WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.860 So we're reading from Romans chapter 6, beginning at the first verse. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.700 We too might walk in newness of life. 00:00:33.579 --> 00:00:42.200 For if we have been united with him in a death like this, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like this, like his. 00:00:43.219 --> 00:00:53.260 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 00:00:54.140 --> 00:00:56.640 For one who has died has been set free from sin. 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:03.060 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 00:01:03.859 --> 00:01:06.939 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again. 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:09.579 Death no longer has dominion over him. 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:13.140 For the death he died, he died to sin once for all. 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:15.920 But the life he lives, he lives to God. 00:01:16.859 --> 00:01:21.840 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 00:01:22.900 --> 00:01:25.599 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body. 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:28.459 To make you obey its passions. 00:01:29.099 --> 00:01:32.519 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness. 00:01:33.199 --> 00:01:37.560 But present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life. 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:41.079 And your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 00:01:42.259 --> 00:01:44.179 For sin will have no dominion over you. 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:47.519 Since you are no longer under, not under law, but under grace. 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:57.719 Well, today is the last in a series of four sermons on key words in the Bible on salvation. 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:02.179 So let me recap just quickly. 00:02:02.679 --> 00:02:06.219 And we've heard a lot about what we've been saved from. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:10.900 So we've spent three weeks really talking about what we've been saved from. 00:02:10.900 --> 00:02:14.420 We've been saved from our sins. 00:02:14.640 --> 00:02:18.300 And we've been saved from our enslavement to sin. 00:02:19.620 --> 00:02:23.740 There's a problem at the heart level that we just want to live for ourselves. 00:02:23.740 --> 00:02:28.260 And then we've heard that we've been redeemed. 00:02:28.379 --> 00:02:30.439 We've been set free from this captivity. 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:33.980 And that came at a great price. 00:02:34.659 --> 00:02:37.260 The cost of Jesus' blood. 00:02:38.100 --> 00:02:41.879 And then we've heard we've been saved from all the anger of God. 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:48.579 All the condemnation that we deserve for our sin and the way we've treated God and treated people made in his image. 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:50.579 We've been saved from all that. 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:54.840 We are declared righteous before God. 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:56.960 Not because of anything we have done. 00:02:57.079 --> 00:02:57.740 Nothing in ourselves. 00:02:57.879 --> 00:02:59.300 But as a gift. 00:03:00.019 --> 00:03:02.819 All our sin is transferred to Christ. 00:03:03.079 --> 00:03:05.359 All his righteousness transferred to us. 00:03:06.979 --> 00:03:08.219 Heaven guaranteed. 00:03:09.359 --> 00:03:11.740 All the things we've been saved from. 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:18.900 I want to ask then, what have we been saved for? 00:03:19.539 --> 00:03:22.060 Because what we've been saved from is only half the story. 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.620 What have we, if you're a believer, what have you been saved for? 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:30.919 We need to understand this. 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:34.479 I'm not sure where your mind is going right now. 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:38.780 Is it we've been saved for relationship with God? 00:03:39.740 --> 00:03:41.139 Praying, singing. 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:43.359 Reading his word. 00:03:44.139 --> 00:03:45.359 So relating to God. 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:46.519 Is that what we've been saved for? 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:50.699 Have we been saved for a new life of obedience? 00:03:51.819 --> 00:03:56.859 Or have we been saved for becoming the person God made us to be? 00:03:57.479 --> 00:03:59.079 So change within us. 00:03:59.300 --> 00:04:01.939 Have we been saved for belonging to a local church? 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.500 Have we been saved for witnessing for him? 00:04:05.579 --> 00:04:06.979 Wanting the gospel to get out? 00:04:06.979 --> 00:04:14.939 I'm going to suggest that if any of those were your answers, I think there's truth in them. 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:16.839 I think they're partly right. 00:04:17.860 --> 00:04:20.480 But none of them go deep enough. 00:04:22.219 --> 00:04:26.500 At worst, they could be confused for something you must do. 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:28.599 Something you must muster up. 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:34.240 Now that God has done so much for you, you better repay him in a sense. 00:04:34.340 --> 00:04:35.760 It could be confused for that. 00:04:37.820 --> 00:04:39.300 So what have we been saved for? 00:04:39.300 --> 00:04:45.759 I just want to give two quick quotes from my reading in preparation for this week. 00:04:47.139 --> 00:04:48.520 John Murray said, 00:04:49.020 --> 00:04:53.180 Without this, and I'm going to leave it blank, although the sermon title gives it away, 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:57.840 our view of the Christian life would be gravely distorted. 00:04:58.300 --> 00:05:00.920 Without this, which we're going to cover today, 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:04.960 your view of the Christian life would be gravely distorted. 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:08.239 Not just missing a bit. 00:05:10.219 --> 00:05:11.819 Or Bruce Milne said, 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:21.759 All Christian experience can be focused in this one gift of God to us through his spirit. 00:05:22.099 --> 00:05:23.639 I hope you want to know what this is. 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:26.620 What are we saved for? 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:29.719 We're saved for union with Christ. 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:32.759 Fellowship. 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:33.599 Communion. 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.219 Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:40.680 Not union in the sense of trade union. 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:42.899 Not in the sense of rugby union. 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:45.060 We don't use the term union a lot. 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:48.879 It's more like a marriage union. 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:52.699 Where two become one. 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:57.920 We're saved to become one with God. 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:02.639 Anyway, that's crazy. 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:03.599 We're going to... 00:06:03.599 --> 00:06:07.000 Not crazy in that it's not untrue. 00:06:07.099 --> 00:06:10.819 It's just mind-boggling that we're going to look into this today. 00:06:10.899 --> 00:06:12.639 And really, we're going to scratch the surface only. 00:06:13.039 --> 00:06:17.019 There's so much to what we've been saved for. 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:23.139 You'd be forgiven if you haven't heard of this term, union with Christ. 00:06:23.139 --> 00:06:28.879 We don't seem to talk about it in churches as much as justification or election even. 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:30.579 So you'd be forgiven for that. 00:06:31.659 --> 00:06:40.600 But while you won't find the phrase union with Christ explicitly, as we saw last term in Colossians, 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:44.740 once you see it in Scripture, you can't help but not see it. 00:06:44.779 --> 00:06:45.680 It's just everywhere. 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:48.060 So we heard it in Colossians. 00:06:48.659 --> 00:06:51.420 How does Paul describe what the message of Christianity is? 00:06:51.420 --> 00:06:54.460 Christ in you. 00:06:55.660 --> 00:06:56.960 The hope of glory. 00:06:57.500 --> 00:07:00.420 What's Paul's goal in serving the church? 00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:04.080 To present everyone mature in Christ. 00:07:05.520 --> 00:07:06.980 And how does he go about this? 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:10.020 He works with all the power that's working in Paul. 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:10.840 His power. 00:07:10.980 --> 00:07:12.540 Not Paul's, but Christ's power. 00:07:12.540 --> 00:07:16.180 He even claims, I'm filling up the sufferings of Christ. 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:26.800 Paul uses the phrase, in Christ, in the Lord Jesus, with Christ over 160 times in his writings. 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:29.680 And it's all throughout the New Testament. 00:07:30.200 --> 00:07:34.140 And the Old Testament prepares for this understanding as well. 00:07:34.939 --> 00:07:37.000 Or think about when Paul got converted. 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:44.519 What was he confronted with when he met the Lord Jesus Christ, the risen, ascended Lord Jesus Christ, 00:07:44.699 --> 00:07:46.879 came to him in a brilliant light. 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:48.319 What did the Lord say to him? 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:52.819 He said, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? 00:07:54.779 --> 00:07:59.439 That must have been a profound moment for Paul in understanding what the Christian life was about. 00:07:59.540 --> 00:08:02.019 He was attacking the church. 