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 Let's pray.

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 Father, I praise you for your faithfulness to your people.

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! I thank you for the precious souls that you've pulled together here by your providence to hear your word.

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 I ask, Lord, that you will give us the gift of faith that we can see you by faith now and trust in your providence.

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 We need the hope of your promise. We need Christ more than anything else in this life.

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 Please do your work in our lives, Lord. We ask for your glory. And in Christ's name, amen.

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 Today is a special day.

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 Today is about death and life.

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 When death touches us in this life, it's only natural that we would groan.

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 Death has touched different ones of us in this life in different ways.

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 We have sickness. We have brokenness.

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 We have really hard news that we have to process.

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 We have relationships that are very broken.

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 And it's only natural to groan.

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 What does that word groan mean?

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 It's a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain, sorrow, and anguish.

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 Has your soul groaned recently?

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 2 Corinthians 5.2 says that we groan in this tent, desiring to put on our heavenly dwelling.

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 It's natural to groan while we're in this body and this life.

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 So, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ and dear friends that are in earshot today,

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 visitors that God brought you here in his perfect timing for his purpose.

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 What I've been praying for this week is this,

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 that by faith you would be able to latch on to your only hope.

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 In life and in death, it's the only hope for a groaning soul like yours and like mine.

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 That's what we get in our passage today.

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 We have one of the most glorious promises of all of Scripture,

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 given here and elsewhere, but maybe nowhere more clearly as right here.

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 But what comes before this glorious promise

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 are some of the greatest groanings anyone in the Scripture has breathed out.

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 My first question for you is this,

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 do you know what it feels like to groan without hope?

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 Do you know what that feels like, to groan in your soul without hope?

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 There are many sources of groaning, but our passage gives us three really clear right here.

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 Let's see them together.

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 And if you're familiar with Job,

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 he's a man who's suffered in every way you can imagine on this earth.

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 What he lays out in a really concise way, one for each verse,

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 it's like three sharp barbed prongs poking through this suffering man.

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 You could even say it's like a trident that speared him like a creature,

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 being hunted by a spear.

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 Look at what he says first in verse 19,

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 relational suffering.

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 All my close friends abhor me,

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 and those whom I love have turned against me.

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 To abhor.

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 You can hear the root there.

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 It means that his friends consider him now a horror.

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 They have rejected him.

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 He's detestable.

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 He's been cast off.

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 Those who were once close,

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 they now loathe him and despise him.

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 He's rejected.

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 He's been abandoned.

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 And talking with some of you, my dear friends, these weeks,

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 I know some of you have felt deep rejection and abandonment in different times in your life,

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 maybe even as a child.

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 That's what Job is talking about.

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 Some of you are suffering today,

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 bleeding,

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 relationally.

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 Like Job, maybe there's one important relationship in your life right now that needs redeeming.

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 Well, relational suffering is the first one,

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 but there's two more.

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 Look at verse 20.

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 Next, it's physical suffering.

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 He says,

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 My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh.

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 He's using poetic language to describe extreme thinness due to his muscles wasting away.

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 A person who suffers for a long time experiences this.

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 The muscles deteriorate.

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 It describes a state where the bones are now visibly prominent under his skin.

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 You see how this man is describing himself in the strongest terms possible.

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 The physical suffering he's endured.

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 And then he uses a phrase.

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 He says next in verse 20,

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 I have escaped,

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 referring to death,

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 by the skin of my teeth.

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 Now,

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 Now,

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 in this clause,

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 the author uses this word in Hebrew,

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 And it literally means the bone on which your teeth are set.

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 This bone right up here.

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 And so some have interpreted this phrase to mean,

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 I am left with only my skull.

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 See what Job is saying?

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 He said,

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 I escaped death,

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 but just barely.

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 I'm still alive,

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 but I'm like a talking skeleton.

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 I've suffered so much.

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 I've become horrifying.

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 I'm the very picture of death.

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 That's his physical suffering.

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 In verse 3,

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 I'm sorry,

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 verse 21,

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 he's describing physical torment and suffering.

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 I know there are many here who have had bad news about illness and sickness and many reasons to stress lately.

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 And some of you right now are on pain medicine and you're in constant pain in your body.

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 It's death touching you while you're still alive.

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 Some of you are used to not sleeping well.

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 You can feel your ligaments,

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 your muscles,

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 your skin,

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 or even your hair slowly deteriorating.

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 And it's natural to grieve these physical losses that we suffer in this life.

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 We groan with Job.

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 Well,

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 the third type of suffering is in verse 21.

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 He's begging his friends who are giving him counsel.

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 And he says,

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 have pity on me,

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 have pity on me,

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 oh,

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 you my friends.

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 But he's not even focused on the friends.

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 Look at what he says next in verse 21.

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 For the hand of God has struck me.

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 Verse 22,

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 why do you persecute me as God does and are not satisfied with my flesh?

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 See,

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 Job has a high view of God.

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 He knows God is sovereign.

