WEBVTT 00:00:00.980 --> 00:00:07.620 Our sermon passage today is Ephesians chapter 1, verses 19 through 23. 00:00:10.259 --> 00:00:10.980 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.539 Hear God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient, powerful word for you and me, his church. 00:00:40.460 --> 00:00:42.740 Ephesians 1, starting at 15. 00:00:45.380 --> 00:00:51.679 Therefore, I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 00:00:52.120 --> 00:00:56.980 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, 00:00:56.979 --> 00:01:03.159 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:07.819 the spirit of wisdom and revelation and the knowledge of him, 00:01:08.399 --> 00:01:11.039 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:14.379 that you may know what is the hope of his calling, 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:19.719 what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:25.620 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, 00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:30.500 according to the working of his mighty power, which he worked in Christ, 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:36.840 when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 00:01:37.260 --> 00:01:44.380 far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named, 00:01:44.780 --> 00:01:48.240 not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:57.140 And he put all things under his feet and gave him to be head over all things to the church, 00:01:57.780 --> 00:02:03.599 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.000 The word of God for the people of God. 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:09.180 Thanks be to God. Please be seated. 00:02:09.180 --> 00:02:26.500 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever. 00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:33.180 Please pray with me. 00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:33.240 Amen. 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:39.960 Lord, I praise you for these dear brothers and sisters here, 00:02:40.740 --> 00:02:45.420 this beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ and our visitors, 00:02:45.640 --> 00:02:51.400 those you've brought here by your providence to hear this word today for your purposes in their lives. 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:57.500 Lord, we pray that your Holy Spirit will enlighten our understanding, 00:02:58.200 --> 00:02:59.780 shine your light in our hearts, 00:02:59.780 --> 00:03:07.060 cause us by faith to see your glory in the powerful person of Jesus Christ 00:03:07.060 --> 00:03:13.060 and how he pours out his same power onto us, his church, Lord. 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:18.420 Help us to receive this, to be filled by the working of your Holy Spirit 00:03:18.420 --> 00:03:21.060 in and among us, your church, we pray, Lord. 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:21.860 Amen. 00:03:21.860 --> 00:03:22.000 Amen. 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:22.080 Amen. 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:34.740 Well, there is a type of power, a vastness of power that we can't even begin to imagine, 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:40.900 but we get little glimpses of it here on earth, I believe, so that we will trust by faith it's real. 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:47.719 Have you experienced a power that was so overwhelming, you stand before it, 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:50.840 you almost feel dizzy, wobbly in your knees, 00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:55.199 because this power is so much greater than you knew even existed. 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:01.099 I got to have that type of experience when we traveled to South America 00:04:01.099 --> 00:04:05.000 and we saw between the borders of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:08.419 a waterfall called the Iguazu Falls, 00:04:08.539 --> 00:04:12.500 and all this water from all these rivers converging at this one point. 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:15.719 And where these waters build up, 00:04:16.139 --> 00:04:22.180 they constructed this dam that set a world record in the year 2016. 00:04:23.379 --> 00:04:25.699 It's called the Itaipu Dam. 00:04:26.699 --> 00:04:29.160 And it did what no one thought was possible. 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:33.880 This dam, serving as a hydroelectric plant, 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:41.200 it generated and captured more electricity than the massive Three Gorges Dam in China 00:04:41.200 --> 00:04:43.340 that no one thought could beat its record. 00:04:44.020 --> 00:04:46.940 It was a perfect year where the waters were flooding, 00:04:47.500 --> 00:04:49.140 and when the waters flood in this region, 00:04:49.300 --> 00:04:55.420 the waterfall near this dam is five times the size of Niagara Falls in volume. 00:04:55.420 --> 00:04:59.220 And it generated so much electricity, 00:04:59.420 --> 00:05:00.920 and it still does every single year, 00:05:01.379 --> 00:05:04.980 that if it only captured electricity for 17 weeks, 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:12.400 the Itaipu Dam could power the entire nation of Paraguay for an entire year. 00:05:13.460 --> 00:05:16.580 Can you imagine standing before this kind of power? 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:24.300 The way that the Apostle Paul is writing to the churches, 00:05:25.420 --> 00:05:30.080 he has seen something of God's power that he wants them to know. 00:05:31.259 --> 00:05:34.040 He's bearing witness by the inspiration of the Spirit, 00:05:34.100 --> 00:05:36.500 and they're receiving this letter as Scripture. 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:41.340 And the Spirit is using this ministry of this Word of God, 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:45.520 this letter, to cause their faith to expand. 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:50.339 In 2 Corinthians 12, verses 2 and 4, 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:56.259 Paul tells of how God allowed him to experience what he called the third heaven. 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:00.959 Above the city of Ephesus, above the city of Corinth, 00:06:01.659 --> 00:06:02.859 above the city of Rome, 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:06.439 above the first heavens, which is the atmosphere of earth, 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:09.019 above the second heavens, which is the stars, 00:06:10.099 --> 00:06:11.099 above all of that. 00:06:11.100 --> 00:06:14.920 The third heaven, the spiritual realm. 00:06:15.640 --> 00:06:18.300 And even there, above all the angels of the spiritual realm, 00:06:19.220 --> 00:06:22.560 where Christ, in his resurrected body, 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:26.480 sits enthroned, the Ancient of Days, 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:28.040 the Son of Man. 00:06:29.760 --> 00:06:34.560 And from there, he rules in power over all the earth. 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:43.160 Paul tasted a power that no uninspired earthly words could ever describe. 