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 Ephesians chapter 4, we're looking at verse 17 to 24.

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 It's page 978.

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 If you're looking in the Pew Bible, we've been going through the book of Ephesians this year.

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 We started in the fall and we're going to continue until Easter.

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 So, I'm going to read Ephesians chapter 4, verses 17 to 24, and that is what we'll be looking at tonight.

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 These are the words of the Apostle Paul here, God's Word.

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 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do in the futility of their minds.

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 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to their hardness of heart.

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 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

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 But that is not the way you learned Christ.

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 Assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him as the truth is in Jesus,

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 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

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 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds and to put on the new self,

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 created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

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 So this evening's passage is about the power of God and Jesus Christ to transform us,

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 and it's about living in light of that transformation.

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 So let me start by giving a couple examples of transformation.

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 There are some examples of transformation in nature, and the one that comes to my mind is a caterpillar,

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 ugly gray caterpillar slithering along the ground,

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 and somehow it goes into that gray little cocoon, that ugly cocoon,

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 and comes out a beautiful, colorful butterfly gracefully fluttering through the air,

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 spreading its wings.

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 Or think about some examples in human life.

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 Think about an athlete who's on a losing team where everyone's miserable,

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 and everyone argues, and they all hate the coach,

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 and they're all blaming each other all the time, and that's why they're a losing team.

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 And suddenly that athlete gets traded to a team where that's really a team,

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 and people have each other's back, and they're not just trying to be the superstar,

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 but they're trying to work together and be more than they could be on their own.

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 And because of their attitude, and they listen to their coach,

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 and they have a coach that encourages them, and that's why they're a winning team.

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 And you go from one team to another.

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 Or think about a child who, for whatever reason, is orphaned.

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 Their parents die or can't take care of them.

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 The child is alone, hungry, afraid.

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 And then they're welcomed into a stable and loving family

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 with people where all their needs can be met,

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 and they can feel secure.

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 Here's a story of transformation.

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 This week I was reading a story of a man in Scotland

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 who's a pastor now named Mez McConnell.

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 And he came from a very rough background.

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 He had never lived in a stable and loving home growing up.

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 His mother abandoned him, and he was abused at different times

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 in different households.

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 And as a teenager, he became addicted to drugs,

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 started dealing drugs, eventually was sent to prison for violent crimes.

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 But just before he was sent to prison, he had met some Christians

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 while he was playing soccer on the street.

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 And these Christians shared the gospel with him

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 and then came to visit him in prison.

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 And then when he came out of prison,

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 some of them actually welcomed him to live with them in their home.

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 Even some people who hadn't known him for very long.

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 And he wrote about what it was like to finally,

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 for the first time in his life,

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 be welcomed into a stable, loving, and Christian family.

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 But here's the thing.

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 Even though he had become a new person in Christ,

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 he'd become a Christian,

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 and he had been welcomed into a church,

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 and even into someone's home,

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 it was very hard for him to adapt to this new way of life.

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 So this is what he wrote.

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 He said,

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 In the beginning, when I moved into this couple's home,

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 it was an older couple whose children had all left the home,

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 and he lived in their attic.

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 He says,

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 In the beginning, I was paranoid and suspicious of their motives.

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 Why would they let me into their home?

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 What were they getting out of it?

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 He says,

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 I knew they weren't looking for money because I didn't have any.

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 I was so scared of them kicking me out that I didn't unpack for months.

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 I slept on the floor next to the bed so I wouldn't get too comfortable.

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 I would hide up in that attic for hours on end

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 and creep around so as not to make a noise.

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 I would sneak food into my room and eat alone.

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 Listening to the conversation from their dining room table

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 as guests joined them for meals.

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 They always asked me to join them,

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 and I always refused because I was too embarrassed.

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 Then he says,

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 Over many months,

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 took some time,

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 I began to relax,

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 and so did they.

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 It started when I joined them for breakfast one morning for five minutes.

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 My conversation was one-word answers.

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 It progressed to a lunchtime bowl of soup and a few sentences of chatting.

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 Then supper and a funny story.

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 Then they asked me about my day.

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 They showed me how to cook a meal,

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 how to use a washing machine,

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 how to budget my finances.

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 I learned to help around the house.

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 I spent less and less time locked away in my room

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 and more and more time sitting at that dining room table

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 joining in the family conversations.

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 You see,

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 what he's describing is this journey

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 where he began in a place of fear

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 and shame and isolation

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 and over a long period of time

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 began to live in this sense of security

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 and belonging and being loved.

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 And he had experienced a transformation,

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 but it took time to live into that.

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 And I think that's true

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 in nearly all transformations

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 that human beings experience.

