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 So the reading today is Colossians 1, 24, and we'll be reading through 2, 2, verse 5.

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 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking

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 in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, for which I became

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 a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make

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 the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations, but now revealed

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 to his saints.

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 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of

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 this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present

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 everyone mature in Christ.

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 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy, that he powerfully works within me.

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 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those at Laodicea,

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 and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit

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 together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the

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 knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom

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 and knowledge.

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 I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.

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 For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good

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 order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

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 Well, it's a massive understatement to say that our world is changing rapidly.

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 We get climate change, political change, geopolitical change, moral, social change, and so the list

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 of changes could go on.

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 It's a bit overwhelming, isn't it?

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 A bit confusing, a bit scary.

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 Yet at the same time as one author years ago said, it's a case of the more things change,

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 the more they remain the same.

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 And the reality of life is that, and it continues through every generation, is that every single

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 person continues to ask, what is it to be a full?

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 What is it to be a full or complete?

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 That is F-U-L-L.

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 What is it to be a full or complete or authentic person?

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 What is it to be true to myself?

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 Or, make it a little bit more modern, what is it to be a masculine man and a feminine woman?

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 It's very common to hear people say today, look, I want to be the best version of myself

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 possible.

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 That's a very modern way of putting things.

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 I want to be the best version of myself that's possible.

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 And that statement has buried in it a search for meaning and purpose.

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 But all too often, that meaning and purpose is found in my own desires, my own feelings.

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 And there, what we see is the key to freedom and happiness.

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 So, the best version of my own self possible is allowing my feelings and desires to come

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 to the surface in happiness.

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 And what that means then is that if I'm going to be the best version of myself, then I'm going

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 to be self-approving, self-promoting, self-governing, self-loving.

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 Now, formally, this is called therapeutic expressive individualism.

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 I think it's actually a useful term for you to be familiar with.

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 Many of you won't even recognize the term, but you'll certainly recognize the symptoms

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 of it.

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 Because it's everywhere around us.

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 It's part of the cultural air we breathe.

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 And so, the best version of self, as our culture states it and thinks it, will be actually,

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 when you boil it down, totally selfish.

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 Self-consuming.

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 And I would even suggest self-destructing.

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 Why?

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 Because if I'm going to find my happiness in my feelings and desires, then I must make

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 my feelings and desires dominate others around me where that's necessary.

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 Or manipulate others around me to maintain my, another modern expression, my self-esteem,

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 my self-worth.

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 My self-perception.

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 And then that takes another step.

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 I'll only be willing to express love and commitment to those around me in as much as they contribute

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 to my happiness and my freedom.

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 Now, we can see that really easily when we look out there, as it were, into our society,

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 into our world.

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 The question I want to ask now is, and it's a big question for you and me as believers, as Christians.

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 Are we still shaped by therapeutic expressive individualism?

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 Or perhaps a more accurate question is, how much are we shaped by therapeutic expressive individualism?

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 How much is there in our quest to be the best version of ourselves?

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 Because I think I don't have any trouble saying that's what I would like to be in life.

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 Or are we shaped by who we are in Jesus as we live out what it is to be a full, complete, or authentic person?

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 A masculine man or a feminine woman?

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 We'll be shaped by one or other.

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 We'll be predominantly shaped by one or other of those two options.

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 So let's ask the question that we've been asking each week in this series in Colossian.

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 What fullness or completeness is ours in Jesus?

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 And we jump into the text now, chapter 1, verse 24.

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 Something we easily forget as Christians is that the gospel is essentially a relationship,

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 not a theological construct.

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 Now, of course, we can helpfully describe the gospel in terms of interconnected theological truths.

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 But in essence, the gospel is not a body of theological truth.

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 In essence, the gospel is a relationship.

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 And Paul has been really keen to make that clear over and over and over again

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 as he writes this letter to the Christians at Colossae.

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 He's repeatedly emphasized that.

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 And he says it again in verse 27.

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 Have a read of it.

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 The mystery hidden for ages and generations,

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 but now revealed to a sense,

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 to whom God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles

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 are the riches of the glory of this mystery.

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 What is this mystery?

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 What is God's secret that is now revealed?

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 Christ in you.

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 Christ in you.

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 The hope of glory.

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 Now, that's relational language.

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 That's intimate relationship language.

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 Christ in you.

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 The hope of glory.

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 Him we proclaim.

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 So, for Paul, he's got this concept,

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 if you're following the outline,

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 you'll see that Christ in you.

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 It's a statement of union with Christ.

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 We're united with Christ as Christians.

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 Which is a statement of real salvation

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 based on a real person

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 bringing us into real relationship with him.

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 And repeatedly through this letter,

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 Paul has emphasized

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 that the identity of the Christians in Colossae

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 is grounded and shaped by being in Christ.

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 Or in him.

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 We've seen that over three weeks.

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 Together as a church family unit,

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 Paul sees them as a case study

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 of being in Christ.

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 Relational language.

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 If you look back at verse 2,

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 the very first chapter, verse 2,

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 Paul starts by saying,

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 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus

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 by the will of God.

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 To the saints and faithful brothers

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 in Christ.

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 And if you keep on reading them,

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 in Christ, in him.

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 Repeated, repeated, repeated.

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 Verse 12, 13, 14,

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 I looked at last week.

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 The same idea.

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 To be in Christ

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 is to be a completely new,

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 reformatted version of themselves.

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 That's what Paul's saying to these.

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 You want to be the best version of yourself?

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 You already are a new version of yourself,

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 reformatted

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 by nature of being in Christ.

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 United with him.

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 In him, as I said last week,

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 they've been transferred

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 from rebellion,

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 from hostility,

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 from condemnation,

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 from the denial of darkness.

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 From, too,

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 to Christ's kingdom

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 with new and full relationship with God.

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 Guaranteed

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 to share in Christ's inheritance

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 as brothers and sisters.

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 Then last week again,

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 verse 21 through to 23.

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 Not only have they been transferred,

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 but they've been transformed,

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 renewed from the inside out,

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 qualified for heaven,

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 restored to being true image bearers,

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 perfectly acceptable to God

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 in fullness of life.

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 Now, Paul,

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 as he moves into these verses,

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 Paul also sees himself

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 as a case study of identity

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 being sourced

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 and shaped in Christ.

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 Look at the very last phrase,

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 verse 23,

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 and of which he's speaking about the gospel.

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 There only is one gospel.

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 You've benefited from it.

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 You've been renewed,

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 transferred,

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 transformed by it,

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 says Paul,

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 and I have too.

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 And of which I, Paul,

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 became a minister.

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 The word minister is servant.

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 Relational language again.

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 What's Paul's response

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 to Jesus making him

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 a much better version of himself,

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 something he couldn't ever make himself?

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 Well, it's to express

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 that deep relationship

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 and identity

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 single-mindedly

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 as a servant of Jesus.

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 So for Paul,

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 to be authentic

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 as a person

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 is to recognize

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 that he already is

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 a new and better version

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 of himself

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 and to serve Jesus

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 in the light of that.

