WEBVTT 00:00:00.140 --> 00:00:10.300 You may be seated. Have you ever watched a trailer 00:00:10.300 --> 00:00:13.480 for a movie and thought, wow, that looks like 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:15.980 a really good movie. The reason you did is because 00:00:15.980 --> 00:00:19.019 there were car chases and explosions and shots 00:00:19.019 --> 00:00:22.699 fired and not dialogue. That dialogue is for 00:00:22.699 --> 00:00:26.230 bad movies. Explosion and car chases, that's 00:00:26.230 --> 00:00:27.710 what's made for good movies. But have you ever 00:00:27.710 --> 00:00:30.489 watched a movie like a trailer for a movie and 00:00:30.489 --> 00:00:32.109 you're like, this is gonna be an epic movie, 00:00:32.109 --> 00:00:35.109 I'm gonna go see this movie. So you go see the 00:00:35.109 --> 00:00:36.890 movie, you rent the movie, you put it in and 00:00:36.890 --> 00:00:39.530 you watch the movie and you realize all of the 00:00:39.530 --> 00:00:41.770 good parts were in the trailer. Has that ever 00:00:41.770 --> 00:00:44.950 happened to you? Or all of the funny lines in 00:00:44.950 --> 00:00:48.409 this movie were in the trailer, right? And there's, 00:00:48.609 --> 00:00:51.149 have you ever been disappointed by that? Yeah. 00:00:51.780 --> 00:00:55.719 over -promise, under -deliver, yeah. Have you 00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:58.579 ever had someone that like told you about a new 00:00:58.579 --> 00:01:03.060 singer or songwriter, maybe a new band, and they 00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:06.040 just hyped it up big time? Or maybe like somebody 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:09.799 told you about a good book or a great store to 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:12.159 go to or a great restaurant to go to and you 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:15.000 went and it was just kinda meh. It was just kinda 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:20.530 like just not a whole lot. Or maybe. Maybe who's 00:01:20.530 --> 00:01:25.890 ever gone to a big box like member store like 00:01:25.890 --> 00:01:30.590 Sam's Club and like Costco and it's, this is 00:01:30.590 --> 00:01:32.849 the chubby kid's favorite day, it's sample day. 00:01:34.909 --> 00:01:36.629 Who's like, if I get enough samples, I won't 00:01:36.629 --> 00:01:39.170 have to pay for lunch, right? Like that's kind 00:01:39.170 --> 00:01:42.530 of how that goes. And you stand there and they 00:01:42.530 --> 00:01:44.269 put it out and you take it. You're like, can 00:01:44.269 --> 00:01:46.709 I have another one? That's really awkward. Anyway. 00:01:47.409 --> 00:01:51.609 Not that I've ever done that, but maybe like 00:01:51.609 --> 00:01:53.590 you were really hungry and you had the sample, 00:01:53.650 --> 00:01:55.890 so you got the sample, you ate it, it was like 00:01:55.890 --> 00:01:57.650 epic because you were so hungry, and then you 00:01:57.650 --> 00:01:59.689 bought the box of it or the jar of it or whatever 00:01:59.689 --> 00:02:01.790 and you took it home and you're like, I remember 00:02:01.790 --> 00:02:05.969 this being a lot better, right? It over -promised 00:02:05.969 --> 00:02:09.270 and it under -delivered. You ever had that? Or 00:02:09.270 --> 00:02:12.250 maybe you have a friend who said he would be 00:02:12.250 --> 00:02:15.530 there and then you needed him and he didn't show 00:02:15.530 --> 00:02:21.750 up. Over promise, under delivery, yeah. The whole 00:02:21.750 --> 00:02:24.509 taste thing, the whole like movie thing, some 00:02:24.509 --> 00:02:26.849 people call this the law of diminishing returns. 00:02:27.949 --> 00:02:30.229 It's what happens when something is really good 00:02:30.229 --> 00:02:33.349 up front, but over time it gets less and less 00:02:33.349 --> 00:02:37.569 impressive. In some ways our whole life can be 00:02:37.569 --> 00:02:40.590 like this, right? Like. There's things that early 00:02:40.590 --> 00:02:42.490 on when you were a kid, you remember like loving 00:02:42.490 --> 00:02:44.530 certain things when you were a kid. And then 00:02:44.530 --> 00:02:46.870 as you, what excited you when you were a kid 00:02:46.870 --> 00:02:48.590 doesn't excite you like it did. And that's why 00:02:48.590 --> 00:02:50.490 kind of why we like to live through our kids, 00:02:50.810 --> 00:02:53.189 right? We get excited teaching them how to ride 00:02:53.189 --> 00:02:56.969 a bike or how to, some people like this is, they're 00:02:56.969 --> 00:02:58.669 bad parenting. They're living their life through 00:02:58.669 --> 00:03:01.250 their kids. Like, I wasn't very good at basketball, 00:03:01.270 --> 00:03:04.229 but you'll be, you know, like that's how that 00:03:04.229 --> 00:03:06.949 goes. And that's probably a bad plan. But the 00:03:06.949 --> 00:03:09.639 idea is like, that whole idea is like, It was 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:11.919 really cool when I was younger, but it just takes 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:14.460 more and more to thrill us. It's kind of what 00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:17.280 caused the stir at the wedding at Cana. Who remembers 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:20.159 the story about Jesus going to the wedding at 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:23.099 Cana? And it's the first place he does a miracle. 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:30.039 They were running out of wine at the feast and 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:33.419 Jesus turned the water into wine and the head 00:03:33.419 --> 00:03:37.780 of that. the head of that party came and in essence, 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:39.139 this isn't a quote, but this is what he said. 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:41.759 He's like, usually they give the best stuff at 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:43.780 the beginning and it gets worse as the wedding 00:03:43.780 --> 00:03:46.360 goes, but now you're putting the best stuff at 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.979 the end, right? How did this happen, right? For 00:03:50.979 --> 00:03:53.500 some people, this is a part of how they experience 00:03:53.500 --> 00:03:57.099 life. They hear about the promise and then it 00:03:57.099 --> 00:04:00.259 kind of goes into even Christianity. They hear 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:04.500 about the promise of Christianity but they're 00:04:04.500 --> 00:04:08.580 skeptical because who's noticed that we get promised 00:04:08.580 --> 00:04:11.219 a lot of things in life that don't actually come 00:04:11.219 --> 00:04:15.500 to fruition. I heard, I saw a clip today of Dion 00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:18.699 Sanders. Who remembers Dion Sanders? Dion Sanders 00:04:18.699 --> 00:04:23.600 was saying like, I had all the height of, and 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:25.339 I don't know exactly, apparently he claims to 00:04:25.339 --> 00:04:28.060 be a Christian now and I'm hoping that's true. 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:30.360 I think it's a good thing. But he was saying, 00:04:30.779 --> 00:04:33.639 and what he said, I had, I had all the money, 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:38.300 but the money didn't matter. He said, I had all 00:04:38.300 --> 00:04:41.220 the cards, but I wasn't going anywhere. You know, 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:44.199 I had all of it. Like it doesn't satisfy, right? 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:46.519 And I was like, amen Dion, at least in this clip, 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:49.040 amen, right? Like that's how people feel. Like 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:50.620 they think that these certain things are gonna 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:54.180 satisfy. And the world, that's like the world, 00:04:54.220 --> 00:04:56.360 what the world does, it over promises and it 00:04:56.360 --> 00:05:01.819 under delivers. I'm really excited today to tell 00:05:01.819 --> 00:05:05.639 you that there's a way of looking at the world 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:07.819 that will blow your mind about what will happen 00:05:07.819 --> 00:05:12.680 next. And that's what Paul talks about here. 00:05:13.180 --> 00:05:15.660 There's a way of looking at our bodies, there's 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:19.720 a way of looking at creation and realizing this 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:27.220 is a clue to how good it's going to be. And I 00:05:27.220 --> 00:05:30.399 don't want to over promise and under deliver. 00:05:30.740 --> 00:05:34.519 And some people think that God does that, that 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:36.519 he over promises and that maybe one day like 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:40.740 everything else, he's gonna under deliver. The 00:05:40.740 --> 00:05:43.579 last three or four weeks around here, we've been 00:05:43.579 --> 00:05:49.240 dealing a lot with death. Tuesday, we'll have 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:53.759 a funeral for Ms. Darlene Suman. She's the fourth 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:57.620 person in three weeks that I've done a funeral 00:05:57.620 --> 00:06:02.779 for. And we miss her. Every week there's this 00:06:02.779 --> 00:06:04.959 thing that could happen where people that were 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:07.300 here one Sunday won't be here the next Sunday. 