100:00:00,000 –> 00:00:05,460My prayer for us as we come to these200:00:05,460 –> 00:00:08,740verses today is that we will see enough300:00:08,740 –> 00:00:11,520of the joy and the glory that lies400:00:11,520 –> 00:00:13,480ahead of all who are in the Lord Jesus500:00:13,480 –> 00:00:16,080Christ that we really will gain some new600:00:16,080 –> 00:00:18,360strength and that we will have some700:00:18,360 –> 00:00:22,379heightened anticipation of all that800:00:22,379 –> 00:00:26,020lies ahead as we press on to follow and900:00:26,020 –> 00:00:29,160serve our Lord Jesus Christ1000:00:29,459 –> 00:00:31,480Welcome to Open the Bible with pastor1100:00:31,480 –> 00:00:33,919Colin Smith I’m David Pick glad you1200:00:33,919 –> 00:00:35,580could be with us today and as you may1300:00:35,580 –> 00:00:37,480have picked up today we’re going to look1400:00:37,480 –> 00:00:39,759at the anticipation that a believer has1500:00:39,759 –> 00:00:42,580about what they expect to receive some1600:00:42,580 –> 00:00:45,020day but there maybe some listening1700:00:45,020 –> 00:00:47,820Colin who can’t quite believe that what1800:00:47,820 –> 00:00:48,740would you say to them1900:00:48,740 –> 00:00:50,560yeah we’re in 1st Corinthians in chapter2000:00:50,560 –> 00:00:53,02015 and we’re looking at the marvelous2100:00:53,020 –> 00:00:56,299truth of the resurrection and yes the2200:00:56,299 –> 00:00:58,959Apostle Paul answers questions that kind2300:00:58,980 –> 00:01:00,080of sound like they might have been2400:01:00,080 –> 00:01:01,720framed by someone who was quite2500:01:01,720 –> 00:01:05,139skeptical for example how are the dead2600:01:05,139 –> 00:01:08,040raised with what kind of body do the2700:01:08,040 –> 00:01:10,339come and what the apostle is doing is2800:01:10,339 –> 00:01:12,199he’s writing to christian believers and2900:01:12,199 –> 00:01:14,000saying now here’s how you answer these3000:01:14,000 –> 00:01:17,160questions so again this is very practical3100:01:17,160 –> 00:01:19,040it’s speaking to someone who’s a skeptic3200:01:19,040 –> 00:01:20,680and it’s speaking to every believer who3300:01:20,680 –> 00:01:22,940knows someone is a skeptic and it’s3400:01:22,940 –> 00:01:24,699speaking to us about the glorious hope3500:01:24,699 –> 00:01:26,800that we have in the Lord Jesus Christ3600:01:26,800 –> 00:01:29,339well let’s jump right in there into3700:01:29,339 –> 00:01:31,9801 Corinthians in Chapter 15 as we begin3800:01:31,980 –> 00:01:34,180the message hope for tomorrow3900:01:34,180 –> 00:01:36,820here’s Colin, the theme of this chapter4000:01:36,820 –> 00:01:39,260is the glorious truth of the4100:01:39,260 –> 00:01:41,000resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ4200:01:41,000 –> 00:01:44,279and the resurrection life that all who4300:01:44,279 –> 00:01:47,820believe will share with him4400:01:47,820 –> 00:01:50,599we saw last time that if our hope is4500:01:50,599 –> 00:01:54,059limited to our life in this world then4600:01:54,459 –> 00:01:56,680we are in for big disappointment4700:01:56,680 –> 00:01:59,320because we cannot become all that God4800:01:59,320 –> 00:02:01,239calls us to be in this life and we4900:02:01,239 –> 00:02:03,839cannot enjoy all that God has made us5000:02:03,839 –> 00:02:07,080to enjoy in this life so if we hope for5100:02:07,080 –> 00:02:10,119this life only in this life only we are5200:02:10,119 –> 00:02:12,119of all people most to be pitied so that5300:02:12,119 –> 00:02:15,960was verse 19 but the apostle Paul says5400:02:15,960 –> 00:02:18,320with a note of triumph in verse 205500:02:18,320 –> 00:02:21,399Christ has been raised from the dead5600:02:21,619 –> 00:02:24,660the first fruits of those who have5700:02:24,660 –> 00:02:26,759fallen asleep5800:02:26,759 –> 00:02:29,619in other