 Okay, welcome back after the break. Just before we went for our break, we looked at, I read Jacken's question. Okay, Jesus showed himself after his resurrection to Mary, Magdalene and other disciples, so where they're actually able to see Jesus in His glory. In one instance, he told them, told her not to touch him, but we see that he still ate the disciples. So how was Jesus different in appearance before and after his resurrection? Now, according to the Bible, we see that after resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples and he also instructed Mary, Magdalene not to touch him because he has not yet ascended to the Father. We read this in John chapter 20, verse 17. Now, there are different interpretations for why Jesus told Mary, Magdalene not to touch him. One interpretation is basically they say that Jesus wanted to emphasize the spiritual nature of his resurrection and in fact that he is no longer bound by physical limitations. And the other is that he did not want Mary, Magdalene to cling on to him, to hold on to him and not let him go. Okay, so here actually the confusion is regarding what Jesus meant, mostly owing to the phrase in the older King James version that says, touch me not. So something that Jesus told Mary not to touch him in any way so that his contact with her would somehow defile him. But that is not what is probably meant by what some theologians or commentary writers say. But we need to actually look at it in the Greek word and in the Greek tense, the Greek words have different tense. And so we have to study the Greek words in its different tense, present tense, past tense, present future, etc. So here it is actually the Greek word is the present imperative with the negative means, when the negative meaning is stop doing something rather than don't do something. Okay, so basically what Jesus was saying is not that Mary you don't hold on to me that I will be defiled, but he's saying don't hold on to me in the sense, don't keep me detained here. Don't hold on to me that I keep here, I have to meet others, I have other things to do. And then don't hold on to me for dear life means now you need, I have resurrected. There's the Holy Spirit who I'm going to give, who's going to come and minister to you, so just don't hold on to me in that sense. So, and also, yes, Jesus resurrected body was different. We look at how it is different, but yet, you know, it had some similarities to his pre-resurrection body. And, you know, so there is some similarities that are there, but the whole aspect of why he told her not to hold on to him was, you know, he didn't want to be detained there or held on with Mary. He had other things that he, you know, had to do. And also that, you know, he wanted to tell Mary that, you know, don't keep like a master, like a shepherd just holding on. But, you know, you need to go on with life. There is the Holy Spirit who's going to come and who's going to help you. Okay. And it's also true that two of Jesus' disciples did not recognize him when he walked with him on the road to Emias. That is Luke chapter 24, verses 13 to 22. But Luke specifically mentions there and tells us this was because their eyes were kept from recognizing him. Okay. Luke 24 was 16. And later when Luke says mentions that their eyes were opened, they recognized him, which he writes about it in the same chapter. Luke chapter 24, verse 31. Now Mary, Nigelene failed to recognize Jesus only for a moment. That is in John chapter 20, verses 14 to 16. But it could have been because it was still very dark. And also she was looking for Jesus when she had come first time. And it was still dark as it says in John chapter 20, verse 1. But when she turned to speak to Jesus at once, she recognized him. We look at this in John chapter 20, verse 16. Now in other occasions, you know, the disciples seemed to recognize Jesus very, very quickly. Matthew chapter 28, verse 9, verse 17. John chapter 20, verses 19 to 20. 26 to 28. John chapter 21, verses 7 and 12. We see on these occasions, the disciples quickly recognized Jesus. So when Jesus appeared to the 11 disciples in Jerusalem, you know, they were initially startled. They were frightened. We read about this in Luke chapter 24, verses 33 and 37. But yet when they touched Jesus' hands and his feet, you know, and when they watched him eat the piece of fish, they were convinced that this was Jesus. And that in fact rose from the dead. So all of these instances are examples that indicate that, you know, there was a considerable degree of continuity between the physical appearance of Jesus before, you know, after his death and his resurrection. So there was a physical continuity because the way he looked, he also had the scars on his hand and his feet. Now why? Okay, I'll come to that. So in fact, Jesus had a physical body which could be touched, but he had to be handled after the resurrection, you know, as seen by the disciples, because they took hold of his feet. We read this in Matthew chapter 28, verse 9. And that he appeared to the disciples on the road to Emmaus. He walked and traveled along with them just like any other traveler on the road. Luke chapter 24, he took bread and he broke it. Luke chapter 24 was 30. He ate a piece of fish which demonstrates to us very clearly that Jesus had a physical body after his resurrection. And he was