100:00:00,000 –> 00:00:04,460That’s surely brothers and200:00:04,460 –> 00:00:11,580sisters is where we want to be. . . . We want to be steadfast . . . we want to be immovable.300:00:11,580 –> 00:00:13,860We want always to be abounding400:00:13,860 –> 00:00:20,160in the work of the Lord, confident that our ministry and our service will bear fruit in500:00:20,160 –> 00:00:21,420Christ.600:00:21,420 –> 00:00:26,040Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith, I’m David Pick glad you could be with700:00:26,840 –> 00:00:32,680us today. Colin so the question is, if that is what we want, how do we get there?800:00:32,680 –> 00:00:39,680Let me say something very, very profound indeed! Being steadfast, immovable and abounding in900:00:39,680 –> 00:00:44,540the work of the Lord is what it says in 1 Corinthians 15 and verse 581000:00:44,540 –> 00:00:49,340and you’re asking the question how do we get there? The answer is by means of verse 501100:00:49,599 –> 00:00:55,340to verse 57! The Bible is wonderfully clear, it takes us1200:00:55,340 –> 00:01:01,419on a journey and we’re going to go on a journey through these verses that ends with being1300:01:01,419 –> 00:01:07,379steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. That for sure is where1400:01:07,379 –> 00:01:11,820every Christian believer wants to be and we are going to look from the earlier verses1500:01:11,820 –> 00:01:16,019at how we get there. So let’s do that together! Open your Bible1600:01:46,019 –> 00:01:58,099We’ve seen from this marvellous1700:01:58,099 –> 00:02:03,000chapter that if Jesus had not been raised from the dead, there would be absolutely no1800:02:03,000 –> 00:02:11,059hope for us at all. There were evidently some false teachers in Corinth who had produced1900:02:11,059 –> 00:02:19,119a this-life-only message. What matters, they said, is not that the tomb was empty, but2000:02:19,119 –> 00:02:25,500that we should follow Jesus’ example and that we should continue Jesus’ work. But the Apostle2100:02:25,500 –> 00:02:30,740Paul makes very clear that a faith that was for this life only, a faith that did not have2200:02:30,740 –> 00:02:37,399a living saviour, would simply not be able to deliver all that God has promised. Only2300:02:37,479 –> 00:02:43,419the Lord Jesus Christ himself can do this, and a faith that is for this life only does2400:02:43,419 –> 00:02:49,720not lead a person to pursue holiness of life. In fact, it leaves a person still in their2500:02:49,720 –> 00:02:58,300sins. So thank God, verse 20, Christ has been raised from the dead and he’s the first-fruit2600:02:58,339 –> 00:03:03,779of those who have fallen asleep. He goes first, and that means that others who believe in2700:03:03,800 –> 00:03:09,820Him will follow. And that’s why we have hope for the future. We saw that Christ will give2800:03:09,820 –> 00:03:16,820us new bodies that are designed, adapted for everlasting life and a glorious new world.2900:03:17,600 –> 00:03:24,080These bodies will be imperishable. They will be glorious and they will be powerful. Most3000:03:24,080 –> 00:03:30,279of all, we saw they will be spiritual. And by that we are to understand that your resurrected3100:03:30,500 –> 00:03:37,500body will be fully responsive to the desires and the promptings of your REDEEMED SPIRIT.3200:03:37,820 –> 00:03:44,720Your resurrected body will be as eager to do the will of God as your redeemed spirit.3300:03:44,720 –> 00:03:50,139So the tension that we sometimes know between body and spirit in this life, that war, that3400:03:50,139 –> 00:03:55,639tension’s going to be gone. It’s going to be over for you forever. Therefore you will3500:03:55,660 –> 00:04:03,479be at peace with yourself then, in a way that has never been fully possible for you in this world.3600:04:03,479 –> 00:04:08,919Now that’s what we’ve seen over these last weeks. And today we come to these marvelous3700:04:08,919 –> 00:04:14,360last verses of I Corinthians and chapter 15.3800:04:14,360 –> 00:04:22,980And at the end of this chapter, the apostle Paul focuses in on the difference that the3900:04:23,100 –> 00:04:30,459resurrection will make for us today. What practical difference will what we’ve been4000:04:30,459 –> 00:04:36,839learning over this month make to your life? How will it change or shape your priorities,4100:04:36,839 –> 00:04:44,420your choices, your pursuits, during your life in this world? What practical difference is4200:04:44,420 –> 00:04:50,059all this going to make? And what difference will it make now?4300:04:50,059 –> 00:04:54,540Now that’s the question that’s before us. And the answer to the question is in the very4400:04:54,540 –> 00:05:04,179last verse of the chapter, verse 58. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable,4500:05:04,179 –> 00:05:11,320always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord, your labor is not4600:05:11,320 –> 00:05:20,959in vain. That’s where this chapter ends. That’s where everything in it leads. That surely4700:05:20,959 –> 00:05:28,779brothers and sisters is where we want to be. We want to be steadfast. We want to be immovable.4800:05:28,779 –> 00:05:34,399We want always to be abounding in the work of the Lord. Confident that our ministry and4900:05:34,519 –> 00:05:41,519service will bear fruit in Christ. The question is how do we get there? How will you get to5000:05:42,880 –> 00:05:49,880steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. And I want us to see5100:05:49,880 –> 00:05:56,880from these verses that there are two steps to getting there. That the Apostle Paul lays5200:05:56,959 –> 00:06:03,959out very clearly. The first is to grasp that believers will rise with Christ. That’s the5300:06:07,359 –> 00:06:14,359first step to becoming steadfast, immovable, and always abounding in the work of the Lord.5400:06:14,839 –> 00:06:20,619Now look at verse fifty if you would with me. Paul begins by presenting a problem. I5500:06:21,100 –> 00:06:28,100tell you this brothers, flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. We prayed a few5600:06:32,600 –> 00:06:39,600moments ago from the Lords prayer, Your kingdom come. That prayer will be answered. One day5700:06:40,420 –> 00:06:47,420Christ’s kingdom will come and when it comes, it will last forever. The bible states5800:06:48,140 –> 00:06:55,140this repeatedly. In the book of revelation, John tells us he saw and heard the seventh5900:06:55,299 –> 00:07:02,299angel below his trumpet, there were loud voices, sounding out in heaven and then this cry,6000:07:03,059 –> 00:07:10,059the kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall6100:07:10,779 –> 00:07:17,779reign forever. God said in the great promise given to king David, God said with regards6200:07:21,220 –> 00:07:28,220to his son, I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. Isaiah, the prophet speaking6300:07:30,380 –> 00:07:35,899about the Messiah said, of the increase of his government and peace, there will be no6400:07:36,420 –> 00:07:42,420end. Then he continues on the throne of David and over his kingdom to establish it and to6500:07:42,420 –> 00:07:49,420uphold it in righteousness and injustice from this time forth and forevermore, forevermore.6600:07:51,500 –> 00:07:58,500So Christ will establish a glorious kingdom. It will be a kingdom of righteousness and6700:07:59,059 –> 00:08:06,059peace and joy. It will be a kingdom in which his rule will be uncontested and it will be6800:08:06,980 –> 00:08:13,980a kingdom that will last forever. Now here’s the point. To enjoy a kingdom that will last6900:08:16,380 –> 00:08:23,380forever, you’re going to need a body that lasts forever, and believers on earth don’t7000:08:23,579 –> 00:08:30,579have it. We are indwelt by the spirit of God but we have the same bodies with the same7100:08:33,200 –> 00:08:40,200kinds of coughs and colds and aches and pains as anybody else. Our souls are growing in7200:08:41,080 –> 00:08:48,080likeness to Christ as we walk with him, but our bodies wear out just like anybody else’s.7300:08:48,479 –> 00:08:53,479Just like anybody else’s our bodies are flesh and blood and what the Apostle Paul says here7400:08:53,479 –> 00:09:00,479in verse 50 is flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God.7500:09:01,820 –> 00:09:06,299You’re listening to Open the Bible, with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called Hope for7600:09:06,299 –> 00:09:12,239Today. Part of our series Hope is a Name and if you’ve missed any of the series so far7700:09:12,239 –> 00:09:16,559or if you want to go back and listen again it’s always possible to do that by coming7800:09:17,559 –> 00:09:23,380over to our site www.openthebible.org.uk or find us as a podcast and those are on all7900:09:23,380 –> 00:09:27,599the main podcast sites, search for openthebible.uk.8000:09:27,599 –> 00:09:31,820Just a reminder