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 We'll read a few verses around that point in the chapter from verse 24.

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 Colossians 1 at verse 24.

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 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions,

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 for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

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 which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you,

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 to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations,

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 but now revealed to his saints.

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 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery,

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 which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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 It's really significant to note during the early centuries of the New Testament church

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 how some of the great statements of faith were in response to heresy.

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 If you take the creeds of the church, for example, back in the first few centuries,

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 such as the Nicene Creed in 325,

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 where the church council came to formulate that great creed,

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 along with others that you find in these early centuries,

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 what you'll find is that they were in response to particular heresies, heresies of the time,

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 whether it was to do with the Trinity or with the person of Christ or with the Holy Spirit.

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 The response was that the church at the time,

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 they came together in these councils and formulated these great statements of theology of faith

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 to form the creeds that we have since then.

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 And of course, that led on in later years to statements such as confessions of faith

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 that you have in the Westminster Confession of Faith

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 and other confessions of faith that came to be formulated as statements of the,

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 or a summary of the truth of scripture itself in a more comprehensive way than the early creeds did.

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 And you find the same thing in Paul's letters as well,

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 because what we're looking at this evening as part of the letter to the Colossians

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 is something that is Paul's response to the heresy or the false teaching

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 that was current in his own day,

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 because he was here encouraging or assuring the Colossians

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 as they faced that false teaching,

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 especially when they were facing the kind of ideas

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 that taught that there were upper levels of Christian experience

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 that they as Christians in Colossae had not yet reached,

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 and that they would have to go through various degrees of advancement

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 using certain rituals or whatever

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 in order to come to a more full and comprehensive understanding of the truth

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 and of Christian experience as well.

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 So, of course, that's been something the church has faced

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 down through the years since then as well.

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 And what Paul is doing,

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 knowing that these false teachers could very easily discourage

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 and perplex and cause Christians in the church in Colossae,

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 all these places, to defect or to just become wearied in the faith

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 or be so perplexed with the false teaching

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 that they would begin to fall in with what was taught there,

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 Paul is emphasizing, especially in Colossians here,

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 two things that are really important for ourselves.

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 They're not going to be our two headings for the sermon tonight,

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 but there are two things that run right through the letter to the Colossians.

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 The first is the completeness of Christ.

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 How Christ is complete as the Savior of sinners.

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 Through all that he has done, through his person and work, he is complete.

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 There is nothing required other than Christ has done.

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 There is nothing to be taken back from what Christ has done.

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 He is absolutely complete in addressing the needs

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 and providing for the needs of lost sinners like ourselves.

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 And the second thing alongside of that is the completeness of believers in Christ.

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 That's to say that when we are in Christ,

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 we are complete or made complete by God.

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 Not that there isn't still a stage of redemption to be experienced,

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 to be finalized in glory.

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 But nevertheless, in terms of our acceptance with God,

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 in terms of God treating us and regarding us as his people,

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 we are complete in Christ.

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 We don't need to work ourselves into any higher levels of acceptance with God.

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 Everything is in Christ, and in Christ we are already complete as far as God is concerned.

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 And that goes a great way towards countering the kind of false teaching

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 that the Colossians faced, that the apostles faced,

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 that you face in your own experience in this present day as well.

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 Every time you meet with something that appears to be false teaching,

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 different to what you find in the New Testament or in the Bible,

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 ask yourself the question,

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 is this presenting a complete Christ to me?

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 Is this teaching, does it entail the sufficiency of Jesus Christ as my Savior?

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 And as well as that, ask,

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 well, is this actually saying to me I need something or need to be something

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 other than what I am in Christ?

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 Do I need to have something added to my identity in Christ

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 as somebody that God has accepted and brought into sonship by adoption

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 and become part of his believing family?

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 These are the two great issues that we always need to confront,

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 and you'll always come to Paul's letters especially,

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 and you'll find the answer in the completeness of Christ

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 and your completeness in Christ.

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 So now he comes to assure these Christians in Colossae

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 that this, in fact, is what is already true of them.

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 He says,

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 Well, there's,

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 a whole lot of things woven together there,

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 and there are so many things that you need to open up

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 and would really bear study just to have

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 a couple of these phrases themselves opened up.

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 But let's try and keep them together.

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 He's talking here about this mystery,

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 the mystery hidden for ages,

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 the mystery of the riches of the glory of this mystery,

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 how great it is among the Gentiles.

