guess, the amount I exercise or don't exercise, how I eat, how I don't

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 eat, how I sleep, or how I don't sleep. In other words, the work of my hands. And more fundamentally,

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 a lot of how I am is completely and utterly the type of ancestors that I have, and how the DNA has

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 gotten mixed throughout the generations, giving me a different type of basic abilities and propensities

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 and weaknesses and strengths. Got my mom's, my dad's eyesight, my mom's asthma.

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 You know, my hairline is more and more and more looking like my mom's dad's as I get older.

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 It has nothing to do with anything I've done, but it's still all the work of our hands, right?

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 And so there's this image that Christians are like everybody else. We're jars of clay. We're earthen

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 vessels, and this me will be dismantled. It will be destroyed. There's no particular option about that.

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 But when we put our faith and trust in Jesus, what we have, and we know that we will have once this is

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 dismantled, is that God gives us something not made with hands.

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 And it's something that will last for all eternity. And then if you just go down to the next verse,

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 he gives you a different image, because he says the same thing three times with three slightly

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 different images, because it's a really important thing for us to get our minds around and to grasp.

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 I'll explain why it's important later on. But it's an important thing for us to grasp

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 that the physical and the body matters. And that, I mean, you know, if you think about it for a second,

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 you know, one of the reasons we know that God loves matter? He made a lot of it.

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 I mean, that's just so shocking how much matter he made.

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 How big the universe and the galaxy is. He loves matter.

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 And he made lots of it.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 For in this tent we groan, and longing to put on our heavenly dwelling.

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 If indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked.

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 And so, you know, it's once again the image, like the image that we die and then we just become

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 pure spirit. It's like we become more naked.

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 We become less us, because we really need clothes, especially in Ottawa in the winter.

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 But all the time we need clothes, and it's part of who we are to have some clothes.

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 And so rather than this image that what happens with death is that there becomes,

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 there's this type of diminishment, a nakedness that grows,

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 until we're just bare spirit.

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 The image here is that as if in death, and you're walking along, and death comes,

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 and we're going to see in a moment it swallows us up.

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 And as there's this image of something that comes and swallows us up,

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 it's not just an image of being swallowed.

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 It's what's actually happening is that God is putting something on us.

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 And rather than becoming diminished, we become more clothed, clothed by God.

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 Clothed not by human hands, but by God.

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 And the groaning here, which is being talked about, isn't the groaning you hear maybe when

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 I have to get up after not having slept very long, and then I have to go down the steps,

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 and you're sort of groaning because you're tired, and I'm groaning because maybe my joints

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 are a little bit sore in the morning when I've just woken up.

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 The closest analogy is if you're out later on after the service,

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 and you go somewhere with your friend or your kids or your husband or your wife,

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 and you decide to have some dessert, and it's a really fancy dessert place,

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 and the person that you're with, they take a fork of dessert or spoon, and they eat it.

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 They go, oh, oh, is that ever good?

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 And then they want to share it with you.

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 And then you take a bite of the dessert, and you go, oh, oh, is that ever good?

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 That's the type of groaning that the Bible's talking about.

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 It's a groaning of longing that what's going to happen after death for those of us who are in Christ.

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 That we'll see in a moment that God himself puts in his children

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 beginning to long and yearn to be with him where he dwells, face to face,

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 with resurrected bodies that are healed and whole as resurrected people,

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 so that our spirits are at one with our bodies,

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 and our bodies are at one with our mind and our heart and our spirit,

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 and our mind and our heart and our spirit and our bodies are at one with the created order,

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 and they are at one with our creator, and they are at one with each other.

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 Not that we all become the same, but at one in terms of that there's this basic harmony,

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 because as we all know right now, there's a fundamental disharmony in our world

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 that, you know, I want to be able to run and do certain things like I could when I was younger,

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 but I can't do that.

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 My spirit and my mind desire, but my body can't.

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 Where you want to be across somewhere and be able to be with your friend

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 in the far side of the country when they're going through something,

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 but your spirit or your mind wants to, but your body can't do it,

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 and we're at disharmony with each other, and we're at disharmony with God,

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 and there's this picture that there will come a day

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 when this earthly tent is destroyed or dismantled,

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 and we are in a building that is prepared.

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 Our body is something not made with human hands,

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 not a result of our genetics and our DNA,

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 not a result of whether we have cared for our body very well

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 or not cared for it very well,

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 not whether or not we have been granted spectacular genetics

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 or just the lottery of genetics has just really worked against us.

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 We will have this body not made with hands as resurrected.

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 And the third image here is,

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 for while we are, it's in verse 4.

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 Actually, could you put this up here, Andrew?

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 I'd like us to say it together.

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 Could you put it up?

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 Can we all say this together?

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 For while we are still in this tent,

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 we groan, being burdened,

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 not that we would be unclothed,

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 but that we would be further clothed,

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 so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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 Isn't that beautiful?

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 That's the third image.

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 The first image is a house.

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 The second image is of being clothed.

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 The third image is that we'll be swallowed.

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 And the language is of completely swallowed.

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 But what swallows us is life, more life.

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 It's as if when we die,

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 it looks as if death is swallowing us.

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 And death is swallowing us.

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 But something bigger, life, is swallowing us.

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 And that which is mortal is swallowed up by life.

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 Can we say it again?

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 For while we are still in this tent,

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 we groan, being burdened,

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 not that we would be unclothed,

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 but that we would be further clothed,

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 so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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 It's a very, very, very, very, very beautiful,

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 beautiful passage.

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 I can hear in my head,

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 as I say these things to you,

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 the voice of some of the people that I talk to

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 in the coffee shops.

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 One fellow,

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 well, actually several people that I talk to,

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 once they get comfortable,

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 you know, with me,

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 and they say,

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 you know, I'm a scientist,

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 or I'm just a simple guy,

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 simple gal,

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 I just observe what I see.

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 And you know, there's no evidence for any of this.

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:36.579
 I mean, it's a very nice story, George,

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:38.539
 and you told it very, very movingly.

00:19:39.179 --> 00:19:39.799
 But you know,

00:19:40.679 --> 00:19:41.700
 the evidence is,

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:43.179
 is that when you die, that's it.

00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:45.079
 There's nothing.

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.439
 You just die,

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 and then you're over.

00:19:48.159 --> 00:19:48.559
 It's over.

00:19:51.159 --> 00:19:53.159
 There's no evidence for anything like this.

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.299
 It sounds very poetic,

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:55.119
 and very beautiful,

00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:56.480
 and if it gives you some comfort,

00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:57.619
 and helps you live your life,

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.019
 then I'm not,

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:59.339
 I don't want to rain on your parade.

00:19:59.399 --> 00:20:00.919
 I don't want to depress you,

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.599
 or anything like that.

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:03.139
 I don't want to make you feel as if,

00:20:03.659 --> 00:20:04.139
 oh, dang,

00:20:04.219 --> 00:20:06.259
 all this stuff that I talk about on a Sunday morning

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.000
 is just rubbish,

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 and maybe I should quit

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.779
 if I have any type of integrity,

00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:10.899
 and I don't have a job,

00:20:10.959 --> 00:20:11.199
 and I'm,

00:20:11.719 --> 00:20:11.899
 you know,

00:20:11.939 --> 00:20:12.159
 I don't,

00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.859
 I can't afford to retire,

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 and all of that.

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 But you know,

00:20:15.659 --> 00:20:17.579
 they just say,

00:20:17.659 --> 00:20:17.959
 well, you know,

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:19.579
 there's no evidence for this.

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 When I did the funeral

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 for Dodie's husband,

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 just,

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 I don't know what it is,

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.500
 ten days ago,

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:32.299
 nine days ago,

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 actually,

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 the funeral for,

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 if I do Dodie's funeral on Wednesday,

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 then it would have been,

00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.139
 on Wednesday,

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 it would have been two weeks earlier

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 that I did her husband's funeral,

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 and,

00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:44.960
 um,

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:48.000
 I don't entirely know

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:49.779
 where Craig was with things.

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.940
 I know he had a,

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 a fair dose of skepticism.

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 I also know he was a really,

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 really fine man,

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 and he came to many church services,

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 and I don't know everything

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 there is to know about him.

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 I'm not making any comments.

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 But when I,

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 I went to his funeral,

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 I felt led to do a particular thing

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 when it came time for me

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 to share my word.

