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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 The enthusiasm of Bob Dylan in that song about the salvation we have in the blood of Jesus

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 is shared by the Apostle Paul in our passage this morning.

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 Last week we started a study in the book of Ephesians,

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 and just as soon as Paul has said hello, he launches into a hymn of praise to God.

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 He writes for 12 verses.

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 In the Greek it's all in one sentence.

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 One big, long sentence.

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 In English we break it up a little bit for readability,

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 but I hope as I read it this morning you'll still hear Paul gushing with joy and excitement

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 as I read Ephesians 1 verses 3 to 14.

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 Ephesians 1 at verse 3.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

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 even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world,

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 that we should be holy and blameless before Him.

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 In love He predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ,

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 according to the purpose of His will,

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 to the praise of His glorious grace with which He has blessed us in the Beloved.

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 In Him we have redemption through His blood,

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 the forgiveness of our trespasses according to the riches of His grace,

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 which He lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight,

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 making known to us the mystery of His will,

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 according to His purpose which He set forth in Christ,

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 as a plan for the fullness of time to unite all things in Him,

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 things in heaven and things on earth.

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 In Him we have obtained an inheritance,

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 having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things,

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 according to the counsel of His will,

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 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of His glory.

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 In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth,

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 the gospel of your salvation,

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 and believed in Him,

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 were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

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 who is the guarantee of our inheritance

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 until we acquire possession of it to the praise of His glory.

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 The grass withers,

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 the flowers fade,

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 but these words of our God will indeed stand forever.

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 Join me now as we pray and ask Him to teach us.

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 Indeed, Father,

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 blessed be Your name.

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who has blessed us so richly in every way.

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 What an amazing passage.

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 What a great chance to remember together and rejoice in what You've done.

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 Father, You know that our hearts can't even contain it.

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 That our minds are too weak to understand.

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 That my words are too feeble to even describe what it is that You've done.

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 And so, Father, I pray that You would speak.

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 Holy Spirit, would You open our eyes and our hearts to see wonderful things

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 in this, Your Word.

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 Please, please teach us and change us.

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 While I was in seminary,

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 my wife worked at Washington University in St. Louis.

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 One of the things she did was plan events,

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 and she helped organize one time a very large dinner

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 to honor distinguished alumni of the university.

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 It was a big night.

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 A thousand people were going to be in attendance.

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 Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City,

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 was the keynote speaker.

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 And all these distinguished alumni were coming back

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 to be honored by the university.

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 Now, Christy had offered to work the event,

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 which meant that she could be at the ticket table out front.

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 She might get a plate if they had some left over,

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 or she might not get to eat at all.

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 But for sure, what that meant with Christy at the event for the evening

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 was that I was in a really bad spot.

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 I was home on the couch with probably frozen pizza

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 as my best bet for the evening.

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 This was a huge, huge deal,

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 and we had no right to be at the dinner.

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 Then we got our big break.

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 We found out that one of the distinguished alumni honorees

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 was Jim Barker, the president of Clemson University.

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 Christy and I had just come from Clemson

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 and knew the Barkers a little bit while we were there,

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 so I found that out,

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 and I emailed Mrs. Barker and said,

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 Christy will be there that evening.

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 She would love to be able to say hey to you.

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 If y'all can look for her at the ticket table,

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 you'll probably see her on your way in.

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 And thought nothing else of it.

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 And two days later,

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 the lady in charge of the event came to Christy

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 and said,

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 I got a call from Mrs. Barker today.

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 They'd like for you and Will to be their guests at the dinner.

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 They'd like for you to sit with them.

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 All of the sudden,

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 we went from on the couch with frozen pizza

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 and at the ticket table to table number two,

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 right up front for the whole night.

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 My name tag that night read Will Spink,

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 but it was only as guest of Jim Barker

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 that I could be seated at that dinner.

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 In fact, the people at my table figured that out quickly.

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 They were,

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 why are you here?

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 You know, let's see.

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 You're Will Spink.

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 Now, who is that?

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 Oh, guest of Jim Barker.

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 Oh, right, right.

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 So all night, that's what I went through.

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 Oh, you're just with him.

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 Yes, we're with him.

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 President Barker had earned the honors

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 that he was receiving that night,

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 the chance to be at that dinner.

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 And only as I was connected to him,

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 could I enjoy the food,

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 the company,

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 the other wonderful parts of that evening.

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 That's exactly what the Apostle Paul

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 is about to talk about

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 as he details every spiritual blessing

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 we have in Christ

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 because of our connection to Jesus.

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 And it's so important for us to see this this morning

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 because it's easy to focus on ourselves

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 and to feel like frozen pizza Christians,

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 for lack of a better word.

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 You've felt this way before.

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 Like, you know, you're a Christian,

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 maybe, I hope,

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 but only worthy of eating frozen pizza on the couch,

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 not steak at table number two.

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 Compared to others around you,

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 you feel on the outside,

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 insecure,

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 maybe not sure you really belong,

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 a second-class Christian,

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 if you even are one at all.

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 I mean, think about it.

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 You haven't really done enough

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 or been good enough.

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 The people around you

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 don't seem to be converted to Jesus all the time.

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 There's that huge moral failure you've done again.

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 And then last night,

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 you lost your temper with your family again.

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 Certainly, of all people,

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 you're not really, really in.

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 Someone else knows more.

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 Someone else has done better.

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 And so we don't think

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 we'll get God's love and attention.

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 He's probably not interested in us,

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 only the really spiritual people.

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 They'll sit with Him.

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 We'll eat frozen pizza on the couch.

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 You felt that before?

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 The Ephesians may have felt that way.

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 They may have had similar struggles.

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 Here they are in the midst of this city

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 that is rampant with immorality

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 and the worship of other gods.

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 And here's this little fledgling church.

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 The city of Ephesus is not repenting

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 and turning to Jesus immediately.

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 Maybe they really were a second-class church.

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 Lots of new young Christians,

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 you know, many of them Gentiles.

