1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:07,300 reading tonight from Revelation chapter 21, Revelation 21, read 2 00:00:07,300 --> 00:00:09,000 together, the first eight verses. 3 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:16,600 Let's hear God's word. For those online, the words will 4 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:31,900 come up and screen. revelation 21:1, And I saw a new Heaven. 5 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,200 And a new Earth for the first Heaven. 6 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,400 And the first Earth were passed away, and there was no more sea. 7 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,900 And I John saw the holy city. New Jerusalem coming down from 8 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:47,700 God out of Heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband 9 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:49,700 and I heard a great voice out of Heaven. 10 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:53,200 Saying behold, the Tabernacle of God is with men and he will 11 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,500 dwell with them and they shall be his people. 12 00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:59,600 And God himself shall be with them, and be their God, and God 13 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,000 shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be. 14 00:01:03,100 --> 00:01:08,000 No More Death, neither sorrow, nor crying neither shall there, 15 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,700 be any more Pian for the former things are passed away and he 16 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:17,800 that sat upon the throne said, behold I make all things new and 17 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,800 he said unto me. Write for these words are true 18 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,500 and faithful and he said unto me, it is done. 19 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:31,200 I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end I will 20 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,800 give unto him that is athirst. Of the Fountain of the Water of 21 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,400 Life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit 22 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:44,500 all things and I will be his God and he shall be my son, but the 23 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:49,000 fearful and unbelieving and the Abominable and murderers and 24 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,900 whoremongers and Sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall 25 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:55,500 have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and 26 00:01:55,500 --> 00:02:00,000 brimstone, which is the second death, a man, we know the Lord 27 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,700 and stomp of the soon approved and blessing this reading 28 00:02:02,700 --> 00:02:05,700 official. In precious and infallible word. 29 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:14,300 I texted Nate is taken from revelation 21:4. and I want us 30 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:19,800 to think of the words, Neither sorrow. 31 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:24,500 You see, this is the third message on the subject, the no 32 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:28,100 mores of heaven. And here's another thing that is 33 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:34,400 definitely not find in heaven, neither sorrow, not literally 34 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:39,500 means no more sorrow. And I ask myself the question as 35 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:43,000 I looked at those two words, why is there no more sorrow in 36 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,200 heaven? And they was thinking, of 37 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:50,100 course, of the fact that we live In a beautiful world, a world 38 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:54,100 that has fallen into and instead of sending a string and yet this 39 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:57,700 world is a very beautiful place. Let's think of the most 40 00:02:57,700 --> 00:03:00,200 beautiful places in the world that you could visit. 41 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:05,100 Here's the top of the list. The Giant's Causeway in North 42 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:08,500 Andhra sure there's no greater place than the Northbound from 43 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:11,300 coast and the young people are looking forward in the month of 44 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:15,500 August to go in there. Think of the fairy pools and the 45 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:18,900 Isle of Skye and Scotland, we're going to revisit the Scotland. 46 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:21,100 Good Adela Sky. Visit the fairy. 47 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:24,600 Put what about the Grand Canyon and National Park in the United 48 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:29,600 States of America? What about Milford saying in New 49 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,700 Zealand? What about the Amazon rainforest 50 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:35,800 that brother? Bill Woods is experienced and 51 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,600 Pastor? Victor Maxwell mentioned here, 52 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:41,300 last Sunday evening What about the pyramids in Giza? 53 00:03:43,300 --> 00:03:46,300 Wonderful Construction in the land of one of it. 54 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:51,700 The Taj Mahal in India. What about Mount few high? 55 00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:56,700 In Japan or Machu Picchu in Peru, where the Victorian Falls 56 00:03:56,700 --> 00:04:01,700 and Zimbabwe in Africa What about all Jerusalem in the land 57 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:05,200 of Israel. I've been there blown away as I 58 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,000 thought of that ancient silly. What about Antelope Canyon in 59 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,400 the USA? You see, you can visit any of 60 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,500 these places. And I want to tell you all of 61 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:17,100 them, they are spectacular. They are breathtaking. 62 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:19,899 When you would be, there you be thinking of your friends, you've 63 00:04:19,899 --> 00:04:23,400 been looking for the Postcard, wish you were here. 64 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:30,000 Now any of these one places and all of them combined they He'll 65 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,700 into the Shadow. The parent and significance. 