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 And it's a high view of God's providence.

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 God is the one allowing these things to happen to him.

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 And that's the correct view of God.

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 I hope we have that view.

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 God is all powerful.

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 Nothing happens except through him.

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 And within the parameters of his will,

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 even our physical and spiritual and relational suffering.

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 Some of you are in the middle of spiritual suffering.

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 Like Job in verse 21,

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 you know that anything you suffer,

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 God has allowed even for you and your life.

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 These months,

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 these years,

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 for some of us,

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 this week has been very heavy spiritually,

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 hasn't it?

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 It's been a battle.

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 And in our weakness,

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 we're most vulnerable,

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 but that's where the enemy,

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 the accuser comes in,

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 whispering in the ear.

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 And he wants to accuse God to us.

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 He wants us to believe the lie.

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 God is either not loving,

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 not good,

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 or not all powerful.

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 And that's why when we read in Romans 8,

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 verses 23 and 22,

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 we agree.

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 We feel this.

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 The whole creation groans

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 and labors together

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 with birth pangs until now.

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 And we groan within ourselves.

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 Amen?

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 Do you know what it is

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 to groan in this life?

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 Maybe some of you here today

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 only knows what it is

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 to groan in this life without hope.

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 And I hope this is the last day

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 that that will be true for you.

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 Don't you long for your groaning

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 to be replaced with hope.

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 I hope you long for the groaning

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 in these moments like this week for me,

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 which were so heavy spiritually.

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 I need it to be replaced on a daily basis,

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 on an hourly basis,

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 my groaning replaced with hope.

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 Now, because Job is in the genre of literature,

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 that's poetic,

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 we don't get a narrative.

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 We don't really get any insights or testimony,

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 but we can't miss this.

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 There's a massive shift of tone

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 between verses 22 and 23.

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 You're going to want to look closely

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 at your own copy of God's Word.

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 Job 19, look at verse 22.

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 What we just left off.

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 God is persecuting him.

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 God has struck him.

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 That's verse 22.

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 But now look at verse 23.

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 Oh, that my words were written.

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 Wait, hold on.

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 Which words is he talking about?

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 Now we see an escalating permanence

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 to what he is excited about.

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 Oh, that they were inscribed in a book,

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 not just written on a scrap and blown away,

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 but I'm talking in a book

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 that's going to be published

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 and kept in a library.

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 But that's not permitted enough.

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 Look at verse 24.

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 Oh, that these words were engraved on a rock

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 with an iron pen and lead

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 for how long?

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 Forever.

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 This is what needs to be permanent.

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 And it's not the suffering.

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 That's what's common to all men.

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 It's a revelation.

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 And look at verse 25.

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 He says,

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 For I know.

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 He knows something.

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 Something happened to Job

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 between verse 22 and verse 23.

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 I know something now.

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 What does Job know?

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 What gave him this sudden hope

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 despite these threefold reasons for groaning?

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 I'm using this word hope.

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 And I don't mean it in a cheesy way

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 and some abstract feeling.

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 No.

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 Hope.

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 Real hope is faith in God's promises.

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 That's all that hope is.

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 Do you receive God's promises by faith?

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 Hold on to that.

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 This hour.

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 Who was it that spoke truth to Job

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 and gave him God's promise?

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 Who was it that ministered to Job

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 so that he can say,

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 I know.

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 Look at verse 25 to get the answer.

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 For I know that my Redeemer.

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 It's Job's Redeemer that ministers to him

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 and speaks a promise of God to Job

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 in the hour when he needed it the most.

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 It was his Redeemer.

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 Well, what does it mean to redeem?

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 What is a Redeemer?

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 And who is Job's Redeemer?

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 To redeem means to purchase back something,

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 to ransom it,

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 to liberate or rescue from captivity or bondage.

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 See, this describes Job.

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 Job was in poverty,

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 but the Redeemer will supply all his needs

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 for life and godliness.

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 Job is in bondage to suffering,

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 but the Redeemer will set him free from affliction.

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 Job was enslaved to misery

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 and held captive to depression.

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 But the Redeemer is the one

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 who comes and gives him hope,

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 faith in God's promise.

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 Who is this Redeemer?

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 I need to know this Redeemer.

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 You need to know this Redeemer.

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 The Bible tells us that Redeemer,

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 the Redeemer,

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 is God Himself.

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 In Psalm 78, 35,

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 it's Most High,

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 Yahweh.

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 He, the God of Israel,

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 is the Redeemer.

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 Isaiah 43, 14 says,

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 The Lord, your Redeemer,

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 the Holy One.

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 The Redeemer is God Himself.

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 Now, the Old Testament also hints

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 at how there's a distinction.

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 It's a glimpse of the holy three-in-one God.

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 Isaiah 44, 6,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 the King of Israel,

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 and His Redeemer,

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 the Lord of hosts,

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 I am the first,

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 and I am the last.

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 Besides me,

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 there is no God.

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 So who is the Redeemer?

