WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:05.160 Well, if you would please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to the book of Colossians. 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:16.440 We're continuing our series through the book of Colossians this morning, and we have come to what is one of the most precious passages in all of the New Testament. 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:18.580 And I do not say that lightly. 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:23.039 It's Colossians 1 verses 15 through 23. 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:26.640 Colossians 1 verses 15 through 23. 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:31.100 And when you found that, let's stand together in honor of the reading of the word of God. 00:00:31.179 --> 00:00:33.039 Colossians 1 verses 15 through 23. 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:50.260 Paul says of Jesus, he is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 00:00:50.259 --> 00:01:00.640 For by him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:04.539 All things were created through him and for him. 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:09.280 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:12.340 And he is the head of the body, the church. 00:01:12.979 --> 00:01:18.700 He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 00:01:18.700 --> 00:01:31.159 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:47.319 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him. 00:01:47.319 --> 00:02:03.579 If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. 00:02:04.619 --> 00:02:08.959 Grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever. 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:16.700 Father God, we praise you for this glorious passage on the beauty and the worth of Christ Jesus. 00:02:16.920 --> 00:02:24.200 And we simply pray, Lord, would you open our eyes so that we can really see and behold the worth of Christ this morning. 00:02:24.860 --> 00:02:29.159 Be satisfied in him and worship him as he deserves. 00:02:29.340 --> 00:02:30.379 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:02:31.180 --> 00:02:31.460 Amen. 00:02:32.460 --> 00:02:33.240 You may be seated. 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:33.320 Amen. 00:02:34.920 --> 00:02:39.960 How do you defend against the infection of false teaching? 00:02:41.180 --> 00:02:47.580 I was recently speaking with somebody who was preparing to send their oldest daughter off to college in just a few years. 00:02:47.780 --> 00:02:52.320 They had a little bit of time, but they were preparing and thinking well about that. 00:02:52.420 --> 00:03:02.719 And wisely, she wanted to help prepare her for the many ways that the enemy might seek to deceive her once she left that protective bubble. 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:09.020 And so she asked me, and there was another pastor who was there with me, what can we do? 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:10.080 What are some tools? 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:11.139 Maybe some good books. 00:03:11.259 --> 00:03:12.719 Maybe some good apologetics resources. 00:03:13.900 --> 00:03:22.560 I mean, how in the world can she be prepared to fight against all those different forms and variations of false doctrine that are out there? 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:24.400 There's no way. 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:32.000 There's just not enough time in the short window that we have for me to equip my daughter to be prepared to be an expert on all the lies of Islam. 00:03:32.580 --> 00:03:36.740 Or to be an expert on all the lies of the Mormons who claim to be Christians. 00:03:37.219 --> 00:03:41.099 Or all the lies when the Jehovah's Witnesses come and knock on your door. 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:49.000 How can she possibly be prepared to answer all of the many things that she might hear once she leaves this bubble of the home? 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:57.960 I think that she was surprised by the answer that we gave her because almost in unison, my friend and I both together told her, 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:07.560 you know, you don't have to be an expert on every strain of false teaching in order to hold fast to the truth. 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:20.860 The number one most important thing you can do to resist the lies of the enemy is to cling tightly to the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:28.439 The number one thing you can do, sure, there's a place and there's a time, there's good that can be had from educating yourself. 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:40.120 But the number one way that you can fortify your defenses against the attacks of the enemy is to know and to treasure the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:49.240 Here in Colossae, the Colossian church, the body is fighting the infection of false teaching. 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:58.560 And the antidote that the Apostle Paul gives them is this incredible passage on the glory of Jesus Christ. 00:04:59.459 --> 00:05:09.579 These eight verses, 15 through 23, are absolutely bursting at the seams with the worth and the beauty and the sufficiency of Jesus. 00:05:09.579 --> 00:05:19.680 Every phrase here is like an injection of white blood cells into the body to help them to fight off the infection of false teaching there in Colossae. 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:24.560 And so Paul, this morning, he's showing us who Jesus is. 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:31.639 He wants us to have this big view of who Jesus is so that we won't want to take our eyes off of him for even a moment. 00:05:32.339 --> 00:05:33.959 So this will be our outline this morning. 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:36.740 We have three answers to that question, who is Jesus? 00:05:36.740 --> 00:05:40.860 Three answers to the question, who is Jesus? 00:05:41.400 --> 00:05:47.500 First, Paul tells us this Jesus is the God of all creation. 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:52.860 Jesus Christ is the God of all creation. 00:05:53.540 --> 00:05:55.939 We see this in verses 15 through 17. 00:05:56.220 --> 00:05:58.040 And notice it's not just creation. 00:05:58.300 --> 00:06:00.040 It is all creation. 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:03.240 Did you hear that word all repeated over and over and over again in the passage? 00:06:04.060 --> 00:06:05.340 All, all, all. 00:06:05.420 --> 00:06:10.500 That word all or every, it shows up eight times in verses 15 through 20. 