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 Hey, I've been asked by many of you to tell some Will stories, so can we do that?

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 Do we have to record this?

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 Yeah, turn off the stream.

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 And he...

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 Love you, buddy.

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 Love being your dad.

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 Love being your dad.

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 Open your Bibles to Colossians.

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 Chapter 2, I called an audible last night.

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 Matt and Sean affirmed it, that we'd move away from the mission mindfulness and just look at a message from our recent series from Colossians that will fuel our worship of Christ, both this morning and hopefully in everyday life.

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 And I hope it encourages you.

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 I hope it inspires you.

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 I hope it equips you.

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 And I hope you leave here feeling more treasured by Jesus than when we began.

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 I'll leave my glasses to read this.

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 Colossians 2, 6 to 15.

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 Could I have someone volunteer to do that?

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 Great.

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 Thank you.

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 Colossians 2, 6 to 15.

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 Therefore, as you receive Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

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 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

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 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him who is the head of all rule and authority.

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 In him also you were circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.

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 And you, who were dead in your trespasses, and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands.

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 This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

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 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame by triumphing over them in him.

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 Colossians 2, verses 6 to 15.

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 Thank you.

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 It's God's word.

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 Thanks be to God for his word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, thank you for how you have already made your presence known to us through the reading of scripture, through the songs which point to and unite our hearts in Christ's beauty and sufficiency and glory.

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 Now we pray, Lord, by the work of your spirit, through the ministry of your word, through the weakness of my speech, Lord, draw out our faith, our affections, our minds, our attentions to him.

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 Lord, he is what we long for and desire.

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 Would you satisfy that longing?

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 And everyone said?

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We spent the summer of 2022 in a series we called The Core, Keeping Jesus at the Center.

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 And it was a series based on, expositionally based on one of Paul's smaller letters, the letter to the Colossians.

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 It's one of my favorite Pauline letters because of the punch it packs and the emphasis it brings to both the supremacy and sufficiency and beauty of Christ,

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 but also what I've been talking about like a broken record, our connection to him through faith and what we call union or communion with Christ.

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 In other words, Jesus is the core.

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 And Paul hammers that nail every line of his precious epistle.

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 The challenge of my life, maybe it's your life too, is to figure out how to live with a conscious awareness that Jesus is the core.

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 And this book has helped us focus on that.

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 So there was an illustration I used in the beginning of the series that I encouraged our church to use in conversations with neighbors

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 that they are building a relationship with when spiritual topics come to mind.

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 And you're at a place in that relationship where you can begin to invite and offer an alternative perspective, which this is a whole other series.

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 Friendship in the Bible is one of the themes in Proverbs.

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 That means it is an aspect of fearing the Lord and walking in wisdom, but it's an art.

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 It's not a science.

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 And yet, clearly, to be someone who fears God, you demonstrate in your friendships with people outside the covenant in Proverbs

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 and people inside the covenant in the Old Testament, wisdom.

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 So I've used this.

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 I've tested this.

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 It seems to pack a punch.

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 I'll try it with you.

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 And you can decide whether it helps you think about not only Jesus as the core,

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 but how do we live in a way consciously of that as we're loving our neighbors and reaching to them for Christ.

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 In 1879, the USS Jeanette was captained by Lieutenant George DeLong.

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 Any of you heard of him?

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 I think there's a special in National Geographic about him.

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 Lieutenant George DeLong was an Arctic explorer.

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 We could have invited him to Wendell this morning.

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 There was frost on our car and said, this is sort of like the Arctic.

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 And they set out on an expedition to sail to the North Pole,

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 seeking to reach it by ship via the Pacific Ocean and through the Bering Straits.

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 George DeLong.

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 George DeLong's entire expedition goal was to reach the North Pole by ship based on one particular map.

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 The map suggested there was a thermometric gateway that had been produced by a warm Pacific current

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 and that this gateway would open up at a particular time of year.

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 And what you would find at the North Pole was not a sea of ice,

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 but rather there was this fair weather passage that ships or ships could pass through to reach the North Pole.

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 Sadly, DeLong discovered, as did his crew, that the map was completely inaccurate.

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 There was no such passage.

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 There was no thermometric gateway.

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 DeLong was a recognized, celebrated, credentialed explorer.

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 And so this astonishing mistake in judgment is only, ironically, and compared with his credentials, all the more tragic.

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 Their ship, of course, became stranded in the ice.

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 Their expedition became a fight for survival.

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 Sadly, by the end, half of the crew perished, as did DeLong.

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 All because they weren't following a map that was accurate.

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 Friends, on phones and in our world and voices in our heads, there are all kinds of maps, competing maps that say this is where your life is found.

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 Follow this way.

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 Here is a life worth living.

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 Here is a path worth taking.

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 In the church of Jesus Christ today, were I to flip on YouTube or scan a podcast or even go to a Christian bookstore,

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 there would be a variety of maps saying this is the way, this is the path where true life is found.

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 In our culture, there are various and a variety of orientations that are held out saying this is the way you need to live.

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 Here is found true freedom.

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 This is what the path you need to take.

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 Here is your satisfaction.

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 Whether we realize it or not, and I put myself into this illustration, we are all following a map.

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 We are all making choices, small and significant, based on the map that says this is the way I want to live.

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 In fact, whether we realize it or not, the hope of the gospel is that you can bank eternity on Christ and the map he lays out.

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 But I am wondering, for myself and for you, when it comes to the everyday conscious choices we make, what is the map of your life?

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 What is the map you are trusting in?

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 What is the map that guided your choices to come to this retreat?

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 And what will be the map that you bring up, so to speak, on Monday as you begin a new week?

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 What is it that steers the orientation of your life?

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 What is it that steers the orientation of my life?

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 Colossians provides a unique map.

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 Four chapters.

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 And it is the way Jesus Christ has provided through which all of life makes sense.

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 This is the way to view the world.

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 When William, Bennett, Jacqueline, and Brittany took driving lessons at the TDA or whatever the name of the school,

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 TDA had a reputation, that's our driving school, that if you took their school,

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 they all but guaranteed you would pass the driver's test.

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 It's a pretty good deal.

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 I don't think they went so far as to say we'll refund you the money, but they had a reputation that their students never failed the driving test.

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 I shared this recently with my high school students, and they were like, are you being paid for this?

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 No, no, there's no reason I'm sharing this story with you.

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 I don't care what driving school you take.

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 Just don't hit me in the parking lot once you get your driver's license.

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 Most dangerous moment in my life is Friday afternoon at 2.35 as I'm pulling out, and high schoolers are going to their weekend.

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 They're like running me over.

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 But that's another story.

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 There's one particular part of the driver's test at the Taunton DMV where driver's testers priptically fail,

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 and that's, I believe, the three-point turn where you reach that part, and you say, stop the car.

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 Okay, I want you to park the car, bring it alongside the curb.

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 And I was in the car for one of those tests, and our student driver went through this ritual,

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 stops and adjusts the rearview mirror, puts his or her hand behind the headrest,

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 cocks the head, you know, and holds it for like two seconds, brings the head around,

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 now looks in the other rearview mirror, and then slowly but gradually makes the turn

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 and executes this flawless three-point turn.

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 Driver, evaluator, doesn't say anything.

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 Person finishes the test, pulls it into the parking lot, and with a big smile,

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 she says to, this was Bennett's test, you passed.

