WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.200 the one who came not to be served, but to serve. 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:06.280 And so over the next six weeks, 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:11.599 we're going to be dipping into Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus. 00:00:11.900 --> 00:00:17.280 And this letter is about the church and it's about who the church is. 00:00:17.859 --> 00:00:19.780 And it's time for us to pick it up again. 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:21.920 We've done it before, time for us to pick it up again 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:26.400 and get an idea of what God says the church is 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:31.359 as we look ahead to the next year and closing of Vision 2020 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:35.899 and to seek what he has in store for us 00:00:35.899 --> 00:00:39.679 as we plan to move forward in our life together in this city. 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:44.239 Paul shows us here in this letter 00:00:44.239 --> 00:00:50.799 the incredible scope of God's plan for the universe, 00:00:51.599 --> 00:00:55.799 his agenda for the universe 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:59.199 through time and eternity through the Lord Jesus 00:00:59.199 --> 00:01:04.159 and therefore his agenda for the church, 00:01:04.739 --> 00:01:06.640 his agenda for this church. 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.140 So if you're lucky to follow me today, 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:13.019 you hopefully receive one of these on the way in, 00:01:13.060 --> 00:01:13.979 a bit of an outline, 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:16.239 which you'll have the passage in front of you 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:19.879 and also my three extensive points. 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:22.359 And from there, 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.119 also if you haven't got this, 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:27.039 you can also use the St. Paul's app. 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:27.920 It's in front of you as well. 00:01:27.979 --> 00:01:29.659 But let me just launch into it. 00:01:30.219 --> 00:01:30.979 First of all, 00:01:31.039 --> 00:01:32.340 I want to pick up verse three 00:01:32.340 --> 00:01:35.039 because verse three in chapter one 00:01:35.039 --> 00:01:37.780 is an astonishing claim, 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:40.340 but it's also the summary verse 00:01:40.340 --> 00:01:42.519 of the entire chapter of chapter one. 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:57.039 What does it mean to be blessed? 00:01:58.919 --> 00:02:02.979 Every spiritual blessing in Christ. 00:02:02.979 --> 00:02:04.840 What a statement that is. 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:07.979 The rest of chapter one just simply unpacks 00:02:07.979 --> 00:02:09.680 what it means to be blessed. 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:12.420 And this statement says there's nothing lacking. 00:02:12.659 --> 00:02:13.939 There's nothing overlooked. 00:02:14.060 --> 00:02:15.360 There's nothing held back. 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:18.319 Now, when we use the word blessing today, 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:20.040 it doesn't carry the same force 00:02:20.040 --> 00:02:22.140 that's meant here in this verse. 00:02:22.700 --> 00:02:25.280 You know, I mostly sign off my emails 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:29.120 and text messages with the word blessing from Steve, 00:02:29.300 --> 00:02:30.840 you know, blessing Steve. 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.879 And it means that I wish you well, 00:02:35.480 --> 00:02:38.280 even if the text doesn't necessarily indicate that 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:40.039 of what I've just sent you, 00:02:40.140 --> 00:02:41.439 I'm wishing you well. 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:43.640 In verse three, 00:02:44.900 --> 00:02:48.539 it means something far more profound. 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:53.039 Its meaning is very similar 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:57.020 to the Old Testament word shalom. 00:02:57.020 --> 00:03:03.580 Every blessing carries the meaning 00:03:03.580 --> 00:03:08.280 to have every joy and every benefit 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:13.320 that your heart and your soul needs and longs for. 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:15.879 That's what it means to have every blessing. 00:03:16.060 --> 00:03:17.660 That's what the word blessing means. 00:03:18.660 --> 00:03:22.219 To have every joy and every benefit 00:03:22.219 --> 00:03:26.160 that your heart and your soul needs and longs for. 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:30.979 And the declaration here in verse three 00:03:30.979 --> 00:03:33.579 is that if you are a Christian, 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:35.639 if you're a disciple of the Lord Jesus, 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:38.519 you're a member of God's family, 00:03:39.019 --> 00:03:42.079 then you've got it already. 00:03:42.939 --> 00:03:47.060 You have every spiritual blessing now. 00:03:47.180 --> 00:03:49.699 It's a past tense in the original language. 00:03:49.699 --> 00:03:55.519 The blessings that are ours are listed 00:03:55.519 --> 00:03:57.839 in verses three to 14, 00:03:58.060 --> 00:03:59.879 which in the original text 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:03.799 is one long, complex sentence. 00:04:07.099 --> 00:04:10.639 It's a sentence which is meant to overwhelm us 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:11.799 with every blessing. 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:16.420 And each one of them has many, 00:04:16.579 --> 00:04:18.600 many applications. 00:04:18.939 --> 00:04:21.939 Each one could fill a library with its applications. 