WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.820 So, coming off of last week, the first part of Colossians 3, we ended there with a little phrase called, 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:13.060 Christ is all and in all. 00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:16.539 And then this week we're looking at, what does that look like? 00:00:17.179 --> 00:00:18.300 How does that flesh out? 00:00:19.219 --> 00:00:25.359 So we're going to, we've got a couple different things that that looks like, and we're going to look at those. 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:32.759 So we have a new identity in Christ that we saw from last week. 00:00:33.899 --> 00:00:37.299 If then you have been raised with Christ, Colossians 3, 1, 00:00:38.859 --> 00:00:42.219 seek the things that are above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:48.320 Set your minds, so that's one thing, set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:53.460 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 00:00:53.460 --> 00:00:58.759 And when Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 00:00:59.859 --> 00:01:01.920 Then we have a put to death therefore. 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:05.400 There's a couple different phrases that he uses, and there's two sides. 00:01:05.540 --> 00:01:08.140 There's a putting to death, and there's taking on life. 00:01:09.859 --> 00:01:13.540 There's putting things down, putting off, and there's taking on and putting on. 00:01:13.960 --> 00:01:19.000 So I want to look at how Paul uses those phrases in our section as well. 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:22.480 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you. 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:23.780 And he lists a bunch of those. 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:26.379 But now you must put them all away. 00:01:26.700 --> 00:01:29.620 Anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene talk from your mouth. 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:34.680 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices, 00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:37.159 and have put on the new self. 00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:39.599 So we see a putting off the old self, putting on the new self, 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:43.420 which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:47.100 So that's another element of it. 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:54.060 And then we see that Christ is all and in all there at the end there. 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:56.200 So now we come to our verses. 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:57.560 Verse 12, 00:01:58.180 --> 00:02:07.719 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:12.439 And then skip down to verse 14 of Colossians 3. 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:12.859 It says, 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:20.520 And above all these, all this other stuff, put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:29.360 So we've got a couple other passages about casting off and putting on. 00:02:29.699 --> 00:02:33.699 And the one that sticks out most distinctly to me is from Romans 13. 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:34.740 You can turn there if you'd like. 00:02:34.740 --> 00:02:38.100 Romans 13, verses 12 to 14. 00:02:38.580 --> 00:02:47.900 And it kind of gives us the most concrete angle of what it looks like to cast off and put on and what we are putting on. 00:02:50.140 --> 00:02:51.900 So the night is far gone. 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:53.280 Romans 13, verse 12. 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:55.020 The day is at hand. 00:02:55.520 --> 00:03:00.879 So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:05.180 And thinking about the armor of God that we're also called to put on. 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.019 I was listening to somebody. 00:03:11.180 --> 00:03:18.240 And they were pointing out how different parts of the armor can be thought of as putting on Christ. 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:22.180 I'm talking about the breastplate of righteousness and like the Lord our righteousness. 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:23.080 That's Jesus. 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:26.040 And the helmet of salvation. 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:27.060 Like he's the Savior. 00:03:27.480 --> 00:03:31.420 The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 00:03:31.540 --> 00:03:32.860 You know, in the beginning was the word. 00:03:33.140 --> 00:03:33.400 Jesus. 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:34.740 The word was with God. 00:03:34.780 --> 00:03:35.580 The word was God. 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:40.280 And just all these different pictures of Christ and angles of Christ that we're to be putting on. 00:03:40.820 --> 00:03:43.800 And then in Romans 13, the belt of truth. 00:03:43.900 --> 00:03:44.939 Jesus Christ is truth. 00:03:45.040 --> 00:03:46.200 He's the way, the truth, and the life. 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:51.259 And so all these things that we're to put on, take up, and gird ourselves with. 00:03:52.219 --> 00:03:54.439 And protect ourselves with. 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:59.500 So verse 14 here in Romans 13. 00:04:00.179 --> 00:04:03.899 But, so we're casting off the works of darkness, putting on the armor of light. 00:04:04.219 --> 00:04:04.899 Verse 14. 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:07.759 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:11.719 And make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires. 00:04:12.459 --> 00:04:13.919 So put on Christ. 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:21.800 Like that's the height and the most distilled and obvious and concrete sense of what we're to put on. 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:29.039 And then our passage has put on then all these good Christ-like qualities that we should do as well. 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:30.599 And then verse 14. 00:04:30.719 --> 00:04:32.979 And above all these, put on love. 00:04:33.300 --> 00:04:36.180 Like God is love. 00:04:36.180 --> 00:04:45.240 And he showed his love in Christ most distinctly and potently for us. 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:48.000 So put on the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:53.460 This is the only secure ground of our right standing with the Godhead. 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:55.000 It's only in Christ. 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:56.340 That's our only hope. 00:04:56.339 --> 00:05:02.719 Ephesians 4.22 has another distinction. 00:05:02.819 --> 00:05:05.439 Put off your old self. 00:05:05.719 --> 00:05:11.979 To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires. 00:05:12.239 --> 00:05:14.000 Verse 23, Ephesians 4. 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:16.819 And to be renewed in the spirit of your minds. 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:19.379 And to put on the new self. 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:24.579 Created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. 00:05:25.379 --> 00:05:30.459 And so we see more elements of casting off and putting on. 00:05:30.620 --> 00:05:31.160 Putting down. 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:31.879 Putting to death. 00:05:32.100 --> 00:05:33.500 What do you call when you have to kill a horse? 00:05:33.620 --> 00:05:34.579 Say you put it down. 00:05:35.220 --> 00:05:35.899 Put to death. 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:37.180 Cast off. 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:38.139 Put down. 00:05:38.139 --> 00:05:40.019 And there's taking on. 00:05:40.139 --> 00:05:40.620 Taking up. 00:05:40.980 --> 00:05:41.279 Clothing. 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:42.040 Girding yourselves. 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:45.160 Put on the new self. 00:05:45.280 --> 00:05:49.400 Created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:52.400 So there's a daily putting down of your flesh. 00:05:53.180 --> 00:05:54.520 Look at Galatians 5.24. 00:05:54.780 --> 00:05:56.180 1 Corinthians 15.31. 00:05:56.840 --> 00:05:57.520 Putting down. 00:05:58.220 --> 00:05:59.620 Putting off the old man. 00:06:00.580 --> 00:06:02.320 Putting down the sin nature. 00:06:02.540 --> 00:06:02.960 Old man. 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:03.939 Ephesians 4.22. 00:06:04.520 --> 00:06:05.500 Sin nature. 00:06:06.100 --> 00:06:07.500 Galatians 5.16.17. 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:10.980 And you can't put on the new self. 00:06:10.980 --> 00:06:13.680 While the old self is still holding sway. 00:06:13.960 --> 00:06:14.160 Like. 00:06:14.960 --> 00:06:15.780 You can't put. 00:06:16.420 --> 00:06:17.200 A new shoe. 00:06:17.520 --> 00:06:18.040 So all of it. 00:06:18.620 --> 00:06:19.000 Took the. 00:06:19.060 --> 00:06:20.200 We got a book called Theology. 00:06:20.700 --> 00:06:22.439 It's kind of theology with a lot of pictures. 00:06:22.860 --> 00:06:23.000 And. 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:24.840 At a children's level. 00:06:24.900 --> 00:06:25.400 It's really sweet. 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:26.560 But she found one. 00:06:26.660 --> 00:06:27.560 She was reading my notes. 00:06:28.060 --> 00:06:29.600 But she found one about putting on. 00:06:29.939 --> 00:06:30.460 The new self. 00:06:30.540 --> 00:06:30.920 And it was. 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:33.759 It had a picture of an old ratty shoe. 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:34.720 And then a new shoe. 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:37.220 And the person was trying to put on the new shoe. 00:06:37.300 --> 00:06:38.320 While they still had this old. 00:06:38.500 --> 00:06:38.960 Broken. 00:06:39.300 --> 00:06:39.680 Ratty. 00:06:40.180 --> 00:06:41.400 Broke down shoe on. 00:06:41.960 --> 00:06:43.820 It's just that you can't put on. 00:06:44.340 --> 00:06:45.060 The new. 00:06:45.180 --> 00:06:45.840 The new self. 00:06:45.980 --> 00:06:47.900 Without casting off the old self. 00:06:48.020 --> 00:06:48.640 Like there's a. 00:06:49.320 --> 00:06:49.800 Displacement. 00:06:50.020 --> 00:06:51.000 And then a replacement. 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:51.960 And it's. 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:55.320 The sweet picture of what happens in the Christian life. 00:06:56.780 --> 00:06:57.960 But we are to. 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:00.540 Put on the new self. 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:03.220 After putting off the old self. 00:07:03.220 --> 00:07:05.240 And you can't walk by the spirit. 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:06.100 When you're walking. 00:07:06.260 --> 00:07:07.020 According to the flesh. 00:07:07.060 --> 00:07:07.700 And its desires. 00:07:07.840 --> 00:07:08.340 Like there's. 00:07:08.980 --> 00:07:09.800 There's a. 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:10.700 Mutual. 00:07:11.400 --> 00:07:11.800 Incompatibility. 00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:12.680 Like there's no. 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:14.240 There's. 00:07:14.340 --> 00:07:14.860 They're exclusive. 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:15.900 You can't have. 00:07:16.880 --> 00:07:18.620 The identity of the old self. 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:20.320 And the identity of the new self. 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:22.080 Both at work. 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:22.780 At the same time. 00:07:22.860 --> 00:07:23.560 In the same sense. 00:07:25.440 --> 00:07:25.840 So. 00:07:26.080 --> 00:07:26.720 Romans 8. 00:07:26.820 --> 00:07:27.300 13. 00:07:28.740 --> 00:07:29.320 Is for. 00:07:29.500 --> 00:07:30.920 If you live according to the flesh. 00:07:31.400 --> 00:07:32.360 You will die. 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:34.020 But if by the spirit. 00:07:34.520 --> 00:07:35.199 You put to death. 00:07:35.280 --> 00:07:36.080 The deeds of the body. 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:37.520 You will live. 00:07:38.580 --> 00:07:40.100 You can't put on Christ. 00:07:40.280 --> 00:07:41.280 While serving faithfully. 00:07:41.460 --> 00:07:42.319 In the enemy service. 00:07:42.960 --> 00:07:45.040 The old man is always going to be there. 00:07:46.060 --> 00:07:47.860 Until we see Jesus face to face. 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:48.379 There's. 00:07:48.520 --> 00:07:49.780 We're not talking about sinless perfection. 00:07:50.139 --> 00:07:50.620 Or like a. 00:07:53.139 --> 00:07:54.240 The end of the. 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:54.879 The battle. 00:07:55.139 --> 00:07:55.620 And struggle. 00:07:56.400 --> 00:07:57.819 But there's a new identity. 00:07:57.819 --> 00:07:58.620 That we enjoy. 00:07:58.620 --> 00:07:59.459 And that. 00:07:59.699 --> 00:08:00.340 Empowers us. 00:08:00.459 --> 00:08:01.360 To put off the old. 00:08:01.620 --> 00:08:02.300 Put on the new. 00:08:02.540 --> 00:08:03.340 And reckon ourselves. 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:04.019 Dead to sin. 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:05.459 And alive to God. 00:08:05.500 --> 00:08:05.939 In Christ. 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:08.600 Let's see. 00:08:10.340 --> 00:08:11.819 So we're not talking about sinless perfection. 00:08:11.899 --> 00:08:12.720 On this side of eternity. 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:14.000 But growth and holiness. 00:08:14.459 --> 00:08:15.139 Makes progress. 00:08:15.699 --> 00:08:17.040 When we learn to say no. 00:08:17.420 --> 00:08:18.420 To our flesh. 00:08:18.740 --> 00:08:19.439 Fruitless deeds. 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:20.160 Of darkness. 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:22.180 There is a putting off. 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:23.100 A putting down. 00:08:23.220 --> 00:08:23.760 Casting down. 00:08:23.880 --> 00:08:24.480 Putting to death. 00:08:24.939 --> 00:08:26.020 And there is a putting on. 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:26.620 Taking up. 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:27.560 Positively. 00:08:27.960 --> 00:08:28.880 Reckoning ourselves. 00:08:29.020 --> 00:08:29.880 Dead to one master. 00:08:30.400 --> 00:08:31.280 And alive to another. 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:33.759 There's one final way of saying it. 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:34.519 That is love. 00:08:34.680 --> 00:08:35.399 Romans 6. 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:36.180 Verses 7. 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:37.460 Through 11. 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:39.279 For one has died. 00:08:39.379 --> 00:08:40.240 One who has died. 00:08:40.300 --> 00:08:41.740 Has been set free from sin. 00:08:42.379 --> 00:08:44.139 Now if we have died with Christ. 00:08:44.139 --> 00:08:46.120 We believe that we will also live with him. 00:08:46.700 --> 00:08:47.720 We know that Christ. 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:48.700 Being raised from the dead. 00:08:48.779 --> 00:08:49.720 Will never die again. 00:08:50.680 --> 00:08:52.399 Death no longer has dominion over him. 00:08:53.180 --> 00:08:54.300 For the death he died. 00:08:54.379 --> 00:08:55.320 He died to sin. 00:08:55.860 --> 00:08:56.920 Once for all. 00:08:57.240 --> 00:08:58.519 But the life he lives. 00:08:59.019 --> 00:08:59.820 He lives to God. 00:08:59.920 --> 00:09:00.759 So you also. 00:09:01.220 --> 00:09:02.420 Must consider yourselves. 