66 00:04:32,900 --> 00:04:36,500 In comparing to the glories of Heaven. 67 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,200 What is heaven real? Ali. 68 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:44,600 I was sitting and they we study in the bedroom for her rules 69 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:45,100 house. Me. 70 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,500 And I was thinking last date of the death and burial of our dear 71 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:55,200 friend geum's low. I was thinking of him at 11:20, 72 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,400 because that's the very moment. He Dade Centre de we taxed to 73 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:05,000 the family. One week and have them tonight 74 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,700 and, you know, was thinking of GM's law could send us a 75 00:05:08,700 --> 00:05:13,300 message, maybe a postcard. If he could get a message out of 76 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:16,800 Glory, what would it be? Well, surely it would be this. 77 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,100 I wish you were here. I wish you could see this. 78 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:25,800 This is beyond our wildest dream in imagination. 79 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:33,400 You see the Bible says in First Corinthians, and in Chapter 2 80 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,400 and in the verse name, listen to the word of God. 81 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:41,900 This is what it says but as it is written eye hath, Not Seen 82 00:05:41,900 --> 00:05:44,900 Nor Ear, heard neither hath indented into the heart of man, 83 00:05:45,100 --> 00:05:49,600 the things which God hath prepared for them, not love 84 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:56,700 them. Heaven is a place of no Wars, no 85 00:05:56,700 --> 00:06:01,600 more say no more death, no more sorrow. 86 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:05,700 And one of the reasons it's beautiful and spectacular. 87 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,700 So different from Earth. Is there's no more sorrow. 88 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,000 That's what we're going to think about, right? 89 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:16,300 Have 20 minutes, the reality of Sorrow has been removed. 90 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,400 That's the first point when it says, neither sorrow learned. 91 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,400 This the reality of Sorrow has been removed. 92 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,700 There's 101. Sorry. 100 references in the 93 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:27,000 Bible to the word sorrow. That's a lot. 94 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:34,800 What is sorrow? The Bible definition, is this. 95 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:40,600 It means an on easiness or peeing of mind which is produced 96 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:47,400 by the loss of something good. Produced by a frustrated hope. 97 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:53,400 Produced by the loss of Happiness produced by the 98 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:58,300 ability to grave. Now, that's a very good working. 99 00:06:58,300 --> 00:07:02,600 Definition of what sorrow is and every time it's used in, the 100 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:08,200 Babel 108 references from the first reference Genesis, 3:16 to 101 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,400 the last reference Revelation 21, and for that's the main 102 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,600 thing that we should be thinking about. 103 00:07:16,300 --> 00:07:20,600 And uneasiness or peeing of mind which is produced by the laws of 104 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,100 something good. Produced by a frustrated, hope 105 00:07:24,100 --> 00:07:27,700 produced by the loss of happiness or produced by the 106 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:34,900 ability to grave You see why? Is there a hundred need 107 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:38,400 references to sorrow in the Bible if that's the true meaning 108 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:43,000 and concept and experience of Sorrow, then why is it mentioned 109 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,400 108 times? I already told you the first 110 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,600 reference is Genesis 3 and verse 16, listen to these words. 111 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:55,900 And unto the woman, he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow 112 00:07:55,900 --> 00:07:59,200 and thy conception in sorrow. Shalt thou bring forth children, 113 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:02,700 and thy sorrow shall be to thy. And they desire shall be to thy 114 00:08:02,700 --> 00:08:07,900 husband and he shall rule over thee and unto Adam. 115 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:10,000 He said, because there was hearkened unto the voice of thy 116 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,600 wife and has eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying 117 00:08:12,700 --> 00:08:15,200 Thou shalt not eat of it. Cursed is the ground for thy 118 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:20,600 sake, in sorrow, shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. 119 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:27,500 You see this sorrow? This multiplication of Sorrow to 120 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:31,300 the woman in childbirth and there's two mentions of Sorrow 121 00:08:31,300 --> 00:08:38,000 here Genesis, 3:16 Genesis 3:17, the very first mention of foot 122 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:43,600 and the second mention of it is in connection with sin, you see. 123 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:49,500 Sorrow is the result of sin. It was part of God's punishment 124 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,000 to to Adam and Eve. They both a dead spiritually. 125 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,800 They both had become Sinners by Nature. 126 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,100 ER, there were also nice Sinners by practice, and, and as a 127 00:08:59,108 --> 00:09:03,700 result of their fallen to a state of sin and mystery God 128 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:06,700 said to the woman, your sorrow will be multiplied. 