00:06:11.020 --> 00:06:13.160 Eight times in just six verses. 00:06:14.200 --> 00:06:21.060 Paul wants us to understand and see that this Jesus, he rules and reigns not just over some of creation, 00:06:21.259 --> 00:06:24.580 not just over some, not just over parts, but over all. 00:06:24.579 --> 00:06:26.859 Look there at verse 15. 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:38.579 He says, he is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, the image of the invisible God. 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:41.079 This is Genesis language, isn't it? 00:06:42.039 --> 00:06:46.259 We just heard read, Mr. Pete read for us Genesis 1, 26 and 27. 00:06:46.259 --> 00:06:50.659 It tells us that we are made in the image of God. 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:53.199 Human beings reflect God's glory. 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:55.019 We reflect God's character. 00:06:55.259 --> 00:07:00.680 We reflect God's personality in a way that's unique compared to all the other creation. 00:07:00.860 --> 00:07:03.159 No other creature bears the image of God. 00:07:04.019 --> 00:07:07.039 We, as human beings, reflect his creativity. 00:07:07.719 --> 00:07:09.279 We reflect his beauty. 00:07:09.539 --> 00:07:11.980 We reflect his rational intelligence. 00:07:12.259 --> 00:07:13.519 We reflect his personality. 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:16.939 We have an eternal soul given us by God. 00:07:17.299 --> 00:07:20.939 No other created thing in all the universe bears the image of God. 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:24.259 Every single human being. 00:07:24.419 --> 00:07:30.120 This is what gives worth to every single human being and dignity to the life of every single human being. 00:07:30.459 --> 00:07:32.279 Believer and non-believer alike. 00:07:33.060 --> 00:07:34.359 Man and woman alike. 00:07:34.579 --> 00:07:35.819 Boy and girl alike. 00:07:36.039 --> 00:07:37.479 Adult and infant alike. 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:39.719 All of us bear the image of God. 00:07:39.719 --> 00:07:42.740 All of the religious leaders in the world bear the image of God. 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:48.379 Confucius and Buddha and Muhammad and Abraham and Joseph Smith. 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:50.680 All of them bear the image of God. 00:07:50.899 --> 00:07:52.539 But Paul says there's a key difference here. 00:07:52.540 --> 00:07:58.480 Jesus not only bears the image of God in his humanity. 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:03.840 Jesus is the very image of God. 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:07.340 Jesus not only bears his image. 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:10.860 He is his image right away. 00:08:10.960 --> 00:08:13.700 This puts Jesus in a category all by himself. 00:08:14.379 --> 00:08:16.840 In a category above every other human. 00:08:16.960 --> 00:08:18.240 Every other religious leader. 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:24.819 There is no greater reflection of the glory of God than we see in the person of Jesus Christ. 00:08:24.819 --> 00:08:31.599 The author of Hebrews says he is the radiance of the glory of God. 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:34.779 And the exact imprint of his nature. 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:38.600 The exact imprint of the nature of God. 00:08:38.819 --> 00:08:40.960 You and I can be like God in many ways. 00:08:41.059 --> 00:08:44.740 But Paul wants us to understand Jesus is not just like God. 00:08:44.939 --> 00:08:46.100 He is God. 00:08:47.100 --> 00:08:48.620 He is not just godly. 00:08:48.700 --> 00:08:50.159 He is God in the flesh. 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:52.779 He is not just made in his image. 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:55.259 He is the image of the invisible God. 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:59.259 So Jesus himself can say in John 14 9. 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:03.259 Whoever has seen me has seen the father. 00:09:04.319 --> 00:09:07.279 In other words church if you want to know what God is like. 00:09:08.139 --> 00:09:09.480 Look to Jesus. 00:09:10.659 --> 00:09:12.600 If you want to follow God. 00:09:13.299 --> 00:09:15.199 You must follow Jesus. 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:18.000 If you want to hear from God. 00:09:18.100 --> 00:09:19.179 You listen to Jesus. 00:09:19.179 --> 00:09:20.839 If you want to love God. 00:09:20.959 --> 00:09:22.299 You must love Jesus. 00:09:22.459 --> 00:09:24.059 If you want to deny God. 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:26.659 You deny Jesus. 00:09:27.859 --> 00:09:30.639 Now I can't overemphasize this enough. 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:33.859 Our view of who Jesus is matters. 00:09:35.179 --> 00:09:38.299 We need to view Jesus rightly. 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:43.419 Because again there are entire groups of people who claim. 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:45.919 I am thinking here specifically of the Mormons. 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:49.199 I am thinking here specifically of our Jehovah's Witness friends. 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:51.740 Who claim to be Christians. 00:09:51.939 --> 00:09:53.759 They will tell you I am a Christian. 00:09:54.139 --> 00:09:57.360 They will knock on your door and say well I am a Christian just like you are. 00:09:57.979 --> 00:10:01.620 The Mormons in 2018 had this major rebranding effort. 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:04.379 Where they stopped calling themselves the Mormon church. 00:10:04.379 --> 00:10:07.580 But rather the latter day saints of Jesus Christ. 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:11.539 And to be more closely identified with Christian churches. 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:14.639 But the truth is. 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:19.799 They have a completely different view of who Jesus is. 00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:22.419 Than what we see here in the pages of scripture. 00:10:22.419 --> 00:10:25.219 And if you worship a different Jesus. 00:10:25.539 --> 00:10:27.019 Then you are not a Christian. 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:30.339 They believe that Jesus. 00:10:30.740 --> 00:10:32.019 They get tripped up here. 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:35.079 Where it says he is the first born of all creation. 00:10:35.959 --> 00:10:39.219 They believe that Jesus is the first to be born. 