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 And,

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 uh,

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 I,

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 I did what I often do in funerals.

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 Um,

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 I said,

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 um,

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 I'm going to take a few minutes

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 in the service,

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 and I know that there are people here

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 who would describe themselves

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.860
 as agnostics,

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:23.440
 maybe some who describe themselves

00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:24.300
 as atheists,

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 and I know that there are people here,

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 probably,

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:29.360
 who follow some of the great religions

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 that have been on the planet,

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 and probably some who are,

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 would describe themselves

00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:35.980
 as being more spiritual

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:37.000
 rather than religious,

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 and are putting together,

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:38.860
 you know,

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:40.779
 a different way of being spiritual

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 and coming with meaning to life.

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 But I would just like to take a few moments

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 to share with you

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 what my hope is as a Christian,

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 what the Christian hope is.

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 And then I looked at Dodie,

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 and I said,

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 what Dodie and my hope

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 as Christians are,

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 as,

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.700
 what Dodie's hope and mine

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.379
 as Christians

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 is in the face of death.

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 And,

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.879
 the Christian hope

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:05.879
 in the face of death

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 isn't based on

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:09.760
 just intuitions.

00:22:11.760 --> 00:22:13.020
 It isn't based on

00:22:13.020 --> 00:22:14.140
 just longings

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.800
 or yearnings

00:22:14.800 --> 00:22:15.880
 for something better.

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:18.100
 It isn't based

00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:19.020
 on an analysis

00:22:19.020 --> 00:22:19.920
 of the cycles

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.680
 of the season.

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 It's not based

00:22:22.800 --> 00:22:23.300
 on

00:22:23.300 --> 00:22:24.760
 things like

00:22:24.760 --> 00:22:25.760
 butterflies

00:22:25.760 --> 00:22:26.760
 and, you know,

00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.280
 how they're

00:22:27.280 --> 00:22:27.920
 chrysalis

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.920
 and all that type of stuff

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 and they become butterflies.

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 Nothing based,

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 not based on anything like that.

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.519
 It's based on

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 the real defeat of death

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.960
 in history

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 by Jesus.

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:40.360
 Jonathan spoke

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.160
 last Sunday

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:42.579
 on 1 Corinthians 15

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 and that actually

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.819
 was my text

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:46.200
 at Craig's funeral.

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 And, you know,

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.220
 it's very,

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:49.059
 very interesting.

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 If you go

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.279
 to the religion faculty

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.940
 at Carleton

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:54.059
 or University of Ottawa

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 or if you go

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:57.100
 to the theology faculty

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:58.319
 of St. Paul University,

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.100
 which is very,

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.420
 very,

00:22:59.539 --> 00:22:59.799
 very,

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 very,

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 very liberal,

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:03.620
 they would probably

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.700
 say in the theology

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.480
 faculty there

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 that most of the things

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.200
 in the New Testament

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.019
 never happened

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.120
 so they're quite

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:10.059
 liberal.

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 But if you were

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 to do a survey

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 of scholars

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.920
 over the last

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 100,

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 150 years,

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 you would find

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.100
 several things

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.680
 that they all

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.240
 agree on.

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 They would all agree

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.240
 that Jesus lived.

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.519
 You know,

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:26.220
 up until very recently,

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:28.539
 part of Marx's dogma

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.400
 was that they,

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.140
 Jesus never lived,

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.759
 but that was just

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.820
 Marxist dogma.

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 It wasn't based

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:33.980
 on any type

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.960
 of historical stuff.

00:23:35.020 --> 00:23:35.620
 But most people

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.040
 would agree,

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.800
 most scholars

00:23:36.800 --> 00:23:37.900
 who studied these things

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.340
 would agree

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:39.740
 that Jesus lived.

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.600
 There's also actually

00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:43.080
 almost complete

00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:44.440
 unanimity on the fact

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.320
 that Jesus died

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:46.020
 on the cross.

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.660
 The only people

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.600
 today fundamentally

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.340
 who don't believe

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:51.040
 that Jesus died

00:23:51.040 --> 00:23:51.540
 on the cross

00:23:51.540 --> 00:23:52.200
 are Muslims

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.340
 and they don't believe

00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:53.880
 it because of

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:55.860
 historical research.

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.720
 They believe it

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.880
 because the Quran,

00:23:58.460 --> 00:24:00.420
 written over 600 years

00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:00.860
 later,

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.240
 actually spoken

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.340
 by Muhammad

00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:04.600
 over 600 years

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:04.880
 later,

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.600
 but not actually

00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:06.519
 written until

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.940
 about 150 years

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.880
 after Muhammad.

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:11.680
 So 750 years

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:13.620
 after the historical

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.000
 events,

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.900
 it says that Jesus

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:16.039
 didn't die on the cross.

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.759
 But so apart

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.279
 from Muslims,

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:18.039
 people who study

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.700
 the issue

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.519
 historically

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.840
 would agree

00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:21.720
 that Jesus lived.

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.320
 They would agree

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:23.120
 that Jesus died.

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.240
 They'd also agree,

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:26.420
 go to Bart Ehrman,

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.440
 go to the most

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.620
 skeptical scholars

00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:31.039
 that the early

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:32.160
 Christians almost

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:33.539
 immediately proclaimed

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.559
 that Jesus had risen

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.220
 from the dead.

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.500
 Virtually all scholars

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.059
 would accept

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.960
 that that goes back

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:41.059
 almost immediately

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:44.080
 to 33 or 30 AD,

00:24:44.320 --> 00:24:45.120
 which is when Jesus

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:46.120
 died upon the cross,

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.620
 depending on how you

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:49.340
 date it with new moons

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:50.160
 and stuff like that.

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.740
 It's probably one of

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.640
 those two years.

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.340
 But there's very little

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:53.600
 doubt,

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.400
 even amongst the most

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.320
 liberal or skeptical

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.919
 scholars,

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.919
 that the proclamation

00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:58.579
 of Jesus having risen

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.279
 from the dead

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.439
 emerged almost

00:25:00.439 --> 00:25:01.059
 immediately.

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.659
 And the fourth thing,

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.519
 which isn't quite

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.200
 unanimous,

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.720
 but it's over

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:07.939
 probably 75%

00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:09.319
 of scholars,

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:10.220
 even skeptical

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.819
 scholars,

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:13.559
 is that the tomb

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.079
 was empty

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.179
 and that everybody

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:15.720
 would say they've

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.539
 never found the body.

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.439
 And so that actually

00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:20.319
 is historical,

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.960
 that he lived,

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.700
 that he died,

00:25:23.419 --> 00:25:24.279
 that there's bodies

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.220
 never been found.

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.759
 And that almost

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.500
 immediately,

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:29.939
 the Christians

00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.839
 proclaimed that he

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.559
 had risen from the

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.759
 dead.

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.379
 A fifth thing,

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.059
 which could be added

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.740
 historically,

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:38.299
 is that the primary

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.519
 witnesses of this,

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:41.819
 all but one of them

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:47.059
 died in some type

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:50.059
 of exile or official

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:52.179
 death by the state.

00:25:52.180 --> 00:26:02.620
 died in some type of

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.840
 official execution

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.860
 by the state,

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.019
 and they died

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:08.140
 proclaiming that

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.799
 Jesus had risen

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.420
 from the dead.

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.460
 Now, of course,

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.620
 atheists and skeptical

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.160
 scholars,

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.060
 they just leave it at

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.220
 that.

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.880
 They would just say,

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.539
 these are the things

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:15.980
 that happened,

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.660
 but they can't

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.299
 explain it.

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:20.119
 I would say that,

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.579
 in fact,

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.359
 the original Christian

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:23.440
 account perfectly

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.579
 explains the data.

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.619
 That the reason

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:30.519
 early Christians

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.859
 proclaimed that

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.559
 Jesus had risen

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.259
 from the dead,

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.899
 and the reason

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.700
 the Christian faith

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.519
 grew in Jerusalem

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.379
 so quickly,

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.799
 and then spread,

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.139
 was because,

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.519
 in fact,

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.359
 Jesus really did

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:41.180
 rise from the dead.

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:44.000
 that he really

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.820
 did rise from

00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:45.180
 the dead.

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.900
 That it's actually

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.380
 true.

