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 help, we'll be having six or seven sermons now on a new series called Life in the Father's House.

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 As we saw in Sunday school, this is a reference to what Jesus promised in John chapter 14. He said,

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 in my Father's house are many rooms, and I'm going to prepare a place for you, that where I am,

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 there you may also be. And he says, I'm not leaving you as orphans. My Holy Spirit is with you.

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 And we'll see in Ephesians what else he says about this glorious promise. So biblical church,

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 Life in the Father's House. And our sermon text today is Ephesians chapter 1, starting at verse 3.

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 It's a longer passage. We're going to go all the way through chapter 2, verse 10.

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 As I read this, remember, this is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient word.

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 This is God's very own word for you, his people. So when I'm done with the reading of scripture,

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 I'll say, this is the word of God, and you can respond with joy and gratitude. Thanks be to God.

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 Ephesians 1, starting at verse 3.

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ.

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 According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,

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 that we should be holy and without blame before him in love,

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 having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,

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 according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace,

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 wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved.

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 Verse 7.

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 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,

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 according to the riches of his grace, wherein he has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

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 having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure,

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 which he has purposed in himself.

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 Verse 10.

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 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times,

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 he might gather together in one all things in Christ,

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 both which are in heaven and which are on earth, even in him,

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 in whom also we have obtained an inheritance,

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 being predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will,

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 that we should be to the praise of his glory,

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 who first trusted in Christ,

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 in whom you also trusted after you heard the word of truth,

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 the gospel of your salvation,

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 in whom after that you believed you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise.

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 Verse 14.

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 Which is the earnest of our inheritance

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 until the redemption of the purchased possession

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 unto the praise of his glory.

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 Wherefore I also,

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 after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus

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 and love unto all the saints,

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 cease not to give thanks for you,

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 making mention of you in my prayers,

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 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the Father of glory,

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 may give unto you the spirit of wisdom

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 and revelation in the knowledge of him.

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 Verse 18.

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 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened,

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 that you may know what is the hope of his calling,

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 and what are the riches of his glory

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 and his inheritance in the saints.

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 That is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe,

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 according to the working of his mighty power,

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 which he wrought in Christ,

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 when he raised him from the dead

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 and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

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 far above all principality and power

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 and might and dominion

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 and every name that is named,

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 not only in this world,

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 but also in that which is to come.

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 And he has put all things under his feet

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 and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

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 which is his body,

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 the fullness of him that filled up all in all.

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 Chapter 2.

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 And you,

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 he has quickened,

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 who were dead in trespasses and sins,

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 wherein in time past you walked

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 according to the course of this world,

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 according to the prince of the power of the air,

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 the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience,

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 among whom also we had our conversation in time past,

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 in the lusts of the flesh,

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 fulfilling the desires of the flesh

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 and of the mind,

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 and were by nature the children of wrath,

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 even as others.

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 Verse 4.

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 But God,

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 who is rich in mercy,

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 for his great love,

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 wherein he loved us,

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 even we who were dead in sins,

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 he has quickened us together with Christ.

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 By grace,

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 you are saved.

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 And he has raised us up together

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 and made us sit together

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 in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

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 That is,

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 in the age to come

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 that he might show the exceeding riches of his grace

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 in his kindness toward us through Jesus Christ.

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 For by grace you are saved through faith,

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 and that is not of yourselves,

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 it is the gift of God.

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 Not of works,

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 lest any man should boast.

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 For we are his workmanship,

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 created in Christ Jesus,

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 unto good works,

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 which God has before ordained,

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 that we should walk in them.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 You may be seated.

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 We read in Isaiah 40

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 that the grass withers and the flower fades,

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 but the word of the Lord,

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 it endures forever.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Oh Lord,

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 cause us to behold Jesus Christ

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 and by seeing the work of Christ

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 as our mediator,

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 to understand

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 and to personally know

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 this great mystery

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 of our salvation

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 so that you will be glorified

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 in our lives,

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 we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, beloved congregation

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 I invite you today

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 to ponder

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 your wondrous adoption.

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 To ponder

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 means to consider,

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 to contemplate,

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 to bask

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 in your wondrous adoption.

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 Wondrous,

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 it means exceeding

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 and surprising good.

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 inspiring a feeling of wonder and delight.

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 That's what this glorious passage that Paul wrote to the church in Ephesus does.

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 It causes us to ponder our wondrous adoption.

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 Well, he says this in verse 5, chapter 1, verse 5,

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 that you were predestined by God to be adopted in Christ.

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 That's what he says to you who believe.

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 And the metaphor of adoption itself, it gets our attention.

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 It reminds you that had God not adopted you, look what you would have been.

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 The musical Annie describes a life before adoption.

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 The children in the orphanage, they say,

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 Don't it feel like the wind is always howling?

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 Don't it seem like there's never any light?

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 Once a day, don't you want to throw the towel in?

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 It's easier than putting up a fight.

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 Empty belly life, rotten, smelly life, full of sorrow life, no tomorrow life.

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 But Paul takes the church in Ephesus and says,

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 God predestined that you be adopted in Christ by God the Father.

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 That's not the type of life for you.

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 You get life in the Father's house.

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 That's what you get.

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 See, the Roman world had a very large percentage of their social demographic

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 that were orphans and slaves that were neglected.

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 So the church of Ephesus had a really weird mix.

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 You had slaves as part of the congregation.

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 You had literal orphans that were being brought in by the members of the church.

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 But Ephesus as a city was the wealthiest hub of Asia Minor.

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 And much of the wealth of Ephesus was kept at the temple of Diana.

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 So this temple was a place of horrible sin and vulgarity,

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 all kinds of pagan idolatry.

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 But it was also the treasury for the city of Ephesus

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 and really the financial capital of Asia Minor.

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 So within this church were those that were very successful in commerce,

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 and you had this great diversity within this little body.

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 There were some who were Jewish descent.

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 There were many who were Gentiles.

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 And Paul is writing to them from prison.

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 And the reason Paul is in prison is because he went out to take the gospel to the world,

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 to people like them.

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 If you've been neglected, hurt, or abused by a church,

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 then you need to hear what Paul says in this letter to the church in Ephesus.

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 If you are still deciding whether you will ever take the risk

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 of caring very much about people in church again,

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 then you need to hear what Paul says in this letter to the church in Ephesus.

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 And if you want to believe that a true biblical church that's fed on Scripture,

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 that's Spirit-filled, that's owned by Christ himself,

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 you want to believe that that is possible, maybe even right here,

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 then let's hear together what Paul writes in this letter to the church in Ephesus.

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 In this longer passage, I'm going to do my best to not skip any parts.

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 Five wondrous truths, and then what this means for us on how we need to live.

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 So number one, ponder with Paul the cause of your adoption.

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 Ponder the cause of your adoption.

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 If you are in God's family, if you can say,

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 I belong to the Father's house, why?

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 What caused that?

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 Look at verse 3.

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 So chapter 1, verse 3.

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 Paul begins by making it very clear.

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 Everything he's going to tell them about church,

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 it's to bring glory to one God.

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 Who gets all the glory in the church?

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 Look how he starts off.

