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 Well, good morning, everyone. If you have a Bible there, then grab it and turn to Colossians chapter 2.

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 This is where we're going to be this morning, verses 6 to 15.

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 And God has so much to teach us this morning as we turn to his inspired word.

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 So why don't we just, as you're turning there, let's just pause our hearts and let's just still ourselves and let's pray as we come to his word this morning.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you so much that what we have in our hands is no ordinary book.

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 This is your inspired word. It is your word.

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 And so, Father, we ask that your spirit would come now and he would help keep our minds' attention.

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 And that he would stoke our hearts' affection for your son, Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.

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 So if you've got chapter 2 there, let's read verses 6 to 15.

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 This is where we are this morning.

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 Verses 6 to 15 of chapter 2.

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 So Paul, writing to these Colossian Christians, he writes this.

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 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him,

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 strengthened in the faith as you were taught and overflowing with thankfulness.

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 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,

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 which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.

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 For in Christ, all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form.

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 And in Christ, you have been brought to fullness.

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 He is the head over every power and authority.

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 In him, you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands.

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 Your whole self, ruled by the flesh, was put off when you were circumcised by Christ,

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 having been buried with him in baptism,

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 in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God who raised him from the dead.

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 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh,

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 God made you alive with Christ.

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 He forgave us all our sins,

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 having cancelled the charge of our legal indebtedness,

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 which stood against us and condemned us.

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 He has taken it away,

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 nailing it to the cross,

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 and having disarmed the powers and authorities,

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 he made a public spectacle of them,

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 triumphing over them by the cross.

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 Amen.

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 This is God's word to us this morning.

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 So, to kick us off,

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 when was the last time you grabbed a real bargain?

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 Right?

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 A real bargain.

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 This kind of comes part of the territory of being Scottish.

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 We love a bargain.

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 Nothing excites me more than a discount aisle in Tesco,

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 and I'm not exaggerating there.

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 When was the last time you grabbed a bargain?

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 Because I was reading this week about a woman who bought this bowl

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 at a car boot sale in America,

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 and I think you'll agree that's a pretty ordinary looking bowl.

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 Now, I don't know what was going through her head as she bought it.

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 Maybe she was thinking it would be nice on her mantelpiece,

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 or it would be good to chuck her keys into,

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 or something like that.

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 Whatever she had in mind,

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 she managed to haggle a deal,

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 love a haggle,

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 haggle a deal,

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 to get this bowl for $3.

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 A few years later,

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 someone else looked at that bowl

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 and uttered the words,

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 do you know what you've got there?

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 Because that was a rare,

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 a thousand-year-old Chinese bowl

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 dating back to the time of one of China's most distinguished dynasties.

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 In actual fact,

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 that bowl that she bought for $3

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 was worth $2.2 million.

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 Now, why do I tell you that?

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 Because as I've been hanging out with Paul this week

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 in these verses in Colossians,

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 they've reminded me of that lady

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 who's paid $3 for that bowl.

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 Because here is Paul,

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 and if you like,

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 what he's doing in these verses

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 is he's saying to these Christians

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 that he's writing you to,

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 do you know what you've got here?

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 Do you know what you've got here?

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 Look at verse 6.

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 Do you see it?

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 They have something.

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 What does he write?

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 Just as you what?

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 Received.

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 They've got something.

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 As in, they've been given

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 and they've taken hold of

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 this great gift that God has given them.

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 And the great gift that God has given them

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 is not possessions.

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 The great gift that God has given them

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 is a person.

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 They've Christ.

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 That's what they've got.

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 True for every single believer here

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 this morning,

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 and ever since this letter was written,

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 we have Christ.

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 Now you may have picked it up

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 as we read it through there,

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 just how many times

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 Paul uses that phrase,

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 in him.

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 Did you get that in the reading?

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 In him.

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 In him.

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 In fact, let me hit you

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 with just some key Colossian stats.

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 Okay?

