WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.140 Let's turn together now to Paul's letter to Colossians and chapter 3 and reading at the beginning of that chapter. 00:00:08.140 --> 00:00:12.500 ! Colossians 3 and verse number 1. 00:00:14.500 --> 00:00:23.559 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:27.179 And so on down to the end of verse 4. 00:00:27.179 --> 00:00:37.380 The last couple of times we've been together for the morning service, we have been looking at something of what this letter tells us. 00:00:38.219 --> 00:00:47.179 And we noticed that the overall theme of the letter is to show the supremacy of Christ in the life of the Christian. 00:00:47.179 --> 00:00:57.640 And Paul is writing in this way to the church in Colossae because of the challenges they are facing from the philosophies around them, 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:06.260 from the culture of the city, and from the legalism that was rearing its head around them in different ways, 00:01:06.780 --> 00:01:14.760 leaving them as Christians insecure in their faith, feeling that they were inadequate as the children of God, 00:01:15.420 --> 00:01:22.040 and therefore losing their sense of joy and happiness and peace in their faith. 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:33.900 And we noticed also that with all of the events in Colossae, that these events are not dissimilar to what happens in our own culture, 00:01:34.440 --> 00:01:40.520 in the world in which we live, and the different ways in which our faith is challenged by the culture around us, 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:47.739 and especially through secularism and the different ways in which we can be influenced by the culture around us, 00:01:47.739 --> 00:01:50.599 without us actually realizing that. 00:01:51.340 --> 00:02:01.140 And it's always important for us to bear in mind that we are influenced by things that we would never think would ever change the way that we think at all. 00:02:01.620 --> 00:02:03.359 But that is not the case. 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:10.079 Wherever we are in life, we are influenced by what takes place outside of us. 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:17.660 And in the last two sermons, we saw, first of all, something of the life of faith and salvation as God's gift, 00:02:17.860 --> 00:02:25.060 to understand that salvation is not about what you and I are going to do in order to achieve something. 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:28.300 It is the free gift of God. 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:36.160 And two weeks today, we saw something of the life of faith and the freedom that you have in Christ Jesus, 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:40.620 highlighting the way in which we are united to Him. 00:02:40.620 --> 00:02:41.939 We are in Him. 00:02:42.659 --> 00:02:52.199 We highlight the prepositions that are key to understanding our salvation and our security as those who are the children of God. 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:57.379 And as Christians today, we are inseparably linked with the Lord Jesus, 00:02:57.379 --> 00:03:01.759 so that no matter what He did, we were with Him then. 00:03:02.219 --> 00:03:04.859 No matter what He does today, we are with Him. 00:03:05.219 --> 00:03:09.579 And no matter what He will do in the future, we are with Him. 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:13.280 We are united to Him and we are with Him. 00:03:13.939 --> 00:03:19.599 What do you think today of the life of faith and participating in kingdom life? 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:27.060 It is great to know that the truths that are foundational to our lives as the people of God. 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:32.620 But these truths are there, not so we can simply rest in the truths, 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:40.280 but so that in recognizing the truth, that we can go forward and live as the children of God. 00:03:40.740 --> 00:03:45.639 And so today, the life of faith and participating in kingdom life. 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:51.899 The first thing we want to see is that there is direction in life. 00:03:53.019 --> 00:03:57.219 And the direction is brought before us where we read at the beginning of this chapter, 00:03:57.799 --> 00:04:00.819 if then you have been raised with Christ, that's who you are, 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.579 seek the things that are above. 00:04:06.079 --> 00:04:08.560 There is a pursuit going on. 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:13.479 Energy is spent going in a particular direction. 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:18.579 And all of us, no matter how old or young we are in life, 00:04:18.939 --> 00:04:21.219 we are doing our own seeking. 00:04:22.139 --> 00:04:25.439 We are looking for the things that are going to give us satisfaction. 00:04:26.579 --> 00:04:32.939 We rise on the Lord's Day and we are deciding certain things for our satisfaction. 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:38.019 We tend to leave these things behind as we rise on our Monday morning 00:04:38.019 --> 00:04:42.680 and we are seeking other things during the week for our satisfaction. 00:04:43.799 --> 00:04:46.120 Our desires are all consuming. 00:04:46.859 --> 00:04:52.659 They take up all of our energy and we spend our time looking for these very things 00:04:52.659 --> 00:04:55.899 that we think will give us satisfaction. 00:04:55.899 --> 00:05:01.459 And perhaps even in the middle of the service itself, 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:06.139 your desire may be focusing on something outside of the service 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:08.679 where you think you will find satisfaction. 00:05:09.459 --> 00:05:14.179 But what God wants us to do is to seek the things that are above. 00:05:15.179 --> 00:05:17.599 Things that are above the culture in Colossae. 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:20.959 Things that are above the legalism of Colossae. 00:05:21.500 --> 00:05:24.239 Things that are above where Christ is. 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:29.019 Jesus told us here in the Gospel of John, 00:05:29.840 --> 00:05:31.660 I am from above. 00:05:32.019 --> 00:05:33.939 You are from beneath. 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:37.480 He is the one who came down from heaven. 00:05:38.259 --> 00:05:39.620 Heaven is his home. 00:05:40.220 --> 00:05:42.280 It's the dwelling place of God. 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:45.420 And those who are believers in Colossae, 00:05:45.980 --> 00:05:49.960 they are to spend their energy seeking their satisfaction 00:05:49.960 --> 00:05:53.759 in the things that belong to the dwelling place of God. 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:58.160 And when Paul is calling them to do so, 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:01.000 to continue to do so every day of their lives, 00:06:01.340 --> 00:06:05.060 he is conscious of one particular thing alongside of that. 00:06:05.060 --> 00:06:09.000 That is that they will struggle. 00:06:10.660 --> 00:06:14.819 Because he draws attention to the things that create that struggle 00:06:14.819 --> 00:06:17.560 because they lose their sense of direction 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:19.560 and they lose their orientation 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:24.480 and suddenly they are seeking their desire in the things of the earth. 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.319 The things that belong to culture in Colossae 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:29.480 and life in Colossae. 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:32.780 Where so many people are finding their satisfaction 00:06:32.780 --> 00:06:35.160 separate from the things which are above. 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:40.660 they will know that they will meet with a struggle. 00:06:40.660 --> 00:06:49.840 And God today wants you to seek him now and forever. 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:54.219 He wants you to spend all of your energy 00:06:54.219 --> 00:06:58.579 seeking the things that belong to your salvation. 00:06:58.579 --> 00:07:02.740 And when God is asking you to do so, 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:05.300 he knows that so many other things 00:07:05.300 --> 00:07:07.319 will clamor for your attention. 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:10.699 So many other things will demand your time. 00:07:10.699 --> 00:07:13.060 In the week that is to come, 00:07:13.379 --> 00:07:15.300 as we wake up at the beginning of the week, 00:07:15.740 --> 00:07:16.439 tomorrow morning, 00:07:16.740 --> 00:07:20.079 we will understand that there is a clamor for time, 00:07:20.579 --> 00:07:21.860 a clamor for our attention, 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:23.680 a clamor for our energy. 00:07:24.180 --> 00:07:28.839 And that clamor can so often dampen our desire for the Lord Jesus. 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:32.000 Dampen our focus on the things that are above, 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:34.279 things that belong to heaven. 00:07:35.899 --> 00:07:38.199 And so today for you and for me, 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:40.399 we are commanded first of all, 00:07:40.699 --> 00:07:43.219 to seek the Lord with all of our hearts, 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:45.879 to come to believe in the Lord Jesus. 00:07:46.860 --> 00:07:49.240 But that is only the beginning of our seeking. 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:52.500 Because when Paul is saying to them, 00:07:52.659 --> 00:07:54.060 seek the things that are above, 00:07:54.980 --> 00:07:57.099 seek for the rest of your life, 00:07:57.579 --> 00:07:59.019 the things that are above. 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:02.860 It's an activity which will take up 00:08:02.860 --> 00:08:06.060 and consume the whole of our lives. 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:10.219 And that's challenging. 00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:15.219 That the values we see in the world around us 00:08:15.219 --> 00:08:16.779 will not be our values. 00:08:17.979 --> 00:08:21.779 That the thinking we see in the secularism that surround us 00:08:21.779 --> 00:08:23.279 will not be our thinking. 