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 Open your Bibles, if you would please, with me to Colossians chapter 1.

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! Colossians chapter 1 will be beginning in verse 15 and moving through the next 9 verses to verse 23.

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 This section of Scripture is predominantly about Jesus.

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 I think it's safe for us to assume or to say that any world religion that you might think of has this doctrine about the Lord Jesus at kind of the center in that they either accept it or reject it.

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 Their posture towards their understanding of Jesus will either define them as a follower of Christ or will define them as one who is rejecting Christ.

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 It's about what you believe about Jesus.

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 In our passage this morning, the Apostle Paul begins with,

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 He is the image of the invisible God.

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 He wants this church to understand something about Jesus and it's going to run its way through this passage and kind of fill up our understanding of Christ

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 to help lay a foundation for faith, for belief, and for life.

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 We have said a number of times, and I want to continue to bring it to our attention.

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 We have said, you are what you believe.

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 You are what you believe.

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 And I'm not talking about the things that you say you believe.

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 I'm not talking about the things that you can prove from the Bible.

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 I'm not talking about the things that intellectually you know to be true.

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 What I'm talking about is how that belief plays out in your life so that what you really believe is showing up in how you live.

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 That's what we're after today.

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 That's what the Apostle Paul is after today.

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 Laying a foundation for knowledge of God.

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 And even in his prayer, we see that the Apostle Paul is, I'm always praying for you.

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 I've not ceased to pray for you.

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 What are we doing?

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 We're asking that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will.

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 Why?

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 It has a goal.

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 That knowledge of God, faith in God, truth about God leads to something.

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 And he says, what's the point of knowledge?

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 Well, it's so as to have a walk that's worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

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 Do you want that?

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 I tell you, I want that.

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 I want the kind of life that is so filled up with the knowledge of God and by God's grace applying that knowledge to life.

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 That wherever I go, whatever words I say, whatever people I'm interacting with, whether it's my family or coworkers or my neighbors or whoever it might be, that God is working, that His word is bearing fruit.

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 It's increasing.

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 That I'm bearing fruit in every good work.

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 Can you even begin to imagine what that would look like?

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 Bearing fruit in every good work, wherever you go, whatever conversation you have, whatever thing that you apply yourself to, that God by His grace is making you fruitful.

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 It only happens one way.

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 It only happens as we as God's people, and this is the next part of the Apostle Paul's prayer.

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 May you be strengthened with power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy.

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 That's how it happens.

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 It happens as we yield ourselves to the power of God working through us to carry out that work that He desires to do in the world in which He's placed us.

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 I want that.

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 And so I want my knowledge of God to match my life with God.

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 And that's kind of the summary statement I have here, that doctrine drives spiritual life.

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 What we believe will drive the way we live.

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 Doctrine drives spiritual life.

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 And so there's no wonder why the Apostle Paul wants us to understand theology and doctrine because it has real life implications in the here and now.

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 The day by day.

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 The Monday through Saturday kind of living out life.

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 It shows up what we really believe about God.

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 And one of the things that Jesus wanted people to understand about Him,

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 Jesus wanted people to understand that He and the Father were one.

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 That when people saw God the Father, or excuse me, when people saw Jesus,

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 they observed His life, they heard His words, they saw the outworking of His life,

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 then what they were really seeing was a representation,

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 the real, accurate representation of God who had come near to them.

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 Jesus says this in John chapter 8 verse 42.

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 He's talking to the Pharisees and He says this,

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 Jesus said to them,

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 If God were your Father, you would love Me.

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 For I came from God and I am here.

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 I came not of My own accord, but He sent Me.

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 If you claim this morning to love Jesus,

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 if you claim to love God and you claim that God belongs to you,

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 your posture towards Jesus will bear out that truth,

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 whether or not that's true.

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 Jesus, on the night before He was crucified, drove this point home.

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 He talks to His disciples about the fact that He's going to leave them.

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 And they're kind of confused.

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 You're going to leave us?

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 Where are you going to go?

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 And that's what Thomas asks in John 14 5.

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 Thomas says to Him,

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 Lord, we don't know where you're going.

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 How can we know the way?

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 I am the way, the truth, and the life.

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 No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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 If you had known Me,

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 you would have known My Father also.

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 From now on,

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 you do know Him

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 and have seen Him.

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 If you want to know who God is,

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 just look at Me.

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 If you want to know where I'm going,

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 just follow Me.

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 If you want to have a taste of what God cares for,

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 if you want to know His heart,

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 if you want to know His power,

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 just look at Me.

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 Philip picks up the question next in verse 8.

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 He's like,

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 Philip says,

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 Lord, show us the Father.

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 It's enough.

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 And Jesus says,

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 Have I been with you so long

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 and you still do not know Me, Philip?

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 Whoever has seen Me

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 has seen the Father.

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 You look at My life

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 and you see the Father.

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 How can you say,

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 show us the Father?

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 Do you not believe

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 that I am in the Father

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 and the Father is in Me?

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 The words that I say to you,

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 I do not speak on My own authority,

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 but the Father who dwells in Me

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 does His works.

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 Believe Me

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 that I am in the Father

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 and the Father is in Me

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 or else believe

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 on account of the works themselves.

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 You want to know

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 who God the Father is?

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 Just look at My life.

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 See the priorities that I have set.

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 Hear the words that I have communicated.

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 See the compassion

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 that I have conveyed to individuals.

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 Look at the works

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 that God has accomplished through Me.

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 The totality of My work.

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 The comprehensive nature

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 of My work.

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 Over diseases.

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 Over death.

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 Over the natural world.

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 The wind and the waves.

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 The division of loaves.

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 And the multiplying of the fish.

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 I'm over everything.

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 Because God is over everything.

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 Just look at my life.

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 And of course,

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 the crux

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 of Christianity

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 comes down to our view of God.

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 Our theology.

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 Our doctrine,

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 as it were.

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 Doctrine matters.

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 Knowledge of God matters.

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 And this was the point

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 that the Apostle Paul

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 drives home

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 with the church of Galatia

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 when he says this

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 in Galatians 3,

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 1-5.

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 Oh foolish Galatians,

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 who has bewitched you?

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 And that's kind of like

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 the word for

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 who has cast a spell on you?

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 Who has got your attention?

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 Who has deceived you?

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 That you should not obey the truth.

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 Before whose eyes

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 Jesus Christ was clearly

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 portrayed among you

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 as crucified.

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 This only I want to learn from you.

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 Did you receive the Spirit

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 by the works of the law

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 or by the hearing of faith?

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 Are you so foolish

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 having begun in the Spirit?

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 Are you now being made perfect

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 in the flesh?

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 Have you suffered

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 so many things in vain

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 if indeed it was in vain?

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 Therefore,

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 he who supplies the Spirit to you

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 and works miracles among you,

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 does he do it

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 by the works of the law

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 or by the hearing of faith?

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 Let me try to pull that together

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 and summarize

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 what the Apostle Paul is saying.

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 Doctrine matters.

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 And here's why.

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 Because this church

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 that understood

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 that salvation comes

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 through faith in Christ alone

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 because of the grace of God

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 in forgiving us,

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 somehow this church,

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 they knew how salvation began,

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 but for whatever reason

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 they thought that salvation

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 and their standing before God

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 would grow

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 as they continued to put on

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 works of the law

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 and this activity of life.

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 Somehow they're going to

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 merit God's favor.

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 theology was broken

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 in their minds.

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 If Christ was sufficient

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 to save

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 and he's the one

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 who has declared us righteous

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 not on our own merits

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 but on the merits

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 of Christ's righteousness,

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 then it's not our merits,

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 it's not our good works

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 that incline us to God

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 so that he looks and is like,

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 oh, hey,

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 you did a lot of good stuff.

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 Now I'm going to listen

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 to your prayers.

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 Oh, now I'm going to give you

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 some good stuff.

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 It's based upon the merits

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 of Christ alone.

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 It's not by the works of the law.

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 It's not by the,

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 but it's by the hearing of faith

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 that we continue to grow

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 in our life with God.

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 That's why it says,

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 the righteous shall live

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 by faith.

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 As we continue to know

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 what God says,

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 we continue to apply

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 trust in the things

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 that God has shared.

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 You see,

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 doctrine drives

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 spiritual life.

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 Doctrine drives

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 spiritual life.

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 And it's not just

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 what you know.

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 It's how you apply

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 that knowledge

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 to every single day,

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 every moment,

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 moment by moment.

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 So it shouldn't be

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 any surprise then

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 that the Apostle Paul

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 wants to help establish

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 this foundation

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 of doctrine

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 for this church.

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 And he begins

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 with the most important person,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 We're called Christians

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 after all

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 because we're built

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 on the foundation

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 of Jesus,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So notice this with me,

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 okay?

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 Right there

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 at the beginning

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 of this passage,

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 I want you to see

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 how the Apostle Paul

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 drives attention

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 to Christ.

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 and you have

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 on the back

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 of your outline

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 kind of my feeble attempt

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 at trying to describe this,

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 okay?

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 He begins with

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 our identity in Jesus.

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 He talks about Paul,

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 an apostle of Christ Jesus

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 in verse 1.

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 That Paul is who he is

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 because of what Jesus

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 has called him to.

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 Not because of his own

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 charisma or giftedness,

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 but because Jesus

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 has done something

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 in his life.

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 Then he talks about

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 this church.

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 They're saints.

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 Not because they're

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 got their act together.

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 We're going to see

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 in the rest of this book,

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 they don't have

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 their act together,

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 but they're saints

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 because of what Christ

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 has done for them.

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 They're saints

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 in Christ Jesus

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 in verse 2.

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 Then the beginning

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 of their formation

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 of this church

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 happened because

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 they placed their faith

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 in Christ

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 in verse 3.

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 Epaphras,

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 who was a faithful

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 minister of Christ

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 on their behalf.

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 We see that in

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 verse 7.

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 And then in verse 15,

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 you have been justified

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 or transferred,

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 excuse me,

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 to the kingdom

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 of his beloved son

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 who is Jesus Christ.

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 You are those too

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 who have been forgiven

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 by Christ.

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 In him,

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 we have redemption,

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 the forgiveness of sins.

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 He moves on

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 to who Christ is

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 in that next section

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 in verses 15 to 18.

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 He talks about Jesus

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 who's the image

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 of the invisible God.

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 He talks about Jesus

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 who's the creator

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 of the universe

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 in verse 16.

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 He talks about Jesus

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 who's the sustainer

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 of all of life

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 in the universe itself

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 in verse 17.