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 Right?

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 The caterpillar to the butterfly

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 is a smooth, complete transformation.

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 Right?

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 I have never seen a butterfly acting like a caterpillar.

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 Have you ever seen a butterfly

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 pretending to be a caterpillar

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 and slithering along the ground?

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 No.

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 It just, once it's a butterfly, it's a butterfly.

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 It doesn't go back into the cocoon again.

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 But I think people,

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 when people like us experience transformation,

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 it's not smooth and simple

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 and easy and a finished product.

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 We sometimes tend to revert.

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 We tend to go back to our old ways.

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 We tend to go back into our caterpillar skin,

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 if you want to put it that way.

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 We carry our past with us.

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 Sometimes we go back to our old mindsets

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 and our old attitudes

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 and our old habits.

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 And that's what the Apostle Paul's talking about

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 in this passage.

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 Earlier in Ephesians,

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 he's talked about how in Christ,

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 everyone who has turned from their sin

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 and put their faith in Jesus Christ

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 and believe that he has died on the cross

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 for their sins

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 and received them into their life,

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 it says we are new creations.

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 Chapter 2, verse 10,

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 we are God's workmanship

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 created in Christ Jesus for good works.

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 Chapter 2, verse 15 says,

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 not just individually,

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 but God has made of us all one new humanity,

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 reconciled to God and to one another.

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 2 Corinthians 5, 17,

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 another great verse about this.

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 If anyone is in Christ,

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 they are a new creation.

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 The old is gone.

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 The new has come.

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 Or in this passage,

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 verse 24 talks about the new self.

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 We have a new identity.

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 We're a new person in Christ.

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 But the problem is

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 we don't always live like that new person

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 who's been adopted into God's family

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 and forgiven of our sins

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 and set free from our bondage.

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 We sometimes go back

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 to the life we used to live

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 or just the old habits of our sinful nature.

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 Even if you grew up like me

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 in a Christian family

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 and you can't remember a time

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 when you didn't believe in Jesus,

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 we are all born with a sinful nature.

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 So there's always something

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 for us to revert back to.

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 It doesn't just mean

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 you had to have this dramatic conversion experience

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 at some point in your life.

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 We all have a sinful nature

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 that we tend to default back to.

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 And that's what Paul's talking about.

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 Paul says,

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 no, live into your new nature in Christ.

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 So there's two commands Paul gives in this passage.

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 And then there's three areas of our life

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 where we need to practice those commands.

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 So let me briefly look at the two commands

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 and then we'll look at the three areas.

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 So the two commands are,

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 number one in verse 17,

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 you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do.

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 And Paul's very serious.

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 He says,

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 this I say,

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 I testify in the Lord.

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 It's like he's speaking under oath in court.

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 If you're speaking,

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 if you've ever had to speak under oath in court,

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 you think twice about what you say, right?

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 You're not going to make a careless joke

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 or say something you don't really believe

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 or say something that's not really true.

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 You're under oath.

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 And that's how Paul is speaking.

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 He says,

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 I testify to you in the Lord.

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 I'm serious about this.

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 You must no longer live as the Gentiles do.

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 Don't go back to your old way of life.

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 When he's,

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 that word Gentiles

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 just means the nations.

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 And it's a word that's sometimes used in the Bible.

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 Sometimes it's just used to talk about

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 all the nations of the world.

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 But sometimes it's used specifically

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 to talk about people who don't know God.

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 Sort of the people who aren't yet

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 part of God's people.

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 Who know him and love him.

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 And this is people who haven't,

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 who don't believe in,

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 who don't believe or trust in God.

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 So Paul says,

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 don't live like people who don't know God.

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 Instead,

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 live as a new person that you are in Christ.

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 That's the second half of the passage.

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 Verse 20 to 24.

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 And there's actually three commands in this part.

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 But I think it's basically all one.

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 Put off your old self.

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 Be renewed on the inside.

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 Put on the new self.

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 So we might summarize.

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 Put off the old.

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 Put on the new.

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 And it's sort of like Paul's saying,

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 if you're that athlete,

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 you've been traded to a new team.

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 So don't behave like you did

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 on that dysfunctional team

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 where nobody listens to the coach

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 and everybody tries to take shortcuts

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 and nobody does workouts on their own

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 because they're all just being lazy.

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 Right?

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 Don't,

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 and everybody's cutting each other down

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 and talking behind each other's back.

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 Don't behave like that.

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 You're on a new team.

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 And the new team doesn't work that way.

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 And the coach isn't out to get you.

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 The coach is on our side.

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 And he wants us to win.

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 And he wants us to work as a team

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 and work together.

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 Live as part of this new team.