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 They really didn't,

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 they weren't steeped in how to do church.

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 Probably they didn't do things well.

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 Maybe numerical growth

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 wasn't what they'd hoped it would be.

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 Was God really caring for them?

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 Could they really count on Him

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 to continue to do that

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 in the midst of a city like this?

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 Would He really care about people

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 in a place that disdained Him?

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 Maybe some of them or all of them

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 felt like frozen pizza Christians.

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 And so Paul begins his letter

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 by saying to them and to us

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 that Christianity and your story in it

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 is not about what you do for God.

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 It's about what God has done for you.

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 He says that the blessings you have from God

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 are not ribbons you've earned

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 for your own performance.

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 It is every spiritual blessing

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 coming in Christ.

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 You're blessed over and over and over

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 because you're connected to Him.

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 Listen, our access to God

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 is based on what God has done for us,

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 not what we do for God.

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 Let me repeat that.

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 Our access to God,

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 our relationship with Him,

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 the interaction and engagement we have,

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 the blessings we receive from Him

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 are based not on what we do for God,

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 but on what He has done for us.

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 That's the good news of this passage.

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 Life is not all about you.

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 It's all about Him and His glory.

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 So what has God done?

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 What is it that He's done for you?

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 How has He blessed us in Christ?

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 This passage is so rich,

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 we could sit here and marvel at it all day.

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 Some of you think I'm about to.

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 But let's look at it in three parts

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 for just a few minutes.

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 The first part,

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 the Father's plan.

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 An anchor in eternity past.

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 Look at verses 3 through 6 of this passage.

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 Blessed be the God and Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who's blessed us in Christ

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 with every spiritual blessing

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 in the heavenly places,

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 praising Him.

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 What is it that He's done?

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 Even as He chose us in Him

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 before the foundation of the world,

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 that word chose

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 is the word in the Greek

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 from which we get the word elect.

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 He chose us.

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 He picked you.

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 He wanted you.

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 He moved towards you.

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 He intentionally did something.

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 In love,

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 He predestined us.

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 He's up to something.

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 Before you were even

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 a twinkle in your mother's eye,

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 before the foundation of the world,

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 God is setting His love upon you

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 and He's got a plan for it.

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 For what?

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 To what end?

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 What's His plan?

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 Why was He choosing you?

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 Two things at least here.

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 Look in verse 4.

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 The perfect record.

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 He chose us that we should be what?

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 Verse 4.

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 Holy and blameless before Him.

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 Not a passing grade.

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 Not merely tolerable to God,

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 but holy and blameless.

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 Perfect.

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 A perfect righteousness

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 that of course is not coming from us,

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 but from Jesus.

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 Perfect righteousness.

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 What else did He plan for us?

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 Verse 5.

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 He plans for a new family.

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 He predestines us for adoption

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 through Jesus Christ.

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 He wants us to be a part of His family.

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 Don't miss this.

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 Do you hear what He's doing?

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 He's decided He wants you in His family.

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 You're welcome in.

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 You belong.

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 That was His plan all along.

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 You're not just invited, you see,

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 to come off the sofa

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 and to bring your frozen pizza

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 into the banquet hall

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 and wander around the back

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 and watch and peer.

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 And I wonder about all those people

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 enjoying the wonderful meals up front.

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 You're invited to come

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 to the Father's table

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 because you're connected to His Son

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 and have actually become a son.

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 He's brought you into His family.

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 What a great comfort and security that is.

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 The God of the universe,

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 before you even existed,

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 intentionally purposes in His will,

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 plans for you to have a perfect record

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 and a new family.

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 His family.

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 He plans for you.

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 Listen, if that's His plan,

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 you can count on it.

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 He's God.

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 He's in charge.

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 He's loved you since before

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 the foundation of the world.

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 That's an anchor that will hold

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 that you can count on.

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 And then verse 6 reminds us

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 all this good stuff that He's doing

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 is He's doing it for us.

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 It's actually to the praise

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 of His glorious grace.

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 Not to our credit, right?

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 Predestination, for example,

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 is a source of glory to God

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 and comfort for God's people.

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 Not a topic for debate and controversy.

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 That's what it's become for some of us.

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 Listen, God says,

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 this is all about the praise

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 of my glorious grace

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 and how wonderful I've been to you.

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 How much I love you.

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 How magnanimous I am

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 and how comforted and secure

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 you can be

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 because of who I am.

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 You can be confident in His love.

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 Secondly,

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 we have the Son's sacrifice.

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 The cross

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 in human history.

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 Before the foundation of the world,

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 God makes a plan

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 and the Father having made this plan for us,

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 someone's going to have to execute it.

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 Someone's going to have to make this happen

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 and the Son volunteers.

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 I'll go.

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 Listen, we're not talking about

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 a distant deity

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 who's fatalistically and whimsically

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 just ordering all the events

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 of human history.

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 That's not the picture we have of God

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 before the foundation of the world,

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 is it?

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 When God chooses to save,

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 it costs Him His Son.

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 It costs Jesus His very life.

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 That's why this redemption is costly.

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 It's a costly redemption that we have.

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 Verse 7,

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 how is it described?

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 In Him we have redemption

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 through His blood.

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 The very blood of Jesus,

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 the perfect Son of God,

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 is the purchase price.

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 Redemption refers to

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 buying something back.

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 Like purchasing someone's freedom

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 out of slavery.

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 Buying it back.

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 And when God plans for us

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 to be in His family,

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 He had to buy us back

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 at the cost of the perfect Lamb.

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 Not with perishable things

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 like silver or gold

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 that we were redeemed,

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 but with the precious blood

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 That's what happens on the cross.

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 The Father who loves you

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 and wants you in His family

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 says,

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 I've got to purchase you

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 and it costs my Son His life.

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 As a result of that,

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 we receive what?

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 Full forgiveness.

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 Another spiritual blessing.

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 There's starting to be

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 a laundry list here.

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 Full forgiveness.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 We have redemption

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 through His blood,

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 the forgiveness

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 of our trespasses.