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 Jesus who is

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 the head of the church.

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 Jesus who is

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 the firstborn

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 from the dead.

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 that because of

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 what Jesus has done

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 and because of

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 who Jesus is,

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 we can enjoy

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 the benefits

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 of his work.

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 And then we see

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 what Christ has done

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 in the last part

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 of this passage

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 from verses 20 to 23.

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 He's reconciled us

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 to himself.

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 We're going to talk

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 about what that means.

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 What does this fancy word

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 reconcile mean?

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 That he's made peace

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 by the blood

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 of his cross.

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 That's part

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 of the definition.

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 And then in verse 22,

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 again,

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 he talks about

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 being reconciled

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 in the body

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 of his death.

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 And that Jesus

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 is the one

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 who's making us holy

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 and blameless.

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 This is his goal.

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 This is his aim.

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 This is his purpose

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 for his church

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 in calling us

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 to himself.

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 And so as you can imagine,

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 these nine verses,

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 here we are

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 just dealing

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 with nine verses,

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 but they are loaded.

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 They are loaded.

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 This heavy concentration.

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 There is,

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 we're not going to be able

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 to scratch the surface

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 this morning,

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 but my desire is,

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 as we walk through

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 this passage,

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 I want you to see

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 how this doctrine

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 begins to shape

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 the understanding

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 of this church

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 and how that doctrine

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 is meant to change

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 the life of this church.

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 And it's meant

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 to change your life.

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 It's meant to change

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 my life.

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 That what we know

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 about Jesus

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 isn't meant

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 to just be

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 some mental,

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 sophisticated,

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 intellectual mindset,

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 but it's meant

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 to do something

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 for us.

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 So there's two parts

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 of this theology.

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 And I'm sure

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 you're well aware

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 of them.

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 The first is that

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 Jesus is fully

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 God, right?

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 And then the second is

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 Jesus is fully

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 man.

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 Man,

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 you are superstars.

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 Good job.

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 The Apostle Paul

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 wants to lay down

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 this doctrine

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 because there was

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 a heresy

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 that was taking place

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 in and around Colossae

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 and they were

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 kind of inundated

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 with this false teaching

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 that wanted to

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 kind of dismiss

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 the preeminence

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 of Christ,

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 this doctrine of Christ

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 and try to have them

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 aspire to know

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 other things

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 that would help

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 to replace

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 who Christ was

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 and kind of

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 fill it out for them.

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 But the Apostle Paul

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 wants to kind of

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 set in their mind

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 and establish them

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 once and for all

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 that Jesus is supreme.

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 Jesus is first.

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 Jesus is preeminent.

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 Jesus is all

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 that you need.

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 So in this first section

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 of Jesus being fully

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 God,

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 he starts here

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 in verse 15.

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 He is the image

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 of the invisible God,

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 the firstborn

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 of all creation.

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 Jesus is the exact

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 image of God.

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 Simple.

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 Simple point,

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 but so important.

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 Essentially that Jesus

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 is the embodiment

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 of God.

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 This word for image

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 is the word for portrait

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 or likeness.

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 To have the same form,

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 to have a representative

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 pattern.

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 It is the word

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 essentially that Jesus

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 is not just a symbol

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 that helps to reference

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 who God might be,

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 but that this symbol

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 actually came

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 in the sense

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 that it was

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 God in person.

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 We're going to see that

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 as we continue

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 to work through

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 this section.

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 We're here in verse 16.

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 We talk about,

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 actually verse 15,

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 the invisible God

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 becomes visible.

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 The God who was spirit

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 becomes material.

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 He becomes physical

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 and fleshly.

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 And that's going to be

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 really important as well

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 in this Colossian heresy

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 where they believe

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 that those things

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 that were physical

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 and material

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 were wicked,

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 were evil.

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 And if God became flesh

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 in the Colossian heresy,

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 since Jesus was man

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 in their minds,

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 having this physical,

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 material body

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 meant that he couldn't

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 possibly have been God.

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 And that's why

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 the Apostle Paul begins here.

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 Jesus is God.

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 He is God in every single way.

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 He is God in every single way.

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 He is God in every single way.

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 The writer of the Hebrews

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 puts it this way

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 in Hebrews 1, 3

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 when he says,

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 He is the radiance

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 of the glory of God.

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 I love those words,

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 the radiance of the glory of God.

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 He was God in every way.

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 The glorious God,

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 the majestic God,

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 the one that you might see

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 or imagine somewhere

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 like in Isaiah chapter 6

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 where Isaiah the prophet

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 is standing before the throne

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 and God is exalted

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 and lifted up.

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 This is the God

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 we're talking about.

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 And by the way,

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 we find in Jesus' ministry

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 there in John chapter 12

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 that the image

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 and the vision

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 that Isaiah saw there

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 in Isaiah chapter 6

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 was Jesus himself.

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 The glorious,

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 radiant expression of God.

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 And he goes on,

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 the exact imprint

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 of his nature.

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 He upholds the universe

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 by the word of his power

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 after making purification

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 for sin.

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 He sat down

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 at the right hand

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 of the majesty on high.

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 Jesus was God

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 in every way.

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 And that's why Jesus

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 could say there

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 in John chapter 14,

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 verse 9,

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 He who has seen me

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 has seen the Father.

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 One commentator

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 puts it this way,

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 the symbol

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 was more than a symbol

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 here in this expression.

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 The symbol brought with it

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 the actual presence

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 of the object.

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 J.B. Phillips

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 in his translation

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 translates this

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 visible expression.

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 Jesus was

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 the vivid expression

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 of God

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 in a very physical,

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 bodily way.

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 Jesus makes

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 the invisible

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 visible

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 as he has come

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 to embrace flesh.

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 So,

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 Jesus is

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 the exact image

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 of God.

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 in verse 16,

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 we see that Jesus

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 is the creator

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 of all things.

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 He's the creator

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 of all things.

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 And this is going

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 to be important

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 especially in this

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 Gnostic heresy

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 that would call

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 material things

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 or physical things

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 evil.

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 As Jesus

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 is the creator

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 of all things,

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 he's creating

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 physical and spiritual.

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 And as the perfect

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 holy God,

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 he's creating

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 what is good.

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 Jesus.

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 And we find

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 the totality

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 of his work here

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 in verse 16.

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 By him

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 all things

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 were created

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 in heaven

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 and on earth,

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 visible and invisible,

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 whether thrones

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 or dominions

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 or rulers

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 or authorities.

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 All things

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 were created

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 through him

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 and for him.

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 You see

00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.500
 this totality,

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.580
 this comprehensive

00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:46.519
 nature of Christ's work,

00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:48.120
 both the heaven

00:20:48.120 --> 00:20:48.720
 and earth,

00:20:49.060 --> 00:20:50.360
 visible and invisible,

00:20:50.820 --> 00:20:52.080
 material and physical

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:53.280
 and spiritual,

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.099
 all things

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:54.579
 were created

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.059
 by him.

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:56.980
 This truth

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.619
 demonstrates

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.240
 that Jesus

00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:00.059
 not only is God

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.720
 but demonstrates

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.480
 that Jesus

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 is first

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 in priority.

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 The Colossian

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:08.740
 false teachers

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.899
 viewed matter

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.579
 as evil

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.359
 and they argued

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:12.740
 that neither

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.660
 a good God

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:15.639
 nor a good expression

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:16.660
 of God

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.559
 could have created it

00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.339
 but here

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:19.319
 the apostle Paul

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:20.079
 wants to establish

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.519
 the fact

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.259
 that Jesus

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.660
 who is God

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.200
 himself

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.099
 in the flesh

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 did create

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 a physical world

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 and of course

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 it was a collaborative

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 work of the Godhead

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 with God the Father,

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.639
 God the Son

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 and God the Holy Spirit

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 all working

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 in the process

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 and as we see

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.859
 in Genesis chapter 1

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 we see day

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 after day

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.559
 after day

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 as Jesus

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 is creating

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 the world

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 the water

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 and the dry land

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 and the vegetation

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 and the animals

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 and the sea creatures

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 all of these things

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 that Jesus created

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 and the declaration

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 over those things

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 was

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 it was good.

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 It was good.

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 And what Jesus

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.059
 created

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:03.839
 was not just

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.279
 good

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:04.680
 but it

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.819
 demonstrates

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:07.980
 the infinite power

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.720
 the glorious

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.659
 might

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.920
 of Jesus

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.899
 as God

00:22:11.899 --> 00:22:12.700
 as we consider

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:14.019
 the immense

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.599
 nature

00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.859
 of creation

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 itself.