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 Chapter 1, verse 3.

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Yes, the church displays all these glorious blessings,

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 but it's God who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places.

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 How?

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 In Christ.

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 Now the next question is, why?

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 What is the cause?

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 Look at verse 4.

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 According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,

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 that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.

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 He has predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,

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 according to the good pleasure of his will,

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 to the praise of the glory of his grace,

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 wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved.

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 When you hear these truths, it truly is heavenly glory.

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 Because in our flesh, we're a lot like that little orphan Annie, aren't we?

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 We want to believe that maybe God will like my personality or my charm or the things I can do,

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 and that's why he'll show me his grace.

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 Maybe we can cause God to adopt us.

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 Thomas Brooks, one of the Puritans, he said,

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 until you have faith in Christ, your best services are but more glorious sins.

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 You're trying to be saved by your own goodness, by your own good works.

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 But this glorious passage, it tells us that if you are in God's family,

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 look again at verse 4.

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 If you're adopted, it's because God has chosen you in Christ.

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 Well, when did God do that?

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 When did God choose you personally?

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 Was it after God observed enough of me to decide that one's good?

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 No.

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 He says in verse 4,

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 it was before the foundation of the world.

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 So what does this tell us about God?

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 God wants you to enter into his holy throne room

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 and behold him, God the creator of all, Father.

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 And as you approach his throne room, he speaks to you and he says,

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 Dear child, because I am love, I made you, look at verse 4,

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 I made you holy and without blame as you stand here before me.

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 Verse 5, he answers the objection.

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 We want to say, hold on God, how can this even be possible?

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 The creator of all, your adoptive father in Christ.

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 He smiles at you and look at what he says in verse 4.

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 You are in God's family because I predestined you,

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 along with all those in my true church,

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 unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to myself.

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 And I did this, this is what it tells us about God.

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 He says he did this because it was the good pleasure of his will.

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 Why are you adopted?

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 What was the cause?

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 It is the good pleasure of the father's will to adopt you

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 before you did anything to deserve that.

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 The question was, ponder the cause of your adoption.

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 If you are in God's family, why is that?

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 Well, these verses tell us you were adopted in Christ freely

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 by God's good pleasure due to no merit of your own.

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 Some of you, that's what you need to hear this morning.

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 And that would be enough.

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 If we can truly embrace that and live in that.

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 I think for others of us, maybe for myself right now,

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 I need to remember that about every single Christian here,

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 but globally, if they belong to Christ,

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 it's because he showed them love.

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 He gave them a new heart.

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 He showed his favor to them and adopted them.

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 And they stand before him, and I stand before him,

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 warts and all.

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 And he says, you are holy and blameless in Christ.

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 Because I, in my good pleasure,

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 wanted to adopt you before the foundation of the world.

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 Ponder the cause of your adoption.

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 Number two, ponder your hopelessness

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 if God had left you dead in sin.

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 Ponder how hopeless you would be

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 if he had not adopted you who are Christians.

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 I'm going to have us bounce around a little bit

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 within this broader passage.

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 So look at chapter 2, verse 1.

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 Paul writes to the church,

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 this mixed church in Ephesus,

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 and he says,

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 you, God made alive.

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 And that verb, that God made you alive,

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 it could be translated that God quickened you

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 who were dead.

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 He regenerated you.

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 He breathed life over you and into you,

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 just like we read from Ezekiel 37.

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 What Paul is saying is that

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 every person in the church was dead.

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 We were dead in our trespasses and sins.

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 Now, notice how powerful was the bondage

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 before Christ adopted us.

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 Look at chapter 2, verse 2.

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 He says,

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 In time past,

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 you walked according to the course of this world,

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 according to the prince of the power of the air,

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 the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience,

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 among whom we also had our conversation in times past,

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 in the lusts of our own flesh,

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 fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind.

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 And we were by nature children of wrath,

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 even as others.

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 Ponder your life

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 should God had left you to continue walking in that way.

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 You're walking without Christ's adoption

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 in the pattern of the world.

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 You are blown along

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 by whatever the godless world loves.

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 That's steering your path,

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 and you're fulfilling all those cravings and lusts

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 of your own flesh.

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 It's by the walk

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 that you know

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 who's your master.

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 Don't be deceived,

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 and also don't be hurt

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 by everything that slaps the label Christian on it.

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 You can tell by the way they walk.

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 Francis Schaeffer said,

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 he said this about those who claim to be Christians

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 that are whitewashed tombstones.

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 He said,

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 there is no such thing as a true church that's worldly.

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 He says of this, of the fake church,

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 tell me what the world says now,

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 and I'll tell you what false professors will say in seven years.

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 The church, the false church,

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 is just following the pattern of the world.

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 They're like a dead fish that just goes with the stream.

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 As someone said,

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 only a living fish that's been regenerated,

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 made alive,

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 can float against it.

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 What the world loves

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 is not neutral, Paul says.

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 So no matter what the coffee mugs

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 or the shirts you buy at Target are going to say,

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 it's not cute.

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 It's not innocent.

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 It's manipulated by Satan.

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 Look at what Paul says here

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 about the spirit that governs the world in verse 2.

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 He says,

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 it's the prince of the power of the air.

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 And if you are still a slave to sin,

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 you are a slave to disobedience,

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 verse 2 says that it is Satan's spirit

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 that works in you.

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 You think you're free.

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 You're a slave to your own sin

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 and you're a slave to Satan himself.

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 Let that thought scare you for a moment.

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 Ponder your hopelessness

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 if God had left you in that state.

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 The context and the metaphor in Paul's writing here

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 is adoption, remember?

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 Well, I looked this up this week

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 that the National Foster Youth Institute says,

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 this is sad.

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 One out of every two children

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 in the foster care system

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 will end up homeless and jobless

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 once they age out.

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 If God did not adopt you,

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 that's the walk you were headed on.

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 You would be eternally homeless.

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 Now go back to chapter 1, verse 7.

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 Paul says,

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 in Christ,

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 we have redemption

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 through His blood.

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 Chapter 1, verse 7.

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 How are you redeemed?

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 It's by the forgiveness of sins

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 according to the riches of His grace,

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 wherein He has abounded toward us

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 in all wisdom and prudence.

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 In the Roman world,

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 you could go to the market

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 and they would put one slave up

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 after another on the block

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 and there would be an auction

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 and the highest bidder gets the slave.

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 So a human being

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 had a price tag attached to them.

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 Now what someone could do

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 is pay that price,

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 win the bid,

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 that slave became their property,

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 their possession.

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 And once you had the title

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 to that slave,

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 you could release them

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 and set them free.

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 When that happened,

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 that was called being redeemed.

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 So that person would be considered

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 a redeemed slave.

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 Did you see what Paul writes

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 in chapter 1, verse 7?

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 He says,

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 in Christ,

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 we have redemption.

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 Well, what was the price?

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 It was the blood of Jesus

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 that purchased you.

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 And Jesus sets you free

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 from the bondage of Satan

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 with his precious blood.

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 Why did God do this?

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 It's to show you

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 the riches of God's grace.

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 He says they are overflowing.

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 They are abounding.

