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 Psalm 19 says that the law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.

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 I've never met a single person in my life that doesn't want their soul revived.

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 And God's word promises that it can do that for us.

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 And so what a privilege that we have the time this morning to open up God's word,

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 say, God, you speak, you tell us what's reality.

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 Give us ears to hear, give us a heart to soak that in and then live in the good of that.

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 Revive our souls.

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 May God do that this morning as we open up his word.

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 Let us pray to that very end this morning.

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 God, as much as we possibly can right now, we want to say, God, we believe that your word can actually do that for us.

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 Revive us.

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 Restore us.

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 Put us back together, God.

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 And give us ears to hear who we are and who you are and what the world is like.

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 God, we know that we come in as, you know, many of us redeemed and made whole again in Jesus.

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 But there's a lot of parts of us that are still dark and have all these clunky edges and we need help.

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 We ask, God, that your word would have that effect this morning.

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 So we invite you in the name of Jesus, God, have your way in us.

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 Correct us where we're wrong and where we have wrong views of you, how we have wrong views of ourselves and of the world and what life here in this pilgrimage is like.

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 And God, allow us to walk in the good of who you are and who we are in Jesus.

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 In the name of Christ, amen.

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 Amen.

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 We should have gotten a worksheet, as Mike mentioned.

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 If you have that, I want to invite you to, you can go ahead and put that in the Galatians passage if you have a Bible with you.

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 That's Galatians 4.

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 We're going to get to that in a while.

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 But you can also then put that in Galatians 4 and open up to 1 John chapter 3.

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 We're going to make a couple stops before we get to Galatians.

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 So this morning, I'm not actually going to be walking through just a single passage, more like expository preaching.

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 But I'm going to be speaking on a topic known as the doctrine of election or adoption.

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 I'm pulling an audible here.

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 No, doctrine of adoption or the fatherhood of God.

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 I don't know how you hear that when you, you know, sometimes we can be tempted to think,

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 Oh yeah, I know this stuff.

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 But we always have to come back when we think about rich theology and say,

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 No, I never want things like this to get old.

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 And I want to take the time to slowly think through this.

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 A little bit like my wife and I had a concrete mixer at Culver's yesterday.

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 Those things never get old.

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 Now my kids don't know that we actually had that and they're finding that out for the first time.

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 So they're probably going to ask on the way home to stop for that.

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 But you never go, Oh, I had a concrete last week.

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 I don't want one this week.

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 And you say, Yeah, I'll have another one of those.

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 And then when you eat it, you want to enjoy every last bit.

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 And God's, the theology of the doctrine of adoption, we never want that to become old.

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 There's so much gold here.

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 I think for my own personal life, this theology has probably had the most influence in severing at the root of sin.

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 Particularly, say, of fear of the future or fear of man or many, many others.

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 There's no other doctrine that gives me such a heart of rest and of worship in who God is and what he has done in the gospel.

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 So we really want to take our time as we think through this.

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 But listen to this from J.I. Packer.

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 J.I. Packer is now with the Lord.

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 He's a man that ministered for many years, preaching.

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 He was a professor as well.

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 He wrote many books, one of his classics, called Knowing God.

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 He has a chapter on the fatherhood of God in there.

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 Listen to this man, much wiser than myself.

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 This is what he says.

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 He says, What is a Christian?

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 The question can be answered in many ways.

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 But the richest answer that I know is that a Christian is one who has God as father.

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 If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God's child and having God as his father.

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 If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship, his prayers, and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all.

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 The revelation to the believer that God is his father is in a sense a climax, the climax of the Bible.

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 Now I want to read that last sentence again.

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 Because that is stunning for J.I. Packer to say that.

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 Listen carefully to what he says.

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 The revelation to the believer that God is his father is in a sense the climax of the Bible.

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 That's an amazing statement.

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 We live in a time and we're in this circle where we put a lot of emphasis on justification.

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 We are made right with God because of the cross.

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 And that is, we want to applaud that.

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 I mean, amen to that.

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 Here J.I. Packer is saying there is even something greater.

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 Now when an old man says that, my ears go, whoa, hold on a second.

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 I want to listen carefully to this.

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 And I hope you will see why he says that very thing.

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 But take a look at 1 John.

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 We don't have to take J.I. Packer's word alone for it.

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 1 John chapter 3.

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 John, starting this chapter, he says,

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 See what kind of love the Father has given to us.

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 Now pause there for a second.

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 He uses this word.

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 He says, look at it.

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 Behold something.

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 And then he says, the ESV translates this as, what kind of love.

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 N-E-S-V translates that.

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 It says, see how great.

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 Because that word is, it's the same word that you find in Matthew 8 after Jesus calms the storm.

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 And you remember what the disciples say to each other?

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 Say, what sort of man is this?

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 Like, who is this dude?

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 They're not just saying like, you know, hey, what kind of guy is this?

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 They are terrified of this guy who actually speaks to water and wind and they stop.

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 And so they recognize they're in the presence of greatness and they say, who is this guy?

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 He is so great that we're terrified of him.

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 And so this is what John here says.

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 I want to show you something.

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 I want you to look at something.

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 The greatness of God's love.

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 Now, what do you think he would say?

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 Well, a very good answer would be to say, look at the cross.

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 There you see the greatness of God's love.

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 Would that not be a great answer?

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 Yes, it would be a great answer.

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 That's not where he turns in this passage.

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 You want to see the greatness of God's love?

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 How great a love the Father has given to us?

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 Well, that we should be called children of God.

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 And that's what we are.

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 The reason why the world doesn't know us is that it didn't know him.

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 Beloved, we are God's children now.

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 And what we will be has not yet appeared.

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 But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him because we shall see him as he is.

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 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

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 Obviously, I don't have time to unpack this whole passage.

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 But I want you to see one more thing there.

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 Notice how he first paints this.

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 The greatness of God's love is that we are children of God.

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 And look at the result.

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 He says, if you hope in God like this, what's the result at the end of verse 3?

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 You purify yourself.

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 You see, this doctrine is so practical that it actually has this holy effect on your life.

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 But I don't have time to unpack that.

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 I just find it amazing and so practical that God uses this everyday relationship that all of us walk into the world in some measure to help us try to understand what God is like.

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 You know, Jesus does this very same type of stuff as he's teaching.

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 Matthew 7 and the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Remember, he's teaching the crowds and he says,

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 Now, hey, if one of your sons comes to you and says,

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 Hey, Dad, can you give me some bread?

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 Are any of you going to look at your kids and say,

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 No, here's some stone.

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 Or if your son comes to you and says,

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 Can I have some fish?

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 Are any of you going to give him a scorpion?

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 The obvious answer is no.

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 And Jesus looks at the crowd and says,

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 Now, you who are evil,

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 If you would never do that to your kids, but you would give them good things,

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 How much more would the Heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask?

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 You see what Jesus is doing?

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 He's trying to use this everyday relationship that you walk in life in.

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 And he says,

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 God is like that in some measure, but so much greater.

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 And so that's how I understand how Jesus would have us to look at everyday relationship,

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 Father, child, and then look upward.

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 Now, the hard part is,

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 Is many of us come to the world in all sorts of different settings.

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 For some people, the idea of God being Father is not immediately pleasant.

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 I mean, some probably in this room have had absolutely terrible dads.

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 Maybe they walked out real early.

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 Maybe they did things that are atrocious.

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 And that can make it difficult to begin to think of God expressing himself as Father.

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 But I want to assure you,

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 One of the ways that we can think about this is to look at negative examples and say,

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 God is nothing like that.

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 Because we all know what a good father should be like.

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 And others of us have had good fathers.

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 But even those are failing people.

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 They stumble.

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 And so they can give us good pictures of what God would be like,

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 But God is always greater.

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 Okay, so we're going to just mess around, or not mess around,

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 We're going to look around at this doctrine.

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 First, I want to explain it, walk you through it.

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 And then we're going to simply reflect upon it.

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 So here's how I would define the doctrine of adoption.

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 I would say it like this.

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 Everyone who is justified before God in Jesus,

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 Or every Christian, everyone who is born again,

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 However you want to phrase that,

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 Is transferred into the family of God.

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 Whereby we have a new relationship with God.

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 When is father and child.