00:06:44.620 --> 00:06:46.500 And I think this is what he's praying. 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:49.620 The Spirit will cause the church to know. 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:55.819 He prays that the church may know more of this power, 00:06:56.340 --> 00:06:58.840 and that it's at work in you, church. 00:06:59.660 --> 00:07:01.399 That's the title of our sermon today. 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:04.379 May you know this power. 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:10.280 Following his words, I hope to open this up on four different emphases 00:07:10.280 --> 00:07:13.800 that Paul gives on this great power of God, 00:07:13.899 --> 00:07:17.759 so that you, church, may know this power as well. 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:20.180 Here's the first emphasis. 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:25.840 May you know the exceeding greatness of this power. 00:07:26.579 --> 00:07:30.160 May you know the exceeding greatness of this power. 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:35.060 You remember how Ephesus was a hub in all of Asia 00:07:35.060 --> 00:07:38.560 for magical incantations 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:41.700 and what they thought were powerful spells 00:07:41.700 --> 00:07:44.340 that would invoke cosmic powers. 00:07:44.339 --> 00:07:49.379 And Paul says in verse 16, 00:07:49.379 --> 00:07:50.699 I pray for you. 00:07:50.699 --> 00:07:54.420 Verse 18, that the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:56.040 you may know. 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:57.860 Look at verse 19. 00:07:58.719 --> 00:08:04.680 What is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe? 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:09.180 According to the working of his mighty power, 00:08:09.280 --> 00:08:11.360 may you know this exceeding greatness. 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:14.819 The verb here is to know. 00:08:16.180 --> 00:08:17.460 This is your application. 00:08:18.019 --> 00:08:18.519 Know this. 00:08:19.139 --> 00:08:19.980 Know this, church. 00:08:19.980 --> 00:08:24.040 And who is it that he prays will come to know this? 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:25.980 Well, look at your Bible. 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:30.060 It's those whose hearts have been enlightened by the Holy Spirit. 00:08:30.640 --> 00:08:31.400 Verse 18. 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:34.899 And what does he want them to know? 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:35.560 To know what? 00:08:37.560 --> 00:08:42.259 Verse 19, that they would know the exceeding greatness of God's power. 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:50.139 And this word for power, it's not referring to something that's latent, dormant, or potential. 00:08:51.139 --> 00:08:55.700 It is an active, flowing current of energy. 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:03.039 What you need to know about it has been translated in several different helpful ways in English. 00:09:03.779 --> 00:09:06.879 You need to know that it's an exceeding greatness. 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:09.120 It's not just what you expect. 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:10.659 It exceeds what you would expect. 00:09:10.659 --> 00:09:14.879 You need to know that it's an incomparable greatness. 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:17.779 You try to compare it to the Itaipu Dam. 00:09:17.899 --> 00:09:18.240 No, no, no. 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:21.039 You can't compare the greatness of God's power. 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:24.799 It's an immeasurable greatness. 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:28.919 You can calculate how much electricity is generated by something very powerful. 00:09:29.500 --> 00:09:34.860 You cannot calculate the amount of power that God has at his disposal 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:37.919 that's channeled through Christ to you, church. 00:09:38.339 --> 00:09:39.480 This is what you need to know. 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:43.600 God's active power. 00:09:44.220 --> 00:09:45.580 It's in force. 00:09:45.940 --> 00:09:47.100 It's being wielded. 00:09:48.100 --> 00:09:54.259 God is superintending, upholding, and working all things by this power 00:09:54.259 --> 00:09:57.399 for his glory and for the good of his church. 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.179 And who is it toward? 00:09:59.179 --> 00:10:03.459 It's toward us who believe. 00:10:04.459 --> 00:10:08.259 If you believe in Jesus Christ, if Jesus Christ is your Lord, 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:13.480 then this power is directed toward you for your good. 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:23.480 God's power surges unceasingly to strengthen and sustain the life of his disciples. 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:32.019 Every person who is a believer in Jesus is a recipient of this power of God through Jesus, our mediator. 00:10:32.019 --> 00:10:40.539 It's the same exceeding power of God that had toppled over the worship of demons in the city of Ephesus. 00:10:40.539 --> 00:10:48.199 This is the same immense power that caused spiritually dead sinners to believe the gospel of Christ. 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:49.240 It's for you. 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:58.799 And it's the same immeasurable power of God that sent and sustained Paul and the missionaries who traveled there and preached the gospel to them 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:01.060 and through whom God planted this church. 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:06.180 May you know the exceeding greatness of this power, church. 00:11:06.179 --> 00:11:08.719 Well, here's his second emphasis. 00:11:09.459 --> 00:11:13.299 May you know the dependability of this power. 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:17.019 May you know the dependability of this power. 00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:21.779 This is something you can count on. 00:11:24.439 --> 00:11:28.419 Rather than piling on other examples of how God is powerful, 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:32.679 though Paul is an expert of God's word, he could have drawn hundreds of these. 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:38.819 Notice how Paul next in verse 20 goes straight for the most forceful, 00:11:39.319 --> 00:11:45.199 the most irrefutable, the most undeniable, the most dependable argument of all. 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:55.539 He says, I pray that you, church, who believe that you will know by your own experience the working of that same power, 00:11:55.639 --> 00:12:02.559 look at verse 20, which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead. 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:08.019 This is how dependable the power of God is. 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:17.179 It's so dependable that Christ factually trusted his life to God's power. 00:12:17.179 --> 00:12:25.219 The creator of all who took on flesh. 