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 Don't live like you're on that old team.

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 You have to change those habits.

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 Or it's like Paul's saying to somebody who's been,

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 it's like he's talking to somebody

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 who's been released from prison

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 and they're still walking around every day

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 wearing prison clothes.

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 And he's saying,

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 what are you doing?

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 You're free.

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 You can wear whatever you want now.

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 You don't have to wear prison clothes anymore.

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 It's like he's saying,

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 you're part of a new family now.

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 God's welcomed you into his house

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 so you can unpack your bags.

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 You don't have to sleep on the floor anymore.

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 You can relax.

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 You can be at peace

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 because Jesus loves you.

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 And he says,

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 come to me and you'll find rest.

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 You can rest now

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 because you've come to him.

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 Put off the old,

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 put on the new.

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 Now in the coming weeks,

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 in the next three weeks,

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 we're going to look at some specific applications

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 of this idea of put off the old,

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 put on the new.

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 And they come in the next paragraph,

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 the rest of chapter four.

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 So we're going to look at our words.

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 Paul talks about speaking truth

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 and speaking in a way that builds others up.

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 I think that's next week.

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 Then we're going to talk about,

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 Paul says,

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 do honest work.

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 Don't steal from others.

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 But instead of stealing,

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 do honest work.

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 So we're going to talk about work

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 instead of stealing

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 or sort of mooching off others.

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 And then third,

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 he talks about anger and forgiveness.

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 Right?

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 And these are all very practical things

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 that in probably in all of our lives

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 at some level need to change.

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 The words we use,

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 the work we do,

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 and how we deal with anger

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 and forgiving others.

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 So that's the next three weeks.

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 So come back to the next three weeks.

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 We'll look at each one of those one by one.

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 But today,

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 I want to,

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 today's sort of the big picture

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 of what it looks like

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 to put off the old

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 and put on the new.

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 So Paul points us

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 to three areas of our life

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 where we need to do this.

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 And I'm going to briefly go through each one.

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 Our mind,

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 our heart,

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 and our behavior.

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 So Paul starts in both sections.

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 There's sort of two sections of this passage,

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 verse 17 to 19

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 and verse 20 to 24.

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 And they both start by talking about our minds.

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 That is our thinking

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 or our understanding.

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 And Paul,

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 in verse 17,

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 he says,

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 the Gentiles,

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 people who don't know God,

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 walk in the futility of their minds.

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 They are darkened in their understanding.

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 Later in verse 18,

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 he says,

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 they live in ignorance.

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 That is without true knowledge of God.

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 Now I wonder,

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 have you ever talked to somebody

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 who sincerely believes something

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 that you knew to be

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 completely false and misguided?

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 Right?

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 Probably all of us, right?

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 You've heard somebody say something

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 and they're like,

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 I know this is true.

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 And you're like,

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 I actually,

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 but I know it's not true.

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 Now,

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 of course,

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 one of you is wrong.

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 Now maybe,

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 right,

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 maybe you felt that

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 and then realized

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 that you've been wrong in the end.

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 But right,

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 but still then,

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 then you're that person.

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 Right?

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 Okay?

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 But Paul says,

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 you know,

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 this is our human condition.

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 Right?

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 We believe,

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 not just other people,

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 but all of us,

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 at some points,

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 believe all kinds of things

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 that aren't actually true.

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 And we might believe them

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 very sincerely

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 and very strongly.

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 But we believe things

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 that aren't true

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 or at best,

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 they're only partial truths.

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 He says,

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 our minds are darkened.

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 Our perspective's limited

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 and not just limited,

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 it's often distorted.

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 This is one of the effects

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 of living in a fallen world.

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 And Paul says,

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 living life apart from

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 the light of God

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 is like stumbling around

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 in a dark house

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 where there's no lights on,

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 there's no light coming in,

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 there's not enough light

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 coming in from the windows

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 to see where you're going.

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 It's like being in a basement

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 with no windows

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 and the lights are off

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 and you're stumbling around

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 and tripping over things

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 and bumping into things

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 and things are poking you

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 in the eye

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 and you don't even know

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 what's going on.

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 Paul says,

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 that's sort of our human condition.

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 But he says,

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 and you might say,

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 well, what are some examples

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 of this darkened understanding

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 or this feudal mindset?

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 Well, a couple examples

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 that Paul points to

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 elsewhere specifically.

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 One would be idolatry,

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 right?

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 That was characteristic

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 of the Gentiles,

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 pagan nations back then,

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 people worshiping created things

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 rather than the creator,

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 superstition and fear.

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 And even if we don't bow down

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 to statues like people did back then,

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 there are still ways

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 that we can replace God

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 with other things.

