1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,200 Have you ever been promised something in your life, but you 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,920 didn't know exactly what it was going to be like and so you were 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:13,040 left wondering or maybe asking questions about it? 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:18,040 Maybe you were waiting for a birthday and joyfully expecting 5 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:22,480 what you would get. Maybe you were expecting a baby 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,600 and, and anticipating what he or she would look like. 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,640 And as we come up to Christmas, maybe you've, we're waiting for 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,280 Christmas gifts and maybe many of you have bought gifts for 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,240 your children and, and they're anticipating what they're going 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,960 to get under the tree. You know, they're, they're 11 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,720 grabbing the gifts, they're looking at the boxes, they're 12 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,760 analyzing them, they're shaking them. 13 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,280 They're they're judging what it might be based on the shape and 14 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,120 the size. If any of you guys are like me, 15 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,800 then your wife probably has to be really creative with her 16 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,960 guesses because there's usually not something under the tree 17 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,640 until a few days before Christmas. 18 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:02,640 But as we pick up in our sermon series in the book of First 19 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:07,120 Corinthians this morning, we see that sort of anticipation as 20 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,440 Paul is talking about the resurrection to the Corinthians, 21 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:15,120 he's told them that Christ has risen and we too will rise from 22 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,800 the dead. And so naturally they wondered 23 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,720 what's going to happen? What sort of bodies will we 24 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:22,080 have? What are they going to look 25 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,200 like? How is all of this going to take 26 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,520 place? And we're going to see Paul's 27 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,040 answer to those questions this morning. 28 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,440 So if you'll turn with me in your Bibles to 1st Corinthians 29 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,680 chapter 15, we'll be in verses 35 through 58. 30 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,560 And just by way of reminder, we've been going through this 31 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,400 book for for over seven months now. 32 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,200 This is a letter that Paul wrote to a church that he started in 33 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,280 the city of Corinth. And he had been there for a 34 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,880 short time and, and after he left the, these people were new 35 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,200 Christians. They still had lots of 36 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,280 questions. And so they sent him letters. 37 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,000 They sent him questions and say, hey, we, we still want to know 38 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,280 about these things. And so his letter to them is a 39 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,160 response to those questions. And so the last few weeks we've 40 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,080 been looking specifically at chapter 15, which talks all 41 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,440 about the resurrection and what the resurrection is going to be 42 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,520 like and the reality of the resurrection, the effects of the 43 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,640 resurrection. And today we're going to see 44 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:18,720 specifically what our bodies in the resurrection will be like. 45 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:23,000 We will see the reality of our resurrection bodies. 46 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,880 But before we do that, let's bow for a word of prayer. 47 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:33,400 Lord, Your hands have made us, and we have been fashioned in 48 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,360 Your image. We have been created so that we 49 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,440 might find our joy and satisfaction in You and bring 50 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:45,240 You glory through our lives. And so we ask that as we open 51 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,360 Your Word this morning, that You would give us understanding by 52 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,800 the power of Your Spirit working through Your Word, Teach us Your 53 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,760 commandments that we may behold wondrous things in Your law. 54 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,200 Believe them by faith and walk in obedience to them, bringing 55 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,840 glory and honor to your name. In Jesus name we ask, Amen. 56 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,280 We'll be in First Corinthians chapter 15 and it's a bit of a 57 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,280 lengthy passage, but I'll read through it all to start and then 58 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,360 we'll begin to go through it. First Corinthians chapter 15, 59 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:24,600 verses 35 through 58. But someone will ask, how are 60 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,240 the dead raised? With what kind of body do they 61 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,680 come, you foolish person? What you sow does not come to 62 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,480 life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body 63 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,240 that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or some 64 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,640 other grain. But God gives it a body as He 65 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,440 has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 66 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,160 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for 67 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:54,120 humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another 68 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,360 for fish. There are heavenly bodies and 69 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,120 earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and 70 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,720 the glory of the earthly is of another. 71 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,400 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, 72 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,960 and another glory of the stars. For star differs from star in 73 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,080 glory. So it is with the resurrection 74 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,120 of the dead. What is sown is perishable. 75 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,640 What is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor. 76 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,240 It is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness. 77 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,440 It is raised in power. It is sown a natural body. 78 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:35,480 It is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, 79 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,200 there is also a spiritual body. Thus it is written. 