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:55.140
 And if it's true

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:56.560
 that he really,

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.340
 really did

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.640
 die upon the cross,

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.299
 and he really,

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.039
 really did

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:01.259
 rise from the dead,

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.600
 and that this,

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.060
 contrary to my

00:27:04.060 --> 00:27:05.080
 skeptical friends,

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.019
 isn't just me

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.779
 having some type

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.720
 of pious belief

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.400
 or intuition,

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.279
 but me actually

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.000
 being able to look

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.740
 at the historical

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.660
 record and the data,

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.240
 and you.

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.380
 And in a sense,

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.799
 my skeptical friends,

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.640
 they come to the data

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.099
 and history,

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.819
 and at that point

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.119
 in time,

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:19.180
 their minds balk,

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.079
 and they take a step

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.400
 back.

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.000
 They won't take

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:23.079
 that further step,

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.460
 because they would

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.019
 say that any

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.619
 explanation,

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.339
 even if I don't

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.900
 have one,

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.680
 has to be more

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.740
 probable than the

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.440
 fact that Jesus

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.940
 died.

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:30.980
 And part of the

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.180
 reason is that

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.339
 if Jesus did die

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:34.059
 and rise from the

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:35.059
 dead after he had

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.740
 predicted that he

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:35.980
 would,

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.339
 that it means the

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.200
 universe is not at

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.160
 all like we think.

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.359
 because this,

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:43.559
 this death and

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.539
 resurrection starts

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.279
 to have a particular

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:46.740
 type of authority

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:48.059
 because of the

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.059
 context of Jesus'

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.880
 teaching.

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.339
 Now,

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.240
 I say all of this

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.599
 because,

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.440
 go back,

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.059
 can we say verse

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.619
 four again?

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.180
 Say verse four

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.779
 again with me.

00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:00.680
 for while we were

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:02.339
 still in this tent,

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.619
 we groan,

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:05.000
 being burdened,

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:06.220
 not that we would

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.480
 be unclothed,

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.500
 but that we would

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.980
 be further clothed,

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:11.279
 so that what is

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.480
 mortal may be

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.619
 swallowed up by

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:14.180
 life.

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.420
 Andrew, could you

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:15.920
 put up the next

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.639
 point, please?

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:19.500
 Death thought it

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.220
 had swallowed

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.819
 Jesus,

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.519
 but Jesus

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.879
 swallowed death.

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.000
 death.

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.580
 Death thought it

00:28:28.580 --> 00:28:29.280
 had swallowed

00:28:29.280 --> 00:28:29.940
 Jesus,

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.400
 but Jesus

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:33.140
 swallowed

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.080
 death.

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.700
 It's very

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.220
 interesting,

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:36.920
 if you go back

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.460
 and you look at

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:39.640
 the seven last

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.380
 words of Jesus

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.260
 on the cross

00:28:41.260 --> 00:28:42.560
 from the historical

00:28:42.560 --> 00:28:43.140
 records,

00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:44.180
 which we now call

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.980
 the Gospels,

00:28:45.520 --> 00:28:46.480
 and you'll see

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.900
 that the second

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.800
 to last word

00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:49.580
 that Jesus says

00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:50.140
 on the cross

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.640
 is it is

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.080
 finished.

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:54.859
 And then

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.779
 shortly after

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.220
 that,

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.159
 the language

00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:57.759
 that he uses

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.359
 and the verb

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.240
 tenses are very

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.960
 interesting.

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.720
 The very final

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.439
 word that he says

00:29:02.439 --> 00:29:03.179
 from the cross

00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:03.619
 is,

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.939
 into your hands,

00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:07.139
 Father,

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.879
 into your hands

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.799
 I give my spirit.

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.500
 And the thing

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.359
 which is interesting

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.919
 about that

00:29:11.919 --> 00:29:12.879
 in the text,

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.159
 and it shocks

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:16.240
 the Romans

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:17.359
 who were

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.579
 guarding the cross

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.179
 and everything,

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.699
 is the

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:22.279
 type of imagery

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.920
 and the language

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.380
 of Jesus

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.900
 is using

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.740
 is very different

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.319
 than how we

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:25.860
 would normally

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.299
 use,

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:26.920
 talk about

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.600
 our own death.

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.660
 You see,

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.240
 in a sense,

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:30.039
 you could picture

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.819
 that I'm living

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:32.019
 my life every day,

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.840
 I walk,

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.080
 and day by day

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.519
 I go,

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.940
 and death,

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.559
 that grim reaper,

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.200
 is slowly

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.000
 getting close

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.420
 to me.

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.860
 And at some

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.799
 point in time,

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.500
 I do it all

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.920
 I can.

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.019
 Maybe even

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.600
 in those latter

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.000
 days,

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.620
 I become a

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.180
 vegetarian.

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.880
 I don't know,

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.820
 Lord have mercy,

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.740
 because that will

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.600
 maybe give me

00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:54.360
 an extra few

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.799
 months.

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.100
 And then maybe

00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:56.519
 I'll even,

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.560
 I had an uncle

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:58.120
 who died,

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.600
 and he was

00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:00.200
 Irish.

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.380
 He loved a

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.140
 good Irish

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.740
 fry-up

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.440
 breakfast.

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:05.900
 Potato

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.980
 scones,

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:08.259
 all dipped

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.920
 in bacon

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.820
 fat and

00:30:09.820 --> 00:30:10.519
 fried,

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.920
 with fried

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.740
 tomatoes,

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.720
 and fried

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.440
 mushrooms,

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.220
 and fried

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.720
 eggs.

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.120
 And you take

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.500
 some of that

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.140
 bacon fat,

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.600
 and you pour

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:18.100
 it on top

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.339
 of the

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.699
 eggs.

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.199
 And he

00:30:20.199 --> 00:30:21.480
 became a

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.359
 vegan at

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.759
 the end

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.199
 when he was

00:30:23.199 --> 00:30:23.759
 suffering with

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.319
 cancer,

00:30:24.699 --> 00:30:25.259
 in the hope

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.659
 that it would

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.299
 let him live

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.779
 a little bit

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.179
 longer.

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.799
 So maybe I

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.299
 even become

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.779
 a vegan.

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:30.079
 But eventually,

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.759
 no matter what

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.339
 I've tried,

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.579
 death comes

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.179
 and swallows

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:33.619
 me up.

00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:35.980
 It's inevitable.

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.719
 But the

00:30:37.719 --> 00:30:38.439
 language and the

00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:39.519
 imagery of

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.419
 Jesus' final

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:40.859
 word about

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.619
 the cross

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:43.839
 implies that

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.619
 death can't

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.179
 just swallow

00:30:45.179 --> 00:30:45.759
 Jesus.

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.059
 Jesus

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:49.859
 enters

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.359
 death.

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.379
 And so

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.979
 from the

00:30:54.979 --> 00:30:55.539
 outside,

00:30:55.719 --> 00:30:56.039
 you see

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.339
 death

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:57.059
 swallowing

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.639
 Jesus.

00:30:58.419 --> 00:30:59.219
 But Jesus

00:30:59.219 --> 00:30:59.939
 has predicted

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:00.539
 that he's

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.000
 going to die

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.219
 on the

00:31:01.219 --> 00:31:01.399
 cross.

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.719
 In fact,

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.199
 he says

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.439
 that he

00:31:02.439 --> 00:31:02.959
 comes

00:31:02.959 --> 00:31:03.659
 specifically

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:04.099
 to die

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.559
 upon the

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:04.939
 cross.

00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:06.459
 And after

00:31:06.459 --> 00:31:06.959
 he's done

00:31:06.959 --> 00:31:07.500
 his work

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.979
 upon the

00:31:07.979 --> 00:31:08.299
 cross,

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:08.799
 my God,

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.279
 my God,

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.799
 why hast

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.559
 thou forsaken

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:10.799
 me?

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.179
 The eye

00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:11.659
 thirst,

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.019
 it is

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.439
 finished.

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.519
 And he

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.480
 enters

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.120
 death.

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.279
 And Christians

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.980
 understand that

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.680
 as he enters

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.160
 death,

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.960
 and death

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.580
 appears to

00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:20.360
 swallow him,

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.039
 but Jesus

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.039
 then experiences

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.960
 every single

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.680
 thing there is

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:25.160
 to experience

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.720
 of death

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.299
 with nothing

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:27.059
 left over.