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 That phrase, in him,

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 is used 15 times

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 in this letter,

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 as I count them,

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 and seven of them,

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 that's just under half,

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 come in these ten verses.

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 Track with me.

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 In him, verse 6.

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 In him, verse 7.

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 In him, verse 9.

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 In him, verse 10.

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 In him, verse 11.

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 With him, verse 12.

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 With him, verse 13.

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 Seven of them.

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 Now why?

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 Why does Paul do that?

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 Two reasons, I reckon.

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 So that their eyes would be directed

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 off of themselves to him,

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 to Christ.

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 Do you not know that to be true

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 in your own life?

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 That's what I pray for

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 more than anything else,

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 that God would help me

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 take my eyes off myself

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 and fix them on Christ.

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 So that they would see him.

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 But more than that,

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 in him,

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 is what they are.

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 Do you see?

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 Paul is drawing their minds

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 to their new identity

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 that they have

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 in

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 Christ.

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 Jesus has made them

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 his own.

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 This is what he's saying.

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 He has, as it were,

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 he's taken you

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 into himself.

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 This is the new you.

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 This is who you are.

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 And probably more accurately,

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 this is whose you are.

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 You are Christ's.

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 Do you see what he's saying?

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 This is your identity.

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 Now think about it.

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 There are

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 all sorts of places

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 that you and I

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 can look to

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 for our identity

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 in life.

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 We can look to

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 any number of things

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 in life

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 that we want

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 to define

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 who we are.

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 Our jobs,

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 our relationship status,

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 our gender,

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 where we go to school,

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 where we went to university,

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 our first job

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 that we've got,

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 the whereabouts

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 of the house

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 that we live in,

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 the catchment area

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 that we live in,

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 our kids go to that school,

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 the kind of car

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 that we drive,

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 all kind of things

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 that we can look to

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 to define us in life,

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 who we are.

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 But whoever you are

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 here today,

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 and whatever you think

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 about this God,

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 let me give you

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 something to chew on

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 as we travel through

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 these verses,

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 okay?

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 This is

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 the identity

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 that you and I

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 were made for,

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 right here.

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 A life lived

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 in relationship

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 with the God

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 who made us,

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 the God

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 who loves us,

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 and the God

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 who knows us.

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 Right here,

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 this is the identity

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 that you and I

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 were made for.

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 Our little girl,

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 Grace,

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 she's got a wooden

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 train set

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 that she loves

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 to play to.

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 This is the toy

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 of the moment,

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 wooden train set,

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 and on the train set

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 she's got a little

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 battery-powered train

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 that goes round

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 and round this track.

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 But what she's done

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 recently,

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 it's her new

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 favourite thing to do,

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 is to take the little

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 battery-powered train

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 off of the track

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 and let it run

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 its course.

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 Honestly,

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 the number of times

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 that I've collected

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 that train

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 from under the sofa,

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 I could not tell you,

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 okay,

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 but this is her favourite

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 game at the moment.

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 Take it off the tracks

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 and let it run.

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 Now,

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 you could argue

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 that that train

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 is free,

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 yeah,

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 because it's off the tracks,

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 it's doing its own thing,

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 it's no longer constrained

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 by the tracks,

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 it's free to go.

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 Or,

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 you could strongly suggest

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 that when the train's

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 on the tracks,

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 it's doing the very thing

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 that it was

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 made to do.

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 Friends,

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 right here

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 is the identity

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 that you and I

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 were made for.

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 These verses tell us

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 about life on the tracks.

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 Or as the Westminster

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 Shorter Catechism

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 puts it,

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 let me get my geek

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 on for you,

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 okay,

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 question,

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 what is the chief end

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 of man?

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 Answer,

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 man's chief end

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 is to glorify God

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 and to enjoy him

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 forever.

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 There is life's purpose,

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 right there.

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 Paul wants these

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 Christians to see

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 the enormity

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 of what they have

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 in Christ

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 and he says,

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 do you know

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 what you've got here?

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 And in terms of

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 what they have in Christ,

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 there are two big things

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 that he wants them

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 to grasp from verse 9.