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 And this means that

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 our slate that's dirty

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 and that's smudged

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 is wiped clean.

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 Our sin and guilt

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 wiped away completely.

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 Not just some of our sins,

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 but notice full forgiveness.

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 Keep reading.

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 On what basis are we forgiven?

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 To what extent?

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 According to the riches

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 of His grace

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 which He has lavished upon us.

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 Riches lavished upon you.

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 Do you know what that feels like?

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 I like to eat,

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 so I pictured Christmas

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 at Grandma's house.

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 We were just there recently

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 and here's what it went like for us.

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 My girls would go to get dessert.

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 They'd find the cookies

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 in the cookie jar

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 and they'd eat a couple

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 or three

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 and they'd run out

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 and they'd say,

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 there's no more cookies left.

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 And we'd say,

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 perfect.

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 You know, we're through.

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 And Grandma says,

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 oh no,

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 oh there's plenty more

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 in the back room.

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 Let me go get you

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 some more cookies.

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 And we're like,

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 oh, Grandma,

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 two or three cookies

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 was enough.

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 And they get some more

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 and so, you know,

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 an hour or so later

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 you're sitting there

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 watching the television

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 and your kids come out

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 with a bowl of ice cream.

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 Grandma, ice cream?

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 I thought we'd run out of that.

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 We emptied that carton last night.

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 I had two more cartons

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 in the freezer

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 outside in the garage.

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 We got some more out.

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 They're having ice cream.

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 It runs out

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 but there's always more.

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 You never run out.

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 Always more.

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 Always given generously

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 until you're completely full.

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 That's lavish, right?

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 That's what it looks like

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 to have riches

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 lavished upon you.

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 That's what Christmas

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 should be like

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 especially for kids

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 who can still eat that much.

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 Have you had the riches

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 of God's grace

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 lavished upon you?

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 Poured on you

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 to overflowing

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 over all your sins?

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 The worst things you've done?

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 The biggest failures

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 to perform

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 where you left things undone?

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 The things you've never

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 told anyone else about?

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 The thoughts in your heart

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 you're embarrassed

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 you've ever had?

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 Hasn't He lavished

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 forgiveness on us?

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 Hasn't He done that?

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 What a great blessing that is.

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 Full, full forgiveness.

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 A great gift.

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 So the Son accomplishes

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 the Father's ancient plan

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 in real space

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 and time of human history.

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 But does it get to us?

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 The cross still seems

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 like a while ago.

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 Is it going to actually

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 get to us?

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 Is it going to be ours?

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 There's all these blessings

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 makes sure of that.

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 Finally, in this passage

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 we read of the Spirit's seal.

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 A stake in eternity future.

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 The last part of this passage.

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 Notice especially verse 13.

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 When we heard and believed,

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 we were sealed

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 with the promised Holy Spirit.

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 Now before we talk about

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 what the Holy Spirit does for us,

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 can we just notice for a second?

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 All three parts of the Godhead

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 working together.

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 God working in concert.

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 All three with unique roles.

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 The Father planning to love and save.

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 The Son taking on flesh

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 to sacrifice and redeem.

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 And now we have the Spirit

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 applying that purchased salvation

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 to those whom the Father

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 has chosen

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 and for whom the Son

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 has died.

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 Because the word Trinity

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 is not actually in the Bible,

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 people sometimes suggest

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 that the Bible doesn't teach

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 about a triune God.

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 It's been suggested again recently.

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 That maybe Jesus

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 isn't really divine.

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 That these are things

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 we're making up.

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 This is a great example

00:19:08.419 --> 00:19:09.379
 of the Bible teaching

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 about the Trinity.

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

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 working together.

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 They've come together

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 on this project.

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 What's the big project

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 they're partnering on?

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 All three of them

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 working together.

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 To what end?

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 It's securing our adoption

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 and our eternal salvation.

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 That's what they're up to,

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 isn't it?

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

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 together.

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 And so the Holy Spirit

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 comes and guarantees

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 that we have a certain

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 inheritance.

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 That's what it looks like

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 for Him to be a seal.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 God hasn't just adopted you

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 with the possibility

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 of taking it back.

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 In Him we've obtained

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 an inheritance

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 having been predestined

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 according to the purpose

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 of Him who works all things

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 according to the counsel

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 of His will.

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 You want to know

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 what's going to happen?

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 When this guy decides

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 it happens,

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 he works all things

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 according to the counsel

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 of His will.

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 This plan is not tentative

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 or tenuous.

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 He's written you in permanently

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 with the riches

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 of His kingdom

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 belonging to you.

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 He's engraved you

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 on the palm of His hand.

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 He's not changing His mind.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 is the one who seals,

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.659
 validates,

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 authenticates

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 that we are indeed His.

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 The heir of the cattle

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 on a thousand hills.

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 We have a stake

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 in eternity future.

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 Something that we can count on.

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 And then there's

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 eternal security.

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 The Spirit is described again

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 in verse 14

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 as a guarantee.

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 The Holy Spirit

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.840
 who is the guarantee

00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:46.519
 of our inheritance.

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 When you hear guarantee,

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 think of the down payment,

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 the deposit,

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 the promise of eternity

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 because we have

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 the Holy Spirit

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 in us now.

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 So this is not

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 social security

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 which may be there

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 in 30 or 40

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 or 50 years

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 but may not.

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 This is eternal security.

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 an inheritance

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 that cannot perish

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 or spoil or fade

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 because the Holy Spirit

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 lives in us

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 and assures us

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 that we'll obtain

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 the inheritance

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 until the day

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 He claims us as His own

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 and we receive

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 the fullness

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:21.079
 of the coming kingdom.

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 Everything that God

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 has for us.

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 It's also interesting

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.920
 in these verses

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 if you look

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:29.299
 in this last section

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 Paul actually

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 changes some pronouns.

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 What does he mean

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 when in verse 11

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 he says,

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 in him we.

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 We, he's talking

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 about us Jews.

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 Paul was a Jew.