129 00:09:06,700 --> 00:09:09,400 In childbirth, and some of you have given birth to Children, 130 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:14,700 the women folk know the p, and of childbirth, and not only 131 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:19,400 that, Experienced a time of peeing and anguish, and, and 132 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,000 crying age. But to Adam, the growing was to 133 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,800 be cursed and he was to eat his bread by the sweat of his bride. 134 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:32,300 And he would have sorrow, even in the labor or off the grind. 135 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:38,300 And to me, that's a messenger. Sorrow has come into our world 136 00:09:38,300 --> 00:09:41,200 due to sin and the fall into sin. 137 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:48,500 This biblical, meaning the supplies in the world, because 138 00:09:48,700 --> 00:09:54,200 of sin all the sorrow in the world, from the first mention of 139 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,800 Sorrow to the last. As for a rich, variety of 140 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:03,400 reasons, can be all Trias back to this ultimate cause to the 141 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,900 fall into sin, you see a New Journey of Life. 142 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,400 Everyone of us Center Center is going to know when experience 143 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,100 sorrow. Man, that is born of woman is of 144 00:10:13,100 --> 00:10:16,900 few days and full of trouble as the Sparks Fly upward and not 145 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:20,000 trouble will bring sorrow Into the Heart of Mine. 146 00:10:20,300 --> 00:10:23,000 It will be produced by a loss of something good. 147 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 They'll be a frustrated, hope along the way. 148 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,500 They'll be a loss of Happiness. They'll be, they experience of 149 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:32,600 grief that will bring sorrow to your heart and Main turn over 150 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:33,900 there. To John's gospel. 151 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:39,500 Look with me for a few minutes at John chapter 16. 152 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:43,800 Lord Jesus. Speaking to his disciples. 153 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,800 He's already said to them, verse 17, then some of his disciples 154 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,900 among themselves. What is this that he saith unto 155 00:10:54,900 --> 00:10:57,200 us a little while and ye shall not see me. 156 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,600 And again, a little while you shall see me. 157 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,500 And because I go to the father, and, and they said, therefore 158 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:07,400 what is this that he saith the little while. 159 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,700 We cannot tell what he said. You see, here's the eve of the 160 00:11:11,700 --> 00:11:16,100 crucifixion and the Lord. Jesus knows their fears and dice 161 00:11:16,700 --> 00:11:20,200 And he is reformed them in a little while you'll not seeming. 162 00:11:21,100 --> 00:11:22,700 There, wonder what on Earth is happening? 163 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:27,100 Where's he going on? And then again a little while 164 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:30,300 you will see me she was going to go away somewhere and he's going 165 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:32,700 to come back again. What does this all mean? 166 00:11:32,700 --> 00:11:35,500 And they're questioning and here's the the sorrow not of 167 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:37,700 sin, but here's the sorrow of science. 168 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,900 A little while, you will not see me as a reference to his death 169 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:46,900 and crucifixion on the cross. And then a little while you 170 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:50,600 shall see me, I believe is a reference to his resurrection. 171 00:11:51,300 --> 00:11:55,400 And if you look with me at verse 20, we have our John 16 verse 172 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,300 20, verily, verily. I say unto you, that ye shall 173 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:01,500 weep and lament. But the world shall rejoice and 174 00:12:01,500 --> 00:12:07,000 ye shall be sorrowful. But your sorrow shall be turned 175 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:13,500 into Joy. Ye shall weep and lament ye 176 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:17,000 shall be sorrowful. But your sorrow shall be turned 177 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:19,400 into Joy. Here in the Journey of Life 178 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,600 Judas in the disciples entered into the deep valley of peeing, 179 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:30,300 and woo, and anguish. cruel man, were going to Crucify their 180 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:32,500 lord. They were going to put him to 181 00:12:32,500 --> 00:12:36,500 death. I trust, you've never seen The 182 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:39,400 Passion of Christ. I have no desire to, I wouldn't 183 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,300 recommend it. It wouldn't Advocate it, but in 184 00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:48,000 our mind of tried to imagine what brutality and what bharathi 185 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,900 was meted out to Christ and the horrible death of crucifixion, 186 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:55,700 and I have no doubt that to witness that as the disciples 187 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:59,700 dead, it would have filled our hearts and Minds with immense 188 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:03,400 sorrow that they have murdered our Lord to put him to death. 189 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:07,200 And you think of the impact of the Physical sufferings of 190 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,200 Christ under sorrow that have brought into the hearts and 191 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:14,800 minds of the disciples. He says, ye shall be sorrowful. 192 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,500 That means filled with sorrow and crais. 