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 Now, all the Bible is God-breathed.

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 All the Bible is useful and edifying,

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 but we know that there are some parts of the Bible

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! that we're more excited to have a sermon about than others.

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 There are some portions of Scripture

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 that the church returns to time and time again

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 in order to be restored and refreshed.

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 And historically, Paul's letter to the Ephesians

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 is one of those.

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 And it's widely regarded as a competitor

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 of one of the most clear and most powerful books

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 in all of Scripture.

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 You know, the Puritan Thomas Goodwin,

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 he said that this book is the beating heart of Scripture.

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 You may know that I'm a big fan of John Calvin,

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 and John Calvin wrote books and preached on most of the Bible,

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 but this was his favorite.

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 And even Martin Lloyd-Jones,

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 who many of you will know is a really big fan of Romans,

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 even he said that Ephesians is the sublimest

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 and most majestic expression of the Gospel.

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 And as we begin today,

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 I want you to think about the book of Ephesians

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 as the Ephesian botanical garden.

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 And before you even walk through the entrance,

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 I want you to see the winding path

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 that leads you past some of the most incredible,

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 beautiful displays.

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 You can glimpse the incredible flowers

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 of the blessings of Christ

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 from chapters 1, verses 3 to 14.

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 Behind those, you can glimpse

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 the trees of grace alone and faith alone,

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 the vine of union with Christ.

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 Behind those, you can see even more famous passages

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 about our new life in Jesus Christ from chapter 4

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 or the whole armor of God from chapter 6.

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 And after you've imagined the Ephesian botanic garden,

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 I want you to take one step inside and stop.

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 And I don't want you to look around

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 at anything that you find so incredible around you.

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 I want you to stop and just look down

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 at the first two verses of this letter.

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 There are 38 blades of grass there in the ESV,

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 36 in the NIV,

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 a mere 30 blades of grass in the Greek.

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 And this patch of ground

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 is what some people consider the least sublime

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 and the least majestic part of this entire garden.

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 And understandably so.

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 It's an introductory patch of grass.

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 But to just dig into this illustration a little bit more,

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 I believe these first two verses

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 are the theological equivalent of Bermuda grass.

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 What is Bermuda grass?

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 Bermuda grass looks like grass.

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 It feels like grass because it is grass.

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 But even though it's very short,

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 it has roots that stretch up to seven feet deep underneath.

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 And I know these couple of dozen words before us

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 don't look particularly interesting,

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 but what is really impressive

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 is the thought behind them,

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 the roots.

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 And what I want to do today

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 is to pull these words up by their roots

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 and really look at the root structure,

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 the thought behind these words.

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 Why is Paul saying these precise words

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 and what does he precisely mean?

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 Because what we will find

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 is that the roots here

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 are tremendously important for us to see.

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 they're the same roots that you need

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 in your Christian lives.

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 Because you need deep roots

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 to get nutrients

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 that you need to grow as a Christian.

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 And so today we're going to have four points,

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 all relatively brief,

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 all dealing with how we're supposed to think

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 as Christians

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 in order to be able to read

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 this beautiful letter

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 and really any portion of Scripture.

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 But the first thing Paul teaches us in this letter

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 is how to think about the Bible.

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 I want you to notice how Paul begins his letter.

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 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus

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 by the will of God.

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 And what Paul is doing there

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 is saying that when you hear

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 or read this letter,

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 you are coming face to face,

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 not just with my words,

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 but with God's words.

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 When Paul says he is an apostle,

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 he's not just throwing in

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 a generic filler word,

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 trying to get a little bit more space

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 in the introduction.

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 Apostle is an office.

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 It's an office as sure

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 as the defense secretary

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 or the home secretary,

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 the first minister

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 or the prime minister.

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 You know, I know that there are some

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 Christian denominations

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 that call their leaders apostles

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 and they throw around that term.

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 But real apostles

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 are only commissioned by Jesus Christ himself.

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 And it is a title

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 that was given only to the 12 disciples,

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 including Judas' replacement,

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 and Paul.

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 And it literally means

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 one sent out.

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 One sent out by Jesus.

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 And Jesus gave these specific men

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 the title of apostle

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 so that they could function

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 as his special ambassadors,

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 as heralds.

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 And Paul here

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 is opening up this letter

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 with his credentials.

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 An apostle.

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 On whose authority?

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 Paul's?

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 No.

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 By the will of God.

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 And that means

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 when Paul speaks

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 and writes as an apostle,

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 he is really speaking

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 and writing words

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 with divine authority

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 on a divine mission.

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 You know,

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 when you hear Paul's words

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 read to you,

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 you're really hearing them twice.

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 Not just once.

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 You hear Paul's words

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 and Jesus' words

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 at the same time.

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 If you could skip forward

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 in your Bibles

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 very quickly

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 to Ephesians 2, verse 17.