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:04.920 And the Lord is saying, why are you persecuting me? 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:10.060 The Lord sees himself so united to his people. 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:21.540 So to go deeper in this, in understanding this, we're going to look at four biblical pictures at the end of the sermon. 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:27.600 But first we're going to start in Romans 6, if you want to turn with me there, or otherwise just listen along. 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:37.240 Here in Romans, our question of what have we been saved for is answered in the negative. 00:08:38.340 --> 00:08:42.000 So we are not saved to go on living in sin. 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.659 And you can understand why someone might object. 00:08:47.659 --> 00:09:00.539 Okay, so if salvation is totally free, if all your sin is definitely dealt with, and you are definitely going to heaven all because of Jesus, 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:06.159 that just motivates you to do whatever you want, to just keep on living in sin. 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:08.339 That can't be right, Paul. 00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:10.879 There's no fear of punishment. 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:13.659 The promise of reward is guaranteed. 00:09:13.659 --> 00:09:17.199 That's just going to motivate people to do what they want. 00:09:18.219 --> 00:09:21.559 What's stopping a person doing what they want, living in sin? 00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:26.539 In fact, why not sin all the more? 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:30.699 Because that will show how great Jesus is. 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:33.480 He will forgive and conquer even more sin. 00:09:35.379 --> 00:09:37.339 How would you answer that question? 00:09:37.340 --> 00:09:47.320 Paul's instinctive, just gut response, he doesn't have to think. 00:09:47.660 --> 00:09:49.000 He just goes, by no means. 00:09:51.660 --> 00:09:53.280 Now, that's not a throwaway line. 00:09:53.980 --> 00:09:59.980 The truth of the gospel has gotten into Paul so deep that his just instinctive response is, 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:02.200 no way would you keep on living in sin. 00:10:03.900 --> 00:10:05.879 And then he goes on to explain why. 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:08.620 Why is that the case? 00:10:08.779 --> 00:10:12.899 And surprisingly, he talks about baptism, which is fitting for today. 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:15.559 He uses the picture of baptism. 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:20.340 Don't you understand what your baptism symbolises? 00:10:24.659 --> 00:10:28.159 Baptism isn't about your parents, what they did when you were a baby. 00:10:28.340 --> 00:10:32.159 It's not essentially about what you did in making a decision to follow Christ. 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:42.519 Water baptism pictures the spiritual, internal baptism that the Holy Spirit has already done. 00:10:44.659 --> 00:10:45.459 Verse 3, 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:53.620 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into his death? 00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:57.320 In effect, he's saying, don't you understand your baptism? 00:10:57.639 --> 00:11:00.399 Don't you understand what it means to be a Christian? 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:05.399 Baptism is a naming ceremony. 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:10.279 It's a declaration that your fundamental identity has changed. 00:11:10.560 --> 00:11:14.740 You now belong to God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit. 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:16.639 You are a new person. 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:32.720 By the work of the Spirit in you, by your faith in Christ, you have now been inseparably joined to Jesus. 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:37.199 All that has happened to him is now true of you as well. 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:44.940 Because he died, we've seen these verses, because he died, pictured in going down in the water, he died, you died. 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.240 He was buried, you were buried. 00:11:49.540 --> 00:11:56.400 Your sin-orientated rather than God-orientated old self, which all of us were born with, 00:11:57.100 --> 00:12:03.840 that self was crucified with Christ. 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:04.740 You were in him. 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:08.360 You were buried. 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:16.759 The sin we were so enslaved by, that enslaved self is dead and buried. 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:23.460 And verse 4, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, 00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:26.240 we too might walk in newness of life. 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:32.620 Spiritually, if you're a believer in Christ, you have been raised to new life. 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:36.340 Totally new desires inside of you now. 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:43.460 As 2 Corinthians 5 says, anyone in Christ is a new creation. 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:49.120 Verse 5, 00:12:49.120 --> 00:13:07.560 So verse 11, here's the implication of it all. 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:18.419 Christian, you must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:20.419 What have I been saved for? 00:13:20.419 --> 00:13:24.259 What have I been saved for? 00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:29.299 Shall I do what I like because I'm justified as a free gift by faith? 00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:33.399 Well, yes, I will do what I like now. 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:41.519 Because I'm so joined to Jesus that what I want to do, what I used to want to do is dead. 00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:51.500 And now what I want to do, because God has made me alive in Christ, is I want to live for God. 00:13:51.659 --> 00:13:53.600 Now, sin is still in our body. 00:13:53.840 --> 00:14:00.360 Sin is still attacking this new nature the rest of our life until Christ returns. 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:03.360 But you are in Christ. 00:14:03.560 --> 00:14:04.980 Christian, know who you are. 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:09.259 You are dead and now you're alive. 00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:15.919 So the motivation for not sinning isn't fear of punishment or promise of reward. 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.600 It's know who you are. 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:21.580 And so be who you are. 00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:24.540 That's the Christian motivation. 00:14:25.820 --> 00:14:27.840 Know who you are and be who you are. 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:36.879 Here's an insight into how Paul viewed himself in Galatians 2.20. 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.139 You might have heard it before. 00:14:38.139 --> 00:15:07.539 An example of how this way of thinking motivates us to pursue holiness is found in 1 Corinthians 3.20. 00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:09.339 In 1 Corinthians 6. 00:15:09.439 --> 00:15:13.799 Some of the Christians in that church in Corinthians, they thought it didn't matter what you did. 00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:20.240 They were unashamedly sleeping with prostitutes. 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:21.259 Unashamedly. 00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:27.179 And in 1 Corinthians 6, notice how Paul motivates the Christians. 00:15:28.059 --> 00:15:31.779 He doesn't motivate them by saying you might lose your salvation. 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:34.579 He doesn't dismiss it as okay. 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:37.539 But he says in verse 15 of 1 Corinthians 6, 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:43.459 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:48.980 Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:53.019 Do you see how thinking of yourself in Christ just, 00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:57.659 It is motivation to live differently. 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:00.860 It's like saying to Jesus, 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:04.019 Come Jesus, sit next to me. 00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:06.039 Let's watch pornography together. 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:15.419 Help me craft this text message in flirting with this man that isn't my husband. 00:16:15.419 --> 00:16:19.939 Thinking that way just makes you, 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:25.839 It motivates you to pursue holiness if you know how joined you are to Christ. 00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:27.740 Complete forgiveness. 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:30.019 Like sin is waging war. 00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:35.699 Like we will still give in to the sinful nature time and again. 00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:38.779 But complete forgiveness. 00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:40.840 But knowing we abound in Christ, 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:43.960 That not only doesn't permit sin, 00:16:44.079 --> 00:16:47.519 It is the very power to fight sin. 00:16:48.699 --> 00:16:50.939 Knowing you are united to Christ. 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:54.639 I can do what I want now. 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:57.079 And what I want has totally changed. 00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:00.259 Because I am in Christ, 00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:02.700 And he is in me by his spirit. 