WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.139 Just over three months ago, it was New Year's Eve. 00:00:05.219 --> 00:00:10.320 And on that night, you, because you're cool, would probably be doing all sorts of things. 00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:12.500 If you're anything like me, you might have been asleep. 00:00:13.339 --> 00:00:18.800 Because that's what I like to do on New Year's Eve, because my kids get up at 6.30 no matter what day of the year it is. 00:00:18.900 --> 00:00:20.760 And so I need my beauty sleep. 00:00:21.780 --> 00:00:27.960 But assuming your life isn't as tragically boring as mine, you might have been at something exciting like a New Year's party. 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:36.039 And at a New Year's party, it's an interesting kind of thing, because you start those parties by finishing off the year. 00:00:36.620 --> 00:00:39.480 And you finish off those parties by starting the year. 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:42.740 And it's kind of like, what is the New Year's party about? 00:00:42.899 --> 00:00:45.540 Is it actually about the year that's gone past? 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:47.560 Or is it about the year that's coming? 00:00:48.519 --> 00:00:52.060 And I guess that kind of depends on the year you've had or the year you're looking forward to. 00:00:52.140 --> 00:00:55.200 But most of the time, it's a transitional moment in your life. 00:00:55.200 --> 00:01:01.740 You kind of go from one to the other and you're kind of like, hey, it started 2015 and now it's 2016. 00:01:02.140 --> 00:01:07.579 And the text we're looking at today is a transition point in the book of Romans. 00:01:07.900 --> 00:01:09.159 Romans chapter 5. 00:01:09.820 --> 00:01:13.120 And it's a chapter that both looks back and looks forward. 00:01:13.980 --> 00:01:20.920 And it looks back because it nicely rounds off a bunch of themes that have been going on in Romans throughout chapters 1 to 4. 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:26.620 In those chapters, Paul has been outlining for us how God brings sinners back to himself. 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:35.280 But Romans also looks forward in chapter 5 because it prepares us for what happens in chapters 6 to 8. 00:01:35.379 --> 00:01:41.060 And in chapters 6 to 8, it's all about how to live life once you've come to Christ. 00:01:41.060 --> 00:01:44.379 Because here's the beautiful thing about Jesus. 00:01:45.180 --> 00:01:49.379 Jesus didn't just come to fix up your mess and wipe your slate clean. 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:55.299 He came to do that and to give you new life in order to live for him. 00:01:56.219 --> 00:01:59.359 And so my sermon today is going to try and do both of those things. 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:10.979 It's going to try and show you the glory of Jesus by demonstrating how he deals with your past, how he secures your future, but also how he transforms your present. 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:14.819 So let's start with our past by looking backwards. 00:02:15.020 --> 00:02:18.199 Take a look with me at verse 1 of chapter 5. 00:02:18.340 --> 00:02:21.879 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith. 00:02:23.020 --> 00:02:26.039 Now, what does Paul mean by this word justified here? 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:34.699 In the simplest terms possible, it means that God has declared us to be not guilty before him. 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:45.319 See, the wonder of justification is that the future verdict you might fear has already been given in the present. 00:02:46.139 --> 00:02:54.799 If you are in Christ, there is now no longer any condemnation, both now and into the future. 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:56.800 You have been justified. 00:02:57.700 --> 00:03:00.939 It is a settled fact in Christ. 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:05.280 And that verdict will not change because Christ will not change. 00:03:05.640 --> 00:03:08.640 And what he's done on the cross and through the resurrection will not change. 00:03:09.020 --> 00:03:14.340 If you are in Christ, the verdict on your acceptance has already been given. 00:03:15.320 --> 00:03:21.500 No matter what you've done, no matter what you've become, Christ can make you right with God. 00:03:21.500 --> 00:03:30.659 And everything that Paul will say from this point onwards about the Christian life assumes you already know that fact. 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:34.520 It assumes you know that you're already justified. 00:03:34.900 --> 00:03:40.060 Because if you don't start there and you start thinking about how to live the Christian life, 00:03:40.060 --> 00:03:46.039 but you're unsure that you are a Christian, you're going to end up in all sorts of wrong places. 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:51.439 And friends, I need to ask you before we kind of embark on the journey, do you live with that assumption? 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:54.539 Do you live with the assumption? 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:58.259 It's easy enough to say or sing the words, I have been forgiven. 00:03:58.900 --> 00:04:00.000 Christ loves me. 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:01.319 I've been justified. 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:05.459 But our actions and our attitudes so often tell a different story. 00:04:07.139 --> 00:04:13.299 Do the anxieties of your spiritual life, and I get it, we've all got anxieties in our spiritual life, 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:19.759 but do your anxieties say that you're worried what God's verdict will be in the future? 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:23.719 Are you a hard worker in this church? 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:24.839 And every church has them. 00:04:25.339 --> 00:04:27.539 People who basically make the place run. 00:04:27.540 --> 00:04:34.439 Are you a hard worker partly because you're not actually sure whether God has really accepted you? 00:04:35.460 --> 00:04:37.360 And you're trying to work your way back. 00:04:38.760 --> 00:04:45.300 The text says, since we've been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:04:46.259 --> 00:04:50.180 But note also that Paul uses other metaphors to describe salvation. 00:04:51.200 --> 00:04:53.840 To describe what Christ has accomplished for us. 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:58.959 So in verses 10 and 11, Paul talks about being reconciled to God. 00:05:00.039 --> 00:05:04.179 So justification is, if you like, a metaphor from the law court. 00:05:05.239 --> 00:05:09.339 It's, whereas reconciliation is a relational metaphor. 00:05:10.559 --> 00:05:16.739 Now one of the dangers for the metaphors we use to describe salvation is if you just focus on one, 00:05:17.239 --> 00:05:19.839 you can actually end up distorting the gospel. 00:05:20.359 --> 00:05:21.359 You can reduce it. 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:27.480 So if you only ever talk about justification, that means you tend to see God only as your judge, 00:05:28.180 --> 00:05:31.560 whose job is either to declare us guilty or not guilty. 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:37.699 Which is true enough, but a judge is not necessarily someone you have a relationship with. 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:39.560 I don't know how many times you've been to court. 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:44.899 But like, when you go to court and the judge kind of goes, not guilty. 00:05:45.459 --> 00:05:49.300 It's not like after that you sit there and great, we should have coffee sometime. 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:51.759 Like you don't, you don't hang out with your judge. 00:05:52.139 --> 00:05:54.980 His job is just to basically say you're either in or you're out. 00:05:56.060 --> 00:05:59.180 And that's why we need metaphors like reconciliation. 00:05:59.180 --> 00:06:01.740 Because God is not merely our judge, he's our father. 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:07.340 And he wants you as his child. 00:06:08.540 --> 00:06:12.680 You are estranged from God by your sin, but he has brought you back. 00:06:13.180 --> 00:06:17.220 And as Tim Keller says, God doesn't want to be a concept, he wants to be a friend. 00:06:17.220 --> 00:06:22.340 And so we need all the metaphors of the good news that we can find, 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:26.700 because without all the metaphors, you don't see the full richness of the gospel. 00:06:27.880 --> 00:06:29.520 I remember once being in Rome. 00:06:30.860 --> 00:06:32.380 I've only ever been to Rome once. 00:06:32.420 --> 00:06:33.840 That makes it sound like I go all the time. 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.220 I remember the one time I was in Rome. 00:06:37.200 --> 00:06:41.240 And all you do in Rome, as far as I'm concerned, is you go and see old monuments and eat gelato. 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:43.520 That's basically all you need to do in Rome. 00:06:43.580 --> 00:06:44.100 That's enough. 00:06:44.940 --> 00:06:47.080 And I went to a gelato store, and I'll never forget it. 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:48.959 It was one of the most beautiful experiences of my life, 00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:52.399 because I went into a gelato store that had 130 flavours of gelato. 00:06:52.979 --> 00:06:54.819 It had 11 different types of chocolate. 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.479 I wanted to die and live there forever. 