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 Then she said this, did you have Mr. Hillsdale as your driver instructor?

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 Well, yes, I did.

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 Do you know in 15 years of working for the RV, I have never failed one of his students?

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 And I said, well, why not?

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 I think you should fail more of these, these shuckalocks.

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 Do you see how they drive on Friday afternoon out of the high school parking lot?

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 They all follow the same steps when it comes to the three-point turn,

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 and they execute it flawlessly.

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 That's a good teacher.

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 Jesus is a good teacher.

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 Paul's a good teacher.

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 He's been sent by the ascended Lord as an apostle to give us more than driving skills,

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 but a map in four short chapters that covers the entire Christian life, our entire life.

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 And so it heeds us to give attention to it and to make efforts to bring it into everyday life.

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 I'm going to give you my closing comment now, not because I'm closing, but I'm giving you the verse.

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 I'm going to put my finger on the verse so you can hold me accountable,

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 because this, I believe, is the, if you will, the imperative of the passage.

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 It's one verse, and you're going to find it in verse 12, which was read so beautifully moments ago,

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 where Paul writes, speaking of what has happened to us when we put our trust in Christ.

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 Colossians, these were new believers.

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 Paul has never been to this church.

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 He is sending this letter to them to encourage their faith in Christ,

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 and he says this in verse 12,

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 having been buried with Christ in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith.

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 There it is.

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 Through faith in the powerful working of God who raised him from the dead.

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 We are called to walk with Christ through faith in the fullness of who he is.

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 We are called to walk with Christ through faith in him and the fullness of who he is.

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 That's Colossians.

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 That's the emphasis from beginning to end.

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 It's through faith that we walk with Christ, of course.

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 That's how someone becomes a Christian.

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 But no, it's through faith that we walk with him in this map that he's provided,

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 in the fullness of him.

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 Let's look at the passage.

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 I'll move through it efficiently.

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 Hopefully, this will leave you with a sense of how much you are treasured because of him,

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 but also what a privilege it is to live our life in Christ for him.

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 Verses 6 through 8,

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 To receive Christ is to be united with Christ every day.

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 Therefore, as you receive Christ Jesus, the Lord, so walk in him.

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 Verse 7,

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 Rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, there it is again,

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 just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

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 To receive Christ is to be united with Christ.

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 There we go.

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 I have more notes this morning than your vacuum cleaner has attachments,

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 so give me a second to figure out what I'm going to need.

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 There we go.

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 There we go.

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 Ready to roll.

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 Paul is teaching in this passage the grammar of the gospel.

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 There's a grammar to the gospel.

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 That's what your English teacher or your mom or dad, if you were homeschooled,

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 or I don't think I learned English grammar until high school because I didn't listen for the first nine or ten years of my public school education.

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 There is a logic in writing, and there is an order that it follows,

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 and there is a grammar to make syntax and sentences stand up.

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 Well, there's a grammar in the gospel, too, and I often confuse it,

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 and that is that something is true and is said about us,

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 which is rooted in grace,

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 before we are then given a demand

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 to then apply or walk out what is true and said about us because of that grace.

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 So the gospel grammar is simply this.

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 The gospel gives you grace.

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 Amen?

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 God's riches at Christ's expense, as Jerry Bridges defined it for me 20 years ago

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 in his marvelous little book, Discipline of Grace.

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 But often with that grace that we receive unconditionally through faith in Christ,

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 righteousness in him, dwelt by the Spirit, adoption to his family,

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 and inheritance that Christ is one, but we receive and enjoy with him,

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 seated with him in spiritual places,

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 on and on and on, there are always demands of the gospel.

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 We call them commands of the gospel.

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 And we need to keep both, both distinct, but also together,

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 because they're not separated.

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 It's the grammar of the gospel.

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 And you can determine, not a trinity,

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 but you can determine if a preacher or a pastor or a YouTuber

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 or a podcaster or an influencer or whatever voice is out there,

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 are they separating the grammar of the gospel,

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 or are they keeping it together?

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 That usually means they're either drifting from Scripture

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 or they're centering their influencing.

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 So the grammar of the gospel that we see here

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 is that when we received Christ,

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 when we put our trust in Christ

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 in response to the simple message of the gospel news

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 that Christ Jesus, the Son of God,

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 perfect, holy, blameless,

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 willingly, joyfully offers himself on the cross

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 as our substitute, as our, if you will, Isaiah's servant,

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 the Lamb of God taking upon himself our sins,

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 its shame, its guilt, its condemnation,

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 the wrath it deserved.

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 When Jesus did that,

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 when he died on the cross,

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 shedding his blood,

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 giving his life for the forgiveness of sinners' sins,

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 and was raised again triumphantly,

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 which we celebrate in these songs,

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 that he died and rose and is now seated.

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 When we hear that news

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 and we are called to turn

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 from putting our trust in ourselves,

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 from putting our hope in what we have replaced God with

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 and repenting of those sins and idolatries

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 and by God's grace,

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 repent and through a change of mind and heart,

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 say, Lord, I believe you,

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 I surrender to you,

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 I commit myself to walk with you.

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 When we do that,

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 and we've put our trust in Christ,

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 Paul says we are rooted,

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 verse 6,

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 and built up in him.

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 Paul says we are established in him,

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 in the faith.

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 So we should be abounding in thanksgiving.

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:02.659
 There are these weeds

00:21:02.659 --> 00:21:04.859
 at Crossway Church 282

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:06.399
 called,

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:07.980
 are they called trees of heaven, honey?

00:21:09.179 --> 00:21:11.319
 They're really like trees of death.

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:17.079
 And I've been pulling them

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:19.019
 out of the ground now for,

00:21:19.179 --> 00:21:19.679
 I don't know,

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:21.259
 we've been in the building 10, 11 years.

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.759
 They look,

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:24.759
 I first realized they're not poison ivy,

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.579
 I'm highly allergic,

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.140
 poison ivy,

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.559
 I'm sure you are.

00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:27.720
 So,

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:30.259
 I did have permission then to pull them.

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:32.339
 But then someone who actually

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:34.619
 knows something about nature,

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.740
 which I know very little,

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.859
 said,

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.279
 you know,

00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:40.339
 these are called trees of heaven

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:42.019
 because they grow,

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.460
 like,

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.279
 almost like a tree

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:45.519
 if you don't pull them.

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.680
 And I smiled and said,

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:46.779
 well,

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:48.420
 I've been pulling them for 10 years.

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.680
 I've been pulling them,

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.140
 you know,

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:52.180
 longer than you've been pulling

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.140
 these trees of heaven.

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:54.039
 I don't know what they're called,

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:55.019
 but they don't stand a chance

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.440
 with me around.

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:57.200
 I've run the lawnmower over them.

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:59.680
 I've sung as I whip them

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.500
 with the weed whacker.

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.059
 I mean,

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:03.599
 I'm a tree of heaven exterminator.

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.779
 She gets that smirk and says,

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.899
 this is where you need to listen.

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.240
 Oh.

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.339
 Apparently,

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.619
 without getting too much

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.220
 into the weeds

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.099
 on this illustration,

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:20.199
 the roots of these weeds,

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.579
 it's called a soft root.

00:22:22.459 --> 00:22:22.919
 And so,

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:24.240
 when you yank them

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.099
 from the top,

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.339
 you know what I'm talking about?