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:24.740 And I think that Paul deliberately wants us 00:04:24.740 --> 00:04:26.360 to be overwhelmed 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:30.780 with this massive cosmic list 00:04:30.780 --> 00:04:33.620 of what God has done for us in Jesus. 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:37.500 Now, I just want to unpack just briefly two of them, 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:39.500 adoption and redemption. 00:04:40.579 --> 00:04:41.360 Have a look at the end of, 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:42.720 and when I say briefly unpack, 00:04:42.860 --> 00:04:44.639 I mean really briefly unpack. 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:46.180 Verse four, 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:47.920 in love, 00:04:48.019 --> 00:04:50.360 he predestined us for adoption 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:53.319 to sonship through Jesus Christ. 00:04:53.740 --> 00:04:58.000 Now, adoption has multiple aspects to it. 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:01.279 Adoption means that through Jesus Christ, 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:07.600 that God is not just our King and our Savior, 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:09.639 but he is our Father. 00:05:11.019 --> 00:05:14.160 Jesus brings us into the ultimate family, 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:16.540 the eternal family. 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:22.019 One implication is that we have access to him 00:05:22.019 --> 00:05:24.579 as his much-loved children. 00:05:24.579 --> 00:05:28.120 One very famous photo of John F. Kennedy 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:30.620 when he was President of the United States 00:05:30.620 --> 00:05:34.500 is his young son, John Jr., 00:05:34.500 --> 00:05:38.099 playing under his desk in the Oval Office 00:05:38.099 --> 00:05:40.399 while he is having a meeting with other officials 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:43.180 and getting on with being the most powerful person 00:05:43.180 --> 00:05:43.740 in the world. 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:47.959 Anyone else try to get that kind of access 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:49.699 to the President 00:05:49.699 --> 00:05:52.039 would be stopped. 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:55.360 You know, I just can't walk into the Oval Office 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:57.800 and play at Donald Trump's feet. 00:05:58.319 --> 00:05:59.400 Doesn't work. 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:01.180 Not that I want to, but doesn't work. 00:06:02.260 --> 00:06:04.960 Or if you decide to rush the President, 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:06.520 you'd be shot. 00:06:09.060 --> 00:06:10.960 As a child of God, 00:06:11.100 --> 00:06:14.280 we can access him without appointments, 00:06:14.640 --> 00:06:15.280 without fear. 00:06:15.400 --> 00:06:18.240 We can boldly run into his arms. 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:21.340 Adoption also means inheritance. 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:24.720 This is why the emphasis here 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:26.400 is on us being adopted, 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:27.800 whether you're male or female, 00:06:28.080 --> 00:06:30.080 as sons of God. 00:06:31.280 --> 00:06:33.319 In the first century Palestine, 00:06:34.080 --> 00:06:37.360 only sons could be heirs 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:41.500 and inherit the property of the Father 00:06:41.500 --> 00:06:42.879 when this was first written. 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:45.259 And as adopted sons, 00:06:45.259 --> 00:06:48.099 we are co-heirs with Jesus 00:06:48.099 --> 00:06:49.819 of the future. 00:06:49.819 --> 00:06:51.939 We inherit the future. 00:06:51.939 --> 00:06:55.459 We don't know completely what that means, 00:06:55.860 --> 00:06:57.000 but Jesus says, 00:06:57.219 --> 00:06:59.060 the meek will inherit the earth. 00:07:00.500 --> 00:07:02.459 Adoption also means security. 00:07:04.039 --> 00:07:05.579 If you're an employee, 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:10.120 how long does your employer put up 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:11.100 with your bad behavior 00:07:11.100 --> 00:07:11.840 and your failures? 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:16.459 It varies, I suppose. 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:19.199 But everyone has their limits. 00:07:20.459 --> 00:07:21.620 But how long does a parent 00:07:21.620 --> 00:07:22.879 put up with the waywardness 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:23.540 of a child? 00:07:25.220 --> 00:07:26.459 It's kind of forever. 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:30.439 God is our Father 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:32.379 and we are secure in his love. 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:35.420 But the prior to place here 00:07:35.420 --> 00:07:36.439 in chapter one 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:39.240 is redemption. 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:41.019 Verse seven. 00:07:41.779 --> 00:07:42.439 We are told, 00:07:42.699 --> 00:07:45.199 in him we have redemption. 00:07:46.379 --> 00:07:47.100 Now redemption, 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:48.300 again, 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:50.560 is a loaded word 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:53.219 with multiple implications. 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:55.860 It's actually the word 00:07:55.860 --> 00:07:57.240 for ransom, 00:07:58.259 --> 00:07:59.980 which is a bit more 00:07:59.980 --> 00:08:01.899 than simply paying a debt. 