WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.840 The kids are with us. 00:00:02.180 --> 00:00:03.439 It is Labor Day weekend. 00:00:04.099 --> 00:00:06.100 And happy Labor Day weekend, everybody. 00:00:08.380 --> 00:00:08.900 Arousing. 00:00:12.179 --> 00:00:18.620 But it doesn't fail to impress upon me that this Labor Day weekend, we're talking about our labor. 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:20.699 We're talking about work. 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:26.760 And so let me give you a brief kind of catch-up on what we've been talking about the last couple weeks. 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:29.620 Two weeks ago, we were in Genesis chapter 1. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.320 And we saw God's creation of work. 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:35.359 God is the ultimate worker. 00:00:35.780 --> 00:00:42.219 And what He did in the creation of this world was good after good after good. 00:00:42.380 --> 00:00:43.160 This is good. 00:00:44.120 --> 00:00:53.579 And He gave us the creation mandate to represent Him to do good to others in the world He has created. 00:00:53.579 --> 00:00:59.000 And so we are His representatives to do good to others through our work. 00:00:59.619 --> 00:01:00.919 Genesis chapter 1. 00:01:02.239 --> 00:01:08.259 And then, last Sunday, we saw how sin corrupts our work. 00:01:08.899 --> 00:01:17.859 We went from Genesis 2, the garden pristine, perfect, to Genesis 3, the garden as a crime scene. 00:01:17.859 --> 00:01:24.640 You could kind of wrap around that yellow crime scene tape for Genesis chapter 3. 00:01:25.379 --> 00:01:38.159 And in that passage, we were soberly made aware of the corrupting effect of sin in every area of our life, including our work. 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:41.979 And ever since Adam and Eve sinned, we've been born into it. 00:01:41.980 --> 00:01:51.640 As a result, we have done something deeply, deeply grievous in God's sight. 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:59.200 We have rejected being His representatives in order to represent ourselves in the world. 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:05.939 We've rejected a God-centered view of all things for a self-centered view of all things. 00:02:06.820 --> 00:02:13.300 So as our own representatives now, we're not looking to do good to others, but we're looking to get goods from others. 00:02:14.420 --> 00:02:16.560 Instead of giving, we're taking. 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:18.599 It's the effect of sin. 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:21.599 All of us experience on a day-to-day basis. 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:26.680 We feel it, experience it in our very workplaces. 00:02:28.019 --> 00:02:33.939 But there's something in Genesis 3 that I tried to draw out last week, and it was a promise in verse 15. 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:43.280 In the midst of curse, God promises that there's going to be an offspring of Eve that will come and crush the head of the serpent. 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:51.459 He's going to bring about a great reversal, which leads us into what we're talking about this Sunday. 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:56.319 Christ's redemption of our work. 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:58.159 God created our work. 00:02:58.439 --> 00:02:59.579 Sin corrupts our work. 00:02:59.979 --> 00:03:02.900 Christ redeems our work. 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:06.519 He is the promised offspring of Eve. 00:03:06.780 --> 00:03:11.560 He crushed the head of the serpent on the cross, and He was raised from the dead. 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:19.699 And as a result, under His growing gracious reign, He's reversing sin's effect in us. 00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:23.399 And so, we are all separated from God. 00:03:24.079 --> 00:03:31.019 And so, because of the work Jesus did on the cross, now we are brought back into relationship with God, into His presence. 00:03:31.020 --> 00:03:36.980 We are all experiencing strain in our relationship with others. 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:41.800 But because of what Jesus has done, we can now experience peace with others. 00:03:42.480 --> 00:03:46.120 We all experience shame within ourselves. 00:03:46.460 --> 00:03:52.980 But because of what Jesus has done, having paid for all of our sin, we have been set free from our shame. 00:03:52.979 --> 00:03:56.979 And now, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 00:03:58.819 --> 00:04:10.919 And if that weren't enough, Jesus has begun a work in which we can experience His blessing and His peace with creation through our vocations. 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:14.799 He's doing a work. 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:18.300 The offspring of Eve has come. 00:04:19.599 --> 00:04:21.579 And He's at work in our midst. 00:04:22.419 --> 00:04:24.339 He's at work in our work. 00:04:26.300 --> 00:04:28.060 Speaking of work, 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:30.740 some of you, 00:04:32.060 --> 00:04:33.599 sitting here this morning, 00:04:34.719 --> 00:04:36.439 you are wilting 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:38.379 in your workplaces. 00:04:38.379 --> 00:04:41.439 You are withering 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:43.800 where God has planted you. 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:46.500 And so much so 00:04:46.500 --> 00:04:48.639 that you feel stuck. 00:04:49.860 --> 00:04:51.620 That you feel hopeless. 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:54.540 It's really difficult to get up 00:04:54.540 --> 00:04:55.699 and go into work. 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.480 Because you're just feeling like you're going to get exposed 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:00.540 to the summer heat. 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:03.240 In our home, 00:05:03.339 --> 00:05:05.680 we have a planter on the front steps of our porch. 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:07.579 And it's filled with a variety of plants. 00:05:07.579 --> 00:05:09.699 And those plants are supposed to flower. 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.599 They're supposed to bring beauty, color, fragrance, and spread. 00:05:15.419 --> 00:05:17.759 Now, what you need to know about the front porch of our house 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:19.860 is it's southerly exposed. 00:05:20.180 --> 00:05:22.899 And so, it gets full sun all day long. 00:05:23.019 --> 00:05:23.779 And this, 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:25.979 the poor plants in our planter, 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:27.560 they get neglected. 00:05:28.659 --> 00:05:30.039 We don't water them. 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:32.720 And so, do you know what happens? 00:05:34.260 --> 00:05:35.580 They wither 00:05:35.580 --> 00:05:37.580 in the summer heat. 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:40.460 They shrivel 00:05:40.460 --> 00:05:42.580 under the summer sun. 00:05:43.660 --> 00:05:45.320 Is your workplace 00:05:45.320 --> 00:05:47.740 like my front porch? 00:05:47.740 --> 00:05:52.540 Do you feel constant exposure 00:05:52.540 --> 00:05:54.840 to the heat of work 00:05:54.840 --> 00:05:57.259 that makes you want to shrivel? 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:01.699 Do you feel like you're wilting 00:06:01.699 --> 00:06:03.699 where you've been planted? 00:06:03.699 --> 00:06:06.920 And maybe you've been feeling that way 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:07.879 for the last two days. 00:06:08.500 --> 00:06:09.879 Maybe you've been feeling that way 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:10.819 for the last two weeks. 00:06:11.819 --> 00:06:12.939 Two months. 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:15.599 Two years. 00:06:17.539 --> 00:06:18.599 Two decades. 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:24.400 If you're feeling that way, 00:06:25.740 --> 00:06:28.260 I'm glad God has planted you 00:06:28.260 --> 00:06:29.340 in this place today. 00:06:30.980 --> 00:06:32.439 You're in the right place 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.439 because it's time for you to bloom 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:36.980 where you've been planted. 00:06:38.760 --> 00:06:40.840 We'll know more, brother and sister. 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:43.200 It's time to bloom 00:06:43.200 --> 00:06:45.460 because Jesus, the Redeemer, 00:06:45.840 --> 00:06:47.600 the one who brings peace, 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:51.120 He is able to make you bloom 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:52.879 where you've been planted. 00:06:53.820 --> 00:06:54.800 He's the one. 00:06:56.140 --> 00:06:58.879 He's the one that makes you thrive 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:00.020 in your workplace 00:07:00.020 --> 00:07:01.340 regardless of the heat. 00:07:05.420 --> 00:07:07.580 He not only rescues us 00:07:07.580 --> 00:07:09.140 from sin and shame, 00:07:10.420 --> 00:07:12.080 He makes us His representatives 00:07:12.080 --> 00:07:13.980 in our workplaces 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:16.320 to do good to others 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:18.319 and to make us thrive. 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:22.860 Most of us spend about 30, 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:24.519 50 hours a week 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:25.480 in a work environment 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:26.779 that is essentially, 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:29.240 has essentially removed God 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:30.740 from its daily operations. 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:32.240 And so, at best, 00:07:32.339 --> 00:07:34.480 our work environments are agnostic. 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:36.899 And at worst, 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:38.819 they threaten 00:07:38.819 --> 00:07:41.079 when you open your mouth for Jesus. 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:43.719 So, why I bring this up 00:07:43.719 --> 00:07:44.560 is you need to realize 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:45.719 that your work environment 00:07:45.719 --> 00:07:47.979 is most likely not neutral. 00:07:50.659 --> 00:07:52.000 And neither are you. 00:07:54.979 --> 00:07:58.319 The sin that has corrupted Adam and Eve 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:00.339 has also corrupted your heart. 00:08:00.779 --> 00:08:02.000 And so, you go into 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:03.620 a challenging work environment 00:08:03.620 --> 00:08:06.199 with challenge in your heart. 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:10.719 Many of us go to work 00:08:10.719 --> 00:08:13.379 with what Paul Tripp calls 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:15.000 God amnesia. 00:08:15.259 --> 00:08:16.759 It's like Jesus pulls us up 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:17.680 to the front door 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:18.819 of our workplace 00:08:18.819 --> 00:08:20.060 and He looks at us 00:08:20.060 --> 00:08:21.139 like He wants to come in 00:08:21.139 --> 00:08:21.779 and we're like, 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:23.120 no, Jesus, pick me up at 5, 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:23.680 see you later. 00:08:23.740 --> 00:08:24.419 We walk in 00:08:24.419 --> 00:08:25.419 and we forget about Him 00:08:25.419 --> 00:08:26.279 for the rest of the day. 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:33.159 And it's not just God amnesia. 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:36.199 We go to work 00:08:36.199 --> 00:08:37.439 with deep shame 00:08:37.439 --> 00:08:38.620 in our hearts. 00:08:39.839 --> 00:08:41.039 We go to work 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:43.059 with unaddressed drives 00:08:43.059 --> 00:08:44.419 for success, 00:08:44.939 --> 00:08:46.319 unchecked desires 00:08:46.319 --> 00:08:47.740 for accomplishment, 00:08:48.439 --> 00:08:50.439 unmet cravings 00:08:50.439 --> 00:08:51.639 to be accepted 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:53.500 and when you see people 00:08:53.500 --> 00:08:55.000 striving for these things, 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:56.159 the world seems 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:57.419 to cheer on loudly. 00:08:57.580 --> 00:08:58.639 You go for that. 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:01.159 But your God says, 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:03.700 you don't need to live that way. 00:09:05.220 --> 00:09:06.500 You don't need to be ruled 00:09:06.500 --> 00:09:07.379 by these things. 00:09:10.059 --> 00:09:11.360 So each of us, 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:13.480 we can go to work 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:15.659 saying that we're a follower 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:16.440 of Jesus 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:18.340 but walk into the front doors 00:09:18.340 --> 00:09:19.519 and all of a sudden 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:21.179 we functionally deny 00:09:21.179 --> 00:09:23.100 God at our work. 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:26.340 That changes today 00:09:26.340 --> 00:09:28.500 because I've got good news 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:28.919 for you. 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:32.240 Jesus 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:35.159 is able to cause you 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.100 to bloom 00:09:37.100 --> 00:09:39.039 in your work. 00:09:39.580 --> 00:09:40.500 To bloom 00:09:40.500 --> 00:09:42.580 where you've been planted. 00:09:44.019 --> 00:09:45.299 Anybody in the room 00:09:45.299 --> 00:09:45.879 want to know 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:47.120 how to bloom 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:48.940 where God has planted you? 00:09:49.059 --> 00:09:49.379 Anyone? 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:50.980 Me too. 00:09:50.980 --> 00:09:53.779 Even pastors 00:09:53.779 --> 00:09:55.120 can go to work 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:55.980 and realize 00:09:55.980 --> 00:09:57.279 three hours in 00:09:57.279 --> 00:09:58.240 they haven't thought 00:09:58.240 --> 00:09:58.899 about God. 00:10:02.539 --> 00:10:03.460 We're going to turn 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:04.019 in our Bibles 00:10:04.019 --> 00:10:05.519 to Colossians 3 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:07.440 verses 22 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:09.180 through 4 00:10:09.180 --> 00:10:09.800 1. 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:11.399 And in these verses 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:13.139 God shows us 00:10:13.139 --> 00:10:14.100 how to live 00:10:14.100 --> 00:10:14.800 for Jesus 00:10:14.800 --> 00:10:15.980 in our workplaces. 00:10:16.860 --> 00:10:17.899 How to live out 00:10:17.899 --> 00:10:18.740 the roles 00:10:18.740 --> 00:10:19.820 that we've been given. 00:10:19.820 --> 00:10:21.360 that we've been planted 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:22.220 into. 00:10:24.420 --> 00:10:24.980 And so 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:25.700 for those of you 00:10:25.700 --> 00:10:26.360 who are in the room 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:27.840 who are wilting at work 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:28.400 or maybe 00:10:28.400 --> 00:10:29.940 withering a little bit 00:10:29.940 --> 00:10:31.879 these words 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:33.420 are life 00:10:33.420 --> 00:10:34.600 to you. 00:10:35.400 --> 00:10:36.120 Hear the word 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:36.580 of God. 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:38.260 Bond servants 00:10:38.260 --> 00:10:40.020 slaves 00:10:40.020 --> 00:10:42.260 obey in everything 00:10:42.260 --> 00:10:43.140 those who are 00:10:43.140 --> 00:10:44.200 your earthly masters 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:45.920 not by way 00:10:45.920 --> 00:10:46.680 of eye service 00:10:46.680 --> 00:10:47.660 as people pleasers 00:10:47.659 --> 00:10:48.759 but with sincerity 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:49.299 of heart 00:10:49.299 --> 00:10:51.219 fearing the Lord. 00:10:52.980 --> 00:10:53.939 Whatever you do 00:10:53.939 --> 00:10:54.659 work heartily 00:10:54.659 --> 00:10:55.399 as for the Lord 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:56.199 and not for men 00:10:56.199 --> 00:10:57.219 knowing that 00:10:57.219 --> 00:10:57.899 from the Lord 00:10:57.899 --> 00:10:58.620 you will receive 00:10:58.620 --> 00:10:59.199 the inheritance 00:10:59.199 --> 00:11:00.139 as your reward. 