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:30.899 The giver of life who was born of a woman. 00:12:31.899 --> 00:12:37.479 According to his human nature, laid down his life. 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:41.199 Physically died for his church. 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:45.960 He truly died. 00:12:48.780 --> 00:12:52.040 I look this up a little bit to try to understand. 00:12:52.160 --> 00:12:57.840 Maybe it's because I was helping one of my children prepare for a microbiology test about how the cells work. 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:03.820 So I know we've got, we've got a lot of really advanced scientists in the room. 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:06.080 And so please just be gracious to me. 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:07.060 I don't know much about this. 00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:09.220 Here's what I learned though. 00:13:09.899 --> 00:13:11.700 And it helped me to appreciate this verse. 00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:13.840 That's why I hope it does for you as well. 00:13:15.280 --> 00:13:18.300 In here in this physical realm where we live, 00:13:18.299 --> 00:13:21.399 the moment that a human heart stops, 00:13:22.019 --> 00:13:26.959 oxygen delivery through the circulatory system to every cell, 00:13:27.740 --> 00:13:35.139 children's cell is the smallest element that tissue is made of in the human body. 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:37.719 It stops. 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:45.360 It causes the skin to turn pale as blood drains from tiny blood vessels near the surface 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:50.080 and gravity pulls that pooled blood to lower parts of the body. 00:13:51.940 --> 00:13:59.139 When a body is dead, it's deprived of its own natural heat regulation. 00:13:59.139 --> 00:14:02.899 So the body begins to cool down to room temperature. 00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:10.139 Our Lord Jesus, when he died, the Apostles' Creed emphasizes he was also buried. 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:14.360 And he was buried in an ancient stone tomb. 00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:21.299 And those bodies, I learned, they're prepared with spices, not to try to mummify them. 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.759 No, they're just wrapped in cloth. 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:26.139 It's actually to allow the decay to happen naturally. 00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:28.000 It's not an airtight chamber. 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:33.480 However, they are expected to totally be reduced to nothing but bones in just a year. 00:14:34.580 --> 00:14:37.500 So the goal is not to preserve the flesh on the bones. 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:42.279 The goal of burial in this ancient world was decay. 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:52.460 From Friday afternoon, when our Lord Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins, 00:14:52.460 --> 00:15:05.700 to Sunday morning, every muscle and organ and skin on the body of Christ would have become stiff. 00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:11.000 And the term is rigor mortis. 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:14.740 It would have reached its peak in that amount of time. 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:17.440 Cells are breaking down now. 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:23.220 There is bacterial decay that has begun on all the soft tissues of that body. 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:25.980 You see what Paul is saying? 00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:36.320 It's the same immeasurable, exceeding power of God that worked to raise Christ from the dead, 00:15:36.940 --> 00:15:40.460 from his burial, that's working in you, church. 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:43.820 Christ's body was buried. 00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:50.480 Three days later, Christ truly, factually came back to life. 00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:51.600 He resurrected. 00:15:52.900 --> 00:15:59.800 The creator of all recreated the body of God, man, Jesus Christ. 00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:06.160 Think of this powerful work of God on the body of Jesus. 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:12.500 That soft tissue that had begun to decay throughout his whole body immediately stops. 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:17.240 Every cell of his brain and heart and muscles, his bones, his skin, 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:24.120 is not only made to work again, but it's now also translated into a totally new, 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:29.179 never-before type of body that belongs to the age to come. 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:36.000 This is what the powerful work of God did in raising Jesus from the dead. 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:44.559 Every transformed new creation cell of Christ's resurrected body is made of real matter. 00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:47.740 It's his same body. 00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:55.600 But also in a way that our natural minds cannot currently comprehend. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:17:01.320 His physical body now has a new supernatural quality to it. 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:09.759 In his resurrected body, Christ is recognized by over 400 witnesses who saw him and heard him teach 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:13.120 about his kingdom after he rose from the dead. 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:19.059 With his glorified new body, Christ ate meals made of physical food, 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:21.519 but then he was able to walk through a wall. 00:17:22.399 --> 00:17:27.000 In his glorified body, Jesus taught how all of the scriptures pointed to him. 00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:31.500 Then in the same body, he ascended from earth to heaven, 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:35.699 where he dwells physically with God, who is spirit. 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:40.440 When you and I wonder if God's power is dependable, 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:45.120 Paul says, look to your risen Savior, Jesus Christ. 00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:53.319 This is the most dependable evidence of God's power that powerfully works in you. 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:57.000 This is what he wants the church in Ephesus to know. 00:17:57.380 --> 00:18:02.120 And this is the power that Christ now in his glorified body prays, 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:05.979 you will personally know is working in you as well, church. 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:11.579 Brothers and sisters, today your body and mine is dying. 