WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.740 Good afternoon, I'm Dan Bielman, I'm the pastor of worship and spiritual formation. 00:00:07.060 --> 00:00:09.220 Welcome to Advent, if you've never been here before. 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:17.039 Just to orient you to a few things particular to our church, it's the season of Easter. 00:00:17.300 --> 00:00:22.800 So the church calendar, in the church calendar, Easter lasts for 50 days, not just for one 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:23.140 Sunday. 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:27.580 And in the Easter season, we do a couple of things differently than other seasons. 00:00:27.579 --> 00:00:33.259 We wear this, with the colors white and gold, prominent. 00:00:33.619 --> 00:00:38.920 We ring bells whenever we sing hallelujah, because we had just gone 40 days without saying 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:39.379 hallelujah. 00:00:40.179 --> 00:00:44.579 Today in particular, we're going to start a series on the book of Colossians. 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:49.899 It's a great book to be in, in the season of Easter, because it has a lot to do with the 00:00:49.899 --> 00:00:55.560 resurrection, and living a resurrection life, and being alive. 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:58.940 Now, just to back up, Colossians is in the Bible. 00:00:59.140 --> 00:01:02.660 The Bible is a collection of 66 books. 00:01:03.140 --> 00:01:06.680 Colossians falls in the New Testament, which is the last 27 books. 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:12.000 The New Testament is God's revelation of himself in the person of Jesus Christ. 00:01:12.420 --> 00:01:16.900 Now, the Bible has lots of different genres, being more or less a library. 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:20.680 It has histories and poetry. 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:21.880 It has songs. 00:01:22.660 --> 00:01:24.560 It has eyewitness accounts. 00:01:25.260 --> 00:01:26.520 It has letters. 00:01:26.900 --> 00:01:28.460 And this is what we find with Colossians. 00:01:28.620 --> 00:01:36.620 Colossians is a letter written by a man named Paul to a church in a town called Colossa. 00:01:37.140 --> 00:01:40.939 And we're going to be looking at the introduction of this letter. 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.400 And we're going to find Paul writing about the gospel. 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:45.480 So we'll talk about the gospel. 00:01:46.820 --> 00:01:52.680 We're going to hear about faith, truth, no, faith, hope, and love, which he writes about 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:53.800 in this introduction. 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:55.900 And he writes about in other parts of his letters. 00:01:56.960 --> 00:02:02.320 Before we do that, we're just going to get the background to this letter, what's going 00:02:02.320 --> 00:02:03.600 on in this city. 00:02:04.660 --> 00:02:06.920 Before we do that, let's pray. 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:19.140 Father, we would obey your son, Jesus, who told Thomas not to disbelieve, but to believe. 00:02:21.580 --> 00:02:22.840 So help our belief. 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:24.259 Help our unbelief. 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:30.039 You can reveal yourself very clearly through your word. 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:31.039 You promised to do so. 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:32.139 So do that here tonight. 00:02:32.139 --> 00:02:35.879 For all of us, we would see you. 00:02:38.519 --> 00:02:43.119 And upon seeing you, we would worship you and honor you and give our lives to you. 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:45.159 We pray in Jesus' name. 00:02:45.239 --> 00:02:45.419 Amen. 00:02:47.419 --> 00:02:52.279 So as I said, this is a letter written to a church in a town called Colossa. 00:02:52.280 --> 00:03:01.080 Now, to get to Colossa, you could start on the coast in Ephesus, a major city on the west 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:04.659 coast of Asia Minor, which today is modern-day Turkey. 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:12.039 Now, if you travel east from Ephesus, say in the year 53 AD, you find yourself on a major 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:14.120 military and commercial road. 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:19.800 Now, you take this about 100 miles and you come to a major city called Laodicea. 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:26.240 It's large because it lies at a very important intersection, this road that you're on and 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:28.000 this road that runs north and south. 00:03:30.100 --> 00:03:35.520 When you travel 15 miles further to the east, you come to where this intersection used to 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:38.939 be before they had rerouted this north-south highway. 00:03:38.939 --> 00:03:44.000 And this town isn't as significant as it once was. 00:03:44.300 --> 00:03:49.400 You know this because it has all the old gas stations that are abandoned with the mechanical 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:51.419 meters on the gas pumps. 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:56.919 And it has one of those town signs that these small towns tend to have, you know, like, 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:02.079 welcome to Colossa, little church with colossal charm. 00:04:02.379 --> 00:04:03.680 A little town with colossal charm. 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:04.639 You know what I'm talking about. 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:12.019 Of all the towns with churches that Paul wrote to, this is the smallest town and least significant. 00:04:13.399 --> 00:04:14.559 But it has a church. 00:04:15.459 --> 00:04:22.740 Because a man from Colossa named Epaphras heard Paul teach in that big city, Ephesus, that 00:04:22.740 --> 00:04:23.639 I mentioned earlier. 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:26.899 And he brought Paul's message to his hometown of Colossa. 00:04:26.899 --> 00:04:32.039 As we read in verse 7, Paul didn't found this church. 00:04:32.239 --> 00:04:33.139 He knew about it. 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:34.739 And he loved it. 00:04:36.060 --> 00:04:39.759 People responded to the message spoken by Epaphras. 00:04:40.139 --> 00:04:45.819 And they began gathering together to worship in the home of a wealthy man named Philemon. 00:04:46.500 --> 00:04:49.919 And if you're familiar with the Bible, you may recognize that name because Paul also writes 00:04:49.919 --> 00:04:50.479 him a letter. 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:55.939 Why did Paul write this letter to the church in Colossa? 