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:25.980 That we will be focused on the things 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:29.240 that belong to our salvation. 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:32.259 That our lives will be our lives. 00:08:32.259 --> 00:08:32.740 That our lives will be different. 00:08:33.259 --> 00:08:36.580 That we will walk counter to the culture in which we live. 00:08:37.259 --> 00:08:40.019 And that therefore we will be known and seen as those 00:08:40.019 --> 00:08:44.720 who desire the kingdom of God. 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:54.060 And Paul wants to drive home the kind of motivation for that. 00:08:54.800 --> 00:08:56.639 That the driver for their seeking. 00:08:57.940 --> 00:09:02.540 And the driver is that their desire should be aligned 00:09:02.540 --> 00:09:05.879 with the kingdom of heaven to which they now belong. 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:11.399 Seek the things that are above where Christ is seated 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:13.840 at the right hand of God. 00:09:14.899 --> 00:09:19.080 As Christians they are to recognize the reality of the kingdom 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:20.259 to which they belong. 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:24.419 And the reality of where Jesus now is. 00:09:24.419 --> 00:09:28.199 that the Jesus who died on Calvary's cross. 00:09:28.599 --> 00:09:29.899 Who was buried in the tomb. 00:09:30.299 --> 00:09:31.959 Who was raised from the dead on the third day. 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:34.819 Is now seated at God's right hand. 00:09:35.779 --> 00:09:37.620 And we read in Psalm number 110. 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:40.019 That God himself said to him. 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:41.719 Sit at my right hand. 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:45.679 Until I make your enemies a stool for your feet. 00:09:47.019 --> 00:09:50.259 Your desire today as the child of God. 00:09:50.899 --> 00:09:53.039 Will be driven by the things which are above. 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:57.779 Because you understand that Jesus is at God's right hand. 00:09:58.059 --> 00:10:00.959 As the one who has freed you from your sin. 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:03.459 Freed you from the penalty of sin. 00:10:04.259 --> 00:10:05.699 And has entered into the place. 00:10:06.599 --> 00:10:08.319 Which he is preparing for you. 00:10:08.319 --> 00:10:10.019 As the one who prays. 00:10:10.139 --> 00:10:12.139 Who intercedes now for you. 00:10:13.339 --> 00:10:14.059 And in that. 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:15.860 That very Psalm itself. 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:20.179 It reminds us of the kind of citizens. 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:21.980 That belong to this kingdom. 00:10:21.980 --> 00:10:25.039 How the citizens are going to be recognized. 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:27.220 And we read on through the Psalm. 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:29.340 And we see the way in which. 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:31.180 It speaks of. 00:10:31.680 --> 00:10:34.600 Your youth will be like dew in the morning. 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:38.180 They will be arrayed in holiness. 00:10:38.179 --> 00:10:43.539 They are going to emerge from the culture in which they live. 00:10:43.539 --> 00:10:45.859 And they are going to be markedly different. 00:10:46.599 --> 00:10:48.259 And they are going to be markedly different. 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:50.179 Because they are like Jesus. 00:10:50.779 --> 00:10:53.759 Because their life is aligned with the kingdom of God. 00:10:53.959 --> 00:10:55.639 And the rules for God's kingdom. 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:59.360 And the Jesus whom they serve. 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:00.100 And whom they follow. 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:03.199 Is the Jesus whom they recognize as king. 00:11:05.939 --> 00:11:09.340 They are more than supporters. 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:10.919 Who are following a leader. 00:11:12.460 --> 00:11:16.580 The Christian is a citizen of the kingdom of heaven. 00:11:17.740 --> 00:11:20.120 Bound up in obedience to their king. 00:11:20.340 --> 00:11:21.639 The Lord Jesus Christ. 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:23.039 At God's right hand. 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:29.419 And that's the direction for you life and for mine. 00:11:30.419 --> 00:11:32.120 Today and forever more. 00:11:33.099 --> 00:11:34.219 And that's the driver. 00:11:35.419 --> 00:11:37.279 That Jesus is my savior. 00:11:37.779 --> 00:11:39.259 That he is also my king. 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.819 And because he is my savior. 00:11:41.959 --> 00:11:42.719 I am his disciple. 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:44.379 And because he is my king. 00:11:44.599 --> 00:11:47.879 I am walking the paths of the kingdom of heaven. 00:11:48.439 --> 00:11:49.879 As these are set before me. 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:52.360 In the word of God. 00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:55.139 The direction. 00:11:56.700 --> 00:11:59.179 What direction is your life taking you? 00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:02.939 What direction is your life taking you? 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:05.620 In seeking the things that you think will satisfy? 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:09.100 Nothing will satisfy you. 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:12.720 Other than what Paul calls in his letter. 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:15.980 The fullness that we have in Jesus Christ. 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:17.779 That's satisfaction. 00:12:18.340 --> 00:12:20.019 That's the focus of our desire. 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:23.420 These are the things that we long for. 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:26.360 We are different to the world around us. 00:12:26.920 --> 00:12:30.580 We are counter to the culture in which we live. 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:32.940 There is direction. 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:33.540 Secondly. 00:12:33.540 --> 00:12:33.540 00:12:35.540 --> 00:12:38.540 There is discipline. 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:46.420 There is that sense of the ability to overcome our feelings. 00:12:47.260 --> 00:12:48.820 To overcome our failings. 00:12:49.180 --> 00:12:52.200 In many ways to overcome who we are. 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:55.320 In order to achieve the goal. 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:59.200 And the discipline depends. 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:01.320 On our disposition. 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:03.340 Our tendency. 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:06.160 To act in a particular way. 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:09.080 And Paul draws attention. 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:11.080 To that disposition. 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:12.680 Here in these verses. 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:14.320 As I read on into the second verse. 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:16.520 Set your minds. 00:13:16.900 --> 00:13:18.440 On the things that are. 00:13:19.020 --> 00:13:19.540 Above. 00:13:21.540 --> 00:13:22.820 There is a deliberate. 00:13:23.820 --> 00:13:25.140 Internal action. 00:13:25.139 --> 00:13:26.480 That takes place. 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:27.759 In the child of God. 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:29.679 Where they are deliberately. 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:30.819 Setting their minds. 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:32.139 On the very things. 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:32.679 That belong. 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:34.179 To the kingdom of God. 00:13:36.059 --> 00:13:38.159 And the very setting of the mind. 00:13:38.580 --> 00:13:39.399 Is something that. 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:40.399 Precedes. 00:13:40.819 --> 00:13:41.679 Our desires. 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:44.179 What I desire today. 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:44.659 Or tomorrow. 00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:46.679 Will depend on. 00:13:46.939 --> 00:13:47.939 Will arise from. 00:13:48.379 --> 00:13:49.639 The things that I set. 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:50.939 My mind upon. 00:13:50.940 --> 00:13:55.360 And that is one thing. 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:56.560 That we can say about. 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:58.220 Setting your mind. 00:13:58.420 --> 00:13:58.720 On. 00:13:59.320 --> 00:13:59.780 Anything. 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:03.600 It shows itself. 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:05.000 In determination. 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:08.759 We could say. 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:10.539 That it shows itself. 00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.860 In stubbornness. 00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:14.039 It shows itself. 00:14:14.179 --> 00:14:15.220 In persistence. 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:18.139 When you set your mind. 00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:18.940 On something. 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:21.220 No one is going to change. 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:21.820 Your mind. 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:22.879 Not. 00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:23.879 The folks. 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:25.100 Closest to you in life. 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:26.340 They will not change. 00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:26.840 Your mind. 