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 say, what does this passage actually mean?

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 Why does it say it like this, in this place to these people?

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 Which is a question of significance, which gets you under the surface.

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 And that then begins to open up the application, so how are we going to do

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 what the intention of the writer is in teaching his

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 readers these things? If you want to think of it in another way

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 you could say it's the exegesis of the passage, drawing out what it says,

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 the exposing of the significance of the passage and then the

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 application to the will of the heart of the passage.

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 And Dr. Lloyd-Jones used to talk about that in his book Preaching and Preachers.

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 He talks about the truth going through the mind to the heart to activate the will.

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 And really every sermon and every study we do

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 should have that focus. What is there here for the mind?

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 What does it mean? How does that impact the heart? What is the significance

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 for my life? And how is it going to work out in my life?

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 How does it energise my will so that I put the word

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 in the spirit strength into practice?

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 So mind, heart, will.

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 And that's, I think, a good little model to follow

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 in any sort of Bible study, and I'll try and follow it

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 tonight as we look together at Ephesians.

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 The other principle at the beginning

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 is that the Scripture interprets the Scripture.

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 So I don't have to come to Ephesians

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 trying to interpret it.

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 I want the Scripture to interpret

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 its own meaning. To me, this is of course

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 the great principle of the Reformation,

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 that every individual believer,

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 given the gift of the Spirit,

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 can be illuminated by God

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 to understand the word of God.

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 Scripture itself is the interpreter

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 of Scripture.

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 And therefore, when I come to a passage

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 like Ephesians, or a section like Ephesians,

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 I want to ask myself, first of all,

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 well, does the Scripture give me any help

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 in coming to this letter

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 in a way that will open it up for me?

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 It is a letter written to the Ephesians,

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 verse 1 says, to the saints who are in Ephesus.

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 Though you may have a footnote in a modern version

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 that says some of the old manuscripts

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 don't have in Ephesus, in verse 1.

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 And there has been some discussion

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 as to whether this really was a letter

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 to the Ephesians,

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 because if you look at chapter 1, verse 15,

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 Paul says,

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 for this reason, because I've heard

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 of your faith in the Lord Jesus

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 and your love towards all the saints.

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 Well, he was in Ephesus for nearly three years.

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 And if he's talking to the Ephesians,

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 why does he say, I've heard about your love?

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 If he was actually there

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 for the longest period of settled ministry

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 that we know about.

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 So I think what we've got to say here

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 is that this is a letter that

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 was written to the Ephesian church,

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 but of course, Ephesus was the capital city

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 of the whole of the province of Asia Minor.

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 There's a seat at the front if you'd like one.

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 And the whole of the province of Asia Minor.

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 And therefore, from Ephesus,

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 all sorts of people would have heard the gospel.

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 We'll see this in a moment or two,

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 because when we study the Acts of the Apostles,

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 we find that it was a great center

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 at which Paul preached the gospel day by day,

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 and it went out to the whole area.

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 So I don't think there's any doubt

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 that the church in Ephesus is involved here,

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 but it's not just the little house churches in Ephesus.

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 It's those churches in Hierapolis and Laodicea

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 and Colossae,

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 which were all in that area of the Lycus Valley.

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 And so it's probably a widespread,

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 rather more general letter in many ways,

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 but to people who are living in this province

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 in which Ephesus is the dominant city.

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 Now, where do we go to find out?

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 Well, let's go to Acts 19.

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 Let's find out what Ephesus is like,

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 and we'll find it out from the Bible,

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 so that the scripture will help us to interpret the scripture.

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 Paul is on his missionary journey.

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 He comes to Ephesus,

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 and it begins with him finding some disciples of John

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 who have not yet really understood who Jesus is,

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 and they need to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

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 which happens,

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 and they then receive the Holy Spirit.

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 And after that,

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 Paul enters the synagogue,

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 and verse 8 of chapter 19,

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 for three months spoke boldly,

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 reasoning and persuading them

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 about the kingdom of God.

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 But when some became stubborn

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 and continued in unbelief,

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 speaking evil of the way before the congregation,

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 he withdrew from them

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 and took the disciples with him,

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 reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.

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 This continued for two years,

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 so that all the residents of Asia

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 heard the word of the Lord,

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 both Jews and Greeks.

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 So,

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 Paul's usual customs start in the synagogue,

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 three months there,

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 doubtless some converts from that,

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 but by and large,

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 rejection.

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 And so he goes to an independent,

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 secular lecture hall,

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 probably in the lunch hour,

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 when the lecturer Tyrannus wasn't using it,

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 and so you have the first lunchtime services,

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 and here he is speaking

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 the word of God every day

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 to anyone who will come and listen.

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 And Luke tells us that the word

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 spread throughout the whole province of Asia

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 as a result of that.

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 Now,

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 what happened gives us a feel

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 of what life in Ephesus was like.

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 For example,

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 verse 13,

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 there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists

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 who undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus

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 over those who had evil spirits.