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:03.599 And I tried to eat as many different types of gelato from that store, 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:06.879 but I couldn't manage to get around to all 130 flavours. 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:11.180 But I left thinking I've not experienced the full glory of this store, 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:12.939 until I've had 100. 00:07:13.039 --> 00:07:14.339 129 won't do. 00:07:14.339 --> 00:07:21.359 In a little way, that's kind of like what it is to hold all the metaphors of Scripture about salvation. 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:26.060 Because Jesus doesn't just bring justification. 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:28.120 He brings reconciliation. 00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:30.900 At other points, it talks about that he brings liberation. 00:07:31.300 --> 00:07:34.560 All of those things are true, and we need to hear all of them. 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:41.379 So the foundation stone of Romans 5 is that your past has been forgiven, 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:43.399 and you are at peace with God. 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:45.800 Whether you feel like that right now, 00:07:46.180 --> 00:07:51.300 it is objectively true that in Christ you have peace with God. 00:07:52.540 --> 00:07:54.139 And so having dealt with our past, 00:07:54.220 --> 00:07:55.759 towards the end of verse 2, 00:07:56.180 --> 00:07:57.840 Paul starts looking forward. 00:07:57.839 --> 00:07:59.839 He says, 00:08:00.539 --> 00:08:05.500 Through Christ, we now rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 00:08:06.939 --> 00:08:08.099 It's one of those phrases, 00:08:08.259 --> 00:08:09.419 I don't know if you've ever heard it, 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:11.979 but I don't know if you ever do this in Bible study group. 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:14.239 It's one of those phrases that people used to say to me, 00:08:14.339 --> 00:08:16.219 and it was a nod and smile moment, 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:18.899 which is where you don't have any idea what people are saying, 00:08:18.979 --> 00:08:20.139 but you know you're meant to know, 00:08:20.239 --> 00:08:21.459 and say, oh yes, amen. 00:08:22.059 --> 00:08:23.859 We rejoice in the hope of the glory. 00:08:23.979 --> 00:08:24.959 That's fantastic. 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:27.399 I have no idea what you're saying. 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:30.039 And let's be honest, 00:08:30.259 --> 00:08:32.360 we sometimes do that in the Christian church. 00:08:33.460 --> 00:08:35.059 I didn't actually know what that meant. 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:39.460 Because it's got all the right terms to be a Christian quote, doesn't it? 00:08:39.699 --> 00:08:41.860 It's got God, glory, hope, rejoicing. 00:08:41.939 --> 00:08:43.340 Who doesn't want that for a poster? 00:08:43.939 --> 00:08:45.600 Facebook status, ready to go. 00:08:46.179 --> 00:08:47.460 But what does it actually mean? 00:08:48.740 --> 00:08:50.299 Well, on the one hand, 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:51.659 many people would interpret it, 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:53.360 and they'd be fair enough in doing so, 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:57.840 as being the hope that we have for seeing God's glory at the end of time. 00:08:58.539 --> 00:09:02.019 The hope that we have of being in his presence for eternity. 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:04.500 And that is a perfectly reasonable idea, 00:09:04.800 --> 00:09:07.440 and perhaps is what is going on here. 00:09:07.500 --> 00:09:10.560 But I think something else might be going on here, 00:09:10.620 --> 00:09:13.019 because a little earlier in Romans, 00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:15.720 Paul referred to the glory of God, 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:18.000 and he made this point in chapter 3. 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:18.560 He said, 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:24.360 all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:28.200 That's his statement about human beings in Romans chapter 3. 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:30.259 Now, what's he meaning there? 00:09:30.340 --> 00:09:32.060 Well, in Psalm 8 verse 5, 00:09:32.139 --> 00:09:36.019 it says that human beings have been crowned with glory and honour. 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:40.000 And we're crowned with glory because we're made in the image of God, 00:09:40.100 --> 00:09:42.100 made to know him and to show him, 00:09:42.579 --> 00:09:46.819 made to be his representatives as we cultivate his creation. 00:09:47.299 --> 00:09:50.559 And so we're called to this glorious task of imaging God 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:52.659 and reflecting his goodness to the world. 00:09:53.059 --> 00:09:55.299 And the fundamental fact about human beings 00:09:55.299 --> 00:09:57.240 is that we've all failed at that task. 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:02.100 We've all failed to live up to be the people that we were created to be. 00:10:02.100 --> 00:10:06.200 We've all failed to live up to the glory for which we were intended. 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:09.800 And so what I think Romans 5, 2 might well be saying 00:10:09.800 --> 00:10:10.960 is that through Christ, 00:10:11.340 --> 00:10:15.740 God is going to restore us to the glory for which we were designed. 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:18.940 Not as our own achievement, but as Christ's achievement. 00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:22.800 On that final day, you will not only be forgiven, 00:10:23.659 --> 00:10:28.840 you will be everything that God intended you to be from the very beginning. 00:10:29.700 --> 00:10:31.680 Because what Paul is saying in verse 2 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:35.719 is that we rejoice in the hope that we will be fully conformed 00:10:35.719 --> 00:10:39.659 to the image we were meant to have from the start. 00:10:40.659 --> 00:10:42.939 A little later in Romans 8, 18, Paul says, 00:10:43.299 --> 00:10:47.059 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing 00:10:47.059 --> 00:10:50.039 with the glory that will be revealed in us. 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:54.899 But note carefully, this glory is something that I don't have yet. 00:10:54.899 --> 00:10:57.159 It's a hope. 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:58.720 It's a sure and certain hope, 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:01.939 but we don't yet have at least not in full measure. 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:05.759 And that highlights for us a persistent tension 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:08.419 that underlies so much of the New Testament, 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:10.120 which is that throughout the New Testament, 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:12.559 you have this constant tension between 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:16.120 we are already experiencing salvation now, 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:20.620 and yet we're still awaiting the completion of salvation 00:11:20.620 --> 00:11:23.080 at the end of time. 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:26.000 We live between the two comings of Christ. 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:30.000 The first coming of Christ achieves and secures our salvation, 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.120 but it's only at the second coming 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:35.659 that you get the full benefit of the blessings. 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.060 And so the Christian always has to look at their life 00:11:39.060 --> 00:11:40.620 as a mixture of the two, 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:43.879 of the now and the not yet. 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:47.080 So now we are already justified. 00:11:47.820 --> 00:11:50.039 Now we are already reconciled. 00:11:50.820 --> 00:11:51.939 But at the same time, 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:53.980 there are things we are waiting for. 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:57.200 And the tension between the now and the not yet 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:00.939 helps explain what might look initially weird to us 00:12:00.939 --> 00:12:02.139 in verses 9 and 10. 00:12:03.059 --> 00:12:05.159 I don't know if you saw that language in verses 9 and 10. 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:05.980 It says in verse 9, 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:07.600 having been justified, 00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:10.120 how much more will we be saved? 00:12:11.580 --> 00:12:12.139 Verse 10, 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:14.059 having been reconciled, 00:12:14.059 --> 00:12:16.019 how much more will we be saved? 00:12:16.100 --> 00:12:17.080 And when you first read that, 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:17.879 you're probably thinking, 00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:19.679 aren't they the same thing? 00:12:20.779 --> 00:12:21.960 Like if I'm justified, 00:12:22.740 --> 00:12:23.740 aren't I already saved? 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:25.059 If I'm reconciled, 00:12:25.299 --> 00:12:26.439 aren't I already saved? 00:12:27.199 --> 00:12:28.559 Was I lying before 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:30.439 when I said that God's final verdict 00:12:30.439 --> 00:12:32.600 has been given already in the present? 