The Ultimate Upgrade By Tim Badal

I was willing to live. I was willing to give. I was willing to serve. I was willing to proclaim. I was willing to make every moment count because I knew one day I would stand before you and what I wanted to hear was well done, good and faithful servants. Is that your aim? Is that your goal? Is that your desire? Because if it's not, if you're simply using Jesus as an upgrade, you're missing the gospel in its entirety. [00:39:59] (26 seconds)  #WellDoneFaithfulServant

But one final thing I want you to see of Jesus' resurrected body is that it carried the scars of its earthly journey. When Jesus comes and appears to the disciples, notice he tells Thomas, see my hands, look at my side. Those scars of being crucified and being pierced for our transgressions and Thomas was able to touch them and they were reminders not of scars of pain but remembrances of great victories. [00:27:38] (32 seconds)  #ScarsOfVictory

Some of us are unconcerned about eternity because we have fallen in love with the here and now. We are so involved with what's going on here that we don't want eternity to come. Well, that's a problem. What that tells you is you're not groaning enough. And the holy spirit will cause you to groan because he'll say that you're made for something more than this. [00:31:32] (24 seconds)  #GroanForEternity

He wants to tell you that in midst all of this that while your body may be fading away, there's a glory that is being revealed, he talks about earlier in the book. There's a glory that is coming and that glory, notice what verse one says, is this building that God has for us. Notice this is a building from God. We don't create this building. It's a building. Well, what's the difference between a building and a tent? Durability. [00:22:35] (26 seconds)  #GodBuiltNotTent

There's nothing left. There's nothing that's going to happen. You go into the grave, no different than than you burying an an animal that you had. They lived, they've died, it's over. Can I just say really really quickly with all due respect, what a terrible way to live your life? What a sad sad way to live your life and and if you really truly believe that, think about it. [00:11:32] (26 seconds)  #DeathIsNotTheEnd

That no matter what's going on, no matter how difficult life may be, when eternity is on our mind, we can be of good courage. That's why when I am with the brothers and sisters who are about to die, I'm blown away by their courage. I'm gonna be with Jesus soon. I'm gonna be with him in all of this struggle and all of this pain, it'll be gone. Something glorious is going to come. [00:33:03] (26 seconds)  #CourageFacingDeath

Lord, we we pray and we groan about these things because we know that wasn't your intention for us but sin got in the way. And we look forward to a day where there'll be no more wars, no more trials, no more tribulation, no more pain and suffering. And and we hold to that promise because of the finished work of Jesus on the cross. [00:04:40] (20 seconds)  #HopeInFinishedWork

Yes. There's heaven and there's a place and it's a dwelling place, but God is in the construction business and he's not just building a city for us, but he's building a house for us. He's going to build us new bodies. Now the bible doesn't say a lot of what those new bodies are gonna look like. When it does, it always gives the impression that it will take our breath away and it's so much better, so much grander than what we have here. [00:24:03] (30 seconds)  #GodIsBuildingBodies