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:09.480 Now if all this hasn't blown your mind yet, 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.700 And I hope it has. 00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:12.420 If it hasn't, that could be my fault. 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:17.019 But it's already gobsmacking. 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:20.759 But I want to step back and look at all of salvation. 00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:24.319 Because scripture says more than what I've said so far. 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:26.779 It says that all of salvation is received. 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:28.079 In Christ. 00:17:29.699 --> 00:17:30.299 So, 00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:34.299 Some of you will know Romans 8.30. 00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:37.199 It's a wonderfully reassuring verse. 00:17:37.899 --> 00:17:40.679 People call it the golden chain of salvation. 00:17:41.199 --> 00:17:42.419 Those who God chose 00:17:42.419 --> 00:17:46.059 To set his love upon in eternity past, 00:17:46.439 --> 00:17:49.519 He also called to himself in real time. 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:51.700 Those he called, 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.839 He also justified, 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:54.099 Declared righteous. 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:55.200 And those he justified, 00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.700 He glorified. 00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:01.240 Those he chose, 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:03.019 Will make it to glory. 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.940 There is no broken link in the chain. 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:06.240 Because it's all of God. 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:07.599 It's a wonderful verse. 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:12.659 But if this is the only way we think of salvation, 00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:14.419 There's something missing in that. 00:18:17.419 --> 00:18:20.099 There's been no mention of the person, 00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.019 Jesus Christ. 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:23.819 Now, of course, 00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:24.299 Romans, 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:25.960 The context of Romans makes that clear. 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:30.059 But I'm talking about the way us as Christians think about the process of salvation. 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.339 So, 00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:34.139 I think we are in danger of thinking of it mechanically. 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:39.600 We can know all the steps and the doctrines, 00:18:39.800 --> 00:18:40.140 And yet, 00:18:41.040 --> 00:18:45.259 Not see them all as being received in Christ, 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:46.700 In the person of Christ. 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.980 So, for instance, 00:18:49.060 --> 00:18:50.259 When we think of our justification, 00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:53.840 All our sin becomes Christ, 00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:55.500 And all his righteousness, 00:18:56.060 --> 00:18:56.780 His obedience, 00:18:57.080 --> 00:18:57.940 Becomes ours. 00:18:58.860 --> 00:18:59.060 Now, 00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:00.620 That great exchange 00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:02.900 Is a wonderful truth. 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:05.240 But if we picture it, 00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:07.000 Separate from Christ, 00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:09.580 It can almost seem like God is playing. 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.759 As if he's going, 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:13.360 Let's just imagine that all your sin is his, 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:15.640 And all his righteousness is yours. 00:19:15.860 --> 00:19:17.480 It can seem like he's playing. 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:21.180 But if you see justification as united with Christ, 00:19:21.780 --> 00:19:23.259 It's more like a prince, 00:19:23.800 --> 00:19:28.620 Marrying a common woman who is burdened with debt. 00:19:29.780 --> 00:19:31.500 Because of their marriage union, 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.440 All the debt, 00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.720 Becomes his, 00:19:33.800 --> 00:19:34.500 And he pays for it. 00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:36.180 All his riches becomes hers, 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.400 Because of that union. 00:19:40.780 --> 00:19:42.220 If you are in Christ, 00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:44.680 All the blessings of salvation are yours. 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:52.480 Even our election in eternity past, 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:55.120 We're told in Ephesians 1.4, 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:58.079 The Father chose us in him. 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:59.919 He chose us in the Son, 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:02.779 Before the foundation of the world. 00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.179 Now, 00:20:06.219 --> 00:20:09.939 To just help us feel the pastoral implications of this, 00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:14.219 I'm just going to read from an author and teacher, 00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:15.199 Sinclair Ferguson. 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.700 Listen, 00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:19.380 Our union with Christ, 00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:21.480 Which we experience through faith, 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:25.120 Is not first of all grounded on my faith. 00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:28.200 And this is a tremendous encouragement to us. 00:20:29.260 --> 00:20:30.500 Our faith falters. 00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:35.559 But that doesn't mean our union with Christ falters. 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:41.240 Because our union with Christ is grounded in God's eternal purpose, 00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:44.059 To think that before the foundation of the world, 00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:45.740 He set his heart upon me, 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.440 That whenever he, 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:47.960 The Father, 00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:50.380 Saw the coming work of the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:52.579 In some way beyond my imagination, 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:56.539 He saw that I was united to Jesus Christ. 00:20:56.539 --> 00:21:00.059 He would never think of Jesus Christ without thinking of me. 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:03.019 He would never think of me without thinking, 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:06.420 That one belongs to my Son, Jesus Christ. 00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:15.960 All of salvation is received in Jesus Christ. 00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:25.159 Isn't it wonderful to see little Geordie 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:26.940 Running around the church 00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:29.900 And just talking so much, 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:34.279 Just to see her to go from strength to strength. 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.080 Now, 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:40.800 Sam and Beth can tell you themselves 00:21:40.800 --> 00:21:44.480 Of the agony of the process of legally adopting Geordie. 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:48.200 But do you think that their goal is just a legal change? 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.860 Of course not. 00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:53.419 That legal side 00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:58.559 Is for the sake of the full relational change. 00:21:59.219 --> 00:22:02.259 They want Geordie to know who she is now. 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:04.639 She is their little girl. 00:22:06.199 --> 00:22:08.939 They want Geordie to call Beth mama, 00:22:09.699 --> 00:22:10.479 Sam dadda, 00:22:11.439 --> 00:22:14.379 And experience the full relationship. 00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:19.080 It's awe-inspiring enough 00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:20.940 That God would pardon our sins. 00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:21.700 But 00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:25.200 Words fail us to talk about 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:27.540 That God wants to adopt us, 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.820 We're told. 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:31.040 That's the goal. 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:35.080 The spirit given to us 00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:36.120 Is Christ's spirit, 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.500 The son of God's spirit. 00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:40.740 Who calls God father, 00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.299 Abba, 00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.779 Daddy. 00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:48.339 That's whose spirit resides in us. 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:51.140 The same way the son can relate to the father, 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:53.019 So can you, Christian. 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:59.180 You are such a legitimate child 00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:01.240 Because of your union with Christ 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:03.059 That scripture says you're an heir. 00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:06.220 You will get the inheritance. 