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:33.639 Was that just a kind of, you know, 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:36.539 a fake move to get on your side to begin with? 00:12:36.779 --> 00:12:38.519 No, Paul is not getting you 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:39.679 to question your salvation. 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:41.979 What Paul is trying to tell you is 00:12:41.979 --> 00:12:43.519 there is a sense in which 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:45.039 you have not yet been saved. 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:48.279 Because this morning when I checked, 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:51.199 I still didn't have a resurrection body. 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:53.099 To be quite honest, 00:12:53.139 --> 00:12:53.899 when I looked in the mirror, 00:12:53.979 --> 00:12:55.199 it looked more like a body of death. 00:12:56.839 --> 00:12:58.199 There's a lagging indicator. 00:12:58.359 --> 00:12:59.099 It's called my body. 00:13:00.219 --> 00:13:01.819 And last time I asked my wife, 00:13:01.979 --> 00:13:03.939 she confirmed to me, 00:13:04.819 --> 00:13:06.219 Mark, your life still falls short 00:13:06.219 --> 00:13:07.079 of the glory of God. 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:09.440 She's good at letting me know 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:10.940 that my life falls short 00:13:10.940 --> 00:13:12.020 of the glory of God. 00:13:12.780 --> 00:13:13.240 It always, 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:14.460 as in my body, 00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:15.080 my holiness, 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:16.420 there's so much of my life 00:13:16.420 --> 00:13:18.180 that doesn't yet have 00:13:18.180 --> 00:13:19.879 the touch of God's salvation on it. 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:21.180 It will be touched one day. 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:23.379 I will be raised 00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:25.280 with a body like his. 00:13:25.520 --> 00:13:28.340 I will eventually be perfected in Christ. 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:30.620 But there are some things 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:31.300 that are not yet. 00:13:31.379 --> 00:13:32.480 And this is why the New Testament 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:35.159 refers to salvation sometimes 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:36.500 as a future possession. 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:39.460 Not to get you to question 00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:40.940 whether you're saved or not, 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:43.460 but to get you to understand 00:13:43.460 --> 00:13:45.879 you don't yet have it all. 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:48.800 You are an heir of salvation, 00:13:48.800 --> 00:13:50.420 but you haven't yet received 00:13:50.420 --> 00:13:51.580 all the inheritance. 00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:54.200 And so far from trying 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:55.139 to make us discouraged, 00:13:55.680 --> 00:13:56.440 Paul is actually trying 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:57.539 to encourage us here, 00:13:57.539 --> 00:13:59.199 because what he is saying 00:13:59.199 --> 00:14:00.740 in Romans 5, 1 to 11 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:02.480 is that God who began 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:03.659 a good work in you 00:14:03.659 --> 00:14:05.439 is going to carry it to completion. 00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:08.899 The God who has started with you 00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:10.899 is going to finish with you. 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:13.379 If you have been justified, 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.679 you will be saved. 00:14:15.339 --> 00:14:16.759 God is going to get you home 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:18.559 because the problem is 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:20.039 we can get discouraged 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:21.480 living between the first 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:22.919 and second coming of Christ 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:25.299 because what if something happens? 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:27.979 What if something happens 00:14:27.979 --> 00:14:30.079 between when I profess faith 00:14:30.079 --> 00:14:31.719 in Christ and the day of the Lord? 00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:33.979 One of the things 00:14:33.979 --> 00:14:35.539 that really shakes us up 00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:37.099 is suffering. 00:14:38.059 --> 00:14:40.299 We really get ruined 00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:41.779 sometimes by suffering 00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:43.679 and Paul zeroes in on suffering 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:45.319 for us in verses 3 to 5 00:14:45.319 --> 00:14:47.500 and teaches us to see our suffering 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.539 in a different perspective. 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.299 He says, 00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:50.879 not only so, 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.719 but we also rejoice 00:14:52.719 --> 00:14:53.539 in our sufferings 00:14:53.539 --> 00:14:54.659 because we know that suffering 00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:55.779 produces perseverance, 00:14:56.539 --> 00:14:57.559 perseverance character, 00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.539 and character hope. 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:00.679 And hope does not disappoint us 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:02.559 because God has poured out 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:04.360 his love into our hearts 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:05.600 by the Holy Spirit 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.539 whom he has given us. 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.179 Now for most of us 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:10.819 who are Christians 00:15:10.819 --> 00:15:12.779 for any length of time, 00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:15.759 the experience of suffering, 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:19.379 big, intense, chaotic, 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:21.199 absurd suffering, 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:23.480 is going to mess with us. 00:15:24.280 --> 00:15:24.700 In fact, 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:26.420 it's going to sometimes 00:15:26.420 --> 00:15:27.540 make you feel like 00:15:27.540 --> 00:15:28.440 you're never going to make 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:29.280 the finish line. 00:15:30.060 --> 00:15:31.680 You started the Christian life 00:15:31.680 --> 00:15:32.340 so well, 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.740 things were so happy 00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:35.740 and then it hit. 00:15:36.940 --> 00:15:38.379 And it can make you feel 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.660 uncertain about the future. 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.540 Will I make it? 00:15:41.540 --> 00:15:42.580 And part of, 00:15:42.660 --> 00:15:43.320 let's be honest, 00:15:43.400 --> 00:15:45.080 what fuels the despair 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:47.480 is sometimes 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.100 the thought 00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:49.240 lodges in your brain. 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:51.180 This isn't meant 00:15:51.180 --> 00:15:52.379 to be happening to me. 00:15:53.540 --> 00:15:54.740 I'm God's child. 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:56.700 I'm his justified, 00:15:57.280 --> 00:15:58.800 forgiven sinner. 00:15:59.139 --> 00:16:00.300 We're done with that, 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:00.960 aren't we, God? 00:16:01.160 --> 00:16:02.759 Why am I still suffering? 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.780 It must be that 00:16:03.780 --> 00:16:04.940 there's something wrong 00:16:04.940 --> 00:16:05.480 with me. 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:08.120 And Paul's answer is, 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:09.000 no, it doesn't mean 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.900 there's anything wrong 00:16:09.900 --> 00:16:10.300 with you. 00:16:11.079 --> 00:16:12.240 This is where understanding 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:12.979 that salvation 00:16:12.979 --> 00:16:14.000 is both now 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.959 and not yet 00:16:14.959 --> 00:16:15.740 is so helpful 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:16.740 because 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:18.639 Paul actually 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.699 assumes that 00:16:19.699 --> 00:16:21.159 suffering of all sorts 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:21.899 is going to hit 00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:22.579 Christians 00:16:22.579 --> 00:16:24.000 if they live long enough. 