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 They abide fully to you

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 who Christ has purchased.

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 How could this be possible?

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 Only by the precious blood

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 of Jesus Christ himself,

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 being very God,

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 took on flesh

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 to ransom

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 and to redeem you.

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 Number three,

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 ponder

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 the finality

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 of this adoption.

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 Ponder how

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 this adoption

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 is done and over.

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 It's completed.

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 I just want to walk through

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 six reasons

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 in verses 9 through 14.

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 How is your adoption final?

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 It's over.

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 It's already happened.

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 Number one,

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 your adoption is final

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 because God

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 does not change.

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 You don't need to fear

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 God changing his mind

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 like an earthly father.

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 God chose you.

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 He will never unchoose you.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 Having made known to us

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 the mystery of his will

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 according to his good pleasure,

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 which he has purposed

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 in himself.

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 There's no greater place

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 to purpose your adoption

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 than in God's own pleasure.

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 He will not change.

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 Number two,

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 your adoption is final

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 because it is held

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 and accomplished

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 by Christ himself.

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 To doubt your adoption

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 is to doubt

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 whether Christ is capable of it.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 That in the fullness of time,

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 in the dispensation

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 of the fullness of time,

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 God might gather together

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 in one

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 all things,

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 notice the next two words,

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 in Christ,

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 in heaven

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 and which are on earth.

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 And if he needs to say it again,

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 even in him,

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 it's all held together

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 by Christ.

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 Number three,

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 your adoption is final

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 because God adopted you

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 in Christ already

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 because he's referring

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 to your adoption

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 in the past tense.

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 It's finished.

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 It's accomplished.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 In Christ,

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 there it is a third time,

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 also we have obtained

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 an inheritance,

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 being predestined

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 according to the purpose

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 of him

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 who worketh all things

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 after the counsel

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 of his own will.

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 He says in verse 11,

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 we have obtained.

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 You already have it.

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 It is already accomplished

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 by Christ.

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 It is already your adoption.

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 When a child does get adopted,

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 by a family,

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 there's a grace celebration

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 and it's called

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 their adoption day

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 and it's often celebrated.

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 Maybe like a birthday

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 for years to come

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 or the whole party,

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 the whole church

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 comes together

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 and celebrates.

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 Well, Paul is saying,

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 church,

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 you have already obtained

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 your adoption.

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 Your adoption day

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 was already accomplished

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 when the Spirit

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 applied the work

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 of Christ to you.

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 You are adopted

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 fully and finally.

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 And when we celebrate

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 your baptism,

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 we are celebrating

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 that fact as a church.

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 You have been adopted.

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 The fourth reason

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 that your adoption

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 is final

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 is because it's really

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 just evidenced

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 by trusting

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 in the active present tense,

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 trusting in God.

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 Look what he says

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 in verse 12.

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 He adopted you

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 that you should be

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 to the praise

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 of his glory.

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 Who is he talking about?

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 He's talking about

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 those who first

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 trusted in Christ.

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 Yes, there is a moment

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 in time

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 when you did not

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 trust in God,

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 now you first

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 trust in him.

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 But look at what he says

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 continuing on

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 in verse 13.

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 In whom you also trusted

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 after you heard

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 that the word of truth

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 and the gospel

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 of your salvation.

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 He goes on to say

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 you continue believing

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 in the scriptures

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 as you're taught

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 See, if you are trusting

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 in Christ right now,

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 you don't need

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 to remember that day.

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 For some of you

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 it's more of a gradual

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 looking back on your life.

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 But you can have assurance

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 if you are trusting

00:25:41.179 --> 00:25:42.419
 fully in Christ now,

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:44.099
 he has adopted you.

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 Because if he had not

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 worked in your heart,

00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:46.699
 you would not want

00:25:46.699 --> 00:25:47.480
 to trust him

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.740
 for your salvation.

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 And if you are trusting him now,

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.859
 it should encourage you,

00:25:51.939 --> 00:25:53.539
 your adoption is final.

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 You've been adopted.

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 Number five and six

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 will confirm this

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 further for you.

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 Number five is this,

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 your adoption is final

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 because you have

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 a certificate

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 or a seal,

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 like that poured wax

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.519
 with the signet ring on it.

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.859
 You have a seal

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:12.200
 testifying that you are adopted.

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.319
 This is in verse 13.

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 What is that seal?

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.720
 After you believed,

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:21.400
 he says you were,

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.400
 in the past tense,

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.380
 you were sealed

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:25.599
 with that Holy Spirit

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.759
 of promise.

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.900
 You don't need to look

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.740
 for a future feeling

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:30.519
 feeling or a future experience.

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.740
 If you believed,

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:33.900
 you have been sealed already

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:35.200
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.700
 It is accomplished

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.819
 and applied to you.

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.359
 And then the sixth reason

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:41.099
 that your adoption is final,

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.380
 it's because the Holy Spirit

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.180
 in you,

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:45.680
 the Holy Spirit inside of you,

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:47.120
 it's like an earnest

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:49.620
 of your future inheritance.

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.720
 Look at verse 14.

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.039
 He says,

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:53.680
 This Holy Spirit of promise

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.799
 is the earnest

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.799
 of our inheritance

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:57.420
 until the redemption

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:59.579
 of the purchased possession

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.519
 unto the praise

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.159
 of his glory.

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.399
 There will be a great day

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:04.200
 when our Lord Jesus

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.519
 descends with the army

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.579
 of angels from heaven.

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.359
 And what we believe

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.460
 by faith spiritually

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.539
 is accomplished now,

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.680
 he will reveal

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.819
 this is finally,

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.420
 physically,

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.940
 consummately real.

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.180
 The kingdom of heaven

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.940
 is fully on this earth.

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.700
 And until then,

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:21.920
 he's left his Holy Spirit

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:23.840
 dwelling inside you individually

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:25.319
 who believe in us

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.160
 as a body,

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:28.640
 as a further encouragement

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.860
 that you are adopted.

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.640
 This picture of an earnest

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.460
 or a deposit,

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.279
 I think it's best illustrated

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.759
 with a young man

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.380
 who wants to marry

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:38.440
 a young lady.

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:40.140
 And so what does he give her?

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.500
 The engagement ring.

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.860
 Expensive diamond

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.759
 made of gold

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.019
 and it goes on the finger

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:46.080
 until that day

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:47.200
 where they will be married.

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.880
 But in that meantime,

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:50.020
 she has that ring

00:27:50.020 --> 00:27:51.640
 to remind her

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:53.060
 of his great love.

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.580
 She has that deposit,

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.340
 that earnest.

00:27:57.280 --> 00:27:58.480
 Do you see how your adoption

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.080
 is final

00:27:59.080 --> 00:28:00.200
 according to these verses?

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:02.320
 And because your adoption

00:28:02.320 --> 00:28:02.880
 is final,

00:28:03.040 --> 00:28:05.500
 you can live in this world

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:07.020
 with boldness.

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.320
 You no longer will

00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:09.460
 go with the pattern

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.080
 of the world.

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:12.080
 You will be alive.

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.220
 You will be going

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.980
 against the stream.

