1 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,880 Welcome to the podcast of the White Church in Adelaide, South 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:14,480 Australia. I'm just going to read. 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,960 I read this when we were praying this morning. 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:18,080 I'm going to read it for us again. 5 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:19,560 Now. I sort of reading this this 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:26,920 morning in my in my reading in Ezekiel 40, Ezekiel 40 verse 4 7 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:33,120 says, and the man said to me, son of man, look with your eyes 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,880 and hear with your ears and fix your mind on everything I show 9 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:42,400 you for you were brought here so that I might show them to you 10 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,160 declare to the House of Israel everything you see. 11 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,920 And I believe this is a word for us this morning. 12 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,160 I believe that God's brought us to this place to show us 13 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,880 something, that he would open our eyes and open our ears and 14 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:03,000 that we would get something from the Lord today, that he would 15 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,120 reveal something to us that we didn't, that we didn't have 16 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,600 before. And we were talking about 17 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,960 Thanksgiving in the as we were praying. 18 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,200 And I was talking about how when I give my son a lolly or 19 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,640 something like that, you can't, he can't hide the Thanksgiving 20 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,240 on his face. He's thankful. 21 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,760 Yeah. And like we come to God with, 22 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,680 you know, when we, hey, let's be thankful to God, We come to God 23 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,400 sometimes with Thanksgiving. Oh, thank you, God, you're so 24 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:33,520 wonderful. And like, there's not even a 25 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,600 smile on our face. Do you think that is true 26 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,960 Thanksgiving in the heart of of us? 27 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:43,200 When I say us, because I mean me too, when we come before the 28 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:48,320 Lord and say thank you so much, Lord, I'm, I'm so grateful 29 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,480 because you're so good. So something needs to change in 30 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,440 here. And it's exactly the same thing. 31 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,160 We're we're here worshipping the Lord and we're, we're saying 32 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,400 holy, holy, holy. And we're doing exactly the same 33 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,960 thing. Holy, holy, you're so holy God, 34 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:11,360 you're a holy God. He's a holy God. 35 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,800 And I think like when we're, when we're, we're talking about 36 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,600 heaven this morning, I think a lot of us are going to get a big 37 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,360 shock when we're standing before the Lord and crying out holy 38 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,600 because we're going to realize how holy he is. 39 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,760 And so maybe what we need for God to reveal to us in this 40 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:33,680 place is His Holiness is his worth that we would truly be 41 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,520 thankful and declare holiness to the Lord. 42 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,160 So Lord, we're, we're asking that you would do a work in us 43 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,840 this morning because we do want to see you clearly and we do 44 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,720 want to hear what you're saying. And we do want you to show us 45 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,600 what you've brought us here today to show us that we could 46 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,120 declare it to others. I pray for just a revelation of 47 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:00,360 who who you are in this place that we would catch something of 48 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,840 your magnificence, something of your greatness, Lord, something 49 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,960 of your power, something of the bigness of who God is in this 50 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,800 place today. Because you are a big God. 51 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:16,800 You are a wonderful God. You are a holy, holy, holy God. 52 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:22,680 And we will worship you, Lord, into eternity every single day, 53 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,520 every time the sun rises, Lord, we will be looking to you and 54 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,520 worshiping you because only you are worthy. 55 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:35,800 Lord, in Jesus name, thank you, Lord, in Jesus name, Jesus the 56 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:40,240 Son, in his name we stand today. We're here in this place today 57 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:44,960 because of Jesus, Amen. Thank you, Lord, thank you for 58 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,440 your son, Lord, thank you. Lord, thank you that we've come 59 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:52,480 from death to life and that we're alive in this place today. 60 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,160 Amen. Excellent. 61 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,080 So we're talking about heaven this morning and I hope that 62 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,360 when we talk about heaven, it serves hope in us because we 63 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,640 need hope. Our world is hopeless. 64 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:13,480 Our world is without hope. And we have the gospel, we have 65 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,720 Jesus, we have a revelation of who God is and who his Son is 66 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,680 and, and, and the Son that God sent that we could be redeemed. 67 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,000 And we have something that our world needs. 