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 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

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 For in him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.

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 Whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities, all things have been created through him and for him.

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 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

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 And he is the head of the body, the church.

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 He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

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 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

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 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven,

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 by making peace through his blood shed on the cross.

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 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior,

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 but now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you wholly in his sight,

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 without blemish and free from accusation, if you continue in your faith, established and firm,

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 and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel.

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 This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven,

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 and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

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 Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you,

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 and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions,

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 for the sake of his body, which is the church.

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 I have become a servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness,

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 the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord's people.

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 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery,

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 which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom,

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 so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.

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 To this end, I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.

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 I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea,

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 and for all who have not met me personally.

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 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love,

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 so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding,

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 in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,

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 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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 I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments,

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 for though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit,

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 and delight to see how disciplined you are, and how firm your faith in Christ is.

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 And just continuing from verse 6, which is the passage I will be preaching from.

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 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,

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 continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him,

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 strengthened in the faith as you are taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

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 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,

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 which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world,

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 rather than on Christ.

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 For in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form,

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 and you have been given fullness in Christ,

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 who is the head over every power and authority.

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 In him you are also circumcised in the putting off of the sinful nature,

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 not with a circumcision done by the hands of men,

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 but with the circumcision done by Christ,

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 having been buried with him in baptism,

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 and raised with him through your faith in the power of God,

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 who raised him from the dead.

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 When you were dead in your sins,

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 and in your uncircumcision of your sinful nature,

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 God made you alive with Christ.

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 He forgave us all our sins,

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 having cancelled the written code with his regulations,

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 that was against us and that stood opposed to us.

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 He took it away, nailing it to the cross.

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 And having disarmed the powers and authorities,

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 he made a public spectacle of them,

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 triumphing over them by the cross.

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 Father, thank you that you have caused this letter to be written to the Colossians,

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 and passed down to us that we can read and learn so much of Jesus.

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 We thank you, Lord, indeed, that you are supreme over all things.

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 You have shown us that we were enemies in our minds

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 because of our sin, because of our evil behaviour,

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 and yet you have gloriously reconciled us to yourself on the cross.

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 We thank you that we have this opportunity of learning.

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 We thank you for Alan.

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 Thank you for bringing himself and Cassie and the family to Caragalline

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 to continue that teaching.

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 And I pray, indeed, as he opens up your word to teach,

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 that, indeed, he would be a workman approved unto you,

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 correctly handling the word of truth.

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 I pray, indeed, that our desire would be to know you more

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 through the words of Scripture,

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 that we'd be open to being corrected and rebuked and disciplined,

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 but also that we would grow,

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 that we would become more like our Saviour,

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 so we commit Alan to you as he preaches,

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 and our own hearts and minds as we listen.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, it was a night just like any other night

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 on the western shores of Britain

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 during the turn of the 5th century,

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 and the residents of the quiet village were sleeping soundly

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 as a ferocious, painted-up band of Irish pirates snuck ashore.

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 Before anyone really knew what had happened,

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 the pirates had ransacked the town.

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 They'd pillaged the people's treasures

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 and headed back to sea with a handful of hostages.

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 These hostages would soon be sold at a slave market,

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 where they would be put to work in the Irish countryside

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 as house servants or farmers or even shepherds.

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 Now, on this particular night in around 405 A.D.,

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 there was a 16-year-old named Sukkot,

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 the son of a wealthy British family who had been captured,

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 who was then sold into slavery,

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 who then became a Christian while he was a slave here in Ireland

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 and changed his name to Patrick.

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 And while we know many things about Patrick's life and ministry,

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 or I should say we think we know many things

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 about Patrick's life and ministry here in Ireland,

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 we don't often stop to think about

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 how he arrived here originally

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 as a captured hostage who was sold into slavery.

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 And when we think about it, we might think,

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 well, Patrick, that's so uncommon.

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 What happened to him.

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 But slavery was not uncommon in the Roman Empire.

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 It was not uncommon during Patrick's day.

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 It was certainly not uncommon during Paul's day.

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 In fact, the further you were

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 towards the edge of the Roman Empire,

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 the more likely it was that you would be captured by pirates

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 and sold into slavery.

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 And if you weren't near seas,

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 then you could be captured by brigands or land pirates.

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 They would steal you away in the middle of the night

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 and rush you to the slave market

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 where they would sell you into slavery.

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 And Colossae was at the edge of the Roman Empire,

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 much like Britain was during the 5th century.

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 In the 1st century, Colossae is at the northern edge

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 of the Roman Empire.

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 And it would be a very real threat

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 to have brigands come in in the middle of the night

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 and to ransack your town

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 and to take people as hostages

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 to sell them into slavery.

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 Like I said, slavery was very common

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 during the Roman Empire.

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 Most people estimate that somewhere between

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 20 to 25 percent of the population

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 were slaves in the Roman Empire.

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 Extremely common.

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 In fact, the 1st century proposal in the Senate

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 that slaves wear certain clothing was shot down.

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 It was voted against

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 because there was a fear that the slaves

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 might find out how numerous they were,

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 how much power they actually had

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 because of their sheer population within the empire.

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 Now granted, life as a slave could vary

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 from owner to owner.

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 Some slaves were high-ranking administrators

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 within a household or town.

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 Some would take care of people's finances.

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 Some had excellent lives,

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 but the reality was they were still slaves.

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 Some were scribes.

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 The Bibles we have,

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 the papyri that's come down to us,

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 was written by many slaves.

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 That was their job within a household,

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 was to copy Bible verses,

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 to copy records.

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 Some were cooks.

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 Some were skilled craftsmen.

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 Some were teachers.

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 Some were nannies.

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 Some worked in mines.

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 Some worked in fields.

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 Some were even sent into battle.

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 It was very common

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 that a quarter of a population of any town

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 would be slaves.

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 The legal status of a slave

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 was that of a thing.

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 Aristotle, the famed Aristotle,

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 defined slavery as living property.

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 He said that the slave is a living tool

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 and the tool is a lifeless slave.

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 A slave had no legal rights.

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 They were subject to the absolute power

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 of their master.

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 Even a slave woman who had a child,

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 that child would not belong to her.

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 It belonged to the owner.

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 And because slavery was so common,

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 and the life expectancy of a slave

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 in the Roman Empire was so short,

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 there were somewhere between 250,000 to 400,000 new slaves

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 needed every year in the Roman Empire.