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 But before we get there,

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 see the appeal

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 that he makes to them

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 in verses 6 and 7,

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 which I think

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 is a big imperative

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 of this letter.

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 It's a big thing

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 that he wants them to do.

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 And if you wanted

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 to sum it up

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 in a phrase,

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 this is what I try

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 and do,

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 this is how my mind works,

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 okay,

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 the phrase that stays

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 is that the way in

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 is the way on,

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 okay,

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 the way in

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 is the way on.

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 Look what he writes.

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 So then,

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 just as you received

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 Christ as Lord,

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 continue,

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 as in,

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 keep going,

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 keep on going,

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 doing what?

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 Living your lives

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 in him.

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 Or if you've got

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 an ESV Bible there,

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 it says,

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 walk in him,

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 doesn't it?

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 Walk in him.

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 I love that word,

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 walk,

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 because it's a just

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 keep on,

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 keeping on kind of word.

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 Keep on,

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 keeping on.

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 It's an everyday word.

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 Keep on living

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 your lives in Christ.

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 Everyday,

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 everyday.

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 So the everyday stuff

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 that you and I do

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 in our lives,

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 the school run,

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 the big shop,

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 the homework,

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 the downtime,

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 the gym regime,

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 do it all conscious

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 of your new identity

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 Walk in him.

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 Do you feel it?

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 Walk in him.

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 Every day of your life,

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 walk in him.

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 Rooted and built up in him,

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 strengthened in the faith

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 as you were taught.

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 So put the roots of your life

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 deep down into Christ.

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 Get grounded in him.

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 Get anchored in him.

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 And as you do that,

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 draw nourishment,

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 be transformed,

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 and grow in godliness

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 as the sap of the Spirit

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 works its way

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 through your life.

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 And what will be

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 the overflow of that?

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 Thankfulness.

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 Thankfulness.

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 It's a wonderful word,

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 is it not?

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 I was thinking this week,

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 how much joy

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 in the Holy Spirit

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 do we miss out on

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 because we're not

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 a very thankful people?

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 Thankfulness.

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 Friends,

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 is that not the fruit

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 that you want to see

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 in your life?

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 Thankfulness.

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 Thankfulness.

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 Thankfulness.

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 Well,

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 key to this,

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 if it is,

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 is for us to see

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 the natural order.

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 In other words,

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 how this change

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 comes about

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 because this is not

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 an outside-in

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 kind of change.

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 It's not an outside-in

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 kind of change.

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 This is an inside-out

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 kind of change.

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 And this is the only change

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 that will work.

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 Why?

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 Because the heart

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 of the problem

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 is the problem

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 of the heart.

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 We need new ones.

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 That's the problem.

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 We need new ones.

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 We need changed ones.

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 We need cleansed ones.

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 And praise God,

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 that is what He has done

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 for us

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 We have new hearts.

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 Praise God

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 for His grace.

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 We have new hearts

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 because of what we saw

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 last week at verse 27.

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 God lives in our hearts

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 from the very moment

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 that you and I received

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 Jesus Christ.

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 That's mind-blowing

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 that He has taken up

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 residence in the hearts

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 of His people.

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 And He's changed us.

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 And He's committed

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 to changing us

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 from the inside out.

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 Friends,

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 the way in

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 is the way on.

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 And so good

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 is what they have.

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 I think this is why

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 Paul warns them

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 so strenuously

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 at verse 8

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 about entertaining

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 those

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 who would say to them

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 that the way in

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 is not

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 the way on.

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 These false teachers,

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 remember we've seen them

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 over the last few weeks,

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 are somewhere

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 in the background

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 of this church.

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 Paul says,

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 don't let them take,

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 don't let them

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 take you captive.

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 He's getting them

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 to think about a ship.

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 What you don't want

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 is people smuggling

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 on board your ship

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 and robbing you

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 blind of your

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 precious cargo.

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 Don't let them

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 take you captive.