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:27.659
 They pull down

00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:29.279
 and they just expand out.

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.599
 And so,

00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:32.539
 it's like rabbits.

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.359
 They multiply.

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:35.099
 You pull up the one

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:36.959
 and the roots pull down.

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:38.679
 They shoot out two shoots

00:22:38.679 --> 00:22:39.839
 and they've got a pretty,

00:22:39.939 --> 00:22:41.139
 pretty good survival instinct.

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.520
 And I said,

00:22:42.620 --> 00:22:43.040
 oh,

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:45.300
 that's why we get more of them.

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:46.860
 And so,

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.640
 she says,

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:47.860
 here,

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.840
 let me show you how to do this.

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.020
 So,

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:50.080
 she then pulls out

00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:50.780
 of her back pocket.

00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:51.120
 Not really.

00:22:51.540 --> 00:22:52.480
 She had it outside.

00:22:52.580 --> 00:22:53.420
 She pulls out this,

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:53.620
 like,

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:55.020
 four-foot pitchfork.

00:22:55.820 --> 00:22:57.759
 And she starts pitchforking

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:59.020
 into the ground where,

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.259
 you know,

00:22:59.300 --> 00:22:59.820
 mulch ground where

00:22:59.820 --> 00:23:01.320
 these weeds of heaven are.

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.520
 And,

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.220
 I mean,

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.940
 she's going down

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.800
 a good two feet.

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:07.120
 And lo and behold,

00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:07.580
 I mean,

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.900
 this is like that thing

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:10.120
 in Stranger Things

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:11.219
 that grows in the basin.

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.979
 What's that called?

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.959
 What's it called?

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:17.039
 It's a plant,

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.259
 right?

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.799
 In Stranger Things.

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.699
 I only watch one season.

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:18.899
 Well,

00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.119
 whatever.

00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:20.019
 There's,

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:22.739
 there's like this whole root network

00:23:22.739 --> 00:23:24.439
 of trees of heaven.

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:24.839
 I mean,

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:26.159
 the roots are thick.

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.679
 And there's the little root

00:23:27.679 --> 00:23:29.179
 that I cut off at the half.

00:23:29.479 --> 00:23:30.619
 And you can almost see it moving

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.299
 in that moment,

00:23:31.459 --> 00:23:31.739
 right?

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.079
 I mean,

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.659
 it's moving.

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.799
 It's got a mind of its own.

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:34.799
 It's mocking me.

00:23:34.939 --> 00:23:35.139
 I said,

00:23:35.239 --> 00:23:35.459
 ah,

00:23:35.459 --> 00:23:36.719
 you're an idiot.

00:23:36.959 --> 00:23:37.239
 You know,

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.139
 you lose again.

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:40.700
 And Rock takes that pitchfork

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:42.020
 and she digs it down

00:23:42.020 --> 00:23:44.020
 and we grab that root

00:23:44.020 --> 00:23:45.100
 that's way down there

00:23:45.100 --> 00:23:47.100
 and we pull that sucker out.

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.180
 And man,

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.600
 the trees of heaven realize

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:51.360
 they have met Galadriel.

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.220
 You know,

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.060
 she is,

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:54.480
 she is wasting them.

00:23:54.540 --> 00:23:55.200
 I know I'm mixing,

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:55.860
 but

00:23:55.860 --> 00:24:02.840
 if you're a Christian,

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.600
 right?

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:07.279
 someone has rooted you

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:11.619
 in Christ.

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:15.879
 Someone has established you.

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.699
 Yes,

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.559
 before you were a Christian,

00:24:18.699 --> 00:24:19.699
 the invitation was clear.

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.919
 Come to me.

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:22.379
 Repent of your sins.

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.599
 Put your trust in Jesus.

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:26.139
 But when you walk through that door

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:27.699
 and you turn around

00:24:27.699 --> 00:24:28.379
 and look at the door

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:29.159
 you walked through,

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:30.679
 it now says,

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:33.120
 you were rooted

00:24:33.120 --> 00:24:35.000
 and established in him.

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.279
 And this is where

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:38.360
 it really gets crazy.

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:40.539
 Before the foundation

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.660
 of the world was laid.

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.299
 Hmm.

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.779
 Hmm.

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:49.060
 I came to school one day.

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.860
 Someone knew I'd been

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.519
 giving a sermon

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:52.900
 and a fellow faculty member

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.700
 or staff

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.440
 or I don't think

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:54.940
 it was a student

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.420
 came up to me

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.160
 and they were very excited

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.799
 to share with me

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.940
 what their sermon was about.

00:24:57.940 --> 00:25:00.100
 And so I,

00:25:00.320 --> 00:25:00.759
 or message,

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.539
 they went to church

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:04.559
 and I'm going to run into this.

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.600
 I'm sure this is just

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:06.440
 not working for me.

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.140
 Do you know if I'm amazing?

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.420
 But,

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.620
 and I said,

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.320
 what was it about?

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.860
 And they said,

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:12.480
 my pastor told me,

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.940
 and I'm like hanging,

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.539
 you know,

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.720
 give it to me

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:19.080
 that I'm the hero

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:20.080
 of my story.

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:27.100
 I'm looking around.

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:29.820
 I didn't ask

00:25:29.820 --> 00:25:30.740
 what church they go to,

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.059
 but I was,

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.799
 who's the hero

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.279
 of your story?

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.059
 I'm thinking,

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.539
 here she misspoke.

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:38.320
 They're going to say Christ,

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.600
 right?

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.140
 You know,

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.500
 God,

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.200
 Yahweh,

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.680
 something,

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.200
 Elohim.

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:44.340
 I was such a good message.

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.860
 Three points,

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.720
 simple,

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.420
 and a closing song.

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.360
 We're the hero

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:50.480
 of our stories.

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.480
 And because

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:55.279
 I'm not

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:57.660
 very subtle,

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:59.420
 I basically said,

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:02.839
 did he or she

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.720
 preach from the Bible?

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.960
 What passage

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.480
 of scripture

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.259
 was that?

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:09.579
 You know,

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.920
 and the person

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.839
 like cited a scripture,

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.139
 I said,

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.500
 hmm.

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.399
 I said,

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.139
 I think we should

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.720
 talk about that.

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.119
 I mean,

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.559
 I can't.

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:15.759
 Homer,

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.559
 bell's going to ring

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:16.720
 and,

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.220
 you know,

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.839
 and don't listen

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.539
 to my sermons,

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:21.899
 but I later met

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.299
 when I said,

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.220
 I am not the hero

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.819
 of my story.

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:25.879
 Christ is the hero

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.659
 of our stories,

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.119
 right?

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.539
 And this person agreed,

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:30.019
 but that was the message

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.559
 that day.

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:32.059
 You're in control.

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:33.440
 You need to take control.

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.599
 You need to be

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.460
 at the core

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.639
 of change in your life.

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:38.319
 You're at the core

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.659
 of any future hope

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.279
 you can have.

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.920
 You need to get

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:43.099
 busy.

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.639
 You cannot reconcile

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.240
 that

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:48.019
 with when we receive

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.779
 Christ

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:51.140
 and walk in Christ,

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.839
 we are rooted

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:54.440
 and built up

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.140
 in Him,

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.599
 established in the faith

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.720
 just as you were taught,

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.940
 abounding in thanksgiving.