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 I want you to notice

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 the precise wording he uses.

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 He came and preached

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 peace to you

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 who were far off

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 and peace to those

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 who were near.

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 And that he there,

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 who is that?

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 That's Jesus.

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 Paul is saying

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 that Jesus himself

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 preached to those

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 who were far off

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 including the Ephesians.

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 Including the Ephesians

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 that he's writing

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 this letter to.

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 You know,

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 how is he able

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 to say that?

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 You know,

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 Jesus himself

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 technically only

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 left Judea

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 a couple of times

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 and not for very long.

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 You know,

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 really the longest stretch

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 is when he was a baby

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 when he went to Egypt

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 and he wasn't doing

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 any teaching then.

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 You know,

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 there is no secret gap year

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 in the Bible

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 where Jesus decides

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 to take a quick trip

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 to Ephesus

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 and start teaching

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 the Ephesians.

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 That's not what's in Scripture.

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 The Ephesians

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 never literally heard

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 Jesus' own voice

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 with his precise accent

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 preach to them.

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 But still,

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 they did hear Paul.

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 They heard Paul

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 the Apostle.

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 And it's not,

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 and it's really the same

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 not just for Paul's letters

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 but for the entire Bible.

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 In the Bible

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 we have a lot of different authors.

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 We have a lot of books

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 in the Bible.

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 And they're written

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 by many people.

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 You can think of

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 Moses,

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 David,

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 Isaiah,

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 Jeremiah.

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 We could go through them.

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 Many of them

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 have the books

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 titled after them.

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 But when it gets

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 right down to it,

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 we can talk about Scripture

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 having two authors.

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 There's a human author

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 and there's a divine author.

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 And when you read

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 the words

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 of the Gospel of John,

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 those words

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 really are written

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 by a human man

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 named John

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 who knew Jesus

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 and walked with him.

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 And all of his friends

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 could have read

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 that Gospel

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 and thought

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 only John

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 could have put it that way.

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 Doesn't that sound

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 just so much

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 like John?

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 And yet every human

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 author of Scripture

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 is carried along

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 And every word

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 they write

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 is God-breathed.

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 And every word

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 of Scripture

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 are,

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 these are not just

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 the words

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 of a human author

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 but of God

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 himself.

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 And when we read

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 Scripture

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 we need to recognize

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 that we are really

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 reading

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 the Word

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 of God.

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 That it is

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 God's Word

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 to us.

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 This is so important

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 for us to see

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 because it affects

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 the way

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 we read Scripture

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 and the way

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 we hear Scripture

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 preached.

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 And when you read

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 your Bibles

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 you need to accept them

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 not just

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 as the words

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 of Paul

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 not just as the words

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 of Moses

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 but as Jesus'

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 words

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 as well.

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 Your Savior

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 is speaking

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 to you.

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 He wants you

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 to know

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 your Bibles

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 and he wants

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 to teach you

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 through his Word

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 more and more

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 about himself.

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 Every Christian

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 is taught

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 by Jesus.

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 Every single one.

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 And you commune

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 with God

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 whenever you open

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 up your Bibles.

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 What you need

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 when you read

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 your Bibles

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 are really

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 better eyes.

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 By that

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 I don't just mean

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 better eyes

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 to see the words

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 on the page

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 though that's

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 obviously very important

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 and I recommend

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 reading glasses.

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 But what you need

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 are eyes

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 to see the miracle

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 that happens

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 when a Christian

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 reads the Scriptures.

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 You know

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 a sinner

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 who is distant

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 from God

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 is brought

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 near in Jesus Christ

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 indwelt by the Holy Spirit

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 and given new

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 spirit illumined eyes

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 to read

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 their Bibles

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 and commune

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 with their Saviors.

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 And seeing that

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 should make you

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 eager

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 to read

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 Scripture.

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 Eager

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 to just read it

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 and see

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 what is there

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 what has been

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 given to you

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 and to commune

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 with your Savior.

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 This also changes

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 the way

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 we hear preaching.

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 One of the things

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 we believe

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 is that the preaching

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 of the Word of God

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 is the Word of God.

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 And granted

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 that's only insofar

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 as preaching

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 is right and true

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 and that's

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 perfectly correct.

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 Bad preaching

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 and preaching

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 that is false

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 and teaches

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 bad doctrines

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 that is not

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 the Word of God.

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 But

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 your goal

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 when you come to church

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 is not actually

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 to hear the preacher.

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 Your goal

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 is to hear Jesus.

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 And really

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 your goal

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 is to ignore

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 the preacher

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 really as much

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 as possible

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 whether you like

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 them or don't

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 like them.

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 Your goal

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 is to see Jesus

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 and to hear

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 His voice.