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:04.659 Ransom carries the meaning 00:08:04.659 --> 00:08:06.019 which is a bit more 00:08:06.019 --> 00:08:08.139 than just paying a debt. 00:08:09.459 --> 00:08:10.719 It is, in fact, 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:11.939 in the first century, 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:13.540 the word that's used 00:08:13.540 --> 00:08:15.120 to set a prisoner free. 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:19.519 For instance, 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:20.579 in New York, 00:08:21.420 --> 00:08:21.959 when, 00:08:22.100 --> 00:08:23.540 if you ever get your car 00:08:23.540 --> 00:08:25.019 towed away by authorities 00:08:25.019 --> 00:08:25.879 because you're parked 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:26.939 in the wrong spot, 00:08:27.699 --> 00:08:28.899 they put it in a 00:08:28.899 --> 00:08:30.860 car prison, 00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:33.080 a sort of a holding yard. 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:36.460 And those holding yards 00:08:36.460 --> 00:08:38.539 are called redemption centers. 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:41.919 When you pay the fine, 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:45.060 they release your car to you. 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:47.279 When you pay the fine 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:49.639 and they do not stamp 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:50.639 on the fine 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:51.940 paid, 00:08:52.740 --> 00:08:54.680 they stamp on the fine 00:08:54.680 --> 00:08:56.180 redeemed. 00:08:56.179 --> 00:09:01.459 And when you pay the fine, 00:09:01.839 --> 00:09:03.479 you get stamped 00:09:03.479 --> 00:09:04.039 redeem 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:05.179 on your fine 00:09:05.179 --> 00:09:06.879 and you release 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:07.439 your car 00:09:07.439 --> 00:09:08.239 from captivity. 00:09:10.139 --> 00:09:11.199 Redemption means 00:09:11.199 --> 00:09:12.099 paying a debt 00:09:12.099 --> 00:09:12.859 that we owe, 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:14.439 but it also means 00:09:14.439 --> 00:09:15.439 being liberated 00:09:15.439 --> 00:09:16.500 from slavery. 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:19.659 Indian lawyer 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:20.599 and activist 00:09:20.599 --> 00:09:21.419 Mahatma Gandhi 00:09:21.419 --> 00:09:22.259 said that 00:09:22.259 --> 00:09:23.299 both Eastern 00:09:23.299 --> 00:09:24.399 and Western 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:25.179 religions 00:09:25.179 --> 00:09:26.240 all agree 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:28.019 that human beings 00:09:28.019 --> 00:09:29.179 are not free. 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:31.819 We are all 00:09:31.819 --> 00:09:32.700 slaves, 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:34.419 in his words, 00:09:35.019 --> 00:09:36.259 to selfishness 00:09:36.259 --> 00:09:37.439 and the ego. 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:40.000 And I reckon 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:40.840 he was pretty right. 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:43.480 We are always, 00:09:43.539 --> 00:09:44.819 every single human being, 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:46.159 always grasping 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:46.700 at things 00:09:46.700 --> 00:09:48.139 because our egos 00:09:48.139 --> 00:09:49.580 are constantly 00:09:49.580 --> 00:09:51.000 needing to be fed. 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:52.559 And of course, 00:09:52.620 --> 00:09:53.259 we are constantly 00:09:53.259 --> 00:09:54.100 grasping 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:54.980 at power 00:09:54.980 --> 00:09:55.360 of money, 00:09:55.460 --> 00:09:55.779 of beauty, 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:56.299 of status, 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:56.919 of popularity, 00:09:57.019 --> 00:09:57.659 of recognition. 00:09:57.980 --> 00:09:58.840 It puts us 00:09:58.840 --> 00:09:59.419 at the center. 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:00.440 We push everyone 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:01.000 else away 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:02.059 so that my ego 00:10:02.059 --> 00:10:02.860 can be fed. 00:10:05.139 --> 00:10:05.960 And Gandhi 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:07.039 went on to say 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:08.279 that Christianity 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:09.299 helps. 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:10.659 And he was a student 00:10:10.659 --> 00:10:11.240 of Christianity 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:12.000 even though he was 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:12.419 a Hindu. 00:10:13.100 --> 00:10:14.259 He got most 00:10:14.259 --> 00:10:15.100 of his theological 00:10:15.100 --> 00:10:15.980 formation about 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:16.620 Christianity from 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:17.379 Tolstoy, 00:10:17.580 --> 00:10:18.200 which I would 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:19.000 never recommend. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:20.039 but, 00:10:20.419 --> 00:10:21.120 so that's where 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:21.419 you can see 00:10:21.419 --> 00:10:22.340 his failure here. 00:10:22.779 --> 00:10:23.500 He went on to say 00:10:23.500 --> 00:10:24.179 that Christianity 00:10:24.179 --> 00:10:25.799 helps because 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:26.820 in Jesus, 00:10:27.659 --> 00:10:28.779 we have a way 00:10:28.779 --> 00:10:30.059 to be really free 00:10:30.059 --> 00:10:31.419 from the selfishness 00:10:31.419 --> 00:10:33.460 and the egocentricity 00:10:33.460 --> 00:10:34.659 that enslaves us 00:10:34.659 --> 00:10:37.919 through his example. 