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 And you probably remember that the evil spirits

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 won't recognize the use of the name

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 because they don't know the Lord Jesus.

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 And the man in whom the evil spirits are dwelling

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 leaps on them and overpowers them

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 and they have to flee out of the house.

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 Look at verse 17.

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 And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus,

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 both Jews and Greeks,

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 and fear fell upon them all.

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 And the name of the Lord Jesus

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 was extolled.

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 And many of whom were now believers

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 came confessing and divulging their practices.

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 And a number of those who practiced magic arts

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 fought their books together

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 and burnt them in the sight of all.

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 And they counted the value

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 and it came to 50,000 pieces of silver.

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 That's 50,000 days' wages.

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 So the word of the Lord continued to increase

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 and prevail mightily.

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 Well now this fits in with what we know

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 not only from scripture but elsewhere

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 that Ephesus was a hotbed of occult religion.

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 There are all sorts of spells and incantations,

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 all sorts of magic forces at work.

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 These books that they burn

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 are magic books,

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 how to call up spirits,

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 how to put curses on people.

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 The whole area was controlled

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 by the religious life of the temple

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 which was at the heart of the city of Ephesus,

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 the great temple of Diana,

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 the goddess of the Ephesians.

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 But not only of the Ephesians,

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 it said that she was worshipped

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 more than any other god

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 other than the Roman emperor,

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 and that was always by compulsion,

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 but more than any other god in the Roman empire.

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 So Diana, or Artemis as she's called,

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 her temple right at the heart

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 of Ephesian life,

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 it was the centre of the financial prosperity,

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 it was the centre of the tourist industry,

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 everything really revolved around

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 the temple of Diana

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 and its occult worship practices.

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 And this is the city into which Paul now comes,

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 preaching the gospel of Christ.

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 Not surprisingly,

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 God accompanies the preaching

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 with remarkable signs.

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 You see back there in verse 11,

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 God was doing extraordinary miracles

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 by the hands of Paul.

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 So that even handkerchiefs or aprons

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 that had touched his skin

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 were carried away to the sick

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 and their diseases left them,

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 and the evil spirits came out of them.

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 Now that is extraordinary,

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 there is nothing else like that

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 in the Acts of the Apostles.

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 Because Ephesus is a city

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 that knows about magic.

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 And Ephesus needs to know

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 that there is a name

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 that is stronger than any other name.

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 And Paul here does these extraordinary,

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 I mean miracles are wonderful,

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 but extraordinary miracles,

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 in order that the name of Jesus

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 may be seen to be more powerful

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 than any other name

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 amongst the people of that city.

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 Well, there is a riot,

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 as you remember,

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 because the temple trade declines.

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 The silversmiths who make

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 the little souvenirs

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 that everybody bought from the temple.

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 If people are not going to go

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 to the temple now,

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 and people are going to worship

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 this unseen Jesus,

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 then their trade is in jeopardy.

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 And there is a riot,

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 and in the end,

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 Paul leaves,

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 but he leaves behind

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 a church

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 which has been well taught

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 by him

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 for two to three years,

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 and lots of little churches

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 in the area around,

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 which have been planted

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 from his lunchtime ministry

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 in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

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 Now,

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 obviously you could spend

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 a lot longer on that.

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 My problem tonight is

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 knowing what to say

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 and what not to say, really,

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 because there is so much

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 you could say.

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 But I think it helps us

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 to see what the situation is.

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 See,

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 put yourself into the shoes

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 of one of the converts

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 of Paul's ministry in Ephesus.

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 Suppose you're a young man,

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 and you hear what he says,

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 and you go,

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 you know,

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 for several weeks every day

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 to the lecture hall of Tyrannus,

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 and you pick up this gospel

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 about this Jesus Christ,

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 and how this is the fulfillment

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 of all the monotheistic tradition

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 of Judaism

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 coming to its peak

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 in God himself

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 revealing himself

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 in human form.

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 And as the Holy Spirit

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 opens your eyes,

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 you come to faith in Christ.

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 And you go home

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 and you say to your parents,

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 well,

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 I'm not coming to the temple

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 of Diana anymore.

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 She's just a fiction,

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 just a creation

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 of human minds.

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 She, of course,

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 had a huge statue,

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 which they say

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 was carved out

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 of a meteorite

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 that fell from the heavens,

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 so she was thought

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 to have come from heaven.

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 And if you look at

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 the secular evidence

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 about Ephesus,

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 you'll find that she was called

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 the Queen of the Cosmos,

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 and the Saviour of the World.

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 Fascinating titles.

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 Now he's proclaiming

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 a new Saviour,

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 and a king

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 over all the earth.

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 And so you say,

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 well,

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 I'm not having anything

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 to do with that,

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 it's just pagan superstition.

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 And before you know

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 where you are,

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 your father's going

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 down the road

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 to hire somebody

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 to curse you,

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 because our city

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 depends upon this temple,

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 it's the centre of everything.