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 A massive amount of people

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 being sold into slavery

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 or born into slavery.

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 Now, one of the top sources

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 for obtaining slaves during this time

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 was piracy and brigandage.

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 Stealing into towns.

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 Capturing people.

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 And selling them into slavery.

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 In fact, someone like Barabbas in John 18,

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 we read that Barabbas is let go instead of Jesus.

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 The shocking thing about that is

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 Barabbas was a brigand.

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 He was someone who would do this.

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 He would sneak into towns at night

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 and capture people

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 and sell them into slavery.

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 So that's a part of the shock

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 of why they would let this guy be released.

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 Now, normally the Romans relied upon

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 their local city governments

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 to police the rural areas

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 and keep them clear of brigands or pirates.

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 But the more remote areas

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 were less successful at this.

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 And since there was a very popular,

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 well-run, efficient slave market in Ephesus,

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 Colossian citizens were very much at risk

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 of being captured

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 and run down to Ephesus

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 and sold into slavery.

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 Now, why do we start with that topic?

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 You're probably wondering.

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 Well, something that Paul says here

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 in this passage caught my eye this week.

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 It kind of comes out of nowhere.

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 In verse 8.

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 In verse 8 he says,

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 See to it that no one takes you captive.

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 As I thought about,

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 what would that phrase mean

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 to a first century Colossian?

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 There's a lot of cultural

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 and historical differences

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 that have happened since then.

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 See to it would be,

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 Be on your guard.

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 Keep watch.

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 It's translated a lot of times

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 in the New Testament.

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 Even Jesus says,

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 Be on your guard.

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 See to it.

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 Keep watch.

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 I've seen several towers around Ireland.

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 They're looking out for something.

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 Paul says,

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 Be on your guard

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 that nobody takes you captive.

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 And being taken captive

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 during the first century,

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 especially in a town like Colossae,

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 literally meant for someone

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 to come in and steal you

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 and take you as a person

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 that would be sold back for ransom

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 or sold into slavery.

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 So if we're first century Colossians

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 listening to this letter,

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 we've heard Paul say

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 that we are God's people,

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 that Jesus is our Lord,

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 that He's creator of all things,

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 including new creation,

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 His body, the church,

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 that we are being matured

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 more and more into His likeness,

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 that in verses 6-7,

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 as we just saw,

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 we're having been rooted in Him,

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 we're being grown and strengthened,

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 and then out of nowhere,

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 Paul says,

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 Now, be on your guard

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 lest someone should capture you

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 and enslave you.

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 And we'd be thinking,

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 That's right, Paul.

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 Finally, it's time

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 to get practical here.

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 Brigands are an issue.

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 We need to do something

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 about the brigands.

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 We need to stop letting people

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 get captured and sold into slavery.

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 But Paul's not talking about brigands.

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 The danger that Paul's describing,

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 the thing he says

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 that the Christians in Colossae

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 need to be on the guard

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 and looking out for,

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 is not necessarily brigands,

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 but this thing called

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 the empty or hollow

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 and deceitful philosophy

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 that some are peddling

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 in Colossae.

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 And please note,

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 Paul is not being vague here.

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 He's used striking language

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 to grab their attention.

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 Be on your guard.

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 People are trying to capture you

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 and enslave you

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 using the hollow

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 and deceptive philosophy.

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 He's being very specific

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 to this church.

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 It's interesting,

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 historically,

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 we see that the region

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 where Colossae is,

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 the Lycus Valley it's called,

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 had once been destroyed

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 by an earthquake.

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 I don't know if you've seen

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 the earthquakes happening

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 where I'm from,

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 in California.

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 The whole state is about

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 to fall into the ocean,

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 I think,

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 which might not be

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 such a bad thing

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 for that state.

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 I hate to say it,

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 but that's true.

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 But a huge earthquake

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 had shaken Colossae

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 and the whole area

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 had been destroyed.

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 And Rome needed that area.

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 They needed the agriculture

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 and the wool from the sheep

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 that had come out of that area.

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 They had some special dyes

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 and a few products

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 that was good

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 for the Roman market.

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 So what they did

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 is they imported

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 about 2,000 Jewish families

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 to the area.

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 So roughly 10,000 Jewish people

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 were imported to the area.

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 They were mixed

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 with Greco-Roman citizens.

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 And in three big towns,

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 Colossae being one of them,

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 you had about a third

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 to a half of the population

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 was Jewish.

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 The rest were kind of Greco-Roman.

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 And what happened

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 over the years,

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 about 100 years

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 before Paul's writing

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 this letter,

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 is that all of their

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 religious stuff

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 had started to mix together.

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 And so we have

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 this crazy mixture

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 of religion

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 that's there

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 when Christianity arrives.

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 And this mixture

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 is what's called

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 the philosophy.

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 It's what Paul's speaking to.

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 And it's deceitful

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 and hollow, he says.

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 It's got Jewish tradition

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 mixed with pagan magic,

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 mixed with kind of

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 this Greek cultic

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 religious ideas,

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 and then Roman

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 empirical deism.

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 That is to worship

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 the Roman emperor.

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 So we've got this

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 unbelievable mixture

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 of all these religious ideas

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 poured into one town,

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 and then Christianity

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 comes in.

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 And before Christianity

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 gets there,

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 it's amazing.

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 We can read the papyri,

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 we can look at the inscriptions,

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 there's magical chants

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 to angels.

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 Some of those angels

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 are in the Old Testament.

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 Michael and Gabriel.

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 There's amulets

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 that are being made

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 with inscriptions on them

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 calling for those angels

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 to help them.

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 There's all these traditions

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 that have been stacked

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 one on top of another.

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 And then Christianity

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 comes in.

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 And the Roman Empire,

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 it's interesting to note,

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 they were rigidly traditional

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 with their religion.

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 Rigidly traditional.

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 But ironically,

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 open to new innovation.

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 So as long as you kept

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 the same traditions

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 that were proven over time,

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 you could add new stuff

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 if it worked.

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 And that's what happened

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 when Christianity came.

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 All these old traditions

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 had to stay.

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 All these old chants

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 had to remain.

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 These amulets

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 had to still have some power.

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 And then we could add Christianity

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 as long as it worked.

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 And Paul says,

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 that's complete nonsense.

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 It's empty

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 and it's deceitful.

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 But if you were a Christian

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 in Colossae,

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 you've got to really think

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 about this.