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:12.399 And death is a reality. Of course, this week, 00:06:13.180 --> 00:06:15.139 if you've been on social media or watched the 00:06:15.139 --> 00:06:16.879 news at all, you've heard about Charlie Kirk's 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:24.680 death. He was murdered because he spoke out for 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:29.250 Jesus Christ. You say, well, I thought he might 00:06:29.250 --> 00:06:31.209 be murdered because of his stand on these political 00:06:31.209 --> 00:06:34.069 issues. What I know about him and what I've watched 00:06:34.069 --> 00:06:37.610 about him is that he believed in Jesus. He believed 00:06:37.610 --> 00:06:40.589 in scripture. He believed in our country. And 00:06:40.589 --> 00:06:43.970 because he believed in Christ, he had these political 00:06:43.970 --> 00:06:48.290 opinions. And so it doesn't really matter exactly 00:06:48.290 --> 00:06:51.370 which opinion infuriated the guy the most. He 00:06:51.370 --> 00:06:54.889 was bold to speak up for his faith and to end 00:06:54.889 --> 00:07:00.660 up being what? got him killed. That's not a good 00:07:00.660 --> 00:07:03.759 thing, is it? It's not good. But I'm thankful 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:08.839 for his testimony that he did that. And it goes 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:12.240 to show you that like the testimony that we wanna 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:16.259 have, he preached the same gospel I preach. And 00:07:16.259 --> 00:07:19.579 the truth of the matter is there are people in 00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:23.759 our culture, we don't wrestle against flesh and 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:25.670 blood. but against principalities and powers 00:07:25.670 --> 00:07:30.250 and spiritual wickedness in high places. But 00:07:30.250 --> 00:07:38.389 Satan's not gonna win. Jesus, yours is the victory. 00:07:38.449 --> 00:07:45.209 That's what we just sang, right? And so when 00:07:45.209 --> 00:07:47.529 we get to 1 Corinthians 15, this whole thing, 00:07:47.689 --> 00:07:51.529 this whole chapter's about victory. It's about 00:07:51.529 --> 00:07:54.939 victory that comes through resurrection, first 00:07:54.939 --> 00:07:59.060 Jesus' resurrection, and then, not gonna over 00:07:59.060 --> 00:08:00.939 promise and under deliver, there's gonna be a 00:08:00.939 --> 00:08:04.079 resurrection. And this section we're gonna read 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:10.620 today is all about lesser to greater, okay? A 00:08:10.620 --> 00:08:12.620 lot of times we go from lesser to greater, we 00:08:12.620 --> 00:08:14.660 think, oh, because the sample was good, it's 00:08:14.660 --> 00:08:16.699 all gonna continue to be good, and what we find 00:08:16.699 --> 00:08:19.680 in life is there's a law of diminishing returns. 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:25.379 That's not how God is. That's not how heaven's 00:08:25.379 --> 00:08:29.040 gonna be, right? There's a lesser that we're 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:31.180 experiencing now and it's a clue to the greater 00:08:31.180 --> 00:08:34.059 that's gonna be. That's what this section is 00:08:34.059 --> 00:08:38.360 about. And God makes promises and God always, 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:43.179 always, always, always, always, always, always, 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:46.940 always, always, always, always, always, always 00:08:46.940 --> 00:08:51.639 keeps his promises. He does. He does, and so 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:53.379 if we live according to his promises, that's 00:08:53.379 --> 00:08:55.039 good. If we don't live according to his promises, 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:58.759 that's a very bad thing for us. So Paul's been 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:01.620 making the case for resurrection. You guys have 00:09:01.620 --> 00:09:04.399 your Bibles? I'm in Isaiah. Why am I in Isaiah? 00:09:04.580 --> 00:09:08.299 First Corinthians, here we go, 15. He says in 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:12.600 verse three, for I delivered unto you, all, this 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:14.139 isn't on the screen. This, you have to look at 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:17.470 your Bible. 1 Corinthians 15, three, for I delivered 00:09:17.470 --> 00:09:20.190 unto you first of all that which I also received, 00:09:20.570 --> 00:09:22.909 how that Christ died for our sins according to 00:09:22.909 --> 00:09:24.909 the scriptures and that he was buried and that 00:09:24.909 --> 00:09:27.610 he rose again the third day according to the 00:09:27.610 --> 00:09:29.370 scriptures and that he was seen of Cephas, then 00:09:29.370 --> 00:09:31.970 of the 12. After that, he was seen above 500 00:09:31.970 --> 00:09:36.169 brethren at once. And then he goes down to verse 00:09:36.169 --> 00:09:39.850 12. So he makes this declaration that the gospel 00:09:39.850 --> 00:09:42.509 is based on the death bill and resurrection of 00:09:42.509 --> 00:09:46.299 Jesus. And then he says in verse, 12, now if 00:09:46.299 --> 00:09:48.039 Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:50.720 how say some among you that there's no resurrection 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:53.440 from the dead? Why are you saying there's no 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:55.259 resurrection? And then he goes on to make this 00:09:55.259 --> 00:09:57.120 claim that there's no resurrection from the dead, 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:59.000 that Christ isn't raised. If Christ isn't raised, 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:01.039 we're yet in our sins. If we're yet in our sins, 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:03.519 then that's not good for us. We're living for 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:06.460 Christ, but yet we're among men most miserable. 00:10:06.779 --> 00:10:08.779 He goes on and continues to make arguments. He 00:10:08.779 --> 00:10:12.360 says, if... Christ didn't raise it. There's no 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:14.440 resurrection. Why are we being persecuted every 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:17.799 day? Why is this all happening? But we are resurrected 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:21.100 from the dead. We will be resurrected. There 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:22.720 is resurrection from the dead. And that's what 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:31.519 he says in verse 20. I love this. But now as 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:33.700 Christ risen from the dead and become the first 00:10:33.700 --> 00:10:36.139 fruits of them that sleep, lesser to greater, 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.620 he becomes the, not that Christ is lesser, but 00:10:38.620 --> 00:10:41.779 he's the first. There's only one, he's one resurrection 00:10:41.779 --> 00:10:45.379 that leads to a harvest of a whole bunch of resurrections, 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.559 right? Are you excited about that? That's awesome, 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:53.659 right? That's what happens. And then, just amazing. 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:56.419 And so he says, don't be deceived evil communications. 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:58.500 All these people that are saying there's no resurrection 00:10:58.500 --> 00:11:01.940 from the dead in your church, if you don't stop 00:11:01.940 --> 00:11:03.980 them and correct them and change them, they're 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:06.960 gonna have a corrupting influence. on your church 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:08.740 because what you believe determines what you 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:12.559 behave, and that's not a good thing. He gets 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:20.860 to today's text, and in doing that, in this section, 00:11:20.899 --> 00:11:22.899 we get an incredible insight into the reality 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:25.139 of what resurrection will be like, especially 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:29.000 in regard to our bodies. Paul does this through 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.960 comparing what is now to what will be and he 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:35.600 does this by using three lesser to greater comparisons. 