not just a spirit being, but Mary taught him to be a gardener. In John chapter 20, verse 15, she could not recognize Jesus. She thought he was a gardener, but when he showed her his hands and his feet, John chapter in verse 20, and then he invited Thomas to touch his hand and his feet and his side. John chapter 20, verse 27, and he appeared to his disciples in the sea of Tiberius, John chapter 21. So all of this, we explicitly or we just clearly see that Jesus was perfectly him, that he had this human body, they touched his hand, his feet, they handled him. And in Luke chapter 24, verse 39, Jesus says, you know, look at me, see me. For a spirit has no flesh and bones as you see that I have. Okay, if you look at Luke chapter 24, verse 39, Jesus says, hey, I'm not a spirit being. I'm flesh and bones and body because you've touched me and you've seen me. And I'm not like a spirit being with no flesh and bones. This is what Jesus said in Luke chapter 24, verse 39. And Peter and the disciples ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. Acts chapter 10, verse 41, which Peter testifies to that fact. So all these examples basically indicate to us that there was a considerable continuity between the physical appearance of Jesus before his death and after his resurrection. Yet, even though we say that he had, there was a physical continuity, he had this physical body. But just like I said in the beginning of the class, it was a more transformed body. It was not the same body which he had as before his death, which was subject to aging weaknesses and eventually death. But there was a transformation in the sense that, you know, he put on immortality. A body that was put on became from mortal to immortal. First Corinthians chapter 15, verse 53. We also say that Paul says the resurrection body is raised imperishable with power in glory and a spiritual body. First Corinthians chapter 15, verse 42 to 44. So even though he had the same kind of a physical body, but it was a transformed physical body that each one of us will also have, which will be raised imperishable with power in glory. Where is Prince? In glory, in power and a spiritual body. Okay, so it was not subject to weakening, aging or to eternal death. So, Jack's question, the other part is, you know, was, so were they actually able to see Jesus in his glory? No, because only Jesus says in his, in his prayer in John chapter 17, Father, when I come to you, give me back the glory. He had not yet ascended back to the Father. So from what we see from scripture, what we can interpret, you know, he's not had gone back to the Father. So he's not yet received the glory of deity. If he had the glory of deity in his, in his resurrected body, then none of his disciples could see him. He could not eat with them. They could not even touch it. Okay. So did that help Jack in? Anyone has any other questions based on this? Thank you, Jack in. Yes, sir. So Jesus was not in his glorified body when he resurrected and showed himself to the disciples. Just a transformed physical body, but he had not yet received his glory because he had not yet ascended to the Father. So it would be the same thing for us if we resurrected or rose from the dead. We will have the imperishable body. We are not subject to any weakness aging. Yes, spiritual bodies. So we can't have the glory of deity, right? We are not deity. We can have the glory of deity. But we will have glorified bodies. Yes, we will have glorified bodies. Glorified bodies means it will not be like these bodies that are perishable, subject to weakness and aging. Or we talk about glorified bodies. Okay. Yes. Any other questions? No? If not, we will move on to... Yes, Sean, can you please take the mic and speak into it, please? Ma'am, when we talk about Jesus and Thomas, when Jesus, when Thomas said, I won't believe unless I touch him. So wasn't that time mostly for Thomas to know that Jesus was real or not? I can't understand what you are saying, sorry. I am talking about Jesus. Thomas touching Jesus' side and his son, yes. At that time, wasn't it because Thomas didn't believe that Jesus came the disciple? Yes. Thomas did not believe that is why Jesus tells him. Yeah, so wasn't the point of... Then later on he said that, do you believe because you see me? How happy are those who believe without seeing me? How blessed are those who without seeing believe, yes. So at that point, wasn't it more like a point or a statement he is making to Thomas? Yes. Yeah. And also, it's something that we can rejoice in that we don't see the body of Jesus. We can't touch him, see him, but yet we believe. So there's the hope for us that we are in the right place. Yes. Okay, what I missed out saying was that why did Jesus in his glorified body, I mean his resurrected body, that is like the glorified body, why did he have scars that pierced the spear that pierced his side? There was scar that was made, his nail pierced his hands, his feet. Why were the scars still there? Literally a hole, right? If it has to go through and come out and be held on, it has to be like a deep hole. So why was the scar still there? Yes, actually it was Jesus who chose to keep it as a proof of his work for us. Why he did that is we don't know, but he chose to do that, which means do we, will we when our glorified body have scars, mental scars, emotional scars