68 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,440 We have the hope and we're talking about eternity with our 69 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,600 Lord today. We're going to look at what the 70 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:36,720 scripture reveals about heaven. If we actually went and, and had 71 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,040 a really deep dive on what the what the scripture says about 72 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,640 heaven, we're going to be here longer than the 30 minutes or so 73 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,920 that I'm going to speak today. So this is like a drip in the 74 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,560 ocean, isn't it? But luckily for you and I and 75 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,720 for those that know him and for those that give our lives to 76 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,800 him, we're going to be able to experience the things that we're 77 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,880 speaking about this morning. And so we're going to be able to 78 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:02,320 look at each other and just go, this is the stuff that we were 79 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:03,600 talking about. This is it. 80 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,040 Today's the day. And so I hope that that fills us 81 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,600 with hope, knowing that today could be the day, right? 82 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,640 Jesus could come today. He's coming for his bride. 83 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,560 It could be today. I pray that it would be today 84 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:21,040 because I want to go and be where the Lord is me too. 85 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:23,720 Amen. Amen. 86 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,560 Together forever with him, reunited with the Father. 87 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:32,680 It's the hope of the gospel. So Paul writes about heaven. 88 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:37,360 When I say heaven, which one? Because Paul writes about 3, 89 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:38,840 right? So let's look at that for a 90 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:43,000 second. Two Corinthians 12 verse 2, Paul 91 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,720 says speaking about himself, he says I know a man in Christ who 92 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,880 14 years ago, whether in the body I do not know or whether 93 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:56,400 out of the body I do not know. God knows such a one was caught 94 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,480 up into the 3rd heaven and I know such a man whether in the 95 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,560 body or out of the body, I do not know. 96 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:07,200 God knows who he was caught up into paradise and heard 97 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,840 inexpressible words which are not lawful for a man to utter. 98 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,640 So Paul writes of he goes into the 3rd heaven, that's 123, 99 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:21,560 that's three heavens. So the 1st heaven just so that 100 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,600 we can understand, I think what Paul is is writing here. 101 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,800 The first heaven we would see in Genesis 1 verse 20 is it says 102 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:33,120 this, it says let the birds fly above the earth across the face 103 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,520 of the firmament of the heavens. So this is the first heaven. 104 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,520 This is where the birds fly. This is like you look up and you 105 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,120 see a bird flying through the air. 106 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:45,480 This is the heavens up in the heavens there the 2nd heaven 107 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:51,360 Genesis one verse 16 says then God made 2 great lights, the 108 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,560 greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the 109 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,400 night. And he made the stars also, and 110 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,960 God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light to the 111 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,400 earth. So this is where the stars and 112 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,320 the moon and the sun is. This is the 2nd heaven. 113 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:13,720 Paul's writing about a heaven beyond that the 3rd heaven where 114 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,960 God dwells. Complete this sentence. 115 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:24,440 Miss with me our God who are in heaven, our Lord is even heaven. 116 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,320 He's in the 3rd heaven. Isaiah 66 verse one says heaven 117 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,280 is my throne and earth is my footstool. 118 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:38,160 How big is our God that he could say that I'm in heaven, it's my 119 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,600 throne and I've I've got my feet resting on the earth. 120 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,400 You know where when it says that you know the the Lord holds us 121 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:49,320 in the palm of his hands. It probably doesn't give justice 122 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,720 to how big our God is. This is like this picture, this 123 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,040 footstool in this hand is like a pitcher trying to help us 124 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:01,800 understand our God is way bigger than we could ever understand in 125 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:07,040 our in our in our minds. He is, he is like that, that 126 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,320 thing I am. It's just like I can't even 127 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:15,520 explain to you who I am, but I just am amazing. 128 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,520 We could catch some of that by the Spirit of God. 129 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,720 You know, when when God's relaying these truths, I hold 130 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,920 you in my hand when he's saying that heaven is my my throne and 131 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,840 earth is my footstool. He's not just saying it to 132 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,520 confuse us and just go, Oh, it's beyond you hate by the Spirit of 133 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,919 God, we could catch a revelation of the bigness of God. 134 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:41,120 He is huge, not in a in a size way, just in a God way. 135 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,920 He is he is. Lord help us. 136 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,320 Look, we can't explain it. I can't explain it to us. 137 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,440 Lord help us, we pray for a revelation in this place. 