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 We can't have you

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 turning your back

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 on this.

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 You're a threat

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 to our whole community,

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 you and your friends

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 who start to believe

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 this nonsense.

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 Now,

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 if you're a young Christian,

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 you've got to know,

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 is there any power

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 in that curse?

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 Can you actually

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 be separated

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 from Christ?

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 Are you still vulnerable

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 to these forces,

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 these hostile powers?

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 Or,

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 does your new faith

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 give you a strength

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 and an ability

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 to resist,

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 and to grow,

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 and to develop?

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 And it's something

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 like that,

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 you see,

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 that is in the background

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 of writing this letter

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 to the Ephesians.

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 Because,

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 the letter

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 picks up

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 these very themes.

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 So let's turn back

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 to Ephesians.

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 And what I would do

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 myself,

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 if I'm starting again

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 to work on a book

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 of the Bible,

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 is obviously to read,

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 read,

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 and read again,

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 but you wouldn't

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 really feel you've

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 got any money's worth

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 if we read it through

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 twice tonight

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 and did nothing else.

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 So I'm going to presume

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 that we've read it

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 and that we know

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 a bit about it,

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 but that we want to

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 sort of pick up

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 the clues

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 as we go.

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 Now,

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 the thing about

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 reading the Bible

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 is to read it

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 with your antennae up.

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 That is to say,

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 read it

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 looking

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 for the things

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 you don't understand

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 and the things

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 that surprise you.

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 The more you build

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 your Bible study

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 on what you think

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 it was,

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 why does it say that?

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 I wouldn't have

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 put it like that.

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 Why does it put it

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 that way?

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 The more we do it

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 like that,

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 the more you will find

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 you get out of the

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 Bible study.

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 If you open it

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 and say,

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 oh Ephesians 1,

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 I know that.

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 Oh yes,

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 it's all the blessings

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 we have in Christ.

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 What comes next?

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 So you're never

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 going to get anywhere.

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 So read it

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 with your antennae up.

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 Answer the questions.

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 Think the thoughts.

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 Now,

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 you come to verse 3.

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 Blessed be the God

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 and Father of our

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 Lord Jesus Christ

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 who has blessed us

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 in Christ Jesus

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 with every spiritual

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 blessing in the

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 heavenly places.

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 What's that mean?

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 I mean,

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 it's a straightforward

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 sentence,

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 but where are these

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 heavenly places?

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 And what does it

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 mean to be blessed

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 in the heavenly places?

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 Does it mean heaven?

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 Well,

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 that's where Jesus is.

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 He's ascended to heaven.

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 Well,

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 if our every spiritual

00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.839
 blessing is in heaven,

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 do we have it on earth

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 or do we have to wait

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 to get to heaven

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 in order to receive it?

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 What are these

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 heavenly places?

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 If you look at

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 other translations,

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 you'll find it's

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 sometimes translated

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 to heavenless

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 and that's a more

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 literal translation.

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 But the other thing,

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 of course,

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 with any Bible book

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 is to see

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 what vocabulary

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 in the book

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 is used more

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 in this book

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 than in any other book.

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 So if you've got

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 a concordance,

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 which I hope you do

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 have in the back

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 of your Bible

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 or maybe Strong's

00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:25.899
 exhausting concordance

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 or somebody else's

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.120
 concordance,

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 Young or whoever,

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 if you've got a concordance,

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 look up heavenless

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 and you'll find

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 that in Ephesians

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 it's used more

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 than in any other letter.

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 Now,

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 when you find

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 something like that,

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 that one particular book

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 has some vocabulary

00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:44.519
 in it

00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:46.080
 that is distinctive

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 to that book,

00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:48.779
 you will find then

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:50.080
 that you're on

00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:50.899
 to a bit of a clue

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 as to what the

00:16:51.560 --> 00:16:53.039
 distinctive ingredient is

00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:54.539
 in terms of the message,

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 in terms of the theme tune,

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 in terms of where

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 it's going.

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 So I would chase

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 heavenlies,

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 which of course

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 I have done

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 in studying it

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 and let me just

00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:02.960
 take you through,

00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:03.820
 it's quite interesting.

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.599
 So we've got

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:06.519
 the heavenly places

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 which is the source

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 of every spiritual

00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:09.500
 blessing in Christ.

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 Then in chapter 1

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 verse 20,

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 the great power

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 which he worked

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.680
 in Christ

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 when he raised him

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 from the dead

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 and seated him

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 at his right hand

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 in the heavenly places

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 far above all rule

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.440
 and authority.

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 Okay,

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 well that seems like

00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:27.299
 Jesus ascended

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:28.100
 to the right hand

00:17:28.100 --> 00:17:28.620
 of the Father

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 in heaven.

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 When does it occur next?

00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:32.600
 Verse 6

00:17:32.600 --> 00:17:33.600
 of chapter 2,

00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:35.539
 and raised us

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 up with him

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 and seated us

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 with him

00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:40.159
 in the heavenly places

00:17:40.159 --> 00:17:41.559
 in Christ Jesus.