00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:16.859 One day soon, Christ prays you will personally know 00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:20.799 the glory of the resurrection as he does. 00:18:21.679 --> 00:18:24.519 Today, your faith and mine, it wavers. 00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:28.259 And one day soon, our faith will be made sight. 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:31.479 God will accomplish all he has promised. 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:34.259 By his almighty strength. 00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:37.519 Today, your hope and mine is fragile. 00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:42.019 One day soon, our hope will be realized. 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:45.920 God pledges himself to see this realized. 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:52.160 By his own immeasurable power, working all things to make it so. 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:57.200 The same power that was working in raising Christ from the dead. 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:05.440 That same power is to be your experience and mine by faith in Christ Jesus. 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:08.700 Church, may you know this power. 00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:12.880 May you know the dependability of this power of God working in you. 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:14.900 Here's the third emphasis. 00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:19.080 May you know the infallible source of this power. 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:23.480 May you know the infallible source of this power. 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:27.900 I'm using a word fallible or infallible. 00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:31.740 Let me explain that with an illustration. 00:19:32.820 --> 00:19:34.880 We've all had power failures. 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:37.060 Sometimes there's a big ice storm. 00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:39.700 Some of you live a little bit more in the country. 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:41.160 And the power goes out. 00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:42.700 The power fails. 00:19:43.300 --> 00:19:45.580 It's because there's a problem on the source of the power 00:19:45.580 --> 00:19:47.160 before it even gets to where you are. 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:52.000 Well, Christ is the source of the power of the church. 00:19:52.860 --> 00:19:55.100 And he will not fail. 00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:56.779 This is what Paul proves next. 00:19:58.060 --> 00:20:01.440 If you fail, it's because there was something greater than you. 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:05.519 You know, the ice was greater than the electrical box 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:07.100 that was channeling it to your home. 00:20:07.820 --> 00:20:10.960 Christ cannot fail because there's nothing greater than him. 00:20:11.060 --> 00:20:13.100 He is the source above all else. 00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.680 That's what he says in verse 20. 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:21.360 God seated him, Christ, at his right hand in the heavenly places. 00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:24.259 This is what Paul got a glimpse of. 00:20:25.080 --> 00:20:26.100 Far above. 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:31.720 That word means way beyond or exalted to the highest degree. 00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:34.759 And now he piles it on. 00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:36.259 What is he higher than? 00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:39.539 Above all principality. 00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:43.180 That word is also translated as rulers. 00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:45.100 Above all power. 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:48.759 That word can be translated as above all authorities. 00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:54.240 In the Ephesian culture, people would travel from all over the world. 00:20:55.460 --> 00:21:02.140 And part of their worship included wrong ideas about astrology and the planets. 00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:05.600 And they would even worship these created things, these lights in the skies. 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:11.439 People believe that demonic rulers governed human destiny from the stars. 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:13.179 That's where they rule from. 00:21:14.179 --> 00:21:18.439 No, Paul says Christ is seated in ruling above all of those. 00:21:18.439 --> 00:21:21.319 Far above any other might and dominion. 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:23.619 Every name that is named. 00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:25.879 That's everything. 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:31.360 And then he says not only in this age, but also in the age to come. 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:32.840 Verse 22. 00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:37.380 God put all things under his feet. 00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:42.100 All things under his feet is a military term. 00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:45.640 It means God has arranged everything. 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:48.460 Everything is subordinate to Christ. 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:52.400 Everything has been brought into obedience to Christ. 00:21:52.400 --> 00:22:03.400 Here he's drawing from Psalm chapter 8 verse 6 where God says that to this man, Christ, he will give dominion over the works of his hands. 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.700 Everything creaturely. 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:08.580 And you put all things under his feet. 00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:23.720 This is the custom where a victorious general would line up the general of the opposing army and in front of both armies he would put his foot on the neck of that general who was conquered. 00:22:24.939 --> 00:22:27.879 Christ has all of his enemies at his feet. 00:22:28.699 --> 00:22:29.579 He's crushing them. 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:31.359 He's trampling upon them. 00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:33.799 Nothing can stop him. 00:22:34.899 --> 00:22:36.299 He rules supremely. 00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:38.099 All powers. 00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.279 All angels. 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.000 All demons. 00:22:40.199 --> 00:22:40.799 All kings. 00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:48.859 All those cosmic forces are in direct and complete submission under the feet of Christ. 00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:54.980 He has prevailed in power over every temptation of sin already. 00:22:55.779 --> 00:23:02.159 And that's what makes Christ unfailing, infallible as our source of power. 