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 So everybody who is justified before God in Jesus,

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 Is transferred into the family of God.

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 Whereby we have a new relationship with God.

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 One is father and child.

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 Now one of the key things to that,

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 Is to recognize that when we talk about the doctrine of adoption,

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 Or the fatherhood of God,

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 We're talking about something new that happened.

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 It can be common in the culture,

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 To talk about how God is the father of everybody.

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 Of all people.

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 Now in a sense,

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 You could say,

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 Okay, well God created everyone,

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 So he's master over all.

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 Or the father of all.

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 In one sense you could say that.

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 But when the scriptures talk about the fatherhood of God,

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 Or the doctrine of adoption,

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 It is not talking about all mankind.

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 It is talking about people,

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 That are justified.

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 That have been brought into the family of God.

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 There is something new that happened,

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 That wasn't true of you before.

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 In fact, we just looked at this in Ephesians 2.

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 So why don't we actually turn back there,

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 If you have a copy of the scriptures.

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 I'm not going to look at the whole passage,

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 But just,

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 It's good to see,

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 Who we really were.

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 Ephesians chapter 2,

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 Beginning in verse 1,

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 Read the first three verses only,

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 And you were dead,

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 In the trespasses and sins,

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 In which you once walked.

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 Following the course of this world.

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 Following the prince of the power of the air,

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 And the spirit that is now at work,

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 And the sons of disobedience.

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 Among whom we all,

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 Once lived in the passions of our flesh,

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 Carrying out the desires of the body,

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 And the mind,

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 And were by nature,

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 And look at that phrase,

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 Children of wrath.

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 And in case you're wondering if that's you,

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 Like the rest of mankind.

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 Everybody.

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 That means all the little babies that are coming into the world.

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 All your nephews,

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 All your grandchildren,

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 All your own children,

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 And you sitting here,

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 And myself,

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 All of us,

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 Were by nature,

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 Children of wrath.

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 Or Jesus talking to the crowds,

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 Remember he says,

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 Well you are of your father,

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 Who?

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 The devil.

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 Imagine watching Jesus have that teaching.

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 You want to know who your dad is?

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 It's the devil.

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 Lines right up here with Paul.

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 You're children of wrath.

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 Or Colossians 1,

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 That we are under the domain of darkness.

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 Or Romans 5,

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 We are enemies of God.

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 You see,

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 People come into this world,

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 I came into this world,

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 Not just like me and God just didn't get along.

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 We were enemies of God.

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 Ephesians 2 goes on,

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 Without God,

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 Without hope in the world.

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 This is all throughout scriptures.

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 It's not a pretty picture.

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 Can we just say that?

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 And that's a very bad place.

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 Because Psalm 5 and Psalm 11

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 Declare that God hates the boastful.

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 Wages a sinner's death.

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 This is a terrifying picture

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 That the scriptures actually paint.

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 Jesus describes the place

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 Where people will go,

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 Where the wrath of God is poured out.

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 At a place where there's weeping

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 And gnashing of teeth.

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 I don't know if you've ever seen

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 Someone just so distraught,

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 Where that actually kind of captures

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 A little bit of the flavor.

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 Somebody sobbing so deeply,

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 That it just affects you to the core.

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 This is what it will be like.

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 Utter darkness for those people.

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 And Paul and Jesus

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 And the writers of scripture

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 All agree.

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 That is who we come into the world as.

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 Can you agree with me

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 That that's bad news?

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.639
 Yes.

00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:09.600
 Good.

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 And that is why the gospel

00:16:13.560 --> 00:16:14.919
 Is such great news, right?

00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:17.299
 Because the gospel says

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 That he who knew no sin

00:16:18.699 --> 00:16:20.219
 Became sin for us

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 That we,

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 Who were children of wrath,

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 We would actually be

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 The righteousness of God.

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 That we,

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 Our sins,

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 Though they are crimson,

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 That we will be made

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 Fully clean,

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 Pure,

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 And forgiven.

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 And that,

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:39.940
 Brothers and sisters,

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 Is the idea of justification.

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 We are declared

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 Right with God.

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 And we are given

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 A righteousness,

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 Not our own,

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 But it comes from outside

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 And is given to us.

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 But that's not

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 The end of the story.

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:53.000
 That's not

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 Where the gospel stops.

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 It gets even better.

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 So let us go to

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 Galatians 4

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 And see this

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 Unfold a little more.

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 Hey, that was a rhyme.

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 I got little kids.

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 I read a lot of

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 Dr. Seuss books.

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 So Galatians 4,

00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:17.519
 Let's read that again.

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 He's using this metaphor here

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 Of guardians and children here.

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 He says,

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 I mean that the heir,

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 As long as he is a child,

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 He's no different

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 From a slave.

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 Though he is the owner

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 Of everything.

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 But he's under the guardians

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 And messengers

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 Until the date

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 Set by his father.

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 In the same way,

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 We also,

00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:42.379
 When we were children,

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 We were enslaved

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 To the elementary principles

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 Of the world.

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 He's lining right up

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 With his other letters here,

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 Right?

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 We're enslaved.

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 Which is bad news.

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 But then the good news,

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 Verse 4,

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 But,

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 When the fullness of time

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 Had come,

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 God sent forth his son,

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 Born of a woman,

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 Born under the law.

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 Why?

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 To redeem those

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 Who were under the law.

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 That's justification.

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 Right?

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 To bring us out

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 From that enslavement

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 And to redeem us.

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 And bring us

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 Into this

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 Being declared

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 Not guilty.

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 But look at where he goes.

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 Look at the next phrase.

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 So that.

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 That's an important phrase.

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 She says,

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 We were redeemed

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 From under the law

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 For something.

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 There's a purpose to this.

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 Or in Ephesians 1,

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 It says that this,

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 What he's about to say

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 Was actually

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 Predestined for us.

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 He says,

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 So that

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 We might receive

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 Adoption

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 As

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 Sons.

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 Now,

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 Paul is writing

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 To a community

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 That is aware

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 Of what adoption

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 Is in the culture.

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 There was such a thing

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 Known as adoption

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 In the Roman world.

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 It was a little bit

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 Different than we

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.900
 Practice today,

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 But there was some

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 Similarity.

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 So typically

00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:13.320
 In adoption

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 What happened

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 Then

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 Is if

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 It was typically

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 A very wealthy man

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 Who didn't have

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 Any sons.

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 So,

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 You know,

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 You passed along

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 The inheritance

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 And everything

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 To the sons.

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 But if a man

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 Was very wealthy

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 And he had no sons,

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 What he would do

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 Is go out

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 Into the community

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 And find

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 A man,

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 Usually a younger man,

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 Who he could then

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 Bring into his family

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 And pass everything

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 Along to.

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 Now,

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.400
 When that would happen

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 That young man's

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 Everything that

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 Was true about him

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 Was severed.

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 So if he had any debts

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 They were gone.

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 If he had any ties

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 To anything

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 Totally cut off

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 And he was transferred

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 Into this new family

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 Whereby he had

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 Full rights

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 To the whole inheritance.

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 And so Paul

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 Directing us to this

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 Is saying

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 This is something

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 Of what's happened here.

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 All your ties

00:20:09.239 --> 00:20:10.000
 Have been cut off

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 And now you are

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 Part of this

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 Inheritance.

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 So we practice

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 Something like that

00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.359
 Here still, right?

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.239
 So our youngest

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 Child, our son

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 Is adopted.

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 And I remember

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 This was a couple

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.539
 Years ago

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 When

00:20:22.439 --> 00:20:24.579
 On adoption day

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 We had to go

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 To the courts

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 In the city

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 And stuff

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 And I didn't know

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 I was going to be

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 Called to the stand.

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 But the judge

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 Looks at my wife

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 And I and says

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 I want you to

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 Come up here.

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 So my wife

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 Throws me up there.

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 And so I go up

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 And the judge

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 Starts asking me

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 Questions like

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.960
 What my wife's

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 Birthday is

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.279
 And stuff like this.

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 And I don't know

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 If that was like

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.039
 I don't know

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.779
 Why she was doing that

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.279
 And she was trying

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:46.980
 To trick me or what.

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:48.680
 But I was so nervous

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.799
 That I could hardly speak.

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.259
 But I got it right.