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 What you need

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 when you come

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 to church

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 is to be able

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 to say

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 the same words

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 of Ephesians

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 2.17

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 that we have

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 heard Jesus Christ

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 come to us

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 and preach

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 peace.

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 And that is something

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 that everyone

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 in this room

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 can say

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 every Sunday

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 here together

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 we hear Jesus

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 preach

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 peace

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 to us.

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 And doesn't

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 that just fill you

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 with a little bit

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 of joy?

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 Doesn't that fill you

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 with a little bit

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 of majesty?

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 Doesn't it also fill you

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 with a bit of

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 helpful trepidation?

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 Because sometimes

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 at the end

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 of a very long week

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 we're not that eager

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 to come to church

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 and we find ourselves

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 tired and it's hard

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 to listen.

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 But what we need

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 to do is have

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 this truth

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 in front of our eyes.

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 The main point

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 is that the Word

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 is the Word of God.

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 But the second thing

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 Paul teaches us

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 in this letter

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 is how to think

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 about yourself.

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 I want you to notice

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 how Paul describes

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 the Ephesian church

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 in chapter 1

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 in verse 1.

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 He says

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 they are saints

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 or God's holy people

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 and then also

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 faithful.

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 And he's not saying

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 that some are saints

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 over here

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 and that some

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 are faithful

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 and he's just

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 lumping the two

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 together.

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 He's saying

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 that all are faithful

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 and all are saints.

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 I want to break

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 that down

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 for a minute.

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 Anyone who

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 everyone who

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 understands

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 here

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 that to be a Christian

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 you need to have faith.

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 That's non-negotiable.

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 You need to have

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 faith

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 and not just

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 faith in that

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 really squishy

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 modern sense

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 of just hoping

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 everything's going

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 to pan out

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 some way

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 or the other

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 but faith

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 That's what it

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 means to be a Christian.

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 This is why

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 we talk about

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 salvation

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 being by

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 faith alone.

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 You are given

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 faith in Christ

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 and then Jesus

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 saves you

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 through your faith

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 not by your works.

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 But what does

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 Paul mean here

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 by saints

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 or holy people?

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 when we hear

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 about saints

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 we usually

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 think about

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 super Christians

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 super Christians

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 because we know

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 that this word

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 saint

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 has an

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 association

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 with Roman Catholics

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 and only special

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 Christians get

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 that title

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 saint

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 saint

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 Augustine

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 saint Patrick

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 most Christians

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 don't think about

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 themselves as saints

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 but that's not the

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 way the Bible

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 uses the term.

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 In the Bible

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 the word holy

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 is the word saint

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 and the word saint

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 is just the word holy

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 and all Christians

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 are described

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 as holy

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 it's not something

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 that's added extra

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 on top

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 and that you try

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 to work up to

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 after you have faith.

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 Every Christian

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 who had faith

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 in Ephesus

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 was also holy.

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 It wasn't something

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 they had to earn

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 by their works

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 after they were a Christian

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 they were holy

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 because they were

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 Christians.

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 But I don't want you

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 to but I also want you

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 to understand

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 that there's an order

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 here.

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 There's an order here

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 between faith

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 and holiness

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 and you can't see

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 this precise order

00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:44.460
 in these verses

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 I grant you

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 but if you step

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 take a step back

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 you can see it

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 in this letter

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 and in all of Paul's letters

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 almost all of Paul's letters

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 you can cut them in half

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 with a knife

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 very very neatly.

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 The first half

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 talks about

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 who you are

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 You can see that

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 in Ephesians chapter 1 to 3.

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 It describes

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 the blessings

00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:05.159
 you have in Christ

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 describe what Christ

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 has done for you

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 and your new identity

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 in Christ

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 and then in chapter 4

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 it switches gears

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 and the second half

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 talks about

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 what you're supposed

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 to do

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 The great hinge

00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:19.920
 is in Ephesians 4.1

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 I therefore

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 a prisoner of the Lord

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 urge you to walk

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 in a manner

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 worthy of a calling

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 to which you have

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 been called.

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 Paul's saying

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 that in light of everything

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 I've just told you

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 in the first half

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 here's what you're

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 supposed to do

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 you're supposed to act

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 like it.

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 You're not supposed

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 to earn it

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 but you are supposed

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 to act like it.

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 The first half

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 describes

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 the second half

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 commands

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 and Paul thinks

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 both are incredibly

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 important

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 but he always

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 puts the commands

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 after.

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 We don't follow

00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:52.500
 God's commands

00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:54.019
 in order for him

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 to allow us

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 to be in Christ

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 once we've measured up

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 but precisely because

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 we are already

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 in Christ.

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 We obey

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 not because we want

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 to be loved

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 but because we have

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 been loved

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 and we want to show

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 our love

00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:09.620
 to God.