00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.919 Nothing can overcome him. 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:13.080 Well, we believe by faith Christ holds this position. 00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:16.940 And in his sovereignty he leaves us here in these bodies. 00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.960 Trusting by faith. 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:22.400 He leaves us in this world where he says you will have trouble. 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.660 And his disciples will be martyred. 00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.880 We will suffer in this life. 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:35.140 But soon his church will be done battling against temptations to sin from the flesh, the world, and the devil. 00:23:36.280 --> 00:23:39.840 Christ has crushed the serpent's head on the cross already. 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:44.579 And soon his church will trample Satan under our feet with him. 00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:48.859 Christ has defeated the curse of sin on the cross already. 00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:53.559 Soon his church will experience the curse of sin no more. 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:57.659 Christ rose from the dead in his glorified body already. 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:02.899 And soon his church will be translated into our glorified bodies as well. 00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:07.700 Christ is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:10.740 From there he rules spiritually already. 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:19.539 Soon his church will dwell and rule with Christ over the new heavens and the new earth consummately. 00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:24.700 Christ's power in us will never dry up. 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:29.299 Christ is the unstoppable spring. 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.740 It will always keep coming. 00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.379 Christ did not fail. 00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:36.720 Christ cannot fail. 00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:43.700 May you and I know the infallible source of this power in Christ himself by faith. 00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:48.559 Well the fourth and final emphasis for today is this. 00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:56.339 May you know your relation to the source of this power. 00:24:57.039 --> 00:25:01.139 May you know your relation to the source of this power. 00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:05.899 Look at verse 22. 00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:11.579 Paul writes next that God gave him Christ to be what? 00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:16.759 To be head over all things to the church. 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:20.059 What is your relation to Christ? 00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:21.619 The source of God's power? 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.359 He is the head. 00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:26.179 Over all things. 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:28.179 Given to the church. 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:31.439 The language of head and body. 00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:34.859 Filling and fullness that he writes about next. 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:37.679 These describe our union as Christians. 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:40.480 The union between Christ and his church. 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:45.600 As we read the rest of this letter we get to chapter 5 and it proves this conclusion. 00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:50.000 It describes the bond between man and wife as head and body. 00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:52.299 Where the relationship between Christ and the church. 00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:58.240 That's the supreme reality to which the picture of marriage and marriage relationship is pointing. 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:03.359 This is wonderful language for us to appreciate. 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:07.140 Christ as head given to the church. 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:09.200 In the ancient world. 00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:12.319 To be the head of a household. 00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:15.079 A patriarchal head. 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:18.099 The Latin term was pater familias. 00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:26.959 It means that that man holds total legal authority over those in his household. 00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:30.859 Imagine a poor woman in the ancient world. 00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.399 She would be vulnerable. 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.339 She would have no rights. 00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:35.719 She would be unsafe. 00:26:36.959 --> 00:26:38.339 They would be commonly abused. 00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.899 Jews knew this as well. 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:45.539 Jews knew how much Ruth was blessed in marrying Boaz. 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:49.879 In Ephesus life would be radically better for a slave woman. 00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:52.000 Who finally got to become the bride. 00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:54.619 Of a Roman pater familias. 00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:57.319 So this is the perfect term. 00:26:58.019 --> 00:27:01.619 To describe the relationship between Christ and his church. 00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:04.539 Christ is our loving provider. 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:08.500 Christ is our responsible caregiver. 00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:12.319 Christ is our legal guardian. 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:17.099 Commentator William Hendrickson wrote. 00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:19.980 What is emphasized in the head body symbolism. 00:27:20.679 --> 00:27:21.539 Is the profound. 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.839 Boundless. 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.839 Steadfast. 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.539 Intimate. 00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.939 Indissoluble. 00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.339 Unfathomable. 00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:30.679 Loving bond between Christ and his church. 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.980 Since the church is Christ's body. 