00:11:00.939 --> 00:11:01.659 You are serving 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:02.659 the Lord Christ 00:11:02.659 --> 00:11:03.620 for the wrongdoer 00:11:03.620 --> 00:11:04.819 will be paid back 00:11:04.819 --> 00:11:05.559 for the wrong 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:06.179 he has done 00:11:06.179 --> 00:11:07.120 and there is 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:08.399 no partiality. 00:11:08.860 --> 00:11:09.279 Masters 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:10.259 treat your bond 00:11:10.259 --> 00:11:10.600 servants 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:11.740 justly and fairly 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:12.419 knowing that 00:11:12.419 --> 00:11:14.220 you also have 00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:14.899 a master 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:15.500 in heaven 00:11:15.500 --> 00:11:16.519 and I'm guessing 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:17.199 what you're thinking 00:11:17.199 --> 00:11:17.899 right now is 00:11:17.899 --> 00:11:18.579 Mike you had me 00:11:18.579 --> 00:11:19.459 all charged up 00:11:19.459 --> 00:11:21.179 to bloom 00:11:21.179 --> 00:11:22.240 where I'm planted 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:23.439 and all of a sudden 00:11:23.439 --> 00:11:24.720 you read me a passage 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:25.500 about slaves 00:11:25.500 --> 00:11:26.120 and masters. 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:29.740 Well God has goodness 00:11:29.740 --> 00:11:30.659 for us in here. 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:34.879 He instructs 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:36.059 people who are 00:11:36.059 --> 00:11:37.439 in subordinate roles 00:11:37.439 --> 00:11:38.740 how to live for Jesus 00:11:38.740 --> 00:11:41.139 and then he instructs 00:11:41.139 --> 00:11:41.699 people who are 00:11:41.699 --> 00:11:42.919 in positions of authority 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:44.259 how to live for Jesus 00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:45.199 in their workplace. 00:11:46.179 --> 00:11:47.479 This is extremely 00:11:47.479 --> 00:11:48.559 valuable for us 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:50.059 to know how to bloom 00:11:50.059 --> 00:11:51.899 where God has placed us. 00:11:54.740 --> 00:11:55.679 Here's the point. 00:11:58.000 --> 00:11:59.559 If you are blood bought 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:03.079 you work for Jesus now. 00:12:04.979 --> 00:12:06.299 The day that Jesus 00:12:06.299 --> 00:12:07.419 saved you 00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:11.199 not only did he say 00:12:11.199 --> 00:12:13.000 you're mine now 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.579 you belong to me now 00:12:15.579 --> 00:12:16.919 he said 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:18.500 you work for me now. 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:21.120 You don't work for yourself 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:23.079 you don't work for others 00:12:23.079 --> 00:12:23.860 ultimately 00:12:23.860 --> 00:12:26.099 you work for Jesus 00:12:26.099 --> 00:12:26.860 now. 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:28.979 And I want to show you 00:12:28.979 --> 00:12:31.000 that from this text. 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:32.000 There's two sections 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:32.839 from this text 00:12:32.839 --> 00:12:35.079 it's the first four verses 00:12:35.079 --> 00:12:35.919 Paul 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:36.919 God through Paul 00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:38.120 addresses those 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:39.319 in a subordinate role 00:12:39.319 --> 00:12:41.639 and then in chapter 4 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:42.099 verse 1 00:12:42.099 --> 00:12:42.979 he addresses those 00:12:42.979 --> 00:12:44.579 in a position of authority. 00:12:46.459 --> 00:12:47.519 He's going to show us 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:48.879 how to bloom 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:51.179 where we've been planted. 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:54.399 But first 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:55.559 let me address 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:56.299 this issue 00:12:56.299 --> 00:12:57.159 of slavery. 00:12:59.980 --> 00:13:01.559 I just need to say up front 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:03.360 slavery 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:04.360 slavery 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:05.759 did not originate 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:07.159 in the garden 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:08.519 pristine. 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:10.600 Slavery 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:12.120 owning another 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:13.180 human being 00:13:13.180 --> 00:13:14.919 is a consequence 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:16.460 of sin. 00:13:17.580 --> 00:13:18.200 Slavery 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:19.379 in a variety 00:13:19.379 --> 00:13:19.919 of forms 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:20.539 has been around 00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:21.620 for a long time 00:13:21.620 --> 00:13:22.680 and when you think 00:13:22.680 --> 00:13:23.300 of slavery 00:13:23.300 --> 00:13:24.480 and you are an American 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:25.659 you probably go 00:13:25.659 --> 00:13:26.580 immediately 00:13:26.580 --> 00:13:27.820 to the particularly 00:13:27.820 --> 00:13:28.800 awful kind 00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:29.360 of slavery 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:31.320 that was institutionalized 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:32.300 in our nation 00:13:32.299 --> 00:13:33.120 in the south 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:34.219 in the 17th 00:13:34.219 --> 00:13:34.679 18th 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:35.719 and 19th centuries. 00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:39.759 Image bearers 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.620 of another race 00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:42.579 deemed inferior 00:13:42.579 --> 00:13:43.879 because of their race 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:44.639 were given 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.579 no choice 00:13:45.579 --> 00:13:46.799 but were forcefully 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:48.179 taken from their homes 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:49.479 and then impressed 00:13:49.479 --> 00:13:50.599 into the service 00:13:50.599 --> 00:13:51.279 of men 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:52.879 who bought them. 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:56.779 do you know 00:13:56.779 --> 00:13:57.259 why slavery 00:13:57.259 --> 00:13:57.639 is wrong? 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:00.000 It fails 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:01.039 the love your neighbor 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:01.559 test. 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:04.360 Would you want 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:04.700 that done 00:14:04.700 --> 00:14:05.080 to you? 00:14:06.659 --> 00:14:07.179 No. 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:12.039 Slavery 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:13.039 in the United States 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:14.460 is a grievous 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:15.179 example 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:16.879 of institutionalized 00:14:17.700 --> 00:14:18.100 sin 00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:21.440 and let's 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:22.279 just be honest 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:24.940 the racism 00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:25.860 that fueled it 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:28.300 it's not gone. 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:36.399 Now slavery 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.460 in the first century 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:38.659 Greco-Roman world 00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:39.920 was a different 00:14:39.920 --> 00:14:40.960 kind of slavery 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:42.060 than the slavery 00:14:42.060 --> 00:14:43.420 in the United States. 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:44.940 Maybe a more 00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:46.000 mild kind 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:46.600 of slavery 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:48.040 but it was slavery 00:14:48.040 --> 00:14:49.100 nonetheless 00:14:49.100 --> 00:14:50.519 because whenever 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:51.340 you limit 00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:52.659 the rights 00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:53.920 of another human being 00:14:53.920 --> 00:14:55.040 there can be 00:14:55.040 --> 00:14:55.560 gross 00:14:55.560 --> 00:14:56.500 sinful 00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.620 exploitation. 00:14:58.879 --> 00:14:59.840 So don't hear me 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.500 saying 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.680 that I think 00:15:01.680 --> 00:15:02.860 slavery was okay. 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:04.600 Paul never 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:05.300 says that. 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:06.920 But let me 00:15:06.920 --> 00:15:07.800 explain why 00:15:07.800 --> 00:15:08.399 Paul 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:09.840 here in Colossians 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:10.700 and Ephesians 00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:11.600 and Ephilemon 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:12.580 and Peter 00:15:12.580 --> 00:15:13.480 in 1 Peter 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:14.600 Titus 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:15.519 why they don't 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:16.019 come out 00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:16.639 and say 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:17.539 we gotta 00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:18.000 stop 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.559 slavery. 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:22.360 Remember 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:23.980 the book 00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:24.620 of Colossians 00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:25.079 was written 00:15:25.079 --> 00:15:25.740 maybe 30 00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:26.620 35 years 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:27.399 after the death 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:27.980 and resurrection 00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:28.500 of Jesus 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:30.740 and so the church 00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:31.559 is young. 00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:34.600 It does not 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:35.360 exert huge 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:36.360 political influence 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:36.980 it does not 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:38.639 exert huge 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:39.480 economic 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:40.460 influence 00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:42.620 and so the tact 00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:43.519 that the apostle 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:44.639 Paul takes 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.620 in addressing 00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:46.519 slavery 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:48.019 is not 00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:48.340 to go 00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:48.940 political 00:15:48.940 --> 00:15:50.320 it's to go 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:50.800 local 00:15:50.800 --> 00:15:52.300 household 00:15:52.300 --> 00:15:53.120 by household 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:54.080 person 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:54.800 by person 00:15:54.800 --> 00:15:56.259 bringing the gospel 00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:57.139 of Jesus Christ 00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:57.759 to bear 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:59.120 on individual 00:15:59.120 --> 00:15:59.860 slaves 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:00.780 and individual 00:16:00.780 --> 00:16:01.720 slave owners. 00:16:02.340 --> 00:16:02.780 That's 00:16:02.780 --> 00:16:03.840 why Philemon 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.400 was written. 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:08.459 So over time 00:16:08.459 --> 00:16:09.379 what took place 00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:10.459 is that slavery 00:16:10.459 --> 00:16:11.379 in the Greco-Roman 00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:12.340 world was turned 00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:13.860 inside out 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.659 by people 00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.019 who've been 00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:16.279 changed by Christ 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:17.360 from the inside out. 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:21.299 So now 00:16:21.299 --> 00:16:22.360 back in Colossians 3 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:23.079 when it comes to 00:16:23.079 --> 00:16:24.000 slaves and masters 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:25.639 he's addressing 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:27.259 roles in the context 00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:27.959 of work. 00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.439 Slaves were in a 00:16:30.439 --> 00:16:30.919 subordinate 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.759 work role. 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.980 Masters were in a 00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:34.019 position of authority 00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:34.920 concerning work. 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:35.759 So this morning 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:36.560 we're going to 00:16:36.560 --> 00:16:37.360 take the principles 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:38.740 related to work 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.820 from what Paul 00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:40.620 writes to slaves 00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.340 in a subordinate 00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.639 role 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.560 and apply it 00:16:42.560 --> 00:16:43.220 to all of us 00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.659 who are in a 00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:44.379 subordinate role. 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:46.000 And what Paul 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.779 addresses to 00:16:46.779 --> 00:16:47.840 masters in a 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:48.879 position of authority 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.560 we're going to 00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:50.340 take it and apply 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:51.139 it to those of us 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:51.440 who are in a 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:52.200 position of authority 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:52.740 in our work. 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.779 If you've been 00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.279 bought by the 00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:57.860 blood of Jesus 00:16:57.860 --> 00:17:00.220 you work for 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:00.960 Jesus now. 