00:11:36.139 --> 00:11:38.840 We get some insight into the future reality and 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.899 nature of how the resurrection will function 00:11:41.899 --> 00:11:46.500 by setting three categories of lesser to greater 00:11:46.500 --> 00:11:49.080 comparisons. I am so pumped up for today's message 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:51.820 because of the hope that it brings. I was crying 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:54.679 in the car on the way here and my daughter thinks 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:58.279 I'm weird and it's okay, okay. because there's 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:00.720 so much hope in this, and I just wanna convey, 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:03.899 I wish I could just pour that hope out onto you, 00:12:03.980 --> 00:12:05.340 and that's what I'm gonna try to do in preaching 00:12:05.340 --> 00:12:08.159 here. So we see the first comparison, lesser 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:11.200 to greater comparison, number one, a comparison 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:13.820 of a seed, sowing and reaping, and we're gonna 00:12:13.820 --> 00:12:18.320 see that in verse 35. Now, one of the things 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:21.019 Paul does when he teaches, he does this in Romans, 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:23.299 he does this here in 1 Corinthians, he does it 00:12:23.299 --> 00:12:27.000 several different places. He gives the argument, 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:30.879 that he thinks the reader or the hearer might 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:37.340 actually give, and he speaks for them, and then 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:39.340 he responds to what they're doing. We do this 00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:41.539 in preaching all the time. When I say, now you 00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:43.960 might be thinking this, but the scripture says 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:45.620 this. How many of you guys ever heard me or some 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:47.840 other preacher do that? That's what he's doing 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:51.120 here, okay? And he gives this question in verse 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:55.360 35, but some man will say, How are the dead raised 00:12:55.360 --> 00:13:00.440 up and with what body do they come? Now, we're 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:03.019 gonna see from the response that he gives here 00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:06.860 in just a second that he doesn't view this question 00:13:06.860 --> 00:13:09.639 and he's not offering this question or saying 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:12.259 that this question is coming because of some 00:13:12.259 --> 00:13:17.779 sincere question, right? Have you ever had a 00:13:17.779 --> 00:13:21.049 moment where someone was, not just giving you 00:13:21.049 --> 00:13:24.610 a question, but they are questioning you. You 00:13:24.610 --> 00:13:27.029 understand the difference between having a question 00:13:27.029 --> 00:13:30.830 and questioning. I think the second thing is 00:13:30.830 --> 00:13:35.929 what's happening here. Paul's saying, there may 00:13:35.929 --> 00:13:38.350 be people saying, oh yeah, there's a resurrection. 00:13:38.470 --> 00:13:41.929 Well, how's it gonna happen? Oh, there's a resurrection. 00:13:42.230 --> 00:13:45.090 What kind of body are we gonna have, Paul? And 00:13:45.090 --> 00:13:48.980 this is me inferring. This happens in... in our 00:13:48.980 --> 00:13:52.000 world too, oh, you're a Christian, that means 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:53.720 you believe that someone rose from the dead? 00:13:53.899 --> 00:13:55.919 That's never happened, to which I would say, 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:59.919 yeah, one notable exception for sure. Jesus rose 00:13:59.919 --> 00:14:02.320 from the dead, right? But there's a whole lot 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:05.059 of people that they wanna appeal to the natural 00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:09.720 to deny the supernatural, right? What, are we 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:11.679 gonna be a bunch of zombies, Paul? Are we gonna 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:14.000 come out with like, you know, don't you know 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:16.909 that when you bury somebody, they, They go to 00:14:16.909 --> 00:14:18.850 dust, ashes to ashes, and dust to dust. Even 00:14:18.850 --> 00:14:21.009 your own Bible says that, Paul. What do you mean? 00:14:22.190 --> 00:14:27.169 I love Paul already. Verse 36. What's Paul's 00:14:27.169 --> 00:14:33.090 position? Thou fool? That is a stupid argument. 00:14:33.590 --> 00:14:37.950 That's what Paul's saying. How do you do resurrection, 00:14:38.149 --> 00:14:44.179 Paul? CPR on a corpse? Stand back, clear. If 00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:46.480 the dead do come back, are they walking dead? 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:50.379 Are they zombies? Right? We know scientifically 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:53.899 that resurrection is not possible. Well, that's 00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:55.840 exactly why resurrection was the sign, right? 00:14:55.899 --> 00:15:00.000 If everybody does it, then you wouldn't know 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:04.379 that it was God approving what Jesus did on the 00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:08.960 cross. How did the dead raised up and what body 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:12.740 do they come? Verse 36, thou fool, that which 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:18.840 thou sowest is not quickened, except it, what? 00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:24.799 Die. When Paul calls them foolish, he then gives 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:27.279 them an illustration that happens all the time. 00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:30.059 Oh, you don't think there's resurrection? Did 00:15:30.059 --> 00:15:36.179 you have toast this morning? Did you eat anything 00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:42.240 off of a plant? Because Death, burial, and resurrection 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:45.779 happens all the time. It's how you had breakfast. 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:50.519 Right? Is there anything in creation that's alive, 00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:52.860 then dies, then comes forth as something new 00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:55.539 and similar, but not exactly like the former 00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:59.399 self, only better? It's not a riddle, it's a 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:03.600 seed. It's a seed. That which thou sowest, what 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:08.080 do we sow? Seeds. What do we know about seeds? 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:11.809 They're buried, they die. It doesn't germinate 00:16:11.809 --> 00:16:16.330 until it gets planted. They have to be planted. 00:16:16.629 --> 00:16:19.210 Hey, if you want a plant to come and you've got 00:16:19.210 --> 00:16:22.090 a seed, you don't lay it on the table and hope 00:16:22.090 --> 00:16:27.230 for the best, right? What do you do? You bury 00:16:27.230 --> 00:16:32.629 it and then it comes back as a new body. Verse 00:16:32.629 --> 00:16:35.509 37, and now which thou sowest, thou sowest not 00:16:35.509 --> 00:16:39.129 that body that shall be. The bare grain, it may 00:16:39.129 --> 00:16:42.409 chance of wheat or some other grain. You don't 00:16:42.409 --> 00:16:45.409 take the whole piece, the whole stalk of corn 00:16:45.409 --> 00:16:47.950 and bury the whole stalk of corn. What do you 00:16:47.950 --> 00:16:52.830 bury? A kernel of corn. You don't bury the oak 00:16:52.830 --> 00:16:58.250 tree. You bury the acorn. And when you bury the 00:16:58.250 --> 00:17:03.090 acorn, what comes back? A tree. I try to teach 00:17:03.090 --> 00:17:05.049 leaders in our church all the time. Look at the 00:17:05.049 --> 00:17:07.710 seed. What do you see in the seed? You can see 00:17:07.710 --> 00:17:10.990 the seed, but if you look at an acorn, you should, 00:17:11.529 --> 00:17:16.210 leaders have vision, right? Leaders want a vision 00:17:16.210 --> 00:17:18.630 from God, they look at that and they go, they 00:17:18.630 --> 00:17:20.630 don't just see what is, they see the potential 00:17:20.630 --> 00:17:24.450 of what could be. If I put this, with this acorn, 00:17:24.609 --> 00:17:30.269 I could make a guitar. You know it takes wood 00:17:30.269 --> 00:17:33.390 to make acoustic guitars, and all the guitars 00:17:33.390 --> 00:17:40.069 said amen, right? You see the acorn, you see 00:17:40.069 --> 00:17:43.430 what could be. And he says, Paul says, you don't 00:17:43.430 --> 00:17:47.349 plant what is gonna be, you plant. Now, what 00:17:47.349 --> 00:17:50.930 is he talking about? He literally goes on, he 00:17:50.930 --> 00:17:53.769 says, but bare grain. The word for bare there 00:17:53.769 --> 00:17:56.089 means literally naked. You literally just take 00:17:56.089 --> 00:18:01.829 the seed and you bury the seed or weeds or some 00:18:01.829 --> 00:18:06.259 other grain. Verse 38, what happens? But God 00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:09.500 giveth it a body as it hath pleased him and to 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:14.160 every seed his own body. God has ordained or 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:17.759 designed that one body, the seed, becomes a new 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:23.599 body. It's again, it's how you eat. It's how 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:28.319 somebody brought a friend of mine salad and he 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:29.599 put a salad in front of him at a restaurant. 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:31.440 He goes, that's not food, that's what food eats. 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.500 He was a little bit of a carnivore, right? Right? 