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 And that's what

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 these teachers will do

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 if you listen to them

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 and if you take to heart

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 what they are saying.

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 People perhaps

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 who are peddling

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 a special kind

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 of circumcision,

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 a special kind

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 of baptism,

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 a special kind

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 of outward act

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 that if you did it

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 then it taps you

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 into some kind

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 of spiritual fullness

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 of an experience.

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 But whatever it was,

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 I think the heart

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 of their message

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 is that true

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 spiritual change

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 and growth

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 is to be found

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 outside of Christ.

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 And what does Paul call it?

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 Do you see the word there?

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 Hollow.

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 It's hollow.

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 As in,

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 there's nothing there.

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 It's empty.

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 Remember that experience

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 when you were young

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 and the first time

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 you ever got given

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 a big giant chocolate egg?

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 Do you remember that?

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 Remember thinking to yourself,

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 that whole thing

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 is chocolate.

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 And then you bit into it

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 and boy,

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 had Cadbury's let you down.

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 Hollow.

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 Hollow.

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 This is what he's saying.

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 It looks great

00:14:03.079 --> 00:14:03.459
 on the outside

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 but there's nothing

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 to it when you get

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 to the inside.

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 Why?

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 Because I think

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 the things that they are

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 promoting are simply

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 human ways of thinking.

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 Do you see what he says?

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 Worldly philosophies

00:14:15.459 --> 00:14:16.939
 dressed up

00:14:16.939 --> 00:14:17.980
 in spiritual clothing.

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 And the reason

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 that these things

00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:20.779
 can't work,

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 the reason

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 that these philosophies

00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:23.940
 can't work

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 is because they've got

00:14:24.779 --> 00:14:25.899
 the order wrong.

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 What these people

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 are promoting

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 is an

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 outside-in

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 kind of change.

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 And it just doesn't work.

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 And friends,

00:14:38.060 --> 00:14:39.060
 we might not be facing

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 the same philosophies,

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 the same human tradition,

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 challenges that these

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 Colossians are facing,

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 but that way of thinking

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 still rings true today

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 in every single one

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 of our lives

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 as we live our lives

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 in this world.

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 When you see that

00:14:51.459 --> 00:14:52.219
 Jet 2 advert

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 that tells you

00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:53.579
 that going on that

00:14:53.579 --> 00:14:54.259
 holiday break

00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:54.719
 will bring you

00:14:54.719 --> 00:14:55.939
 that inner sense of peace,

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 the inner sense of calm

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 that you so desperately need.

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 And I remember

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 in the office

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 I used to work in,

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 people used to come back

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 from holiday

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 and they used to use

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 the same phrases

00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:07.159
 again and again and again,

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 so much so that I

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 just created a little game

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 called Back to Work Bingo.

00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:11.399
 Okay?

00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:14.299
 What do they used to say?

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 That break seems like

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 a distant memory.

00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:16.360
 Dick.

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 Back to the coal face.

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 Tick.

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 Another day,

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 another dollar,

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 or as I like to call it,

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 another round,

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 another pound.

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 Tick.

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 In other words,

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 that did not deliver

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 lasting change.

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 I've climbed the ladder,

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 I've hit the snake

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 and I'm right back

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 to where I was before.

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 And I think down

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 where we live,

00:15:36.459 --> 00:15:37.339
 the charity shops

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 are stocked

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 with designer clothes.

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 Why?

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 Well, presumably

00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:42.039
 because somebody

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 saw them online

00:15:42.839 --> 00:15:43.459
 and bought it

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 thinking this will do nicely,

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 wore it for a while

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 and a while later

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 just got bored of it

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 and thought,

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 do you know what?

00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:49.700
 Charity shop.

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 Previous generation,

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 you had one job for life.

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 Today,

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 it's not uncommon

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 to have multiple careers,

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:57.899
 let alone multiple jobs

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 because we think

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 if we just change

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 the external,

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 if we just change that,

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 then that will bring

00:16:02.659 --> 00:16:04.840
 lasting inner change.