00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:09.379 You are co-heir with Christ. 00:23:11.419 --> 00:23:12.879 God wants you to know 00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:14.759 You are in his son. 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.679 You are his 00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:17.799 You are his little girl. 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.579 You are his 00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.659 You are his boy. 00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:22.460 He wants you to relate. 00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.059 Abba, 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:24.859 Dada. 00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:29.720 And a child who knows unconditional love, 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:33.319 They don't do what the father says 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:34.240 Because they're afraid. 00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.480 They do it because they 00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:37.819 They want to please their dad. 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:47.220 Jesus said himself in John 14, 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.700 If anyone loves me, 00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.579 He will keep my word 00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:52.200 And my father will love him 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.940 And we will come to him 00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:55.819 And make our home with him. 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:08.160 Again, if that's not enough 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:09.519 To disfloor you, 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:11.539 Let's finish by looking at 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:13.480 Four pictures in scripture 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:17.259 Of how we're meant to live out this union. 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:22.079 We get four pictures. 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.559 We've got a husband and wife. 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.200 We've got the temple. 00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:27.299 We've got the human body. 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:29.419 And we've got the vine 00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:31.500 And its branches producing fruit. 00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:34.419 Now I want us to notice three things 00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.700 About all these pictures. 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:39.799 First, the individual believer 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:42.879 Is so connected 00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:46.180 That the identity 00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:48.440 Doesn't make sense 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.680 If you don't understand it 00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.460 In connection 00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:54.099 With the head, with the whole. 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:56.139 So you can't be a hand or a foot 00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.200 In isolation. 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.940 That only makes sense 00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:00.700 If you're part of the body 00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.779 And connected to the head. 00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.539 So notice that 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:05.319 Your very identity 00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.960 Is in connection. 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.480 It's in union with Christ 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.519 And all who are with him. 00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:11.039 But also notice 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:13.700 That this integration 00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:15.440 Is not like the Buddhist 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.460 And Hindu idea 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.079 Where it's like 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:18.639 I think it's Hinduism 00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.519 That talks as if 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:21.899 The human soul is like a spark 00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:23.859 That returns to the great bonfire. 00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.740 But then it's just lost. 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:29.000 It's absorbed into that great bonfire. 00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.220 That's not Christianity. 00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:34.200 You remain a distinguishable person. 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.359 It's just that 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:37.500 Who you are now 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.519 Is just part of something 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.720 So much bigger than yourself. 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:43.660 You can't even think of yourself 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:46.620 Without thinking of who you're connected to. 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.519 And the third thing 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.680 I want us to notice 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:51.200 Is that most important of all 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:54.680 While this mystery of being united to God 00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.720 Is profound 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:59.299 So much so that the Apostle Peter can say 00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:01.839 That we are partakers of the divine nature. 00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:04.679 It's not symmetrical. 00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:07.879 Christ is uniquely God 00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:09.819 And the source of life. 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:12.259 You are a creature. 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.819 We are still a creature 00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:17.119 Who rests entirely on God 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:18.599 Providing life. 00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:23.059 The temple would collapse 00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:24.240 Without the cornerstone. 00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:27.179 A branch cannot produce fruit 00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:28.859 On its own. 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:30.699 It needs the life of the vine 00:26:30.699 --> 00:26:31.719 Flowing through it. 00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:33.899 So 00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:36.500 How are we to think and live in this union? 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.519 First 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.839 It's like a husband and wife. 00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:40.039 A husband and wife. 00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:43.019 Now I think 00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:44.779 If I was to ask you 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:46.759 Where does it talk about marriage 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.839 In 00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:49.440 The New Testament? 00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:51.720 Everyone would think of Ephesians 5 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:53.500 That's the marriage bit. 00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.159 But 00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:55.619 Talking about 00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.559 A husband and wife 00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.879 Are so connected now 00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:59.740 That they are one flesh. 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.759 One flesh. 00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.680 You're not two anymore 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.220 But one. 