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:02.300 That's shot 00:17:02.300 --> 00:17:02.779 through 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.740 this text. 00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.859 So whatever 00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:07.700 your role is 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:08.639 at work 00:17:08.639 --> 00:17:09.839 whether it's 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:10.420 a subordinate 00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:10.879 role 00:17:10.879 --> 00:17:11.879 you're reporting 00:17:11.879 --> 00:17:12.460 to someone 00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.819 or a position 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.579 of authority 00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.319 where people 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:15.819 are reporting 00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:16.359 to you 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.519 whatever you do 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.879 you must be 00:17:18.879 --> 00:17:19.519 serving the 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.259 Lord Christ 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.799 in it. 00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:23.680 You do it 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.259 for him now. 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:27.220 So 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:29.039 starting in 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.440 22 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:31.960 we read 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.559 slaves 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:33.240 those in a 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.640 subordinate 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.059 role 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:36.600 obey in 00:17:36.600 --> 00:17:36.980 everything 00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:37.500 those who 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:37.779 are your 00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.079 earthly 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:38.640 masters. 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.440 There are 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:40.519 three commands 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:42.019 to slaves 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:42.860 obey 00:17:42.860 --> 00:17:44.319 out of fear 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:44.840 of the Lord 00:17:44.840 --> 00:17:46.819 work 00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:47.519 heartily 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:47.940 as unto 00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.440 the Lord 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:49.819 and then 00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.759 serve 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.539 the Lord 00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:52.120 Christ 00:17:52.120 --> 00:17:53.980 all aimed 00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:54.700 at Jesus. 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:56.600 Obey 00:17:56.600 --> 00:17:57.180 means to do 00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:57.600 what you've been 00:17:57.600 --> 00:17:58.279 told to do 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:00.200 and 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:02.200 these people 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:02.639 are being 00:18:02.639 --> 00:18:03.279 told to 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:03.879 obey their 00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:04.259 earthly 00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:04.779 masters 00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.639 in everything. 00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:07.539 For us 00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.059 that means 00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:08.559 everything 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.579 defined in 00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:09.960 our job 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:10.539 descriptions 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:12.819 and everything 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:14.039 in so far 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.399 as it 00:18:14.399 --> 00:18:15.240 doesn't 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.019 cause us 00:18:16.019 --> 00:18:16.579 to disobey 00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:17.079 Jesus. 00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.440 And you notice 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:20.579 who we're 00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:21.099 to obey 00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:21.859 those who 00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.240 are your 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.799 earthly 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.480 masters. 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:23.940 In other 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.160 words 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.920 anyone 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:25.359 in a 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:25.660 position 00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:26.259 of authority 00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:26.740 that you 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.400 report to 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:28.160 at work 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:29.420 you're 00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:29.859 to obey 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:30.200 them 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:30.759 in 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.299 everything. 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:32.720 That's 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.019 God's 00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:33.279 will 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.440 right there. 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:37.019 Do you 00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.579 have somebody 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.220 at work 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:39.240 that you 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.599 can 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:41.200 think of 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:42.019 that God 00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.599 is calling 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:43.220 you to 00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:43.859 obey them 00:18:43.859 --> 00:18:44.400 in everything? 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.559 What Paul 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.400 then does 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:51.299 is shows 00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:52.379 us how 00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:53.160 to obey 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:53.500 them. 00:18:54.379 --> 00:18:54.940 First 00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:56.000 how not 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.519 to obey 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:56.820 them. 00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.100 Not by 00:18:58.100 --> 00:18:58.460 way of 00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.039 eye service 00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.600 as people 00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:00.779 pleasers. 00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:05.559 He knows 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.200 that when 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:07.580 our supervisors 00:19:07.580 --> 00:19:08.340 tells us 00:19:08.340 --> 00:19:08.900 to do 00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.360 something 00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:10.220 we'll be 00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.900 tempted 00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.440 to do 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.220 it just 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:13.059 for them 00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:14.140 for their 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:14.840 eyes 00:19:14.840 --> 00:19:15.400 only. 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:19.960 Furthermore 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:23.100 eye service 00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:24.099 eyes 00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.819 have you 00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.000 ever 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.339 happened 00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:26.179 to you? 00:19:26.899 --> 00:19:27.579 It's 00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:27.859 never 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:28.219 happened 00:19:28.219 --> 00:19:28.740 to me. 00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.779 Your boss 00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.500 walks in 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.019 and catches 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.679 you in 00:19:33.679 --> 00:19:34.019 the middle 00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.679 of watching 00:19:34.679 --> 00:19:35.339 the baby 00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:36.179 shark song 00:19:36.179 --> 00:19:36.759 challenge 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.339 on your 00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.919 computer 00:19:37.919 --> 00:19:39.939 and immediately 00:19:39.939 --> 00:19:40.879 you click 00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:42.379 it like 00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:42.899 he or she 00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:43.439 didn't see 00:19:43.439 --> 00:19:43.779 that? 00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:46.399 Eye service. 00:19:46.879 --> 00:19:47.480 That's what 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.000 that is. 00:19:49.139 --> 00:19:49.980 You're doing 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:51.180 it because 00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.700 you're being 00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:52.740 watched by 00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.380 your boss. 00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.140 And what 00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:55.779 Paul says 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.120 here 00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:57.039 that's 00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.400 people 00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:57.799 pleasing. 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:00.519 What we're 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:00.940 going to see 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:02.120 is when 00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:03.000 you obey 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.440 your 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:06.079 supervisor 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:07.019 or your 00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.579 company 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:08.960 just for 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.400 them 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:11.079 you are 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.559 cutting 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:12.660 God out 00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.339 of the 00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:13.860 equation. 00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:16.159 we're 00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:16.799 not just 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.519 to obey 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.099 our 00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:18.500 earthly 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.259 supervisors 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:20.119 for our 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:20.439 earthly 00:20:20.439 --> 00:20:21.119 supervisor 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.539 sake. 00:20:22.439 --> 00:20:23.039 We're 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.619 to obey 00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:24.059 them 00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.740 out of 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.219 the fear 00:20:25.219 --> 00:20:25.519 of the 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.859 Lord. 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.559 What we're 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.199 not to 00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:29.519 do 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:30.859 and now 00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.259 what we 00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:31.639 are to 00:20:31.639 --> 00:20:31.879 do 00:20:31.879 --> 00:20:34.500 we're 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.059 to obey 00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.819 with 00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.559 sincerity 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.279 of heart 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.799 fearing 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.359 the Lord. 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.379 What does 00:20:40.379 --> 00:20:40.939 Paul mean 00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:41.539 by that? 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:43.740 Well that 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:43.940 word 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.759 sincerity 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.180 of 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.700 sincerity 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:46.000 of 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.359 heart 00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:47.460 it's a 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.680 Greek 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:47.940 word 00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.159 that 00:20:48.159 --> 00:20:48.579 carries 00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:48.819 the 00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.180 sense 00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.440 of 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.799 singularity 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:52.579 focus. 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.859 It's 00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.240 more than 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.619 just 00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:56.379 sincerely 00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:57.279 obeying 00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.059 your boss 00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.579 when he 00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:58.819 or she 00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.200 tells you 00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.480 to do 00:20:59.480 --> 00:20:59.839 something. 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:00.559 It's 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.500 purposed 00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.139 obedience. 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:06.259 And notice 00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.099 the word 00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.440 heart. 00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.659 The heart 00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:10.059 biblically 00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.680 speaking is 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.200 the control 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:11.840 center of 00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:12.319 your life. 00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:12.580 The 00:21:12.580 --> 00:21:13.440 mainspring 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:13.960 of your 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.500 being 00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.100 and your 00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:15.620 doing. 