138 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,880 Lord, we pray that the Spirit of God would reveal something of 139 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:59,840 yourself to us in this place. Lord God the Son is in in 140 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:04,520 heaven. Jesus John 313 No one has 141 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,920 ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven. 142 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,160 That is the Son of man who is in heaven. 143 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,440 Hebrews 12/2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our 144 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:20,280 faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the 145 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:25,120 cross, despising the shame, he has sat down at the right hand 146 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:29,680 of the throne of God. Jesus is in heaven, all right. 147 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:31,560 So this is the dwelling place of God. 148 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:35,520 It's where Jesus is right now. Jesus is on the throne in heaven 149 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,800 with his Father. Where is heaven? 150 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,280 It's up. How do I know? 151 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:46,800 Because this is what we're told, right? 152 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:52,160 Acts 19 Now when He had spoken these things while they watched, 153 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:58,320 He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 154 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,720 And while they looked steadfastly toward the heaven as 155 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:08,080 He went up, behold, 2 men stood by them in white apparel, who 156 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:12,800 also said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into 157 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,760 heaven? The same Jesus who was taken up 158 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:21,840 from you into heaven will come in like manner as you saw him go 159 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:29,040 into heaven up through the 1st heaven, past the 2nd heaven, 160 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,840 just out of reach of every telescope and spacecraft and 161 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,960 man's reach. It's up there. 162 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:42,960 Heaven is a, is a spiritual place, but Jesus was resurrected 163 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,240 physically. I, I think sometimes when we 164 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,360 think about heaven, we think it's like this mystical, magical 165 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:53,200 place and it's not real. Like it's, it's not as real as 166 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,720 what this is. Heaven is real. 167 00:10:56,040 --> 00:11:01,200 Heaven is a real place for Jesus to be bodily resurrected and 168 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,200 seated on the throne of God. Do you know what that means? 169 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,880 It is a physical place. It has to be otherwise Jesus is 170 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,280 falling back through, down, back through the clouds and through 171 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,800 the 2nd back down to earth. Do you see what I'm saying? 172 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:18,480 It is, it is a real place. I say that just to, to correct 173 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,840 some, some thinking that it's just like this magical, you 174 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:26,920 know, wonderful spiritual place. Heaven is real, God is real, His 175 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:31,080 throne is real, The angels are real, the seraphim are real, the 176 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,920 the redeemed are real, God is real. 177 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,640 Heaven is a real place. This is the real reality. 178 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,120 We're living in a in a, in something that fits into the 179 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,200 greater reality. The greater reality is God and 180 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,760 his Heaven is the throne. It's where God dwells. 181 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,760 It's the greater reality. We need to shift our 182 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:52,480 understanding of how we see heaven. 183 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,040 It's not made-up, it's not pretend. 184 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,000 It's not something that you know. 185 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:02,280 Anyway, you get my point. We don't just hope that heaven 186 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,520 is true. You know, I was speaking to 187 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,200 someone during the week and talking about someone that had 188 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,840 passed away and, and you know, I said, Hey, this, this person's 189 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:15,120 with the Lord and he said, I hope so, right? 190 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,360 He's an unbeliever. I hope he is. 191 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:20,960 We don't just hope that this is true. 192 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:26,240 We are assured by faith that this is true. 193 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:34,160 We have faith that this is true. Hebrews 11/1 says now faith is 194 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:39,680 the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not 195 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:43,320 seen. Faith comes from the Lord. 196 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,360 Faith isn't just wishful thinking. 