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:41.860 And the first created being. 00:10:42.059 --> 00:10:42.740 He is amazing. 00:10:43.319 --> 00:10:46.139 He is as close to God as you can get really. 00:10:46.299 --> 00:10:49.980 But he is a created being of God. 00:10:49.980 --> 00:10:52.200 This is not a small difference church. 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:55.399 This is heresy. 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:59.360 In fact if you read your church history. 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:00.639 You realize this is nothing new. 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:01.800 When you study church history. 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:03.539 You see they flow downstream. 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:05.740 From a man named Arius. 00:11:06.060 --> 00:11:09.460 Who was condemned as a heretic at the council of Nicaea. 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:11.159 In 325 AD. 00:11:11.700 --> 00:11:15.860 For saying that there was a time when Jesus did not exist. 00:11:16.580 --> 00:11:19.600 And the church's response to Arius at that time. 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:21.300 They wrote the Nicene Creed. 00:11:21.300 --> 00:11:23.279 Which we read this morning. 00:11:24.060 --> 00:11:26.240 We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ. 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:27.740 The only son of God. 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:30.500 Begotten from the father before all ages. 00:11:30.899 --> 00:11:31.879 God from God. 00:11:32.040 --> 00:11:32.960 Light from light. 00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:34.980 True God from true God. 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:36.899 Begotten not made. 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:39.519 Of the same essence as the father. 00:11:40.560 --> 00:11:42.600 Through him all things were made. 00:11:42.700 --> 00:11:44.200 For us and for our salvation. 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:45.500 He came down from heaven. 00:11:46.100 --> 00:11:48.200 He became incarnate by the Holy Spirit. 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:49.300 And the virgin Mary. 00:11:49.400 --> 00:11:50.879 And was made human. 00:11:51.300 --> 00:11:53.840 Praise God our spiritual fathers. 00:11:54.400 --> 00:11:55.860 Took this stuff seriously. 00:11:57.180 --> 00:11:59.400 Praise God that they understood. 00:11:59.400 --> 00:12:02.640 That our vision of Jesus matters. 00:12:02.900 --> 00:12:05.180 We must insist on this church. 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:09.140 Jesus is not a created being. 00:12:09.139 --> 00:12:15.480 Jesus is the glorious eternal creator of all. 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:17.179 In fact you just keep reading here. 00:12:17.259 --> 00:12:19.139 And he tells us what he means by first born. 00:12:19.419 --> 00:12:20.679 Here in verse 16. 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:23.500 It's not that he was born first. 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:27.179 But rather he is the first born of all creation. 00:12:27.179 --> 00:12:31.600 For by him all things were created in heaven. 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:32.960 And on earth. 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:34.659 Visible and invisible. 00:12:34.659 --> 00:12:38.959 Whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. 00:12:39.259 --> 00:12:43.959 All things were created through him and for him. 00:12:45.079 --> 00:12:50.500 The first born is a position of preeminence. 00:12:51.179 --> 00:12:52.779 You read three year old testament. 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:53.399 You see this. 00:12:53.500 --> 00:12:54.679 It's a position of inheritance. 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:58.159 It's a position that deserves the blessing. 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:00.259 It's a position of authority. 00:13:00.259 --> 00:13:03.340 To say that Jesus is the first born of creation. 00:13:03.939 --> 00:13:07.960 Is to say that all of it belongs to him by right. 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:12.700 That he is the rightful ruler and owner of all creation. 00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:13.120 Why? 00:13:13.319 --> 00:13:15.000 Because he created it all. 00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:17.840 It's through Jesus. 00:13:18.319 --> 00:13:18.860 The son. 00:13:19.659 --> 00:13:24.019 Through him that the father creates all things in heaven and on earth. 00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:26.879 The sky and the sun and the moon. 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:28.259 The birds and the animals. 00:13:28.259 --> 00:13:29.939 It's through Jesus. 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:30.740 Through him. 00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:34.159 That the father creates all things visible and invisible. 00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:34.939 Paul says. 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:37.980 The oxygen in our lungs. 00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:40.460 The air that we breathe. 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:45.700 He created the atomic molecules that underlie all of our reality. 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:49.240 He created the nerve endings in our fingers. 00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:52.200 And the neural pathways in your brain. 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:58.940 He created the microscopic life forms that you can only see under a lens in a lab. 00:13:59.180 --> 00:14:01.360 He created all of this. 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:11.820 It's through him even that Paul says he rules even over thrones and dominions and rulers and authorities. 00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:16.580 Meaning he rules even over this unseen spiritual realm. 00:14:16.580 --> 00:14:18.920 There is nothing. 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:20.820 Not the angels. 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:21.680 Not Satan. 00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:22.920 Not all the demons. 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:24.060 Not hell itself. 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:29.240 Nothing exists outside of the reign and rule of King Jesus. 00:14:31.520 --> 00:14:33.900 What a comfort for us, church. 00:14:35.180 --> 00:14:41.600 And when we go through our life and it seems so chaotic and bad things happen and we face trials and we suffer. 