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.819 He is united to the church. 00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:37.659 Christ exercises his infinite power. 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.960 In causing the entire universe. 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.899 With all that is in it. 00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:43.300 To cooperate. 00:27:43.820 --> 00:27:45.680 Whether willingly or unwillingly. 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:47.720 In the interests of his church. 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.780 Which he loves so much. 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.259 For his glory. 00:27:52.040 --> 00:27:53.920 That's the end of Williamson's quote. 00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:57.080 Brothers and sisters. 00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.600 Think about your own body. 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:01.420 Think about how much you worry. 00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:03.420 If one part of your body has pain. 00:28:04.800 --> 00:28:05.840 How your head. 00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:05.840 00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:10.019 In your body. 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.059 In your body. 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.539 Commands all that your. 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:14.240 Your other symptoms need. 00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:18.119 You know if you're deficient in a certain nutrient. 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.599 The head tells the body. 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.359 Eat this. 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.339 And it helps. 00:28:21.459 --> 00:28:22.039 It replenishes. 00:28:24.679 --> 00:28:26.980 Think about how often we feed our bodies. 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:28.039 We wash our bodies. 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.259 We rest our bodies. 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:32.900 And then think about the other way around. 00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.980 In that same relationship. 00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:35.660 How long would your body last. 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:38.339 If your body got separated from your head. 00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.900 For you're decapitated. 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.599 Life is over. 00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:44.279 That's how much we depend on Christ. 00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:44.900 Our head. 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.279 As his church. 00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.579 This is your relation. 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:50.859 To the source of this infinite power. 00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:53.740 But next. 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.500 Our relationship to Christ. 00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:56.019 Is pushed. 00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:56.979 Even. 00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.059 Stronger. 00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.959 It's like Paul's trying to. 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:02.099 Use all of the available language. 00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.859 To communicate this great truth. 00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:06.479 First he says in verse 23. 00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:06.819 That. 00:29:07.979 --> 00:29:08.919 The church. 00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.599 His body. 00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:10.839 Is the fullness of him. 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.219 And then he says. 00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:12.859 That Christ. 00:29:12.979 --> 00:29:13.659 Fills all. 00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.299 In all. 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.839 Let's take them in reverse order. 00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.019 Christ. 00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:18.539 Fills. 00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.079 All. 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:19.699 In all. 00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:22.920 Well this we know from all of God's word. 00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:24.100 That God is complete. 00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:24.860 Full. 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.340 Perfect. 00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:27.100 God is self-sufficient. 00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:27.900 God lacks. 00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:28.660 Nothing. 00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.059 And Jesus Christ. 00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.500 According to his divine nature. 00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.920 Is complete. 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.340 Full. 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.759 Perfect. 00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.460 Self-sufficient. 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.660 Lacking nothing. 00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:37.100 So Christ. 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.100 Fills. 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.819 All in all. 00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:40.779 According to his divine nature. 00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:43.220 But the second statement is. 00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.920 Is tricky. 00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.200 In verse 23. 00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:46.400 He says the church. 00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.840 Christ's body. 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.500 Is the fullness. 00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.819 Of him. 00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.500 How is it that. 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.359 We. 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.980 The church. 00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.700 Can also be Christ's fullness. 00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.599 The work of. 00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:01.140 His first coming. 00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.039 Is finished. 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.339 Jesus. 00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.339 On the cross. 00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:06.240 Kept God's law. 00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.319 Paid the price. 