00:04:57.900 --> 00:05:03.800 Well, Epaphras visited Paul while Paul was in prison and let Paul know some of the things 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:04.980 that the church was dealing with. 00:05:05.300 --> 00:05:10.259 So Paul wrote a letter to the church to be read out loud in their worship gathering. 00:05:11.020 --> 00:05:17.100 And Paul's not writing primarily as a theologian, although this letter has some amazing theology 00:05:17.100 --> 00:05:17.520 in it. 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:23.979 Paul's writing as a pastor to address specific pastoral concerns, things going on in the church. 00:05:24.339 --> 00:05:25.519 Well, what things are going on? 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:31.599 Well, have you ever read The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain? 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:38.459 In the beginning of The Prince and the Pauper, we meet a young beggar boy named Tom, and he 00:05:38.459 --> 00:05:41.319 finds himself outside of the gates of the royal palace. 00:05:42.299 --> 00:05:45.319 He begins to be mistreated by the royal guard. 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:54.459 Well, the young Prince Edward, the son of Henry VIII, from his window sees Tom being mistreated, 00:05:56.420 --> 00:05:59.620 yells down, rebukes the guard, and has the boy sent up to his chambers. 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:07.180 They talk a bit, and Edward asks Tom, the beggar boy, what his life is like. 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:13.160 And Tom starts talking about how he enjoys going to Punch and Judy shows, racing up and 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:17.540 down the streets, not wearing shoes, swimming in the canal with his friends whenever he 00:06:17.540 --> 00:06:20.139 wants, playing in the mud. 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:23.759 And Prince Edward says, oh, privy, say no more. 00:06:23.980 --> 00:06:24.560 This is glorious. 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:43.680 And so they exchange outfits. 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:48.779 And soon Prince Edward finds himself on the outside of the palace. 00:06:48.779 --> 00:06:54.739 But he can't get back in because no one believes that he is the Prince of Wales. 00:06:56.619 --> 00:07:01.559 Now, had Edward been warned, he probably wouldn't have attempted this exchange. 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:03.559 And this is what Paul is doing. 00:07:04.039 --> 00:07:05.779 He's warning the church at Colossa. 00:07:05.779 --> 00:07:13.459 They had received the gospel, which is described as riches laid up in heaven for them. 00:07:15.139 --> 00:07:20.159 But they were willing to forego their crown, to wallow in the mud. 00:07:21.379 --> 00:07:25.339 There were folk religions in this area, both Jewish and pagan. 00:07:25.979 --> 00:07:29.939 And it seemed the church had begun to adopt some of the beliefs and practices of these religions. 00:07:30.819 --> 00:07:34.899 And Paul is warning them, do not trade your riches for those rags. 00:07:34.899 --> 00:07:37.959 Do not trade your riches for those rags. 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:40.579 Well, what are these riches? 00:07:41.539 --> 00:07:43.319 Very simply, it's the gospel. 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:48.819 The church had heard and received and believed in the gospel. 00:07:49.539 --> 00:07:51.560 So we should talk about what the gospel is. 00:07:52.599 --> 00:07:58.579 When Epaphras heard Paul speak in Ephesus, Epaphras was listening not primarily to a teacher, 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:00.060 but to an apostle. 00:08:00.419 --> 00:08:03.259 That's how Paul identifies himself in verse 1. 00:08:03.259 --> 00:08:04.879 It's an important distinction. 00:08:05.420 --> 00:08:09.920 The word apostle means messenger or one sent forth. 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:17.500 The apostles were sent to herald the gospel, which means good news. 00:08:18.219 --> 00:08:23.259 The Greek word is evangelion, and this was not an uncommon word in Greek at the time. 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:24.459 It had been around a long time. 00:08:24.459 --> 00:08:31.979 When the Athenians defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon, a messenger, you know the story, 00:08:32.059 --> 00:08:38.579 was sent 26 miles to declare evangelion to the city of Athens. 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:39.939 We won. 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:42.460 Against all odds, we defeated the Persians. 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:43.159 Good news. 00:08:43.379 --> 00:08:43.980 Evangelion. 00:08:43.980 --> 00:08:50.800 And the word would be used later to announce a new ruler or regime. 00:08:50.940 --> 00:08:55.759 And we have an inscription today that reads this way. 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:56.680 It says, 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:02.239 Since providence has set in most perfect order by giving us Augustus, 00:09:03.239 --> 00:09:07.000 whom she filled with virtue that he might benefit humankind, 00:09:07.500 --> 00:09:10.719 sending him as a savior both for us and for our descendants, 00:09:11.219 --> 00:09:14.039 that he might end war and arrange all things. 00:09:14.579 --> 00:09:17.620 And since he, Caesar, by his appearance, 00:09:18.579 --> 00:09:24.039 surpassing all previous benefactors and not even leaving to posterity any hope of surpassing what he has done, 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:28.699 and since the birthday of the god Augustus was the beginning of the good tidings, 00:09:29.099 --> 00:09:32.219 the beginning of the evangelion for the world. 00:09:33.459 --> 00:09:33.980 Evangelion. 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:37.419 So when Paul uses the word gospel, he means something very specific. 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:40.399 He means an announcement, a proclamation, 00:09:40.939 --> 00:09:43.939 whose importance lies in the truth of its content, 00:09:44.079 --> 00:09:48.259 in the veracity of the event being heralded. 00:09:49.659 --> 00:09:52.899 This gospel is about a king as well. 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:55.139 It's about the Christ. 00:09:57.740 --> 00:09:59.159 Christ is a royal title. 00:10:00.179 --> 00:10:01.500 It's God's anointed king. 00:10:02.719 --> 00:10:07.980 Paul uses this four times already in the introduction in verses 2, 3, 4, and 8. 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:13.259 The gospel reports the death, burial, and resurrection of this king. 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:15.399 We say it every week, right? 00:10:15.779 --> 00:10:17.480 In the Eucharist, Christ has died, 00:10:17.980 --> 00:10:18.679 Christ has risen, 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:20.279 Christ will come again. 