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 If you're a Christian

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 in Colossae,

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 it'd be very tempting,

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 especially if something

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 started to go wrong,

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 not to start

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 to second guess.

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 your life in Christ.

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 See,

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 all these magical chants

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 and these amulets

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 and these things

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 that have come together,

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 they're for success.

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 So if you're a Christian

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 and your crops

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 aren't doing as well

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 as your neighbor's crops,

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 maybe he's got a tradition

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 or a superstition

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 or a chant

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 or an amulet

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 that maybe I should have that

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 even though I'm a Christian.

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 Or if you need protection,

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 there's all these chants.

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 There's all these little things

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 I can do

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 to just get a little bit

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 of protection.

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 Safety for my loved ones.

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 There's a ton

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 of archaeological evidence

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 for getting someone

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 to fall in love with you.

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 Oh,

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 if I could only have,

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 and it's crazy to read them,

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 nothing's really changed

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 over time.

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 If I could only have

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 this woman,

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 if I could only have

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 this guy see me

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 and fall in love with me,

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 and then you do these chants

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 and you call on these angels

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 and you write it all out,

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 and can I still do that

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 if I'm a Christian?

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 This would be very tempting

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.099
 for the Colossians,

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 citizen.

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 It would be very hard

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 not to add some of this

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:09.200
 back in to your Christianity.

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 But Paul says,

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 it's empty and deceitful.

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 And he uses strong language

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:17.539
 to say,

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 that stuff will capture you

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 and it will put you

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 into slavery.

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 He says,

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 it's empty.

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 It has no real value.

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 But it pretends that it does.

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 And what we'll call

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 all that stuff,

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 we'll just refer to it today

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 as human tradition

00:19:36.159 --> 00:19:38.299
 and magical superstition.

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 That's really,

00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.579
 we can put it all

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.359
 into those words.

00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:43.719
 Paul says,

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 the human tradition

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:46.779
 and the magical superstition

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.939
 that people are peddling

00:19:47.939 --> 00:19:49.000
 to you Christians

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:50.399
 is emptiness

00:19:50.399 --> 00:19:52.779
 compared to Christ

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 who is fullness.

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 And that's what he does

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 in verses 9 through 12

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 is he starts to compare

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 the fullness of Christ

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 to the emptiness

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:02.419
 of these other things.

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 He says in verse 9,

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 for in Christ

00:20:04.939 --> 00:20:06.099
 all the fullness

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.779
 of the deity

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.959
 lives in bodily form.

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 And in Christ

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.099
 you have been brought

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 to fullness.

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 And then he goes on

00:20:12.959 --> 00:20:13.779
 to say in a very

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:15.099
 Old Testament sort of way,

00:20:15.179 --> 00:20:16.219
 in a Jewish sort of way,

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:18.059
 that Christ has made us,

00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:18.859
 that is Christians,

00:20:19.219 --> 00:20:19.859
 his people.

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 And that's what he's doing

00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:21.839
 when he talks about

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:23.279
 circumcision and baptism.

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 Circumcision was a sign

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 that you were

00:20:25.639 --> 00:20:26.740
 a Jewish person.

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 That you were one

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.759
 of God's people

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.279
 who belonged

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:30.159
 to the nation of Israel.

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 And under the new covenant

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 that's changed to baptism.

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 So he says,

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 those who have been

00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:37.159
 baptized in Christ

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 are God's people.

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 Because baptism

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 has replaced circumcision.

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 It's an outward sign

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:44.059
 of the resurrection

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:45.080
 we have in Christ.

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 And that's why

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.880
 Christians baptize.

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 It's a new covenant sign

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.019
 which signifies

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:52.420
 what has happened to us

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:53.180
 because of our faith.

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 We've been buried

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 with Christ.

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 So when someone goes

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.380
 into the water,

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.080
 they've been buried

00:20:57.080 --> 00:20:57.620
 with Christ.

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:59.279
 A very pictorial,

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.720
 visual image

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.400
 of what's happened

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.180
 when Christ went

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.819
 into the grave.

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.639
 So too,

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.419
 the old self

00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.200
 goes into the water.

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.200
 When we come up

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.779
 out of the water,

00:21:06.939 --> 00:21:08.559
 it's the visual imagery

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:10.240
 of being resurrected

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.419
 into new life,

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.379
 a new creation.

00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:14.559
 As well as it looks forward

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:16.059
 to our final resurrection

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:17.379
 and glorification

00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:18.439
 when Christ returns.

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 That even those of us

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:20.599
 who fall asleep,

00:21:20.659 --> 00:21:21.240
 as Paul says,

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:22.039
 that those of us

00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:23.079
 who are put into the ground

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.079
 before Christ returns,

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:25.019
 we look forward

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:26.139
 to being raised

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 from the ground

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 the same way Christ was.

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 And Paul's using

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:30.579
 circumcision and baptism

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.259
 to say,

00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:32.399
 we are,

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.000
 as Christians,

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 God's people.

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 And again,

00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:38.159
 this concept to a Colossian

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:40.519
 is very important,

00:21:40.679 --> 00:21:41.859
 especially when compared

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.619
 to that of slavery.

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.599
 He says,

00:21:44.659 --> 00:21:45.559
 God's people

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:47.460
 are citizens

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.599
 of the kingdom of heaven.

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 And citizenship

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 in the Roman Empire

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:54.599
 is the absolute

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.659
 opposite of slavery.

00:21:58.879 --> 00:21:59.519
 Citizenship

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 in the Roman Empire

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.419
 was everything

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:02.220
 you longed for.

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.159
 It was everything

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.919
 you wanted to be.

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.879
 Where a slave

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.559
 had no rights,

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.379
 a citizen had

00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:09.480
 every right.

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.980
 Where a slave

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.639
 couldn't even go

00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:12.579
 where they wanted to go,

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.779
 a citizen could move

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.740
 anywhere they wanted to

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.779
 freely within the empire.

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.980
 A slave could be grabbed

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.859
 and searched

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.439
 and seized

00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:20.099
 for any reason.

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.059
 You could not do that

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.599
 to a citizen.

00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.879
 A slave didn't even

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.419
 have the right

00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:25.200
 to have their own

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.299
 legal representation.

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.359
 A citizen,

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.519
 as we see with Paul

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.980
 in Acts,

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.799
 has the right

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.139
 to say,

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.059
 I want to see

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.559
 the emperor.