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.000
 In other words,

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.500
 Christian,

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:02.380
 there are only two realities.

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.740
 There are people

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.920
 that are in Christ

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.539
 this morning

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.880
 according to the New Testament

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:08.079
 and there are people

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.920
 in Adam.

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.019
 People in Christ

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.880
 have been rooted

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.859
 and established

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:14.279
 in Him by grace

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.140
 through faith

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.819
 in the gospel.

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.480
 And people in Adam,

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.880
 as Paul says

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.779
 in Ephesians 2,

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.440
 verse 3,

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.660
 are children of wrath.

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.680
 They are dead

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.620
 in their sins.

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:27.120
 So the question

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:27.779
 that Paul then

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.839
 wants to ask them

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.700
 as he moves forward

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.480
 in the text is,

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.740
 so why add

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:34.279
 anything to Him?

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:37.120
 Why add

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:38.220
 anything to Him

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.480
 that diminishes Him

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:41.859
 or takes away from Him

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:43.700
 or substitutes

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.359
 with Him?

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:46.120
 Christ plus this.

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.200
 Christ is

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:50.000
 the Christian life.

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.420
 Let's look at

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.279
 the next section.

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.940
 See to it

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.299
 that no one

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.059
 takes you captive

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.839
 by philosophy

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.779
 and empty deceit

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:56.200
 according to human

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.620
 tradition,

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.380
 according to the

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.200
 elemental spirits

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.740
 of the world

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.380
 and not according

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.079
 to Christ.

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.660
 For in Christ

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.759
 the whole fullness

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:04.299
 of deity

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.960
 dwells bodily

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:07.079
 and you have been

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:08.599
 filled in Him

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.779
 who is the head

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.920
 of all rule

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.640
 and authority.

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:15.540
 there seemed

00:28:15.540 --> 00:28:16.200
 to be what

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.160
 Paul calls

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.180
 a philosophy,

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.160
 a worldview,

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.820
 a way of thinking

00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:27.820
 that was capturing

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:29.080
 the Colossians'

00:28:29.280 --> 00:28:29.540
 attention.

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.300
 See the word

00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:31.440
 in verse 6

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.500
 or verse 8,

00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:33.720
 captive.

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.420
 That's when someone

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.280
 who is walking

00:28:36.280 --> 00:28:36.940
 with Christ,

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:38.220
 literally their attention

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.579
 is kidnapped,

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.900
 taken captive

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:45.660
 by a teaching,

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:49.259
 by a premise

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.380
 or a promise

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.980
 envisioned

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.519
 with an orientation

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:55.980
 that may feel

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.319
 like a small change

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:59.119
 but in its substance

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.819
 is like that

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.519
 tree of heaven.

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:01.859
 It's got a deep root

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.900
 that's going to lure

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:04.059
 them away

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:07.579
 from Christ.

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.720
 I was a new believer

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.759
 at Bucknell

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:11.079
 struggling with

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.220
 understanding grace

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.519
 and faced with my own

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.440
 slow growth

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.299
 and sanctification.

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.319
 I had enormous

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.460
 issues.

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.480
 I was a heavy drinker

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.039
 in high school.

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.259
 I was a libertine

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.279
 in all my relationships

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.980
 and here I am

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.579
 a new Christian.

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.480
 I know I've been

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.980
 born again

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.960
 but I'm really

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:26.139
 struggling to walk

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.740
 with Christ

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:28.819
 and I met

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.579
 some sincere

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.619
 Christians one day

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.259
 as I was

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:33.199
 walking in Lewisburg

00:29:33.199 --> 00:29:34.539
 and

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.819
 they

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:38.099
 seemed like

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.799
 I thought I was

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.220
 radical.

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.379
 That's why I called

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:40.960
 myself that.

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.980
 I'm a radical Christian.

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.740
 I'm not just a Christian.

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.359
 I'm radical.

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.099
 Have you met me?

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.299
 We're radicals.

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.619
 They told me

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.539
 in so many words

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.279
 that my Bible

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.079
 was corrupt.

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.440
 That it was

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:57.299
 full of teachings

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:59.000
 and verses

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.700
 that aren't

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.799
 in the original text

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:03.359
 and they invited me

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.599
 to come into

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.359
 their service

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:06.579
 that Saturday evening.

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.259
 We met on Saturday

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.839
 evening so I said

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.480
 why would I go to that?

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.420
 Because I go to New Covenant

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.420
 in Lewisburg

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.079
 and we meet on Saturday

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.299
 and he says

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.200
 well because

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.180
 your Bible

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:15.639
 is false.

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:19.700
 now I'm not

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.300
 discerning

00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:22.080
 and I'm just

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:23.100
 like it is?

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.540
 Well what's wrong

00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:25.860
 with it?

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.340
 And they began

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:27.220
 to tell me things

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.980
 that the Bible

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:29.040
 says that are

00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:29.820
 not true

00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:31.200
 and things

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.800
 that I need

00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:32.480
 to do

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:34.480
 that their Bible

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.020
 their scripture

00:30:35.020 --> 00:30:36.680
 says are the truth

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.940
 and it really

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.640
 I don't know why

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.420
 it really

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.160
 messed me up.

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:41.620
 I began

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.000
 to become

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.680
 suspicious

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:45.300
 and doubt

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:47.340
 not only

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:49.060
 like my scriptures

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:50.540
 which that's deadly

00:30:50.540 --> 00:30:51.860
 but that then

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.259
 the people

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.960
 that I'm walking

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.380
 with

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.259
 they aren't really

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.200
 true Christians

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.360
 and my pastor

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:57.019
 I loved Randy

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.840
 he was such a gentle

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.300
 soul

00:30:58.300 --> 00:30:59.360
 and he was so faithful

00:30:59.360 --> 00:31:01.360
 asked me out

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:02.000
 Randy sometime

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.480
 how the Lord

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.060
 used him

00:31:03.060 --> 00:31:05.100
 and blessed him

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:06.300
 as a faithful

00:31:06.300 --> 00:31:06.880
 pastor

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:09.580
 extraordinary story

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:14.139
 and it took

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.699
 me captive

00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:16.980
 it was a momentary

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.480
 interaction

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.980
 but I was like

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.859
 six months

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.379
 in detox

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.240
 over that

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.839
 because now

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.500
 and this is for

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.839
 Google

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.539
 it's for the internet

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.299
 that's how old I am

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.519
 I just was like

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.220
 suspicious

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:29.720
 that God first

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.579
 and the scripture

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.079
 second

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.599
 and that there

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.539
 was another way

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.460
 there was another

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.939
 voice

00:31:34.939 --> 00:31:35.799
 that I was

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:37.599
 missing out

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:41.019
 but Paul says

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.579
 that we can

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.719
 discover fullness

00:31:42.719 --> 00:31:44.059
 of spiritual life

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:46.019
 in Christ

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:48.279
 that's what he says