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:42.240 He said Jesus 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:43.279 was the ultimate 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:44.960 example of nonviolence, 00:10:45.659 --> 00:10:46.740 the ultimate example 00:10:46.740 --> 00:10:47.860 of giving up power 00:10:47.860 --> 00:10:48.700 and wealth 00:10:48.700 --> 00:10:50.000 and influence, 00:10:50.620 --> 00:10:51.759 the ultimate example 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:53.100 of sacrificial service. 00:10:53.460 --> 00:10:54.039 So he says, 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:55.060 look to Jesus 00:10:55.060 --> 00:10:56.320 forgiving, 00:10:56.940 --> 00:10:58.000 loving and serving, 00:10:58.259 --> 00:10:59.360 dying for others 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:01.200 and when you see him, 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:02.799 you will be moved 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:04.240 and it will liberate you 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:04.980 from selfishness 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:05.379 and ego 00:11:05.379 --> 00:11:07.019 to go and do likewise 00:11:07.019 --> 00:11:08.039 following his footsteps. 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:12.659 Now with all due respect 00:11:12.659 --> 00:11:16.019 to Gandhi's 00:11:16.019 --> 00:11:18.299 massive achievements, 00:11:18.959 --> 00:11:22.099 he missed a crucial point 00:11:22.099 --> 00:11:22.879 of Christianity. 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:27.159 If we look to the amazing life 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:28.679 and service of Jesus 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:29.620 for others 00:11:29.620 --> 00:11:31.759 and try to live 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:32.879 like he lived, 00:11:33.379 --> 00:11:35.000 to follow in his footsteps 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:36.459 in order to be fully free, 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:40.280 it will crush you, 00:11:41.280 --> 00:11:43.420 it will kill you. 00:11:46.420 --> 00:11:49.300 There is no egocentricity 00:11:49.300 --> 00:11:50.639 in his life whatsoever. 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:53.759 Even a secularist 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:54.580 would declare that. 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:58.860 It is a perfect life. 00:11:59.160 --> 00:12:00.160 He is not driven 00:12:00.160 --> 00:12:01.340 by the need for security 00:12:01.340 --> 00:12:02.240 and approval and power. 00:12:02.680 --> 00:12:03.920 To try to be like him 00:12:03.920 --> 00:12:05.639 would end up crushing us 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:06.679 under the weight 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:07.840 of expectations 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:09.039 that cannot be met. 00:12:09.740 --> 00:12:11.899 We would be cursed, 00:12:12.439 --> 00:12:14.039 not blessed, 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:16.159 if we followed 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:17.019 in Gandhi's way. 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:20.399 We don't need someone 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:21.220 to live up to. 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:22.939 We need someone 00:12:22.939 --> 00:12:23.939 to liberate us, 00:12:24.460 --> 00:12:25.740 to set us free 00:12:25.740 --> 00:12:26.519 from slavery. 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:32.259 If I see Jesus Christ 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:33.879 loving, 00:12:35.539 --> 00:12:35.980 forgiving, 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:38.279 serving, 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:40.860 and dying, 00:12:41.439 --> 00:12:43.639 not for others, 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:45.980 but for me, 00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:47.679 for me, 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:50.919 doing all that for me 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:52.059 in my place, 00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:54.159 oh, 00:12:54.219 --> 00:12:54.819 that's different. 00:12:55.699 --> 00:12:57.259 That is very different. 00:12:59.939 --> 00:13:01.559 And this is how 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:03.779 we can be truly blessed. 00:13:06.939 --> 00:13:08.279 I'm up to my second point 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:09.000 if you're following me on. 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:11.419 The big and the repeated 00:13:11.419 --> 00:13:12.200 statements 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:14.440 in chapter one 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:15.080 is 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:16.919 every blessing 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:18.259 comes to us 00:13:18.259 --> 00:13:20.559 in Christ. 00:13:21.179 --> 00:13:23.320 Not being like Christ, 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:25.860 but in Christ. 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:27.039 Verse three again, 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:28.080 praise the God and Father 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:29.240 of our Lord Jesus Christ 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:30.879 who has blessed us 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:32.320 in the heavenly realms 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:34.559 with every spiritual blessing 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:36.279 in Christ. 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:37.699 It's also verse four, 00:13:37.819 --> 00:13:38.279 verse five, 00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:38.779 verse seven, 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.319 verse nine, 00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:39.939 verse 11. 