WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.240 Good morning, everybody. 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:15.240 If you could open to 2 Corinthians chapter 5, and we're going to read from verse 11. 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:20.100 ! It's up on the screen there as well, from verse 11 to 21. 00:00:20.100 --> 00:00:27.519 2 Corinthians chapter 5. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.500 So that's on page 1161 if you're using the church Bible. 00:00:49.500 --> 00:00:56.219 Just before we read, let's ask God for his help as we open up his word today. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:06.500 Lord, this is your word, and we are your people, and we desperately need to hear from you today. 00:01:06.500 --> 00:01:12.500 Because your truth is the only solid foundation that we have to stand on. 00:01:12.500 --> 00:01:21.000 So we ask for your Holy Spirit to take your word now, and to change us from the inside out. 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:29.000 Help me as I try to explain it, that this will be helpful and edifying for us all. 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:33.459 And I just ask that your voice will be heard so clearly this morning. 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:35.260 Amen. 00:01:38.500 --> 00:01:41.840 I just want you to look out for something as we read the text. 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:47.760 What changes when someone puts their faith in Jesus? 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:55.400 What difference is there between their life before Christ and after him? 00:01:56.620 --> 00:01:58.560 Watch out for that as we read. 00:01:58.880 --> 00:01:59.359 Thank you, Chris. 00:02:06.260 --> 00:02:10.620 So 2 Corinthians chapter 5, beginning at verse 11. 00:02:10.620 --> 00:02:19.840 Since then, we know what it is to fear the Lord we try to persuade others. 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:25.580 What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:33.740 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us. 00:02:33.740 --> 00:02:41.200 So that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than what is in the heart. 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:47.800 If we are out of our mind, as some say, it is for God. 00:02:49.340 --> 00:02:53.080 If we are in our right mind, it is for you. 00:02:54.300 --> 00:03:01.879 For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:11.900 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them, and was raised again. 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:17.699 So from now on, we regard no one from a worldly point of view. 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:22.439 Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 00:03:24.340 --> 00:03:28.919 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:32.299 The old is gone, the new is here. 00:03:33.239 --> 00:03:40.179 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 00:03:41.279 --> 00:03:48.259 That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. 00:03:49.459 --> 00:03:53.199 And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 00:03:53.199 --> 00:04:00.519 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:07.119 We implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 00:04:08.579 --> 00:04:17.899 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:17.980 Amen. 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:35.300 I wonder, do you ever have those moments as a believer where you wonder what's really changed? 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:44.379 I mean, when you first repent of your sin and trust in Christ, everything is exciting and new. 00:04:44.379 --> 00:04:57.199 But as time goes on, be it a year, 10 years, 50 years even, well, we start to wonder, have I really changed? 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:01.740 We still struggle with sin. 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:11.980 We look around us at our friends and family who aren't Christians, who oftentimes live more virtuous lives than we do. 00:05:11.980 --> 00:05:14.060 It seems from the outside, at least. 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:19.060 And we ask, what's the real difference between us and them? 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:22.140 Do you ever ask those questions? 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:23.080 Because I certainly do. 00:05:25.900 --> 00:05:27.100 But read verse 17. 00:05:30.300 --> 00:05:36.580 If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. 00:05:36.780 --> 00:05:37.879 The old has gone. 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:40.360 The new is here. 00:05:41.080 --> 00:05:41.860 That's true. 00:05:42.980 --> 00:05:46.620 If you are in Christ, your life is spectacularly transformed. 00:05:47.140 --> 00:05:54.800 You might still look the same, still live in the same house, still work the same job, go to the same school, struggle with the same sin. 00:05:55.740 --> 00:05:58.700 But your life has been radically transformed. 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:01.980 How exactly, you ask? 00:06:02.060 --> 00:06:04.200 Well, Paul tells us in the very next verse. 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:05.300 Look at verse 18. 00:06:05.300 --> 00:06:06.300 All this is from God. 00:06:06.300 --> 00:06:08.819 All this is from God. 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:18.240 Who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:21.480 In that verse, we see two things. 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:24.500 We see that we have a new identity. 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:27.220 Reconciled to God. 00:06:27.900 --> 00:06:29.360 And a new purpose. 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:33.340 Sharing the message of reconciliation. 00:06:33.339 --> 00:06:40.259 So we're going to unpack those two things of how we are a new creation in Christ. 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:41.359 The first part. 00:06:42.259 --> 00:06:43.439 Our new identity. 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:45.639 We are reconciled to God. 00:06:45.779 --> 00:06:47.339 Now what does that word mean? 00:06:48.099 --> 00:06:48.819 Reconciled. 00:06:48.819 --> 00:06:55.500 Well, it speaks of two estranged people coming back into a restored relationship. 00:06:56.699 --> 00:06:58.819 I don't know if you follow the royal family. 00:06:59.599 --> 00:07:00.639 I certainly don't. 00:07:01.180 --> 00:07:02.759 But I looked this thing up online. 00:07:03.100 --> 00:07:07.719 I actually Googled the word reconciled and put the Google News tab on it. 00:07:08.019 --> 00:07:08.959 And this is what came up. 00:07:11.039 --> 00:07:14.159 Prince Harry wants reconciliation with the royal family. 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:21.280 He and his wife, Meghan, left the royal family in 2020 to move to America for a more private life. 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:24.980 But their leaving caused all sorts of hurt. 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:27.440 And now family members don't even speak to each other. 00:07:27.500 --> 00:07:28.240 And it's really sad. 00:07:30.460 --> 00:07:37.140 Harry went on TV in May saying that he longs to be reconciled to his father, King Charles, the King of England. 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:43.300 But the king doesn't want to mend the relationship at the moment. 00:07:43.300 --> 00:07:46.560 And it's over some dispute about security and all this anyway. 00:07:47.660 --> 00:07:52.460 But when we speak about being reconciled to the King of Kings, 00:07:53.079 --> 00:08:01.840 the Bible tells us that all of us have walked out on a perfectly loving father. 00:08:02.660 --> 00:08:05.160 We've all rebelled against his rule. 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:13.280 And our biggest problem is that we face his just judgment on our sin. 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:16.660 Eternity outside of this father's love and care. 00:08:17.260 --> 00:08:18.520 We are the guilty party. 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:22.200 We did the damage in the relationship. 00:08:22.700 --> 00:08:25.420 We're the ones who walked out. 00:08:26.640 --> 00:08:27.300 Now you know what, Harry? 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:30.300 King Charles is taking a hard line. 00:08:30.300 --> 00:08:35.580 He's not currently reaching out to his son for reconciliation. 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:38.480 Because of all that Harry has done. 00:08:38.680 --> 00:08:40.259 And this dispute over security. 00:08:41.220 --> 00:08:44.019 But God, the true king, is so, so different. 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:48.120 Read verse 19 with me to see how he's different. 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:55.179 God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ. 00:08:57.080 --> 00:09:01.120 Not counting people's sins against them. 00:09:01.659 --> 00:09:02.259 Do you hear that? 00:09:04.379 --> 00:09:08.179 God is taking the first move to reconcile, 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:09.580 even though we're the guilty party. 00:09:11.460 --> 00:09:13.039 And even more astonishing, 00:09:13.460 --> 00:09:16.539 he's not counting our sins against us. 00:09:16.539 --> 00:09:18.799 But how, you ask, 00:09:18.819 --> 00:09:22.199 how can God just simply ignore our sins 00:09:22.199 --> 00:09:23.399 that would not be just of him? 00:09:23.500 --> 00:09:24.599 There is no justice in that. 00:09:25.699 --> 00:09:27.120 If our sins are simply ignored. 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:30.240 Well, verse 21 tells us 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:33.019 God's glorious solution. 00:09:34.019 --> 00:09:34.539 Verse 21. 00:09:35.219 --> 00:09:36.819 God made him 00:09:36.819 --> 00:09:39.219 who had no sin 00:09:39.219 --> 00:09:41.879 to be sin for us 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:44.439 so that in him 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:46.180 we might become 00:09:46.180 --> 00:09:47.220 the righteousness 00:09:47.220 --> 00:09:48.680 of God. 00:09:51.100 --> 00:09:52.320 Here's what happens 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:53.640 to anybody 00:09:53.640 --> 00:09:55.520 who believes 00:09:55.520 --> 00:09:56.580 in Christ. 00:09:57.800 --> 00:09:58.180 Jesus 00:09:58.180 --> 00:10:00.900 takes our record of sin. 00:10:01.760 --> 00:10:02.460 It's not that 00:10:02.460 --> 00:10:04.580 he became sinful. 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:07.460 We've got to be careful about that. 00:10:08.560 --> 00:10:09.220 No, it's that 00:10:09.220 --> 00:10:10.440 he was counted 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:12.160 as a sinner. 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:14.539 He who had no sin 00:10:14.539 --> 00:10:17.039 became sin 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:18.219 for us. 00:10:18.579 --> 00:10:20.179 Our record of sin 00:10:20.179 --> 00:10:22.240 was counted as his 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:23.339 on the cross. 00:10:24.860 --> 00:10:26.759 So, no sin is overlooked 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:27.559 or ignored. 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:27.779 No. 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:29.939 Every single sin 00:10:29.939 --> 00:10:30.879 is paid for. 00:10:32.219 --> 00:10:33.699 Justice is done 00:10:33.699 --> 00:10:36.019 at the cross. 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:36.879 That is incredible. 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:37.759 So, number one, 00:10:37.819 --> 00:10:40.220 Jesus takes our record of sin 00:10:40.220 --> 00:10:41.779 if we trust in him. 00:10:42.420 --> 00:10:42.879 Secondly, 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:44.340 we learn that 00:10:44.340 --> 00:10:45.600 we get Jesus' 00:10:45.820 --> 00:10:46.660 record of obedience. 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:49.100 Okay, so his 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:51.040 flawless record 00:10:51.040 --> 00:10:51.779 of obedience 00:10:51.779 --> 00:10:53.160 is credited 00:10:53.160 --> 00:10:54.480 to us 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:55.600 even though 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:56.440 we never lived it. 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:00.440 Another way of saying it, 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:01.300 Jesus takes our 00:11:01.300 --> 00:11:02.000 dirty 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:03.240 rags 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:04.560 of sin 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:06.379 and we are 00:11:06.379 --> 00:11:07.739 clothed 00:11:07.739 --> 00:11:08.399 in his 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:09.119 perfect 00:11:09.119 --> 00:11:09.959 robes 00:11:09.959 --> 00:11:11.099 of righteousness. 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:12.539 They cover us 00:11:12.539 --> 00:11:14.579 so that when 00:11:14.579 --> 00:11:15.579 God sees us, 00:11:16.579 --> 00:11:19.199 he sees us 00:11:19.199 --> 00:11:19.799 as righteous. 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:22.839 Legally, 00:11:23.019 --> 00:11:23.659 it's as if 00:11:23.659 --> 00:11:25.539 we never 00:11:25.539 --> 00:11:26.139 sinned. 00:11:26.859 --> 00:11:27.639 We are 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:28.379 perfectly 00:11:28.379 --> 00:11:29.079 right 00:11:29.079 --> 00:11:30.099 in his 00:11:30.099 --> 00:11:30.839 sight. 00:11:31.439 --> 00:11:31.579 Now, 00:11:31.580 --> 00:11:33.560 even though 00:11:33.560 --> 00:11:34.259 we will 00:11:34.259 --> 00:11:34.660 continue 00:11:34.660 --> 00:11:35.200 to struggle 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:35.720 with sin 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:36.259 for the rest 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:36.540 of our 00:11:36.540 --> 00:11:36.860 days 00:11:36.860 --> 00:11:37.740 on this 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:38.139 earth, 00:11:38.259 --> 00:11:38.920 we are 00:11:38.920 --> 00:11:39.620 legally 00:11:39.620 --> 00:11:40.200 declared 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:40.580 to be 00:11:40.580 --> 00:11:40.940 right 00:11:40.940 --> 00:11:41.460 before 00:11:41.460 --> 00:11:41.980 God 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:43.759 through 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:44.980 Christ. 