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 In him we've obtained

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 an inheritance.

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 Look at verse 13.

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 In him you also,

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 you Gentiles,

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 you also when you heard

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 and believed,

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 received the Holy Spirit.

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 So you get to verse 14

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 and whose inheritance is it?

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 Ours.

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 The Jews and the Gentiles.

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 We and you.

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 Our inheritance.

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 Whatever your background.

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 Regardless of your

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:08.000
 religious pedigree

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:09.379
 or your performance.

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 God has secured eternity.

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 He's the one who's done it.

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 So just take a look back

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 at your story for a minute.

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 What is it that

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:26.180
 establishes your access with God?

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.759
 What's the currency

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.539
 of your relationship

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.779
 with God today?

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 What is it that determines

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 whether you're on the couch

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 with frozen pizza

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 or at table number two?

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 What is it?

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 There's an anchor

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 in eternity past

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 all the way back

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 before the world existed,

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.799
 before you existed,

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 that the Father loves you

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 and has a plan

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 before you existed.

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 That there's a cross

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 in human history,

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 time and space,

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 where Jesus comes

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 and purchases you.

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 This is actually the one place

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.980
 you might have showed up.

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 That's the place

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:04.000
 we should have been, right?

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 And Jesus alone

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 on the cross

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:09.779
 in our place

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 purchases our redemption.

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 And then in eternity future,

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 already,

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 God's gone ahead of us.

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 The Holy Spirit there

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 knocking a stake in,

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 sealing us

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 and saying,

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 I'm preparing for you

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 a seat at a feast

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 that you've not arrived at yet,

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 but I've got it

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 in place for you.

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 Just notice two things

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 about this.

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 First of all,

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.579
 what we said earlier,

00:23:32.959 --> 00:23:34.259
 the Godhead working together,

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 Father, Son,

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 and Holy Spirit,

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 all three of them

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 working for you.

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 And secondly,

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 the fact that you're not there.

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 You weren't there

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 before the foundation

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 of the world.

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 You weren't there

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 on the cross.

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 You're not there

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 in eternity future yet.

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 If you feel second class,

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 held at arm's length

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 from God,

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 then you're reading

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.559
 the wrong story.

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 You're reading the one

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 about yourself

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:03.880
 and about how you're doing

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.980
 and what things look like

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.680
 around you.

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 Hear the old,

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:08.640
 old story again.

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 All three persons

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 of the Godhead

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 doing this for you.

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:17.519
 He's just that good.

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.759
 His grace really is

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 that amazing.

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 That's your story.

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 Two points of application

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 for us this morning

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 based off of phrases

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 that are repeated

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.819
 in this passage.

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 First,

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 in light of

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:38.159
 all of this that's true,

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.299
 all these blessings

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.379
 God has for us,

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 so what?

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 Well,

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:43.599
 we have a new focus.

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:46.259
 When Paul talks about

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.579
 the process of our salvation,

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.639
 who's the focus on?

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 You've probably picked up

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.359
 on this as we've read

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.279
 several times.

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 Who's it all about?

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 It's about God

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 and His glory and praise.

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 It started in verse 3.

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 Blessed be,

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 not you and me,

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 blessed be the God

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.639
 and Father of our Lord

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.439
 Jesus Christ.

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 It's going to be about Him.

00:25:04.459 --> 00:25:05.299
 Verse 6 says,

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 to the praise

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:07.159
 of His glorious grace.

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.959
 Verse 12,

00:25:08.479 --> 00:25:09.859
 we actually exist

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:11.139
 to the praise

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:12.000
 of His glory.

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.359
 Verse 14,

00:25:13.459 --> 00:25:14.119
 the whole passage

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.279
 closes to the praise

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.000
 of His glory.

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:17.619
 From beginning to end,

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:19.679
 it's about His glory.

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.639
 And that's our chief end,

00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:21.859
 right?

00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:24.099
 The glory of God.

00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:25.419
 Our lives

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:27.159
 are about His glory,

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.959
 not our own.

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.679
 Not about winning

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.759
 the game of life.

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.719
 It's about God's glory,

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:33.099
 even before it's about

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:34.299
 these wonderful things

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.279
 like our security

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.359
 and comfort.

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:38.159
 How can that be?

00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:39.859
 That doesn't seem

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.599
 to make sense.

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:42.000
 When I first think about it,

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:44.079
 how can it all be about God,

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:45.799
 actually be a benefit to me?

00:25:47.199 --> 00:25:48.279
 Here's how that works.

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:50.599
 When it's about His glory,

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:53.019
 when God is made great,

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.259
 we're not made irrelevant.

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:56.599
 It leads to our comfort

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.259
 and security

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.619
 because our salvation

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.619
 starts and ends

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.460
 with Him

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.539
 and His work.

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.460
 So if it wasn't ours to earn,

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:05.000
 it's not ours to lose either.

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.299
 When He gets the glory,

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:10.180
 when His grace is magnified,

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.879
 when God becomes big

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.920
 and strong

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.779
 and powerful,

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:15.700
 we then revel securely

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:17.339
 in a God who loves us,

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.460
 who's purchased us

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:20.200
 and will never let us go.

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.500
 When the one who's holding you

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.639
 is strong

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:24.920
 and loves you,

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:27.079
 you're safe, right?

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:29.940
 If the person holding you

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.779
 is strong

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:32.039
 and loves you,

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.220
 you're safe.

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:36.039
 It's all about His glory

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.859
 and that's good for us

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:39.680
 because He loves us.

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.660
 The problem is

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.440
 we're so obsessed

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.140
 with ourselves.

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.779
 We can't stop focusing

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.500
 on ourselves,

00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:47.340
 what we look like,

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.279
 how we perform,

00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:49.960
 what our reputation is,

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.500
 how comfortable we are.

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.779
 We'll even ask God

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.860
 to serve those things,

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.300
 won't we?

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:57.080
 To make us more comfortable,

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:59.279
 to help us look better.