80 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,200 The first man, Adam, became a living being. 81 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,880 The last Adam became a life giving spirit, but it is not the 82 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,920 spiritual that is first, but the natural and then the spiritual. 83 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,240 The 1st man was from the earth, a man of dust. 84 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:59,080 The second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also 85 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,520 are those who are of the dust. And as is the man of heaven, so 86 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,200 also are those who are of heaven. 87 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,200 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall 88 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,480 also bear the image of the man of heaven. 89 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,600 I tell you this, brothers, flesh and blood cannot inherit the 90 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,800 Kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the 91 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,640 imperishable. Behold, I tell you a mystery. 92 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:28,040 We shall not all sleep, but we shall be changed in a moment, in 93 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,360 the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. 94 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,000 For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised 95 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,120 imperishable, and we shall be changed. 96 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,160 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and 97 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,800 this mortal body must put on immortality. 98 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:47,560 And when the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal 99 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,560 puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is 100 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,680 written, death is swallowed up in victory. 101 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,400 Oh, death, where is your victory? 102 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:03,240 Oh, death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and 103 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:08,480 the power of sin is the law, but thanks be to God who gives us 104 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,840 the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 105 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:16,760 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always 106 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,960 abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord 107 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:26,080 your labour is not in vain. Now as Paul begins this 108 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,080 question, you see that he's addressing or he begins 109 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,920 answering their questions. You see their questions. 110 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,920 How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they 111 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:36,720 come? And, and this seems natural 112 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,200 because we would all naturally wonder what those things would 113 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:41,880 be like. What are our bodies going to be 114 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,120 like? How is this all going to happen? 115 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,520 But we see the person that he's addressing is not someone who 116 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,160 has a sincere question and a sincere concern because look at 117 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:55,720 his response, you foolish person, or more bluntly, you 118 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:57,720 fool. And so we see that at the 119 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,080 outset, he's addressing specifically people who are 120 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,640 scoffing, skeptics. They're not sincerely trying to 121 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,120 understand how all of these things are going to take place. 122 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,400 They're actually mocking the Christians by saying, well, what 123 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,320 this resurrection, can it really be true? 124 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:14,600 Well, what is it going to look like? 125 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,880 And so he's addressing them. But, but we also must understand 126 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,480 that there are people who are sincerely asking the question, 127 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,000 which is why he gives all this detail. 128 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,000 He gives all of these answers because there are those who have 129 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 that sincere question. And the first thing that we 130 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,360 learned from Paul is that you will receive a new body. 131 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:38,360 God has given you a body here on earth for this time. 132 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,560 But when we are raised from the dead, we will receive new bodies 133 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:47,160 specifically for heaven. And so Paul uses examples from 134 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,120 our world about the difference between heavenly and earthly 135 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,240 things, about the difference of flesh and the different glories 136 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,160 of the stars and the moon. And the first thing that you 137 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,000 must do before getting your heavenly body is that your old 138 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,160 body must die. Look in verse 36 to 38, Paul 139 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,640 says what you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 140 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,520 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare 141 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,240 kernel, perhaps of wheat or some other grain. 142 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,480 But God gives it a body as He has chosen, and to each kind of 143 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,360 seed its own body. And so we are going to receive 144 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,920 new bodies, but our earthly bodies must die first. 145 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,320 And so he uses the example of a seed. 146 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,600 And when you plant a seed in the ground, you're not hoping for a 147 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,799 larger seed. You're actually hoping for a 148 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:36,919 plant of some sort of some kind that eventually is going to 149 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:39,559 sprout out of that seed and grow. 150 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,880 But after that happens, the old seed is gone. 151 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,160 And that's what our heavenly bodies will be like. 152 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:50,760 We sow our natural bodies into the ground, and they become new 153 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,800 heavenly bodies, something far better and far greater than our 154 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,240 earthly bodies. And then your old body must be 155 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,760 replaced with a body uniquely designed for heaven, with its 156 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,600 own glory. And so here he begins to 157 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,800 contrast these different glories in verses 39 through 41. 