00:10:21.539 --> 00:10:24.799 This makes Christianity unique among all religions 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:27.939 because its central claim is falsifiable. 00:10:29.079 --> 00:10:32.359 Jesus lived, died, and rose again. 00:10:32.459 --> 00:10:34.620 It either happened or it didn't. 00:10:36.500 --> 00:10:40.819 The central claim of Christianity is not based on private revelations 00:10:40.820 --> 00:10:45.240 or a set of teachings from which you can take or leave certain things. 00:10:46.800 --> 00:10:48.040 Now, the fact that a religion, 00:10:49.620 --> 00:10:51.520 based on a falsifiable claim, 00:10:52.400 --> 00:10:54.600 made it out of the first century at all, 00:10:55.860 --> 00:10:57.940 should give us a good deal of confidence 00:10:57.940 --> 00:11:00.560 that the event really took place. 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:03.379 There were many witnesses to this event. 00:11:03.839 --> 00:11:08.179 They are mentioned by name all throughout the first five books of the New Testament. 00:11:08.739 --> 00:11:10.079 To learn a little more about that, 00:11:10.119 --> 00:11:11.339 if you weren't here last Sunday, 00:11:11.459 --> 00:11:15.299 go back and listen to Tommy's sermon on Easter Sunday. 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:16.379 You can find it online. 00:11:17.899 --> 00:11:22.859 So what did his life, death, and resurrection accomplish? 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:28.000 Well, God did through Jesus what nothing else could do. 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:33.179 No wisdom, no philosophy, not the law. 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:39.340 God sent his own son in the likeness of man to achieve reconciliation. 00:11:41.860 --> 00:11:43.980 Jesus dealt with our rebellion on the cross, 00:11:45.580 --> 00:11:50.159 taking upon himself both our sin and the punishment it deserves. 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:54.740 And through the resurrection, having already conquered sin, 00:11:55.139 --> 00:11:56.360 Jesus conquers death 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:59.919 and brings true life to those who belong to him. 00:12:01.560 --> 00:12:02.539 Through his resurrection, 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:05.940 he not only makes secure his people forever, 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:09.460 but he makes possible the renewal of the whole world. 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:14.500 Paul describes this renewal in verses 5 and 6. 00:12:14.500 --> 00:12:30.360 Do you hear the language of renewal and new creation? 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:34.240 Borrowing language from the book of Genesis, chapter 1, the very beginning. 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:38.399 As indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing, 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:40.740 as it also does among you, 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:44.440 since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God and truth. 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:47.779 So we've looked at the background, 00:12:47.940 --> 00:12:49.259 and we've talked about the gospel. 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:50.639 What does the gospel bring about? 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:54.060 What happened in the church of Colossae as a result of the gospel? 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:56.700 And what can we expect to happen in our day? 00:12:56.700 --> 00:12:57.820 Well, there are three things. 00:12:58.460 --> 00:13:01.160 Faith, hope, and love. 00:13:01.940 --> 00:13:05.060 We find Paul often using this triad elsewhere, right? 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:06.520 If you've ever been to a Christian wedding, 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:10.280 you've probably heard a reading from 1 Corinthians 13. 00:13:10.980 --> 00:13:13.420 And how does that reading at a wedding normally end? 00:13:14.160 --> 00:13:14.740 With this. 00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:18.220 And now these three remain, faith, hope, and love. 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:20.300 But the greatest of these is love. 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:23.360 This is the theme that Paul often comes to in his letters. 00:13:23.460 --> 00:13:26.000 And we find it here in the book of Colossians. 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.360 We find these in verses 3 through 5. 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:32.160 It says this. 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:34.019 Can we get these on the screen? 00:13:34.160 --> 00:13:34.720 That would be helpful. 00:13:38.180 --> 00:13:39.940 Soon just not taking my word for it. 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:41.600 Verse 3 starts this way. 00:13:42.060 --> 00:13:45.800 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:47.639 when we pray for you, 00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:50.319 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus 00:13:50.319 --> 00:13:53.199 and of the love that you have for all the saints 00:13:53.199 --> 00:13:55.759 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. 00:13:57.959 --> 00:13:59.159 Let's look at each of these. 00:13:59.479 --> 00:14:01.459 First is faith in verse 4. 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:03.839 Yeah. 00:14:05.299 --> 00:14:08.659 Faith describes one's posture before God. 00:14:09.199 --> 00:14:12.819 It includes not just personal trust and commitment, 00:14:12.820 --> 00:14:16.379 but also the belief that the claims of the gospel are true. 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:20.340 Now for many, this happens in climactic fashion. 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:22.400 They haven't grown up in the church 00:14:22.400 --> 00:14:24.940 and are confronted with the claims of Christianity, 00:14:25.520 --> 00:14:26.940 of Jesus' death and resurrection, 00:14:27.280 --> 00:14:29.620 and they decide this really is true. 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:31.980 And therefore it changes everything for me. 00:14:32.520 --> 00:14:35.200 The way I live, the way I work, 00:14:35.820 --> 00:14:38.460 what I live for, who I live for. 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:43.540 Now our congregation has many people like this 00:14:43.540 --> 00:14:46.019 who made this decision for the first time as adults. 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:49.180 And I hope you'll be able to hear several of their stories 00:14:49.180 --> 00:14:52.639 over the next few months up on this chancel. 00:14:54.560 --> 00:14:58.300 I also know there's many folks who haven't been fully convinced 00:14:58.300 --> 00:15:00.040 that the claims of the Bible are true. 