00:09:02.420 --> 00:09:03.259 Dead to sin. 00:09:03.920 --> 00:09:04.860 And alive to God. 00:09:04.920 --> 00:09:05.500 In Christ Jesus. 00:09:05.680 --> 00:09:06.279 So there's this. 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:07.500 Reckoning yourself. 00:09:08.420 --> 00:09:09.500 Identifying yourself. 00:09:10.160 --> 00:09:11.040 Thinking of yourself. 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:12.420 As who you really are. 00:09:12.500 --> 00:09:12.960 In him. 00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:14.480 Put off the old leaven. 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:16.160 As you really are unleavened. 00:09:16.340 --> 00:09:16.899 Like there's a. 00:09:17.800 --> 00:09:18.240 Considering. 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:19.620 What you've been saved. 00:09:19.620 --> 00:09:19.940 From. 00:09:20.139 --> 00:09:21.279 And what you've been saved to. 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:23.080 That's really important. 00:09:23.700 --> 00:09:24.620 So consider yourselves. 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:25.460 Dead to sin. 00:09:25.980 --> 00:09:26.919 And alive to God. 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:27.860 In Christ Jesus. 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:28.759 So if you're in. 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:29.460 In Christ. 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:30.659 That's the reality. 00:09:30.860 --> 00:09:31.639 That you get to enjoy. 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:32.620 And that you. 00:09:32.860 --> 00:09:34.279 Have to remind yourself of. 00:09:34.340 --> 00:09:34.980 Because we forget. 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:36.000 We wake up. 00:09:36.500 --> 00:09:37.080 In the flesh. 00:09:37.259 --> 00:09:37.720 Every morning. 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:38.639 Still got it. 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:39.399 Still here. 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:40.279 Yeah. 00:09:40.560 --> 00:09:41.500 I'm still bound. 00:09:41.500 --> 00:09:42.480 To the sin nature. 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:43.259 And. 00:09:43.820 --> 00:09:44.460 It's a fight. 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:45.440 But we have. 00:09:46.160 --> 00:09:47.160 We have the right man. 00:09:47.160 --> 00:09:47.980 On our side. 00:09:48.220 --> 00:09:49.380 The man of God's own choosing. 00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:51.740 Therefore we have hope. 00:09:52.580 --> 00:09:53.740 So this whole passage. 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:55.380 Put on then. 00:09:55.820 --> 00:09:57.000 As God's chosen ones. 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:57.940 So what does it look like. 00:09:58.640 --> 00:10:00.400 For Christ to be all in all. 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:02.620 It looks like humble forgiveness. 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:05.260 As freely as we received. 00:10:05.660 --> 00:10:06.640 So freely we give. 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:09.439 So verse 12. 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:10.139 Chapter 3. 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:12.439 Put on then. 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:14.340 As God's chosen ones. 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:15.720 Holy and beloved. 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:17.699 Compassionate hearts. 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:19.199 Kindness. 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:20.399 Humility. 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:21.879 Meekness. 00:10:22.460 --> 00:10:23.100 And patience. 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.019 Bearing with one another. 00:10:25.179 --> 00:10:25.740 Verse 13. 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:28.179 And if one has a complaint. 00:10:28.179 --> 00:10:29.039 Against another. 00:10:29.659 --> 00:10:30.539 Forgiving each other. 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:32.960 As the Lord has forgiven you. 00:10:33.500 --> 00:10:35.319 So also you must forgive. 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:38.220 So we're putting on. 00:10:38.460 --> 00:10:39.540 All these new realities. 00:10:39.540 --> 00:10:40.680 These new creation. 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:43.540 Christ like character. 00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:44.300 Traits. 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:45.480 We're putting them on. 00:10:45.560 --> 00:10:46.560 We're clothing ourselves in them. 00:10:46.620 --> 00:10:48.620 We're reckoning them to be true of us. 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:49.980 We're praying for them. 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:51.240 We're asking God. 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:52.220 Produce this fruit. 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:53.320 In my heart. 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:54.020 Lord I want. 00:10:54.260 --> 00:10:55.300 A compassionate heart. 00:10:55.400 --> 00:10:56.760 I don't have a compassionate heart. 00:10:56.760 --> 00:10:57.280 That's not. 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:58.740 Natural to Adam. 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:00.220 I don't have a compassionate heart. 00:11:00.660 --> 00:11:01.740 You got to do that in me. 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:02.580 It's not going to happen. 00:11:02.680 --> 00:11:03.340 If you don't do it. 00:11:03.340 --> 00:11:05.940 There's some other translations. 00:11:06.160 --> 00:11:08.040 You use bowels of mercy. 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:09.480 Just think about your guts. 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:11.120 Like there was one that said like. 00:11:11.940 --> 00:11:12.340 Inners. 00:11:12.540 --> 00:11:12.700 You know. 00:11:13.160 --> 00:11:14.120 And just this. 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:14.980 This. 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:15.920 In your depths. 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:16.899 When you're moved. 00:11:17.139 --> 00:11:17.500 You know. 00:11:17.620 --> 00:11:18.340 With compassion. 00:11:18.500 --> 00:11:19.660 When you're moved to mercy. 00:11:19.660 --> 00:11:20.560 You're moved to. 00:11:21.560 --> 00:11:22.780 To help somebody. 00:11:24.280 --> 00:11:25.340 It makes a difference. 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:26.660 And that's God. 00:11:26.980 --> 00:11:27.480 Doing that. 00:11:27.820 --> 00:11:28.180 In you. 00:11:28.179 --> 00:11:30.299 There's kindness. 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:32.319 Sophia. 00:11:32.419 --> 00:11:33.359 You know a lot about kindness. 00:11:33.359 --> 00:11:33.759 Don't you? 00:11:36.819 --> 00:11:37.679 All the Sophias. 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:41.179 It feels good to be kind to each other. 00:11:41.199 --> 00:11:41.579 Doesn't it? 00:11:41.959 --> 00:11:42.859 And that's. 00:11:42.959 --> 00:11:44.759 That's something that God wants to work in us. 00:11:44.819 --> 00:11:46.379 That's a fruit of the Holy Spirit. 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:47.699 There's kindness. 00:11:48.219 --> 00:11:50.039 We're not naturally kind people. 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:51.539 We're naturally pretty bitter. 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:52.259 And rude. 00:11:52.539 --> 00:11:53.659 And self-absorbed. 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:54.459 And. 00:11:55.079 --> 00:11:56.919 Oriented towards getting what we want. 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:58.259 At anybody else's expense. 00:11:58.459 --> 00:11:59.399 Like we can get away with it. 00:12:01.219 --> 00:12:02.480 Kindness isn't something. 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:04.839 That we don't need to put on. 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:06.319 We got to put that on. 00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:08.000 As God's chosen ones. 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:09.000 Holy and beloved. 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:11.240 Humility. 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:13.939 Not thinking of ourselves more highly than we ought. 00:12:14.079 --> 00:12:15.299 But thinking with sober judgment. 00:12:15.579 --> 00:12:18.500 According to the measure of faith that God has assigned for us. 00:12:18.939 --> 00:12:20.480 Receiving it as from his hand. 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:22.000 Like that's where humility is. 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:23.620 Not thinking that it's something that we did. 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.459 To recommend ourselves to God. 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:28.399 Or that we warranted. 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:29.279 Or that somehow. 00:12:29.439 --> 00:12:29.639 Yeah. 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:30.579 Somehow he saw me. 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:32.159 He saw that I was going to give him a good one. 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:32.439 So. 00:12:32.939 --> 00:12:33.699 That was a safe investment. 00:12:33.939 --> 00:12:34.079 You know. 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:34.399 Yeah. 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:35.299 Adam's. 00:12:35.719 --> 00:12:36.339 Adam's pretty. 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:36.839 Pretty good. 00:12:36.939 --> 00:12:37.240 I'll. 00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:38.139 I'll give him some mercy. 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:38.919 No. 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:40.679 Anybody that knows me. 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:42.659 Anybody that knew me before I was saved. 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:43.620 Would have. 00:12:44.299 --> 00:12:44.559 Told you. 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:45.379 There's no hope. 00:12:45.579 --> 00:12:46.120 There's no hope. 00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:47.699 Yes. 00:12:48.339 --> 00:12:49.000 But humility. 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:49.839 Helps us to. 00:12:51.319 --> 00:12:52.899 Helps us to think of ourselves rightly. 00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:56.339 And not think of ourselves even more lowly than we ought either. 00:12:56.539 --> 00:12:57.899 But to think of ourselves as sober judgment. 00:12:59.240 --> 00:12:59.620 And. 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:01.159 The. 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:02.120 That humility. 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:03.120 God. 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:03.600 Um. 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:04.919 God. 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:06.340 Resists the proud. 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:08.019 But he gives grace. 00:13:08.700 --> 00:13:09.139 To the humble. 00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:11.500 Um. 00:13:11.500 --> 00:13:12.100 And so we want. 00:13:12.179 --> 00:13:12.620 We want to. 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:13.679 That humility. 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:14.960 To work in us. 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:16.019 Um. 00:13:16.139 --> 00:13:16.740 Meekness. 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:18.919 So put on then as God's chosen ones. 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:20.659 Holy and beloved. 00:13:21.460 --> 00:13:22.259 Compassionate hearts. 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:23.080 Fowls of mercy. 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:23.840 Kindness. 00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:24.899 Humility. 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:26.600 Meekness. 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:27.440 Um. 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:28.159 Meekness. 00:13:28.259 --> 00:13:28.360 We. 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:29.860 Often in our minds. 00:13:29.940 --> 00:13:30.920 We think of a meek person. 00:13:30.920 --> 00:13:31.519 As. 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:33.460 Kind of a scrawny weakling. 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:33.840 Or. 00:13:34.060 --> 00:13:34.180 You know. 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:35.240 Just kind of a doormat. 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:35.600 That's. 00:13:35.779 --> 00:13:37.720 That's how the world views meekness. 00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:38.779 Um. 00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:39.420 But. 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:41.980 Meekness is different from weakness. 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:43.540 In that it's. 00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:44.580 Actually. 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:45.420 It's strength. 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:46.700 Restraining itself. 00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:47.360 For. 00:13:47.560 --> 00:13:47.800 A. 00:13:48.180 --> 00:13:48.840 Higher purpose. 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:49.320 Meekness. 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:50.160 So meekness. 00:13:50.340 --> 00:13:51.379 Is not weakness. 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:52.740 But it's. 00:13:52.899 --> 00:13:54.220 Taking on the form of a servant. 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:55.320 Um. 00:13:55.899 --> 00:13:57.860 Taking the servant role. 00:13:58.759 --> 00:13:59.660 Though you could be. 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:00.720 Ruler of all. 00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:01.420 Um. 00:14:01.560 --> 00:14:02.180 So it'd be like. 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:03.200 I don't know. 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:04.300 A very strong man. 00:14:05.300 --> 00:14:05.660 Um. 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:07.600 Serving his child. 00:14:07.800 --> 00:14:08.980 Serving his pregnant wife. 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:09.540 Or whatever. 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:10.620 Um. 00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:12.240 And taking the low. 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:12.900 The low away. 00:14:13.040 --> 00:14:14.480 And when you could insist on. 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.879 Them doing it for him. 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:16.759 Um. 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:18.180 That's a good picture of meekness. 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:19.980 And patience. 00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:20.860 Put on patience. 00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:22.420 Um. 00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:23.180 Other. 00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:25.560 Translations say long suffering. 00:14:26.040 --> 00:14:26.280 And. 00:14:26.899 --> 00:14:27.860 Those two are linked. 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:28.879 Um. 00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.940 Not necessarily in. 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:30.560 English. 00:14:30.660 --> 00:14:31.780 In the way that we usually think of it. 