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 Thank you very much, Alistair. Good morning, everyone. Good morning here in the hall and good morning to you watching from home or from wherever you may be.

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 It's a joy to be with you this morning. And please do keep your Bibles open at that passage that Alistair just read to us there in Ephesians chapter 2.

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 One of the additional, possibly unrecognized physical manifestations of COVID is going to be larger ears.

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 We're all going to end up with cauliflower ears with these masks that we're having to wear.

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 I'm very conscious of the fact that my ears are coming out like that.

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 My wife actually said that she quite prefers the mask.

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 She thinks it brings its own air of mystique and it might be a bit of an improvement me wearing a mask,

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 but it's definitely having an impact on the lugs. They're getting larger the more I wear the mask.

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 So that's probably in years to come. They're going to do studies into this.

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 Either our hearing will be improved or dissipated through it. Certainly it doesn't improve the looks, I don't think.

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 But there we are. I get to take mine off. You're stuck with yours for a little while longer.

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 But of course, there is a serious side to where we are at the moment.

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 The government's around the United Kingdom today worrying about the possibility of another COVID spike.

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 But I think we need to issue another health warning, a more serious one this morning.

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 There is the potential of there being a spiritual pandemic that has come as a result of the physical pandemic.

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 There is something that seems to be affecting those who appear to be committed Christians.

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 And this is impacting, it's not killing them physically, it's not affecting them physically,

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 but it might be doing significant spiritual damage.

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 I've heard from pastors all over the UK and even some further flung places around the world

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 who tell me that some of their church family are not in a big hurry to return again to physical assembly,

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 to being together, even with the restrictions that we have at the moment.

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 They're just a sort of a deterioration in the desire of people to get there.

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 And it's not for the reasons we might expect.

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 It's not for the kind of good reasons that there might be those in a certain age group

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 or with some form of compromised health that might make it more dangerous and difficult for them to gather,

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 although amazingly every provision is made to make this safer than almost anything.

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 But it's not for any of these reasons.

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 It's because, and I know nothing about your own situation.

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 Nobody has told me anything about your situation.

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 So I'm not trying to be smart when I say this.

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 I'm just telling you about an observation I'm making around the country and around the world.

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 It's because that in a relatively short period, when we weren't able physically to gather,

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 for some of our brothers and sisters, the Sunday habit has been displaced by other habits.

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 And those in spiritual danger now would say, actually, they prefer just to watch online from home.

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 It's a lot less hassle than having to get the family ready and get down to the hall and get a parking place

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 and get them in and get them marshalled and get them to keep their masks on and all that kind of stuff.

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 They report that they're enjoying a huge time saving because they can budget for maybe an hour or just less than an hour

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 for viewing an online meeting.

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 And they might not even do it on Sunday.

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 They might bank it and do it some night lying in bed on the iPad before they fall asleep.

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 So that ticks the box without them having to get on with all that's involved in being with the people of God.

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 And it frees them up to do other things.

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 They suddenly realize they have a whole extra day in their week that they didn't used to have on a conventional Christian Sunday.

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 And they can get so much more done or they can just have a pajama day.

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 Now who doesn't like a pajama day?

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 And I would admit I've had to catch myself on with this myself.

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 I certainly found that I missed being with my church family during lockdown.

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 But it was amazing how attractive on a Saturday the thought of a leisurely breakfast on a Sunday morning was.

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 And the fact that we were having our lunch at half past one instead of three o'clock.

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 It really was lovely.

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 And of course there's nothing wrong with enjoying the upside of that very weird season we went through during the peak of lockdown this year.

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 But brothers and sisters what's happening is that with some in the church families and it might be you and it might be me and it might be people in my church family and it might be people in your church family.

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 What is happening to some in our church families the world over is that the Lord Jesus and his day and his word and his family are being devalued.

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 And that's happening because of a sight problem.

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 That's happening because we're losing sight of the wonder of the Lord Jesus.

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 We're losing sight of the Lord and what he's done for us historically and what he's doing in us as his people, his church in the present day.

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 The word is being choked and making it unfruitful because other desires are coming in.

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 Where it once seemed to have been bearing fruit in our lives.

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 Now the good news is that none of this takes the Lord Jesus by surprise.

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 He warns us about this doesn't he?

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 In the passage I've just quoted to you about other things coming in, other desires choking the word and making it unfruitful.

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 He warns us for example in Mark chapter 4.

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 Or he warns us in Matthew chapter 24 verse 12 that because of lawlessness, the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.

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 So he pleads with his people.

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 He reaches out to his people.

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 He says be warned about this.

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 Be warned about your love growing cold.

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 And I don't think Paul would be at all surprised to know that it's possible for Christians who know and love the Lord to begin to lose sight of the Lord and lose sight of what he's done for us.

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 A sight that dominates our lives.

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 And lose sight of what he is doing among us.

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 A sight that ought to order our lives.

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 I don't think Paul would be surprised that that is beginning to happen.

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 Because he prays for his readers in Ephesians chapter 1 verse 16.

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 Have a look at it with me.

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 He says I don't cease to give thanks for you.

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 Remembering you my prayers.

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 And here's what he prays.

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 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom.

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 Oh that he would make us wise.

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 And revelation in the knowledge of him.

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 That you'd increasingly know him.

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 Verse 18.

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 Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened.

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 In other words, having the eyes of your hearts with their cataracts removed so that the light, the truth, the reality of the Lord Jesus and his gospel floods your life.

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 The lamp of the body is the eye.

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 Your heart has eyes.

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 It sees.

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 It assesses.

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 It appreciates.

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 It longs for.

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 And here's Paul praying that the eyes of our hearts would be enlightened.

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 That we would know the hope to which he has called us.

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 And the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.

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 And the immeasurable greatness of his power towards us who believe.