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 Just again

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.759
 kind of

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.519
 help you

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.740
 understand

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.399
 just a

00:22:22.399 --> 00:22:23.680
 glimpse

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.299
 of this

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 just

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.960
 consider the sun

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.879
 for example

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 the sun

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.159
 has a diameter

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:32.680
 of 864,000

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.240
 miles

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 it's 100

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.720
 times

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.759
 the diameter

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.539
 of the earth

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 and can

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.159
 hold

00:22:40.159 --> 00:22:41.680
 1.3

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.359
 million

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.059
 earths

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.559
 in its

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.119
 volume

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:45.180
 inside

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:46.039
 okay

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.940
 just imagine

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.600
 the immensity

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.480
 of that

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:50.080
 the star

00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:50.759
 Betelgeuse

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.279
 which I think

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.620
 is the biggest

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.320
 star

00:22:53.320 --> 00:22:54.740
 has a diameter

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.080
 at least

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:55.580
 the biggest

00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:56.440
 known star

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.539
 has a diameter

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.259
 of 100

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.580
 million miles

00:22:59.580 --> 00:23:00.840
 100

00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:02.000
 million miles

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 and those of you

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:03.920
 who have taken

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.380
 science

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:04.920
 or are taking

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.640
 science

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.320
 what is the

00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:07.200
 distance from

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.640
 the earth

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.180
 to the sun

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:10.120
 93

00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:11.460
 million miles

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.660
 so the

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.559
 earth's orbit

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.340
 around the

00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:14.759
 sun

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.840
 can fit

00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:16.680
 within the

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.160
 diameter

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.960
 of this

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.220
 star

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.819
 Betelgeuse

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.420
 I mean

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.880
 just

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.940
 can you even

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.819
 begin to

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.740
 imagine that

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:25.440
 how immense

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.779
 God's power

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.460
 is through

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.100
 Jesus

00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:29.160
 and that's

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.500
 the whole

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:29.940
 point

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.660
 that the

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.480
 apostle Paul

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.880
 is trying

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.460
 to demonstrate

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.519
 and then

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.980
 just think

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.620
 about this

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:36.039
 the speed

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.380
 of light

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.900
 it takes

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.600
 a ray

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.200
 of light

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.920
 from the

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.180
 sun

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.600
 to get

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:39.900
 to the

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.080
 earth

00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:40.400
 in about

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:40.799
 eight and

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.120
 a half

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.840
 minutes

00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:43.460
 yet

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.299
 that same

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.720
 light

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.880
 would take

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:47.500
 four years

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.299
 to reach

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.120
 our closest

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:49.880
 star

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:51.380
 Alpha Centauri

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.420
 it's

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.720
 it's

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.440
 it's

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.420
 it's

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.060
 beyond

00:23:55.060 --> 00:23:55.799
 comprehension

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.279
 we can't even

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.200
 begin to fathom

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:58.120
 how immense

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.880
 and that is just

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.140
 the

00:23:59.140 --> 00:24:00.160
 the beginning

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:01.279
 of the

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.960
 galaxies

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.900
 and the other

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.700
 galaxies

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.299
 that are

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:07.220
 so far away

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.600
 Jesus

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.719
 created it

00:24:09.719 --> 00:24:11.059
 and it was

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.879
 created through

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.199
 him

00:24:12.199 --> 00:24:13.079
 which means

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.579
 it was by

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.240
 his power

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.480
 and it was

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.039
 created

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:17.139
 through

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:18.539
 his agency

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.859
 that he is

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.059
 the

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.659
 he's the

00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.399
 the one

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.159
 that put it

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:23.059
 all in place

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.679
 but but but

00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:24.539
 this really

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.459
 important piece

00:24:25.459 --> 00:24:26.299
 it was created

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.159
 through him

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:28.099
 but also

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:29.779
 for him

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:31.459
 and by him

00:24:31.459 --> 00:24:32.139
 I heard that

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:32.379
 too

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:33.500
 it's created

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.480
 by him

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.579
 but also

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.139
 for him

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:37.500
 do you

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.860
 realize

00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:38.140
 that

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:41.520
 what

00:24:41.520 --> 00:24:41.800
 what

00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:42.380
 encouragement

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.700
 that

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.660
 all

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.200
 things

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.460
 that were

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.880
 created

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.780
 have a

00:24:46.780 --> 00:24:47.180
 purpose

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:48.700
 all

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.220
 things that

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.680
 were created

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.300
 have a

00:24:50.300 --> 00:24:50.720
 function

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.520
 they have

00:24:51.520 --> 00:24:52.020
 a design

00:24:52.020 --> 00:24:52.720
 they have

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.080
 a goal

00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:54.000
 and the

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.420
 goal

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.220
 of creation

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.180
 is

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.759
 Christ

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:58.880
 the glory

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.580
 of Christ

00:24:59.580 --> 00:25:00.460
 the wonder

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.980
 of Christ

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.759
 the majesty

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.600
 of Christ

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:03.019
 it was all

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.579
 created

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.659
 for him

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.740
 he created

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.740
 it for himself

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:08.839
 to put himself

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.579
 on display

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.939
 to set himself

00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:11.719
 as the

00:25:11.719 --> 00:25:12.539
 the preeminent

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.839
 one

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.659
 over all

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.919
 creation

00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:16.859
 and so that

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:18.039
 in Philippians

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.579
 chapter 2

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.500
 verses 9 to 11

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:21.179
 we understand

00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:22.159
 that everything

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.859
 is moving

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.679
 in that direction

00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:25.039
 that God

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.959
 highly exalted

00:25:25.959 --> 00:25:26.699
 Jesus

00:25:26.699 --> 00:25:28.059
 bestowed on him

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.419
 the name

00:25:28.419 --> 00:25:28.859
 that is above

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.459
 every name

00:25:29.459 --> 00:25:30.099
 why

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.959
 so that the name

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.500
 of Jesus

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.700
 every knee

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.400
 should bow

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.400
 in heaven

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:35.420
 and on earth

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.299
 and under the earth

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.180
 and every tongue

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.200
 will confess

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.880
 that Jesus

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.740
 Christ

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.539
 is Lord

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.380
 to the glory

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.700
 of God

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.120
 the Father

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:44.759
 everything

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:46.079
 was created

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:47.420
 for him

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:49.019
 created

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.500
 for his

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.140
 benefit

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:52.079
 and then we find

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.940
 in verse 17

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:54.180
 that Jesus

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:55.460
 is the sustainer

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.279
 of all things

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.960
 he's the sustainer

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.420
 of all things

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.340
 notice this

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.519
 and he is

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.759
 before all things

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.779
 and in him

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.959
 all things

00:26:03.959 --> 00:26:05.220
 hold together

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:07.659
 they hold together

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:09.299
 the fact that

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.139
 Jesus is before

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.500
 things

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.799
 it relates

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:13.119
 to chronology

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:14.099
 that he stands

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:15.220
 before creation

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.799
 in terms of time

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:18.119
 that he was there

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.879
 at the beginning

00:26:18.879 --> 00:26:20.240
 all things were created

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.139
 by him

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:21.980
 and for him

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.959
 and we find that

00:26:22.959 --> 00:26:24.000
 there in John

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.759
 chapter 1

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.539
 the word

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.839
 was from the beginning

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:28.399
 and all things

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:29.299
 were made by him

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.079
 there wasn't anything

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:31.059
 made that was

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.439
 not made by him

00:26:32.439 --> 00:26:34.879
 Jesus is before

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.459
 those things

00:26:35.459 --> 00:26:36.099
 he's preeminent

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.899
 he's supreme

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:38.899
 he's obviously

00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:40.240
 then the most glorious

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:42.359
 and the fact that

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.759
 all things hold together

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:45.119
 by his power

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:46.759
 has so many

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:49.480
 so many important

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:51.419
 correlations for us

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.879
 we could talk about

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:55.139
 laws of thermodynamics

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:56.280
 the first and second

00:26:56.280 --> 00:26:57.820
 law of thermodynamics

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.600
 we could talk about

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.100
 entropy

00:26:59.100 --> 00:27:00.060
 and essentially

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:01.100
 entropy is kind of

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:02.460
 the downgrade

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:04.540
 of energy

00:27:04.540 --> 00:27:05.220
 we know that

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.100
 energy can't be

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:07.540
 created or destroyed

00:27:07.540 --> 00:27:08.720
 but entropy

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.460
 would say

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:11.100
 that even when

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:12.300
 energy is not

00:27:12.300 --> 00:27:12.780
 destroyed

00:27:12.780 --> 00:27:13.720
 it kind of moves

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:15.240
 to more disorder

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.240
 it turns to heat

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.480
 it's not as usable

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.680
 as it once was

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.100
 and so

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:20.380
 as the course

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:20.840
 of history

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:21.580
 will go by

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.500
 less and less

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.580
 energy is usable

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:26.859
 but even in this

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.879
 we understand

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:29.199
 that God

00:27:29.199 --> 00:27:29.899
 is holding

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.839
 things together

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:35.659
 Jesus submitted

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.240
 to the Father

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:39.059
 he depended

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:40.019
 upon the Spirit

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:41.879
 he sustains

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:43.099
 the natural

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:44.359
 order of things

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:46.139
 that Jesus

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:47.500
 is holding

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.119
 things together

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:49.539
 so that

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.859
 even though

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.599
 the world

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.399
 might want

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.180
 to tell you

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.920
 that things

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.800
 are coming apart

00:27:54.800 --> 00:27:56.560
 that the truth

00:27:56.560 --> 00:27:57.440
 and the doctrine

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.500
 of Christ

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.280
 help us know

00:27:59.280 --> 00:28:00.460
 he's holding it

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.720
 together

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.580
 he sustains it

00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:02.080
 let me give you

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:02.540
 an example

00:28:02.540 --> 00:28:03.660
 Genesis chapter 8

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.240
 verse 22

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.820
 this is

00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:06.800
 Noah comes

00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:07.640
 right off the ark

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.500
 there's a

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.740
 flood that's

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.300
 taking place

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:10.720
 God has

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.900
 destroyed the world

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:13.620
 and judged the world