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:50.799
 and then he tells

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.259
 them

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:53.159
 in him

00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:54.919
 verse 9

00:31:54.919 --> 00:31:55.699
 so that we would

00:31:55.699 --> 00:31:56.579
 we would not feel

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.179
 the need to look

00:31:57.179 --> 00:31:57.740
 anywhere else

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.459
 in him

00:31:58.459 --> 00:31:59.579
 the whole fullness

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.179
 of deity

00:32:00.179 --> 00:32:01.039
 dwells bodily

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.659
 and you have been

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:03.439
 filled

00:32:03.439 --> 00:32:04.399
 in him

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:05.059
 listen

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.779
 I'm on my third

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.439
 cup of coffee

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:07.460
 I feel a little

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:07.880
 empty

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:09.440
 but spiritually

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.080
 speaking

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:11.740
 I am full

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:13.240
 so I want to

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.019
 grow into that

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.420
 fullness

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.940
 I want God

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.680
 to open the eyes

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.180
 of my heart

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.779
 through his word

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.100
 I want

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.799
 I want there

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.480
 to be prayers

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.880
 praying

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.700
 I want to pray

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.160
 I want to

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:21.820
 I want to know

00:32:21.820 --> 00:32:22.880
 the spiritual

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.940
 life that I

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.539
 seek

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.920
 that is found

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:27.580
 in Christ

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:29.940
 for it is

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.700
 Christ

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.660
 who has been

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:33.100
 has been made

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:34.059
 head of all

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:35.019
 rule and authority

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.619
 and then

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.220
 Paul goes

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:38.279
 on to say

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.539
 as if to say

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.319
 from beginning

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:41.079
 to end

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:42.779
 from beginning

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.059
 to end

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.859
 not only in your

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.500
 life but my

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.079
 life but from

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:46.259
 beginning to end

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.400
 in the story

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.660
 of creation

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.500
 fall

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.240
 redemption

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.180
 and consummation

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:52.379
 it's always

00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:53.339
 been about Christ