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:46.360 What a comfort to know that Jesus Christ still reigns on the throne over it all. 00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:51.759 All things belong to him and in him, Paul says. 00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:53.820 All things hold together. 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.379 Which is why it is so tragically foolish to try and live your life without Jesus. 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:04.279 If there is no Jesus, then there is no life. 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:08.960 If there is no Jesus, there is no universe. 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:11.759 There is no reality without Jesus. 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:15.580 There is no world in which we live without Jesus. 00:15:16.300 --> 00:15:17.620 There is no sunshine. 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.940 There is no ocean. 00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:20.019 There is no breath. 00:15:20.180 --> 00:15:21.139 There is no laughter. 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:27.820 There is no fall temperatures and pumpkin spice lattes and Sunday afternoon football without Jesus. 00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:36.500 Every single particle of our reality is held together by him. 00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:42.980 As Hebrews says, he upholds the universe simply by the word of his power. 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:45.080 Can you just marvel at that for a moment? 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:52.639 This man Jesus is not just some other religious leader amongst the pack. 00:15:53.820 --> 00:15:58.780 With peers and equals and some influential guy who lived 2,000 years ago. 00:15:59.180 --> 00:16:03.860 We believe this man Jesus is God in the flesh. 00:16:05.540 --> 00:16:07.139 It is all from him. 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:09.620 He upholds it all. 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:14.039 And Paul says it is all for him. 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:17.759 All of this is for him. 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:19.399 It is all about him. 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:21.740 Sometimes children ask a lot of questions. 00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:24.919 I got five of them asking me questions all the time. 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:27.600 And they like to ask the question, why? 00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:29.419 Why? 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:29.899 Why? 00:16:30.060 --> 00:16:30.360 Why? 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:31.679 Why is the sun there? 00:16:31.779 --> 00:16:32.419 Why not here? 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:34.419 Why is the sun that hot and not this hot? 00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:36.700 Why is the day 24 hours, not 26? 00:16:36.860 --> 00:16:38.100 I don't know. 00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.240 Why? 00:16:41.560 --> 00:16:43.540 Here is a cheat code for you parents. 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:51.580 Paul tells us that at the end of the day, at the end of every why, is the glory of King Jesus. 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:54.920 He is the ultimate why of the universe. 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:58.800 You wonder why human history exists? 00:16:59.680 --> 00:17:00.080 Jesus. 00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.980 Why are you here? 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:05.240 Is there a purpose for your life? 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:08.160 Jesus is the purpose of your life. 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:09.059 You exist for him. 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:11.599 Why is anything here at all? 00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:12.680 What's it all heading towards? 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:14.660 Is there a point to all of this thing called life? 00:17:15.120 --> 00:17:18.140 Jesus is the great why of the universe. 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:21.120 All things are from him. 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:24.200 All things are for him. 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:26.299 Would you just marvel at who Jesus is? 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:31.240 Jesus is no ordinary man. 00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:36.399 Jesus is the God of all creation. 00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:37.379 But not only this. 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.220 Paul says second. 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:42.079 He is also the God of redemption. 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:46.180 Jesus is the God of redemption. 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:48.240 We see this in verses 18 through 20. 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:49.859 Look there with me starting in verse 18. 00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:55.519 Paul moves from creation there at the beginning now to God's plan for creation. 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:58.579 From creation now to redemption. 00:17:58.919 --> 00:18:03.759 And so Paul says Jesus is the head of the body, the church. 00:18:03.919 --> 00:18:08.859 Now that can become familiar language to us if you've been in the church for any bit of time. 00:18:08.959 --> 00:18:12.579 You've heard this language that we are the body of Christ. 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:17.519 But can we just pause for just a moment and think about how glorious that is? 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:27.859 Jesus, this infinitely glorious creator God who made all things, who is worthy of all praise, 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:30.359 who is the point of all creation. 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:38.240 This glorious God has taken it upon himself to unite himself to a people called the church. 00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:45.180 And we are so intricately connected that he can use this metaphor of a head and a body. 00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:47.180 How connected is your head to your body? 00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:48.380 It better be connected. 