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:54.039
 And then she turned

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 And she looked at me

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 And she said

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 Now Mr. Allen

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:58.579
 Do you understand

00:20:58.579 --> 00:21:00.579
 That if you

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:01.700
 Adopt Dupree

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:03.840
 He will have

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.960
 The full rights

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:06.340
 Of the inheritance

00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:07.759
 Equally

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:10.000
 As your biological children?

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:12.720
 And in my heart

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.380
 At that moment

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:13.759
 I said

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.259
 Yes!

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:15.100
 That's the gospel!

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.039
 Yes!

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.480
 Yes!

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:16.940
 Yes!

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 Everything!

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:21.019
 And that's what's

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.740
 Going on here.

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:23.140
 You're being cut off

00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:24.000
 From your old family

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:25.519
 A child of wrath.

00:21:26.080 --> 00:21:27.019
 You're a child of the devil.

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.799
 You're being totally

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.519
 Separate from that

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.480
 And put into this

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.240
 New family

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.200
 Where you have

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:32.279
 Full rights

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:33.099
 Of the inheritance

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:34.819
 Of almighty God.

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.740
 Now

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:39.259
 The way the gospel

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.759
 Does this

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.519
 Is quite amazing

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.140
 Because now

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:42.120
 You think in that culture

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.880
 If this man

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.599
 Is wealthy

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:44.359
 And he's going out

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.180
 To find someone

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:46.259
 To pass his name

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:47.319
 Along to

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.220
 Who do you think

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.920
 He's going to look for

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.500
 In the community?

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.759
 He'd probably look for

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.680
 A guy like Mike

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.559
 Or Billy

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.039
 Or Matt

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:56.259
 And he'd look for

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.400
 The cream of the crop

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.019
 Maybe

00:21:58.019 --> 00:22:00.039
 Mike says no

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.559
 Regardless

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.359
 You get the point

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:01.619
 Right?

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.420
 You're going to look

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:03.119
 For somebody

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:04.220
 That's going to do

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:05.180
 A good job

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:07.019
 Now

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:09.619
 Who does Jesus

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.259
 Run after?

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.180
 He goes into

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:13.819
 His enemy territory

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:15.399
 Those who

00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:17.159
 Have no business

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:17.879
 In receiving

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:19.259
 Any kind of goodness

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.279
 From God

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.339
 And he goes

00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:22.659
 Right into enemy territory

00:22:22.659 --> 00:22:23.000
 And says

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.799
 Now you're mine

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.680
 And he brings us

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.420
 Right into

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.859
 The family

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.939
 I mean

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.279
 That

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.699
 Is amazing

00:22:29.699 --> 00:22:33.419
 And then he continues

00:22:33.419 --> 00:22:35.519
 And because

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.659
 You are sons

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:38.659
 God has sent

00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:39.240
 The spirit

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.819
 Of his son

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:41.659
 Into our hearts

00:22:41.659 --> 00:22:42.379
 Crying

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.299
 Abba

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:44.439
 Father

00:22:44.439 --> 00:22:45.519
 And many have pointed out

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.099
 That that word

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.519
 Abba

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.279
 Is this term

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.079
 Of endurance

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.639
 Like a

00:22:48.639 --> 00:22:49.679
 Like a daddy

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.559
 Daddy

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.199
 Father

00:22:51.199 --> 00:22:51.459
 Now

00:22:51.459 --> 00:22:52.679
 Some believe

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.139
 That this

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:54.139
 Even kind of

00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:55.019
 Stating it this way

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.440
 When there was an adoption

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.279
 In the Roman world

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.299
 You had to have a witness

00:22:58.299 --> 00:23:00.319
 Someone to confirm

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.599
 The adoption

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:03.539
 So it's very possible

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.099
 That's what Paul

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.420
 Is putting this together

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.839
 Like this

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.660
 Now who's the witness

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.440
 Of this adoption?

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.440
 The spirit

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.299
 Who's been given to you

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.339
 The Holy Spirit

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:11.900
 Who cries out

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:13.119
 Yes you actually are

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:15.019
 There has been an adoption

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:16.019
 Crying Abba

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:17.160
 Father

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.960
 And so you are

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:19.480
 No longer a slave

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:21.379
 But a son

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:23.619
 And if a son

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.599
 Then an heir

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:27.139
 Through God

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:30.099
 So J.I. Packer

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:32.439
 In his chapter

00:23:32.439 --> 00:23:34.679
 He further says this

00:23:34.679 --> 00:23:38.399
 To raise the distinction

00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:39.419
 Between adoption

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:40.379
 And justification

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:41.399
 He says adoption

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:44.019
 Adoption is a family idea

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:46.619
 It's conceived in terms of

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.639
 Love

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:49.299
 And viewing God as father

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:52.000
 See in adoption

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:53.039
 God takes us

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.980
 Into his family

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.880
 And fellowship

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:56.619
 He establishes us

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.460
 As his children

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.420
 And heirs

00:23:58.420 --> 00:24:00.700
 Closeness

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:02.819
 Affection

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:05.299
 Generosity

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:07.240
 Are at the heart

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.279
 Of the relationship

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:12.019
 To be right with God

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.700
 The judge

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:14.319
 Is a great thing

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:17.339
 But to be loved

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:19.240
 And cared for

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.240
 By God the father

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:22.379
 Is a greater thing

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:24.359
 Now I think that's

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:25.079
 An important point

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:26.200
 To consider

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.679
 To be right

00:24:27.679 --> 00:24:28.659
 With God the judge

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:30.919
 That is great

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:31.460
 Is it not?

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.859
 I mean that's the picture

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.919
 You're in the courtroom

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:36.279
 And you are

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.539
 You are guilty

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.919
 As all get out

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:40.619
 And the judge

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.259
 Looks at you

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.700
 And says

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:43.220
 Not guilty

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.860
 Righteous

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:47.240
 But adoption

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:48.160
 Then is the picture

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.720
 Of the judge

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:50.180
 Coming off the bench

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:52.200
 Coming down

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.980
 To his enemy

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:55.200
 With his arms out

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.220
 Says

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.940
 And you're coming

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.779
 Home with me

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:59.299
 You're coming

00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.279
 In my living room

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.360
 We're gonna

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:02.319
 Sup together

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.900
 You're mine

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:05.720
 Full inheritance

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:07.960
 Never fear again

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.580
 Never alone again

00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:10.740
 Because you're mine

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:12.039
 You see this

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:13.660
 The doctrine of adoption

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:16.620
 Is meant to spark

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.960
 Thoughts of generosity

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.740
 And God's kindness

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.079
 And God's care

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:23.039
 And love

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.019
 And support

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:26.859
 You see

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.559
 In theory

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:29.339
 In theory at least

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:31.480
 You could just be

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.440
 Forgiven by God

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.120
 But not actually

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:34.099
 Cared for by him

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.940
 Right?

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.680
 And that would still

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.400
 Be wonderful

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:39.019
 I mean to go through life

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.799
 And know that you're

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.559
 You're not gonna be

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.319
 Judged by God

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.720
 That would be fantastic

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:44.579
 Now that in a sense

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.279
 Would be enough

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.720
 Right?

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:48.359
 But oh

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.599
 Much better it is

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.740
 To be loved for

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.440
 And cared for

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.460
 By the living God

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:55.879
 Now there's

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.619
 Something interesting

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.220
 That happens

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.019
 When you come

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.759
 Into the New Testament

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.180
 As well

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.700
 Because this

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.319
 Whole idea

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.779
 About God

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.559
 Being father

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.920
 It's there

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.700
 In the Old Testament

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:06.019
 It's 15 times

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:07.220
 Is the numbers

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.980
 That I have

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:10.420
 That God is father

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.620
 Israel is

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:13.539
 God's children

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.840
 God's people

00:26:14.840 --> 00:26:15.720
 Are his children

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.880
 15 times

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:19.940
 In the Gospels alone

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.799
 Matthew, Mark, Luke

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.299
 And John

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:24.640
 165 times

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:27.900
 This whole idea

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:29.900
 Really comes flying forward

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:32.059
 That we are children of God

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.740
 And the way it really flows

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:35.279
 Jesus starts going around

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.039
 And he starts

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.000
 Doing his teaching

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.399
 And the language

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:39.179
 He starts using

00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:39.440
 Is

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:42.960
 I say what my father says

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:45.119
 I'm teaching

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:46.279
 What my father is teaching

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:48.839
 And he starts calling

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:50.079
 God his father

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:51.399
 And the people

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:52.059
 Don't like it

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.599
 Because they're not

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.240
 Used to that

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.799
 Right?