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 He's obviously concerned that these Gentiles,

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 these non-Hebrew Christians who,

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 in Colossae,

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 came to know the gospel

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 and to know Jesus through the gospel.

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 They're not in any way behind

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 those of Israel,

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 those of the Jewish people

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 who had come from a long history

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 of God's revelation to them

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 to actually come to now know Christ as the Messiah.

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 But he's now saying these Colossian,

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 former Colossian Gentiles,

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 non-Jews,

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 have exactly the same level of acceptance

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 with God as the Jews did,

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 as the Christian Jews did.

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 And he talks here about this mystery.

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 What does he mean by this mystery?

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 The word Paul uses elsewhere as well.

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 We use the word mystery nowadays

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 in the ordinary sense of it

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 to indicate something that is unknowable.

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 It's a mystery.

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 You just can't understand it.

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 The word mystery has that meaning to it

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 as we normally use it.

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 But the word mystery in Paul's theology,

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 in Paul's letters,

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 the word mystery doesn't mean

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 something unknowable,

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 but something that was unrevealed,

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 but has now been revealed in Christ.

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 The mystery really essentially

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 is God's saving purpose,

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 God's plan of salvation,

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 which incorporated the Gentiles.

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 That's really so much an integral part

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 of what Paul calls the mystery,

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 the plan of God,

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 that the Gentiles were always included in the plan.

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 Though in the process of time,

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 only after Christ

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 and after the Holy Spirit

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 had come into the church,

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 only then were the Gentiles

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 incorporated through the gospel,

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 but it was always within God's plan.

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 That is the mystery.

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 That is the previously unknown,

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 but now known

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 and made known,

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 revealed by God.

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 In other words,

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 Christ himself

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 really is the center

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 of that mystery,

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 that now revealed plan

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 of God.

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 And you see,

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 it's important

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 that he says here

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 that he chose

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 to make known

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 to the saints,

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 the mystery hidden

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 for ages,

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 but now revealed

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 to his saints.

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 When you go back

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 to the Old Testament

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 and look at the book

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 of Jonah,

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 a great question there.

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 Why did Jonah

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 run away

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 from God's command

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 to go to Nineveh

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 and preach repentance

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 to them?

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 Why did he turn away,

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 find a ship

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 going in the opposite direction?

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 Why did he not obey

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 that command of God

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 there and then?

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 Well,

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 the answer to that

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 really basically

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 is that

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 for Jonah

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 at that time

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 in God's revelation,

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 way back

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 in those times,

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 Jonah could not

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 get his head

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 around the fact

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 that these heathens

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 in Nineveh

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 were going to be part

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 or could possibly be part

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 of God's plan

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 of salvation.

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 How could they be?

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 They were enemies

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 of Israel.

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 They weren't within

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 the covenant

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 that God made

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 with Israel.

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 How could it possibly

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 be that he was

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 being asked,

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 that Jonah was being asked

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 by this covenant

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 God of Israel

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 to go to Nineveh,

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 the capital of Assyria,

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 these cruel heathen people

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 and preach repentance

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 to them?

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 But that's really

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 the key to

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 God's teaching

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 of Jonah

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 that the likes

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 of Ninevites,

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 heathen people,

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 Gentile people,

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 were also part

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 of God's great plan

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 of salvation.

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 And as we come

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 to Colossians,

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 Paul is actually

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 here saying

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 it's to his saints

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 that God

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 has now revealed this.

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 That's important.

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 By saints,

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 he doesn't mean,

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 of course,

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 as we've seen already

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 different times,

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 he doesn't mean

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 perfect people,

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 he doesn't mean

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 unblemished Christians,

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 he doesn't mean

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 people who are just

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 now at the point

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 of going to glory

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 and have been made

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 perfect.

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 By saints,

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 he means those

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 sanctified in Christ,

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 those who are in Christ,

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 therefore set apart

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 to be God's people

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 in him.

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 and God

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 has made known

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 to them

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 this mystery

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 hidden for ages

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 but now revealed

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 to his saints.

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 Why is he saying that?

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 Because these false

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 teachers are saying,

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 you know,

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 you're not yet

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 amongst the elite.

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 You haven't actually

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 come to graduate

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 into the kind

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 of mysticism,

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 the kind of mystical

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 understanding

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 that we have

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 of what salvation is,

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 of how we actually

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 proceed into

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 the knowledge

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 of God.

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 That's for

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 a small elite group.

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 You have to work

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 your way towards that.