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:41.459 When you become a Christian, 00:13:41.779 --> 00:13:42.860 you are not just given 00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:44.459 an example to follow 00:13:44.459 --> 00:13:45.299 in Jesus. 00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:47.339 He is that. 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:49.439 You are not just given 00:13:49.439 --> 00:13:50.679 a king to obey. 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:52.620 He is that. 00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:55.100 Nor simply given 00:13:55.100 --> 00:13:56.659 a savior to appreciate. 00:13:57.679 --> 00:13:58.519 He is that. 00:13:59.899 --> 00:14:01.379 When you become a Christian, 00:14:01.980 --> 00:14:03.019 you are put 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:03.779 in 00:14:03.779 --> 00:14:04.699 him. 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:07.720 everything 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:08.740 that is his, 00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:10.699 he departs 00:14:10.699 --> 00:14:11.279 to us. 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:15.839 Everything he has, 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:17.379 all of his accomplishments 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:18.539 are yours. 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:20.879 Every blessing 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:21.639 comes from being 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:22.639 connected to Jesus. 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:23.839 We have no 00:14:23.839 --> 00:14:24.959 spiritual blessing 00:14:24.959 --> 00:14:25.659 unless we are 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.579 connected to Jesus. 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:27.659 These blessings 00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:28.240 are not something 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.079 that we earn 00:14:29.079 --> 00:14:30.100 by our religious 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:31.360 or our moral effort. 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:34.779 In fact, 00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:35.879 the very first few 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:37.039 verses of chapter two 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:38.460 help us to see 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:41.320 that to get 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:42.460 every blessing 00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:43.800 cannot be achieved 00:14:43.800 --> 00:14:44.800 by trying harder. 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:47.580 Have a look at it. 00:14:49.060 --> 00:14:49.759 Ephesians two, 00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:50.480 verses one to three, 00:14:50.560 --> 00:14:51.639 we get the diagnosis 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.600 of the human condition 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:54.259 and why our efforts 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:57.080 cannot achieve anything. 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:59.540 As for you, 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:00.820 you are dead 00:15:00.820 --> 00:15:01.900 in your transgressions 00:15:01.900 --> 00:15:02.379 and sins 00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:03.040 in which you used 00:15:03.040 --> 00:15:03.480 to live 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:04.460 when you followed 00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:05.400 the ways of this world 00:15:05.400 --> 00:15:06.180 and the rule of the kingdom 00:15:06.180 --> 00:15:06.580 of the air, 00:15:06.660 --> 00:15:07.180 the spirit 00:15:07.180 --> 00:15:08.440 who is now at work 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:09.680 in those who are disobedient. 00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:11.500 All of us 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:12.780 also lived among them 00:15:12.780 --> 00:15:13.540 at one time, 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:15.320 gratifying the cravings 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:16.200 of our sinful nature 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:17.639 and following its desires 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:18.300 and thoughts. 00:15:18.780 --> 00:15:19.720 Like the rest, 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:21.080 we were by nature 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:21.759 objects 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.900 of wrath. 00:15:22.899 --> 00:15:26.840 Paul is not saying 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:27.819 here, 00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:31.379 like Gandhi, 00:15:32.459 --> 00:15:34.360 that we are in danger 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.919 of death, 00:15:35.539 --> 00:15:37.179 but that we are 00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:37.919 in a state 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:38.679 of real 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:40.039 and present death. 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:43.299 And it would appear 00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:44.319 that God's got it wrong 00:15:44.319 --> 00:15:46.379 because there are people 00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:47.379 all around us 00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:49.159 living day by day 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:49.759 in the city 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:53.019 whose bodies 00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:53.720 are active, 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.319 whose minds 00:15:55.319 --> 00:15:55.879 are sharp 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.740 and personalities 00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.299 brimming. 