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:56.079
 I mean how do you pray

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:57.019
 In the Old Testament?

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:57.659
 How are the people

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.079
 Thought to pray?

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:59.279
 What are the psalms?

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.899
 How do they pray?

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.779
 Oh, Yahweh

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:03.960
 Our Lord

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.660
 Our Master

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.660
 Oh, Yahweh

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:07.099
 Oh, Lord

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.759
 Our Lord

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.000
 Right?

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.359
 Now when Jesus says

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:11.079
 This is how I want you to pray

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.680
 What does he say?

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.299
 What's the very first words?

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.599
 Our Father

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:16.319
 And the people

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.200
 Don't like that

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:20.220
 Because that's so intimate

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.500
 And then Jesus

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.619
 Not only goes around saying

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.759
 He's my father

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:25.079
 But then he says

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:26.759
 That almighty God

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.779
 Sovereign

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.299
 Sovereign

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.559
 All wise

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.779
 All grace

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:30.799
 All grace

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:32.339
 Full of grace

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.259
 All knowing

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.859
 He's not only my father

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.920
 But he's your father

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:38.559
 If you would come

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:40.379
 Through me

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:45.559
 What an amazing picture

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.680
 That almighty God

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:48.519
 Comes after rebels like us

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:48.879
 And says

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:51.259
 I want you in my family

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:53.059
 And I'm going to give you

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:54.039
 All of me

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:57.659
 The question we have to ask ourselves

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:59.980
 Is that the way I live my life?

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:03.759
 When you woke up this morning

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:05.899
 Is it more likely

00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:06.879
 That you feel like

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:08.119
 You're entering into the world

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:10.720
 As a precious son

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:12.099
 Or daughter of God

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:15.039
 Or as maybe one that God is

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:18.079
 He's kind of putting up with you

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:21.960
 Sometimes gets sick of you

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:25.579
 Wouldn't mind sometimes

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:27.700
 If you kept your distance

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:30.019
 Truth be told

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.160
 We're all like that at times

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.340
 Right?

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.559
 We think that God

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.519
 Views us like that

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:36.299
 So what do we do with this?

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.860
 This is where we'll pull out

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.620
 The sheet here

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.660
 I want to give you

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.840
 A couple tools

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.500
 That you can take

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:44.360
 To try to reflect on this

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:47.759
 So there's some wonderful material

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:49.140
 Called the Sonship material

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:52.040
 Started by Jack Miller

00:28:52.040 --> 00:28:52.900
 Who's now with the Lord

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:56.120
 World Harvest Mission

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:56.920
 Puts this out

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:58.060
 It's called Sonship

00:28:58.060 --> 00:28:58.960
 This is where I get

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.920
 This worksheet from

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:01.060
 A portion of it

00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:01.660
 And then I kind of

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.900
 Just made it a lot bigger

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.360
 And such

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:05.320
 But the whole idea of that

00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:06.040
 Is that Jesus

00:29:06.040 --> 00:29:07.140
 In John 14

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:08.460
 Looks at his disciples

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.920
 And he says

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.780
 He promises them

00:29:09.780 --> 00:29:10.880
 I will not leave you

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.759
 As orphans

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.000
 Right?

00:29:13.020 --> 00:29:13.640
 But I'm going to send

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.740
 My spirit to you

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:16.220
 And so this

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.380
 They kind of have this

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.960
 Comparison of whether or not

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.880
 You're viewing life

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:21.519
 As if God has actually

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.140
 Orphaned you

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.559
 You know

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.340
 Orphan is one

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:24.180
 That their parents

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.900
 Have left them

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:26.900
 Or if we're actually

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.980
 Entering into the world

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.460
 Today

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.860
 As people who really

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.720
 Believe that God

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.340
 Is our father

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:33.079
 And we are children

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.519
 Of God

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.019
 So the way

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:37.100
 The document is set up

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.960
 Is that

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.980
 There's obviously

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.500
 You know

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.980
 A statement

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.440
 On one side

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:41.900
 That is

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:43.000
 This is how children

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:44.059
 That believe

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.860
 And live in the good

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.920
 Of being children of God

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.519
 Think

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.960
 Then the other side

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.519
 Is these are

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.460
 These are the way

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.099
 People think

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.599
 Of when they

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.480
 When they act

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.079
 As if they're

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.980
 Orphaned by God

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.220
 Now

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:55.799
 The hard part

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.420
 About doing the sheet

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:56.819
 Sometimes

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.539
 Is it feels like

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.279
 It's either

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.059
 A or B

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:00.059
 Right?

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.599
 It's like being

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.379
 At that eye doctor

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.980
 A, B

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.339
 I don't know

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.960
 I think they're

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.639
 Kind of still

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.059
 I don't know

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.639
 Somewhere in the middle

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.500
 And that's what

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.960
 You feel like

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.420
 When you do it

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.000
 And that's okay

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.480
 It's just

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.339
 Trying to set up

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.119
 Two different sides

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.440
 And say

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.019
 Do you lean

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:11.000
 One way or the other

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.579
 Now

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:13.039
 You have to know

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.619
 Ahead of time

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:15.699
 You are going to be

00:30:15.699 --> 00:30:16.639
 On the orphan side

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.480
 Quite a bit

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.519
 If you're honest

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.159
 With your heart

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:19.740
 And that's

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.799
 This part of the point

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.339
 Of doing this

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.240
 Is to expose

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.059
 The areas

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:24.339
 In your heart

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.859
 So you can go

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.399
 Before God

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:25.639
 And say

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:25.899
 God

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.819
 There are areas

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.419
 Of my life

00:30:27.419 --> 00:30:29.799
 That I actually

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.699
 Act

00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:31.759
 In my heart

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.939
 That you aren't

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.679
 A good father

00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:36.259
 And so I need you

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.059
 To teach me

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.899
 And instruct me

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.519
 And I want to live

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.019
 In the good

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:40.259
 Of who you are

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:42.579
 So if you go

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.319
 Through this whole sheet

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:44.079
 And you are always

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.960
 On the left side

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.879
 It's

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:47.599
 Probably worth

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.819
 Talking with the people

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.319
 Around you

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.640
 And saying

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.859
 Do I live like this

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.460
 Because they'll

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.119
 Probably tell you

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.700
 That you don't

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.720
 Okay

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:55.079
 So you will

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:56.559
 End up on the orphan side

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.119
 Quite a bit

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.940
 And that's okay

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.420
 That's good

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.420
 Like we want God

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.299
 To expose that

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.879
 So let me just

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.420
 Walk you through

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.480
 A couple ways

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.119
 You can do this

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.759
 Because one of the ways

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.420
 I like to do it

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:07.200
 Is when I find areas

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:08.240
 That I'm more living

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.900
 Like an orphan

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:10.820
 I want to think

00:31:10.820 --> 00:31:12.740
 About the natural

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:14.080
 Family

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:15.120
 And say

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:16.220
 God help me

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.880
 To think about

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.560
 The family

00:31:17.560 --> 00:31:19.840
 And give me

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:21.519
 An illustration

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.840
 Of what a good

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.740
 Father would be like

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.360
 Or a negative

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.980
 Illustration

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.040
 What a bad

00:31:26.040 --> 00:31:26.780
 Father does

00:31:26.780 --> 00:31:27.800
 Because you're

00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:28.500
 Not like that

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.000
 And help me

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.759
 To learn that way

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.480
 So I'll walk

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.840
 Through a couple

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.620
 Examples for you

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.580
 So I'm going to

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:33.400
 First I'll read it

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.960
 And kind of give you

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.540
 Some illustrations

00:31:34.540 --> 00:31:35.440
 So let's take a look

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.120
 At the first one there

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:37.639
 People who are living

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.559
 As if they're children

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.059
 Of God

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.739
 Are confident

00:31:40.739 --> 00:31:41.500
 And hopeful

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.379
 In the unknown

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.939
 Tomorrow

00:31:42.939 --> 00:31:44.939
 Knowing their wise

00:31:44.939 --> 00:31:45.919
 And gracious father

00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:47.099
 He's going to be there