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.500
 because of their sin

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:16.720
 and God wants

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.840
 Noah to understand

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.580
 not only

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.180
 is he not going

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.100
 to destroy the world

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.980
 the same way

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.960
 but the world

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.500
 is going to be

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.000
 preserved

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:24.160
 he says

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:25.059
 while the earth

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.700
 remains

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.839
 seed time

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.519
 in harvest

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.720
 cold and heat

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:30.079
 summer and winter

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:31.279
 day and night

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.660
 shall not

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.360
 cease

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:35.620
 I don't know

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.180
 what your view

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:38.039
 of global warming

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.579
 is

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.360
 I don't know

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:40.460
 what your view

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.680
 on all of these

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.839
 things might be

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:44.019
 that our world

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.640
 is running out

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:46.000
 but here is

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.140
 the truth

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.000
 of God

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.299
 no

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.819
 sorry

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.799
 Christ

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:52.079
 is sustaining

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.500
 it all

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.779
 by the power

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.259
 of his hand

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.700
 now it doesn't

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.039
 mean that we

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.599
 shouldn't steward

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:56.980
 the world

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.839
 it doesn't mean

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.220
 that we don't

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.740
 care about

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.200
 how we take

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.440
 care

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.740
 and this

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.279
 delegated

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.619
 authority

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.019
 that Christ

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.359
 has given

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:02.759
 to us

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.619
 the stewardship

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.299
 over this

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.519
 world

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.339
 but we don't

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.779
 have to be

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.200
 afraid

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:08.460
 that seasons

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.799
 are going

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.339
 to go away

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:10.839
 that cold

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.160
 is going

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.660
 to go away

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.220
 because

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.559
 seed time

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.059
 and harvest

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:15.099
 cold and heat

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:16.160
 summer and winter

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.779
 it's going to

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.279
 stay around

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.500
 and not

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.220
 because we're

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.639
 doing anything

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.000
 about it

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.420
 but because

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:20.899
 Christ

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.579
 has committed

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:21.940
 himself

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.899
 to sustain

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.279
 the world

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.639
 he holds

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.119
 it together

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:27.160
 and then

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.619
 this is

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.240
 fascinating

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.740
 and I'm

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.119
 sorry for

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.359
 all the

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.660
 science

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:29.980
 lessons

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.259
 I want

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.759
 to put

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.099
 this little

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.460
 graphic

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.940
 up here

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.579
 and deal

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:32.960
 with it

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:34.200
 as briefly

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.799
 as I can

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.819
 this is

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:37.579
 for free

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:40.359
 okay

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.920
 and maybe

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.460
 some of you

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.599
 students

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:45.200
 can tell

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.480
 your parents

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.860
 so you got

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:47.839
 your science

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.480
 lesson on

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.920
 Sunday

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.940
 so then

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.140
 you don't

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.279
 have to

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.779
 do homework

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.259
 this week

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.680
 in science

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.140
 I don't

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.319
 know

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.940
 it's worth

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.259
 a try

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:56.599
 so this

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:56.900
 is just

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.720
 a model

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.099
 right

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.460
 of an

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:58.680
 atom

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.120
 right

00:29:59.120 --> 00:30:00.099
 and you

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.259
 see

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:01.140
 in the

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.539
 center

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.180
 of that

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.599
 model

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:02.880
 there's

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.360
 a nucleus

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:04.339
 the nucleus

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:05.480
 has protons

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.160
 and neutrons

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.500
 it has

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.779
 positively charged

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.420
 particles

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.299
 and those

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.819
 that are not

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.519
 charged at all

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.980
 and then

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.940
 spinning around

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.700
 in kind

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.039
 of this

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:14.019
 cloud

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:15.099
 of electrons

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.339
 these

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:16.660
 negatively

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.680
 charged

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.220
 particles

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.799
 that are

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:20.000
 driving around

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.480
 this thing

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.079
 kind of help

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:22.039
 forcing all

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.539
 this stuff

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:22.920
 together

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:24.039
 and scientists

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.839
 still can't

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.539
 understand

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:27.500
 how an atom

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.240
 stays together

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.220
 they have

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.000
 some theories

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.839
 but then

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.519
 what blows

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.019
 it apart

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.500
 is when

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.079
 you only

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.900
 have a

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.279
 proton

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.720
 and a

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.039
 neutron

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.839
 and not

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.359
 electrons

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:38.319
 they just

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.879
 can't figure

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.099
 it out

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.400
 they're like

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.639
 the world

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.099
 should be

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.839
 blowing up

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.379
 right now

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:42.779
 but guess

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.019
 what

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.480
 it's not

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.259
 and there's

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.559
 a reason

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.099
 it's not

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:47.119
 because Christ

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.480
 is holding

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.900
 it together

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:49.599
 now

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.319
 here's

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.720
 something

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.019
 that's also

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.960
 really fascinating

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.660
 there is

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.180
 so much

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:54.000
 space

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.220
 between

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.960
 electrons

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.920
 and

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:58.319
 the

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.599
 nucleus

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.779
 that

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.759
 there's

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.079
 not

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.519
 like

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.900
 any

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.319
 real

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.720
 good

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.079
 reason

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.259
 why

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.400
 we

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.660
 shouldn't

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:04.819
 just

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.379
 fall

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.599
 why

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:05.779
 you

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.079
 shouldn't

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:06.440
 fall

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.720
 through

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:06.980
 your

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.220
 pew

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.619
 right now

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:08.019
 because

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.240
 of all

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.379
 the

00:31:08.379 --> 00:31:08.879
 space

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.579
 in the

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.319
 atoms

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:10.740
 that are

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.039
 in

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.759
 the

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.519
 structure

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.019
 of your

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.319
 pew

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:14.299
 and the

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.639
 atoms

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:14.879
 that are

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.319
 making up

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.819
 your physical

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.180
 body

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:17.139
 and I

00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:17.339
 want to

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.480
 just

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.900
 kind of

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:19.259
 make this

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.579
 really

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.319
 relevant

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.319
 as you're

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.879
 thinking about

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.119
 this

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.839
 imagine

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:24.359
 Mount Everest

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.940
 for a moment

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.259
 okay

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.980
 Mount Everest

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.900
 stands at

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:29.859
 29,000

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.599
 feet

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.519
 that's

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.180
 five and a

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:33.019
 half miles

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.720
 tall

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:35.319
 now

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:37.480
 it's volume

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.240
 the volume

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.019
 of Mount Everest

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.880
 is between

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.940
 1.3

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:43.000
 and 1.5

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.640
 cubic

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.579
 meters

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:46.839
 hold that

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.059
 to one

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.339
 side

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:48.900
 it's

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.980
 20 times

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.599
 the height

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:52.000
 of the

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.640
 Empire State

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:52.859
 Building

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.940
 you can stack

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:55.140
 20 Empire State

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.579
 Buildings

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:57.240
 from bottom

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.720
 to top

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:59.180
 20 times

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.980
 within

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.579
 Mount Everest

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.140
 to get

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:02.640
 the whole

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:02.920
 height

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:04.320
 and

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:06.200
 there's

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.259
 1 million

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.980
 cubic meters

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.580
 of volume

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:09.360
 in

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:10.420
 an Empire State

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.660
 Building

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.880
 which means

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:13.019
 you can fit

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:14.300
 1.3

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:16.080
 to 1.4

00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:16.960
 million

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:18.380
 Empire State

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:18.820
 Buildings

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.640
 within the

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.259
 volume of

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.740
 Mount Everest

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.940
 okay

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.539
 you got that

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.400
 that's like

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:23.880
 that's big

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.240
 that's a big

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.500
 number

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:24.980
 I can't even

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:26.019
 wrap my head

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.300
 around that

00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:26.539
 number

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:28.140
 but

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:30.180
 if you were

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:31.039
 to collapse

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:32.779
 protons

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.359
 and neutrons

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.839
 and electrons

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.799
 all of the

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.180
 atoms

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.899
 all of the

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.539
 molecules

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.619
 of Mount

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.099
 Everest

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.899
 so that

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.379
 there wasn't

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.299
 any space

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.220
 between them

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.839
 what you

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.099
 would be

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.920
 left with

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.940
 could fit

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.700
 in an

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.180
 8 ounce

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.879
 cup

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.740
 in front

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.180
 of you

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:49.440
 Mount Everest

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.279
 in an

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.579
 8 ounce

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:50.859
 cup

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.839
 collapsing

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:53.039
 all the

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.440
 space

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.859
 between

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.759
 electrons

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.759
 neutrons

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.399
 and protons

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:57.319
 collapse

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.740
 together

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.480
 no space

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:58.859
 left

00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.639
 and you

00:32:59.639 --> 00:32:59.759
 wouldn't

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.019
 be able

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:01.119
 to hold

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:01.279
 it

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.759
 obviously

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:03.259
 it

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.519
 could

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.720
 be

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.140
 contained

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.440
 in the

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.779
 space

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:04.900
 of

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:04.980
 an

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.259
 8 ounce

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.539
 cup

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:07.579
 Jesus

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.859
 is holding

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.799
 the

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.319
 universe

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.220
 together

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:14.879
 alright

00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:16.039
 moving

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:17.140
 forward

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.599
 and I

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.079
 need to

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.319
 do this

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:18.500
 more

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.819
 quickly

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:20.960
 verse 18

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.099
 he is

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.400
 the head

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.599
 of the

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:22.920
 church

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:24.019
 he's

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.259
 the head

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.460
 of the

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:24.740
 church

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.400
 and what's

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:26.559
 amazing

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.359
 about this

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.200
 is the

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.619
 church

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.119
 as you

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.500
 know

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.180
 is made

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.480
 up of

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.839
 people

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:32.480
 and people

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.139
 are made

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.480
 up of

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.699
 both

00:33:33.699 --> 00:33:34.539
 a physical

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.059
 peace

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.619
 and a

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:35.980
 spiritual

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.379
 peace

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:36.799
 and so

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.679
 God is

00:33:37.679 --> 00:33:38.119
 over

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.579
 Jesus

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.220
 is over

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.339
 the physical

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:40.779
 material

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.119
 world

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.659
 and also

00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:42.339
 the spiritual

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.740
 world

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.480
 even as it

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.759
 relates

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.059
 to the

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.539
 church

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:46.099
 and as

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.559
 one who

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.139
 is head

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:48.559
 he is the

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.279
 one from

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.659
 whom we

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:49.980
 get our

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.439
 identity

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:52.159
 he is the

00:33:52.159 --> 00:33:52.619
 one from

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.099
 whom we

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.599
 follow

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:54.419
