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 Well, I invite you to open your Bibles to Ephesians chapter 1, verses 3 through 14.

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 So let's do what we just sang.

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 Let's listen to God's Word.

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 If you have a pew Bible in front of you, I think that's 1159 is the page number.

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 Ephesians chapter 1.

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 But Paul writes this letter from being chained to a Roman soldier in a rented house in Rome.

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 And he writes this.

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Him with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

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 even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him.

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 In love He predestined us for adoption to Himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will,

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 to the praise of His glorious grace with which He has blessed us in the Beloved.

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 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses according to the riches of His grace,

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 which He lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known to us the mystery of His will according to His purpose,

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 which He set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time to unite all things in Him, things in heaven and things on earth.

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 In Him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him,

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 who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

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 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of His glory.

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 In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation,

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 and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

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 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it to the praise of His glory.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, thank you for this passage, and thank you for the reminder and the call for us to bring you praise.

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 Oh, we have so many reasons, so many opportunities, so many things in our minds and hearts

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 as we reflect on what it means to be a believer in Jesus Christ,

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 how much we have to praise you for.

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 I would pray that as we work our way through this passage,

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 that you would begin to press on our hearts the glory and wonder of who you are.

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 We would think about you.

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 We would think about what you've done.

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 In eternity past, now and for eternity future,

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 what all this means.

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 And may our lives be changed so that we go here in the rest of the day,

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 the rest of the week might be to the praise of your glory.

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 We pray that you'll help us, that you'll work in us,

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 and that you'll change us for your glory alone.

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 In your name we pray. Amen.

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 Most of us know the doxology.

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 We sing it here.

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 In fact, we're going to sing it today at the end of the service.

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 You know the words.

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 Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

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 Praise Him all creatures here below.

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 Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts.

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 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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 My first pastorate, I inherited the tradition of singing the doxology after receiving the offering.

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 So every Sunday, receive the offering, we would all sing the doxology.

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 We didn't have words in front of us.

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 We all knew the song.

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 It was very easy to sing.

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 We would all remember it.

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 But I was always bothered by that because I thought, we're just singing this rote.

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 We're not really thinking about it.

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 We really ought to do something with that.

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 So I decided that we would sing the doxology but to an alternate tune.

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 The tune was the hymn, Jesus Shall Rain.

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 It works perfectly in the hymn.

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 But this would be a great thing for us.

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 So we'll concentrate more on what we're singing than just singing this rote idea.

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 Well, suddenly, as we began to sing that song to the tune of Jesus Shall Rain, it sounded more like a foreign language.

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 And we were all fumbling over the words.

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 And finally, most people quit singing before the brief little song was completed.

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 And I was told after that, don't ever try that again.

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 Often in Scripture, the Bible writers break into doxology, an expression of praise to God.

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 One example of that is in Romans chapter 11.

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 Paul was arguing for the sovereign purposes of God in chapters 9 through 11 of that great book.

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 By the time he reached the end of that section, it seems as if he could really hold back no longer in his praise to our great God.

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 And so he writes this,

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 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!

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 How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways!

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 For who has known the mind of the Lord?

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 Or who has been His counselor?

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 Or who has given the gift to Him that He might be repaid?

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 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.

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 To Him be glory forever. Amen.

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 Well, in this letter to the Ephesians, Paul is going to write about Christ's unsearchable riches.

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 And I suspect that as he began to contemplate the vastness of God's greatness and the wonder of God's grace,

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 he breaks into a doxological discourse involving the triune God, even before writing the rest of the letter.

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 You may have sort of picked it up in the English version of Ephesians 1,

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 but did you know that in verses 3 to 14 are actually one long sentence in the Greek text?

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 Paul would not have made it in an English class for run-on sentences,

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 but an incredible truth of what God has done and the reason for this great doxology.

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 So, verses 3 through 6, he tells us this.

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 All spiritual blessings come from the Father.

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 So think about that for a minute.

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 As you read through this, it's a little bit hard.

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 There's a lot of hymns in there.

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 Blessed be the God and Father.

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 Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.

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 He and Him.

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 And it's hard to try to figure all that out.

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 But I think the emphasis is on the Father.

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 But He's telling us that in the Father, from the Father, all spiritual blessings come.

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 Well, what are some of those blessings?

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 Well, for one, is He chose us.

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 Verse 4.

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 He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.

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 Before anything was created, that we should be holy and blameless before Him.

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 He didn't just choose us to save us.

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 He chose us to make us into something that would be presented to Him.

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 Holy and blameless.

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 Left to ourselves, we would never have chosen Him.

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 The Bible tells us that we are dead in our sin.

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 We would never seek after God.

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 There's no one who seeks after God.

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 No one has ever sought after Him.

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 We are unable and unwilling to respond to a holy God.

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 In fact, the Bible says that we are enemies of God.

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 But in His infinite mercy and grace, He determined to call us out of the bondage of sin and grant to us eternal life.

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 And so we praise Him.

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 For those of us who belong to Christ, why did God choose us?

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 Have you ever thought about that?

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 Why did God choose me?

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 I don't know.

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 But I know that He did.

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 And I hope I never get over the wonder and the shock that He chose me.