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.539 So whatever 00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.200 controls your 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.420 heart 00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.059 controls your 00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.340 life. 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:18.940 So if you 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.740 are obeying 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:21.240 just for the 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.860 eyes of your 00:21:21.860 --> 00:21:22.480 supervisor 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:24.039 you are a 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:25.559 people pleaser 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:27.140 suffering from 00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:28.819 God amnesia. 00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:33.200 We are to 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:34.080 obey those 00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:35.019 earthly bosses 00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:37.259 out of an 00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.559 internal drive 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:40.220 of fearing 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.279 of fearing 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:41.159 the Lord. 00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.379 Do you 00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:42.859 see that? 00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.940 Not by way 00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.240 of eye 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.359 service as 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:47.039 people pleasers 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.480 but with 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.119 sincerity of 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.440 heart. 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:50.240 Fearing the 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.740 Lord. 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.440 The Lord 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:55.299 is Jesus. 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.440 All throughout 00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.839 Colossians the 00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:58.460 Lord is a 00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.039 reference to 00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.539 Jesus. 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.500 Colossians 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.220 chapter 1 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.740 starting in 00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.379 verse 15. 00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.539 It's Jesus 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.159 who is the 00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.619 Lord of 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.159 creation. 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.379 The creator 00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.160 and it's 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.700 Jesus who is 00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.280 the Lord of 00:22:08.280 --> 00:22:08.740 redemption. 00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.580 The one who 00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.160 has purchased 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.960 our salvation. 00:22:12.280 --> 00:22:13.460 We are to 00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.680 obey out of 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.480 fear of him. 00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.200 And what it 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.760 means to be 00:22:16.760 --> 00:22:18.020 fearful of him 00:22:18.020 --> 00:22:19.140 is that we 00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.700 take him 00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.460 seriously. 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.340 He is our 00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:22.300 all in all. 00:22:22.600 --> 00:22:23.240 He controls 00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.280 what we do. 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.800 Another way to 00:22:26.800 --> 00:22:27.300 think about it 00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:27.860 is like this. 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.400 Let's say you are 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:29.220 going to work 00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:29.520 and you are 00:22:29.520 --> 00:22:30.040 going to drive 00:22:30.040 --> 00:22:30.800 by a gas 00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:31.300 station to 00:22:31.300 --> 00:22:31.760 fill up. 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.760 Not only do 00:22:32.760 --> 00:22:33.020 you have to 00:22:33.020 --> 00:22:33.580 fill up your 00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:34.300 tank and your 00:22:34.300 --> 00:22:34.560 car. 00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.040 You have to 00:22:35.040 --> 00:22:35.660 fill up your 00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:37.440 heart and how 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.779 you are going 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.380 to obey your 00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.019 boss that 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.360 day. 00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.120 You can 00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.920 pull out 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:42.560 one of those 00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:43.360 things that you 00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:43.860 put in the 00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:46.720 tank and fill 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.080 up with 00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.860 people pleasing 00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:50.100 or you can 00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:51.060 fill up with 00:22:51.060 --> 00:22:52.320 fearing Jesus 00:22:52.320 --> 00:22:53.980 having a 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.880 glorious view 00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.360 of him. 00:22:57.320 --> 00:22:58.279 We are not 00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:59.620 to people 00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.120 please. 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.660 We are to 00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.019 fear the 00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.340 Lord. 00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.379 Lord. 00:23:04.439 --> 00:23:05.339 If you are 00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.679 in a 00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.119 subordinate 00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.779 role at 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:08.599 work, God 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.259 is calling 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.659 you to 00:23:09.659 --> 00:23:10.439 obey your 00:23:10.439 --> 00:23:10.839 earthly 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.679 supervisors 00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.720 not for 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.259 their own 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.839 sake but 00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.459 out of an 00:23:15.459 --> 00:23:15.859 internal 00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.759 commitment of 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.559 taking Jesus 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.240 seriously. 00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:19.359 That he is 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:19.819 your all in 00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.079 all. 00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.559 It changes 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.099 the way that 00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.679 you work 00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:23.740 because you are 00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.179 working for 00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:24.980 Jesus now. 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:29.019 in this 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.720 little passage 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.099 there is a 00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:31.079 contrast between 00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.940 earthly masters 00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.319 and the 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.920 Lord Jesus. 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:33.759 Earthly 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.279 masters, 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:34.860 they are 00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.579 earthly in 00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:35.920 that they are 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.380 temporary, 00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.120 limited, 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.880 and imperfect 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.920 but Jesus 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.559 is your 00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:39.960 forever 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.500 master, 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.160 unlimited, 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.200 and perfect. 00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:43.839 He is the 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.160 one that you 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.519 work for. 00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.140 There is also 00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.680 a contrast 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.759 between how 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.539 you obey 00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.539 whether it is 00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.160 externally 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.039 motivated from 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.900 the eyes of 00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.360 your earthly 00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:53.319 boss or 00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.059 internally 00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.399 motivated out 00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:56.440 of fear of 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.039 your Jesus. 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.379 And what 00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:58.799 Paul is 00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.220 saying, 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.039 serve, 00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:01.700 work, 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.579 obey out 00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:02.960 of the 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.460 fear of 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.779 Jesus. 00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.659 Now can I 00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:07.179 just tell you 00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:07.679 not to do 00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:08.299 something tomorrow 00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.659 when you go 00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:08.980 to work? 00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.539 Don't walk 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.179 into your 00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:13.119 boss's office 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:14.240 tomorrow and 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.980 declare something 00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.639 like this. 00:24:16.659 --> 00:24:17.339 Sir, 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.859 I'm going to 00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.460 obey you 00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:19.899 today, 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.819 not to 00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.899 please you 00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:24.040 but out 00:24:24.040 --> 00:24:24.480 of fear 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:24.720 of the 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.120 Lord, 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.519 have a 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.060 great day. 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.800 That's not 00:24:31.800 --> 00:24:32.040 what Paul 00:24:32.040 --> 00:24:32.320 is saying. 00:24:34.800 --> 00:24:35.240 We 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.320 obey our 00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:37.019 masters, 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:37.740 earthly 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.400 masters, 00:24:39.080 --> 00:24:40.240 out of 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.560 fear of 00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:41.019 the Lord. 00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.860 It's a 00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.480 means to 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.940 an end. 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.900 Let your 00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.460 actual 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.440 obedience to 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.220 your boss 00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:51.440 shine like 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.940 a light 00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.539 in a dark 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.019 place, 00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:54.160 a refreshing 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.820 kingdom 00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:55.400 presence 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.240 in a 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.620 toxic 00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:57.380 place. 00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.600 So when it 00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:01.940 comes to 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.640 obeying your 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.400 earthly master, 00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.900 tomorrow when 00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:08.100 your boss 00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:08.580 tells you 00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.080 something to 00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:09.340 do, 00:25:10.820 --> 00:25:12.000 imagine 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.960 Jesus behind 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.220 him. 00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.440 Imagine 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.440 Jesus behind 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:15.740 her. 00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:17.700 and when 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.440 your boss 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:18.940 tells you 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.380 something to 00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:19.539 do, 00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.079 you're like, 00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.099 you got it, 00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.180 but in your 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.779 heart you're 00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.120 saying, 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:23.799 yes, 00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.200 Jesus, 00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.019 I'm doing 00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.680 it for you. 00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.839 When you 00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.400 take Jesus 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.039 seriously, 00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:32.180 in obeying 00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.259 your boss, 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.579 you're going to 00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.220 find yourself 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:36.839 energized by 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.120 this, 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.980 by spiritual 00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.700 strength. 