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 Be very careful then how you live, not as unwise but as wise,

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 making the most of every opportunity because the days are evil.

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 Therefore, do not be foolish but understand what the Lord's will is.

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 Do not get drunk on wine which leads to debauchery.

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 Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

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 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.

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 Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord.

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 Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything.

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 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

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 It's good together again tonight.

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 We've been working through the book of Ephesians

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 and I'm going to suggest that I'm going to try to set the bar really, really high.

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 Not in my preaching but in terms of what the Word hopefully will achieve tonight.

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 If you're feeling tired and weak and besieged and spiritually dry,

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 perhaps what you need in your life, in your spiritual life, is to be Spirit-filled.

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 And that's what we're going to be talking about tonight.

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 I'm hoping that we'll walk away tonight having a clear understanding

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 of what it means to be Spirit-filled.

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 And as a result, walk away from tonight being Spirit-filled.

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 We have seen in the book of Ephesians the work of the Father

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 who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing.

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 We have considered the work of the Son.

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 It is in Him that we receive the blessing from the Father.

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 And tonight, or this afternoon, we'll consider the work of the Spirit

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 to complete the picture of the work of God for us.

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 But firstly, one of the great things in spending the weekend on a book

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 is that we can actually see the coherency, the argument, the flow of the book.

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 But just so that if you can indulge me,

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 I'll repeat a little bit of the flow of the book.

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 Paul often writes from the indicative to the imperative,

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 if you know what I mean.

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 Indiegative means what happens, what has happened.

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 Imperative is what you must do.

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 It's sort of like command.

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 And often in the way Paul writes,

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 the first half of his writing would be in the indicative,

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 what God has done, He's blessed us,

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 He's reconciled us in Jesus,

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 He's caused us to be born again,

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 and He's made us into a new humanity,

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 the indicative.

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 Once He's established the indicative,

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 He moves on to the imperative,

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 the implications of the indicative.

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 Since God has done all this,

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 what does it mean for us?

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 This is where the rubber hits the road.

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 And the imperative starts for us in the book of Ephesians,

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 Ephesians 4.1,

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 which we looked at this morning.

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 But it might be worthwhile to cast our eyes to there again.

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 If you have your Bibles in front of you,

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 it will be good to open them to Ephesians 4.1.

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 So having seen what God has done,

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 He then turns to,

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 well, what does it mean for us,

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 to those of us who have been born again,

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 reconciled to God?

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 Chapter 4, verse 1.

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 As a prisoner for the Lord,

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 then, I urge you to live a life

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 worthy of the calling you have received.

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 The indicative is,

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 you have been called,

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 you've been made new,

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 so live like it.

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 The reality is,

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 you've been changed as people live.

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 So start,

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 chapter 4, verse 1,

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 is almost a heading for the rest of the book.

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 Chapter 4 to 6.

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 We are to walk in newness of life.

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 We are to walk in holiness.

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 That is, in a way that pleases God,

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 and in a way that is dramatically opposed

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 to the life that we used to live,

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 and to those around us.

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 4.17.

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 Well, what does that life of holiness look like?

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 Chapter 5 is the beginning of it.

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 Chapter 5, verse 1 and 2.

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 Be imitators of God, therefore,

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 as dearly beloved children.

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 So we are to live like God.

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 We're to imitate God.

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 Well, what does that mean?

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 Are we to be tall like God?

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 To be strong like God?

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 No.

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 No.

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 In verse 2, he explains.

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 To imitate God,

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 to live a new life in Christ,

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 means to live a life of love.

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 God is love.

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 So his children are, therefore,

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 to love.

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 Just as Christ loved us

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 and gave himself for us

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 as a fragrant offering and sacrifice.

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 So this is what...

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 And the rest of the chapter is an exposition,

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 is an explanation of what a life of love look like.

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 There will not be any sexual immorality.

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 Sexual immorality is profoundly unloving.

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 The children of God are to be like God.

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 And verse 8,

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 it means that we walk in the light,

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 not in darkness.

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 And verse 15 to 21,

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 which is our passage,

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 continues in that instruction,

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 in the imperative.

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 And he used the word living or walking.

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 And let's have a look at that again.

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 In light of what God has done,

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 verse 15 of chapter 5,

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 we are to be careful

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 how we are to live,

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 not as unwise,

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 but as wise.

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 The children of God

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 live lives of love

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 and in the light,

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 but we are also

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 to live wisely.

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 Why is that?

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 And he

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 gives us the motivation.

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 If you look a little bit early

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 in the passage that we looked at today,

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 starting in verse 8,

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 this is what he says.

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 For once you were...

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 Sorry.

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 For you were once darkness,

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 but now you are light in the Lord.

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 Live as children of light.

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 For the fruit of light consists

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 in all goodness,

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 righteousness,

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 and truth.

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 And find out what pleases the Lord.

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 Have nothing to do with

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 the fruitless deeds of darkness,

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 but rather expose them.

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 For it is shameful

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 even to mention

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 what the disobedient do

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 in secret.

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 But everything exposed

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 by the light becomes visible.

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 For it is light

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 that makes everything visible.

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 Et cetera, et cetera.

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 There is an exposure

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 of the darkness.

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 We are to be part

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 of the process

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 of exposing that darkness.

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 A little bit earlier on

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 in chapter 5,

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 particularly in verses 5 and 6,

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 it talks about

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 the judgment of God.

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 In fact,

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 that provides the motivation

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 for the wise living.

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 If the judgment of God

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 is about to come,

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 if the axe is about to fall,

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 we are to live wisely.

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 Okay?

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 The insanity,

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 sorry,

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 the definition of insanity

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 supposedly,

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 according to Einstein,

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 is to do the same thing

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 over and over again

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 and to expect

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 different results.

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 You know,

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 that's insane.

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 That is,

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 that is what a fool

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 would do.

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 The wise person learns,

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 adopt,

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 adept.

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 You see,

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 you make a mistake

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 and you change your behavior

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 so that a different outcome

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 would ensue.

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 Fools,

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 on the other hand,

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 they don't learn.

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 That's what,

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 by definition,

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 a foolish person.

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 And the wise

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 understands the future.

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 The wise understands

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 that the judgment of God

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 is about to come

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 on the unrighteousness

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 and the wickedness

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 on our world.

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 And as a result,

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 they learn.

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 And when they learn,

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 verse 16,

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 they make the most

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 of their time.

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 They make the most

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 of every opportunity

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 because they know

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 that the days are evil.

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 Literally,

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 they redeem the time.

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 They are careful

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 how they invest

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 the time

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 that they have.