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 And verse 5,

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 it even goes more.

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 Paul makes a further connection

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 with that word servant.

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 If you look at verse 25,

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 and he talks about

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 how he's been suffering

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 for the sake of his body,

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 that is the church,

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 of which I became a minister.

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 That's the same word,

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 a servant.

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 For Paul,

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 a new and better version

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 of himself

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 is something that Jesus

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 has done for him.

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 Response to which

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 he becomes

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 a servant of Jesus,

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 which automatically

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 then makes him

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 a servant

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 of the body of Jesus,

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 the church.

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 So for Paul

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 to be authentic,

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 for Paul to be

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 true to himself,

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 it's to serve Jesus

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 and to serve

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 all Christ's

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 renewed people,

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 helping them

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 understand as clearly

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 and fully

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 as possible

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 their identity,

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 their relationship

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 and their fullness

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 in Christ.

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 But then Paul

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 takes this beautiful

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 diamond,

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 which he calls

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 a mystery.

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 A mystery is not

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 something that's

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 elusive and unable

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 to be discovered.

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 It's something that

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 God has kept

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 in the past

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 and now brought

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 into full relief.

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 So it's now

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 viewed and viewable

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 and real.

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 So Paul takes

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 this mystery

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 of the gospel

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 and he just

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 turns it a little

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 bit to sparkle

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 in the light

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 and this is what

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 comes out of it.

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 The mystery

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 hidden for ages

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 and generations

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 but now revealed

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 to his saints

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 to them God

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 chose to make known

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 how great

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 among the Gentiles

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 are the riches

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 of the glory

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 of this mystery.

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 The riches

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 of the glory

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 of this mystery

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 which is

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 Christ in you.

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 Even more amazing

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 than being

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 in Christ

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 which is what

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 Paul has been

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 saying right

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 through the letter

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 so far.

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 Even more amazing

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 than being in Christ

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 is Christ

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 being in you.

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 Is realizing

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 that as a believer

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 Christ is in you.

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 the relationship

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 or identity

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 language

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 could not be

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 any clearer

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 could not be

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 any more intimate.

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 As a believer

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 I am united

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 with Christ

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 both by virtue

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 of experiencing

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 what Christ

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 has done for me

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 through his

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 sacrificial death

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 on the cross

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 and also

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 by taking up

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 residence

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 in me

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 through the

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 Holy Spirit

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 who continues

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 to work in me

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 to make me

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 like Jesus

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 and guarantees

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 to keep me

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 safe to heaven.

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 I am in Christ

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 and Christ

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 is in me

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 by his Holy Spirit.

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 That is amazing

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 language.

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 If you look

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 back to

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 verses

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 18 and 19

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 Paul

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 takes us

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 into sort of

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 different metaphors

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 different picture

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 words to help us

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 understand that.

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 Look back to

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 verses 18 and 19

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 of chapter 1

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 where Paul says

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 talking about Christ

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 the preeminence

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 of Christ

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 is he is the

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 head of the body

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 the church

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 and then

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 verse 19

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 for in him

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 all the fullness

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 of God

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 was pleased

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 to dwell.

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 If you want

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 to talk about

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 being an

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 authentic person

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 and the

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 illustration

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 breaks down

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 here a little

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 bit but

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 just come

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 with me

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 because

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 to be an

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 authentic person

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 you need to

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 be an

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 integrated person

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 you need to

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 have your

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 head attached

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 to your

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 body.