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 It's the Holy God,

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 the first and the last.

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 The God,

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 the King of Israel,

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 and His Redeemer.

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 How will this be?

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 What a mystery.

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 This mystery can only be appreciated

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 in the person

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 and the work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Truly divine,

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 God Himself,

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 the second person of the Trinity,

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 who took on to Himself

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 a body.

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 God the Son,

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 incarnate,

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 who took on the flesh

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 to turn our groaning

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 into hope.

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 Don't you long

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 for your groaning

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 to be replaced

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 by hope

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 through the Redeemer,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Well,

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 how is such

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 a hope

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 possible?

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 dear friends,

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 it's my great

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 privilege

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 and pleasure

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 to proclaim to you

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 the work of Jesus Christ,

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 the Redeemer.

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 Jesus Christ

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 replaces groaning

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 with hope

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 because first

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 He suffered

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 to redeem you

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 and me

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 who believe in Him.

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 The Redeemer,

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 our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 think of how He

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 endured relational

00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:06.180
 suffering

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 to redeem you

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 who believe in Him.

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 Like Job

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 in verse 19,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 He felt the sting

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 of rejection.

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 Those He loved,

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 His disciples,

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 they all turned

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 against Him.

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 And this fulfills

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 what God had promised

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 in Isaiah 53.3.

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 Jesus Christ

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 was despised

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 and rejected

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 by men,

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 a man of sorrows,

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 acquainted

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 with grief.

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 grief.

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 All hid their faces

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 from Him.

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 And it wasn't

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 just those disciples

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 in the first century.

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 This includes you

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 and me

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 who rejected Him.

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 We confess bold,

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 I can only approach

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 the throne of grace

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 because of His work

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 in my place.

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 We behold the man

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 upon the cross,

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 my sin

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 upon His shoulders.

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 Ashamed,

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 I hear my mocking voice

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 call out

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 among the scoffers.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 the Redeemer,

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 endured relational

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 suffering

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 so that we could

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 be right with God.

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 The Redeemer,

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 our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 also endured

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 great physical suffering

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 to redeem you

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 who believe

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 in Him.

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 Even more so

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 than Job

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 in verse 20,

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 Jesus Christ

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 suffered physically

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 for you

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 and for me.

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 He became

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 horrifying.

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 He became

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 the picture of death.

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 He fulfilled

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 Isaiah 53, 5.

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 He was wounded

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 for our transgressions.

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 He was bruised

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 for our iniquities.

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 And He was oppressed

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 and afflicted

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 because only by His stripes

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 could you and I

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 be healed.

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 Jesus Christ

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 did not

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 escape death

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 by the skin

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 of His teeth.

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 But He died

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 and He was buried

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 to pay the penalty

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 for our sin.

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 We sing,

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 Come, O sinner,

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 come and see

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 Christ,

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 the Lord

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 upon a tree.

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 See the crown

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 of thorns

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 adorn the King

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 who labors

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 to breathe

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 in agony.

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 Come, O sinner,

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 come and see

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 what our God

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 became

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 to set us

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 free.

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 The Redeemer,

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 our Lord Jesus Christ,

00:17:29.540 --> 00:17:29.980
 endured

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:31.560
 spiritual suffering

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 to redeem you

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 and me

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 who believe in Him.

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 Like Job

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 in verse 21,

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 Jesus Christ

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 suffered spiritually

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 when He took

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 our guilt

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 to satisfy

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 God's justice

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 and to atone

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 for our sin.

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 He fulfilled

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 Isaiah 53,

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 4 through 6,

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 We esteemed Him

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 stricken and smitten

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 by God

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 and afflicted.

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 The chastisement

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 for our peace

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 was upon Him.

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 It was the Lord God

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 who laid

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 on Jesus Christ,

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 the iniquity

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 of us all.

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 And of all the sufferings

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 that our Lord endured,

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 this spiritual suffering

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 to bear our guilt

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 before His own Father,

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 the Holy God,

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 was the greatest.

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 We sing,

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 how great the pain

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 of vile sin.

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 The Father

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 pours His wrath

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 on Him

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 because so deep

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 is the Father's love

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 for us,

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 so vast beyond

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 all measure

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 that He should give

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 His only Son

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 to make a wretch

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 His treasure.

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 Do you see

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 how Jesus Christ

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 fulfilled

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 and related

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 to each one

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 of the sufferings

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 known to man

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 under the sun

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 captured in these verses

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 in Job?

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 And He did this

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 to preach the gospel,

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 the glorious news

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 as the Redeemer.

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 Here's the great truth

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 for today.

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 Here's what

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 every believer

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 will want engraved

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 in stone forever.

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:12.279
 verse 25,

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 I know

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 my Redeemer

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 lives.

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 Amen?

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 Today is a day

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 of death defeated.

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 The Lord was alive then.

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:31.000
 Job knew this.

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 My Redeemer lives.

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 He's the Ancient of Days.

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 Jesus Christ died

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 and was buried,

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 but we know

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 He lives today.