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.559 You're going 00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.740 to begin to 00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.680 blossom where 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.099 you've been 00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:43.200 planted because 00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.859 you're living 00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.660 for Jesus. 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:47.380 and you're 00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.900 representing 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.279 him in 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.019 doing good 00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.559 to your 00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.000 boss. 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.759 Obey, 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.420 work. 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.160 Verse 00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.700 23, 00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:58.880 bond 00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.240 servants, 00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.920 whatever you 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.660 do, work 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.259 heartily as 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.620 for the 00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.180 Lord and 00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.559 not for 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:04.819 men. 00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.420 Whatever 00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.140 your boss 00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.599 tells you 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:09.900 to do, 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.759 verse 22, 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.440 that, 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.420 verse 23, 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.920 you're to 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.620 work with 00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:15.920 everything 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.420 you got. 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:22.019 Work in 00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.620 the original 00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.380 language of 00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:24.759 Greek means 00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.700 work. 00:26:27.300 --> 00:26:27.980 It means 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.380 labor, 00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:28.880 output, 00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:29.380 effort, 00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:30.019 applying 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.900 yourself to 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.279 what your 00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.779 boss has 00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.200 told you 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.759 to do, 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:34.220 even if 00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.460 you don't 00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.060 like it. 00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:39.080 Whatever 00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.720 you do. 00:26:41.300 --> 00:26:41.640 It's kind 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.140 of a side. 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.560 Has anybody 00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:43.380 seen the show 00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.120 Dirty Jobs 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.500 with Mike 00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.699 Rowe? 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.139 Oh, 00:26:46.239 --> 00:26:46.599 it's one 00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:46.799 of my 00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.099 favorites. 00:26:50.479 --> 00:26:51.119 If you 00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.759 are feeling 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.519 overwhelmed by 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.000 your work 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.319 and like 00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.279 this work 00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.839 stinks, 00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.699 just watch 00:26:55.699 --> 00:26:56.019 a couple 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.699 episodes of 00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:57.419 that and 00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:57.619 you'll 00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.239 realize you 00:26:58.239 --> 00:26:58.479 got it 00:26:58.479 --> 00:26:58.919 pretty good. 00:26:58.920 --> 00:27:05.980 but that's 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.259 not going 00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.640 to help you 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.420 blossom where 00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.700 you've 00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.039 planted. 00:27:10.800 --> 00:27:11.620 What God 00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.240 is calling 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.700 us to 00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.140 is to 00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.539 give 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.259 ourselves 00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.380 to the 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.940 work 00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:17.039 our bosses 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.519 tell us 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:17.880 to do. 00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:20.019 And it's 00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.320 going to be 00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:20.759 marked by 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.300 pain and 00:27:21.300 --> 00:27:21.660 strain. 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.620 There might 00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:23.960 be some 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.259 hurts, 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.900 it's going 00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.120 to be 00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.460 hard, 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.039 there's going 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.240 to be 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.740 thorns and 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.339 thistles that 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.740 need to be 00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.259 dealt with, 00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.420 your obedient 00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.279 work to 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.899 your boss 00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.420 will cost 00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.859 you pain 00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.339 and strain, 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.039 it's not 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.240 going to 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.779 come easy 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.379 because we're 00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:34.940 living under 00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.460 the curse 00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:35.859 still. 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.399 And you 00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:38.720 might be 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.259 grumbling in 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.659 your heart 00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.099 thinking, 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.500 you get a 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.259 task tomorrow 00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.559 and you're 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.740 like, 00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.960 they don't 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.460 pay me 00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.899 enough to 00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.399 do this. 00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.759 And you 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.059 may be 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.420 right, 00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:53.060 but ultimately 00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:53.480 you're not 00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.220 in it for 00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.660 the money, 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.759 you're in 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.700 it for 00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.180 Jesus, 00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:00.160 to represent 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.560 him. 00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:02.200 That doesn't 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.519 mean you 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:04.519 stay unnecessarily, 00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.640 but that 00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.220 means you do 00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.920 give yourself 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.160 for him. 00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.759 In verse 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.420 24, 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.340 he gives 00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:12.940 a reason, 00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:14.440 work heartily 00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.360 knowing that 00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.720 from the 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.100 Lord you 00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.620 will receive 00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.300 the inheritance 00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:17.820 as your 00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.240 reward. 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:20.620 God goes 00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.059 on to tell 00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.539 us why 00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:21.960 we're to 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.599 work from 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.079 the heart 00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.500 for the 00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.900 Lord and 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.500 not men. 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.779 We got a 00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.559 bonus coming. 00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.519 When you 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.940 work for 00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.299 the Lord 00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.740 now, 00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.740 you're not 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:34.140 in it for 00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.660 an earthly 00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.200 bonus, 00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.759 you do 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.240 your work 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.700 in light of 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.120 an eternal 00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.620 bonus, 00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.039 your 00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.640 inheritance. 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.299 And what 00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.740 we're talking 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.400 about now, 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.220 this reward, 00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:44.980 this bonus, 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.819 it's not 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.279 something that 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.799 Jesus has 00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.099 promised 00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.439 to give 00:28:48.439 --> 00:28:49.259 you a 00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.059 month out, 00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:50.919 a month 00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:51.419 bonus, 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.899 or an 00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.319 end of 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.679 the year 00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.099 bonus. 00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:53.839 We're not 00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.439 talking about 00:28:54.439 --> 00:28:55.039 the 25 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.899 year wrist 00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:56.639 watch or 00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.379 little plaque 00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:57.939 for faithful 00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.539 service. 00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.259 Jesus is 00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.839 the one who 00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.419 gives this 00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:03.099 reward. 00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.419 Do you see 00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:04.639 that? 00:29:04.699 --> 00:29:05.099 Knowing that 00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.539 from the 00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.139 Lord you 00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.719 will receive 00:29:06.719 --> 00:29:07.379 the inheritance 00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:07.879 as your 00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.240 reward. 00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.419 Think about 00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:09.779 it this 00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.039 way. 