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 I want to be tried

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.900
 in front of the emperor

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.400
 himself.

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.779
 And so Paul

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.920
 used this language

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.579
 to set up

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.819
 the difference

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:42.139
 between slavery

00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:42.799
 and citizenship.

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.440
 And he said,

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.420
 the Christians

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.139
 in Colossae,

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.259
 they are citizens

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.220
 of the kingdom of heaven.

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.420
 That that's been

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.400
 marked by baptism,

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:50.900
 that they are

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.039
 Christ's people.

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.019
 Therefore,

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.579
 be on your guard

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.720
 because since

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.339
 you are citizens

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.839
 of the kingdom

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.319
 of heaven,

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.659
 this empty,

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.759
 deceitful philosophy

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.779
 wants to come

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.379
 and grab you

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:02.500
 and re-enslave you

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.240
 to its kingdoms

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:04.579
 of human tradition

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:06.460
 and magical superstition.

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.679
 And Paul says,

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.779
 what those kingdoms

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.359
 do

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:13.379
 is they deceive you.

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.740
 They ignore

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.299
 who we are

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.779
 as citizens

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.539
 of God's kingdom.

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.480
 And they pretend

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.159
 to be able to do

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:20.819
 something that they

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.460
 cannot do.

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:23.720
 And Paul lays this out

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:25.039
 in verses 13-14.

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 First he says,

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.539
 when you were

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.559
 dead in your sins

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:32.360
 and in the uncircumcision

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.180
 of your flesh.

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.420
 He's using

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.500
 slave language again.

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.360
 Many times he says

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:37.539
 we were slaves to sin.

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.700
 Here he says,

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.900
 you're dead to sin.

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.240
 God made you alive

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.860
 with Christ.

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.840
 He forgave us

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.579
 all our sins

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:45.180
 having canceled

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.940
 the charge

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.579
 of our legal

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.440
 indebtedness

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:49.059
 which stood

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.700
 against us

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.579
 and condemned us.

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.819
 He has taken it away

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:54.319
 nailing it

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.960
 to the cross.

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.279
 Now,

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:56.579
 the cultural difference

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.380
 is important again

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.279
 because if you were

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.900
 a slave

00:23:58.900 --> 00:24:00.660
 your freedom

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.660
 could be purchased.

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:04.140
 And if your freedom

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.799
 was purchased

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.380
 whether somehow

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:06.079
 you saved up

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.620
 enough money

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.900
 or someone came in

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.799
 to redeem you

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.860
 to ransom you

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.900
 they would take

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.539
 the fact

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.299
 that you had been

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.039
 set free

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.840
 and they would

00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:15.039
 literally nail that

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.000
 to the temple door

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.880
 in the city

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.519
 where your freedom

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.200
 was bought.

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.259
 It would be

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.240
 announced publicly.

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:23.380
 Alan Giles

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:24.559
 is free.

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.940
 No longer a slave.

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.519
 And then it would be

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.539
 written in the

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.440
 temple book

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.900
 of life

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:34.259
 that you were

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.900
 no longer

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:36.400
 a slave

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:37.960
 in that city

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:39.340
 or in the Roman Empire

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:39.840
 in general.

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:42.180
 So look at what Paul says

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.720
 that our legal

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.600
 indebtedness

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:46.319
 was nailed

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.720
 to the cross.

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:49.640
 the record

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.640
 of our being

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.720
 set free

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.960
 from the slavery

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.100
 of human tradition

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:55.940
 and magical superstition

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.779
 was literally

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:58.120
 nailed to the cross

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:59.259
 and announced

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.039
 for all

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:01.000
 of the empire

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.579
 to see

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.680
 these people

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.720
 God's people

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.740
 have been

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.900
 set free.

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.720
 They are citizens

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.259
 of the kingdom

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.720
 of heaven

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.559
 and Paul says

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.620
 with that in mind

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.420
 why would we

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.160
 ever want to go

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.940
 back into slavery

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.880
 of a subpar kingdom?

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:15.680
 When it's public record

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:17.140
 that we are citizens

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:18.580
 of God's kingdom

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:20.020
 which is the kingdom

00:25:20.020 --> 00:25:20.980
 that is greater

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.760
 than all kingdoms

00:25:21.760 --> 00:25:22.840
 why would we

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.380
 ever

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:25.080
 want to be

00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:26.240
 sold as slaves

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.760
 to a subpar kingdom

00:25:27.760 --> 00:25:29.160
 or give ourselves

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:30.300
 freely to that kingdom?

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.200
 It's interesting

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.680
 we even

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:35.260
 have records

00:25:35.260 --> 00:25:36.120
 in the first century

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:37.280
 of court cases

00:25:37.280 --> 00:25:38.840
 where citizens

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.660
 were captured

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:41.420
 and sold

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.140
 at a slave market.

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.940
 One court case

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.740
 caught my eye

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:45.280
 that a few men

00:25:45.280 --> 00:25:45.800
 were captured

00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:46.400
 they were sold

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.900
 into slavery

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:48.000
 and when they get

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.780
 to their new place

00:25:48.780 --> 00:25:49.860
 they make a big deal

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:51.540
 you cannot enslave us

00:25:51.540 --> 00:25:52.180
 because we are

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.920
 Roman citizens.

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.740
 And the governor

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:57.200
 sends for the records

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.480
 from their hometown

00:25:58.480 --> 00:26:00.520
 and sure enough

00:26:00.520 --> 00:26:01.540
 the temple records

00:26:01.540 --> 00:26:02.000
 reveal

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.880
 in the temple

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.720
 book of life

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.300
 and freedom

00:26:04.300 --> 00:26:05.800
 that they were

00:26:05.800 --> 00:26:06.580
 citizens.

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.380
 And so those

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:10.840
 captors

00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.640
 those brigands

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:13.840
 were executed

00:26:13.840 --> 00:26:15.580
 for empty

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:17.100
 and deceitful

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:18.480
 enslavement

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:20.720
 because you cannot

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.560
 take a citizen

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:23.360
 and sell them

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:24.020
 into slavery.

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:27.740
 So not only

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:29.280
 does the philosophy

00:26:29.280 --> 00:26:30.060
 in Colossae

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.620
 ignore

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:32.920
 who the Colossians

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.640
 are as God's

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.280
 kingdom people

00:26:34.280 --> 00:26:36.220
 but they also

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.000
 pretend to be able

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.600
 to do something

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.220
 they cannot

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.880
 actually do.