that we go through in life, accident scars, you know, will we have that or will we, you know, if we lose our hand or a limb or a leg or something when we were living on this earth, when we are resurrected, we will not have that hand or leg. No, we will raise, we will raise perfect, okay, without any scars. But why did Jesus have those scars because he chose to have those scars? Ma'am, actually most people sometimes what happens is, especially when you look at the people in the army, like when they get scars or something, most of them are usually proud of that because they know that when they look back on the scars, they know that what they fought for, you know, they risked their life for something, you know, it's like a good reminder for them. Even though something they caught out of pain, it's a good reminder that, you know, I earned this. Maybe the same, it's the same thing for Jesus that he's done this, he's died for us on the cross. I don't think Jesus needed that thing to prove that, hey, I've fulfilled the work, I've done the work. It was not for himself, it was, it would be for us. It would be for us that what he has done. So, yeah. Thank you, Sean. The reason I say this is because when God made a covenant with Noah, he said he'll make a rainbow in order to show that it's keeping his covenant. So, that's why I said that. That is for man, yes. He doesn't need to show that, you know, he's, he needs something to remind himself of the covenant. But yes, it's for man, yeah. Thank you, Sean. So, we were looking, before we went for the break, we were looking at the doctrinal significance of the resurrection. Christ's resurrection ensures a regeneration, means talking about new life. We also saw Ephesians chapter one was 19 and 20. Paul connects the resurrection of Christ with the spiritual work, spiritual power that is at work within us. So, here in Ephesians chapter one, verses 19 to 20, Paul says that by power, the power that God used to raise Jesus back from death to life is the same power that is at work within us. So, Paul further sees us raise in Christ when he says, you know, in Romans chapter six, verses four to 11, we were buried therefore with him by baptism into death so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life. So, you also must consider yourself dead to sin and alive in God, in Christ Jesus. Romans chapter six, verses four and 11. So, this new resurrection identity that we have, the spiritual identity that we have in Christ includes the power in us, gives us the power to gain more and more victory over overcoming sin, the power of sin, the dominion of sin in our body like Paul says in Romans chapter six, verse four and 11 and also in verse 14 of Romans chapter six, where he says, you know, we have the power to gain victory, more and more victory over remaining sins in our life. So, yes, the power of sin is not completely broken over our lives but Christ has finished the work on the cross and his resurrection is a proof that what he did on the cross is a complete, you know, full sufficient, complete thing and God the Father was satisfied with Christ's work on the cross. Like I said last class, I explained last class, that is the whole significance of resurrection. The very fact that Christ resurrected from the dead, God caused Jesus to raise up from the dead was because he was satisfied with the price or the penalty or the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross for our sins. Christ, God the Father was satisfied with the atonement of sin. He was satisfied with the payment of sin, the penalty of sin was paid fully and Christ's sacrifice made that full sufficient and perfect sacrifice and because he was satisfied with what Christ has done, he resurrected him back from dead to life in an imperishable, glorious body. So Christ's resurrection gives us new life in our spirit man. It also gives us the power, the same power that raised Jesus back from dead to life the same power that is working in us to do science, miracles and wonders and not only that, also the same power that is working in us to overcome sin, the dominion of sin, the power of sin and to gain more and more victory over the remaining sins in our life because Paul says this in Romans chapter 6 verse 4 verse 11 verse 14 where he says sin will have no dominion over you. Why will sin have no dominion over you? Because Christ resurrected from the dead and when he resurrected from the dead his resurrection power is at working in us, is powerfully working in us and gives us the power to gain more and more victory over the remaining sin in our life. Look at what Romans chapter 6 verse 6 and verse 7 says. Can one of you please read loudly Romans chapter 6 verse 6 and verse 7 please. Romans chapter 6 verse 6 knowing this that our old man was crucified with him that the body of sin might be done away with that we should no longer be slaves of sin. Verse 7. For he who has died for us has been freed from sin. Okay that's enough. Amen. Thank you. So Paul says that the old man was crucified with Christ which means our old sinful nature was nailed on the cross. Jesus took it upon himself and he was crucified on the cross. That is the old man is talking about the old atomic nature, our old sinful nature that was in our spirit man was crucified on the cross. So the human spirit, our human spirit has a