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.839 And then 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.740 But Paul 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:08.220 Reaches the climax of his teaching 00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:10.140 In verse 32 of Ephesians 5 00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.460 Saying 00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:12.420 This mystery is profound 00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.660 This one flesh mystery 00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:15.620 And I am saying 00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:17.860 That it refers to Christ 00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:19.059 And his church 00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:22.319 It's not primarily 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.400 The marriage chapter 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.740 It's primarily 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:26.860 The union with Christ 00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.720 Chapter 00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:30.400 Where marriage is meant 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.480 To reflect that 00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:33.940 I think we can think of this 00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.880 As if 00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:37.720 Relating as the church 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.680 To Jesus 00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:40.460 We need to look at a married couple 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.620 And take our cues 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.500 From the married couple 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.900 But that's the wrong way around 00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.539 Paul is saying 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.240 Married people 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.900 Look at how Christ 00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:48.819 Relates to the church 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.420 And how the church 00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.380 Relates to Christ 00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.240 Marriage 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:52.400 I've heard it described 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.940 It's like 00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:55.259 It's the analogy 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.440 Pointing forward 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:58.220 To the real thing 00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.559 Which is our 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:02.299 Marriage with Christ 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.920 If I can just use that term 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:09.460 Christ knows nothing 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.299 Of a cold 00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.559 Transactional 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.299 Arms length 00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.240 Relationship 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.360 Marriage unites 00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:14.940 Two people 00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.940 At every level 00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:19.000 He doesn't see himself 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.720 As independent 00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:21.339 But he sees himself 00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.740 With us 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.640 As one flesh 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:25.940 He is the faithful husband 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.779 Who cherishes 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.779 And nourishes 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.700 And protects 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.139 And never forsakes 00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:31.700 Never divorce 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.519 Never abandon 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:34.460 His people 00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:37.379 So we're to think of ourselves 00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:38.339 As one flesh 00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.839 With this 00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:40.720 This loving husband 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:42.879 We take on his name 00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:45.599 Our identity changes 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:47.379 We should be totally devoted 00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.180 To our husband 00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:51.299 Receiving his strong care 00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:53.180 And joyfully following his lead 00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.539 And we should forsake 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.399 All other men 00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:56.379 We should think of 00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:58.540 I'm going to use that 00:28:58.540 --> 00:28:59.840 As a metaphor for idols 00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.760 Everything else 00:29:00.760 --> 00:29:02.180 That tries to capture our heart 00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:03.060 We should forsake 00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:06.560 So that's one picture 00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:08.340 Of how we're to live out 00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:09.780 Our union with Christ 00:29:09.780 --> 00:29:11.600 But no one picture 00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:12.460 Captures all of it 00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.580 So we're given lots of pictures 00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:15.700 Another picture is the temple 00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:19.880 Our union with Christ 00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.680 Is like a temple 00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:22.300 And we see that 00:29:22.300 --> 00:29:23.500 In Ephesians 2 00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.140 And 1 Peter 00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:24.840 But let me just talk 00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.500 About Ephesians 00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:27.800 If you are in Christ 00:29:27.800 --> 00:29:30.100 All that is Christ 00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.700 Is yours 00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:32.020 Which includes 00:29:32.020 --> 00:29:34.140 All the believers 00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.800 In Christ 00:29:34.800 --> 00:29:36.220 So verse 20 00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.480 Of Ephesians 2 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:39.200 You are built 00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.200 You are built on the foundation 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.960 Of the apostles 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.680 And prophets 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:43.339 Christ Jesus 00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.920 Himself 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.160 Being the cornerstone 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:47.400 In whom the whole structure 00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.519 Being joined together 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:50.620 Grows into a holy temple 00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.420 In the Lord 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.860 In him 00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:54.000 You also 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.240 Are being built together 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.620 Into a dwelling place 00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.420 For God 00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.539 By the Spirit 00:29:58.539 --> 00:30:01.500 God has a grand 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.360 Building project 00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:05.659 The goal is a home 00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.959 A place for his name 00:30:06.959 --> 00:30:08.119 His spirit to dwell 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:09.919 Not just live next door 00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:11.339 But to live in 00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:13.339 His people 00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.259 His church 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.199 Is this great 00:30:15.199 --> 00:30:17.259 Building project 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:19.259 Each of us 00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.000 As believers 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.099 Are like a brick 00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:22.639 Like a stone 00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.479 In that building 00:30:23.479 --> 00:30:26.619 Incorporated 00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.559 Into it 00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.919 Where Christ 00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:29.879 Is the cornerstone 00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:31.259 He underpins it all 00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.419 If he was removed 00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:32.799 It would 00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:34.000 It would fall down 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:35.539 Fortunately he doesn't change 00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.720 So it won't be removed 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:38.559 He is the cornerstone 00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.819 And we also hear it 00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:42.299 In whom the whole structure grows 00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:43.359 So here 00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.759 It's kind of 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.819 Mixing metaphors 00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.119 But 00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:48.279 In whom the whole building grows 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:52.200 So I think we talk a lot 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.000 About the body 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.799 Being the temple 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:55.419 As if it's got to be 00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:56.319 The picture of health 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.200 Physically 00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.680 That's 00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:01.220 This is not talking about that 