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 But that word futility

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 in verse 17

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 is also the same word

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 that's used over and over

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 in the book of Ecclesiastes.

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 And if you've ever read

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 the book of Ecclesiastes,

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 basically here's what

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 the writer says.

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 The writer says,

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 I tried everything in the world.

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 I tried making a lot of money.

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 I tried gaining a lot of knowledge.

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 I tried enjoying a lot of pleasure.

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 He said,

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 I thought money

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 would make me happy.

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 I thought knowledge

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 would make me wise.

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 And I thought pleasure

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 would bring me peace.

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 But it didn't.

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 None of them

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 delivered on those promises.

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 It was all empty,

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 futile,

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 vain,

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 fleeting,

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 meaningless.

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 Paul says,

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 that's not the way

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 you've learned Christ.

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 Christ has shined

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 his light into your mind

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 and he's taught you

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 to think

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 a different way.

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 Notice in verse 20 and 21,

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 all the words

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 that refer to thinking,

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 how we think.

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 he says,

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 you learned Christ.

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 It's actually

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 a very unusual expression.

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 Right?

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 You,

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 how do you,

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 where do you ever heard

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 you learned another person?

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 But he's talking about

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 you learned Christ.

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 You have heard about him.

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 You were taught in him.

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 The truth is in him.

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 Paul says,

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 we need to put off

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 our old ways of thinking.

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 Whether it's

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 idolatry

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 or superstition

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 and fear

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 or one of those things

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 that the writer

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 of Ecclesiastes

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 talks about.

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 Thinking that money

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 is the thing

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 that's going to make you happy

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 or thinking that pleasure

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 is the thing

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 that's going to bring you peace

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 or thinking that

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 knowledge,

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 just knowing a lot of facts

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 is going to actually

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 make you a wise person.

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 Paul says,

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 no.

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 None of those things

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 are true

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 because God

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 is really what you're

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 looking for

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 and your heart

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 is going to be restless

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 until you find rest

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 in the true God.

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 So Paul says,

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 put off your old way

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 of thinking.

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 You need to begin

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 to think differently.

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 You need to think

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 differently about yourself.

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 You need to think

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 differently about the world

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 that God has made.

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 You need to think

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 differently about God himself.

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 So you need to hear

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 and listen.

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 That's,

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 you know,

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 that's why we

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 preach from the Bible

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 every week

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 and have teaching,

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 Bible teaching

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 as a core part

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 of what we do.

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 It's not the only thing

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 we do,

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 but it's a core part

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 of what we do

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 because our minds,

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 we need to change

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 the way we think

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 and understand things.

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 And when we read

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 the Word of God

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 and listen to it,

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 that's part of what happens.

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 We start to think differently.

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 So that's the first thing

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 we need to put off

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 some of our old ways

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 of thinking

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 and put on new ways

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 of thinking

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 that are in line

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 with the truth of Christ.

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 But Paul doesn't just

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 talk about our minds,

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 right?

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 It's not just about

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 our thinking

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 and understanding alone.

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 He goes on to our hearts,

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 our desires,

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 our attitudes.

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 So verse 18

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 describes our desires

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 and attitudes

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 apart from

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 the saving grace

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 of Christ.

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 Talks about being

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 alienated from God.

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 Talks about hardness

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 of heart

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 or stubbornness.

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 Verse 22

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 talks about deceitful

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 desires

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 that corrupt us.

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 But verse 23

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 says,

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 be renewed

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 in the spirit

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 of your minds

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 or that is

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.960
 in the attitudes

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 and the desires

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 of our minds,

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 right?

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 Not just our thinking

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.179
 and understanding

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 but also our attitudes

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 and desires

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 need to be renewed.

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 He says,

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 be transformed

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 in your desires

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 and attitudes.

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 So think,

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 what are the desires

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 and attitudes

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 that need to change

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 in my life?

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 I'll just throw

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 out a few examples.

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 Put off

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 self-sufficiency

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 that is

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 thinking that

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 I know best

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 and I'm fine

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 and I don't need

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 any help

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 and I don't need

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 any advice

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 and I don't want

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 anyone's input.

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 Put off that

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 and put on humility.

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 What was the first

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:53.120
 of the Beatitudes

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 that Jesus said

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 in the Sermon on the Mount?

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 Blessed are the poor

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 in spirit.

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 That means

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 those who are humble

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.700
 before God

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 and who come

00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:02.859
 before God

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.720
 with open hands

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 and say,

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 I need you,

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:07.640
 God.

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.400
 I need your help.

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 I'm not self-sufficient.

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 I can't do this

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 on my own.

00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:13.559
 He says,

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 blessed are the poor

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 in spirit

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 for theirs

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 is the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 That's where it starts.