words Jesus has risen to a5900:02:29,619 –> 00:02:32,639glorious new life and he is the first6000:02:32,639 –> 00:02:35,399fruits that means that this glorious new6100:02:35,399 –> 00:02:39,559life lies ahead for all who belong to6200:02:39,559 –> 00:02:43,619Jesus. Now the verses that we are looking6300:02:43,619 –> 00:02:47,320at today are absolutely marvellous6400:02:47,320 –> 00:02:49,839because they give to us just a little6500:02:49,839 –> 00:02:53,320glimpse of the glory that lies ahead of6600:02:53,320 –> 00:02:58,160every believer. Earlier in this letter6700:02:58,160 –> 00:03:01,179the Apostle Paul says that no eye has6800:03:01,179 –> 00:03:03,759seen or ear heard or heart even imagined6900:03:03,759 –> 00:03:05,820what God has prepared for those who love7000:03:05,820 –> 00:03:08,000him so please as we come to these verses7100:03:08,000 –> 00:03:11,339don’t expect that having looked at them7200:03:11,339 –> 00:03:13,839together you’re going to say ah I get it7300:03:13,839 –> 00:03:16,960now it’s all perfectly clear, what Christ7400:03:17,119 –> 00:03:20,759has prepared for us is so great that it7500:03:20,759 –> 00:03:24,240really is beyond our capacity to fully7600:03:24,240 –> 00:03:28,179take it in but think of it this way that7700:03:28,179 –> 00:03:32,279as we cannot see the full brightness of7800:03:32,279 –> 00:03:35,479the sun we can’t look at it directly7900:03:35,479 –> 00:03:38,539nonetheless we can take in something of8000:03:38,539 –> 00:03:41,419its brilliance and we can live in the8100:03:41,419 –> 00:03:44,919joy of its heat and of its light and my8200:03:45,259 –> 00:03:47,520for us as we come to these verses today8300:03:47,520 –> 00:03:51,259is that we will see enough of the joy8400:03:51,259 –> 00:03:53,759and the glory that lies ahead of all who8500:03:53,759 –> 00:03:56,080are in the Lord Jesus Christ that we8600:03:56,080 –> 00:03:58,639really will gain some new strength and8700:03:58,639 –> 00:04:00,779that we will have some heightened8800:04:00,779 –> 00:04:04,580anticipation of all that lies ahead as8900:04:04,580 –> 00:04:08,860we press on to follow and serve our9000:04:08,860 –> 00:04:12,080Lord Jesus Christ so the Apostle Paul9100:04:12,080 –> 00:04:15,360begins with two questions in verse 359200:04:15,360 –> 00:04:17,320he gives a brief answer and then he9300:04:17,320 –> 00:04:19,839gives a fuller explanation and we look9400:04:19,839 –> 00:04:22,640at both this morning. The two questions9500:04:22,640 –> 00:04:26,500verse 35, someone will ask, how are the9600:04:26,500 –> 00:04:28,600dead raised, that’s question number one9700:04:28,600 –> 00:04:32,600and with what kind of body do they come9800:04:32,600 –> 00:04:36,440that’s question number two. Now it seems9900:04:36,440 –> 00:04:39,600from the way in which Paul responds to10000:04:39,600 –> 00:04:42,760the false teachers at Corinth that they10100:04:42,760 –> 00:04:44,880were asking these two questions10200:04:44,880 –> 00:04:50,880cynically, how are the dead raised with10300:04:50,880 –> 00:04:54,799what kind of body do they come. To the10400:04:54,799 –> 00:04:57,079false teachers at Corinth the whole idea10500:04:57,079 –> 00:04:58,679of the resurrection was completely10600:04:58,679 –> 00:05:02,359and utterly ridiculous and because they10700:05:02,359 –> 00:05:06,119poured scorn on it and ridiculed it10800:05:06,119 –> 00:05:09,359I think that is why the Apostles first10900:05:09,640 –> 00:05:14,040response to them is to say you foolish11000:05:14,040 –> 00:05:20,559persons. Let’s be clear it is not foolish11100:05:20,559 –> 00:05:25,600to ask questions it’s not foolish to ask11200:05:25,600 –> 00:05:30,200questions but it is foolish to ridicule11300:05:30,200 –> 00:05:34,119God’s truth. No one should do that don’t11400:05:34,119 –> 00:05:36,320ever do that don’t ever allow your heart11500:05:36,359 –> 00:05:41,320to become cynical God will not be mocked11600:05:41,320 –> 00:05:45,540to ridicule God’s truth is something11700:05:45,540 –> 00:05:47,359that no one should ever do because one11800:05:47,359 –> 00:05:50,480day we will all stand before him but11900:05:50,480 –> 00:05:53,920having rebuked the cynics for the scorn12000:05:53,920 –> 00:05:56,380that they were evidently pouring on the12100:05:56,380 –> 00:05:58,160truth of the resurrection Paul12200:05:58,160 –> 00:05:59,679nonetheless takes their question12300:05:59,679 –> 00:06:03,440seriously and he offers an answer.12400:06:03,760 –> 00:06:08,859Now you see the point of that question12500:06:08,859 –> 00:06:11,140we’ve all asked it I’m sure ourselves12600:06:11,140 –> 00:06:14,619when the body is laid to rest it12700:06:14,619 –> 00:06:19,279decomposes it is ashes to ashes it is12800:06:19,279 –> 00:06:23,220dust to dust God himself has said dust12900:06:23,220 –> 00:06:26,959you are unto dust you will return so of13000:06:26,959 –> 00:06:29,440course the question is how then can a13100:06:29,440 –> 00:06:33,040body that has returned to dust possibly13200:06:33,179 –> 00:06:36,160be raised and I’m sure that question13300:06:36,160 –> 00:06:38,339will have occurred to you and the13400:06:38,339 –> 00:06:40,760Apostle answers it right here question13500:06:40,760 –> 00:06:43,779how are the dead raised that’s verse 3513600:06:43,779 –> 00:06:49,040answer what you so does not come to life13700:06:49,040 –> 00:06:54,079unless it dies. Now he is using an analogy13800:06:54,079 –> 00:06:57,059here so let’s think it through suppose13900:06:57,059 –> 00:07:01,059you are planting a sunflower you take14000:07:01,059 –> 00:07:03,839the sunflower seed you put it in the14100:07:03,839 –> 00:07:06,720ground and you cover it over with the14200:07:06,720 –> 00:07:09,940soil now what happens to the seed in the14300:07:09,940 –> 00:07:12,820ground well the answer is it14400:07:12,820 –> 00:07:18,119disintegrates it decomposes but that is14500:07:18,119 –> 00:07:20,980not the end of its life when the14600:07:20,980 –> 00:07:25,059sunflower seed dies it is then that a14700:07:25,059 –> 00:07:27,980whole new sunflower life comes into14800:07:28,980 –> 00:07:32,260so how are the dead raised? how is that14900:07:32,260 –> 00:07:34,220even possible? that’s the question. and15000:07:34,220 –> 00:07:36,220the Apostle Paul says, well now, look at15100:07:36,220 –> 00:07:37,859the world around you, look at the world15200:07:37,859 –> 00:07:40,540of seeds and of plants, and what you’ll15300:07:40,540 –> 00:07:42,440see is that this is actually what15400:07:42,440 –> 00:07:45,940happens all the time. to the critics15500:07:45,940 –> 00:07:48,760death and the disintegration that it15600:07:48,760 –> 00:07:52,100brings was the reason for not believing15700:07:52,100 –> 00:07:53,399in the resurrection. how could you15800:07:53,399 –> 00:07:55,899believe in the resurrection was their15900:07:56,000 –> 00:07:57,820point? when the body that dies16000:07:57,820 –> 00:07:59,920obviously decomposes in the ground, how16100:07:59,920 –> 00:08:01,859could there possibly be a resurrection?16200:08:01,859 –> 00:08:03,940that was their argument, but do you see16300:08:03,940 –> 00:08:05,559that the Apostle Paul turns that16400:08:05,559 –> 00:08:08,920completely on its head? he says no, if you16500:08:08,920 –> 00:08:11,260look at the world around you, what you16600:08:11,260 –> 00:08:14,140will see is that death and the16700:08:14,140 –> 00:08:16,100disintegration that it brings is16800:08:16,100 –> 00:08:19,899actually where the new life begins. we16900:08:19,899 –> 00:08:23,579think of death as the end of life but17000:08:23,820 –> 