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 If you're sort of patting yourself on the back for believing in Jesus, I'm sure glad I came to that conclusion.

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 You've missed Paul's point.

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 And you're not really entering into this grand doxology.

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 See, God the Father chose some out of the whole of already condemned mankind.

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 And He gave them the gift of His Son.

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 A gift that on the one hand was given to the Son, and on the other hand, purchased by the Son.

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 The Father took the initiative and chose some.

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 That is an incredible spiritual blessing.

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 He not only chose us, but He predestined us.

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 Verse 5.

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 The Father predestined us.

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 That's a word that we sometimes trip over a bit.

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 But just think of it this way.

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 God set His love upon us a long time ago.

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 The emphasis is in the past.

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 He did this a long time ago.

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 According to the purpose of His will.

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 And His infinite wisdom and sovereign authority, before He ever made the universe,

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 He determined to set His love upon those who would believe in Him,

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 that we might be able one day to stand before Him face to face,

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 wholly and without blame.

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 He had to choose us, and He had to set His love upon us,

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 if that was ever to become a reality.

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 So He chose us, He predestined us.

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 These are all blessings from the Father through the Son.

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 He chose us, He predestined us, He adopted us.

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 Verse 5.

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 We who were aliens from God, enemies of God.

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 He adopted us into His family.

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 And He granted us all the rights and privileges as children of His.

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 Again, according to the purpose of His will.

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 Verse 7 reminds us that He redeemed us.

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 What's redemption mean?

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 Well, the idea is to purchase and set free by the payment of a price.

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 In Paul's day, one would go to the marketplace, the agora, to purchase merchandise,

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 and then take it home, take home what was purchased.

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 It now belonged to the one who made the purchase.

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 So what was bought was set free from the marketplace.

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 That's redemption.

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 We're not merely bought and brought out of the marketplace of sin, never to be returned,

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 but we are set free from our condition as a slave to sin.

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 He bought us and set us free from the penalty of sin.

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 Charles Wesley understood this when he wrote the song, And Can It Be?

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 One of those verses in that song says,

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 Long my imprisoned spirit lay fast bound in sin in nature's night.

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 But he speaks of God.

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 Thine eye diffused a quickening ray.

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 I woke the dungeon flame with light.

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 My chains fell off.

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 My heart was free.

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 I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.

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 That's the way it was.

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 God redeemed us.

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 What an amazing spiritual blessing.

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 When I start to think of God and start to praise Him,

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 what's the first thing that comes to our mind?

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 It seems to me it ought to start with,

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 What did He do for me?

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 He chose me.

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 He predestined me.

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 He adopted me.

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 He redeemed me.

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 All those things are great spiritual blessings that come from the Father.

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 And then He applied His design and purpose for us, to us and for us.

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 That's sort of verses 8 to 12 and sort of wrapping that up kind of quickly.

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 But this may be the answer to why we must praise Him.

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 Everything God has done and will do is for the praise of His glory.

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 For the praise of His glorious grace.

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 In other words, God's design of salvation, that is, rescuing us from sin and death and granting to us eternal life.

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 And God's, not only His design for salvation, but His design of sanctification, that is, making us holy and conforming us into His image.

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 And His design for glorification, that is, presenting us holy and blameless before Him.

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 All of that was to praise Him.

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 In fact, in the final analysis, my salvation is not ultimately about me.

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 Your salvation is not ultimately about you.

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 It's about Him.

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 He, not we, will be the focal point of all eternity.

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 It's not, look at all those people who have been redeemed.

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 In heaven, it will be, look at this great God who redeemed all those people from every tribe and tongue and nation.

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 You see the difference?

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 The focus is on Him, not on us.

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 So, why would God choose us and set His love upon us?

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 Well, unaided, we never would have responded to Him.

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 If we could have, we would have taken the credit.

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 And that would go contrary to the very intention of God's plan.

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 This rescue was to magnify the greatness and glory and grace of the Rescuer.

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 He purposed to do this because for all eternity, He will be the focus of all praise.

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 All that we are now and all that we will be in His presence is because of Him.

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 John Calvin, during the time of the Reformation, wrote,

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 Whatever happens to us, let us always assure ourselves that we have good cause to praise our God.

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 And that even if we are poor and miserable in this world,

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 the happiness of heaven is enough to appease us,

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 to sweeten all of our afflictions and sorrows,

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 and to give us such contentment that we may nevertheless have our mouths open to bless God

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 for showing Himself so kind-hearted and liberal towards us,

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 as even to adopt us as His children,

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 and to show us that the heritage which has been purchased for us

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 by the blood of His only Son is ready for us,

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 and that we cannot miss it,

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 seeing that we go to it with true and invincible constancy of faith.

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 We have been blessed.

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 Blessed beyond measure by the Father.

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 And those blessings from the Father come to us through the Son.

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 So the second idea here in this passage

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 is that all spiritual blessings which come from the Father

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 are found in Christ Jesus.

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 That's where we find them.

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 That's where these blessings come to us,

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 and through Him, through Christ,

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 these are the blessings that we have.

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 So in Him, whether that means in God, the Father,

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 or in Christ, you could make an argument either way,

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 but in Him, in God, we have redemption.