00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.240 His people owe. 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.920 Died. 00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.539 Was buried. 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.299 And rose from the dead. 00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.680 He is seated in heaven. 00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.859 His work is finished. 00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.720 The work of his first coming. 00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:19.200 But in heaven. 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.059 Christ is not. 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.960 Passive. 00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.640 He's not stopped. 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.000 He is still. 00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:24.960 Ministering. 00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:27.279 As our redeemer. 00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.519 As our mediator. 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.920 As the one who lives. 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.819 To pray for us. 00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.279 Christ. 00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.440 Is still. 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.440 Fulfilling. 00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.120 His. 00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:34.980 Ministry. 00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.700 Every day. 00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.420 Every hour. 00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:38.120 In becoming. 00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.840 Our head. 00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.279 Christ delights. 00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.200 To receive. 00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.220 Still. 00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.700 Today. 00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.259 The fullness. 00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.500 Of his body. 00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.940 Those who depend. 00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.880 On him. 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.900 For life. 00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.680 In becoming. 00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.320 Our shepherd. 00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.200 Christ delights. 00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:51.980 To receive. 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.980 The full. 00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:53.620 Number. 00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.960 Of his lambs. 00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:56.580 Those who hear his voice. 00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:57.820 And follow him. 00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.039 He'll go after. 00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.460 Every. 00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.080 Single. 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.800 Last lamb. 00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.820 That is his. 00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.920 In becoming. 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.660 Our bridegroom. 00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.540 Christ delights. 00:31:04.540 --> 00:31:05.340 To receive. 00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:06.180 The fullness. 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:07.480 Of his bride. 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.840 Those who love him. 00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.800 Because he first. 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.880 Loved us. 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.360 And in becoming. 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.040 Our vine. 00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.220 Christ delights. 00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.019 To receive. 00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:15.880 The fullness. 00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.800 Of his branches. 00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.279 Those who abide. 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.700 In him. 00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:20.259 And bear his fruit. 00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:22.140 You see. 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.680 Why Christ. 00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.800 Will not stop. 00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.820 Mediating. 00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.080 Or interceding. 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.000 Or ministering. 00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.380 Until the full number. 00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.480 Of that great. 00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.940 Multitude of souls. 00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:32.019 Ten thousand. 00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:33.080 Times ten thousand. 00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.919 Thousands. 00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:34.919 Thousands upon thousands. 00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.559 That he purchased. 00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.359 With his precious. 00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:38.179 Blood. 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.359 Are with him. 00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.199 Only then. 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.599 Will this age. 00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:44.720 Have fulfilled. 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.259 All of God's purposes. 00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:48.579 This is your relation. 00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:49.839 To Christ. 00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:51.359 The source of God's power. 00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:53.519 Beloved congregation. 00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:55.039 Of our Lord Jesus. 00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:57.199 May the Holy Spirit. 00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.819 Work with Christ's power. 00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.299 In you. 00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.759 And make you know. 00:32:01.439 --> 00:32:02.220 That Christ. 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:03.160 Abides with. 00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:04.620 And leads his church. 00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.299 Militant. 