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 You have to graduate

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 into this small group.

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 No,

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 Paul is saying,

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 don't listen to that

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 because every single

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 Christian,

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 everybody in Christ,

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 all the saints

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 of God,

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 God has revealed

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 this mystery

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 to them.

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 They're already

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 incorporated

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 into the church

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 of God

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 in this life

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 and all those

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 have the spirit

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 of God,

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 are the saints

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 of God,

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 they have this

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 privilege.

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 And then he moves

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 on to speak about

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 the mystery

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 that's now revealed

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 but he now goes

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 on to speak about

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 the riches

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 of the glory

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 of this revealed

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 mystery and that's

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 really adding

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 another layer

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 of teaching for us.

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 Here he is

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 and he's saying

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 God has already

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 revealed this

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 to his saints.

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 There are people

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 who were Gentiles

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 who did not belong

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 to Israel

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 but now have

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 the same privileges

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 and indeed now

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 understand more fully

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 than ever before

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 the plan of God

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 and how it involved

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 Jew and Gentile alike.

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 One church,

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 one salvation,

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 one God,

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 one saviour.

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 But what does he mean

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 here by the glory

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 of this mystery?

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 He's not just saying

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 he has revealed

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 this mystery

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 and he's saying

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 to them God

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 chose to make known

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 how great

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 among the Gentiles

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 are the riches

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 of the glory

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 of this mystery

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 which is Christ

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 in you

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 the hope

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 of glory.

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 Christ

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 in you

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 is the heart

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 of this

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 mystery,

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 this revealed

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 will and plan

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 of God

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 but there are

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 riches to that,

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 riches of the glory

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 of this mystery,

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 a glory

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 to this mystery,

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 there's a glory

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 to it because

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 Christ is central

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 to it

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 because it's the

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 person of Jesus

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 that stands

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 absolutely foursquare

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 in the middle

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 of all of this,

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 everything revolves

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 around him,

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 everything's based

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 upon him

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 but he's now saying

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 the riches

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 of this glory

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 is Christ

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 in you

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 the hope

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 of glory.

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 Now Paul as you know

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 more often

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 than not uses

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 to be in Christ

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 is a more

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 frequent phrase

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 in his usage

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 than for Christ

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 to be in his people.

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 To be in Christ

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 is to be saved.

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 But here he's talking

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 about the other side

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 of things,

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 Christ

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 in you.

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 You go to the likes

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 of Galatians,

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 remember that wonderful

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 passage

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 where Paul

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 deals similarly

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 with Christ

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 in you

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 or Christ

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 in him,

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 Galatians 2

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 and verse 20

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 where he says

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 there through the law

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 I died to the law

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 that I might live

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 to God,

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 I have been crucified

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 with Christ,

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 it is no longer

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 I who live

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 but Christ

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 who lives

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 in me

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 and the life

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 I now live

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 in the flesh

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 I live

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 by the faith

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 in the Son of God

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 who loved me

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 and gave himself for me.

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 It's no longer

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 I who lives

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 but Christ

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 who lives in me.

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 whatever else

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 that means,

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 it means that the life,

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 the spiritual life

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 that Paul possesses

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 that has come about

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 through the knowledge

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 of Christ,

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 through Christ's blessing

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 of him

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 is now

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 Christ

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 in him

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 is at the center

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 of this

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 spiritual life

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 that he possesses.

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 That's through everyone

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 here tonight

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 and it's an amazing thing,

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 it's an astounding thing

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 in itself.

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 You'll find that Paul

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 also prays

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 for example

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 to the Ephesians

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 for the Ephesians

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 rather

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 in chapter 3

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 verse 17

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 of the letter

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 to the Ephesians

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 and it's

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 praying that Christ

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 may dwell

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 in your hearts

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 through faith

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 that you being

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 rooted and grounded

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 in love

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 may have strength

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 to comprehend

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 with all the saints

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 what is the breadth

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 and length

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 and depth

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 and height

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 and to know

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 the love of Christ

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 that surpasses knowledge

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 that you may be filled

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 with all the fullness

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 of God

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 but you notice there

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 he's saying

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 that Christ

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 may dwell

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 in your hearts

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 through faith.

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 This is what he's

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 praying for

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 for these Ephesians

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 same for the Colossians

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 here he's saying

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 this is the mystery

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 this is the glory

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 of this mystery

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 how great among

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 the Gentiles

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 is

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 are the riches

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 of this glory

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 which is Christ

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 in you.

