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<v SPEAKER_01>Well now, did you hear what that man said?

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<v SPEAKER_01>He said this is the preaching of the cross radio broadcast, and it is.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I'm Brother James, and I greet you once again in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world, and I am so very happy that you have seen fit, seen fit, to join with us on the radio today.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Hope and pray you can stay with us for the full half an hour as we discuss yet another glorious topic from the Word of God drawn from our considerations of the Bible Book of Philippians.

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<v SPEAKER_01>If I if I have not miscounted somewhere, this is program number forty two in our series of studies of this wonderful Bible book, really speaking about the realities, the true realities of the Christian life as God would have it to be lived, as God makes it possible for us to live a life that's pleasing in his sight.

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<v SPEAKER_01>On the broadcast last time, we were discussing the incredible change that is going to take place when the born-again believer meets Jesus Christ at his return for his church.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now that's a complicated way of saying things, but you've got to be very, very careful.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You see, people talk about the return of the Lord, and it could mean just about anything, depending upon the spiritual condition of the speaker and the spiritual spiritual condition of the hearer.

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<v SPEAKER_01>When we say the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, we could mean his literal return to set foot on this earth to establish his kingdom as promised throughout the Old Testament and is clearly taught in the book of Revelation and other places in the New Testament.

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<v SPEAKER_01>We could be referring to that.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Or we could be referring to the time when Jesus Christ returns in the clouds, does not come all the way to set his foot upon this earth, but returns in the clouds to catch away from this world every man, woman, boy, and girl who has put their faith and trust in him for the forgiveness of their sins and the saving of their soul.

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<v SPEAKER_01>We could be referring to either of those.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now some liberal groups who don't believe the Bible would say the coming of the Lord is when Jesus moves into your heart, or the coming of the Lord is this general feeling of godliness sweeping across the land.

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<v SPEAKER_01>They might write some silly song like Mine Eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, when of course they hadn't seen any such thing.

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<v SPEAKER_01>But we are referring in Philippians chapter three to the time when Jesus Christ returns in the clouds to take born again believers from this earth to be with him in heaven.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And at that time those who had previously died, whose souls had gone to be with him in heaven, because as we saw in the Bible, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, at that time he will raise the bodies of those saints who had previously died, and change them.

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<v SPEAKER_01>At the same time, he is changing the bodies of those who were alive and remained, and then together, together, we will all meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now, I can't read all those verses again today on this program.

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<v SPEAKER_01>We read them on the last broadcast and looked at them in detail, but if I did that again today, it would be like watching a rerun, only you wouldn't be watching, it'd be like listening to a rerun, which would be fine for those of you that couldn't be with us last time, but it wouldn't be entirely enjoyable for those who were listeners to the last program.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So we're going to have to move forward, and I can't argue with or debate with you about what we read last time that uh that you didn't hear read.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I I'm I'm telling you the truth, that's what the Bible says.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Our passage was Philippians 3 in verse number 20, which says, For our conversation is in heaven, from whence also we look for the Savior.

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<v SPEAKER_01>There's only one.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And that's who we're looking for.

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<v SPEAKER_01>We're not looking for heaven to come down, we're looking for the Savior to come down.

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<v SPEAKER_01>We're looking for the Savior.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Who is it?

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<v SPEAKER_01>The Lord Jesus Christ.

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<v SPEAKER_01>There's no question about who is the one and only Savior.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's Jesus Christ.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And the Bible says, who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned, like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able, even to subdue all things unto himself.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You know what we call in our in our modern world, do you know what we call that which people wear, that with which people clothe themselves, cover themselves?

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<v SPEAKER_01>We call it fashion.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Do we not?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now the Bible says that one day we are going to change fashions.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Do you know what that means?

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<v SPEAKER_01>That means just as clothes cover your body, so your body covers you.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I wish I'd get this across to people.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You are not your body.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The body is the clothing you wear while you live on this earth.

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<v SPEAKER_01>One day you are going to move.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You are no longer going to live on this earth.