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 Paul's

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 saying

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 just that

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 language

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 in verses

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 18 and 19

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 and it works

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 like this

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 it's a

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 since then

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 argument

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 since

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 the fullness

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 of God

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 is in

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 Jesus

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 and since

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 he is the

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 head of the

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 body

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 his church

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 then

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 every believer

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 organically

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 united to

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 Jesus

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 enjoys

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 fullness

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 or true

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 personhood

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 it's not

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 too much

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 to say

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 that in

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 Christ

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 with Christ

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 in me

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 by the

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 Holy Spirit

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 I have

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 the fullness

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 of God

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 that is an

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 amazing

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 statement

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 isn't it

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 that is an

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 amazing

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 identity

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 I have

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 that is an

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 amazing

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 version of

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 myself

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 the best

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 possible

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 version of

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 myself

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 something I

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 could never

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 create

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 under my

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 own steam

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 or through

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 my own

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 desires

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 and yet

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 that's what

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 I am

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 do I feel

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 like that

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 some days

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 no

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 especially when

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 for the

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 thousands of

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 time that

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 day I've

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 said yes

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 to sin

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 and no

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 to righteousness

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 instead of

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 being the

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 other way

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 around

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 but that's

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 who I am

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 in Christ

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 that's who I

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 am because

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 Christ is in

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 me by

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 his spirit

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 but there's

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 even more

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 to grasp

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 even more

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 to grasp

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 and even

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 more to

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 enjoy

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 because

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 Jesus in

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 you means

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 keep on

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 going

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 that phrase

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 and that's

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 really all

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 I'm going

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 to be doing

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 this morning

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 Jesus in

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 you means

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 the hope

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 of glory

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 now glory

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 is something

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 a word

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 that typically

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 describes heaven

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 it's that

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 final state

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:07.179
 that time

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 when we'll be

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 at home

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 with Christ

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 and like

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 Christ

00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.359
 in heaven

00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:12.759
 forever

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:17.919
 and that's

00:18:17.919 --> 00:18:18.740
 full salvation

00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:20.099
 so in

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 Christ

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:21.219
 here and

00:18:21.219 --> 00:18:21.480
 now

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.259
 we have

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 real salvation

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 but we

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 don't

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.779
 and can't

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 appreciate

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 what it

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 is

00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:29.259
 to be

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:29.819
 in Christ

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:31.680
 until we

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:31.980
 get to

00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.200
 heaven

00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:33.259
 then free

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.900
 from sin

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:35.579
 with completely

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 renewed

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 minds

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.420
 we will

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 for the

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 first time

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 be able

00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.880
 to understand

00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:41.500
 what Jesus

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:41.880
 has done

00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:42.539
 for us

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.140
 and in us

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 so at the

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:44.920
 minute I

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 think

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 it's going

00:18:46.100 --> 00:18:46.340
 to be

00:18:46.340 --> 00:18:47.279
 this good

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.799
 getting to

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.100
 heaven

00:18:48.100 --> 00:18:49.340
 to praise

00:18:49.340 --> 00:18:50.799
 and honour

00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:51.480
 and recognise

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.140
 what the

00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:52.420
 Lord has

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:52.880
 done for me

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.299
 given my

00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:53.680
 sinfulness

00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:54.600
 but the

00:18:54.600 --> 00:18:54.980
 truth of the

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.259
 matter is

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.519
 when I

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:55.740
 get to

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:55.900
 heaven

00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:56.360
 it's going

00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:56.519
 to be

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.259
 this big

00:18:57.259 --> 00:19:00.019
 because I

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.620
 don't fully

00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.120
 appreciate

00:19:01.120 --> 00:19:01.860
 my sin

00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:02.180
 now

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:03.180
 yes I

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.700
 try to

00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.620
 but I

00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:05.120
 don't fully

00:19:05.120 --> 00:19:05.539
 appreciate

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.060
 either the

00:19:06.060 --> 00:19:06.820
 nature of

00:19:06.820 --> 00:19:07.299
 it or

00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:07.960
 the extent

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.400
 of it

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.799
 but I

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.400
 will then

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.740
 not in a

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.060
 sense of

00:19:12.060 --> 00:19:12.620
 being guilty

00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:13.620
 but in a

00:19:13.620 --> 00:19:13.960
 sense of

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.160
 thinking

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:14.840
 wow

00:19:14.840 --> 00:19:16.539
 that's what

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.180
 Jesus

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.600
 dealt with

00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:20.259
 in making

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.779
 me the

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:22.360
 best version

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:22.939
 of myself

00:19:22.939 --> 00:19:23.199
 that's

00:19:23.199 --> 00:19:23.719
 possible to

00:19:23.719 --> 00:19:23.919
 be

00:19:23.919 --> 00:19:24.679
 a version

00:19:24.679 --> 00:19:24.899
 that's

00:19:24.899 --> 00:19:25.240
 now

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.899
 qualified

00:19:25.899 --> 00:19:26.959
 to be

00:19:26.959 --> 00:19:27.619
 here in

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:27.879
 heaven

00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.619
 with him

00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:29.319
 forever

00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:31.059
 and be

00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:31.619
 like him

00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:39.119
 so relationship

00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.879
 and identity

00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.619
 with Jesus

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.779
 is the

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.339
 connection

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:43.099
 is the

00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:43.759
 relationship

00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.479
 connection

00:19:44.479 --> 00:19:45.599
 that connects

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.159
 our everyday

00:19:46.159 --> 00:19:47.439
 world experiences

00:19:47.439 --> 00:19:48.799
 with heaven

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.439
 and eternity

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:51.200
 so I

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.880
 live in

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.259
 grace

00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:52.740
 now

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:55.140
 knowing

00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:56.100
 that I

00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:56.779
 will enjoy

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.340
 glory

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:57.799
 then

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:59.279
 and the

00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.920
 two are

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.600
 inseparable

00:20:00.600 --> 00:20:02.799
 because they're

00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:03.200
 part of

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:04.220
 God's one

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.680
 movement

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.559
 one salvation

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:05.960
 movement

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.880
 one salvation

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.420
 purpose

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:11.480
 we are not

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.640
 yet perfectly

00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.480
 like Christ

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:16.600
 but Christ

00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:17.400
 in you

00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:18.660
 is God's

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.120
 promise

00:20:19.120 --> 00:20:20.400
 that in

00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:20.900
 the future

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.460
 we will

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:21.860
 be

00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:26.759
 now isn't

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.300
 that a