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 Amen?

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 And we know

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:46.000
 in Jesus Christ

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 there is

00:19:46.679 --> 00:19:48.339
 everlasting life.

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 That's the only way

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 that such a hope

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 is possible.

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 Well,

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 the good news

00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:56.299
 in this passage

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 has really only begun.

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 There's so much

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 more now

00:20:01.159 --> 00:20:03.299
 because of Christ's

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:03.779
 finished work

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.159
 for you

00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:04.679
 and for me.

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 I want to ask

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 two more questions

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.360
 from this passage.

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 What is a Christian's

00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:11.140
 hope

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 at the end

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.779
 of this life

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 and what is a Christian's

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:14.560
 hope

00:20:14.560 --> 00:20:15.320
 in the life

00:20:15.320 --> 00:20:15.759
 to come?

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 So first,

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 what is a Christian's

00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.680
 hope at the end

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 of this life?

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 We don't know

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.060
 when that will be

00:20:21.060 --> 00:20:21.860
 for you or for me.

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 God's word

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 is true

00:20:25.179 --> 00:20:25.939
 about the past.

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 Jesus Christ

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 fulfilled all

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.539
 that God said

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 He would.

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 He lived,

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 died,

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 was buried,

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 and now He lives

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 and He is seated

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 at the right hand

00:20:34.979 --> 00:20:36.059
 of God the Father

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 Almighty.

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 We know

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 our Redeemer lives

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.539
 by faith now,

00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.339
 but one day

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 we will know

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 this

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 by sight.

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 God's word

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 is also true

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.659
 about the future.

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 Look at verse 25.

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 My Redeemer,

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.919
 Job says,

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.379
 He shall stand

00:20:57.379 --> 00:20:58.779
 at last

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 on the earth.

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 Our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 God the Son,

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.939
 and His glorified body,

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:06.019
 He is coming back.

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 Verse 26 says,

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 And after my skin

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 is destroyed,

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 these two thoughts

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 are what answer

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.240
 our question for today.

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 The Christians hope

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 at the end of this life.

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 We have hope

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.680
 in this life

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.339
 because Christ

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.079
 is coming back.

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.259
 And we know

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 there's good news

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 for us

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 after my skin

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.359
 has been destroyed.

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 So the moment

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 of your death

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 in this life.

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 And that phrase,

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 after my skin

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 is destroyed,

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 literally means

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 after my flesh

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 is struck off

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 of my body.

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 What the Bible teaches

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:43.099
 we get in Genesis 3.19

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 that when you die,

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 you return to the grave.

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 ground,

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 for out of the ground

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 you were taken,

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 for you are dust,

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 and to dust

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 you shall return.

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 The Bible also teaches

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 as our confession

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 summarizes that

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 because our souls

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 are immortal

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 in their substance,

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 our souls

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.519
 neither die

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.180
 nor sleep.

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.720
 When the body dies,

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.579
 a Christian soul,

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:09.079
 according to Ecclesiastes 12.7,

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.460
 immediately returns

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.559
 to God

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 who gave it.

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 but the Bible

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 is very clear.

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 This is only true

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 for those who are

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 in Christ.

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 Well,

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.600
 what about the souls

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.320
 of those who are

00:22:21.320 --> 00:22:22.540
 outside of Christ?

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:26.259
 The souls of the wicked

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:28.780
 are cast into hell

00:22:28.780 --> 00:22:29.960
 where they remain

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.540
 in torment

00:22:30.540 --> 00:22:32.280
 and utter darkness

00:22:32.280 --> 00:22:32.840
 reserved

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 to the judgments

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 of the great day.

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 the Bible says

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 that Jesus

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.539
 will come

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 and He will judge

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 the living

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 and the dead

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 as the King

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 of all the earth

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 and of the spiritual realm.

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 Revelation 14,

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.840
 10-11 says,

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.759
 those in hell

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.519
 will drink

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.099
 the wine

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 of God's wrath

00:22:53.159 --> 00:22:55.019
 poured

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.240
 full strength

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.139
 into the cup

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 of His anger,

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 tormented

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 with fire

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 and sulfur

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 in the presence

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 of the holy angels

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 and in the presence

00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:05.779
 of the Lamb.

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 And the smoke

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.179
 of their torment

00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.799
 goes up

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 forever and ever

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 and they have

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.720
 no rest

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 day or night.

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 Amen.

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 After your soul

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.839
 leaves your body

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.859
 and your skin

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:28.679
 is destroyed,

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 where will you

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.899
 spend eternity?

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 Heaven or hell?

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 Besides these two places,

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 the scripture

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 acknowledges none.

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 There are only two responses

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 to the Redeemer.

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:53.539
 this day,

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.779
 you will say

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.539
 one or the other.

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 You will say

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 He is no Savior

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 or you'll say

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.500
 my Savior,

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.679
 my King.

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 In Luke 23,

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.720
 we have the scene

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:12.079
 of what Christ

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.720
 accomplished

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.619
 in human history.