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:48.320 And 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:48.639 therefore, 00:11:48.980 --> 00:11:49.900 we are 00:11:49.900 --> 00:11:50.440 entitled to 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:50.980 everything 00:11:50.980 --> 00:11:51.480 that Jesus 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:52.000 deserved. 00:11:53.020 --> 00:11:53.600 Adopted 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:54.440 as sons 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:54.980 and daughters 00:11:54.980 --> 00:11:55.259 of the 00:11:55.259 --> 00:11:55.540 Father, 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:56.560 receiving 00:11:56.560 --> 00:11:56.920 his 00:11:56.920 --> 00:11:57.900 Holy Spirit, 00:11:58.160 --> 00:11:58.500 heirs 00:11:58.500 --> 00:11:59.120 of heaven 00:11:59.120 --> 00:11:59.680 for 00:11:59.680 --> 00:12:00.300 eternity, 00:12:00.299 --> 00:12:03.919 that is 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:04.459 our new 00:12:04.459 --> 00:12:05.159 identity. 00:12:06.339 --> 00:12:07.179 We are 00:12:07.179 --> 00:12:08.559 reconciled 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:10.219 to God, 00:12:10.939 --> 00:12:11.399 brought 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:12.000 back into 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:12.579 relationship 00:12:12.579 --> 00:12:13.079 with him 00:12:13.079 --> 00:12:14.259 at greatest 00:12:14.259 --> 00:12:14.939 cost to 00:12:14.939 --> 00:12:15.259 him, 00:12:16.339 --> 00:12:17.099 at no 00:12:17.099 --> 00:12:17.819 cost to 00:12:17.819 --> 00:12:18.299 ourselves. 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:20.240 That is 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:20.719 astonishing 00:12:20.719 --> 00:12:21.099 grace. 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:23.639 Can you 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:23.899 see how 00:12:23.899 --> 00:12:24.299 different that 00:12:24.299 --> 00:12:24.559 is to 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:25.000 King Charles? 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:27.799 King Charles 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:28.159 is like, 00:12:29.299 --> 00:12:29.579 Harry, 00:12:29.580 --> 00:12:29.879 you've got 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:30.180 to pay 00:12:30.180 --> 00:12:30.420 for the 00:12:30.420 --> 00:12:30.560 wrong 00:12:30.560 --> 00:12:30.759 you've 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:30.940 done, 00:12:31.060 --> 00:12:31.200 boy. 00:12:32.920 --> 00:12:33.520 Then we'll 00:12:33.520 --> 00:12:34.020 see about 00:12:34.020 --> 00:12:34.700 reconciliation. 00:12:37.700 --> 00:12:38.259 God the 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:38.860 King says, 00:12:39.560 --> 00:12:39.940 I've 00:12:39.940 --> 00:12:40.639 paid for 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:41.000 the wrong 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:41.259 you've 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:41.480 done. 00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:43.700 At 00:12:43.700 --> 00:12:44.379 greatest 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:45.360 cost to 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:45.520 me, 00:12:45.560 --> 00:12:45.780 at the 00:12:45.780 --> 00:12:46.879 cost of 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:47.420 my son. 00:12:49.560 --> 00:12:50.160 So you 00:12:50.160 --> 00:12:50.500 could come 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:50.840 into a 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:51.240 relationship 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:51.860 with me 00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:52.879 forever. 00:12:53.520 --> 00:12:54.900 This is 00:12:54.900 --> 00:12:55.240 our new 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:55.580 identity. 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:56.000 It's our 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:56.360 greatest 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:56.800 identity. 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:56.919 identity. 00:12:58.699 --> 00:12:59.359 You could 00:12:59.359 --> 00:12:59.699 be a 00:12:59.699 --> 00:12:59.919 mother, 00:13:00.419 --> 00:13:00.939 student, 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:02.459 a husband, 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:02.879 a wife, 00:13:02.959 --> 00:13:03.539 a workplace 00:13:03.539 --> 00:13:04.159 manager, 00:13:04.379 --> 00:13:04.839 a sports 00:13:04.839 --> 00:13:05.259 person, 00:13:05.319 --> 00:13:05.799 a musician. 00:13:06.579 --> 00:13:07.219 So many 00:13:07.219 --> 00:13:07.719 ways that we 00:13:07.719 --> 00:13:08.120 can find 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:08.759 identity in 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:09.219 this world. 00:13:10.500 --> 00:13:10.959 Here's the 00:13:10.959 --> 00:13:11.219 one that 00:13:11.219 --> 00:13:11.799 stands above 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:12.419 all others. 00:13:14.819 --> 00:13:15.500 You are 00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:16.659 reconciled to 00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:17.099 God, 00:13:18.839 --> 00:13:20.519 a son or 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:21.079 daughter of 00:13:21.079 --> 00:13:21.620 the King 00:13:21.620 --> 00:13:22.419 of the 00:13:22.419 --> 00:13:22.859 universe. 00:13:24.599 --> 00:13:25.059 Forgiven, 00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:25.839 restored, 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:26.580 not condemned, 00:13:27.139 --> 00:13:27.800 safe with 00:13:27.800 --> 00:13:28.580 him forever. 00:13:28.940 --> 00:13:29.280 What can 00:13:29.280 --> 00:13:29.759 beat that? 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:34.680 If you 00:13:34.680 --> 00:13:34.899 are in 00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:35.500 Christ today, 00:13:36.100 --> 00:13:36.420 do you 00:13:36.420 --> 00:13:37.460 realize your 00:13:37.460 --> 00:13:37.820 identity? 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:39.780 Is it 00:13:39.780 --> 00:13:41.320 your number 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:42.500 one identity 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:43.139 over all 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:43.860 other things 00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:45.440 that you 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:46.280 are reconciled 00:13:46.280 --> 00:13:46.940 to God? 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:50.340 Now, 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:50.639 just to 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:50.860 say, 00:13:51.560 --> 00:13:53.400 if you're 00:13:53.400 --> 00:13:53.920 sitting here 00:13:53.920 --> 00:13:54.700 and you 00:13:54.700 --> 00:13:55.139 haven't yet 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:55.439 put your 00:13:55.439 --> 00:13:56.019 trust in 00:13:56.019 --> 00:13:56.279 Christ, 00:13:56.439 --> 00:13:56.860 you haven't 00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:57.240 repented 00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:57.600 of your 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:59.960 sin and 00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:00.600 believe that 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:01.220 he died 00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:02.080 and rose 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:02.600 again for 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:02.939 you, 00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:05.379 the King 00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:05.879 is reaching 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.600 out to you 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:07.019 today to 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:07.379 reconcile. 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.279 You've read 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:09.639 it in his 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:09.939 word. 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:12.480 Even though 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:12.860 you're the 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:13.620 one who 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.019 did the 00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:14.620 damage in 00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:15.159 the relationship, 00:14:15.299 --> 00:14:15.799 he's reaching 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:16.819 out to you 00:14:16.819 --> 00:14:17.199 and he's 00:14:17.199 --> 00:14:18.240 graciously made 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:18.759 it possible 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:19.340 for you to 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:19.980 be forgiven, 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:21.740 adopted as 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.460 his son or 00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:23.159 daughter forever. 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:24.360 how could 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:24.919 you walk 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:25.879 away from 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:26.079 him? 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.240 How could 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:28.759 you turn 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:30.000 down that 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:31.939 invitation to 00:14:31.939 --> 00:14:32.360 reconcile? 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:38.360 Well, 00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:38.819 for all who 00:14:38.819 --> 00:14:39.159 are in 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:39.459 Christ, 00:14:39.719 --> 00:14:40.079 once we 00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:40.519 realize this 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.059 new identity, 00:14:41.719 --> 00:14:42.620 we can't 00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:42.980 just stay 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:43.299 the same. 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.419 We can't. 00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:44.860 Have a look 00:14:44.860 --> 00:14:45.480 at verse 14. 00:14:45.899 --> 00:14:46.299 Paul talks 00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:46.679 about that. 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:50.639 for Christ's 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:52.779 love compels 00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:55.000 us because 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:55.359 we are 00:14:55.359 --> 00:14:56.019 convinced that 00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:56.759 one died 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:58.159 for all and 00:14:58.159 --> 00:14:59.459 therefore all 00:14:59.459 --> 00:14:59.899 died. 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:02.519 What does 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:02.839 that mean? 00:15:03.579 --> 00:15:03.899 Well, 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:05.059 I think it 00:15:05.059 --> 00:15:05.359 means this, 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:05.899 that if you 00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:06.419 are united 00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:07.099 to Christ, 00:15:07.859 --> 00:15:08.620 your old 00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:09.299 life of 00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:09.939 slavery to 00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:11.159 sin died 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:11.799 with him. 00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:13.759 And you 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:14.059 have new 00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:14.419 life in 00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:14.759 him now. 00:15:14.959 --> 00:15:15.539 Verse 15, 00:15:15.539 --> 00:15:16.199 and he 00:15:16.199 --> 00:15:16.860 died for 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.179 all, 00:15:18.339 --> 00:15:19.139 that those 00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:19.799 who live 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:20.740 should no 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:21.579 longer live 00:15:21.579 --> 00:15:22.219 for themselves, 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:23.279 but for 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:24.259 him who 00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:24.839 died for 00:15:24.839 --> 00:15:26.259 them and 00:15:26.259 --> 00:15:26.959 was raised 00:15:26.959 --> 00:15:27.379 again. 00:15:27.439 --> 00:15:27.759 It makes 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:28.099 sense, 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:28.599 doesn't it? 00:15:29.819 --> 00:15:30.699 If he has 00:15:30.699 --> 00:15:31.919 totally transformed 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:32.679 our future, 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:33.459 paying the 00:15:33.459 --> 00:15:33.939 price to 00:15:33.939 --> 00:15:35.319 reconcile us 00:15:35.319 --> 00:15:36.139 with God, 00:15:36.199 --> 00:15:36.719 how could we 00:15:36.719 --> 00:15:37.939 not look at 00:15:37.939 --> 00:15:38.860 Jesus and 00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:39.120 say, 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:39.939 my life is 00:15:39.939 --> 00:15:40.399 yours? 