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 ways of thinking

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 based on the faulty hope

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 that the external

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 will change the internal.

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 And the thing is

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 that the outside-in

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 kind of approach,

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 it cannot deliver

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 on what it promises.

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 And maybe not in ways

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 that we would immediately

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 think about,

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 nor by the means

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 that we would immediately

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 care for,

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 nor to a time scale

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 that we would immediately

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 subscribe to,

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 the inside-out change

00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:36.120
 that God brings

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:37.899
 by his indwelling spirit.

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 It can

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 and it does

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 bring lasting change

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 and one day

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 that change

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 will be eternal.

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 Little wonder

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 that Paul says

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 continue to live

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 your lives rooted in him.

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 Little wonder he says

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 do you know

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 what you've got here?

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 And so in the time

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 remaining friends,

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 I just want to pick out

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 the two F's

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 that Paul uses

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 to help them see

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 what they have in Christ.

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 These will be really quick,

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 okay?

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 Firstly,

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 what do they have?

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 Nine to twelve.

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 They have fullness.

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 They have fullness.

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 He draws their attention

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 to who Jesus is.

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 Who is he?

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 He is God in the flesh.

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 The deity dwells in him.

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 In other words,

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 if you want to know

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 what God is like,

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 you look to Jesus.

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 And what is he?

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 He is the supreme.

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 He is the head

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 over every rule

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 and authority.

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 And in him

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 is fullness.

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 Now follow the logic here.

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 You see,

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 you see,

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 God is not in the business

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 of saving us

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 to shortchange us.

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 What would be the point

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 of him doing that?

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 He has set us apart

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 for himself.

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 I think that's what

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 the circumcision language

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 there is about.

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 He has set us apart

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 for himself.

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 And he's identified

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 himself with us

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 and us with him

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 in his death

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 and resurrection.

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 That's the baptism

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 language there.

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 And he's made us his own

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 in order to display

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 the glory of his

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 transforming grace

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 to the world

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 in us

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 as he transforms

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 us by his grace

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 from the inside

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 out.

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 Therefore,

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 because of

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 who he is,

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 right,

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 who he is

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 and where he is,

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 God will supply

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 the wisdom

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 that we need

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 to live the Christian life.

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 God will supply

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 the power

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 that we need

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 to live the Christian life.

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 God will supply

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 the resources

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 that you and I

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 need to live

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 the Christian life.

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 The goal

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 of the Christian life,

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 which is to be

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 more transformed

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 into the likeness

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 of Jesus Christ

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 for the glory of God.

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 You see, friends,

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 making us holy

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 is God's

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 unwavering agenda

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 until he takes us

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 home to be

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 with him.

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 And so the question

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 that would come

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 at us today

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 is stemming

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 from our union

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 with Christ,

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 right,

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 we're in him,

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 is do we know

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 the communion

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 with Christ

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 that stems

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 from our union

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 with him?

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 Friends,

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 do you know him?

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 Do you know him

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 every day?

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 Walking in him

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 every day,

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 going to the storehouses

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 of his grace,

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 asking him

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 that he would help us

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 to know him more.

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 See,

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 these false teachers

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 are telling you,

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 says Paul,

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 that you lack.

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 Paul says,

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 in Christ,

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 Christ in you,

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 you have fullness

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 of life.

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 You have everything

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 that you need.

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 There's the first F,

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 fullness.

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 The second F,

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 what do they have?

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 Verses 13 to 15,

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 they have forgiveness.

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 Spiritually speaking,

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 in their previous life,

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 they were dead.

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 Do you see that language?

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 They were dead.

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 Dead person,

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 what do they need?

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 They don't need

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 resuscitation.

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 Okay,

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 I don't care what kind

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 of first aid badges

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 you have,

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 or the course

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:54.920
 that you've been on,

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 or the mouth-to-mouth

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 that you've learned,

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 none of that is going

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 to work on a dead person.

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 What does a dead person need?

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 Resurrection.

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 Resurrection.

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 Resurrection.