158 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,840 Not all flesh is the same. There is one kind for humans, 159 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,960 another for animals, another for birds, another for fish. 160 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,040 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of 161 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,560 the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of 162 00:09:23,560 --> 00:09:26,320 another. There is one glory of the sun, 163 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:29,360 another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars. 164 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:32,520 For star differs from star in glory. 165 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,040 And so using examples from nature, Paul points out that 166 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:41,760 your your earthly body has its own unique glory, while your 167 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,200 heavenly body will be distinct in and of itself and have its 168 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,640 own glory. And he uses examples from our 169 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,720 world. We think of us as humans have a 170 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,000 certain kind of flesh, a flesh that is different from the 171 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,040 animals which can live outdoors. You know, we can't live in 172 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,120 extreme temperatures, but certain animals can. 173 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,720 And then even those animals, there's birds that have a 174 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,360 different kind of flesh which enables them to fly. 175 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,640 And then there's fish which enable them to live in the sea. 176 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,160 And so all these different kinds of flesh in God's creation show 177 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,680 that they have different types of glory. 178 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,800 And in the same way, even the sun and the moon and the stars 179 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,880 all have differing levels of glory. 180 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,760 And he's using that to contrast our earthly bodies from our 181 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,920 heavenly bodies. God has created our earthly 182 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,320 bodies and they have a certain amount of glory to them. 183 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,880 In Psalm chapter 8, we see this that that the psalmist says, 184 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,320 when I look at your heavens, when I look at the stars, I 185 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,960 wonder what is man that you are mindful of him and yet you have 186 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,600 crowned him with glory. There is a glory that comes with 187 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,440 our earthly bodies, but it is unique to this earth. 188 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,640 Our resurrected bodies will have their own uniqueness, their own 189 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,800 glory. And so our old bodies must die 190 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,520 and our we must receive, they must be replaced by our new 191 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:01,800 bodies. And so that's exactly what Paul 192 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,440 wants us to know. We will receive new bodies in 193 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:08,320 the resurrection. Now, have you ever wanted to 194 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,080 upgrade your vehicle or get a newer vehicle? 195 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:14,360 I'm sure that everybody's been in that situation at some point 196 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,920 in your life where you felt it was time to get something 197 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,160 better. Now, maybe you got married and 198 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,760 had kids and needed a larger vehicle, or maybe you just 199 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,360 needed something that was more reliable. 200 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:25,680 I think all of us have probably been there. 201 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:28,760 And I, I still remember the very first car I bought with my own 202 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,080 money. It was a 2000 Volkswagen Jetta. 203 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,200 And let me tell you, this was a good car. 204 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,000 I loved this car. The first thing I had to do, 205 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,640 though, before I got this car was I had to let that old 206 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,840 Sunbird go that I'd adopted from my sister at Hunka Junk. 207 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,760 And then I could get my new car. But tell me this car was good. 208 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,800 OK, it was a it was a diesel and so it got excellent fuel 209 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,040 mileage. It had heated seats. 210 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,360 It handled really well in the snow. 211 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,640 But probably one of the coolest features was it had a six CD 212 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:05,680 changer. Yeah, I'm no longer a peasant. 213 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:08,400 Along with those people who have to, like, change the CD every 214 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:09,840 time it's done. No, no, no, no. 215 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:14,320 I can go for six CDs before I got to change that bad boy. 216 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:16,920 The only problem was it was in the trunk, which made it a 217 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,680 little bit inconvenient If you're on a road trip, you got 218 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:22,200 to, like, pull the car over and go to the back and swap with the 219 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,280 CDs. But this was such a good car and 220 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,960 it, but it's funny when you look at it today, you think and you 221 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:29,600 laugh and you know, there may be people in this room. 222 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,040 We don't even young people in this room. 223 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,440 We don't even know what ACD is. You know, in 20 years from now, 224 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,040 we're going to have technology that looks back on this and 225 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,720 we're going to go, well, that even what we have today is going 226 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,720 to look useless and meaningless. But brothers and sisters, we, we 227 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,360 have the hope that we'll receive resurrected bodies and they'll 228 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:51,120 never have a need to be upgraded or modified or, or renewed or 229 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,520 made better. But how does this truth affect 230 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,040 the way that we live, that hope and that resurrected body that 231 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,120 has its own glory? This, this new body, how does it 232 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,240 affect us? Now, if the resurrection isn't 233 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,560 true, then that means we don't have the hope of new bodies. 