00:17:41.899 --> 00:17:42.119
 Yes,

00:17:42.179 --> 00:17:43.099
 but we're not in heaven

00:17:43.099 --> 00:17:43.719
 at the moment.

00:17:43.959 --> 00:17:44.559
 I mean it's a great

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 joy to be here

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:46.639
 but if this was heaven

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 it's a letdown,

00:17:47.439 --> 00:17:47.759
 isn't it?

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:49.699
 We're not there yet

00:17:49.699 --> 00:17:51.799
 but are we seated

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.359
 with him?

00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:52.779
 Well,

00:17:52.919 --> 00:17:53.419
 you may say

00:17:53.419 --> 00:17:54.399
 positionally we are.

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 We've been raised

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 with Christ

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 and so where Christ is

00:17:56.959 --> 00:17:57.459
 we are

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 and Christ

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 who is our life

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 will appear

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 and we'll appear

00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:01.879
 with him in glory.

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 Okay,

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 so perhaps

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 that is what it means.

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 But what do we have

00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:08.059
 here and now

00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:09.000
 in this world?

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 Well,

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.299
 chapter 3

00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:12.019
 verse 10

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 God's purpose

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 is that through

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.179
 the church

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 the manifold

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 literally the many

00:18:16.959 --> 00:18:17.919
 colored wisdom

00:18:17.919 --> 00:18:18.559
 of God

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.119
 might now be made

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 known to the rulers

00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.899
 and authorities

00:18:21.899 --> 00:18:23.439
 in the heavenless.

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 So who are these

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.579
 rulers and authorities?

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.539
 Angels,

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 yes,

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:29.980
 certainly

00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:31.519
 but are they simply

00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.000
 the angels

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:33.159
 that are in heaven

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 around the throne

00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.560
 of God

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 into the book

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 of Revelation

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 or is there

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 more to it

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 than that?

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 Well,

00:18:40.580 --> 00:18:41.019
 you've probably

00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.779
 already got ahead

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 of me

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 to the most

00:18:42.800 --> 00:18:43.580
 famous reference

00:18:43.580 --> 00:18:43.980
 to this

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 which is

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 chapter 6

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 verse 12

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 verse 12

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 verse 12

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 for we do not

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 wrestle against

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 flesh and blood

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 but against

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 rulers,

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 against the

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 authorities,

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 against the

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 cosmic powers

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 over the

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 present darkness

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 against the

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 spiritual forces

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 of evil

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 in the heavenly

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 places.

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 it can't

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 mean heaven

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 then,

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 it can't

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 mean the

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 place

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 where there

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 can be no

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 evil in the

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 presence of

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 God.

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 These are

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 forces which

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 are fighting

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 against God

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 we're wrestling

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 against them

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 in the

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 spiritual battle

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 and the

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 spiritual battle

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 is being conducted

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 in the

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 heavenless.

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 So clearly

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 what Paul's

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 interested in

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 here is

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 not a visible

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 kingdom

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 but an

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 invisible

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 context

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 in which

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 a spiritual

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 warfare is

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 being waged.

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 And what he

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 wants these

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 young Christians

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 in Ephesus to

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 know is that

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 in that context

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 there is one

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 supreme name

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 above every

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 other name.

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 There is one

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 who has been

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 exalted to the

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 position of all

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 authority and

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 power, far

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 above all rule

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 and power and

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 authority and

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 dominion and

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 every name that's

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 named.

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 And that is the

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 name of the

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 Lord Jesus.

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 And so what

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 Paul is

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 proclaiming is

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 that Christ is

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 supreme in

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 this spiritual

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 battle.

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 We are all

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 involved he says

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 in the wrestling

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 but it's not

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 against flesh and

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 blood.

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 It's against the

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 spiritual opposition

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 that fights against

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 the will of God

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 and against the

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 gospel in the

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 spiritual realms.

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 And in that

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 realm Christ is

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 utterly supreme

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 over all those

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 hostile forces.

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 So that when

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 your father goes

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 to get the curse

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 from the wizard

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 down the road

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 that curse can

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 have no power

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 on you if you

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 are in Christ.

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 Which is why

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 the letter begins

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 I think with

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 all these verses

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 in chapter 1

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 1 to 14 that

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 we read and

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 I'm sure it

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 struck you as

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 we read it.

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 That Christ

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 comes in almost

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 every verse and

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 in nearly every

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 verse it says

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 either in Christ

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 or through Christ.

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 It's absolutely

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 striking the way

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 that happens.

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 An apostle of

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 Christ Jesus to

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 the saints who

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 are faithful in

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 Christ Jesus

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 grace to you

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 and peace from

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 God our Father

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 and the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 blessed be the

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 God and Father

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 of our Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 notice the full

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 title used twice

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 in successive

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 verses who has

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 blessed us in

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 Christ with every

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 spiritual blessing

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 in the heaven

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 of the Lord.