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 I don't know

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 whether you have thought

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 about how much time

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 that you have.

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 This could be

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 your last night

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 on earth.

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 Could be.

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 What would you want

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 to be investing

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 your time in?

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 And I'm glad

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 that you're here

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 investing your time

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 here rather than

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 at home watching TV,

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 playing computer game,

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 or being selfish,

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 shopping,

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 gorging yourself

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 with food.

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 We are here

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 making the most

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 of our time.

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 That's what it means

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 to be wise

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 in light of

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 the judgment

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 of God.

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 Verse 17,

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 therefore,

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 don't be foolish,

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 but understand

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 what the Lord's

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 will is.

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 It's a

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 different way

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 of saying

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 the same thing.

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 Don't be an idiot.

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 Don't be a fool.

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 Live wisely,

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 and living wisely,

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 redeeming the time

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 means to find out

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 what the will

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 of the Lord is.

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 Verses 18 to 21.

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 Don't get drunk

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 on wine,

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 which leads

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 to debauchery.

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 Instead,

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 be filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 Speak to one another

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 with psalms,

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 hymns,

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 and spiritual songs.

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 Sing and make music

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 in your heart

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 to the Lord,

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 always giving thanks

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 to God the Father

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 before everything

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 in the name

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Submit to one another

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 out of reverence

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 for Christ.

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 The reason why

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 I went on

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 about living wisely

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 and not being a fool

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 in light of God's judgment

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 is that it kind of ties in

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 with the bit

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 I really want to focus on,

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 being Spirit-filled.

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 For 18 to 21,

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 I believe,

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 is not a new command.

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 In fact,

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 it's an explanation

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 of what it means

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 to be wise.

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 To be wise,

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 to find out

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 the will of God,

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 is to be filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 The different ways

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 of saying the same thing.

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 Of course,

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 it begs the question,

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 what does it mean

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 to be filled

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 with the Spirit?

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 I don't know

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 what you think

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 it means.

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 If you were to take

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 the English literally,

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 it's, you know,

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 you are a vessel

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 and the Spirit

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 fills you up.

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 And when you're drained

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 of the Spirit,

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 you need another

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 fresh filling

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 of the Spirit.

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 If you take

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 the metaphor literally,

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 is that what it means?

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 Firstly,

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 if we were to understand

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 the phrase

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 being filled

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 with the Spirit,

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 you see immediately

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 the context

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 is a contrast.

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 If you look at 18 again,

00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:06.939
 it says,

00:12:07.299 --> 00:12:09.699
 don't get drunk on wine.

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 Instead,

00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:11.579
 be filled

00:12:11.579 --> 00:12:12.980
 with the Spirit.

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 Spirit is intended

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 to be a contrast.

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 There's the drinking,

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 being drunk,

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 and being filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 If you can imagine,

00:12:22.379 --> 00:12:23.039
 it's literally,

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 instead of being filled

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 with wine,

00:12:26.259 --> 00:12:26.539
 Spirit,

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 be filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 So that's actually

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 the contrast.

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 Don't be filled

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 by Spirit,

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 but be filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 It's not that

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 I believe

00:12:37.100 --> 00:12:37.840
 the Ephesian church

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 had a problem

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 with drunkenness,

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 not like

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 the typical

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 Aussie

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 sort of situation.

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 We don't know,

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 but I don't think

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 that's the case.

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 But rather,

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 drunkenness

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 and all that

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 entails

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 kind of epitomizes

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 the ways

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 of darkness.

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 If you want

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 to picture

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 a world

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 without God

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 not knowing

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 what the future

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 will hold

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 in response

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 to the evil

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 of the day

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 where there is

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 no hope

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 and no future,

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 what would

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 that world

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 look like?

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 It would look

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 like the city

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 of Sydney

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 on a Saturday

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 night.

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 It would look

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 like

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 service paradise

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 after the HSC.

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 Where there is

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 no future

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 and you want

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 to forget

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 the past,

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 you get

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 drunk.

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 You fill

00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:36.299
 yourself

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 with spirit.

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 When you

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 experience

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 the evil

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 of the day,

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 a boring

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 marriage,

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 unruly

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 kids,

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 you seek

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 to escape.

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 They escape

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 the evil

00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.740
 of the day

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 and so you

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 gorge yourself

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 with spirit.

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 That leads

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 to debauchery.

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 And Paul

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 says,

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 in light

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 of the coming

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 judgment

00:14:02.179 --> 00:14:02.779
 of God,

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 we are

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 to live

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 wisely.

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 To find

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 the will

00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:08.559
 of God,

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 instead of

00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:09.959
 being filled

00:14:09.959 --> 00:14:11.459
 with spirit,

00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:12.559
 we are

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 to fill

00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:15.299
 with the

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 spirit.

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 Actually,

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 again,

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 when we ask

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 the question,

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 what does it

00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:21.159
 mean to be

00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:21.860
 filled with

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 the spirit?

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 There is a

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 little bit

00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:24.259
 of a tricky

00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:26.000
 thing and

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 it is a

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 matter of

00:14:27.079 --> 00:14:27.579
 translation.

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 If you look

00:14:28.419 --> 00:14:29.059
 at verse

00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:29.539
 18,

00:14:31.179 --> 00:14:31.779
 the command,

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 and it is a

00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:32.939
 command,

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 it is an

00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:34.059
 imperative,

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 it says,

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 be filled

00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:36.919
 with the

00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:37.339
 spirit.

00:14:38.179 --> 00:14:38.539
 You see

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 the little

00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:39.199
 word,

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 and they're

00:14:39.699 --> 00:14:40.199
 always the

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 important

00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:40.979
 words,

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 the little

00:14:42.059 --> 00:14:42.399
 word,

00:14:44.319 --> 00:14:44.559
 the

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 preposition.

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 Does anyone

00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:47.819
 know what a

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 preposition is?

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 Of course,

00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:50.539
 Leslie is going

00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:51.079
 to explain it

00:14:51.079 --> 00:14:51.439
 to me,

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 isn't she?

00:14:55.359 --> 00:14:55.819
 Libby,

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 what's the

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 preposition?

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 You should

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 leave a

00:14:58.359 --> 00:14:59.079
 sentence with.

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 Thank you.

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 Yes.

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 The little

00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:05.700
 linking words

00:15:05.700 --> 00:15:06.080
 that you get

00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:06.680
 in sentences,

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 like by,

00:15:08.780 --> 00:15:09.259
 off,

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 with,

00:15:10.800 --> 00:15:11.300
 and in

00:15:11.300 --> 00:15:11.980
 this case,

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 we are

00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.139
 told to

00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.940
 be filled

00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:15.120
 with the

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 spirit.