nature. Okay, so before we are born again, our human spirit had what kind of nature? Atomic nature, sinful nature, the old man nature. So, but when we are born again, we are born again into the life of Christ which means we have the life of Christ in the new life of Christ which he purchased for us on the cross in our spirit man. So when we say our spirit man has a nature, we are basically talking or when we are saying that the nature of the old man or the nature of the new man we are basically meaning who we are in our heart, in our soul, a very core being, a very essence of our character, who we are. In our old nature, the old man, the very essence of our nature, the very essence of our character was to yield to sinful nature. But when we are born again, we are born again in our spirit man. So our spirit man has the nature and the life of Christ which means has the nature and life of Christ, means has the nature not to yield to sin, to overcome sin and to overpower sin. So the nature of the born again human spirit is referred to as the new man. So don't think, okay, hey man, the Bible says you know I'm born again, I'm a new creation, I'm a new man but why I have these tendencies to go back to my old sinful nature? It's basically talking about born again in our spirit man. So when our spirit is yielding continually to the Holy Spirit then we will be renewed in our souls, okay, in our mind, in our emotions and in our body. So the nature of the new man has the tendency or inclination not to yield to sin but to live a holy and righteous life. So that is why there is always a tug-of-war happening in yourself, right? There's a big tug-of-war, you know what's a tug-of-war, right? You know in sports day you have this rope, one group decide one group and this pulling, one side is winning sometimes, other side is winning sometimes. So there is always a tug-of-war in your sinful nature, your cravings of your physical body, your mind, your emotions, wanting to do something, the spirit wants you to do something else, okay? So there is always a sun but we always have to listen to our spirit man and yields to our spirit man, okay? So for the believer the old man has been brought to an end and old man has been brought to an end means in our spirit being our old nature has been brought to an end. The old man is destroyed, the body of sin which is representing the power of sin, the dominion of sin, the nature of sin is done away with, it's destroyed, it's nullified, it's rendered as inoperative in our spirit man. So the power of sin has been broken in our spirit man because Jesus broke it on the cross. We no longer have a sinful nature in our inner person which is exerting its influence from inside out and hence we are no longer slaves to sin but God has set us free from the power of sin because when he was crucified on the cross our old man was also crucified, our body of sin was also crucified and hence we are now a new creature, a new, have a new nature of the likeness and the nature of Christ in our spirit man, okay? So the work has been completed, it's a present tense, it's not a past tense, it's a present tense spiritual reality of who we are in Christ, that in Christ you know the power of sin, the body of sin, the dominion of sin is destroyed, is done away, is rendered inoperative. So the believer does not have the old man or the old sinful nature in their spirit man but the believer is a new man and that is why scripture says we are, the new man is born again, is born from above, okay? We read this in John chapter 3 verse 3, okay? We are born from above, we are born of God, 1 John chapter 5 verse 1, we are the seed of God, 1 John chapter 3 verse 9, we have the nature of God, 2 Peter chapter 1 verse 4 and we have the life and the zoe life and the nature of God, that is 1 John chapter 5 verse 12, okay? Do you want to take it down? So I'm going to repeat it very slowly. So the, we are born from above, John chapter 3 verse 3, we are born from above, John chapter 3 verse 3, we are born of God, 1 John 5 1, we are born of God, 1 John 5 1, we are born with the seed of God, we are born with the seed of God, seed means inheritance, you know, genetic genealogy, okay? 1 John chapter 3 verse 9, we have the nature of God, 2 Peter chapter 1 verse 4, we have the zoe life and the nature of God, which is 1 John chapter 5 verse 12, 5 verse 12, we have the zoe life and the nature of God, 1 John chapter 5 verse 12. Now all this is not just to be in our notes, it's something that we need to declare it over our lives. Only when we keep speaking it over our lives, when we declare it, that's when we will live in the reality of what Christ has achieved for us or purchased for us on the cross, okay? So all of this is a reality, it's not something that happened in the past, the present tense reality. We can always live in this present tense reality when we can say, hey, you know, I'm not able to overcome this sin, I'm always back answering, I'm always snapping at others, I'm always getting angry fast or you know, I have the spirit of pride and I'm not able to get over it, but you need to declare who you are in Christ, you need to declare, hey, this sin has been broken, has been done away with, it's destroyed, my old man has been destroyed, it's rendered inoperative, you know, the power of sin over my life is broken and I speak that in