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:48.539
 With complete control

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:50.159
 But those who are living

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:51.419
 As if orphaned by God

00:31:51.419 --> 00:31:52.659
 Are generally fearful

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:54.739
 And they're sidelined

00:31:54.739 --> 00:31:56.059
 By the unknown tomorrow

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.439
 Doubting God

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:58.139
 Is going to be there

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.559
 In wisdom

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.419
 In grace

00:31:59.419 --> 00:32:00.819
 In power

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:02.639
 And look at number six

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:05.340
 Those living as children

00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:05.740
 Of God

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:07.100
 They regularly take risks

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.660
 For the kingdom

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:10.040
 They know the outcome

00:32:10.040 --> 00:32:11.340
 Is not ultimately up to them

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:12.000
 And they're not afraid

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:14.320
 But those living as if orphaned

00:32:14.320 --> 00:32:15.820
 They rarely take risks

00:32:15.820 --> 00:32:16.680
 For the kingdom

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.880
 Because the weight

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:19.580
 Of the unknown outcome

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:21.160
 It's overbearing

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:23.240
 It's too fearful

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:25.800
 Now I don't know

00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:26.400
 If you're here

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:27.360
 And you generally

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.920
 Are anxious over the future

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:31.320
 Where you don't really like

00:32:31.320 --> 00:32:32.040
 To take risks

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.680
 For the kingdom

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:34.700
 I would put myself

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.279
 In the camp

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.899
 I am generally anxious

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:38.639
 About the unknown tomorrow

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:42.139
 This is one where I tend to

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:43.399
 Camp out

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:44.740
 And so my illustration

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.740
 That has helped me

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.819
 Over the years

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:48.200
 Comes from one of my oldest

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.899
 Tali

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.960
 She was just two

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.940
 And we were

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.619
 My wife and I

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:54.159
 We were reading with Tali

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:56.059
 Through the story of Joseph

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:57.579
 And how he gets

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:57.940
 You know

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:59.899
 Shipped down to Egypt

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.659
 And such

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:02.360
 And he never knows

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:03.259
 What's going to happen

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.900
 And obviously

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.940
 You know the end of the story

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:06.680
 And what those

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.680
 Who meant it for evil

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.620
 God meant for good

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:08.880
 Right

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:10.259
 There's this whole sense

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.420
 Of trusting God

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:12.120
 God was with him

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:13.060
 So we were trying

00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:13.880
 To illustrate this

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.740
 To our daughter

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:17.480
 And so we put blindfolds

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.960
 On one another

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.400
 And did that

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.700
 Kind of

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.140
 You know

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.720
 I don't know

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.480
 Maybe you call it

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.079
 A trust walk

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.440
 Or whatever

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:23.059
 So first we put

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.579
 A blindfold

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.660
 On my wife

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:26.299
 And my daughter

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.120
 Grabs one hand

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.960
 And I grab the other hand

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.460
 And we're walking

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.180
 And my wife

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.220
 Around the apartment

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.279
 And of course

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.960
 You'd think

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.980
 My wife is kind of

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:35.559
 Like this

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:35.840
 Right

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:37.340
 And I mean

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:37.819
 I've been married

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.620
 To the woman for years

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.279
 And she still doesn't

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.920
 Trust me to walk

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:41.100
 Around the apartment

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.620
 But whatever

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:43.420
 I did the same thing

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.140
 When they put the blindfold

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.559
 On me

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.200
 Because it's scary

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.539
 Right

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.819
 We're old

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.840
 If I run into something

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.880
 I might not recover

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.600
 For a couple weeks

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:50.340
 Right

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:53.740
 But the amazing thing

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.240
 Happened

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.620
 We took the blindfold off

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.799
 She was now ready

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:58.100
 For her turn

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:59.379
 She puts the blindfold on

00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.500
 We each grab her hand

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.639
 And the little girl

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:01.879
 Without

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:03.019
 She can't see anything

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.279
 Just

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:06.759
 She has

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:08.099
 She doesn't have

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.539
 A hesitation

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.500
 In her step

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.460
 What so ever

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:12.420
 And why is that?

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.819
 Because she is

00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:15.900
 Absolutely confident

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:17.380
 Without any hesitation

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.440
 That mom and dad

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.179
 Will take care of it

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:21.279
 I don't have to fear

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:22.380
 What's in front of me

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.739
 They're not going to

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.500
 Run me into something

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.139
 I can't handle

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:26.779
 They have this together

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.779
 Because that's her

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.380
 Whole world

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.700
 Right

00:34:28.700 --> 00:34:29.420
 I mean when Jesus

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.240
 Says to kind of

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.960
 Become like children

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.960
 There's something like that

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.140
 Right

00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:33.940
 Kids trust their parents

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.940
 Of course

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:36.340
 When it's safe to

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.600
 Right

00:34:37.600 --> 00:34:38.700
 If they're in a safe home

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:41.060
 And it's those moments

00:34:41.060 --> 00:34:42.760
 That I just want to say

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.900
 God whisper that

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.580
 In my ear

00:34:44.580 --> 00:34:45.560
 Constantly

00:34:45.560 --> 00:34:46.140
 Every day

00:34:46.140 --> 00:34:46.980
 That's what you're like

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.980
 That's what you want

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.220
 From me

00:34:48.220 --> 00:34:49.019
 And I can do that

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:50.620
 I can trust you like that

00:34:50.620 --> 00:34:51.880
 Wouldn't that be freedom

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:53.120
 If you could enter

00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:54.220
 Into tomorrow like that

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:57.139
 With that sense of freedom

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.899
 I don't have to worry

00:34:57.899 --> 00:34:58.459
 About tomorrow

00:34:58.459 --> 00:34:59.579
 I don't have to worry

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.399
 About what's going to

00:35:00.399 --> 00:35:01.099
 Happen this week

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.799
 Or next month

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.679
 Or that thing

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.539
 That's on your mind

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.159
 That you're a little bit

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.779
 Nervous about

00:35:04.779 --> 00:35:05.939
 Or about your kids

00:35:05.939 --> 00:35:06.459
 You say

00:35:06.459 --> 00:35:06.759
 God

00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:08.179
 Take me

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.480
 I'll

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.639
 Whatever you want

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.679
 I will do whatever

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.739
 You call me to do

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:14.819
 Now truth be told

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:15.799
 Part of the problem

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.399
 Is we think

00:35:16.399 --> 00:35:17.579
 God is pretty stingy

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:20.899
 We think our fathers

00:35:20.899 --> 00:35:22.339
 Is kind of lazy

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:25.019
 Or maybe

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.780
 He doesn't have

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.400
 The kind of power

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.160
 That actually says

00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:27.760
 He does

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:30.700
 Right

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.240
 I mean that's what

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:32.100
 We think about God

00:35:32.100 --> 00:35:33.000
 We don't want to say

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.480
 That out loud

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.240
 But that's what

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:35.019
 We think in our heart

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.300
 Right

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:39.240
 I mean

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:40.260
 One of my

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:41.380
 Favorite meals

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:44.039
 Is like a pasta bake

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:45.920
 Or lasagna

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.420
 Or something

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.700
 Right

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:48.079
 Too lazy to make

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.420
 Lasagna

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:49.340
 So I make pasta bake

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:50.180
 It's a little bit easier

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:52.500
 So I make a pasta bake

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:54.960
 And I love pasta bake

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.919
 When it first comes out

00:35:55.919 --> 00:35:56.219
 Of the oven

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.919
 I mean it is

00:35:56.919 --> 00:35:58.440
 Fantastic

00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:02.339
 Now very few things

00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:04.960
 Are better than pasta bake

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.919
 Right out of the oven

00:36:05.919 --> 00:36:07.980
 But you know what's better

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.739
 Than pasta bake

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.440
 Right out of the oven

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:12.000
 Pasta bake on day two

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:15.079
 I love leftover pasta bake

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:16.460
 Always have

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:18.539
 Now this is what

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.340
 Typically happens

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:21.400
 We're having leftovers

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:22.340
 Of pasta bake

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:24.320
 And my wife gives me

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:25.059
 The bigger portion

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:26.019
 Because I'm the

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:27.300
 Biggest in the family

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:28.719
 And one of the kids

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.699
 Looks over at my plate

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:31.019
 They're done with theirs

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:32.199
 And they ask me

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:33.320
 If I can have some of mine

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:36.079
 Do you know what I do

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.539
 As a dad?