00:15:42.019 --> 00:15:42.620 You 00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:43.219 redeemed 00:15:43.219 --> 00:15:43.579 it. 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:46.459 You're 00:15:46.459 --> 00:15:47.000 the only 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:48.079 reason why 00:15:48.079 --> 00:15:48.679 I will 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:49.299 not be 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:49.759 condemned 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.339 for my 00:15:50.339 --> 00:15:50.799 sin. 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:51.480 I want 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:51.959 to live 00:15:51.959 --> 00:15:52.819 for you, 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:53.879 King Jesus, 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:54.659 because you 00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.139 gave your 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.679 life for 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.079 me. 00:16:00.079 --> 00:16:00.980 We long 00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:01.519 to live 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.159 for him 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:02.519 when we 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:03.919 truly realize 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.120 our identity 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.599 as those 00:16:05.599 --> 00:16:05.879 who are 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.759 reconciled 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:08.240 to God. 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:08.279 God. 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:11.039 But what 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.259 does it 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:11.899 look like 00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:14.039 to live 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:14.919 for Jesus, 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:15.539 to give 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:16.180 our lives 00:16:16.180 --> 00:16:16.480 for him? 00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:16.600 Well, 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:16.759 I think 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.159 that's the 00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:17.960 second thing 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:18.340 that this 00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:19.340 text shows 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:19.639 us. 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.399 We have 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:21.659 a new 00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:22.159 purpose 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.000 in life. 00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:26.220 And it's 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:26.759 to share 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.860 the message 00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:29.000 of reconciliation 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:30.639 with others. 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:32.860 Do you 00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:33.200 notice how 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.539 this new 00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:34.440 purpose flows 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:34.960 out of your 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.720 new identity? 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:37.379 Now that 00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:37.540 we're 00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:38.160 reconciled 00:16:38.160 --> 00:16:38.620 to God, 00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:40.000 we long 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.480 for others 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:40.779 to be 00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:41.279 reconciled 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:41.600 also. 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:44.540 We can't 00:16:44.540 --> 00:16:44.860 bear the 00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.180 thought of 00:16:45.180 --> 00:16:45.660 our family 00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:46.100 or friends 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:46.519 remaining 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:47.220 far off 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:48.240 from God, 00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:48.800 separated 00:16:48.800 --> 00:16:49.300 from him 00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:49.840 forever, 00:16:49.860 --> 00:16:50.639 because if 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:51.139 Jesus took 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:51.600 our sin, 00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.279 he can 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:53.680 take theirs 00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:54.100 also. 00:16:54.800 --> 00:16:55.759 If Jesus 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.700 can give 00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.740 us his 00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.200 righteousness, 00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.340 he can 00:16:59.340 --> 00:16:59.560 give it 00:16:59.560 --> 00:16:59.840 to them 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.120 too. 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.180 Let's 00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:02.519 read how 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.220 Paul frames 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.860 this in 00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:05.019 verse 18. 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:07.880 He says 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:08.360 all this 00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:08.700 is from 00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.059 God, 00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:10.440 who 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.279 reconciled 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:11.600 us to 00:17:11.600 --> 00:17:11.920 himself 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:12.240 through 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.620 Christ, 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:14.339 and gave 00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:15.220 us the 00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:15.779 ministry 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.600 of 00:17:16.600 --> 00:17:17.299 reconciliation. 00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.460 That God 00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:20.759 was reconciling 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.200 the world 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.819 to himself 00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.440 in Christ, 00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.720 not counting 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.700 people's sins 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.259 against them. 00:17:26.600 --> 00:17:27.160 And he 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.620 has committed 00:17:27.620 --> 00:17:28.220 to us 00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:29.819 the message 00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.640 of 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:31.259 reconciliation. 00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.480 So first, 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:35.259 he's given 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:35.579 us a 00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:35.920 ministry 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:36.200 of 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.799 reconciliation. 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:39.759 You know, 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.140 we often 00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:40.599 attach our 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.099 purpose in 00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:41.940 life to 00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:43.420 what we 00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:44.440 do in 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:44.839 our lives. 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:45.700 So if 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:45.819 you're 00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:46.180 working, 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:47.200 your purpose 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:48.440 might be 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:49.039 to do 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.440 well, 00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.319 to provide 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:50.599 for your 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:50.920 family, 00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.539 to climb 00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:52.059 the career 00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.400 ladder. 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:54.140 If you're 00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:54.480 retired, 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:54.980 your purpose 00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.539 is to 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:57.180 enjoy your 00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:57.579 retirement, 00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:58.660 care for 00:17:58.660 --> 00:17:59.240 your family, 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:00.799 look after 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.200 your health. 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.700 If you're 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.420 a parent, 00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:02.940 your purpose 00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:03.519 is to raise 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:03.859 your kids 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:04.299 well. 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.460 If you're 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:05.940 a student, 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:07.379 get good 00:18:07.379 --> 00:18:07.799 grades, 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:09.579 and launch 00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.480 your career 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.119 the best 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:11.559 you can. 00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:12.740 And it's 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.220 not wrong 00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.480 to have 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:13.879 any of 00:18:13.879 --> 00:18:14.480 those purposes. 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:14.779 Those are 00:18:14.779 --> 00:18:15.400 good things. 00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.519 But I 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:18.740 think the 00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.359 point Paul's 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:19.799 making here 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.039 is if 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.259 you're 00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:20.879 united to 00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:21.319 Christ, 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:22.639 you've got 00:18:22.639 --> 00:18:23.000 a purpose 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:23.940 that overarches 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.660 everything else, 00:18:25.139 --> 00:18:25.799 a new 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:27.279 purpose in 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:27.599 life. 00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.299 And this 00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:28.639 is it. 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:29.040 it's 00:18:29.040 --> 00:18:29.900 your 00:18:29.900 --> 00:18:30.380 ministry 00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:31.900 of sharing 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:33.360 the message 00:18:33.360 --> 00:18:34.520 of Jesus. 00:18:35.040 --> 00:18:35.340 It's 00:18:35.340 --> 00:18:35.640 helping 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:35.920 other 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:36.320 people 00:18:36.320 --> 00:18:37.200 to get 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.780 to Jesus. 00:18:39.580 --> 00:18:40.259 And once 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:40.620 they're there, 00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:41.880 to stay 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:42.280 on the 00:18:42.280 --> 00:18:42.540 journey 00:18:42.540 --> 00:18:42.880 with 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:43.460 Jesus. 