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 You can't go

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.220
 anywhere further

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 unless you start there.

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 How about

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 put off

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 taking people

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 for granted

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 and taking things

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 for granted

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 and put on

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 gratitude

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 toward God?

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 A lot of the first

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 half of Ephesians

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.540
 is about

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 how amazing

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 are the gifts

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 that God has poured

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 out upon us

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 in Jesus Christ

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 and how

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 even though

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 we don't deserve

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 any of them,

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 how lavish

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 and amazing

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 God's gifts are

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 and part of the response

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 to that

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 is simply gratitude

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 and

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 that's probably

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 why we sing.

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 that's probably

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 why we sing

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 songs of praise

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 every time

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 we get together

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 because that

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.440
 fosters gratitude.

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 It reminds us

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.000
 of what God

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 has done for us.

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 That's what the songs

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.160
 speak about

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 probably more

00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:08.680
 than anything else

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:10.100
 is the greatness

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.720
 of what he's done

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.140
 for us

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 and I think

00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:13.500
 particularly through music

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 it sort of

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.759
 fosters

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:16.940
 a gratefulness

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.560
 in our hearts

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 if the Holy Spirit

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 is working in us.

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 And so that's

00:22:22.919 --> 00:22:24.639
 as we sing

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 let gratitude

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:29.179
 well up in your hearts

00:22:29.179 --> 00:22:29.759
 toward God.

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 Put off taking things

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.500
 for granted

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:34.319
 or feeling entitled

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:35.579
 put on gratitude

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:37.359
 for his grace.

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 Or third

00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:40.459
 put off hardness

00:22:40.459 --> 00:22:41.339
 and stubbornness

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.959
 Paul talks about

00:22:41.959 --> 00:22:42.839
 hardness of heart.

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 He actually says

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 some of

00:22:45.439 --> 00:22:46.419
 he actually talks

00:22:46.419 --> 00:22:47.199
 about ignorance

00:22:47.199 --> 00:22:47.939
 being the result

00:22:47.939 --> 00:22:48.819
 of hardness of heart.

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 Sometimes the reason

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.179
 why we don't see

00:22:52.179 --> 00:22:52.799
 things clearly

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:54.039
 is because we're

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.599
 being stubborn

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 and hard hearted.

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 And if we would

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:59.599
 be receptive

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:01.159
 to God

00:23:01.159 --> 00:23:01.859
 and his word

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 then we would begin

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.879
 to see things

00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.419
 more clearly.

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.559
 So Paul says

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.279
 be renewed

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:11.059
 in the spirit

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 of your minds

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.059
 and that's

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.339
 you know

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:13.240
 that's very interesting

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.139
 how he puts it

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:16.119
 because on the one hand

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:16.699
 it's a command

00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:17.399
 be renewed.

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:19.059
 On the other hand

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:21.259
 who's the one

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.679
 who's doing

00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:22.419
 that renewing?

00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:24.839
 Right?

00:23:24.919 --> 00:23:25.539
 Does Paul say

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.700
 renew yourself?

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.220
 No.

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.559
 He says

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.200
 be renewed

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:31.539
 by God

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.159
 the Holy Spirit

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.859
 working in you.

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.359
 So we need

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.179
 God to be working

00:23:35.179 --> 00:23:35.519
 in us.

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.139
 He's the one

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.980
 who renews us

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.899
 but Paul also

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:38.700
 says be renewed.

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.899
 There's a command

00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:44.480
 to us

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.299
 but it's also

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.779
 a reminder

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.859
 that we're

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.439
 not alone.

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.399
 We're not alone

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.479
 in seeking

00:23:50.479 --> 00:23:51.240
 to be transformed.

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.799
 We're not just

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.539
 trying to transform

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.079
 ourselves.

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.579
 It's God

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.939
 at work

00:23:54.939 --> 00:23:55.639
 deep within us

00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.679
 transforming us.

00:23:59.179 --> 00:24:00.559
 So our minds

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.699
 that is our thinking

00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.839
 and our understanding

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.500
 our hearts

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.079
 our desires

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.659
 and attitudes

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:06.599
 and third

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.419
 our behavior

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:09.240
 our habits

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.099
 and practices.

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.740
 So if you notice

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.240
 each of these

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.059
 three sections

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.279
 or sorry

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.259
 each of the sections

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.799
 of this passage

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.440
 when he describes

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.839
 the behavior

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.519
 of the Gentiles

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.000
 people who don't

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.359
 know God

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.740
 it starts

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.339
 with the mind

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.279
 goes on to our

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.859
 heart

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.379
 desires

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:24.599
 and sort of

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.099
 outflows

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.740
 in our behavior

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.799
 and it's the same

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.480
 way with the

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.319
 20 to 24.