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:43.599 So the seed is connected to the plant, which 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:46.819 is connected to the animal, which is how we all 00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:50.539 eat, right? It's not that there's, and seeds 00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:52.579 are connected to that new body. It's not that 00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:55.779 there's nothing in common, but there is certainly 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:59.299 a new reality, a new body that's born out of 00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:02.819 that seed. And so what Paul says is our bodies, 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:09.559 are like a seed. We will die. We will be planted. 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:13.700 We will be resurrected one day to a new body. 00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:19.859 Do you get the picture? Our bodies are incredibly 00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:23.319 designed. Some bodies are doing better than others, 00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:28.799 but our bodies are flawed. Some are more flawed 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:32.079 than others. But imagine then what our resurrected 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:35.359 bodies will be like. Review in your mind the 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:38.480 difference between an apple seed and an apple 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:43.220 tree. Bear grain to wheat in the field, pumpkin 00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:46.579 seeds to pumpkin, to pumpkins, to pumpkin pie, 00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:49.779 like huge differences. It's incredible. And this 00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:53.960 is what the scripture does here in this second 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:57.660 comparison. He goes seed to body, comparison 00:19:57.660 --> 00:20:00.849 number two, body. The first was seen, now the 00:20:00.849 --> 00:20:02.670 body, corruption and incorruption. Look at verse 00:20:02.670 --> 00:20:08.730 39. He says this, all flesh is not the same flesh. 00:20:09.210 --> 00:20:11.069 There's one kind of flesh of men and another 00:20:11.069 --> 00:20:13.190 flesh of beasts, another flesh of fishes, another 00:20:13.190 --> 00:20:16.630 flesh of birds. There are also celestial bodies 00:20:16.630 --> 00:20:19.650 and bodies terrestrial, but the glory of the 00:20:19.650 --> 00:20:21.549 celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial 00:20:21.549 --> 00:20:24.710 is another. There is one glory of the sun, another 00:20:24.710 --> 00:20:26.650 glory of the moon, another glory of the stars, 00:20:27.009 --> 00:20:30.210 for one star differs from another star in glory. 00:20:31.190 --> 00:20:33.849 Do you see what he's saying? Our bodies are like 00:20:33.849 --> 00:20:38.130 seeds that are planted, and when you plant something, 00:20:38.769 --> 00:20:40.930 something much greater than what's planted comes 00:20:40.930 --> 00:20:45.329 out of it. Are you with me? That's what happens. 00:20:45.569 --> 00:20:48.609 And he says, oh, and by the way, there are bodies 00:20:48.609 --> 00:20:51.289 that are other than plants. There's different 00:20:51.289 --> 00:20:54.920 kinds of bodies. On our planet, we have, I almost 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:57.480 brought, I really considered, Megan wouldn't 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:00.680 let me, I consider bringing Bingo my dog today. 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:05.380 To show you flesh of beasts, right? God's good 00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:08.700 at making all kinds of bodies, isn't he? He is. 00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:11.720 There's flesh of beasts and flesh of birds. It's 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:14.119 kind of weird. Like you go look at a lot of animals 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:16.720 and we've got five digits and they've got five 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:18.619 digits. We've got noses and they've got noses. 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:20.599 We've got eyes and they have eyes. We have ears 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:23.660 and they have ears. But we're not the same body. 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:27.880 Same designer, not the same body. Although some 00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:31.599 of you look like your dogs. That happens. Right? 00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.640 Have you ever noticed that? It's kind of funny, 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:41.589 but. Essentially, what he's saying here is that 00:21:41.589 --> 00:21:43.410 God's incredible at making different kinds of 00:21:43.410 --> 00:21:46.970 bodies. Men, beasts, fishes, birds. He also gives 00:21:46.970 --> 00:21:50.069 categories. There's bodies in the sky and there's 00:21:50.069 --> 00:21:54.410 bodies on earth. God is really creative. God 00:21:54.410 --> 00:21:57.970 is really creative. There are diverse varieties 00:21:57.970 --> 00:22:00.269 of every kind of animal. There's diverse varieties 00:22:00.269 --> 00:22:03.690 of every kind of star. We know that there's not 00:22:03.690 --> 00:22:05.670 just angels. There's a lot of different kinds 00:22:05.670 --> 00:22:09.980 of... Angels, go back and read your Bible. God's 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:12.140 creative. There's a lot of different kinds of 00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:14.819 people. Think about the varieties of people out 00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:16.980 there. There's tall and short and fat and thin 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:20.460 and different colors. There's diversity, but 00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:26.859 God is just incredible. And so after describing 00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:29.660 all these variety of bodies, he says, verse 42, 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:36.170 so also is the resurrection of the dead. He's 00:22:36.170 --> 00:22:38.170 giving you a clue to what it's gonna be like, 00:22:38.190 --> 00:22:42.150 what our bodies are gonna be like. God's resume 00:22:42.150 --> 00:22:44.990 at creating bodies is amazing. He's incredible 00:22:44.990 --> 00:22:47.789 and intelligent and so creative. And now imagine 00:22:47.789 --> 00:22:51.789 then what a new body, a new resurrected body 00:22:51.789 --> 00:22:57.269 will be like. It's sewn, bare grain, and it comes 00:22:57.269 --> 00:23:01.490 up a totally incredible, more substantial body. 00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:04.539 who agrees that the degree of difference between 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:08.220 seed and what it becomes is gigantic. And what 00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:12.619 he's saying about us is that this body is like 00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:17.480 the seed. As good as it is, it won't be worthy 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:21.900 to be compared to the body we're gonna get. That's 00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:28.299 awesome. One guy got it. That's awesome. Let's 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:33.140 all get it. How cool is that? I had a mama in 00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:38.920 a wheelchair for nine years. You've had loved 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:41.660 ones who at the end of their life were not in 00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:45.680 their right mind. You've had people with cancer 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:49.579 and all these other things. The body that gets 00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:52.279 planted is not like the body that's gonna be. 00:23:54.000 --> 00:24:00.769 It's infinitely better. Amazing. It seems that 00:24:00.769 --> 00:24:03.009 there's some mystery to exactly what our resurrected 00:24:03.009 --> 00:24:06.269 bodies will be like. In meditation on these metaphors 00:24:06.269 --> 00:24:08.230 and examples, we can imagine some things to be 00:24:08.230 --> 00:24:10.849 true. For instance, we know that they will be 00:24:10.849 --> 00:24:14.269 bodies. Our eternal state will not be some disembodied 00:24:14.269 --> 00:24:18.150 experience. The risen Christ, He ate, He touched, 00:24:18.210 --> 00:24:21.970 He felt, He spoke, He walked and talked. There's 00:24:21.970 --> 00:24:24.650 no reason to believe that He did not sleep. Yet 00:24:24.650 --> 00:24:26.809 He also appeared to the disciples without going 00:24:26.809 --> 00:24:31.000 through doors. He ascended into heaven. I'm not 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.920 saying we're gonna have exactly those same abilities. 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:35.119 What I am saying is that there seems to be a 00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:37.940 lesser to greater comparison between our bodies 00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:42.779 now and what will be. Seed to plant was the first 00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:46.039 letter to greater, lesser to greater comparison. 