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.339 Do you 00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.959 think that 00:29:12.959 --> 00:29:13.379 the risen 00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.919 Christ, 00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.879 when he 00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.539 returns in 00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.959 glory, 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.959 to establish 00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:17.519 his reign 00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.259 on earth 00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.900 and it's 00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.700 come time 00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.200 to hand 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.099 out rewards, 00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.900 do you 00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.660 think that 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.000 he's going 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.339 to hand 00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:24.599 out trinkets 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.160 that you 00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.639 can lose 00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.139 in drawers? 00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.700 No! 00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.960 He's going 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.400 to give 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:31.519 great reward. 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.279 We work 00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.460 now to 00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.960 the Lord 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.700 and we 00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.819 have the 00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.339 assurance 00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.879 that we 00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.660 will receive 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:42.079 on that 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.599 day a 00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:44.619 reward from 00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.019 the Lord. 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.239 He's aiming 00:29:46.239 --> 00:29:47.079 us at 00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.659 the end 00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.259 of time. 00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:51.000 That's 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.579 when we're 00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.059 rewarded. 00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:53.819 And you 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.099 know what 00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.519 he's doing? 00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.899 It rescues 00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.819 us from 00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.719 being ruled 00:29:57.719 --> 00:29:58.639 by money. 00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.579 Do you 00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:02.819 know what 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.219 will help 00:30:03.219 --> 00:30:03.719 you endure 00:30:03.719 --> 00:30:04.219 the hardship 00:30:04.219 --> 00:30:04.619 of your 00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.979 work in 00:30:05.979 --> 00:30:06.259 light of 00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.699 this verse? 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.699 Read up 00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:09.459 on your 00:30:09.459 --> 00:30:10.039 eternal 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.839 inheritance. 00:30:12.479 --> 00:30:13.179 Maybe the 00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.720 best thing 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.039 you can 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.400 do. 00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:14.900 If you're 00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.380 wilting 00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.980 at work, 00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.920 maybe the 00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.420 best thing 00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:17.720 that you 00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:17.980 can do 00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.320 is open 00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:18.740 your Bible 00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.120 up to 00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.519 Revelation 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.240 21 and 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.539 22 and 00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.460 remember 00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.519 what God 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.440 has planned 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.060 for you. 00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:26.160 In those 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.779 two chapters, 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.539 we're given 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.039 a glimpse 00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.620 of the most 00:30:28.620 --> 00:30:29.539 glorious city 00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.220 that will ever 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.100 exist on the 00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.799 face of the 00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.120 planet, 00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.900 whether the 00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.680 planet is in 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.440 its old state 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.240 now under 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:36.259 the curse or 00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.660 when it's 00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.539 made anew 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.180 when Jesus 00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:39.000 comes back. 00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.820 And the 00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.380 most glorious 00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:43.160 aspect of 00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.720 this city, 00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.040 the new 00:30:44.040 --> 00:30:44.440 Jerusalem, 00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.400 is of course 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.100 that Jesus 00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:47.019 himself is 00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.259 there. 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.220 You're going 00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.759 to see him 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.180 face to 00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.580 face. 00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:52.880 You're going 00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.440 to stand in 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.820 his very 00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:54.279 presence. 00:30:54.540 --> 00:30:54.779 You're going 00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.240 to hear his 00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.019 audible voice. 00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.340 You're going 00:30:56.340 --> 00:30:56.960 to feel his 00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.860 embrace. 00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.900 We're not 00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.540 working for 00:31:02.540 --> 00:31:03.500 mere men, 00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:05.000 for earthly 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.600 bonuses. 00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.680 We are 00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.420 working now 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.120 as to the 00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.640 Lord, 00:31:10.040 --> 00:31:10.480 knowing he 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.980 will give us 00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.740 a reward for 00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.360 our faithfulness 00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.839 to him on 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.599 that day, 00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.759 and there's 00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.500 no bonus 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.240 that compares 00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.919 to that. 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.779 And when 00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.539 you own 00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.000 that, 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.659 and you're 00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:21.279 living that 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.939 way day by 00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:22.199 day, 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.259 guess what 00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.899 happens? 00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.939 You begin 00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.759 to blossom 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.919 in your 00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.539 workplace. 00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.939 You're not 00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:31.519 undone by 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:33.019 bonuses or 00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.859 non-bonuses. 00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.459 And despite 00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:37.039 what people 00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.519 say, 00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.439 to be 00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:38.859 heavenly 00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.959 minded is 00:31:39.959 --> 00:31:40.359 to be 00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.699 earthly 00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:41.059 good, 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.979 imagine 00:31:42.979 --> 00:31:43.559 two men 00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:46.459 six feet 00:31:46.459 --> 00:31:47.079 in the 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.459 ground 00:31:47.459 --> 00:31:48.099 digging a 00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.599 hole to 00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.000 lay a 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.399 coffin. 00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:49.979 They work 00:31:49.979 --> 00:31:50.279 for a 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.699 cemetery, 00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.599 and their 00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.519 backhoe is 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.899 broken. 00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:53.759 So their 00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.059 boss, 00:31:54.219 --> 00:31:54.539 Jerry, 00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:54.979 rudely 00:31:54.979 --> 00:31:55.519 tells them 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.859 that they 00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.319 need to 00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.719 get this 00:31:56.719 --> 00:31:57.279 hole dug 00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.259 before 10 00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.639 a.m. 00:31:58.959 --> 00:32:00.159 or else 00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:01.799 threat. 00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:05.240 It's going 00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.639 to be back 00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.379 breaking work, 00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.279 and they're 00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.779 digging in the 00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.279 hole together. 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.460 one of the 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.859 men digging 00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.420 is bitter 00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.180 and angry 00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.740 and only 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.119 puts us 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.639 back into 00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.299 it when 00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.079 boss Jerry 00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.859 comes around, 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.420 and when 00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.160 boss Jerry 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.799 isn't there, 00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.420 he complains, 00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.220 they can't 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.740 pay me enough 00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.200 to be doing 00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.599 this. 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.079 We can see 00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.519 who he's 00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.019 living for. 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.180 But the 00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.799 other man in 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.139 the hole, 00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.180 who was 00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.680 soundly 00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.379 converted to 00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.960 Christ in 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.660 prison four 00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.480 years earlier, 00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.879 he's thinking 00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.539 to himself, 00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.579 while he's in 00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.619 that hole, 00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.399 Jesus, 00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.059 I'm in this 00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.720 hole for you. 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.759 Thank you for 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.279 the work, 00:32:43.439 --> 00:32:44.240 despite the 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.879 pain and the 00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.279 strain. 00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.679 And then his 00:32:46.679 --> 00:32:47.519 mind goes to 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.439 his boss Jerry, 00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.039 and instead of 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.460 being bitter 00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.879 towards him, 00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.939 he prays for 00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:51.139 him. 00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:52.439 Oh God, 00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.859 Jerry seems to 00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.299 be having a 00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.759 hard day. 00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.379 God, would you 00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.799 bless him? 00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.720 Would you help 00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.240 me to be a 00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.960 blessing to him? 00:33:00.179 --> 00:33:00.740 Would you use 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:02.059 me, even in a 00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.720 subordinate role, 00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.980 to bless my 00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.599 boss? 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:07.159 And if that 00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:07.619 weren't enough, 00:33:07.719 --> 00:33:08.959 as this brother 00:33:08.959 --> 00:33:09.639 is digging, 00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.219 praying, this 00:33:11.219 --> 00:33:12.859 thought dawns on 00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:14.059 him while he's 00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.679 digging this 00:33:14.679 --> 00:33:15.240 grave. 