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:27.940 You're set. 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:28.759 On a path. 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:30.500 And that's. 00:14:30.700 --> 00:14:32.179 What Paul is referring to here. 00:14:32.779 --> 00:14:34.620 That we are stubbornly. 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:36.439 And persistently. 00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:37.899 Pursuing. 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:39.100 A push in life. 00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:40.039 Because. 00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:41.340 Our minds. 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:42.360 Are set. 00:14:42.939 --> 00:14:43.379 Firmly. 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:45.080 Upon that. 00:14:47.439 --> 00:14:48.559 If I can use. 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:52.080 Computer illustration. 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:52.480 To. 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:52.779 To. 00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:54.279 To show something. 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.539 Of what Paul is doing here. 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:55.879 And. 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:57.299 We can think of the. 00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:58.839 Operating system. 00:14:58.839 --> 00:15:00.299 On our computer. 00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.539 That manages. 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:02.179 All the. 00:15:02.479 --> 00:15:03.059 Hardware. 00:15:03.439 --> 00:15:04.379 That allocates. 00:15:04.599 --> 00:15:05.319 All of the resources. 00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:06.259 On my PC. 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.539 To ensure. 00:15:08.059 --> 00:15:08.579 That whatever. 00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:09.479 Program I'm running. 00:15:09.839 --> 00:15:10.740 Will run. 00:15:11.139 --> 00:15:11.699 Smoothly. 00:15:12.359 --> 00:15:13.419 And because of the. 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.500 Operating system. 00:15:15.179 --> 00:15:16.099 If it is functioning. 00:15:16.199 --> 00:15:16.919 The way that it should. 00:15:17.319 --> 00:15:17.959 Then the. 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:19.099 Application will run. 00:15:19.419 --> 00:15:19.939 Smoothly. 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:21.679 And things will happen. 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.359 Like that. 00:15:23.839 --> 00:15:24.719 And that's something. 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:25.219 Of the way. 00:15:25.299 --> 00:15:25.559 In which. 00:15:26.179 --> 00:15:26.899 The lives. 00:15:26.899 --> 00:15:27.860 Of the children of God. 00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:28.279 Should be. 00:15:28.819 --> 00:15:29.600 Setting the mind. 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:30.179 As like the. 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:31.799 The operating system. 00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:33.639 And the default. 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:34.000 Is. 00:15:34.459 --> 00:15:35.500 To have our minds. 00:15:35.939 --> 00:15:37.059 Fixed on the things. 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:38.039 Which are above. 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:39.860 And be. 00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.620 Because. 00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.959 That's how we set our minds. 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:42.860 We use. 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:44.000 All of our resources. 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:45.659 All of our energies. 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.699 They're used. 00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:47.319 Together. 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:48.600 In the whole process. 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:49.740 Of deciding. 00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:50.340 The things. 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.620 That are in heaven. 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.559 Where Christ. 00:15:52.939 --> 00:15:53.340 Is. 00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:53.419 Is. 00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:53.480 Is. 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:57.700 What happens. 00:15:58.700 --> 00:16:00.379 To my operating system. 00:16:00.800 --> 00:16:02.019 When it becomes. 00:16:02.300 --> 00:16:02.779 Corrupt. 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:05.420 It may not. 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.340 Grind to a halt. 00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:07.600 But. 00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:08.600 My computer. 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:09.500 Will not produce. 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:09.860 The things. 00:16:09.920 --> 00:16:10.960 That it should produce. 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:13.039 It will produce. 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:13.860 Some kind of. 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:14.899 Mishmash. 00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:15.500 Of rubbish. 00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:16.100 That has no. 00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:17.139 No help to me. 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:18.120 And in the goal. 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:19.240 Which I'm trying to achieve. 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.600 It will not. 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:21.539 Get me there. 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:25.559 And your life. 00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:26.539 And my life. 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:27.819 Is sometimes. 00:16:27.819 --> 00:16:28.679 Like that. 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:31.599 Our determination. 00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:33.419 To. 00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:34.219 To fix. 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:34.980 Our minds. 00:16:35.199 --> 00:16:36.240 On the things of God. 00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:36.839 Things of. 00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:38.360 The kingdom of God. 00:16:38.939 --> 00:16:39.459 Becomes. 00:16:39.719 --> 00:16:40.519 Corrupted. 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:41.819 By the. 00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:43.179 By the sin of our own heart. 00:16:43.699 --> 00:16:44.500 In the first place. 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:47.259 But by the influences. 00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:47.959 Of what. 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:48.620 Take place. 00:16:48.719 --> 00:16:49.399 Around us. 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:51.779 There may be the influences. 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.220 Of my. 00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:52.980 Of my friends. 00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.340 Of my school friends. 00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:56.000 There may be the influences. 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.360 Of. 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.360 Of friends. 00:16:57.419 --> 00:16:58.220 That I spend time. 00:16:58.539 --> 00:16:59.759 In recreation with. 00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:01.399 There may be the influence. 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:01.840 Of those. 00:17:01.939 --> 00:17:02.740 That I work with. 00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.779 External influences. 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.480 Can. 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:06.539 Quietly. 00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:08.000 And discreetly. 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:08.920 Corrupt. 00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.819 My thinking. 00:17:10.379 --> 00:17:11.539 So that I'm no longer. 00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:12.740 Stubbornly. 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.500 Persistently. 00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:15.099 Looking at the things of God. 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:16.720 And following that path. 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:21.339 And you and I. 00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.279 Have to be so. 00:17:22.579 --> 00:17:23.000 Careful. 00:17:24.360 --> 00:17:25.660 As God's children. 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.880 Against such. 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:29.079 Corruption. 00:17:30.660 --> 00:17:31.660 We can. 00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:32.440 Have. 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:32.880 Our. 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.620 Software. 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.360 That guards. 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:35.980 Against. 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.380 Our system. 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:37.700 Being. 00:17:37.700 --> 00:17:37.920 Being. 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.720 Corrupted. 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.360 By external. 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:39.839 Influencers. 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:41.400 We have to have the shield. 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:42.600 That closes off. 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:43.600 The influences. 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:44.279 Of the world. 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.599 So that our minds. 