234 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:10,440 And that means, well, we, we can just live however we want in 235 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,160 this life because it doesn't matter, right? 236 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,280 That Paul argues that earlier in the chapter. 237 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:19,640 But if the resurrection is true, if Jesus really did rise from 238 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:23,240 the dead, then that means he was, He is the Son of God. 239 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,320 That means the message of the Kingdom that he proclaimed was 240 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,800 true. And the way that you live not 241 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,400 only matters, but it means everything. 242 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,880 And if we truly believe in the resurrection, that we'll receive 243 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:42,120 new, heavenly, eternal bodies, then we should live by faith, 244 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,680 seeking God's Kingdom first. That hope, that promise, should 245 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:51,200 enable us to live this life with that eternity in perspective. 246 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,800 We don't need to be concerned about doing everything in our 247 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,680 power to preserve our earthly human lives, because we have the 248 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:01,880 hope and the faith that we'll receive new bodies that will 249 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,840 never die. And since we have that promise, 250 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,480 we can willingly give our lives for the glory of God here on 251 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,240 this earth, trusting that God is something better in store for 252 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,840 us. The next thing that Paul teaches 253 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,120 us is that you will receive a superior body. 254 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,280 Not only will you receive a new body, but it will be far 255 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:22,560 superior. Your heavenly body is going to 256 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,200 be much better than your earthly body. 257 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:29,080 It's not just a minor tweak, a minor update. 258 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:30,640 It's not a little bit of an upgrade. 259 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:35,360 It's a complete overhaul and so Paul uses this example in it and 260 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,000 he shows that this heavenly body is going to be superior to the 261 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,680 earthly body in every way. First, your body will be 262 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,360 spiritual. Look at verses 42 through 44. 263 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:49,640 He contrasts the fleshly body and the heavenly body. 264 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,080 So it is with the resurrection of the dead, verse 42. 265 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:57,840 What is sown is perishable. What is raised is imperishable. 266 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,480 It is sown in dishonor. It is raised in glory, it is 267 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:06,040 sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 268 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,920 It is sown a natural body. It is raised a spiritual body. 269 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,480 If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 270 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,040 And so he's contrasting. Here's, here's the natural body 271 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,880 that you have now and here's how different it will be in the 272 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,040 future when it's a spiritual body. 273 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:27,920 Look how much better it is. The earthly body is perishable. 274 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,000 It can die, it can break, it can have disease. 275 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:36,360 But your spiritual body will be imperishable, never to die, 276 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:40,480 never to suffer again. Your earthly body is weak. 277 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,720 How often do we yield to the temptation and the power of sin 278 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,640 in our lives? But your spiritual body will be 279 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:51,640 powerful, and you will be free from the power of sin. 280 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,760 Your earthly body is natural, and it's vulnerable to the 281 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,440 effects of our fallen world. But your spiritual body is 282 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,920 spiritual. Never again to struggle with the 283 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:07,280 things of this world. Your body will be superior 284 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,320 because it will be spiritual, but it is also superior because 285 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:15,440 your body will be like Jesus. Look at verses 45 through 49. 286 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,360 Thus it is written, The first man, Adam, became a living 287 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,880 being, The last Adam became a life giving spirit. 288 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,720 But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the natural and 289 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:30,400 then the spiritual. The 1st man was from the earth a 290 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,200 man of dust. A second man is from heaven. 291 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,480 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust. 292 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:41,080 And as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of 293 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,560 heaven. Just as we have borne the image 294 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,520 of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man 295 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,720 of heaven. So here Paul shows us that here, 296 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,320 while you're on earth, you're like Adam. 297 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,480 He was created from the dust of the earth, and everyone who 298 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:02,920 comes after him is like him. Adam is a a sort of prototype of 299 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,280 all earthly mankind. We all come from him and are 300 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,319 made from the dust of the earth. But then he points forward to 301 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:11,119 Christ. Last week Pastor Jake talked 302 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,560 about Christ as the firstfruits having been raised from the 303 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,640 dead. He's the one who goes before us, 304 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:21,319 and now he is the prototype of all of us in our resurrected 305 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:25,680 bodies, our resurrected state. And though Jesus did become a 306 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:30,160 man having flesh and blood, he was not from the dust of the 307 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,520 earth. He was fully God, and he came 308 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,120 from heaven. And we will be like him. 309 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,800 And so here he contrasted in the same way that we are like Adam 310 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,200 here on earth. Our spiritual bodies will be 311 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:49,280 like Jesus. And many of you are familiar 312 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,440 with Super Mario Brothers. This is one of the best selling 313 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,480 video games of all time. And you know the game and you've 314 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,040 played it. And, and the goal of the game is 315 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,480 to get across Mushroom Kingdom to save Princess who has been 316 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:06,320 captured by Bowser. But it's not an easy journey. 