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:14.600
 You will be with

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.820
 the army of King Jesus

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.960
 marching out

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.100
 with faith in the kingdom

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.619
 to come

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.980
 no matter what happens

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.980
 on this earth.

00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:23.500
 G.K. Chesterton

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.219
 pointed out,

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.639
 we don't want,

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:28.139
 as the newspapers say,

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.719
 a church that will move

00:28:29.719 --> 00:28:30.980
 with the world.

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:33.099
 What we want

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.740
 is a church

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:35.419
 that will move

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:36.359
 the world.

00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:38.559
 The church moves

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:38.980
 the world

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.539
 when the church

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:41.119
 trusts in Jesus Christ

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.279
 and follows him.

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.539
 It's King Jesus

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.879
 who is storming

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.919
 the gates of hell

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.860
 and they will not

00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:48.600
 prevail against him.

00:28:51.320 --> 00:28:51.940
 Well, next,

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.000
 I invite you to ponder

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.279
 how your adoption

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.800
 becomes true.

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:58.220
 I know this might seem

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.039
 a little bit out of order,

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.140
 but I'm trying to follow

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:01.380
 the flow of this passage.

00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:03.500
 And I think it's important

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.320
 because he's writing

00:29:04.320 --> 00:29:04.900
 to the church

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.640
 to begin with,

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.539
 but he's correcting

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.820
 probably some wrong

00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:08.360
 understandings

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:10.000
 about how did I get adopted?

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.019
 Can I know for sure?

00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:12.140
 Am I saved?

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:14.660
 See, some of you

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:16.640
 have been regenerated

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.180
 by the power

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.840
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.560
 but you've probably

00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:19.700
 gotten some confused

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.820
 teaching over the years.

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.759
 I know I sure have

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:23.060
 about how God

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:24.320
 actually adopts people.

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.640
 And then others of you,

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:28.120
 you've been taught right,

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.980
 but you need to know

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.940
 for you personally.

00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:31.300
 I don't need to just know

00:29:31.300 --> 00:29:32.380
 theoretically in my head.

00:29:32.540 --> 00:29:33.200
 I need to know

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.100
 whether I'm adopted.

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.280
 And this,

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.500
 I think these next verses

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.780
 here can really help you

00:29:37.780 --> 00:29:39.300
 have correct understanding

00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:40.300
 of how God does this

00:29:40.300 --> 00:29:41.580
 and reform our thinking

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.000
 in that way

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.839
 and also personal assurance.

00:29:44.699 --> 00:29:46.399
 So how does this adoption

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:48.500
 become true for you personally?

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.179
 Well, let's look at

00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:51.419
 chapter 1, verse 15.

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.839
 See, Paul is talking

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.839
 about the church

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:57.379
 and he's thinking about

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:59.000
 how they've changed so much.

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:01.259
 And he sees evidence

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.519
 that they have been adopted

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:04.159
 by God by their love,

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.819
 by what's concerning them.

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:07.099
 Look at what he says

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.879
 in verse 15.

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:10.199
 After I heard of your faith

00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:11.119
 in the Lord Jesus,

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.819
 and your love

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:14.119
 unto all the saints.

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.099
 Verse 16,

00:30:15.239 --> 00:30:15.659
 Paul says,

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:17.039
 now I can't stop

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:18.099
 giving thanks to you

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:19.719
 and making mention of you

00:30:19.719 --> 00:30:21.379
 in my prayers.

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:23.359
 He sees their love,

00:30:23.459 --> 00:30:24.559
 now he wants to encourage them.

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.339
 Just think about

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.219
 how God saved you,

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.059
 God adopted you.

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.099
 Number one,

00:30:29.459 --> 00:30:30.899
 how does adoption become true?

00:30:31.479 --> 00:30:32.539
 Well, Paul is praying

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.639
 for them to know this.

00:30:34.219 --> 00:30:35.839
 So we pray for adoption

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.479
 to be true.

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:38.039
 And there's that loved one

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:39.000
 or that dear friend

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.839
 or that family member.

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.480
 You don't know

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.579
 if they're saved yet.

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.940
 And you want so much

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:44.619
 for them to have that assurance

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:46.019
 and that new life in Christ.

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.380
 Do like Paul.

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.359
 Remember them always,

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:51.119
 making mention of them

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:52.180
 in your prayers.

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.299
 Number two,

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.759
 trust that it is God

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:57.519
 who gives understanding.

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.640
 Look at verse 17.

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:01.700
 The God of our Lord Jesus Christ,

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.759
 the Father of glory.

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.460
 Paul is praying

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.619
 that God himself

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:06.279
 may give to them

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.919
 the spirit of wisdom

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.659
 and revelation

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:10.359
 in the knowledge of him.

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:12.079
 See, it's the spirit of God

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.979
 in verse 18

00:31:12.979 --> 00:31:14.559
 who opens the eyes

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.639
 of their understanding.

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:18.000
 They were dead and darkened,

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:19.039
 but it's the Holy Spirit

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:20.619
 who enlightens them.

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:24.159
 Ponder how this adoption

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:25.279
 becomes true.

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.739
 Number three,

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:28.159
 it becomes true

00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:29.719
 because God personally

00:31:29.719 --> 00:31:30.939
 calls you

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:32.699
 to know this truth.

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:36.440
 Paul writes in verse 18

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.640
 that you may know,

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.880
 you personally,

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:40.420
 you may know and trust

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.640
 what is the hope

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:43.819
 of Christ's calling

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:46.200
 and what the riches

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.960
 of the glory

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:48.000
 of his inheritance

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:49.880
 are to you

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:51.100
 who he says

00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:51.940
 are my saints.

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.140
 It's for you

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:54.799
 to personally know that.

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:57.019
 Number four,

00:31:58.180 --> 00:32:00.420
 adoption is accomplished

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:02.720
 by God's power.

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:05.320
 The same power

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:06.080
 that raised Jesus

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.860
 from the dead.

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.720
 Look what he says.

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.539
 Here's evidence

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.180
 of your belief.

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:10.980
 Verse 19,

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.700
 you need to know

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:14.019
 the exceeding greatness

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:15.000
 of God's power

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:16.100
 toward us who believe

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:17.519
 according to the working

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.500
 of his mighty power

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.720
 which he wrought

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:21.160
 in Christ Jesus.

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.100
 He's saying,

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:24.200
 do you believe in God?

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.759
 Well, then it's because

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.519
 God has worked

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.580
 with such power

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:28.140
 in your life

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:29.100
 he's caused you

00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:29.660
 to believe

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:31.140
 and it's the same power

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.920
 he used to raise

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:33.000
 his own son

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.780
 from the dead

00:32:33.780 --> 00:32:35.020
 to give you newness

00:32:35.020 --> 00:32:35.440
 of life.

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.360
 It's that power

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.640
 that has caused you

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:39.320
 to now believe.

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.040
 So,

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.100
 the fifth observation

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:43.300
 is that your adoption

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:44.440
 is just as true

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:46.540
 as Christ's resurrection.