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:32.080 But. 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:33.160 It's the same. 00:14:33.660 --> 00:14:34.940 Word that's translated as. 00:14:35.060 --> 00:14:35.540 Patience. 00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:36.720 And long suffering. 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:39.280 And thinking about how long. 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:40.960 God suffers with us. 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:41.759 And how he doesn't. 00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:43.639 Get annoyed with us. 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:45.040 And wipe us out. 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:46.240 And smudge us out. 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:46.519 You know. 00:14:46.660 --> 00:14:46.840 When we. 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:48.780 When we mess up. 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:49.060 You know. 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:49.480 When we. 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:50.220 Get. 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:51.519 Caught up in our own. 00:14:52.540 --> 00:14:52.980 Flesh. 00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:53.740 And. 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.780 Fail him again. 00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:55.480 And again. 00:14:55.780 --> 00:14:56.360 And again. 00:14:56.920 --> 00:14:57.580 And again. 00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:57.759 Um. 00:14:58.940 --> 00:15:00.019 He's very long suffering. 00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:00.800 Towards us. 00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:01.840 And this. 00:15:02.300 --> 00:15:03.280 Is a reality. 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:04.840 That it's really good for us. 00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:05.480 To feel. 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.800 And reckon with. 00:15:08.580 --> 00:15:09.100 And. 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:10.580 It should have. 00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:12.620 A converse. 00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:15.060 Reaction. 00:15:15.059 --> 00:15:15.979 When we. 00:15:15.979 --> 00:15:16.000 When we. 00:15:16.699 --> 00:15:17.439 Are dealing with. 00:15:17.739 --> 00:15:18.079 Our brothers. 00:15:18.219 --> 00:15:18.599 And sisters. 00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:19.539 And our children. 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:22.599 That he's been so long suffering. 00:15:22.739 --> 00:15:23.959 That he's so patient with us. 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.899 That he's so kind. 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.500 And humble. 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:26.099 And meek. 00:15:26.839 --> 00:15:26.979 Um. 00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:27.500 And. 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:27.519 And. 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:28.860 Full of bowels. 00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:29.379 Of mercy. 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:33.539 It allows us to bear with one another. 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.460 And we can. 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:35.480 Be by suffering. 00:15:35.800 --> 00:15:36.060 With. 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:36.720 Each other. 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:37.440 And when. 00:15:37.800 --> 00:15:38.379 One of us. 00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:39.440 Fails another. 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:40.539 It happens. 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:41.840 Um. 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:43.600 We can bear with. 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:44.120 A brother. 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.080 We can bear with a sister. 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:46.160 We can bear with our children. 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:47.440 Um. 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:49.100 Bearing with one another. 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:50.940 And if one has a complaint against another. 00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:52.620 Sounds like a legitimate complaint probably. 00:15:52.800 --> 00:15:52.980 You know. 00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:53.820 Whether it is or isn't. 00:15:54.160 --> 00:15:55.680 If one has a complaint against another. 00:15:56.160 --> 00:15:56.980 Forgiving each other. 00:15:58.080 --> 00:15:59.560 As the Lord has forgiven you. 00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:01.019 So you also. 00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:01.639 Must forgive. 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:03.160 So in the English. 00:16:03.300 --> 00:16:04.460 We put the you must forgive. 00:16:04.940 --> 00:16:05.660 It's not. 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:06.580 As explicit. 00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:07.280 In the Greek. 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:07.780 So. 00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:08.340 In the Greek. 00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:09.040 It kind of reads. 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:11.060 As the Lord has forgiven you. 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.859 So you also. 00:16:13.339 --> 00:16:13.839 So it's like. 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:15.119 There's a. 00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:17.559 There's a converse reality. 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.699 Like it's almost just. 00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:20.339 Should be automatic. 00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:20.899 Like. 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.619 As the Lord has forgiven you. 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:25.659 What do you think you're going to do? 00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:26.579 You know. 00:16:26.579 --> 00:16:27.299 Hold it over their head. 00:16:27.819 --> 00:16:28.679 You're going to make them squirm. 00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:29.019 You know. 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:29.519 You're going to make them. 00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:31.719 You're going to wait until their repentance is. 00:16:31.719 --> 00:16:32.000 You know. 00:16:32.599 --> 00:16:33.259 Robust enough. 00:16:33.319 --> 00:16:34.000 And strong enough. 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.639 And long enough. 00:16:34.699 --> 00:16:35.319 And loud enough. 00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:35.779 And oh. 00:16:35.819 --> 00:16:36.719 I want to see them squirm. 00:16:36.859 --> 00:16:37.019 You know. 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:37.539 I want to see them. 00:16:37.819 --> 00:16:38.099 Oh. 00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:38.579 Come on. 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:40.000 Um. 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.659 What if God did that with us? 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:43.440 He doesn't do that with us. 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:45.620 He is freely. 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:46.759 Um. 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.139 Purchasing. 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:49.659 That right standing. 00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:50.980 With the Father. 00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:52.700 At the cost of his own blood. 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:54.019 At that fund. 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.159 Of. 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:57.839 The blood. 00:16:57.839 --> 00:16:58.839 Of God. 00:16:58.839 --> 00:16:59.240 God. 00:16:59.240 --> 00:16:59.759 Good. 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:01.059 God's own blood. 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.339 Spilled for humans. 00:17:03.199 --> 00:17:04.159 God shouldn't be bleeding. 00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:06.359 It's not for God. 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.839 To do. 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.259 Like. 00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:08.680 It's. 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.799 It's an unthinkable. 00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:10.559 It's a. 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:12.039 It's a miracle. 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.659 It's a miracle. 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.879 It's not. 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.680 It's not a thing. 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.579 Um. 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.519 Puny gods. 00:17:18.899 --> 00:17:20.279 The gods of the nations might bleed. 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:20.720 You know. 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.759 Like Athena might. 00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:22.180 You know. 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:23.680 Bleed. 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.039 Um. 00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:25.579 In the. 00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.279 The Odyssey. 00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:26.960 Or the Iliad. 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:29.319 But the God of all creation. 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.259 The uncreated one. 00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:32.819 He took on flesh. 00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.700 So that he could bleed. 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:35.100 So that he could purchase. 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.059 People. 00:17:36.360 --> 00:17:36.839 For himself. 00:17:37.100 --> 00:17:38.319 To make us right with him. 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.240 Um. 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:41.940 The blood of God. 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.380 And we. 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.519 Take it for granted. 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:44.160 Sometimes. 00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:46.319 The Christ's own fund. 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:48.039 Okay. 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.539 Bearing with one another. 00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:52.539 And if one has complained against another. 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:53.460 Forgiving each other. 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:55.079 As the Lord has forgiven you. 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:55.880 So you also. 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:56.720 Must forgive. 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.559 So what should it look like. 00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.960 For Christ to be all in all. 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:00.779 Here's another answer. 00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.799 Humble forgiveness. 00:18:02.620 --> 00:18:03.380 As received. 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.579 So given. 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:07.319 And just think about how much you've been forgiven. 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:09.579 And what the extent of our debt to God is. 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:11.079 And it should really wake us up. 00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:12.879 And make us the most forgiving people. 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:14.139 The most patient. 00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:15.159 The most kind. 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:16.220 The most humble. 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.119 The most meek. 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.980 The most long suffering. 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:20.480 Long bearing. 00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:22.039 Um. 00:18:23.399 --> 00:18:25.039 Full of bowels of mercy. 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:26.099 People. 00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:27.599 That have ever existed. 00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:29.460 Um. 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:31.200 Christ. 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:32.139 Our own fund. 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.399 Christ's own fund. 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.859 Purchased in his own blood. 00:18:35.159 --> 00:18:36.240 Is freely available. 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:38.220 To all who would receive him. 00:18:39.099 --> 00:18:40.160 Anyone can draw on it. 00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:40.859 Um. 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:43.660 And you can be free to publish it. 00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:45.240 And offer it. 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.700 Freely. 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:46.880 To all. 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:48.059 As many as who would receive him. 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.319 So question. 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.559 How much have you been forgiven? 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:53.359 For what have you been forgiven? 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:55.839 And. 00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:57.180 Do we have a notion. 00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:58.019 Of the immensity. 00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:58.620 Of. 00:18:59.079 --> 00:18:59.359 Sin. 00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:01.000 Against a holy God. 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:01.839 And how long suffering. 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.299 And patient. 00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.000 He is. 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.220 With us. 00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:06.920 And what kind of a. 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:08.180 What would that revelation. 00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:09.980 Of his forgiveness. 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:10.960 What should that produce. 00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:11.680 In our hearts. 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.620 Towards. 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.019 Our co-workers. 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.860 Towards our bosses. 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:16.779 Towards. 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:17.819 Those at work. 00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.579 Who slight us. 