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 We have been chosen by the Father to be holy and blameless,

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 but before we arrive at that promised position,

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 something had to be done in regard to our sin.

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 And so we need to talk a little bit about redemption's price here.

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 Sin was a serious problem, an affront to a holy God.

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 It could not merely be overlooked or ignored.

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 A price was required,

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 and the seriousness of the offense required an astronomical price.

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 Before sin became a reality,

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 God had established the price that had to be paid to deal with sin.

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 Remember what it was in the garden?

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 In the day you eat of this forbidden fruit,

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 what happens?

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 You will die.

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 And so death,

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 a couple different ideas about death,

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 death would come physically,

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 but before that,

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 death came spiritually in that man was now separated from God.

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 So that happened,

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 they were excommunicated from the garden.

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 No longer was there a face-to-face relationship with God.

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 Everything had changed.

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 And years later,

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 Adam and Eve would die physically.

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 Death is separation.

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 It starts with separation from God,

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 and then ends with separation from our body and our spirit.

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 That was what God had designed.

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 The sacrificial system throughout the Old Testament

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 introduced the idea of a substitute to pay the penalty for sin,

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 which included the payment of a blood sacrifice.

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 The problem with that was that this system was never-ending.

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 How many animals do you suppose were slaughtered

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 during the Old Testament time?

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 Reading some of the passages in the Old Testament,

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 just amazing,

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 you know,

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 the thousands and thousands and tens of thousands

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 and millions probably of animals,

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 sacrificed.

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 It never ended.

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 Sacrifice,

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 and another sacrifice,

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 and another sacrifice,

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 continued on.

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 But the problem was that

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 that debt

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 for sin was never satisfied.

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 The debt was too big.

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 It was sort of like

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 having a loan

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 and paying only the interest.

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 How long will that take you to pay the loan?

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 See,

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 there was an appeasement,

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 as it were,

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 for the sacrifices in the Old Testament

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 so that life could continue

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 without major interruption,

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 but the debt never got any smaller,

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 much less satisfied.

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 The full payment

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 would still one day be required.

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 So what was that payment?

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 Well, we know.

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 Jesus,

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 the only one who could pay that enormous price,

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 came

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 and paid the price in full

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 through His blood.

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 So the Father's blessing

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 of redemption

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 is found

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 in Jesus.

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 In Him,

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 we have redemption.

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 For seven tells us,

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 in Him,

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 we have forgiveness.

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 So what is forgiveness?

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 Well,

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 forgiveness means to carry away.

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 The truth was prefigured

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 in Leviticus chapter 16,

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 where a priest would bring two goats.

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 One would be sacrificed.

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 The other,

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 he would lay his hands on the goat

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 as a symbol

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 of passing the sins of the people

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 onto that animal.

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 And then the animal

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 would be led off

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 into the wilderness

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 and that animal would,

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 that goat would never be,

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 make its way back.

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 It would be lost forever.

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 We call it the scapegoat.

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 All right?

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 That's where that came from.

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 The goat was left there

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 never to return.

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 And that same truth is,

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 we see that arrive several times

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 throughout the Old Testament

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 about how God carries our sins away.

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 If John Tippmann would have continued reading

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 in Psalm 103,

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 he would have come to this verse,

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 as far as the east is from the west,

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 so far as he carried our trespasses,

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 our sins from us.

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 He removed,

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 he removes our sin from his very presence.

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 Jeremiah 31 verse 34 says,

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 their sin I will remember no more.

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 Not only is sin removed from his presence,

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 it's also removed from his mind,

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 his memory,

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 as it were.

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 Isaiah 43 verse 25,

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 Isaiah writes about,

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 quoting God,

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 I,

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 I am he who blots out

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 your transgressions

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 for my own sake.

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 Sin,

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 gone from his presence,

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 gone from his mind,

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 gone from his ledger.

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 Micah chapter 7 verse 19,

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 he casts all their sins

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 into the depths of the sea.

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 Gone from sight,

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 gone,

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 gone.

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 We used to sing as a kid,

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 gone,

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 gone,

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 gone,

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 gone,

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 yes,

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 my sins are gone.

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 Now my soul is free

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 and in my heart's a song,

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 buried in the deepest sea,

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 yes,

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 that's good enough for me.

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 I forget the rest of it,

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 but it ended with G-O-N-E,

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 gone,

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 whatever,

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 you know.

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 But it was so good

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 that that's gone,

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 my sins are gone,

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 they're carried away,

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 they're gone,

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 He's given me forgiveness.

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 Is that not something

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 for which to give him praise?

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 That's what the psalm,

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 that's what Paul is writing about.

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 Why do we need forgiveness?

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 We're transgressors.

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 We've deviated from the truth,

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 we've broken the law of God,

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 we've missed the mark of God,

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 that God's standard,

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 that God's perfect standard,

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 there's nothing that we can do

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 to satisfy the offense.

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 The requirement is death.

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 Without forgiveness,

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 we stand condemned to die.

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 And not just physical death,

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 but separation from God forever.

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 But some of the sweetest words

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 in all the Bible are found here.

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 In Him,

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 we have redemption

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 through His blood,

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 the forgiveness

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 of our trespasses.

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 On what is forgiveness based?