317 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,880 There are many obstacles, many enemies along the way. 318 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,600 There are Goombas and Koopa Troopas and piranha plants are 319 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:17,440 bottomless pits and and lava. And you have to be careful to 320 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,360 navigate all of these hazards to be able to get to the end to 321 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:23,720 save the Princess before the time runs out. 322 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,440 But there's one special item, one power up that helps you to 323 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:32,640 succeed the star. I don't know. 324 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,720 Did you guess that, Danny? Is that what you were guessing? 325 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:39,320 When you get the star, for a limited period of time, you have 326 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,760 a superior body and your your natural body, it was what that 327 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,200 was used to be subject to all the enemies in the game. 328 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,320 You used to die if you ran into them no longer. 329 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,000 Now you are invincible for this certain period of time. 330 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,480 I mean, there are certain things that you can still fall into the 331 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,520 the pits and the lava, but most of your enemies, you're 332 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,560 invincible. You can run through, but you 333 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,080 have to be careful because if there's a limited time where 334 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,080 you're invincible and then it runs out. 335 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,760 So you have to, you have to be careful how far you go. 336 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,640 But brothers and sisters, this is not the case with our 337 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,640 heavenly bodies. It, it is not a a temporal thing 338 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,560 that only lasts for a limited period of time. 339 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,880 Your resurrection body is not going to run out. 340 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,320 It's not going to need to be replaced by something better. 341 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:29,040 Our heavenly bodies will be complete and final. 342 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:33,640 They will be perfect just like Jesus's body, superior to our 343 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:39,160 earthly bodies in every way. In first John chapter 3, John 344 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:43,400 says see what kind of love the Father has given us, that we 345 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,320 should be called children of God. 346 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,480 And so we are. The reason why the world does 347 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,520 not know us is that it did not know Him. 348 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:55,760 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not 349 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,600 yet appeared. But we know that when he 350 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:03,000 appears, we shall be like him because we shall see Him as He 351 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,480 is. As followers of Christ, we live 352 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,520 here on the earth and and while we live here, we look like 353 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:13,120 everyone else. It's not obvious to the world 354 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:16,880 that we're different from them. They don't recognize that we are 355 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,760 children of God. We have earthly bodies. 356 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:25,840 But when Christ appears and we receive our new spiritual bodies 357 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:30,600 that look like his, they will see that we are truly the 358 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,560 children of God. And John continues and says, 359 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:41,200 everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. 360 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:46,640 Our hope is in a risen Savior, that one day we will have 361 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,200 superior bodies like His. And in light of this, brothers 362 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,800 and sisters, we should strive for purity. 363 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,480 We should strive for holiness because Jesus is pure. 364 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,360 If you want to look like Jesus in heaven, you must look like 365 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:06,960 Jesus on earth. And if you truly love Jesus, if 366 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:11,680 you truly want to honor him and receive a body, a superior body 367 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:16,160 like his, don't just sit on the sidelines waiting for that day 368 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,360 to come. Strive for holiness and purity 369 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,920 in your life, seeking to be like Jesus here on earth. 370 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,600 The next thing that we learn about the resurrection is that 371 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,680 you will receive an imperishable body. 372 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,600 You will receive a new body which will be superior because 373 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,000 it will be imperishable. And you're going to need a new 374 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,320 body because Paul says in verse 50, I tell you this brother's 375 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:45,640 flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor does the 376 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,920 perishable inherit the imperishable. 377 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:52,480 Your earthly body is perishable. It's going to die and and it 378 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,600 can't go into eternity. And so you're going to need a 379 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,040 new imperishable body. But not to worry because you 380 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:03,560 will be changed through Jesus. Look at verses 51 through 53. 381 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,960 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we 382 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:13,000 shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the 383 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,000 last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and 384 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,720 the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be 385 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,800 changed. For this perishable body must 386 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,600 put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on 387 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,560 immortality. And so Paul here tells the 388 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,160 Corinthians that that not everyone is going to die. 389 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:36,560 Some people are going to be alive when Christ returns. 