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.180 Are working. 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:46.899 Clearly. 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.079 And Peter. 00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:52.980 In first Peter one. 00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:53.940 He speaks about. 00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.259 The way. 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:54.519 In which. 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:56.299 We are to prepare. 00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:57.200 Our minds. 00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.359 For action. 00:17:59.579 --> 00:17:59.799 And. 00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.379 And the image. 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:00.879 There is. 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.879 Is of the people. 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.079 Who. 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:04.160 Who walked around. 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.000 In long. 00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:05.859 Cloaks. 00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.480 Down to. 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:07.420 To their feet. 00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.799 And when they're going. 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.819 To prepare. 00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:10.639 To do anything. 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.680 Then they have to. 00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:12.920 Tidy up. 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:14.120 Their cloak. 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:14.500 They have to. 00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:15.620 Tide under their belt. 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.920 So that there is no. 00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:17.740 Restriction. 00:18:17.820 --> 00:18:18.400 On their running. 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:20.000 Or on their activity. 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.440 And you. 00:18:23.600 --> 00:18:23.860 And I. 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.920 May ask ourselves. 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:25.320 Today. 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.940 What are the things. 00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:29.039 In our lives. 00:18:30.100 --> 00:18:31.019 That we need to. 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:31.940 Tidy up. 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:34.140 And sort out. 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:35.960 Some of which. 00:18:36.100 --> 00:18:37.160 We need to get rid of. 00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:38.680 And there are things. 00:18:39.080 --> 00:18:40.200 We just need to make sure. 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:41.779 That they're in the right place. 00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:43.399 And not taking the place. 00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:44.700 Of my Lord. 00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.819 And my Savior. 00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:48.799 Tiding up our lives. 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.379 Putting on the belt. 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:50.980 Of truth. 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:53.660 As Paul says. 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:55.039 And doing so. 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.980 So that we may run. 00:18:57.379 --> 00:18:58.180 And serve. 00:18:59.059 --> 00:18:59.839 The Lord Jesus. 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.619 The discipline. 00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:06.079 How determined. 00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.500 Are you today. 00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:11.380 To follow the paths. 00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:13.180 Of the Bible. 00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:14.700 And of God's kingdom. 00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:17.140 How stubbornly. 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:19.640 Resistant you are. 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:21.200 To outside influences. 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.519 And how much. 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.680 Does your life show. 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:26.339 That you know. 00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.940 Where you are going. 00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:28.420 You know. 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.440 What you want to do. 00:19:29.900 --> 00:19:30.599 And you know. 00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:31.180 Why. 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:31.940 You want. 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:32.940 To do them. 00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:35.640 And thus. 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.519 Paul. 00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:38.340 Draws attention. 00:19:38.340 --> 00:19:38.700 To. 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:38.700 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:40.960 That need. 00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:41.880 Of discipline. 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.700 In their lives. 00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.019 He wants. 00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.700 Once more. 00:19:44.860 --> 00:19:44.960 To. 00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:46.340 Draw their attention. 00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.120 Their attention. 00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:48.779 To what should. 00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:49.580 Drive them. 00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.559 And that is. 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:52.420 In this case. 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:52.740 Not. 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.620 Their alignment. 00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.279 With the. 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.080 The kingdom. 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.559 Of heaven. 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.620 But their. 00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:58.360 Alignment. 00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.440 With their. 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.019 New. 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.600 Identity. 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:03.919 It's. 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:05.259 Who you are. 00:20:05.899 --> 00:20:06.259 It's. 00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:07.279 Who I am. 00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.839 And it's. 00:20:09.199 --> 00:20:10.199 Setting my mind. 00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:11.480 On the things. 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:12.059 That are above. 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.399 Because of. 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.740 Who we are. 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:15.939 And that's. 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.919 What Paul says. 00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:19.439 In verse number three. 00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:20.740 For you have died. 00:20:21.459 --> 00:20:22.039 Your life. 00:20:22.139 --> 00:20:22.579 Your old life. 00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:23.319 Is behind you. 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.539 That's come to an end. 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.619 Your life. 00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:26.519 Is hidden. 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.119 With Christ. 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.919 In God. 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:31.660 It's. 00:20:31.860 --> 00:20:32.660 A mysterious. 00:20:34.820 --> 00:20:35.340 Insight. 00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:36.500 Into. 00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:37.740 Who we are. 00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.539 As the children. 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.039 Of God. 00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:40.420 The next verse. 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:40.960 Begins with. 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:41.900 When Christ. 00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.640 Who is. 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.340 Your life. 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:45.779 Not only. 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.340 Do we. 00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.180 Believe. 00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.980 In the Lord Jesus. 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.519 Not only. 00:20:48.600 --> 00:20:49.240 Do we have faith. 00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:49.480 In him. 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.400 And are saved. 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.060 By him. 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.720 But he is. 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.460 Our life. 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.600 There is that. 00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.539 Intimate. 00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:56.980 Union. 