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 What Paul wants

00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:12.279
 to tell you

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 is that you are

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 faithful

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 and holy

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 simultaneously.

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 Maybe that

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 point about

00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.919
 the whole book

00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:22.000
 of Ephesians

00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:22.539
 is a little too

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 abstract.

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 Maybe you want it

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 a little more

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 simply.

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 Just look at

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 Ephesians 2

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 8-10.

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 For by grace

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 you have been

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 saved through

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 faith

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 and this is not

00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.120
 your own doing

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 it is the gift

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 of God

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 not a result

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 of works

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 so that no one

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 may boast

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 for we are

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 his workmanship

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 created in Christ

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 Jesus

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 for good works

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 which God

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 prepared beforehand

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 that we should

00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.620
 walk in them.

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 You are saved

00:16:47.699 --> 00:16:48.460
 by faith

00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:49.679
 not by works

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 but you are also

00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:51.960
 saved

00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:52.939
 in order

00:16:52.939 --> 00:16:54.259
 to glorify

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 God

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 through your works

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 not in order

00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:58.360
 to try to earn

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 your ability

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 to stand before God

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 not at all

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 but you are called

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 to glorify God

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 and so

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 I want you to think

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 about yourself

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 like this

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 someone who has

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 faith in Jesus Christ

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 but also

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 someone who

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 strives

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 day after day

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 day in and day out

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 to be holy

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 like their savior

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 imperfectly

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 yes

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 one step

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 forward

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 maybe in a step

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 backward

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 maybe two steps

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 forward

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 one step

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 back

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 absolutely

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 but you need to

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 have faith

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 and holiness

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 on the mind

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 I want you to

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 think back

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 to your

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 catechisms

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 what do the

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 scriptures

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 principally teach

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 what man is to

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 believe concerning

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 God and what

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 duty God

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 requires of man

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 we expect to find

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 both of those

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 things in

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 scripture

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 something to

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 grow us in

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 faith

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 and something

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 also to

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 call us to

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 greater holiness

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 to be more

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 like our savior

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 and that's what we

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 expect whenever we

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 open up any

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 portion of the

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 Bible

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 including Ephesians

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 something to

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 feed our faith

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 and something to

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 call us to

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 holiness

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 but the third

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 thing Paul teaches

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 us in this letter

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 is how to think

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 about ministry

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 in verse 2

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 Paul says

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 grace to you

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 and peace

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 now Paul always

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 says grace

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 and peace

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 in his letters

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 it's kind of his

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 phrase

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 you know in his

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 letters to Timothy

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 and Titus he

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 sometimes adds in

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 mercy

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 just for good

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 measure

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 but most of

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 the times

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 it's grace

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 and peace

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 but that's

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 rather interesting

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 this is not

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 a standard way

00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.720
 to open up a

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 letter in the

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 ancient world

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 nobody else

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 does this

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 except Paul

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 but Paul

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 just does it

00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:39.599
 out of hand

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 all the time

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 and part of

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 what's happening

00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:42.799
 here is that

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 he's actually

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 trying to pull

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 off a bit

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 of a pun

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 and the Greek

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 word for

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 greetings is

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 kairate

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 and the Greek

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.500
 word for grace

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 is kairis

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 and so he's

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 basically giving

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 Christian greetings

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 and he's making

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 grace foundational

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 to everything

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 grace is the

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 first thing

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.519
 in the Christian

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 life

00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.460
 grace is the

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 first thing

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 I'm going to

00:19:00.159 --> 00:19:00.799
 mention to you

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 that's part of

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.299
 what's happening

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:04.240
 but what's

00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:04.619
 happening here

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.159
 is also

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 it's not

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 simply a pun

00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:08.879
 this is a

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 reference

00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:10.379
 to the

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 ironic

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.940
 blessing

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 of numbers

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 6

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 24 to

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 26

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 the Lord

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 bless you

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 and keep you

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 the Lord

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:20.539
 make his face

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.319
 to shine upon

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 you and be

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 gracious to you

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 the Lord

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 lift up his

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 countenance upon

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 you and give

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 you peace

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 that's the

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 famous blessing

00:19:29.219 --> 00:19:30.119
 of the Old

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 Testament

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 it's always

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 pronounced over

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 God's people

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 and what is that

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 blessing it's

00:19:36.219 --> 00:19:36.919
 simply giving