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 So this is going

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 to be a letter

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 then about Jesus

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 and his exaltation

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 and the fact that

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 you can put your

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 faith and confidence

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 in the one who

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 is exalted above

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 all the hostile

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 powers who has

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 triumphed over them

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 all.

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 And you are he

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 says the faithful

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 He chose us in

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 him verse 4

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 he predestined us

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 in love for

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 adoption through

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 Christ verse 5

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 it's to the praise

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 of his glorious

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 grace because

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 he's blessed us

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 in the beloved

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 verse 6

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 in him redemption

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 verse 7

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 he made known

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 to us the mystery

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 of his will

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 which he set forth

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 in Christ

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 verse 9

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 and then verse 10

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 the climax of

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 the whole paragraph

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 what is the mystery

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 of his will

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 a plan for the

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 fullness of time

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 now this is very

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 important

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 to unite all

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 things in Christ

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 things in heaven

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 and things on earth

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 that is what he

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 describes in

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 verse 9

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 as the mystery

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 of God's will

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 so the secret

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 that has now

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.360
 been revealed

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 because mystery

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.579
 doesn't mean a

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.140
 puzzle that you've

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.700
 got to solve

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.720
 it means something

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.200
 that you would

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.779
 never know if

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.220
 God had not

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.180
 revealed it to you

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.860
 a mystery is

00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.240
 something where

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.079
 God pulls back

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.620
 the curtains

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.440
 and he says

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:30.200
 look there it is

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.660
 and the mystery

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.120
 of his will

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.579
 that was hidden

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.380
 for ages and

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:33.900
 generations

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.920
 he's pulled back

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.380
 the curtain

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 and he says

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.620
 look here it is

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:38.179
 it is that in

00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:38.739
 Christ

00:22:38.739 --> 00:22:40.619
 everything ultimately

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.979
 will come together

00:22:41.979 --> 00:22:43.379
 in the fullness of

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:43.719
 time

00:22:43.719 --> 00:22:44.779
 things in heaven

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.559
 things on earth

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.979
 everything under

00:22:46.979 --> 00:22:47.639
 Jesus

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:49.639
 and what is the

00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:50.599
 evidence for that

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.699
 well he's going to

00:22:51.699 --> 00:22:52.699
 explain it in his

00:22:52.699 --> 00:22:53.559
 prayer that comes

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.500
 later in this first

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.000
 chapter

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:57.000
 because the evidence

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.099
 for it is the

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:59.139
 mighty power by

00:22:59.139 --> 00:23:00.039
 which he raised

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.899
 Jesus from the

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:01.219
 dead

00:23:01.219 --> 00:23:02.679
 if you have a look

00:23:02.679 --> 00:23:04.779
 at verses 19

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.460
 and 20

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:07.240
 and seated him

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.139
 at his right hand

00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:08.700
 in the heavenly

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.980
 places far above

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.960
 all these authorities

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.480
 and powers

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.119
 now look at verse

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.639
 22

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:14.379
 and he put all

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:15.720
 things under his

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:17.879
 feet and gave him

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:19.139
 as head over all

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:20.599
 things to the

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:22.740
 church which is

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:24.460
 his body the

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.619
 fullness of him

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:27.579
 who fills all

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.299
 in all

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.099
 it's magnificent

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:30.259
 isn't it

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.240
 so everything

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.960
 comes to its

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.899
 fulfillment in

00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.259
 Christ

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.299
 he's the purpose

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.920
 of the whole

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.500
 universe

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.379
 the whole of

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.279
 creation is by

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.980
 him and for

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.240
 him

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.240
 everything will

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.879
 come together

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.660
 under his feet

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.440
 and already

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.799
 the fact that

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.579
 he's been raised

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.119
 from the dead

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.779
 in the power of

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.680
 an endless life

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.720
 ascended to the

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.319
 right hand of

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.759
 the father

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.920
 seated in the

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.700
 heavenly glory

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:51.400
 already that means

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:52.940
 that everything is

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.740
 under his feet

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:55.559
 and that he is

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.519
 head over everything

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.720
 for his people

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.859
 the church

00:23:58.859 --> 00:24:01.559
 now in some

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.299
 countries if we

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.219
 were talking

00:24:03.219 --> 00:24:03.819
 like that we'd

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.319
 be standing on

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.899
 the seats clapping

00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:06.059
 our hands and

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.699
 saying isn't that

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:07.359
 marvelous I mean

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.919
 we don't do that

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.459
 sort of thing here

00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:09.439
 of course but it

00:24:09.439 --> 00:24:10.259
 is marvelous isn't

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.799
 it it ought to

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.579
 move us

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:13.159
 this is what Christ

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:13.740
 has done for us

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.599
 my friends we're not

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.419
 caught up in some

00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:16.619
 sort of minority

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.599
 religious group

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.179
 interest

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:20.259
 this is the purpose