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.740 There are no 00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.639 graves in the 00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:19.279 new Jerusalem. 00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:21.579 There are no 00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.159 graves in the 00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.659 new earth. 00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:24.319 There are no 00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.159 grave diggers 00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:26.119 there, because 00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.779 there's no 00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:28.059 death there. 00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.779 And all of a 00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.779 sudden, you see a 00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.519 brother in a 00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:33.419 hole with his 00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:34.379 mind set on 00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.880 his eternal 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:35.560 reward. 00:33:37.800 --> 00:33:38.580 Being a 00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:39.040 blessing, 00:33:39.540 --> 00:33:41.020 blossoming where 00:33:41.020 --> 00:33:42.520 he's planted six 00:33:42.520 --> 00:33:43.480 feet in a 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.860 hole. 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.440 As he's 00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:49.880 thinking these 00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:51.440 thoughts, he 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.120 laughs. 00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.340 His bitter 00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:55.100 co-worker says, 00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.960 what's so funny? 00:33:56.780 --> 00:33:57.500 The Christian 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:59.160 replies, I don't 00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.620 know, I could 00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.340 have had so much 00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:01.260 joy digging a 00:34:01.260 --> 00:34:01.820 grave. 00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:03.760 And you know 00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:05.079 what that bitter 00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:06.379 worker would 00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:06.759 ask? 00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.800 How can you be 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.539 joyful in a 00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.300 thing like this? 00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.000 I work for 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.320 Jesus. 00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.099 If you are 00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:20.699 blood-bought, you 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.780 work for Jesus 00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.219 now. 00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.559 And you work 00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.340 for Jesus, 00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:26.300 mindful of the 00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.539 reward waiting 00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.260 for you. 00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.699 Serve. 00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:30.759 serve. 00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:34.000 At the end of 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.819 verse 24, we 00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:35.439 read, you are 00:34:35.439 --> 00:34:36.179 serving the 00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:37.099 Lord Christ. 00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:42.399 This is, in 00:34:42.399 --> 00:34:43.019 the English, it's 00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.599 kind of weak. 00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.179 It's a really 00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:46.019 strong statement. 00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.799 Literally, word for 00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.839 word, from the 00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:49.460 Greek, it would 00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.639 read, the Lord 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:52.059 Christ you must be 00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.359 serving. 00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.000 It's emphatic. 00:34:54.419 --> 00:34:55.279 It's about Jesus. 00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.779 And you must be 00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:57.379 serving him. 00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:59.860 Think about this 00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:01.440 command to serve 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.760 Christ with your 00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:03.260 work. 00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:06.500 Think about it as a 00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:08.500 summary command, which 00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.760 the apostle is making 00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:11.599 sure that Christians 00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:15.039 are prioritizing right 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:16.140 their masters. 00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:20.400 the Lord Christ, you 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.219 say, serve. 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.920 Here's the point. 00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:25.679 All the work we do 00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.719 for our earthly 00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:28.219 masters is to be 00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:29.119 done for our 00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:30.279 ultimate master, 00:35:30.859 --> 00:35:31.859 Christ Jesus. 00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:34.099 Paul is saying that 00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:36.460 all work done is to 00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.799 be done in service 00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:38.559 to him. 00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:44.219 What's interesting to 00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:45.079 note is what Paul 00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.719 doesn't do. 00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:48.139 He doesn't 00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:49.679 disconnect secular 00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.739 work from sacred 00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:51.119 work. 00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.179 He doesn't 00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:54.519 disconnect saying, 00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.279 yeah, you serve 00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:55.860 your masters, 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.759 earthly masters over 00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.699 here, and then when 00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.279 you come to church, 00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.960 you can serve Jesus 00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.480 over here. 00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.279 He doesn't 00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:02.239 disconnect them. 00:36:03.319 --> 00:36:04.319 He integrates 00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:04.559 them. 00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.420 Work done for 00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:08.799 earthly masters is 00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.779 to be done as 00:36:09.779 --> 00:36:10.900 service to Christ, 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:12.420 and it's a lifeline 00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:14.559 for us all in our 00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.559 workplaces. 00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:18.860 All the work we do 00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:20.400 for our earthly 00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.840 bosses is to be 00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:23.059 done as service 00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.840 to Jesus. 00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:25.619 Our culture has 00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.460 driven a wedge 00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.480 between the secular 00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.559 and the sacred. 00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.619 There's secular work 00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.739 and there is sacred 00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.699 work, but the 00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.880 implication here is 00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:35.539 that all work for 00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.920 Christians is sacred 00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:38.139 because it's done 00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:39.059 unto Jesus. 00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:42.320 one can make the 00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:43.179 mistake of thinking 00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:44.840 that a guy like me 00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.940 serving as a pastor, 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:48.179 my work is sacred 00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:49.239 work, and that the 00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:50.139 work of a garbage 00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:51.460 collector or an 00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:53.019 investment banker or a 00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:54.279 teacher or an air 00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:56.320 plate pilot, they're 00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:57.380 secular work. 00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.440 work. 00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:00.480 But that's not true 00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:03.380 because Jesus is our 00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.780 Lord and all of our 00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.099 Lord. 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:07.140 We get to value all 00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:08.700 types of work because 00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:10.720 all types of work get 00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:13.220 to serve Jesus now. 00:37:14.220 --> 00:37:15.539 It's all sacred. 00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:19.140 All our work is sacred. 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.460 Now, you could say 00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:22.800 this, that the work that 00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:24.100 you do, data entry, 00:37:25.600 --> 00:37:26.440 cleaning rooms, 00:37:27.600 --> 00:37:28.519 analyzing data, 00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.539 listen to heartbeats, 00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:32.360 you could say that all 00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.760 the work that you do 00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:36.660 now is an offering of 00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:38.080 worship to the Lord 00:37:38.080 --> 00:37:38.920 Jesus Christ. 00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:45.039 And we just don't do 00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:47.060 our work unto Christ. 00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:50.600 We do our work as a 00:37:50.600 --> 00:37:51.920 representative of Christ. 00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:55.039 to do good to others. 00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.500 Verse 25 is a really 00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.320 interesting verse. 00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.620 For the wrongdoer will 00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:01.660 be paid back for the 00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:03.019 wrong he has done, and 00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:04.519 there is no partiality. 00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.920 The same Jesus who 00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.980 will reward those who 00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:09.300 do their work for him, 00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:10.820 the first part of 24, 00:38:11.600 --> 00:38:13.360 Jesus will impartially 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.860 pay back those who do 00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:16.500 the work of a wrongdoer. 00:38:18.580 --> 00:38:19.440 It's a warning. 00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.740 If you're in the room 00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.799 and you're doing your 00:38:22.799 --> 00:38:23.919 work and you're doing 00:38:23.919 --> 00:38:25.199 it as a wrongdoer, 00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.579 you're looking to not 00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:28.319 bless people, but to 00:38:28.319 --> 00:38:29.459 take advantage of people, 00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.959 you're exploiting people, 00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:32.019 you're exploiting your 00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:33.539 work, you've got to hear 00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:34.000 this. 00:38:34.379 --> 00:38:35.979 The Lord Jesus himself 00:38:35.979 --> 00:38:37.439 is going to hold you 00:38:37.439 --> 00:38:37.979 accountable. 00:38:38.939 --> 00:38:40.299 You've got the ultimate 00:38:40.299 --> 00:38:42.179 job review at the end of 00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.599 time. 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:48.199 But there's also a promise. 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:51.039 If you've been bought by 00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:52.480 the blood of Jesus, he's 00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.719 redeemed you from sin's 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:54.119 corruption. 00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:56.199 He's restored you as his 00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:57.319 image bearer to do good to 00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:58.460 others, and if that's true 00:38:58.460 --> 00:39:00.159 of you, you need not fear 00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:01.579 this warning, but take heart 00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:03.000 because the Lord sees. 00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:05.639 If you're in a context right 00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:08.059 now where you are being 00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:10.199 wronged by another worker or 00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:12.739 your supervisor, take heart. 00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:15.059 Jesus sees and he will pay 00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:17.019 them back impartially on the 00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:18.579 day he rewards you. 00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:23.639 In this section to 00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:26.539 subordinate workers, we see 00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:29.480 that we need to obey our 00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:31.199 earthly masters out of fear 00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:34.319 of the Lord, to work hard for 00:39:34.319 --> 00:39:38.039 our earthly masters as to the 00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:40.779 Lord, and we are to serve 00:39:40.779 --> 00:39:43.360 Jesus with our work. 00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:44.659 It's all about Jesus. 