193 00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:23,300 Remember is the Man of Sorrows, is I have 53, he is acquainted 194 00:13:23,300 --> 00:13:26,400 with grief. He says, if we use the words of 195 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,800 Lamentations 1 and 12 is an often to you, all you either 196 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,700 pass by beholding, see if there be any sorrow Lake on the my 197 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:35,800 sorrow which is done unto me for with the Lord have the flicked, 198 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:41,300 it vein, and the day of his Fierce anger, not only the 199 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:45,200 sorrow of since, but, but think of the sorrow of the see, if you 200 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,800 are, you think of him and get salmony when he prayed? 201 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,200 And the Bible tells us, he sweated as it were great. 202 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:56,800 Drops of blood, you think of the sorrow of Christ and cabasa the 203 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,900 Judgment Hall where he's unjustly trade, where he's 204 00:13:59,900 --> 00:14:05,800 beaten, where he's accused for he scourged, Where they plot the 205 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,800 crown of thorns and crush it on to his lovely bride. 206 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,700 And then come from the hair to the sorrow of global growth. 207 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,600 And there they put him to death that horrible death of 208 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:24,300 crucifixion and he's saying to them without our the world will 209 00:14:24,300 --> 00:14:28,100 rejoice. But ye shall be sorrowful. 210 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:33,000 You'll see my sorrow because remember, he's the man of 211 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,800 Sorrows and acquainted with grief and the Lord Jesus is 212 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,600 saying. But after that, Your sorrow will 213 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,400 be turned into Joy. You see what's he doing? 214 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:47,300 He's preparing his disciples for the overwhelming Sorrows of 215 00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:50,400 human life. These next few hours that has 216 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,100 harassed as unjust trial. The beating the mockery, the 217 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:56,300 scourging, the putting to death, the we world was going to come 218 00:14:56,300 --> 00:14:59,400 crashing die, their hopes and dreams will be shattered the 219 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,000 promised Messiah. Oh, he's now you dead. 220 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,300 And how often is that not a picture of life? 221 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:12,300 You're we hopes and dreams have been shattered. 222 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:18,100 Your we world has come crashing Dane. 223 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:21,400 What do you? Hang your hopes on tonight. 224 00:15:22,900 --> 00:15:28,400 Alexander wait said, thus we often hang heavy weights and the 225 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,000 thinnest of wires, do we not hang our hopes and fragile 226 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,500 things on certain things, transitory things. 227 00:15:36,300 --> 00:15:40,600 We hang our hopes and health, we hang our hoops and wealth. 228 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,700 We hang our hopes and family. We hang our hopes on a few good 229 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:47,100 meets. We hang our hopes on our homes, 230 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:52,400 but that's not the real and the proper foundation for Hanging 231 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:56,100 her hope so, because that's not the real foundation for lasting 232 00:15:56,100 --> 00:15:58,400 Joy. It's totally inadequate. 233 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:04,800 Jesus said, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy and a 234 00:16:04,808 --> 00:16:08,100 little way you'll still see me and what was not seeing of 235 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:09,800 Christ. The second time, it was the 236 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,900 doctrine of the Resurrection. One for his death, in a little 237 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:16,800 while you're not see me, but another little while you will 238 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,400 see me, it's the doctrine of the Resurrection. 239 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:24,500 And you see, we will have sorrows in this Fallen World and 240 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:28,900 when our loved ones are taken and death comes unexpected and 241 00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:34,000 were plunged into a state of grief and sorrow on the sting of 242 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,600 grief comes. What would you do? 243 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:43,200 Could I remind you to expect bereavement and when death 244 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,800 takes, please still be a range of emotions. 245 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,100 One of those emotions as numbness. 246 00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:51,900 That's a common feeling and the early stages there. 247 00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:55,600 So mistake, denial, and disbelief and confusion shock 248 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,200 sadness, anger guilt and despair, we may not even be 249 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,400 prepared for the intense duration of these emotions, your 250 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,599 mood can change all of a sudden you're happy and joyful and the 251 00:17:05,599 --> 00:17:08,700 next you're down. Cask and you're depressed. 252 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:11,200 That's all normal. That's all hell. 253 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,599 Say, there's there's nothing on scriptural. 254 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:17,900 There's nothing on spiritual about feeling sorrow, why? 255 00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:21,400 Because Jesus was the Man of Sorrows and acquainted with 256 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,800 grief. Another thing we should do when 257 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:29,700 we experience bereavement as Have time out for herself. 