WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:24.600 What a blessing to be under the Word of God together in this letter to the church in Ephesus and through Ephesus to all the churches in Asia Minor and the churches over the centuries that will get to hear these glorious gospel truths preached over them and that God the Spirit will do the same among us. 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:35.039 Our sermon passage today is very short and I'm going to read it twice back to back for you so you can receive God's Word and let it wash over you and pull you in. 00:00:36.219 --> 00:00:40.859 Our verses are simply Ephesians chapter 2, 1, 2 and 3. 00:00:42.219 --> 00:00:52.120 Hear those verses first and as you hear it, know that you're hearing God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient, powerful Word for you and me, His people. 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:55.939 Ephesians 2, 1, 2 and 3. 00:00:55.939 --> 00:01:14.420 And you, He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 00:01:14.420 --> 00:01:30.719 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:41.680 Now hear these verses one more time, but with a few other verses around them and hear how Christ exalted is what envelops this reminder to the church. 00:01:42.019 --> 00:01:43.799 Look back at chapter 1. 00:01:45.579 --> 00:01:49.519 I'll start reading at verse 19 and I'll continue to chapter 2, verse 7. 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:54.500 Paul is praying that the church will know, in verse 19, 00:01:54.619 --> 00:01:59.939 what is the exceeding greatness of God's power toward us who believe, 00:02:00.379 --> 00:02:02.959 according to the working of His mighty power, 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:06.280 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead, 00:02:06.679 --> 00:02:10.579 and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 00:02:11.019 --> 00:02:15.199 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:20.780 and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. 00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:27.319 And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to behead over all things to the church, 00:02:27.459 --> 00:02:32.079 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. 00:02:33.060 --> 00:02:38.620 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:43.120 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:45.599 according to the prince of the power of the air, 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:48.800 the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 00:02:49.200 --> 00:02:54.439 among whom we also all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, 00:02:54.939 --> 00:02:57.620 fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, 00:02:57.980 --> 00:03:01.400 and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. 00:03:02.700 --> 00:03:06.219 But God, who is rich in mercy, 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:10.560 because of His great love with which He loved us, 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:14.039 even when we were dead in trespasses, 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:18.900 made us alive together with Christ. 00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:21.979 By grace, you have been saved, 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:23.920 and raised us up together, 00:03:24.379 --> 00:03:28.520 and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:30.980 that in the age to come, 00:03:31.480 --> 00:03:35.039 He might show the exceeding riches of His grace 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:39.340 in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 00:03:39.340 --> 00:03:41.759 The word of God for the people of God. 00:03:42.340 --> 00:03:43.400 Thanks be to God. 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:44.400 Please be seated. 00:03:46.980 --> 00:03:49.080 The grass withers, the flower fades, 00:03:49.180 --> 00:03:50.960 but the word of the Lord stands forever. 00:03:53.920 --> 00:03:54.580 Let's pray. 00:03:54.580 --> 00:04:02.800 Father, we praise you that you are the God of mercy. 00:04:04.060 --> 00:04:06.680 You are the God who is love. 00:04:08.140 --> 00:04:09.939 And we look at Jesus Christ, 00:04:10.300 --> 00:04:11.880 who is now exalted, 00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:15.680 and He's exalted 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:17.759 as the God-man, 00:04:17.860 --> 00:04:18.920 the only mediator 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:20.300 for the redemption 00:04:20.300 --> 00:04:21.860 of His people, 00:04:21.980 --> 00:04:23.280 we who were dead, 00:04:24.080 --> 00:04:24.520 lost, 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:25.860 imprisoned, 00:04:26.740 --> 00:04:28.199 and in bondage to the devil. 00:04:28.980 --> 00:04:30.020 We praise you 00:04:30.020 --> 00:04:31.900 for this great redemption 00:04:31.900 --> 00:04:33.580 that we have in Jesus Christ. 00:04:33.960 --> 00:04:34.819 We pray, Lord, 00:04:34.860 --> 00:04:35.759 that your Holy Spirit 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:37.360 will shine your light 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:38.200 on these words 00:04:38.200 --> 00:04:39.780 and apply them to your people, 00:04:39.939 --> 00:04:40.120 Father. 00:04:40.500 --> 00:04:42.020 Please do this for your glory, 00:04:42.019 --> 00:04:43.419 and for Christ's sake, 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:44.180 we pray. 00:04:44.599 --> 00:04:45.039 Amen. 00:04:49.379 --> 00:04:50.560 G.K. Chesterton 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:52.159 wrote these words. 