00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:46.040 And that 00:18:46.040 --> 00:18:46.400 gives us 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:46.900 more purpose 00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:47.259 than all 00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:47.520 the other 00:18:47.520 --> 00:18:47.860 things in 00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.160 our lives 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.740 added together 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.259 when you 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:49.640 think about 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:49.860 it. 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.480 A hundred 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:52.980 years from 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.259 now, 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:55.540 what's 00:18:55.540 --> 00:18:55.740 going to 00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:55.920 matter? 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:55.920 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:56.580 going to 00:18:56.580 --> 00:18:55.920 matter? 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:57.920 What's 00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:00.580 going to 00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:02.580 matter? 00:19:02.580 --> 00:19:02.420 Will it 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:02.759 matter the 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.140 grades I 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.340 got? 00:19:05.360 --> 00:19:06.300 How far I 00:19:06.300 --> 00:19:06.920 progressed in 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:07.340 my career? 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:08.220 Will it 00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:09.180 matter whether 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.740 my kids had 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.160 all the 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:10.900 latest gear? 00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:12.720 Or what 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.120 house I 00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:13.500 lived in? 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:15.980 No, 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.279 it won't. 00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.420 But here's 00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:19.740 what will 00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.340 matter 100 00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:20.920 years from 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:21.080 now, 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.580 people. 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.440 People 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.400 matter. 00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:26.200 It matters 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.960 whether people 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.500 hear about 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:28.079 Jesus. 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:31.119 It matters 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.700 whether they 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:31.980 are given 00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.480 the chance 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:33.019 to be 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.680 reconciled 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.259 to God 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:35.039 and spend 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.460 eternity 00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:36.019 with him. 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.619 What an 00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:39.559 amazing purpose 00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:40.299 to spend 00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:40.880 your life 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:41.539 helping as 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.319 many people 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:42.960 as possible 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.420 get to 00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:43.740 Jesus. 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.259 When you 00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.599 get to 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:46.900 heaven, 00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:48.059 will you 00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:49.039 ever regret 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.740 even a 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.420 minute spent 00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:51.000 doing that? 00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:56.339 Look around 00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:56.660 you in the 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:56.859 room. 00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:59.680 you see 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.119 people 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:01.119 walking 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:01.460 through 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.019 life with 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.299 you, 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.519 encouraging 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.299 you towards 00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:05.579 Jesus, 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.160 helping you 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.559 to trust 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:06.900 him through 00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.319 highs, 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.680 through 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.099 lows, 00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.359 challenging 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:10.079 you whenever 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.480 you veer 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:10.819 off the 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.160 track. 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:12.160 in heaven. 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:16.380 In heaven, 00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:16.680 we re going 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:16.980 to look 00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.340 each other 00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:17.560 in the 00:20:17.560 --> 00:20:19.980 eye and 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.420 know in 00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:21.180 an instant 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:22.040 that every 00:20:22.040 --> 00:20:22.880 single 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:24.100 moment was 00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:24.540 worth it. 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:27.779 every single 00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.519 text message, 00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:30.000 every word of 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.519 encouragement, 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.599 every arm 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.019 around the 00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.359 shoulder, 00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:34.659 whatever we 00:20:34.659 --> 00:20:35.240 did to 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.759 help each 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.079 other on 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.599 the journey 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.759 to Jesus 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.420 will be 00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.539 eternally 00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:40.200 worth it. 00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.539 There is 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.940 nothing better 00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.420 we could have 00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:42.819 spent our 00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.319 time doing. 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:49.639 And that's 00:20:49.639 --> 00:20:50.439 supporting others 00:20:50.439 --> 00:20:50.939 to share 00:20:50.939 --> 00:20:51.879 Jesus as 00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:52.220 well. 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.339 That's part of 00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.759 our ministry 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.339 too, like 00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:55.599 turning up to 00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:56.179 wash dishes 00:20:56.179 --> 00:20:56.679 at the carol 00:20:56.679 --> 00:20:57.099 service. 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.159 Or giving 00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:00.799 your money to 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.279 support the 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:02.240 various ministries 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.500 that are 00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:02.939 happening in 00:21:02.939 --> 00:21:03.279 the life of 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.519 the church, 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.019 like Rock 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.919 and Rooted 00:21:04.919 --> 00:21:07.279 or supporting 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.059 Amy in 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.480 Sheffield, 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.899 who's sharing 00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.480 Jesus with 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:10.839 people who've 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.220 never heard 00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.579 about him. 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:13.699 You know 00:21:13.699 --> 00:21:13.859 what? 00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:14.359 We'll never 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:15.039 regret using 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:16.279 our time and 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.000 resources in 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.419 these ways 00:21:17.419 --> 00:21:17.919 because we're 00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:19.299 supporting the 00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:20.240 gospel, the 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.639 good news of 00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.939 Jesus, going 00:21:21.939 --> 00:21:22.500 forward to 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.859 more and more 00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.179 people. 00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.939 So that's the 00:21:24.939 --> 00:21:25.279 first thing. 00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:25.879 God gives us a 00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.819 purpose to do 00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.179 something that 00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:28.639 lasts forever, 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:31.099 sharing the 00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:33.019 message of 00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:33.679 reconciliation. 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.500 And that 00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.139 message is, 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:37.039 in verse 19, 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.740 that God was 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:40.000 reconciling the 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.439 world to 00:21:40.439 --> 00:21:41.559 himself in 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:43.879 Christ, not 00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:45.720 counting people's 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.419 sins against 00:21:46.419 --> 00:21:46.599 them. 00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:46.960 That's the 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.399 message. 00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:48.019 And what a 00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.659 beautiful message 00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.259 it is that we 00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.619 share. 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.740 And Paul says 00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.419 next in verse 00:21:51.419 --> 00:21:53.419 20, have a 00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:53.779 look at that. 00:21:54.679 --> 00:21:55.359 He says this, 00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:56.359 we are therefore 00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:58.299 Christ's 00:21:58.299 --> 00:22:01.159 ambassadors, as 00:22:01.159 --> 00:22:01.480 though God 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.899 were making 00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.700 his appeal 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:04.639 through us. 00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:06.099 We implore 00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.579 you on 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.099 Christ's 00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:08.940 behalf, be 00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:11.000 reconciled to 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.380 God. 