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.660 This is more talking about 00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:04.340 Our relationships as Christians 00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:05.500 Should be 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:07.259 The picture of health 00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:10.120 The church should be so united 00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:11.180 The context here is 00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:12.519 Jew and Gentile 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:15.340 Who had such hatred for each other 00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.640 Now in Christ 00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.319 Are one 00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:19.120 It should 00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:20.980 Our relationships in the church 00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:22.299 Should be the picture of health 00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:24.779 And there's one foundation 00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:27.960 The authority of Christ's word 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:29.359 Through the apostles and prophets 00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:33.139 We don't have the freedom 00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:35.460 To make some modern architectural 00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:37.519 Monstrosity 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:41.079 We get our building of the church 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:42.339 Based on the pattern 00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:44.259 Of the apostles' teaching 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:47.259 And this building 00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.200 Is permanent 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.759 Because Christ is permanent 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:53.339 While the world cares about 00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:54.960 Building the tallest tower 00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:57.019 And the greatest organisations 00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:58.139 The company apple 00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:59.339 Will crumble one day 00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:00.539 It will fall to the ground 00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:03.279 The church is forever 00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:07.859 He's building this great temple 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.559 To dwell in 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:11.720 The third picture is our union 00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.879 Like a human body 00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:15.560 We see this in a few places 00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:16.800 But 1 Corinthians 12 00:32:16.800 --> 00:32:18.780 Is a detailed one 00:32:18.780 --> 00:32:21.120 For just as the body 00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:22.360 One body 00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:24.020 Is one 00:32:24.020 --> 00:32:26.240 And has many members 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:28.000 Fingers, toes 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:29.680 I can't describe it all 00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:32.240 Many members 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.520 And all the members of the body 00:32:33.520 --> 00:32:35.200 Though many are one body 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.740 So it is with Christ 00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:40.000 We are all filled with the same one spirit 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:42.540 Uniting us to Christ's body 00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.599 He is the head 00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.680 There's only one head 00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.859 It's not you 00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.480 It's not me 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.399 He is the head 00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:53.519 All the members 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.579 Get their instruction 00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.420 And their power 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:56.299 From the head 00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:59.680 And verse 18 says 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:01.059 God arranged the members 00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.579 In the body 00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:03.460 Picture the local church 00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:05.079 Each one of them 00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:06.460 As he chose 00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:10.059 You can't look at someone else 00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.480 And go 00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.799 Would be better off 00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.619 If they weren't here 00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:13.019 You 00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:15.379 You can't do that 00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:16.819 He 00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:18.500 He assembled our body 00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:20.159 This church 00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:23.879 Every part of the body 00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:24.700 Is needed 00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:27.619 To be actively 00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:28.839 Functioning 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.519 Healthily 00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:32.700 We are totally 00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:34.279 Interdependent 00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.599 But taking our cues 00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.259 From the head 00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:41.879 Jesus considers 00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:42.559 How we treat 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.460 Any and all 00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.099 Of the members 00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.819 Of this church 00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.759 Is how we treat 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.180 Him 00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:48.200 Because it's 00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.819 His body 00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:52.759 Like our head 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.799 We are to be patient 00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:55.160 With each other's faults 00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:57.180 And determine 00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:58.079 Like the head 00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.579 Of the body 00:33:58.579 --> 00:34:00.140 To see us 00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.779 Grow up 00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.480 Into maturity 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:03.039 To be healthy 00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:05.619 And when one 00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.039 Suffers 00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.799 We all suffer 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.519 When one is 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.859 Honoured 00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:09.079 We all are honoured 00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:11.099 This one spirit 00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.079 The spirit of Christ 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.739 Animates 00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.500 Should animate 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.559 This body 00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.639 This local church 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:19.679 And the fourth picture 00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.079 We've got 00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:21.119 Is 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.059 Like the vineyard 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:24.739 A branch 00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:26.779 Abiding in the vine 00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:29.260 This is Christ 00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:30.000 Speaking to his 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.560 Disciples 00:34:30.560 --> 00:34:31.940 From verse 4 00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.860 Of John 00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.660 Chapter 15 00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:35.320 Abide in me 00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.960 And I 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.620 In you 00:34:37.620 --> 00:34:38.560 And we're told 00:34:38.560 --> 00:34:39.140 In verse 7 00:34:39.140 --> 00:34:39.920 How to abide 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.420 It's his 00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:41.640 It's his word 00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.780 It's his word 00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.300 Abiding 00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:44.540 And dwelling in us 00:34:44.540 --> 00:34:46.720 He says 00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.480 As the branch 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.480 Cannot bear fruit 00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.060 