00:04:54.019 --> 00:04:57.879 Thanks are the highest form of thought, 00:04:58.139 --> 00:05:01.240 and gratitude is happiness 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:03.240 doubled by wonder. 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:07.039 Thanks are the highest form of thought, 00:05:07.539 --> 00:05:09.579 and gratitude is happiness 00:05:09.579 --> 00:05:11.560 doubled by wonder. 00:05:14.859 --> 00:05:18.439 I recently had a stressful experience, 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:19.899 but I look back on it, 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:21.399 and it was a gift. 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:24.199 I got to go into 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:26.000 an actual courtroom 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:27.680 where a judge, 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:29.299 on behalf of the state of Colorado, 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:30.579 was presiding 00:05:30.579 --> 00:05:31.599 and making a judgment, 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:33.500 ruling over several court cases. 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:36.579 It was a humbling gift 00:05:36.579 --> 00:05:37.899 and a reminder to me, 00:05:37.899 --> 00:05:40.459 because every single case 00:05:40.459 --> 00:05:41.679 that they had to open up 00:05:41.679 --> 00:05:43.000 and talk about in detail, 00:05:43.779 --> 00:05:45.919 and it included everything 00:05:45.919 --> 00:05:47.579 from domestic abuse 00:05:47.579 --> 00:05:48.679 to alcoholism 00:05:48.679 --> 00:05:50.439 to breaking the law 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:51.239 to doing something 00:05:51.239 --> 00:05:51.919 to someone else 00:05:51.919 --> 00:05:52.919 at the grocery store. 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:53.719 I mean, 00:05:53.739 --> 00:05:55.279 I just heard case after case, 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:57.839 and as I walked out of there, 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:00.759 I was almost to choke up 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:01.259 a little bit, 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:03.339 and what came to mind 00:06:03.339 --> 00:06:04.219 were two quotes. 00:06:04.220 --> 00:06:06.980 One was what John Bradford, 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:09.700 the 1500s English reformer, 00:06:09.760 --> 00:06:10.040 said, 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:12.960 as he looked at men 00:06:12.960 --> 00:06:14.420 being carried off for execution, 00:06:14.620 --> 00:06:14.980 he said, 00:06:15.280 --> 00:06:16.840 but for the grace of God, 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:18.400 there go I. 00:06:19.900 --> 00:06:20.980 And the second is 00:06:20.980 --> 00:06:22.180 Robert Murray Machine. 00:06:24.780 --> 00:06:26.440 The seed of every sin 00:06:26.440 --> 00:06:27.580 knows to man, 00:06:28.100 --> 00:06:28.820 known to man, 00:06:28.900 --> 00:06:29.780 is in my heart. 00:06:29.779 --> 00:06:34.879 God reminded me 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:36.779 of what I am 00:06:36.779 --> 00:06:37.919 outside of Christ, 00:06:38.679 --> 00:06:40.859 and it's not pretty. 00:06:44.059 --> 00:06:45.399 God often does this, 00:06:45.459 --> 00:06:45.859 doesn't he? 00:06:46.779 --> 00:06:48.319 He reminds his people 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:50.959 of all that he saved us from. 00:06:51.779 --> 00:06:53.319 Think back of the Old Testament, 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:55.259 prophet after prophet, 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:56.259 think of the Psalms 00:06:56.259 --> 00:06:57.399 time and time again. 00:06:57.839 --> 00:06:58.299 Remember. 00:06:59.019 --> 00:06:59.620 Don't you see 00:06:59.620 --> 00:07:01.039 the wondrous works of God? 00:07:01.359 --> 00:07:02.239 He redeemed you. 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:03.639 Remember what you were like. 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:05.479 And this is the pattern 00:07:05.479 --> 00:07:06.799 that Paul continues here. 00:07:07.979 --> 00:07:09.299 And it's wonderful 00:07:09.299 --> 00:07:11.659 how this deep, 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:12.199 dark, 00:07:12.620 --> 00:07:13.699 intense reminder, 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:15.500 it's enveloped 00:07:16.299 --> 00:07:18.279 around the exalted Christ. 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:19.019 Did you catch that 00:07:19.019 --> 00:07:19.759 in the context? 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:21.839 He's just put our gaze 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:22.560 on Christ, 00:07:23.019 --> 00:07:23.599 exalted 00:07:23.599 --> 00:07:24.899 with all things 00:07:24.899 --> 00:07:25.799 put under his feet, 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:27.500 and he takes the church 00:07:27.500 --> 00:07:29.079 down to this low place. 00:07:29.579 --> 00:07:30.520 Remember what you were 00:07:30.520 --> 00:07:32.379 in order to remember 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:33.079 again now 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:34.759 that same exalted Christ. 00:07:34.900 --> 00:07:35.500 You're with him. 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:37.340 And this is what Paul 00:07:37.340 --> 00:07:37.680 is doing, 00:07:37.780 --> 00:07:38.860 following that same pattern 00:07:38.860 --> 00:07:39.420 of God, 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:40.819 reminding his people 00:07:40.819 --> 00:07:42.319 throughout all of the scriptures, 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:43.040 Old Covenant, 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:44.120 New Covenant alike. 