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 them grace

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:39.019
 and peace

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 and really

00:19:40.439 --> 00:19:41.519
 Paul's ministry

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.179
 and all of

00:19:42.179 --> 00:19:43.539
 Christian ministry

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:44.919
 can be summarized

00:19:44.919 --> 00:19:45.879
 by those two

00:19:45.879 --> 00:19:46.439
 words

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 grace and

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 peace

00:19:48.679 --> 00:19:50.639
 this is

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 precisely what

00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:52.379
 you should

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 expect

00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.480
 when you

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:53.799
 come

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.619
 to worship

00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:56.439
 we come

00:19:56.439 --> 00:19:57.059
 with guilty

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.639
 consciences

00:19:57.639 --> 00:19:58.339
 before God

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:59.639
 and we

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 receive

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 not the

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 punishment

00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:01.799
 due to our

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.319
 sins

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:04.019
 but grace

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:05.339
 and peace

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.000
 we are

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.579
 invited

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.619
 to sing

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.220
 and to

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:08.579
 praise

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:09.839
 and we

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.179
 who were

00:20:10.179 --> 00:20:11.000
 once rebels

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.480
 in his

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 sight

00:20:11.919 --> 00:20:12.379
 are now

00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:12.819
 able to

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.139
 say we

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 have a

00:20:13.419 --> 00:20:14.079
 perfect

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.240
 relationship

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.199
 with

00:20:16.199 --> 00:20:17.159
 God

00:20:17.159 --> 00:20:17.759
 and desire

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.359
 only to

00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:18.699
 grow in

00:20:18.699 --> 00:20:19.039
 love of

00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.259
 him

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:22.079
 Paul's

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.480
 ministry

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.039
 and Christian

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.480
 ministry

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:25.039
 is really

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.599
 doing the

00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:26.460
 same thing

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:27.500
 as ministry

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:27.940
 in the Old

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.339
 Testament

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:30.180
 we here

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:30.460
 today

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:30.940
 we are not

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.539
 getting something

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.200
 fundamentally

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:32.819
 different

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.960
 than Abraham

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.519
 Isaac

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.019
 and Jacob

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:36.980
 they had

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.879
 peace with

00:20:37.879 --> 00:20:38.220
 God

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.980
 by their

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.420
 faith

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.319
 not by

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.819
 works

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:42.299
 they looked

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:42.960
 to the grace

00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:43.799
 of Jesus

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:45.140
 and when the

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:45.980
 saints gathered

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:47.000
 in the temple

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.019
 or the synagogues

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:49.240
 they rejoiced

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.900
 in the peace

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.559
 they had

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.279
 with God

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:52.920
 even though

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:53.319
 they didn't

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:54.079
 deserve it

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:55.359
 and that's

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:55.819
 why we

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.400
 preach from

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.680
 the Old

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.059
 Testament

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:58.240
 that's not

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.119
 a sidetracked

00:20:59.119 --> 00:20:59.400
 thing

00:20:59.400 --> 00:20:59.779
 that's not

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.079
 something

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.539
 fundamentally

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:00.980
 different

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.819
 it's for

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.400
 Christians

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:04.019
 something we

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.579
 are called

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.440
 to see

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:06.440
 and enjoy

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.379
 we as

00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:08.059
 Gentiles

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.440
 we've been

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.160
 engrafted

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.779
 into Israel

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.879
 and we

00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:11.279
 received

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.740
 the exact

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.220
 same thing

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.720
 Old Testament

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.460
 Jews did

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.559
 grace

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.920
 and peace

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:17.880
 now I

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.300
 grant to

00:21:18.300 --> 00:21:18.560
 you that

00:21:18.560 --> 00:21:18.940
 we here

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.180
 today

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.460
 we have

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:19.960
 a fuller

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.519
 understanding

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:20.840
 of what

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.360
 those things

00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:21.680
 are

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:23.400
 we understand

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:23.880
 grace

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.940
 and peace

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.500
 we understand

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:25.940
 the grace

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.400
 of God

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.360
 in this

00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:28.060
 that while

00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:28.620
 we were still

00:21:28.620 --> 00:21:29.019
 sinners

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:30.060
 God sent

00:21:30.060 --> 00:21:30.539
 his son

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.220
 to die

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.279
 for us

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:33.039
 on the cross

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.880
 for our sins

00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:35.340
 and we

00:21:35.340 --> 00:21:35.900
 understand

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.660
 the peace

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.039
 of God

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.500
 in this

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.680
 that our

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.519
 high priest

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.039
 has sat

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.519
 down

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.000
 at the right

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.380
 hand

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:41.960
 of the majesty

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.539
 on high

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.759
 there are no

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.580
 more ceremonial

00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:44.940
 laws

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.259
 there are no

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.519
 more sacrifices

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:48.259
 we simply

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.799
 have

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.779
 peace

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:51.039
 and we're able

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.580
 to come

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:52.600
 boldly

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.539
 before God's

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:53.880
 throne

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.980
 not as a

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.340
 throne of

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:55.759
 judgment

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.279
 but as a

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.620
 throne

00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:57.799
 of grace

00:21:57.799 --> 00:22:00.160
 Abraham

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:00.740
 understood

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.440
 these things

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.019
 but he understood

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.740
 them through

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.200
 a veil

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.259
 he understood

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.740
 them by

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.220
 shadows

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.120
 he did not

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:07.320
 fully understand

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:08.080
 who Jesus

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.460
 was

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.299
 he saw

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:09.960
 his shadow

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.380
 coming

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.160
 but he didn't

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.940
 see his face

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:13.480
 and we

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.180
 have

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:15.240
 we have

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.620
 looked

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 upon

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:16.519
 Jesus

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.100
 Christ

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.799
 and we

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.140
 live on

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.740
 this side

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.120
 of Christ

00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:19.560
 death

00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:20.580
 and resurrection

00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.560
 and even

00:22:21.560 --> 00:22:22.259
 us today

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.660
 here in

00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:22.900
 Edinburgh

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.560
 we are able

00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:24.019
 to say

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.799
 Jesus

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.380
 Christ

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:25.940
 has come

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.500
 to us

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.019
 today

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:28.279
 to preach

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.279
 grace

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.560