00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.500 With him. 00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:58.880 That the life. 00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.400 That I live. 00:20:59.460 --> 00:20:59.600 Now. 00:20:59.720 --> 00:20:59.980 It's not. 00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:00.900 My own life. 00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:02.260 And my life. 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:03.020 Is hidden. 00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:05.200 With Christ. 00:21:05.800 --> 00:21:06.520 In God. 00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:08.480 It's the very. 00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.340 Source. 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:09.920 Of the. 00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:10.780 New creation. 00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.160 Life. 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.700 In my heart. 00:21:12.040 --> 00:21:12.840 That is found. 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.460 In God. 00:21:13.520 --> 00:21:13.900 Himself. 00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:15.980 And my. 00:21:16.060 --> 00:21:16.760 My mindset. 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.260 And the way. 00:21:17.320 --> 00:21:17.820 In which I live. 00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.280 My life. 00:21:18.280 --> 00:21:19.360 Is deterred. 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:19.600 By. 00:21:20.020 --> 00:21:20.740 Who I am. 00:21:20.820 --> 00:21:21.300 As somebody. 00:21:21.760 --> 00:21:22.580 Whose new life. 00:21:22.760 --> 00:21:23.680 In Christ Jesus. 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:25.380 Finds its origin. 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.260 In God. 00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:27.300 The life. 00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:27.820 That I live. 00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:29.179 Is nothing less. 00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.639 Than the life. 00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.480 Of God. 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.480 You know. 00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.839 Present in my heart. 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:36.039 And that's what drives. 00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:36.899 That's what moves. 00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.939 That is. 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:39.119 The very thing. 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.559 That makes. 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.399 My life. 00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.980 What it is. 00:21:46.399 --> 00:21:47.339 And of course. 00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:48.960 There is. 00:21:50.439 --> 00:21:51.439 A hiddenness. 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.359 In a relationship. 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.119 With the Lord Jesus. 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.279 Is. 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.819 You are here. 00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.219 Today. 00:21:56.939 --> 00:21:57.959 And you love. 00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.479 The Lord. 00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.719 With all of your heart. 00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.500 You are alive. 00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.139 For God. 00:22:03.459 --> 00:22:04.299 God's life. 00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:05.299 Fills your heart. 00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.759 I cannot see it. 00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:09.259 Others cannot see it. 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.739 It's hidden. 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.899 It's invisible. 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.919 But the fact. 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.479 That it's hidden. 00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:15.099 And invisible. 00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.599 Does not lessen. 00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.000 The fact. 00:22:17.219 --> 00:22:18.159 Of its reality. 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.739 And of its powerful. 00:22:19.899 --> 00:22:20.379 Influence. 00:22:20.459 --> 00:22:20.879 In life. 00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.579 It is hidden. 00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.039 Right now. 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.980 It is invisible. 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.599 But the reality is. 00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.420 That it is. 00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.019 There. 00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.599 And because. 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:31.339 It is there. 00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:32.799 Although. 00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.240 The. 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:33.619 The. 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.079 The. 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.759 My life being hidden. 00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.559 May speak about. 00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:37.019 God's protection. 00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:38.740 And God's power. 00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.980 And God's care. 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.359 Primarily. 00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.799 It speaks. 00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:46.019 Of who I am. 00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.599 And. 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.680 Who I am. 00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.220 Drives me. 00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.659 In setting my mind. 00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:53.500 On the very things. 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.800 Of the kingdom. 00:22:54.800 --> 00:22:55.000 Of heaven. 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:56.100 Of heaven. 00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:59.380 Do you know. 00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.640 Who you are. 00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:02.380 As the child of God. 00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.519 Do you know. 00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.380 That you are. 00:23:05.540 --> 00:23:06.360 The child of God. 00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:08.880 Are you persuaded. 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.840 Assured. 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.340 In your heart. 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.820 That you are. 00:23:12.320 --> 00:23:13.400 The child of God. 00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.500 Then there is. 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.259 There is no issue. 00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:17.060 There is no problem. 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.200 Your life. 00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.279 Will be. 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.619 Lived in this way. 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.319 Your assurance. 00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.619 Of being the child of God. 00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:26.119 With the life of God. 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.379 Will ensure. 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.579 That. 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.420 Your mind. 00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.099 Will be set. 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.579 That your desires. 00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.200 Will be fixed. 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.359 And that's. 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.099 The direction. 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:34.680 Of. 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.559 Life. 00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.859 There is a gospel song. 00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.660 Entitled. 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.240 Who I am. 00:23:40.399 --> 00:23:40.539 By. 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.700 By Ben Fuller. 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.599 And the chorus. 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.559 Goes like this. 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.160 Who I am. 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.859 In the eyes. 00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.200 Of. 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.299 The father. 00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.799 Who I am. 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.420 His love. 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:49.940 Set. 00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.539 Free. 00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.319 Who I was. 00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.840 I left. 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.680 At the altar. 00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.480 I am huge Lord. 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.019 I. 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:56.960 Believe. 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.580 Who are you. 00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.700 Can you. 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.279 Say. 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.160 Before God. 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.400 Today. 00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:06.059 Who I am. 00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.299 Is. 00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.160 Someone. 