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.740 I want you to 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.220 think about our 00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:15.259 Taoiseach for a 00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.140 second, Michal 00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.460 Martin. 00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.859 He's got around 00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.759 90 different 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.759 ambassadors around 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.059 the world. 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.559 I didn't know 00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:21.859 that, I 00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.279 looked it up. 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.519 They work all 00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.099 over the world, 00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:27.539 and they 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.519 represent him. 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.900 They convey 00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:32.000 messages for 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.279 him. 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:32.920 So for instance, 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.480 this week, 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.839 Michal Martin 00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.599 was in South 00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.380 Africa for the 00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.160 G20 summit. 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:38.900 What does 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.240 he do if 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.560 he wants to 00:22:39.560 --> 00:22:39.840 speak to 00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:41.000 Trump, who 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.420 didn't come to 00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:41.820 the conference, 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.740 about Trump's 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.840 peace plan for 00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:45.240 Ukraine? 00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:47.340 Well, he 00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:48.440 rings up his 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:50.279 ambassador in 00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.700 Washington, and 00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.519 he sends his 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.440 ambassador to the 00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.860 White House to 00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.980 speak for him. 00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:59.160 Martin makes 00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:00.380 his appeal through 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.900 the ambassador. 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.360 So whatever that 00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:04.240 ambassador speaks, 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.940 it's really 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.579 Michal Martin's 00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.660 words, right? 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.120 And you 00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:10.620 better believe it's 00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.279 an honor to be 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.759 asked to be an 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.220 ambassador. 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.779 Not just anyone 00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.500 gets that job. 00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.099 You represent 00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:22.220 the leader of 00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.759 this country. 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.319 Now just think 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.839 about this for a 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.019 second. 00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.980 The king of all 00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:28.599 kings has 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:30.859 chosen us to 00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.620 be his 00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.779 ambassadors. 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.819 sent out to 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.700 communicate the 00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.579 most important 00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.680 message that this 00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:40.120 world needs to 00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:40.380 hear. 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.940 That God is 00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:44.099 reconciling people 00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.920 to himself in 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.779 Christ, not 00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.980 counting people's 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.660 sins against 00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:47.960 them. 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.279 He has his 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.980 ambassadors in 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.799 every corner of 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.140 the globe. 00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.620 The message is 00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.279 going forward 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.359 every day into 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.019 places where the 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.940 king is not 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.180 known. 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.680 And right here 00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.380 in Cargilline, 00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.279 we are among 00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.740 that number. 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.579 He's given us 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.940 the job. 00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:04.640 What about 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.340 that for a 00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:06.880 life purpose? 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.440 Here's three 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.059 quick things to 00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:12.940 think about if 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:14.680 you are God's 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.360 ambassador. 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.740 First, you've 00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:20.279 got authority to 00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.400 speak for the 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.640 king. 00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.120 As Paul says, 00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.320 God is literally 00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:25.840 making his 00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.900 appeal to the 00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.519 people around 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.000 you through 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:29.400 your mouth. 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:33.120 through all 00:24:33.120 --> 00:24:33.600 the words that 00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:33.880 you say, 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.240 whether you 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.660 write them 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.120 down or you 00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.720 put them on 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.360 social media, 00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.600 we have 00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:39.080 authority from 00:24:39.080 --> 00:24:39.880 the king of 00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:41.080 kings to 00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:42.540 speak this 00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.200 message. 00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.720 We have 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:45.320 authority to 00:24:45.320 --> 00:24:46.660 implore people 00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.880 to be 00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.580 reconciled to 00:24:48.580 --> 00:24:48.920 God, whether 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.340 they want to 00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:49.700 hear that 00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.259 message or 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.720 not. 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.180 What a 00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.860 wonder it is 00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.980 that as we 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.040 speak the 00:24:57.040 --> 00:24:58.040 king's words, 00:24:58.039 --> 00:25:00.379 Christ himself 00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:00.980 speaks to 00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.299 us. 00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.779 Wow. 00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.079 That is 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.559 sobering. 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:10.000 It matters 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.579 how we 00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:13.099 live as 00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.500 ambassadors. 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:16.059 It matters 00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:17.079 what we 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.619 say. 00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.839 So it's so 00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.460 important when 00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.740 we are 00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:23.019 representing the 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.399 king that we 00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.779 speak the 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.359 king's words. 00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.740 No good 00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.240 ambassador 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.240 waffles on 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.599 about what 00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.220 they think 00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.980 their king 00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.480 would say. 00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.460 We don't 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.799 have any 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.319 remit to 00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.539 speak what 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.480 we imagine 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.380 God is 00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:38.700 like or 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.019 how we 00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:40.039 imagine people 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.200 can be made 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.900 right with 00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.359 him. 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.339 No, no, 00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:43.880 our king has 00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.500 written down 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.900 the message 00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.420 for us. 00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.519 He's put it 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.799 in black 00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.180 and white. 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.579 And as 00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:49.960 faithful 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.440 ambassadors, 00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.859 we speak 00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.319 the king's 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.579 words. 00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.460 And we 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.680 want to 00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:54.980 speak it 00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.259 clearly. 00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.980 right? 