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:55.119
 so when we make

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:56.000
 it not about him

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:57.460
 we've missed

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.200
 the picture

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.599
 all together

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:00.919
 I used to think

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.619
 the picture was

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.279
 are you charismatic

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.859
 or not

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:04.199
 I remember

00:33:04.199 --> 00:33:04.839
 telling Wayne

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.419
 Grudem that

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:08.119
 Wayne

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:10.240
 I'm having

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:11.019
 trouble with

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.500
 those

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:13.139
 cessationists

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:14.319
 they're driving

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.000
 me crazy

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.399
 and I'm in

00:33:15.399 --> 00:33:16.099
 pastor's college

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.459
 I should have

00:33:16.459 --> 00:33:16.759
 been kicked

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.259
 out of school

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.779
 right away

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.819
 since I struggle

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.240
 without two

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.839
 power but there

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.179
 aren't two

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:20.859
 categories of

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.179
 Christian

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:22.099
 we're in

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.719
 Christ

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:28.759
 please pray

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.220
 for me

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:30.579
 because I love

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:31.360
 to categorize

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.880
 Christians

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:33.400
 and I'm always

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.019
 in the categories

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.819
 that's good

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.880
 favorable

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.220
 right

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.680
 they voted

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.480
 a certain way

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:39.259
 or they didn't

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:42.140
 they have

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.980
 certain cultural

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.860
 issues that

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.360
 define them

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:45.079
 or they're not

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:48.920
 they root

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.839
 for the Red Sox

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.740
 praise God

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:52.000
 you're a Yankees

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.339
 fan

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:58.279
 but I'm missing

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.720
 the picture

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.220
 altogether

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:01.519
 for Christians

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.539
 the picture

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.799
 is we

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:05.399
 are

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:07.139
 filled

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:08.059
 in

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.799
 him

00:34:08.799 --> 00:34:09.719
 and then Paul

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.319
 goes on to say

00:34:10.319 --> 00:34:10.980
 in verse 11

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.559
 this is my

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.659
 second point

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.319
 I think

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:14.119
 third point

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:16.420
 my second point

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.099
 was to be united

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.579
 with Christ

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.079
 to be filled

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.519
 with Christ

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.900
 to be united

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.400
 with Christ

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.920
 verse 11

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.559
 12 is to

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.539
 receive all the

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.299
 benefits of his

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.860
 death and

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.679
 resurrection

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:26.059
 to receive all

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.500
 the benefits

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.940
 verse 11

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.559
 in him

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.559
 you were also

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.599
 circumcised

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.639
 with a

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.380
 circumcision

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.960
 made

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:33.579
 without hands

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:35.639
 by putting off

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.099
 the body

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.880
 of the flesh

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:39.779
 by the

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:40.440
 circumcision

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.000
 of Christ

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.519
 verse 12

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.079
 having been

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:43.039
 buried with him

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.880
 in baptism

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:45.179
 in which you

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.820
 were also

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.840
 raised with him

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:48.019
 through faith

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.800
 in the powerful

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:49.820
 working of God

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.980
 who raised

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.800
 Christ

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:53.099
 from

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:54.759
 the dead

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:56.039
 you see that word

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.780
 circumcision

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.519
 Jesus was

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.199
 circumcised

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:59.300
 this was the law

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:01.500
 at eight days

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.019
 I believe

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.759
 for a Jewish

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.139
 boy

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:05.960
 and

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:07.420
 he suffered

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.059
 right

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.920
 in that act

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.759
 of circumcision

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:11.139
 the removal

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.800
 of skin

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:13.039
 and there was

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.380
 blood

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:13.960
 and it's a

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.900
 foreshadowing

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:17.579
 of the cross

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:20.440
 that he

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:21.119
 will

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.400
 as our

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.220
 Messiah

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:24.360
 our representative

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:27.000
 literally

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:28.019
 have his

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.660
 body

00:35:28.660 --> 00:35:29.639
 torn

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.360
 from him

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:31.440
 as he

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.119
 bears the

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.760
 sins of the

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.000
 world

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.740
 and shed

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:34.260
 his blood

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:35.260
 and experience

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.880
 not only

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.619
 spiritual

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.780
 not only

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.800
 physical agony

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.180
 but

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:40.019
 spiritual

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:41.780
 agony

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:43.079
 as he

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.039
 becomes

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:45.019
 the lamb

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.759
 whose

00:35:45.759 --> 00:35:46.639
 death

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:48.279
 satisfies

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:49.119
 the judgment

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.739
 of God

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:52.440
 in him

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.059
 it says

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:54.000
 we

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:55.659
 were

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:57.360
 circumcised

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:58.519
 in his

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.920
 death

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.259
 somehow

00:35:59.259 --> 00:35:59.920
 we

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.980
 were

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.779
 included

00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:02.559
 we're

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.940
 distinct

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.579
 from Christ

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.139
 he's

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.579
 unique

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:06.420
 but

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.840
 somehow

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.159
 in the

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.460
 mystery

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:07.800
 of our

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.079
 union

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.579
 when he

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:08.920
 died

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.239
 as our

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.739
 representative

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.179
 wasn't

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:10.500
 you

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.079
 over there

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.519
 somewhere

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.179
 and him

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.759
 we are

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.300
 somehow

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:14.280
 in the

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.680
 mystery

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:15.200
 of that

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:15.920
 union

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:18.760
 included

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.380
 in that

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.300
 I can't

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.720
 figure that

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:20.960
 out

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.740
 but Paul

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.460
 says it

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.140
 repeatedly

00:36:23.140 --> 00:36:24.140
 in Romans

00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:26.120
 talks about

00:36:26.120 --> 00:36:26.460
 it again

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.280
 in Ephesians

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:29.519
 not only

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.920
 that but

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.260
 then it

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:30.620
 says

00:36:30.620 --> 00:36:31.460
 having been

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:31.940
 buried

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.500
 with him

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.539
 in baptism

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.019
 he was

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.680
 baptized

00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:36.180
 by

00:36:36.180 --> 00:36:36.960
 John

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.140
 the

00:36:37.140 --> 00:36:37.680
 Baptist

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:39.940
 and so

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.159
 it

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:41.139
 signifies

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.460
 not only

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.699
 that he

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.039
 kept

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.480
 the law

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.819
 as our

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.359
 representative

00:36:43.359 --> 00:36:45.079
 and fulfilled

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.679
 the law

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.759
 as our

00:36:46.759 --> 00:36:47.299
 perfect

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.960
 representative

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:49.899
 but that

00:36:49.899 --> 00:36:50.379
 he would

00:36:50.379 --> 00:36:51.199
 die

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:52.219
 and in

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.980
 him

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:54.059
 we were

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.639
 buried

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.739
 with him

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.940
 too

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.480
 so that

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.980
 when he

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:59.339
 was raised

00:36:59.339 --> 00:37:01.139
 by faith

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.460
 through the

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.299
 powerful working

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:02.719
 of God

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.819
 we were

00:37:03.819 --> 00:37:04.419
 somehow

00:37:04.419 --> 00:37:05.619
 raised

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.359
 with him

00:37:06.359 --> 00:37:07.099
 too

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:08.119
 there is

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.380
 in

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.719
 Colossians

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.059
 and other

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.480
 passages

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.599
 this

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:13.480
 mystery

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:15.339
 that to

00:37:15.339 --> 00:37:16.219
 be filled

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:17.480
 with Christ

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:19.000
 when we

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:20.219
 trust in

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.599
 him

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.599
 is to

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.420
 fellowship

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.960
 with him

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.420
 in a

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.299
 profound

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:24.880
 way

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.179
 in other

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.380
 words

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:26.500
 before we

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.779
 were in

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:27.039
 Adam

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.359
 and we

00:37:27.359 --> 00:37:27.639
 shared

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.179
 nothing

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.619
 with him

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.139
 now we're

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.759
 in Christ

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.139
 and we

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.480
 somehow

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.079
 have shared

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.799
 everything

00:37:31.799 --> 00:37:32.460
 with him

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.359
 so that

00:37:33.359 --> 00:37:33.539
 our

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.199
 fellowship

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:34.980
 with him

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:36.719
 may

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.820
 be

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:39.500
 full

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:42.800
 you

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.320
 were

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.840
 delivered

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.579
 from the

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.300
 dominion

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:46.039
 and reign

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.500
 of sin

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.440
 I was

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.820
 delivered

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.400
 not from

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.119
 its presence

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:50.039
 but from

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.659
 its power

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.360
 authority