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 And God,

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 who spoke life

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 into being

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 in the beginning,

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 spoke life

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 into their beings

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 and gave them life.

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 And what does it say?

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 And he made them

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 alive with Christ.

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 Alive with Christ.

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 And how was he able

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 to do that?

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 Because Jesus dealt

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 with our biggest problem.

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 Now follow with me

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 this language

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 because it is so vital

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 for us to see.

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 Verse 13,

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 he forgave us.

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 Do you see it?

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 If you're struggling

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 with guilt here this morning,

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 all of us,

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 I'm sure that is.

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 These are the verses for us.

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 Verse 13,

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 he forgave us.

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 Of what?

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 All of our sins.

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 Do you feel the totality

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.740
 of that word?

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 All of our sins.

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 Not some of them.

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 Not the wee ones.

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:48.940
 Not the majority

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.640
 of our sins.

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:51.079
 All of our past,

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 present,

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.539
 and future sins.

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.660
 He paid for them.

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 He paid for them.

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 All the things

00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:57.980
 that you and I

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.799
 have done wrong.

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 First and foremost

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.400
 against this holy God.

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 All of them.

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 Get your head around

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.519
 that sum in your head.

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.400
 All of them.

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.220
 Gone.

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.279
 Dealt with.

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 Settled.

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:08.859
 How?

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:10.539
 Because Jesus Christ,

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.799
 as we were singing earlier,

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.880
 paid for them.

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.400
 Friends,

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:16.119
 I don't know about you,

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.680
 but when it comes

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.319
 to my sin,

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:20.039
 I know that I have

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.319
 racked up a pretty

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:22.559
 whopping bill.

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 I mean,

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:25.519
 it is a whopper.

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.839
 And truth be told,

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.720
 I have got no idea

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.440
 how big that bill

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.039
 really is.

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 And the one thing

00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:33.400
 that I do know

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.640
 is that it is only

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 going one way.

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.759
 And Paul says rightly

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.299
 that your sin bill

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:42.460
 has stood against you.

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:44.880
 It condemned you

00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:46.059
 to justly

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:47.279
 having to face

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.180
 God's wrath,

00:21:48.340 --> 00:21:49.320
 that is his righteous

00:21:49.320 --> 00:21:51.299
 anger against our sin.

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:53.059
 And you had no hope

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.759
 and indeed you had

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.420
 no desire

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.940
 ever seeing

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.799
 that bill

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.360
 paid back.

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 I think we're meant

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.000
 to feel the gravity

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.699
 of this here.

00:22:02.179 --> 00:22:03.219
 Our sin is serious

00:22:03.219 --> 00:22:04.439
 against this holy God.

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.719
 But incredibly,

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:09.299
 Jesus stepped in

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:11.299
 and if you like,

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:12.000
 he took

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.259
 our bill of sin

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.399
 and he said,

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.479
 let me get that.

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.879
 Let me get that.

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.759
 Let me take responsibility

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.399
 for that.

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.839
 And he took it with him

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:23.019
 all the way

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.819
 to the cross.

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:25.039
 And your bill

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:26.459
 and my bill of sin

00:22:26.459 --> 00:22:27.919
 was nailed to the cross

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.360
 with him

00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:29.420
 and now it says

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:31.140
 all over in capital letters,

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 not guilty.

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.560
 It says written

00:22:33.560 --> 00:22:34.420
 in his blood,

00:22:34.800 --> 00:22:35.400
 paid for.

00:22:36.800 --> 00:22:37.700
 Paid for,

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 dealt with,

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 cancelled.

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.060
 I remember singing

00:22:43.060 --> 00:22:43.920
 a song when I was

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.300
 growing up

00:22:44.300 --> 00:22:45.220
 by a guy called

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.920
 Tim Hughes

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.480
 and it was called

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.580
 See His Love.

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 And one of the verses

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.740
 went,

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.640
 greater love

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:52.019
 no one could ever show.

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:54.420
 Mercy so undeserved,

00:22:54.560 --> 00:22:55.980
 freedom I should not know.