 and peace

00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:31.539
 to us

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.860
 sinners

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:34.299
 but what we

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.940
 should strive

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.259
 to do

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.720
 as a church

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.519
 is to offer

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.440
 grace

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.380
 and peace

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:38.980
 to each

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.259
 other

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:40.579
 we are

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.039
 miserable

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.440
 sinners

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.740
 who have

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.200
 been given

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.759
 grace

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.599
 and peace

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.099
 from God

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.339
 and we

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.839
 gather

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.200
 together

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.779
 as a church

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.460
 to hear

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.180
 that grace

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.740
 and peace

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.579
 preached to

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:49.779
 us

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.240
 that we

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.180
 may rejoice

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.599
 in it

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.359
 that we

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.039
 may rest

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.440
 in it

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:53.900
 that we

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 may be

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.599
 restored

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.460
 by it

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:57.039
 and then

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.400
 what we

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:57.720
 should do

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.279
 is stand

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.900
 up afterwards

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.299
 and seek

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.619
 to show

00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:00.140
 that grace

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.539
 and peace

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:00.879
 to each

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.140
 other

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:02.920
 we who

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.160
 have been

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.640
 filled

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.220
 with grace

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.859
 and peace

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.759
 should have

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.900
 it overflowing

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.780
 into every

00:23:07.780 --> 00:23:08.640
 parts of

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.240
 our lives

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.900
 in equal

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.259
 measure

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:12.160
 what else

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.660
 can we

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:12.920
 do

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:14.640
 a church

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.560
 which

00:23:15.560 --> 00:23:16.580
 doesn't

00:23:16.580 --> 00:23:17.220
 teach

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.840
 grace

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.640
 and peace

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.120
 is teaching

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.580
 a different

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:20.120
 gospel

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:21.240
 and really

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.100
 a different

00:23:22.100 --> 00:23:22.820
 savior

00:23:22.820 --> 00:23:24.140
 true gospel

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.700
 ministry

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.880
 deals with

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.400
 grace and

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.620
 peace

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:26.980
 and it is

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.540
 infectious

00:23:27.540 --> 00:23:28.759
 in the best

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.840
 of ways

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:31.259
 so we're

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.820
 called as a

00:23:31.820 --> 00:23:32.160
 congregation

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:33.019
 to bear

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.720
 with each

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:33.900
 other

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.140
 in our

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 burdens

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:36.060
 and also

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.800
 to encourage

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.599
 one another

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 because our

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.139
 savior

00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:40.099
 he is a

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.619
 never ending

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.079
 fountain

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.539
 of grace

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.119
 and peace

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:44.419
 but the

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:44.839
 fourth and

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.359
 final thing

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.899
 Paul teaches

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.399
 us here

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:47.639
 is how to

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.000
 think about

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.539
 God

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:50.799
 where does

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.440
 grace and

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.079
 peace come

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.460
 from

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.919
 from God

00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:54.480
 our father

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.700
 and Christ

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.279
 Jesus our

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.700
 Lord

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:58.399
 first

00:23:58.399 --> 00:23:59.259
 Paul here

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.599
 is telling

00:23:59.599 --> 00:23:59.899
 us to

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.339
 recognize

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.119
 God is

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.619
 our father

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:03.299
 that is a

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:04.599
 profoundly

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.799
 Christian way

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.659
 of talking

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.620
 about God

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.200
 the Old

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.519
 Testament

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.019
 has little

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.540
 glimpses

00:24:09.540 --> 00:24:10.080
 of this

00:24:10.080 --> 00:24:10.540
 but they're

00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:11.220
 glimpses

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.160
 you know

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:12.600
 Israel

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:14.380
 sometimes talked

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:15.019
 about God

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.779
 as a father

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.440
 to all of

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.820
 Israel

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.660
 broadly

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:19.300
 more specifically

00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:19.840
 some of the

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:20.540
 Davidic kings

00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:21.080
 could say

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.880
 God is acting

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.340
 as a father

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:22.700
 to me

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.660
 but no

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.420
 Israelite

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.900
 opens up

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.500
 their prayers

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.220
 by saying

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.600
 my father

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:29.180
 that is a

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.279
 dramatic change

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.660
 in the New

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.019
 Testament

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.700
 when Jesus

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.519
 teaches all

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:33.759
 of his

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.200
 disciples

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.960
 to just

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.420
 pray

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.960
 his

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.380
 prayer

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.319
 our

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.680
 father

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:37.880
 who

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.059
 art

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.160
 in

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.400
 heaven

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.700
 that is a

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.259
 profound

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.559
 change

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.100
 and we

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.759
 see this

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.580
 blossoming

00:24:43.580 --> 00:24:44.140
 of father

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.460
 language

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.200
 all throughout

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:47.200
 we can see

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.660
 this in

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.140
 first John

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.380
 three

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.759
 one

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:50.039
 see what

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.559
 kind of

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.039
 love the

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.380
 father

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:52.160
 has given

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.840
 to us

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.539
 that we

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:53.960
 should be

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.440
 called

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.200
 children

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.920
 of God

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:57.640
 father

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.160
 that's not

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.920
 a throwaway

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.279
 term

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.660
 that is a

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.420
 profound

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.420
 important

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.139
 term

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.539
 it's

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.119
 proclaiming

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.819
 a deep

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.700
 important

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.539
 truth

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:08.220
 this is a

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.720
 special

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.539
 grand

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.160
 privilege

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.759
 that we

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.200
 have as

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.720
 New Testament

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.339
 believers

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.099
 J.I.