00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.599 So whatever 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.019 we share 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.299 from the 00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.500 Bible, 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:00.799 whatever 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.640 story we 00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:01.940 might turn 00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.039 to, 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:02.900 may it 00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.440 always 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.220 point to 00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.799 the main 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.759 story that 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.480 scripture is 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.839 telling. 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.660 How God 00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.579 is reconciling 00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:10.980 the world 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.519 to himself 00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.079 and Christ, 00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:14.079 not counting 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.359 people's sins 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.379 against them. 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.240 So I might 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.799 say, as an 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.279 ambassador, 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.379 studying God's 00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.680 word is a 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:21.960 really good 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.359 thing for you 00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:22.680 to be doing 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:22.920 with your 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.140 time. 00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.120 Make 00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.539 home group 00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.060 a priority. 00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.160 You're going 00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.400 to learn 00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:28.759 more about 00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.019 the word 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.360 there too. 00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.720 Be better 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.120 equipped to 00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.640 share clearly. 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.539 Get good 00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.759 books to 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.200 help you to 00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.640 understand 00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.039 scripture. 00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:37.820 If you 00:26:37.820 --> 00:26:38.120 want some 00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.640 recommendations, 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.840 you can chat 00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.320 to the elders 00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:40.600 after. 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.100 Even try 00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:42.779 out a course 00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.259 in Munster 00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.940 Bible College. 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:45.980 Make it 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.500 your aim 00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.380 to share 00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:47.920 the gospel 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.700 well. 00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.039 Now, at 00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.380 this point, 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.820 you might be 00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:51.720 saying, Sam, 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:53.160 I just 00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.880 can't do 00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.240 that. 00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.900 I'm not 00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.240 cut out 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.539 for this 00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.279 ambassador role. 00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.720 It's not 00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.100 my thing. 00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.400 I'm not a 00:26:59.400 --> 00:26:59.880 great speaker. 00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.200 I've not 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.559 been a 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.519 Christian long 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.279 enough or 00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.460 I don't 00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:03.740 know as 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.500 much about 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.940 the Bible 00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.279 as other 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.700 people do 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:05.980 in this 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.259 room. 00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.860 I find 00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.380 it hard 00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:08.860 to put 00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.200 it into 00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.839 words. 00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.220 Absolutely. 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.819 All those 00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.460 reservations 00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.980 are real. 00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:18.319 We can 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.740 feel all 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.220 those things. 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:19.759 We can 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.000 feel like 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.120 we're 00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.519 absolutely 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:20.940 not 00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.420 qualified 00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.180 to be 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.620 God's 00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.120 ambassadors. 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.320 But here's 00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.680 what Jesus 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.220 told his 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.700 disciples 00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.640 whenever he 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:28.960 was sending 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.400 them out 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.480 as his 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.920 ambassadors 00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.980 in Luke 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.640 chapter 13. 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.300 He said 00:27:33.300 --> 00:27:33.539 this, 00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.220 when you're 00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.900 brought before 00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.740 synagogues, 00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.039 rulers, 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.740 and authorities, 00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:38.840 do not worry 00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.360 about how you 00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:39.920 will defend 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.440 yourselves or 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:40.759 what you 00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.160 will say, 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.779 for the 00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.620 Holy Spirit 00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.960 will teach 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.480 you at that 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.860 time what 00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.180 you should 00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.440 say. 00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:49.400 the truth 00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.779 is that 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.799 unlike 00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.180 Michal 00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.519 Martin, 00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.420 your king 00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.220 actually goes 00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.900 with you 00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.400 by his 00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:56.180 spirit on 00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.500 the mission 00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.860 to share 00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.360 his message. 00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.740 He actually 00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.480 lives within 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.940 us to 00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.900 empower us 00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.220 so that when 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.160 we ask of 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.360 him, 00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:05.980 he will 00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.620 direct us 00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.080 to something 00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:07.799 from his 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.980 word so 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.299 we can 00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.740 speak his 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.740 message in 00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.059 a way that 00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.700 person needs 00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.180 to hear it. 00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:15.000 the point 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.400 is this, 00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.519 the king 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.860 will help 00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.680 you to 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:18.940 speak. 00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.900 He's not 00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.200 just giving 00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.720 us authority 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.920 to speak, 00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.480 he's going 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.779 to help 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.080 us to 00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.279 speak, 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.080 and that's 00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.420 a wonderful 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.900 comfort. 00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.120 That means 00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:30.820 if like me 00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.100 you don't 00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.500 feel like a 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.060 very qualified 00:28:32.060 --> 00:28:32.539 ambassador, 00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.259 that's okay. 00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.920 The king's 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.240 got you on 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.519 the job 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.759 anyway, 00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:40.580 and he 00:28:40.580 --> 00:28:41.080 delights 00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:42.299 to channel 00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:43.160 his power 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.600 through weak 00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.740 people like 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.320 you and 00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:46.560 me. 00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:48.560 Last 00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:48.940 question, 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.380 where is 00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:51.800 the king 00:28:51.800 --> 00:28:53.720 sending you 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.140 to speak? 