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.400
 All of my sin,

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:59.220
 all of my hidden shame

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.079
 died with him

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.900
 on the cross,

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:02.099
 eternity one

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:03.279
 for us.

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 Such love,

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.900
 such love

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.700
 is this for me.

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.079
 You see friends,

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:10.240
 God doesn't say to us

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.920
 in his word,

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.880
 he doesn't say to us

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.380
 in the Bible,

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.680
 guess how much I love you.

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:14.880
 Go on,

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.440
 have a guess,

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.519
 guess how much I love you.

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.579
 He says in his word,

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:19.000
 look at my son

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.120
 on the cross

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:21.339
 dealing with your sin

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.940
 and see how much

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.480
 I love you.

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:26.680
 I'll just pause there

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.339
 for a minute friends.

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.980
 Do you need to soak that in

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:30.400
 that all of your sin,

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:33.120
 that the devil would shout

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:34.279
 in your ear this morning

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.099
 accusing you

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.920
 that you have no right

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:37.380
 to stand before this holy God

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.200
 and you don't

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:40.360
 were it not for Jesus?

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.319
 Those accusations

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.279
 that almost stopped you

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.200
 coming here this morning

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.120
 in the first place.

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.319
 Do you need to pause

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:47.180
 and just to think

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.000
 on the forgiveness

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.180
 that God offers you

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:50.299
 through his son this morning?

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:58.859
 those words

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.799
 from Ezekiel 36

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.759
 that we read earlier,

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:02.000
 I will sprinkle

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.200
 clean water on you

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 and you will be clean.

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 I will cleanse you

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 from all your impurities

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 and from all your idols.

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 I will give you

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 a new heart

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 and put a new spirit

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 in you.

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 I will remove from you

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 your heart of stone

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 and give you

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 a heart of flesh,

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 all your sin paid for.

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 And don't miss verse 15

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:25.059
 as we come to a close.

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 I was trying to think

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 how people today

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 celebrate their victories.

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 If you remember Hibs,

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 if I can say that word in here.

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 Remember Hibs

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 when they won the Scottish Cup

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 a few years ago

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 had this massive

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:36.039
 open top bus parade

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 down Leith Walk

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 if you were here

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 when that happened.

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 Well on this day

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 how an army

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 celebrated their victory

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 when they returned

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 from the battlefield.

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 What they used to do

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 is to ride into town

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 and display their victory

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 to the watching world

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 by having their prisoners of war

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 ride in front of them

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 and they would parade

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 into town

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 with the prisoners of war

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 walking in front of them

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 and the message

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 to the world

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 was that we won

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 and they didn't.

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 We won

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 and they didn't.

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 And here is Paul

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.960
 saying to these Christians

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 picture Jesus

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 after the cross

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 he's riding back

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 into town

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 and who's at the front?

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 The devil's at the front.

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 And he's declaring

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 to the watching world

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 that I won

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 and he didn't.

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 I won

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 and he didn't.

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 Friends

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:25.899
 Jesus

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 has made you his own.

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 In him

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 do you see what Paul's saying?

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 You have fullness of life

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 and in him

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 you have forgiveness of sin.

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 He has given us

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 the greatest power

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 and he has dealt with

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 our greatest problem.

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 We have everything

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.039
 that we need in Christ.

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.519
 Let him transform you

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 from the inside out

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 says Paul.

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:46.279
 Friends

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.699
 that bowl

00:25:46.699 --> 00:25:47.099
 was worth

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 2.2 million dollars.

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 Imagine the joy

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:51.059
 of the seller

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 and most likely

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:53.419
 their bank manager

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:55.419
 when they found out

00:25:55.419 --> 00:25:56.159
 just what that was

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.839
 truly worth.

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 But

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 consider

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 how the person

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 that sold it

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.859
 at the car boot sale

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 for three dollars

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:05.699
 must have felt

00:26:05.699 --> 00:26:06.399
 when they found out

00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:06.939
 that that was worth

00:26:06.939 --> 00:26:08.240
 2.2 million dollars.