the name of Jesus over my life that this power of sin is inoperative, is broken, I'm no longer a slave to this anger, to this jealousy, to this, you know, snapping back at others, to, you know, talking ill of others, to always grumbling, complaining, murmuring, all of that because my old man has crucified, God, I want Jesus, I want to live in that new man, the new nature and I pray that I will speak things that are positive, I will stop grumbling, you know, whatever is your behavior, you know, you declare that over your life and also declare who you are in Christ, okay? So it's very important that we speak this because the more we speak this and decree this over our lives, the more we are going to, it's going to become a reality and we are going to live in that reality in that truth. So the resurrection power of Jesus helps us to gain more and more victory over sin, over temptation, over every other, you know, attitudes in our life. Also the resurrection power, the power that raised Jesus back from death to life, that is operated in us, that is in us, also gives us the power to minister and to do the work of the kingdom, okay? How do we know this? We see that after Jesus resurrected, he promised his disciples in Acts chapter one, verse eight, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you shall be my witnesses, not you shall be Superman, Superwoman, Batman, Batwoman, Spider-Man, doing all the powers, you know, showing for those powers, but you will be my witnesses. Witnesses means what? Preaching the big commission, preaching, teaching, baptizing, following that with science, miracles and wonders in Judea Samaria and the end zone of the Earth, excuse me, sorry. So here we see that the resurrection power is also made available for us. The resurrection power is the power to minister, to do ministry, to build God's kingdom in a powerful way that will impact people and the world for the kingdom of God. So this new, intensified power, you know, this power that we have is called the dunamis. The word power is dunamis. So the same dunamis that raised Jesus back from death to life, is the same dunamis that is in us. So dunamis, you know, it's a dynamite, right? Keep, if I keep a dynamite here, this whole building and the other structures around us will be raised to the ground. Okay, that is the power that is in us. So we need to be also aware of the power that we have in us and not shy away and say, hey, don't pray for this person if they are not well or if I don't give them a word of wisdom or knowledge or if it's a wrong word of wisdom or knowledge, they'll make fun of me. But just say, God, I have that dunamis power. The same power that raised you back from death to life is in me and I want your Holy Spirit to manifest yourself, manifest your dunamis power in and through this ministry, in and through this person's life. So this new, intensified dunamis power is also for proclaiming the gospel, working of miracles and overcoming every work of the enemy and it was given to the disciples after Christ's resurrection. Okay, after Christ's resurrection, it was given to his disciples. Yes, we read in John chapter 20, verse 21 and 22, you know, when Jesus suddenly appeared to the disciples and they were all in this closed room with doors and windows all closed, he suddenly appears to them and he breathes on them and he said, receive the Holy Spirit. But then afterwards we see in Luke chapter 24, Acts chapter 1, Acts chapter 2, Jesus just before the ascended, he says, hey, you wait in Jerusalem, you will be clothed with power. The Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will receive power. Now, when Jesus already breathed the Holy Spirit on them, we read this in John chapter 20, verse 21 and 22. Why does he say in Luke chapter 24, Acts chapter 1, Acts chapter 2, wait in Jerusalem to be clothed with power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you? Because in John chapter 20, 21 and 22, when Jesus breathes on them, it's basically them being born again. It cannot be born again till Jesus died for them for that since. Okay, so when Jesus resurrected and he came, they had the born again experience and after their born again experience, then he tells them, you will be clothed with power. So they already had the indwelling power. That means indwelling power. John chapter 20, when we are born again, the Holy Spirit comes and lives in us. Now they had to have the infilling power of the Holy Spirit, which is when they will be baptized in the Holy Spirit and that is what happens in Acts chapter 2. Okay, so we see that the disciples receive this power to preach, to teach, to do mighty science miracles and wonders and to overcome the enemy after Christ resurrected from the dead. And it was part of this new resurrection power that characterized their Christian lives. Okay, Nina John says, the believers who have gone on ahead and are with the Lord have a spiritual body like Moses and Elijah at the transfiguration who were recognizable and had a body. The resurrected body is yet to happen for everybody, all believers which will happen at the second coming. So those who are absent from the body already who are gone to be with the Lord are they present with the Lord now with the spiritual body? Yes, the spiritual body, yes, they have the resurrected body. So when Christ comes again and he takes