258 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:32,700 You'll never stop missing. Your loved one. 259 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:41,200 You will find it hard to accept. a major loss has come and that 260 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:46,700 grieving outward is expression of Outlaws, and when you grieve, 261 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:52,600 you'll experience, Physical difficulty. 262 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:59,300 Your experience grief psychologically, you know the 263 00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:02,900 experts they talk about four stages of grief, accepting 264 00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:08,100 losses, real to experiencing the pain of grief 3, adjusting to 265 00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:13,500 life, without your loved one for putting energy into a new life 266 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:17,900 for or something new to maximize their memory. 267 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:24,100 But I've added a fifth and was this The grief of God's people 268 00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:28,400 is different from the world. You see you over there and first 269 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,000 Thessalonians and 1st Thessalonians, chapter 4 and 270 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,600 verse 13. Paul says this, but I would not 271 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,000 have you to be ignorant Brethren concerning them, which is, which 272 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:41,400 are asleep that ye sorrow not even as others which have no 273 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,000 hope. Do not sorrow like those who 274 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,400 have no hope. Remember the hoop and Christ, 275 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:53,500 remember the hope of the Gospel, it's not ungodly to grieve, but 276 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:57,100 in these stages of grief, let's remember the grief of God's 277 00:18:57,100 --> 00:18:58,900 people as different from the world. 278 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:04,000 Let me tell you this little story, Campbell Morgan Wells, 279 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,500 preacher Congregational Church when he was 30, there was the 280 00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:09,300 loss of a little daughter in the family. 281 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:12,600 His wife was heartbroken and so was he 40 years later? 282 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,800 He's preaching. On the subject of Crash, raising 283 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,300 Jairus daughter. He mentioned the loss of his 284 00:19:19,300 --> 00:19:22,700 little girl, despite prayer the little girl wasn't healed. 285 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,200 And he said this, she has been with him and his heart and mind 286 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:31,400 for all these 40 years. And he said as we measure time 287 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:35,400 here, I have mr. Every day. 288 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:38,300 And what has sustained me these 40 years? 289 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:47,300 Only believe the strength of my redeemer, the security of his 290 00:19:47,300 --> 00:19:51,100 resurrection. The sweetness of reunions to 291 00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:57,200 come I believed not. He wrote in his diary six months 292 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,000 after the little girl died. He was 31 at the time. 293 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:03,100 Psalm 23 verse 6. Surely goodness and mercy shall 294 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:05,800 follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the 295 00:20:05,808 --> 00:20:08,000 house of the Lord forever. And then he wrote after that 296 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,300 verse their new accidents with him, we are all under the 297 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:14,000 father's government. He felt the strength of that 298 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:19,100 loss every day for 40 years. And yet he also felt the new, 299 00:20:19,100 --> 00:20:22,900 the sustaining grace of God as he believed in the Redeemer. 300 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:26,300 The resurrection of the day of reunions, he godly man or not 301 00:20:26,300 --> 00:20:30,400 immune from sorrow, the Lord Jesus was not immune from sorry, 302 00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:32,700 that's why they called him the Man of Sorrows and acquainted 303 00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:35,800 with grief. And you need to fill your mind 304 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,300 with who Christ is and what he's done. 305 00:20:37,300 --> 00:20:40,700 This Resurrection has returned the restoration of all things 306 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:42,400 and you haven't under your Earth. 307 00:20:44,900 --> 00:20:48,700 There's the sorrow of the word of God, but there's also the 308 00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:52,500 sorrow of the world, a sorrow because of sin, a sorrow that is 309 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:56,000 where Lee, hi. Many people are too, worldly to 310 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,400 repent. I heard a pretty young woman she 311 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,500 was troubled a bitter said and salvation. 312 00:21:02,300 --> 00:21:05,900 She was troubled about her soul. She wanted to be see if she was 313 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:08,300 18. She was attending a Gospel 314 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:11,600 Mission and one particular night midweek, she was talking to the 315 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,400 preacher and he said about coming and Friday night 316 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,700 mentioned, the young people and those that were taking part and 317 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:21,300 she said well she would think about it but she wanted to go to 318 00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:25,300 a particular dance and she talked to that preacher about 319 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,900 getting saved and Yet, she mentioned over. 320 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:30,200 Don't want to go to the dance and the Freddy nature, like a 321 00:21:30,208 --> 00:21:32,800 money obtained, and surely, God wouldn't cut me off. 322 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,900 He, he warned her about putting off the day of salvation, he 323 00:21:36,900 --> 00:21:39,700 stressed to her behold. Now is the accepted time. 324 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:42,400 Now, is the day of salvation today, if you will hear his 325 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,000 voice Harden, not your heart, he says books, not thyself of 326 00:21:45,008 --> 00:21:47,000 Tomorrow new month wanted a report. 