 instructions

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:54.899
 he's the

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.639
 one who

00:33:55.639 --> 00:33:56.220
 calls the

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.659
 shots

00:33:56.659 --> 00:33:57.839
 we're going

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.079
 to talk

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.759
 more about

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.640
 Jesus

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.180
 as the

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.319
 head

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.500
 of the

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.700
 church

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:00.900
 as we

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.180
 continue

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.579
 to move

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.160
 our way

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.700
 through

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.000
 this

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.339
 letter

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:03.819
 but

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:05.559
 Paul

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.920
 wants

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.099
 this

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.379
 church

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:06.539
 to

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.019
 understand

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.700
 Jesus

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.599
 is first

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.199
 Jesus

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.980
 is supreme

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.619
 Jesus

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.219
 is head

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:12.280
 follow

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.760
 Jesus

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:14.320
 you get

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.940
 your identity

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.780
 from him

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:17.519
 and then in

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.139
 verses 19

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.619
 and 20

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.539
 Jesus

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.119
 is the

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.440
 fullness

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.219
 of God

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:22.679
 the fullness

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.440
 of God

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.960
 this word

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.539
 this Greek

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.840
 word

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.480
 pleroma

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.340
 was a

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.619
 term

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:27.940
 that was

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.280
 used

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.599
 by the

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.000
 Gnostics

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.480
 to refer

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.559
 to divine

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.240
 powers

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:32.000
 and attributes

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.920
 which they

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.260
 believed

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:34.639
 were disseminated

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:36.019
 and divided

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:37.440
 among various

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.099
 emanations

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.559
 of God

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.639
 so all

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:39.920
 of the

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.360
 different

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:41.679
 revelations

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.240
 of God

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:42.639
 wherever

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.179
 they might

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.460
 be

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.619
 the power

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.039
 of God

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.280
 is kind

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:45.980
 of divided

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.559
 among them

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.099
 and the

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.400
 apostle

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.240
 Paul says

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:48.639
 no

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.820
 it is not

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.539
 disseminated

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.300
 it's not

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:52.579
 distributed

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.400
 it's a

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.780
 power

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.280
 that is

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:54.719
 fully

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.519
 contained

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.420
 in Jesus

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.159
 and in

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.420
 Jesus

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.860
 alone

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.980
 he has

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.719
 the composite

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.320
 power

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.360
 of all

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.940
 of God

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.679
 contained

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.099
 within

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.960
 himself

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:05.539
 the totality

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.360
 the full

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.800
 measure

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.340
 of deity

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:08.320
 the measure

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.599
 of that

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.059
 glorious

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.579
 power

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.440
 is resident

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.300
 in Jesus

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.159
 alone

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:14.599
 everything

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.039
 that God

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.400
 is

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:16.300
 Jesus

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.820
 is

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:18.579
 Jesus

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.079
 isn't

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.860
 an incomplete

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.900
 version

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.599
 of God

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.480
 Jesus

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.199
 is the

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.920
 representation

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.639
 of God

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.379
 and through

00:35:25.379 --> 00:35:26.079
 his

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.579
 power

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.299
 we find

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.579
 that he

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.539
 reconciled

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.239
 all things

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:30.239
 to himself

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:30.859
 we see

00:35:30.859 --> 00:35:31.139
 that

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:32.659
 verse 18

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.039
 he is the

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.359
 head of

00:35:34.359 --> 00:35:34.759
 the body

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.259
 the church

00:35:35.259 --> 00:35:35.879
 he is the

00:35:35.879 --> 00:35:36.279
 beginning

00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:37.019
 the firstborn

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.539
 from the dead

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.079
 that in

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.619
 everything

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.179
 he might

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.339
 be

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:39.859
 preeminent

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:41.159
 for in

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.539
 him

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.279
 all the

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:42.500
 fullness

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:42.859
 of God

00:35:42.859 --> 00:35:43.339
 was pleased

00:35:43.339 --> 00:35:43.679
 to dwell

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.339
 and through

00:35:44.339 --> 00:35:44.759
 him

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:45.719
 to reconcile

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.460
 to himself

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.339
 all things

00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:48.259
 whether on

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:48.679
 earth

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.279
 or in

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.619
 heaven

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.879
 making peace

00:35:50.879 --> 00:35:51.299
 by the

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:51.599
 blood

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:51.900
 of his

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.299
 cross

00:35:52.299 --> 00:35:53.119
 that Jesus

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.940
 in his

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.339
 power

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:55.160
 and for

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.740
 his purpose

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:56.380
 that all

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:56.740
 things

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.380
 exist

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.360
 for him

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.000
 Jesus

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.760
 was the

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:00.460
 one

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.059
 who through

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.500
 the power

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:01.880
 of God

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.800
 reconciled

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.320
 all of

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:03.760
 broken

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.380
 humanity

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:05.280
 and all

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:05.900
 of fallen

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.519
 creation

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.840
 he reconciled

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.300
 it back

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:09.079
 to himself

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:10.740
 this word

00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:11.180
 reconcile

00:36:11.180 --> 00:36:11.800
 is to

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.960
 is to

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:14.160
 make friends

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:15.340
 that the

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.039
 hostility

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:17.400
 the enmity

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.780
 the

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.500
 the

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.559
 the division

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.400
 that we

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.220
 experience with

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:21.660
 God because

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:22.240
 of our sin

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:23.099
 has been

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.619
 corrected

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.479
 and resolved

00:36:24.479 --> 00:36:25.179
 in Jesus

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:27.779
 of course

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.159
 we know

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.779
 Romans chapter

00:36:28.779 --> 00:36:29.419
 five verse

00:36:29.419 --> 00:36:29.799
 one

00:36:29.799 --> 00:36:30.859
 where it

00:36:30.859 --> 00:36:31.059
 says

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.399
 therefore

00:36:31.399 --> 00:36:32.179
 since we

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.639
 have been

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.239
 justified

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:34.559
 by faith

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.479
 we have

00:36:35.479 --> 00:36:36.079
 peace

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:37.000
 with God

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.819
 through our

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:38.539
 Lord Jesus

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.979
 Christ

00:36:38.979 --> 00:36:40.839
 Jesus is

00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:41.179
 the one

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.679
 who made

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.519
 peace with

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:42.739
 God

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.239
 possible

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:45.119
 he paid

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:46.339
 the debt

00:36:46.339 --> 00:36:47.359
 of sin

00:36:47.359 --> 00:36:47.799
 that we

00:36:47.799 --> 00:36:48.339
 deserved

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:50.200
 he's made

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.680
 peace with

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:50.920
 God

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.360
 available

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.780
 through

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.920
 his

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.000
 penalty

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.860
 of sin

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.640
 the sacrifice

00:36:55.640 --> 00:36:56.140
 that he

00:36:56.140 --> 00:36:56.440
 made

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.500
 and inviting

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.200
 us into

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:59.180
 faith in

00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.440
 Christ

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.019
 and forgiveness

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:02.500
 if we had

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.019
 time we would

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.760
 talk about how

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.900
 all things

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.360
 doesn't just

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.940
 relate to

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.539
 humanity

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.700
 but that all

00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:08.519
 things also

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.620
 relates to

00:37:09.620 --> 00:37:10.400
 creation

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:11.700
 that just

00:37:11.700 --> 00:37:12.780
 as the fall

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.620
 severed

00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:14.240
 relationship

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:15.280
 between man

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.120
 and God

00:37:16.120 --> 00:37:16.539
 and the

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.500
 fall had

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.199
 implications

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:19.119
 on humanity

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.980
 we know

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.460
 as we look

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.920
 back to

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.599
 Genesis chapter

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:21.940
 2

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.699
 and Genesis

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:23.460
 chapter 3

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:24.019
 it had

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.719
 implications

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:25.599
 across

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:27.019
 creation

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:28.039
 in totality

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.400
 right

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:30.219
 we know

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:31.199
 that in

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.599
 the animal

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:31.960
 kingdom

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:33.719
 the serpent

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.760
 was forced

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.460
 to crawl

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:35.840
 on his

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.159
 belly

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:37.300
 we know

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.719
 that in

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:39.679
 the kingdom

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.920
 of the

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:41.360
 earth

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.719
 the thorns

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.420
 and the thistles

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:43.940
 would grow

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.840
 and we know

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.320
 that pain

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.860
 would come

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.880
 to Eve

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.300
 in her

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:47.860
 childbearing

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.079
 it would

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.380
 come

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.160
 to Adam

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:49.460
 and his

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:49.920
 working

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:51.380
 it affected

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.820
 the totality

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.740
 of creation

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:55.440
 described for us

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:55.800
 in Romans

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.360
 chapter 8

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:56.980
 verse 19

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.480
 it says

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.680
 for the creation

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.380
 waits

00:37:59.380 --> 00:38:00.599
 with eager

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.220
 longing

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:02.360
 for the revealing

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.940
 of the sons

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.400
 of God

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:04.240
 for the creation

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:05.599
 was subjected

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.680
 to futility

00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:07.880
 not willingly

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:09.039
 but because of

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.760
 him who subjected

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.740
 it in hope

00:38:10.740 --> 00:38:12.240
 that the creation

00:38:12.240 --> 00:38:13.280
 itself will be

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.860
 set free

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:15.119
 from its bondage

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.779
 to corruption

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.859
 and obtain

00:38:16.859 --> 00:38:17.440
 the freedom

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.259
 of the glory

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.900
 of the children

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.859
 of God

00:38:19.859 --> 00:38:21.480
 there's a lot

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.779
 there

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:22.880
 but just in

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.319
 summary

00:38:23.319 --> 00:38:24.179
 that when

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:25.019
 Jesus died

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.539
 on the cross

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.139
 he made it

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.639
 possible

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.980
 for humanity

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:29.099
 to be reconciled

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.359
 to him

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:30.079
 and also

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.659
 to creation

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.779
 to be restored

00:38:31.779 --> 00:38:32.480
 once again

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:34.039
 to its rightful

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.859
 condition

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:36.799
 possible because

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.440
 of what Jesus

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.239
 accomplished

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:40.779
 I want to

00:38:40.779 --> 00:38:41.279
 just pause

00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:41.839
 for a moment

00:38:41.839 --> 00:38:43.439
 to consider

00:38:43.439 --> 00:38:45.519
 we have the

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.539
 truth of Jesus

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.819
 being preeminent

00:38:47.819 --> 00:38:48.299
 we have the

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:49.379
 truth of Jesus

00:38:49.379 --> 00:38:50.479
 being God

00:38:50.479 --> 00:38:52.699
 what does that

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:53.479
 mean for us

00:38:53.479 --> 00:38:53.859
 tomorrow

00:38:53.859 --> 00:38:55.859
 when we say

00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:56.279
 that Jesus

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:56.919
 is preeminent

00:38:56.919 --> 00:38:58.219
 we can ascribe

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:58.719
 that truth

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.439
 we can see

00:38:59.439 --> 00:38:59.919
 that truth

00:38:59.919 --> 00:39:00.619
 what does it

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:00.959
 mean

00:39:00.959 --> 00:39:02.139
 how does that

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:02.539
 play out

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:02.979
 what does that

00:39:02.979 --> 00:39:04.719
 do for you

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:05.379
 tomorrow

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:07.260
 when you think

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:07.880
 about Jesus

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.640
 is preeminent

00:39:08.640 --> 00:39:10.539
 I want to just

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.340
 begin with this

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:12.840
 it begins

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.900
 with your posture

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:14.539
 towards Jesus

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:14.900
 Christ

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:17.000
 do you have

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:18.099
 a relationship

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.900
 with Jesus

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.300
 Christ

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:20.920
 have you come

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.420
 to a place

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:22.280
 of recognizing

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:23.440
 that you are

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:24.119
 out of bounds

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:25.160
 because of sin

00:39:25.160 --> 00:39:25.800
 and by the way

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.260
 all of us

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.880
 are in the same

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:28.180
 boat

00:39:28.180 --> 00:39:29.500
 all have sinned

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.140
 all have come

00:39:30.140 --> 00:39:30.619
 short of the

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.099
 glory of God

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:32.200
 and so we're

00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:32.780
 all broken

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:34.200
 we're all

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:35.079
 separated

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:36.239
 because of sin

00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:37.779
 and the first

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.299
 step

00:39:38.299 --> 00:39:39.779
 to enjoying

00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:41.139
 the preeminence

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:41.619
 of Christ

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:42.559
 is bowing

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:42.860
 the knee

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.239
 to him

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:44.199
 in forgiveness

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:45.219
 asking forgiveness

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:45.799
 for our sin

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.599
 and committing

00:39:46.599 --> 00:39:47.179
 our life

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.860
 to following

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.319
 after him

00:39:48.319 --> 00:39:50.799
 for those of you

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:52.159
 for those of us

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.539
 who have done

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.779
 that

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.960
 what does

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:55.039
 the preeminence

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.480
 of God

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:55.880
 mean

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:57.179
 as it relates

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:58.599
 to your mornings

00:39:58.599 --> 00:40:00.840
 I mean

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.779
 like

00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:03.960
 I like my sleep

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:05.860
 I like hitting

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.240
 the snooze

00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:06.500
 button

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.740
 and by the way

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:09.300
 don't misunderstand