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.900
 And he

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.680
 emerges on

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.480
 the far side

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.019
 of death,

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.400
 and he has

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.400
 triumphed over

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.840
 death,

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.779
 and death

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.360
 no longer

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:35.100
 applies to

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.840
 him or has

00:31:35.840 --> 00:31:36.480
 any hold

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.980
 on him

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.460
 because he

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.100
 has completely

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.900
 triumphed over

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.240
 death.

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.200
 And so we

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:42.140
 see that it

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.180
 looks as

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:45.220
 if death

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.400
 has swallowed

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.020
 Jesus.

00:31:48.300 --> 00:31:48.920
 But on

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.720
 Easter Sunday

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:51.500
 and with the

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.900
 resurrection

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.520
 appearances,

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.240
 we begin to

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.960
 understand that

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.480
 Jesus has

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.740
 swallowed

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.140
 death.

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.240
 Can you

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.540
 put the

00:31:57.540 --> 00:31:58.980
 scripture,

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.780
 can you read

00:31:59.780 --> 00:32:00.259
 this with me

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.560
 again?

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.440
 Read verse

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.900
 four with

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.140
 me?

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.560
 For while we

00:32:03.560 --> 00:32:04.259
 are still

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.880
 in this

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.259
 tent,

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:06.120
 we groan

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:07.360
 being burdened,

00:32:07.560 --> 00:32:08.500
 not that we

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.020
 would be

00:32:09.020 --> 00:32:10.020
 unclothed,

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.900
 but that we

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.300
 would be

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.759
 further

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.559
 clothed,

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.299
 so that

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.859
 what is

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.799
 mortal may

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.399
 be swallowed

00:32:15.399 --> 00:32:16.119
 up by

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.680
 life.

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.259
 Not because

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.740
 there's something

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.460
 special in

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.859
 me, but

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.700
 because when

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.559
 I put my

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.180
 hands in

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.579
 the hands

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.139
 of Jesus,

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.259
 that he

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.559
 would be

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.180
 my savior

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.659
 and that he

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:26.980
 would be

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.519
 my lord,

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:28.180
 he takes

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.500
 me,

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.539
 because he

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.059
 will cast

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.480
 no one

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.779
 away.

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.440
 And as

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.940
 he takes

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.339
 me,

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.639
 then he

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:39.599
 who was

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.279
 swallowed by

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.659
 death,

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:40.980
 but it

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.480
 turns out

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.279
 that ultimately

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:44.019
 he swallowed

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.039
 death himself.

00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.119
 Life

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:48.019
 swallowed

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.519
 death.

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.819
 Death

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.439
 is not

00:32:50.439 --> 00:32:50.959
 the final

00:32:50.959 --> 00:32:51.399
 word.

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:51.939
 Nothing

00:32:51.939 --> 00:32:52.719
 is not

00:32:52.719 --> 00:32:53.299
 the final

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.799
 word.

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.939
 Love

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.879
 and grace

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.699
 and mercy

00:32:56.699 --> 00:32:57.559
 and justice

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.519
 and life

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.799
 and God

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.439
 himself,

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:01.019
 the Lord

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.959
 Jesus Christ

00:33:01.959 --> 00:33:02.419
 is the

00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:03.259
 final word.

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.219
 It

00:33:04.219 --> 00:33:04.740
 swallows

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.200
 death.

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.299
 Life

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.620
 swallows

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.559
 death.

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.920
 And when

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.620
 I am

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.319
 in him

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.000
 and he

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.579
 is in

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:13.940
 me,

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.099
 and friends,

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.940
 when he

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.380
 is in

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:18.220
 you and

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.559
 you are

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.059
 in him,

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.140
 the day

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.420
 of our

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:22.359
 death is

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.680
 the day

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:22.960
 that we

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.420
 are swallowed

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.059
 by life.

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.519
 Could you

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.940
 put up the

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.440
 third point,

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:30.779
 Andrew?

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:33.019
 Every human

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.539
 being, I

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.039
 think, has

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.079
 that intimation

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.119
 and intuition,

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.000
 in fact,

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.299
 well, I'll

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.700
 say it,

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.139
 love and

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.639
 life are

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.799
 stronger than

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.960
 death because

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:44.359
 Jesus is

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:45.619
 stronger than

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:45.980
 death.

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.259
 Love and

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.920
 life are

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.899
 stronger than

00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:49.980
 death because

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:51.500
 Jesus is

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.299
 stronger than

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.680
 death.

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:59.059
 We all

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.480
 have this

00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.899
 intuition.

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.240
 I think

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.720
 every human

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.200
 being has

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.759
 an intuition

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:03.259
 in the face

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.680
 of death

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.060
 that there's

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.820
 something wrong

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.180
 with it,

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.420
 there's

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:05.920
 something not

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.500
 right with

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.720
 it.

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.940
 Every human

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.680
 being has,

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.099
 I think,

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:11.039
 some intuition

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:12.500
 that love,

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.639
 although it

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.340
 seems to

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.000
 lose to

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.500
 death and

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.400
 life seems

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.119
 to lose to

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.380
 death,

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.820
 that there

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.340
 must be

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.659
 something about

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.260
 love and

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:20.920
 life that is

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.920
 in fact stronger

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.320
 and more

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.079
 important than

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.420
 death.

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.860
 And all they

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.519
 are for most

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.960
 people are

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.639
 intuitions.

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.519
 They're intuitions

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.059
 for us.

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.200
 But our belief

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:29.800
 in this isn't

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.220
 based on

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.680
 intuition.

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:32.379
 intuition in

00:34:32.379 --> 00:34:33.319
 the context

00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:34.319
 of God

00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:35.219
 doing something

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.960
 and revealing

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.779
 something to

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.559
 show that in

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.419
 fact these

00:34:38.419 --> 00:34:39.519
 intuitions are

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:41.940
 correct and

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.539
 to call us to

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.119
 call out to

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.659
 God for

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.139
 mercy.

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.399
 Can you put

00:34:46.399 --> 00:34:46.819
 up the next

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.199
 point,

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:47.839
 Andrew?

00:34:48.859 --> 00:34:49.639
 Notice in

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.419
 verse 5,

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.579
 he who has

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.679
 prepared us

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.500
 for this very

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.579
 thing that's

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.099
 been swallowed

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.980
 up by life,

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.719
 this groaning

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:59.279
 for something

00:34:59.279 --> 00:34:59.719
 more.

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.139
 He who has

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.779
 prepared us

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.459
 for this very

00:35:02.459 --> 00:35:03.579
 thing is God

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.480
 who has given

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.659
 us the spirit

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.599
 as a guarantee.

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:09.539
 God grows a

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.599
 longing in his

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:12.179
 children to be

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:13.019
 swallowed up by

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.500
 life.

00:35:15.439 --> 00:35:18.099
 God grows a

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.099
 longing in his

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:20.059
 children to be

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.779
 swallowed up by

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.099
 life.

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.679
 And some of

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.319
 you might say,

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.399
 I'd like to

00:35:23.399 --> 00:35:24.099
 have that longing,

00:35:24.319 --> 00:35:24.739
 George, I don't

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.459
 know if I have

00:35:25.459 --> 00:35:25.639
 it.

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.039
 I guess I have

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.699
 two things to

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:27.980
 say.

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.099
 The first is

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.539
 that you should

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.339
 pray for it.

00:35:31.859 --> 00:35:32.619
 Like, make it

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.079
 part of your

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.939
 daily prayers.

00:35:36.339 --> 00:35:37.279
 Lord, I'm

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:38.119
 afraid that

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:41.159
 somehow death

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.579
 is more

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.480
 powerful, and

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.259
 that hatred

00:35:43.259 --> 00:35:43.759
 is more

00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:44.619
 powerful, and

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.599
 chaos is more

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.359
 powerful, and

00:35:46.359 --> 00:35:47.119
 I'm afraid of

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:48.039
 that, that

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.779
 somehow it is.

00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:49.319
 It seems as

00:35:49.319 --> 00:35:50.279
 if in my job,

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:50.699
 or in my

00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:51.159
 house, and

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.759
 in my body,

00:35:51.839 --> 00:35:52.239
 those things

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.619
 are more

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.119
 powerful.

00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:55.159
 And I'd

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.739
 love to have

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.439
 this type of

00:35:56.439 --> 00:35:57.019
 longing, even

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.699
 occasionally,

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.420
 Father, I'd

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.259
 love to have

00:35:59.259 --> 00:36:00.480
 this longing.