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.139
 of the universe

00:24:21.139 --> 00:24:23.179
 this is what it's

00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:23.799
 all about

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:25.659
 this is what we're

00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:26.439
 caught up in the

00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:27.639
 great purposes of

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:31.620
 God and well he

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.500
 wants us to know

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.440
 just how great

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.580
 those purposes are

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:35.840
 in the Lord Jesus

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:37.860
 Christ so that's

00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:38.480
 what this first

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.240
 chapter is talking

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.060
 about and it's

00:24:40.060 --> 00:24:40.720
 interesting that

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.940
 Paul not only

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:43.560
 teaches them but

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.520
 he prays for them

00:24:44.520 --> 00:24:45.540
 because you see

00:24:45.540 --> 00:24:46.240
 it's not just a

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.340
 matter of information

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:48.840
 for the head it's

00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:49.600
 the heart being

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:51.080
 warmed it's the

00:24:51.080 --> 00:24:52.200
 will being shaped

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.120
 to do God's

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.960
 will and that

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.800
 will only happen

00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:56.540
 when we pray

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.579
 that's why he

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.180
 says you see

00:24:58.180 --> 00:25:00.180
 I don't cease to

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.879
 give thanks to

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:01.960
 you verse 16

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:03.200
 and I remember

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.000
 you in my prayers

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.799
 that the God

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.619
 of our Lord Jesus

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.480
 Christ the Father

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.559
 of glory may

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.759
 give you a spirit

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:10.259
 of wisdom and

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.460
 revelation in the

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.159
 knowledge of him

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.359
 having the eyes of

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.059
 your hearts

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:15.460
 enlightened that you

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:17.519
 may know what

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.359
 is the hope to

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:19.019
 which he's called

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:20.279
 you and what are

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.240
 the riches of his

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:22.319
 glorious inheritance

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.519
 and what is the

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.639
 immeasurable greatness

00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.280
 of his power

00:25:25.280 --> 00:25:26.259
 well there's a

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.000
 good bible study

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.680
 there isn't there

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.600
 when you get to

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:29.340
 that prayer there's

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:30.240
 a terrific amount

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.100
 to be unpacked

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:32.200
 there but you

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.600
 see what he's

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.200
 saying this is a

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.000
 wonderful thing

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.900
 isn't it

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.960
 that this is what

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:37.020
 God has done for

00:25:37.020 --> 00:25:38.180
 us in Christ

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:40.800
 and he is praying

00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:41.340
 that they will

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:42.240
 understand it

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.040
 so let's pray for

00:25:43.040 --> 00:25:43.520
 one another

00:25:43.520 --> 00:25:45.360
 that we will know

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:47.100
 this not just know

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 it in the sense of

00:25:47.780 --> 00:25:48.380
 writing it in a

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:49.280
 notebook and giving

00:25:49.280 --> 00:25:50.200
 our affirmation to

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.080
 it but know it in

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:51.840
 our hearts

00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.720
 know it as the

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:54.040
 controlling factor of

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.599
 our lives

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:56.039
 knowing it as the

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:57.240
 thing that dictates

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.220
 how we look at our

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.139
 life day by day

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.859
 at work and at

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 home and in the

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:00.899
 community

00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:02.220
 so that we are

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.259
 really Christian

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:06.519
 it was John

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.299
 Wesley who said

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.920
 that he used to

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.200
 pray

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:10.039
 Lord cure me of my

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:11.359
 intermittent piety

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:13.019
 and make me

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.079
 thoroughly Christian

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.960
 and that's what

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.920
 this letter will do

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:18.639
 it will cure us of

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:19.299
 that sort of

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.379
 well sometimes I

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.339
 feel it sometimes I

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.759
 don't

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:23.180
 and make us

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:24.220
 thoroughly Christian