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:01.039 Has he got it wrong 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:03.100 that we are dead 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:04.319 even though 00:16:04.319 --> 00:16:04.960 we are present? 00:16:06.819 --> 00:16:07.559 The philosopher 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:08.299 Jerry Bentham 00:16:08.299 --> 00:16:09.559 died on the 6th of June. 00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:10.179 I've told you about 00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:11.120 this guy in the past. 00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:13.500 Died on the 6th of June, 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.379 1832 00:16:14.379 --> 00:16:15.939 and in his will 00:16:15.939 --> 00:16:17.720 he requested 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:19.500 that he had his body 00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:20.100 preserved 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:21.220 and put in a wooden 00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:21.660 cabinet. 00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:24.240 He left his entire 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:24.720 estate, 00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:26.220 which was quite an estate, 00:16:26.660 --> 00:16:27.899 to the University College 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.960 Hospital in London 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:30.399 on the condition 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:32.120 that his body 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:33.399 be placed 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:34.420 in attendance 00:16:34.420 --> 00:16:35.779 at all hospital 00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.560 board meetings. 00:16:38.220 --> 00:16:39.540 And this duty 00:16:39.540 --> 00:16:40.680 is carried out 00:16:40.680 --> 00:16:41.500 to this day. 00:16:42.460 --> 00:16:43.259 That's not his 00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:44.019 original head. 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:44.899 They had to come up 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.600 with another one 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:46.240 because it was pretty 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:46.639 creepy. 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:50.100 it's carried out 00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:50.720 every day. 00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:52.080 The cabinet 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:52.759 is wheeled 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:53.540 into the room 00:16:53.540 --> 00:16:55.480 to the board table 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.660 and the chairman 00:16:56.660 --> 00:16:57.300 says, 00:16:57.879 --> 00:16:58.639 Jeremy Bentham 00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.100 present 00:16:59.100 --> 00:17:00.019 but not voting. 00:17:03.540 --> 00:17:04.579 It's astounding 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.420 but it's amazing 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.319 when you want 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:07.140 someone's estate 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.579 you'll do 00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:08.420 whatever it takes. 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:10.779 He will never 00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.740 raise a hand 00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:12.360 in response 00:17:12.360 --> 00:17:13.059 to a motion. 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:15.039 He will never 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.920 submit a motion 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:17.720 although he's 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.360 been there 00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:19.380 in body 00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:22.060 for 175 00:17:22.060 --> 00:17:23.620 years, 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.720 he's been 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.200 dead 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:25.779 the entire 00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.240 time. 00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:30.180 Dead 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:31.000 people are 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.400 dead. 00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.720 They cannot 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.560 do anything 00:17:33.560 --> 00:17:34.360 for themselves 00:17:34.360 --> 00:17:35.500 and what 00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.560 Ephesians 2 00:17:36.560 --> 00:17:37.279 says 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.279 is that 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.980 every 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.980 human 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.720 being 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.860 is in that 00:17:41.860 --> 00:17:42.320 position 00:17:42.320 --> 00:17:43.180 spiritually 00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:43.660 left to 00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:43.960 their own 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.380 devices. 