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 Verses 7 and 8,

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 it's based on the riches

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 of God's grace

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 found in Jesus.

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 I appreciate it so much,

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 Zach,

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 picking out the music today

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 because it really was,

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 it was,

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 it was,

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 much of that was coming

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 right from this text.

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 Most of the words

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 of those songs

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 reminding us of

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 the grace of God,

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 how God lavished

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 His grace.

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 Don't you love that word?

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 Lavished.

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 Lavished upon us.

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 When God forgives us,

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 He keeps nothing back.

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 There are no conditions

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 to be fulfilled by us.

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 He forgives according

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 to the riches

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 of His grace.

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 When we are saved

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 from our sin,

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 God saves us

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 from the penalty of sin.

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 Again,

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 what's the penalty of sin?

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 Death.

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 He saves us

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 from the penalty of sin.

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 What does He give us?

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 We don't,

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 we don't die

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 for our sins now.

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 We live for what?

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 We live forever.

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 We have eternal life.

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 So,

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 He exchanges death

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 for eternal life.

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 And then,

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 in Him,

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 we have wisdom

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 and insight.

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 Verses 8-12.

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 Because God has lavished

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 His grace upon us

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 in Christ,

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 we have been given

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 understanding

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 of the mystery

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 of who God is.

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 At least something of that.

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 And what He's doing

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 and where all this is going.

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 We can at least know this.

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 It is according

00:22:38.260 --> 00:22:39.220
 to God's will.

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 He planned it all

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 without any help

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 from anyone.

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 It's according

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 to God's own good pleasure.

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 That is,

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 He did it by Himself,

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 for Himself,

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 to please Himself.

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 It is the revelation

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 of God's plan

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 for the management

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 of the universe.

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 In God's perfect plan

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 and time,

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 God will restore

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 all things

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 to and for Himself.

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 And this restoration

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 will be better

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:03.420
 than the original condition

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 where there will be

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 no possibility

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 of becoming tainted,

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 damaged,

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 or destroyed.

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 As Paul praises God,

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 he does so knowing

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 that all these blessings,

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 all of this lavished grace

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 from the Father

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 comes through Jesus.

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 Now there's one more

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 piece of this,

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 and that's in verses

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 13-14.

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 All spiritual blessings

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 from the Father

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 found in Christ Jesus

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:33.139
 are guaranteed

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 in the Holy Spirit.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 is the Holy Spirit

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 of promise.

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 Jesus had told

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 His disciples

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 that He was going

00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:45.239
 back to heaven,

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 and He was going

00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:47.559
 to send another

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.319
 comforter.

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 The word comforter,

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 I don't know

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 if it's the best

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.599
 translation or not,

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 because usually

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 when we think

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:55.500
 of comforter,

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 what do we think of?

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 Think of somebody,

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 you know,

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 a shoulder to cry on,

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 or somebody to console us.

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 But really the idea

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:07.420
 of the comforter here

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 is really an advocate.

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 It's somebody

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 who comes alongside us

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 to strengthen us.

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 That's really the idea

00:24:16.580 --> 00:24:17.279
 behind it.

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 So Jesus,

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 as the one who brings,

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 we find our strength

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.300
 in Him,

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 He then ascends to heaven

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 and sends His Spirit

00:24:25.060 --> 00:24:25.880
 who continues

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 to strengthen us.

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 And so,

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 what happens

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 when Jesus told

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.300
 the disciples,

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.020
 I'm going back to heaven,

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 and I'm going to send

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 another comforter,

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 and you're to wait,

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 and what do you get

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 on the day of Pentecost?

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 He's going to come

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 with power,

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 strength.

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 And so there will be

00:24:46.780 --> 00:24:50.040
 strength from the Spirit

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 to give you what you need

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 to continue to live.

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 The indwelling presence

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 of the Spirit

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 in the believer

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 is, at least in one sense,

00:24:59.219 --> 00:25:01.199
 an undeniable mark

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:03.539
 of God's work in us

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 and for us.

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 So I can be assured

00:25:06.459 --> 00:25:07.879
 that if the Holy Spirit

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 is in me,

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 then I belong to God.

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 I'm one of His very own.

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 So God gives His Spirit.

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 He's the Spirit of promise.

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 It's a promise that says

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.979
 that I belong to Him.

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 But He's also the earnest

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.980
 or down payment

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 of our inheritance.

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 That means a couple of things.

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:30.779
 If you were to go buy a home,

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 there's a probability

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.740
 that you have to put up

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.859
 some money.

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 It's not the whole amount

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.439
 for the house.

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:39.099
 It's just some money

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.279
 that guarantees

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.279
 that there's going to be

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.339
 more to come, right?

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.559
 And it's saying that

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:45.379
 we're sort of holding this.

00:25:45.719 --> 00:25:46.719
 This is a guarantee

00:25:46.719 --> 00:25:48.079
 that you'll get the rest.

00:25:48.699 --> 00:25:49.439
 Earnest money.

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:52.120
 Well, in a strange sort of way,

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:53.559
 that word is used

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.259
 for the Spirit.

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.799
 He becomes the earnest

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:57.539
 or the promise

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:59.519
 or the down payment

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:02.600
 on our ultimate glorification.