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 There is

00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:17.780
 another way

00:15:17.780 --> 00:15:18.460
 of translating

00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:19.220
 that preposition,

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 and that is

00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:20.720
 not be

00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.360
 filled with

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 the spirit,

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 the same

00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.720
 word that

00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:23.500
 in English

00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:24.040
 is translated

00:15:24.040 --> 00:15:24.340
 with,

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 could be

00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.660
 translated

00:15:25.660 --> 00:15:26.580
 by,

00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:28.840
 which gives

00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:29.480
 us a very

00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:30.000
 different

00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:30.440
 picture.

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 So the

00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:32.200
 command is

00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:32.680
 not so much

00:15:32.680 --> 00:15:33.160
 to be filled

00:15:33.160 --> 00:15:33.879
 with the

00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:34.200
 spirit,

00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:34.740
 that is the

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.920
 content of

00:15:35.920 --> 00:15:36.379
 the filling,

00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:36.820
 it's the

00:15:36.820 --> 00:15:37.160
 spirit,

00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:39.580
 but rather

00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:40.280
 being filled

00:15:40.280 --> 00:15:40.980
 by the

00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:41.379
 spirit.

00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:42.440
 In other

00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:42.720
 words,

00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:43.879
 the subject,

00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:44.639
 the one

00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.000
 who does

00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:45.639
 the filling,

00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.740
 is the

00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:47.139
 spirit.

00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:48.920
 Very

00:15:48.920 --> 00:15:49.220
 different,

00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:49.600
 isn't it?

00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:52.420
 If we

00:15:52.420 --> 00:15:52.740
 are to

00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:53.740
 translate that

00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:54.600
 sentence

00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:55.740
 by,

00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.300
 the

00:15:56.300 --> 00:15:57.100
 proposition

00:15:57.100 --> 00:15:57.700
 is by,

00:15:58.040 --> 00:15:58.460
 what this

00:15:58.460 --> 00:15:58.840
 is saying

00:15:58.840 --> 00:15:59.159
 is,

00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:00.980
 ask the

00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:01.960
 spirit to

00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:02.379
 fill you.

00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:03.879
 The spirit

00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:04.460
 does the

00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:04.659
 filling,

00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.540
 we are the

00:16:05.540 --> 00:16:06.379
 ones being

00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:06.820
 filled.

00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:09.379
 Of course,

00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.600
 if the

00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.159
 spirit does

00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:11.659
 the filling,

00:16:12.300 --> 00:16:12.980
 rather than

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.480
 we're being

00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:14.159
 filled with

00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:14.700
 the spirit,

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.139
 that is

00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:17.120
 the content

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:18.019
 of the

00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:18.379
 filling,

00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:19.680
 what are

00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:20.300
 we being

00:16:20.300 --> 00:16:20.740
 filled

00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:21.320
 with?

00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:24.440
 the

00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:25.200
 book of

00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:25.800
 Ephesians,

00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:26.640
 if you

00:16:26.640 --> 00:16:27.540
 look through

00:16:27.540 --> 00:16:27.840
 it,

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.100
 uses

00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:30.420
 language of

00:16:30.420 --> 00:16:31.440
 filling,

00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:32.500
 or fullness,

00:16:33.040 --> 00:16:33.580
 quite a

00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:33.820
 bit.

00:16:34.700 --> 00:16:35.480
 If you go

00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:35.879
 back to

00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.680
 chapter 1,

00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:38.820
 verse 23,

00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:41.460
 if you

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:41.920
 cast your

00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:42.100
 eyes,

00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:42.280
 sorry,

00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:42.780
 I'm flicking

00:16:42.780 --> 00:16:43.620
 my iPad,

00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.120
 1,

00:16:47.180 --> 00:16:47.600
 23,

00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:49.020
 or 22,

00:16:49.140 --> 00:16:49.540
 23,

00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:51.179
 the purposes

00:16:51.179 --> 00:16:51.759
 of God

00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.620
 for the

00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:52.980
 universe

00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.439
 in history,

00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.319
 and he

00:16:54.319 --> 00:16:55.279
 put all

00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:55.819
 things under

00:16:55.819 --> 00:16:56.240
 his feet

00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:56.639
 and gave

00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.000
 him as

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.419
 head over

00:16:57.419 --> 00:16:57.860
 all things

00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.139
 to the

00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:58.339
 church,

00:16:58.579 --> 00:16:58.939
 which is

00:16:58.939 --> 00:16:59.360
 his body,

00:16:59.719 --> 00:17:00.179
 the fullness

00:17:00.179 --> 00:17:00.719
 of him

00:17:00.719 --> 00:17:01.319
 who fills

00:17:01.319 --> 00:17:02.000
 all in

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.299
 all.

00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:02.659
 So I'm

00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:03.039
 reading from

00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:04.299
 the ESV.

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.440
 In other

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:05.740
 words,

00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.740
 talking about

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.240
 the church,

00:17:07.339 --> 00:17:07.960
 the church

00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.879
 has the

00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.200
 fullness

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:10.359
 of Christ.

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.619
 So the

00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:12.899
 church,

00:17:13.139 --> 00:17:13.440
 as it were,

00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:13.980
 us are

00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:15.119
 filled with

00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:15.720
 Christ.

00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:16.740
 1,

00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.180
 19.

00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:19.860
 No,

00:17:25.060 --> 00:17:25.240
 not

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.400
 1,

00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:25.680
 19,

00:17:25.840 --> 00:17:26.080
 sorry.

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.259
 2,

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 9.

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.480
 Let's

00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:29.980
 try 2,

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:30.279
 9.

00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.460
 That's not

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:34.820
 right as

00:17:34.820 --> 00:17:34.980
 well,

00:17:35.080 --> 00:17:35.279
 2.

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.000
 2,

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.360
 19,

00:17:37.560 --> 00:17:37.840
 is it?

00:17:37.840 --> 00:17:37.920
 2,

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.259
 19,

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:39.960
 is it?

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 2,

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 19,

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 is it?

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 2,

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 19,

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 19,

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 19,

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 19,

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 19,

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 19,

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 19,

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 19,

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 19,

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 20,

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 this is a

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 problem when

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 you write

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 down references

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 and,

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 yes.

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 Well,

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 the reference

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 I was looking

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 for is

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 Jesus having

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 the fullness

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 of God.