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.539
 And so pray to

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.300
 the Father about

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:04.119
 that, and ask

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.900
 him to begin to

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.759
 grow within you

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.900
 that which he's

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.519
 promised through

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.300
 his word, that

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.900
 he'll grow a

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.699
 longing for these

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.280
 things in you.

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.320
 Call out to him

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:11.840
 in prayer.

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.460
 But the other

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:14.920
 thing that you

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:17.280
 need to do is to

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.019
 be gripped by the

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.480
 gospel.

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:23.199
 you see, the

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:23.880
 longings and

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.519
 the yearnings

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.820
 come out of

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.280
 an ever

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:27.440
 greater sense

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.380
 of what it

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:29.139
 is that Jesus

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.920
 did for us on

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.559
 the cross.

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:33.440
 As the cross

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:34.519
 and his death

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.980
 and erection

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.760
 becomes more

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.559
 real to our

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:39.099
 hearts, these

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.820
 longings and

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:41.679
 yearnings become

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.440
 in a sense more

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.340
 natural as a

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:44.340
 byproduct of it.

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:47.620
 And so ask

00:36:47.620 --> 00:36:48.280
 that the Father

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:48.920
 would help the

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.780
 gospel to become

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.600
 more real to you.

00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:51.600
 Think about Jesus

00:36:51.600 --> 00:36:52.180
 and his death

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:52.900
 upon the cross.

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.640
 Think about the

00:36:53.640 --> 00:36:55.200
 fact that he

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:56.000
 knew every single

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.480
 thing there is to

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.960
 know about you

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.880
 and still he loved

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.880
 you so much and

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.900
 loves you so much

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.519
 that he would be

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.140
 willing to die

00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:02.960
 upon the cross.

00:37:03.620 --> 00:37:04.579
 That in fact,

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.660
 no matter how

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.300
 much you might

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:07.059
 feel in your life,

00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:07.640
 that nobody

00:37:07.640 --> 00:37:08.500
 loves you, the

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.960
 fact of the

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.579
 matter is, is

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.079
 that from the

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.740
 time you were

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:13.140
 conceived, Jesus

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:14.240
 has known you

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:15.019
 and he has

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:16.199
 loved you more

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:16.819
 than you could

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:18.019
 possibly imagine

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:19.719
 and he loved you

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:20.519
 so much that he

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:21.179
 died for you on

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:21.759
 the cross.

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:24.179
 You are loved

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.979
 beyond your

00:37:24.979 --> 00:37:27.219
 imagining in a

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:28.339
 costly love that

00:37:28.339 --> 00:37:28.959
 took him to the

00:37:28.959 --> 00:37:29.919
 cross to die.

00:37:32.819 --> 00:37:33.879
 And faith in

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.939
 Christ is in a

00:37:34.939 --> 00:37:35.639
 sense finally

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.739
 stopping to run

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:39.579
 from Jesus and

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.319
 to turn to face

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:40.859
 him and to put

00:37:40.859 --> 00:37:41.479
 down all the

00:37:41.479 --> 00:37:42.119
 things that we

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:43.399
 trust in and all

00:37:43.399 --> 00:37:44.079
 of the things that

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:45.059
 we think we

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.900
 need to accomplish

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:47.139
 and just saying,

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.699
 Lord, have

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.099
 mercy.

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.679
 Take me as

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.039
 your own.

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.239
 I don't want to

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:52.759
 run from you

00:37:52.759 --> 00:37:53.639
 anymore and I

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:53.960
 don't want to

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.679
 try to impress

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:57.099
 you and I

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.579
 don't even really

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:59.299
 feel worthy, but

00:37:59.299 --> 00:38:00.340
 your word says

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:01.099
 that you'll take

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:02.739
 me and I want

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.420
 to be yours.

00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:05.019
 I know that I

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.679
 need you to be

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.519
 my Savior and

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.980
 my Lord.

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.460
 And Jesus

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.179
 turns no one

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.500
 away.

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.219
 In fact, if you

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.619
 could put up the

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:13.119
 next point,

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:14.699
 Andrew, God

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:16.519
 himself guarantees

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.819
 my resurrection to

00:38:17.819 --> 00:38:18.380
 be with him.

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.219
 Notice that in

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:19.839
 verse 5?

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.059
 He who has

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.839
 prepared us for

00:38:21.839 --> 00:38:22.819
 this very thing

00:38:22.819 --> 00:38:23.960
 is God who has

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.559
 given us the

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.839
 spirit as a

00:38:25.839 --> 00:38:26.319
 guarantee.

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.159
 You know, just

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.719
 think about this

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.199
 for a second.

00:38:29.319 --> 00:38:30.079
 If God ordered

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:31.400
 a pizza, would

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:31.940
 he be able to

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.559
 pay for it?

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:33.900
 Yeah.

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.500
 He could pay for

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.940
 a pizza.

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:37.339
 If God called

00:38:37.339 --> 00:38:37.940
 up and says,

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.799
 you know, I

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:39.559
 won't give any

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.900
 company credit,

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:42.180
 sent me a

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:43.360
 pizza, you

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:43.599
 know he's

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:44.019
 going to pay.

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.220
 He's given

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:45.720
 us this

00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:46.220
 guarantee.

00:38:47.160 --> 00:38:47.519
 And he's

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:47.980
 proved this

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.619
 guarantee by

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.079
 the death and

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.700
 resurrection of

00:38:49.700 --> 00:38:50.099
 his son.

00:38:51.660 --> 00:38:52.700
 My time is

00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:53.360
 almost up.

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.539
 And I have

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:54.900
 two more

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.320
 things I want

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.500
 to say.

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:55.720
 I'm just

00:38:55.720 --> 00:38:56.039
 going to say

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.619
 something very,

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:57.480
 very briefly to

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.000
 try to wrap it

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.440
 up within a

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:58.820
 couple of

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.099
 minutes.

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.440
 A couple of

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.960
 weeks ago,

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:02.800
 I don't like

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:03.340
 telling stories

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.800
 like this because

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:04.220
 it makes me

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:04.820
 look like I'm a

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.400
 better guy than

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:06.340
 I actually am.

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:09.260
 I'm a very

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:10.260
 strong introvert

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:12.079
 and I was just

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.680
 telling somebody

00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:13.320
 that when I fly

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:13.780
 on the plane

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:15.180
 occasionally I

00:39:15.180 --> 00:39:15.640
 have this

00:39:15.640 --> 00:39:16.460
 misfortune of

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:17.300
 sitting beside

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:17.940
 somebody on a

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.360
 plane that

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:19.019
 knows me.

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:21.539
 And I'm not

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.340
 making this up.

00:39:22.680 --> 00:39:23.320
 It happened to

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:24.120
 me just in

00:39:24.120 --> 00:39:25.880
 August when I

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.579
 had to fly to

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.519
 Vancouver and I

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.980
 ended up sitting

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.680
 beside somebody I

00:39:28.680 --> 00:39:29.900
 knew and I

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:30.480
 told them,

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:32.320
 I'm really sorry

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:32.800
 it's nothing

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.600
 personal but I

00:39:33.600 --> 00:39:34.200
 don't talk to

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:34.620
 people on

00:39:34.620 --> 00:39:35.059
 airplanes.

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:38.260
 I really need

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:39.000
 this introverted

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:40.420
 quiet time to

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:41.100
 get some work

00:39:41.100 --> 00:39:42.539
 done and so

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.920
 I'm not going

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.460
 to talk to

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.620
 you.

00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:44.460
 They were

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.160
 pretty shocked.

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.280
 You know,

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:49.000
 so I'm not one

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.460
 of those guys

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:49.820
 that goes on

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:50.260
 the plane and

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.620
 tries to

00:39:50.620 --> 00:39:51.079
 convert the

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.500
 whole plane.

00:39:51.640 --> 00:39:51.880
 Anyway,

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:53.440
 so just to

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:54.200
 counterbalance

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:54.900
 this story,

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.700
 one of the

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.600
 Starbucks I

00:39:56.600 --> 00:39:56.940
 go to

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.420
 regularly,

00:39:57.620 --> 00:39:58.059
 there's this

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:58.640
 mentally

00:39:58.640 --> 00:39:59.280
 handicapped

00:39:59.280 --> 00:39:59.700
 man who

00:39:59.700 --> 00:40:00.280
 started coming

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:00.620
 with his

00:40:00.620 --> 00:40:00.900
 helper.