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 which is the greater

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 privilege do you think

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 that we should be found

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 in Christ

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 or that Christ

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 should live

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 in us

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 well they're both

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 I would think

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 on the same level

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 the one's

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 impossible

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 without the other

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 isn't it

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 it can't be

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 in Christ

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 without

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 through the Holy Spirit

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 Christ taking up

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 residence

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 in us

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 in his heart

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 in each of us

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 believing

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 people

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 not just

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 amongst his people

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 as a gathered group

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 or as a church

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 this is talking about

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 Christ in us

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 Christ in each one of us

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 Christ actually

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 occupying

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 the life of his people

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 the soul

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 of his people

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 that's the astounding

00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:15.620
 truth that's set

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 before us

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 similar to the way

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 that

00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:20.019
 Jesus himself

00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:21.240
 taught in John 14

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 that

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 the father

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 and himself

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 would come

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 and take up

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 residence

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 or make their

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.779
 abode

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.980
 with the person

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 who believed

00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:29.819
 in Christ

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 who kept

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.980
 his word

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 and that's

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 one of the things

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 I for one

00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.799
 fail really

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 so often

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 even to think

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 about properly

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 to dwell my mind

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 upon properly

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 the great

00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:44.839
 privilege

00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:46.019
 that it is

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:47.160
 both to be

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.279
 found in Christ

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 and to have

00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:50.220
 Christ in us

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 to have Jesus

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 occupying

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 your own life

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 as a place

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 in which he dwells

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:58.100
 as a home

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 that he has made

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 for himself

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 that's really

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 what he's saying

00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:04.039
 to these Colossians

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 you know he's saying

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 don't feel

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 in any way

00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:07.180
 inferior

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 to the false

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.440
 teachers

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 don't feel inferior

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 or as if something

00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:11.559
 is absent

00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.460
 from your life

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 when they say

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:14.019
 you've not yet

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:15.019
 quite made it

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 however much

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 you feel

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 about yourself

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 however much

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 you're still aware

00:18:19.080 --> 00:18:19.940
 of your sins

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 how much

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.200
 you're aware

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 of your failings

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 how much

00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.120
 you're aware

00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:24.100
 of how far

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 you have to go

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 as far as you

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 can see

00:18:26.600 --> 00:18:27.200
 in terms of

00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:27.700
 your holiness

00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.340
 of life

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 Paul is saying

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 to you

00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.800
 think about this

00:18:30.800 --> 00:18:32.240
 from the moment

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 that you're in Christ

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 by faith

00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:37.700
 Christ in you

00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.779
 is the hope

00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.340
 of glory

00:18:39.340 --> 00:18:41.220
 his home

00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:42.180
 is in your heart

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 you're not inferior

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 to any false

00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:45.940
 teacher

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 or any heretic

00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:47.420
 that's out there

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 that suggests

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 you haven't yet

00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:49.700
 made it

00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.879
 you're complete

00:18:50.879 --> 00:18:51.480
 in him

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 and the complete

00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:53.579
 Jesus

00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.700
 is in you

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 it's so important

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:58.039
 to hang on to that

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 against all

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 that would tend

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 to contradict

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.619
 it or want

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:02.180
 to contradict

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:03.180
 it in your own

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 experience as well

00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:04.879
 and you know

00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.299
 he's saying here

00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:05.859
 the riches

00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:07.400
 of the glory

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.220
 of this mystery

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:09.079
 well this mystery

00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:10.259
 this plan

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.940
 of salvation

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 has a glory

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:12.779
 to it

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.299
 and a glory

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:13.980
 of course

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:15.000
 is Christ himself

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.940
 Christ in you

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:17.559
 the hope of glory

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.359
 Christ himself

00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.200
 is central

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.940
 to the glory

00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:21.000
 of this salvation

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:22.980
 as something glorious

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.519
 and something

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.579
 in which glory

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:26.899
 has such a basic part

00:19:26.899 --> 00:19:29.819
 the Old Testament

00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.659
 you remember

00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:32.339
 had its own

00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:34.819
 presence of God

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:36.119
 above the mercy seat

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:39.319
 within the Holy of Holies