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 But as

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 Mario was

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 saying,

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 Paul prays

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 that the

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 Ephesians

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 might be

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 fulfilled

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 to the

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 fullness

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 of God.

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 So two

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 slightly

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 different

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 pictures.

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 On the

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 one hand,

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 the church

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 is fulfilled

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 with the

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 fullness

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 of Christ,

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 1,

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 23.

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 On the

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 other hand,

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 Paul is

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 asking that

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 they might

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 be filled

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 to the

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 fullness

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 of God

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 as well

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 too.

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 So we're

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 filled,

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 but we're

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 being

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 filled.

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 4,

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 13,

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 the goal

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 of,

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 so let me

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 just double

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 check to make

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 sure that

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 that's actually

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 right.

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 4,

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 13,

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 starting from

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 11,

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 and he

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 that is

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 the risen

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 Christ

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 gave the

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 apostles,

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 the prophets,

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 the evangelists,

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 the shepherds,

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 and teachers

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 to equip the

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 saints for

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 the work of

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 ministry,

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 for building

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 up the

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 body of

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 Christ,

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 until we

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 all attain

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 the unity

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.059
 of the

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 faith and

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 the knowledge

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 of the

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 Son of

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 God,

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 to mature

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 manhood,

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 to the

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 measure of

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 the stature

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 of the

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 fullness

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 of Christ.

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 The

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 direction

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 of the

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 growth of

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 the church

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 is to

00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:03.579
 the fullness

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.680
 of Christ.

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 We are

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 filled with

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 the fullness

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 of Christ

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 and we're

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 being filled.

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 That's

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 where we're

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 traveling.

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 That is

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 the goal

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.960
 of the

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 church.

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 And 5,

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 18,

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 what are

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 we to

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 be filled

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 with?

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 And I

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 take it,

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 if Paul's

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 being consistent

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 at that

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 point,

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 what we're

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 asking the

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.460
 Spirit to

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 do is

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 to fill

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 us with

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 the fullness

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 of God

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 and of

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 Christ.

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 In other

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.319
 words,

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:35.980
 the Spirit

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 of God

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 is at

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 work to

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 transform

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 us

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 into the

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 likeness

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 of the

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 Father

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 and the

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 Son.

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 We are

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 to be

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 filled

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 by the

00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:49.579
 Spirit.

00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.740
 We are

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:53.440
 to walk

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.140
 in step

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.819
 with the

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 Spirit,

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 to be

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 subject

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 to the

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 control

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.299
 of the

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.859
 Spirit

00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:01.380
 so that

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 we'll

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 continue

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 to be,

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 to keep

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 growing

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 into the

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 likeness

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.119
 of Christ,

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 be imitators

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.559
 of God,

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.700
 Paul says.

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.259
 In other

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.500
 words,

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 we are

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 to,

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 and this

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 is a

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.180
 parallel

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.619
 passage

00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:16.000
 from

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.539
 Colossians,

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 we are

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:17.599
 to let

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.440
 Christ's

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:18.680
 Word

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.900
 rule in

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 our

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 lives.

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 And I

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 want to

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.519
 demonstrate

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 that once

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.380
 again with

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 the contrast

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.980
 that Paul

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 sets up.

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 Don't be

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.859
 filled

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:28.400
 by Spirit,

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 but be

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:29.640
 filled

00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:30.839
 by the

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.319
 Spirit.

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 What

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:32.939
 happens

00:20:32.939 --> 00:20:33.579
 when people

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.319
 are filled

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:35.139
 by

00:20:35.139 --> 00:20:35.679
 grog?

00:20:36.639 --> 00:20:37.019
 Again,

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.200
 cast your

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.579
 mind to

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.079
 Schoolies

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.439
 Week,

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.079
 which is

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:42.579
 last week,

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.279
 right?

00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.419
 I don't

00:20:44.419 --> 00:20:44.659
 know.

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.179
 It's still

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 on.

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:48.000
 When,

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.000
 you know,

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.519
 imagine all

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.019
 the teenagers

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.419
 up in

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:50.779
 Queensland,

00:20:51.419 --> 00:20:52.559
 and they're

00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:53.480
 filled by

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:53.939
 Spirit,

00:20:54.139 --> 00:20:54.779
 what happens?

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.839
 They get

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:57.720
 blurry-eyed,

00:20:58.359 --> 00:20:59.159
 they stagger,

00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:01.500
 they lose

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.040
 control.

00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.740
 They lose

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.500
 control of

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:04.840
 themselves,

00:21:05.040 --> 00:21:05.720
 and they do

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.240
 all sorts of

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.480
 things.

00:21:07.340 --> 00:21:08.180
 Instead of

00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.580
 controlling

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:08.980
 themselves,

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.660
 what controls

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:09.860
 them?

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.300
 It's the

00:21:12.300 --> 00:21:12.600
 alcohol,

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.000
 isn't it?

00:21:14.040 --> 00:21:14.900
 When you're

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.560
 filled by

00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:16.279
 Spirit,

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.640
 the Spirit

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.880
 takes control.

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.519
 The contrast

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.320
 is don't be

00:21:21.320 --> 00:21:21.519
 filled,

00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:22.000
 don't be

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.900
 controlled

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:24.720
 by alcohol,

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.640
 but rather

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.400
 be controlled

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.660
 by the

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.420
 Spirit of

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:28.860
 God.

00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:29.900
 walk in

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.759
 step with

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.120
 the Spirit,

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.400
 obey the

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:32.840
 Word of

00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.240
 God,

00:21:33.800 --> 00:21:34.440
 as the

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.440
 Spirit makes

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.500
 you more

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.100
 and more

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:38.660
 like Christ.

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.720
 Our days

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.300
 are evil.

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.840
 The judgment

00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:42.500
 of God

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.240
 is about

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.880
 to fall.

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.660
 The axe

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.340
 is at the

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:45.680
 foot of

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.200
 the tree.

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:47.880
 You do

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.880
 not escape

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:50.000
 the evil

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.560
 of our

00:21:50.560 --> 00:21:50.800
 day,

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.320
 but we,

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:51.759
 as the

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.259
 people of

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.500
 God,

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.140
 are to

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:54.180
 confront

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:55.480
 the evil

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.420
 of our

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:56.800
 day.

00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:57.500
 We do

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.080
 not confront

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:58.540
 the evil

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.299
 by losing

00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:00.000
 control,

00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:01.000
 by running

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.639
 away from

00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:01.839
 it,

00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.119
 but we

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:04.159
 confront

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.839
 the evil

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.299
 of our

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.259
 day by

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.700
 walking

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.379
 in step

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:09.279
 with the

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.740
 Spirit.