00:36:40.279 --> 00:36:41.179
 You would want me

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:42.219
 To say that I give it to him

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.920
 But I don't

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:47.200
 I say no

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:49.059
 That's daddy's portion

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:50.539
 Daddy's bigger

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.139
 He needs that

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.760
 I need energy

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:54.920
 Because I'm

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:57.000
 I'm kind of stingy

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.619
 And selfish

00:36:57.619 --> 00:37:00.119
 That's what Jesus says

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.320
 Right

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:01.059
 You even though

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.720
 You're evil

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:03.159
 You still know

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.519
 How to give

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.200
 Some good gifts

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:04.599
 To your kids

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.820
 How much more

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:07.300
 If God is perfect

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:08.800
 And God's not stingy

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:10.099
 And God is all powerful

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:11.039
 Will he not give you

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:12.700
 Everything you possibly need

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:14.000
 Because that is the type

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:15.000
 Of father you have

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:16.939
 He's not like Dan

00:37:16.939 --> 00:37:19.359
 He is so much better

00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:23.539
 You see how practical

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.919
 Of a doctrine this is

00:37:24.919 --> 00:37:26.019
 If we can really let this

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.399
 Say God

00:37:26.399 --> 00:37:28.019
 Just put this deeper in me

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:29.539
 I want to live free

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:31.739
 As a child of God

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:34.199
 Alright well let's do

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:35.339
 Another one quickly

00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:36.000
 Let's go down to

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:37.359
 Number 12

00:37:37.359 --> 00:37:40.179
 It says

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:41.460
 If you're living

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.960
 As a child of God

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:44.619
 Those people are

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.260
 They're free

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:46.519
 To try at a task

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.119
 And fail

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:48.220
 Knowing their significance

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:49.340
 It's not in their performance

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:51.079
 Their father loves

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:52.260
 To just watch them try

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:52.780
 They don't have to

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.599
 Perform anything

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:54.940
 Those living as orphans

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.920
 They're generally

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:57.440
 Terribly embarrassed

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.940
 When they fail in a task

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:01.000
 They fear that people

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.820
 And or God

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.619
 Will be embarrassed

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:04.599
 To be associated with them

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.800
 I'm going to

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.840
 Number 27

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:09.180
 It's linked to this one

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:13.300
 Those living as

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:14.519
 Children of God

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.720
 They rejoice

00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:17.039
 In the accomplishments

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:18.019
 Of others

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:19.700
 They genuinely

00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:21.079
 Encourage anyone

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:22.120
 Less successful

00:38:22.120 --> 00:38:22.840
 As they are

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:24.140
 But people living

00:38:24.140 --> 00:38:25.039
 As orphaned

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:26.800
 They live ranking

00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:28.220
 Themselves with other people

00:38:28.220 --> 00:38:30.079
 Which produces

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.940
 Either pride

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.559
 Or depression

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:33.000
 When they're outdone

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:34.260
 They are miserable

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:35.440
 But when they're

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.780
 Better than other people

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.940
 Life is good

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:41.120
 I don't know if you

00:38:41.120 --> 00:38:42.120
 Ever walk into a room

00:38:42.120 --> 00:38:42.660
 And you kind of

00:38:42.660 --> 00:38:43.300
 Rank yourself

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:44.000
 Pretty quick

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:47.760
 Judge how you stand

00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:48.660
 Before other people

00:38:48.660 --> 00:38:50.500
 I don't know

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:52.100
 If you care about

00:38:52.100 --> 00:38:53.320
 The opinion of other people

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:54.940
 I do

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:57.060
 I mean

00:38:57.060 --> 00:38:58.420
 Embarrassingly

00:38:58.420 --> 00:39:00.380
 I play a lot of softball

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:01.360
 I play every day

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.860
 If I could

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:04.220
 I'm generally

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:06.240
 Super nervous

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:07.079
 If my family

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.840
 Comes to a game

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:10.380
 Now this is sad

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.079
 I just turned 40

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.559
 This summer

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:13.280
 And

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:14.599
 I'm embarrassed

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.960
 If I hit a weak

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:17.019
 Like ground ball

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:18.360
 And my kids see it

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:20.640
 Because

00:39:20.640 --> 00:39:21.539
 I've

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.720
 I've gotten

00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:23.980
 In my

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:25.559
 In my default mode

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.140
 Is to

00:39:26.140 --> 00:39:27.079
 To think that

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:27.740
 Maybe my kids

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.800
 Would think less of me

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:30.620
 If they saw my performance

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:32.279
 And I want them

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:33.219
 To be proud of me

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:34.359
 So I want to shine

00:39:34.359 --> 00:39:34.859
 For them

00:39:34.859 --> 00:39:35.559
 Now that

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.480
 That is sad

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:36.980
 Is it not

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.739
 I mean to be 40

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.440
 And still like that

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:39.500
 I don't want to be like that

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:41.139
 Now I'm standing up here

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:41.659
 And like

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.539
 I look out here

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.319
 And I

00:39:43.319 --> 00:39:45.019
 I look at expressions

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.539
 And I'm like

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:46.699
 I hope these people

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:47.179
 Like this

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.739
 Because I want them

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:48.420
 To like me

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:49.859
 And I hope that

00:39:49.859 --> 00:39:50.339
 They tell me

00:39:50.339 --> 00:39:50.839
 That they like

00:39:50.839 --> 00:39:51.799
 My sermon

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:53.799
 And

00:39:53.799 --> 00:39:55.219
 And it's sad

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:55.839
 And now I've kind of

00:39:55.839 --> 00:39:56.960
 Made it an awkward moment

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.219
 Right

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:57.839
 For afterwards

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:59.400
 You don't want to say anything

00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:01.720
 But this is how we live

00:40:01.720 --> 00:40:01.920
 Right

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.120
 We

00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:02.480
 We

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:04.320
 We want people to like us

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:05.140
 So we're thinking

00:40:05.140 --> 00:40:06.220
 Do you like me

00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:07.160
 Is this good

00:40:07.160 --> 00:40:08.019
 Are you okay

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.240
 And

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:10.079
 That

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:11.860
 Is it not that enslaving

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:13.100
 The things that you will do

00:40:13.100 --> 00:40:14.140
 To get people to like you

00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:15.360
 Or the things you won't do

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.440
 Just so people like you

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:17.519
 That is enslaving

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:19.480
 And I think

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.840
 One of the greatest cures

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:22.579
 Is to really rest

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:22.820
 And

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:24.100
 Almighty God

00:40:24.100 --> 00:40:25.280
 Actually views me

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:26.960
 As his precious child

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.880
 Then that is enough

00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:31.559
 Oh

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:32.260
 If I could really

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:33.500
 Just hold on to that

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:35.240
 This is a couple weeks ago

00:40:35.240 --> 00:40:36.199
 My kid

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:36.659
 My older

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:38.360
 Girls are in volleyball

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.679
 My youngest is in soccer

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:41.300
 I was over watching

00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:42.900
 The girls play volleyball

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.240
 And

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.920
 They're

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.820
 Learning how to

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.679
 Hit the ball

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:47.320
 Like

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:48.199
 Serve

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:49.079
 The ball over the net

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.920
 So they do this

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:50.740
 Underhand thing

00:40:50.740 --> 00:40:51.139
 So my

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:52.300
 My youngest

00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:52.880
 Or my

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.840
 My youngest

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.519
 Girl

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:54.760
 So

00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:57.480
 She's eight

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:57.700
 She

00:40:57.700 --> 00:40:58.720
 She actually is right handed

00:40:58.720 --> 00:40:58.960
 But

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:00.120
 I don't know

00:41:00.120 --> 00:41:00.640
 They were teaching her

00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:01.080
 To hit left

00:41:01.080 --> 00:41:01.640
 Lefty

00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:02.500
 So she's

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:03.940
 She's serving the ball

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:05.120
 Trying to get it over the net

00:41:05.120 --> 00:41:05.340
 Right

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:06.380
 And I'm watching this

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:07.360
 From

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:09.300
 You have to stand in the hallway