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:25.200
 because we see

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.220
 from God's word

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:27.220
 through God's

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:28.259
 spirit who Jesus

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.099
 really is

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:30.099
 and what the

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.859
 Lord Jesus has

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.980
 really accomplished

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:33.599
 and the fact that

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.359
 there is no power

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:36.400
 on earth or in

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.019
 the heavens

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:38.740
 in the heavenlies

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.599
 or anywhere else

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:41.000
 that can overcome

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.900
 his authority

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:43.379
 all things under

00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:44.700
 his feet

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:47.379
 now that's the

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.180
 first strand

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.980
 let me suggest

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.279
 to you that

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.980
 there's another

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.560
 strand that's

00:26:50.560 --> 00:26:51.259
 running parallel

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.860
 with it

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:53.200
 and that comes

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.960
 out in verses

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.299
 11 to 14

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:56.560
 of chapter 1

00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:58.299
 the book is

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.900
 often divided

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.560
 into two

00:26:59.560 --> 00:27:00.340
 very neatly

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:01.180
 1 to 3

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.039
 4 to 6

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.340
 and it's often

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:04.180
 said 1 to 3

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.740
 is the doctrine

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.539
 and 4 to 6

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.360
 is the practice

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:07.400
 and that's not

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.799
 wrong

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:09.100
 but it's not the

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:09.940
 last word on it

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.740
 because the practice

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.740
 is in 1 to 3

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.360
 and the doctrine

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:13.279
 is in 4 to 6

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.680
 as well

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:15.000
 but it's not wrong

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.560
 to look at it

00:27:15.560 --> 00:27:16.140
 like that

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:17.120
 1 to 3

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.700
 is mainly

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.200
 doctrine

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.920
 4 to 6

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.360
 is mainly

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:19.940
 practice

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:21.680
 but let's just

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.300
 pick up this

00:27:22.300 --> 00:27:23.020
 second theme

00:27:23.020 --> 00:27:23.880
 from verse 11

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:26.080
 in him we have

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.740
 obtained an

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.320
 inheritance

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:28.620
 having been

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.580
 predestined according

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.259
 to the purpose

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.800
 of him who

00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:31.680
 works all things

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.400
 according to the

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.060
 counsel of his

00:27:33.060 --> 00:27:33.360
 will

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:35.140
 so that we

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:36.720
 now who is we

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:38.440
 so that we

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:38.980
 who were the

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.700
 first to hope

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.200
 in Christ

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.900
 might be to the

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.360
 praise of his

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.720
 glory

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:43.420
 in him

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.060
 you

00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:45.640
 who is you

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.900
 also

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:48.520
 when you

00:27:48.520 --> 00:27:48.880
 heard the

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.280
 word of the

00:27:49.280 --> 00:27:49.600
 truth

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:50.100
 the gospel

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.700
 of salvation

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.100
 was sealed

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.360
 with the

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.600
 promised

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:52.240
 holy spirit

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.900
 I want to

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.840
 suggest to you

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.460
 that we

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.780
 is the Jews

00:27:56.780 --> 00:27:57.380
 and you

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.780
 are the

00:27:57.780 --> 00:27:58.380
 gentiles

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.740
 and what

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.200
 Paul is

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.720
 saying is

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.200
 we who

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.820
 were the

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.800
 first believers

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.320
 in Christ

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:03.840
 those to whom

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.400
 Christ came

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.940
 he came to

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.400
 his own

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.300
 and his own

00:28:06.300 --> 00:28:06.920
 received him

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.220
 not

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.100
 but those

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.460
 who did

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.180
 receive him

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.420
 were predestined

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.020
 according to

00:28:11.020 --> 00:28:11.500
 the purpose

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.900
 of the

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.620
 loving

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.520
 will of

00:28:13.520 --> 00:28:13.860
 God

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.460
 to be the

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.120
 first believers

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.819
 in Jesus

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.419
 and to

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:16.859
 hope in

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.259
 Christ

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.259
 first

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.579
 then he

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.279
 says you

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.079
 gentiles

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.599
 because of

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:21.819
 course

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.899
 most of

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:23.259
 the people

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.639
 that he's

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.000
 addressing

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.919
 are gentile

00:28:24.919 --> 00:28:25.500
 converts

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.599
 you heard

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:26.979
 the word

00:28:26.979 --> 00:28:27.239
 of the

00:28:27.239 --> 00:28:27.519
 truth

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.079
 the gospel

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.919
 and you've

00:28:28.919 --> 00:28:29.759
 been incorporated

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.679
 into this

00:28:30.679 --> 00:28:31.219
 body of

00:28:31.219 --> 00:28:31.479
 Christ

00:28:31.479 --> 00:28:31.879
 now the

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.500
 we and

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.959
 the you

00:28:32.959 --> 00:28:33.379
 is going

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:33.559
 to be

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:33.839
 really

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.319
 important

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.979
 when we

00:28:34.979 --> 00:28:35.299
 come to

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.959
 chapter 2

00:28:35.959 --> 00:28:37.599
 chapter 2

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.439
 explores

00:28:38.439 --> 00:28:39.219
 how the

00:28:39.219 --> 00:28:39.659
 salvation

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.339
 works

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:41.219
 in verses

00:28:41.219 --> 00:28:42.000
 1 to 10

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.959
 famous passage

00:28:42.959 --> 00:28:43.399
 I'm not going

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.860
 to dwell on

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.400
 that tonight

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:45.060
 but

00:28:45.060 --> 00:28:45.340
 2

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:45.940
 1 to 10

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.640
 at the

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.500
 personal level

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.759
 this is where

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.360
 you were

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.040
 when Christ

00:28:50.040 --> 00:28:50.620
 found you

00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.620
 this is what

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.280
 God has done

00:28:52.280 --> 00:28:52.840
 for you

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.519
 in Jesus

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.700
 this is how

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.140
 you were to

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.900
 live as a

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.560
 result of it

00:28:56.560 --> 00:28:57.220
 we are his

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.780
 workmanship

00:28:57.780 --> 00:28:58.920
 created in

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.660
 Christ Jesus

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.780
 for good works

00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:01.860
 so chapter 2

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:02.360
 1 to 10

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:03.120
 is a wonderful

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.759