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:40.359
 in the tabernacle

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:42.519
 in the sanctuary

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:44.899
 in the temple

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.720
 then afterwards

00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:47.280
 and

00:19:47.280 --> 00:19:49.060
 the privilege

00:19:49.060 --> 00:19:49.640
 was given

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.580
 to the high priest

00:19:50.580 --> 00:19:51.019
 alone

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:52.280
 to go into

00:19:52.280 --> 00:19:53.220
 the Holy of Holies

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:54.000
 once a year

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:56.040
 the folks

00:19:56.040 --> 00:19:56.700
 on the outside

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.519
 couldn't see

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.820
 the cloud

00:19:58.820 --> 00:20:00.220
 the shekinah cloud

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:01.080
 the glory cloud

00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:01.519
 above

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.840
 the mercy seat

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:04.019
 in the Holy of Holies

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:05.300
 they knew

00:20:05.300 --> 00:20:05.840
 it was there

00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:07.500
 they were meant

00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:08.019
 to value

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:09.100
 that presence

00:20:09.100 --> 00:20:11.140
 as the very indication

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.680
 of God

00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.560
 being amongst them

00:20:12.560 --> 00:20:13.779
 God

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.519
 in you

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.380
 you might say

00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:16.200
 in the Old Testament

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:17.740
 the hope of glory

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.180
 the hope

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:19.700
 anticipating the coming

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.279
 of the Lord

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:21.320
 well here it is

00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:22.880
 it is Christ in you

00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:24.259
 the hope of glory

00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:25.420
 the one who came

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.700
 and tabernacled

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.320
 among us

00:20:27.320 --> 00:20:28.240
 and we beheld

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.900
 as glorious

00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:29.600
 John said

00:20:29.600 --> 00:20:30.320
 the glory

00:20:30.320 --> 00:20:31.420
 of the only begotten

00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:31.940
 of the Father

00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:33.220
 full of grace

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.860
 and truth

00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:34.940
 that's the glory

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:36.000
 that's the glory

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.920
 centrally

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:38.039
 in the New Testament

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.480
 church

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.240
 that's the glory

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.420
 centrally

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.960
 in the plan

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.619
 and the scheme

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:43.720
 of God's salvation

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:45.039
 but you see

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.819
 it's in you

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:48.019
 it is in you

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:50.059
 this Christ

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.759
 is in you

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:52.159
 and as Christ

00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:52.879
 is in you

00:20:52.879 --> 00:20:54.399
 so in you

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.099
 is the hope

00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:56.460
 of glory

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.319
 and I think

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:57.700
 Paul is

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.759
 counteracting

00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:00.619
 an idea

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.659
 that may have been

00:21:01.659 --> 00:21:02.879
 we can't be sure

00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:04.019
 exactly what the form

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.980
 of this false teaching

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.579
 was but

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.759
 it looks as if

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.200
 there was some

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:08.519
 kind of perfectionism

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.100
 about it

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:10.519
 that they've already