By itself 00:34:49.060 --> 00:34:50.140 Unless it abides 00:34:50.140 --> 00:34:50.620 In the vine 00:34:50.620 --> 00:34:51.540 Neither can you 00:34:51.540 --> 00:34:52.900 Unless you abide 00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.500 In me 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:55.040 I am the vine 00:34:55.040 --> 00:34:56.260 You are the branches 00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:58.280 Whoever abides 00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.720 In me 00:34:58.720 --> 00:35:00.160 And I in him 00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:01.300 He it is 00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.620 That bears much fruit 00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:04.360 For apart from me 00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.280 You can do nothing 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:08.720 I think so often 00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.640 We can get caught up 00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:10.840 With what we're doing 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:12.060 To serve Jesus 00:35:12.060 --> 00:35:13.500 Whereas 00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:15.100 Do you grasp 00:35:15.100 --> 00:35:16.120 The point of this passage 00:35:16.120 --> 00:35:17.500 Stop focusing on 00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.440 What you're doing 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.280 For Jesus 00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:20.240 Worry about 00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:21.420 Abiding in him 00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:24.820 He will produce 00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.300 The fruit 00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:27.900 In a sense 00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.920 It's the vine's 00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.960 Responsibility 00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.800 To produce the fruit 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:33.960 Where to stay 00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:35.240 Connected to the vine 00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:36.480 Having his word 00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:38.680 Richly dwelling in us 00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:42.220 In this picture 00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:43.860 The father 00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.760 God the father 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.920 Is included in this 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.680 Picture 00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:47.400 This analogy 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:49.120 He is so committed 00:35:49.120 --> 00:35:50.260 To our fruitfulness 00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:52.460 That he will prune us 00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:54.039 And there's two reasons 00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.519 To prune 00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.400 One is to cut off 00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:56.179 Anything that is 00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.460 Dead and unhealthy 00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:59.059 The other is 00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.539 To make us 00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.340 More fruitful 00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:02.559 It actually 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.820 Stimulates more fruit 00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:07.480 I heard 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.559 A good quote 00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.539 That captures this 00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:11.960 By Amy Carmichael 00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:15.139 What prodigal waste 00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:16.740 It appears to be 00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:18.400 To see scattered 00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.079 On the floor 00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:20.679 The bright green leaves 00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:22.280 And the bare stem 00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:23.539 Bleeding in a hundred 00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.119 Places 00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:25.860 From the sharp knife 00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:28.519 But with a tried 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:30.240 And trusted husbandman 00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:31.679 There is not a random 00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.960 Stroke in it all 00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:35.619 Nothing cut away 00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:37.659 Which it would not 00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.460 Have been a loss 00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.099 To keep 00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:41.759 And gain to lose 00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:45.219 It's the Christian 00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:46.599 It's the local church 00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.779 That remains focused 00:36:47.779 --> 00:36:49.279 On abiding in Christ 00:36:49.279 --> 00:36:50.559 Being filled with his word 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.880 And trusting the father 00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:53.059 To cut us 00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:54.480 And make us bleed 00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.339 That 00:36:55.339 --> 00:36:56.559 That 00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.839 Is 00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:58.599 Will produce 00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.440 Much fruit 00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.259 Much living 00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:01.619 That honours 00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.279 Honours God 00:37:02.279 --> 00:37:06.639 So they're the four pictures 00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.420 Of how we can 00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.659 Live out this union 00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:13.699 Now if you're hearing 00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.159 This today 00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:15.339 You might be realising 00:37:15.339 --> 00:37:17.259 You are only 00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:18.779 Very loosely 00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.879 Associated 00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.819 With this Jesus 00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:23.519 Maybe through 00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.739 This organisation 00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:26.259 Called Grace Evangelical 00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:27.000 Or maybe through 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.799 A family member 00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.399 You've only got 00:37:28.399 --> 00:37:29.179 A pretty loose 00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:31.339 Association 00:37:31.339 --> 00:37:32.119 With Jesus 00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:35.259 You need a vital 00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:36.539 Connection to Jesus 00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:39.460 You need his life 00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.279 Flowing in you 00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:41.119 By his spirit 00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:44.259 You need to be 00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:45.019 Baptised 00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:46.099 Into Christ 00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:49.259 To be dead 00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:50.179 And born anew 00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:51.300 You need a vital 00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.960 Connection 00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:53.420 That's what God 00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.139 Wants with you 00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:55.380 He wants to make 00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:56.019 A home 00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:57.320 In your heart 00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:58.360 By his spirit 00:37:58.360 --> 00:38:04.180 And Christian 00:38:04.180 --> 00:38:08.380 We are so 00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:09.300 I think in our 00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.539 Culture 00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.140 We're so 00:38:10.140 --> 00:38:11.200 Individually 00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:11.920 Minded 00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:13.500 I hope today 00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.260 Somewhere 00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:14.960 The spirit 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.420 Is 00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:16.559 Is 00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.500 Challenging 00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.900 Cutting you 00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:20.360 Where you 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.019 Are thinking 00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.700 And acting 00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:22.760 So individually 00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:25.780 Let the spirit 