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:10.420
 And this

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:10.860
 She

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.700
 She would take the ball

00:41:11.700 --> 00:41:11.840
 And

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:13.440
 Right into the net

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:16.580
 Right into the net

00:41:16.580 --> 00:41:19.360
 Right into the net

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:21.360
 You get the picture

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:22.560
 Right in the net

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:24.079
 Right

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:25.440
 And I'm sitting there

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.119
 Watching this

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:28.360
 My heart is just

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.480
 I mean I'm loving this

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.059
 This is beautiful

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.860
 I love it

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.960
 And I thought to myself

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.259
 Man

00:41:32.259 --> 00:41:33.099
 I wonder if

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:33.519
 If somebody

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:34.639
 Like leaned over to me

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.019
 Right now

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.340
 And said

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:36.139
 Something like

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:37.059
 You see that girl

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.719
 Hitting that ball

00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:38.299
 Into the net

00:41:38.299 --> 00:41:39.380
 That is

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:40.440
 That's embarrassing

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:42.019
 You know what I

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.559
 I thought

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:43.219
 You know what I'd say

00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:43.699
 At that time

00:41:43.699 --> 00:41:44.079
 I'd say

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:45.799
 There is nobody

00:41:45.799 --> 00:41:46.699
 That hits the ball

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:47.679
 Into the net

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:48.340
 Like that girl

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:49.099
 Isn't that awesome

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:50.460
 I love it

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:50.880
 She

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.780
 I could watch this

00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:52.579
 All day

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.720
 I love it

00:41:53.720 --> 00:41:54.140
 Right

00:41:54.140 --> 00:41:55.079
 Because I don't care

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.880
 If she's successful

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:56.340
 Or not

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:57.280
 It doesn't matter to me

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:58.539
 She's my girl

00:41:58.539 --> 00:42:01.539
 And I love it

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.059
 I don't care

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:03.039
 If she's great

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:04.400
 Like does accomplishments

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:05.039
 Or not

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:05.960
 That's not going to

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.920
 Earn my favor

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:08.000
 At all

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:09.860
 And so one of the ways

00:42:09.860 --> 00:42:12.140
 We try to teach our kids

00:42:12.140 --> 00:42:15.180
 The youngest almost has this

00:42:15.180 --> 00:42:17.579
 So this is the pattern

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:18.900
 I'll do with them

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.300
 I'll say

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:20.420
 Dupree

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:21.240
 Do you know

00:42:21.240 --> 00:42:22.700
 Do you know

00:42:22.700 --> 00:42:23.519
 That dad loves you

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:25.380
 He says yes

00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:26.660
 Good

00:42:26.660 --> 00:42:27.119
 Good

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:28.079
 Dupree

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:29.099
 What could you do today

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:30.880
 That would make daddy

00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:31.660
 Love you less

00:42:31.660 --> 00:42:34.539
 As a four year old

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:37.039
 He generally thinks

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:38.539
 Well maybe

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:39.820
 If I'm naughty

00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:40.780
 You're going to love me

00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:41.200
 And I say

00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:41.740
 No no no

00:42:41.740 --> 00:42:43.460
 There's nothing you could do

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:44.900
 That would make me love you less

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.579
 Nothing at all

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:47.799
 But Dupree

00:42:47.799 --> 00:42:49.279
 What could you do today

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:50.679
 That would make me love you more

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:52.639
 Again

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.380
 He's four

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:53.779
 He thinks

00:42:53.779 --> 00:42:54.440
 Well if I obey

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:55.679
 If I do good

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.299
 No no no

00:42:56.299 --> 00:42:59.299
 There's nothing you could do

00:42:59.299 --> 00:43:00.819
 That would make me love you more

00:43:00.819 --> 00:43:02.980
 So Dupree

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:05.119
 Why do I love you

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:09.519
 What's the answer

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:11.300
 Because

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:13.519
 Period

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:15.039
 Because

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:18.239
 That's it

00:43:18.239 --> 00:43:19.900
 I love you

00:43:19.900 --> 00:43:20.820
 Because I love you

00:43:20.820 --> 00:43:23.039
 And that's exactly how God speaks to his people

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.920
 In Deuteronomy

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.599
 I love you

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:25.519
 Because I love you

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:27.139
 There's nothing else

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:28.219
 I love you

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:29.460
 Because you are in Christ

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:30.539
 And you are my son

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.340
 Or my daughter

00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:31.900
 That's it

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:33.059
 Don't try to add to that

00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:35.239
 There's nothing more to put into that bucket

00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:36.179
 I love you

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:36.920
 Because I love you

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:38.639
 And I'm crazy about you

00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:40.440
 And I love to watch you

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:42.619
 Like you like to watch your grandparents

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:42.920
 Or

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:45.059
 I guess you could love to watch your grandparents

00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:46.199
 Your grandchildren

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:47.359
 Or your kids

00:43:47.359 --> 00:43:47.920
 You just

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:49.420
 You just delight in them

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:50.179
 Because they are

00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:51.500
 They are yours

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:53.960
 Do you know

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:55.279
 That if you are in Christ

00:43:55.279 --> 00:43:56.920
 That's the way God views you this morning

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:59.659
 You

00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:01.940
 With all your flaws

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:05.400
 God is not disappointed

00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:07.319
 That he called you into the family of God

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:11.000
 He's not wishing

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:12.760
 That he would have chose somebody else

00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:14.940
 Yes

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:16.200
 He knows about your flaws

00:44:16.200 --> 00:44:20.440
 You are beautiful in his sight

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:25.640
 Wouldn't it be freeing

00:44:25.640 --> 00:44:27.900
 If you could really hear that from God

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:29.880
 Wouldn't it be freeing

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:30.980
 To walk into a room

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:33.320
 And not have to rank yourself with people

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:36.780
 Oh I think this doctrine can help

00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:38.900
 Move us in that direction

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:41.780
 Now I got to start wrapping up here

00:44:41.780 --> 00:44:43.260
 So I just got to close with this

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:44.760
 If you take the time

00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:45.620
 And have you know

00:44:45.620 --> 00:44:46.420
 Over the next week

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:47.100
 Or couple weeks

00:44:47.100 --> 00:44:49.019
 To work yourself through this sheet

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:50.960
 I do have to point you to one

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:52.059
 Because this can be dangerous

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:53.039
 If you kind of

00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:54.500
 Mishear some of this stuff

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:56.519
 I want to show you number 34

00:44:56.519 --> 00:45:01.059
 There's a reason why that one is

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:02.219
 At the end there

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:05.139
 People living as children of God

00:45:05.139 --> 00:45:07.039
 They move toward God

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:07.820
 After they sin

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:10.320
 Knowing that their father's arms

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:13.559
 Though God may be grieved by our sin

00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:16.079
 His arms are open wide

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:16.780
 With forgiveness

00:45:16.780 --> 00:45:18.099
 And grace

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:19.619
 And power to help

00:45:19.619 --> 00:45:21.059
 But those orphaned by God

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:23.019
 They keep distant from God

00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:23.739
 After they sin

00:45:23.739 --> 00:45:26.459
 They hope that their self-pity

00:45:26.459 --> 00:45:27.779
 Will pacify God

00:45:27.779 --> 00:45:30.319
 Afraid that running to God

00:45:30.319 --> 00:45:32.259
 That might be abusing God's grace

00:45:32.259 --> 00:45:34.599
 Or he must be annoyed by them

00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:37.459
 Now this one is worth reflecting

00:45:37.459 --> 00:45:39.319
 One of my children lied to me

00:45:39.319 --> 00:45:42.459
 It was so painful

00:45:42.459 --> 00:45:44.219
 To realize

00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:46.159
 That this precious little girl

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:48.139
 Could lie to me

00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:51.059
 And I remember

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:52.759
 When she

00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:53.580
 You know I didn't

00:45:53.580 --> 00:45:54.500
 Force her to

00:45:54.500 --> 00:45:55.420
 To tell me the truth

00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:56.640
 I just knew that she lied

00:45:56.640 --> 00:45:59.680
 And she wasn't confessing yet

00:45:59.680 --> 00:46:00.780
 And she went up to her room

00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:01.860
 And you know

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:03.460
 I was hoping that she was