197 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,800 Hoping that one day, oh geez, I hope I'll be with the Lord. 198 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,440 I hope heaven's real, I hope that will be. 199 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:59,560 We are assured by faith that we will be with Him one day, that 200 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:02,640 we will go to the place where the Lord is. 201 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:07,840 It's faith. I didn't just work that out by 202 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,120 reading the Bible and just going, well, I believe that the 203 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,800 Bible's true, so this must be true. 204 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,400 Now I've got hope. The Lord came and did something 205 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,960 in here that I can't deny, that I can't wrap my head around, 206 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:23,200 that I can't put a finger on. There's faith here that I know 207 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:27,240 that I know that I know that the Lord is who he says he is and 208 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,280 that when I leave this place I will be with the Lord. 209 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,760 That is a hope that you can't explain to someone that is non 210 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,080 believer. They don't get it. 211 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,480 They just think that you believe this thing and and the way that 212 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,240 you live sort of lines up with what you say to be true. 213 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:46,120 But we know when God comes in here and when we give our lives 214 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,440 to the Lord and when we when we lay down our lives to know him 215 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:53,040 and to serve him and to seek him, God does something in here. 216 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,400 And again, when you know that you know that you know the way 217 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:01,360 that you worship God is is 1 of extravagance. 218 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:05,120 The way that you tell him that you're thankful comes from a 219 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:10,320 heart position of faith. We tell him that he's worthy by 220 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,120 faith. We tell him that we're thankful 221 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,680 by faith. Is this making sense? 222 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,440 So what is heaven like? Can we know what heaven is like? 223 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,480 Let me just read 1 Corinthians 2 for us. 224 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:31,480 It says I has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the 225 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,240 heart of man the things which God has prepared for those that 226 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,600 love Him. Well, I guess that we can't 227 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:42,320 know. Then let's read on verse 10. 228 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:47,840 But God, but God, who has revealed them to us through His 229 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,800 Spirit. For the Spirit searches all 230 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,720 things, yes, the deep things of God. 231 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:58,440 For what man knows the things of, of man, except the spirit of 232 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:03,000 man, which is in him? Even so, no, no one knows the 233 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,880 things of God except the Spirit of God. 234 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,400 Now we have received not the spirit of this world, but the 235 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:13,680 Spirit who is from God. Listen to this, that we might 236 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:19,640 know the things which have been freely given to us by God. 237 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:26,360 By the Spirit of God, we take a hold of these things by faith. 238 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:32,800 We believe Him at His word. All right, so the word of God 239 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:36,200 has much to say about heaven, and we can take a hold of it by 240 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:37,360 faith. We can trust Him. 241 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:38,840 Let's keep digging through the Word. 242 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:44,880 See what it says. Psalm 16, verse 11 says in your 243 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:51,800 presence is fullness of joy. At your right hand are pleasures 244 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,640 forevermore. Isn't that wonderful? 245 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,960 Try and wrap your head around what it means. 246 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:05,760 Fullness of joy. Have any of us ever experienced 247 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,360 fullness of joy? I've been pretty happy. 248 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,400 Sometimes I've been pretty joyful. 249 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,320 I don't know that we've experienced what fullness of joy 250 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,920 means. I think that we will. 251 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,400 I'm looking forward to it. Right. 252 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,040 Amen. What about pleasures 253 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:30,040 forevermore? That's a good thing, isn't it? 254 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,840 That's wonderful. Revelation 21 verses 4. 255 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,720 We just keep reading. I love this. 256 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:39,880 This is, this is one of my favourites. 257 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:45,160 Listen to what heaven's like, and God will wipe away every 258 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,440 tear from their eyes. And there shall be no more 259 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:54,080 death, no more sorrow, no more crying, there shall be no more 260 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,760 pain. For the former things have 261 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,480 passed away. Isn't that wonderful? 262 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:03,200 What sort of a state of mind are we going to be enjoying for all 263 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:07,800 eternity? Fullness of joy, pleasures 264 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,960 forevermore. No tears, no pain, no death. 265 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,319 Oh my gosh. You're like, wow, that sounds 266 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:17,800 like the best day ever, doesn't it? 267 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:23,079 It's almost too good to be true. If it wasn't true, I believe it. 268 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:25,640 I hope we believe it. Wonderful. 269 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:30,960 Thank you, Lord. It is written complete peace. 270 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,560 Like anxiety wouldn't even be a thing. 271 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,240 Like you wouldn't even be able to think about it. 272 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,200 Like it wouldn't even come into your mind. 273 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:40,520 You wouldn't have to keep putting it off. 274 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,760 You wouldn't have to keep overcoming by the Word of God. 275 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,240 You wouldn't have to keep overcoming and strengthening one 276 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,160 another with the Word. You wouldn't have to keep 277 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,440 seeking the Lord. Lord, strengthen me, help me. 278 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:54,280 Fullness of joy, always. We don't have to keep seeking 279 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,320 the Lord to strengthen us because we're strong, because 280 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,440 we're with Him. He's there. 