00:08:26,959person who is in Christ, it is the17100:08:26,959 –> 00:08:29,279beginning of a whole new life, a whole17200:08:29,279 –> 00:08:31,820new life that will be far more glorious17300:08:31,820 –> 00:08:34,880than the life that we have and enjoy17400:08:34,880 –> 00:08:39,400right now. far from being the end of life,17500:08:39,400 –> 00:08:43,099death is actually our way into the17600:08:43,099 –> 00:08:46,460glorious new life that God has promised17700:08:46,460 –> 00:08:49,080for us in the resurrection. that’s his17800:08:49,080 –> 00:08:52,760point here, the plant grows when the17900:08:52,799 –> 00:08:55,640seed dies and doesn’t grow without the18000:08:55,640 –> 00:08:58,200seed dying. unless the seeds dies, the18100:08:58,200 –> 00:09:00,719plant will not, cannot grow, what you so18200:09:00,719 –> 00:09:05,500does not come to life, unless it dies I18300:09:05,500 –> 00:09:08,299was making this very clear by way of an18400:09:08,299 –> 00:09:11,179answer. look death is not the end, it’s18500:09:11,179 –> 00:09:13,280not a reason for not believing in the18600:09:13,280 –> 00:09:15,080resurrection, it’s actually reason for18700:09:15,080 –> 00:09:17,659believing it after the pattern of18800:09:17,659 –> 00:09:19,419what you see with the seed and the18900:09:20,159 –> 00:09:23,640for all who believe in Christ, this is19000:09:23,640 –> 00:09:27,559actually how we get into the glorious19100:09:27,559 –> 00:09:30,580new life that God has promised and the19200:09:30,580 –> 00:09:32,900journey into that new life may be19300:09:32,900 –> 00:09:36,280difficult but the destination will be19400:09:36,280 –> 00:09:37,500glorious19500:09:37,500 –> 00:09:40,940that’s his first very brief answer19600:09:40,940 –> 00:09:44,859second question with what kind of body19700:09:45,020 –> 00:09:49,099do they come? verse 35, and his brief19800:09:49,099 –> 00:09:51,799answer to this is in verse 3719900:10:04,400 –> 00:10:07,520so the life of the seed that disintegrates in the ground20000:10:09,260 –> 00:10:14,460continues in the plant but obviously the20100:10:14,460 –> 00:10:20,219two are very different. What comes out of the ground when you’ve planted the20200:10:20,219 –> 00:10:26,820sunflower seed is obviously not a giant sunflower seed, what comes out of the20300:10:26,820 –> 00:10:32,859ground is a sunflower and the sunflower is far more glorious, far more beautiful20400:10:32,859 –> 00:10:41,059than the seed from which it came. The sunflower in other words is not the20500:10:41,059 –> 00:10:47,820recomposition of the seed. It is not the seed put back together again as it was20600:10:47,820 –> 00:10:53,239and in the same way the resurrection body will not be the recomposition of20700:10:53,239 –> 00:10:57,380the bodies that we have now it will not be these bodies put back together again20800:10:57,380 –> 00:11:05,140verse 38 God gives to each plant a body as he has chosen and to each kind of20900:11:05,140 –> 00:11:10,940seed its own body and the point of course is that in the same way God will21000:11:10,940 –> 00:11:16,340give us new bodies but the new bodies will not be a kind of recomposing of21100:11:16,340 –> 00:11:21,940what we have now they will be more glorious by far than the bodies that we21200:11:21,940 –> 00:11:29,359presently have now these are Paul’s brief answers to the two questions but21300:11:29,359 –> 00:11:35,419he goes on to give a much fuller explanation and we’ll see what that21400:11:35,419 –> 00:11:40,760explanation is in just a moment you’re listening to open the Bible with pastor21500:11:40,760 –> 00:11:45,280Colin Smith and a message called hope for tomorrow it’s part of our series21600:11:45,280 –> 00:11:50,919hope is a name based on 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and if you’ve missed