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.960
 God raises you

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:49.020
 from spiritual death

00:32:49.020 --> 00:32:50.440
 unto spiritual life

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.680
 just as God,

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.060
 he says,

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.400
 in verse 20,

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:56.320
 God has raised Christ

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.939
 from the dead

00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:58.019
 and set him

00:32:58.019 --> 00:33:00.399
 at his own right hand

00:33:00.399 --> 00:33:02.200
 in the heavenly places.

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.019
 So,

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.720
 that same power

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.379
 that raised God,

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:06.159
 raised Christ

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.859
 from the grave,

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.179
 seated Christ

00:33:08.179 --> 00:33:09.279
 on the heavenly throne,

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.899
 it becomes yours

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.879
 through adoption.

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.119
 It brings life to you

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:14.159
 and it unites you

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:15.240
 to Christ.

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.119
 So,

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:19.079
 I want you to look next

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.799
 at chapter 2,

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.279
 verse 4

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.119
 to see how

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.720
 all those

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.500
 that God causes

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.259
 to believe

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.879
 he has adopted.

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.339
 See,

00:33:27.439 --> 00:33:28.339
 God adopts

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:29.099
 all those

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:30.299
 that he regenerates.

00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:31.200
 Look at chapter 2,

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.679
 verse 4.

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.879
 He says,

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.299
 God,

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:34.500
 who is rich in mercy

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:36.419
 for his great love,

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:38.079
 wherein he has loved us

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:39.240
 even while we were

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.939
 dead in sins,

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.599
 he has quickened us.

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.939
 He has made us alive

00:33:42.939 --> 00:33:43.519
 together

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:45.379
 with Christ.

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:48.119
 If you believe

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:49.039
 in Jesus Christ,

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.919
 it's because he has

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.500
 breathed

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.659
 that same resurrection

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.960
 life into you.

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.879
 He has united you

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.759
 to Jesus Christ

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.539
 who sits at the

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:58.180
 Father's right hand.

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.240
 Ponder how this

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.839
 adoption is true

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:04.220
 for you personally.

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:09.039
 The more you feel

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.719
 and understand

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.699
 that I do not

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.679
 deserve such

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:13.219
 powerful grace

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.900
 poured out

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.500
 in my life,

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.780
 the more useful

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:17.320
 Christ makes us

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:18.340
 for his kingdom.

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.440
 Charles Spurgeon

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.760
 said,

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.620
 the most useful

00:34:21.620 --> 00:34:22.800
 members of church

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.820
 are usually those

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.740
 who would be doing

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:26.040
 harm if they were

00:34:26.040 --> 00:34:26.840
 not doing good.

00:34:27.640 --> 00:34:28.380
 We would have been

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.980
 on that path

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.760
 and we know it,

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.460
 but God adopted me.

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:32.240
 He brought me

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:33.340
 into his father's house.

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.840
 I will serve him.

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:36.040
 I will be useful

00:34:36.040 --> 00:34:37.140
 for his kingdom

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:38.320
 out of gratitude.

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.980
 I warned you

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.560
 against those

00:34:40.560 --> 00:34:41.300
 false labels.

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.240
 They slap Christian

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:43.180
 onto different things.

00:34:44.540 --> 00:34:45.640
 Here's what we just

00:34:45.640 --> 00:34:46.460
 saw in this passage,

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.599
 that the true church

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.579
 is made up

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.840
 100%

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:51.559
 of redeemed

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.480
 slaves.

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.860
 The true church

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.500
 is made up

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.860
 100%

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:58.440
 of adopted

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:59.480
 orphans.

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.340
 If you belong

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.860
 to Christ,

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.539
 you are in his

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.300
 father's house.

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:06.079
 You never

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:07.280
 have to fear

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:08.480
 eternal

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.380
 homelessness.

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:11.199
 He puts his

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:11.900
 name on you.

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.579
 You have

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.300
 been

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:15.139
 adopted.

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:16.500
 He will

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.299
 not change

00:35:17.299 --> 00:35:18.059
 his mind

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:19.299
 about you.

00:35:21.779 --> 00:35:22.420
 Number five,

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:22.900
 ponder

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.920
 what it means

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.519
 to belong

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.099
 to God's

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.500
 family,

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.739
 the heavenly

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.359
 kingdom,

00:35:28.379 --> 00:35:29.239
 Christ's body

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:30.500
 on earth.

00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:35.500
 A few

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.239
 verses back,

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.400
 I read for us

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.019
 how Paul is

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.759
 describing the

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:39.619
 power of Satan

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.259
 over this

00:35:40.259 --> 00:35:40.920
 present evil

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.319
 age.

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:42.920
 Doesn't that

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.359
 give you the

00:35:43.359 --> 00:35:44.000
 chills up your

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.359
 spine?

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:47.299
 If we

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:47.839
 understand what

00:35:47.839 --> 00:35:48.179
 the Bible

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.839
 really says

00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:49.460
 is going on

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.699
 in the

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.460
 spiritual realm,

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.799
 this present

00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:53.519
 evil age is

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.059
 terrifying.

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.719
 We need to

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.460
 take up arms.

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:57.980
 There's no

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.519
 more time to

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.779
 be drowsy

00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:01.159
 or distracted.

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.339
 I know my

00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:04.900
 own weakness,

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.519
 the remaining

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.980
 flesh,

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.519
 the battle,

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.619
 and there

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.019
 should be a

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.799
 healthy fear,

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.839
 a healthy zeal

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.259
 in all of us

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:11.000
 to depend on

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.819
 God and to

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:12.379
 keep trusting

00:36:12.379 --> 00:36:12.679
 him.

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:13.859
 Don't trust

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.380
 yourself for

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.000
 one moment.

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.920
 You should

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.480
 fear that

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.240
 relapse into

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:17.660
 the pattern

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:17.940
 of the

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.220
 world.

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.660
 We all

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:18.920
 should.

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.940
 But we

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.500
 also should

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.019
 not have

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.400
 fear.

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.340
 We need

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.660
 to live

00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:23.960
 in light

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.220
 of this

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.700
 reality.

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.160
 Christ

00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:26.059
 lives and

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.480
 he rules

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.260
 from heaven.

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.640
 Look at

00:36:28.640 --> 00:36:29.019
 what Paul

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.620
 says here

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:30.440
 in chapter

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.940
 1 verse

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.480
 21.

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:32.900
 He encourages

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.620
 this church.

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:34.800
 He says,

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.500
 far above

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.860
 all principality,

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.620
 power,

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.380
 might,

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.320
 dominion,

00:36:39.640 --> 00:36:40.079
 and every

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.460
 name that

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.000
 is named,

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.860
 far above

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.400
 all those

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.980
 is our

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.660
 Lord Jesus

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:44.260
 Christ,

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:44.940
 the King

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.360
 of kings

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:45.740
 on his

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.700
 throne of

00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:47.160
 glory.

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.820
 What's

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.039
 more,

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:49.500
 it's not

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.940
 only in

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.559
 this world,

00:36:50.720 --> 00:36:51.099
 Paul wrote,

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:51.940
 but also

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.620
 in the

00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:53.460
 world which

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.340
 is to

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.720
 come.