that we’re coming up to the end of the month and so this is the last couple8100:09:31,820 –> 00:09:36,619of days when our offer is available where if you’re thinking of setting up a new direct8200:09:36,619 –> 00:09:42,400debit gift to the work of Open the Bible, in the amount of £5 per month or more or8300:09:42,440 –> 00:09:47,359a one-off gift of £50 or more, we’d like to say thank you by offering you a special8400:09:47,359 –> 00:09:52,140gift back. I’ll be talking to Colin Moore about that at the end of this programme, so8500:09:52,140 –> 00:09:56,840I hope you’ll stay with us for that. Back to the message now. Here’s Colin.8600:09:56,840 –> 00:10:03,479Next question. Given that believers on Earth don’t have the body that will last forever,8700:10:03,479 –> 00:10:09,460what about believers in heaven? The answer is that they don’t have the resurrection8800:10:09,460 –> 00:10:19,479body, either. Their souls are consciously enjoying the presence of Jesus, but souls8900:10:19,479 –> 00:10:29,619without bodies cannot enjoy all that God will give to those who love him. So be clear about9000:10:29,619 –> 00:10:35,059this that right now, at this moment, there is only one person in the entire universe9100:10:35,260 –> 00:10:40,619enjoys life in a resurrected body and that is the Lord Jesus Christ himself. Believers9200:10:40,619 –> 00:10:47,619on earth don’t have it and believers in heaven don’t have it either. So the question then9300:10:47,619 –> 00:10:58,539is, how will they and we be able to enjoy God’s glorious kingdom when it comes. And9400:10:58,859 –> 00:11:06,200answer to that question is that they and we will receive resurrected bodies. That is bodies9500:11:06,200 –> 00:11:13,280designed for everlasting life and we will receive this gift when the Lord Jesus Christ9600:11:13,280 –> 00:11:21,659returns in power and in glory. Now there are two scriptures that address this very directly,9700:11:21,659 –> 00:11:27,020it is good to know them and to be able to refer to them because they are of such obvious9800:11:27,380 –> 00:11:33,859practical importance. One speaks about the resurrection body being given to believers9900:11:33,859 –> 00:11:40,739who have died and the other speaks about the resurrection body being given to believers10000:11:40,739 –> 00:11:48,080who live. So let’s look first at First Thessalonians in chapter 4 that speaks of believers who10100:11:48,799 –> 00:11:50,760Now10200:11:50,760 –> 00:11:59,159the first thing that we all need to know about believers who have died is that they are with10300:11:59,159 –> 00:12:07,780the Lord. This is wonderful good news to be away from the body is to be at home with the10400:12:07,780 –> 00:12:14,780Lord and that is why when Paul writes to comfort believers who are grieving the loss of believing10500:12:14,780 –> 00:12:20,559loved ones he says this verse Thessalonians chapter four inverse 14 since we believe that10600:12:20,559 –> 00:12:30,140jesus died and rose again even so through Jesus God will bring with him those who have10700:12:30,140 –> 00:12:38,299fallen asleep. What he’s saying is that Jesus will bring the souls of believers who have10800:12:38,380 –> 00:12:47,200died with him when he comes and of course the reason that Jesus will bring the souls10900:12:47,200 –> 00:12:55,239of those who have died with him when he comes is that they are with him now consciously11000:12:55,239 –> 00:13:03,820right now enjoying the presence and the glory of life in heaven itself. Then he says verse11100:13:03,820 –> 00:13:12,21916 for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice11200:13:12,219 –> 00:13:20,599of the archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And when the sound of the11300:13:20,599 –> 00:13:29,419trumpet of God is heard, he then says and the dead in Christ will rise first. So now11400:13:29,479 –> 00:13:38,059put these two things together. The souls of those who are with Jesus will come back with11500:13:38,059 –> 00:13:46,739him and at that time they will be clothed with resurrected bodies, adapted for everlasting11600:13:46,739 –> 00:13:56,799life in the kingdom of God. This is very wonderful, and it will perhaps help us to understand11700:13:56,880 –> 00:14:05,679that what happens to a believer after death is rather like a two-stage journey. At the11800:14:05,679 –> 00:14:15,039moment of death, Christ brings the soul of a believer immediately, instantly, wonderfully11900:14:15,039 –> 00:14:24,140into the joy and peace of his presence in heaven, but that is not the end of the story.12000:14:24,140 –> 00:14:30,479When Christ returns, as we have seen, the souls of those who are with him will be clothed12100:14:30,479 –> 00:14:36,739with resurrected bodies designed and adapted for everlasting life in the New Heaven and12200:14:36,739 –> 00:14:42,520the New Earth that God will bring into being where we will all enjoy the presence of God12300:14:42,520 –> 00:14:44,140forever and forever.12400:14:44,140 –> 00:14:52,159Now Nancy Guthrie, who some of you may have read or heard teach, has an illustration on12500:14:52,239 –> 00:14:56,539this that I have found really, really helpful.12600:14:56,539 –> 00:14:59,760She says this about her and her husband travelling.12700:14:59,760 –> 00:15:11,440She says, when we’re going on a trip to Paris, we have a stopover at Atlanta airport, but12800:15:11,440 –> 00:15:15,320we don’t spend our time talking about all the things that we’re going to do at the Atlanta12900:15:15,320 –> 00:15:18,260airport.13000:15:18,260 –> 00:15:25,340Our hearts and our minds are filled with all that awaits us in our ultimate destination,13100:15:25,340 –> 00:15:26,700Paris.13200:15:26,700 –> 00:15:30,359Now think about this.13300:15:30,359 –> 00:15:38,359Believers who have died our on a stop over there with Christ, and oh my that is better13400:15:38,359 –> 00:15:44,599by far than any stop over you could imagine in any place in this world.13500:15:44,739 –> 00:15:53,580But like us believers who have died are waiting and they’re looking for the day when Christ13600:15:53,580 –> 00:15:59,559will return in glory and these souls will return with him and then they will enter into13700:15:59,559 –> 00:16:04,580the full joy of all that he has promised, receiving this marvelous gift of the resurrected13800:16:04,580 –> 00:16:07,580body.13900:16:07,580 –> 00:16:10,039Now what about believers who live?14000:16:10,340 –> 00:16:17,539Well, if you turn back to 1 Corinthians and chapter 15, that question is addressed right14100:16:17,539 –> 00:16:19,780here.14200:16:19,780 –> 00:16:27,020Believers who are alive when Christ returns will also receive this marvelous gift of the14300:16:27,020 –> 00:16:30,260resurrected body when he comes.14400:16:30,260 –> 00:16:39,179Look at verse 51 of 1 Corinthians 15, we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.14500:16:40,159 –> 00:16:46,099In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet for the trumpet will sound,14600:16:46,099 –> 00:16:51,200notice the trumpet again, it’s the same event being referred to in 1 Thessalonians 4, the14700:16:51,200 –> 00:16:58,159trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.14800:16:58,159 –> 00:17:02,559Now you see what he’s focused on here?14900:17:02,559 –> 00:17:09,839Some Cristians will be living when Christ returns and these believers will not die.15000:17:09,839 –> 00:17:14,680That’s the meaning of, we shall not all sleep.15100:17:14,680 –> 00:17:20,859And notice what the Apostle Paul says, he says, we shall not all sleep, we shall all15200:17:20,859 –> 00:17:21,859be changed.15300:17:21,859 –> 00:17:25,800He doesn’t say they as if he was referring to some distant other group of people.15400:17:25,800 –> 00:17:27,239Why does he say we?15500:17:27,239 –> 00:17:32,719Because the Apostle Paul, when he wrote was living with the profound awareness that it15600:17:32,719 –> 00:17:36,760was possible that the Lord Jesus Christ could return in his lifetime.15700:17:36,760 –> 00:17:43,380And we should live with a profound awareness that that may be true for us as well.15800:17:43,380 –> 00:17:48,219Notice when this great change takes place for those who are living at the time of the15900:17:48,219 –> 00:17:55,739return of Christ, it is at the last trumpet, a clear reference to the glorious return of16000:17:55,739 –> 00:17:57,160the Lord Jesus Christ.16100:17:57,180 –> 00:18:02,859So putting these two things together when the trumpet sounds, when the Lord Jesus Christ16200:18:02,859 –> 00:18:06,500returns in glory, two things will happen.16300:18:06,500 –> 00:18:10,079First, the dead will be raised and perishable.16400:18:10,079 –> 00:18:14,640That is the souls of those who are already with the Lord will be clothe with resurrection16500:18:14,640 –> 00:18:15,640bodies.16600:18:15,640 –> 00:18:22,880And second, those who are living at