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:04.320
 Sulking up there

00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:07.400
 Of course not

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:08.340
 Right

00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:09.980
 But that's the way we treat adults

00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:10.720
 Right

00:46:10.720 --> 00:46:14.300
 We want adults to pay like that

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:16.660
 But you don't to your kids

00:46:16.660 --> 00:46:20.220
 As a parent

00:46:20.219 --> 00:46:23.539
 There's a longing in the heart

00:46:23.539 --> 00:46:24.719
 That says

00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:25.439
 Come on honey

00:46:25.439 --> 00:46:27.399
 Come back

00:46:27.399 --> 00:46:29.379
 Come confess

00:46:29.379 --> 00:46:31.179
 I am waiting

00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:32.480
 And I am willing

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:33.739
 And I am longing

00:46:33.739 --> 00:46:34.879
 For that restoration

00:46:34.879 --> 00:46:35.679
 Of relationship

00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:37.299
 Don't think my arms

00:46:37.299 --> 00:46:39.339
 Are giving you the stiff arm

00:46:39.339 --> 00:46:39.519
 No

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:40.439
 They're wide open

00:46:40.439 --> 00:46:41.239
 Come to me

00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:42.359
 I'm your daddy

00:46:42.359 --> 00:46:44.059
 I have love for you

00:46:44.059 --> 00:46:45.259
 Only love for you

00:46:45.259 --> 00:46:46.259
 Restore it

00:46:46.259 --> 00:46:46.719
 Come on

00:46:46.719 --> 00:46:47.359
 Come on

00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:49.620
 Now you go through this sheet

00:46:49.620 --> 00:46:51.660
 I hope you hear that

00:46:51.660 --> 00:46:52.700
 To be free

00:46:52.700 --> 00:46:54.360
 That it's okay

00:46:54.360 --> 00:46:55.500
 If you're on the orphan side

00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:56.180
 God is saying

00:46:56.180 --> 00:46:56.440
 Come

00:46:56.440 --> 00:46:56.860
 It's okay

00:46:56.860 --> 00:46:58.000
 I know who you are

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:59.500
 I'm mindful of your frame

00:46:59.500 --> 00:47:00.559
 That you're but dust

00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:01.579
 Bring it to me

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:02.480
 I can handle it

00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:04.320
 Let us walk this road together

00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:07.480
 Imagine

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:10.280
 Your world

00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:11.340
 Tomorrow

00:47:11.340 --> 00:47:12.539
 This week

00:47:12.539 --> 00:47:14.039
 If you could just enter into it

00:47:14.039 --> 00:47:15.620
 Say God is my father

00:47:15.620 --> 00:47:16.820
 He's crazy about me

00:47:16.820 --> 00:47:17.780
 Crazy about me

00:47:17.780 --> 00:47:19.980
 There's things coming up

00:47:19.980 --> 00:47:21.240
 That I'm a little bit nervous about

00:47:21.240 --> 00:47:22.280
 But God can handle that

00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:24.059
 There's situations

00:47:24.059 --> 00:47:26.500
 That make me deeply sad

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:27.880
 But God is with me

00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:28.780
 And I can handle

00:47:28.780 --> 00:47:29.960
 He can handle this

00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:31.720
 Imagine your church

00:47:31.720 --> 00:47:32.780
 Filled with people

00:47:32.780 --> 00:47:33.980
 Like that

00:47:33.980 --> 00:47:35.000
 And growing in that

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:36.260
 And ministering this truth

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:37.000
 To one another

00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:37.380
 Saying

00:47:37.380 --> 00:47:38.019
 No, no, no

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:38.320
 No

00:47:38.320 --> 00:47:39.860
 God can help us through that

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:41.019
 What would God do

00:47:41.019 --> 00:47:41.860
 In our life

00:47:41.860 --> 00:47:42.500
 In this pilgrimage

00:47:42.500 --> 00:47:43.300
 If we could just

00:47:43.300 --> 00:47:44.039
 Each day

00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:45.080
 Get more and more

00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:46.579
 May God do that

00:47:46.579 --> 00:47:47.139
 For us

00:47:47.139 --> 00:47:47.980
 By his grace

00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:48.460
 And kindness

00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:49.059
 Let us pray

00:47:49.059 --> 00:47:49.500
 Together

00:47:49.500 --> 00:47:56.360
 God what mercy

00:47:56.360 --> 00:47:58.739
 You give us

00:47:58.739 --> 00:48:00.420
 In the doctrine of adoption

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:05.000
 Just a few moments

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:05.820
 We had to kind of

00:48:05.820 --> 00:48:07.099
 Meditate over that

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:07.300
 God

00:48:07.300 --> 00:48:07.920
 And I ask that you

00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:08.480
 Would allow it

00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:09.039
 To bear fruit

00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:09.900
 In our hearts

00:48:09.900 --> 00:48:15.559
 God would you

00:48:15.559 --> 00:48:16.180
 In kindness

00:48:16.180 --> 00:48:17.440
 Give each of us

00:48:17.440 --> 00:48:18.940
 Just one step forward

00:48:18.940 --> 00:48:19.220
 Even

00:48:19.220 --> 00:48:19.720
 To say

00:48:19.720 --> 00:48:20.480
 Okay

00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:23.000
 I think I hear you

00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:24.340
 And I want to embrace

00:48:24.340 --> 00:48:24.880
 That more

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:25.180
 God

00:48:25.180 --> 00:48:26.440
 That you really are

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:27.800
 A father to me

00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:29.440
 You really care

00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:31.039
 And you can really

00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:31.700
 Hold me

00:48:31.700 --> 00:48:32.280
 And you really

00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:33.320
 Run after me

00:48:33.320 --> 00:48:34.440
 Even when I go

00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:34.960
 Astray

00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:36.580
 I pray for anyone

00:48:36.580 --> 00:48:37.160
 Here who

00:48:37.160 --> 00:48:38.060
 Who actually

00:48:38.060 --> 00:48:39.039
 Doesn't know you

00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:39.460
 As father

00:48:39.460 --> 00:48:40.180
 Who has never been

00:48:40.180 --> 00:48:40.880
 Brought into the

00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:41.460
 Family of God

00:48:41.460 --> 00:48:42.240
 Would you now

00:48:42.240 --> 00:48:43.220
 Open up their eyes

00:48:43.220 --> 00:48:43.800
 To see that

00:48:43.800 --> 00:48:44.360
 There is

00:48:44.360 --> 00:48:45.320
 Hope

00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:47.000
 There is a love

00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:47.740
 That you provide

00:48:47.740 --> 00:48:48.100
 As father

00:48:48.100 --> 00:48:48.740
 That nothing

00:48:48.740 --> 00:48:49.200
 In the world

00:48:49.200 --> 00:48:49.840
 Can provide

00:48:49.840 --> 00:48:51.700
 Nothing we want

00:48:51.700 --> 00:48:52.260
 To chase

00:48:52.260 --> 00:48:52.940
 Can provide

00:48:52.940 --> 00:48:53.800
 The love

00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:54.220
 And care

00:48:54.220 --> 00:48:54.880
 That you give

00:48:54.880 --> 00:48:56.460
 Would you bring

00:48:56.460 --> 00:48:57.460
 Them redemption

00:48:57.460 --> 00:48:58.760
 Open their eyes

00:48:58.760 --> 00:48:59.400
 To the gospel

00:48:59.400 --> 00:48:59.920
 Of Jesus

00:48:59.920 --> 00:49:00.539
 And bring them

00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:01.220
 Into the family

00:49:01.220 --> 00:49:02.720
 And for us

00:49:02.720 --> 00:49:02.940
 God

00:49:02.940 --> 00:49:03.500
 Prepare us

00:49:03.500 --> 00:49:03.980
 For the week

00:49:03.980 --> 00:49:04.360
 Ahead

00:49:04.360 --> 00:49:05.900
 That today

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:06.519
 And tomorrow

00:49:06.519 --> 00:49:07.320
 We would walk

00:49:07.320 --> 00:49:07.880
 As children

00:49:07.880 --> 00:49:08.680
 Of the living

00:49:08.680 --> 00:49:09.840
 Reigning

00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:10.680
 God

00:49:10.680 --> 00:49:12.400
 In Christ's name

00:49:12.400 --> 00:49:12.760
 Amen