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.000 Towards. 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:20.200 Our wives. 00:19:20.600 --> 00:19:21.259 Towards our husbands. 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.079 Towards our roommates. 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:22.519 Towards. 00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.220 Our children. 00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:26.140 It should make a huge difference. 00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:29.100 As freely as we've received. 00:19:29.100 --> 00:19:29.759 God's forgiveness. 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.160 So also. 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:31.960 Let us be. 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.600 Forgiving. 00:19:33.060 --> 00:19:33.820 And invite others. 00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:34.700 Into that forgiveness. 00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.380 That we found. 00:19:35.580 --> 00:19:36.200 Like there's a. 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.140 Outward component. 00:19:37.320 --> 00:19:38.420 When somebody's forgiven. 00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.140 By us. 00:19:39.580 --> 00:19:40.660 It can show them something. 00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:41.340 Of the father. 00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.100 And it can be. 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:45.140 A picture that. 00:19:45.520 --> 00:19:46.420 They could never have seen. 00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:47.020 Or felt. 00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:48.040 Like there could be. 00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:50.160 Bowels of mercy. 00:19:50.520 --> 00:19:50.980 That they. 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:52.020 Are encountering. 00:19:52.540 --> 00:19:53.920 That they're never going to find. 00:19:54.020 --> 00:19:54.680 Outside of Christ. 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.000 That. 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.980 Who can be merciful. 00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.480 Who can. 00:19:57.580 --> 00:19:58.420 Who can be long suffering. 00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.160 Who can be patient. 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.160 It's. 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:01.080 It's not a thing. 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.740 Outside of Christ. 00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.980 So he's the first forgiver. 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:08.840 And we want them to find. 00:20:08.840 --> 00:20:09.640 That first forgiver. 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.640 And that might be. 00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.240 A mechanism. 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.600 That the Lord uses. 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.820 In his. 00:20:14.060 --> 00:20:14.640 Grace and mercy. 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.519 To show. 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.480 The transgressor. 00:20:17.600 --> 00:20:18.259 Against you. 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.980 What it looks like. 00:20:20.060 --> 00:20:21.180 To be forgiven of God. 00:20:22.320 --> 00:20:22.700 And. 00:20:23.060 --> 00:20:23.740 So we have. 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.100 A. 00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:26.579 Power of forgiveness. 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:28.139 That we can extend to others. 00:20:28.719 --> 00:20:29.480 And they still have to get right. 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:29.939 With God. 00:20:30.439 --> 00:20:31.119 But it might. 00:20:31.439 --> 00:20:32.279 Be the catalyst. 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:32.759 That. 00:20:33.179 --> 00:20:33.719 Points them. 00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:34.339 To the one. 00:20:34.899 --> 00:20:35.740 Who strengthened us. 00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.599 To be forgiven. 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.819 Find forgiveness. 00:20:38.939 --> 00:20:39.799 For their ultimate need. 00:20:40.179 --> 00:20:40.419 God. 00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.419 Would you make that. 00:20:41.699 --> 00:20:42.279 A reality. 00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:42.899 In our hearts. 00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.879 Would you make us. 00:20:43.919 --> 00:20:44.639 A forgiving people. 00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:46.059 Would you help us. 00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.579 You fill us. 00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:48.319 With your Holy Spirit. 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.740 With Christ like character. 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.859 As you're growing us. 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.839 Into your likeness. 00:20:52.939 --> 00:20:53.439 More and more. 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:53.519 God. 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.600 So what should it look like. 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.519 For Christ to be. 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.440 All in all. 00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.180 In us. 00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.500 Should look like. 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:00.220 Humble forgiveness. 00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.539 That's freely received. 00:21:01.820 --> 00:21:02.600 So freely given. 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:05.080 In verse 14. 00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:06.840 Um. 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.480 And above all these. 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.720 Put on love. 00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:11.420 Which binds everything together. 00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.220 In perfect harmony. 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.779 So love binds. 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.440 Everything together. 00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:15.900 What should it look like. 00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:17.200 For Christ to be all in all. 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:18.799 Should look like. 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:20.220 Love binding everything together. 00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:22.019 And the reality that love binds. 00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:22.960 Everything together. 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:25.539 Greater love has no one than this. 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.360 That he lays down. 00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:26.980 With life. 00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.779 For his friends. 00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:28.980 Um. 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.860 God is. 00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:30.720 Love. 00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:32.720 Who upholds the universe. 00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.720 By the word of his power. 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:35.079 It's the God of love. 00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.860 Like it's. 00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:39.059 There's no love outside of God. 00:21:39.199 --> 00:21:39.859 There's only. 00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.819 The inverse. 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:44.199 And what people look. 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.839 What might look like love. 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:47.439 What people might call love. 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.839 Um. 00:21:49.199 --> 00:21:50.479 And think that they're seeking. 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.079 As love. 00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.259 Is not love. 00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:54.699 If it's outside of God. 00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.119 Like. 00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.679 Putting on love. 00:21:58.879 --> 00:22:00.059 Above all these other things. 00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:01.279 All these other things that we were looking at. 00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:01.779 Kindness. 00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.219 Humility. 00:22:03.219 --> 00:22:03.599 Um. 00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.319 Patience. 00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.079 Long suffering. 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.619 Forgiveness. 00:22:06.439 --> 00:22:07.279 If it's not. 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.500 Tinged. 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:10.119 And shot through. 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.019 With love. 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.480 As a banner. 00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.240 Flying over. 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.919 All that we do. 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:14.639 Um. 00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.399 It's nothing. 00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:17.059 It's a. 00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:17.799 It's a false. 00:22:18.879 --> 00:22:19.359 False. 00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.339 Seeming. 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.559 Virtue. 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.500 But if it's not. 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:25.119 It's not out of love. 00:22:25.919 --> 00:22:26.539 It's nothing. 00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:27.519 And it does nothing. 00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:28.539 And you gain nothing. 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.059 And. 00:22:30.879 --> 00:22:32.579 Even if you give your body to be burned. 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.019 You know. 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.480 Even if you give away all that you have. 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.920 Love. 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.920 And have not love. 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.000 It's nothing. 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.420 It's actually worse than nothing. 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:40.920 Because. 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.259 You're tarnishing. 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.059 What love. 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.380 Is supposed to look like. 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.700 You're misrepresenting. 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.480 The God of love. 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.559 That's. 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.660 Not a good place to be. 00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:52.299 But love. 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.240 Above all these. 00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.220 Put on love. 00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:55.299 So that's another putting on. 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.599 Which. 00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.360 Love. 00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.579 Binds. 00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.579 Everything together. 00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.559 In perfect harmony. 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:00.939 So. 00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.419 I. 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:01.919 Can. 00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:04.019 Go some places in my brain. 00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.679 In my heart. 00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.740 I can't even. 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.460 It'd be confusing. 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.460 About. 00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.620 Binding everything together. 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.319 In perfect harmony. 00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.940 But there's a way in which. 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.960 Love. 00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:17.039 Is the animating. 00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.519 Force. 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.819 The God of love. 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.100 The animating force. 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.160 And there's something about God. 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.120 That so identifies. 00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.460 With love. 00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:28.340 That all of his. 00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.140 Activities. 00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.259 What is that? 00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.360 There's a saying. 00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.019 In theology. 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:34.460 All of God. 00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:36.319 Does all that God does. 00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.039 Is that right? 00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.240 Scratch that. 00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:40.720 There's certain qualities. 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.940 In the Godhead. 00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.420 That. 00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.160 That are. 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.579 Applicable to everything. 00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.160 That he does. 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.120 And so like. 00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:47.400 Even his wrath. 00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:49.340 Against ungodliness. 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.460 Is because of his. 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.200 Passion. 00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.000 For godliness. 00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.319 And. 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:53.840 There's. 00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.960 You can't love. 00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.960 Unborn babies. 00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:57.000 Unless you hate. 00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:57.519 Abortion. 00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:57.940 Like. 00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:59.259 You can't love. 00:23:59.559 --> 00:23:59.920 Fidelity. 