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:31.079
 So verse 19

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.599
 and 24

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.460
 both talk about

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.079
 our behavior

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.639
 how we live.

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.700
 Okay verse 19

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.319
 talks about

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.200
 people who've

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.000
 become callous

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.680
 that is they don't

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.899
 feel anything anymore

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:42.940
 and they've

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.580
 given themselves

00:24:43.580 --> 00:24:44.980
 up to sensuality

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:46.180
 greedy to practice

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.840
 every kind of

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.259
 impurity

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.180
 unrestrained

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:49.280
 by honor

00:24:49.280 --> 00:24:50.040
 or shame

00:24:50.040 --> 00:24:51.380
 or pain

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:53.060
 people are just

00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:53.540
 sort of giving

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.140
 themselves up

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:55.680
 to sensuality

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.200
 and impurity

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:58.800
 and never satisfied

00:24:58.800 --> 00:24:59.860
 always being greedy

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.280
 for more

00:25:00.280 --> 00:25:00.660
 there's sort of

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.560
 a downward spiral

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:03.019
 you want more

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.460
 and more

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.840
 and so you

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.880
 I mean this is

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.380
 a good description

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:08.280
 of what we often

00:25:08.280 --> 00:25:09.320
 call an addiction

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:10.500
 right

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.740
 whether it's to

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.140
 food

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:13.539
 or drugs

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.519
 or alcohol

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:16.180
 or something else

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:19.059
 where we

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.960
 sort of latch

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.619
 onto something

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.440
 and just want it

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.039
 more and more

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.980
 and get deeper

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.579
 into it

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.880
 and part of the

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.640
 reason that we're

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.160
 in there in the

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.619
 first place

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.140
 is because we

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.599
 don't want to

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:27.880
 feel

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:29.740
 right

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.119
 we're dealing

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:31.160
 with some

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:32.299
 deep pain

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:34.240
 and we look

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.859
 and we try to

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.400
 find something

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.660
 that numbs us

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.220
 that makes us

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.940
 feel callous

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.519
 that makes us

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.579
 stop feeling

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.559
 that deep

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:40.899
 pain

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.480
 or grief

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:44.699
 or loss

00:25:44.699 --> 00:25:47.199
 and what

00:25:47.199 --> 00:25:47.859
 Jesus says

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.279
 is

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:50.079
 I don't want

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.599
 I want you

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.039
 to learn

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.439
 to feel

00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:51.779
 again

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:53.759
 and you know

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.159
 what you don't

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:54.559
 have to be

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.220
 afraid to feel

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.859
 those things

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.460
 even though

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:56.839
 they're really

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.199
 hard

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:58.019
 because I'm

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.179
 gonna

00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:59.199
 I'm gonna

00:25:59.199 --> 00:26:00.099
 take you by

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.919
 I'm gonna

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:01.399
 take you by

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:01.759
 the hand

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.099
 I'm gonna

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:03.119
 hug you

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:04.099
 and embrace

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.399
 you

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:05.079
 and say

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.539
 you're not

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.919
 alone

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.980
 in what

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.439
 you're feeling

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.660
 and so

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:08.900
 you don't

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.140
 have to

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.440
 try to

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:09.740
 numb

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.259
 yourself

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:12.039
 and run

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.539
 away from

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.440
 these hard

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.740
 things

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:15.000
 but you

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.539
 can begin

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.480
 to experience

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.279
 my grace

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:19.620
 you can start

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.279
 to live a life

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:22.360
 of what

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.259
 verse 24

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.880
 calls true

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.400
 righteousness

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.160
 and holiness

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:30.799
 we begin

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.140
 to feel

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.860
 compassion

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.420
 and empathy

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.100
 for others

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:35.019
 that's part

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.619
 of part

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:35.819
 of what

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.259
 God does

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.539
 when he

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.959
 makes us

00:26:36.959 --> 00:26:37.199
 a new

00:26:37.199 --> 00:26:37.599
 creation

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.059
 and does

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.839
 that renewing

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.259
 work on

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.879
 the inside

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.659
 as we

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:41.019
 begin to

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.159
 have

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:41.619
 different

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:42.519
 feelings

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:45.959
 another

00:26:45.959 --> 00:26:46.439
 example

00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:46.799
 of this

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.240
 would be

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.059
 you know

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.259
 maybe

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.519
 there's

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:48.740
 someone

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:48.939
 that

00:26:48.939 --> 00:26:49.679
 you've

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:50.759
 held

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.059
 a bitter

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.399
 grudge

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:51.819
 against

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.899
 for years

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.439
 and years

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:54.740
 and I've

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.119
 known some

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.599
 situations

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.079
 where someone's

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.500
 held a bitter

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.819
 grudge

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.279
 against someone

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.459
 else

00:26:57.459 --> 00:26:57.939
 for years

00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:58.480