any of21700:11:50,919 –> 00:11:54,119the series or if you want to go back and listen again don’t forget you can21800:11:54,119 –> 00:12:00,059always do that by coming online to our website open the Bible org UK there21900:12:00,059 –> 00:12:03,659you’ll find all the messages which have already gone out on air and you’ll also22000:12:03,659 –> 00:12:07,440find them as a podcast if that’s a better way for you to listen to pastor22100:12:07,440 –> 00:12:11,640Collins teaching and those are on all the main podcast sites search for open22200:12:11,640 –> 00:12:18,020the Bible UK and subscribe if you want to receive regular updates open the22300:12:18,020 –> 00:12:21,739Bible is supported by our listeners and if that’s something you’re considering22400:12:21,739 –> 00:12:24,619doing 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then23400:13:21,479 –> 00:13:27,359another four fish now Paul makes two distinctions in this verse and then in23500:13:27,559 –> 00:13:34,700verses that follow and the distinction here is a distinction of kind he’s23600:13:34,700 –> 00:13:42,280making the simple point that God has made more than one kind of body and23700:13:42,280 –> 00:13:51,599birds fish animals people all have bodies of different kinds and their23800:13:51,599 –> 00:13:57,520flesh is designed for living in different environments so very23900:13:57,520 –> 00:14:04,419obviously fish have bodies flesh designed for life underwater birds have24000:14:04,419 –> 00:14:11,460bodies flesh designed for life in the air animals have bodies flesh designed24100:14:11,460 –> 00:14:16,440for life on the ground and sometimes in very extreme temperatures24200:14:16,440 –> 00:14:25,219they all have bodies of flesh but their flesh is of different kinds and the24300:14:25,219 –> 00:14:32,260different kinds of flesh are given by God for life in different environments24400:14:32,260 –> 00:14:39,780God has made different kinds of bodies for different kinds of life now here’s24500:14:39,780 –> 00:14:47,260the point God has given to us bodies that are suited to our short life in24600:14:47,260 –> 00:14:51,159this world that’s by the way why they wait out because they were never24700:14:51,159 –> 00:14:59,840designed to last forever they were made for our short life in this world and in24800:14:59,840 –> 00:15:06,419the same way Paul is going to argue God will give us new bodies that are suited24900:15:06,440 –> 00:15:12,059to an everlasting life in the glory of his immediate presence25000:15:12,059 –> 00:15:18,080so the first distinction is a distinction of kind and he’s pointing to25100:15:18,080 –> 00:15:23,359the fact that the resurrection body will be a body of a different kind it will be25200:15:23,359 –> 00:15:30,460adapted to everlasting life in the presence of Almighty God the second25300:15:30,520 –> 00:15:37,719distinction is the distinction of glory and this is in verse 40 and 41 there25400:15:37,719 –> 00:15:45,039are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies but the glory of the heavenly is of one25500:15:45,039 –> 00:15:50,979kind and the glory of the earthly is of another that is one glory of the Sun25600:15:50,979 –> 00:15:56,260another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for stars differ from25700:15:56,880 –> 00:16:02,380in glory so in two verses he uses the word glory six times so you know what25800:16:02,380 –> 00:16:09,340these two verses are about about glory God’s glory is reflected25900:16:09,340 –> 00:16:14,559in all that he has made but clearly God has made some things26000:16:14,559 –> 00:16:21,659more glorious than others so the Sun is much more glorious than the moon and26100:16:21,739 –> 00:16:30,960some stars shine much brighter than others and Paul says in verse 42 so it26200:16:30,960 –> 00:16:38,880is