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.620
 Verse 15

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.159
 Paul spells

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.539
 that out.

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.679
 He says

00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:44.159
 Christ has

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:44.719
 taken the

00:26:44.719 --> 00:26:45.259
 enslaver's

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.579
 weapons

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:47.439
 he has shamed

00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:48.299
 them publicly

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:50.339
 and triumphed

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.619
 over them

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.259
 on the cross.

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.879
 And when you

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:54.000
 triumphed over

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.519
 somebody

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.459
 in the Roman

00:26:55.459 --> 00:26:56.000
 times

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.039
 you literally

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.899
 shamed them

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.319
 publicly.

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.139
 You took

00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.739
 their weapons

00:26:59.739 --> 00:27:00.659
 you put them

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.279
 in line behind

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.059
 you and you

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.699
 marched through

00:27:02.699 --> 00:27:03.079
 town

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:04.099
 you received

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.779
 a celebration

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.680
 and everybody

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.319
 booed

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.139
 and jeered

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.399
 them

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.720
 they were

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.259
 publicly

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.339
 shamed

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.879
 and everybody

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.240
 knew

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.079
 that's the

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.700
 losing side

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.220
 right there.

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.480
 Paul says

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:16.740
 Christ disarmed

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.259
 all the other

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.579
 kingdoms

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.980
 all the other

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.399
 authorities

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:19.980
 all the other

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.319
 powers

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.359
 Christ disarmed

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.559
 them

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.220
 he made a

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:23.059
 public spectacle

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.519
 of them

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.500
 on the cross

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.819
 he put them

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.420
 behind him

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.079
 in the resurrection

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:28.160
 he marched

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.539
 them through

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.019
 the streets

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.940
 and put them

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.779
 to shame

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:32.599
 showing everybody

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.079
 that they had

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.740
 no power

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.279
 over him.

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:35.819
 See that tends

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.240
 to happen

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.919
 when someone

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.500
 rises from

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.859
 the dead.

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.279
 That anybody

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.779
 who's killed

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.279
 you is now

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.359
 put to shame

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.259
 when you rise

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.819
 from the dead

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.579
 and you march

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.179
 through cities

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:44.799
 and you let

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.259
 people see

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.939
 who you are

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:46.819
 everything that

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.359
 ever stood

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.899
 against you

00:27:47.899 --> 00:27:48.419
 has been

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:48.939
 disarmed

00:27:48.939 --> 00:27:49.659
 and put to

00:27:49.659 --> 00:27:49.939
 shame

00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:50.259
 and if you

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.720
 belong to

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.299
 that king

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.579
 if you're

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:51.859
 a citizen

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.599
 of that

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.099
 kingdom

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.619
 well now

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.000
 you're really

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.319
 something

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.859
 aren't you?

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.199
 Because you

00:27:57.199 --> 00:27:57.699
 belong to the

00:27:57.699 --> 00:27:58.319
 true king

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.519
 the king

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.099
 of kings.

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.899
 Paul says

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:04.300
 anything other

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:06.500
 anything other

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.200
 than Christianity

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.460
 whether it's

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.180
 human tradition

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.280
 or magical

00:28:10.280 --> 00:28:11.040
 superstition

00:28:11.040 --> 00:28:11.720
 it's powerless

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.940
 it's empty

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:14.240
 it's deceitful

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.100
 it's time

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.700
 has passed

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.519
 it's authority

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.259
 has been revoked

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.120
 it's power

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.940
 has been

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.920
 removed.

00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:21.660
 That's what he's

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.340
 saying right there.

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:26.200
 I was thinking

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:28.320
 what would that

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:28.759
 be like

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.220
 if we were

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.980
 to sell

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.500
 ourselves

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.700
 to the

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.259
 Roman Empire

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.599
 again?

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.380
 We get

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.380
 some crazy

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:36.960
 things to

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.319
 vote on

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.019
 in California

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.980
 I don't know

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.880
 politics very

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.380
 well in Ireland

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.119
 but I know

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.759
 in California

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.680
 stuff shows up

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.180
 on the ballot

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.579
 and some of it

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.039
 I read it

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.440
 and I think

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.740
 how on earth

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:48.039
 did this make

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.579
 it to a ballot?

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.059
 Why are we

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.640
 voting on this?

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.200
 But I was

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.359
 thinking

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.319
 I can't

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.900
 imagine

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:53.220
 I cannot

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.700
 imagine

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.059
 if something

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.460
 showed up

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.920
 on the ballot

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:56.319
 should America

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.220
 sell themselves

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.140
 into slavery

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.960
 to the Roman Empire

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.279
 again?

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.460
 I would be

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.940
 shocked

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.319
 if someone

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.660
 wanted to

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.059
 vote yes

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.460
 on that.

