Salvation Series: Glorifaction

Story

"The Shawshank Redemption" is a story about Andy Dufresne, a banker wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary. Andy befriends Red, an inmate who becomes his closest friend and confidant. Despite facing harsh conditions and abuse, Andy maintains his integrity and resilience. He uses his financial expertise to help prison officials with their money laundering, while secretly planning his escape. Through perseverance and careful execution of his plan, Andy ultimately escapes from Shawshank, leaving behind evidence of corruption and finding his long-awaited freedom.

On the last night of his escape, theres these beauitful picture of shame turning to glory, where he crawls through sewage pipe and pucking and all, until he gets to a river and he rips his clothe and the rain is showering him and he rejoices.

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." - Andy Dufresne

The Why

This movie remind me of our salvation, When Jesus comes he brings our ultimate freedom from slavery and restores all things.

Story

The story begins with the Israelites, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, living in slavery in Egypt. They are subjected to harsh labor and oppression by the Egyptian Pharaoh, who fears their growing numbers.

God chooses Moses, a Hebrew man raised in Pharaoh's household, to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Moses, accompanied by his brother Aaron, confronts Pharaoh and demands the release of the Israelite people.

When Pharaoh refuses, God sends a series of ten devastating plagues upon Egypt, including turning the Nile into blood, infestations of frogs, gnats, and locusts, and the death of the firstborn sons.

After the final plague, Pharaoh relents, and the Israelites hurriedly prepare to leave. They celebrate the Passover, marking their protection from the final plague, and depart from Egypt in a great exodus.

Guided by Moses, the Israelites journey through the wilderness, facing various challenges, receiving divine guidance, and entering into a covenant with God. Ultimately, they reach the edge of the Promised Land, establishing the foundation for their future as a chosen people.

Transition

The bible tells us that is exodus only a shadow but of what truly waits those who belive and trust in Jesus dealth and resurrection becuase what God is about to do has never been seen before because his making everything new.

Qoute

Revelation 21:1–4 NIV

Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Revelation 22:1–2 NIV

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Teaching in the Beginning & End

In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth and he created humanity. This humanity were crowned with glory and to rule earth as God ruled. They sinned and we get introduced to shame and dealth enters in the first pages bible becuase of sin. In the last pages on the bible we are told that there is no more dealth and there is a new heaven and a new earth and all things are made new. In the first pages of the bible humanity is in a garden and in that last pages of the bible humanity is in a city garden and something happened in the middle of this story that changed everything.

Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dEh25pduQ8

Messiah

Teaching Restoration of the body

Jesus died so that we wont have to be eternally separarted from him becuase dealth brought separation but through christ we are promised new bodies where we can dwell with him

1 Corinthians 15:42–44 NIV

So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

Transition

Jesus also promises a new creation!

Teaching of restoration of Creation

Romans 8:18–21 (NIV)

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.

Because of adam and eve sin brought a curse to the ground and dealth enter through sin, but christ died for sins so that we can live eternally with bodies and restore the ground that has been cursed.

Qoutes

Someone once said creating something is easy creating something that last is challege. - adam

God isnt just taking us to a new place he creating everything new his restoring the earth. He is ending dealth, sickness and all his emenies so that his orginla vision will come to pass.

Transition

Why is God doing this? Why send your only son die and pay the price to restore creation and our bodies?

Story

i remember the first time i asked out faith, i remember asking her for coffee on a wednesday and she agreed but plans changed and she said its meet up on monday instead because she had free time. I Took her to get ice cream and go for a walk and the funniest thing all the stores around the ice cream shop were closing including boaster juice. I think she was tired so she wanted to seat and she says lets go to boaster juice and just eat our ice cream there and i felt so awkaward because we didnt buy anything in boaster juice and as we walk in they say were closing and faith say well only be here for a few minutes and we sat there eating ice cream from another store. it was funny and awakward but i remember saying to myself i love how goofy faith was and i wanted to be with her everyday. So we met up monday tuesday wednesday and thursday and friday. we met up every day because we started liking each other. Faith was willing to do awakward things just to be with me and i was willing to stop other plans i had to be with her.

Qoute

Revelation 21:3 NIV

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

Teaching

God did all this so that one day we will be with him and him with us, That the way God walked in the cool of the eveing with God is the same way he will walk and be with humanity in the new creation and sin separated us but jesus blood restored us and if we trust in him this is our inhertanice that we will recieve new bodies, a new creation and be with God face to face. Amen

Story

"The Terminal" tells the story of Viktor Navorski, a man from a fictional Eastern European country who becomes stranded at New York's JFK Airport due to a political crisis in his homeland. Unable to enter the United States or return home, Viktor is forced to live in the airport's international terminal. He forms friendships with airport staff and fellow travelers, including a budding romance with flight attendant Amelia. Viktor's positive attitude and helpful nature begin to influence the lives of those around him, while media attention and public support grow for his release. Ultimately, Viktor's resilience and unwavering spirit lead him on a journey of self-discovery and leave a lasting impact on the people he encounters during his time in the terminal.

Transition

Were in a teriminal waiting for our visa to a new world and new bodies but until then let us be be loving God and loving our neighbor and being a light and salt to the world until his coming.

Application

individual Prayer of Thanksgiving

Closing prayer