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.920
 That word was used

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.900
 in secular Greek

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:08.279
 to speak of a down payment

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.019
 on an animal

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:11.880
 or down payment on a wife.

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.900
 In this case,

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.700
 the Holy Spirit

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.680
 is a down payment,

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:17.240
 something very important,

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.480
 very valuable,

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:20.000
 but it was the promise

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:22.039
 of a future completed transaction.

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:24.360
 So the Father has given to us

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:25.759
 all these wonderful blessings

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.539
 and promises

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:28.079
 and so that we know

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.860
 that the certainty

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.559
 of the fulfillment

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.420
 of these promises,

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.980
 He has left the Holy Spirit

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.880
 as a down payment.

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.819
 If He would leave

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:37.420
 His Holy Spirit with me,

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.160
 don't you think

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:40.019
 that certainly

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:42.440
 He will complete

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.279
 what He started

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.720
 and bring me

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.279
 all the way home?

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:49.160
 people want assurances

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:51.099
 because human words

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.440
 are often not reliable.

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:55.099
 We seek oaths,

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.940
 guarantees,

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.539
 warranties.

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:59.539
 We want to make sure

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.779
 someone's backing up

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.700
 what has been promised.

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.680
 Certainly,

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.819
 God's Word is good

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:05.039
 and that should be enough

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.500
 for us,

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.899
 but God has graciously

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:08.139
 provided us

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:09.720
 with His own guarantee,

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:11.119
 the promised Holy Spirit.

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:13.599
 When we first trust Christ,

00:27:13.739 --> 00:27:14.919
 we do not directly

00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:16.359
 or immediately

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.819
 receive all the promises

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.500
 of God.

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.639
 Peter reminded us

00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:22.159
 in his writings

00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:24.739
 that many of those promises

00:27:24.739 --> 00:27:25.319
 are, quote,

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:27.219
 reserved in heaven for you.

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:29.619
 But we do have

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.839
 the promised Holy Spirit.

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.839
 Surely that's enough

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:33.599
 for us to give Him praise.

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.619
 The Spirit

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:36.259
 is the down payment

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.559
 with the promise

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.439
 of more to come.

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:40.239
 The second idea here

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.380
 is that of a seal.

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.960
 The seal is a mark

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.559
 of ownership.

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.859
 It's a mark

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:46.220
 of a finished transaction.

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.059
 To have the Holy Spirit

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.720
 is to be able

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.420
 to declare,

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.599
 I'm saved.

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.940
 That was Paul's message

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:53.220
 in Romans chapter 8.

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.680
 We have the Spirit of God,

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.519
 we belong to Him.

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.759
 There are several stories

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.319
 in the Bible

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.940
 that illustrate

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.599
 the truth

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:01.120
 of a signet ring

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:03.460
 when the king

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.099
 or some other

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.420
 high-ranking official

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.660
 sealed something

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.940
 with the king's seal.

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.519
 That was a mark

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.220
 of authenticity.

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.680
 That's the Holy Spirit

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.259
 to us.

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:14.019
 Close to that idea

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.620
 is the idea

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.380
 of security.

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.559
 If you want

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.660
 to secure something,

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:19.740
 you would seal it.

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.019
 Younger people

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.220
 have to understand this,

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.339
 but just before

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.759
 the earth crossed

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.640
 hardened when I was

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.559
 in junior high school,

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:31.620
 we didn't have

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:33.079
 social media platforms,

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.039
 we didn't have

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.700
 cell phones,

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.059
 we didn't have

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.559
 any of that.

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.779
 We did this

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.880
 very strange thing.

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.780
 We used paper

00:28:38.780 --> 00:28:39.500
 and a pencil

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.260
 and an envelope

00:28:40.260 --> 00:28:41.360
 and we wrote letters.

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.060
 Now,

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:45.780
 in junior high,

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.820
 some of you need

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.320
 to think back

00:28:47.320 --> 00:28:47.900
 a little ways

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.480
 at that point,

00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:49.680
 but junior high kids

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:51.320
 say lots of stuff

00:28:51.320 --> 00:28:51.960
 and a lot of things

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:53.000
 they want to keep secret,

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.800
 they want people

00:28:53.800 --> 00:28:54.900
 to know about it,

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.880
 so these notes

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.740
 would get passed

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.960
 and be put in an envelope

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:59.640
 and you could lick

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.140
 the envelope

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.680
 if you want to

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.200
 and seal it,

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.740
 but it's easy

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.820
 to steam those open

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.380
 or whatever

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:05.100
 and kind of people

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:05.780
 would know

00:29:05.780 --> 00:29:06.860
 they've been tampered with.

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.380
 So kids came up

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:08.820
 with this idea

00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:09.920
 of this wax seal

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.519
 and so you'd put

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.240
 a wax seal

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.200
 on that envelope

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.360
 and then you would

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.980
 put your initial

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.580
 in the seal

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:15.940
 and it would harden

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:17.100
 and then if you tried

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.980
 to open the envelope,

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.120
 you would break

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.700
 that seal

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.160
 and people,

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.540
 this messy thing

00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:23.000
 on the envelope,

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:23.320
 you'd know

00:29:23.320 --> 00:29:24.540
 somebody tampered with it.