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.319
 I would

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.680
 think the

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.000
 same in

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.279
 Ireland

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.480
 if it

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.819
 showed up

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.220
 on the ballot

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.860
 should we

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.220
 sell our

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.860
 whole country

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.759
 into slavery

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.079
 to the

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.500
 Roman Empire

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.759
 I would

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:12.940
 think

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.480
 somebody

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.980
 would say

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.100
 the Roman

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:15.420
 Empire

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.160
 doesn't exist

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.660
 anymore

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:18.319
 what are you

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:19.019
 talking about

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.620
 it's

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.019
 no

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.380
 and someone

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.660
 could say

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.079
 well Rome

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.360
 is still

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.519
 there

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.779
 yeah but

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.319
 the Empire

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.299
 has got

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.960
 no weapons

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:25.579
 the Empire's

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.000
 time has

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.680
 passed

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:28.560
 the Empire's

00:29:28.560 --> 00:29:29.140
 been put

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.799
 to shame

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:31.200
 why would

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:32.120
 we sell

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.500
 ourselves

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:32.840
 to the

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:34.180
 Roman Empire

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:36.759
 and Paul

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.160
 says

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.700
 in the same

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.080
 way

00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:40.180
 that it

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.480
 would be

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.920
 utter

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.519
 insanity

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.980
 for any

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.620
 of today's

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.000
 nations

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.960
 to sell

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.360
 themselves

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:46.039
 into slavery

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.500
 to an

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.779
 empire

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.420
 whose time

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.019
 has passed

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.960
 so too

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.279
 would be

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.820
 absolutely

00:29:49.820 --> 00:29:50.860
 crazy

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.299
 for a

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.680
 Christian

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:53.220
 to sell

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.600
 themselves

00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:53.960
 into the

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.259
 slavery

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.660
 of the

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:54.960
 kingdoms

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.840
 of this

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.220
 world

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:58.079
 why would

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.500
 we willingly

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.920
 go back

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.180
 to that

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.539
 life

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:01.480
 now I'm

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.680
 going to

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.220
 guess

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:04.279
 that for

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.620
 most

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.140
 Christians

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.680
 the reality

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.079
 is we

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.420
 don't

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.180
 we don't

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.819
 willingly

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.539
 go back

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.779
 into

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.160
 slavery

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:12.319
 I doubt

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.120
 I highly

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.680
 doubt anybody

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.220
 woke up

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.660
 any day

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.019
 this week

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.380
 and said

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:16.160
 I think

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.420
 I would

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.779
 like to

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:16.940
 sell

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.360
 myself

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:17.940
 to the

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.500
 kingdoms

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.019
 of human

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.519
 tradition

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.079
 and magical

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.720
 superstition

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.079
 today

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.759
 I highly

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.100
 doubt you

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.400
 have that

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.720
 thought

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:24.559
 but the

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:24.980
 reality is

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.380
 we slip

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.779
 into it

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.180
 don't we

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:28.279
 reality is

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.680
 things happen

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.080
 in life

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.440
 and before

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.779
 we know

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.000
 it

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.340
 we find

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:32.680
 ourselves

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:32.920
 a bit

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.279
 enslaved

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:35.240
 we find

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.920
 that we've

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.779
 been captured

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:38.600
 by something

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.000
 other than

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.480
 Christ

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:41.960
 and I

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.340
 thought a lot

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.759
 about that

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.200
 this week

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.480
 how does

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.960
 that happen

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:45.039
 how do

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.460
 God's

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.720
 people

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.100
 citizens

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.680
 of God's

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:46.940
 kingdoms

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.960
 how do

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.320
 we find

00:30:48.320 --> 00:30:48.680
 ourselves

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.299
 enslaved

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.240
 to the

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.580
 things of

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.100
 this world

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:52.960
 and what I

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.320
 would say

00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:53.660
 is we

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.740
 find ourselves

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.240
 in a place

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.040
 of what I

00:30:56.040 --> 00:30:56.400
 just call

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.740
 kingdom

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.360
 confusion

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:59.480
 we forget

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.900
 who we

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.200
 are in

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.600
 Christ

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:02.060
 we forget

00:31:02.060 --> 00:31:02.360
 that the

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.820
 world around

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.200
 us has

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.279
 no power

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.940
 or authority

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:06.700
 our eyes

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.279
 kind of come

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.680
 off of

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:07.940
 Jesus

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.460
 and they go

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.940
 towards the

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.300
 things of

00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:09.840
 this world

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.759
 we get

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.240
 confused

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.860
 about what's

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.240
 up what's

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.660
 down what's

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.040
 left what's

00:31:13.040 --> 00:31:13.300
 right

00:31:13.300 --> 00:31:16.700
 we start to

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.200
 compare our

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.660
 lives to

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.040
 others

00:31:18.040 --> 00:31:19.820
 right like

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.440
 the Colossians

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.019
 maybe we look

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.319
 at somebody

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.000
 else's crops

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.299
 and we go

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.639
 what are they

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.720
 doing better

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.319
 than me

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:25.980
 or we look

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.279
 at somebody

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.960
 else's healthy

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.460
 family and

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.559
 we say

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:27.940
 what's going

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.359
 on there

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.639
 that I

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.119
 don't have

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.519
 and we

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.980
 lose sight

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.240
 of the

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.460
 kingdom

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.779
 and we

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.099
 get this

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.400
 kingdom

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.019
 confusion

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:35.119
 that things

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.579
 that shouldn't

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.099
 have priority

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.559
 start to

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.180
 take priority

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.460
 in our

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.920
 lives

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:40.240
 and I

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.639
 think the

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:42.019
 best remedy

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.559
 for that is

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:42.960
 just what we

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.220
 will call

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.539
 kingdom

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.980
 immersion

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.559
 if we

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.279
 flip over

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.639
 to Psalm

00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:47.180
 73

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:49.139
 it's the

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.940
 best illustration

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.440
 I can ever

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.880
 find in

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.220
 scripture

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:52.960
 we won't

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.279
 go through

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.500
 the whole

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.920
 thing but

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.559
 I would

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.080
 encourage you

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.480
 to at some

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.820
 point this

00:31:55.820 --> 00:31:56.180
 week just

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:57.100
 read through

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:57.700
 Asaph's

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.080
 Psalm here