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.599
 If you

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.099
 are adopted

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.700
 into God's

00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:57.079
 family,

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.220
 you already

00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:58.980
 belong to

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.780
 that spiritual

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.420
 heavenly

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.880
 kingdom.

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.180
 You belong

00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:02.820
 there now.

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.780
 And be

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.440
 encouraged with

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.180
 verse 22,

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:06.820
 Paul writes

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:07.780
 that God

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.280
 has put

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.900
 all things

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.519
 under the

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.980
 feet of

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.320
 Jesus.

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:11.360
 Yes,

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.559
 our King

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.140
 Jesus is

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.740
 already ruling

00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:14.240
 here now

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.780
 spiritually,

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:15.840
 and he

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.420
 will come

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.019
 one day

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:18.140
 consummately.

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.519
 We are in

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.400
 that overlap

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:21.140
 of the ages,

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:21.780
 this present

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.960
 evil age and

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.460
 the age to

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:23.820
 come which

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.180
 is already

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.860
 inaugurated.

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.559
 We already

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.000
 have been

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.640
 adopted into

00:37:26.640 --> 00:37:27.600
 that kingdom.

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.880
 His kingdom

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.320
 on earth

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:32.080
 right now

00:37:32.080 --> 00:37:32.580
 is a

00:37:32.580 --> 00:37:33.039
 spiritual

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.460
 kingdom.

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.660
 Look at

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.100
 what he says

00:37:36.100 --> 00:37:36.519
 in the rest

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.100
 of verse 2.

00:37:37.200 --> 00:37:37.720
 The Father

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:39.280
 gave Jesus

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:40.220
 Christ to be

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.819
 the head

00:37:40.819 --> 00:37:42.119
 over all

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.739
 things to

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:43.319
 the church.

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.779
 Verse 23,

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:45.919
 the church

00:37:45.919 --> 00:37:46.919
 is his

00:37:46.919 --> 00:37:47.899
 body and

00:37:47.899 --> 00:37:48.339
 is the

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:48.959
 fullness of

00:37:48.959 --> 00:37:49.819
 him that

00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:51.039
 fills all

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:52.239
 in all.

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.899
 How does

00:37:54.899 --> 00:37:56.139
 God rule

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.579
 over this

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.059
 whole world?

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.399
 Well,

00:37:58.419 --> 00:37:58.779
 God never

00:37:58.779 --> 00:37:59.399
 stopped being

00:37:59.399 --> 00:38:00.019
 the creator

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.459
 and the

00:38:00.459 --> 00:38:01.159
 sustainer of

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.899
 everyone and

00:38:01.899 --> 00:38:02.279
 everything.

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:02.679
 Yes,

00:38:02.879 --> 00:38:03.719
 he's preserving

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.559
 the whole

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.019
 world for

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.579
 his purposes,

00:38:05.899 --> 00:38:06.379
 but it's

00:38:06.379 --> 00:38:06.859
 through the

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:07.639
 church that

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.359
 his spiritual

00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:09.259
 rule has

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:10.140
 already begun.

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.300
 And King

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:11.720
 Jesus,

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.580
 he rules

00:38:12.580 --> 00:38:13.580
 this entire

00:38:13.580 --> 00:38:14.260
 world through

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:15.000
 his church

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:16.080
 until every

00:38:16.080 --> 00:38:16.760
 last one who

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:17.300
 will be joined

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:18.180
 in to the

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.760
 family of the

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:20.000
 father believes.

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:21.520
 That's how his

00:38:21.520 --> 00:38:22.320
 kingdom is coming.

00:38:24.740 --> 00:38:25.800
 What you enjoy

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.580
 now by faith

00:38:26.580 --> 00:38:27.260
 belonging to

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.760
 the spiritual

00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:28.140
 kingdom,

00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:28.980
 you trust by

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.420
 faith,

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.320
 one day you

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.200
 will enjoy it

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:32.500
 fully and

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.200
 consummately.

00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:36.040
 Go back to

00:38:36.040 --> 00:38:36.720
 chapter 1 and

00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:37.160
 look at this

00:38:37.160 --> 00:38:38.000
 promise in

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.579
 verse 7.

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:39.940
 Ephesians

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.559
 chapter 1

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.159
 verse 7.

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:47.119
 God wants

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.960
 you to

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:49.059
 believe that

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.820
 in the age

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.380
 to come,

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.980
 he will show

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.960
 you the

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.699
 exceeding

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:55.159
 riches of

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:55.860
 his grace

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:57.179
 in his

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:58.420
 kindness toward

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.780
 us who

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.400
 through Christ

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:01.500
 Jesus belong

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.019
 to him.

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.619
 He wants

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.159
 you to see

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.960
 now by faith

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.800
 the exceeding

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.699
 riches of

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.360
 belonging to

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.940
 the father's

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.240
 house.

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.039
 You already

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.500
 have the

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.120
 family name.

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:10.760
 You're already

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.160
 there.

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.820
 And one

00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:13.960
 day all

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.579
 will see the

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:14.940
 riches,

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.780
 the exceeding,

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.420
 abounding,

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.599
 overflowing

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.300
 riches of

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:19.000
 God's grace

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:20.059
 and kindness.

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.900
 So maybe God

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.280
 needs to

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.960
 reform and

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:25.480
 heal our

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:25.920
 view of

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.780
 church itself

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:27.480
 and who we

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.700
 are.

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:30.440
 The Bible

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:30.860
 fed,

00:39:31.220 --> 00:39:31.980
 spirit filled,

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.280
 Christ owned

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:35.099
 church is

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:36.420
 not a

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.940
 depressing

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:38.500
 foster shelter.

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:42.819
 Church is

00:39:42.819 --> 00:39:43.579
 life giving

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:45.319
 hospital for

00:39:45.319 --> 00:39:45.779
 souls.

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:48.599
 The Bible

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:48.960
 fed,

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.699
 spirit filled,

00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:50.719
 Christ owned

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:52.039
 church is

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:53.239
 not your

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:53.860
 temporary

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.739
 orphanage.

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.679
 It's your

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:57.480
 forever family.

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:57.539
 family.

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.179
 Well those

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:01.420
 are the

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.280
 five things

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.679
 I want you

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.139
 to ponder

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:04.400
 but we

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:04.800
 also need

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.300
 to see how

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.920
 Paul ends

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.260
 with an

00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:06.960
 exhortation.

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.440
 If this

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:09.079
 is true for

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.780
 you, you

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.380
 belong to

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.800
 the family

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.059
 of the

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:12.639
 father, it

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:12.960
 needs to

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.679
 change our

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.059
 walk.

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:15.760
 Ponder what

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.320
 your adoption

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:17.099
 means for

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:17.659
 your walk.

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:18.760
 Look at

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:19.340
 chapter 2

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:20.019
 verse 8.

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.599
 Paul said,

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:35.400
 Paul couldn't

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:35.960
 make it any

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.659
 clearer here.

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:38.219
 You are

00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:39.059
 not saved

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:40.539
 by your

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:41.659
 own works.

00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:45.380
 That's

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:45.920
 good news.

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:47.259
 You were

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:48.119
 not adopted

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:49.400
 based on

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:49.719
 your good

00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:50.119
 works.