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.140
 made it

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.640
 and we're saying

00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:12.039
 to these

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:13.420
 genuine Christians

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.059
 in Colossae

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:15.220
 you really haven't

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:16.080
 quite made it yet

00:21:16.080 --> 00:21:16.940
 you're not like us

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:19.360
 but Paul is saying

00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:19.620
 well

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:22.380
 it's not yet glory

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:24.240
 for those

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:25.160
 who are in Christ

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:26.940
 yes they are

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:28.360
 complete in him

00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:29.039
 they're accepted

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.559
 in him

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:31.420
 but it's not yet

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.600
 glory for them

00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:34.740
 glory is still

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.259
 to come

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.559
 and it doesn't

00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.339
 belong to this

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.819
 world

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:39.119
 belongs to the

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:40.079
 state of glory

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:41.039
 to the next

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.559
 world

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:43.039
 to heaven

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.899
 and Paul is

00:21:44.899 --> 00:21:45.159
 saying

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:47.139
 the hope

00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:47.679
 of that

00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:49.539
 the hope

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.139
 of glory

00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:51.700
 is Christ

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.500
 in you

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.879
 and the Christ

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.460
 in you

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.619
 is the one

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:55.960
 in whom

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:57.139
 all the riches

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:58.700
 of God's

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.139
 salvation

00:21:59.139 --> 00:22:00.019
 already dwell

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:01.059
 and he's in you

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:02.220
 he's in your heart

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:03.500
 he's in your soul

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.200
 you have him

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:05.319
 he resides

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:05.759
 there

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.700
 no one can

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.039
 take him

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.720
 from you

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:11.120
 how rich

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:13.440
 are Christians

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:16.660
 how rich

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.319
 is your

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:19.259
 very special

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.940
 salvation

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:21.620
 how rich

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.299
 are you

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.640
 in Christ

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:23.980
 well

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.980
 you are as rich

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.799
 as Paul is saying

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.059
 here

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.900
 the riches

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.680
 of the glory

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.559
 of this mystery

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.400
 which is Christ

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.960
 in you

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.880
 the hope

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.440
 of glory

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.740
 it's not yet

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.400
 possession

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:34.660
 of glory

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.960
 but it very much

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:37.920
 is a promise

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.380
 of it

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.480
 that's secure

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:41.760
 because as Christ

00:22:41.760 --> 00:22:42.260
 is already

00:22:42.260 --> 00:22:43.420
 in the hearts

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.140
 of his people

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:46.000
 so that itself

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.760
 is the guarantee

00:22:46.760 --> 00:22:48.380
 that his people

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:49.260
 will yet be

00:22:49.260 --> 00:22:50.840
 fully with him

00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:52.140
 glorified

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:53.820
 together with him

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:55.520
 but you see

00:22:55.520 --> 00:22:55.940
 thirdly

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.880
 I want to just

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.740
 mention this

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.420
 before we finish

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.500
 it's not just

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.060
 the mystery

00:23:00.060 --> 00:23:00.620
 that's now

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.039
 revealed

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:02.259
 that had been

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.539
 hidden

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.700
 and it's not

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.539
 just the riches

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.759
 of the glory

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.539
 of this mystery

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.380
 which is Christ

00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:07.900
 in you

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.980
 the hope

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.539
 of glory

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:11.240
 he also talks

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.759
 about this

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.160
 glory

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:13.560
 being presently

00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:14.200
 active

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:15.600
 in our present

00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.500
 sufferings

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.940
 because all the

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.320
 way through

00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:18.620
 here

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.539
 in this

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.539
 epistle

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.000
 he talks

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.300
 about

00:23:21.300 --> 00:23:22.500
 the sufferings

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.120
 that are being

00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:23.720
 endured

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.680
 by those

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.120
 Christians

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:25.940
 in Colossae

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:27.660
 and

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:29.339
 it's important

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:29.940
 that that

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.720
 hope

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.079
 that we

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.620
 possess

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.839
 the hope

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.460
 of glory

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.220
 Christ

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.860
 in us

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:36.500
 is active

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.180
 now

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.539
 in this

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:38.920
 world

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.319
 in which

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:39.819
 we face

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.460
 tribulations

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.460
 and it's

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.200
 right to say

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.620
 that

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:44.920
 the sufferings

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.519
 of God's

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.779
 people

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.480
 of the saints

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.180
 of God

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.799
 are unique

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.880
 now that

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.319
 doesn't mean

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:51.360
 that other

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.940
 people don't

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.240
 go through

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.680
 the same

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.259
 kind

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:54.240
 of sufferings

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:56.099
 but it

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.579
 does mean

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.839
 no other

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.460
 people have

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.500
 these sufferings

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:01.019
 given such

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.579
 a place

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.900
 in their

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.440
 experience

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.339
 as God

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.819
 gives to

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.079
 them

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:05.099
 because he

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.880
 uses them

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.940
 towards their

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.799
 final glory

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.980
 and that's

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.460
 not true

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.400
 of anyone

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.940
 that isn't

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.420
 a saint

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.859
 in Christ

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.559
 and a

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.039
 saved

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.680
 sinner

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.599
 in Christ

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:17.000
 and that's

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.359
 why Paul

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.779
 is saying

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.660
 that he's

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.539
 rejoicing in

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.279
 my sufferings

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.759
 for your

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.079
 sake

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.460