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:09.860
 me

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:11.519
 how do our

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.280
 comforts

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:13.119
 get in the way

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:14.400
 of making

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:15.860
 Jesus preeminent

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:17.519
 not only

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.260
 in the sleep

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:18.800
 that we

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.920
 that we

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:21.220
 need to get

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:22.699
 in the

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:23.340
 friendships

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:24.220
 that we have

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:25.119
 in the priorities

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.860
 that we set

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:27.019
 in the money

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.980
 that we spend

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.940
 in the

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.980
 aspirations

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:31.139
 that we have

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:32.340
 in the ministries

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:32.940
 that we take

00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:33.519
 part in

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:34.640
 all of these

00:40:34.640 --> 00:40:35.140
 things have

00:40:35.140 --> 00:40:35.800
 implications

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:37.720
 to is

00:40:37.720 --> 00:40:38.740
 Jesus preeminent

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:39.160
 is he

00:40:39.160 --> 00:40:39.820
 supreme

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:41.440
 you might

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:42.100
 ask the question

00:40:42.100 --> 00:40:42.700
 a little differently

00:40:42.700 --> 00:40:43.720
 maybe like this

00:40:43.720 --> 00:40:45.780
 Jesus

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:47.340
 can be

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:48.420
 supreme

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.740
 over everything

00:40:49.740 --> 00:40:50.480
 in my life

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:51.039
 except

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:52.660
 fill in the

00:40:52.660 --> 00:40:52.900
 blank

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:54.280
 do you have

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.740
 one of those

00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:57.680
 Jesus

00:40:57.680 --> 00:40:58.480
 you can have

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:59.420
 everything in my life

00:40:59.420 --> 00:40:59.960
 except

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:01.500
 my wife

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:03.559
 you can have

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.579
 everything in my life

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.840
 except my kids

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:07.539
 you can have

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.800
 everything in my life

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:09.039
 Lord

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.800
 except my job

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:11.059
 I really love my job

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:12.679
 please don't take that away

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:14.500
 you can have

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.760
 everything in my life

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:16.920
 except

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.760
 my health

00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:19.619
 I kind of need that

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:20.500
 that's kind of important

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.119
 don't you see

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:22.280
 how important that is

00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:23.199
 for me to be healthy

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:24.300
 so I can do all of these

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:25.099
 great things for you

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:27.420
 you can have

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:28.880
 everything in my life

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:29.619
 except

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:31.319
 my stuff

00:41:31.319 --> 00:41:32.359
 whatever that stuff

00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:32.759
 is

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:33.359
 God

00:41:33.359 --> 00:41:34.639
 I like my stuff

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.539
 don't take my stuff

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:35.819
 away

00:41:35.819 --> 00:41:38.799
 maybe it begins

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:39.500
 with saying

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:40.339
 Lord

00:41:40.339 --> 00:41:41.900
 you're supreme

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:42.699
 over everything

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:44.659
 it belongs to you

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.960
 it was created

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:47.019
 you created

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.960
 it for you

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:49.679
 I give it to you

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:50.779
 it's yours

00:41:50.779 --> 00:41:52.019
 it belongs to you

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.819
 I want

00:41:52.819 --> 00:41:54.119
 whatever it takes

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:55.839
 make yourself

00:41:55.839 --> 00:41:56.940
 preeminent in my life

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:58.639
 and

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.679
 what does that mean

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:00.200
 in terms of

00:42:00.200 --> 00:42:01.019
 just a stepping

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.960
 towards

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:03.740
 stepping towards

00:42:03.740 --> 00:42:04.280
 that

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:05.820
 maybe another

00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:06.559
 question you would ask

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:07.400
 and I need to do this

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:07.860
 more quickly

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:09.740
 another question

00:42:09.740 --> 00:42:10.900
 you might ask yourself

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.500
 as you review

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.119
 your week

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:13.539
 what was

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:14.579
 one time

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:16.019
 this past week

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:17.700
 where you found

00:42:17.700 --> 00:42:18.300
 your heart

00:42:18.300 --> 00:42:19.179
 complaining

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:21.360
 you found

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:21.840
 your heart

00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:22.559
 being critical

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.740
 you found

00:42:23.740 --> 00:42:24.240
 your heart

00:42:24.240 --> 00:42:24.980
 being a little

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.420
 anxious

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:26.139
 you found

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.900
 your heart

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.659
 being a little

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.519
 unsettled

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:30.000
 you were a little

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.659
 frustrated

00:42:30.659 --> 00:42:31.460
 and I'll give you

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:31.940
 an example

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:33.000
 okay

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.960
 so

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:35.460
 I had a car

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.880
 that was stuck

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.720
 in Cedarville

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:39.519
 because of

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:40.019
 a flat tire

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:41.619
 and initially

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:42.119
 I handled that

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.500
 pretty well

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:42.900
 okay

00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:43.599
 no problem

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.019
 we'll go to

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.360
 Cedarville

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:44.840
 we'll take care

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.180
 of this

00:42:45.180 --> 00:42:46.200
 I knew

00:42:46.200 --> 00:42:47.500
 that it had

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:47.920
 an issue

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:48.579
 with a lug nut

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:49.200
 that was broken

00:42:49.200 --> 00:42:50.039
 so I bought

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.539
 the tools

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:51.059
 I knew

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:52.659
 about what I

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:52.960
 need

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:53.500
 to make sure

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:54.220
 that that worked

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:55.500
 and so we

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:55.799
 went to

00:42:55.799 --> 00:42:56.219
 Cedarville

00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:57.219
 and I started

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:57.799
 working on this

00:42:57.799 --> 00:42:58.219
 I thought it was

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:58.739
 going to be quick

00:42:58.739 --> 00:42:59.480
 it wasn't quick

00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:01.439
 it wasn't quick

00:43:01.439 --> 00:43:03.079
 and I found

00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:03.619
 myself

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:06.399
 I'm so frustrated

00:43:06.399 --> 00:43:07.359
 this is not

00:43:07.359 --> 00:43:07.779
 working

00:43:07.779 --> 00:43:10.139
 and so

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:11.139
 I got

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:13.219
 started twisting

00:43:13.219 --> 00:43:13.919
 the nut

00:43:13.919 --> 00:43:14.699
 and it broke

00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:16.879
 the broken nut

00:43:16.879 --> 00:43:18.139
 broke some more

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:19.319
 so there was only

00:43:19.319 --> 00:43:21.819
 the sleeve

00:43:21.819 --> 00:43:22.539
 inside

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:23.059
 and I'll try to

00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:23.779
 speed this up

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:24.400
 you kind of

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:25.100
 get the idea

00:43:25.100 --> 00:43:25.980
 so one

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.560
 frustration

00:43:26.560 --> 00:43:27.720
 was compounded

00:43:27.720 --> 00:43:28.100
 by another

00:43:28.100 --> 00:43:28.700
 frustration

00:43:28.700 --> 00:43:29.860
 which just

00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:31.080
 was not

00:43:31.080 --> 00:43:31.900
 ending

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:33.160
 and finally

00:43:33.160 --> 00:43:34.200
 over the course

00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:34.900
 of what I thought

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:35.360
 was going to be

00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:36.100
 15 minutes

00:43:36.100 --> 00:43:36.660
 turned into

00:43:36.660 --> 00:43:37.840
 an hour and a half

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:38.780
 I don't know

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:40.120
 an hour and a half

00:43:40.120 --> 00:43:40.960
 well we got it

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:41.220
 working

00:43:41.220 --> 00:43:41.980
 but guess what

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:43.220
 I left

00:43:43.220 --> 00:43:43.800
 the key

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:45.100
 in Columbus

00:43:45.100 --> 00:43:47.180
 so we couldn't

00:43:47.180 --> 00:43:48.019
 bring the car

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:49.160
 back

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:51.599
 and in my heart

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:53.759
 I

00:43:53.759 --> 00:43:56.259
 I wasn't

00:43:56.259 --> 00:43:57.219
 terrible

00:43:57.219 --> 00:44:00.659
 but I wasn't

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.339
 rejoicing

00:44:01.339 --> 00:44:07.539
 Jesus wasn't

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:08.659
 preeminent

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:10.699
 I mean

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:11.859
 if I really

00:44:11.859 --> 00:44:13.460
 was so full

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.359
 of the fact

00:44:14.359 --> 00:44:14.539
 that

00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:15.759
 I belong

00:44:15.759 --> 00:44:16.319
 to Jesus

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:17.400
 he's forgiven

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:17.740
 me

00:44:17.740 --> 00:44:18.600
 he's delivered

00:44:18.600 --> 00:44:18.920
 me

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:19.680
 from the kingdom

00:44:19.680 --> 00:44:20.240
 of darkness

00:44:20.240 --> 00:44:21.340
 he's transferred

00:44:21.340 --> 00:44:21.700
 me

00:44:21.700 --> 00:44:22.460
 into the kingdom

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:23.160
 of his beloved

00:44:23.160 --> 00:44:23.680
 son

00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:24.760
 I have redemption