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:03.759 Now if that describes you, we're glad you're here, 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.340 and I think you'll find Advent to be a safe place 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:09.840 to wrestle with truth, 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:11.279 to wrestle with these claims, 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:13.179 to wrestle with your doubt, 00:15:13.259 --> 00:15:14.419 and to express your doubt. 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:18.059 If, however, you come to the place 00:15:18.059 --> 00:15:22.639 where you do finally believe the claims of the gospel, 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:26.919 that you believe Jesus was who he said he is, 00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:31.179 and you believe that the Bible claims, 00:15:31.179 --> 00:15:32.419 if you believe the claims of the Bible, 00:15:32.479 --> 00:15:34.539 that he did the things that he really did, 00:15:34.899 --> 00:15:36.919 then please come talk to me, 00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:38.139 or to Josh, or to Tommy, 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:39.919 or to your core group leader, 00:15:39.979 --> 00:15:41.139 if you belong to a core group. 00:15:41.179 --> 00:15:43.679 And we'd love to talk to you about what that means, 00:15:43.839 --> 00:15:46.299 and next steps, about what it means to follow Jesus. 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:50.339 What does faith mean for those 00:15:50.339 --> 00:15:53.739 who have already decided to follow Jesus? 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:58.019 Faith begs the question, 00:15:58.699 --> 00:15:59.779 is Jesus enough? 00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:03.859 Is Jesus enough? 00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:09.759 Is the work that Jesus did for me enough? 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:13.299 Or have I decided to add something to it? 00:16:14.979 --> 00:16:18.099 This is the question Paul is posing 00:16:18.099 --> 00:16:19.799 to the church in Colossae. 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:22.519 It seems that there are certain people 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:23.500 from within the church 00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:25.319 who are encouraging members of the church 00:16:25.319 --> 00:16:27.919 to adopt some of the beliefs and practices 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:31.039 from the folk religions that are surrounding them. 00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:34.719 And this includes trying to find ultimate fulfillment 00:16:34.719 --> 00:16:36.819 through other things besides Jesus. 00:16:36.979 --> 00:16:40.019 Jesus plus extreme asceticism. 00:16:40.239 --> 00:16:42.259 Jesus plus Judaism. 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:46.459 Jesus plus the worship of angels and spirits. 00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:51.960 people in this culture are feeling the cross pressure 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:56.200 of competing religions and worldviews. 00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:59.540 They're experiencing a fundamental feature 00:16:59.540 --> 00:17:01.139 of Hellenistic culture 00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:03.540 that some have called Weltangst. 00:17:03.940 --> 00:17:04.640 It's a German word. 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:07.140 That's anxiety about the world 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:09.060 and one's place in it. 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:12.120 For a person at this time, 00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:15.060 the universe looked vast and intricate, 00:17:15.820 --> 00:17:17.820 beyond human comprehension or control. 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:20.259 The human condition was characterized 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:23.080 by personal and material insecurity. 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:26.199 And life was spent on a fruitless search 00:17:26.199 --> 00:17:28.879 for meaning that ends with death and oblivion. 00:17:28.879 --> 00:17:32.439 This is not sounding too dissimilar to our day. 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:35.079 Now, would Jesus be enough? 00:17:36.159 --> 00:17:37.539 Would Jesus be enough for them 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:39.519 when they're enduring this cross pressure? 00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:43.019 Or are there other powers that I must get access to 00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:45.679 to appease, to worship, 00:17:45.919 --> 00:17:48.759 to manipulate in order to secure protection 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:50.920 in this life and the next? 00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:55.539 There's obvious differences 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:57.279 between our age and that age, 00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:59.500 but some remarkable similarities too, I think. 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:02.259 I think every one of us feels the need 00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:04.400 to add to what Jesus has done. 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:08.299 What he's done for us on the cross. 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:11.240 I mean, I know I do. 00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:14.720 Is Jesus enough for me? 00:18:15.379 --> 00:18:17.279 Well, why do I obsess about 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:19.619 what other people think about me? 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:21.440 The Father has lashed upon me 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:25.480 his infinite love and his favor. 00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:27.480 So why am I so hung up 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.379 about what other people might think of me? 00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:32.839 Why does that determine how I feel 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:34.399 and what I think and how I behave? 00:18:36.139 --> 00:18:37.200 God has made me, 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:39.799 he's made available to me 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:42.619 like rest and inner peace. 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:45.059 So I don't have to be in control. 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:47.000 But why do I feel the need to control 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:48.819 the people around me 00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:51.160 and lash out at maybe members 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:52.059 of my family 00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:53.960 when they're not behaving exactly 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:55.079 the way I want them to? 00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:58.740 Why do I worry? 