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.779
 And the irony is

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.040
 when we focus on ourselves,

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.180
 things actually turn out

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.019
 worse for us

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.920
 because we miss

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.340
 all these blessings of God

00:27:06.340 --> 00:27:07.519
 because they're found

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.340
 in Christ,

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:09.779
 not in self.

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:11.259
 we miss out

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.220
 when we do well

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.200
 and when we do bad.

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.420
 Just think about

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.160
 some of the places

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.460
 we look for these blessings.

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.680
 Where do we often

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.619
 look for security?

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:20.039
 In money?

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.799
 Even when we do

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.460
 really well,

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.359
 what happens when

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.240
 we get a lot of money?

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:26.519
 Things could change.

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.359
 You don't know

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.359
 how long it'll last.

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.639
 I mean,

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.480
 the stock market

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.019
 could change.

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.480
 There's some security there

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.059
 but I better get

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.839
 a little bit more.

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:36.240
 This is eternal security

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.420
 in Christ.

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:39.360
 It happens when we fail.

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:40.360
 What do we think

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:41.060
 when our relationship

00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:41.560
 with God,

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.279
 when our adoption

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.720
 becomes based on our performance

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.519
 and we fail?

00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:45.800
 And we start thinking

00:27:45.800 --> 00:27:47.360
 maybe He doesn't love me.

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:48.820
 Maybe He won't hear my prayers.

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.860
 I've been such a failure.

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:53.400
 In both of those cases,

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.820
 our focus is on ourselves

00:27:54.820 --> 00:27:56.279
 rather than on the glory of God

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:58.259
 and the riches of His grace.

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:01.039
 What would be different for you

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:03.360
 if your focus was reoriented

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.800
 from your glory to His?

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.420
 What would change?

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.460
 How you invest your money?

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.820
 Where you spend your time?

00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:12.880
 What else would change?

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.240
 What would you start doing

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.480
 if that were true?

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:17.180
 What would you stop doing?

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.820
 Where could you trust

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:21.960
 and rest and relax

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.779
 where now you feel insecure

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.940
 and anxious?

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.759
 If it was really true

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.380
 that it wasn't about

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:28.759
 how many national championships

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.380
 you won

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:31.440
 and how successful you were

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:33.140
 but that He has won

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.460
 and that He's chosen you

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.620
 to be on His team.

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.899
 If His reputation

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:38.719
 really mattered more than yours.

00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:40.379
 If His glory was really

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:41.079
 more important

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.379
 than your comfort.

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.839
 Wouldn't our lives look different?

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:47.179
 If we really believed that

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:48.199
 and took that seriously?

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.839
 It's about Him.

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.899
 Secondly, we have

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:54.519
 a new name tag.

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:58.019
 At least ten times

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.759
 in this passage

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.940
 the phrase

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.700
 in Christ

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:02.339
 or something similar

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:02.960
 in Him

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:04.960
 through Jesus Christ

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:06.859
 appears over and over.

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.779
 In twelve verses

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:09.339
 for a phrase like that

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.980
 to be repeated

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:11.099
 ten plus times

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:12.619
 is really

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:14.099
 something stark

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.160
 that we ought to notice.

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:17.099
 Our connection to Jesus

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:18.200
 our union with Him

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.859
 is highlighted

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:20.099
 because it's the basis

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:21.579
 for all of these blessings, right?

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.980
 None of the rest

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.159
 of this glorious passage

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:25.759
 happens without that.

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.139
 And so for us

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:28.399
 the vital question is

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.859
 do you know Him?

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.579
 Do you know Him?

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.919
 What do I mean

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.919
 when I ask a question

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.399
 like that?

00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:37.119
 Do you know Him?

00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:38.819
 It's an issue

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:40.519
 of our defining identity

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:42.220
 of our connection

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:45.000
 of what's on our name tag.

00:29:45.699 --> 00:29:46.699
 Under your name

00:29:46.699 --> 00:29:47.419
 does it read

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.500
 in Christ?

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.759
 Does it read

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:51.359
 guest of Jesus?

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.400
 The question is not asking

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.579
 do you know about Him?

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:57.000
 Have you heard about Him

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.799
 from a distance

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:59.819
 or studied about Him

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.680
 up close?

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.740
 It's do you know Him?

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:04.099
 Are you in Him?

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:06.119
 Have you in desperation

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.740
 claimed His record

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.759
 as your own

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:10.019
 and trusted Him

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:11.200
 as your only hope?

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.079
 I'm not asking

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.839
 do you go to church

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.859
 more than your co-workers?

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.700
 Do you pray

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.980
 more than your family members?

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.740
 Do you know more theology

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.720
 than your friends?

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.519
 That's not the question.

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:24.079
 This passage is asking

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:26.099
 are you in Christ?

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.339
 If so

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:29.200
 all the blessings of God

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.319
 are yours.

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.920
 One more picture of this

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.460
 from a guy

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:35.019
 who is even worse off

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.599
 than I was

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.759
 with frozen pizza

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.460
 on the couch.

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.759
 His name is Mephibosheth.

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.720
 Try saying that

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.740
 even once.

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.480
 Mephibosheth.

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.980
 His story is in

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.380
 2 Samuel 9.

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.539
 King Saul

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.240
 and his son

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.700
 Jonathan

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.440
 have died.

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.380
 David has become

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:55.299
 king of Israel.

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:57.200
 Jonathan had been

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.359
 David's best friend.

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.299
 Had earned

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.339
 David's affection.

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:02.200
 And so David asks

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:03.000
 is there anyone

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:04.480
 left of Saul's house

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.700
 to whom I can show

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.279
 kindness

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:08.519
 for Jonathan's sake?

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:11.319
 He loves Jonathan

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.039
 so much

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.359
 he wants to

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.359
 show kindness

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.920
 to someone

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.900
 for Jonathan's sake.

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.440
 and he's told

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.600
 there's one

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:20.540
 but he's crippled

00:31:20.540 --> 00:31:21.300
 in both feet.

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.019
 He's not worthy

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.660
 to even

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:25.060
 come in the palace.