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 See when the eyes of our hearts have cataracts removed.

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 And see to focus again on ultimate reality like that.

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 When our eyes are open to see the endless hope.

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 And the glorious wealth.

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 And the immeasurable power that belongs to our God.

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 And that he deploys for his church.

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 Then nothing else in the world takes the place of that treasure in our lives.

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 And we're safe again.

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 We're safe again.

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 Nothing else comes in to displace his lordship.

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 And it is so that our eyes can be freshly and constantly enlightened.

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 That Paul then goes on in the chapter that we are looking at today.

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 In chapter 2.

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 To show us the very things that we so easily.

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 And so disastrously potentially lose sight of.

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 So that's what we're looking at today.

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 The first 10 verses of chapter 2.

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 And that's why we're looking at it.

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 We're sitting in behind Paul.

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 He was praying for the Ephesians.

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 That their eyes would be illumined.

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 That their eyes would be enlightened.

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 That light would flood into the eyes of their hearts.

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 And it would change them again.

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 And that's what I want for myself.

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 And that's why we're looking at this today.

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 Now how are we going to tackle it?

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 Well twice in these verses.

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 Once in verse 5.

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 Once in verse 8.

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 Paul writes the phrase.

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 By grace you have been saved.

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 So let's pray that the eyes of our hearts will be freshly enlightened.

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 As we think about what this means to be saved by grace.

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 And there are three main things I want to draw your attention to this morning.

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 Number one.

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 Why we need saved.

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 Number two.

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 How we are saved.

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 And number three.

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 Why we are saved.

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 So let's look at the first of these together.

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 Why we need saved.

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 So you might be a Christian listening to this.

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 Many of you are I'm sure.

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 You might not be a Christian listening to this.

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 So why do we need saved?

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 Why this talk in the Bible?

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 Well there are three answers.

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 In this passage at the beginning of chapter 2.

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 The first of them is this.

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 We need saved because number one.

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 We were dead.

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 Chapter 2 verse 1.

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 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you used to walk.

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 I'm using ESV.

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 I know you read from NIV.

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 Transgressions.

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 Trespasses.

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 We'll come to that in a moment.

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 But here's the big idea.

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 Why do we need saved?

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 Because we were dead.

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 Now we talk about dead in an unusual way, don't we?

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 We sometimes go.

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 You may have been to a restaurant during lockdown when the restrictions lifted.

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 And had a nice meal.

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 Maybe paid half price for it.

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 And then next day you're talking to someone on the phone or on yet another Zoom call.

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 And they say, did you go to that restaurant last night?

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 And you say, yeah.

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 And did you have a good time?

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 Yeah.

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 And what was it like?

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 Well it was a bit dead.

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 It was a bit dead.

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 Now a restaurant can be a bit dead.

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 A bit quiet maybe.

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 That's what we mean by that.

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 But a person can't be a bit dead.

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 The doctor doesn't go to the bedside and do what he does and then say, well he's a bit dead.

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 Paul says, you were dead.

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 Not just a bit dead.

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 You were dead.

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 Not poorly.

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 Not, you know, spiritually struggling a little bit.

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 No, dead.

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 Not could be better.

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 No, dead.

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 Not suboptimal.

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 No, dead.

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 We had no knowledge of our spiritual condition and no concern for our spiritual condition and no power to improve our spiritual condition.

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 We were dead.

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 That's why we needed saved.

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 Now this is spiritual death, not physical death.

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 It's death to God.

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 Just no link there at all.

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 No connection at all.

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 Just as if he doesn't exist.

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 As though we exist totally without him.

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 Dead to him.

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 Dead to all that he is to us and all that he's done for us.

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 Dead.

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 And this condition of spiritual death, it does point to us being inactive and unresponsive towards God.

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 But it points beyond that.

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 It points us downright towards us being downright offensive to God.

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 We were dead in our trespasses or transgressions in the NIV and sins.

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 Trespasses.

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 Transgression is when we deliberately cross a set of boundaries.

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 I remember as a young boy, my mom and dad taking us on holiday down to that beautiful town in the Thames, Henley.

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 And as we walked along the banks of the River Thames, just a few days after the regatta, if I remember rightly, and the schools were still in.

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 That was always a big treat for me being in holiday in England when the schools were still on, when I was running about enjoying the freedom of that.

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 And we saw a guy in a school uniform sitting under a tree.

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 And we got talking to him and my dad said to him, is this part of the school grounds?

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 And he said, no, no, I'm out of bounds.

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 He said it in a much more posh voice than that.

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 But he said, no, I'm out of bounds.

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 And I thought, age seven, I thought, oh, I can't wait to go back to school and go out of bounds.

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 That sounds really, really cool.

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 Made it sound attractive to me.

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 But the whole of humanity is out of bounds.

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 Since the Garden of Eden.

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 That's what transgression is.

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 That's what trespass is.

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 And sin is not quite the same.

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 So there is an active part of this and there is an inactive part of this.

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 And the inactive part is this idea that we just fall short of the mark.

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 That God has said, this is how you should live.

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 And we just always fall short of it.

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 So these two things, transgressions, trespasses, and sins, point to the activity that comes with this spiritual death.

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 That's why we needed saved.

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 Number one, we were dead.

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 Number two, we were duped.

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 Still in verse two, here we are.

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 Dead in the trespasses and sins of which we once walked, following the course of this world,

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 following the prince of the power of the air.

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 The spirit that's now at work in the sons of disobedience,

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 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,

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 carrying out the desires of the body and the mind.

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 Now have a look at this with me.

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 Because if our deadness was just described by verse three,

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 we might get the impression that we were at least enjoying our existence.

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 At least we were enjoying our complete independence of thought and action.

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 We were really doing what we wanted to do.

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 We were dead to God, took everything he had to give us and ignored him.