 and years

00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:00.579
 and gradually

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:02.220
 the power

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.599
 of the Holy

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:02.939
 Spirit

00:27:02.939 --> 00:27:04.799
 usually this

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.220
 doesn't happen

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.639
 all at once

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:05.960
 but usually

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.500
 happens over

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.759
 a period

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.119
 of time

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.779
 sort of like

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:09.819
 if you

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:12.599
 burn something

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.159
 in the oven

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:14.679
 on a cookie

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:15.000
 sheet

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:17.639
 and you

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.019
 can't just

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.279
 throw it

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.480
 in the

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:18.879
 dishwasher

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.240
 because the

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.559
 dishwasher

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:19.859
 is not

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.039
 going to

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.379
 do it

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:21.159
 and you

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.539
 can't just

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:21.939
 scrub it

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:22.199
 off

00:27:22.199 --> 00:27:23.460
 because it's

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:26.859
 black and

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.099
 coat

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.500
 it's all

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.059
 burned to

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.419
 the cookie

00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:28.720
 sheet

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.059
 right

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.839
 and you

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.139
 have to

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.559
 soak it

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:30.879
 in the

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.259
 water

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.919
 hot water

00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.519
 and soap

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.980
 and leave it

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.399
 there for a

00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:34.599
 while

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:34.799
 and then

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.079
 you can

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:35.839
 scrape it

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.240
 down

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.759
 and then

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:36.960
 maybe you

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.119
 got to

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.319
 do it

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.740
 again

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.339
 and scrape

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.859
 it down

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.599
 that's a

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:39.899
 little bit

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.539
 how God's

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.940
 Word and

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.419
 God's Holy

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.159
 Spirit works

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.599
 we need to

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.460
 soak in it

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:45.419
 so that our

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:46.460
 deep rooted

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.119
 sin

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:50.079
 and impurity

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:51.779
 can gradually

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:53.200
 get washed

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.659
 away

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:55.079
 it doesn't

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.519
 all happen

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.079
 all at once

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.619
 with one

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.460
 experience

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.960
 usually

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.539
 it usually

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.399
 takes soaking

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:02.200
 for God

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.820
 to do

00:28:02.820 --> 00:28:03.019
 that

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.620
 renewing

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.160
 work

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.500
 but I've

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.800
 known

00:28:04.800 --> 00:28:06.140
 people

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.420
 and I've

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.800
 experienced

00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:07.560
 this myself

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:08.920
 there was a

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.360
 situation

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:10.720
 where I was

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.080
 holding a

00:28:11.080 --> 00:28:11.480
 bitter grudge

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.920
 against someone

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.280
 else

00:28:12.280 --> 00:28:13.220
 and

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:15.720
 through a

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.040
 period of

00:28:16.040 --> 00:28:16.360
 time

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:16.960
 God worked

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.280
 to change

00:28:17.280 --> 00:28:17.759
 my heart

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.320
 and I

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:19.259
 actually felt

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.640
 differently

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.060
 toward that

00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:20.620
 other person

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.960
 sometimes it

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.340
 starts with

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.740
 just saying

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.080
 okay

00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:24.220
 I need to

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.540
 stop

00:28:24.540 --> 00:28:25.400
 wronging

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.759
 this other

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.080
 person

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.419
 I need

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:27.220
 to speak

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.519
 in a

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.059
 kind

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.259
 way

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.619
 to them

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.059
 or not

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.319
 speak

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.720
 to them

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:32.139
 but actually

00:28:32.139 --> 00:28:32.699
 over time

00:28:32.699 --> 00:28:33.539
 God works

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.240
 even deeper

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.480
 and he

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.039
 gradually

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.480
 begins to

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.679
 change

00:28:36.679 --> 00:28:37.079
 even our

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.599
 feelings

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:39.240
 those things

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.899
 that are

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.299
 sort of

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.539
 burned into

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.119
 us deeply

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:44.299
 as we soak

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.980
 in his word

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.439
 and spirit

00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:49.159
 so that's

00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.619
 a behavior

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.500
 change

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.779
 it goes

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.099
 from this

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.899
 downward spiral

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.460
 always being

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:52.919
 greedy for

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.179
 and more

00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:53.939
 never satisfied

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.700
 but then

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.400
 when we

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:55.779
 put on

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.080
 Christ

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.400
 when our

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:56.820
 minds

00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.380
 and thinking

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:57.980
 change

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.660
 when our

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.039
 desires

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.519
 and attitudes

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.900
 change

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.220
 then our

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.480
 behavior

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.140
 can change

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:05.940
 and we

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.320
 can live a

00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:06.620
 life of