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:49.000 In our humanity in this life, we're made in the 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:51.200 image of God, and I don't believe that we will, 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:53.619 and I don't believe that will change. But look 00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:57.740 what it says in verse 42B. It's sown. This body, 00:24:57.900 --> 00:25:02.220 this seed is sown in corruption. It is raised 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:07.380 in, in corruption. In death, we are sown or buried 00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:11.140 or planted. We don't bury alive people. Hopefully 00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:15.259 you don't do that. If the dead come out of the 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:19.900 casket, the funeral's over, right? We bury what? 00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:23.819 Dead people, right? When we do, the body suffers 00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:27.339 even more corruption, ashes to ashes. Dush to 00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:30.019 dush. So he says, we are sown in corruption. 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:34.920 We're dying. Who experiences corruption this 00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:39.839 week? Does your back feel like it did when it 00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:45.980 was 20? No. Right? Last week I was walking down 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:50.200 these steps and I thought there was one more 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:53.019 step and there was two. And luckily the lights 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:57.559 went out before I fell. and slid into third base 00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:59.220 right in front of this whole row right here. 00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:03.940 And it was, of course, like eight young people 00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:05.920 20 years younger than me, and I felt really old. 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:12.019 That's what I felt, right? We experience corruption. 00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:16.859 You know, there's a dignity in aging. There's 00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:20.160 an honor to the graying of the hair. We respect 00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:23.809 our elders, and we should, but if... If you suddenly 00:26:23.809 --> 00:26:26.150 had the chance to feel like you did in your teen 00:26:26.150 --> 00:26:28.150 years, I don't know anybody over 30 who wouldn't 00:26:28.150 --> 00:26:33.230 make that choice. He says, it's sown in dishonor. 00:26:33.289 --> 00:26:36.470 It's raised in glory. It's sown in weakness. 00:26:38.589 --> 00:26:41.849 It's raised in power. There's dishonor in death. 00:26:42.390 --> 00:26:46.670 There's weakness. That's literally the culmination 00:26:46.670 --> 00:26:49.670 of death. We're no longer able to survive. It's 00:26:49.670 --> 00:26:55.720 natural. It comes to everybody. So he says, we're 00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:58.079 sown in corruption, we're sown in dishonor, we're 00:26:58.079 --> 00:27:00.700 sown in weakness. But then he says about the 00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:04.700 resurrection, what happens? It's raised in incorruption. 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:13.480 It's raised in glory. It's raised in power. It's 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:16.599 not corruption, incorruption. We are raised never 00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:20.180 to die again. Who thinks about a body that's 00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:25.710 incapable of death? Unbelievable, right? It's 00:27:25.710 --> 00:27:28.369 not dishonor, it's glory. We have victory, not 00:27:28.369 --> 00:27:31.829 loss. We have honor, not dishonor. It's not in 00:27:31.829 --> 00:27:34.309 weakness, it's in power. What was once ending 00:27:34.309 --> 00:27:38.009 in weakness now begins to never end with power. 00:27:39.210 --> 00:27:42.750 What was once limited to this earth is now able 00:27:42.750 --> 00:27:48.529 to exist in eternity. Wow. Verse 44, it's sown 00:27:48.529 --> 00:27:51.730 a natural body. It's raised a spiritual body. 00:27:52.269 --> 00:27:54.990 There's a natural body and there's a spiritual 00:27:54.990 --> 00:27:59.410 body. You know what that means? That this new 00:27:59.410 --> 00:28:02.990 resurrected body is not bound to the earth, but 00:28:02.990 --> 00:28:08.529 it's fit for eternity. Wow. Our new bodies will 00:28:08.529 --> 00:28:11.329 differ from our bodies now in these four ways. 00:28:11.450 --> 00:28:16.250 No more sickness or dying. No more shame because 00:28:16.250 --> 00:28:23.460 of sin. No more frailty and temptation. No more 00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:27.440 limits to the time and space sphere here. Who's 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:32.200 voting for that? No more sickness or sin or temptation. 00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:36.920 And I get to go be in heaven. Wow. Am I looking 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:40.759 forward to my resurrection body? What an incredible 00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:43.450 description we're given here. So much of our 00:28:43.450 --> 00:28:45.529 attention in this life is given to corruption, 00:28:45.769 --> 00:28:48.630 to dishonor, to weakness, to our own limitations. 00:28:48.890 --> 00:28:50.930 Think about prayer request time. Anybody ever 00:28:50.930 --> 00:28:53.109 have prayer request time? I went to a Christian 00:28:53.109 --> 00:28:54.509 school and we had prayer request time before 00:28:54.509 --> 00:28:56.529 every subject. Like, okay, we gotta learn math, 00:28:56.569 --> 00:28:58.009 let's pray. Anybody have any prayer requests? 00:28:58.150 --> 00:29:01.029 Like that's how that went. And so many of the 00:29:01.029 --> 00:29:04.390 prayer requests, if they weren't gossip, were, 00:29:05.309 --> 00:29:09.470 God heal us, God heal my friend, God forgive 00:29:09.470 --> 00:29:11.960 us. God help my friend who's far from you. God 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:14.980 help me to fight temptation. God forgive me. 00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:18.680 God save our souls. God help us in our struggle. 00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:23.160 God help me with my lack. I have a need, I need 00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:27.779 you to fill it, right? Think about our attention 00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:31.410 to corruption. medicine, vitamins, nutrition, 00:29:31.829 --> 00:29:35.490 hospitals, doctors, nurses, funeral homes, morgues, 00:29:35.769 --> 00:29:39.809 hearses, ambulances, plastic surgery, gyms, workouts. 00:29:41.809 --> 00:29:50.329 We don't need that anymore. We don't need it 00:29:50.329 --> 00:29:56.569 anymore. That's awesome, right? We won't need 00:29:56.569 --> 00:29:58.490 that stuff anymore. Think about our attention 00:29:58.490 --> 00:30:01.769 to sin and shame. We don't always call it sin. 00:30:03.529 --> 00:30:07.069 Psychiatrists, psychologists, counseling, regret, 00:30:07.269 --> 00:30:10.170 shame. Think about our attention to temptation. 00:30:10.569 --> 00:30:12.670 Anybody here tired of being tempted to do what 00:30:12.670 --> 00:30:14.890 you don't want to do, but you kind of want to 00:30:14.890 --> 00:30:19.569 do and it's like, ah. Paul said, who shall deliver 00:30:19.569 --> 00:30:24.569 me from the body of this death? Right? I have 00:30:24.569 --> 00:30:27.470 flesh. and I have spirit and they're always at 00:30:27.470 --> 00:30:29.930 war with each other. Who's for that being done? 00:30:30.730 --> 00:30:34.569 Yeah. In the resurrection, all of that is dealt 00:30:34.569 --> 00:30:40.210 with. It's all dealt with. One last lesser to 00:30:40.210 --> 00:30:43.470 greater comparison. This idea of source, Adam 00:30:43.470 --> 00:30:47.230 and Christ. He says, back to verse 44, it's sown 00:30:47.230 --> 00:30:50.250 a natural body, it's raised a spiritual body. 00:30:50.289 --> 00:30:52.069 There's a natural body and there's a spiritual 00:30:52.069 --> 00:30:56.380 body. Says it twice. Now that's weird, because 00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:58.599 that which is born of flesh is flesh, Jesus said, 00:30:58.619 --> 00:31:02.660 and that which is born of spirit is spirit. Marvel 00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:04.380 not that I say to you, you must be born again. 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:10.440 So what's this spiritual body? It kind of seems 00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:13.480 like an oxymoron, right? Like it's like a jumbo 00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:23.180 shrimp, right? Winning year in the Detroit Lions, 00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:25.329 like that kind of thing, right? Where's Chris? 