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.240
 I'd imagine that

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.459
 whoever that person was

00:26:10.459 --> 00:26:11.379
 and their bank manager

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:13.139
 was pretty devastated.

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.340
 I never knew

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:15.340
 what I truly had.

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 Well the truth

00:26:17.520 --> 00:26:18.080
 of these verses

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.720
 for the Christian

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.780
 is that in Christ

00:26:19.780 --> 00:26:21.259
 in Christ

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.800
 the Christ

00:26:21.800 --> 00:26:22.680
 that we have received

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.820
 we have something

00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:25.080
 infinitely more

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:26.620
 and eternally

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.620
 valuable

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:29.140
 in him.

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 Paul Tripp

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.700
 puts it like this

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 and with this

00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:31.540
 we close.

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 It is amazing

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.500
 to be tolerated

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 by God.

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 It would be an honor

00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:36.880
 simply to be invited

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.540
 to the wedding

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 but it is beyond

00:26:39.060 --> 00:26:39.880
 comprehension

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 to be the beloved

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:43.060
 bride

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:44.280
 of the King

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 of Kings

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 and the Lord

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 of Lords.

00:26:46.520 --> 00:26:46.840
 Christian

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.720
 do you know

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:49.180
 in Christ

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:50.760
 what you've got here?

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.420
 Let me pray.

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 And so friends

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.620
 just as we close

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 there was two people

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.260
 I was thinking about

00:27:00.260 --> 00:27:00.880
 as I was preparing

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.640
 for this message

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.240
 this morning.

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.580
 Firstly

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:05.200
 if you are here today

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.160
 and you need to come

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.780
 to Jesus

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:08.799
 and to receive

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.559
 the forgiveness

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:11.039
 that he offers

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:13.339
 and to ask him

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:13.920
 to continue

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.819
 to transform you

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.680
 from the inside

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.339
 out.

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.879
 And the second

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.960
 person is

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.839
 if you are here

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.440
 today

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.940
 and the devil

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:25.139
 is beating you

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:26.119
 up seriously

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:27.339
 because of your

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.879
 sin

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:30.759
 in the quietness

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:30.920
 now

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.440
 do you need to

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.339
 come to the cross

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:34.259
 and to know

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.980
 really know

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:37.440
 the forgiveness

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.579
 that Jesus

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.819
 has won for you

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.559
 as he declares

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.960
 to you

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.720
 that he won

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.819
 and the devil

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.759
 didn't.

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.039
 So maybe just

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.700
 in the quietness

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:45.900
 now

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.400
 maybe offer

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.180
 your own prayer

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:48.319
 to the Lord.

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.400
 This is Jesus

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.819
 in his glory

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:57.460
 King of Heaven

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.660
 dying for me

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.779
 it is finished

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.120
 he has won it

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:03.059
 death defeated

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:04.860
 heaven beckons

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.519
 me.

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.399
 So Father

00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:06.919
 thank you

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.459
 for your word

00:28:07.459 --> 00:28:07.899
 this morning

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.399
 where would we

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:08.899
 be without

00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:09.399
 your word

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:09.939
 thank you

00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:10.159
 that you

00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:10.500
 love us

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.759
 enough

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.399
 to tell us

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:11.899
 these truths

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:13.119
 so Father

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.719
 help fix

00:28:13.719 --> 00:28:14.199
 our minds

00:28:14.199 --> 00:28:14.679
 this week

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.500
 and our hearts

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.819
 on the glory

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.299
 of your son

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.899
 Jesus Christ

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.359
 may he be

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:19.000
 more precious

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.500
 to us

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.879
 this week

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.519
 than anything

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.019
 that the world

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.740
 can offer us

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.639
 and it's in his

00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:23.339
 name that we pray

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.179
 Amen

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:26.080
 Chao

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:28.220
 Chao

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:30.200
 chimp

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.660
 Ch working

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:32.860
 by