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.240
 true righteousness

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.420
 and holiness

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:10.660
 that's pleasing

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.140
 to God

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:13.960
 so we might

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.299
 ask what

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.539
 in our

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.860
 behavior

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.180
 needs

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.519
 what in

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.799
 each of

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.220
 these three

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.580
 areas

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.000
 needs to

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.320
 change

00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:17.620
 what in

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:17.759
 our

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.200
 thinking

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.460
 where do

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.660
 we need

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:19.880
 to put

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.180
 off the

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.380
 old

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.700
 thinking

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.080
 put on

00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:21.200
 the

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.460
 new

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.880
 in line

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.019
 with

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.380
 Christ

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.760
 put off

00:29:23.760 --> 00:29:23.900
 the

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.180
 old

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.560
 attitudes

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:25.180
 and desires

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.560
 put on

00:29:25.560 --> 00:29:25.680
 the

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:25.920
 new

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.900
 in line

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.060
 with

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.280
 Christ

00:29:27.280 --> 00:29:27.600
 put off

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:27.720
 the

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:27.920
 old

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.160
 ways

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.260
 of

00:29:28.260 --> 00:29:28.640
 behavior

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.540
 put on

00:29:29.540 --> 00:29:29.660
 the

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:29.780
 new

00:29:29.780 --> 00:29:29.940
 in

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.340
 Christ

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:34.520
 and again

00:29:34.520 --> 00:29:35.180
 all of this

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:36.300
 all of this

00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:37.440
 comes from

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.720
 the Holy Spirit

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.600
 working in us

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:40.420
 through the

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:40.980
 word of God

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:43.620
 and renewing us

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.620
 day by day

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:47.020
 so that's Paul's

00:29:47.020 --> 00:29:47.620
 message tonight

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:49.340
 you're a new

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:49.840
 creature in

00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:50.200
 Christ

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.740
 remember who

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.200
 you are

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:53.720
 and live

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.039
 like it

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.180
 more

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.480
 and more

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:56.539
 and if

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.000
 you haven't

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.400
 experienced

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.920
 this

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.140
 saving

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.480
 grace

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.700
 this

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.059
 cleansing

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.420
 power

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.580
 of

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:00.940
 Christ

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:02.480
 turn to

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:02.620
 him

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:02.960
 today

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.420
 you can

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:04.539
 say

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.860
 Jesus

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.799
 I haven't

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.500
 I haven't

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.059
 I haven't

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.400
 experienced

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.860
 this

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.440
 being

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.840
 becoming

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.100
 a new

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.420
 person

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:09.920
 in you

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:11.319
 I need

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.680
 you to

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.680
 forgive

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:12.980
 me of

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.200
 my

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.640
 sins

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:16.640
 and send

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:16.880
 me your

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.400
 Holy Spirit

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.860
 so that I

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.840
 can I

00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:19.120
 can be

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.420
 new

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.720
 by your

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.019
 power

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.340
 and then

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.620
 help me

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.039
 to live

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:23.440
 that way

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.920
 let's pray

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:28.779
 God our

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.200
 father we

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.680
 thank you

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:31.200
 for your

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.660
 mercy and

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.019
 grace

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:34.340
 that through

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:34.860
 Christ

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.960
 you have

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.420
 made us

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.660
 new

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.240
 creations

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.500
 through

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.940
 faith in

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.160
 him

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:41.160
 Lord we

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.759
 pray that

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:43.380
 we would

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.980
 continue to

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.279
 look to

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.500
 you

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.539
 and that

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.840
 you would

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.300
 do this

00:30:46.300 --> 00:30:47.039
 renewing and

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.960
 transforming work

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.340
 in us

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:48.600
 that we

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:48.779
 would

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.440
 and help

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:49.900
 us to be

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.360
 decisive

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.400
 in putting

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.799
 off the

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.120
 old

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:53.140
 and not

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.860
 going back

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:55.460
 and not

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.620
 reverting to

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.039
 our old

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.559
 ways of

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.880
 thinking

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.240
 and

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.420
 and our

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.819
 attitudes

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.360
 and our

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:01.660
 ways of

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:01.960
 living

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.920
 but help

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.200
 us to

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.620
 live as

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.039
 the new

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.500
 person

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.900
 that you've

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.200
 made us

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.700
 in Christ

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:08.640
 we pray

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:08.900
 this in

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.420
 Jesus name

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.420
 amen