with the Resurrection of the dead the bodies that God will give us in the26300:16:38,880 –> 00:16:48,080resurrection will be far more glorious than these bodies that we have now now26400:16:48,080 –> 00:16:55,979friends this is really really really important for this reason that the26500:16:55,979 –> 00:17:00,940bodies we have now are obviously the only bodies we’ve ever known and so it’s26600:17:00,940 –> 00:17:06,900natural for us to have a kind of sneaking suspicion that the resurrection26700:17:06,900 –> 00:17:13,479body will be something less that life beyond this world will somehow be a26800:17:14,180 –> 00:17:20,099of all the good things that we enjoy right now and do you see the point that26900:17:20,099 –> 00:17:24,500the Apostle Paul is pressing in on the minds and hearts of Christian believers27000:17:24,500 –> 00:17:28,079and that I hope is pressed into our minds and hearts today27100:17:28,079 –> 00:17:34,380he’s saying nothing could be further from the truth, nothing could be further27200:17:34,380 –> 00:17:41,739from the truth and in order to wet our appetite for what is yet to come in its27300:17:41,760 –> 00:17:49,400glory the Apostle Paul gives us a fourfold description of the Resurrection27400:17:49,400 –> 00:17:55,280Body so we looked at the analogy for us to consider here’s the description then27500:17:55,280 –> 00:18:00,859a fourfold description for us to save it I want you to try and take in the sheer27600:18:00,859 –> 00:18:10,359beauty and glory of this number one your resurrection body will be imperishable27700:18:10,760 –> 00:18:18,280imperishable verse 42 so it is with the resurrection of the dead what is27800:18:18,280 –> 00:18:26,520sown is perishable what is raised is imperishable I sometimes feel a little27900:18:26,520 –> 00:18:34,020bit sorry for poor old Lazarus remember he was raised from the dead by the Lord28000:18:34,020 –> 00:18:39,239Jesus Christ what a wonderful thing that was but he was brought back into life in28100:18:39,280 –> 00:18:44,699the same body in which he had died which of course meant that at some point in28200:18:44,699 –> 00:18:47,780the future the poor fellow had to go through the whole miserable business of28300:18:47,780 –> 00:18:54,500dying all over again now you see the point here in the word imperishable28400:18:54,500 –> 00:19:03,719Jesus rose in the power of an endless life and your resurrection body will be28500:19:04,079 –> 00:19:20,380Your resurrection body will never age it will never tire, it will never decline, it will never suffer illness and it28600:19:20,380 –> 00:19:24,300will never lose capacity isn’t that good news28700:19:24,699 –> 00:19:31,000and people say by the way you can’t put an old head on young shoulders but in28800:19:31,000 –> 00:19:36,199the resurrection the wisdom of maturity will be combined with the strength and28900:19:36,199 –> 00:19:43,339vigor of youth all of God’s people will flourish we will be all that god has29000:19:43,339 –> 00:19:51,000created us to be and we will enjoy all that god has created us to enjoy your29100:19:51,000 –> 00:19:57,239resurrection body will be imperishable second he tells us your resurrection29200:19:58,020 –> 00:20:05,300be glorious it is sown in dishonor it is raised in glory they remember that29300:20:05,300 –> 00:20:10,719Moses was in the presence of God at Mount Sinai and when he came down from29400:20:10,719 –> 00:20:16,900being in the presence of God his face was radiant it’s shawn there was a glory29500:20:16,900 –> 00:20:22,859about him do you remember when Jesus took Peter and James and John up the29600:20:22,859 –> 00:20:29,180mountain and he was transfigured before them they caught a glimpse of the future29700:20:29,180 –> 00:20:34,180glory of Jesus and what was it like well there was