00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:26.899 And that's because 00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:28.579 we live this side 00:16:28.579 --> 00:16:29.439 of the second coming 00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:30.519 and the end of suffering 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:31.819 is not yet. 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.299 And so if you understand 00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:35.279 that we live 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:36.339 between the now 00:16:36.339 --> 00:16:37.139 and the not yet, 00:16:37.439 --> 00:16:38.579 you can use 00:16:38.579 --> 00:16:39.240 your suffering 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.279 to galvanise 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:40.899 your hope. 00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:43.060 So to rejoice 00:16:43.060 --> 00:16:44.539 in our sufferings 00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:45.700 doesn't mean 00:16:45.700 --> 00:16:46.940 we do what some people 00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:47.700 have tried to explain 00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.480 to me sometimes, 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:50.440 as if we can reimagine 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:51.360 that our pain 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.279 isn't painful 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.680 or our hurt 00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:54.539 isn't hurting 00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:55.720 or persecution 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:57.060 is somehow fun. 00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:58.600 No, no, no. 00:16:58.799 --> 00:16:59.639 To rejoice 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.639 in our sufferings 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.580 is to rejoice 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:02.580 in the fact 00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:03.799 that this moment 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:04.380 of suffering 00:17:04.380 --> 00:17:06.400 is not the last word. 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.740 The better day 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.240 is coming 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:10.259 and not only that, 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:11.480 that God can even 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.620 use my suffering 00:17:12.620 --> 00:17:14.279 to deepen my hope 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:15.359 and to form 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:16.160 my character. 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.319 But it's hope 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:18.480 that brings the joy, 00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:20.180 not the suffering. 00:17:20.420 --> 00:17:21.000 We rejoice 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.980 because Jesus 00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:23.180 defeated death 00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:25.180 and that I know 00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:25.980 this suffering 00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:26.740 will not be 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:28.059 the final chapter. 00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:30.059 And so friend, 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.799 do not let 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.660 suffering 00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:32.620 take away 00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:33.440 your assurance. 00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.440 God is going to 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:36.039 carry you 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:37.079 all the way 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:37.859 home. 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.159 And just at the 00:17:40.159 --> 00:17:40.859 end of those verses 00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.460 you have that 00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:42.279 beautiful line 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.899 and hope 00:17:42.899 --> 00:17:43.799 does not disappoint 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:44.480 us because 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:45.679 God has poured 00:17:45.679 --> 00:17:46.339 out his love 00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:47.259 into our hearts 00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:48.399 by the Holy Spirit 00:17:48.399 --> 00:17:49.639 whom he has 00:17:49.639 --> 00:17:50.399 given us. 00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:52.399 So Paul is saying 00:17:52.399 --> 00:17:52.779 there that 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.839 part of our 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.659 assurance 00:17:54.659 --> 00:17:55.939 derives from 00:17:55.939 --> 00:17:56.519 the presence 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:57.480 of the Holy Spirit 00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:58.159 within us. 00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:00.559 Now we Anglicans 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.480 are good at 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.460 speaking about 00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.199 the objective 00:18:03.199 --> 00:18:04.519 facts of faith. 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:06.400 Christ died, 00:18:06.879 --> 00:18:07.799 Christ is risen, 00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:09.180 therefore we can 00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:09.779 have hope 00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:11.000 and that is true 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.900 but there is also 00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.879 a subjective 00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:13.980 dimension to 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:15.079 the experience. 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:17.139 When you come 00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:17.819 to Christ 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:19.500 he fills you 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.180 with his Spirit 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:21.000 and the Spirit 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.539 it is said 00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:22.859 pours out the 00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:23.700 love of God 00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:25.599 into our hearts. 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:26.740 In other passages 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.480 Paul talks about 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.579 the Spirit cries 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:29.220 Abba 00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:30.200 Father 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:31.660 within the 00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:32.500 forgiven sinner. 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.799 it is what 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.380 John Wesley 00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:34.880 called 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:36.099 his heart 00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:37.220 being strangely 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:38.019 warmed 00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.559 by the 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:39.079 gospel of 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:39.440 Christ 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:39.880 as the 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:40.220 Spirit 00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:40.680 touched 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:40.920 him 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:41.819 and 00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.000 there is 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:42.420 a part 00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:42.980 of me 00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:44.299 cold 00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:44.900 rational 00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.460 Mark 00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.140 philosopher 00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:47.039 historian 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.799 white 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.440 Australian 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.000 male 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:49.839 wants to 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:50.180 run a 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.579 thousand 00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:51.039 miles 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:51.420 from her 00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:51.920 feelings 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:53.140 and yet 00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:53.440 God 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:53.759 actually 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.220 