00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:26.360 Cut you 00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:30.600 And take 00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:31.360 Confidence 00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:33.220 That Christ 00:38:33.220 --> 00:38:33.860 Is fully 00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.320 Committed 00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:35.840 To you 00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:38.160 Fully 00:38:38.160 --> 00:38:38.940 Enjoying 00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.540 This union 00:38:39.540 --> 00:38:40.120 With him 00:38:40.120 --> 00:38:40.920 And his people 00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.480 He is so 00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.200 Committed to it 00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:44.280 We need to 00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:44.920 Know who we 00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.360 Are 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:47.280 We are 00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:47.980 United to 00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.280 Him 00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:50.520 And so 00:38:50.520 --> 00:38:51.340 We are united 00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.880 To everyone 00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.539 In him 00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:54.160 Jesus 00:38:54.160 --> 00:38:54.980 Is the one 00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.300 Who will 00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.740 Make sure 00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.360 We will 00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:58.740 Live out 00:38:58.740 --> 00:38:59.360 This union 00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:00.180 Just before 00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:00.660 He died 00:39:00.660 --> 00:39:01.180 On the cross 00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:01.660 This is the 00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.059 Purpose 00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.480 For which 00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.000 He died 00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.400 Do you 00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.619 Remember 00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.140 What he 00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:04.640 Prays 00:39:04.640 --> 00:39:05.160 In John 00:39:05.160 --> 00:39:05.640 17 00:39:05.640 --> 00:39:06.140 What does 00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:06.460 He pray 00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:06.760 For 00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:08.880 He prays 00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:09.099 To the 00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.420 Father 00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:10.880 For all 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.360 Believers 00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:12.260 That they 00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:12.920 May all 00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.599 Be one 00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:15.280 Just as 00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:15.539 You 00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.079 Father 00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.519 Are in 00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.860 Me 00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:17.579 And I 00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.019 In you 00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.480 That they 00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.079 May be 00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.980 In us 00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:25.039 God 00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.280 Wants 00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:25.380 You 00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.679 To be 00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:26.480 In him 00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.699 So that 00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.179 The world 00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.740 May believe 00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:29.000 That you 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.360 Have sent 00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.559 Me 00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.760 The glory 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.059 That you 00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.340 Have given 00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:31.559 Me 00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:31.860 I have 00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.079 Given 00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.420 Them 00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:34.059 That they 00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.440 May be 00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:34.860 One 00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:36.320 Even as 00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:36.619 We 00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.280 Are one 00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:40.119 I 00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.599 In them 00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:42.539 And you 00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.199 In me 00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:45.460 That they 00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.179 May become 00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.920 Perfectly 00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.400 One 00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:50.300 So that 00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:50.680 The world 00:39:50.680 --> 00:39:51.160 May know 00:39:51.160 --> 00:39:51.480 That you 00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:51.880 Have sent 00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:52.039 Me 00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.440 And love 00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:52.660 Them 00:39:52.660 --> 00:39:53.099 Even as 00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.220 You 00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:53.539 Have loved 00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:53.860 Me 00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:59.980 I'm so 00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.500 Shocked 00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:00.880 By the 00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.360 Phrase 00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:02.820 That they 00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.260 May be 00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.660 One 00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:04.420 Even as 00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:04.860 We 00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.500 Are one 00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:07.480 That's 00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.720 Pretty 00:40:07.720 --> 00:40:08.099 One 00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:14.239 And I 00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:14.559 Just want 00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.960 To finish 00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.619 By asking 00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.179 A question 00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:17.739 I almost 00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:18.199 Have no 00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.579 Idea 00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.199 How to 00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:19.559 Answer 00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:21.579 Why 00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.000 Would the 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.320 Lord 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:22.820 Want 00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.820 To be 00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:24.440 So 00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:24.980 United 00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:26.000 To us 00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.659 Forever 00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:31.340 Considering 00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:31.940 How 00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.659 One 00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:32.900 The 00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.239 Father 00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:33.679 Son 00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:33.860 And 00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.079 Holy 00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.400 Spirit 00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.860 Is 00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:36.960 For all 00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.559 Eternity 00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.039 Fully 00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:38.659 Sufficient 00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:39.420 In themselves 00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:40.299 Enjoying 00:40:40.299 --> 00:40:40.920 That love 00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:42.480 No need 00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.940 Of anything 00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:43.340 Else 00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:46.279 What kind 00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:46.719 Of God 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