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<v SPEAKER_01>If you're saved, you're going to live in heaven.

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<v SPEAKER_01>If you're not saved, you're going to live in hell fire.

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<v SPEAKER_01>But one day you're going to move.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You're going to relocate.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now when you do, this body, specially designed to house you while you live on earth, will not be sufficient to house you when you live either in heaven or in hell.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So those of us who are going to heaven, our promise that we are going to get a new body, like the body in which the Lord Jesus Christ Himself is living in heaven right now.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And we are going to get a body that suits us, enables us, equips us to live in heaven just as we are living now on earth.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And so that's called a change of fashion.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now who's going to bring that about?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Jesus Christ the Lord, by his power and through his grace, is going to change our bodies.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now, on the last program we considered what the Word of God says about these bodies.

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<v SPEAKER_01>He said they are vile bodies.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And that is so offensive to self loving modern man that the Bibles produced by self loving modern men, for self loving modern men, have altered Philippians three twenty one so that, for example, in the New International Version, your body is not called vile.

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<v SPEAKER_01>But it's vile.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It smells if you don't bathe it and perfume it on a regular basis.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It rots the moment the moment God takes the person out of the body, you find that when the body is no longer serving the purpose for which it was made, it becomes a horrible thing, in fact so horrible that people either burn them up or bury them.

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<v SPEAKER_01>They don't keep them around.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You say, why not?

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<v SPEAKER_01>They are vile.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I'm not trying to be rude or insulting, I'm trying to get you to stop thinking so materially and so carnally, and to get you to think biblically.

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<v SPEAKER_01>People's entire lives are devoted to their bodies, and what a cruel deception that is.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Because nobody in the world has enough money to keep this body running without decay, without corruption, without revealing its vile nature.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Oh, you might with a few million bucks postpone it, but you'll not alter the inevitable destination of the body in which you are now living.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So I ask you, do you have some hope beyond the grave, some certain promise of life extending beyond this one?

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<v SPEAKER_01>You do if you put your faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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<v SPEAKER_01>He's going to change our vile bodies and make them like unto his glorious body.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I don't have all the details on that, neither do you.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Nobody does.

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<v SPEAKER_01>But I know this without the details.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Vile sounds worse than glorious, and glorious sounds better than vile.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now that much I know.

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<v SPEAKER_01>If there was nothing else in the Bible about the future state of the believer, that would be sufficient to prove to me that the future state is better than, superior to the current state.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You you've got to get that.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Alright.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Let's consider some other verses.

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<v SPEAKER_01>For example, oh, where do we where do we even start here?

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<v SPEAKER_01>The blessed hope of the Christian, it's called a blessed hope in Titus 2 13, is the appearing of our life.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The Bible says in Colossians chapter 3 and verse number 4, when Christ, who is our life, shall appear.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You understand that?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Jesus didn't give me life, he is my life.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I have no life without Jesus Christ.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You ever heard people say, get a life?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Well, that that's more biblically accurate than they know.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Because a person without Jesus Christ, the Bible says they are dead in trespasses and sins.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And they need to be revived.

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<v SPEAKER_01>When sin came, they died.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And so they need to be reborn.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And so this notion of get a life, it's true.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Jesus Christ is the life.

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<v SPEAKER_01>If you're saved, he is our life.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now this is why, again, these humanistic approaches to Christianity are so hurtful.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You've probably heard people say over and over again, without giving it any thought, let Christ come into your life.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Well, that's you know that's kind of a kind of a nice thing that wonderful you would allow poor little Jesus to come into your fantastic life.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The reason that is that is utter nonsense is because, according to the Word of God, if you don't have Jesus Christ, you don't have any life for him to come into.

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<v SPEAKER_01>He is the life.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the what?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Life.