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.860
 Perhaps

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.500
 he's a threat

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.560
 to David's power

00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.920
 as an heir of Saul

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.800
 still alive.

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:32.660
 Listen to what happens

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:34.280
 in 2 Samuel 9.

00:31:35.560 --> 00:31:36.120
 Mephibosheth

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:37.060
 does come

00:31:37.060 --> 00:31:37.980
 to King David

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.759
 and David says

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.140
 to him

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.460
 do not fear

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.700
 for I will show

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.380
 you kindness

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.500
 for the sake

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.120
 of your father

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.640
 Jonathan

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:46.360
 and I will restore

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:47.200
 to you all the land

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:48.060
 of Saul your father

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:48.860
 and you shall eat

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.620
 at my table

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.460
 always.

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.780
 And Mephibosheth

00:31:52.780 --> 00:31:53.560
 bows down

00:31:53.560 --> 00:31:54.160
 to David

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.720
 and says

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.720
 what's your servant

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.860
 that you should

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.440
 show regard

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.460
 for a dead dog

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.259
 such as I?

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:00.860
 And the king

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:01.680
 called Ziba

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.460
 Saul's servant

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.180
 and said to him

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.120
 all that belong

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.560
 to Saul

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:05.540
 and to all his house

00:32:05.540 --> 00:32:05.980
 I've given

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.960
 to your master's

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.480
 grandson.

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.720
 son.

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.440
 And so Mephibosheth

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.539
 ate at David's table

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:13.680
 like one of the king's sons.

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:15.860
 So Mephibosheth

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.740
 lived in Jerusalem

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:18.259
 for he ate always

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.640
 at the king's table.

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.360
 Now he was lame

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:23.200
 in both feet.

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:26.039
 Lame in both feet.

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:28.140
 A self-described

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:29.740
 dead dog.

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.920
 But Mephibosheth

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.640
 was connected

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.720
 to Jonathan

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.259
 wasn't he?

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.640
 And because of

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:37.019
 Jonathan's merit

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.980
 Mephibosheth

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.139
 always ate

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:40.460
 at the king's table.

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.339
 If they wore

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.480
 name tags back then

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:44.079
 I am certain

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:45.500
 that his would have read

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.940
 son of Jonathan.

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.740
 Mephibosheth

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:50.240
 son of Jonathan.

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.440
 Southwood

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.519
 Jesus has done

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.599
 immeasurably

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.299
 more

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.900
 than President Barker

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.559
 for me

00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:00.379
 or Jonathan

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:01.480
 for Mephibosheth.

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.200
 President Barker

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.119
 earned me a seat

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:05.220
 at an honored table

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:06.920
 for one night.

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:09.120
 Jonathan earned

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:10.380
 for Mephibosheth

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:11.500
 a seat

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.000
 at the king

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:13.160
 of Israel's table

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:14.160
 for the rest

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.779
 of his life.

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.940
 Jesus

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.400
 has earned

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.059
 for us

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.779
 for those

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.400
 who are united

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.980
 to him

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.960
 a seat

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.860
 at the king

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.960
 of kings table

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.779
 for the rest

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.460
 of your life

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.400
 and for

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.420
 all of eternity.

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.360
 He's done

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:30.420
 that for you.

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:33.019
 Does your name tag

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.420
 read

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.220
 guest

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.240
 of Jesus?

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:37.340
 That's the only way

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:37.960
 to receive

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.480
 every spiritual blessing

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.000
 to have

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.380
 a perfect record

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:42.900
 a new family

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:44.600
 costly redemption

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.800
 full forgiveness

00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:47.660
 a certain inheritance

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:49.480
 eternal security

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:49.740
 and

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:51.200
 and so much more

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:52.200
 that's just

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.080
 in this one chapter.

00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:55.220
 If you're in Christ

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.259
 you've done nothing

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.200
 to earn

00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.740
 your seat

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.440
 at the table.

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.759
 God chose

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.240
 the you

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.320
 that is in Christ

00:34:01.320 --> 00:34:02.340
 before the foundation

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.980
 of the world

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.820
 before you

00:34:03.820 --> 00:34:05.080
 did any better

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:06.480
 or tried any harder

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.840
 rejoice

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:09.240
 he loves you.

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.700
 If you're not

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:12.220
 in Christ

00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:13.579
 you can do nothing

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:15.119
 to earn your seat

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.720
 at the table.

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.679
 There's nothing

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.539
 you can do.

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.500
 Believe in him.

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:22.260
 Cling to him.

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:24.380
 Ask for his record

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.880
 instead of yours.

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:29.900
 dead dogs

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:31.340
 second class

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.039
 believers

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:33.700
 repeated failures

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:35.180
 the good news

00:34:35.180 --> 00:34:35.820
 of the gospel

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.700
 is that it's not

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.480
 about you

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:39.599
 it's all about him

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:41.760
 and he loves you

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:43.940
 and welcomes you

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:45.160
 to this table

00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:47.380
 in Christ

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:49.780
 to this table

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:51.019
 that he set

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.700
 before you

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:53.160
 and he welcomes you

00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:53.780
 in Christ.