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.940 Why do I worry? 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:04.019 I think I'm trying to add 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:07.160 to what Jesus has done for me. 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:09.259 Now this is kind of a new thing for me. 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.799 It's been going on a few months. 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:14.099 I really, every day, 00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:15.879 I think about nuclear war. 00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:19.299 Think about nuclear Armageddon. 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:25.399 It's not that I worry about it. 00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:27.099 Maybe I'm just getting old. 00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:30.279 It's not that I worry about it, 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.319 but it just crosses my mind. 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.500 Every day, 00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:35.539 there's like two men 00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.980 on this earth currently 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:38.259 that have the power 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.819 to at any time 00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.460 press a button 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:42.599 and literally wipe out 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:44.120 150 million people 00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:45.480 at any time. 00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:47.059 That crosses my mind. 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.140 It's so pleasant. 00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:49.140 But I mean, 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.759 I have to, 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:52.339 I have to tell God, 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.220 no, no, no, 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:54.299 you're enough for me. 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:57.079 Who you claim to be, 00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:57.860 that is enough. 00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:01.860 For by you, King Jesus, 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:03.039 all things were created. 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:06.119 In heaven and on earth, 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.819 visible and invisible, 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:10.980 whether thrones or dominions 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:13.420 or rulers or authorities, 00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:15.079 all things were created 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:17.659 through you and for you. 00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:20.639 And you are before all things. 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.539 And in you, 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:23.299 all things hold together. 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:26.099 And you are the head of the body, 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.000 the church. 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.579 You are the beginning, 00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:30.480 the firstborn from the dead, 00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.740 that in everything 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:33.500 you might be preeminent. 00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:36.140 The Lord's in control. 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.420 Is it not enough 00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.539 for him to declare that, 00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.759 for me to put my trust in that? 00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.819 Why do I have to add worry to that? 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.039 So like, 00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:44.279 what, 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:45.660 what do you add? 00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.220 What do you add 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.559 to what Jesus has done for you? 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:51.620 What have you borrowed, 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:51.960 perhaps, 00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:53.460 from the surrounding culture 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:56.299 in order to feel more secure 00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:58.859 or more in control? 00:20:58.859 --> 00:21:01.219 Have you added 00:21:01.219 --> 00:21:02.519 what our culture believes 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.299 about success? 00:21:04.159 --> 00:21:05.500 And you've put that first 00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:05.979 in your life 00:21:05.979 --> 00:21:06.919 at the expense 00:21:06.919 --> 00:21:09.219 of your connection 00:21:09.219 --> 00:21:10.479 to God 00:21:10.479 --> 00:21:11.419 and to other people. 00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.719 Have you added 00:21:13.719 --> 00:21:15.179 the sexual ethics 00:21:15.179 --> 00:21:15.919 of our culture? 00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:18.519 Believing that sex 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.439 is to be used 00:21:19.439 --> 00:21:20.459 at any time 00:21:20.459 --> 00:21:21.579 with anybody 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.519 for the means 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.119 of your own 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:24.139 personal fulfillment 00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:24.839 or pleasure. 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:28.539 Have you added outrage? 00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:30.819 Are you addicted 00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.379 to the feeling 00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:32.259 of being right, 00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.979 that your cause is just, 00:21:34.719 --> 00:21:36.219 instead of calmly resting 00:21:36.219 --> 00:21:38.159 in God's declaration 00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:40.519 that he has made you righteous 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:42.099 and you can't add to that? 