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.039
 And look

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.259
 at the

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.720
 consequence.

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.399
 Being drunk,

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.119
 being controlled

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.980
 by Spirit,

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.119
 leads to

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:16.920
 debauchery.

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.480
 But being

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.700
 filled by

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.420
 the Spirit,

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.619
 controlled by

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.119
 the Spirit,

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.139
 leads to

00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.619
 what?

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:27.239
 verse 19.

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:28.919
 Sorry,

00:22:29.199 --> 00:22:29.539
 flicking

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:29.879
 through.

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.799
 If you're

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.659
 filled by

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.359
 the Spirit,

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.759
 it affects

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.619
 your...

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:40.159
 Okay?

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:51.220
 it changes

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.820
 the way

00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:52.380
 you

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:54.120
 speak.

00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:57.279
 We are

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.300
 to...

00:22:58.300 --> 00:22:58.920
 If you

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.620
 are filled

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.140
 by the

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.540
 Spirit,

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.400
 you will

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.279
 then speak

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 to one

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 another with

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 psalms,

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.660
 hymns,

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.420
 and spiritual

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.940
 songs.

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.800
 You will

00:23:06.800 --> 00:23:07.480
 sing and

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.160
 make music

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.580
 in your

00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:09.140
 heart to

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.580
 the Lord.

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.400
 You will

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.259
 always be

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.040
 giving thanks

00:23:12.040 --> 00:23:12.560
 to God

00:23:12.560 --> 00:23:13.020
 the Father

00:23:13.020 --> 00:23:13.640
 for everything

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.180
 in the

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.820
 name of

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 our

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.300
 Lord Jesus.

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 And if

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 you're

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.040
 filled by

00:23:17.040 --> 00:23:17.560
 the Spirit,

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.840
 you will

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 be

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.940
 submissive.

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 Submit to

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 one another

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.140
 out of

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 reference

00:23:25.520 --> 00:23:26.660
 for Christ.

00:23:31.780 --> 00:23:32.420
 Singing.

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 If you're

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 a Spirit-filled

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:35.700
 Christian,

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.900
 filled by

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.400
 the Spirit,

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 you will

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 sing.

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 By the way,

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.840
 in verse

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 19,

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 it's not

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 talking about

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 two different

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 activities.

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 There are

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 two sentences

00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:44.320
 there,

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 two clauses.

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 It's not

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 talking about...

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 But the

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.840
 same activity

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.800
 from two

00:23:48.800 --> 00:23:50.120
 perspectives.

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 One

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 perspective is

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 a horizontal

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.180
 dimension.

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 When you

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 come to

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.180
 church to

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 sing,

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 you are

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 singing to

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 one another.

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 one another.

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 That's what

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 happens.

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 You edify,

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 you instruct,

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.079
 you exhort,

00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:11.079
 you admonish

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.699
 one another

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 with your

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 singing.

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 Did you

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.799
 realise that?

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:16.899
 When you

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.259
 were singing

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.980
 those songs,

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:20.699
 one of the

00:24:20.699 --> 00:24:22.279
 objects of

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 your singing

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 is actually

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:24.179
 me and

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 you and

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 each other.

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 You are to

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:27.039
 sing to

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 one another.

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 You are to

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 speak to

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.859
 one another

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.819
 in those

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.299
 songs,

00:24:31.459 --> 00:24:32.539
 to encourage

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 them.

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 And I

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.579
 wonder whether

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 this is what

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.599
 you have in

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.000
 mind when

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.440
 you sing.

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.819
 When you

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.599
 sing to

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.159
 one another,

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.839
 whether you

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.099
 have in

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:44.039
 mind what

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 you are

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.960
 encouraging

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.420
 them with.

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.839
 But it's

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.180
 not just

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:49.319
 singing to

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 one another.

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 The second

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 half of the

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.519
 verse talks

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.940
 about us

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.339
 singing to

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.659
 the Lord

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.379
 Jesus Christ.

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 There isn't

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.899
 just a

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.399
 horizontal

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:58.220
 dimension to

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.579
 our singing.

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 There is a

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.859
 vertical

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.940
 dimension.

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 we are to

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.480
 praise the

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.840
 Lord with

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 our whole

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.700
 being,

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.680
 with joyfulness,

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.880
 with not

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:09.240
 like, if I

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:10.000
 dare say, and

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.660
 this is dangerous

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.299
 ground at which

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.900
 I tread, not

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.299
 like the

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.860
 half-hearted

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.740
 Anglo-Saxon

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:16.500
 stuff, you

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.160
 know, hands

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.960
 by the side,

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:18.940
 you know.

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:22.620
 Perhaps this is

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.120
 something that we

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.620
 can learn from

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.100
 our charismatic

00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.759
 brothers and

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.039
 sisters.

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.600
 When we sing,

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.680
 we join our

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.400
 hearts to the

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.400
 Lord, you

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.680
 know, it's

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:29.980
 with our

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.880
 whole being.

00:25:31.560 --> 00:25:32.460
 When we

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.000
 are filled

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.580
 by the

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.560
 Spirit, we

00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:35.400
 are to sing

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.380
 wholeheartedly.

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.600
 We are to

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:39.560
 sing lovingly,

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.299
 lovingly.

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.019
 We are to

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.500
 think of the

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.299
 other person.

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.480
 We are to

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.440
 edify them, to

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.440
 instruct them,

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.460
 and in this

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.120
 way we sing

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:51.460
 praise to the

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:51.779
 Lord.

00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:53.220
 The second

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.680
 thing that

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.519
 happens is we

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:57.019
 will be filled

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.279
 with thanksgiving.

00:25:58.279 --> 00:26:00.180
 Christians will

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:01.139
 not only sing,

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.160
 but we will

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:03.399
 give thanks to

00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:03.980
 the Lord for

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.879
 the, you

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:06.599
 know, that

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:09.220
 ought to, that

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.139
 really ought to,

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:10.779
 and it wouldn't

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.039
 be hard for us

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.899
 to be marked out

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.440
 to be different

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.019
 to the rest of

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.399
 the world.

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.839
 There's someone

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:20.879
 I, well, we

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:21.099
 are among

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.339
 friends.

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.700
 I don't know,

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.420
 is this going to

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:22.879
 go public?

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:26.000
 Anyway, okay.

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.920
 Well, there is a

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.619
 guy that I

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.339
 know, and

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:28.920
 every time I

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:30.779
 see him on a

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.420
 Friday morning,

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.160
 nothing but

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.660
 complain.