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:58.380
 in Psalm

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:58.860
 73

00:31:58.860 --> 00:32:00.900
 because what

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.480
 happens in

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.200
 verses 1 and

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.519
 2 and if

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.000
 you have a

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.519
 red bible

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:03.920
 it's page

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.840
 586

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:06.740
 page 586

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:08.340
 in verses

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.900
 1 and 2

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.220
 of Psalm

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.700
 73

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:11.240
 the author

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.759
 just says

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.680
 surely God

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.240
 is good to

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.580
 Israel

00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:14.620
 that's God's

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:15.120
 people in

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:15.600
 this time

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.320
 to those

00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:16.559
 who are

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.019
 pure in

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.360
 heart

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:19.500
 but as

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.819
 for me

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.359
 my feet

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:20.919
 had almost

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.279
 slipped

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.699
 I had

00:32:21.699 --> 00:32:22.679
 nearly lost

00:32:22.679 --> 00:32:23.279
 my foothold

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.559
 and what

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.159
 he's describing

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:24.679
 here is

00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:25.459
 the beginning

00:32:25.459 --> 00:32:25.839
 of what we

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.179
 just said

00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:26.459
 kingdom

00:32:26.459 --> 00:32:27.019
 confusion

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:28.899
 and in

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.699
 verses 3

00:32:29.699 --> 00:32:30.479
 through 15

00:32:30.479 --> 00:32:32.399
 he's really

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:33.139
 starting to look

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.539
 at the world

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:33.879
 around him

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.119
 and say

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.639
 what's going

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.059
 on

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:37.139
 why are

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:38.899
 the wicked

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.299
 people

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.579
 prospering

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.039
 have you ever

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.539
 thought that

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:43.079
 I guarantee

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.519
 you've probably

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.899
 worked with

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.359
 somebody and

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.719
 thought that

00:32:44.719 --> 00:32:45.599
 person is so

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.000
 terrible

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.799
 and everything

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.319
 goes their

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.500
 way

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.980
 what's going

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.359
 on

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:50.039
 and he's

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.299
 starting to

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.579
 look at that

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:50.719
 and he's

00:32:50.719 --> 00:32:50.859
 going

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:52.159
 how come

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.899
 they don't

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:53.480
 have as many

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.039
 physical

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.519
 struggles

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.299
 as God's

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.859
 people have

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:58.259
 how can they

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.559
 have such

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:58.980
 evil

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.759
 imaginations

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.240
 and that's

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.539
 okay

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.159
 how can they

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:02.000
 threaten

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.500
 others

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.000
 and that's

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.399
 okay

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:05.599
 how can they

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.079
 say such

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.679
 terrible

00:33:06.679 --> 00:33:07.199
 things

00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:08.039
 and store

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.500
 up so much

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.219
 pride for

00:33:09.219 --> 00:33:09.699
 themselves

00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:11.419
 how can they

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:12.379
 speak so

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:13.359
 plainly against

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.839
 God

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.259
 and nothing

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.919
 happens

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:17.279
 and in

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:17.900
 verse 13

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.360
 and 14

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:18.700
 he even

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.060
 starts to

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.560
 question

00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:21.720
 I've kept

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.240
 my heart

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.600
 pure

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:22.900
 but has

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.140
 that been

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.600
 in vain

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:26.580
 have I

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:27.039
 washed my

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.480
 hands in

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.240
 innocence

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.960
 and he

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.380
 starts to

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.800
 look at his

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:30.980
 life

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.160
 and go

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.539
 I get

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.600
 afflicted

00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:33.200
 all these

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.500
 terrible

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.840
 things

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.320
 happen to

00:33:34.320 --> 00:33:34.580
 me

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:38.640
 that's

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:38.820
 just

00:33:38.820 --> 00:33:39.100
 kingdom

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:39.680
 confusion

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.000
 is what

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.320
 we can

00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:40.759
 call that

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:42.460
 and it

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.000
 happens so

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.360
 subtly

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:43.580
 and it

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:44.080
 happens so

00:33:44.080 --> 00:33:44.400
 quickly

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.820
 it's like

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.340
 those thieves

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:45.580
 in the

00:33:45.580 --> 00:33:45.740
 night

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.040
 it's like

00:33:46.040 --> 00:33:46.560
 those pirates

00:33:46.560 --> 00:33:47.019
 coming in

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.300
 it's like

00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:48.120
 those brigands

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.780
 sneaking in

00:33:48.780 --> 00:33:49.759
 and before we

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.060
 know it

00:33:50.060 --> 00:33:50.780
 we've been

00:33:50.780 --> 00:33:51.360
 completely

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:52.080
 confused

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:54.259
 and we're

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:55.120
 focusing on

00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:55.759
 our status

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.220
 in the wrong

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.560
 kingdom

00:33:56.560 --> 00:33:58.820
 and we

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.080
 become

00:33:59.080 --> 00:33:59.640
 enslaved

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:02.500
 the remedy

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.920
 for that

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.320
 we see it

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:03.780
 happen in

00:34:03.780 --> 00:34:04.580
 psalm 73

00:34:04.580 --> 00:34:04.980
 verses

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:06.180
 16 and

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.600
 17

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:08.900
 he just

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.059
 says

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.320
 when I

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.900
 tried to

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.300
 understand

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.720
 all this

00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:10.900
 it

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.840
 troubled me

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.240
 deeply

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:14.039
 until I

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.500
 entered the

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.840
 sanctuary

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.579
 of God

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:17.400
 then I

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.780
 understood

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.300
 their final

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.760
 destiny

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:20.200
 and I

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:20.539
 just call

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.920
 that kingdom

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.340
 immersion

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.780
 he says

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:23.280
 all these

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.600
 things

00:34:23.600 --> 00:34:23.760
 they

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.100
 troubled

00:34:24.100 --> 00:34:24.840
 me

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:26.100
 essentially

00:34:26.100 --> 00:34:26.340
 he says

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.700
 I became

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.860
 so confused

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:29.920
 when I

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.519
 stepped out

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.740
 of the

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.079
 kingdoms

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.480
 of man

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.720
 and I

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.039
 stepped

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.240
 into

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:32.700
 God's

00:34:32.700 --> 00:34:33.240
 sanctuary

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:35.100
 and it

00:34:35.100 --> 00:34:35.480
 all started

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.740
 to make

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:36.019
 sense

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.340
 again

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:38.180
 he starts

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:38.660
 to remember

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:39.140
 here's who

00:34:39.140 --> 00:34:39.579
 I am

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.059
 as God's

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.460
 person

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.380
 here's who

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.699
 I am

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:41.940
 as a

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.099
 member

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.579
 of God's

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:42.980
 household

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.639
 here's who

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:43.840
 I am

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.259
 as a

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.759
 citizen

00:34:44.759 --> 00:34:45.319
 of God's

00:34:45.319 --> 00:34:45.639
 kingdom

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:47.960
 we don't

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.340
 have the

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.019
 literal temple

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.440
 anymore

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.219
 but it's

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.679
 far better

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:52.539
 we have

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:52.900
 God's

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.119
 spirit

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.719
 within us

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.500
 we have

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.219
 God's

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.440
 word

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.840
 in front

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.159
 of us

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.940
 we have

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.340
 God's

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.719
 people

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.239
 surrounding

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:58.460
 us

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.079
 we become

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.759
 God's

00:34:59.759 --> 00:35:00.420
 holy temple

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.500
 right here

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.139
 as a