390 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:39,800 But that doesn't matter. It doesn't matter whether you're 391 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,120 dead or alive, because in that moment, every one of us will be 392 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:47,800 changed and transformed into the image of Christ and receive our 393 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:52,440 new imperishable bodies that cannot decay and that cannot 394 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,400 die. And this is going to happen in 395 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:58,040 in the twinkling of an eye. It's right that Paul uses the 396 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,160 eye as an illustration because your eye is the fastest moving 397 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,160 part of your body. It can turn and focus on 398 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,440 something in less than 100th of a second. 399 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,040 And So what Paul is saying is when that day comes, when the 400 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,000 dead are raised, when when we meet the Lord in the clouds, 401 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,480 we'll be transformed in the blink of an eye. 402 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,120 It's going to happen faster than you can even see. 403 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,960 And you will receive your imperishable body and you will 404 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:29,320 be victorious through Jesus. Verse verses 4554 through 57 405 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,960 says when, when this happens, when the perishable puts on the 406 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:37,320 imperishable and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come 407 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,200 to pass. The saying that is written, 408 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,040 death is swallowed up in victory. 409 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:47,200 Oh death, where is your victory? Oh death, where is your sting? 410 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:52,800 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 411 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:57,040 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord 412 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:01,520 Jesus Christ, When you receive your imperishable body, you will 413 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:06,880 be victorious through Christ. And Paul here quotes Isaiah and 414 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,080 the prophet Isaiah and the prophet Hosea. 415 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,280 And in this way, he sort of, he sort of uses their words as a 416 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,840 taunt against death. Once we are victorious through 417 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,800 Christ, what power does death have anymore? 418 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,680 It's gone. Why does death have power? 419 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:28,360 It has power because of sin, Sin produced by the law of God. 420 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:34,000 God's law shows us that we are all sinners who have fallen 421 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:39,240 short of God's holy standard, and therefore we are deserving 422 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:43,960 of death, since we will have to stand before God, our righteous 423 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,440 judge. And so we fear death. 424 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,760 Death has power and dominion over us because of our sin. 425 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,560 But thanks be to God, Jesus died in our place. 426 00:24:56,160 --> 00:25:00,320 He was buried and rose again on the third day so that all who 427 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:05,240 believe in him are forgiven, are victorious and will be given 428 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,440 imperishable bodies never to die again. 429 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,840 Charles Spurgeon said, I will not fear thee death. 430 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,880 Why should I? Thou lookest like a dragon, but 431 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:21,600 thy sting is gone. Thy teeth are broken. 432 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:25,280 O old lion, wherefore should I fear thee? 433 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:30,520 I know Thou art no more able to destroy me, but Thou art sent as 434 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:35,000 a messenger to conduct me to the Golden Gate, wherein I shall 435 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,520 enter and see my Savior's unveiled face forever. 436 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,240 Praise be to God, we no longer have to fear death, for it is 437 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,920 the doorway into Christ's presence. 438 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,680 Through Christ you will be changed and transformed into an 439 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,240 imperishable body, and you will have victory over death through 440 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:01,400 Christ. This is the hope that led 441 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:05,280 Abraham and Sarah to trusting and believing in God. 442 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:10,200 We remember the story God called Abraham and he went out and the 443 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,800 amazing thing about Abraham's obedience is he had no idea 444 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,960 where he was going. Likewise with Sarah, God 445 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,160 promised that Sarah that she would have a son and though she 446 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:24,440 was beyond the years of childbearing, she believed that 447 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,240 God who promised would be faithful. 448 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,920 She believed in him and later gave birth to Isaac. 449 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,080 And the writer of Hebrews tells us that these all died in faith, 450 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:41,760 not having received the things promised, but having seen them 451 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,960 and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they 452 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,160 were strangers and exiles on the earth. 