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<v SPEAKER_01>There's no life outside of Jesus Christ.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You have no life to so kindly, thank you very much, let Christ come into.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And so what we are looking for, our blessed hope, is that our very life, Jesus Christ, is going to come and so change our bodies that we will be able to leave the bondage of this world and enter into the liberty and freedom of heaven and actually live there and survive there, because just as surely as God at present has given us a body equipped for life on this earth, he is going to give us a body equipped for life there in heaven.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now, I don't know about you, that's something to look forward to.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The Bible says in 1 John 2 28 that Jesus Christ will in fact appear.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's not a myth, it's not a fairy tale, it's a reality.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's a sure and certain hope looked forward to and anticipated by all those who are saved.

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<v SPEAKER_01>In this sense, or in a sense, his appearing, his coming will be a judgment of the quick and the dead.

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<v SPEAKER_01>2 Timothy 4 1 says that.

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<v SPEAKER_01>How can that be?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Because everybody's not going to heaven.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Only in the obituary page of the local newspaper does everybody go to heaven.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That's the only place.

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<v SPEAKER_01>In reality, people who have humbled themselves and trusted Jesus Christ as their Savior go to heaven.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And those who trusted anything else or everything else, no matter how many good deeds they did, they die in their sin and go to hell because Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So, in the sense that some people go to be with the Lord when he comes, and some people are left behind when he comes, in that sense, his coming is a judgment.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It divides some people from others.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Also, also those that are in Christ are the only ones that shall be taken.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You remember the passage we read last time in First Thessalonians?

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<v SPEAKER_01>The dead in Christ shall rise, then we believers, who are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So who's together?

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<v SPEAKER_01>All the people who believe to meet the Lord in the air.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's a separating, it's a dividing.

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<v SPEAKER_01>But the division has already taken place before the Lord comes.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Some believed on him, some rejected him.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That's the dividing line.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's not determined at the coming of the Lord, it's determined right now as you decide whether or not to trust Jesus or cling to your religion.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And if you trust Jesus, you're on the saved side and you get to go.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And if you haven't trusted Jesus, you're on the lost side and you don't get to go.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's that simple.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Couldn't be any clearer in the Word of God.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now the believers will be freed from their vile bodies, and we talked about that.

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<v SPEAKER_01>They're called the body of death.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That's what we're living in, a body of death, Romans 7.24.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And the Lord is going to change it and make it incorruptible like his.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Just like his.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And we we talked about that on the last broadcast.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And this is known as, in Ephesians 4.30, this is known as the redemption of the body.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now hear me very carefully.

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<v SPEAKER_01>When I trusted Jesus Christ as my Savior, when you trusted Jesus Christ as your Savior that you have, you were saved.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now hang on, hang on.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You were saved.

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<v SPEAKER_01>What did we say factually from the Bible just a few moments ago?

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<v SPEAKER_01>You are not your body.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You live inside your body.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I'm sure you understand that.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So what does that mean?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Obviously it means your body did not get saved.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So this is the great conflict in the life of a saved man or a saved woman.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I am saved, but I'm living in a body that is not saved.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I am free from the power of sin, but my body has not been freed from the power of sin.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That is why there is such an ongoing conflict and spiritual warfare within each individual who is saved.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now one day the Jesus Christ who redeemed me is going to come and call us away, and in the act of transporting us from earth to heaven, he is going to redeem our bodies.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now how did he redeem my soul?

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<v SPEAKER_01>He changed me from sinner to saint.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now what is he going to do in that hour of our catching away to be with him?

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<v SPEAKER_01>He's going to change our bodies.

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<v SPEAKER_01>From vile to glorious, from corruptible to incorruptible, what a marvelous day that will be.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now I've got to digress here just for a minute.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I've got to take a quick little side trip.

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<v SPEAKER_01>This is why many of you continue to be deceived and manipulated by these so called healers.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Since your body has not been saved, you have absolutely no promise or guarantee of physical health and freedom from corruption and decay in your physical body.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It hasn't been saved.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It is vile.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It is falling apart.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It is wearing out.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Stop letting people pervert the scriptures to manipulate your emotions to steal money from you.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You're welcome.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Alright, so the Bible says we're waiting for the redemption of our body.