281 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,200 Amen. My gosh, it's stirring me up 282 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,920 because I want to be there, but I want to be here too because 283 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:07,960 there's stuff to do. And you know what I'm saying? 284 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,920 Thank you, Lord. All right, let's talk about our 285 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:18,880 physical bodies for a moment. We'll have new physical bodies. 286 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:28,440 I know that's pretty cool. Just like Jesus, Luke 2439 says, 287 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,560 this is Jesus speaking at after his resurrection. 288 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:36,560 He says, behold my hands and my feet, that it is myself. 289 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:41,160 Handle me and see for this, for a spirit does not have flesh and 290 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:45,520 bones, as you see, I have. Verse 40 When he said this to 291 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,320 them, he showed them his hands and his feet, but while they 292 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,120 were still, but but while they still did not believe, for joy 293 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:54,680 he marvelled. And he said to them, Have you 294 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,200 any food here? So they gave him a piece of a 295 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:02,160 broiled fish and some honeycomb, and he took it and he ate it in 296 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,880 their presence. Now I'm just going to, like 297 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:05,400 address the elephant in the room here. 298 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,280 This might be the greatest question that we have about 299 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,760 eternity. Are we going to eat food? 300 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,320 Some of us are sitting here thinking about lunch. 301 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,040 You know, like our tummies are going. 302 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,000 There's going to be food in heaven. 303 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,560 Jesus ate food in his resurrected body. 304 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:27,560 That fills me with hope, right? He didn't need to. 305 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:29,240 Well, maybe he did. I don't know. 306 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,240 I also, I know is that Jesus, when he was resurrected, made a 307 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,640 point of saying who's got some food, give me some food and he 308 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:39,240 ate it in front of them. We're going to eat with the 309 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,200 Lord. That's pretty cool, right? 310 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,760 Don't be distracted on that. Put that on the side burner for 311 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:49,000 now. He says I've got flesh and bone, 312 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:54,120 a physical body. You know, again, This is why 313 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,440 Jesus can be on, on the throne in heaven as a physical being, 314 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,800 because there's a physical reality that we're coming into. 315 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:04,760 You're going to need a physical body to experience this physical 316 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:10,960 reality. 1 Corinthians 1520 But now Christ has risen from the 317 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,920 dead and has become the first fruits of those who have fallen 318 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,240 asleep. For since by man came death, by 319 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,120 man also came the resurrection of the dead. 320 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:27,400 For as Adam, as as in Adam, all die, Even so in Christ all shall 321 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:31,360 be made alive. So Jesus was the first to be 322 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,680 resurrected with his resurrected body. 323 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,280 He says that he's the first fruits, the 1st. 324 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,040 And so we're going to follow him. 325 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,720 We're going to be the fruit that comes after the first fruits. 326 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:51,240 Another description of our physical body, 1 Corinthians 15, 327 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:56,440 verse 42. So also is the is the 328 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,080 resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption. 329 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:04,240 Paul's writing about being sown as in going into the ground, 330 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:08,440 like a seed goes into the ground and it dies and life comes out 331 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:09,600 of it. OK. 332 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:14,840 So the body is sown in corruption and it is raised in 333 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,280 incorruption. It is sown in dishonor. 334 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:23,200 It is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness. 335 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:30,640 It is raised in power. Glory and power and incorruption 336 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,240 is this physical body is who we are. 337 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,520 That's pretty amazing. Like as I get older, I feel like 338 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,440 my days of being strong and powerful are declining. 339 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,120 I feel like there was days when I was stronger than I am right 340 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:48,760 now. But this says that our physical 341 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:54,040 body is going to be powerful. That's pretty cool, right? 342 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,440 I don't think we're going to be tired the way that we are here. 343 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,880 I don't think that when we exert ourselves that we're going to 344 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:00,840 have to rest for three days. All of these things. 