453 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,120 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a 454 00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:53,520 homeland. If they had been thinking of 455 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,920 that land from which they had gone out, they would have had 456 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,640 opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a 457 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:04,080 better country. That is a heavenly 1 Therefore 458 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,600 God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared 459 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,680 for them a city. And though Abraham and Nisarah 460 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,600 didn't see the fulfillment of all of the promises of God, they 461 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,360 believed him. They took him at his word. 462 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,640 They knew that there was something better than the earth, 463 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:25,600 a heavenly city that was waiting for them, a heavenly city whose 464 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:30,320 designer and builder was God. And their life reflected their 465 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,920 faith in God. Brothers and sisters, that the 466 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,600 confidence that we have is the same as theirs, that we have 467 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,200 hope beyond the grave. After we die, we will receive 468 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:45,160 imperishable bodies, and we will be ushered in to the presence of 469 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,360 Christ our Savior. We believe that Jesus is the 470 00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:53,320 Messiah, the one who came into the world to save all who would 471 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:57,960 trust in Him and to give them hope through faith in Him. 472 00:27:58,080 --> 00:27:59,920 One day you will rise from the dead. 473 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,160 You'll be given a new, superior, imperishable body, and you'll 474 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,760 never have to fear or worry about death again. 475 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,680 You will never have to struggle with temptation or weakness 476 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,560 again. You will never have to deal with 477 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:18,320 trials and suffering again. We will all be changed through 478 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:23,280 Christ, victorious over death, victorious over our enemies, 479 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:28,160 forever to live in the glorious presence of our Lord and Savior. 480 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,480 What is our response to such wonderful promises? 481 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:36,160 Brothers and sisters, look at how Paul closes this section in 482 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:41,080 verse 485858. Therefore, my beloved brothers, 483 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:47,200 be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the 484 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:52,400 Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. 485 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:58,080 All of these promises that we have, they teach us to be 486 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,320 persistent. They teach us to not give up. 487 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,880 They teach us to work hard for the Lord all the time. 488 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,760 Why? Because all of these things are 489 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:08,960 not meaningless. They're not empty. 490 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,280 They're not in vain. They are producing something in 491 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,920 us, an eternal weight of glory that we will get from our hope. 492 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,760 Far too often, brothers and sisters, we are guilty of 493 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,320 dedicating too much of our time, too much of our resources and 494 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:29,160 our talents to the things of this world. 495 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:34,040 Let's be committed to building God's Kingdom, strengthening His 496 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:39,560 church, making His name great, sharing the good news of the 497 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:44,120 gospel, knowing that it's not meaningless, but of eternal 498 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,720 value. And all of this, all of this 499 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,720 victory that we have won is because of Christ who laid down 500 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,160 his life for us. And this morning we have the 501 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:58,720 privilege of sharing together in the Lord's Supper as we remember 502 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:00,960 his sacrifice that he made for us. 503 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,080 At this time. I'm going to call the deacons 504 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:07,600 forward. Once, as Jesus was teaching, he 505 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:12,640 said in John chapter 10, For this reason the Father loves me 506 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,840 because I lay down my life, that I may take it up again. 507 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:21,160 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. 508 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,680 I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it 509 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,760 up again. This charge I have received from 510 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:31,440 my Father. Jesus willingly lay down His 511 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:35,520 life. He died as the sacrifice for 512 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,600 sin, but He did that knowing that He had the authority to 513 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:42,760 take his life up again. And through faith in Him we are 514 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,360 forgiven. We have been saved from the 515 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:48,240 penalty of sin. We are being saved from the 516 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:52,000 power of sin, and we will be saved from the presence of sin. 517 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,640 And so we follow our Savior with the hope that we will receive 518 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,360 our new imperishable bodies. And so in just a moment, the 519 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,520 deacons are going to pass out the bread which represents 520 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:07,440 Jesus's body broken for us, the juice which represents Jesus's 521 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:10,880 blood poured out for us. And they're going to pass these 522 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,840 trays down the aisle, and there will be two cups stacked 523 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,600 together. The, the cup on the bottom has 524 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,720 the bread in it and the cup on top has the juice. 525 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,920 And so if you have been baptized on the confession of your faith 526 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,800 that Jesus is your Lord and Savior, if you are in good 527 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,600 standing with the Lord, we invite you to take the elements, 528 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:32,320 the bread and the juice and to wait quietly as, as we wait for 529 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,800 Isaac to pray and, and to read a scripture, and they will partake 530 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,640 together. But if you are not baptized, if 531 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,000 you are not in good standing with God, then we ask that you 532 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,600 simply allow the bread and the juice to pass by and that you do 533 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:46,760 not participate. Let's pray. 534 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,160 Lord, we thank you for the body and blood of Christ our Lord, 535 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:58,160 broken and poured out for us. We thank you for this body of 536 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,200 believers and the unity that we have in Christ. 537 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,920 We pray that you would strengthen and unify us through 538 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,080 your spirit as we celebrate Christ's sacrifice for us. 539 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,600 In Jesus name we pray, Amen.