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:51.839
 You know

00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:52.139
 what that

00:40:52.139 --> 00:40:52.480
 means?

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:54.219
 God will

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:55.400
 not unadopt

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:56.539
 you based

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:56.859
 on your

00:40:56.859 --> 00:40:57.199
 works.

00:40:58.920 --> 00:41:00.019
 Once adopted,

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:02.380
 you're in

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:02.980
 his house.

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:04.859
 Is a

00:41:04.859 --> 00:41:05.480
 loving father

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.000
 going to let

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.659
 his adopted

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.339
 child go

00:41:07.339 --> 00:41:08.019
 around with

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:09.099
 lice in

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:09.500
 the hair,

00:41:11.339 --> 00:41:11.900
 rashes all

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.279
 over the

00:41:12.279 --> 00:41:12.619
 skin,

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:15.900
 no deodorant?

00:41:18.339 --> 00:41:19.159
 Look what he

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:19.619
 says here.

00:41:19.779 --> 00:41:19.960
 You're

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.400
 adopted.

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:21.500
 You're

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.539
 going to have

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:22.880
 the Holy

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:24.240
 Spirit working

00:41:24.240 --> 00:41:25.199
 on you as

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:25.940
 a masterpiece.

00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:27.720
 God is the

00:41:27.720 --> 00:41:29.519
 master craftsman

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:31.179
 and you are

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:32.280
 the project.

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.800
 He loves to

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:34.500
 work on you

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:35.280
 and me.

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.960
 He says we're

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.699
 being crafted

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:38.240
 by God

00:41:38.240 --> 00:41:38.740
 himself.

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:40.820
 Look at

00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:41.360
 chapter 2

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:42.019
 verse 10.

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:43.340
 Paul says we

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:44.920
 are his

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:45.900
 workmanship.

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:47.139
 Paul's in this

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.380
 too.

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:48.900
 The more God

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.440
 works on him

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:49.800
 the more he

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.180
 says I'm

00:41:50.180 --> 00:41:50.519
 the worst

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:50.920
 of sinners.

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.320
 We are

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:53.160
 his workmanship.

00:41:54.220 --> 00:41:54.500
 We are

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.700
 created in

00:41:55.700 --> 00:41:56.500
 Christ Jesus

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:57.599
 unto good

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.079
 works.

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.960
 Isn't that the

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.380
 beauty of the

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:02.700
 gospel?

00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:03.820
 Law and

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.119
 gospel.

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:04.940
 That's it

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.280
 right there.

00:42:06.220 --> 00:42:06.900
 That's why I

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:07.639
 jokingly say

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:08.300
 Paul was a

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:08.740
 reformed

00:42:08.740 --> 00:42:09.039
 Baptist.

00:42:09.160 --> 00:42:09.639
 He got it.

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:12.320
 Well,

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:13.139
 Sinclair Ferguson,

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:13.980
 a Presbyterian,

00:42:14.220 --> 00:42:14.680
 the coolest

00:42:14.680 --> 00:42:15.340
 Presbyterian,

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:17.000
 I love how

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.559
 he put this

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:18.640
 exact gospel

00:42:18.640 --> 00:42:19.019
 truth.

00:42:19.160 --> 00:42:19.480
 He said

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:19.860
 this,

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:22.160
 those Christ

00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:25.300
 adopts have

00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:25.700
 the Holy

00:42:25.700 --> 00:42:26.820
 Spirit and

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:27.120
 the Holy

00:42:27.120 --> 00:42:27.620
 Spirit is

00:42:27.620 --> 00:42:29.300
 sent into

00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:30.579
 your life

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:31.820
 to make

00:42:31.820 --> 00:42:32.340
 your life

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:32.880
 the kind

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.519
 of place

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:34.559
 which the

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.260
 Father can

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:35.680
 say to

00:42:35.680 --> 00:42:36.180
 the Son,

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:37.820
 I feel at

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.320
 home here.

00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:38.980
 Don't you?

00:42:42.340 --> 00:42:43.039
 Remember how

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.680
 Jesus said in

00:42:43.680 --> 00:42:44.240
 the gospel of

00:42:44.240 --> 00:42:44.420
 John,

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:44.960
 my Father

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.720
 is always

00:42:45.720 --> 00:42:46.159
 working?

00:42:47.139 --> 00:42:47.880
 This is how

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:48.280
 the Father

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:48.720
 is always

00:42:48.720 --> 00:42:49.059
 working.

00:42:49.159 --> 00:42:49.380
 He is

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:50.039
 working in

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.460
 you and

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:50.800
 in me.

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:51.840
 And he's

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:52.900
 working through

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.360
 the church

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:54.079
 together to

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:54.780
 accomplish his

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.500
 purposes in

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:56.420
 all the

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:56.840
 world.

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.300
 William Tyndale

00:42:59.300 --> 00:43:00.039
 understood this,

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.519
 I believe.

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:01.740
 He was the

00:43:01.740 --> 00:43:03.039
 Englishman who

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.860
 first translated

00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:04.360
 the scripture

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:05.059
 from the

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:05.659
 Hebrew and

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:06.559
 Greek into

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:07.039
 the English

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.480
 nation.

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:08.420
 So he was

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:08.820
 using his

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.500
 own country as

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:09.840
 a mission

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.639
 field to

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:10.960
 bring them

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.440
 the word of

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:11.740
 God and

00:43:11.740 --> 00:43:12.240
 the gospel.

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:15.039
 Here's what

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.619
 Tyndale said,

00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:15.940
 he said,

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:16.539
 the church

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:17.000
 is the

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:18.079
 one institution

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:19.340
 that exists

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:20.139
 for those

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:20.900
 outside of

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:21.039
 it.

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.240
 Why is

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.500
 that?

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:22.900
 Well,

00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:23.420
 because we're

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:23.840
 in the

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:24.260
 Father's

00:43:24.260 --> 00:43:24.639
 house.

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:26.079
 And he's

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:26.940
 working in

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:27.760
 us and

00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:29.000
 through us

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:29.860
 to bring

00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:30.480
 more sons

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.980
 and daughters

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.920
 into his

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:32.340
 family.

00:43:33.700 --> 00:43:34.340
 And that's

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:34.680
 what Paul

00:43:34.680 --> 00:43:35.180
 says here,

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:35.500
 church,

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:36.039
 that you

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.380
 and I

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:36.900
 and Paul

00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:37.720
 and all

00:43:37.720 --> 00:43:38.079
 those who

00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:38.539
 belong to

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:38.920
 Christ,

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:40.059
 we are the

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:40.980
 body of

00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:41.780
 Jesus Christ

00:43:41.780 --> 00:43:42.860
 on earth.

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:43.780
 that's our

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:44.099
 mission.

00:43:45.620 --> 00:43:46.220
 And he

00:43:46.220 --> 00:43:46.579
 says we

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:47.680
 will walk

00:43:47.680 --> 00:43:48.300
 as the

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:48.640
 body of

00:43:48.640 --> 00:43:49.660
 Christ in

00:43:49.660 --> 00:43:50.079
 those good

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:50.460
 works.