sometimes 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.720 wants to 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.339 use those 00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:55.759 feelings 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:57.059 to remind 00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.640 me of 00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.259 his love 00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:59.099 that I 00:18:59.099 --> 00:18:59.680 will even 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.420 feel 00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:01.500 his love 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.960 for me 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.299 and he 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.860 will stir 00:19:02.860 --> 00:19:03.420 up strong 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:04.279 affections 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.940 within me 00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:06.360 and that 00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:07.019 experience 00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.539 of the 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:07.940 Spirit 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.180 we have 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.880 is part 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:10.200 of our 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.539 assurance 00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:10.840 it's not 00:19:10.840 --> 00:19:11.259 the only 00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:11.579 part 00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:11.980 of course 00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.400 but it's 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:12.700 part 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:12.980 of our 00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.460 assurance 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.600 that our 00:19:14.600 --> 00:19:15.079 hopes are 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:15.440 not in 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:15.720 vain 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:16.420 Paul talks 00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:16.799 at later 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.420 points about 00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:18.579 that the 00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.380 Spirit of 00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:19.819 God is like 00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.400 the down 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:21.019 payment of 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.319 heaven 00:19:21.319 --> 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00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:07.819 did 00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.240 not 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.539 and because 00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:09.940 of his 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.319 perfect 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.720 life 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.240 Christ 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.740 not only 00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.460 becomes 00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:12.920 our 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.180 means 00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.360 of 00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:13.779 forgiveness 00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.340 he 00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:14.700 also 00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.240 becomes 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.460 the 00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:15.880 fountain 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.140 head 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.539 the 00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.120 source 00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.600 of a 00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:17.940 whole 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.319 new 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.680 way 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:18.900 of 00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.220 being 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.640 human 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.559 and 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:20.860 Jesus 00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:21.460 represents 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.100 everything 00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.579 a human 00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:22.920 being 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.279 is meant 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.779 to be 00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.740 and by 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.000 his 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.440 resurrection 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:25.940 power 00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.480 and by 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.000 the gift 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.360 of his 00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:27.860 spirit 00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:29.000 he does 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.539 the most 00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.059 remarkable 00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.519 thing 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.400 he starts 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.039 transforming 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.380 us 00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:32.960 now 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.980 to be 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.259 like 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.720 himself 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:36.920 and so 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.400 the whole 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.100 comparison 00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.579 between 00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:38.940 Adam 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.579 and Christ 00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.480 raises 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.240 an identity 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.740 issue 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.340 for us 00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.079 as Christians 00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.659 how do 00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:45.099 you see 00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.679 yourself 00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.699 as a 00:24:46.699 --> 00:24:47.039 Christian 00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:48.819 do you 00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.599 see yourself 00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.299 as primarily 00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:51.279 still in 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.579 Adam 00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:53.419 that you 00:24:53.419 --> 00:24:54.139 are forgiven 00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.859 yes but 00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:56.339 basically doomed 00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.459 to failure 00:24:57.459 --> 00:24:59.799 or do you 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.659 see yourself 00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.899 in Christ 00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:04.379 not perfect 00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:05.619 forgiven 00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.679 yes but 00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:07.480 on your 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.019 way 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.259 to be 00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.379 to be 00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:10.259 like 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.660 him 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.940 because 00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.139 in 00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:12.400 Romans 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.779 5 00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.079 12 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.579 to 21 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.960 Paul 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.240 wants 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.440 to 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.879 use 00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.139 this 00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:15.420 Adam 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.819 Christ 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.859 