00:31:28.890 --> 00:31:31.789 Spiritual body. Well, the answer comes in two 00:31:31.789 --> 00:31:33.730 descriptions of two different atoms. Look at 00:31:33.730 --> 00:31:37.769 verse 45. And so it is written, the first atom 00:31:37.769 --> 00:31:41.549 was made a living soul. The last atom was made 00:31:41.549 --> 00:31:46.970 a quickening spirit. The first atom is Adam. 00:31:49.349 --> 00:31:51.690 Then there's a last Adam, that's Christ. We read 00:31:51.690 --> 00:31:54.779 about the first Adam. At creation, that's what's 00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:58.599 quoted here. Genesis 2 .7 says this, and the 00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:01.460 Lord God formed a man out of the dust of the 00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:04.680 ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath 00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:11.539 of life and man became a living soul. That's 00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:14.940 what he's quoting, right? The first Adam was 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:18.539 made a living soul. Made by who? God, right? 00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:24.740 In creation through procreation, we're a natural 00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:28.640 man. We come from earth stuff. Our bodies made 00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:32.160 of earth stuff, right? Our bodies are subject 00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:35.099 to the natural world. We age, we grow sick, we 00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:39.099 die, we sin. We received our natural bodies through 00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:41.819 the first Adam from which earth is the source. 00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:44.900 We... We will receive our resurrected bodies 00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:48.660 from the last Adam, Jesus Christ, who has a resurrected 00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:53.140 body. His body is heavenly, fit for heaven, is 00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:57.220 not subject to the curse. That's what he's saying. 00:32:57.420 --> 00:33:01.819 Philippians 3 .20, for our conversation is in 00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:05.400 heaven. From whence also we look for the Savior, 00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:08.160 the Lord Jesus Christ. I love this. Who shall 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:12.099 change our... vile body that it may be fashioned 00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:15.619 like unto his glorious body, according to the 00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:18.480 working whereby he is able even to subdue all 00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.680 things unto himself." You know what he says? 00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:22.400 You know what he's saying? Christ got the victory 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:25.660 at the cross. He got the victory at the resurrection 00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:28.460 because he lives, we can live in it also. He's 00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:30.900 the first fruits of them that slept. And not 00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:32.440 only did he get victory at the cross, one day 00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:36.160 he's gonna get victory on this earth. and he's 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:37.839 gonna rule and reign and then there'll be a new 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:40.339 heaven and a new earth and we'll be like him 00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:42.579 because we'll see him as he is. It's all about 00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:46.039 victory. We have already learned in this chapter 00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:48.240 that sin and death came through the first Adam 00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:50.559 and that life and resurrection came from Jesus 00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:52.940 Christ. We all have this struggle between our 00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:55.640 body and our spirit. Have you ever felt old or 00:33:55.640 --> 00:34:00.279 tired? Have you ever felt old or tired while 00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:04.539 at the same time feeling healthy spiritually? 00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:10.840 Yeah. I felt this to be true every time I go 00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:13.340 see, there are times where I've gone and I've 00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:16.199 seen senior saints. I remember going and seeing 00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:19.360 a lady, I think her name was Edith, a couple 00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:21.500 of times, one of the shut -ins from Canton Baptist 00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:23.380 Temple. She taught Sunday school at Canton Baptist 00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:28.219 Temple for like 60 years. That's awesome. But 00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:33.630 when I got to her room, she was like. 80 pounds, 00:34:34.250 --> 00:34:38.869 as thin as could be, laying in a bed. She could 00:34:38.869 --> 00:34:42.650 speak and see, but she couldn't hear. So the 00:34:42.650 --> 00:34:45.090 whole conversation's writing on a board, right? 00:34:45.510 --> 00:34:47.710 But she's writing on this board, you know, one 00:34:47.710 --> 00:34:51.550 that can erase how much she loves Jesus and how 00:34:51.550 --> 00:34:55.130 much she misses ministering to those children. 00:34:55.210 --> 00:34:59.769 And I'm like, this lady looks like in body, like, 00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:04.380 as feeble as you can get, but spiritually her 00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:06.099 walk with the Lord and her love for, it's like 00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:08.920 she's Arnold Schwarzenegger laying in the bed 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:12.139 spiritually. The contrast, do you get what I'm 00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:17.360 saying? My great -granny, my dad's grandma, had 00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:20.360 a stroke when she was like, I think she was in 00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:25.400 her 30s, that put her in a nursing home, okay? 00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:31.360 And a church brought her, to church every week 00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:33.739 and at one point they even honored her for like 00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:35.739 perfect attendance for 40 years or something 00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:39.260 like that. It was crazy. But I remember going 00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:41.960 with my dad to visit her in the nursing home 00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:48.760 and I remember riding home and my dad explained 00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:51.199 to me what he had just experienced because I 00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:55.360 was little, I didn't understand it. My great 00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:58.159 grandma was pointing at a picture and then pointing 00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:03.400 up. pointing at our picture and pointing up. 00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:08.599 And my dad said, he told me what she was saying 00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:13.420 was that she prays for us. And even though she 00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:16.280 couldn't speak in a way that we could understand 00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:19.840 because her situation was so bad, there's one 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:24.300 person that could understand her. That makes 00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:29.000 sense? The disconnection between our vile body. 00:36:30.030 --> 00:36:32.829 and what happens to us spiritually as God grows 00:36:32.829 --> 00:36:41.269 us. Listen to this, 2 Corinthians 4 .13. We having 00:36:41.269 --> 00:36:43.530 the same spirit of faith according as it is written, 00:36:43.650 --> 00:36:46.449 I believed, and therefore I have spoken, we also 00:36:46.449 --> 00:36:50.250 believe. And therefore we speak, knowing that 00:36:50.250 --> 00:36:53.309 he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise 00:36:53.309 --> 00:36:58.989 up us also by Jesus and shall present us with 00:36:58.989 --> 00:37:01.920 you. For all things are for your sakes, that 00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:04.980 the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving 00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:09.739 of many rebound to the glory of God, for which 00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:13.420 cause we faint not, but though our outward man 00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:19.659 perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by 00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:24.889 day. On this earth and these natural bodies, 00:37:24.989 --> 00:37:28.269 we feel the weight of this outward natural man 00:37:28.269 --> 00:37:30.690 perishing. We see it in the loss of our loved 00:37:30.690 --> 00:37:36.230 ones. We see it in ourselves. We see hope. And 00:37:36.230 --> 00:37:38.210 so because of this, we see hope in the resurrection. 00:37:38.630 --> 00:37:40.329 And that's what's clearly described in verse 00:37:40.329 --> 00:37:44.530 46. He says this, how be it that was not first, 00:37:44.630 --> 00:37:47.570 which is spiritual, but that which is natural. 