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.339 The good news 00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:46.000 of the gospel 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.699 is that we are united 00:21:47.699 --> 00:21:48.359 to Christ 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:50.639 and through his death 00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:51.259 we can die 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.339 to all of those things, 00:21:52.459 --> 00:21:53.179 all of those things 00:21:53.179 --> 00:21:53.939 that we want to add 00:21:53.939 --> 00:21:55.939 and we can live 00:21:55.939 --> 00:21:56.500 a new life. 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:58.219 One author put it this way, 00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.680 daily Christian living 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:01.519 is daily Christian dying. 00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:04.220 Dying to our trivial comforts, 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.220 soul shrinking conveniences, 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:09.160 arrogant preferences, 00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:11.220 and self-centered entitlements. 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:14.000 Living for something 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.140 much larger 00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.620 than what makes us 00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:18.440 comfortable and safe. 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:18.500 faith. 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.140 So that's faith. 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:26.140 If faith describes 00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:27.420 our posture before God, 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.940 one of belief 00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.920 and submission, 00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:32.680 of finding Jesus 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.500 to be enough, 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.580 then love describes 00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:36.080 our posture 00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.940 before one another. 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.019 Paul refers 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.840 to the Colossians 00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:42.900 in verse 2 00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:44.059 as saints 00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.799 and brothers 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.720 and he commends 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.340 their love 00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:48.119 for all the saints. 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.539 Their love 00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.299 wasn't restricted 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.839 to those 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.240 with whom 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.559 they had 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:53.139 a natural affinity. 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.179 And had you 00:22:54.179 --> 00:22:55.000 walked into 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:56.379 this meeting, 00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.059 this gathering 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.599 of Christians 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.179 at the house 00:22:58.179 --> 00:22:59.519 of Philemon, 00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:01.519 you would notice 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.599 something very unusual. 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.359 These people 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:04.139 call themselves 00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.819 brothers. 00:23:06.859 --> 00:23:07.459 But they are 00:23:07.459 --> 00:23:08.319 very different people. 00:23:08.419 --> 00:23:08.959 As a matter of fact, 00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.759 you have Philemon, 00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.480 who's a rich man, 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.699 and you have his slave, 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.579 Onesimus, 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.879 and they call each other 00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.759 brothers. 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:14.980 brothers, 00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:17.799 you probably 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.339 would have been 00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.960 at first 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:21.099 scandalized by it, 00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.799 but not for long. 00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.079 I don't think for long. 00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.740 Now, 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.740 you would notice 00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:28.200 the cohesive community 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.720 and you would be 00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:30.000 quickly drawn into it. 00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:31.940 It would be offering 00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.920 you a different community 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.420 than the one 00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.379 that surrounds you. 00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.440 This community 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.579 is characterized 00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.900 by humility, 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.099 compassion, 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.339 and forgiveness. 00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:43.039 but the culture 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.939 that surrounds you 00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:44.439 is a realm 00:23:44.439 --> 00:23:45.619 of honor challenges 00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.919 where mercy 00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:47.919 and pity 00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:49.559 are to be frowned upon, 00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.439 even immoral. 