00:07:44.620 --> 00:07:45.139 Remember 00:07:45.139 --> 00:07:47.960 how bad you were. 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:50.860 Remember what you deserve. 00:07:50.860 --> 00:07:54.340 And he shifted his focus now 00:07:54.340 --> 00:07:55.980 from Christ, 00:07:56.180 --> 00:07:57.660 even at the end of chapter one. 00:07:57.720 --> 00:07:58.460 Look at chapter one, 00:07:58.500 --> 00:07:59.180 verse 22. 00:08:00.139 --> 00:08:01.139 God put all things 00:08:01.139 --> 00:08:02.080 under Christ's feet 00:08:02.080 --> 00:08:02.819 and gave him 00:08:02.819 --> 00:08:03.960 to be head. 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:05.319 Now here's where the focus 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:06.040 on Christ shifts 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:07.020 a little bit to earth. 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:09.379 Gave Christ to be head 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:10.400 over all things 00:08:10.400 --> 00:08:11.740 to the church. 00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:13.360 Look at yourselves 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:14.139 a little bit now, 00:08:14.580 --> 00:08:14.879 church, 00:08:14.960 --> 00:08:15.460 he says. 00:08:16.460 --> 00:08:17.740 Church is Christ's body, 00:08:17.740 --> 00:08:19.420 the fullness of him 00:08:19.420 --> 00:08:20.920 who fills all in all. 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:22.939 And our eyes got 00:08:22.939 --> 00:08:24.120 to rest on Christ. 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:25.680 But now Paul says, 00:08:25.780 --> 00:08:26.560 bring those eyes 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.360 to yourself 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:30.900 and to those around you. 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:33.740 Shift your eyes 00:08:33.740 --> 00:08:34.899 to the body of Christ 00:08:34.899 --> 00:08:35.759 on earth. 00:08:36.899 --> 00:08:38.480 And who were these people 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:40.620 that God so loved? 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:43.080 Whatever is true 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:44.240 of the church in Ephesus. 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:44.740 Remember, 00:08:44.820 --> 00:08:45.360 this is a letter 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:46.620 to go out to all the churches 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:48.080 preserved by the spirit 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:49.279 for all centuries. 00:08:50.100 --> 00:08:50.779 So what is true 00:08:50.779 --> 00:08:51.759 when he says you, 00:08:52.019 --> 00:08:52.299 church, 00:08:52.980 --> 00:08:53.720 in Ephesus? 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:54.399 This is true 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:55.240 of all people 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:57.000 in every generation, 00:08:57.519 --> 00:08:57.860 everywhere. 00:08:58.820 --> 00:08:59.840 So that's the sermon 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:00.539 title today 00:09:00.539 --> 00:09:01.419 for us as well. 00:09:01.899 --> 00:09:02.299 Church, 00:09:02.899 --> 00:09:03.500 Christian, 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:05.120 remember 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:06.500 how dead 00:09:06.500 --> 00:09:07.340 you were. 00:09:07.940 --> 00:09:09.120 It's good for us. 00:09:10.179 --> 00:09:10.639 Remember 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:11.799 how dead 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:12.720 you were 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:14.080 outside of Christ. 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:17.100 echoing Chesterton's words 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:17.960 as we remember, 00:09:18.100 --> 00:09:18.440 may God 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:19.900 let our happiness 00:09:19.900 --> 00:09:20.700 in Christ 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:21.440 be doubled 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:22.759 by the wonder 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:23.879 at all 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:24.680 from which God 00:09:24.680 --> 00:09:25.400 has saved 00:09:25.400 --> 00:09:26.340 you and me. 00:09:27.180 --> 00:09:28.139 Let's remember 00:09:28.139 --> 00:09:29.960 with thankfulness 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:30.740 in doing this. 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:32.300 It's the highest thought. 00:09:32.420 --> 00:09:33.759 It's an act of worship. 00:09:34.100 --> 00:09:35.139 It's an act of praise 00:09:35.139 --> 00:09:35.639 to God 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:37.060 as we do this. 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:38.280 Remember 00:09:38.280 --> 00:09:39.259 how dead 00:09:39.259 --> 00:09:40.200 you were. 00:09:40.540 --> 00:09:41.280 I'll walk us through 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:42.919 about five ways 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:43.600 in which 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:44.459 we need to reflect 00:09:44.459 --> 00:09:45.019 on this. 00:09:45.939 --> 00:09:46.500 Number one, 00:09:48.439 --> 00:09:49.399 you were born 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:50.199 dead 00:09:50.199 --> 00:09:50.899 to God. 00:09:52.539 --> 00:09:53.779 You were born 00:09:53.779 --> 00:09:54.679 dead 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:55.279 to God. 