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 But at least we were carrying out all our passions.

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 Everything that we desired in the body and mind, we just did.

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 If that was the only description of what it was like to be a dead person walking,

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 spiritually speaking, then we might get the impression,

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 well, at least there was some real liberty there.

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 And of course, that's a huge attraction to people in not being a Christian.

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 One of the reasons our friends that we're trying to reach with the gospel

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 are very suspicious and don't want to get too close to this is

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 they think they'll lose this amazing freedom they have.

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 But it's a complete illusion.

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 We are, verse two, following the course of this world.

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 Following.

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 Just zoning in on it.

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 Following the prince of the power of the air,

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 the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

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 People who celebrate and cherish their apparent freedom

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 from having to love and serve God

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 are blinded to the reality that they're actually,

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 according to verse two,

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 they're actually enslaved followers

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 of demonic spiritual currents in the world.

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 Whether they realize it or not,

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 they're just like,

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 they're just following the current of the river

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 in the way that dead fish follows the current of the river.

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 They follow the course of the world in rebellion to God.

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 And whether the world, meaning not the planet,

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 but the whole system,

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 the whole of humanity instinctively ignoring our maker

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 and rebelling against them,

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 whether the world realizes it or not,

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 we do not live like this entirely by ourselves.

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 It may appear to suit us at times,

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 but we nonetheless take the lead of another.

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 We are being led.

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 And we are duped.

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 And we are following a current.

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 And we are following a spirit of disobedience

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 who is as prevalent as the air we breathe.

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 What was it?

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 I was thinking about it coming through in the car this morning.

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 Was it the Hollies who wrote the song,

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 Sometimes All I Need Is The Air That I Breathe?

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 And the devil, that's all he needs,

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 is the air that we breathe.

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 Because anywhere there is air,

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 he can be there.

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 And he can be there with a spirit of disobedience.

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 He can be there polluting the air, as it were, spiritually.

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 And we're all rightly concerned about air pollution and air quality.

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 But nobody cares about this.

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 That there is a spiritual enemy of the human soul,

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 that there is a spiritual enemy of God Almighty

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 who pollutes the planet and pollutes the universe

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 and pollutes the air, as it were, spiritually speaking.

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 So that disobeying God is as natural and comfortable

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 and almost as essential to life as breathing.

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 And the only clue that we're given here,

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 that we're not as free as we think we are,

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 in verse 3,

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 comes into view when we take stock of the havoc

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 that our freedom unintentionally causes us.

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 Why do we so invariably hurt our loved ones

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 as we pursue our own agenda,

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 as we do our own thing,

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 not believing that we're being duped by anyone?

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 Why is it then,

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 if we're not duped,

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 if we're not following someone else,

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 if we're not marching to the beat of another

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 drama, demonic influence,

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 why then is it that doing our own thing

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 involves hurting our loved ones

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 and often harming ourselves?

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 That's the clue that we're not really achieving what we want,

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 that we're not really just doing what we want,

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 that we are in the thrall of another.

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 And to be as successful as he has been,

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 Satan needs to be prepared himself,

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 not to be believed in.

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 And that's perfect for him.

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 He masquerades as an angel of light.

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 He doesn't need people to believe in him

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 for him to be most effective.

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 Humanity is dead to God,

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 duped by Satan,

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 hopelessly in his throne.

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 That's why we need saved.

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 We need saved because we're dead,

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 because we're duped,

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 thirdly because we're doomed.

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 Verse,

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 the very end of verse 3,

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 we were by nature children of wrath

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 like the rest of mankind.

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 We were,

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 the believers.

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 This is meant to be opening our eyes

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 to something glorious God has done.

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 And this element of our desperate need

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 to be saved takes us beyond this life,

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 however it may work out for us,

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 and into the eternity that lies ahead

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 of every human soul,

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 either cut off from God in hell

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 or with him in glory.

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 And Paul underscores the offense

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 of our rebellion against the God

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 who's given us life and breath

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 and everything else.

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 And he points us to the catastrophic impact

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 of our deadness to him,

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 of our trespasses,

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 of our sins.

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 It means that we're children of wrath.

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 That doesn't just mean we've got a temper on us.

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 That may or may not be true.

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 It means that we inherit

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 the just, pure,

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 undeniably deserved wrath of God upon us.

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 His wrath is not an outburst

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 of his bad temper.

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 His wrath is his,

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 part of his perfection.

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 It is his permanent,

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 steady state,

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 invariable,

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 settled hostility

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 to the rebellion

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 against him of those

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 to whom he has given life

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 and everything.

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 And because we've rebelled

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 against an infinitely glorious being,

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 our sin is infinitely offensive

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 and grievous.

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 It is an infinite crime

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 and therefore the final experience

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 of that wrath upon us

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 is infinite punishment.

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 More dreadful than we can even think of.

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 And we are the children of wrath.

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 NIV, I think,

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 says the objects of wrath.

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 We attract his wrath

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 in the way that a magnet

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 attracts iron filings.

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 Or a way,

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 in the way that a friend of mine

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 seems to attract wasps.

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 Friend of ours,

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 she hates wasps,

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 but she just seems to attract them.

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 We are wrath magnets, friends.

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 This is part of the wonder

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 of the gospel.

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 We are wrath magnets

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 and we wouldn't even know about that.

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 We wouldn't believe in it.

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 We wouldn't care about it

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 unless God told us about it

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 in his word as he does.

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 Now, it doesn't get any darker than this

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 in understanding what we are

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 basically like dead

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 and duped

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 and doomed

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 to face the wrath of God.

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 Paul wants our eyes

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 to be open to this afresh.

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 Why we need to be saved,

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 there's the answer.

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 We're dead.

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 We're duped.

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 We're doomed.