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.599
 The Lord Jesus Christ

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:19.699
 paying for the sin

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.279
 of His people

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.960
 on the cross

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 and on either side

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.559
 of Him

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.059
 a criminal.

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 And in God's providence,

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.500
 their responses

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.620
 are the call

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 for all who will hear

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 the good news

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.680
 of the work

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.580
 of Jesus today.

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 The first criminal

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:35.240
 mocked Jesus

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 and he said,

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.519
 aren't you the Christ?

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.920
 Save yourself

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 and us.

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 And in his mocking,

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.640
 what he's really saying

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.840
 is you are no Savior

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 or else you'd get

00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:46.379
 yourself off of that cross

00:24:46.379 --> 00:24:47.220
 and me.

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.720
 That's one response

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:51.399
 that you are no Savior,

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.639
 no Redeemer.

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 But there's good news

00:24:56.959 --> 00:24:57.539
 for criminals

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.299
 like you and me

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.259
 that deserve death

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.740
 and that's the response

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.639
 of the second man

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.959
 in verse 42.

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 He turned to Jesus.

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:08.059
 He turned to Jesus

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:10.400
 and looked at Him

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:12.600
 paying for His sin

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.200
 on the cross

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 and said,

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.059
 Lord,

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:16.799
 remember me

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.600
 when you come

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:19.340
 into your kingdom.

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:22.460
 And in those words,

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.640
 that criminal is saying,

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.440
 my Savior,

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.299
 my King.

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:31.279
 Jesus said to this man

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.960
 who He redeemed,

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.259
 truly I say to you,

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:37.220
 today you will be

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.700
 with me in paradise.

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:42.960
 See, that criminal's body

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:44.299
 died

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:46.220
 and was buried

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.200
 or disposed of.

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.759
 But Jesus said to him,

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.819
 today you will be

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.919
 with me in paradise.

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:53.099
 Your soul united to me.

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:56.719
 This is called

00:25:56.719 --> 00:25:58.219
 the intermediate state.

00:25:58.899 --> 00:26:00.159
 The body has not

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:00.879
 been resurrected

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.659
 but the soul

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.439
 is with God.

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:05.079
 Your soul

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:06.519
 with Jesus Christ

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.819
 if He is your Savior

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:09.799
 and your King today

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:12.299
 no matter when you die.

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.839
 We need to think more

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.619
 about this truth,

00:26:15.719 --> 00:26:16.059
 don't we?

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.639
 Well, the Christians

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:19.579
 of another century

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.359
 thought the same.

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.319
 William Gurnall

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.799
 said,

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.919
 let our hope

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:24.120
 of heaven

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:25.519
 master our fear

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.240
 of death.

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.500
 Why should you

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.600
 be afraid to die

00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.620
 who hope

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:31.240
 to live by dying?

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.420
 That's our hope

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.240
 as Christians

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.220
 at the end

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.980
 of this life.

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.320
 But it's not

00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:38.500
 the end of the good news.

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.120
 It's not even

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:40.279
 the greatest promise.

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:43.180
 The greatest promise

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.700
 comes in

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.920
 the next couple verses.

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.680
 The question for us

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.100
 is this,

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.460
 what is a Christian's

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:49.740
 hope

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.759
 in the life

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.300
 to come?

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:52.919
 See,

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.759
 there's more glory

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.059
 here.

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:55.180
 There is a life

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.759
 to come

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:57.099
 after that

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:58.279
 intermediate state.

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.799
 Look at verse 26.

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.419
 And after

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:02.480
 my skin

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.279
 is destroyed,

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.099
 this I know

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:07.099
 that in my flesh

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:08.539
 I shall see

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.339
 God.

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:34.539
 Romans 8, 23

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.519
 shed some more light

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.500
 on this great truth.

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.779
 we groan

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.960
 within ourselves

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:40.740
 eagerly waiting

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.720
 for the adoption.

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.319
 What is it?

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.519
 The redemption

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:45.059
 of our body.

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:48.359
 Our confession

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.220
 puts it this way,

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.279
 summarizing the teaching

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.859
 of scripture.

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:52.259
 All the dead

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.839
 shall be raised up

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:55.119
 with the self-same

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:55.640
 bodies

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:57.839
 and none other

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:59.140
 although with

00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:00.140
 different qualities

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.059
 which shall be

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:02.140
 united again

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:03.180
 to their souls

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.819
 forever.

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:03.899
 forever.

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.799
 The Bible

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.419
 teaches that

00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:07.079
 our bodies

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.579
 will be

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.200
 resurrected

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.379
 and united

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:10.079
 to our souls

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.379
 that are

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:11.139
 with God

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.559
 already.

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.319
 Romans 8

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.500
 verse 11

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.819
 says,

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.539
 God who

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.599
 raised Jesus

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.319
 Christ from

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.819
 the dead

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.639
 will also

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.220
 give life

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.599
 to your

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.960
 mortal bodies

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.000
 through his

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.439
 spirit

00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:24.460
 who dwells

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.039
 in you.