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.059 In marriage. 00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:01.900 If you don't hate. 00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.420 Adultery. 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.960 You can't love. 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.519 Anything. 00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.840 Without hating. 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.440 That which. 00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.620 Would destroy it. 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.559 That which would. 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.819 Steal from it. 00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.880 Or invert it. 00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.700 And change it. 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.819 And. 00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.380 Bastardize it. 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.180 Like there's. 00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.779 Love. 00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:19.120 Binds everything together. 00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.759 In perfect harmony. 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.480 And so. 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.579 When things are ordered. 00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.740 As they're supposed to be. 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.360 Love is there. 00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:30.000 And love is behind it. 00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:30.680 And love is. 00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.779 Underneath it. 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.600 And it's in. 00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.079 With. 00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.640 And under. 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.100 And through. 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.640 And behind. 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:36.259 And love is there. 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.980 Doing it. 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.520 It's God's own. 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.220 Activity. 00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.220 In a human heart. 00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.700 Acting. 00:24:42.020 --> 00:24:42.600 Through us. 00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.920 We love. 00:24:44.020 --> 00:24:44.620 Because. 00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:46.460 He first loved. 00:24:46.520 --> 00:24:47.259 It's his love. 00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.480 He's doing it. 00:24:49.540 --> 00:24:50.380 He's the prime mover. 00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.120 He's the prime. 00:24:51.520 --> 00:24:52.140 Love giver. 00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.360 And he. 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.340 He is love. 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.080 He gets to define. 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.880 What love is. 00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:56.940 And then we see. 00:24:57.020 --> 00:24:57.980 A rainbow flag. 00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:59.140 That says love is love. 00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.460 They're communicating something. 00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:02.060 That is not love. 00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:03.080 And they're using. 00:25:03.320 --> 00:25:03.880 Good. 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.280 Holy. 00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:04.880 True. 00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.140 Using good. 00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:07.200 Holy words. 00:25:07.820 --> 00:25:09.020 And they're changing it. 00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:09.900 And they're twisting it. 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.780 They're tarnishing it. 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.240 And trying to subvert it. 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.780 And. 00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:15.380 Above all these. 00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:17.280 Put on love. 00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:19.080 Binds everything together. 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.720 In perfect harmony. 00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:22.220 I mean. 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.100 You could literally. 00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:23.799 Write that. 00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.799 On your skin. 00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.579 And. 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.720 And. 00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.079 Think about it. 00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.600 Every day. 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.500 Like there's. 00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:32.220 There's no end. 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.240 To how deep that is. 00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.299 Above all these. 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.980 Put on love. 00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:36.079 Which binds everything together. 00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.740 In perfect harmony. 00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.600 You could apply it. 00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.100 Everything. 00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.380 Anywhere. 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.079 Who is it. 00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.920 That upholds the universe. 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.779 By the word of his power. 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.500 The God of love. 00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.240 How will the reality. 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.059 Of our Christianity. 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.720 Be on display. 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.620 To an onlooking world. 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.400 They will know. 00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.160 We are Christians. 00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:51.680 By. 00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.460 The love. 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.519 We have the one another. 00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.980 Through the love. 00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.540 Of God. 00:25:57.600 --> 00:25:58.460 That we traffic in. 00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.860 With another. 00:25:59.340 --> 00:25:59.940 With one another. 00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:01.140 Through the love of God. 00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:02.120 That has been shed abroad. 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.759 In our hearts. 00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.900 And issues from our hearts. 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.600 From our hands. 00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.320 From our mouths. 00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:07.400 When we put on. 00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:07.900 Love. 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.880 Over everything. 00:26:10.560 --> 00:26:11.580 We get to see. 00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.340 Harmony. 00:26:12.780 --> 00:26:13.360 Perfect harmony. 00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:14.660 Grow. 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.360 In our lives. 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.780 And. 00:26:17.060 --> 00:26:17.840 Christ looks really. 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.840 Beautiful. 00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:20.180 When we're doing that. 00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.940 And we're giving him credit. 00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.180 And that's. 00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:23.580 Something about us. 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.680 Let's see. 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.000 Yeah. 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.820 Why did God send. 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.720 His only begotten son? 00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.019 Any. 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.019 Any of the kids? 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.380 No. 00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.160 John 3.16. 00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.080 Why did God send. 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.960 His only begotten son? 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.640 For. 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:34.960 For. 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.720 For. 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.180 Yes. 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.579 For God so loved. 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.299 The world. 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:51.279 That he gave his only son. 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.539 The incarnation. 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.620 The whole project of creation. 00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:57.079 To bring many sons to glory. 00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:59.079 Was a loving. 00:26:59.340 --> 00:27:00.200 Loving plan. 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.480 Was. 00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.319 All. 00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.700 About. 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:02.980 Love. 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.640 Good. 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.839 Everything. 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.980 From first to last. 00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.640 Is all. 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.019 About. 00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.360 Love. 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.519 Unless. 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:10.819 Love. 00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.559 Flies as a banner. 00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.460 Over all that we do. 00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.920 All of our doing. 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.579 Is nothing. 00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:18.839 When we gain nothing. 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.099 Better not do anything. 00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:21.180 Than to tarnish that. 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.819 And to. 00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.179 Be a. 00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.359 Be a. 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.059 False witness. 00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.599 Against. 00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:25.079 That. 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.159 So what does it look like. 00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.720 For Christ to be all in all. 00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:30.700 Looks like a people who put on love. 00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:33.220 Seeing everything united. 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.759 Perfect. 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.139 On me. 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.059 All right. 00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:38.039 What should it look like. 00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:39.179 For Christ to be all in all. 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.980 It should look like. 00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:40.919 A body of. 00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:42.279 Peace ruled hearts. 00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.460 Let's look at verse 15. 00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:45.819 A body of peace ruled hearts. 00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:48.299 And let the peace of Christ. 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.299 Rule in your heart. 00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:52.319 To which indeed you were called. 00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:53.019 In one body. 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.039 And. 00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.799 Be thankful. 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:55.939 Okay. 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.779 The peace of Christ. 00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.019 Christ's own peace with the father. 00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:02.079 We get invited into that. 00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.519 What could be better. 00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.619 Than peace with God. 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.779 Like. 00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.119 We know. 00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.220 As those who've enjoyed it. 00:28:08.439 --> 00:28:08.659 But. 00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.919 That's not even a category. 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.059 For most people. 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.879 Like they. 00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.439 Like. 00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:14.059 Peace with God. 00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.740 What are you talking about? 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.139 Like. 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.500 I don't feel any disquiet. 00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:17.879 You know. 00:28:17.939 --> 00:28:18.460 With God. 00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.500 I don't even think about it. 00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:19.740 You know. 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:19.919 Like. 00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.579 What do you mean I'm proud against God? 00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.299 I don't even think about it. 00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.359 Yeah. 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.119 So. 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.960 It said the creation. 00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:27.220 About the creator. 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.419 What could be better. 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.200 And more powerful. 