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 Now then,

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 that's why we need saved.

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 How are we saved?

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 Well, there could hardly be

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 a greater contrast.

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 Such a blessing

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 to get out of the tunnel

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 into the daylight,

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 the stunning daylight

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 of verse 4.

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 But,

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 God being rich in mercy,

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 because of the great love

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 with which he loved us,

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 pause there.

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 There's the first answer

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 to how we're saved.

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 The first thing to notice

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 is that we're saved

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 because God treated us

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 with love.

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 He treated us with love.

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 His love of wrath magnets,

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 sinful, ungrateful,

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 rebellious,

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 dismissive sinners

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 against him.

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 His love for us

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 is the engine room

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 that powered our salvation.

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 He is rich in mercy.

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 Notice verse 4.

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 He's rich in mercy

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 because of the great love

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 with which he loved us.

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 There's so much in that for us.

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 So he loved us

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 and he loved us

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 with a great love.

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 And that great love

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 resulted in

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:36.299
 glorious riches of mercy

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 towards us.

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 We are saved

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 because he has the capacity

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 to infinitely love

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 those who

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 infinitely

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.940
 disrespect

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 and hate him.

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.899
 How are we saved?

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 Number one,

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.220
 God treated us

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 with love.

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 Number two,

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 God gifted us

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 with life.

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 Verse 5.

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 Even when we were dead.

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 We've talked about that.

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 In our trespass.

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 We've talked about that.

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 He made us alive

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 together with Christ.

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.099
 By grace

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:07.159
 you have been saved.

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.899
 How are we saved?

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:10.840
 He treated us

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 with love.

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 He gifted us

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 with new life.

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 New spiritual life.

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 And he did it

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:18.280
 by grace.

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 I've already pointed out

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 that Paul uses

00:24:20.280 --> 00:24:21.120
 this phrase again

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.700
 in verse 8.

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 By grace

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 you've been saved.

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 But it's as though

00:24:24.040 --> 00:24:25.620
 with his forensic mind,

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.060
 his amazing forensic mind,

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 led by the Holy Spirit.

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 He wants us

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.620
 to understand

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:32.700
 when I talk about grace,

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 this is the picture

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 you've got to have in mind.

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 And he does that

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.679
 by the language

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 and the imagery

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 that he's used

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:43.359
 about our deadness

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:45.179
 and our dupedness,

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 not that there is

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.399
 such a word,

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 and our doomedness,

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.639
 not that there is

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.259
 such a word.

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 But they're the pictures

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.480
 he uses

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 to make it crystal clear

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:53.799
 that we are saved

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 entirely by God's initiative.

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 It's a thing

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 that God did

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 for the dead

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 and duped

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 and doomed.

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 That's what God's

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.660
 grace is.

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 It's the unearned,

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.240
 undeserved action

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.660
 of God

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.360
 to treat us

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:10.559
 in the opposite way

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.640
 to how we would be.

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 He would be

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.740
 entirely justified

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 in treating us.

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 And it's necessarily,

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:19.120
 entirely at his instigation.

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 It has to be

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 because we were dead

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:29.779
 entirely by his execution.

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 It couldn't be more clear,

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 could it?

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 When we were dead,

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 he did something

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:36.140
 to make us alive.

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 That's grace.

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 We didn't long for him

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 until he awoke

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 that longing within us.

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 So you might be thinking,

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.720
 I don't know about that.

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 I think there was something

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:49.000
 in me that began

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.100
 to reach out to God

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:51.100
 and then he responded

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.420
 to that.

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 No, it's the other way around.

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 Yes, you did begin

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.900
 to long for him.

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 Something did awaken in you,

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.039
 but it wasn't you

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.960
 that awakened it.

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 We didn't feel

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.879
 the conviction of our sin

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.960
 until he blessed us

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.839
 with that conviction

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:09.659
 by the work of his Holy Spirit.

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.599
 We didn't decide

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.679
 to follow Jesus

00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:13.159
 in and of ourselves.

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.039
 We were dead.

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:15.000
 We were duped.

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:16.019
 We were doomed.

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.460
 He did the work.

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 He brought to life

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.940
 our spiritual corpse.

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 We had no part in this.

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.160
 Verse 8,

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:28.160
 By grace you've been saved

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.160
 through faith,

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:33.539
 and this is not your own doing.

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:35.120
 And this refers to both

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:37.240
 the grace by which

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.900
 you've been saved

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:39.279
 and the faith

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:41.019
 that connects us

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.579
 to that grace.

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:43.259
 We didn't even have it in us

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:45.600
 to work up the faith

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:48.139
 to act towards God.

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:52.439
 Both the grace that saves

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:53.779
 and the faith

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:57.039
 that by his grace

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:58.919
 connects us to his grace

00:26:58.919 --> 00:27:01.119
 is not our doing.

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:03.539
 It is the gift of God.

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.519
 It is not the result

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.839
 of our works,

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.599
 my works,

00:27:06.719 --> 00:27:07.399
 my dead,

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.159
 duped,

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.799
 doomed works

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:14.439
 so that no one may boast.

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.480
 Friends,

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.219
 are our eyes open

00:27:17.219 --> 00:27:17.919
 to this wonder?

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:19.659
 Are our eyes open

00:27:19.659 --> 00:27:22.039
 to this wonder?

00:27:22.219 --> 00:27:23.699
 Do you see how stunning

00:27:23.699 --> 00:27:24.619
 this work of grace

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.419
 is in your life?

00:27:26.639 --> 00:27:27.639
 But we need to know

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.699
 how we are saved

00:27:28.699 --> 00:27:29.240
 a bit more.

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.759
 We need to know

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.919
 the mechanics of salvation.

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.699
 What was it he did?

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.000
 How did he make

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:35.500
 wrath magnets

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:37.240
 love magnets?