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<v SPEAKER_01>This hope the Bible says should keep us pure.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Why, if you knew a special guest might arrive at your home this afternoon, you would want that home as prepared as possible for the arrival of that special guest.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Knowing that Jesus Christ the Lord could come, may come at any moment will lead you and motivate you to keep this body, this house in which you live as prepared for His coming as it can possibly be at all times.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You see, the hope of the sure, soon, instantaneous, unannounced coming of the Lord keeps a man, keeps a woman living pure.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's a wonderful thing.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's a tremendous motivator for right living and spiritual living.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now, let me give you this idea of the house and of moving and so forth just as quickly as I can here, just in the few minutes that we have remaining.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Come to 2 Corinthians chapter number four.

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<v SPEAKER_01>2 Corinthians chapter 4.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And let's start reading there at verse number.

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<v SPEAKER_01>16.

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<v SPEAKER_01>2 Corinthians 4 and verse number 16.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Here the Bible says, For which cause we faint not, but though our outward man perish.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You see that?

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<v SPEAKER_01>There's your mortal body.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And it is a fact that it's dying every single minute of every single day.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Yet the inward man, that's the real you, that's the saved person on the inside of the earth suit, on the inside of the body.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The Bible says the inward man is renewed day by day, every single day.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That eternal life is just as new as it was the moment God gave it to you in the person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Verse 17, for our light affliction, which is but for like this, a moment, that's how short your life on this earth is, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we look not the things which are seen, that's your physical body, but at the things which are not seen, the coming of the Lord.

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<v SPEAKER_01>For the things which are seen are temporal, your physical body, but the things which are not seen, heaven, Jesus, new body, are what?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Eternal.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You see that?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Eternal.

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<v SPEAKER_01>What do you have that lasts?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Your salvation.

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<v SPEAKER_01>What do you have that's permanent?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Your soul.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That's what you ought to be focused upon.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That's what you ought to be gazing at, and that's the mark you should be pressing toward that heavenly calling.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now, five one says, For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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<v SPEAKER_01>For in this we groan earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven, if so be that being clothed is not be found naked.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now, do you see that?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Do you see that?

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<v SPEAKER_01>What is your body called?

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<v SPEAKER_01>A house.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You know what a house is?

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's a place where somebody lives.

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<v SPEAKER_01>What is your body called in that passage?

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's called clothing.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That's what you wear to cover something.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Look, your body is not you.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's what you live in.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And one day you have to move out.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Where are you gonna go?

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<v SPEAKER_01>You either trust Jesus Christ as your Savior, and He comes and takes you to heaven, gives you a new body, glorious body, deathless body, a land where all is joy and love and peace and light forever and forever and forever.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Or you try anything else religion, good deeds, atheism, cult membership, try anything else, and you die and go to hell and are tormented forever and ever and ever.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That's it.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That's that's the choices.

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<v SPEAKER_01>No third option.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Heaven or hell, which for you.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And it's all based upon your relationship to Jesus Christ.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Now you don't you don't become a Christian through works.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You don't become a Christian through church membership.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You don't become a Christian by abandoning non-Christian things.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The Bible says that Jesus Christ died to pay for your sins on the cross at Calvary, and that God was so satisfied with the payment Jesus made for the sins of the whole world that He has agreed to pardon all the sins of any man, woman, boy, and girl who will forsake their own self-righteousness and trust completely in what Jesus did for them.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So I'm asking you today, my friend, I'm not asking you if you go to church, I'm not asking you if you're a good person, I'm not asking you if you're trying to do the best you can.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I want to know, are you willing to abandon all hope of saving yourself and put all of your trust and all of your confidence in the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who died, was buried, and rose again.

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<v SPEAKER_01>If you will trust him, God will save you on the merits of Jesus Christ.

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<v SPEAKER_01>If you do not trust him, you will lose your soul in hell, because the only thing acceptable to God is the righteousness of his son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I hope and pray that you have trusted him, if not that you will trust him before he comes again, and he may come today.

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