us all, those who are left behind, we will have that spiritual, we will receive those spiritual bodies and they are now in paradise. Yes, so those who believe are in paradise, just like when Christ died, he went down to Hades now just before Christ died, before his death, Hades is basically talking about the grave. So it had two compartments, one was paradise, the other was like hell, sorry, sure, yes, sure hell. So all those who like Abraham and all of those people were in paradise and all those who were not righteous before God rejected him in hell. And when Jesus died and he rose again, he took along with him captives. I think it is what Ephesians, somewhere in Ephesians, right? He took along with him, yeah. Ephesians chapter four was eight, it says, therefore he says, when he ascended on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts to men. Now this he ascended, what does it mean that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth. So here when he says he ascended on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts to men. It's basically, he took along with him those who were in paradise. He took along with him to heaven. Okay, so that is where they are and those who are not believers and not people who are righteous are still in hell, in Hades, not the burning fire hell, but in a temporal place which is called Hades, which will be the lake of burning fire hell, which there will be thrown after the great white throne judgment. Yeah, but just like Jesus had this glorified resurrected body, they were able to recognize him likewise Moses and Elijah at the transfiguration were also recognizable. Yes, because they had that glorified resurrected bodies, just like Christ and the resurrected body is yet to happen for everybody, all of us who are still left on earth, yes. We are still yet to receive that resurrected glorified bodies, which will happen for those of us who are left behind, but first Corinthians chapter 15 says, in the twinkling of the eye, we will all be raised up and will have these glorified bodies, those of us who are not dead at that time when Jesus comes, we will have that glorified body. Yeah, so did that help answer your question, Nina, John? Okay, we'll move on to Christ's resurrection. We saw that Christ's resurrection, the first one, we're looking at doctrinal significance of Christ's resurrection. The first thing Christ's resurrection ensures are regeneration, new life, the power to overcome sin, power to do ministry. Okay, the second point is Christ's resurrection ensures our justification. Okay, so there's only one passage in the Bible, Romans chapter four was 25, so can one of you please return to Romans chapter four was 25, and in this passage Paul explicitly connects Christ's resurrection with our justification or justification means we being declared not guilty, we being declared righteous before God. And so look at what Paul says in Romans chapter four was 25. Yes, Prince. Romans chapter four was 25. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. Yes, so Paul says that he was put to death for our trespasses. We looked at, you know, all the things what Christ did when he died, when all he took upon himself, what he did for us, what he did for us, and he was raised for our justification. So when Christ was raised from the dead, it was actually like I explained last week, but I'm going to explain again, when Christ was raised from the dead, it was God declaring his approval of Christ's work of redemption, because Christ humbled himself and became obedient to the death, even death on the cross, Philippians chapter two was eight, Philippians chapter two was nine, it says, and God highly exalted him. So by raising Christ back from death to life, the father in effect was saying that he approved of Christ's work of suffering, his dying for our sins, the work was completed, that Christ no longer had any need to remain dead, the full penalty for sin was paid once for all, the wrath of God was atoned for, no more wrath of God needs to be born, or no one needs to bear the wrath of God anymore, there was no more guilt, there was no more punishment, all had been completely paid for and no guilt remained. So that is why Christ, or God the Father resurrected Christ back from death, because when he resurrected Christ back from the dead, he was saying I approve of what you have done, and you find favor in my sight, that is what God the Father was telling God the Son, when he rose back from the dead, he was saying, I approve of what you have done and you have found favor in my sight, which means he is saying, hey, you can be resurrected now, the guilt has been atoned for, the payment has been made for, the wrath is no longer there, the work is completed, everything has been done. So this explains how Paul can say, in Romans chapter 4 verse 25 he was raised for our justification, he was raised for our justification, not for his justification because he was sinless, he was raised for our justification, and in Ephesians chapter 4, sorry, Ephesians chapter 2 verse 6 where it says, God raised us up with Christ, which means that we are raised up with Christ, means we are now made righteous before God, we have a right standing before God, God looks at us just as if we have never sinned, we have been justified before God. And so because of this union with Christ, you