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.160
 I want you

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:54.600
 to hear

00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:55.500
 the words

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.180
 of institution

00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:56.960
 of this table

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:58.480
 from 1 Corinthians 11

00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:00.720
 Paul says

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.280
 I received

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.960
 from the Lord

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.620
 what I also

00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:03.620
 delivered to you

00:35:03.620 --> 00:35:04.740
 that the Lord

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.740
 Jesus on the night

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.260
 when he was

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:06.760
 betrayed

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.519
 took bread

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:07.940
 and when he

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.240
 had given

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:08.680
 thanks

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.480
 he broke it

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.620
 and said

00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:11.480
 this is my body

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.420
 which is for you

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.180
 do this

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:13.820
 in remembrance

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.500
 of me

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.700
 and in the same

00:35:15.700 --> 00:35:16.180
 way also

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:16.980
 he took the cup

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.660
 after supper

00:35:17.660 --> 00:35:18.080
 saying

00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:19.000
 this cup

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.519
 is the new

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.860
 covenant

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.660
 in my blood

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:21.460
 do this

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.900
 as often

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.460
 as you drink

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.580
 it

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.099
 in remembrance

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.679
 of me

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.400
 for as often

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.920
 as you eat

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.500
 this bread

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.299
 and drink

00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:26.799
 the cup

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.880
 you proclaim

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.619
 the Lord's

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:28.980
 death

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:30.119
 until he

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.579
 comes

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:32.259
 y'all

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.759
 this is

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.719
 the Lord's

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.199
 table

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:35.000
 it's not

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.659
 a Southwood

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.039
 table

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.779
 or Presbyterian

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.179
 table

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:40.079
 if it was

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.639
 a Southwood

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:40.980
 table

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:42.340
 you might

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.940
 qualify

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.819
 I might

00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.599
 have a chance

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:47.480
 but it's

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:47.840
 not

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.599
 it's the

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:48.880
 table

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.279
 of the

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.679
 holy

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.880
 glorious

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.559
 perfect

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.119
 king

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.840
 of kings

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.920
 and

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.799
 Will Spink

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:55.880
 on his

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.099
 own

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.639
 has no

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.119
 chance

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.920
 to be

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.219
 at this

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.519
 table

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.599
 with the

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.480
 imperfections

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:00.940
 on my

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.279
 record

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:01.880
 and yours

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:03.079
 no chance

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:04.039
 but the

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.739
 guest of

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:05.099
 Jesus

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:06.420
 is guaranteed

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.099
 a seat

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.440
 here

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.500
 always

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.699
 always

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:11.059
 because of

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.420
 his

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.119
 perfect

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.500
 record

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.099
 if you've

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.519
 despaired

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:13.840
 of your

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.079
 own

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.559
 credentials

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.920
 and trusted

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.699
 in his

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.659
 come

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.779
 come

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:19.580
 and eat

00:36:19.580 --> 00:36:20.380
 dead

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.900
 dog

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.600
 crippled

00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:22.100
 in both

00:36:22.100 --> 00:36:22.600
 feet

00:36:22.600 --> 00:36:23.360
 your new

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:24.120
 name tag

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:24.680
 says

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:25.480
 in

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.360
 Christ

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.960
 you

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.860
 always

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.280
 eat

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:28.960
 at the

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.320
 king's

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:29.600
 table

00:36:29.600 --> 00:36:31.200
 and if

00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:31.380
 you're

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.680
 not

00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:32.140
 in

00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:32.420
 Christ

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.720
 if you

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:32.940
 don't

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.100
 know

00:36:33.100 --> 00:36:33.220
 him

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.420
 I'd

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:33.740
 encourage

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:33.940
 you

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.160
 not

00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.340
 to

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.540
 come

00:36:34.540 --> 00:36:34.680
 to

00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:34.880
 this

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.200
 table

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.440
 but

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:36.260
 I'd

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.580
 encourage

00:36:36.580 --> 00:36:36.760
 you

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:36.940
 this

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 morning

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 imagine

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 what

00:36:38.620 --> 00:36:39.100
 if

00:36:39.100 --> 00:36:39.420
 your

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.900
 record

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 and

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:40.660
 the

00:36:40.660 --> 00:36:41.440
 imperfections

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.660
 you're

00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:41.980
 aware

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.200
 of

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:42.300
 and

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.460
 the

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.000
 things

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.200
 you

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.760
 regret

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.000
 and

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.220
 wish

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.540
 hadn't

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 been

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 a

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.000
 part

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.120
 of

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 your

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 story

00:36:45.600 --> 00:36:46.100
 what

00:36:46.100 --> 00:36:46.240
 if

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.500
 all

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.639
 of

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:46.799
 that

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 could

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 be

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 wiped

00:36:47.439 --> 00:36:47.859
 away

00:36:47.859 --> 00:36:48.479
 your

00:36:48.479 --> 00:36:48.939
 imperfect

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 record

00:36:49.399 --> 00:36:49.719
 gone

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:49.859
 and

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 you'd

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.199
 be

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.579
 handed

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.039
 a

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 perfect

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 record

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 that

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 doesn't

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 take

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 months

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:54.519
 of

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 rehab

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 and

00:36:55.879 --> 00:36:56.579
 trying

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:56.839
 to

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.079
 earn

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 things

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.159
 better

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.879
 trying

00:36:58.879 --> 00:36:59.079
 to

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 clean

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 it

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 up

00:36:59.659 --> 00:36:59.819
 and

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.039
 build

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.259
 your

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 resume

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.219
 he

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.479
 does

00:37:01.479 --> 00:37:01.619
 it

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:01.979
 all

00:37:01.979 --> 00:37:02.479
 for

00:37:02.479 --> 00:37:02.779
 you

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 he

00:37:03.319 --> 00:37:03.519
 can

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:03.659
 do

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:03.819
 it

00:37:03.819 --> 00:37:04.379
 right

00:37:04.379 --> 00:37:04.799
 now