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.559
 Every single

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.079
 bit, you know,

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.180
 the surf is

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:38.680
 bad, the

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.900
 coffee is bad,

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.140
 this is bad,

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.000
 you know, this

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.220
 is the typical

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.559
 Aussie and

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:46.440
 Chinese in

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.819
 Australia.

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.059
 Unthankfulness.

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.980
 Nothing is

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.599
 good enough.

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.980
 Just grumbling

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:54.000
 all the time.

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.299
 And if you

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.680
 look at

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.819
 Romans 1.18,

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.680
 one of the

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.759
 mark of the

00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:00.519
 depraved, the

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.619
 wicked, is

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.259
 their unthankfulness.

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.579
 And yet one of

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.400
 the, do you

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.079
 remember Jesus

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.779
 healing the

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.279
 ten lepers?

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:11.859
 Only one came

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.319
 back to do

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.559
 what?

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.539
 The others

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.400
 were unthankful.

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.259
 Thankfulness

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.920
 marks the

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.779
 Christian out to

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.379
 be different

00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:25.099
 to everybody

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.660
 else.

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.379
 Thankfulness

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.740
 permeates our

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.639
 being and

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.480
 are obvious

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.599
 to others.

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.980
 But something

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.819
 rather disturbing

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.899
 here when you

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.220
 look at

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.859
 thankfulness.

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:40.359
 Verse 20,

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:42.319
 always giving

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.279
 thanks to

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.680
 God the

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.660
 Father for

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.079
 everything.

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.660
 Very

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:48.019
 inclusive sort

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.440
 of language,

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.139
 always, we

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:49.599
 get that.

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.579
 So, but for

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:51.899
 everything?

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:54.680
 Does Paul

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.300
 really mean

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:55.540
 that?

00:27:56.360 --> 00:27:57.040
 We are to

00:27:57.040 --> 00:27:57.820
 give thanks for

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.180
 everything?

00:27:59.360 --> 00:28:00.180
 Sure, we can

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.680
 give thanks for

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.420
 the good stuff,

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.620
 healthy children,

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.860
 good marriage,

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:06.259
 sunshine.

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:08.259
 But are we, is

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.200
 Paul saying that

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.820
 we are to give

00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:11.259
 thanks when we

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.980
 break our leg?

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:13.800
 You know,

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.340
 somebody trips

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:14.880
 over and we

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.900
 say, thank God

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:18.080
 for that, for

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:20.220
 unemployment, for

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.299
 unanswered prayers,

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.779
 periods of doubt

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.339
 and depression,

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.680
 genocide, for

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.019
 evil?

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.700
 Are we to give

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:28.339
 thanks for

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:28.860
 those things?

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.500
 Yes, in all

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.240
 things, we are

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.319
 told by Paul in

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:34.039
 Romans 8, God

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.640
 worked for the

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.200
 good of those

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.420
 who love him and

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.140
 we are to thank

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.920
 him for that.

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:40.259
 But just to

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.319
 make sure that

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.880
 we are reading

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:43.100
 this right, the

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:44.019
 point here is

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.740
 not so much

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:46.140
 giving thanks to

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.799
 God for the

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:48.480
 circumstances for

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.480
 which praise is

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.299
 to be offered,

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:52.160
 rather we are

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.920
 to thank God

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.660
 for the rich

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.660
 blessings he

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.740
 has levished us

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:57.480
 with in every

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.140
 and each

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:59.079
 circumstance.

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.759
 This harks

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.079
 back to

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.160
 Ephesians 1

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.039
 where we are

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:04.039
 told that we

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.339
 are given

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.319
 every spiritual

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.480
 blessing in the

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.180
 heavenly realms.

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.720
 Paul isn't

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.500
 saying that evil

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.279
 is good and

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.900
 God is to be

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.839
 praised, but

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:13.740
 rather we are

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.500
 to direct our

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.339
 thanks and

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.019
 praise to the

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.720
 source of all

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.680
 things, God

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.100
 the Father

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.680
 who has blessed

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:20.039
 us in Christ

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.680
 with all

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.240
 things.

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:25.100
 So if you're

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.960
 thinking, okay,

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.519
 what I really

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:28.000
 need in terms of

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.740
 fine and belly

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.740
 to keep going

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.440
 as a Christian,

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.180
 then what I

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.740
 would say is

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.980
 you need to

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.460
 be spirit

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:36.440
 filled, not

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.880
 be filled with

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.860
 the spirit, but

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:39.920
 by the spirit.

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.160
 If you feel

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.019
 by the spirit,

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.220
 it will change

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.440
 the way you

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.920
 sing.

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.600
 It will change

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:48.339
 the way you

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:51.059
 your thankfulness

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.659
 or lack of

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:52.459
 thankfulness.

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.819
 But lastly, it

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.599
 will change the

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.339
 way you relate

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:56.699
 to other

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.119
 people.

00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:58.459
 For verse 21

00:29:58.459 --> 00:29:59.619
 tells us that

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.719
 the spirit-filled

00:30:00.719 --> 00:30:01.839
 life is a life

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.579
 of submission.

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.559
 And this is

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.819
 where I'm going

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.439
 to get you to

00:30:07.439 --> 00:30:08.039
 do the work.

00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:10.299
 Because we

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.839
 haven't really

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:12.619
 programmed in,

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.199
 or that's not

00:30:13.199 --> 00:30:13.659
 my preaching

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:14.980
 passage, and we're

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.679
 not going to have

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.100
 a chance to

00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:16.700
 look at this

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.640
 tomorrow.

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.680
 So I'm going

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.000
 to get you

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:20.000
 guys to look

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.320
 at verses

00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:23.420
 22 to

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:30.019
 chapter 6,

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:33.640
 1 to

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.279
 9.

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.560
 Okay?

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.880
 With the people

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.640
 around you,

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:41.519
 and kind of

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.620
 discuss, well,

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.159
 what does

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:44.299
 spirit-filled

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.859
 Christian

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.459
 relationship

00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:46.179
 look like

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:47.579
 for you?

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.319
 How would

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.099
 that change

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.779
 Christian

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.199
 marriage?

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.879
 How would

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.519
 it change

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.879
 parent and

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.599
 child relationship?

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.639
 You might want

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.179
 to discuss that

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:57.699
 with your dad

00:30:57.699 --> 00:30:58.679
 or not.

00:30:59.419 --> 00:31:00.319
 And how would

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.239
 that change

00:31:01.239 --> 00:31:02.339
 your relationship

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:02.959
 with your

00:31:02.959 --> 00:31:04.019
 master, for

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.500
 those of you

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.739
 who are

00:31:04.739 --> 00:31:05.139
 slaves?