00:27:37.459 --> 00:27:38.599
 How did that happen?

00:27:38.719 --> 00:27:39.599
 Did he just change

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.599
 his mind on a whim?

00:27:40.699 --> 00:27:41.480
 Well, I hope not

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.159
 because he might

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:43.240
 change it back

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.799
 on a whim.

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:44.980
 Of course he did.

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:47.440
 Did he begin

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.860
 to recalibrate

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:50.339
 his feelings

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:52.079
 of appalled

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.720
 abhorrence

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.700
 towards our rebellion?

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.180
 Did he begin

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:55.279
 to sort of just

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.099
 move things

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.799
 that were crimes

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:58.599
 into not being crimes?

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.700
 Did he decriminalize

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.120
 some stuff

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:02.200
 just to give us

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.940
 a bit of a pass?

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.380
 No.

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.700
 He achieved

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.920
 something stunning

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.700
 in and by his son,

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.299
 the Lord Jesus.

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.299
 He treated us

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.799
 with love,

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.559
 he gifted us

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.000
 with life,

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.180
 and he seated

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.900
 us with Christ.

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.900
 There's the third answer,

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.559
 verse 6.

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:17.039
 This is how he did it.

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.039
 He raised us up

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.480
 with him

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.480
 and seated us

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.839
 with him

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.880
 in the heavenly places

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.640
 in Christ Jesus.

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.279
 Now this is

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.880
 theological shorthand.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.559
 Paul expects us

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.079
 to remember

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.559
 what he's already said.

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:31.759
 God didn't just

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.679
 make us alive.

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.240
 He didn't just

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.139
 gift us with life.

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.220
 Notice verse 5.

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.379
 Even when we were

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:37.419
 dead in our trespasses,

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.200
 he made us alive

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:39.440
 together with Christ.

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.839
 Together with Christ.

00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:44.139
 There is something here

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:45.779
 about the way

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:47.319
 that he has connected us

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.039
 to his son,

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.799
 the Lord Jesus,

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:51.079
 that makes this gift

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:52.079
 of life a reality

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.619
 for us.

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:54.039
 Why did his son,

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:54.819
 the Lord Jesus,

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:56.299
 need to be made alive

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.759
 as well?

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.779
 Why did he need

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.500
 to be made alive?

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.139
 Well, remember

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:02.819
 chapter 1,

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.899
 what you've already seen.

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.679
 Chapter 1, verse 6,

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.220
 to the praise

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.240
 of his glorious grace,

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.299
 with which he has

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.119
 blessed us

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:11.179
 in the beloved.

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.919
 That's Jesus.

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.559
 In him,

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.659
 we have redemption

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:17.779
 through his blood,

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.539
 meaning through

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:20.079
 his blood shed,

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.679
 meaning through

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:22.319
 the giving of his life,

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:23.799
 through his death.

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.740
 We have redemption

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.559
 through his blood,

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.220
 through his death,

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.480
 the forgiveness

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.600
 of our trespasses,

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:31.200
 according to the riches

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.880
 of his grace,

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:33.480
 which he lavished upon us

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.819
 in all wisdom

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:36.940
 and insight.

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:39.920
 God sent his perfect son,

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:42.440
 who was entirely alive

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.940
 to him,

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.299
 unlike me,

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.360
 who's dead to him,

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.720
 who was never duped

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.460
 by Satan,

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.240
 unlike me,

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:50.920
 who was entirely unworthy

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.860
 of God's wrath,

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.660
 unlike me,

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:54.200
 and he sent his son

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:55.240
 to join us

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.160
 in death

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:59.480
 by bearing our sin,

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.640
 the awful offense

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.600
 of it on the cross,

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:03.400
 and bearing the wrath

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.519
 of God for it

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.759
 on the cross.

00:30:05.820 --> 00:30:07.040
 Listen to this little poem

00:30:07.040 --> 00:30:07.700
 written by

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:09.460
 Lance Pibworth.

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.620
 You may not have heard

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:10.920
 of him,

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.560
 but listen to this.

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:15.819
 All my sin of every kind,

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.779
 all the thoughts

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.839
 that stain the mind,

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.119
 all the evils

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.980
 I design,

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.139
 laid on him.

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.079
 All the ways

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.940
 my feet have strayed,

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.859
 all the idols

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.659
 I have made,

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.179
 all the times

00:30:30.179 --> 00:30:31.399
 I have not prayed,

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.599
 laid on him.

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.500
 All the told

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:37.799
 and acted lies.

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.920
 All success

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:41.220
 and all the tries,

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:43.660
 sins that I legitimize,

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.059
 laid on him.

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:47.180
 All that sinks me

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.960
 in the mire,

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.900
 all the times

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:51.359
 of base desire,

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:53.000
 all that needs

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.359
 a cleansing fire,

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.819
 laid on him.

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:58.079
 All my misdirected powers,

00:30:58.440 --> 00:31:00.339
 all my many wasted hours,

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.759
 all my dreams

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.900
 of ivory towers,

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.740
 laid on him.

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:06.099
 All that makes

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:07.859
 my spirit cold,

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.799
 all that keeps me

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.740
 from the fold,

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.299
 all that dims

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.759
 my father's gold,

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.240
 laid on him.

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.200
 All the times

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.519
 I've grieved the spirit,

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:20.079
 all the nature

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.059
 I inherit,

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.579
 all the punishment

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.859
 I merit,

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.519
 laid on him,

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.000
 laid on him,

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:29.160
 God's own dear son,

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:30.200
 laid on him,

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.980
 the holy one,

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.200
 blotting out

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.420
 the noonday sun.

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:36.140
 when laid on him.

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.120
 That's the reality

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.940
 of what happened.