00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.100 Already. 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:08.000 In this age. 00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.680 And soon. 00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.600 In the age to come. 00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.400 His church. 00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:11.460 Will abide with him. 00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.779 And march after him. 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.839 Victoriously. 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.660 May you know. 00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.279 That Christ. 00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.480 Calls his sheep. 00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.140 By name. 00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.019 And speaks. 00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:20.019 By his spirit. 00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.559 Spiritually. 00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.360 He's doing this. 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.500 Already in this age. 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.819 This has been. 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.559 A wonderful. 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.120 Truth. 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.759 I've appreciated. 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.240 This week. 00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.160 Like never before. 00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.400 Soon. 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:35.160 In the age to come. 00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:37.339 Our glorified bodies. 00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:38.740 Will hear Christ. 00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.740 Speak. 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:41.559 His gracious words. 00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.839 Out loud. 00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.740 To us. 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.980 God will recreate. 00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.920 Our ears. 00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.440 So that they will be. 00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.299 Capable. 00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.000 Of hearing. 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.259 That most. 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.019 Lovely. 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.099 Sound. 00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.920 Of Christ. 00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:55.079 Truly divine. 00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.339 Truly human voice. 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.459 Christ. 00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.240 The Bible says. 00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.839 Christ will. 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.000 Rejoice. 00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.000 Over you. 00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.679 His church. 00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.379 With singing. 00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.959 In the age to come. 00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.959 You and I will get to. 00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.519 Hear. 00:33:06.699 --> 00:33:07.339 And be moved. 00:33:07.459 --> 00:33:08.439 By Christ's own. 00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.500 Singing. 00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.720 His most moving melody. 00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:15.240 His most pure lyrics. 00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.559 His most. 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.039 Heartwarming. 00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.779 Tone. 00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:20.259 We will hear this. 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.259 We will know. 00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:24.359 This is my creator. 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:26.259 And this is my redeemer. 00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:28.759 Who is singing over his church. 00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:31.199 His precious bride. 00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.799 So my prayer. 00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:35.039 Is and has been. 00:33:35.159 --> 00:33:35.779 That you and I. 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.659 Will know. 00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:38.639 That because we are bound. 00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:39.439 To Christ. 00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.939 His power. 00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:42.439 Is always flowing. 00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:43.799 Toward us who believe. 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.980 And always. 00:33:45.199 --> 00:33:46.279 Working powerfully. 00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.879 In us. 00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:48.439 And in all the world. 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:50.419 So that all of his promises. 00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:51.199 Will come true. 00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.699 Let's praise our Lord. 00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.559 Our great redeemer. 00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.059 Father. 00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.139 Father. 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.839 We thank you. 00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.720 For the. 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:01.059 Immeasurable power. 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.639 By which you rose. 00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.700 Christ from the dead. 00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.720 That is now working in us. 00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.839 Who you have. 00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:09.820 Led to believe in Christ. 00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.739 And to receive from him. 00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:13.340 May you be glorified. 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.400 In the life of this church. 00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.739 Father. 00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.599 Amen. 00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:15.799 Amen. 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.799 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:45.780 Thank you.