00:39:45.259 --> 00:39:46.679 It changes the way that you 00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:47.019 work. 00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:50.400 When you were bought by the 00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:53.400 blood of Jesus, he called you 00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:54.199 to work for him. 00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:59.000 As for masters in chapter 4, 00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:01.639 verse 1, those in positions of 00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:06.300 authority, what Paul is 00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:08.039 referring to here is if you 00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:09.720 have people reporting to you, 00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.900 people you need to be 00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:12.220 managing, whether that's one 00:40:12.220 --> 00:40:14.180 person or a thousand people, 00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.880 whether that's paid or 00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:18.560 volunteer, you need to know 00:40:18.560 --> 00:40:21.680 that God is very interested in 00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:23.240 how you conduct yourself with 00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.800 those people. 00:40:24.640 --> 00:40:26.300 You have an opportunity to 00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:28.519 represent Christ to them and to 00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.260 do good to them. 00:40:30.620 --> 00:40:31.900 If you're in a position of 00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:34.820 authority, chances are you are 00:40:34.820 --> 00:40:36.960 in a subordinate role too, that 00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:38.640 you yourself are reporting to 00:40:38.640 --> 00:40:39.280 someone else. 00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:42.300 And Paul plays on that here. 00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.640 Those in authority are 00:40:47.640 --> 00:40:49.100 commanded to treat their 00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:52.300 subordinates with justly and 00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:52.820 fairly. 00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:54.140 Do you see that in verse 1? 00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:55.400 Justly and fairly. 00:40:55.860 --> 00:40:57.140 Justly means to do what's 00:40:57.140 --> 00:40:57.360 right. 00:40:57.559 --> 00:41:00.420 You are to do right to those 00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:02.080 who you have responsibility for 00:41:02.080 --> 00:41:02.559 at work. 00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.940 You are to do them right. 00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.799 You are to treat them with 00:41:05.799 --> 00:41:06.980 respect and dignity. 00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:09.400 Don't use your position to 00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:10.159 wrong them. 00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.940 Use your position to bless 00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:13.559 them, to right them. 00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.480 Know their names. 00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:16.659 Know their situations. 00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.840 Know their strengths and 00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:18.259 weaknesses. 00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:21.460 Don't jump to conclusions if 00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:22.840 something goes sideways. 00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:24.579 But treat everybody with 00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.559 respect and dignity. 00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:28.719 And if you're wondering, hey, 00:41:28.799 --> 00:41:30.099 can you just help me out? 00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:31.900 How do I treat somebody 00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:33.059 rightly? 00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:37.039 It's the golden rule. 00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:39.099 How would you want to be 00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:39.380 treated? 00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:44.460 Fairly means to be treated 00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:45.380 with equity. 00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:48.380 Fair pay for their work. 00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:50.460 Fair expectations for the 00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:50.559 performance. 00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:53.119 Fair preparedness to get them 00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:54.259 ready to do what they've called 00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:56.380 to do and fair treatment of 00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:57.720 them as another person. 00:42:00.200 --> 00:42:01.440 If you're in a position of 00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:03.800 authority, you are not more 00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:06.160 valuable than they are because 00:42:06.160 --> 00:42:07.400 you have a different position 00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:08.960 or you have a greater pay. 00:42:09.680 --> 00:42:13.320 You are equal in God's sight as 00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:14.500 image bearers. 00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:16.340 So treat them fairly. 00:42:18.540 --> 00:42:19.780 If you're in a position of 00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:22.440 authority, can I encourage you 00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:24.700 to begin to pray for those who 00:42:24.700 --> 00:42:25.500 report to you? 00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:26.760 Pray for them by name. 00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.840 I've got a friend. 00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.619 He's a manager. 00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.800 And when someone who is 00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:33.079 working for him is out of 00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.800 sorts, do you know what he 00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.059 does? 00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:36.619 He calls them into his office 00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:37.539 and he prays for them. 00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:40.579 He hasn't been turned down 00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:40.840 yet. 00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:44.400 He treats people fairly, 00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:45.900 kindly, with dignity. 00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:47.700 He loves them. 00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:52.139 And look how Paul motivates 00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:52.599 this. 00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:54.960 Knowing that you also have a 00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:55.779 master in heaven. 00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:58.619 What a sober reminder. 00:42:59.079 --> 00:43:00.539 The master language is 00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.079 purposeful. 00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.899 Paul is implying that though 00:43:02.899 --> 00:43:04.119 someone may be an earthly 00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:05.659 master, if they are blood 00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:08.179 bought, they are a slave to 00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:08.939 the Lord Jesus. 00:43:09.939 --> 00:43:11.059 They have a master. 00:43:12.399 --> 00:43:13.799 They must serve the Lord 00:43:13.799 --> 00:43:16.419 Christ in their position out of 00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:18.780 a subordination to Jesus. 00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:23.159 That's who you are. 00:43:27.780 --> 00:43:31.700 If you treat people the way 00:43:31.700 --> 00:43:33.000 that you're being called to 00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:34.780 treat people here with 00:43:34.780 --> 00:43:38.519 justice and fairness and 00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:42.420 dignity and kindness, you're 00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:44.539 going to bloom where you're 00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:47.320 planted and you're going to 00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:47.960 stand out. 00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.980 Managing people is hard. 00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:54.179 So instead of coping with 00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:55.900 the stress of managing 00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:58.139 people by drinking in a way 00:43:58.139 --> 00:44:00.039 or by entertaining in a way 00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:02.599 or by sleeping around or 00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:03.820 trying to get as much stuff 00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:05.400 as you can, climb the ladder, 00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:07.639 try to just cope with the 00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:10.719 hardness of it, you get to 00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:12.460 love Jesus through it. 00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:16.039 It's for his sake. 00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:17.820 You represent him by doing 00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:18.900 good to those under your 00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.360 authority. 00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:21.579 Your work is holy work because 00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:23.579 it's done unto Christ and he 00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:25.260 will cause you to bloom where 00:44:25.260 --> 00:44:25.900 you're planted. 00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:28.740 So whether you were working as 00:44:28.740 --> 00:44:30.220 a subordinate or working in a 00:44:30.220 --> 00:44:32.480 position of authority, Christ 00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:34.460 redeemed you with his blood to 00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:35.599 work for him. 00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:38.059 If you're a blood bought, you 00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:39.220 work for Jesus now. 00:44:39.219 --> 00:44:41.299 Now, we were created in God's 00:44:41.299 --> 00:44:43.359 image to represent him by doing 00:44:43.359 --> 00:44:44.579 good to others through our 00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:46.719 work, but sin has corrupted that 00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:49.039 good gift and we rejected being 00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:50.219 an image bearer of God to 00:44:50.219 --> 00:44:52.019 represent ourselves and not too 00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:52.679 good to people. 00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:54.379 But Jesus has come, the 00:44:54.379 --> 00:44:56.659 offspring of Eve, and through his 00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:57.779 death and resurrection, he's 00:44:57.779 --> 00:44:59.419 vanquished the serpent of old. 00:45:00.419 --> 00:45:04.000 And so now we represent him in 00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.219 our workplaces. 00:45:05.339 --> 00:45:07.879 We do good to others and he will 00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:10.559 cause us to blossom where we've 00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:10.960 planted. 00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:13.700 And so when Jesus said from the 00:45:13.700 --> 00:45:16.559 cross, it is finished. 00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:22.820 It was his good work to free you 00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:25.360 to work for him. 00:45:26.980 --> 00:45:28.519 Let me encourage you with three 00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:28.900 things. 00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:31.640 First, before you go to work 00:45:31.640 --> 00:45:33.480 tomorrow, set your sights on 00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:33.940 Jesus. 00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:37.059 Remember, he is more valuable 00:45:37.059 --> 00:45:39.639 than anything at work. 00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:42.920 Value him above all else. 00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:46.900 Second, commit to memory. 00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:50.559 Verses like Colossians 3.24. 00:45:51.420 --> 00:45:53.599 Just the words, you are serving 00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:55.880 the Lord Christ and personalize 00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:56.000 it. 00:45:56.280 --> 00:45:58.059 You go to work tomorrow and you 00:45:58.059 --> 00:46:00.380 go in with Jesus saying, I'm 00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:01.740 serving the Lord Jesus today. 00:46:01.739 --> 00:46:02.959 I'm serving the Lord Jesus 00:46:02.959 --> 00:46:03.359 today. 00:46:03.899 --> 00:46:05.199 Halfway through the day, I'm 00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:06.439 serving the Lord Jesus today. 00:46:06.779 --> 00:46:07.919 Jesus, I'm serving you. 00:46:08.419 --> 00:46:10.179 Doing this all for you, for your 00:46:10.179 --> 00:46:10.739 sake. 00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:15.719 And then finally, pray. 00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:19.939 Pray for those you report to. 00:46:20.699 --> 00:46:22.579 Pray for those who report to 00:46:22.579 --> 00:46:22.899 you. 00:46:23.939 --> 00:46:26.939 See them through God's eyes as 00:46:26.939 --> 00:46:29.679 image bearers needing redemption. 00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:35.159 When Jesus is your all in all, he 00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:37.000 will cause you to blossom in the 00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:38.960 very place where he's planted you. 00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:42.239 And that's good news for those who 00:46:42.239 --> 00:46:42.699 are wilting. 00:46:43.899 --> 00:46:44.559 Let's pray. 00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:47.559 God, thank you so much for your 00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:47.839 word. 00:46:48.359 --> 00:46:49.980 I pray that you would use your word 00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:52.980 now and stir our minds and hearts 00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:54.980 that, Lord Jesus, we would serve you 00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:57.639 tomorrow and Tuesday and Wednesday 00:46:57.639 --> 00:47:00.019 in whatever place of work you 00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:00.699 place us. 00:47:01.659 --> 00:47:04.139 Ultimately, Lord Jesus, it's your 00:47:04.139 --> 00:47:05.519 fame and glory that we want. 00:47:06.059 --> 00:47:07.319 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:08.559 Amen. 00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:08.719 Amen. 00:47:08.719 --> 00:47:08.759 Amen. 00:47:08.759 --> 00:47:08.799 Amen. 00:47:08.799 --> 00:47:08.819 Amen. 00:47:08.819 --> 00:47:08.859 Amen. 00:47:08.859 --> 00:47:08.940 Amen. 00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:10.799 Amen. 00:47:10.799 --> 00:47:10.819 Amen. 00:47:10.819 --> 00:47:12.859 Amen. 00:47:12.859 --> 00:47:12.940 Amen. 00:47:12.940 --> 00:47:14.859 Amen. 00:47:14.859 --> 00:47:15.859 Amen. 00:47:15.859 --> 00:47:16.859 Amen. 00:47:16.859 --> 00:47:17.859 Amen. 00:47:17.859 --> 00:47:18.859 Amen. 00:47:18.859 --> 00:47:18.900 Amen. 00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:19.859 Amen. 00:47:19.859 --> 00:47:20.900 Amen. 00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:21.859 Amen. 00:47:21.859 --> 00:47:23.859 Amen. 00:47:23.859 --> 00:47:24.859 Amen. 00:47:24.859 --> 00:47:25.859 Amen. 00:47:25.859 --> 00:47:26.859 Amen. 00:47:26.859 --> 00:47:26.960 Amen.