00:20:27.300 --> 00:20:27.820
 wonderful

00:20:27.820 --> 00:20:28.380
 promise

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:30.620
 in the

00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:30.980
 day to

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.580
 day struggle

00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:32.000
 with our

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.600
 sin and

00:20:32.600 --> 00:20:33.160
 failings

00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:34.360
 and everything

00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:35.180
 else that

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:36.160
 life throws

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.580
 at us

00:20:36.580 --> 00:20:39.980
 that is

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.680
 the best

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.360
 version of

00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:41.740
 myself

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.060
 that I

00:20:42.060 --> 00:20:42.820
 love for

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:45.439
 and Jesus

00:20:45.439 --> 00:20:46.059
 says yes

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.879
 I've created

00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:47.960
 it and I

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.399
 will make

00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:48.839
 it happen

00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:53.379
 so the

00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:54.079
 best version

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.619
 of ourselves

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.980
 fullness of

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 life

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.819
 true personhood

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:59.700
 the relationship

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.339
 what actually

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:01.439
 defines

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 masculine

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.099
 men

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:04.119
 and feminine

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.659
 women

00:21:04.659 --> 00:21:06.759
 is

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:08.819
 in Christ

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:11.259
 and Christ

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.859
 in you

00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:16.439
 we start

00:21:16.439 --> 00:21:17.059
 our life

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:18.639
 reformatted

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:19.099
 life

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:20.139
 we start

00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:20.399
 it with

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 Christ

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:23.019
 we live

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.479
 it in

00:21:23.479 --> 00:21:23.919
 Christ

00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:24.619
 on a

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 day by

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 day basis

00:21:25.699 --> 00:21:27.899
 and that

00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.519
 relationship

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.319
 will continue

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:30.019
 into

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.699
 eternity

00:21:30.699 --> 00:21:31.799
 where we'll

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.379
 be with

00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:32.879
 Christ

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:34.059
 and be

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 like him

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 perfectly

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.359
 like him

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 comfortably

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.279
 at home

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 with him

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 forever

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:44.320
 now it

00:21:44.320 --> 00:21:45.140
 seems like

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 why is Paul

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.700
 emphasizing that

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 well it

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.820
 seems like

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 there are

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 those in

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 the background

00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:52.259
 in the church

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 or on the

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 periphery of the

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 church in

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 Colossae

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 who are

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 suggesting

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 a different

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 pathway

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 in life

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 for them

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 as Christians

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 they're

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:00.880
 suggesting

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.340
 perhaps

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:02.180
 that yes

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:03.299
 it's terrific

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.240
 to start

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 with Jesus

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 in fact

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.240
 that's the

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 only place

00:22:05.820 --> 00:22:06.059
 you can

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.320
 start

00:22:06.320 --> 00:22:06.920
 with Jesus

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:08.620
 but then

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:10.180
 you need

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.700
 to move

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.140
 on to

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.680
 some other

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 sort of

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 super

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 spiritual

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:14.000
 experience

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.720
 some other

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.960
 reality

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:17.900
 that's above

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.720
 or in

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 addition to

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 Jesus

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 not so

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 says Paul

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 everything

00:22:30.080 --> 00:22:31.340
 God wants

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:31.779
 his people

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 to know

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 everything

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.860
 God wants

00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.300
 his people

00:22:34.300 --> 00:22:34.960
 to experience

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.860
 everything

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.640
 God wants

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.059
 his people

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.680
 to be

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 is summed

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 up

00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:42.380
 by

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.740
 Christ

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.420
 in you

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.940
 the hope

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.400
 of glory

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 that's why

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:51.900
 Paul says

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.380
 in verse

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 28

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 immediately

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 after that

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 he says

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 him

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 we proclaim

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 now

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:01.900
 he goes on

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.120
 then in

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 verse 28

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.079
 follow through

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 as I'll

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.660
 read it

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:03.900
 again

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.480
 him

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.200
 we proclaim

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 warning

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 everyone

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.680
 and teaching

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.100
 everyone

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.940
 all wisdom

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:10.440
 that we

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.060
 may present

00:23:11.060 --> 00:23:11.759
 everyone

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.560
 mature

00:23:12.560 --> 00:23:13.759
 in Christ

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.360
 and then

00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:15.200
 go down

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.600
 to chapter

00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:15.900
 2

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.440
 verse 2

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 he talks

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.860
 about his

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 struggle

00:23:20.300 --> 00:23:20.820
 for them

00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:22.340
 for people

00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:22.700
 he hasn't

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 even met

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.640
 who might

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.320
 never ever

00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:24.740
 meet him

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.320
 who certainly

00:23:25.320 --> 00:23:25.860
 don't know

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.019
 him

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.360
 but he's

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:26.519
 been

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:26.940
 struggling

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.480
 for them

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.320
 why

00:23:28.320 --> 00:23:29.780
 that their

00:23:29.780 --> 00:23:30.180
 hearts

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.519
 may be

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.200
 encouraged

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.880
 being knit

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.280
 together

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.899
 in love

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:35.099
 to reach

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.920
 all the

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.319
 riches

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.920
 of full

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.399
 assurance

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:38.119
 of understanding

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.539
 and the

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:38.859
 knowledge

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.399
 of God's

00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:39.740
 mystery

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:41.879
 which is

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:43.079
 Christ

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:48.099
 that's it

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:50.099
 that's all

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.559
 God wants

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:50.960
 us to know

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.359
 about it

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:51.980
 that's all

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.299
 we need

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.599
 to know

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.019
 about it

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.279
 that's the

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.759
 experience

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.079
 we need

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.480
 to have

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.339
 Christ

00:23:56.339 --> 00:24:06.399
 Paul

00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:06.740
 Paul only

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.220
 has

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.579
 one

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.099
 message

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:10.139
 that

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.500
 message

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.199
 shapes

00:24:11.199 --> 00:24:12.819
 defines

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.659
 motivates

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:13.859
 him

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.359
 every

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 single

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.119
 day

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:17.119
 in

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.720
 the

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.220
 language

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.559
 we use

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.279
 that's

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.720
 what gets

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.000
 him out

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.379
 of bed

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:20.619
 in the

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:20.859
 morning

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.519
 and for

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:22.939
 Paul to

00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.139
 get out

00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:23.319
 in the

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.619
 bed

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.019
 in the

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.240
 morning

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.539
 is

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:24.919
 walking

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.640
 into a

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.240
 storm

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.480
 of

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.860
 struggling

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:33.400
 Christ

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.060
 in you

00:24:34.060 --> 00:24:34.820
 the hope

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.240
 of glory

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.220
 all his

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.900
 efforts of

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.480
 teaching

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.920
 of persuading

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.860
 of arguing

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:41.039
 of challenging

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.860
 and encouraging

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.940
 are for

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.500