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.579
 1 Corinthians

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.539
 15, 42

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.619
 so it is

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.019
 with the

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.519
 resurrection

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.279
 of the dead.

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.039
 What is

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.420
 sown

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.420
 is perishable

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.839
 but it's

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.319
 raised

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.480
 imperishable.

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.420
 What is

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.659
 sown

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.460
 in dishonor

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.220
 is raised

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.779
 in glory.

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.639
 What is

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:38.899
 sown

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.680
 in weakness

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.700
 is raised

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.440
 in power.

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.220
 How can

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.659
 this be?

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.519
 Because I

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.879
 know

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:47.019
 my Redeemer

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.539
 lives

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:50.500
 because Jesus

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.440
 Christ is the

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.059
 firstborn

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.740
 from the

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.059
 dead.

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:55.759
 there's a

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.399
 great hymn

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:58.319
 by Charles

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.000
 Wesley that

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.159
 captures this

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:00.559
 truth.

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.579
 In hope

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.099
 of that

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.519
 immortal

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.099
 crown

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:05.319
 I now

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.899
 the cross

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.619
 sustain

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.859
 and gladly

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.759
 wander up

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.279
 and down

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:09.940
 and smile

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.539
 at toil

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.099
 and pain

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:12.159
 I suffer

00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:12.579
 now

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.759
 my threescore

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.279
 years

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.159
 till my

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:15.899
 deliverer

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.220
 come

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.279
 and wipe

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.919
 away his

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.700
 servant's

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.059
 tears

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.179
 and take

00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:21.460
 his exile

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.200
 home.