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:55.939 That's how dead 00:09:55.939 --> 00:09:56.579 you and I were. 00:09:56.939 --> 00:09:58.139 Look at chapter 2, 00:09:58.220 --> 00:09:58.779 verse 1. 00:09:59.980 --> 00:10:00.579 And you 00:10:00.579 --> 00:10:02.299 who were dead 00:10:02.299 --> 00:10:04.000 in trespasses 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:06.120 and sins. 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:08.440 Now, 00:10:08.580 --> 00:10:09.820 in many of your 00:10:09.820 --> 00:10:10.659 Bibles, 00:10:10.779 --> 00:10:11.320 there might be 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:12.279 some extra words 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:12.620 in here. 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:13.299 In some cases, 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:14.279 they're italicized 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:15.200 or put in brackets. 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:16.419 In mine, 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:16.899 it says, 00:10:17.899 --> 00:10:18.139 you 00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:20.220 were dead 00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:21.759 and he made alive. 00:10:22.460 --> 00:10:23.220 But those words 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:23.740 made alive 00:10:23.740 --> 00:10:24.460 are not there 00:10:24.460 --> 00:10:25.519 in the original Greek. 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:26.000 They don't come 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:26.519 until later. 00:10:27.899 --> 00:10:28.320 And I think 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:28.759 it's best 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:29.259 that we 00:10:29.259 --> 00:10:31.100 approach these verses 00:10:31.100 --> 00:10:31.899 in that same way. 00:10:32.019 --> 00:10:32.480 Hold off 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:33.500 on that great news 00:10:33.500 --> 00:10:34.740 until verse 4. 00:10:34.740 --> 00:10:36.200 Focus on 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:37.700 you were dead 00:10:37.700 --> 00:10:39.180 in trespasses 00:10:39.180 --> 00:10:40.080 and sins. 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:42.440 Trespass 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:43.560 is to 00:10:43.560 --> 00:10:44.519 actively 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:45.480 cross a line. 00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:47.879 It's to commit 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:48.360 a sin, 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:49.460 breaking God's law. 00:10:50.700 --> 00:10:51.519 Then the other word 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:51.680 there, 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:52.180 sins, 00:10:52.340 --> 00:10:53.019 is to miss 00:10:53.019 --> 00:10:53.539 the mark. 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:55.039 Like an arrow 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:56.259 that's shot at a target 00:10:56.259 --> 00:10:57.360 but it misses. 00:10:57.500 --> 00:10:58.180 It falls short 00:10:58.180 --> 00:10:58.560 or goes 00:10:58.560 --> 00:10:59.799 the wrong direction. 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:01.919 And some have 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:02.560 taken, 00:11:02.680 --> 00:11:03.500 what are these two words 00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:04.100 put together? 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:04.560 What are they 00:11:04.560 --> 00:11:05.220 communicating? 00:11:05.779 --> 00:11:06.320 It can be 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:07.240 sins of commission 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:09.259 and sins of omission. 00:11:11.060 --> 00:11:12.180 Think of your life 00:11:12.180 --> 00:11:13.240 the moment 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:13.940 you were born. 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:16.060 You were born 00:11:16.060 --> 00:11:16.840 dead 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:17.659 to God. 00:11:17.659 --> 00:11:18.440 You were born 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:20.080 breaking God's laws. 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:22.019 And we've 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:22.740 piled on 00:11:22.740 --> 00:11:23.860 trespasses, 00:11:24.040 --> 00:11:24.800 transgressions, 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:25.800 crossing his 00:11:25.800 --> 00:11:26.779 boundaries 00:11:26.779 --> 00:11:28.060 over and over 00:11:28.060 --> 00:11:28.440 and over. 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:30.220 But let's say 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:30.879 hypothetically 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:31.480 it's possible 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:31.980 to go through 00:11:31.980 --> 00:11:32.360 your life 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:33.100 without ever 00:11:33.100 --> 00:11:34.440 committing a sin. 00:11:35.019 --> 00:11:35.519 That's still 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:36.139 not enough. 00:11:36.779 --> 00:11:37.620 Your life 00:11:37.620 --> 00:11:38.720 fails to be 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:39.360 as holy 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:39.840 as God 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:40.360 requires. 