00:31:06.679 --> 00:31:07.139
 That is

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.879
 parents and

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.699
 kids again.

00:31:08.699 --> 00:31:08.879
 Yeah.

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.759
 Okay, so I'll

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.500
 give you, how

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.819
 long do I

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.200
 have, Sam?

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.200
 Whenever.

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.960
 What about

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:17.019
 five, seven

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.400
 minutes?

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.819
 They're fairly

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.099
 familiar.

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.559
 Turn to the

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.059
 people around

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.240
 you.

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.759
 Have we read

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:22.960
 through it?

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.680
 Oh, look, I'll

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.460
 give you ten

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.839
 minutes.

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.039
 Five minutes to

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.640
 read through it,

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.460
 and another five

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.000
 minutes just to

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.539
 talk to people

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.960
 around you.

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.180
 It certainly

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.539
 is.

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.559
 It certainly

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.859
 is.

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:37.420
 It changes the

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.779
 direction.

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:39.299
 In fact,

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:40.079
 somebody said

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:41.319
 that, and

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.139
 I'll throw it

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:42.500
 up there,

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:44.940
 marriage is a

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.759
 creation ordinance,

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.319
 so it testifies

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.019
 something about

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:49.700
 how God has

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.139
 created the

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.500
 universe.

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:51.019
 But Christian

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.440
 marriages is

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.639
 actually a

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.039
 redemption

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.539
 ordinance.

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.139
 So it

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.740
 actually points

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.579
 to something

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:59.579
 even better.

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:02.119
 It testifies,

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.940
 it signals,

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.639
 it shows,

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:05.740
 it directs to

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.839
 redemption rather

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.139
 than just

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:07.599
 creation.

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.619
 Just to share

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.359
 another story

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.959
 about marriage

00:32:10.959 --> 00:32:11.319
 as well,

00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:12.459
 too, I told

00:32:12.459 --> 00:32:12.959
 this at one

00:32:12.959 --> 00:32:13.179
 of the

00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:13.419
 weddings.

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.619
 A lady,

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.539
 there was a

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.119
 couple getting

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.599
 married and

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:17.779
 they were

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.519
 being counselled

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:25.299
 and one of

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.779
 the sessions

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.279
 that came back

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.139
 to the minister

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.459
 and said,

00:32:28.699 --> 00:32:29.179
 we're calling

00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:29.699
 this off.

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.859
 And the

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.379
 minister said,

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.699
 why are you

00:32:33.699 --> 00:32:34.179
 doing that?

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:35.960
 And the

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.980
 lady said,

00:32:37.060 --> 00:32:38.299
 look, we

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:40.620
 were talking

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.220
 about what to

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.620
 do with our

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.279
 finances and

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.060
 we had two

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:44.240
 accounts and

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:46.019
 my fiancé wants

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.180
 us to have

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.720
 one account

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.940
 after we get

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:51.100
 married and I

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.660
 just can't do

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:51.920
 that.

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.440
 I need to have

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.180
 my own account

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:55.799
 and my own

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.060
 money.

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.880
 And I don't

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.320
 know what you

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:59.240
 would say in

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.019
 that instance.

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.079
 business.

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:03.920
 And so he

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.720
 said to her,

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:08.799
 look, think

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.240
 of it this

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:11.139
 way, if you

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:12.000
 can't trust this

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.680
 man with your

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:14.440
 money, then

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.839
 maybe you

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.160
 shouldn't be

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.720
 marrying him.

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.180
 Submission has,

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.779
 I think, a lot

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.099
 to do with

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.420
 trust.

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.160
 You're entrusting

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.799
 your future,

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.559
 your well-being

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.700
 to someone

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.279
 into their

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:26.139
 hand and you

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.660
 can't trust

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.039
 him with your

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.440
 money, then

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:28.839
 what are you

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.599
 doing entrusting

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.919
 him with your

00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:31.259
 life?

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:32.879
 And of course

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.339
 to the husband

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.659
 he said,

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.740
 look, she's

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.779
 entrusting her

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.639
 whole being to

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.799
 you, what are

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.019
 you going to

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.459
 do with it?

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.779
 Are you going

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.439
 to abuse her

00:33:39.439 --> 00:33:39.819
 trust?

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.319
 It's a fairly

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:43.019
 high standard

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.919
 when someone

00:33:43.919 --> 00:33:45.099
 hands their

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:46.019
 future and

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.919
 their being

00:33:46.919 --> 00:33:47.539
 into your

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:47.939
 hands.

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.339
 It's a very

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:50.019
 high standard

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.859
 of care, as

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.240
 it were.

00:33:54.219 --> 00:33:54.899
 Any other?

00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:55.859
 Steve?

00:33:58.219 --> 00:33:59.039
 So in that

00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:00.039
 respect, the

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.740
 outer reverence

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.319
 for Christ

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.879
 is a really

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.899
 important

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:04.799
 condition, isn't

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:04.960
 it?

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.680
 Ultimately, we're

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:08.179
 saying, who are

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.519
 we trusting?

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.000
 Are we just

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.699
 trusting the man

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.179
 or the woman?

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.699
 Ultimately, we're

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.420
 actually trusting

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.619
 God or the

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.279
 Lord Jesus Christ.

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.940
 Do we trust

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.940
 him enough to

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.820
 protect us when

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.940
 we are being in

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.460
 a vulnerable

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.940
 position?

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.619
 Or do we keep

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.179
 thinking that we

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.699
 need to protect

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.079
 ourselves?

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.360
 Do we trust

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:27.820
 the Lord enough

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.660
 as husbands to

00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:29.340
 love our wives

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.820
 in the same

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.079
 way?

00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:31.099
 Or do we

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.519
 think that we

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.079
 need to protect

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.620
 ourselves as

00:34:32.620 --> 00:34:32.980
 well too?

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.720
 So ultimately,

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.880
 it's actually, who

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.360
 do we really

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.700
 trust?

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:37.280
 Do we trust the

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.519
 Lord?

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:39.500
 And that's a

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.200
 high level of

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:40.740
 trust as well

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.019
 too.

00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.220
 Anything on

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:42.880
 parents and

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.140
 kids?

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:45.720
 Kids?

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.340
 We're all

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.680
 kids.

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:55.619
 We're all

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.059
 children.

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.960
 Parents?

00:35:04.399 --> 00:35:04.919
 No?

00:35:06.399 --> 00:35:07.299
 Spirit-filled

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:08.299
 parenting?