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:52.280
 and rule

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:54.260
 over me

00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:55.659
 set free

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.320
 to live

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.699
 for the

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.039
 Lord

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.380
 when

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:59.340
 he

00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:00.619
 was

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.500
 and so

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.980
 when my

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.820
 conversion

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.920
 occurred

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:05.659
 it brings

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:06.659
 kind of

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.039
 full

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.920
 circle

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:09.220
 this

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:10.599
 spiritual

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.760
 reality

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:16.599
 it says

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:16.920
 as well

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.280
 that we

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.460
 are

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.200
 forgiven

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.780
 of our

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.159
 sins

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.559
 through

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:19.800
 the

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.340
 canceling

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.659
 of our

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.019
 record

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.599
 of debt

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:24.099
 and you

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.599
 were dead

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.280
 verse 13

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.619
 in your

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.260
 trespasses

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:26.579
 and the

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:27.340
 uncircumcision

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:27.760
 of your

00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:28.139
 flesh

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.760
 God

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:29.019
 made

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.659
 alive

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.200
 together

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.739
 with him

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.460
 having

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.179
 forgiven

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:33.439
 us

00:38:33.439 --> 00:38:34.139
 all

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.719
 our

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.379
 tresses

00:38:35.379 --> 00:38:35.679
 by

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.219
 canceling

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.319
 the

00:38:36.319 --> 00:38:36.539
 record

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.699
 of

00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:36.839
 debt

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.000
 that

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.179
 stood

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:37.480
 against

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:37.639
 us

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:37.779
 with

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:37.939
 its

00:38:37.939 --> 00:38:38.139
 legal

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.519
 demands

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:39.359
 this

00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:39.500
 he

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:39.699
 set

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.159
 aside

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.919
 kneeling

00:38:40.919 --> 00:38:41.179
 to the

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.399
 cross

00:38:41.399 --> 00:38:42.139
 I love

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.339
 Matt

00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:42.619
 what you

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:42.799
 do

00:38:42.799 --> 00:38:43.039
 in your

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.460
 services

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.899
 somehow

00:38:43.899 --> 00:38:44.319
 we have

00:38:44.319 --> 00:38:44.419
 to

00:38:44.419 --> 00:38:45.319
 benefit

00:38:45.319 --> 00:38:45.639
 from

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:45.759
 your

00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.119
 example

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:47.159
 I love

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.480
 that you

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.799
 take

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:48.339
 time

00:38:48.339 --> 00:38:48.699
 to

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.379
 assure

00:38:49.379 --> 00:38:50.000
 us

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:51.619
 that our

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:51.960
 sins

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.119
 are

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.419
 forgiven

00:38:52.419 --> 00:38:54.159
 because

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.739
 most of

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:54.879
 the

00:38:54.879 --> 00:38:55.299
 Christians

00:38:55.299 --> 00:38:55.960
 I'm

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.579
 pastoring

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:58.360
 and

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.880
 myself

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.440
 as well

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.179
 do not

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.659
 live in

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:00.960
 the good

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.239
 of that

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:01.799
 assurance

00:39:01.799 --> 00:39:03.039
 they

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.480
 live in

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.019
 the good

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.960
 or the

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.279
 reality

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:05.519
 of

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.059
 I'm

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.199
 a

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:06.400
 sinner

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.699
 I've

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.360
 sinned

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.960
 I'm

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.219
 sinning

00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:09.579
 constantly

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:12.079
 now

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.360
 there's

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.900
 truth

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.199
 in

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.619
 that

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:13.940
 because

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.139
 we're

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:14.420
 broken

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:14.639
 we're

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:14.920
 fallen

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.179
 but

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:16.779
 there

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:17.039
 needs

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.319
 to be

00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:18.039
 space

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.539
 and

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:19.179
 places

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.500
 to

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.960
 rejoice

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.259
 in

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:21.239
 I'm

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:21.559
 forgiven

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.940
 I'm

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.259
 free

00:39:23.259 --> 00:39:23.559
 somebody

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:23.759
 say

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:24.159
 hallelujah

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:25.599
 because

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:25.900
 I'm

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.039
 in

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.639
 Christ

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.480
 I'm

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.639
 in

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.279
 Christ

00:39:28.279 --> 00:39:28.719
 I'm

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.279
 free

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.619
 from

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:30.179
 guilt

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:31.159
 I'm

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.519
 free

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:31.820
 from

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.400
 shame

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:33.099
 I've

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.219
 been

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:33.619
 delivered

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:33.880
 from

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.059
 my

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.360
 past

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:34.679
 not

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:34.940
 its

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.940
 influence

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.500
 perhaps

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:37.519
 but

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:37.980
 certainly

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.239
 the

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:39.099
 charges

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:40.279
 last

00:39:40.279 --> 00:39:40.460
 week

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:40.599
 I'm

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:40.920
 on my

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.500
 high

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.719
 school

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.139
 reunion

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.380
 I'm

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:42.480
 the

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:42.659
 only

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:43.099
 Christian

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.320
 on

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:43.440
 the

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.759
 call

00:39:43.759 --> 00:39:43.960
 they

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.199
 think

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.340
 I'm

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:44.500
 a

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.159
 wacko

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:46.139
 they

00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.380
 still

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:46.619
 like

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:46.860
 me

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:49.059
 I've

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.259
 shared

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.639
 gospel

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:49.840
 with

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.019
 all

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.139
 of

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.340
 them

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:52.159
 some

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.259
 of

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.360
 them

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:52.519
 more

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:52.639
 than

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.019
 once

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.820
 they

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.079
 still

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.300
 think

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:54.420
 I'm

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:54.519
 a

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:54.779
 crazy

00:39:54.779 --> 00:39:55.059
 man

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:59.940
 but

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.119
 when

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:00.239
 I

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:00.360
 have

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:00.480
 the

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.019
 opportunity

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.860
 I

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.400
 don't

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.840
 because

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:04.079
 at least

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.480
 they have

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:04.860
 heard the

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.259
 gospel

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:06.279
 to announce

00:40:06.279 --> 00:40:06.599
 to them

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:09.400
 yeah I'm

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:09.739
 a sinner

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:10.739
 I've

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:10.919
 done

00:40:10.919 --> 00:40:10.939
 I've done

00:40:10.939 --> 00:40:11.159
 things

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.279
 I

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:11.639
 shouldn't

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:11.759
 have

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:12.000
 done

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.159
 and

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.299
 you

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.500
 know

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:12.719
 some

00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:12.799
 of

00:40:12.799 --> 00:40:12.959
 those

00:40:12.959 --> 00:40:13.199
 things

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:13.419
 some

00:40:13.419 --> 00:40:13.500
 of

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.559
 you

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:14.119
 participated

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.359
 in

00:40:14.359 --> 00:40:14.500
 them

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.699
 some

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:14.819
 of

00:40:14.819 --> 00:40:14.859
 them

00:40:14.859 --> 00:40:15.159
 I did

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:15.299
 them

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:15.639
 to you

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:17.719
 and my

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.199
 past

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.459
 is

00:40:18.459 --> 00:40:21.679
 but I'm

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:22.039
 forgiven

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:25.539
 there's

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.139
 no shame

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:27.259
 there's

00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:28.000
 no guilt

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:29.119
 there's

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:30.119
 no condemnation

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.880
 I

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:30.900
 I

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.000
 think

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.119
 a

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.579
 majority

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:31.819
 of

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:32.239
 Christians

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:33.960
 do

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.400
 not

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:35.359
 benefit

00:40:35.359 --> 00:40:35.699
 from

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:35.880
 the

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.500
 assurance

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.940
 that

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:37.239
 you

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:37.500
 guys

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:37.880
 provide

00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:38.039
 in

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:38.179
 your

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.639
 liturgy

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.219
 that

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:39.500
 when

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:39.719
 you

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:40.219
 declare

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:40.500
 through

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:40.799
 faith

00:40:40.799 --> 00:40:40.920
 in

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.219
 Christ

00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:41.500
 we're

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:41.880
 forgiven

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:43.079
 we can

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.319
 walk

00:40:43.319 --> 00:40:43.779
 differently

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.799
 yeah there's

00:40:44.799 --> 00:40:45.299
 still growth

00:40:45.299 --> 00:40:45.699
 to do

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:45.980
 there's

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.359
 progressive

00:40:46.359 --> 00:40:47.059
 sanctification

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.980
 but the

00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.559
 guilt

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.119
 and the

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.639
 debt

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.199
 and the

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.519
 shame

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:51.239
 it's

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:51.480
 gone

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:51.739
 because

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:51.920
 I'm

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.059
 in

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.519
 Christ

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:53.159
 I have

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:53.339
 a new

00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:53.779
 identity

00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:55.159
 I have

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:55.359
 a new

00:40:55.359 --> 00:40:55.719
 identity

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.119
 and so

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.279
 do

00:40:56.279 --> 00:40:56.539
 we

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.380
 it's

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:58.079
 glorious

00:40:58.079 --> 00:41:01.599
 because

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:01.940
 the

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.519