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:25.299
 this is

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.799
 the greatest

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.599
 hope

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.679
 for Christians

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.799
 and it's

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.079
 a hope

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.379
 that we

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:29.859
 will get

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.259
 in the

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.779
 life to

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.159
 come

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:33.220
 that I

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.279
 shall see

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.019
 God

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.000
 verse 26

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:37.859
 the church

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:39.099
 has striven

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.720
 to appreciate

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.539
 this wonderful

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.319
 promise

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:42.079
 that's mystery

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.419
 but it's

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:44.019
 it's such a

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.559
 great hope

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:44.859
 for the

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.279
 Christians

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.859
 we need

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.259
 to ponder

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.779
 it deeply

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:48.579
 in the past

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.059
 it's been

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.839
 called the

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.500
 beatific

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.139
 vision

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.720
 and that

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.119
 just means

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.720
 the blessed

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.180
 vision

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.519
 or the

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.860
 blessed

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.720
 sight

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.600
 of God

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.839
 look at

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.640
 verse 27

00:29:57.640 --> 00:30:00.180
 I shall

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.579
 see

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.120
 my

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.640
 redeemer

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:03.100
 for myself

00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:03.900
 he's saying

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.759
 my eyes

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.839
 not another

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.400
 eyes

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.799
 my eyes

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.460
 shall behold

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.900
 him

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:11.460
 in 1st

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.059
 John 3

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:13.299
 verses 2

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.660
 and 3

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.079
 we read

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.559
 beloved

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.519
 we are

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.140
 God's

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:16.460
 heirs

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.900
 now

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.920
 and what

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.440
 we will

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.759
 be

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.380
 has

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.180
 not yet

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.620
 appeared

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.359
 but we

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.759
 know

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.579
 that when

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.419
 he appears

00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:24.439
 we shall

00:30:24.439 --> 00:30:24.879
 be

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.619
 like

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.359
 him

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:27.500
 because

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.239
 we shall

00:30:28.239 --> 00:30:29.319
 see him

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.500
 as he

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.139
 is

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:36.079
 what a

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.759
 glorious truth

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.319
 for all

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.959
 eternity

00:30:37.959 --> 00:30:41.779
 a theologian

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.439
 named Samuel

00:30:42.439 --> 00:30:42.939
 Parkinson

00:30:42.939 --> 00:30:43.859
 was meditating

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.559
 on this great

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:44.879
 truth

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.339
 he wrote

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.199
 in that

00:30:46.199 --> 00:30:46.699
 blessed

00:30:46.699 --> 00:30:47.339
 vision

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.240
 our

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.039
 comprehension

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.259
 and vision

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.179
 and delight

00:30:51.179 --> 00:30:51.899
 which are

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.619
 all finite

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.819
 will be

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.519
 perpetually

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.459
 maximized

00:30:55.459 --> 00:30:56.559
 and as our

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.240
 capacity

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:58.399
 for vision

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.359
 and comprehension

00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:00.799
 expands

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:02.519
 so will

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.279
 our delight

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:05.259
 each level

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.099
 of enjoyment

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.859
 of God

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.859
 will be topped

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:08.939
 by the next

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:09.779
 and the life

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.299
 to come

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:15.980
 David

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.059
 in Psalm

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.659
 17

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.500
 verse 15

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.819
 was captured

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.240
 by this

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.899
 great truth

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:22.099
 behold

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:23.180
 I shall

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.639
 see

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.980
 your face

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.039
 in righteousness

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.740
 oh God

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:28.759
 when I

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.379
 awake

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:30.579
 the resurrection

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.659
 I shall

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.899
 be satisfied

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:34.079
 with your

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.819
 likeness

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:37.559
 our Lord

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.359
 Jesus Christ

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.379
 he will

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:40.159
 redeem

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:41.300
 his people

00:31:41.300 --> 00:31:42.340
 in every way

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:43.240
 every source

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.840
 of groaning

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.940
 will be healed

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.480
 in the life

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.960
 to come

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:48.080
 relationally

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.600
 Christians

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.519
 will be so

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.019
 at peace

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.660
 with God

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.779
 and with his

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.200
 bride

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.259
 all of his

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.600
 people

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.560
 with him

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.420
 yet

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:56.500
 for all

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.000
 eternity

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.720
 our

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.380
 shalom

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.100
 our relational

00:31:59.100 --> 00:31:59.519
 peace

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.259
 will still

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.000
 be deepened

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:02.519
 physically

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.040
 believers

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:03.500
 bodies

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.940
 will be

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.640
 glorified

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.900
 so that

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.279
 with your

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.180
 own eyes

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:08.019
 your own

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.440
 vision

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.820
 you will

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:09.640
 see God

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.080
 and the

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.440
 lamb

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.640
 and yet

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.380
 that sight

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:12.940
 of God

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.220
 and the

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.700
 glorified

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.060
 body

00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:15.080
 will be

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.860
 perpetually

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:17.140
 maximized

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:18.080
 throughout

00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:18.780
 eternity

00:32:18.780 --> 00:32:19.620
 to come

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:21.320
 spiritually

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:22.259
 our union

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.860
 to Christ

00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.280
 will be

00:32:23.280 --> 00:32:23.900
 immediately

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.740
 unhindered

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.740
 by any

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.440
 remaining

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.320
 corruptions

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:28.460
 and still

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:30.160
 with more

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.620
 to come

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.140
 for all

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.560
 eternity

00:32:31.560 --> 00:32:32.220
 our souls

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.180
 will experience

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.460
 continuously

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.400
 greater

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.300
 wholeness

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.059
 in Jesus

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.619
 Christ

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.659
 and with

00:32:38.659 --> 00:32:39.099
 all of

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.299
 this

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.759
 greater

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.879
 delight

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.599
 in our

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.039
 communion

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.819
 with the

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.099
 holy

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.539
 God

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.099
 amen

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:45.799
 what a

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.180
 redeemer

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.779
 we have

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:51.899
 we've been

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.220
 able to

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.859
 meditate on

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.359
 the most

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:53.779
 glorious

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.599
 truths

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.980
 that God

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.379
 has given

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.720
 us in

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.259
 his word

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.259
 and I

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.579
 love how

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.240
 this wonderful

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.839
 portion of

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.099
 scripture

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.819
 actually ends

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.619
 with a

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.200
 response

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.840
 how can

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.559
 we respond

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.100
 to such

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:05.660
 a promise

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.059
 from our

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.299
 great

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.640
 God

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:07.799
 look at

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.680
 verse 27

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:11.900
 oh how

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.700
 my heart

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:14.120
 yearns

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:15.200
 within me

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:19.019
 you see

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.380
 the full

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:19.900
 redemption

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:21.960
 my heart