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.539
 Spirit-filled

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.359
 children?

00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:17.299
 Same issues of

00:35:17.299 --> 00:35:18.299
 trust, I think,

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.440
 and submission.

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:21.919
 Kids are very

00:35:21.919 --> 00:35:22.299
 vulnerable.

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:23.019
 We're

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.660
 entrusting our

00:35:23.660 --> 00:35:24.600
 well-being to

00:35:24.600 --> 00:35:25.160
 our parents.

00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:27.300
 And I

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.660
 suppose it

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:27.980
 begs the

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.380
 question, do

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.740
 we really

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.519
 trust the

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.920
 Lord Jesus

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.400
 enough to

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.720
 do that?

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.300
 Okay, being

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:35.860
 filled by the

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.519
 Spirit of God.

00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:36.840
 We might

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.460
 finish up.

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.740
 It's not, I

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.660
 think we tend

00:35:40.660 --> 00:35:41.480
 to think of

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.800
 Spirit-filled

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:44.720
ness as

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.740
 something spooky.

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.340
 You know, when

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.920
 the Spirit

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:49.960
 fills us, you

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.500
 know, it

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:50.940
 changes.

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.800
 Well, it

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.380
 does change

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:52.760
 us, but

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.300
 the type of

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.700
 things that

00:35:53.700 --> 00:35:54.039
 Paul is

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.639
 concerned about

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.260
 is really

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.920
 practical.

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.019
 Spirit-filled

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:59.059
 Christians are

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.880
 loving husbands,

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.559
 trusting

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.079
 wives,

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.980
 good

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.579
 employees,

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.960
 people who

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.380
 paid a

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.860
 mortgage on

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:10.280
 time, and

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:10.780
 things like

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.099
 that.

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.340
 If you

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.840
 want to

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.800
 assess

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.400
 people's

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.940
 spirituality,

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.179
 humanity,

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:18.500
 don't, you

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.240
 know, judge

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:19.960
 them or

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.420
 us or

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.280
 yourself by,

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.079
 you know,

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.720
 like things

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:25.179
 that are

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:26.220
 spooky or

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:27.579
 mystical or

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.059
 whatever it

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.200
 is.

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.980
 Look at how

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.700
 they relate to

00:36:29.700 --> 00:36:30.139
 their husbands

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.200
 and wives and

00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:31.639
 kids and

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.720
 parents and

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.200
 people at

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:33.559
 work.

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:34.880
 You know,

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:36.000
 this is where

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.800
 the rubber

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.300
 hits the

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.579
 road.

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:40.159
 Well, how

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.599
 does the

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.400
 Spirit work

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.480
 in

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:46.480
 filling us?

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.340
 Paul says,

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.039
 I think this

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.400
 is from

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.519
 Steve's

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:51.860
 passage.

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.819
 If I can

00:36:52.819 --> 00:36:53.279
 take you back

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:53.739
 to chapter

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.519
 3, and

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.880
 this is where

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.340
 I'll finish.

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.679
 Chapter 3,

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.400
 verse 14.

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.219
 For this

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.699
 reason, I

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.099
 bar my

00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:00.179
 knees before

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.719
 the Father,

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.500
 from whom

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:02.039
 every family

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.619
 in heaven

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.000
 and on

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.440
 earth is

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.719
 named,

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.539
 that according

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:04.860
 to the

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.259
 riches of

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:05.659
 his glory,

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.319
 he may

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:06.759
 grant you

00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:07.059
 to be

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.460
 strengthened

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.960
 with power

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.380
 through his

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.119
 Spirit in

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.860
 your inner

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.659
 being, so

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.099
 that Christ

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.480
 may dwell

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.720
 in your

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.159
 hearts through

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:13.059
 faith, that

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.519
 you, being

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.019
 rooted and

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.480
 grounded in

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.960
 life, may

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.920
 have strength

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.460
 to comprehend

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.220
 with all the

00:37:17.220 --> 00:37:18.039
 saints what

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.360
 is the

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:19.179
 breadth and

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:20.079
 length and

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.699
 height and

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.360
 depth, and

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.840
 to know the

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.380
 love of Christ

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.380
 that surpasses

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.940
 knowledge, that

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.539
 you may be

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.639
 filled with

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.199
 all the

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.740
 fullness of

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.019
 God.

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.639
 The way

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.099
 the Spirit

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:30.400
 works is, if

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.960
 you ask

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.940
 him, he

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.380
 will give

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.000
 you power,

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.380
 and if

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:35.059
 you're tired,

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.000
 and if

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.740
 you're dry,

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.359
 what you

00:37:37.359 --> 00:37:37.639
 need to

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.299
 do is to

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:38.679
 go to

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.279
 God right

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:40.139
 now and

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.759
 ask him

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.439
 for power.

00:37:42.399 --> 00:37:42.959
 It's a very

00:37:42.959 --> 00:37:43.799
 evangelical thing

00:37:43.799 --> 00:37:44.359
 to say, by

00:37:44.359 --> 00:37:44.639
 the way.

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:45.979
 Ask him for

00:37:45.979 --> 00:37:47.219
 power, the

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:48.299
 spiritual power,

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.659
 and when you

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.399
 have that power,

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:50.899
 do you know what

00:37:50.899 --> 00:37:51.299
 will happen?

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.799
 To lead you to

00:37:52.799 --> 00:37:53.419
 this Spirit-filled

00:37:53.419 --> 00:37:53.799
 life?

00:37:54.479 --> 00:37:55.479
 He will give you

00:37:55.479 --> 00:37:56.239
 understanding

00:37:56.239 --> 00:38:00.159
 of the love

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.599
 of God.

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:00.639
 God.

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.860
 That's what the

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.299
 Spirit will

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:04.599
 do.

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.259
 The Spirit

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:07.099
 will strengthen

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.860
 you in the

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:09.639
 inside by

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.519
 reminding you,

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.619
 explaining to

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.579
 you in ways

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:12.900
 that you

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.900
 cannot imagine

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:16.779
 how much

00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:18.420
 God loves

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:18.679
 you.

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.339
 What you

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:22.019
 need to know

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.960
 is the love

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.980
 of God to

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.659
 live the type

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:26.699
 of life that

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.019
 Paul is

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.699
 talking about.

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:30.579
 Let's

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:33.779
 give

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:34.739
 any

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:42.299
 thought

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:45.879
 about

00:38:45.879 --> 00:38:48.480
 Hal

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:50.679
 and

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:52.639
 we

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.619
 have

00:38:54.359 --> 00:38:54.799
 a