00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:53.900 There is this organic unity between Jesus and his people. 00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:57.440 This is the plan of God from before the ages began. 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:02.060 Paul says Jesus is the head of the body. 00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:08.460 Meaning in one sense, he is the ultimate authority of the church. 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:12.500 Your head tells your body what to do. 00:19:12.580 --> 00:19:15.620 As you get older, I hear it doesn't work so well all the time. 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.460 It doesn't always listen. 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:19.200 But that's how the relationship is supposed to work, right? 00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:21.720 Your head tells your body what to do. 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:24.059 When your head tells your feet to go, they go. 00:19:24.600 --> 00:19:28.019 And when your head tells your hands to raise up, they raise up. 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:30.740 Jesus is the head of the church. 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:34.779 Meaning the church takes its orders from him. 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:37.960 The church submits to him. 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:42.000 We get our instructions and our marching orders from him. 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:45.220 Not the false teachers in Colossae, Paul says. 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:48.399 Not even from Paul the apostle. 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:50.480 He has no inherent authority on his own. 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:52.019 He speaks on behalf of the head. 00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:55.139 Not from Epaphras, your faithful pastor. 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:57.339 He's not your ultimate authority. 00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:59.359 His job is to bring you to Jesus. 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:03.019 We have to remember who runs this thing called the church. 00:20:03.459 --> 00:20:05.279 It's not the Pope in Rome. 00:20:05.899 --> 00:20:08.240 It's not the influencers on social media. 00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.919 It's not you. 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.859 It's not me. 00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:14.939 It's not the ever-changing demands of our culture around us. 00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:18.380 We get our marching orders from the head, Jesus Christ. 00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:24.500 In another sense, to be head, it means we can't live without him. 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:30.640 He's the source of our life and our existence as a church. 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:34.039 He's our authority, yes, and he's our source of life. 00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:36.700 The body has no life apart from the head. 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:38.140 This is biology 101. 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:43.360 Some of you growing up on the farm learned this in many different ways early on, right? 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:45.799 You cut off something's head, what happens? 00:20:46.459 --> 00:20:47.240 There's no life. 00:20:49.139 --> 00:20:59.339 And Ms. Priscilla shared a story with me last week about a so-called pastor who came to the retirement home where she plays on Sunday afternoons. 00:20:59.339 --> 00:21:06.199 And this so-called pastor shared a message about how there are so many different paths to get to heaven. 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:11.379 So many different ways up that mountain to go and make your way to God. 00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:16.340 And Jesus can be one good option among many, but of course there are many ways to get there, right? 00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:21.660 Friend, that person may have the title of pastor. 00:21:22.840 --> 00:21:26.380 And the sign outside of their building may say church. 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:29.160 But they are spiritually dead. 00:21:30.540 --> 00:21:32.020 That is no church. 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:34.340 And that is no pastor. 00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:37.720 They have left Jesus behind. 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:41.140 They have severed the body from the head. 00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:49.480 Paul wants us to understand that there is no life, there is no body apart from the head, Jesus. 00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:53.000 You cannot move on from Jesus and expect to be alive. 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:55.900 Apart from Jesus is death. 00:21:57.500 --> 00:22:05.000 But in him, there is glorious resurrection life to be had in him. 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:06.559 Look what Paul says that he has done. 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:15.460 Paul says he is the head of the body and, and, just as he is the firstborn of all creation, 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:19.779 he says he is also the firstborn from the dead. 00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:24.339 That in everything he might be preeminent. 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:30.440 Jesus is the firstborn from the dead. 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:41.220 Even death itself, that last great enemy, even death itself is subject to the reign and the rule of Jesus. 00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:47.000 You name me another religious leader who can claim to be firstborn from the dead. 00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.480 I'll wait. 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:50.620 Find one, please. 00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:55.880 Name another religious leader who is preeminent in life and in death. 00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:57.259 You can't do it. 00:22:57.259 --> 00:23:02.500 You know, Christianity was a little bit of a problem in the first century, right? 00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.859 I mean, the Jews hated it. 