 charges

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:03.019
 against

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.420
 me

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.739
 and

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:04.079
 against

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.319
 you

00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:04.519
 were

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.059
 nailed

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:07.239
 and

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:07.440
 we

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:07.699
 can

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:09.059
 choose

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.460
 to

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:09.799
 live

00:41:09.799 --> 00:41:10.159
 out

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.420
 of

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:10.699
 that

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.279
 fullness

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.659
 of

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:12.219
 grace

00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:13.039
 and

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.159
 then

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.279
 he

00:41:13.279 --> 00:41:13.659
 talks

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:13.980
 freedom

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.219
 through

00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:14.639
 Christ

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:14.940
 and I'll

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.059
 end

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.219
 with

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.539
 this

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:16.179
 that

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:16.380
 he's

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:16.799
 disarmed

00:41:16.799 --> 00:41:16.980
 the

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.279
 rulers

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.480
 and

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.179
 authorities

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:19.360
 those

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.980
 spiritual

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.519
 realities

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:20.880
 that were

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.380
 stacked

00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:21.619
 up

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:21.960
 against

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.319
 us

00:41:22.319 --> 00:41:22.960
 he

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.279
 has

00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:24.139
 broken

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.460
 them

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.639
 he

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:24.880
 has

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.599
 defeated

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:25.980
 them

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.219
 he

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:26.500
 has

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:27.299
 brought

00:41:27.299 --> 00:41:27.559
 them

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:27.819
 to

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.340
 open

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:29.100
 shame

00:41:29.100 --> 00:41:29.420
 these

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:29.940
 forces

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.200
 that

00:41:30.200 --> 00:41:30.500
 bind

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:30.880
 people

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.059
 in

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.200
 their

00:41:31.200 --> 00:41:31.480
 guilt

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:31.660
 and

00:41:31.660 --> 00:41:32.019
 shame

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:33.360
 it's

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.000
 amazing

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.320
 what

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:34.740
 Jesus

00:41:34.740 --> 00:41:35.320
 Christ

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:35.559
 has

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:35.980
 done

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.700
 for

00:41:36.700 --> 00:41:37.559
 us

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.820
 so

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:39.100
 as we

00:41:39.100 --> 00:41:39.600
 conclude

00:41:39.600 --> 00:41:40.000
 at least

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.660
 my portion

00:41:40.660 --> 00:41:40.960
 of this

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.220
 tree

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:42.180
 the question

00:41:42.180 --> 00:41:42.940
 that's

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.360
 begging

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:43.780
 to be

00:41:43.780 --> 00:41:44.100
 answered

00:41:44.100 --> 00:41:44.500
 by you

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:44.800
 with the

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.120
 help of

00:41:45.120 --> 00:41:45.240
 the

00:41:45.240 --> 00:41:45.460
 Holy

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:45.800
 Spirit

00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:46.000
 is

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.600
 what

00:41:46.600 --> 00:41:47.740
 fills

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.620
 your

00:41:48.620 --> 00:41:49.640
 life

00:41:49.640 --> 00:41:50.580
 and

00:41:50.580 --> 00:41:50.820
 what

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:51.140
 fills

00:41:51.140 --> 00:41:51.500
 mine

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:52.740
 is

00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:52.880
 it

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.400
 Christ

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.500
 if

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:54.620
 it

00:41:54.620 --> 00:41:54.820
 is

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:54.960
 then

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:55.680
 all

00:41:55.680 --> 00:41:55.900
 of

00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:56.100
 the

00:41:56.100 --> 00:41:57.000
 riches

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.340
 of

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:57.599
 his

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.440
 grace

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.539
 should

00:41:59.539 --> 00:41:59.780
 be

00:41:59.780 --> 00:42:00.579
 invading

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:01.079
 our

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:02.059
 life

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:03.219
 so

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.440
 that

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:04.059
 we

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:05.119
 with

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.820
 him

00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:06.460
 would

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:06.760
 grow

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:07.000
 into

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.260
 this

00:42:07.260 --> 00:42:07.840
 progressive

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.760
 understanding

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:11.539
 and not

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:12.179
 be taken

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:13.000
 captive

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:14.980
 by the

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.500
 maps

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.940
 and

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:18.019
 orientations

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:19.699
 and

00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:20.800
 philosophies

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:23.480
 that

00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:23.620
 would

00:42:23.620 --> 00:42:24.120
 rob

00:42:24.120 --> 00:42:24.519
 him

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:25.380
 of

00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:25.640
 his

00:42:25.640 --> 00:42:26.300
 centrality

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:27.820
 we've

00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:27.940
 been

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.160
 given

00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:28.360
 the

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:28.700
 map

00:42:28.700 --> 00:42:32.980
 and

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.180
 it's

00:42:33.180 --> 00:42:33.580
 almost

00:42:33.580 --> 00:42:34.280
 just

00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:34.620
 too

00:42:34.620 --> 00:42:35.080
 audacious

00:42:35.080 --> 00:42:35.380
 to

00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:35.680
 believe

00:42:35.680 --> 00:42:39.760
 but

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.420
 by

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:40.800
 God's

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:41.160
 grace

00:42:41.160 --> 00:42:41.480
 and

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:41.640
 for

00:42:41.640 --> 00:42:41.940
 his

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.360
 glory

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:42.780
 Trinity

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.100
 may

00:42:43.100 --> 00:42:43.519
 we

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:44.140
 together

00:42:44.140 --> 00:42:45.200
 take

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:45.960
 hold

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:46.639
 of

00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:46.920
 this

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.280
 map

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:47.599
 that

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:48.000
 leads

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.159
 us

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:48.340
 to

00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:48.800
 Christ

00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:52.500
 because

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.059
 it does

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.460
 lead us

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:53.880
 somewhere

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.179
 do you

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:54.380
 know where

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:54.679
 it leads

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.000
 us

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:56.800
 it

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:57.079
 leads

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.220
 us

00:42:57.220 --> 00:42:57.380
 to

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:57.699
 Jesus

00:42:57.699 --> 00:42:59.179
 and

00:42:59.179 --> 00:42:59.400
 that's

00:42:59.400 --> 00:42:59.519
 why

00:42:59.519 --> 00:42:59.760
 God

00:42:59.760 --> 00:42:59.980
 brought

00:42:59.980 --> 00:43:00.099
 you

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.240
 to

00:43:00.240 --> 00:43:00.539
 Trinity

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:02.400
 yeah

00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:03.480
 it

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:03.659
 was

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:04.099
 fun

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.579
 seeing

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:04.780
 your

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:05.159
 friend

00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:05.420
 get

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:05.900
 mayonnaise

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:06.519
 all over

00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:06.740
 them

00:43:06.740 --> 00:43:07.220
 yesterday

00:43:07.220 --> 00:43:07.840
 I

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:08.340
 agree

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:12.960
 but

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.220
 even

00:43:13.220 --> 00:43:13.639
 better

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:15.019
 oh

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.420
 Lord

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:18.699
 we

00:43:18.699 --> 00:43:18.900
 are

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:19.079
 in

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.339
 you

00:43:19.339 --> 00:43:20.559
 you

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:20.799
 are

00:43:20.799 --> 00:43:20.960
 in

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.319
 us

00:43:21.319 --> 00:43:22.299
 we

00:43:22.299 --> 00:43:22.679
 pray

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:22.940
 open

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.099
 the

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:23.379
 eyes

00:43:23.379 --> 00:43:23.500
 of

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:23.659
 our

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:24.059
 heart

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:25.500
 to

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:25.799
 see

00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:26.099
 even

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:26.339
 more

00:43:26.339 --> 00:43:26.759
 clearly

00:43:26.759 --> 00:43:27.779
 not

00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:28.000
 the

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.400
 foggy

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:28.980
 windshield

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:30.480
 of

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.699
 day

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:30.819
 to

00:43:30.819 --> 00:43:30.980
 day

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.319
 life

00:43:31.319 --> 00:43:31.500
 as

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:31.759
 real

00:43:31.759 --> 00:43:31.940
 as

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:32.159
 those

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.400
 are

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:34.019
 not

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.319
 the

00:43:34.319 --> 00:43:35.299
 not

00:43:35.299 --> 00:43:35.480
 the

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:35.940
 guilt

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.319
 or

00:43:36.319 --> 00:43:37.059
 shame

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.239
 of

00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:37.379
 the

00:43:37.379 --> 00:43:37.819
 past

00:43:37.819 --> 00:43:38.000
 or

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.559
 present

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:41.400
 but

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:41.559
 the

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:41.739
 new

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:42.319
 creation

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:43.720
 of

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:44.000
 being

00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:44.740
 hidden

00:43:44.740 --> 00:43:44.980
 in

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.260
 you

00:43:45.260 --> 00:43:45.900
 Colossians

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.240
 3

00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:47.320
 of

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:47.500
 being

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:48.300
 filled

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:48.519
 with

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 Christ

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 Colossians

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 2

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 of

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 having

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 the

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 hope

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 of

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 glory

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:54.640
 Christ

00:43:54.640 --> 00:43:55.760
 in

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 us

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 that

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 we

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 would

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 see

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 him

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 Jesus

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 this

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 salvation

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 you have

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 provided

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 it's not

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 just

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 plentiful

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 it is

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 blessed

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 so we

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 thank you

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 for this

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 grace

00:44:12.779 --> 00:44:14.419
 Lord

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 we

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 abound

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 in

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 thanksgiving

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 for your

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 mercy

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 in light

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 of your

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 cross

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 and we

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 pray

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 Lord

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 we would

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 be

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 mission

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 mindful

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 as we

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 are with

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 others

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 this week

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 that this

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 awaits

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 them

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 help

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 us

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 help

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 us

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 Lord

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 to display

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 your

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 character

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 as well

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 as in

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 our

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 words

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 point

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 clearly

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 to the

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 hope

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 of our

00:44:41.739 --> 00:44:42.239
 salvation

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 we pray

00:44:43.139 --> 00:44:43.440
 this in

00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:44.039
 Jesus name

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 and everyone

00:44:44.339 --> 00:44:44.719
 said

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:46.000
 amen