00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:03.400
 And he's

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:03.740
 one of these

00:40:03.740 --> 00:40:04.640
 mentally handicapped

00:40:04.640 --> 00:40:04.860
 men,

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.340
 he's probably

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:06.079
 in his

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.739
 50s,

00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:08.599
 and he

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:09.079
 goes up to

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.539
 people and

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.460
 says hi to

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:10.940
 them and

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.679
 tries to

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:12.119
 shake their

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.539
 hand.

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:13.819
 Now,

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.599
 Canadians,

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.360
 when a

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:16.819
 mentally

00:40:16.819 --> 00:40:17.779
 bit

00:40:17.779 --> 00:40:18.699
 disheveled,

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:20.039
 definitely

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.659
 not well

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:21.699
 coiffed,

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.380
 mentally

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:23.059
 handicapped

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:23.739
 man comes

00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:24.420
 and thrusts

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.920
 his hand

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.360
 out to you,

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:25.860
 a lot of

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.579
 Canadians do

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.139
 this,

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:28.460
 right?

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.599
 And then

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:29.900
 some of

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.000
 them,

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.440
 they realize

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:30.699
 when I'm

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:31.119
 a Canadian,

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:31.739
 I'm not

00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:32.139
 supposed to

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.519
 do this,

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:32.779
 and then

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.099
 they sort

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.440
 of take

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:33.940
 his hand.

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.279
 Anyway,

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.619
 about a

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:36.940
 month or

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:37.319
 so ago,

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.679
 a month and

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:38.159
 a half ago,

00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:38.659
 he happened

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:38.960
 to sit

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.619
 beside me

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:39.940
 and he

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:40.619
 shook my

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:41.079
 hand and

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.500
 I shook

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:41.860
 his hand

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.039
 and I

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.339
 asked him

00:40:42.339 --> 00:40:42.779
 his name,

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.360
 told me

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.759
 his name.

00:40:44.799 --> 00:40:45.119
 And so

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:46.199
 then two

00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:46.819
 weeks later,

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:47.339
 he comes

00:40:47.339 --> 00:40:47.980
 in the

00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.659
 restaurant and

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:48.920
 as he's

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.579
 walking by,

00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:50.519
 I stand

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.860
 up,

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:51.759
 put my

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.179
 hand out

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:52.699
 to him

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:53.519
 and say

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:53.900
 hi,

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.219
 I'm going

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:54.440
 to call

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:54.900
 him Bob,

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:55.699
 hi Bob.

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:57.339
 and he

00:40:57.339 --> 00:40:58.639
 looks startled

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.279
 and turns

00:40:59.279 --> 00:40:59.759
 around,

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:01.179
 shakes my

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:01.539
 hand and

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.079
 smiles at

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:02.699
 me and

00:41:02.699 --> 00:41:02.939
 he goes

00:41:02.939 --> 00:41:03.239
 off to

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.500
 the seat

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:03.799
 with his

00:41:03.799 --> 00:41:04.039
 helper.

00:41:05.759 --> 00:41:06.179
 After the

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:06.539
 service,

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.299
 after the,

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.579
 at the

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:09.019
 end of the,

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:09.759
 as they were

00:41:09.759 --> 00:41:10.139
 leaving,

00:41:10.259 --> 00:41:10.619
 the helper

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:11.239
 came up to

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:11.539
 me and

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:11.799
 said,

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:13.159
 you don't

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.439
 know how

00:41:13.439 --> 00:41:13.879
 much that

00:41:13.879 --> 00:41:14.399
 meant to

00:41:14.399 --> 00:41:14.659
 me,

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:16.779
 that you

00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:17.119
 remembered

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:17.639
 his name

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:21.500
 and that

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.259
 he initiated

00:41:22.259 --> 00:41:23.139
 a conversation

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.739
 with him

00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:24.119
 because

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.919
 everywhere he

00:41:24.919 --> 00:41:25.159
 goes,

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:25.379
 he's

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:25.720
 friendly,

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.240
 just the

00:41:26.240 --> 00:41:26.500
 way he

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:26.740
 is.

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.099
 And most

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:28.579
 Canadians

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.000
 don't even

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.260
 want to

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:29.760
 talk to

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:30.380
 him and

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:32.099
 often when

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:32.380
 they see

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:32.700
 him coming

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:33.079
 in another

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.320
 time,

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:33.680
 they try to

00:41:33.680 --> 00:41:34.059
 look another

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.480
 way to make

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:34.700
 sure he

00:41:34.700 --> 00:41:35.119
 doesn't shake

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:35.680
 their hand.

00:41:36.180 --> 00:41:36.660
 You remembered

00:41:36.660 --> 00:41:37.039
 his name,

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.680
 it meant a

00:41:37.680 --> 00:41:38.160
 lot to me.

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.320
 And so then

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:39.840
 we get

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.599
 talking and

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:41.380
 she says,

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.019
 I notice

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.340
 that you

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.900
 often sit

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.200
 there with

00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:43.700
 a Bible

00:41:43.700 --> 00:41:44.180
 and big

00:41:44.180 --> 00:41:44.480
 books,

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:44.780
 like are

00:41:44.780 --> 00:41:45.039
 you a

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.740
 pastor or

00:41:45.740 --> 00:41:46.280
 something like

00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:46.559
 that?

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:47.980
 And I

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:49.140
 say that I

00:41:49.140 --> 00:41:49.780
 am and

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:50.760
 she has a

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.380
 few things to

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:51.820
 say about

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:52.940
 me and my

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.340
 type of

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:53.940
 Anglican and

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.460
 stuff like

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:54.780
 that.

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:55.920
 But then

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:58.320
 she's leaving

00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:00.380
 and as

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:00.820
 part of her

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:01.559
 explanation as

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:02.119
 to why she's

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:02.860
 no longer an

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:03.500
 Anglican and

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:04.260
 she's spiritual,

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:05.039
 she says,

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:05.199
 you know,

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.760
 it's all yin

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:06.199
 and yang.

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:07.900
 Like I'm a

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.659
 spiritual person,

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:09.039
 it's just a

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.360
 matter of

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:09.960
 accepting the

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.240
 yin and

00:42:10.240 --> 00:42:10.740
 yang of

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:11.079
 life.

00:42:11.880 --> 00:42:12.280
 And I

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:12.699
 said to

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:12.800
 her,

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.260
 you don't

00:42:13.260 --> 00:42:13.920
 believe that,

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.320
 do you?

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:16.619
 And she

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:16.860
 said,

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:17.199
 no, I

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.619
 really do.

00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:17.900
 I said,

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.280
 no, you

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:18.800
 don't believe

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:19.139
 that.

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:20.320
 You don't

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.940
 believe that

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:21.679
 love and

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:23.000
 hatred are the

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.400
 same,

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:24.059
 that death

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.539
 and life

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:24.880
 are the

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:25.259
 same.

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:26.739
 You don't

00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:27.440
 believe that

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:27.880
 it's just

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.320
 the same

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:28.799
 for me to

00:42:28.799 --> 00:42:30.179
 know Bob

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.900
 and shake

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.380
 his hand

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:31.799
 as it would

00:42:31.799 --> 00:42:32.239
 be if I

00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:32.659
 came up

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.159
 and punched

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:33.579
 Bob.

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:34.820
 You don't

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:35.599
 believe that.

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:37.579
 You're

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:38.460
 working probably

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.179
 for not very

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:39.900
 much money

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.619
 to spend

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.139
 time with

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.719
 guys like

00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:42.099
 Bob.

00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:43.779
 You don't

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:45.340
 believe in

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:45.639
 yin and

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:45.880
 yang.

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:45.920
 nothing.

00:42:47.160 --> 00:42:47.660
 This

00:42:47.660 --> 00:42:48.900
 entire text

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.559
 is a

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.079
 profound

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:50.820
 refutation

00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:51.140
 of

00:42:51.140 --> 00:42:51.780
 Buddhism

00:42:51.780 --> 00:42:52.940
 and

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:53.599
 Hinduism.

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:54.780
 It's

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.780
 profound

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:57.380
 complete

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:58.059
 and utter

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.820
 denial of

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.099
 all of

00:42:59.099 --> 00:42:59.480
 those things.