00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:34.000 And what could be more impossible. 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.619 For a sinner. 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.740 Than peace with God. 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.579 Nothing. 00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.159 And. 00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:43.179 We can have that. 00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.299 And we can enjoy that. 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.919 But he threw. 00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.180 A couple other words in here. 00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.399 So let the peace of Christ. 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.279 Rule in your hearts. 00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.980 To which indeed. 00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.720 You were called. 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.419 In one body. 00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:53.919 Like. 00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.980 There's a body element. 00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.759 That he wants to. 00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.019 Incarnate. 00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.759 In us. 00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.359 He wants this. 00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.379 To be on display. 00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.700 In one body. 00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.879 And we are that body. 00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:07.480 There's a universal church. 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.420 That you never get to see. 00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.960 That you might. 00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.240 You know. 00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.780 Enjoy. 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.180 You know. 00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:11.420 In slivers. 00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:11.900 Here and there. 00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.480 Wherever you go. 00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:13.300 You can enjoy that. 00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:14.880 And have sweet fellowship. 00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.440 In the spirit. 00:29:15.780 --> 00:29:16.660 With the body. 00:29:17.040 --> 00:29:17.720 At times. 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.340 In part. 00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.380 But there's also. 00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.080 A local. 00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.440 Localized. 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.560 Particular body. 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.980 That he wants to see. 00:29:24.060 --> 00:29:25.060 The peace of Christ. 00:29:25.300 --> 00:29:26.120 Ruling in. 00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.960 To which we were. 00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.700 Indeed called. 00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:31.180 In one body. 00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.600 And so he wants. 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.860 That unity. 00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.080 Of the spirit. 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.120 And the bond of peace. 00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.320 In a people. 00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:38.759 And he wants to see it. 00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:39.880 Grown. 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:42.200 In different localities. 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.940 So that people can see. 00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.759 What it looks like. 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.700 For Christ. 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.180 To be. 00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.140 Formed. 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.460 In a human. 00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.680 It's a glorious thing. 00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.380 When he does that. 00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.660 It's. 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.740 It's a miracle. 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.640 And it's a glory. 00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.720 That we get. 00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.500 To be part of. 00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:56.019 And that the world. 00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.700 Gets to see. 00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:59.039 So there's that verse. 00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.460 About. 00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:01.480 Filling up. 00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.100 What was lacking. 00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.539 In the sufferings of Christ. 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.500 And the best explanation. 00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.220 I've heard of that. 00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:06.519 Was. 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.960 John Piper. 00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.600 Was saying. 00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.980 It's not that. 00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.819 He's lacking. 00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.900 His suffering. 00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:14.519 Was lacking. 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.660 But it's that. 00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.940 Your neighbor. 00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:18.039 Didn't see that suffering. 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.660 They weren't. 00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.420 You know. 00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:21.000 At Golgotha. 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.840 33 AD. 00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.559 Like they. 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:24.079 Didn't get to see him suffer. 00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:26.039 But they might get to see you suffer. 00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.360 And suffer. 00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:28.599 Christianly. 00:30:29.459 --> 00:30:29.959 And it. 00:30:29.979 --> 00:30:30.379 It might. 00:30:30.479 --> 00:30:31.219 Might fill up. 00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.500 Fill up something there. 00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.099 And might. 00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.399 Witness. 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.559 To something. 00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:36.939 That. 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.859 They might not. 00:30:37.979 --> 00:30:38.459 Get to witness. 00:30:38.719 --> 00:30:39.699 When you forgive them. 00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.939 When they've sinned against you. 00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:42.139 When you've suffered. 00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.939 On account of them. 00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:44.599 It might fill up. 00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.740 Something that was lacking. 00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.699 In their experience. 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.179 Of. 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.459 Oh. 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.299 Oh. 00:30:49.219 --> 00:30:50.159 How come I can't. 00:30:50.219 --> 00:30:51.219 How come I can't do that. 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.059 How come I can't do that. 00:30:52.479 --> 00:30:53.519 When my wife sins against me. 00:30:53.699 --> 00:30:54.019 How come. 00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.720 My wife can't. 00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.240 Do that. 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.119 When I sin against her. 00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.519 Like. 00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.180 Hmm. 00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.240 There's something here. 00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.619 There's. 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.740 Something bigger. 00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.460 At stake. 00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.200 And. 00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.700 God can be on display. 00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.339 In particular. 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:04.940 Sweet. 00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.779 Powerful ways. 00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:08.359 When the peace of Christ. 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.440 Rules in our hearts. 00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.759 To which indeed. 00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.259 We're called. 00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.720 In one body. 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.539 He loves doing it. 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.019 He loves. 00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.119 Putting on display. 00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.799 In the body. 00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.500 Um. 00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.460 And so. 00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:24.539 It's not only an individualistic thing. 00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.599 It's a body life thing. 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.079 Um. 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.740 Perfect peace. 00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:33.559 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:36.519 Perfect peace comes from trusting the one. 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.900 Who hung the stars. 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:41.539 And set the planets and galaxies in motion. 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.539 And. 00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.720 It's the same one. 00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.079 Who. 00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:48.039 Knit baby Francesca together. 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.980 In her mother's womb. 00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:50.980 And. 00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.299 And. 00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.500 The same one. 00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.140 Who is. 00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.039 Growing her. 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.839 Into a big sister. 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.880 With his. 00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.519 Present. 00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.440 Knitting project. 00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.500 That's very exciting. 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.240 Um. 00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:03.180 Girls knitting right now. 00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:04.920 Fun. 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.180 Um. 00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.299 God is the only one. 00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.160 Who could be trusted. 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.940 With anything as big as the universe. 00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.160 And anything. 00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.740 As glorious and powerful. 00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.420 As. 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.160 A womb. 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.200 A fruitful womb. 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:18.480 And he does. 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.319 What only he can do. 00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.799 And we. 00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:21.640 Are thankful. 00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:24.180 We share in his peace. 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.960 We share in that same peace. 00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.700 If we're in. 00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.519 The prince of peace. 00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.360 In Jesus. 00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:29.799 So. 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.259 That. 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.600 That kind of struck me this week too. 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.720 Just the prince of peace. 00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:34.380 As you read through history. 00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:34.700 Like. 00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:36.380 Robert the Bruce. 00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:37.080 Or you know. 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.500 Um. 00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.860 Vladimir the Impaler. 00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:40.759 Like people get these. 00:32:41.219 --> 00:32:41.839 Get these. 00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:42.619 Names. 00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:43.179 And you're like. 00:32:43.219 --> 00:32:43.779 How do they get that? 00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:46.240 At the prince of darkness. 00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.799 You know. 00:32:47.679 --> 00:32:47.839 Uh. 00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.359 You know. 00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:48.959 Um. 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.779 And we have. 00:32:50.919 --> 00:32:51.740 The prince of peace. 00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.119 Like. 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.939 I never really thought of that. 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.599 As like a. 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:56.439 An earned descriptor. 00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:56.759 Like. 00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:58.119 He's the prince of peace. 00:32:58.179 --> 00:32:58.399 Like. 00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.659 How awesome is that? 00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.799 What does that say about him? 00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.339 And. 00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.519 That's awesome. 