327 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,000 But no matter what he said, she decided Friday night. 328 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,500 I'm going to the dance. She was a beautiful young lady 329 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,300 Carefree. She danced the night away. 330 00:21:56,300 --> 00:21:57,400 Should a good time. Jade. 331 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,100 But eventually she left the Dance Floor, she felt unwell. 332 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,800 Where's the stress? She was thinking, somebody 333 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:08,100 spiked my drink that. I take some pills that some of 334 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:10,600 these government wasn't supposed to into headed for the port. 335 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,300 She felt sick and she thought if she got a breath of fresh air 336 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,400 and her friends as she headed to the door, heard a crash, there 337 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:22,700 was a clatter, she fell in to the broom cupboard number of 338 00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:27,600 buckets, a bucket of water was spelled And she failed into that 339 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,900 bucket. She took a massive heart attack. 340 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:34,900 You think of her last words to the preacher? 341 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:42,700 Surely God would not cut me off. And yet it is obtained. 342 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:46,400 Having spoke to the preacher about her sin, the bitter soul 343 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:51,300 of a getting saved. While there were sorrow in her 344 00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:56,500 heart for her life state, it wasn't a sorrow under repentance 345 00:22:56,900 --> 00:23:00,400 unto life. Listen to the word of God over 346 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,800 there and second Corinthians chapter 7 and in the verse 9, we 347 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,800 read these words written under the pen of the Apostle, Paul by 348 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,800 the Holy Spirit and I Rejoice not that ye were made, sorry, 349 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:15,200 but the sorrow to repentance for you were made. 350 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:19,600 Sorry, after goodly manner that ye might receive damage by us. 351 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,000 And nothing sorrow to repentance, there's the sorrow 352 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,900 of The Sinner. I want to move on very quickly, 353 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:33,400 the river of Sorrow. Has been removed, not only the 354 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,900 reality of Sorrow. But the root of Sorrow has been 355 00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:42,400 removed. For the sorrow stem from well 356 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:45,700 obvious, isn't it? Stems from death? 357 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,400 Death. Comes we grieve with sorrow. 358 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,600 But in heaven there's no more death. 359 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,700 We've preached a not you can listen to the sermon, it stems 360 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,400 from disappointment, something you believe is going to happen. 361 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,800 Something you believe, even to be the will of God, your prayed 362 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,400 about it, you believe in your heart is going to happen and 363 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,200 then it doesn't work out and you're disappointed. 364 00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:10,600 You experience sorrow. What about stemming from 365 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,000 disillusionment? When something doesn't work, I 366 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:18,000 hate giving him become better. And you can become angry and you 367 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:22,400 can turn against God, not turn to him, you can turn against 368 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,600 Jesus Christ, and many people do that. 369 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,900 Here's John 16 in these disciples were confused. 370 00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:31,200 Why? Because it didn't believe that 371 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,800 Jesus Christ was the promised Messiah. 372 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,000 They didn't think that Jesus Christ would come as promised 373 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,800 Messiah to bleed into died in the tree in a little while. 374 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,300 You will not see me. You see, they believed in a 375 00:24:45,308 --> 00:24:48,300 glorious promised Messiah, King of kings and Lord of lords. 376 00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:51,700 Read the land of Israel of the Romans, but they didn't 377 00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:53,200 understand a bit of suffering Messiah. 378 00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:56,000 They hadn't read their Bible, Isaiah 53. 379 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,300 Verse 5 says, he was wounded for our transgressions. 380 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,000 He was bruised for our iniquities. 381 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,200 The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his 382 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,300 stripes We are hated. Who is the, hey, who's the has 383 00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:08,900 asked? The rabbi will tell you the land 384 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:13,100 of Israel, but it's not. It's a reference to a person. 