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:05.759 The Romans hated it. 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:12.000 All of these disciples rising up out of seemingly nowhere and proclaiming that Jesus Christ is Lord. 00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:13.339 That was a problem. 00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:16.359 They're proclaiming this Jesus rose from the dead. 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.599 That was a problem. 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:21.240 All they had to do to shut this whole thing down. 00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:23.039 Find the body of Jesus. 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:30.440 To this day, 2,000 years later, all the opponents of Jesus have to do to shut me up. 00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:32.559 Find the body of Jesus. 00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:35.259 I will leave this pulpit in a heartbeat. 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.480 You can't do it. 00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.139 You know why? 00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:46.000 Jesus is the firstborn from the grave. 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:49.119 The tomb is empty. 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:53.059 Jesus has conquered the grave. 00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:57.380 He has triumphed over sin and death and the devil. 00:23:57.640 --> 00:24:00.680 You can go visit Muhammad's tomb anytime you want and you'll find him there. 00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:04.480 Jesus' tomb is empty. 00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.980 No one else can claim this. 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:09.299 No one else can claim this. 00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:13.660 He is preeminent over life and over death. 00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.079 Why? 00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.159 Why? 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.679 Verse 19. 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:20.559 For in him all the fullness of God. 00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:22.119 There's that fullness language again. 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:31.659 All the fullness of God was pleased to dwell and through him to reconcile to himself all things, 00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:37.460 whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. 00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:42.399 God's plan from before the ages began. 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.280 God's plan. 00:24:43.280 --> 00:24:43.960 The fullness of God was pleased to dwell and through him. 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:52.480 Was that he would redeem all things by the blood of his son, Jesus, to the praise of his glorious grace. 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:54.539 God's eternal plan. 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.640 God's eternal plan. 00:24:55.640 --> 00:25:06.460 He has purposed that one day all of his blood-bought people called the church will enjoy him in a new creation. 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:15.940 This renewed world where there is no sin and there is no death and there is no suffering and there are no tears and there is no Satan. 00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:45.940 may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:52.900 peace and reconciliation and life to all things, especially to sinners like us. 00:25:54.799 --> 00:26:01.640 I like to watch movies, and it's rare that I actually get to go to a movie theater and sit 00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:07.240 and watch a movie, and so I wait with eager longing until I can watch it at home and stream it. But 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:15.559 before the movie comes out, what happens? There is trailers and previews. The studio begins to 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:19.740 release these little teasers and previews of the movie to come, and what happens when you watch 00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:25.480 the preview? That gets you excited for the real thing, doesn't it? You start to anticipate it and 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:30.240 to long to see it, and you start to talk to other people about it and say, I want to see that. 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:39.619 Jesus' resurrection was the first preview of the resurrection age to come. 00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:49.259 His resurrection from the grave was proof that God was, in fact, bringing a new world to existence. 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:57.179 It is coming soon. He is truly reconciling to Himself all things. He is truly making all things new. 00:26:57.439 --> 00:27:04.299 It has come into the present age at the first coming of Christ, and He has promised He's coming soon to 00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:17.500 bring it in full when He comes again. But until then, the church, the redeemed, is the ongoing preview 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:26.980 of that resurrection age to come. The church of Jesus Christ, all those who have been reconciled to God 00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:33.799 through Christ, we have been given peace with God by the blood of His cross. We have been given new 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:41.579 resurrection life right now. We have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life right now. You know 00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:50.419 what? When the church lives joyfully under the authority of King Jesus and marvels with His big 00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:57.720 vision of who He is, we give the world around us a preview of what's to come when He returns. 