00:44:24.760 --> 00:44:25.620
 in him

00:44:25.620 --> 00:44:26.480
 I have forgiveness

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:27.039
 in him

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:28.580
 I don't care

00:44:28.580 --> 00:44:29.420
 what's happened

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:30.580
 if those things

00:44:30.580 --> 00:44:31.220
 are in place

00:44:31.220 --> 00:44:32.620
 my life is good

00:44:32.620 --> 00:44:34.780
 if Jesus

00:44:34.780 --> 00:44:35.539
 is preeminent

00:44:35.539 --> 00:44:38.120
 review

00:44:38.120 --> 00:44:38.900
 your week

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:40.480
 how does

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:42.000
 your gratitude

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.500
 reflect

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:43.100
 that Jesus

00:44:43.100 --> 00:44:43.840
 is really not

00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:44.640
 first

00:44:44.640 --> 00:44:47.960
 alright

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:50.600
 so Jesus

00:44:50.600 --> 00:44:51.200
 is over

00:44:51.200 --> 00:44:52.680
 the physical

00:44:52.680 --> 00:44:53.039
 world

00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:54.740
 and we see

00:44:54.740 --> 00:44:55.900
 that he is

00:44:55.900 --> 00:44:57.380
 he is fully

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:57.720
 God

00:44:57.720 --> 00:44:58.700
 but just

00:44:58.700 --> 00:45:00.039
 briefly

00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:01.160
 we also know

00:45:01.160 --> 00:45:01.579
 that Jesus

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:02.620
 is fully man

00:45:02.620 --> 00:45:04.220
 and

00:45:04.220 --> 00:45:05.240
 it's

00:45:05.240 --> 00:45:05.660
 it's

00:45:05.660 --> 00:45:06.420
 it's significant

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:07.200
 that the apostle

00:45:07.200 --> 00:45:07.680
 Paul

00:45:07.680 --> 00:45:08.720
 works

00:45:08.720 --> 00:45:09.660
 through this

00:45:09.660 --> 00:45:10.579
 and wants

00:45:10.579 --> 00:45:11.460
 the church

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:12.340
 to understand

00:45:12.340 --> 00:45:13.120
 the world

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:14.239
 in relationship

00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:14.900
 to Jesus

00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:16.079
 they want

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:16.859
 he wants

00:45:16.859 --> 00:45:17.319
 the church

00:45:17.319 --> 00:45:17.900
 to recognize

00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:18.480
 that not only

00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:18.940
 is Jesus

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:19.539
 God

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:20.359
 but

00:45:20.359 --> 00:45:20.920
 but Jesus

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:21.619
 is so

00:45:21.619 --> 00:45:22.559
 invested

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:24.119
 so intertwined

00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:25.139
 his activities

00:45:25.139 --> 00:45:25.579
 are so

00:45:25.579 --> 00:45:26.400
 interlayered

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:27.019
 that it's

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:28.019
 inseparable

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:28.500
 with this

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:29.259
 material world

00:45:29.259 --> 00:45:29.819
 and so

00:45:29.819 --> 00:45:30.380
 the material

00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:30.719
 world

00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:31.019
 that we

00:45:31.019 --> 00:45:31.619
 enjoy

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:32.460
 is a world

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:32.699
 that

00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:33.000
 that

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:33.739
 Jesus

00:45:33.739 --> 00:45:34.359
 made

00:45:34.359 --> 00:45:35.519
 it's meant

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.159
 to celebrate

00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:37.039
 it's meant

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.980
 to reflect

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:38.619
 the wonder

00:45:38.619 --> 00:45:38.900
 of who

00:45:38.900 --> 00:45:39.699
 God is

00:45:39.699 --> 00:45:41.539
 verse 18

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:42.239
 he's the head

00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:42.779
 of the body

00:45:42.779 --> 00:45:43.219
 of the church

00:45:43.219 --> 00:45:43.900
 the beginning

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:44.460
 the firstborn

00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:45.019
 from the dead

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:46.000
 that in everything

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.519
 he might be

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:47.000
 preeminent

00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:48.219
 for in him

00:45:48.219 --> 00:45:48.759
 all the fullness

00:45:48.759 --> 00:45:49.199
 of God

00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:49.719
 was pleased

00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:50.279
 to dwell

00:45:50.279 --> 00:45:52.119
 he is the head

00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:53.179
 of the church

00:45:53.179 --> 00:45:54.800
 and he is the fullness

00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:55.900
 of God

00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:56.779
 we see this

00:45:56.779 --> 00:45:58.460
 in his power

00:45:58.460 --> 00:45:59.139
 to reconcile

00:45:59.139 --> 00:45:59.759
 the world

00:45:59.759 --> 00:46:00.380
 to himself

00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:01.980
 and as man

00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:03.340
 we come to recognize

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:04.179
 in verse 15

00:46:04.179 --> 00:46:05.820
 that his relationship

00:46:05.820 --> 00:46:06.840
 to the physical world

00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:07.380
 is so

00:46:07.380 --> 00:46:08.699
 intertwined

00:46:08.699 --> 00:46:11.239
 he is the image

00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:11.739
 of the invisible

00:46:11.739 --> 00:46:12.879
 God

00:46:12.879 --> 00:46:13.719
 we see

00:46:13.719 --> 00:46:14.859
 in verse 15

00:46:14.859 --> 00:46:15.859
 the firstborn

00:46:15.859 --> 00:46:16.519
 of creation

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:17.679
 and the fact

00:46:17.679 --> 00:46:18.579
 that he's an image

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:19.399
 means that he

00:46:19.399 --> 00:46:20.279
 took on

00:46:20.279 --> 00:46:21.179
 a physical

00:46:21.179 --> 00:46:22.480
 material body

00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:24.759
 he became man

00:46:24.759 --> 00:46:25.219
 we know that

00:46:25.219 --> 00:46:25.879
 from John

00:46:25.879 --> 00:46:27.139
 chapter 1

00:46:27.139 --> 00:46:29.159
 the word

00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:30.159
 became flesh

00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:31.199
 John 1 14

00:46:31.199 --> 00:46:32.879
 he dwell among us

00:46:32.879 --> 00:46:33.899
 we have seen his glory

00:46:33.899 --> 00:46:34.699
 the glory

00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:35.659
 as of the only son

00:46:35.659 --> 00:46:36.279
 from the father

00:46:36.279 --> 00:46:37.139
 full of grace

00:46:37.139 --> 00:46:37.759
 and truth

00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:38.960
 that Jesus

00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:39.940
 became physical

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:41.960
 and also in verse 15

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:43.500
 he's the firstborn

00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:44.500
 of creation

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:45.000
 means that

00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:46.300
 that we understand

00:46:46.300 --> 00:46:47.240
 him in relation

00:46:47.240 --> 00:46:48.320
 to the creation

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:49.040
 that he made

00:46:49.040 --> 00:46:51.540
 in verse 16

00:46:51.540 --> 00:46:53.460
 he is the creator

00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:55.160
 he made all the stuff

00:46:55.160 --> 00:46:56.280
 the visible

00:46:56.280 --> 00:46:56.940
 invisible

00:46:56.940 --> 00:46:58.520
 the thrones

00:46:58.520 --> 00:46:59.220
 or dominions

00:46:59.220 --> 00:47:00.620
 the things in heaven

00:47:00.620 --> 00:47:01.640
 and things on earth

00:47:01.640 --> 00:47:02.680
 Jesus made it all

00:47:02.680 --> 00:47:04.980
 it's made for him

00:47:04.980 --> 00:47:05.680
 and through him

00:47:05.680 --> 00:47:06.440
 in verse 16

00:47:06.440 --> 00:47:07.880
 through him

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:08.360
 all things

00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:08.880
 hold together

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:09.380
 he's the one

00:47:09.380 --> 00:47:09.980
 who sustains

00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:10.980
 this material

00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:12.119
 physical world

00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:15.139
 we come to appreciate

00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:17.579
 that this material

00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:18.519
 world matters

00:47:18.519 --> 00:47:20.440
 it matters

00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:21.119
 because Jesus

00:47:21.119 --> 00:47:21.760
 made it

00:47:21.760 --> 00:47:22.860
 verse 18

00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:24.159
 we see his relationship

00:47:24.159 --> 00:47:24.880
 to the church

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:26.519
 he's the head

00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:27.240
 of the body

00:47:27.240 --> 00:47:27.780
 of the church

00:47:27.780 --> 00:47:28.880
 and so Paul

00:47:28.880 --> 00:47:29.599
 uses this

00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:30.980
 to describe

00:47:30.980 --> 00:47:32.340
 not only the headship

00:47:32.340 --> 00:47:32.920
 of Christ

00:47:32.920 --> 00:47:33.579
 that he is

00:47:33.579 --> 00:47:35.119
 supreme over the church

00:47:35.119 --> 00:47:35.960
 but the church

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:36.579
 is owing

00:47:36.579 --> 00:47:37.659
 to Jesus

00:47:37.659 --> 00:47:40.039
 and we see

00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:40.900
 how his work

00:47:40.900 --> 00:47:41.839
 was accomplished

00:47:41.839 --> 00:47:43.199
 it was accomplished

00:47:43.199 --> 00:47:44.880
 through physicality

00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:46.219
 it was accomplished

00:47:46.219 --> 00:47:47.159
 through death

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:47.920
 on a cross

00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:48.859
 it was accomplished

00:47:48.859 --> 00:47:49.719
 by a body

00:47:49.719 --> 00:47:50.960
 and by blood

00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:52.059
 that was spilled

00:47:52.059 --> 00:47:51.559
!

00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:52.059
 that was spilled

00:47:52.059 --> 00:47:51.559
!

00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:52.079
 that was spilled

00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:52.719
 on the cross

00:47:52.719 --> 00:47:53.339
 for us

00:47:53.339 --> 00:47:55.139
 reconciled

00:47:55.139 --> 00:47:55.819
 by his body

00:47:55.819 --> 00:47:56.799
 of his flesh

00:47:56.799 --> 00:47:58.880
 and those of us

00:47:58.880 --> 00:47:59.739
 who were alienated

00:47:59.739 --> 00:48:00.699
 now get to enjoy

00:48:00.699 --> 00:48:01.679
 the benefits

00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:03.480
 of being

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:05.500
 part

00:48:05.500 --> 00:48:06.719
 of the commonwealth

00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:07.079
 of Israel

00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:07.599
 he says

00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:09.519
 we have God

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.739
 we're with him

00:48:10.739 --> 00:48:11.759
 we're in fellowship

00:48:11.759 --> 00:48:12.460
 with him

00:48:12.460 --> 00:48:14.059
 let me just try

00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:14.699
 to wrap this up

00:48:14.699 --> 00:48:14.960
 what

00:48:14.960 --> 00:48:16.739
 why does this matter

00:48:16.739 --> 00:48:19.039
 why does it matter

00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:19.399
 then

00:48:19.399 --> 00:48:20.819
 that Jesus

00:48:20.819 --> 00:48:21.919
 came

00:48:21.919 --> 00:48:22.859
 in human

00:48:22.859 --> 00:48:23.579
 flesh

00:48:23.579 --> 00:48:25.019
 why does it matter

00:48:25.019 --> 00:48:26.259
 that this essential

00:48:26.259 --> 00:48:26.859
 doctrine

00:48:26.859 --> 00:48:28.039
 of Jesus

00:48:28.039 --> 00:48:29.099
 becoming flesh

00:48:29.099 --> 00:48:30.000
 what was something

00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:30.739
 that the apostle

00:48:30.739 --> 00:48:31.219
 John

00:48:31.219 --> 00:48:32.079
 made

00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:32.900
 kind of

00:48:32.900 --> 00:48:33.460
 essential

00:48:33.460 --> 00:48:34.420
 for the church

00:48:34.420 --> 00:48:35.699
 I think there are

00:48:35.699 --> 00:48:36.480
 a number of reasons

00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:37.639
 let me just draw

00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:38.559
 attention to a couple