00:42:59.559 --> 00:42:59.740
 Those

00:42:59.740 --> 00:43:00.160
 religions,

00:43:00.260 --> 00:43:00.400
 what do

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:00.740
 they tell

00:43:00.740 --> 00:43:00.940
 you?

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:01.980
 Lose

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.700
 your desire

00:43:02.700 --> 00:43:03.700
 and at

00:43:03.700 --> 00:43:04.260
 the end

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:04.940
 you become

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:05.400
 nothing.

00:43:06.760 --> 00:43:07.099
 And what

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:07.360
 does the

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:08.019
 Bible say?

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:09.240
 Grow your

00:43:09.240 --> 00:43:09.800
 desire.

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:12.160
 Grow your

00:43:12.160 --> 00:43:13.019
 desire for

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.579
 life.

00:43:14.300 --> 00:43:14.900
 Grow your

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:15.719
 desire for

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:16.179
 love.

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:17.219
 And at

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:17.840
 the end

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:18.880
 there is a

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.840
 house not

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:20.360
 made with

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:21.800
 hands that

00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:22.460
 is yours in

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:23.179
 heaven forever

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:23.920
 in the new

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.639
 heaven and

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:24.920
 the new

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.320
 earth.

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.340
 That's what

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:29.000
 you desire.

00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:31.119
 And in a

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.880
 culture that

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:33.079
 thinks that

00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:33.739
 after you

00:43:33.739 --> 00:43:35.000
 die you

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:35.659
 just become

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.019
 nothing,

00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:36.719
 whether it's a

00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:37.219
 Hindu or

00:43:37.219 --> 00:43:38.059
 Buddhist society

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:38.539
 or whether

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:39.019
 it's our

00:43:39.019 --> 00:43:40.280
 secular society,

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:42.019
 death grows

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.599
 in that

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.179
 culture.

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:48.659
 Death grows

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:50.259
 because people

00:43:50.259 --> 00:43:50.920
 don't have any

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.460
 value.

00:43:52.659 --> 00:43:53.299
 Because at

00:43:53.299 --> 00:43:53.619
 the end,

00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:54.039
 what does it

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:54.659
 really matter?

00:43:54.759 --> 00:43:55.059
 You just

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:55.940
 amuse yourself

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.539
 until the

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:56.880
 end.

00:43:57.319 --> 00:43:57.799
 And we

00:43:57.799 --> 00:43:58.199
 try to

00:43:58.199 --> 00:43:58.500
 amuse

00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:58.900
 ourselves

00:43:58.900 --> 00:43:59.460
 until the

00:43:59.460 --> 00:43:59.559
 end.

00:43:59.619 --> 00:43:59.819
 At the

00:43:59.819 --> 00:44:00.239
 same time

00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:00.519
 we have

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:00.739
 these

00:44:00.739 --> 00:44:01.339
 intuitions

00:44:01.339 --> 00:44:01.719
 that love

00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:02.299
 does matter,

00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:02.719
 that life

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:03.339
 does matter,

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:03.819
 that goodness

00:44:03.819 --> 00:44:04.659
 does matter,

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:05.960
 that we

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.460
 are to live

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:06.759
 on them,

00:44:06.819 --> 00:44:07.059
 that we

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:07.799
 praise somebody

00:44:07.799 --> 00:44:08.599
 for remembering

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:09.420
 a mentally

00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:10.119
 handicapped

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:11.159
 man's name

00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:11.960
 and treating

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.619
 him like a

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:13.559
 person and

00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:14.019
 a person

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.720
 of value

00:44:14.720 --> 00:44:15.500
 and not

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:16.000
 as someone

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.820
 who qualifies

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:17.519
 for doctor

00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:18.639
 assisted suicide

00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:19.400
 or that if

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:19.679
 you knew

00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:20.099
 that he was

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:20.420
 going to be

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:20.800
 like that

00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:21.019
 in the

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:21.179
 womb,

00:44:21.240 --> 00:44:21.440
 that you

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:21.740
 would have

00:44:21.740 --> 00:44:22.340
 him aborted.

00:44:24.820 --> 00:44:25.880
 Because this

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.539
 teaching,

00:44:26.619 --> 00:44:27.500
 it grounds

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:28.579
 the importance

00:44:28.579 --> 00:44:29.380
 of human

00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:30.340
 beings from

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:30.760
 the moment

00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:31.079
 of their

00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:31.740
 conception

00:44:31.740 --> 00:44:32.500
 to the

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:32.900
 moment of

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.440
 their death.

00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:34.300
 People

00:44:34.300 --> 00:44:35.599
 matter to

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:36.099
 God.

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:36.299
 God.

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:39.400
 And that's

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:39.839
 what this

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:40.440
 text is

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:41.299
 teaching us.

00:44:42.799 --> 00:44:43.539
 And it's

00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:44.099
 teaching us

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:44.500
 that if the

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:45.039
 world is

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.420
 telling you,

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:45.679
 if your

00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:46.239
 family is

00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:46.599
 telling you,

00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:46.880
 if your

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.440
 boss is

00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:47.960
 telling you

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:49.319
 that you

00:44:49.319 --> 00:44:50.000
 are nothing,

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:52.719
 nothing is

00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:53.159
 not the

00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:53.759
 final word

00:44:53.759 --> 00:44:54.480
 about you.

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:57.079
 Put your

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:57.579
 faith and

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:58.079
 trust in

00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:58.400
 Jesus.

00:44:59.219 --> 00:44:59.900
 You matter

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:00.480
 to him.

00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:01.679
 You matter

00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:02.519
 to God.

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:02.579
 God.

00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:02.619
 God.

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:02.659
 God.

00:45:02.659 --> 00:45:02.719
 God.

00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:02.739
 God.

00:45:02.739 --> 00:45:03.139
 God.

00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:03.159
 God.

00:45:03.159 --> 00:45:04.559
 God.

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:04.960
 God.

00:45:06.239 --> 00:45:07.199
 You matter

00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:07.739
 to him.

00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:09.000
 You matter

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:10.099
 to God.

00:45:11.340 --> 00:45:11.619
 And one of

00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:11.940
 the things

00:45:11.940 --> 00:45:12.299
 which is,

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:12.659
 here just

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:12.920
 brought up

00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:13.320
 the seventh

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:13.599
 point,

00:45:13.659 --> 00:45:13.960
 not the

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:14.380
 sixth one,

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:14.599
 Andrew,

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:14.960
 one of the

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:15.380
 things which

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:15.759
 is so

00:45:15.759 --> 00:45:16.179
 important

00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:16.739
 about this

00:45:16.739 --> 00:45:19.320
 text is

00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:19.699
 that the

00:45:19.699 --> 00:45:20.599
 more that

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.139
 you know

00:45:21.139 --> 00:45:21.539
 that you

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:22.059
 are loved

00:45:22.059 --> 00:45:22.900
 by Christ

00:45:22.900 --> 00:45:23.719
 and cannot

00:45:23.719 --> 00:45:24.440
 lose,

00:45:25.259 --> 00:45:25.759
 the more

00:45:25.759 --> 00:45:26.920
 courage you

00:45:26.920 --> 00:45:27.699
 have to

00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:29.239
 live and

00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:29.679
 to choose

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:30.099
 life.

00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:34.139
 The more

00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:34.500
 that you

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:34.980
 know that

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:35.219
 you are

00:45:35.219 --> 00:45:35.799
 loved by

00:45:35.799 --> 00:45:36.219
 Christ

00:45:36.219 --> 00:45:36.900
 and cannot

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.579
 lose.

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:38.739
 Why can't

00:45:38.739 --> 00:45:39.199
 you lose?

00:45:40.319 --> 00:45:40.819
 Because it's

00:45:40.819 --> 00:45:41.379
 not my

00:45:41.379 --> 00:45:41.940
 hands or

00:45:41.940 --> 00:45:43.379
 yours that

00:45:43.379 --> 00:45:43.859
 are making

00:45:43.859 --> 00:45:44.759
 my body

00:45:44.759 --> 00:45:45.599
 in the

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:46.059
 new heaven

00:45:46.059 --> 00:45:46.339
 and the

00:45:46.339 --> 00:45:46.940
 new earth.

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.920
 My hands

00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:49.460
 have nothing

00:45:49.460 --> 00:45:49.839
 to do

00:45:49.839 --> 00:45:50.239
 with it.