00:27:57.720 --> 00:28:06.539 We give the world a sneak peek of what's coming next. We are a living testimony of the fact that Jesus 00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:14.860 Christ is preeminent in life and in death because in Him, all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell 00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:23.400 and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things. Do you see this big view of Jesus we're supposed to have? 00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:30.900 this is a massive view of Jesus. Is your view of Jesus this big? 00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:40.860 Paul has given us the big picture. He's given us this zoomed out cosmic view of Jesus here in verses 15 00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:48.680 through 20. But then our third and final point, and I promise I'll be briefer here. He moves from the 00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:58.640 universal to the personal. From who Jesus is in all the universe to who is Jesus to you. 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:06.600 Third, who is Jesus? We see Jesus is our God. 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:15.299 You know how when you ride an airplane and you get that view from thousands of feet up in the air and you 00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:21.359 literally are up in the clouds. You can see for miles and miles and miles this big picture view of the world. 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:26.099 You look down and the ground looks like it's kind of like a quilt. It's all patched together with these 00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:31.559 squares and sectioned off and little divisions. But then when you start to descend 00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:39.099 and it starts to get personal again and you start to reenter your city and you're looking for your house, 00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:40.720 aren't you? Can I see it? 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:46.360 And then you land, you get out of the plane, you get into your car, you drive to your neighborhood, 00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:49.640 you get into your home, you kiss your wife, you hug your kids. 00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:54.620 Verses 15 through 20 gives us the view from the sky. 00:29:56.259 --> 00:30:00.019 Verses 21 through 23 give us the view from the ground. 00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.779 And here's why this is so precious. 00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:11.599 It's because this Jesus is not just a distant historical figure that we read about from 2,000 years ago. 00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:14.119 One that has little to no impact on your lives. 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:20.200 For those who know the resurrected Jesus by faith, this is deeply personal. 00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:25.000 Because we know he has done this very work of reconciliation for you. 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:28.960 Look there to verse 21. 00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:34.220 Paul says, this Jesus has created all things. 00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:35.900 All things are for him. 00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:38.960 He has accomplished this cosmic work of reconciliation. 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:41.460 All creation will be made new. 00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:44.339 And then he turns and looks us right in the eye. 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:57.000 And he says, and you, and you, who were once alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds. 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.779 Do you remember that? 00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.639 Paul does. 00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:03.579 Do you remember what that was like to not have peace with God? 00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:06.959 To be alienated from him, to be his enemy? 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:15.380 He says, and you, he has now reconciled you in his body of flesh by his death. 00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:21.460 In order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him. 00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:25.680 Christ has done this work for you, church. 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:33.840 He has done everything needed to present you holy and blameless before God on the last day. 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:44.039 He has done everything needed to reconcile the greatest sinner in the world to this God who is holy, holy, holy. 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:46.399 Who will by no means pardon the guilty. 00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.059 How? 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:50.659 He has paid the price by his own blood at the cross. 00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.059 For you. 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:56.419 What can these false teachers give you that Jesus can't? 00:31:57.379 --> 00:32:00.299 What can they do for you that Jesus hasn't already done? 00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.299 00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:04.619 He has done it. 00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.279 For you. 00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:10.879 You stand reconciled to God in Christ. 00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.960 But there's a warning. 00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:16.720 There's a warning that we need to hear. 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:20.980 The passage ends with a warning here in verse 23. 00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.980 If. 00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.059 If. 00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.160 If. 00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:31.599 If indeed you continue in the faith. 00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:36.200 Stable and steadfast. 00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:40.059 Not shifting from the hope of the gospel. 00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:42.000 That you heard. 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:45.380 Which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven. 00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:47.819 And of which I, Paul, became a minister. 00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:52.200 You stand reconciled to God in Christ. 00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.720 If. 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.019 You continue. 00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.740 In the faith. 00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.599 In other words. 