00:33:03.719 --> 00:33:04.139 I just. 00:33:04.219 --> 00:33:04.500 It just. 00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.199 It just warmed my heart. 00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.839 When I thought about. 00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.819 The prince of peace. 00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:08.139 Is our prince. 00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.540 And. 00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:10.740 Like our elder brother. 00:33:11.060 --> 00:33:11.520 Like we get. 00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:13.440 We get the prince of peace on our side. 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.040 And. 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.680 Not the. 00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:16.280 Prince of darkness. 00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.820 Or the. 00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.500 The liar. 00:33:17.780 --> 00:33:17.940 Yeah. 00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.640 The accuser. 00:33:22.280 --> 00:33:22.759 Um. 00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.560 And then. 00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:24.940 Chrysostom. 00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:26.300 Who's one of the church fathers. 00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.380 Lived in Turkey. 00:33:28.040 --> 00:33:29.220 Died in 407. 00:33:29.300 --> 00:33:31.680 He was the archbishop of Constantinople. 00:33:32.080 --> 00:33:33.460 He said of this passage. 00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.600 Going into the next passage. 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:35.759 Um. 00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:37.360 Having exhorted them to be thankful. 00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.940 He now. 00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.980 Shoes them the way. 00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:40.660 Yeah. 00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.800 S-H-E-W. 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:43.040 Instead of shows them the way. 00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.920 I was going to ask one of the kids. 00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.780 If they could figure out what that meant. 00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.500 Too late. 00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:45.740 Yeah. 00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.060 Um. 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.620 So what could it look like? 00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:50.720 What should it look like for Christ to be all in all? 00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.720 It looks like a body. 00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:53.800 Of peace ruled hearts. 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:56.380 And then we go to our next passage. 00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.340 Verse 16. 00:33:58.040 --> 00:34:00.020 What should it look like for Christ to be all in all? 00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:03.300 It should look like a people who are filled with God's word. 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:05.000 To the point of singing. 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:08.840 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. 00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.559 Verse 16. 00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:12.960 Teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom. 00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:15.900 Singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. 00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:18.519 With thankfulness in your hearts to God. 00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:22.179 So a couple of translations put that in all wisdom. 00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:24.340 Like we most naturally think about it. 00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:27.440 The teaching and admonishing one another in wisdom. 00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:30.240 So that's what makes most sense to us. 00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:34.780 But a lot of the more wooden translations put it with. 00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.179 In all wisdom. 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:38.380 Singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. 00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.579 Like it's wise. 00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.599 To sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. 00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:44.240 It's not just for the weirdos. 00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:45.659 It's not just for the thespians. 00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:47.639 It's not just for the ladies. 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:49.420 It's not just for the Mark Powers. 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.679 It's for. 00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:52.019 It's for Christians. 00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:55.159 It's for Christians to sing psalms. 00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.639 Hymns and spiritual songs to each other. 00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:59.579 Make melodies in our hearts to God with thankfulness. 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.859 And yes. 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.879 That wisdom was linked with that in the text. 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.179 I was like. 00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.839 Interesting. 00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.199 You know. 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:07.779 Because easy to think about wisdom being linked with teaching and admonishing one another. 00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:09.859 That obviously requires wisdom too. 00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:13.279 But the wisdom of singing. 00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:18.460 Of having an overflow of the word of Christ dwelling richly in our hearts. 00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:21.940 To the point that it would produce teaching and admonishing one another. 00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.699 Not only that. 00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.900 But in all wisdom. 00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:27.039 Singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.139 Like. 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:29.840 That's not something I would have thought of. 00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.119 Oh. 00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:31.980 That's pretty sweet. 00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:35.240 So let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. 00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:39.240 And how awesome is it that our creator revealed himself to us. 00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:40.840 Not only in the person of his son. 00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:44.120 But also in a written medium. 00:35:44.120 --> 00:35:46.680 That we can have access to anytime we want. 00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:53.760 We can freely commune with the inspired flawless word of God. 00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.740 At will. 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:59.760 But often I'll elect to check out eBay. 00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:01.579 Or YouTube. 00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:07.799 And those don't produce singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs in my heart. 00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:09.779 Making my heart to God. 00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:13.259 Like it doesn't produce the same fruit when I go and feed at that trough. 00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:17.340 The knowledge of God is there for the treasuring. 00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:19.759 It's ours to enjoy and grow in. 00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:26.840 And somehow we find ourselves choosing rather to reach for the fleeting immediate pleasures. 00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:28.360 Of scrolling. 00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.440 Doom scrolling. 00:36:31.640 --> 00:36:35.100 That don't even follow us after we've left the trough. 00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:40.420 But there is a feeding on God's word. 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.960 There's a living on God's word. 00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:44.760 There's a letting it dwell in us richly. 00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:46.140 Letting it take up residence. 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.880 Take inhabitants. 00:36:47.600 --> 00:36:48.600 In our hearts. 00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:50.940 That will do something else. 00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:57.420 And that I was convicted to pursue more heartily. 00:36:58.739 --> 00:37:02.179 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. 00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:06.839 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. 00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:11.599 Teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom. 00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:14.960 Singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. 00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:18.219 With thankfulness in your hearts to God. 00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:19.839 Yeah. 00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.779 Yeah. 00:37:22.839 --> 00:37:23.339 In contrast. 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:25.339 See what follows after feeding on the word. 00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:27.860 Beautiful. 00:37:29.799 --> 00:37:33.339 There's a quote about Tertullian. 00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.679 Or it was from Tertullian. 00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.799 Another one of the church fathers. 00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.759 Early church. 00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:40.199 About the singing at the agape feast. 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:41.059 He said. 00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.079 He said. 00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:45.199 After water for the hands and lights have been brought. 00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:48.579 As each is able from the holy scriptures or his own genius. 00:37:48.939 --> 00:37:51.059 He is encouraged to sing publicly to God. 00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.019 Genius. 00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:53.699 I think meant his own creativity. 00:37:53.939 --> 00:37:54.079 You know. 00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.599 This is the dawn. 00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:58.559 But he was encouraged to sing publicly to God. 00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:59.960 I think they did this in the early church. 00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:03.940 And we have a lot of portions of scripture that we read as passages. 00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.059 And they're kind of set off. 00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.539 Kind of funny. 00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:06.739 And they have different formatting. 00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:10.400 And a lot of those were actually hymns that they would sing in the early church. 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.519 And they wrote them down for us. 00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:20.500 And there's something about the heart that resonates when you sing a truth to God. 00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.259 Or about God. 00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.559 Like. 00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.300 It's different. 00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.179 It lands differently. 00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:25.619 It resides differently. 00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.659 It dwells differently. 00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:29.539 When you're relishing it. 00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:32.259 When you're luxuriating in it. 00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:33.519 And it's on your tongue. 00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:35.400 And it's on your heart. 00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.219 And there's a melody. 00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.280 And you're doing it together. 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:39.539 And there's unity. 00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.679 And harmony. 00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:43.919 And it's a banner of love over all. 00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:45.819 Binding all things together in love. 00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:47.940 In perfect harmony. 00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:50.339 Something sweet about that. 00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:53.639 That I'd love to capture. 00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.539 As a body. 00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.659 And as a family. 00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:58.699 And as a Christian. 00:38:59.419 --> 00:39:00.519 And I think of Mark Powers. 00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.179 Seth's dad. 00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:04.139 He just sings. 00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.579 He's always singing. 00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:07.299 And Seth too. 00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:07.719 Seth. 00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:10.079 And Gideon too. 00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.819 Like these guys. 00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:12.159 These Powers boys. 00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:13.420 They sing. 00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:16.579 And they make melodies in their hearts to God. 00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:18.920 And it flows out of them. 00:39:19.279 --> 00:39:19.799 And it's beautiful. 00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:22.799 And it's powerful. 00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.599 And it's a weapon. 00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:27.319 And I think God loves it. 00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:30.140 And sometimes it might look weird. 00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:30.780 It might look funny. 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:32.980 It might sound a different note. 00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:36.600 You know, than the context that we're used to expecting. 