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.500
 church

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:05.519
 and we

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.920
 can

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.380
 literally

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.139
 be

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.579
 immersed

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:07.980
 in

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.599
 God's

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:08.840
 kingdom

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.279
 culture

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.780
 together

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:11.920
 and remind

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.360
 each other

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.880
 who we

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.240
 are in

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.640
 Christ

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:15.240
 what we

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:15.420
 were

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.060
 bought

00:35:16.060 --> 00:35:16.300
 out

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.500
 from

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.740
 I think

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:16.900
 we're

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.100
 saying

00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:17.660
 bought

00:35:17.660 --> 00:35:18.040
 with the

00:35:18.040 --> 00:35:18.460
 precious

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.780
 blood

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.019
 of the

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.360
 cross

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:21.120
 that

00:35:21.120 --> 00:35:21.280
 the

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:22.080
 debt

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:23.060
 that we

00:35:23.060 --> 00:35:23.300
 owed

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.840
 was literally

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.400
 nailed to

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.980
 the cross

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:26.360
 that our

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.820
 freedom's

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.440
 been publicly

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.980
 declared

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:29.820
 and we

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.460
 continue to

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.000
 remind each

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.400
 of this

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.160
 and keep

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:32.540
 each other

00:35:32.540 --> 00:35:33.420
 immersed

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.980
 in kingdom

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.480
 culture

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.559
 together

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:36.639
 I've

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:36.840
 got

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.099
 on the

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.340
 back

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.639
 of your

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.400
 sheet

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.579
 here

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:38.800
 just

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.019
 some

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.639
 thoughts

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:39.840
 on

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.119
 kingdom

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.579
 immersion

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.260
 these

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.340
 are

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.500
 just

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:41.820
 starting

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.340
 thoughts

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:45.079
 I'd say

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.380
 kingdom

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:46.019
 life happens

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.480
 formally

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.340
 and informally

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.039
 right a church

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.579
 on Sunday

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.699
 it's a great

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.260
 spot you

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:51.059
 probably feel

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.519
 when you leave

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.880
 Sunday

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:53.079
 more like a

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.360
 part of

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.659
 God's

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:53.960
 kingdom

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:55.039
 that's

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.260
 that's

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.800
 by design

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.019
 that's

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.519
 how God's

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.099
 designed

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.639
 his church

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.099
 to gather

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.659
 on Sundays

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.820
 we have

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.199
 midweek

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.539
 gatherings

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.039
 we'll talk

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.480
 like we

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.719
 said

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:02.619
 this week

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:02.919
 we'll go

00:36:02.919 --> 00:36:03.099
 through

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.599
 the problem

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.179
 of evil

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:05.500
 how do we

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.919
 share the

00:36:05.919 --> 00:36:06.439
 gospel with

00:36:06.439 --> 00:36:06.819
 people when

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:07.259
 they ask

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.719
 the number

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.359
 one question

00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:08.980
 that anybody

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.659
 asks about

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:09.959
 God

00:36:09.959 --> 00:36:10.359
 which is

00:36:10.359 --> 00:36:11.019
 if God's

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.379
 so good

00:36:11.379 --> 00:36:11.699
 how does

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.359
 evil exist

00:36:12.359 --> 00:36:13.159
 what do we

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.559
 say to that

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.879
 and if you

00:36:13.879 --> 00:36:14.239
 have that

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.639
 question

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.179
 and you're

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.459
 not a

00:36:15.459 --> 00:36:15.659
 Christian

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.299
 I invite

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.559
 you to

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:16.799
 come

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:17.299
 we'll

00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:18.359
 answer the

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:18.739
 question

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.259
 right there

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:19.579
 with you

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:19.959
 it's fine

00:36:19.959 --> 00:36:21.719
 it's a

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.179
 very valid

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.699
 question

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.139
 but we

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.419
 gather

00:36:23.419 --> 00:36:23.759
 together

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.019
 throughout

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.359
 the week

00:36:24.359 --> 00:36:24.639
 and we

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.199
 study

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.579
 God's

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.819
 word

00:36:25.819 --> 00:36:26.119
 and we

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.719
 talk about

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.039
 God's

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.279
 kingdom

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:27.980
 we remind

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.319
 each other

00:36:28.319 --> 00:36:28.559
 of who

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:28.880
 we are

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.279
 in God's

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:29.559
 kingdom

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:31.380
 and the

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.639
 church

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.119
 has several

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.639
 ministries

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:32.920
 too

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.900
 always

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.619
 good to

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:34.960
 be a part

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.320
 of at least

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.940
 one church

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.299
 ministry

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:36.659
 during the

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:36.940
 week

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:38.420
 because not

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:38.880
 only are you

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.519
 serving other

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.000
 people but

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.519
 you're serving

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.679
 as God's

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.039
 people

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:43.500
 immersed in

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:43.820
 God's

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.099
 kingdom

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:45.739
 family

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:46.219
 worship

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.799
 church

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:47.119
 family

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.500
 meals

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.019
 I would

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.340
 encourage

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:48.480
 you

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.719
 some of

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.059
 the best

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.360
 things you

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.739
 can do

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.279
 as a

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:50.440
 member

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:50.639
 of a

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:50.880
 local

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.179
 church

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.559
 have a

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.799
 meal

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:52.119
 ready

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.579
 on Sunday

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.039
 afternoon

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:54.159
 and if

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.460
 you see

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:54.719
 anybody

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.079
 new

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.679
 or visiting

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.119
 or hasn't

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.400
 been here

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.759
 in a while

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.519
 just invite

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:57.880
 them over

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.159
 to your

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.359
 home

00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:58.920
 right after

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.399
 the service

00:36:59.399 --> 00:37:00.659
 it's hard

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:00.879
 for them

00:37:00.879 --> 00:37:01.119
 to say

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.299
 no

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:01.679
 you put

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:01.920
 them right

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.179
 there on

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:02.579
 the spot

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:02.879
 so they

00:37:02.879 --> 00:37:03.159
 feel like

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.480
 they have

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.920
 to so you

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.139
 get them

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.319
 in your

00:37:04.319 --> 00:37:04.539
 house

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.059
 and you

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.500
 just love

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:05.719
 on them

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:06.000
 you give

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.440
 them food

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.000
 and you

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.440
 love on

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.579
 them

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.079
 and you

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.399
 laugh

00:37:08.399 --> 00:37:08.879
 with them

00:37:08.879 --> 00:37:09.539
 and you

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.139
 just let

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:11.559
 them experience

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.000
 kingdom

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.539
 life

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:16.039
 your worship

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.460
 music

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.739
 reading

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:17.159
 God's

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.480
 word

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.879
 podcast

00:37:18.879 --> 00:37:19.299
 these are

00:37:19.299 --> 00:37:19.579
 some of

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:19.719
 my

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:20.079
 favorites

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.719
 reading

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.079
 good

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.599
 books

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:23.679
 jep

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:26.299
 jep

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:28.299
 yes

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:36.579
 jep

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.380
 jep

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.659
 yeah

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:40.400
 bye