385 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,700 It's the reference to Christ, but the disciples didn't 386 00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:18,100 understand that. And that's why they became so 387 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,900 disillusioned and despair that it stems from their poverty. 388 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,200 We're living in a fallen world, the whole of creation. 389 00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:28,600 You're well, aware groom's at this moment and time waiting the 390 00:25:28,608 --> 00:25:33,400 return of Christ over there in Romans chapter 8 and verse 20 391 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,500 and in 22. We read these words. 392 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:40,100 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not 393 00:25:40,100 --> 00:25:43,200 willingly, but by reason of him have subjected the seamen hope 394 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,800 because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the 395 00:25:45,808 --> 00:25:48,700 bondage of corruption into the Glorious Liberty of the children 396 00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:50,800 of God for. We know that the whole creation 397 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:56,200 groaneth and travaileth in pain together until my the whole of 398 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,300 creation is groaning and straining waiting for the 399 00:25:59,300 --> 00:26:03,200 Redemption of the body. We're waiting for the return of 400 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,200 Christ we did. For the day of Resurrection. 401 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,900 You and I still live in a fallen world were subject to death 402 00:26:09,900 --> 00:26:15,100 disease, disaster droit. Or subject to dearth. 403 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,700 And because we are subject to this we can become sorrowful. 404 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:22,900 Here's the route. Here's the stand that brings and 405 00:26:22,900 --> 00:26:26,700 Bridge the sorrow and yet the rid of sorrow and Heaven is 406 00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:30,500 removed. It also stems from despair when 407 00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:34,100 we see evil, triumphs Wicked Man, Prosper, Wicked being 408 00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:38,700 elevated in positions of power. I've seen the wicked and great 409 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:41,100 power spreading himself like a Green Bay Tree. 410 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:44,400 The psalmist said when the ungodly prevails and the 411 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,900 righteous suffer, the righteous experience sorrow, they're sad 412 00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:50,600 in their heart but listen to me carefully. 413 00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:54,100 One day, all of these routes all of these things that cause 414 00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:58,800 sorrow The stem of death and disappointment, and disillusion, 415 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,900 they'd be all gone. Jesus said what I do now, you 416 00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:04,200 know, not be so no. Hereafter there's a mystery 417 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:05,800 here. One day, they'll all be 418 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,700 revealed. Every question will be answered, 419 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,600 every secret will be uncovered and you know, the reason why. 420 00:27:12,700 --> 00:27:15,200 And one day will not be living in a fallen World who've been 421 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,200 living with Christ, Which is far better and then you have them in 422 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:23,400 years. And one final thing, the results 423 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,800 of the Savior has been revealed. We were singing. 424 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:31,200 They're deliberately a wonderful savior is Jesus. 425 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,900 My Lord a wonderful savior to me. 426 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:37,100 What kind of save your resume as we finish. 427 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,700 You see, he's a sensitive savior. 428 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,300 You know that, the Bible says he's a man of Sorrows and 429 00:27:44,308 --> 00:27:49,500 acquainted with grief. As I have 53 verse 3, The Bible 430 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:53,300 tells us that a bruised Reed and a smoking flax, he will not 431 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:56,700 quench as we amazed that he bears with us. 432 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000 You see were like sheep, were prone to wander. 433 00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:05,000 And yet, the Bible calls us his own sheep, and we're so slow to 434 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,300 learn and understand. And he graciously and patiently 435 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:10,600 bears with us as the Good Shepherd. 436 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,400 And the Sheep were wavered on a sheep were weak. 437 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:19,100 As we said this morning. But also were worth something to 438 00:28:19,100 --> 00:28:21,600 Christ. When you read the gospels, I 439 00:28:21,608 --> 00:28:25,400 retook the Taemin taem again to explain and teachers disables, 440 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,500 that's what he's doing. John 16 in the upper room, the 441 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:32,000 eve of the crucifixion, he told them you're going to experience 442 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:36,600 a short season of sorrow, but he's not cool toward them, he's 443 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,800 not being mechanical, he's not dealing the Hem with in the 444 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,900 clinical fashion. Legis the father, put a the 445 00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:45,100 children, so the Lord, pretty of them that fear Him. 446 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,500 You see, he's a Shepherd heart. He's a father's our, he's a 447 00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:53,300 leaders heart. A sensitive savior. 448 00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:57,300 He's also the suffering savior, the Bible says who for the joy 449 00:28:57,300 --> 00:28:59,400 that was set before him endured the cross. 450 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,700 You think again of his immense sufferings kiss Emily gabbatha 451 00:29:04,100 --> 00:29:06,600 Golgotha, aren't you glad tonight? 