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:13.579
 Packer says

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.079
 this is even

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.779
 grander than

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.500
 justification

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.559
 and we all

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:16.879
 know we're

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.319
 big fans

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.079
 of justification

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:19.279
 but being

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.660
 able to

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.240
 call upon

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.579
 God

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.059
 as father

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.879
 that is

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.779
 profound

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:24.440
 in the

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.940
 Old Testament

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.399
 what's the

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:25.839
 highest way

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.160
 to talk

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.799
 about God

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.819
 it's the

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.319
 covenantal

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.599
 name

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.359
 Yahweh

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.879
 I am

00:25:29.879 --> 00:25:30.219
 who I

00:25:30.219 --> 00:25:30.539
 am

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.599
 but in

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:31.839
 the New

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.259
 Testament

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.619
 it's just

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.019
 to cry

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.339
 out

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.079
 Abba

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.740
 father

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.679
 that's

00:25:36.679 --> 00:25:37.019
 the most

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.519
 profound

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.000
 way you

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.399
 can talk

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.059
 about God

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.740
 think about

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:40.980
 the way

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.959
 that should

00:25:41.959 --> 00:25:42.339
 affect the

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.599
 way you

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:42.939
 pray

00:25:42.939 --> 00:25:44.899
 we're able

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.399
 to approach

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:45.919
 God not

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.619
 simply as a

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:46.919
 servant

00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:47.599
 not even

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.439
 as a highly

00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:49.079
 privileged

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.579
 and forgiven

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:49.959
 servant

00:25:49.959 --> 00:25:50.779
 but as a

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.379
 son or

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:51.719
 daughter

00:25:51.719 --> 00:25:52.099
 who is

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.659
 eagerly

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.159
 welcomed

00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:53.619
 in where

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.219
 angels

00:25:54.219 --> 00:25:55.019
 fear to

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.319
 tread

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.000
 someone who

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.519
 is where

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.839
 they are

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.480
 supposed to

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.799
 be

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:59.240
 in and

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.639
 amongst

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.519
 the family

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:02.799
 we pray

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.539
 not just

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.099
 to a distant

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.639
 God but

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.059
 to our

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.460
 father

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.480
 who has

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.119
 blessed us

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.779
 with every

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.619
 spiritual blessing

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.019
 of the heavenly

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.519
 places

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:11.119
 and if you're

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:11.899
 struggling and

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.960
 you feel like

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.379
 the entire

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:14.440
 world is just

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.200
 caving in around

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.799
 you and you're

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.279
 at the end of

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.720
 your rope

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.799
 you don't need

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.359
 to sit there

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.779
 and try to

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.159
 come up with

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:19.500
 the best

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.079
 theological

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.639
 phrases

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.740
 in order to

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.099
 pray to

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.379
 God

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:22.839
 in order that

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.359
 he can hear

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.859
 your plea

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.819
 you just

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.240
 need to

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.740
 cry out

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.119
 father

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:27.539
 and that

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.079
 is enough

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:29.719
 prayer

00:26:29.719 --> 00:26:30.859
 is family

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.359
 time

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.379
 for Christians

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:33.519
 and we

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.279
 gather together

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.139
 with our

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.519
 father

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:37.599
 but Paul

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.319
 doesn't just

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.139
 refer in these

00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:40.079
 verses to

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.439
 God the

00:26:40.439 --> 00:26:40.699
 father

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:41.259
 he also

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.199
 talks about

00:26:42.199 --> 00:26:42.639
 God the

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:42.919
 son

00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:43.259
 he talks

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.479
 about

00:26:43.479 --> 00:26:43.839
 Jesus

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.439
 Christ

00:26:44.439 --> 00:26:45.379
 our

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 Lord

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 that title

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 there

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 Lord

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 that is a

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 divine

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 title

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 Paul uses

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 that title

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 for God

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 generically

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 and he's

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 applying it

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 to Jesus

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 and he's

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 referring to

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 the father

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 and Jesus

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 in the same

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 breath as if

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 they are equals

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 because they

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 absolutely are

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 really what I

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 want you to

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 understand is that

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 Paul is a

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 Trinitarian

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 and you should

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 be too

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 and he's not a

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 Trinitarian

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 trying to show

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 off how much

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 he understands

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 and how he's

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 superior to

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 everyone

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 he's not trying

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 to show off

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 how he understands

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 that God is

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 three persons

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 father son and

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 holy ghost

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 yet one God

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 the Trinity

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 is confusing

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 it is confusing

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 because it is

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 mysterious

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 but Paul is

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 mentioning this

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 because he thinks

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 the Trinity