00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:40.299
 first is in

00:48:40.299 --> 00:48:41.539
 1 Corinthians 10 13

00:48:41.539 --> 00:48:43.099
 1 Corinthians 10 13

00:48:43.099 --> 00:48:43.739
 says this

00:48:43.739 --> 00:48:45.500
 no temptation

00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:46.519
 is overtaking you

00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:47.460
 that is not

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:48.259
 common to man

00:48:48.259 --> 00:48:49.819
 God

00:48:49.819 --> 00:48:50.599
 is

00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:51.259
 faithful

00:48:51.259 --> 00:48:52.759
 he will not

00:48:52.759 --> 00:48:53.460
 let you be tempted

00:48:53.460 --> 00:48:54.279
 beyond your ability

00:48:54.279 --> 00:48:55.920
 but with the temptation

00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:57.239
 he will also

00:48:57.239 --> 00:48:58.019
 provide the way

00:48:58.019 --> 00:48:58.460
 of escape

00:48:58.460 --> 00:48:59.240
 that you

00:48:59.240 --> 00:49:00.039
 may be able

00:49:00.039 --> 00:49:00.900
 to endure it

00:49:00.900 --> 00:49:03.380
 Jesus set the example

00:49:03.380 --> 00:49:05.039
 the example

00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:05.880
 of knowing

00:49:05.880 --> 00:49:06.659
 God's will

00:49:06.659 --> 00:49:07.699
 and the example

00:49:07.699 --> 00:49:08.199
 of

00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:09.320
 of being

00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:09.980
 empowered

00:49:09.980 --> 00:49:11.500
 by the spirit's

00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:12.300
 strength

00:49:12.300 --> 00:49:13.260
 to put that

00:49:13.260 --> 00:49:13.960
 will to work

00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:16.420
 and as we follow

00:49:16.420 --> 00:49:18.179
 the pattern

00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:18.960
 the example

00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:19.599
 of Christ

00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:21.400
 we understand

00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:21.780
 that

00:49:21.780 --> 00:49:22.539
 that God

00:49:22.539 --> 00:49:23.720
 will not allow

00:49:23.720 --> 00:49:24.599
 temptation

00:49:24.599 --> 00:49:25.659
 to come

00:49:25.659 --> 00:49:26.860
 into our orbit

00:49:26.860 --> 00:49:27.840
 that he hasn't

00:49:27.840 --> 00:49:28.440
 also given

00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:29.200
 us direction

00:49:29.200 --> 00:49:30.300
 from his word

00:49:30.300 --> 00:49:31.099
 in power

00:49:31.099 --> 00:49:31.980
 from his spirit

00:49:31.980 --> 00:49:32.840
 to overcome

00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:34.800
 we can trust

00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:35.160
 God

00:49:35.160 --> 00:49:36.140
 when we face

00:49:36.140 --> 00:49:36.920
 temptation

00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:38.160
 and finally

00:49:38.160 --> 00:49:41.539
 Hebrews chapter

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 4 15

00:49:42.220 --> 00:49:43.300
 says this

00:49:43.300 --> 00:49:45.440
 we do not

00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:46.420
 have a high priest

00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:47.860
 who is unable

00:49:47.860 --> 00:49:48.820
 to sympathize

00:49:48.820 --> 00:49:49.820
 with our weakness

00:49:49.820 --> 00:49:50.559
 but one

00:49:50.559 --> 00:49:51.579
 who in every

00:49:51.579 --> 00:49:52.140
 respect

00:49:52.140 --> 00:49:53.160
 has been tempted

00:49:53.159 --> 00:49:54.460
 as we are

00:49:54.460 --> 00:49:55.480
 yet without sin

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:57.579
 let us then

00:49:57.579 --> 00:49:58.279
 with confidence

00:49:58.279 --> 00:49:59.199
 draw near to the

00:49:59.199 --> 00:49:59.920
 throne of grace

00:49:59.920 --> 00:50:01.539
 that we may

00:50:01.539 --> 00:50:02.480
 receive mercy

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:04.099
 and find grace

00:50:04.099 --> 00:50:04.759
 in time

00:50:04.759 --> 00:50:06.659
 of need

00:50:06.659 --> 00:50:07.859
 Jesus

00:50:07.859 --> 00:50:08.859
 understands

00:50:08.859 --> 00:50:10.259
 your struggle

00:50:10.259 --> 00:50:11.379
 Jesus

00:50:11.379 --> 00:50:12.139
 understands

00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:12.960
 my struggle

00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:13.599
 not only

00:50:13.599 --> 00:50:14.739
 the temptations

00:50:14.739 --> 00:50:15.619
 that we experience

00:50:15.619 --> 00:50:16.839
 but the trials

00:50:16.839 --> 00:50:17.920
 that we encounter

00:50:17.920 --> 00:50:18.920
 in life

00:50:18.920 --> 00:50:20.079
 and Jesus

00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:21.219
 is not separated

00:50:21.219 --> 00:50:21.819
 from that

00:50:21.819 --> 00:50:22.399
 Jesus

00:50:22.399 --> 00:50:22.959
 as our

00:50:22.959 --> 00:50:23.439
 sympathetic

00:50:23.439 --> 00:50:24.099
 high priest

00:50:24.099 --> 00:50:25.799
 can identify

00:50:25.799 --> 00:50:26.579
 with that

00:50:26.579 --> 00:50:27.139
 because he

00:50:27.139 --> 00:50:27.859
 suffered

00:50:27.859 --> 00:50:28.859
 and experienced

00:50:28.859 --> 00:50:29.539
 that himself

00:50:29.539 --> 00:50:31.639
 and so

00:50:31.639 --> 00:50:32.079
 when we come

00:50:32.079 --> 00:50:32.619
 to Jesus

00:50:32.619 --> 00:50:34.599
 and we bring

00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:35.359
 those

00:50:35.359 --> 00:50:36.559
 struggles

00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:37.519
 to him

00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:38.899
 our heart

00:50:38.899 --> 00:50:39.539
 our raw

00:50:39.539 --> 00:50:40.179
 emotion

00:50:40.179 --> 00:50:41.279
 of how we

00:50:41.279 --> 00:50:41.619
 feel

00:50:41.619 --> 00:50:42.639
 we have

00:50:42.639 --> 00:50:44.059
 a high priest

00:50:44.059 --> 00:50:44.859
 who can sympathize

00:50:44.859 --> 00:50:45.339
 with us

00:50:45.339 --> 00:50:46.639
 and who

00:50:46.639 --> 00:50:47.219
 delights

00:50:47.219 --> 00:50:48.000
 in helping us

00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:49.619
 oh may the

00:50:49.619 --> 00:50:50.360
 Lord help us

00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:51.679
 to recognize

00:50:51.679 --> 00:50:53.380
 and put into

00:50:53.380 --> 00:50:53.940
 practice

00:50:53.940 --> 00:50:55.219
 these truths

00:50:55.219 --> 00:50:57.159
 Jesus

00:50:57.159 --> 00:50:58.039
 is fully

00:50:58.039 --> 00:50:58.420
 God

00:50:58.420 --> 00:50:59.760
 so he's

00:50:59.760 --> 00:51:00.260
 preeminent

00:51:00.260 --> 00:51:01.360
 Jesus

00:51:01.360 --> 00:51:02.139
 is fully

00:51:02.139 --> 00:51:02.500
 man

00:51:02.500 --> 00:51:03.420
 so he can

00:51:03.420 --> 00:51:03.940
 identify

00:51:03.940 --> 00:51:04.699
 with our

00:51:04.699 --> 00:51:05.119
 struggles

00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:06.159
 and has made

00:51:06.159 --> 00:51:06.500
 a way

00:51:06.500 --> 00:51:07.280
 for us

00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:08.900
 to overcome

00:51:08.900 --> 00:51:09.239
 them

00:51:09.239 --> 00:51:10.400
 through his

00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:10.800
 power

00:51:10.800 --> 00:51:11.980
 may we trust

00:51:11.980 --> 00:51:12.179
 him

00:51:12.179 --> 00:51:13.300
 oh Lord

00:51:13.300 --> 00:51:14.360
 we thank

00:51:14.360 --> 00:51:14.619
 you

00:51:14.619 --> 00:51:16.659
 for your

00:51:16.659 --> 00:51:17.000
 word

00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:18.719
 we thank

00:51:18.719 --> 00:51:18.920
 you for

00:51:18.920 --> 00:51:19.599
 these truths

00:51:19.599 --> 00:51:21.119
 we pray

00:51:21.119 --> 00:51:21.380
 that you

00:51:21.380 --> 00:51:21.739
 would help

00:51:21.739 --> 00:51:22.139
 us

00:51:22.139 --> 00:51:23.859
 to represent

00:51:23.859 --> 00:51:24.599
 you faithfully

00:51:24.599 --> 00:51:25.039
 in the world

00:51:25.039 --> 00:51:25.699
 around us

00:51:25.699 --> 00:51:27.159
 thank you

00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:27.579
 for sending

00:51:27.579 --> 00:51:28.039
 your son

00:51:28.039 --> 00:51:29.219
 thank you

00:51:29.219 --> 00:51:29.900
 for accomplishing

00:51:29.900 --> 00:51:30.199
 what was

00:51:30.199 --> 00:51:30.599
 required

00:51:30.599 --> 00:51:31.539
 so we

00:51:31.539 --> 00:51:32.099
 can enjoy

00:51:32.099 --> 00:51:32.980
 peace

00:51:32.980 --> 00:51:33.559
 with God

00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:33.960
 through

00:51:33.960 --> 00:51:34.719
 Christ

00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:35.719
 we pray

00:51:35.719 --> 00:51:36.159
 these things

00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:36.539
 in Jesus

00:51:36.539 --> 00:51:36.880
 name

00:51:36.880 --> 00:51:37.460
 amen

00:51:37.460 --> 00:51:38.539
 God bless

00:51:38.539 --> 00:51:38.699
 you

00:51:38.699 --> 00:51:39.739
 have a

00:51:39.739 --> 00:51:39.880
 great

00:51:39.880 --> 00:51:40.179
 week