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.500
 my inner

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.140
 being now

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.840
 yearns

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:24.740
 with a new

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.220
 type of

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.720
 groaning

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:28.000
 second

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.480
 Corinthians

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.160
 5 2

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:29.720
 indeed

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:31.059
 we groan

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.620
 in this

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.000
 tent

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.980
 desiring

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.519
 to put

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.819
 on

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.279
 our

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.660
 heavenly

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:35.279
 dwelling

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:38.200
 the hymn

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.539
 says

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.019
 so let

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.259
 this

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.660
 feeble

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.019
 body

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.500
 fail

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.200
 yes

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.640
 let it

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:41.960
 faint

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.440
 and die

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.740
 for

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.279
 I

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.579
 shall

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.059
 drop

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.559
 this

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.140
 mournful

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.559
 veil

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.519
 and see

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.819
 my

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.180
 Lord

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.759
 most

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.180
 high

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.980
 we can

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.160
 say

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.720
 with Job

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.099
 this

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.700
 I know

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.319
 by faith

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.140
 that in

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:53.480
 my

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.900
 flesh

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.220
 one

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.420
 day

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.640
 in the

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:54.839
 life

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.039
 to

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.319
 come

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.779
 I

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.039
 shall

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.460
 see

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.220
 God

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:58.119
 whom

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.299
 I

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.519
 shall

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:58.740
 see

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:58.980
 for

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.579
 myself

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.319
 my

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.819
 eyes

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.380
 shall

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:01.840
 behold

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:02.260
 him

00:34:02.260 --> 00:34:03.660
 how

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:03.780
 do

00:34:03.780 --> 00:34:03.900
 you

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.080
 know

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:04.340
 this

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.740
 I

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.000
 know

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.180
 this

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.520
 because

00:34:05.520 --> 00:34:05.720
 I

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.020
 know

00:34:06.020 --> 00:34:06.280
 my

00:34:06.280 --> 00:34:06.820
 redeemer

00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:07.600
 lives

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.260
 I

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:08.519
 know

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.820
 he's

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.220
 redeemed

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.500
 me

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.099
 his

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.320
 holy

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.800
 spirit

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.480
 causes

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:11.700
 me

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:11.880
 to

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.140
 know

00:34:12.140 --> 00:34:12.440
 this

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.860
 and

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.039
 to

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.400
 trust

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.700
 him

00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:15.539
 and

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.760
 he

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.039
 shall

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.720
 stand

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.379
 at

00:34:17.379 --> 00:34:17.379


00:34:17.379 --> 00:34:17.919
 last

00:34:17.919 --> 00:34:18.500
 on

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.679
 the

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.079
 earth

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:21.500
 revelation

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.959
 5

00:34:21.959 --> 00:34:22.399
 6

00:34:22.399 --> 00:34:23.259
 paints

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:23.480
 this

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.699
 for

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.059
 us

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.139
 near

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.379
 the

00:34:25.379 --> 00:34:25.739
 throne

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:25.959
 of

00:34:25.959 --> 00:34:26.259
 heaven

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:26.439
 I

00:34:26.439 --> 00:34:26.799
 saw

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.019
 the

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.319
 lamb

00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:28.000
 standing

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.079
 as

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.319
 though

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:29.480
 it

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:29.659
 had

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:29.879
 been

00:34:29.879 --> 00:34:30.419
 slain

00:34:30.419 --> 00:34:31.500
 and

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.859
 every

00:34:31.859 --> 00:34:32.339
 creature

00:34:32.339 --> 00:34:32.619
 which

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:32.779
 is

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.000
 in

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.339
 heaven

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:33.939
 and

00:34:33.939 --> 00:34:34.139
 on

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.480
 earth

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.659
 and

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:34.959
 under

00:34:34.959 --> 00:34:35.199
 the

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.480
 earth

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.959
 and

00:34:35.959 --> 00:34:36.159
 all

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.359
 such

00:34:36.359 --> 00:34:36.579
 as

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:36.759
 are

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:36.919
 in

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.099
 the

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.379
 sea

00:34:37.379 --> 00:34:37.539
 and

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.679
 all

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:37.799
 that

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:37.899
 are

00:34:37.899 --> 00:34:38.039
 in

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.339
 them

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:38.899
 I

00:34:38.899 --> 00:34:39.099
 heard

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.339
 them

00:34:39.339 --> 00:34:39.980
 saying

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.459
 blessing

00:34:40.459 --> 00:34:41.059
 and

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.500
 honor

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.939
 and

00:34:41.939 --> 00:34:42.339
 glory

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:42.599
 and

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:42.919
 power

00:34:42.919 --> 00:34:43.179
 be

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.379
 to

00:34:43.379 --> 00:34:43.719
 him

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 who

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 sits

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 on

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 the

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 throne

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 and

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 to

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 the

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 lamb

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 forever

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 and

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 ever

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 don't

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 miss

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 out

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 dear

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 friends

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 run

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 to

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 your

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 redeemer

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 let

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 your soul

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 groan

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 today

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 but

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 with

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 this

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 groan

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 of

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 2

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 Corinthians

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 5

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 2

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 because

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 God

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 has

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 stirred

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 your

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 soul

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 so

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 earnestly

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 to

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 desire

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 to be

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 clothed

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 in

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 your

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 new

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 body

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 and

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 well

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 suited

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 for

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 the

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 new

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 heavens

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 and

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 the

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 new

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 earth

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 so

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 that

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 with

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 your

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 own

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 eyes

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 in

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 that

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.599
 resurrection

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.139
 body

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:20.659
 you

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 will

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:20.960
 get

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.159
 to

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.500
 see

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 at

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 last

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 your

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.679
 God

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 and

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 your

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.920
 lamb

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 our

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 great

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 and

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 only

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 hope

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 and

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 so

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 as

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 1

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 Thessalonians

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 4

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 17

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 reassures

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 us

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 we

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 will

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 be

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 with

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 the

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.440
 Lord

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.400
 forever

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:42.119
 oh

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.539
 may your

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.119
 soul

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:44.239
 so grown

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.539
 within

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:44.880
 you

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.799
 today

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:46.839
 may your

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.179
 heart

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:48.099
 yearn

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:49.199
 for this

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.599
 sight of

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:49.859
 God

00:35:49.859 --> 00:35:51.440
 let's

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.980
 respond to

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.319
 him in

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 prayer