00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:03.700 Do not leave Jesus behind. 00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:08.220 Hold fast. 00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:09.579 To the head. 00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:13.539 Do not take your eyes. 00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:15.259 Off of Christ. 00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:19.859 Do not do as the Colossians were tempted to do. 00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:23.359 Do not do as these false teachers are leading them to do. 00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:25.119 And start off with Jesus. 00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:27.699 And be very excited about Jesus. 00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:28.579 And this is great. 00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:30.019 I'm in with Jesus. 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.779 And then leave him behind. 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:34.519 And move on to bigger and better things. 00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.480 And think you're secure. 00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:41.180 The truth is, of course, you cannot lose your salvation. 00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:44.099 It's impossible. 00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:50.039 If you are born again, genuinely, you cannot be unborn again. 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:56.880 If the Holy Spirit resides in you, you can never not have the Holy Spirit residing in you. 00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:58.079 You cannot kick him out. 00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:59.640 You cannot be unborn again. 00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:02.099 You cannot unregenerate yourself. 00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.740 But. 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:07.980 Paul knows that there will be some. 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:11.299 And there are some there in Colossae. 00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:15.739 Who give off the appearance of belonging. 00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:20.960 But who are very tempted to shift from the hope of the gospel. 00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:25.079 There are some who may be getting a little bit bored with this preeminent Christ. 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:30.179 And a little bit tired of all this Jesus talk. 00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:33.500 And have moved on to other things. 00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:35.960 Maybe they made a profession of faith a long time ago. 00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:38.119 And they walked an aisle. 00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.960 They signed a card. 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.779 They prayed a prayer. 00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:43.559 But now they're all into this new exciting teaching. 00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:46.299 And they've left the gospel behind. 00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:52.239 Paul says, don't leave it behind. 00:34:52.239 --> 00:35:00.559 Some of you may be hearing this gospel message even for the first time this morning. 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:06.379 And you're seeing for the first time this big glorious vision of who Christ is. 00:35:06.479 --> 00:35:08.459 He is God in the flesh. 00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:10.479 He is the only hope for your salvation. 00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:16.719 If that's you, the call of this passage is to put your faith entirely in Christ. 00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.980 Meaning trust Him. 00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.980 And cling to Him. 00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:22.199 And love Him. 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:24.260 And devote yourself to Him fully. 00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:26.840 That may be you for the first time this morning. 00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:31.139 But church, the call for every Christian from that moment on. 00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.880 Guess what it is? 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.639 Trust Him. 00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.880 Cling to Him fully. 00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.699 Love Him. 00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:39.839 Devote yourself to Him. 00:35:40.339 --> 00:35:41.379 Worship Him. 00:35:41.859 --> 00:35:43.759 Keep your eyes fixed on Him. 00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.779 Don't leave Him behind. 00:35:47.919 --> 00:35:49.719 Continue in the faith. 00:35:49.879 --> 00:35:51.679 Stable and steadfast. 00:35:51.819 --> 00:35:55.179 Not shifting from the hope of the gospel. 00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:59.339 He alone is your creator. 00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:02.960 He alone is your savior. 00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:04.659 He alone is your God. 00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:07.359 He alone is worthy of your worship. 00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.699 Let's pray. 00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.599 Father. 00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:20.779 We pray that this church would heed that call to not shift from the hope of the gospel. 00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:26.980 Would you give us so big a view of Christ that we would not be tempted to leave Him behind. 00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:32.199 Father, consume our hearts with the glory of Jesus. 00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:36.280 Remind us who He is and what He's done for us. 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:41.280 Lord, help our hearts to praise Him as He deserves and to love Him as He deserves. 00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:43.460 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.460 Amen. 00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.579 Amen. 00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.579 Amen. 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.579 00:36:45.579 --> 00:37:15.559 Thank you.