 what end

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.819
 well

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.619
 we just

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.259
 read it

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:48.019
 designed

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.019
 to develop

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.740
 maturity

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.319
 in those

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.819
 he serves

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:53.880
 what is it

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.380
 to have

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:54.779
 Christian

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.279
 maturity

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.579
 you start

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.059
 with Christ

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.519
 what is it

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.740
 to be

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.200
 mature

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.740
 in Christ

00:24:58.740 --> 00:25:01.200
 well

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:04.279
 very

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.680
 simple

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:06.079
 not

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.619
 complicated

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.039
 at all

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:08.160
 for Paul

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.539
 to be

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.140
 mature

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:09.759
 in Christ

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.980
 is to

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.759
 be so

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.319
 focused

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.799
 on him

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:14.099
 as to

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.660
 grow to

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.259
 a better

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.259
 understanding

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:17.039
 a better

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.900
 appreciation

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.619
 of the

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:18.940
 fullness

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.400
 of life

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.859
 we have

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.279
 in him

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:22.420
 the full

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.140
 personhood

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:23.920
 we have

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.220
 in him

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.839
 the life

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.240
 of true

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.680
 freedom

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.339
 we have

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.859
 in him

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:28.579
 the happiness

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.539
 and satisfaction

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.619
 which is ours

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.379
 in Christ

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.440
 and Christ

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.980
 in you

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:39.000
 there is no

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.799
 starting with

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.019
 Jesus

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.380
 and then

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:40.880
 some other

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.759
 like

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.640
 pathway

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.360
 that is

00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:44.019
 for the

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.880
 select few

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.839
 or for those

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.620
 with deeper

00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:47.180
 insight

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:48.120
 no

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.740
 you start

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.960
 with Christ

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:51.259
 as you are

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.860
 created into

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.360
 a new

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.099
 and much

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.740
 better version

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.140
 of yourself

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:55.079
 you live

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.599
 every day

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.120
 of life

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.940
 trying to

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.420
 develop

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.180
 your appreciation

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.740
 of that

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.039
 which you

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.519
 will fully

00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.980
 appreciate

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.360
 when you

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:00.640
 get to

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:00.920
 heaven

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.539
 Christ

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:05.220
 Christ

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.480
 in the

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.859
 past

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.399
 Christ

00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:06.779
 now

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.279
 Christ

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.519
 in the

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.839
 future

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:14.339
 what is it

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.759
 to be the

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.659
 best version

00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.180
 of myself

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.680
 possible

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:20.519
 well it's

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.399
 looking back

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:22.799
 in thankfulness

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:24.799
 that Jesus

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.480
 has taken

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.259
 hold of me

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:28.000
 and reformatted

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.839
 me into a

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.220
 new

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.700
 complete life

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:32.119
 united with

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:33.119
 the one

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.879
 true person

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.079
 who has

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.539
 ever lived

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:34.839
 in this

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.159
 world

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:37.679
 who has

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.379
 pleased God

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:38.739
 in every

00:26:38.739 --> 00:26:39.259
 respect

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.500
 knowing then

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.699
 great thankfulness

00:26:41.699 --> 00:26:42.699
 that I have

00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:43.219
 become

00:26:43.219 --> 00:26:44.439
 in him

00:26:44.439 --> 00:26:45.319
 and him

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.699
 in me

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:46.259
 I have

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.000
 become a

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.779
 true person

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:49.039
 pleasing to

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.519
 God in

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.239
 every respect

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:54.700
 and it's

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.920
 looking forward

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:57.220
 to the

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.019
 time when I

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.039
 will experience

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.799
 fullness of

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.519
 life in

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.700
 well all

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.220
 its fullness

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:05.240
 at home in

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.700
 heaven with

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:05.980
 Jesus

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:07.039
 perfectly like

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.240
 him

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.539
 a perfect

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.120
 person

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.200
 perfectly

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.220
 worshipping

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:12.620
 the perfect

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:13.200
 Lord Jesus

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:16.120
 and in

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.700
 between those

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.039
 two

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:18.120
 extremities

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.259
 of life

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.119
 in the

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.500
 meanwhile

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:23.219
 struggling to

00:27:23.219 --> 00:27:24.399
 reflect who

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:25.419
 I am in

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:25.839
 Christ

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:29.239
 at every

00:27:29.239 --> 00:27:29.679
 point in

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:30.000
 life

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:32.500
 and chapter

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.199
 two verse

00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:34.559
 two that

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.239
 might be

00:27:35.239 --> 00:27:36.359
 when I'm

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:37.479
 struggling to

00:27:37.479 --> 00:27:39.019
 express deep

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:40.959
 unity with

00:27:40.959 --> 00:27:41.619
 my brothers and

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.039
 sisters in

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.659
 Christ in this

00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:43.319
 local church

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:47.879
 or it

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.299
 might be

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.960
 suffering like

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.240
 Paul

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.859
 suffering

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:51.679
 experiencing

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.279
 suffering

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:54.039
 in an

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.679
 attitude of

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:56.679
 joy and

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:57.460
 passion and

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.039
 endurance

00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:01.279
 you see

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.460
 each context

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:04.000
 demonstrates

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.619
 union with

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.159
 Christ

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:08.659
 even though

00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:09.359
 they're vastly

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.759
 different

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.419
 circumstances

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:13.759
 each is a

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.759
 distinct pathway

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.360
 that Jesus

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.800
 walked

00:28:15.800 --> 00:28:17.480
 suffering

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.580
 and in

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.000
 glory

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:21.840
 all the

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.860
 while loving

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.420
 deeply

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.620
 those who

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.440
 were in

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.180
 turn deeply

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.320
 offensive and

00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:28.060
 hostile to

00:28:28.060 --> 00:28:28.259
 him

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:32.200
 that's the

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.840
 pathway and

00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.460
 the model of

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:33.779
 Jesus

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.740
 costly

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.259
 suffering

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.300
 costly

00:28:36.300 --> 00:28:36.860
 love

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:39.400
 each is

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:39.759
 hard

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:41.599
 but each

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.299
 is possible

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:44.099
 verse 29

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:45.099
 if you look

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.599
 at that

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:47.200
 excuse me

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.799
 for this I

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.140
 toil

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:49.759
 hear that word

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.039
 toil

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.640
 that's a

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.099
 hard work

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.460
 that's a

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.000
 roll your

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.140
 sleeves up

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.960
 get dirty

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.500
 and sweaty

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.460
 this is a

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.079
 consistent

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.960
 application

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.559
 type word

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.400
 for this I

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:58.799
 toil

00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:00.000
 day after

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.460
 day

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:02.000
 struggling

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.680
 with all

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.240
 his energy

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.799
 that he