00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.260 Whatever. 00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:39.160 But it's really beautiful. 00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.320 And it's precious. 00:39:41.580 --> 00:39:44.880 And there's scriptural precedent for it. 00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:47.460 And a scriptural command. 00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:49.420 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. 00:39:50.100 --> 00:39:50.900 Singing psalms. 00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.100 Hymns. 00:39:51.160 --> 00:39:51.980 Spiritual songs. 00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:54.199 It's one of the commands. 00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.840 It's in that list. 00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:58.380 When I was looking for a wife. 00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.840 One of my requirements. 00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:02.679 Wasn't that she had to be a good singer. 00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:04.659 But she had to be willing to sing to my kids. 00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:05.300 Like there. 00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:07.559 I wanted there to be a heart. 00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.519 That could sing. 00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:11.599 Whether she was great at it or not. 00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:12.179 She is. 00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.240 I love her voice. 00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:15.480 But she had to be willing to sing. 00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:17.340 And there's something about a heart. 00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:19.340 That expresses itself in song. 00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:21.539 That the Lord actually requires. 00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:23.559 And that we don't require of other people. 00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:24.360 But the Lord. 00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.679 In his word. 00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:26.880 Requires it. 00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:30.199 And it doesn't say to make a beautiful sound to the Lord. 00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:31.780 It's make a joyful sound to the Lord. 00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:34.400 Make joyful noises to the Lord. 00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:36.320 It doesn't have to be. 00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:36.619 You know. 00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:38.619 Melodic or harmonic. 00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.800 But he's. 00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:43.639 It's a picture of him binding all things together. 00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:44.300 Perfect harmony. 00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:47.320 There's harmonies and melodies. 00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:47.880 And. 00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:50.059 Good thoughts. 00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:51.740 And truths. 00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.740 That should be on our tongues. 00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.380 And on our lips. 00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:55.599 That we should be singing back to him. 00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:56.400 Yeah. 00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:58.240 And just this picture of the early church. 00:40:59.360 --> 00:41:00.860 After water for the hands. 00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:01.599 And lights. 00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.440 Have been brought. 00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.380 As each is able. 00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:04.320 From the holy scriptures. 00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.400 Or his own genius. 00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:07.760 He is encouraged to sing publicly to God. 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.400 So. 00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:10.079 The question. 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:11.679 Is Christ's word dwelling. 00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:12.900 In us. 00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.840 Is it living in us. 00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.880 Residing in us. 00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.460 Making its home. 00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:16.500 Making its abode. 00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:18.320 Its dwelling place. 00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.980 In us. 00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:20.740 And is his word rich. 00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.199 In you. 00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:21.460 Is it. 00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:22.820 Doing that richly. 00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.219 Is there. 00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.260 More riches. 00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:25.559 That we can be getting out of him. 00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:27.079 Obviously. 00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:29.500 None of us has maxed this out yet. 00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:30.699 Let's do it. 00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.119 Let's. 00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:31.380 Let's. 00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:32.240 Let's shoot for it. 00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:32.539 Let's. 00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:32.880 Let's. 00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.199 Let's. 00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:35.019 Let it dwell more richly in our hearts. 00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.900 This next week. 00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:37.059 Than we did last week. 00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:37.639 And. 00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.380 We can do it. 00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.480 It's the word of God. 00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:41.400 It's the word of God. 00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.260 It's his own word. 00:41:42.260 --> 00:41:43.260 It's something of himself. 00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:43.680 It's. 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.980 Something of his ways. 00:41:45.060 --> 00:41:45.680 And his character. 00:41:46.020 --> 00:41:46.520 And his. 00:41:48.220 --> 00:41:48.980 His wisdom. 00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.480 That we get to feed on. 00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:51.420 That we get to. 00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:52.440 Have dwell in us. 00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:54.400 It's not dull. 00:41:55.540 --> 00:41:56.680 If we think it's dull. 00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.500 We're dull. 00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.980 And. 00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:00.039 We need that kindling. 00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:02.039 To be put on the fires of our own heart. 00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:05.320 So what should it look like. 00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:06.579 For Christ to be all in all. 00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:07.920 Should look like a people. 00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:09.139 Who are filled with God's word. 00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:10.059 To the point of singing. 00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:12.360 And whatever you do. 00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.300 Verse 17. 00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:14.760 In word or deed. 00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:16.000 Do everything. 00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:17.420 In the name of the Lord Jesus. 00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:18.880 Giving thanks to God the Father. 00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.340 Through him. 00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:21.519 So. 00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.219 In conclusion. 00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:23.159 We should have. 00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:24.800 Such a Christ like quality. 00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:25.480 About us. 00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:26.420 About all that we do. 00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:27.659 About all that we say. 00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:28.579 Whatever you do. 00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:29.400 In word or deed. 00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.840 Do everything. 00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.860 In the name of the Lord Jesus. 00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:34.659 We should have such a Christ like quality. 00:42:34.740 --> 00:42:35.780 About all that we do or say. 00:42:36.180 --> 00:42:36.740 Such that. 00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:38.539 What we do. 00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:40.059 And what we say. 00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:41.519 We can say it in his name. 00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:42.740 And not be lying. 00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:44.599 Not be misrepresenting him. 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.760 To the world. 00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:46.700 Or to our children. 00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:48.280 To those around us. 00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:48.960 To our co-workers. 00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:50.579 Or to the principalities. 00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.380 And powers of the air. 00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:53.019 Or to God himself. 00:42:54.700 --> 00:42:56.400 No matter where you are. 00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:58.400 You can be. 00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.360 Doing. 00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:00.579 Whatever you're doing. 00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.860 In the name of the Lord Jesus. 00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:03.039 That's. 00:43:03.099 --> 00:43:03.740 There's no. 00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:06.119 In the Christian life. 00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:07.780 You'll never find yourself. 00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:08.880 In a no-win situation. 00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:10.780 There's always something right. 00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.240 To do. 00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:13.559 You never get. 00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:14.320 Cornered. 00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:14.559 Into. 00:43:14.680 --> 00:43:14.760 Oh. 00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:15.740 I got all these bad. 00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:16.420 Options. 00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:17.139 I don't have. 00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.280 Any good options. 00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:19.200 There's always something. 00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:20.099 Right for you to do. 00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:21.039 There's always something. 00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:21.720 That you can do. 00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:22.400 And say. 00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:23.940 Do everything. 00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:25.079 In the name of the Lord Jesus. 00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:25.719 That you can say. 00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:26.279 Say it. 00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:26.799 And do it. 00:43:26.860 --> 00:43:27.739 In the name of the Lord Jesus. 00:43:28.119 --> 00:43:29.000 And not feel like you're. 00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:29.819 Misrepresenting him. 00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.779 There's no. 00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:34.539 Such thing as a no-win situation. 00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.619 As a Christian. 00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:36.299 There's always. 00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:37.380 A right step to take. 00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:39.779 So. 00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.460 Christchurch. 00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:42.460 Let us put on Christ. 00:43:43.299 --> 00:43:44.360 As we forgive. 00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:46.179 As we're forgiving others. 00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:47.500 And showing Christ's forgiveness. 00:43:47.759 --> 00:43:48.259 To others. 00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:50.460 Out of a forgiven heart. 00:43:50.460 --> 00:43:53.260 Let us put on Christ. 00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.960 As we love. 00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:57.840 Let us have the peace of Christ. 00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:59.159 Ruling in our hearts. 00:44:00.179 --> 00:44:02.360 And let us have the word of Christ. 00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:03.559 Dwelling in us richly. 00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:05.199 To the point of singing. 00:44:05.720 --> 00:44:06.659 To the point of overflow. 00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:09.119 To the point of making melodies in our hearts. 00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.000 To God. 00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:11.980 And if we do. 00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:12.900 People will see. 00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:13.860 What it looks like. 00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:15.619 For Christ to be our all. 00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:18.220 And to be in us all. 00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:19.919 Thank you Lord. 00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.299 Do it. 00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:22.339 Would you seal all this. 00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:23.119 Jesus name. 00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:23.879 Amen.