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:41.400
 That's why Jesus

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:43.279
 had to be raised

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.019
 from death,

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.140
 because that's the death

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.720
 he died.

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.700
 And we already know

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.420
 chapter one,

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.700
 what is the immeasurable

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.799
 greatness of his power

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:52.000
 towards us who believe,

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.579
 according to the working

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:55.059
 of his great might.

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.779
 Verse 20,

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.319
 are you following?

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:58.599
 that he worked in Christ

00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:00.079
 when he raised him

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.899
 from the dead

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:02.299
 and seated him

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.679
 at his right hand

00:32:03.679 --> 00:32:04.639
 in the heavenly places.

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:05.500
 Job done.

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.740
 Forever.

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.960
 God's wrath

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.139
 satisfied

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:12.119
 because it was laid

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.740
 on him,

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:15.059
 poured out on him.

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.939
 His love for sinners

00:32:16.939 --> 00:32:17.899
 upheld

00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:19.740
 so the wrath

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.220
 magnets

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.800
 could become

00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:21.720
 love magnets

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:23.320
 because the wrath

00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:24.160
 was transferred

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:25.140
 onto Jesus.

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:27.060
 And the perfection

00:32:27.060 --> 00:32:27.780
 of the Lord Jesus

00:32:27.780 --> 00:32:28.900
 was put onto those

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.500
 who would put their

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.220
 trust in him,

00:32:30.280 --> 00:32:31.019
 who were awakened

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:33.060
 to have the faith

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:34.700
 to trust in his grace.

00:32:34.800 --> 00:32:35.320
 That's us

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:36.200
 if we're in him.

00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:39.180
 And so his death

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.940
 was my death.

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.300
 His grave

00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:43.240
 was my grave.

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:44.360
 His resurrection

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:46.079
 will be my resurrection.

00:32:47.219 --> 00:32:48.179
 And when he sits

00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:48.679
 in glory

00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:49.459
 at the right hand

00:32:49.459 --> 00:32:50.139
 of the Father,

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:51.659
 he makes it possible

00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.619
 for me one day

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.459
 to sit in glory

00:32:53.459 --> 00:32:54.039
 at the right hand

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.500
 of the Father.

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.859
 So in effect,

00:32:55.959 --> 00:32:57.219
 now that has happened

00:32:57.219 --> 00:32:59.779
 because he has done

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.979
 everything for me.

00:33:01.459 --> 00:33:02.399
 Everything that he's done

00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:04.279
 is what has been done

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:06.279
 in the name of those

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.299
 who trust in him

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.000
 by his grace.

00:33:08.199 --> 00:33:08.659
 And therefore,

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.979
 because God has raised him

00:33:09.979 --> 00:33:11.359
 and seated him

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:11.959
 at his right hand,

00:33:12.219 --> 00:33:13.259
 that's us.

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.839
 Who are there,

00:33:14.939 --> 00:33:16.039
 a man in the glory,

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:17.279
 keeping our seat.

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:19.059
 No social distancing.

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.679
 So we're saved

00:33:25.679 --> 00:33:26.579
 by our union

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:28.139
 in death

00:33:28.139 --> 00:33:28.919
 and resurrection

00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:29.839
 and kingly reign

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.759
 with the Lord Jesus.

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:33.079
 Now as we close

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.539
 this morning,

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.639
 why are we saved?

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:37.240
 Why we need saved,

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.240
 how we are saved,

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.319
 why we're saved.

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.699
 Very briefly,

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.479
 two reasons

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.620
 that this passage gives us.

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.599
 A future reason

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:47.559
 and a present reason.

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.740
 The future reason

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:50.079
 is verse 7.

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:51.519
 So that in the coming ages

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.860
 he might show the kindness,

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:53.940
 sorry,

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:55.660
 show the immeasurable riches

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.400
 of his grace

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:57.940
 and kindness towards us

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:59.620
 in Christ Jesus.

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.460
 It's amazing, isn't it,

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.480
 how Ephesians takes us

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.460
 from eternity past

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.640
 when we were chosen in Christ

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.440
 before the foundation

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.039
 of the world

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:09.400
 to eternity to come.

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:12.579
 Verse 7 just about explains

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:14.000
 why everything is

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.719
 the way it is.

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:16.059
 It is so that

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:17.000
 in the coming ages

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.840
 he might show

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:19.719
 the immeasurable riches,

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.900
 immeasurable riches

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.659
 of his grace

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.659
 and kindness

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.259
 towards us

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:23.920
 in Christ Jesus.

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.340
 Our eternal,

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.320
 ever-increasing delight

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:28.380
 and satisfaction

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:30.440
 will be in him.

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:32.800
 That's why we're saved.

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:35.700
 God wants people

00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:37.600
 to be able to

00:34:37.600 --> 00:34:39.780
 adore that forever

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:42.120
 and flourish in that.

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:43.100
 And it's not just

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:44.620
 that we won't get tired of it.

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.780
 You know how sometimes

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.880
 you go to somewhere lovely

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:48.220
 and the person who lives there

00:34:48.220 --> 00:34:49.060
 in a beautiful place

00:34:49.060 --> 00:34:50.880
 they tell you

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.440
 how every morning

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.980
 they get up

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.820
 and they open the curtains

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.580
 and they see the view

00:34:53.580 --> 00:34:54.000
 and they say,

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.640
 I never tire of it.

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:57.140
 Well, that's a lovely thing.

00:34:58.260 --> 00:35:00.100
 But this picture here

00:35:00.100 --> 00:35:00.720
 in verse 7

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:02.000
 is not just saying

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.059
 don't worry,

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:04.099
 you'll never tire of it.

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.079
 It's saying the opposite.

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:05.639
 It's saying

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:07.000
 you will never cease

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.880
 to be increasingly

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:10.000
 thrilled by it

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.840
 for all of eternity

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:12.019
 because it's immeasurable.