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 is tremendously

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 practical

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 when he talks

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 about the

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 blessings we

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 have from God

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 he talks about

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 the being

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 from the father

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 in Jesus Christ

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 by the spirit

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 that is him

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 trying to give

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 you words

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 to thank God

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 more precisely

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 he's trying

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 to give you

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 more to sing

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 about

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 not less

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 does that

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 just make

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 instinctive

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 sense

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 once you

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 think about

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 it

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 if

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 God has

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 truly

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 saved you

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 and adopted

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 you as his

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 child

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 and promised

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 that you

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 will commune

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 with him

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 in all eternity

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 face to face

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 don't you think

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 that we should

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 strive

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 to know him

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 all the better

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 and speak

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 of him

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 as he has

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 revealed himself

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 to us

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 we're called

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 as Christians

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 to know

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 and love

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 our father

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 and also

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 his son

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 Jesus Christ

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 our brother

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 and call

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 upon him

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 as well

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 and our duty

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 as Christians

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 is to declare

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 their worthiness

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 to worship

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 them

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 and to talk

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 about their worth

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 to the best

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 of our abilities

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 and we can't

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 do that

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 without seeking

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 to know God

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 as he has

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 revealed himself

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 in Jesus Christ

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 as father

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 son

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 and holy ghost

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 as we close

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 I want you

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 to look briefly

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 at the drum beat

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 of these two verses

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 Paul

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 an apostle

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 of Christ

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 of Christ

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 Jesus

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 by the will

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 of God

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 to the God's

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 holy people

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 in Ephesus

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 the faithful

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 in Christ

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 Jesus

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 grace and peace

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 to you

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 from God

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 our father

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 and the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 Jesus

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 is at the center

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 of these verses

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 and Paul

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 is bringing up

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 all these different

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 topics

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 about the Bible

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 yourself

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 ministry

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 and God

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 and he's relating

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 them to Jesus

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 because he wants

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 to tell you

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 who Jesus is

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 and what he has done

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 and he wants

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 to see you

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 the rich

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 wants you to see

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 the riches

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 that are in Jesus Christ

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 if you

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 if we've been

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 pulling up

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 these words

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 and looking

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 at the roots

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 underneath

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 and looking

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 at their structure

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 we need to realize

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 that these roots

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 are planted

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 in the soil

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 that is Jesus Christ

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 the whole point

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 of a root

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 is that you're

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 trying to get life

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 and nutrients

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 out of the soil

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 and Paul

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 is digging

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 these roots

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 into Jesus Christ

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 trying to get life

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 from Jesus

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 thinking about

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 the Bible

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 yourself

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 ministry

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 and even God

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 separated from Jesus

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 is disastrous

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 but with Jesus

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 they make all

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 the difference

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 with them

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 you get Jesus

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 and you get

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 the grace

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 and peace

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 you get

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 to enjoy

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 scripture

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 as the word

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 of Jesus himself

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 and you get

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 to come before

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 God

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 as father

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 to grow

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 as a Christian

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 we need

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 to have our roots

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 in Jesus Christ

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 and he is the one

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 we must think about

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 really at the end

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 of the day

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 because he's

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 the whole point

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 not just of

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 Ephesians

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 but of everything

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 voy

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