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:42.560 We don't have 00:11:42.560 --> 00:11:43.399 a righteousness 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:44.680 that's sufficient 00:11:44.680 --> 00:11:45.759 to make us 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:46.840 be able to stand 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:47.419 in the presence 00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:48.200 of the Holy God. 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:49.120 Our lives 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:49.800 fall short 00:11:49.800 --> 00:11:50.800 of his glory 00:11:50.800 --> 00:11:51.360 as well. 00:11:53.580 --> 00:11:54.580 Adam was guilty 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:55.399 of both sin 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:56.200 of commission 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:57.080 and sin of omission 00:11:57.080 --> 00:11:57.620 as well. 00:11:58.019 --> 00:11:58.440 Think about 00:11:58.440 --> 00:11:59.040 how Adam 00:11:59.040 --> 00:11:59.960 neglected 00:11:59.960 --> 00:12:01.020 to guard 00:12:01.020 --> 00:12:01.820 and to keep 00:12:01.820 --> 00:12:03.040 what God 00:12:03.040 --> 00:12:03.620 had entrusted 00:12:03.620 --> 00:12:04.060 to him. 00:12:04.700 --> 00:12:05.360 And on top 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:05.680 of that 00:12:05.680 --> 00:12:06.420 Adam also 00:12:06.420 --> 00:12:07.520 transgressed. 00:12:07.540 --> 00:12:07.820 He also 00:12:07.820 --> 00:12:08.680 broke the law. 00:12:09.060 --> 00:12:09.440 He crossed 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:09.980 that line 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00:33:47.080 in the saints. 00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:51.860 You see how gracious our God is. 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:55.400 You see how good it is for us to remember 00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:57.940 his wondrous work for us. 00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.720 Dear brothers and sisters, 00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:04.840 beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus, 00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:07.759 yes, your nature and mine required 00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:09.760 that we suffer eternal death, 00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:12.440 but Jesus Christ defeated death, 00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:15.099 the world, the flesh, and the devil. 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.519 Amen. 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:19.500 Romans 8, starting at verse 2, 00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:23.780 reminds us God did not spare his own son, 00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:26.940 but delivered him up for all of us. 00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:31.099 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect now? 00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:34.159 It is God who justifies. 00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.539 Who is it? 00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:37.599 Who is he who condemns? 00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:40.039 Well, the prince of the power of the air 00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.820 is trying to do that all the time. 00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:44.539 But it is Christ who died. 00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:46.739 And furthermore is also risen. 00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:48.980 Who is even at the right hand of God. 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:52.340 Who makes intercession for us. 00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:55.779 If God is for us, 00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:57.460 who can be against us? 00:34:57.460 --> 00:35:02.280 Yes, you and I were walking with the world to hell. 00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:04.980 But Christ came to this world 00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:07.440 and he walked the blameless, 00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.760 righteous path, 00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.320 the narrow way, 00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:12.579 the only path that leads to life. 00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.840 And he says, 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:15.240 and turns to you and me and says, 00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.579 I am the way. 00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:20.059 Follow me. 00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.119 Follow me. 00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:26.980 Walk to Christ and live. 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:33.460 Yes, you and I were ruled by Satan who worked in us. 00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:36.880 What a terrifying reality. 00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:43.340 But Jesus Christ has dethroned Satan. 00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:49.119 He can no longer deceive those whom Christ has called. 00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:55.400 Satan no longer has any power over you, Christian. 00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:57.740 The holy counselor, 00:35:58.320 --> 00:36:01.539 your advocate dwells in you. 00:36:02.140 --> 00:36:04.440 You now will still hear those attacks. 00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.780 You'll hear Satan's lies. 00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:08.720 But the spirit in you advocates 00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:10.400 and calls Satan out on him, 00:36:11.080 --> 00:36:13.140 puts him back in his low place. 