452 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,900 We rest in the doctrine of the bull atonement of Christ unrest 453 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:13,500 in the doctrine of the great resurrection of Christ. 454 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,700 Imagine of Christ be not risen as it was not. 455 00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:19,700 Paul's argument First Corinthians 15:17 but he is 456 00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:24,000 risen, he has conquered death, hail degree of the devil and 457 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,800 sin. The suffering savior. 458 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:33,000 Is The Sovereign savior. remember he said to his 459 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:38,900 disciples as we finish, but your sorrow shall be turned into Joy. 460 00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:46,600 Hi is not possible. How can a Sorrowing man smile 461 00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:49,000 even in the face of trial and trouble? 462 00:29:51,700 --> 00:29:57,600 Let me suggest this the glory of the tree, Galatians 6, and 14 463 00:29:58,300 --> 00:30:02,900 The Cross of Christ, that's hard to turn sorrow into Joy. 464 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,700 You see, through the Cross of Christ, and the power of God, 465 00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:10,300 and the new birth, Fearless man were turned into faithful, man. 466 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:14,100 Broken Man were turned into bold man. 467 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,200 Confuse me and were turned into confessional men and they 468 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:21,700 confess Christ. What about the glory of the 10? 469 00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:26,000 Death has come, but death has been conquered. 470 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:28,900 He's even got to see death from an eternal perspective. 471 00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:31,600 Is we're going to think of what the Lord is doing. 472 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:35,200 Not not not not from our viewpoint, but from his 473 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:38,000 Viewpoint. Once you bring, he turns the 474 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,900 interview, then our light Affliction works for us. 475 00:30:40,900 --> 00:30:45,100 A far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory because what is 476 00:30:45,100 --> 00:30:48,000 it? It's so little and comparison to 477 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,700 the world to come think of the glory of the throne room, 478 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,100 haven't we? Mediator on the throne, I as in 479 00:30:55,100 --> 00:30:59,100 the slain lamb in the midst of the throne seated with the 480 00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:05,100 father and he prays for us on his merits, not ours. 481 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:09,700 I'll tell you one final thing her Tamers go on, he's an old, 482 00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:13,900 sufficiency savior, the Apostle Paul says this and second 483 00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:19,400 Corinthians and chapter one and in the first four, he comforted 484 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,600 Us in all our tribulation, that we may be able. 485 00:31:22,700 --> 00:31:26,400 To comfort them which are in any trouble by the Comfort 486 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,900 wherewith. We ourselves are comforted of 487 00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:36,300 God, He's a sufficiency of Yer and I tell you tonight, he loves 488 00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:39,200 you, I tell you tonight, he died for you. 489 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,800 I tell you tonight, he calls out to you. 490 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,800 Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden. 491 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,500 He wants you to be saved. Do you want to be see of you 492 00:31:47,500 --> 00:31:49,900 desire? Are you like that young girl, 493 00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:51,800 you know about your sin? You know, you've got a soul, you 494 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,000 know? You need to be saved. 495 00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:58,100 And you, you would love to Come to Christ. 496 00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:01,600 You'd love to be sieved and why not? 497 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,700 Come come tonight. Come nigh. 498 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,800 Even where you set. As we stand the sing, this 499 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:12,700 Phelan, you could call her Lord. See, if me I perish and I can 500 00:32:12,700 --> 00:32:17,300 assure you this Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord. 501 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:23,500 Shall be saved. There was a man on a mission and 502 00:32:23,500 --> 00:32:27,100 Rumbo, their worst sound of the front. 503 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,100 And he would donate one Friday evening. 504 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,700 And they stood at the car and I could hear the wave na Janam. 505 00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:35,100 Couldn't talk to the preacher, and he's a bit shy. 506 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,400 But he came back in and I stand at the door and I said, can I 507 00:32:40,408 --> 00:32:41,900 help you? And he says I just want to tell 508 00:32:41,900 --> 00:32:43,700 you something. What is it? 509 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,100 I didn't know the man's name and he said I've called in the Lord 510 00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:48,800 to save me. Tonight is her singing that 511 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,700 close in him. Andrei. 512 00:32:51,700 --> 00:32:55,600 Malcomson snag and Heaven because of the time of the day, 513 00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:59,700 when he called in the Lord, he was given not Chris to call. 514 00:32:59,700 --> 00:33:02,600 It was the Holy Spirit at work. It wasn't his ability in part, 515 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,500 it was by the power of the spirit, and the spirit as a 516 00:33:05,508 --> 00:33:08,800 desire in your heart to be saved, and you come to Christ 517 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:09,200 tonight.