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:06.119
 powerfully

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.799
 works within

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.059
 me

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.400
 why is it

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:08.740
 possible

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:13.279
 when's it

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.640
 possible

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:15.400
 it's possible

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:16.019
 because of the

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.480
 Holy Spirit

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.920
 within us

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.160
 and it's

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.160
 possible when

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.120
 we utilize

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:20.359
 the vast

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:20.900
 reserve

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:23.319
 of power

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:25.420
 that God

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:25.980
 has placed

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.539
 in us for

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.039
 that very

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.460
 end

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:29.700
 to live

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.819
 as we

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.160
 are

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:32.000
 to live

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.400
 the very

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.279
 best version

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.039
 of ourselves

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:36.120
 before the

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.519
 world

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.379
 where there's

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:37.859
 hostility

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:39.059
 and among

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.180
 the brothers

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.279
 where there's

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.019
 constant

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.940
 expressions of

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.599
 sinfulness to

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:44.039
 annoy one

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.319
 another

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:52.319
 Paul says he

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.039
 rejoices in

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.319
 suffering

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.680
 now that

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.339
 phrase in

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.139
 verse 24 is

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.859
 a very very

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.539
 difficult phrase

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.539
 I've wrestled

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.980
 with it for

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.400
 hours this

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.759
 week and I'm

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.359
 still not even

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.879
 sure I

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.539
 understand it

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.900
 it's easy to

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.319
 say what it

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.839
 doesn't mean

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.539
 Paul's not

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.000
 saying that

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.680
 somehow or

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.039
 other there

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.480
 was something

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.180
 wrong with

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.940
 Christ's death

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.400
 and he had

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.980
 to make up

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.440
 for it

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.599
 he's not

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:09.940
 saying that

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.339
 I don't

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:10.620
 think he's

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:10.940
 saying he's

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.680
 doing penance

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.559
 for his

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.519
 past wrongs

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.120
 as if God

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.740
 does tit for

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.240
 tat type

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.220
 stuff so

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.240
 it's easy to

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.680
 say what it's

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.299
 not it's a

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.940
 lot more hard

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.420
 to say what

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.839
 it is I

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.380
 think but

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.860
 I'm just

00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:21.420
 going to

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.660
 take the

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.299
 courage way

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.559
 out and

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.019
 just gloss

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.360
 over the

00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:24.779
 surface of

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:27.160
 it because

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.099
 I don't

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.440
 want us to

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.819
 get stuck

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.400
 on it

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:32.360
 Paul says

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.160
 he rejoices

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.680
 in suffering

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.460
 now that's

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.920
 an amazing

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.300
 statement

00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:35.700
 itself

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.380
 isn't it

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.220
 when you

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.519
 think of

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.259
 our natural

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.340
 reaction to

00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:39.680
 suffering

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.920
 it's generally

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.400
 to run

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.820
 from it

00:30:41.820 --> 00:30:42.180
 isn't it

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.820
 we don't

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.340
 like it

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:46.039
 I know

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.620
 that I'm

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.519
 deeply committed

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.140
 to a hassle

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.900
 free life

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:51.019
 suffering doesn't

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:52.220
 fit into my

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.980
 longings for a

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.880
 hassle free life

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:57.320
 Paul remember

00:30:57.320 --> 00:30:57.940
 was in prison

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:59.660
 unjustly accused

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:00.860
 unfairly attacked

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.699
 and quite

00:31:01.699 --> 00:31:02.659
 possibly waiting

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.199
 for a sentence

00:31:03.199 --> 00:31:03.839
 of death

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:05.379
 waiting to be

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.919
 executed

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:09.319
 and in that

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.599
 sort of

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.099
 situation

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.719
 it's even

00:31:10.719 --> 00:31:11.219
 worse for us

00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:11.959
 we tend to

00:31:11.959 --> 00:31:12.519
 become really

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.939
 bitter

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:14.599
 it's not

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.000
 fair

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:18.859
 we become a

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.679
 bit vengeful

00:31:19.679 --> 00:31:20.119
 don't we

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.659
 we want to

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:21.359
 strike back

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.819
 we want to

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.639
 validate

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.279
 ourselves

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.319
 be self

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.939
 validating

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:28.420
 or the

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.940
 other extreme

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.580
 we despair

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:31.799
 well if we're

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.340
 suffering that

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:33.180
 must mean God's

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.660
 against us

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.240
 that must mean

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.519
 I've been

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.039
 abandoned

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:36.580
 that must mean

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.299
 God's punishing

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.860
 me for some

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.559
 wrongdoing or

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.140
 some failure

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:42.279
 and it seems

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.799
 again like

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.460
 some in the

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.840
 background in

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:46.019
 Colossi were

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:47.019
 exploiting that

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.680
 sort of thinking

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:49.200
 perhaps suggesting

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.820
 even that if

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.539
 Christians are

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.779
 suffering then

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.660
 they can't be in

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.120
 a healthy

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:54.039
 spiritual state

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.799
 they can't be

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.259
 where God

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.819
 wants them to

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.079
 be

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.919
 they can't

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:57.460
 be mature

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.779
 if they're

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.119
 suffering

00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:00.599
 or something

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.079
 like that

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:02.859
 or maybe

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.359
 the way to

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.200
 approach

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.740
 suffering is

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.440
 to seek

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.940
 some new

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.619
 experience

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.779
 and I think

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.159
 if you look

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.539
 back through

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:08.960
 the history

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.480
 of the church

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.460
 where people

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.980
 offer new

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.519
 experiences

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.339
 it's always

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.180
 offering a new

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.720
 experience in

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.500
 the context of

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:16.039
 this is nice

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:18.000
 it's not usually

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.680
 a new experience

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.139
 of suffering

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.779
 they offer you

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.819
 it's normally

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.379
 something that's

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.879
 easy

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.619
 get out of jail

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.299
 free type

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.779
 approach

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:26.180
 and suddenly

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.759
 you can just

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.119
 think well

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.440
 okay

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.279
 yeah this is

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.799
 a pathway

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:30.059
 that's much

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.680
 more preferable

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.059
 to me than

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.359
 suffering

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.500
 and goodness

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.160
 only knows

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.200
 I've prayed

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.619
 that prayer

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.359
 myself a number

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.839
 of times

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.700
 far too many

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.220
 times over the

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.359
 years

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.200
 Lord I know

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.359
 that you need

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:40.980
 to bring me

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.559
 to maturity

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:43.160
 in bracket

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.779
 but I'm sure

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.299
 we can work

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.960
 out a pathway

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.500