00:36:14.580 --> 00:36:17.980 You now hear Christ's truth. 00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:21.240 And your inner being shouts. 00:36:21.580 --> 00:36:21.760 Amen. 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:26.860 Yes, you and I were slaves to our lusts 00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:29.960 because that was our nature that we inherited. 00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:33.320 But Christ's nature, 00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:37.980 which is the most pure human nature 00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:42.800 that God recreated in order to give to you and me, 00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:45.380 transforms us 00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:49.600 so that every inclination of Christ's heart, 00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:52.260 which is always good and always right, 00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:55.420 God works into us now, 00:36:55.620 --> 00:36:56.860 into our new nature, 00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:58.400 our new desires. 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:02.700 And God gave us the Holy Spirit 00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:05.300 in order to make Christ's desires 00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:08.099 overcomingly our own. 00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:13.320 He renews our mind to want to please God, 00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:16.940 who we would never want to please and glorify 00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:18.260 if you were still dead. 00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:21.840 Can there be greater assurance of your salvation? 00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:26.360 Romans 8 verse 10 continues. 00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:29.720 If Christ is in you, 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:33.920 the body is dead because of sin, 00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:37.800 but the spirit is life because of righteousness. 00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:41.960 But if the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead 00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:43.720 dwells in you, 00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:46.320 he who raised Christ from the dead 00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:50.019 will also give life to your mortal bodies 00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:52.680 through his spirit who dwells in you. 00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.900 So yes, 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.940 you and I were born dead 00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:58.460 and it's good that we remember 00:37:58.460 --> 00:38:01.140 how dead we were 00:38:01.140 --> 00:38:02.760 and that we do this often. 00:38:04.080 --> 00:38:06.140 Remember what it was like outside of Christ, 00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:07.240 but trust this, 00:38:07.660 --> 00:38:08.860 Christ died 00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:11.200 so that you and I may live. 00:38:11.580 --> 00:38:12.240 In Christ, 00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:14.380 you are made alive. 00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:16.440 And now in Christ, 00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.940 we live unto God 00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:19.980 for the glory of God alone. 00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:20.420 Amen. 00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.680 Well, let's praise our God 00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.760 for this great salvation. 00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.800 Oh, Father, 00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:29.599 your word is so clear. 00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:33.420 Help us to receive you, 00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:36.539 to trust this glorious gospel. 00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:40.139 Lord, 00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:41.940 I pray that you protect our minds 00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:43.800 from distortions, 00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:47.099 from any attempts to make God 00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:48.099 a little bit lower, 00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:52.219 to raise up us a little bit higher. 00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.840 Anything, Lord, 00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:55.980 that will rob Christ of his glory 00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.900 as our mediator 00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:58.500 between the holy, 00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:00.779 exalted God above all 00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:02.880 and us who were dead 00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:04.619 and would be dead still 00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.820 outside of Christ. 00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:07.760 May Christ be glorified 00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.720 in your church, 00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:09.180 we pray. 00:39:09.620 --> 00:39:09.960 Amen.