00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:53.819 And because of this, 00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.459 Christianity 00:23:54.459 --> 00:23:55.639 quickly thrived 00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.299 in the cities 00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.339 of Asia Minor. 00:23:58.439 --> 00:23:59.379 And it offers 00:23:59.379 --> 00:24:00.179 a similar gift 00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:00.980 to our culture. 00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:01.519 I mean, 00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.099 our culture 00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:03.559 is becoming 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.459 increasingly 00:24:04.459 --> 00:24:06.539 antagonistic, 00:24:07.439 --> 00:24:08.240 atomized, 00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:10.199 socially fractured, 00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:12.579 and genuine love 00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.240 expressed through 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.639 generous hospitality 00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:18.159 would be just 00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.720 as attractive 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.399 in our day. 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.859 But we don't 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.220 show hospitality 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:24.220 to be attractive. 00:24:24.459 --> 00:24:25.000 We do it 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.959 because we've been 00:24:25.959 --> 00:24:27.839 shown hospitality 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.459 ourselves. 00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:30.019 When we were strangers, 00:24:30.679 --> 00:24:31.319 it was extended 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.039 to us. 00:24:32.459 --> 00:24:32.939 The prince 00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.859 of limitless 00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.539 plenty 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:36.339 exchanged his robes 00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.699 for our rags 00:24:37.699 --> 00:24:38.740 and he became 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.799 a pauper 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:41.180 that we might 00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.700 enjoy 00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.799 membership 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:44.099 in God's 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.899 royal household. 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.279 We've looked at 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.559 faith, 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.039 we've looked at 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.339 love, 00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:48.819 let's quickly 00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.539 look at hope. 00:24:49.919 --> 00:24:50.480 When the Bible 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.460 talks about hope, 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.279 it's not talking 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.639 about wishful thinking, 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.659 but it's referring 00:24:54.659 --> 00:24:55.740 to confidence 00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.440 in the thing 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.359 that is hoped for. 00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.700 And we've already 00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.500 referred to it. 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.799 Christ's resurrection 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.779 has inaugurated 00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.399 an age 00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.240 in which things 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.299 are being made new. 00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:05.759 And it is guaranteed 00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.299 that one day 00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.220 everything in this world 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.500 will be set to rights. 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:10.839 just as a frigate 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.920 keeps a crewman 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.839 always gazing 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:14.200 at the horizon. 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.539 So we, 00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.180 I don't know 00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.839 if it's a crewman, 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.180 I'm not a sailor, 00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.019 I don't know 00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.839 these nautical words, 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.539 somewhere up top 00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.119 there's a guy. 00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.519 And just as he's up there 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.440 looking at the horizon, 00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.339 like we too 00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.279 as Christians 00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.640 live lives 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.599 with one eye 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.900 on the prize, 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.960 the new heavens 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:34.380 and the new earth. 00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:36.040 And this posture 00:25:36.040 --> 00:25:37.100 is what informs 00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:38.220 our daily living 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.660 and our vocations, 00:25:40.300 --> 00:25:41.020 living lives 00:25:41.020 --> 00:25:42.500 of missionary faithfulness. 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.260 And T. Wright, 00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:46.260 the author and theologian, 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.300 describes it this way. 