 that's not

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.319
 going to cost

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.940
 me too much

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.480
 it's not going

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.119
 to be unpleasant

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.619
 to me

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:52.119
 I don't think

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.479
 the Lord's

00:32:52.479 --> 00:32:52.899
 heard that

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:54.959
 bit very well

00:32:54.959 --> 00:32:55.659
 or certainly

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.079
 hasn't paid

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.639
 attention to it

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:57.259
 and for my

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.639
 own good

00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:58.299
 he hasn't

00:32:58.299 --> 00:33:02.279
 so there's

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.159
 Paul rejoicing

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.739
 and suffering

00:33:03.739 --> 00:33:07.359
 what's the point

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.939
 here Paul's

00:33:07.939 --> 00:33:08.119
 saying

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:09.399
 well

00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:11.019
 I'm united

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.759
 with Christ

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:13.700
 and so

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.759
 my perspective

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.160
 on my

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.579
 suffering

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.299
 is that

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:17.640
 I am

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.259
 standing

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.920
 in line

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.400
 with

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:21.339
 the pathway

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:21.799
 that Jesus

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.240
 himself

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.640
 walked

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:24.099
 the pathway

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.799
 that Jesus

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.259
 said his

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.740
 followers

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.420
 would walk

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:28.079
 on the

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.339
 way to

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.599
 glory

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:32.859
 he's not

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.440
 adding to

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.799
 Christ's

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.039
 suffering

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.379
 in any

00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:34.559
 way

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.379
 but

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:36.079
 extending

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.319
 them

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.579
 in a

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:36.920
 sense

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:40.019
 extending

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.359
 them to

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.660
 Jesus

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.099
 people

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:42.139
 as though

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:43.059
 Jesus

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.519
 himself

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.219
 was present

00:33:44.219 --> 00:33:44.819
 there with

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:44.959
 them

00:33:44.959 --> 00:33:45.799
 in the

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.219
 church

00:33:46.219 --> 00:33:47.959
 so Paul

00:33:47.959 --> 00:33:48.559
 sees himself

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.279
 in prison

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:51.079
 closely

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.599
 closely

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.059
 identified

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.759
 with Jesus

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.439
 if Jesus

00:33:53.439 --> 00:33:53.819
 was still

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.159
 on earth

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:55.379
 this is

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:56.039
 the sort

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.500
 of suffering

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.819
 he would

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.259
 take up

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.639
 and walk

00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:57.980
 into

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.339
 for the

00:33:59.339 --> 00:33:59.539
 sake

00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.759
 of his

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.059
 people

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:05.619
 Paul

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.019
 heavily

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.419
 accepts

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:06.939
 the chance

00:34:06.939 --> 00:34:07.500
 to suffer

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:10.400
 to carry

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.740
 his

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.200
 share

00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:11.559
 for the

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.800
 sake

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.139
 of

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.700
 Jesus

00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:13.500
 and his

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.840
 brothers

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.340
 and sisters

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.900
 in Christ

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:17.420
 flipping to the

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.860
 other extreme

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.720
 very different

00:34:18.720 --> 00:34:19.559
 but just as

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.000
 hard

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.820
 is the

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.180
 struggle

00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:21.980
 for believers

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.579
 within a

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:22.900
 church

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.380
 to be of

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.180
 one mind

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:25.400
 and one

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.840
 heart

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:28.019
 in what it

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.519
 is to be

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.180
 in Christ

00:34:29.180 --> 00:34:29.720
 and mature

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.200
 in Christ

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.780
 and servants

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.300
 of Christ

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:34.680
 we know

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.140
 only too

00:34:35.140 --> 00:34:35.420
 well

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.120
 how hard

00:34:36.120 --> 00:34:36.480
 it is

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.060
 to struggle

00:34:37.060 --> 00:34:38.660
 to speak

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:39.140
 the truth

00:34:39.140 --> 00:34:39.620
 in love

00:34:39.620 --> 00:34:40.539
 on a

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:40.980
 constant

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.640
 consistent

00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.260
 basis

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:45.420
 we speak

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.840
 but so

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.260
 often

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:47.160
 at the

00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:47.760
 wrong time

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:47.980
 and to

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.240
 the wrong

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:48.680
 person

00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:50.800
 speaking

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.180
 the truth

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:51.580
 in love

00:34:51.580 --> 00:34:51.960
 is a

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.500
 confronting

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.260
 challenging

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.740
 model

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:55.460
 we must

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.039
 take up

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.380
 why

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.800
 because

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.260
 that's

00:34:58.260 --> 00:34:58.680
 exactly

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:58.920
 what

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.320
 Christ

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.720
 modeled

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.579
 that was

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.419
 his pathway

00:35:01.419 --> 00:35:04.519
 it's even

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.359
 more difficult

00:35:05.359 --> 00:35:06.099
 to live

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:07.559
 the life

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.139
 of love

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:09.519
 before one

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.739
 another

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.279
 and towards

00:35:10.279 --> 00:35:10.839
 one another

00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:13.399
 but we

00:35:13.399 --> 00:35:13.779
 must

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:16.039
 because that

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.379
 is the

00:35:16.379 --> 00:35:16.839
 natural

00:35:16.839 --> 00:35:17.539
 outworking

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.759
 or the

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:19.079
 natural

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.759
 overflow

00:35:19.759 --> 00:35:20.419
 of

00:35:20.419 --> 00:35:21.279
 Christ

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.919
 in you

00:35:21.919 --> 00:35:22.399
 the hope

00:35:22.399 --> 00:35:22.899
 of glory

00:35:22.899 --> 00:35:27.579
 let's go

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:27.939
 back to my

00:35:27.939 --> 00:35:28.539
 opening question

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.019
 we're not

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.359
 far from

00:35:29.359 --> 00:35:29.699
 being done

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.779
 let's go

00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:31.079
 back to the

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.219
 opening

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.579
 question

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.579
 what is it

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:32.919
 to be

00:35:32.919 --> 00:35:33.519
 full

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.399
 complete

00:35:34.399 --> 00:35:35.099
 or authentic

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:36.379
 as a

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:36.719
 person

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:38.779
 well

00:35:38.779 --> 00:35:39.439
 I already

00:35:39.439 --> 00:35:39.859
 said that

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.460
 the world

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.980
 says

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:42.500
 it's about

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.599
 self-seeking

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:48.439
 but the

00:35:48.439 --> 00:35:49.159
 gospel says

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.679
 the opposite

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:51.879
 the gospel

00:35:51.879 --> 00:35:52.500
 says

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.079
 to be an

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.439
 authentic

00:35:53.439 --> 00:35:54.559
 person

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.219
 is realizing

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.759
 you are the

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.439
 best version

00:35:56.439 --> 00:35:56.839
 of yourself

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:57.480
 in Christ

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.860
 and from

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.340
 there

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.840
 you will

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.019
 be

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.340
 self

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:01.179
 sacrificing

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:07.460
 since

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.199
 Christ

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.940
 in you

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.400
 the hope

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.860
 of glory

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.539
 defines

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.860
 gives

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.280
 identity

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.619
 to

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.219
 gives

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:12.659
 fullness

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.159
 of life

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.380
 to

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.079
 and is

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.579
 the best

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.179
 and complete

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.559
 version

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.099
 of yourself

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:17.179
 then

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:18.559
 every believer

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.940
 ought to

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.599
 overflow

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.139
 in the

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.460
 natural

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.099
 expression

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.500
 of our

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.880
 union

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:23.259
 with Christ

00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:26.099
 and the

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.619
 hope of

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.119
 being home

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.659
 with Christ

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:27.960
 and being

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.339
 like him

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:28.860
 in the future

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:36.280
 our true

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:36.599
 and real

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.440
 self

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:38.000
 my friends

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:39.039
 expressed

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:40.079
 will be

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:41.220
 self-sacrificing

00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:45.079
 because

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:46.660
 it is just

00:36:46.660 --> 00:36:47.140
 to be

00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:49.059
 a self-expression