345 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,480 I feel like we're going to have powerful bodies and we're going 346 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,880 to be able to use them in a powerful way. 347 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,720 And it's not going to break. It's not going to get old. 348 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:15,040 It's incorruptible. Oh my gosh, it's glorious. 349 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,920 Our bodies are glorious. We'll be glorious like Jesus 350 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,720 body was glorified. Our bodies will be glorious, 351 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,680 wonderful. And then if we skip to verse 53, 352 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:32,760 it says for the corruptible must put on incorruption and the 353 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:37,800 mortal must put on immortality. So when the corruptible is put 354 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:43,040 on incorruption and this mortal has put on immortality, then 355 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:47,080 shall be brought to pass the the saying that is written, death is 356 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:52,200 swallowed up in victory, immortal, never to die again. 357 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,680 Amen. I hope this is is this stirring 358 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,600 our faith. It's making us hopeful for the 359 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,920 future that we have. I I pray that it would be 360 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:06,520 stirring at our faith for those that don't know him that they 361 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,600 could have this hope that they could have this future that we 362 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:14,520 have that we by faith are taking hold of and believing for our 363 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:20,240 new body will never pass away. It's wonderful for all eternity. 364 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:23,480 I'm just going to read here. I'll probably bring start 365 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,560 bringing this to a close, but the maybe the greatest 366 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,480 description of what heaven will be like we find here in 367 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,720 Revelation 21. Start reading here. 368 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,400 It's quite a lot of verses. Let's go now. 369 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,320 I saw a new heaven and a new earth. 370 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,240 We just pause for a moment there a new heaven and a new earth. 371 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:46,080 This earth is corrupted. This earth is passing away. 372 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,000 But but the Lord's making a new heaven and a new earth. 373 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:53,560 All things new makes sense. New bodies, new heaven, new 374 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:59,480 earth, for the first have passed away also. 375 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,720 There was no more sea than I Joy. 376 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,840 John saw the holy city, the New Jerusalem, coming out of heaven 377 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,600 from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 378 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,320 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold, the 379 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:17,760 Tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and 380 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,760 they shall be his people. God himself will be with them 381 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:26,760 and be their God, and God will wipe away every tear from their 382 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,080 eyes. There shall be no more death, no 383 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:33,600 sorrow, no crying. There shall be no more pain, for 384 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,520 the former things have passed away. 385 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,840 Then he who sat on the throne and said, Behold, I make all 386 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,120 things new. And he said to me, right, catch 387 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:48,400 this, for these words are faithful and true. 388 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:56,000 This is the truth. Verse 6 And he said to me, it is 389 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,920 done. I am the alpha and the Omega. 390 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:04,560 I am the beginning and the end. I will give of the fountain of 391 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,680 water of life freely to him who thirsts. 392 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,400 He who overcomes shall inherit all things. 393 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,120 He who overcomes shall we inherit all things. 394 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:23,200 And I will be his God, and he will be my Son. 1st 10 And he 395 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,880 carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and 396 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,600 he showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out 397 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,800 of heaven from God, having the glory of God. 398 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,360 Her light was like a precious stone, like a Jasper stone, 399 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:43,040 clear as crystal. Verse 21 The the 12 gates were 400 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:49,240 12 pole that were 12 pearls each individual gate of 1 Pearl. 401 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:54,120 And the streets of the city were pure gold, transparent gold. 402 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:59,880 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the 403 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:04,480 Lamb are its temple. The city had no need for the sun 404 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,560 or the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. 405 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:14,440 The land is its light, and the nations of those who are saved 406 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:19,200 shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth shall bring 407 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:24,520 glory and honor into it. Its gates shall be not be shut 408 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,360 all by day. There shall be no night there, 409 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:32,480 and they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into 410 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:37,520 it, but there shall be no means enter anything that defiles or 411 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:42,600 causes an abomination or a liar, but only those written in the 412 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,640 Lamb's Book of Life. That's wonderful, isn't it? 413 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,320 What an amazing hope we have in the Lord. 414 00:26:54,640 --> 00:27:04,040 How do we get there? We die or if Jesus comes first. 