comparison 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.639 to proclaim 00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.960 that you 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.359 are no 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:19.879 longer in 00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.099 Adam 00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.920 you are 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.559 in Christ 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.819 and therefore 00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.180 when you 00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.660 come to 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.039 Christ 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.759 you aren't 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.099 just 00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.819 wiped 00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.400 clean 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.160 you are 00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.559 made a 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:27.759 new 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.400 creation 00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.960 because 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.779 of Jesus 00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.299 there's a 00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.859 whole new 00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.319 way of 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.559 being 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:32.940 human 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.660 to reign 00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.380 in life 00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.980 as it 00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.300 states 00:25:35.300 --> 00:25:35.740 in verse 00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.380 17 00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:37.420 is to 00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:37.940 actually 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.800 start to 00:25:38.800 --> 00:25:38.960 be 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.560 transformed 00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:40.620 in Christ 00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.120 even 00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.660 now 00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:43.360 and so 00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:43.640 as the 00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:43.980 book of 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.279 Romans 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.900 moves forward 00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.360 into chapter 00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:45.680 6 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.400 it assumes 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.740 you can 00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.360 be transformed 00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:48.400 it assumes 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:48.860 you can 00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.759 really change 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:52.060 friends because 00:25:52.060 --> 00:25:52.560 of Jesus 00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:53.120 you are no 00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.880 longer defined 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.279 by your 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.720 past 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:56.840 so many 00:25:56.840 --> 00:25:57.200 of us 00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.560 perhaps 00:25:57.560 --> 00:25:58.340 all of us 00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:59.180 define our 00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.660 life 00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.640 in terms 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:00.900 of our 00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.259 past 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.860 our identity 00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.500 is based 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.240 on our 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.620 past 00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.099 if I ask 00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.379 you who 00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:04.779 you are 00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.159 you'll tell 00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:05.479 me what 00:26:05.479 --> 00:26:05.799 happened 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.159 to you 00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:06.439 in the 00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:06.879 past 00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:08.739 and sometimes 00:26:08.739 --> 00:26:09.239 our Christian 00:26:09.239 --> 00:26:09.679 life is 00:26:09.679 --> 00:26:10.259 defined by 00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.779 our past 00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.239 I just 00:26:11.239 --> 00:26:12.579 can't 00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:12.979 be holy 00:26:12.979 --> 00:26:14.979 I just 00:26:14.979 --> 00:26:15.259 cannot 00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.699 change 00:26:15.699 --> 00:26:15.939 Mark 00:26:15.939 --> 00:26:16.319 you don't 00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.659 know my 00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.119 story 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:17.519 I'm a 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.000 screw up 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.259 that's 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.500 what I 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.939 do 00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:20.119 I'm just 00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.579 like Adam 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:22.899 yeah you 00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.219 are 00:26:23.219 --> 00:26:25.219 but because 00:26:25.219 --> 00:26:25.839 of Jesus 00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:27.179 your story 00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:27.679 no longer 00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.539 has to be 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.500 just about 00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.179 your past 00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:31.679 because with 00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.219 him a 00:26:32.219 --> 00:26:33.079 different story 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.839 has begun 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:35.419 where your 00:26:35.419 --> 00:26:36.000 sins have 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.679 been forgiven 00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.279 and you 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.819 are on the 00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.779 journey towards 00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.759 Christ likeness 00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:41.059 and in Christ 00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.980 we find a new 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.699 beginning which 00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:43.939 means you are 00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:44.919 not what you 00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.359 were 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:47.539 you are in 00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.419 Christ now 00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:49.939 and your hope 00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.759 and destiny 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.559 is to be like 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:51.879 him 00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:53.659 now please do 00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.220 not hear me 00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.379 saying anything 00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:56.139 that might smack 00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:57.019 of triumphalism 00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.899 as if your life 00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.519 from now on 00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:58.879 is going to 00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.920 be one 00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.400 long 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:04.119 victory march 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.500 not a 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.799 victory march 00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:07.440 no no no 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.980 you are not 00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.359 in some 00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.240 victory march 00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.819 that is the 