00:37:49.849 --> 00:37:52.230 and afterward that which is spiritual. The first 00:37:52.230 --> 00:37:56.889 man is of the earth, earthy. What a great way 00:37:56.889 --> 00:38:00.730 of saying it. The second man, who's the second 00:38:00.730 --> 00:38:07.170 man? Jesus. The second man is the Lord from heaven. 00:38:08.150 --> 00:38:10.849 Here it gets really clear. The natural body is 00:38:10.849 --> 00:38:14.070 comprised of matter found on earth. It's bound 00:38:14.070 --> 00:38:16.489 by time and space. It's bound by the senses. 00:38:17.050 --> 00:38:22.340 Touch, smell, hear, see, taste. as is the earthy, 00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:26.860 so are they also that are earthy. If you're not 00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:31.659 in Christ, you've not been regenerated, you are 00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:37.559 of the earth only. The only nature that you have 00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:40.519 is the nature of the first Adam who's of the 00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:44.739 earth only. And you know what's gonna happen 00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:49.519 to this earth? It's gonna go away. But if you're 00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:52.119 in Christ, you're of them heavenly man that are 00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:56.420 also heavenly As is the earth Adam such are they 00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:59.739 that are earthy us as Adam was touched by the 00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:02.519 sin in the curse So are we who are affected by 00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:06.119 the curse toil in our work? Sweat is on our brow 00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:08.699 Weeds are in our gardens. Who's got some weed 00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:11.340 in your garden some weeds now weed. That's not 00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:18.380 good That's a whole nother thing right like Weeds 00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:23.139 in our garden. Move on. Death has passed upon 00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:29.019 all men. Why? Why has death passed upon all men? 00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:38.059 For all have sinned. But! And as is the heavenly, 00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:44.639 such are they also that are heavenly. Christ 00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:46.920 in his resurrection body is the heavenly. We 00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:50.119 are in him, they also that are heavenly. We are 00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:52.500 body, soul, and spirit. When we believe in Christ, 00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:55.420 the Holy Spirit regenerates us. We're made alive. 00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:59.420 This is why Jesus said to Martha in John 11, 00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:02.239 Jesus said in her, I am the resurrection and 00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:06.019 the life. He that believeth in me, though he 00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:11.510 were dead, yet shall he live. And he goes on 00:40:11.510 --> 00:40:12.989 to say, those who live and believe in me shall 00:40:12.989 --> 00:40:17.429 never die. When someone has been regenerated 00:40:17.429 --> 00:40:21.070 or saved, and when they die, their natural body 00:40:21.070 --> 00:40:23.369 dies. And to be absent from the bodies, to be 00:40:23.369 --> 00:40:25.289 present with the Lord. And in the resurrection, 00:40:25.369 --> 00:40:28.369 we will receive a spiritual body. And when we 00:40:28.369 --> 00:40:32.050 do, it says, as is the heavenly, such are they 00:40:32.050 --> 00:40:35.690 also that are heavenly. And as we have born the 00:40:35.690 --> 00:40:38.789 image of the earthy, Hey, anybody here feeling 00:40:38.789 --> 00:40:41.090 a little bit corrupt this morning in your body? 00:40:41.829 --> 00:40:46.570 Some aches and pains? Some weight that you wish 00:40:46.570 --> 00:40:52.809 you didn't have? Right? Some diseases that you 00:40:52.809 --> 00:40:58.269 wish you could get rid of? Just like you bear 00:40:58.269 --> 00:41:00.190 that earthy experience. If you're in Christ, 00:41:00.510 --> 00:41:04.190 you can guarantee you're gonna see a heavenly 00:41:04.190 --> 00:41:09.110 body. a heavenly experience. Verse 49, and as 00:41:09.110 --> 00:41:10.949 we have born the image of the earthy, we shall 00:41:10.949 --> 00:41:14.150 also bear the image of the heavenly, as is a 00:41:14.150 --> 00:41:16.409 great word here. In the same way that we look 00:41:16.409 --> 00:41:20.809 at Adam now, in the same way that we look like 00:41:20.809 --> 00:41:25.849 Adam now, we will look like Christ then. Wow. 00:41:27.469 --> 00:41:33.920 Wow. First John three, one. Behold. what manner 00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:37.920 of love the Father has bestowed upon us that 00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:40.920 we should be called the sons of God. Therefore 00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:42.940 the world knoweth us not because it knew him 00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:46.380 not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God. Here's 00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:49.559 the cool part, ready? And it does not yet appear 00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:54.239 what we shall be. Does that make, the way we 00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:58.860 look now is not how we're gonna look later. But 00:41:58.860 --> 00:42:02.679 we know that when we, He shall appear. Who's 00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:10.440 He? Jesus. We shall be like Him. Wow. We'll see 00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:13.599 Him as He is. And every man that has this hope, 00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:17.099 what hope? What hope? That I'm not gonna look 00:42:17.099 --> 00:42:20.039 like this forever. That I'm not gonna experience 00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:23.119 disease and death and hurt and pain and sin. 00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:25.260 I'm not gonna be like that forever. One day I'm 00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:29.079 gonna be like Him. And so since that's the destination 00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:31.579 I'm headed, I'm gonna try to be like that now. 00:42:32.139 --> 00:42:36.099 And every man that hath this hope in him, what 00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:38.639 do you mean in him? The Holy Spirit lives inside 00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:42.900 those who believe. Talk about lesser to greater. 00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:47.420 That's the down payment on the inheritance that 00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:53.800 we're gonna receive. If the Holy Spirit's the 00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:58.409 down payment, imagine the inheritance. If this 00:42:58.409 --> 00:43:03.989 body is the seed, imagine our future body. Do 00:43:03.989 --> 00:43:10.489 you get it? We have been given so much and yet 00:43:10.489 --> 00:43:14.409 we've been promised even more. Think about the 00:43:14.409 --> 00:43:16.590 lesser to greater idea and the hope that it brings. 00:43:17.269 --> 00:43:19.269 It's throughout the New Testament. The Holy Spirit 00:43:19.269 --> 00:43:22.250 is the earnest of the inheritance. Jesus Christ 00:43:22.250 --> 00:43:26.400 is the first fruit of them that slapped. Creation 00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:31.139 is beautiful. Who's with me on that? Creation's 00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:33.699 beautiful, a lot of it. My yard's not that great 00:43:33.699 --> 00:43:39.400 right now. Right? Creation is gorgeous. The heavens 00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:42.860 declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth 00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:46.039 his handiwork. But also, this world is messed 00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:50.800 up. The lion does not lay down with the lamb. 00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:59.190 Right? It's cursed. If this cursed earth is so 00:43:59.190 --> 00:44:01.769 beautiful, what will the new heaven and the new 00:44:01.769 --> 00:44:09.130 earth be like? Wow. My body now is fearfully 00:44:09.130 --> 00:44:12.010 and wonderfully made. That's what David said. 00:44:12.329 --> 00:44:16.190 We agree with that, we affirm that, right? Our 00:44:16.190 --> 00:44:19.449 body is fearfully and wonderfully made. That 00:44:19.449 --> 00:44:22.289 my soul, David said, it's right well, yet it's 00:44:22.289 --> 00:44:29.550 also cursed and flawed. and diseased. And so 00:44:29.550 --> 00:44:34.630 what's cool is you can look around at this planet 00:44:34.630 --> 00:44:38.110 and you can always do that lesser to greater 00:44:38.110 --> 00:44:43.389 comparison. You can look at somebody that's older. 