 and

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.720
 in verse

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.279
 24

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:26.420
 we already

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.839
 saw in

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.259
 Philippians

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.700
 for example

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.099
 how Paul

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.940
 can rejoice

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:30.359
 even in

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.759
 prison

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.940
 as he's

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.460
 writing to

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.000
 the Philippians

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.259
 you have

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.519
 the same

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:33.819
 here

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:35.640
 in the

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.259
 epistle

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.660
 to the

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.120
 Colossians

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.599
 as well

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.500
 how can

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.819
 he say

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.019
 he's

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.920
 rejoicing

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.779
 what does

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.339
 rejoicing

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:42.039
 mean in

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.279
 those

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.980
 circumstances

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.039
 well it

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.680
 does mean

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.500
 an element

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.420
 of gladness

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.440
 or happiness

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.200
 if you like

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.779
 but you

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.160
 must never

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.460
 leave it

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:49.759
 at that

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.039
 level

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.440
 because

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.379
 when Paul

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:51.940
 uses this

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.159
 word

00:24:52.159 --> 00:24:52.720
 rejoicing

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.019
 as he

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.519
 is here

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.740
 there is

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.519
 built into

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.779
 it an

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.059
 element

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.359
 of

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.259
 confidence

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:59.359
 an element

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.839
 of a

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.379
 sense of

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:01.940
 security

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.779
 in Christ

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.059
 if you

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.420
 like

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:05.059
 I rejoice

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.599
 in my

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.019
 suffering

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.639
 for you

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.079
 sake

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:08.339
 he's

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.759
 able to

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:08.980
 say

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.859
 I

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.539
 have a

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:10.899
 sense

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 of

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 security

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:11.980
 through

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.279
 these

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.879
 sufferings

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.559
 because

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:13.799
 they're

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.240
 part

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.500
 of

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.919
 the

00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:15.419
 sufferings

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:15.599
 of

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.079
 God's

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.519
 people

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.539
 and as

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.299
 I belong

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.899
 to that

00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:20.039
 group of

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.399
 God's

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:20.679
 people

00:25:20.679 --> 00:25:21.480
 I understand

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.960
 he's saying

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.799
 that my

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.299
 sufferings

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.720
 and your

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 sufferings

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.679
 are not

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:26.199
 different

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.939
 in many

00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:27.679
 respects to

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:28.480
 what God's

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.919
 people have

00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:29.519
 always gone

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:29.779
 through

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 and you

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.519
 see this

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.059
 amazing

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.399
 phrase

00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:34.639
 he's

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:34.920
 using

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.859
 I

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.319
 rejoice

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.759
 in my

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.420
 sufferings

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.399
 I have

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:38.980
 confidence

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.279
 in my

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.899
 sufferings

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:42.039
 and in

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.579
 my flesh

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:42.879
 I'm

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.539
 filling up

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:43.859
 what is

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.299
 lacking

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:45.180
 in

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.899
 Christ's

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.700
 afflictions

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.559
 for the

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.940
 sake of

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.399
 his body

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.819
 that is

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.399
 the church

00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:50.259
 now how

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.559
 can he

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.399
 say I

00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:51.579
 am

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.180
 filling up

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.519
 what is

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.139
 lacking

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:54.200
 in

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.899
 Christ's

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.839
 afflictions

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:57.740
 what is

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.220
 lacking

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.240
 in

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.740
 Christ's

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.099
 affliction

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.500
 how can

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:00.920
 he mean

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.700
 something

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.400
 is lacking

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.920
 when he's

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.359
 talking about

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.099
 the afflictions

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.880
 the suffering

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.440
 of Jesus

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.099
 himself

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:07.579
 but you

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:07.880
 see he's

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.319
 saying here

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:10.240
 he's taking

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.539
 Christ

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.579
 and the

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.019
 church to

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.579
 be one

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.099
 entity

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:15.420
 his body

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.160
 he's the

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.480
 head

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.460
 his people

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.819
 are his

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.180
 body

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.859
 spiritually

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:20.279
 and what

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.660
 he's saying

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.019
 here is

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.099
 that that

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:23.140
 one

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.680
 entity

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.680
 that one

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:27.400
 a body

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:28.559
 and a

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:28.839
 head

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.460
 together

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:31.299
 have

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.799
 if you

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.159
 like

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:33.019
 a

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.679
 totality

00:26:33.679 --> 00:26:34.000
 of

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.579
 suffering

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.599
 allocated

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.240
 to them

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.099
 over the

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.500
 course of

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.879
 time

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.940
 in other

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.220
 words you

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.679
 can't take

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.279
 the

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.940
 sufferings

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.799
 of Christ

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.839
 out of

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.000