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:51.260
 Notice what

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:51.700
 he says at

00:43:51.700 --> 00:43:52.059
 the end of

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:52.579
 verse 10,

00:43:53.120 --> 00:43:53.599
 those good

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.180
 works which

00:43:54.180 --> 00:43:55.300
 God has

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:57.079
 before ordained

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:58.220
 that we

00:43:58.220 --> 00:43:59.220
 should walk

00:43:59.220 --> 00:43:59.720
 in them.

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:02.140
 That steals

00:44:02.140 --> 00:44:02.740
 all the glory

00:44:02.740 --> 00:44:03.579
 out of anyone

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.059
 wanting to

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.740
 take credit

00:44:04.740 --> 00:44:05.559
 now for

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:06.079
 walking in

00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:06.559
 good works.

00:44:07.740 --> 00:44:08.620
 Did you do

00:44:08.620 --> 00:44:09.260
 a good work

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:09.880
 this past week?

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:10.460
 Probably all

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:10.880
 of us did.

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:11.760
 Well,

00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:13.160
 God in

00:44:13.160 --> 00:44:13.600
 his infinite

00:44:13.600 --> 00:44:14.040
 wisdom,

00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:14.980
 he prepared

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:15.480
 that good

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:15.860
 work that

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:16.200
 you did

00:44:16.200 --> 00:44:16.720
 this week.

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:17.540
 He prepared

00:44:17.540 --> 00:44:18.260
 that you

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:18.680
 would walk

00:44:18.680 --> 00:44:19.100
 and do

00:44:19.100 --> 00:44:19.360
 that.

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:20.120
 You're his

00:44:20.120 --> 00:44:20.520
 hands and

00:44:20.520 --> 00:44:20.700
 feet,

00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:21.140
 his body

00:44:21.140 --> 00:44:21.460
 on this

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:21.640
 earth.

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:22.300
 Who gets

00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:22.580
 all the

00:44:22.580 --> 00:44:23.020
 glory for

00:44:23.020 --> 00:44:23.460
 your good

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:23.840
 works?

00:44:24.640 --> 00:44:25.040
 It has

00:44:25.040 --> 00:44:25.300
 to be

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:25.580
 God.

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:26.720
 You would

00:44:26.720 --> 00:44:26.900
 have been

00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:27.380
 walking a

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:27.680
 totally

00:44:27.680 --> 00:44:28.040
 different

00:44:28.040 --> 00:44:28.560
 path if

00:44:28.560 --> 00:44:28.880
 God had

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:29.400
 not saved

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:29.580
 you.

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.200
 And he

00:44:30.200 --> 00:44:30.820
 foreordained

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:31.980
 great works

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:32.620
 for each

00:44:32.620 --> 00:44:33.060
 one of us

00:44:33.060 --> 00:44:33.600
 to walk

00:44:33.600 --> 00:44:34.500
 and accomplish

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:35.520
 so that

00:44:35.520 --> 00:44:36.400
 he would

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:36.740
 get the

00:44:36.740 --> 00:44:37.460
 glory in

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:37.860
 all of

00:44:37.860 --> 00:44:38.040
 them.

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:40.020
 Here's the

00:44:40.020 --> 00:44:40.380
 rest of

00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:41.380
 Sinclair Ferguson's

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:41.660
 quote.

00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:43.520
 He confesses

00:44:43.520 --> 00:44:44.100
 what I feel

00:44:44.100 --> 00:44:45.640
 in his

00:44:45.640 --> 00:44:45.960
 words.

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:46.840
 He says,

00:44:47.200 --> 00:44:47.560
 I look at

00:44:47.560 --> 00:44:48.120
 my life and

00:44:48.120 --> 00:44:48.560
 there's still

00:44:48.560 --> 00:44:49.300
 so much

00:44:49.300 --> 00:44:50.400
 that needs

00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:51.440
 to change.

00:44:51.680 --> 00:44:51.900
 Amen?

00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:54.520
 There's so

00:44:54.520 --> 00:44:55.020
 much that needs

00:44:55.020 --> 00:44:55.560
 to change in

00:44:55.560 --> 00:44:56.140
 my life to

00:44:56.140 --> 00:44:56.880
 make it a

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:57.400
 place where

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:57.940
 the Father

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.960
 and the Son

00:44:58.960 --> 00:44:59.700
 feel at

00:44:59.700 --> 00:45:00.480
 home in

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:00.700
 me.

00:45:02.600 --> 00:45:02.980
 Ferguson

00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:03.500
 encourages

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:03.860
 us,

00:45:04.220 --> 00:45:05.120
 take comfort.

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:07.060
 That is the

00:45:07.060 --> 00:45:08.700
 Holy Spirit's

00:45:08.700 --> 00:45:09.140
 ministry.

00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:09.219
 ministry.

00:45:11.219 --> 00:45:11.559
 Ponder

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:12.699
 your wondrous

00:45:12.699 --> 00:45:13.500
 adoption in

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:15.019
 Christ and

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:16.719
 inevitably you

00:45:16.719 --> 00:45:18.059
 will walk in

00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:18.779
 the good works

00:45:18.779 --> 00:45:19.659
 that God has

00:45:19.659 --> 00:45:20.460
 already ordained

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:21.219
 for you.

00:45:21.219 --> 00:45:22.899
 let's pray.

00:45:22.899 --> 00:45:22.919
 Let's pray.

00:45:33.799 --> 00:45:35.119
 Paul said that he

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:35.739
 prayed for them

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:37.139
 from prison and I

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:37.859
 just want to read to

00:45:37.859 --> 00:45:38.739
 you Paul's prayer

00:45:38.739 --> 00:45:40.539
 and I join my

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:41.779
 prayer, my thoughts

00:45:41.779 --> 00:45:42.839
 for you with his

00:45:42.839 --> 00:45:44.599
 before the Lord.

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:48.000
 from Ephesians 3

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.699
 starting at verse

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:49.279
 16.

00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:52.940
 I pray that out

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:53.759
 of his glorious

00:45:53.759 --> 00:45:55.239
 riches he may

00:45:55.239 --> 00:45:56.139
 strengthen you

00:45:56.139 --> 00:45:57.599
 with his power

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:58.599
 through his

00:45:58.599 --> 00:45:59.819
 spirit in your

00:45:59.819 --> 00:46:01.319
 inner being so

00:46:01.319 --> 00:46:02.380
 that Christ may

00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:03.360
 dwell in your

00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:04.059
 hearts through

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:05.239
 faith and I

00:46:05.239 --> 00:46:06.099
 pray that you

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 being rooted

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 and established

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 in love may

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 have power

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 together with

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 all the Lord's

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 holy people to

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 grasp how wide

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 and long and

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 high and deep

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 is the love of

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 Christ and to

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 know this love

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 that surpasses

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 knowledge that

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 you may be filled

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 to the measure

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 of all the

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 fullness of God.

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 Now to him who

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 is able to do

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 immeasurably more

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 than all we ask

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 or imagine

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 according to his

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 powerful work that

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 is at work within

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 us.

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 To him be glory

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 in the church

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 and in Christ

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 Jesus throughout

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 all generations

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 forever and

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 ever.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.