00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.960 That your love. 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.259 Set. 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.519 Free. 00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:11.160 Who I am. 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:11.680 Is. 00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:11.920 Someone. 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.660 That has left. 00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.660 My life. 00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.320 Of rebellion. 00:24:15.800 --> 00:24:16.200 Behind. 00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.519 Who I am. 00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.660 Someone. 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.860 That belongs. 00:24:20.040 --> 00:24:20.620 To you. 00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.900 And because. 00:24:22.040 --> 00:24:22.640 I belong. 00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:23.279 To you. 00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:25.040 I will live. 00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.480 My life. 00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.060 For you. 00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.940 My mind. 00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:27.340 Will be. 00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:28.019 Fixed. 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.040 Upon you. 00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.620 The discipline. 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.680 Who are you? 00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.759 What does your life. 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.440 Look like? 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.880 How does God. 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.680 See your life? 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.580 What's your way. 00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.279 Of thinking. 00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.320 In life. 00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.140 Is your mind. 00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.560 Set. 00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:46.000 On the things. 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.240 That are above. 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.560 For your life. 00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.140 Is hidden. 00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:50.500 With Christ. 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.140 In. 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.519 God. 00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.340 And finally. 00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.960 There is a. 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.060 Destiny. 00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:03.140 For those. 00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:04.200 Who are struggling. 00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.060 In Colossae. 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.420 For those. 00:25:06.540 --> 00:25:06.880 Who are. 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.240 Rediscovering. 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.400 The supremacy. 00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:10.440 Of Jesus Christ. 00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.960 In their lives. 00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.960 There is. 00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.779 A certain. 00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.500 Destiny. 00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.579 See. 00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.259 And that's what we. 00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.240 For the read of. 00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.160 In version number four. 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.500 When Christ. 00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.220 Who is your life. 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.759 Appears. 00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.940 Then you also. 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.599 Will appear. 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.259 With him. 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.740 In glory. 00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.900 The glory. 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.079 Of Christ. 00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.440 Today. 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:29.839 Is. 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:30.799 Invisible. 00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.759 To the human eye. 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.579 We read about it. 00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.200 In the bible. 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.900 We learn. 00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.160 We learn about. 00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.680 Where Jesus. 00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.180 Gone. 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.220 We learn about. 00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:40.100 What he is doing. 00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.680 What his position is. 00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.500 At the throne room. 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.019 Of God. 00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:45.960 But we can only. 00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.720 Begin to imagine. 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:50.440 What his glory is like. 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.940 We imagine it. 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.000 On the base of the bible. 00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.759 But our minds. 00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.460 Can never reach. 00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.259 To the heights. 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.080 Of. 00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.420 Recognizing. 00:25:58.420 --> 00:26:00.560 The glory. 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.180 And the beauty. 00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.360 That belongs. 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.039 To Jesus. 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.680 At God's throne. 00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.279 Today. 00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:09.160 But the promise is. 00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.759 That he will. 00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:13.600 Appear. 00:26:15.300 --> 00:26:16.380 We could say. 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.200 Without being. 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.440 Against the word of God. 00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.759 We could say that he will. 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.220 Reappear. 00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:24.800 He appeared once before. 00:26:25.060 --> 00:26:26.440 To take away our sin. 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:28.140 Then he returns. 00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:29.140 The second time. 00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.860 For salvation. 00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:31.160 To. 00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:32.660 To take his people. 00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:35.299 Into his. 00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.019 Lasting. 00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:37.980 Kingdom. 00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.860 And time after time. 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.000 In the bible. 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:43.220 That is the sense of. 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.620 Looking forward to. 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.000 The day of the return. 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.240 Of. 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.460 Of Jesus himself. 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.100 And Jesus himself. 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.160 Repeatedly. 00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:51.140 Spoke of that. 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.980 In the gospels. 00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.420 When the son of man. 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.059 Returns. 00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:55.460 Will he find faith. 00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.100 On the earth. 00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.460 When the son of man. 00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.299 Returns. 00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.620 In all of his glory. 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.059 And John. 00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.700 Goes on to say. 00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:06.440 We don't know. 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.240 What he looks like. 00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:07.500 But. 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.380 We know that. 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.820 When. 00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:10.220 He appears. 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.400 We will see him. 00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.820 As he is. 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.259 And we will be like him. 00:27:13.580 --> 00:27:14.880 There is a program. 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.500 And the program. 