00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:50.900
 God's

00:45:50.900 --> 00:45:51.460
 doing it.

00:45:52.279 --> 00:45:52.539
 It's

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:53.119
 secure in

00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:53.460
 him.

00:45:54.379 --> 00:45:55.099
 My destiny

00:45:55.099 --> 00:45:55.900
 is secure

00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:56.359
 in the

00:45:56.359 --> 00:45:56.799
 hands of

00:45:56.799 --> 00:45:57.339
 Jesus.

00:45:58.619 --> 00:45:59.659
 Not my

00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:00.299
 hands,

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:01.400
 but his.

00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:03.379
 His hands

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:03.619
 that will

00:46:03.619 --> 00:46:04.220
 take me

00:46:04.220 --> 00:46:05.240
 still bear

00:46:05.240 --> 00:46:06.019
 the scars

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.420
 of the

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:06.980
 nails

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:08.800
 that hung

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:09.059
 him to

00:46:09.059 --> 00:46:09.740
 the cross.

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:11.740
 Those are

00:46:11.740 --> 00:46:12.240
 the hands

00:46:12.240 --> 00:46:12.660
 that reached

00:46:12.660 --> 00:46:13.160
 down to

00:46:13.160 --> 00:46:13.740
 take me.

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:16.039
 Died for

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:16.240
 me.

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:18.400
 I matter

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:18.860
 to him.

00:46:19.760 --> 00:46:20.220
 Nothing is

00:46:20.220 --> 00:46:20.599
 not the

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:21.099
 final word

00:46:21.099 --> 00:46:21.640
 about me.

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:23.519
 Nothing is

00:46:23.519 --> 00:46:23.900
 not the

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:24.480
 final word

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:25.000
 of the

00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:25.840
 most handicapped

00:46:25.840 --> 00:46:26.280
 person,

00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:28.440
 the oldest

00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:29.059
 and weakest

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:29.640
 person,

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:30.940
 the poorest

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:31.519
 person.

00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:34.400
 people

00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:34.920
 matter to

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:35.219
 God.

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:37.739
 And the

00:46:37.739 --> 00:46:39.119
 more that

00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:39.440
 you know

00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:39.719
 that you

00:46:39.719 --> 00:46:40.059
 are loved

00:46:40.059 --> 00:46:40.659
 by Christ

00:46:40.659 --> 00:46:41.199
 and cannot

00:46:41.199 --> 00:46:41.659
 lose,

00:46:42.159 --> 00:46:42.519
 the more

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:43.079
 courage you

00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:43.519
 have to

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:43.940
 live,

00:46:44.759 --> 00:46:45.139
 to choose

00:46:45.139 --> 00:46:45.579
 life,

00:46:46.420 --> 00:46:46.840
 to choose

00:46:46.840 --> 00:46:47.259
 love.

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:48.639
 Please

00:46:48.639 --> 00:46:49.019
 stand.

00:46:49.019 --> 00:47:06.019
 Father,

00:47:06.139 --> 00:47:06.460
 you know

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:07.759
 some people

00:47:07.759 --> 00:47:08.039
 here,

00:47:08.139 --> 00:47:08.400
 some of

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:08.639
 us are

00:47:08.639 --> 00:47:08.860
 maybe

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:09.179
 really

00:47:09.179 --> 00:47:09.579
 have been

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:10.000
 struggling

00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:10.599
 coming in

00:47:10.599 --> 00:47:10.880
 here,

00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:11.539
 thinking like

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:11.699
 we're

00:47:11.699 --> 00:47:12.039
 nothing,

00:47:13.420 --> 00:47:15.559
 thinking like

00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:16.280
 we're becoming

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:17.000
 more invisible

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:18.079
 as we get

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:18.480
 older.

00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:19.639
 Father,

00:47:19.719 --> 00:47:19.880
 you know

00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:20.260
 maybe there

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:20.519
 are some

00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:20.980
 people here

00:47:20.980 --> 00:47:21.599
 struggling with

00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:22.579
 cutting themselves

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:23.679
 as a way to

00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:24.139
 try to maybe

00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:24.739
 deal with

00:47:24.739 --> 00:47:25.760
 their emotional

00:47:25.760 --> 00:47:26.659
 pain or

00:47:26.659 --> 00:47:27.880
 the chaos

00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:28.260
 in their

00:47:28.260 --> 00:47:28.960
 life or

00:47:28.960 --> 00:47:30.480
 just to maybe

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:31.559
 feel alive as

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:32.039
 they become

00:47:32.039 --> 00:47:32.539
 invisible.

00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:33.800
 Father,

00:47:33.920 --> 00:47:34.139
 you know

00:47:34.139 --> 00:47:34.820
 those of us

00:47:34.820 --> 00:47:35.079
 who are

00:47:35.079 --> 00:47:35.760
 struggling with

00:47:35.760 --> 00:47:36.239
 things like

00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:36.639
 cutting.

00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:40.039
 You know,

00:47:40.179 --> 00:47:40.360
 Father,

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:40.980
 those of us

00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:41.260
 who are

00:47:41.260 --> 00:47:42.860
 struggling with

00:47:42.860 --> 00:47:43.579
 worry about

00:47:43.579 --> 00:47:44.440
 the diminishment

00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:45.220
 of age.

00:47:46.679 --> 00:47:47.400
 We ask,

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:47.720
 Father,

00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:48.340
 that your

00:47:48.340 --> 00:47:49.119
 Holy Spirit

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:50.240
 would make

00:47:50.240 --> 00:47:50.960
 us disciples

00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:51.639
 of Jesus

00:47:51.639 --> 00:47:52.099
 who are

00:47:52.099 --> 00:47:52.559
 gripped by

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:53.280
 the gospel.

00:47:54.420 --> 00:47:55.460
 And as we

00:47:55.460 --> 00:47:55.860
 are gripped

00:47:55.860 --> 00:47:56.320
 by the

00:47:56.320 --> 00:47:56.800
 gospel,

00:47:57.679 --> 00:47:58.260
 help us,

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:58.599
 Father,

00:47:58.659 --> 00:47:59.519
 to learn to

00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:00.059
 live with

00:48:00.059 --> 00:48:00.920
 courage to

00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:01.940
 choose life,

00:48:03.340 --> 00:48:04.500
 to face

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:05.039
 each day

00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:05.860
 with courage

00:48:05.860 --> 00:48:07.000
 choosing life

00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:08.119
 and living

00:48:08.119 --> 00:48:08.679
 for your

00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:09.519
 glory and

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.039
 not for

00:48:10.039 --> 00:48:10.639
 our own.

00:48:11.380 --> 00:48:11.900
 We give

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:12.380
 you thanks

00:48:12.380 --> 00:48:12.980
 and praise

00:48:12.980 --> 00:48:14.019
 that if

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:14.579
 we die,

00:48:14.800 --> 00:48:15.039
 Father,

00:48:15.179 --> 00:48:15.840
 before your

00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:16.500
 Son has

00:48:16.500 --> 00:48:17.000
 returned,

00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:18.380
 that the

00:48:18.380 --> 00:48:18.840
 moment that

00:48:18.840 --> 00:48:19.119
 we are

00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:19.880
 swallowed by

00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:20.240
 death,

00:48:20.340 --> 00:48:20.800
 apparently,

00:48:21.500 --> 00:48:21.920
 is in

00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:22.400
 fact the

00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:22.940
 moment that

00:48:22.940 --> 00:48:23.240
 we are

00:48:23.240 --> 00:48:23.960
 most fully

00:48:23.960 --> 00:48:24.719
 and completely

00:48:24.719 --> 00:48:25.559
 swallowed by

00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:25.980
 life,

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:28.119
 and that

00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:28.599
 you have

00:48:28.599 --> 00:48:29.420
 prepared for

00:48:29.420 --> 00:48:30.039
 us an

00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:31.639
 existence as

00:48:31.639 --> 00:48:32.280
 resurrected

00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:33.559
 people in

00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:34.119
 resurrected

00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:34.980
 bodies to

00:48:34.980 --> 00:48:35.400
 live with

00:48:35.400 --> 00:48:36.019
 you forever,

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 and that is

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 sure.

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 Father,

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 fan into flame

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 within us a

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 longing and

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 yearning for

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 this.

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 As we are

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 gripped by

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 the gospel,

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 and this we

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 ask in

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 Jesus' name.

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 Amen.