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.559
 Why are we saved?

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:19.199
 We're saved for his glory.

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:24.099
 And we are most,

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:25.820
 most happy

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:27.579
 when he is glorified.

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:29.139
 We are fed

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.039
 and nourished

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:31.619
 and satisfied

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.380
 eternally.

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.840
 Every longing

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.860
 satisfied.

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:36.420
 Everything we long for now

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.519
 that we are sure

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.699
 is not found in God

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:41.519
 when we get to glory

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.259
 we'll find it was

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:43.559
 always found in God.

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:47.159
 Why are we saved?

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.920
 Verse 7

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:49.880
 the eternal perspective

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:52.239
 and then verse 10

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:53.099
 the present thing.

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.800
 Where is workmanship?

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.059
 Interesting,

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.099
 at the end of verse 9

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:59.360
 not saved by works

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.380
 so that no one can boast.

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.199
 It's almost as though

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.739
 Paul says now.

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.559
 Funnily enough,

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.619
 talking about works,

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:05.019
 talking about works

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:06.139
 that don't save you.

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:09.119
 We are his workmanship.

00:36:09.339 --> 00:36:10.319
 We are the output

00:36:10.319 --> 00:36:11.699
 of God's work.

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:14.299
 He had some corpses

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:16.000
 and not only

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:17.259
 were they spiritual corpses,

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:19.299
 they were duped.

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.779
 They were completely

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.880
 in the thrall

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:23.599
 of Satan

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.799
 and demonic forces.

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:27.280
 and they were doomed.

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.960
 They were under

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.820
 my wrath,

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.280
 says God,

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:31.360
 and I had this mess.

00:36:32.680 --> 00:36:33.700
 And now look,

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.800
 they're going to spend forever.

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.800
 Magnify my son,

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:41.180
 glorying in

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:43.780
 my eternal kindness to them.

00:36:45.560 --> 00:36:47.300
 We are his workmanship.

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:51.200
 But he has work

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.180
 cut out for us.

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:54.880
 Notice verse 10.

00:36:56.100 --> 00:36:57.360
 Created in Christ Jesus

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.240
 for good works

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:59.600
 which God prepared beforehand

00:36:59.600 --> 00:37:00.720
 that we should walk in them.

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:03.260
 You know that phrase,

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.920
 you've got your work

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.539
 cut out for you.

00:37:04.640 --> 00:37:04.800
 Well,

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:06.680
 God has got your work

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:08.080
 cut out for you,

00:37:08.120 --> 00:37:08.840
 sisters and brothers.

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.860
 If you belong to him,

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:11.720
 if this gospel is yours,

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:13.280
 if this experience is yours,

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:14.500
 if you read this this morning

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.200
 and hear this

00:37:15.200 --> 00:37:16.920
 unpacked and say,

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.180
 yeah,

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:17.800
 that's me,

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.800
 that's exactly

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.800
 what God has done.

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:21.019
 If he's begun

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:22.420
 to open your eyes again to it,

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.460
 there's work for you

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:24.079
 to do now.

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.460
 And we're told

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.139
 in this passage

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:29.480
 that we're saved by grace

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.340
 and we're also told

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:32.340
 that we serve by grace.

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.240
 There's work to do.

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:34.260
 But the work

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:34.980
 does not

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:36.519
 pay God off

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:38.599
 for his grace to us.

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:41.180
 The work that we do

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.800
 for him

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:43.400
 is by his grace.

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.220
 It is as though

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:45.539
 if I take out

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.599
 my debit card,

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.179
 I wouldn't do this

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.659
 in Aberdeen,

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.399
 but I'll do it in Edinburgh.

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.159
 I'll take the risk.

00:37:49.839 --> 00:37:50.819
 I'll take out my debit card.

00:37:50.939 --> 00:37:51.399
 It's as though

00:37:51.399 --> 00:37:53.279
 rather than me

00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:54.519
 trying to do things

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.019
 for God

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:56.000
 to pay him

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:57.739
 and to respond to him

00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:58.439
 for what he's done,

00:37:58.699 --> 00:38:00.179
 I'm actually putting myself

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:01.699
 further in his debt

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.459
 because the bill

00:38:02.459 --> 00:38:03.239
 goes to him

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:04.179
 every month

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:05.179
 for the grace

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.719
 that I need

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.579
 to serve him.

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:09.119
 And he delights

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.859
 to pay it.

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:12.299
 He doesn't hold me

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:13.340
 accountable for that.

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:15.180
 So we're saved

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:15.960
 by grace.

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:17.300
 I'll now put this

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:18.060
 carefully away.

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:20.160
 We're saved by grace

00:38:20.160 --> 00:38:21.220
 and we serve

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:22.000
 by grace.

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.820
 And God has good works

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:28.400
 prepared for us.

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:29.380
 We just need to rescue

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:30.560
 that as we close from,

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:32.080
 we need to rescue

00:38:32.080 --> 00:38:32.800
 good works

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.680
 from the bad books,

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:34.080
 don't we?

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:34.820
 Isn't it strange

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.620
 that we live in a world

00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:36.760
 where being a do-gooder

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:37.800
 is a negative thing?

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.280
 But it has that kind

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.800
 of horrible,

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:42.400
 prickly person

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.120
 who thinks they're

00:38:43.120 --> 00:38:44.160
 better than everybody else

00:38:44.160 --> 00:38:45.620
 and goes through life

00:38:45.620 --> 00:38:46.900
 doing good

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:48.019
 to make it look

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.940
 how good they are,

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:50.440
 to show their own goodness.

00:38:50.560 --> 00:38:51.500
 That's not what

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.100
 this is about.

00:38:52.200 --> 00:38:53.660
 That's not gospel good works.