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.660 For us today. 00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:18.940 Is. 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.320 To live the disciplined. 00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:20.799 Life. 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:22.059 Of the children of God. 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.039 As we await. 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.600 The. 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:25.179 Final stage. 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.599 In the. 00:27:25.919 --> 00:27:26.699 God's program. 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.459 For salvation. 00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.659 The return. 00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.279 Of the son. 00:27:29.699 --> 00:27:30.000 When. 00:27:30.659 --> 00:27:31.019 Time. 00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.539 As we know it. 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.579 Will terminate. 00:27:33.219 --> 00:27:34.779 And when all the new things. 00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.359 Will begin. 00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:37.259 And when there will be no time. 00:27:37.459 --> 00:27:37.579 And. 00:27:39.199 --> 00:27:39.599 Nothing. 00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.599 But the paradise. 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.319 Of God. 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.139 Jesus. 00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.539 Will. 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.559 Return. 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:47.159 He is. 00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:48.099 On the throne. 00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.940 Until God. 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.299 Makes all of his enemies. 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.759 A foodstool. 00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.460 For his feet. 00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.759 And then. 00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:55.539 He will return. 00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:56.839 And. 00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:57.839 As that psalm. 00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.859 Goes on to say. 00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.960 He will drink of the brook. 00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.339 In the way. 00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:01.139 He will come. 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.240 Victoriously. 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.200 He will come. 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.000 Gloriously. 00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.579 And as John says. 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.679 Every. 00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.500 Eye. 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:08.859 Will. 00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.679 See him. 00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.059 Even. 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.799 Those. 00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:12.859 Who. 00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:13.500 Pushed him. 00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:15.160 Jesus. 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.980 Is coming. 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.720 Again. 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.180 And you will see him. 00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.420 And I will see him. 00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:23.039 And everyone will see him. 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.880 And there will be no mistaking. 00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.500 We will know. 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.619 Who he is. 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.619 And we will certainly know then. 00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.359 Who. 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.480 We are. 00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.339 He is going to return. 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:36.059 And that will be the revelation. 00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.039 Of his glory. 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.920 And it will also be the time. 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.000 When the. 00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.460 Invisibility. 00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:42.960 Of. 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.160 Of. 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.960 The life. 00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:45.039 Of the child of God. 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.059 Will disappear. 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:49.400 When the cover will be taken off. 00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.120 And when. 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.579 Our union with Christ. 00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.059 And. 00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:55.019 Our witness with Christ. 00:28:55.100 --> 00:28:55.700 And all that he does. 00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:57.640 When all of that will be revealed. 00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:59.279 In great glory. 00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:04.200 We shall be. 00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.220 Like him. 00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.840 We. 00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.940 Says Paul in Romans 8. 00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.720 If we suffer with him. 00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.759 If we are disciplined. 00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.980 If we live the life. 00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:13.099 Of the children of God. 00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:14.680 If we suffer with him. 00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:16.660 We shall also. 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.140 Be glorified. 00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:18.960 Together. 00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.279 By. 00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:22.700 Says Paul in Philippians 3. 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.839 By the way. 00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.779 In which he uses. 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.799 His power. 00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.700 To bring everything under his own. 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.539 Control. 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.259 And influence. 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:33.480 That he is able to change. 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.819 Our lowly body. 00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:37.779 To be like his. 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:38.819 Glorious. 00:29:39.439 --> 00:29:40.039 Body. 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.519 What a change. 00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.079 It's not. 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.279 Simply that. 00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:46.019 What's. 00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.720 Invisible. 00:29:46.939 --> 00:29:47.859 Will become visible. 00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:49.599 But in that. 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:51.139 Process of becoming visible. 00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.359 There is a great. 00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.419 Transformation. 00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:56.359 When corruption. 00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.480 Puts on incorruption. 00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:59.279 When we leave. 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.559 Dishonor behind. 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:02.200 And when we are raised up in glory. 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:04.299 When we are made. 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.220 Like. 00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.360 Jesus. 00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:09.120 The display of. 00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.539 Who we are. 00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.519 The joy. 00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.000 Of that day. 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.400 Will be. 00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.460 Unspeakable. 00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:18.079 It will be. 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:20.380 Time for praise. 00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.480 At a new level. 00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.660 Time for understanding. 00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:25.640 Of things that we haven't. 00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:27.600 Appreciate before. 00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.360 It is time. 00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:31.420 To follow the Lord Jesus. 00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:33.860 In his shepherding office. 00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:36.920 In his eternal. 00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.000 Kingdom. 00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.820 And today. 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.259 For ourselves. 00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.500 We need to think about. 