the time will be changed.16700:18:22,880 –> 00:18:30,520Those who have died and those who live will receive this marvelous gift of the resurrection16800:18:30,520 –> 00:18:34,380body at precisely the same time.16900:18:34,380 –> 00:18:37,040What a day that will be.17000:18:37,040 –> 00:18:42,640And the apostle Paul tells us that this change in which our perishable bodies with all their17100:18:42,640 –> 00:18:47,479aches and pains get transformed into bodies that are glorious, powerful, spiritual and17200:18:47,699 –> 00:18:51,619imperishable, this change will happen in a moment.17300:18:51,619 –> 00:18:55,520And in the twinkling of an eye.17400:18:55,520 –> 00:19:01,079It will be an instantaneous and miraculous change.17500:19:01,079 –> 00:19:03,959So think about this.17600:19:03,959 –> 00:19:14,140Your sanctification is a long, slow process with many, many setbacks.17700:19:14,199 –> 00:19:18,359But your glorification will be immediate.17800:19:18,359 –> 00:19:20,459It will be complete.17900:19:20,459 –> 00:19:24,459It will be an irreversible transformation.18000:19:24,459 –> 00:19:30,199Now, remember where all this is headed.18100:19:30,199 –> 00:19:33,760It has a very practical outcome.18200:19:33,760 –> 00:19:36,680We’re headed for verse 58.18300:19:36,680 –> 00:19:47,579Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of18400:19:47,579 –> 00:19:50,160the Lord.18500:19:50,160 –> 00:19:52,800Why?18600:19:52,800 –> 00:19:57,760Why should you be steadfast and immovable?18700:19:57,760 –> 00:20:04,239Why should you extend yourself in the service of the Lord?18800:20:04,260 –> 00:20:09,300Why should you pledge your life to Christ?18900:20:09,300 –> 00:20:15,119Why should you go anywhere he sends and be ready to do whatever he calls you to do no19000:20:15,119 –> 00:20:19,439matter how hard or how costly that may become?19100:20:19,439 –> 00:20:27,040The first answer to that question is, because you will rise with Christ.19200:20:27,040 –> 00:20:32,079You have an everlasting life ahead of you.19300:20:32,079 –> 00:20:35,119You got more life than you’ll know what to do with.19400:20:35,119 –> 00:20:42,719See, if this short life was all that you had, well, then you would say, well, this is all19500:20:42,719 –> 00:20:43,719I’ve got.19600:20:43,719 –> 00:20:46,119I’ve got to hold on to this little that I have.19700:20:46,119 –> 00:20:49,760And you would live in a constant fear that maybe if you decide this, you’ll miss out19800:20:49,760 –> 00:20:53,119on that and all the rest of it.19900:20:54,119 –> 00:21:03,839But when you know that you have everlasting life—everlasting life—you will feel and20000:21:03,839 –> 00:21:11,199know that you can do nothing better with your short years in this world than to be steadfast20100:21:11,199 –> 00:21:15,500and immovable and always abounding in the work of the Lord because you’ve got eternity20200:21:15,500 –> 00:21:17,780with Him ahead of you.20300:21:17,780 –> 00:21:20,680That’s His first reason.20400:21:20,680 –> 00:21:22,660The first step.20500:21:23,520 –> 00:21:31,180Towards being steadfast, immovable is to know that you will rise with Christ.20600:21:31,180 –> 00:21:36,839Pastor Colin Smith, on Open the Bible, wrapping up today’s message Hope for today, looking20700:21:36,839 –> 00:21:40,640at how believers will rise with 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–> 00:24:12,439And the case for Easter is about the evidence for the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.24100:24:12,560 –> 00:24:18,359The author Lee Strobel examines the medical evidence that Jesus did indeed die,24200:24:18,359 –> 00:24:21,520the evidence of Jesus’ missing body from the tomb24300:24:21,520 –> 00:24:25,099and of course the evidence of Jesus’ resurrection appearances.24400:24:25,099 –> 00:24:28,859It really is a wonderful clear book that will help24500:24:28,859 –> 00:24:32,780Christian believers know why we believe in the resurrection24600:24:32,780 –> 00:24:35,939and it’ll help those who are beginning to explore Christian faith24700:24:35,939 –> 00:24:38,640to find a pathway to faith in the risen Lord.24800:24:38,640 –> 00:24:40,939We’d love to send you a copy of that book24900:24:40,939 –> 00:24:45,380if you are able to set up a new direct debit to the work of Open the Bible25000:24:45,380 –> 00:24:49,859in the amount of £5 or more, or a one-off gift of £50 or 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