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:50.380 The point of the resurrection 00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:55.120 is that the present bodily life 00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:56.480 is not valueless 00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:58.440 just because it will die. 00:25:58.440 --> 00:26:01.539 What you do with your body 00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.100 in the present 00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.740 matters 00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.480 because God 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.259 has a great future 00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.640 in store for it. 00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:08.880 What you do in the present 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:10.299 by painting, 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.380 preaching, 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.559 singing, 00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.820 sewing, 00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.100 praying, 00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.539 teaching, 00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:18.220 building hospitals, 00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.320 digging wells, 00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:21.340 campaigning for justice, 00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.600 writing poems, 00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:24.559 caring for the needy, 00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.640 loving your neighbor 00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.600 as yourself 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.639 will last 00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.980 into God's future. 00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.759 These activities 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.899 are not simply ways 00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:33.539 of making the present life 00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:35.039 a little less beastly, 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.480 a little more bearable 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.959 until the day 00:26:38.959 --> 00:26:39.879 when we leave it behind 00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.500 altogether, 00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:43.240 as the hymn 00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.419 mistakenly puts it. 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.359 They are part 00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:47.639 of what we may call 00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:49.039 building God's kingdom. 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.259 Okay. 00:26:51.679 --> 00:26:52.179 We'll be looking 00:26:52.179 --> 00:26:52.899 at these themes 00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.539 a lot 00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:55.119 over the next few months 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.579 as we explore 00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.799 this rich letter together. 00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:59.539 The gospel, 00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.519 the resurrection, 00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.219 and the Holy Spirit 00:27:02.219 --> 00:27:03.099 enabling us 00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:04.639 to live new lives 00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.259 in the power 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.639 of Jesus' resurrection. 00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:09.239 Would his life 00:27:09.239 --> 00:27:10.259 and his death 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.079 and his resurrection 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.079 be enough for us? 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.759 Not just as individuals, 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:15.139 but as a community, 00:27:15.719 --> 00:27:16.500 as a family 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.539 experiencing together 00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.079 faith, 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.399 love, 00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.579 and hope. 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.939 in the name 00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:22.539 of the Father 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.220 and of the Son 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.119 and of the Holy Spirit. 00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.079 Amen. 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.399 Let's pray. 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.419 Father, 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.119 would your son Jesus 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.679 be enough? 00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.960 Would he be enough? 00:27:38.199 --> 00:27:38.980 Would you give us 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.879 wisdom to see 00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.679 all the things 00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:42.279 that we try to add 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.159 to what your son Jesus 00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:44.199 has done for us? 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.740 Would you enable us 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.419 to rest? 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.960 Rest from striving, 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:51.200 rest from worry, 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.920 rest from fear? 00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:58.079 Would you be enough 00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.640 for us? 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.860 As we confess 00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.880 our sins shortly, 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.920 would you bring to mind 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.600 those things? 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.420 Would you strip them away? 00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.519 And help us 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.559 to walk further 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.100 and further, 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:12.960 deeper and deeper 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:14.019 into this new life 00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.819 that we have with you. 00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.519 We pray in your son's name. 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.460 Amen. 00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.600 Amen.