00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:45.140 Participating in the life. 00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.140 Of God's kingdom. 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.220 We need to. 00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:50.340 Examine ourselves. 00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:52.160 And look at the direction. 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.020 Of our lives. 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.340 Where do we seek. 00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:56.139 Satisfaction. 00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.019 We need. 00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:58.079 To look at. 00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.339 The things that we set. 00:30:59.419 --> 00:31:00.259 Our minds upon. 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.319 We need to be disciplined. 00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.439 To ensure. 00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.859 That we walk in God's paths. 00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.720 And we do so. 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.199 As those. 00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:07.919 Who await. 00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.459 The glorious. 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.179 Revelation. 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.339 When. 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:13.159 The invisible work of God. 00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.539 Will be displayed. 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.539 To ourselves. 00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:15.899 And. 00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.319 Before the gathering. 00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:18.659 Of all of the people of God. 00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.740 And before. 00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:20.659 God's eyes. 00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:20.659 00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:20.679 God's eyes. 00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.099 Himself. 00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:23.119 When God will see. 00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.779 At last. 00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:25.879 That we are transformed. 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.619 Into the very image. 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.839 Of his. 00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.559 Eternal. 00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.259 Son. 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.920 May God help us. 00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:33.399 To live that kind of life. 00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:35.240 And may God bless us. 00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.619 So that. 00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.539 In that day. 00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.859 We will rejoice. 00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.480 In seeing. 00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.500 The glory. 00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.960 Of Jesus Christ. 00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.139 May God bless his word. 00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.740 Let us pray. 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.759 Most. 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.799 Gracious God. 00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.460 Our. 00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.619 Saviour. 00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.200 Our. 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:49.139 Father in heaven. 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.859 Our shepherd. 00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.799 Our guide. 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.019 Our king. 00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.899 And our Lord. 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.139 Help us. 00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:55.679 O Lord. 00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.019 Today. 00:31:56.179 --> 00:31:56.959 To appreciate. 00:31:57.479 --> 00:31:58.419 All that you are. 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.159 In our lives. 00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:01.119 All that you have already done. 00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.719 All that you have promised. 00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.240 Yet. 00:32:03.479 --> 00:32:03.839 To do. 00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:05.379 And give to us. 00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.559 The desire. 00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.439 And the direction. 00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.259 And the discipline. 00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:09.959 Empowered. 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.019 By your Holy Spirit. 00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.699 In our hearts. 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:13.579 That we may live for you. 00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:14.399 Day by day. 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:16.500 And have joy. 00:32:16.659 --> 00:32:17.599 In following you. 00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.939 As your disciples. 00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.860 In the world. 00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.600 And coming at last. 00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.220 On the day of. 00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.240 Your return. 00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:25.220 To enter into. 00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:26.900 The everlasting glory. 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.400 Into which you will gather. 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:30.080 The whole church. 00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:31.259 Of Jesus Christ. 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.860 To be forever more. 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.340 With you. 00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.380 So bless your word. 00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.539 And to mercy we pray. 00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:36.660 For Jesus sake. 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.799 Amen. 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.759 The glory of the psalm. 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:47.080 Psalm number 31. 00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:57.820 Psalm number 31. 00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.500 Psalm number 37. 00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.580 Psalm number 37. 00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:58.700 Psalm number 37. 00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:58.820 Psalm number 37. 00:32:58.820 --> 00:32:59.620 Psalm number 37. 00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:05.160 And we're seeing verse 20 to 24. 00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:09.640 From verse 20 to the end of the psalm. 00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:12.320 Your presence hides and shelters them. 00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:14.559 From those who plot to take their life. 00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:16.960 And in your tent you keep them safe. 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:20.079 From evil tongues that stir up strife. 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.899 From verse 20 to the end of the psalm. 00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.940 And the tune is Warrington. 00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.000 Amen. 00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:37.899 Your presence hides and shelters them. 00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:46.580 From those who plot to take their life. 00:33:46.580 --> 00:33:47.720 From those who plot to take their life. 00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:56.960 And in your tent you keep them safe. 00:33:56.960 --> 00:34:07.380 From evil tongues that stir up strife. 00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:26.440 The Lord be praised because he showed the wonder of his love to me. 00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:35.440 When in the city I was trapped. 00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:44.000 Surrounded by the enemy. 00:34:44.000 --> 00:35:04.000 In my alarm I roughly said that I was hidden from your eyes. 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:14.000 But when I called to you for help. 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:25.079 In grace you listened to my cries. 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:34.539 Oh, love the Lord, all you his saints. 00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:44.360 The fateful will be kept by God. 00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:53.420 But he will give the proud thereto 00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:58.559 Be strong, take heart 00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:04.260 Open the Lord 00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:07.180 After the benediction I go to the main door. 00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:10.559 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ 00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:12.300 the love of God the Father 00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:13.720 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:16.159 be with you all now and forevermore. 00:36:16.919 --> 00:36:17.179 Amen. 00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:44.179 Amen. 00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.179 00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.559 Amen.