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:50.820
 of who I am

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.420
 in Christ

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:54.559
 so I said

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.039
 at the start

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.700
 the world

00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:56.180
 is about

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:57.059
 self-expression

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:58.559
 we too

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.059
 as Christians

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.599
 are about

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.500
 self-expression

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:02.099
 except our

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.900
 self has been

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.779
 reformatted

00:37:03.779 --> 00:37:05.259
 and is a

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:05.679
 model of

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.099
 Christ

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:14.820
 as we

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.420
 express

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.679
 the new

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.159
 reality

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.779
 the controlling

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.480
 power of the

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.860
 spirit

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:20.099
 within us

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.940
 overflowing

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:23.119
 through our

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.400
 lips

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.920
 and through

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.440
 our words

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:30.820
 finally then

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.519
 to the

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:31.840
 second

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.700
 repeat

00:37:32.700 --> 00:37:33.119
 question

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.360
 of our

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:33.700
 series

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:34.539
 what

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:35.019
 prevents

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.200
 us

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:35.860
 individually

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.400
 and as

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.940
 a church

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.179
 from

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:38.019
 experiencing

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:39.119
 full personhood

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:40.760
 well this

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.139
 one is really

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.480
 easy

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.480
 I could spend

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.860
 a lot of

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.240
 time on it

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.480
 but it's

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:43.920
 just really

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.360
 easy to

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.559
 stay

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.579
 put

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.019
 simply

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:47.440
 it is

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.260
 to take

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.840
 our eyes

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.220
 off

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:49.639
 Jesus

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:54.859
 forgetting

00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.719
 the essence

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.119
 of who

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.900
 we are

00:37:56.900 --> 00:38:03.980
 thinking

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.980
 as we

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.500
 look ahead

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.019
 to heaven

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:07.679
 that there

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.440
 are spiritual

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.279
 treasures to

00:38:09.279 --> 00:38:09.900
 be discovered

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:11.619
 other than

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.400
 Christ

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:14.940
 or better

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.920
 than Christ

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:17.139
 in some new

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.719
 experience

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.779
 or a more

00:38:18.779 --> 00:38:19.259
 immediate

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:20.099
 than Christ

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:21.159
 who is

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.739
 in me

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:23.299
 by spirit

00:38:23.299 --> 00:38:30.879
 chasing

00:38:30.879 --> 00:38:31.639
 after a

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.459
 form of

00:38:32.459 --> 00:38:33.480
 Christian

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.179
 maturity

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:35.279
 measured

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:36.179
 by new

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.799
 exciting

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.759
 experiences

00:38:37.759 --> 00:38:40.480
 rather than

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.699
 a greater

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.399
 understanding

00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:42.939
 of who we

00:38:42.939 --> 00:38:43.659
 already are

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.299
 in Christ

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:51.820
 my friends

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:53.820
 keep looking

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:54.280
 at Jesus

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:55.560
 keep your

00:38:55.560 --> 00:38:56.000
 eyes on

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.240
 him

00:38:56.240 --> 00:38:59.760
 turn your

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.420
 eyes upon

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:00.900
 Jesus

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:03.240
 look full

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:04.280
 in his

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:04.600
 wonderful

00:39:04.600 --> 00:39:05.019
 things

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:13.980
 yep

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.519
 and the

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:14.980
 things of

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.219
 earth

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:15.679
 will grow

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.300
 strangely

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:16.679
 dim

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.619
 in the

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:17.900
 light

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.280
 of his

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:18.599
 glory

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:18.760
 and

00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:18.980
 grace

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:20.119
 I had

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.400
 forgotten

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.740
 the second

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:20.960
 two

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.179
 lines

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:21.460
 I just

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.679
 thought

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.260
 I'll try

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:22.820
 and elicit

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.240
 that out of

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:23.440
 somebody

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:23.840
 so thank

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.079
 you for

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.579
 rescuing me

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:25.039
 Margaret

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.619
 I hadn't

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:25.760
 really

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:26.039
 forgotten

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:29.480
 if we're

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:29.860
 to be the

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.400
 man and

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:30.639
 woman

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.099
 Christ

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.579
 wants us

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.000
 to be

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:35.039
 then start

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:36.820
 by understanding

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.380
 what Christ

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:37.740
 has done

00:39:37.740 --> 00:39:38.240
 for you

00:39:38.240 --> 00:39:38.679
 in the

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.099
 past

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:40.860
 he's

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.380
 made you

00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:41.699
 a better

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.019
 version

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.460
 of yourself

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.599
 he has

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.840
 brought you

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.519
 into him

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.960
 in Christ

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.960
 and he

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.480
 himself is

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:49.000
 coming to

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.300
 you

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:50.220
 Christ

00:39:50.220 --> 00:39:50.639
 in you

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:52.880
 so look

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.340
 back to

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:53.579
 that

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:55.300
 look around

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:56.880
 for better

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.500
 understanding

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.220
 appreciation

00:39:58.220 --> 00:40:00.420
 and enjoyment

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.980
 of the beauty

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.500
 of Christ

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:02.320
 and the

00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:02.740
 security

00:40:02.740 --> 00:40:03.320
 of Christ

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:04.139
 and the

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:04.480
 fullness

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:05.039
 of Christ

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:06.139
 and look

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:06.559
 forward

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.980
 to a time

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.260
 when you'll

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.820
 actually see

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.159
 all that

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.899
 so clearly

00:40:09.899 --> 00:40:10.420
 about all

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:11.000
 the hindrances

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.819
 and distractions

00:40:11.819 --> 00:40:12.460
 of our world

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:14.899
 Paul uses

00:40:14.899 --> 00:40:15.379
 a military

00:40:15.379 --> 00:40:15.839
 strategy

00:40:15.839 --> 00:40:16.299
 in chapter

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:16.839
 2 verse

00:40:16.839 --> 00:40:17.359
 5

00:40:17.359 --> 00:40:18.879
 it's not

00:40:18.879 --> 00:40:19.299
 immediately

00:40:19.299 --> 00:40:19.719
 obvious

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:20.099
 in our

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.659
 translation

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:22.239
 but Paul's

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:22.980
 very thankful

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:24.019
 notwithstanding

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.539
 all he says

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:24.779
 to the

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:25.119
 Colossian

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.440
 Christians

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:25.799
 he's very

00:40:25.799 --> 00:40:26.199
 thankful

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:26.639
 because he

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.199
 rejoices

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:27.639
 to see

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:28.139
 your good

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:28.500
 order

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.579
 and the

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.079
 firmness

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.440
 of your

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:30.819
 faith

00:40:30.819 --> 00:40:31.539
 in Christ

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:35.599
 well

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:37.300
 that good

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:37.659
 order

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:38.719
 and firmness

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.619
 two military

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.000
 words

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:41.159
 is simply

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:42.639
 standing

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.599
 firm

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:46.179
 with unbroken

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.759
 ranks

00:40:46.759 --> 00:40:49.039
 as a

00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:49.559
 single

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:50.440
 minded

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.400
 unit

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:53.119
 with your

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.980
 eyes focused

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.300
 on your

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:54.779
 commander

00:40:54.779 --> 00:40:59.699
 looking to

00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:00.259
 the colours

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:03.160
 and ready

00:41:03.160 --> 00:41:03.680
 for battle

00:41:03.680 --> 00:41:09.400
 convinced

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:10.040
 that your

00:41:10.040 --> 00:41:10.420
 king

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:12.080
 is worth

00:41:12.080 --> 00:41:12.520
 dying

00:41:12.520 --> 00:41:13.000
 for

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:16.880
 and

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.700
 the king

00:41:17.700 --> 00:41:18.420
 is certainly

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:19.060
 worth fighting

00:41:19.060 --> 00:41:19.480
 for

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:21.680
 pray with me

00:41:21.680 --> 00:41:21.960
 please

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:26.800
 Lord

00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:27.519
 these

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.360
 verses

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:28.960
 like so

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.260
 many

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:29.920
 in Paul's

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.139
 letters

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:30.619
 are just

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.360
 chock-a-block

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.840
 full of

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.440
 good things

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:33.240
 and

00:41:33.240 --> 00:41:36.340
 many of them

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:36.699
 haven't even

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.099
 come to the

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:37.559
 service this

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:37.820
 morning

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:38.480
 I pray

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:38.679
 Lord

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:39.079
 that what

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.599
 has been

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:39.920
 said

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.539
 might

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:40.960
 really

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.380
 take a

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:41.559
 hold

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:41.820
 of us

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:42.119
 that we

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:42.380
 might

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:43.240
 understand

00:41:43.240 --> 00:41:44.960
 the

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.480
 richness

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:46.760
 of the

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:47.199
 glory

00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:48.119
 of that

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.579
 mystery

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:49.260
 which is

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:50.440
 Christ

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.519
 in you

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.860
 the hope

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.280
 of glory

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:55.700
 and may

00:41:55.700 --> 00:41:56.119
 we then

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:56.460
 Lord

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:57.460
 follow on

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:57.920
 as Paul

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.340
 has done

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:59.440
 as servants

00:41:59.440 --> 00:41:59.960
 of that

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.519
 great Lord

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:00.900
 Jesus

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:02.260
 to say

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.800
 him

00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:03.179
 we

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:03.780
 proclaim

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:05.320
 both

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:06.280
 in words

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:07.599
 where we

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:07.840
 have the

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.280
 opportunity

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:09.039
 explaining

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:10.340
 challenging

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:11.039
 arguing

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.679
 trying to

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:12.320
 build one

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:12.900
 another up

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.500
 in our

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:14.019
 understanding

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.960
 both in

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:15.400
 words

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:17.340
 and in

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:17.820
 actions

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:18.179
 of our

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:18.780
 daily life

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.420
 as we

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:19.860
 model

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:21.120
 what it

00:42:21.120 --> 00:42:21.460
 is to

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:22.060
 be in

00:42:22.060 --> 00:42:22.440
 Christ

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.120
 and for

00:42:23.120 --> 00:42:23.400
 Christ

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:23.780
 to be

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:24.280
 in us

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:25.700
 help us

00:42:25.700 --> 00:42:26.060
 to that

00:42:26.060 --> 00:42:26.320
 end

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:26.900
 with that

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.400
 power

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:29.140
 that's

00:42:29.140 --> 00:42:30.120
 reservoired

00:42:30.120 --> 00:42:30.640
 within us

00:42:30.640 --> 00:42:32.480
 for your

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.860
 glory

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.640
 Amen

00:42:33.699 --> 00:42:34.219
 God

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:34.679
因

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:35.539
 how

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:35.599
 you

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:36.159
 are

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:36.279
 going

00:42:36.279 --> 00:42:38.759
 to

00:42:38.759 --> 00:42:39.259
 us

00:42:40.319 --> 00:42:40.599
 even

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:40.639
 let's

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:40.900
 how

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:42.199
 do

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:55.440
..."

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:56.279
allen

00:42:56.279 --> 00:42:57.759
 others

00:42:57.759 --> 00:42:58.319
 nah

00:42:58.319 --> 00:42:58.519
 pakai