00:17:47.380 --> 00:17:48.539 In the area 00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.039 that matters 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.560 the most 00:17:49.560 --> 00:17:50.500 the soul 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.400 there is 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.400 no life 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:53.240 left to 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:53.620 our own 00:17:53.620 --> 00:17:54.140 devices 00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:54.920 we are all 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:55.759 blind to 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.420 the reality 00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:58.259 the demands 00:17:58.259 --> 00:18:00.100 and the glory 00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:00.799 of the Lord 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:02.019 Jesus Christ. 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.580 Verses 2 00:18:03.580 --> 00:18:04.060 and 3 00:18:04.060 --> 00:18:04.779 says that 00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.140 that's our 00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:05.799 natural state 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:06.340 all of us 00:18:06.340 --> 00:18:06.940 are dominated 00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.960 by the world 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.539 from without 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.579 the devil 00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.240 from beyond 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.980 and our 00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.639 own sinful 00:18:11.639 --> 00:18:12.220 desires 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.879 from within. 00:18:13.899 --> 00:18:14.220 We are 00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:14.700 helpless 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.659 hopeless 00:18:15.659 --> 00:18:16.619 and in 00:18:16.619 --> 00:18:17.700 great peril 00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.879 unless something 00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:19.700 is done 00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:20.879 to save 00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:21.180 us 00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:21.879 to bring 00:18:21.879 --> 00:18:22.960 us back 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.779 to life 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.240 we are 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:24.799 dead 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.980 in our 00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.720 transgressions 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.379 and sins 00:18:27.379 --> 00:18:28.819 and the 00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.339 good news 00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:29.680 is that 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.019 from the 00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.740 deep depths 00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.659 of helplessness 00:18:31.659 --> 00:18:32.460 death 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:33.099 and despair 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:34.519 we now 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.119 move to 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:35.779 the astounding 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.700 contrast 00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:38.000 of verse 4 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.980 but because 00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.299 of his 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:39.900 great love 00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.259 for us 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:40.600 God 00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:40.920 who is 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:41.220 rich 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.799 in mercy 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.600 made us 00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.180 alive 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:43.960 with Christ 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.920 even when 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.160 we were 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:45.360 dead 00:18:45.360 --> 00:18:46.340 in transgressions 00:18:46.340 --> 00:18:47.019 it is by 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.580 grace 00:18:47.580 --> 00:18:48.059 that you 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.519 have been 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.039 saved. 00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:51.000 In our 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.620 state of 00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:52.019 spiritual 00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.580 death 00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:53.400 God 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:53.740 through the 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:53.920 Lord 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.200 Jesus 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.759 Christ 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.660 has come 00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.240 along 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:58.200 and breathed 00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:58.799 life 00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.700 into us 00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:00.319 and not 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.980 until we 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.640 get that 00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:02.340 life do we 00:19:02.340 --> 00:19:03.000 realise that 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.220 we were 00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:03.880 even dead 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.559 in the 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.279 first place. 