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:26.080
 We were pretty sharp

00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:26.580
 back then.

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.420
 Well,

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:31.780
 the idea

00:29:31.780 --> 00:29:32.560
 of the Holy Spirit

00:29:32.560 --> 00:29:33.500
 is the seal

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.780
 that God has placed

00:29:34.780 --> 00:29:35.680
 on us

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:37.320
 and may I remind you

00:29:37.320 --> 00:29:38.040
 that there is no

00:29:38.040 --> 00:29:38.740
 higher power

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.280
 that could break

00:29:39.280 --> 00:29:39.880
 that seal.

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.660
 That's security.

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:44.500
 The seal means

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.560
 that we're in process.

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.560
 We're still down here.

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.700
 We still sin.

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:50.160
 All of that's going

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.560
 to be,

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:52.460
 all of that is going

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.360
 to be someday.

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:55.199
 All these things

00:29:55.199 --> 00:29:55.919
 will be true.

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.379
 Sin will be gone.

00:29:57.479 --> 00:29:58.199
 All that's gone

00:29:58.199 --> 00:29:58.619
 someday.

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:01.019
 But it's not here yet.

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:05.199
 The good news is

00:30:05.199 --> 00:30:06.419
 that God has left

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:07.339
 this Holy Spirit

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.059
 who in spite

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:09.179
 of all of our sins

00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:10.619
 and all of our failures

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:12.339
 and all of our shortcomings

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:14.599
 and all of our inconsistencies

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:16.839
 is a source

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.579
 of encouragement

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.399
 concerning His

00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:19.179
 gracious work

00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:19.759
 in us

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:21.039
 and the incredible

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.899
 promise of more

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.420
 to come.

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.880
 So the seal means

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:25.060
 that we're in process

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:26.980
 but it also guarantees

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.780
 completion.

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.259
 Paul told the Romans

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:32.560
 in the Roman folks

00:30:32.560 --> 00:30:33.220
 in his letter

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.259
 in chapter 8

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:35.360
 that creation

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:37.080
 is waiting eagerly

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:38.380
 for the completion

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:40.080
 of our redemption.

00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:40.600
 That sounds

00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:41.460
 a little strange.

00:30:42.780 --> 00:30:43.880
 But when we're complete

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:45.240
 all of creation

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.380
 will be made new.

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.620
 Though creation

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.900
 is groaning now

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:50.900
 it is anticipating

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.980
 with confidence

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:53.100
 that this promised

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:54.860
 day will arrive.

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:56.160
 The seal

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.920
 the Holy Spirit

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.900
 is the promise

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.900
 the guarantee

00:30:58.900 --> 00:31:00.240
 that all of this

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.780
 will happen.

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.840
 I have the down payment

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:05.360
 that God will not default.

00:31:06.820 --> 00:31:07.759
 What He has planned

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.740
 before the foundation

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.360
 of the world

00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:10.300
 He will complete.

00:31:10.780 --> 00:31:11.040
 You know

00:31:11.040 --> 00:31:12.620
 Philippians chapter 1

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.860
 verse 6

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:14.620
 that

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:16.519
 He who began

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.360
 a good work in you

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:18.180
 what's He going to do?

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.980
 He's going to finish it.

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.560
 He's left His Spirit here

00:31:21.560 --> 00:31:23.220
 to guarantee that

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.880
 to us

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.660
 that He'll finish

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.400
 His work.

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.160
 There may be

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:28.039
 many reasons

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.539
 why this is so

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.500
 but Paul reminds us

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.380
 at least of this.

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.740
 The seal

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:34.180
 is

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.600
 to the praise

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:37.039
 of the Father's glory.

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:38.400
 See God planned

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.180
 all of this

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.259
 and invested

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.960
 in His Son

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.620
 to carry out

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.660
 redemption's plan.

00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:43.940
 He brought

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.700
 that good news

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.180
 of salvation

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.840
 to us

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.680
 and when we believed

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.320
 He gave us

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:48.120
 the Holy Spirit

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.879
 as a promise

00:31:48.879 --> 00:31:49.519
 of completion

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:51.139
 and all of that

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.759
 to the praise

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.459
 of His glory.

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:54.219
 For this to end

00:31:54.219 --> 00:31:55.879
 in some tragic default

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.599
 or failure

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.859
 or unfinished work

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:59.039
 that would not bring

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.859
 glory to God.

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.479
 In the divine purpose

00:32:01.479 --> 00:32:02.019
 of redemption

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.000
 the primary reason

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.779
 for our salvation

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.519
 would be lost.

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.500
 That's not going to happen

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.799
 to anything

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.839
 that God has planned.

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.959
 That's not going to happen

00:32:09.959 --> 00:32:10.419
 to anything

00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:11.519
 that God is implementing.

00:32:12.239 --> 00:32:13.339
 As an encouragement

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.899
 to us

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.619
 concerning this

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:15.759
 grand inheritance

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:17.460
 we have been given

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.619
 God's Holy Spirit.

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:20.299
 How is that for reason

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.680
 to give praise

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.700
 and glory to God?