a brightness there was a29800:20:34,180 –> 00:20:41,060radiance there was a glory that they saw in him and in the resurrection there29900:20:41,060 –> 00:20:49,060will be a brightness there will be a radiance there will be a glory about you30000:20:49,239 –> 00:20:58,560you’ll never see a long face in the resurrection glorious shining radiant30100:20:58,560 –> 00:21:07,060joy-filled third your resurrection body will be powerful it is sown in weakness30200:21:07,060 –> 00:21:14,780it is raised in power professor Donald mcLeod wrote these words about the30300:21:14,920 –> 00:21:19,959resurrection body I just love this description he says and I quote it will30400:21:19,959 –> 00:21:27,979have more energy more stamina more athleticism more speed more30500:21:27,979 –> 00:21:35,540coordination and more durability than it ever had before isn’t that good news30600:21:35,540 –> 00:21:43,400and then he writes this the scenario is a thrilling one brilliant minds in30700:21:43,459 –> 00:21:49,839powerful bodies in a transformed universe that’s going to be glorious30800:21:49,839 –> 00:21:55,339this is what lies ahead of you brothers sister in the Lord Jesus Christ a mind30900:21:55,339 –> 00:22:01,920that is opened and expanded in all new ways a body that has strength that you31000:22:01,920 –> 00:22:08,400have never known before and a transformed sin free universe the home of31100:22:08,400 –> 00:22:15,500righteousness where you will rejoice in the presence of God forever and forever31200:22:15,500 –> 00:22:19,579you’ve been listening to pastor Colin Smith on open the Bible with a message31300:22:19,579 –> 00:22:24,660called hope for tomorrow it’s part of our series hope is a name and if you’ve31400:22:24,660 –> 00:22:27,660missed any of the series or if you want to go back and listen again31500:22:27,660 –> 00:22:33,699that’s easy to do by coming on our website openthebible.org UK or31600:22:33,699 –> 00:22:38,500by finding us as a podcast on all the main podcast sites search for open the31700:22:38,500 –> 00:22:41,619Bible UK or follow a link from our website31800:22:41,619 –> 00:22:47,180open the Bible is supported financially by our listeners and if you already give31900:22:47,180 –> 00:22:51,900to 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Well I think the first32900:23:37,300 –> 00:23:42,739thing is it’s an absolutely fascinating read I mean Lee Strobel was an atheist33000:23:42,739 –> 00:23:47,180when he began exploring the Christian faith and in The Case for Easter he33100:23:47,180 –> 00:23:51,699retraces his own steps, showing the biblical evidence that led him to33200:23:51,900 –> 00:23:57,439believe that Jesus really rose from the dead and the compelling evidence on33300:23:57,439 –> 00:24:01,060which we can take a reasoned step of faith is really placed before us in the33400:24:01,060 –> 00:24:04,839Gospels. The reality is that there are many people who’ve not seriously33500:24:04,839 –> 00:24:10,300considered it. Well The Case for Easter can help Christians come to clarity33600:24:10,300 –> 00:24:15,540about why we believe in the resurrection and it can help to provide a pathway to33700:24:15,540 –> 00:24:20,000faith for someone who’s just beginning to explore Christianity. Well the case33800:24:20,719 –> 00:24:25,239for Easter by Lee Strobel and Collin’s book, Six Days that Changed the World, as33900:24:25,239 –> 00:24:30,640well as a lovely Open the Bible tote bag, bookmark and pen are our gift to you if34000:24:30,640 –> 00:24:35,420you’re able to set up a new direct debit to the work of Open the Bible this month34100:24:35,420 –> 00:24:39,660in the amount of five pounds per month or more or a one-off gift of34200:24:39,660 –> 00:24:45,599fifty pounds or more. 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