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:08.420 We are 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:09.039 dead in 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.220 our 00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.960 transgressions 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.460 but God 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:10.980 intervened 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.539 we're in 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:12.120 bondage to 00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:12.620 sin but 00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:12.920 God 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.360 intervened 00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:13.580 we're 00:19:13.580 --> 00:19:14.200 objects of 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.880 wrath but 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.240 God 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.799 intervened 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.240 God 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:17.059 intervened 00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:18.480 by redeeming 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.120 us 00:19:19.120 --> 00:19:20.660 releasing us 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.480 from captivity 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:22.279 to sin 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:23.120 and death 00:19:23.120 --> 00:19:24.400 through 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:25.700 the blood 00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.360 of Jesus 00:19:26.360 --> 00:19:27.160 you see that 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.700 in chapter 1 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.360 verse 7 00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:29.460 in him 00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.340 that's Jesus 00:19:30.340 --> 00:19:31.259 we have 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.900 redemption 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:33.080 through 00:19:33.080 --> 00:19:34.539 his blood 00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:39.399 Jesus 00:19:39.399 --> 00:19:39.779 has 00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.339 objectively 00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:40.799 taken 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.220 away 00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:42.420 from me 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:43.059 everything 00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.440 that's 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:43.899 wrong 00:19:43.899 --> 00:19:45.759 with me 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.700 and 00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.059 everything 00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.359 that's 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:47.559 wrong 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:48.039 with you 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:49.319 he has 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.759 stood 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.180 in our 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.680 place 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.619 he has 00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:52.099 taken 00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:52.480 our 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.039 sin 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.759 he has 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.299 paid 00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:54.659 our 00:19:54.659 --> 00:19:55.200 debt 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:56.000 he has 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.579 given 00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.019 us 00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.619 life 00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.059 and he 00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.259 has 00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:58.680 set 00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:58.899 us 00:19:58.899 --> 00:19:59.259 free 00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.779 from 00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.579 selfishness 00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:00.859 and the 00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.240 ego 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:06.299 God 00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.799 himself 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.279 enters 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.519 our 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.819 world 00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.000 and 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.500 upholds 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:08.640 his 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:09.099 justice 00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.380 by 00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:09.819 becoming 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.279 cursed 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:10.920 for us 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:12.299 so that 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:12.799 we might 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.420 receive 00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.420 every 00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:15.779 spiritual 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.279 blessing 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:19.059 all 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