00:28:58.560 --> 00:28:59.160 There are 00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.560 people that 00:28:59.560 --> 00:28:59.900 God has 00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.360 made you 00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:01.360 his 00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.960 ambassador 00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.279 to. 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:06.019 Are you 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.400 praying for 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.960 opportunities 00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.420 to share 00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.779 with them? 00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.460 Are you 00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.180 praying that 00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:13.700 people are 00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.539 really hard 00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.779 and have 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.460 never wanted 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.740 to hear 00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.060 anything 00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.560 about Jesus 00:29:16.560 --> 00:29:16.960 before, 00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:17.420 that God 00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.880 would just 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:19.220 soften their 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:21.160 hearts to 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.700 be open 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.680 to him? 00:29:25.340 --> 00:29:25.960 There are 00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.380 people in your 00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:26.860 life that I'm 00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.360 not able to 00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.620 get near, 00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:29.080 and vice 00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.400 versa. 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.140 See how God 00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:31.620 places his 00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.920 ambassadors in 00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.660 all different 00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.480 places, and we 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.180 believe that there 00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.720 are no 00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.700 coincidences. 00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:36.799 things. 00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.080 So God's 00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:40.000 placed the 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.500 people in 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.100 your life 00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.360 and in 00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:41.779 mine for 00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.420 a reason. 00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.559 It's not 00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.140 by accident. 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.200 He places 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.640 his ambassadors 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.860 on purpose 00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:53.000 with a new 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:54.240 purpose to 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.819 share him. 00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.680 So live out 00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.319 that purpose 00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:00.400 that God has 00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.620 given you in 00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.600 helping others 00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.180 get to 00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.440 Jesus. 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:05.799 I want to 00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.440 finish with 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.920 a story. 00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.140 It's from 00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.500 The Lion, 00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:08.820 the Witch, 00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.000 and the 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.799 Wardrobe by 00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.299 C.S. 00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:10.539 Lewis. 00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:11.900 I don't 00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.080 know how 00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.340 many of 00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:12.519 you have 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:12.759 read the 00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:12.920 book. 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.140 If you 00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.400 haven't, 00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.660 I really 00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:13.980 recommend 00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.279 you do. 00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.539 Four 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:16.940 children 00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.559 stumble into 00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.539 this mystical 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.059 world of 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:20.500 Narnia, and 00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.860 they discover 00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:21.220 that they are 00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.920 the fulfillment 00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:23.340 of an ancient 00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:24.059 prophecy that 00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.420 when two 00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:24.820 sons of 00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.360 Adam and 00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.880 two daughters 00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.299 of Eve 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.660 sit on 00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.039 the thrones 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.539 of Narnia, 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.840 the reign 00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.200 of the 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:31.000 evil white 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.059 witch will 00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.480 end. 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.460 And winter 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:33.819 will come 00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.099 to an 00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.299 end. 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.500 But 00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:37.400 Edmund 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:39.400 scandalously 00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.880 betrays his 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.579 three siblings 00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.240 and Aslan, 00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.779 the rightful 00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.500 ruler of 00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.779 the land, 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.460 and he 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.539 defects to 00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.019 the wicked 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.819 white witch. 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.339 And he 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.640 does this 00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.059 only because 00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.620 he's mad at 00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.000 his brother 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.319 and he's 00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.839 greedy for 00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.140 Turkish 00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.500 delight. 00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.360 And the 00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.720 witch has 00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.059 loads of 00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.180 it. 00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.079 But before 00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:59.259 long, he 00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.279 realizes that 00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:02.079 he's enslaved 00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:03.399 to a cruel 00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:04.500 and wicked 00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.939 witch. 00:31:05.699 --> 00:31:06.039 And then he 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.559 actually finds 00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.939 out that this 00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:07.359 witch is about 00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.960 to kill him. 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.019 Because she's 00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.259 understood that 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.879 if she kills 00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:14.039 Edmund, the 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.179 prophecy will 00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:15.619 come to an 00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.139 end and she 00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:16.980 will remain 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.059 the ruler of 00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.839 Narnia forever. 00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:20.659 Now, meanwhile, 00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.720 far off, Lucy, 00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:23.000 Edmund's sister, 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.740 pleads with 00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.119 Aslan. 00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.339 She says, 00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:26.019 can anything 00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.980 be done to 00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.879 save Edmund? 00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:31.100 Aslan replies, 00:31:31.280 --> 00:31:32.200 all shall be 00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:34.360 done, but it 00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:35.000 may be harder 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.340 than you 00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.580 think. 00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.280 Aslan sends 00:31:39.280 --> 00:31:39.540 out his 00:31:39.540 --> 00:31:40.100 soldiers to 00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.680 rescue Edmund 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:42.280 and he's 00:31:42.280 --> 00:31:43.760 reconciled to 00:31:43.760 --> 00:31:44.400 his siblings, 00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:46.040 to Aslan. 00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.820 But not 00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.260 long after, 00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.620 the white 00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.220 witch approaches 00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.920 their camp. 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.080 She points 00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:53.700 to Edmund 00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.600 and she 00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.140 says to 00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.540 Aslan, 00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:57.720 you know 00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.639 that every 00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:59.539 traitor 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.339 belongs to 00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.759 me as 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.460 my lawful 00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:03.259 prey and 00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.700 that I 00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.119 have a 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.839 right to 00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.240 kill. 00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.200 Aslan 00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.559 can do 00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:09.879 nothing. 00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.559 Aslan 00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.019 knows she's 00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.240 right. 