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.319
 So you have the Father

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.960
 who has given us

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:27.799
 all these spiritual blessings

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:29.019
 all spiritual blessings

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:30.180
 in the heavenly places

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:32.119
 all that through the Son

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:33.779
 and all that guaranteed

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:35.379
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:37.200
 At the moment

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.100
 we receive

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:39.340
 our full inheritance

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:40.700
 which will include

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.460
 a glorious

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:43.080
 resurrection body

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:44.920
 the redemption

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:46.540
 of God's own possession

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:47.440
 will be complete.

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.360
 We will be granted

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:50.160
 the inheritance

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.720
 as God's own possession

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:53.020
 fully released

00:32:53.020 --> 00:32:53.920
 from all the effects

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.460
 of sin.

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.640
 We will then be

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.600
 fully manifested

00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:57.640
 as His own

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:58.220
 peculiar

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.800
 special treasure

00:32:59.800 --> 00:33:01.280
 enjoying forever

00:33:01.280 --> 00:33:02.580
 all that He has planned

00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:03.560
 for us

00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:04.940
 from eternity past.

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.900
 We are not our own

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:08.140
 we are bought

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.880
 with a price

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:10.060
 we are to glorify

00:33:10.060 --> 00:33:11.080
 God in our bodies

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:12.040
 whether we live

00:33:12.040 --> 00:33:12.660
 or die

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:14.660
 we are the Lord's.

00:33:18.520 --> 00:33:20.080
 Some things

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:20.700
 in the Bible

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:22.460
 theological truths

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.940
 sometimes they are

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.900
 hard for us

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:26.360
 to put together

00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:28.400
 some throughout

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:28.980
 the ages

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:30.580
 have made ways

00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:30.980
 for us

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.840
 to remember

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:33.340
 answers

00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:34.140
 to questions

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:35.300
 and be able

00:33:35.300 --> 00:33:35.860
 to answer

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.920
 articulately

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.480
 about what

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.920
 the scripture

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.660
 teaches

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:40.040
 those were called

00:33:40.040 --> 00:33:40.800
 catechisms

00:33:40.800 --> 00:33:41.340
 they were used

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:42.080
 for both children

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.620
 and adults

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.259
 to teach

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:44.560
 important truths

00:33:44.560 --> 00:33:47.000
 and here is a question

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:48.180
 that maybe

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.280
 I should ask

00:33:49.280 --> 00:33:49.759
 you

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.860
 and ask myself

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:52.759
 what is your

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.660
 only comfort

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.700
 in life and death?

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.600
 Think about it

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:57.220
 what is your

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:58.060
 only comfort

00:33:58.060 --> 00:33:59.640
 in life and death?

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:02.240
 in the Heidelberg

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.960
 Catechism

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:04.200
 in 1563

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:05.340
 this was the answer

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:06.580
 given to that question