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 in

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.399
 this

00:37:05.399 --> 00:37:05.679
 moment

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:05.899
 you

00:37:05.899 --> 00:37:06.119
 can

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 ask

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 him

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.479
 he

00:37:07.479 --> 00:37:07.739
 can

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:08.359
 scribble

00:37:08.359 --> 00:37:09.199
 guest

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:09.479
 of

00:37:09.479 --> 00:37:09.879
 Jesus

00:37:09.879 --> 00:37:10.879
 on

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 your

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.439
 name

00:37:11.439 --> 00:37:11.839
 tag

00:37:11.839 --> 00:37:12.299
 in

00:37:12.299 --> 00:37:12.599
 this

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.039
 moment

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.000
 in

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.479
 permanent

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.379
 you

00:37:16.379 --> 00:37:16.539
 can

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.059
 feast

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.639
 with

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:17.899
 him

00:37:17.899 --> 00:37:18.459
 forever

00:37:18.459 --> 00:37:19.199
 won't

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:19.339
 you

00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:19.879
 trust

00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.639
 in

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.059
 Jesus

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:22.839
 pray

00:37:22.839 --> 00:37:23.039
 with

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.179
 me

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.279
 and

00:37:23.279 --> 00:37:23.399
 we'll

00:37:23.399 --> 00:37:23.559
 come

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:23.659
 to

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 this

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:24.119
 table

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 Jesus

00:37:27.399 --> 00:37:28.000
 thank

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 you

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:28.699
 thank

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 you

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:30.000
 all

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.239
 the

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.719
 blessings

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.079
 that

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.259
 we

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:31.759
 have

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 are

00:37:31.919 --> 00:37:32.219
 because

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.619
 of

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 you

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 your

00:37:33.959 --> 00:37:34.459
 body

00:37:34.459 --> 00:37:34.779
 and

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.099
 blood

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.399
 have

00:37:35.399 --> 00:37:35.899
 bought

00:37:35.899 --> 00:37:36.259
 us

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:37.119
 what

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 a

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:37.659
 great

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.339
 precious

00:37:38.339 --> 00:37:38.839
 price

00:37:38.839 --> 00:37:39.099
 that

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 is

00:37:39.339 --> 00:37:39.539
 for

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 our

00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:40.219
 redemption

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:41.279
 would

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:41.639
 the

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:42.039
 taste

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.259
 of

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.439
 your

00:37:42.439 --> 00:37:42.759
 body

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:42.959
 and

00:37:42.959 --> 00:37:43.179
 blood

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.339
 on

00:37:43.339 --> 00:37:43.500
 our

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.839
 lips

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:44.319
 assure

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:44.599
 us

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 of

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:44.919
 the

00:37:44.919 --> 00:37:45.339
 father's

00:37:45.339 --> 00:37:45.699
 full

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.179
 forgiveness

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:47.099
 and

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.239
 the

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.839
 eternal

00:37:47.839 --> 00:37:48.319
 welcome

00:37:48.319 --> 00:37:48.599
 that

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:48.739
 you

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:48.940
 have

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.259
 earned

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.559
 for

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:49.859
 us

00:37:49.859 --> 00:37:51.159
 we

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.460
 ask

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.619
 in

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:51.759
 your

00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:52.079
 name

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:53.199
 amen

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:55.480
 the

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:55.679
 Lord

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:55.960
 Jesus

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.339
 on the

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:56.599
 same

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:56.879
 night

00:37:56.879 --> 00:37:57.159
 in which

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.279
 he

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.419
 was

00:37:57.419 --> 00:37:57.899
 betrayed

00:37:57.899 --> 00:37:58.319
 took

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:58.759
 bread

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 and

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.079
 when

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.159
 he

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.239
 had

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.399
 given

00:38:00.399 --> 00:38:00.739
 thanks

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:00.919
 he

00:38:00.919 --> 00:38:01.239
 broke

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.419
 it

00:38:01.419 --> 00:38:01.639
 as

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:01.819
 I

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 ministering

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 in

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.799
 his

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.239
 name

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.819
 break

00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.119
 this

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.460
 bread

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.659
 and

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:04.839
 he

00:38:04.839 --> 00:38:05.179
 gave

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.339
 it

00:38:05.339 --> 00:38:05.579
 to

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:05.899
 them

00:38:05.899 --> 00:38:06.599
 and

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:06.799
 said

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.299
 take

00:38:07.299 --> 00:38:08.279
 and

00:38:08.279 --> 00:38:08.679
 eat

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.179
 this

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.339
 is

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.539
 my

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:09.879
 body

00:38:09.879 --> 00:38:10.299
 broken

00:38:10.299 --> 00:38:10.619
 for

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:10.919
 you

00:38:10.919 --> 00:38:11.539
 do

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.899
 this

00:38:11.899 --> 00:38:12.099
 in

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.579
 remembrance

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.259
 of

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:13.500
 me

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:15.000
 in

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.419
 the same

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:15.700
 manner

00:38:15.700 --> 00:38:16.079
 after

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.579
 supper

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.380
 he

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:17.639
 took

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:17.840
 the

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.139
 cup

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.619
 and

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:18.840
 after

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.180
 giving

00:38:19.180 --> 00:38:19.599
 thanks

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:19.820
 as

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 has

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.180
 been

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:20.400
 done

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.539
 in

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:20.720
 his

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:21.000
 name

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.159
 he

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.400
 gave

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.519
 it

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:21.639
 to

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:21.820
 his

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.320
 disciples

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.659
 and

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:22.920
 said

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.639
 take

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.260
 drink

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.559
 all

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:24.700
 of

00:38:24.700 --> 00:38:24.760
 you

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:24.940
 this

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.059
 is

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.240
 the

00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:25.740
 blood

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:26.139
 of

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.300
 the

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:26.659
 new

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:27.099
 covenant

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:28.079
 in

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.340
 my

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.800
 blood

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.880
 take

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.079
 and

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.480
 drink

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:33.519
 the

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.840
 body

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.079
 and

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:34.320
 blood

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.500
 of

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.820
 Jesus

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.740
 given

00:38:35.740 --> 00:38:36.639
 for

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.019
 you

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:38.500
 come

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.019
 all

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.200
 of

00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:39.360
 you

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:39.860
 rejoice

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.980
 feast

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.440
 come

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:41.980
 trust

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.400
 him

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.860
 and

00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:43.059
 eat

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.400
 and drink

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:43.579
 to

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:43.840
 his

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.200
 glory

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:45.059
 the

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.279
 host

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:45.480
 team

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:45.779
 members

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:45.980
 will

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:46.279
 usher

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:46.460
 you

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:46.779
 forward

00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:46.960
 and

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.159
 back

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.299
 to

00:38:47.299 --> 00:38:47.439
 the

00:38:47.439 --> 00:38:47.759
 tables

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 and

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 we

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.179
 will

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 feast

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