 the

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.559
 sufferings

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.220
 of his

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.519
 people

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.079
 altogether

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:46.000
 neither

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.379
 can you

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:46.700
 take the

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.000
 suffering

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.339
 of his

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.700
 people

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.899
 as detached

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.299
 from the

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.799
 sufferings

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.279
 of Jesus

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.720
 so what

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.079
 he's saying

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.960
 is there

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.419
 are still

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:53.779
 some

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.399
 afflictions

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.759
 and will

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.099
 be to

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.500
 the end

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.099
 of time

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:57.720
 that will

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.220
 be added

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.720
 to what

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.279
 the church

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.960
 along with

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.359
 Christ

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.819
 the head

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.720
 has already

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.240
 suffered

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.720
 and experienced

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:05.359
 and when

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:06.400
 that totality

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.380
 is complete

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:09.740
 the sufferings

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:11.019
 of Christ

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.299
 and his

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.619
 people

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.059
 together

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.839
 the sufferings

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.619
 of

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.900
 what is

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.299
 lacking

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.980
 in Christ's

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.359
 affliction

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.680
 that is to

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.059
 say the

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.480
 church

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.259
 will be

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.839
 complete

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.599
 in other

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:20.799
 words

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:22.099
 Paul is

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.480
 using the

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.680
 word

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.079
 Christ

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.299
 really

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.819
 essentially

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:25.059
 for the

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.460
 church

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.079
 itself

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.700
 as

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.220
 connected

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.519
 to

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.919
 Jesus

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:30.200
 and all

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.639
 through the

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.019
 course of

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.440
 time

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:33.099
 there are

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.460
 certain

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.039
 afflictions

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.720
 that belong

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:36.220
 to the

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.639
 church

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.519
 as united

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.240
 to Christ

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.339
 joined to

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:40.139
 his afflictions

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.619
 as well

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:42.339
 and Paul

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.659
 is saying

00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:43.139
 that's why

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.799
 I rejoice

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.919
 in my

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:45.399
 sufferings

00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:45.899
 for your

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.319
 sake

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.460
 because I

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.960
 recognize

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.960
 this is

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.299
 what the

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.740
 sufferings

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.240
 belong

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.519
 to

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:52.220
 this is

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.799
 the entity

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.619
 that these

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.119
 sufferings

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.659
 are part

00:27:54.659 --> 00:27:55.000
 of

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.559
 and therefore

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:56.960
 I can

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.259
 say

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.460
 that I

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.859
 rejoice

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.200
 in them

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.579
 that I'm

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.079
 confident

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:01.319
 that they

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.119
 belong to

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.980
 the saved

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.539
 people of

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:03.899
 God

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:05.619
 so there's

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.159
 the mystery

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:07.279
 it's been

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.680
 revealed

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.919
 we know

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:09.259
 what it

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.639
 is

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:11.119
 it is

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.419
 that

00:28:11.419 --> 00:28:12.019
 the

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.619
 Gentiles

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.220
 along with

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.599
 Jews

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.639
 make up

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.220
 the church

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.799
 of God

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.519
 it's not

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:16.960
 the church

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.240
 of the

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.619
 Jews

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.440
 and the

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.740
 church

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.039
 of the

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.680
 Gentiles

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.779
 it's

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.659
 God's

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.019
 church

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.579
 of Jew

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.200
 and Gentile

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.779
 together

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.660
 Ephesians

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.000
 2

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.000
 has that

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.559
 even more

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.900
 graphically

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.400
 portrayed

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:29.940
 but the

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.279
 riches

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.319
 of the

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.700
 glory

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.240
 of this

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.700
 mystery

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.740
 the

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.160
 wonderful

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.059
 riches

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.859
 that belong

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.879
 to being

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.599
 in Christ

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.740
 to being

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.200
 the people

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.819
 of God

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:41.680
 and how

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.180
 that is

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.980
 experienced

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.680
 presently

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:45.079
 in our

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.500
 present

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.119
 sufferings

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.500
 and through

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.859
 them

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:48.039
 we

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.319
 come

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.559
 to

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.000
 rejoice

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.339
 to

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.859
 have

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.579
 confidence

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.619
 that as

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:51.959
 far as

00:28:51.959 --> 00:28:52.339
 God is

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.839
 concerned

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.639
 and what

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.019
 God is

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.439
 doing

00:28:54.439 --> 00:28:55.459
 it's all

00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:55.939
 part

00:28:55.939 --> 00:28:56.699
 of his

00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:56.959
 great

00:28:56.959 --> 00:28:57.399
 plan

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:58.179
 of

00:28:58.179 --> 00:28:58.679
 redemption

00:28:58.679 --> 00:29:00.000
 God bless

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.259
 these

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.899
 thoughts

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.240
 on his

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.500
 word

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.479
 now let's

00:29:02.479 --> 00:29:03.279
 conclude

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.199
 this evening

00:29:04.199 --> 00:29:04.419
 we're

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:04.719
 singing

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.610