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:10.119
 that I

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.039
 with body

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.800
 and soul

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:13.519
 both in life

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.220
 and death

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:16.079
 am not my own

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:17.260
 but belong

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:18.099
 to my faithful

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.599
 Savior

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.619
 Jesus Christ

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.680
 who with

00:34:20.680 --> 00:34:21.300
 his precious

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.960
 blood

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:23.059
 has fully

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.740
 satisfied

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.940
 all my sin

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:26.099
 and delivered

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.480
 me

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.579
 from all the

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.420
 power of the devil

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:30.019
 and so preserves

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.460
 me

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:31.420
 that without

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.059
 the will

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.619
 of my heavenly

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.039
 Father

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.740
 not a hair

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.220
 can fall

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.920
 from my head

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:36.780
 that all

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.579
 things must

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.480
 be subservient

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.500
 to my salvation

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.400
 whether by

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:42.500
 his Holy Spirit

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.460
 wherefore

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.440
 by his Holy Spirit

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.460
 he also assures

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.599
 me of eternal

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.039
 life

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.940
 and makes me

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.920
 heartily willing

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.800
 and ready

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.579
 to live

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.360
 unto him

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.900
 my guess is

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.380
 that you probably

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:53.700
 wouldn't have

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:54.119
 answered that

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.960
 question quite like

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.920
 that but that's

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.579
 the answer

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:58.340
 that's the answer

00:34:58.340 --> 00:35:00.100
 that certainly

00:35:00.100 --> 00:35:00.740
 was Paul's

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.220
 perspective

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:02.160
 ready to live

00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:02.579
 for him

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.480
 ready to give

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.000
 him praise

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.640
 for all that

00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:05.000
 he is

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.519
 and all that

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.980
 he's done

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.860
 that's all

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.400
 a grand

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.960
 warm up

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.700
 for what awaits

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.120
 us in his

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:09.780
 very presence

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:11.360
 so are we

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.519
 able to respond

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.100
 to God

00:35:13.100 --> 00:35:13.620
 with a heart

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:14.160
 overflowing

00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:14.600
 with love

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:15.220
 and gratitude

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:16.019
 as did Paul

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:18.360
 all that has

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.840
 happened

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.300
 from the

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.780
 father's

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.640
 blessings

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:21.400
 found in the

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.640
 son

00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:22.380
 sealed by the

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.579
 spirit

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.500
 all of that

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.820
 was and is

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.539
 and will be

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.260
 to the praise

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:27.420
 of his glory

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:29.079
 so the question

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:30.220
 for myself

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.900
 and for you

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:32.440
 is that where

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.980
 our hearts

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.720
 are today

00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:35.260
 if not

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.639
 what do we

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.000
 do

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.119
 I would suggest

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.559
 we go back

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.099
 and reread

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.720
 the text

00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:41.440
 what's it say

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:43.240
 and then start

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.860
 praising him

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.380
 for what he's

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.760
 done

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:46.039
 and maybe

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:47.760
 after we do

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.220
 that a few

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.800
 times

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:51.599
 our hearts

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.039
 will sound

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.740
 something like

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.099
 this

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.780
 again from

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.340
 a hymn

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:54.880
 by Charles

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.280
 Wesley

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:57.039
 finish

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.840
 then thy

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.840
 new creation

00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:00.519
 pure

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.519
 and spotless

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.380
 let us be

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.500
 let us see

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.079
 thy great

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.740
 salvation

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.260
 perfectly

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.820
 restored

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.280
 in thee

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:07.559
 change

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.440
 from glory

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:09.539
 into glory

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.200
 till with

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.660
 thee we

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:11.140
 take our

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.680
 place

00:36:11.680 --> 00:36:13.140
 till we

00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:13.900
 cast our

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.420
 crowns

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.180
 before thee

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:16.400
 lost

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.280
 in wonder

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.480
 love

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:20.100
 and praise

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:22.539
 whatever the

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:22.940
 tune

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:24.339
 here's the

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:24.779
 believer's

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.400
 responsibility

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.239
 and joy

00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:27.900
 praise God

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.639
 from whom

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.719
 all blessings

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.279
 flow

00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:32.039
 praise him

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.940
 all creatures

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.559
 here below

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.699
 praise him

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.219
 above

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.960
 ye heavenly

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.460
 hosts

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:38.199
 praise

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.739
 father

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:40.019
 son

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:41.199
 and holy

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:41.659
 ghost

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.699
 amen

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:44.400
 let's pray

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:46.279
 father

00:36:46.279 --> 00:36:47.039
 thank you

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.699
 for this

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.559
 incredible

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.460
 wonderful

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:52.699
 mind

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.380
 blowing

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:55.420
 plan

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:57.380
 redemption

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:59.380
 of salvation

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:01.279
 of

00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:02.360
 sanctification

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:03.179
 of glorification

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:03.960
 all the things

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.639
 that you have

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:05.559
 planned

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:07.019
 and are doing

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.619
 and will

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.420
 accomplish

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:10.559
 help us

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.460
 to give you

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:12.340
 praise for that

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:13.900
 when we get

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.440
 down and

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:15.000
 overwhelmed

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.500
 when the

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.279
 pressures and

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.920
 problems of

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.320
 life

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:18.019
 press in

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.560
 on us

00:37:18.560 --> 00:37:19.460
 we feel

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.760
 like

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:21.040
 nobody

00:37:21.040 --> 00:37:21.560
 cares

00:37:21.560 --> 00:37:22.040
 and

00:37:22.040 --> 00:37:23.380
 life is

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:24.120
 lost

00:37:24.120 --> 00:37:26.019
 oh may we

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.600
 think about

00:37:26.600 --> 00:37:27.060
 who you

00:37:27.060 --> 00:37:27.500
 are

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.220
 may we

00:37:28.220 --> 00:37:28.620
 remind

00:37:28.620 --> 00:37:29.400
 ourselves

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.040
 that this

00:37:30.040 --> 00:37:30.400
 is all

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.019
 about you

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:32.280
 and you

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:32.680
 are the

00:37:32.680 --> 00:37:33.380
 great God

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.920
 who has

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:35.200
 chosen

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:35.880
 us

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:39.740
 predestined

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.140
 us

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:40.900
 redeemed

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.380
 us

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:42.720
 may this

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:43.180
 wonderful

00:37:43.180 --> 00:37:43.760
 plan

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.840
 all of that

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.240
 through your

00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:45.580
 son

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.360
 all sealed

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:46.779
 by the

00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:47.179
 spirit

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.239
 all of

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.559
 that

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:50.239
 for your

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.539
 glory

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:50.980
 alone

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:53.199
 as we

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.659
 leave this

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.319
 place in a

00:37:54.319 --> 00:37:55.000
 few moments

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:57.779
 may our

00:37:57.779 --> 00:37:58.380
 hearts and

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:59.420
 minds be

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.460
 fixated on

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:00.840
 that

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:05.299
 blessed be

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:05.980
 the God and

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.559
 father of our

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.059
 Lord Jesus

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.860
 Christ who has

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:09.119
 blessed us with

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:10.719
 all spiritual

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:12.400
 blessings in the

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:13.380
 heavenly places

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:14.940
 in Christ

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.619
 Jesus

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:17.720
 it's in

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:19.420
 the name of

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:20.019
 your son

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:21.039
 our savior

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:22.640
 Jesus Christ

00:38:22.640 --> 00:38:24.059
 that we pray

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.860
 amen

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:26.300
 meanings

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:26.340
 on

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.579
 for

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.240
 to

00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:29.140
 hear

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:29.260
 Jesus

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:30.300
 an

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:32.360
 verse

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:33.519
 his

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.559
 gaze