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:57.080
 As you crack on

00:38:57.080 --> 00:38:57.580
 through the book

00:38:57.580 --> 00:38:58.120
 of Ephesians,

00:38:58.240 --> 00:38:59.019
 especially when you get

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.880
 to chapter four,

00:39:00.060 --> 00:39:00.960
 to the end of it

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.580
 you're going to see

00:39:01.580 --> 00:39:02.519
 a list

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:04.560
 of supernatural

00:39:04.560 --> 00:39:06.220
 ways to live,

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.440
 being kind

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.100
 to one another,

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:11.059
 forgiving one another,

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.819
 submitting to one another,

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:14.019
 husbands and wives,

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:15.719
 children and parents,

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:17.259
 and slaves and masters,

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:18.460
 employees and employers,

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.380
 and all the rest of it

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.799
 that's there.

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.900
 That's what Paul's

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.779
 pointing to

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.579
 in Embryo now.

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.900
 And when you get there,

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.860
 maybe you'll remember

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:28.079
 that we're as workmanship,

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:29.599
 we're created in Christ Jesus

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.819
 for good works

00:39:30.819 --> 00:39:32.099
 that God prepared beforehand

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:33.259
 that we should walk

00:39:33.259 --> 00:39:34.460
 in them.

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.839
 So my friends,

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.699
 I'm finishing now.

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:41.279
 And I wonder

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.899
 where you are

00:39:41.899 --> 00:39:42.699
 with this this morning

00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:44.019
 as we draw it to a close.

00:39:45.419 --> 00:39:46.019
 I wonder,

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:47.039
 have you seen that

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:48.239
 just as I came in

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:48.599
 this morning

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.039
 and was asked,

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:50.119
 have you any

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:51.219
 COVID symptoms?

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:53.000
 And I was gladly

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.619
 able to say,

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.199
 no I don't.

00:39:54.259 --> 00:39:54.960
 But I wonder

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:55.980
 some of the other

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:57.339
 symptoms of the whole season.

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.359
 Are you beginning

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:59.720
 to find your eyes

00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:02.380
 growing dim with cataract

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:03.240
 towards the Lord

00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:03.960
 and what he's done

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:04.820
 and what he is doing?

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:07.960
 Your heart growing cold

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:09.420
 towards him.

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.980
 It's interesting

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.960
 that the whole book

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:12.420
 ends like this.

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:14.860
 Grace be with all

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:17.079
 who love our Lord Jesus Christ

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.860
 with a love

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:19.599
 incorruptible.

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:24.200
 Incorruptible.

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:25.439
 that can't be corrupted

00:40:25.439 --> 00:40:28.359
 by all that life

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:29.199
 can throw at it

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.079
 to take our eyes

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.659
 off the ball.

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:33.379
 May that be true of us.

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.559
 And for anyone

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.259
 who doesn't know

00:40:36.259 --> 00:40:36.819
 the Lord Jesus

00:40:36.819 --> 00:40:37.339
 this morning

00:40:37.339 --> 00:40:38.460
 who by his grace

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:39.419
 might recognize

00:40:39.419 --> 00:40:39.939
 themselves

00:40:39.939 --> 00:40:42.179
 in this passage

00:40:42.179 --> 00:40:45.239
 because of the fact

00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:45.519
 that,

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.859
 because of what

00:40:46.859 --> 00:40:47.859
 Paul says here,

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:49.199
 that the potential

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:50.079
 is amazing.

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:51.119
 you're now listening

00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:51.799
 to someone

00:40:51.799 --> 00:40:53.559
 who was by nature

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.739
 an object of wrath

00:40:54.739 --> 00:40:56.019
 like the rest

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:57.000
 of mankind.

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:01.360
 I once was lost

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:02.340
 but now I'm found.

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:03.360
 I was blind

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:04.119
 but now I see

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:05.059
 and that can happen

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.579
 to you.

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:08.259
 And if you sense

00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:08.900
 that God is

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:10.139
 doing a work

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:10.799
 in your heart,

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.639
 if you sense

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.139
 that there is

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:13.559
 just the beginnings

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:14.420
 of a stirring,

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:18.519
 then by his grace

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.500
 get hold of that.

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:21.940
 and move towards

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.519
 the Lord Jesus

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:23.699
 for salvation.

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.500
 Father,

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.019
 please,

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:25.739
 we pray,

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:27.159
 help us,

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:28.199
 have mercy on us.

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:30.759
 We so easily

00:41:30.759 --> 00:41:31.920
 become calcified.

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.739
 We so easily

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:34.259
 become dead

00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:34.900
 and blind

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:36.860
 to the wonders

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:37.639
 of what you've done.

00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:38.519
 We so easily

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:40.819
 become enthralled

00:41:40.819 --> 00:41:42.559
 by nothing

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:43.480
 of any lasting

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.079
 consequence.

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:47.380
 We lose our

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:47.719
 footing.

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.599
 Our hearts

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:50.139
 grow cold

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:50.739
 towards you.

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:53.659
 Please rekindle

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:54.059
 in us

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:56.619
 by the eyes

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:57.360
 of our hearts

00:41:57.360 --> 00:41:58.219
 being enlightened

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:59.299
 to see these things.

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.239
 For the glory

00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:01.839
 of our Savior

00:42:01.839 --> 00:42:02.559
 we ask it.

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.480
 Amen.

00:42:04.179 --> 00:42:05.380
 a

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:06.519
 to

00:42:07.260 --> 00:42:08.320
 a

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.900
 another

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.119
 move.

00:42:11.219 --> 00:42:11.440
 To

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:13.740
 a

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:18.079
奇

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:22.300
 two

00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:27.139
 are

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:27.780
 going to monitor

00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:28.240
 and

00:42:28.240 --> 00:42:29.000
 to