00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.779 life to come 00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:12.599 but we are 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.259 in our way 00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:15.900 this is 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.779 who you 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.779 really are 00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:19.160 who you 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.639 really are 00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.039 is not your 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.599 past 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:22.200 it's not even 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.859 your present 00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:24.059 it's your 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.440 future 00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:26.880 who you 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.759 really are 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.920 is what 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.360 you will 00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:30.259 become in 00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.880 Christ 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:32.000 on that 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.940 final day 00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:34.559 your future 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.440 in Christ 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.120 is what 00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:37.059 defines you 00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.860 I love the 00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.480 phrase Tom 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.080 Wright uses 00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.880 he says 00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.480 we are but 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.320 shadows of our 00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:42.320 future selves 00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:44.160 because that 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:45.059 is who I am 00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:46.039 what I'm 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.500 becoming 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.559 in Christ 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:49.539 that's what 00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.960 the Holy 00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.860 Spirit does 00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:51.400 to us 00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:52.580 he brings 00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.120 the life 00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.860 of the future 00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.919 into our 00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:55.599 life in the 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:55.959 present 00:27:55.959 --> 00:27:57.039 as we are 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.879 transformed 00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.719 into the 00:27:58.719 --> 00:27:59.099 image of 00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.500 Christ 00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:02.619 sometimes 00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.839 when I 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.839 summarise for 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.479 people what 00:28:05.479 --> 00:28:05.899 should you 00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:06.819 really expect 00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.219 from a 00:28:07.219 --> 00:28:07.599 Christian 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:09.139 because there 00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.519 are so many 00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.059 people out 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.659 there who 00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:11.839 expect that 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.379 Christians will 00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.919 be perfect 00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.419 and they're 00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:13.779 thoroughly 00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.419 disappointed 00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:14.959 when they're 00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.279 not 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.259 and then I 00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.619 meet other 00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.199 people who 00:28:17.199 --> 00:28:18.219 expect that 00:28:18.219 --> 00:28:18.559 there will be 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.099 no change 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.539 at all in 00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:19.919 the Christian 00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.379 life that 00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.679 we're all 00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:20.939 going to be 00:28:20.939 --> 00:28:21.659 horrible until 00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.079 the day of 00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.359 the second 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:23.159 coming and 00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:23.659 when somebody 00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.259 does actually 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.800 have holiness 00:28:24.800 --> 00:28:25.279 break into 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.720 their life 00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.019 it's kind of 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.640 like wow 00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.240 that's weird 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.860 and so how 00:28:28.860 --> 00:28:29.519 do we capture 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.340 this tension 00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:31.940 between the 00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.560 now and the 00:28:32.560 --> 00:28:32.900 not yet 00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.400 I sometimes 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.120 like to say 00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:35.180 that all 00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.960 Christians should 00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.420 have a little 00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.180 tag on them 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.860 saying work 00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.660 in progress 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:40.340 you know when 00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:41.019 you go past a 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.840 building site and 00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.440 it says work 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.180 in progress 00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:45.220 when you see 00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.040 that sign you 00:28:46.040 --> 00:28:47.560 know that what 00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:48.500 you see isn't 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.100 the finished 00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:49.660 work 00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:51.519 but you 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.360 also know 00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.960 that something 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.560 has been 00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.120 begun 00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:55.840 because you 00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:56.259 know that if 00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.759 somebody puts 00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.220 up a work 00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.700 in progress 00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.200 sign but 00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.740 nothing has 00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.320 been begun 00:28:59.320 --> 00:28:59.640 you're kind 00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.000 of like sitting 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.279 there going 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.100 I'm not sure 00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.660 you should put 00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.140 the sign 00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.440 up 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:05.160 there's a 00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.860 little saying 00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:07.100 that I have 00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:07.820 to try and 00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:08.500 describe all 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.940 this 