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.720 According to 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.119 the laws 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.960 of Narnia, 00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.079 Edmund 00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:18.440 deserves to 00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.960 die for 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.200 what he 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.519 has done. 00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.759 But he 00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.159 takes the 00:32:22.159 --> 00:32:22.759 witch aside 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.240 and he 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.700 sends everyone 00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.259 else away 00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.059 and after 00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.539 a long 00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.139 discussion 00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:27.000 he turns 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.740 around and 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:29.599 he says, 00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:31.179 I have 00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:31.879 settled the 00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.179 matter. 00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.319 The witch 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.440 has renounced 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.079 the claim 00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.700 on your 00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.279 brother's 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.779 blood. 00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.240 She skips 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.119 away with 00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.480 a smile 00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.679 on her 00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:42.019 face. 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.559 No one 00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.119 realizing 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:46.319 that Aslan 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.940 had agreed 00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.679 to climb 00:32:47.679 --> 00:32:48.119 the hill 00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.700 later that 00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.419 night and 00:32:49.419 --> 00:32:50.099 allow himself 00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.460 to be 00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.279 bound onto 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.700 the stone 00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.259 table and 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.379 killed in 00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.960 Edmund's 00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.519 place. 00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:59.819 Edmund's 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.599 reconciliation 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:02.440 came at 00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.339 the greatest 00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.059 cost to 00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.339 the king. 00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.460 Isn't 00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.720 that a 00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:11.740 picture of 00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.399 how Jesus, 00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:13.079 the true 00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.339 king, 00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:16.119 died for 00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:17.159 traitors and 00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:18.500 rebels like 00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.919 us? 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.299 We who 00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.179 betrayed his 00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.480 love. 00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.820 But our 00:33:26.820 --> 00:33:27.120 king was 00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.740 too powerful 00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.680 for death 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.120 to hold 00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.600 him down. 00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.560 After paying 00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:31.140 our debt 00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.560 of sin, 00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.779 he rose 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.380 from the 00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:33.779 dead and 00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.340 our king 00:33:34.340 --> 00:33:35.259 is really 00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.759 alive today. 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:39.599 we are a 00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.619 new creation 00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:43.000 raised to 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.839 new life 00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:44.180 in him 00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.480 with a 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.220 new identity 00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.879 reconciled 00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.220 to God 00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:48.519 and a 00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.299 new purpose 00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:50.839 sharing the 00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.720 message of 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.079 Jesus. 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.420 And Edmund, 00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.220 he shows us 00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:55.059 what this new 00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.940 reconciled life 00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.619 is like because 00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.059 right at the 00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.420 end of the 00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.779 story, 00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.539 he rides out 00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.220 into battle 00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:01.640 against the 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.079 white witch. 00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.400 And what does 00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.319 he cry at the 00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.839 top of his 00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.119 lungs? 00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:06.859 for Aslan. 00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:10.139 He couldn't 00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:11.339 help but live 00:34:11.339 --> 00:34:12.279 for the glory 00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:13.359 of the one 00:34:13.359 --> 00:34:13.779 who had 00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.420 reconciled 00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.639 him. 00:34:17.319 --> 00:34:17.779 And neither 00:34:17.779 --> 00:34:18.159 can we. 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.219 We live 00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:21.900 for Jesus 00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:23.960 who reconciled 00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:25.559 us as 00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.139 his 00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:27.279 ambassadors 00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:29.599 sharing the 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.799 message of 00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.400 how Jesus 00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:32.559 can reconcile 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.219 others as 00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.419 well. 00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.099 Let the 00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.619 echo of our 00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.219 days be 00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:37.339 for Jesus 00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:38.779 our King. 00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.319 Let's pray. 00:34:41.319 --> 00:34:41.359 Let's pray. 00:34:41.360 --> 00:35:01.640 Father, remind 00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:02.059 us that we 00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.500 are a new 00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.160 creation in 00:35:03.160 --> 00:35:03.559 Christ. 00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.620 Where we 00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:08.640 doubt that we 00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:09.120 have really 00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:09.640 changed, 00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.500 remind us 00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.960 that everything 00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.579 has changed. 00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.920 Help us to 00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.719 live in our 00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.359 new identity 00:35:16.359 --> 00:35:16.819 as those 00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.839 reconciled to 00:35:17.839 --> 00:35:18.420 God and 00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:19.539 safe with 00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.639 him forever. 00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:24.039 Help us to 00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.679 live in our 00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.379 new purpose of 00:35:25.379 --> 00:35:26.359 sharing that 00:35:26.359 --> 00:35:27.559 message as 00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.619 your ambassadors. 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.599 Challenge us 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.259 to share it 00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:32.359 boldly and 00:35:32.359 --> 00:35:32.900 clearly, 00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:35.159 knowing you 00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.839 go with us 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:37.579 and you 00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:37.840 have given 00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.539 us authority 00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.320 to speak 00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.260 on your 00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.760 behalf. 00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.660 Fill us 00:35:42.660 --> 00:35:42.920 with your 00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.539 Holy Spirit 00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:45.400 as we go 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:45.840 out into 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.340 this week 00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:47.360 into the 00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.539 places that 00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.840 you have 00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.380 sent us. 00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:51.940 Amen. 00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.079 Amen. 00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.900 We're going 00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.180 to sing 00:35:58.180 --> 00:35:59.059 another song. 00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.300 It's called 00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.620 When I 00:36:00.620 --> 00:36:00.860 Survey. 00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:00.940 Play. 00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.120 And this 00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:04.640 song talks 00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:04.960 about what 00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.300 it caused 00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.720 our king 00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:07.340 to reconcile 00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.920 us to God. 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.380 And it 00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.880 finishes with 00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.240 our right 00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.780 response to 00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:10.920 him. 00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.200 Please 00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:12.400 stand as 00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.740 we sing. 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.519 Thank you. 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:14.440 Amen.