415 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,760 So, so we're either going to die like we're either going to go 416 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:12,280 into the ground to be raised up again or the Lord is going to 417 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:18,280 come and snatch us away. So death is a is a death is an 418 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,160 exciting thing for those in the Lord. 419 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:28,480 Death is the most scary thing ever to to human beings to have 420 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:33,160 to face other than those that are written in the Lamb's book 421 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,960 of life. Now death, where is your sting? 422 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:40,920 It's like death is like the greatest day of our lives 423 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:45,000 because we get to go to this place and to be with the Lord. 424 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:52,200 I'm just going to close here. You know this is Jesus's call to 425 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,080 those that don't know him. This is what he says. 426 00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:01,160 He says Matthew 11/28. He says come to me all you who 427 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:05,800 labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 428 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:12,480 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and 429 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:18,760 lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls, for my 430 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,240 yoke is easy and my burden is light. 431 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:29,200 This is the Lord's call to those to come and receive Him. 432 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:34,840 You know Jesus Christ died on the cross for the forgiveness of 433 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,920 our sins. That He would take away our 434 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:45,280 sins, that we could be forgiven, That we could rise again and be 435 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,680 with Him in in heaven for all eternity. 436 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,320 That we would be with the Lord. Jesus did that on the cross. 437 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,320 This is the gospel. This is the good news of the 438 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,560 gospel. Scripture says that in Romans 439 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,080 10/9. It says that if you confess with 440 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:07,520 your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God 441 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,800 raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 442 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,360 This is how you get a hold of the gospel. 443 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,640 You believe in your heart and you confess with your mouth. 444 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,800 And so I'd just like for us to stand. 445 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,160 If you believe, if you're in this place and you believe that 446 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:28,520 to be true, whether you've never believed that and you want to 447 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,640 believe that today, let's stand together. 448 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,480 And when we're going to declare this truth, we're going to 449 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,880 declare it with our mouths and we're going to believe it in our 450 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:38,440 hearts. Could you please stand with me? 451 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,680 Let's just pray together, Father. 452 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:48,200 With Thanksgiving, Lord, with Thanksgiving we come to you, 453 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:53,960 Father, in Thanksgiving for Jesus Christ, your Son who died 454 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,880 on the cross for us, that we could have forgiveness of our 455 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,280 sins. Lord, we repented from our sins. 456 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,840 We repent from our sins. We thank you for forgiveness. 457 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:09,920 And Lord, we, we declare out of a hard position that we know the 458 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,480 truth of the gospel. We know what it is you've done. 459 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,160 We know that you've set us free. You've saved us, We declare in 460 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,760 this place. You are our Lord, You are our 461 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:25,880 Saviour, Lord Jesus, and we will serve you till the day that we 462 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,440 go to the grave or to the day that your trumpet sounds. 463 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:35,720 We will be with you forever and we glorify the name of Jesus in 464 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,960 this place. You are a wonderful Lord. 465 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:40,560 Let's just tell him how holy he is. 466 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:44,680 Holy you are holy, Lord. You are holy, You are holy. 467 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,680 Lord. Lord Jesus, you are worthy of 468 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:50,800 all praise. We lift you high. 469 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:55,320 Lord, praise your mighty name. What a wonderful father you are, 470 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,800 that we should be called sons and daughters of the King in 471 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:02,640 Jesus mighty name. Amen. 472 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:07,680 He's a good God, isn't he, Amen. Let's make sure that when we 473 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:11,320 look at each other and have fellowship with one another, put 474 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:16,520 a smile on your face, strengthen one another, be joyful and and 475 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:20,240 let's enjoy life together until the King comes, Amen. 476 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,400 Bless you guys, have a wonderful day. 477 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,320 Thank you for joining us for today's message. 478 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,200 For more information about The Way Church, please visit 479 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,160 ourwebsite@thewaychurch.com dot AU. 480 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:32,480 Have a blessed day.