00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:11.560 at every point 00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:12.240 we should be 00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.820 able to say 00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.720 this about our 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.500 Christian life 00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:16.039 I'm not 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.759 what I was 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:18.500 I'm not yet 00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.019 what I will 00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.359 be 00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:21.140 I'm not 00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.859 what I was 00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:23.359 I'm not yet 00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.859 what I will 00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.180 be 00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.299 I thought I 00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.079 was so awesome 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.680 when I coined 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.180 that quote 00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.200 I thought that's 00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.619 a zinger 00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.380 people are going 00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.880 to put that up 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.420 on Facebook 00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.279 for years 00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.079 people are going 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.559 to copyright 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.900 I'm going to 00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.359 make a lot of 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:33.880 money out of 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.039 this 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:35.440 that's a bang 00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.000 on quote 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.480 and then I 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.539 realised about 00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.400 200-300 years 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.819 ago John 00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.380 Newton had said 00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.819 something and 00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.619 said it even 00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:40.900 better 00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:42.319 and so I'll 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.599 quote you 00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.079 John Newton 00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:45.779 he said I 00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.299 am not what 00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.799 I ought to 00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.059 be 00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:48.919 I'm not 00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:49.179 what I 00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:49.539 want to 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.779 be 00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:51.220 I'm not 00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.480 what I 00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.839 hope to 00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.099 be in 00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.339 another 00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.720 world 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.019 but still 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:55.699 I am 00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.079 not what 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.480 I once 00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.879 used to 00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.179 be 00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:58.599 and by 00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:58.960 the grace 00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.419 of God 00:29:59.419 --> 00:30:00.919 I am 00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.240 what I 00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.500 am 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:03.179 let's 00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:03.460 pray 00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:07.099 Heavenly 00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.579 Father you 00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.159 are so good 00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:08.679 to us 00:30:08.679 --> 00:30:09.399 because when 00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:09.759 you send 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.279 your son 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.720 you don't 00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.500 just send 00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.259 an atonement 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.919 for sin 00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:14.880 you send 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.720 someone who 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.360 can enable 00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:17.700 us to 00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.420 become the 00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:18.940 people you 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.759 always intended 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.500 us to be 00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.800 that you 00:30:21.800 --> 00:30:22.460 take away 00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.080 our guilt 00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:24.100 that you 00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.980 justify us 00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.539 completely 00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:27.840 and then you 00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.660 actually set 00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.279 us free 00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:31.060 to be more 00:30:31.060 --> 00:30:31.480 like your 00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.800 son 00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:33.600 Heavenly 00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.720 Father if we 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.519 are struggling 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.420 with our past 00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.800 tonight 00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:38.980 help us to 00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.660 see that the 00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.539 future you have 00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.340 given us in 00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:43.720 Christ is 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.399 what defines 00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.939 us now 00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:46.439 that we 00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:47.079 are not to 00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.779 be enslaved 00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.419 with what 00:30:48.419 --> 00:30:49.039 we've done 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.220 or even 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.659 what we're 00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.359 failing to 00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.759 do in the 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.199 present 00:30:52.199 --> 00:30:53.639 but that we 00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.240 are to look 00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.079 forward with 00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:56.359 great anticipation 00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:57.339 straining 00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.500 towards what 00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.139 is ahead 00:30:59.139 --> 00:31:00.559 because of 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.119 what Christ 00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:02.379 Jesus has 00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:03.319 won for us 00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:05.039 we thank you 00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:06.240 for your 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:07.159 rich and 00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:08.000 overwhelming 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.799 gift of 00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.299 salvation 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.399 salvation 00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.879 in Jesus 00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.359 name we 00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.680 pray 00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.700 amen