know spiritually we identify with Christ's death, his burial, his resurrection, his ascension, and his exaltation, because of this union with Christ, we have united with Christ in his death, in his burial, in his resurrection, his ascension, his exaltation, God is declaring us also as approved because we are in union with Christ. So he's also declaring approval of us. So another beautiful thing about Christ's resurrection is that we have been justified and God approves of us. Not that we have done anything great that he approves of us, it's because Christ has been approved and has been approved and his approval of Christ's work because we are united with Christ. So we are also being approved, which means we are also being seen as made righteous and also those who have been justified. So when the father said to Christ, all the penalty for sins has been prayed for, I find you not guilty but righteous in my sight, he was thereby declaring or making this declaration that would apply to us also as those who believe in Christ, those who trust in Christ for salvation that we have also been justified. We are also being made righteous. So in this way, Christ's righteousness, or sorry, Christ's resurrection is giving us the final proof that we have earned our justification. If Christ was not resurrected from the dead, there will be no proof for our justification for us being made righteous but Christ's resurrection gives the final proof that we have earned our righteousness that we have earned our justification. All of you with me? All of you lost? Okay. The third thing is Christ's resurrection ensures that we will also receive perfect resurrected bodies as well. Now, 1 Corinthians chapter 15 was, you know, we saw that Christ is the first foods of those who have been raised up from the dead. So you know, because of that it shows that when we raise up from the dead we also believe in him will also have resurrected bodies when he finally raises us up from the dead and brings us into his presence. So after Christ's resurrection, you know, he had still his nail, you know, the nail prints in his hand and his feet, the mark on his side, but we will not have any, like we read in John chapter 20 verse 27, but we will not have any of these cars. We will not have any injuries, wounds. We have received in this life, but we will have perfect whole bodies that are imperishable and that are glorious and spiritual bodies. Now, why did Christ have it? Because he chose to have those cars as an eternal reminder of his sufferings and his death for us. So it's going to be an eternal reminder of his sufferings and death for us. Just another point I have is what is the ethical significance of the resurrection? What is the ethical significance of our resurrection? Paul sees that the resurrection has application to our obedience to God in this life. So after a long section of resurrection that he discusses in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, Paul concludes this in verse 58. Look at what he says in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 58. Can one of you please read that? 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 58 Paul concludes by encouraging his leaders. What does he encourage? Therefore my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Amen. Thank you Nina, John. So it says, therefore my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord knowing that the labor in the Lord is not in vain. Now it's because Christ was raised from the dead, we too have been raised from the dead. Spiritually we should continue steadfastly in the work of the Lord. This is because everything that we do has eternal significance, eternal consequences because we are bringing people from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. We are building them up in the faith. We are strengthening them, nurturing them, edifying them in the faith and all this has eternal significance because one day we will be raised when Christ returns from the dead and we shall live with him for ever. So all that we are going to do has eternal significance. So every sermon that you preach, every gospel message that you preach, everything that you teach, what gospel salvation message that you're sharing with people you're praying has eternal significance and we need to continually be steadfast in the work of the Lord. Second thing is Paul encourages us that when we think about resurrection to focus about the future, about our heavenly rewards because it says your labor in the Lord is not going to be in vain. Yes, we will go through struggles, challenges, but we need to persevere, we need to end the struggle, we need to be steadfast knowing that we will receive an eternal reward. We will receive a reward when we meet our Savior face to face. We will receive rewards from him. We will continue with this, the third ethical application, the next class, but we'll end here. Anyone has any questions? Any questions? Online students? Man is actually regarding the exam coming this week. You want to know about the exam? Yeah. Okay, that's separate for the in-person, I'll answer that separately. Anyone, no questions? Okay, if there are no questions we'll end class, we'll continue with the last bit next week. Thank you all for joining class. Have a good day and the rest of the week and see you next Wednesday. Thank you.