00:44:43.449 --> 00:44:47.309 I'm not gonna name names. And you can hear about 00:44:47.309 --> 00:44:52.909 their difficulty. You can hear about their health 00:44:52.909 --> 00:44:56.119 declining. You can see their gray hair. and you 00:44:56.119 --> 00:45:00.840 can know that this is just a bare seed that's 00:45:00.840 --> 00:45:04.920 gonna go in the ground, but it's gonna come up 00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:10.119 something way better. You can look around at 00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:12.760 this planet and when you see a beautiful sunrise, 00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:16.599 when you see an amazing, we go to Idaho or my 00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:20.260 wife's family is at and we go from Boise up to 00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:23.440 a place called McCall and that road up those 00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:26.820 mountain pass, past every like, around every 00:45:26.820 --> 00:45:30.300 corner is like another postcard. Picture, have 00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:33.440 you been in places like that? I come outside 00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:36.099 in Findlay, Ohio, we got a bunch of flat places, 00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:39.480 right? And we've got, and you know what that 00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:42.159 affords us? It affords us some beautiful sunrises 00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:45.079 and sunsets. You guys know what I'm talking about? 00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:49.440 Driving into Findlay at dusk from out of town. 00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:52.500 And there's like oranges and pinks and blues. 00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:55.719 And it's like, God, you are amazing. It's better 00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:58.179 than what any artist could ever draw. And you're 00:45:58.179 --> 00:46:02.519 doing it just for a minute. And that's not even 00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:04.980 worthy to be compared to what the new heaven 00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:07.980 and new earth is gonna be like. If this cursed 00:46:07.980 --> 00:46:10.619 earth looks like that, what's heaven gonna be 00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:14.380 like? As great as all these are, they are the 00:46:14.380 --> 00:46:17.219 lesser pointing to the greater. So here's four 00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:22.889 implications. We have future hope. In Christ, 00:46:22.909 --> 00:46:25.769 we have future hope. The wonders of our current 00:46:25.769 --> 00:46:27.949 bodies should give us indescribable hope for 00:46:27.949 --> 00:46:32.250 our future bodies. Future hope, future reality. 00:46:32.510 --> 00:46:34.869 The wonder of our current creation should give 00:46:34.869 --> 00:46:40.150 us incredible hope for the new creation. Future 00:46:40.150 --> 00:46:46.170 intensity. What do I mean? The pain and suffering 00:46:46.170 --> 00:46:50.230 and corruption of this life are short term. Did 00:46:50.230 --> 00:46:53.789 you hear that? The pain and suffering and corruption 00:46:53.789 --> 00:46:58.369 of this life are short time. If you know Christ 00:46:58.369 --> 00:47:01.289 as savior, they're short term. And they're less 00:47:01.289 --> 00:47:03.409 intense than the glory of heaven. You know what 00:47:03.409 --> 00:47:10.829 Paul said? Paul said that I reckon, reckon is 00:47:10.829 --> 00:47:13.170 like an accounting term. He says this in Romans. 00:47:14.090 --> 00:47:16.989 I reckon, this is how I get through persecution. 00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:19.300 This is how I get through difficulty in life. 00:47:19.340 --> 00:47:22.980 This is what Paul says. I reckon that the trials 00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:27.320 and suffering of this present time are not worthy 00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:29.940 to be compared to the glory that shall be revealed 00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:33.820 in us. Do you get that? He's saying that whatever 00:47:33.820 --> 00:47:36.820 suffering you've felt, whatever loss you've felt 00:47:36.820 --> 00:47:40.780 is like the quarter on the sidewalk next to the 00:47:40.780 --> 00:47:44.059 empire state building of the glory and the good 00:47:44.059 --> 00:47:45.940 things that God has for those of us who love 00:47:45.940 --> 00:47:52.400 him. That is amazing. But also, the truth is 00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:56.539 that the pain and agony and suffering of this 00:47:56.539 --> 00:47:59.519 present time is also not worthy to be compared 00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:06.119 to the justice of God for lost people who do 00:48:06.119 --> 00:48:12.260 not recognize God in hell. You had me, Pastor 00:48:12.260 --> 00:48:16.329 Ben, all the way up to there. This was all good 00:48:16.329 --> 00:48:19.869 news. And now you're telling me there's bad news? 00:48:20.130 --> 00:48:27.090 Yeah. If I'm not in Christ, I'm of earth, earthy. 00:48:28.090 --> 00:48:33.409 I'm in my sin. The Bible says by one man, sin 00:48:33.409 --> 00:48:35.730 entered the world and death by sin. And so death 00:48:35.730 --> 00:48:38.269 has passed upon all men because all have sinned. 00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:43.400 The hope of the resurrection is only hope because 00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:46.199 Jesus came and he kept the law that you and I 00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:48.699 could not keep. And then he died the death that 00:48:48.699 --> 00:48:51.139 you and I deserve to die. And he didn't stay 00:48:51.139 --> 00:48:53.179 dead, he rose from the dead. So he took care 00:48:53.179 --> 00:48:57.519 of our sin and he gives us eternal life. And 00:48:57.519 --> 00:48:59.840 so the message today is not for everybody in 00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:02.340 the room to just say like, oh, hey, we're gonna 00:49:02.340 --> 00:49:04.619 get new bodies. It's gonna be so great. And you 00:49:04.619 --> 00:49:07.119 can live however you want and reject Jesus, but 00:49:07.119 --> 00:49:08.800 yet it's gonna be good for you in the end. That's 00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:14.820 not the case. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, 00:49:14.920 --> 00:49:17.300 and the life. No man comes to the Father but 00:49:17.300 --> 00:49:21.539 by me. That's the kind of truth that can get 00:49:21.539 --> 00:49:30.400 you shot. But it's the only shot you got. He's 00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:33.059 the way, the truth, and the life. No man can 00:49:33.059 --> 00:49:40.159 come to the Father but through Him. Future intensity, 00:49:40.300 --> 00:49:42.059 the pain, suffering, and corruption of this life 00:49:42.059 --> 00:49:44.380 are short term and less intense than the glory 00:49:44.380 --> 00:49:48.300 of heaven and the agony of hell. One last implication 00:49:48.300 --> 00:49:54.639 is future investment. What is seen is temporary 00:49:54.639 --> 00:50:02.320 and finite. What is seen is temporary and finite. 00:50:03.159 --> 00:50:07.360 What is unseen is eternal. You know what that 00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:16.789 means? invest wisely, invest wisely. Jesus said 00:50:16.789 --> 00:50:20.650 it this way, don't store up treasures on this 00:50:20.650 --> 00:50:25.349 earth where moth and rust corrupts and where 00:50:25.349 --> 00:50:29.650 thieves break through and steal. Store up treasure 00:50:29.650 --> 00:50:33.690 in heaven where moth and rust don't corrupt and 00:50:33.690 --> 00:50:37.150 where thieves do not break through and do not 00:50:37.150 --> 00:50:41.530 steal. We're all basically at any given point 00:50:41.530 --> 00:50:45.289 in the day investing in what's going away or 00:50:45.289 --> 00:50:52.030 investing in what won't go away. I just gave 00:50:52.030 --> 00:50:56.909 you an excuse not to exercise. I'm joking. We 00:50:56.909 --> 00:51:00.090 got to steward our bodies well too. You get my 00:51:00.090 --> 00:51:03.769 point. We have to have a stewardship of what 00:51:03.769 --> 00:51:06.610 we have, but we need to invest in the future. 00:51:08.490 --> 00:51:12.690 How incredible will heaven be? How amazing will 00:51:12.690 --> 00:51:16.030 our resurrection bodies be? First Corinthians 00:51:16.030 --> 00:51:18.730 2 .9 says this. Man, if you don't get anything 00:51:18.730 --> 00:51:23.190 else out of this message, get this. But as it 00:51:23.190 --> 00:51:28.030 is written, I have not seen, neither ear heard, 00:51:28.769 --> 00:51:30.769 neither have entered into the heart of man the 00:51:30.769 --> 00:51:34.789 things which God hath prepared for them that 00:51:34.789 --> 00:51:39.570 love him. Jesus said, I go to prepare a place 00:51:39.570 --> 00:51:43.010 for you, and if I go, I will come again to receive 00:51:43.010 --> 00:51:46.050 you to myself that where I am, there ye may be 00:51:46.050 --> 00:51:50.849 also. But here's the thing, heaven's a prepared 00:51:50.849 --> 00:51:55.309 place for a prepared people. How do you prepare 00:51:55.309 --> 00:51:58.389 to go to heaven? The work's already been done, 00:51:58.409 --> 00:52:02.610 you just gotta acknowledge it. Jesus made a way. 00:52:03.909 --> 00:52:05.710 You just have to recognize that your only way 00:52:05.710 --> 00:52:08.449 there is through him. In a minute, we're gonna 00:52:08.449 --> 00:52:10.869 have an invitation. We're gonna invite you to 00:52:10.869 --> 00:52:13.409 come. If you don't know Christ as your savior, 00:52:14.530 --> 00:52:18.510 you can put your faith and trust in Christ, what 00:52:18.510 --> 00:52:21.869 he did on the cross, so you can go to heaven. 00:52:22.289 --> 00:52:22.949 Would you stand?