 passage about

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.220
 the gospel

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.900
 by grace

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.440
 you're saved

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.120
 through faith

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.980
 and it's all

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.519
 about where

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.040
 you were

00:29:08.040 --> 00:29:08.780
 how Christ

00:29:08.780 --> 00:29:09.420
 has changed

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.720
 you

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.440
 and the

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.980
 implications

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.480
 of that

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.839
 but the

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.460
 second half

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.180
 of chapter 2

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.880
 verses 11

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.500
 to 22

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.559
 is all about

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.519
 the corporate

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.960
 expression of

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.240
 that

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.200
 so it's not

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.799
 just you

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.059
 as an

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.480
 individual

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.380
 that's important

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:22.920
 we all come

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.279
 into the

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.700
 kingdom of

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:23.940
 heaven

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.720
 one by one

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.339
 it's a

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:26.000
 narrow gate

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.400
 you go

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.779
 through it

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.160
 as an

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.680
 individual

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.539
 repenting

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.140
 and believing

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.960
 but then we

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.759
 find we're

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.339
 members of

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.680
 the body

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.200
 of Christ

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.700
 he's the

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:32.980
 head

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.299
 and we're

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.660
 the body

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:33.980
 as the

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.339
 letter is

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:34.640
 going to

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.259
 teach us

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.299
 and the

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.940
 body is

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.440
 made up

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.559
 of Jews

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.759
 and Gentiles

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:41.319
 so just

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.579
 as he

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:41.960
 says at

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.319
 the beginning

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.859
 of chapter

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.220
 2

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.079
 you were

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.460
 dead

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.740
 in

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.279
 trespasses

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.000
 and sins

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:47.140
 so he

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.599
 says in

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.319
 verse 11

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:48.799
 of chapter

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.119
 2

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.519
 therefore

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.279
 remember

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.480
 at one

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.879
 time

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.640
 you Gentiles

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:52.960
 in the

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.379
 flesh

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:55.279
 remember

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.700
 that you

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.319
 were separated

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.039
 from Christ

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:58.059
 and alienated

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.460
 from the

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:58.900
 commonwealth

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.359
 of Israel

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.720
 and you

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.160
 had no

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.519
 hope

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.480
 because you

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.920
 were without

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.359
 God in

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.720
 the world

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.559
 but now

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.140
 in Christ

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.579
 Jesus

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:06.180
 you've been

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.759
 brought near

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:08.019
 so in

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.480
 chapter 2

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.200
 1 to 10

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.880
 you were

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.340
 dead in

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:10.700
 sins

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.539
 but God

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:13.019
 raised you

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.340
 up to

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:13.740
 life

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:15.120
 chapter 2

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.740
 verse 11

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.740
 you Gentiles

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.240
 had no

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.539
 hope

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.779
 you were

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.319
 alienated

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.700
 from God

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:18.960
 you had

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.400
 nothing

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.059
 to plead

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:21.880
 but in

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.400
 Christ

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.279
 you've been

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.940
 brought near

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.900
 through his

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.299
 blood

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:26.299
 for he

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.880
 himself

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.779
 is our

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.360
 peace

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.039
 now look

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.299
 at what

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.779
 he's done

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.740
 he has

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.539
 made us

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.059
 both

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.500
 that is

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.940
 Jews

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.960
 and Gentiles

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.440
 one

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.580
 and has

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:36.299
 broken down

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.680
 in his

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.019
 flesh

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.660
 the dividing

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.059
 wall of

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.660
 hostility

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:40.519
 now the

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.820
 biggest

00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.240
 division

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.600
 in the

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:41.980
 Mediterranean

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.700
 world

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.759
 was between

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.120
 the Jews

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.840
 and Gentiles

00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:46.300
 the Jews

00:30:46.300 --> 00:30:46.680
 had no

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.060
 dealings

00:30:47.060 --> 00:30:47.480
 with them

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.620
 the Jews

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.620
 regarded them

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:50.200
 as inferior

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.900
 dogs

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.820
 outside the

00:30:51.820 --> 00:30:52.019
 law

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.480
 they weren't

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.860
 given the

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.200
 law of

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.360
 God

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.680
 they had

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:53.960
 none of

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.480
 the privileges

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.840
 of the

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.340
 covenants

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:56.300
 they were

00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:57.340
 scum

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.620
 really

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.740
 and the

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.240
 Gentiles

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.779
 returned the

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.120
 compliment

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.460
 to the

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:00.740
 Jews

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:02.100
 and the

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.660
 two groups

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.160
 of people

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:04.160
 were constantly

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.640
 in friction

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.080
 with one

00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:06.420
 another

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:09.340
 if God

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:09.779
 is going

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.120
 to do

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.580
 something

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.420
 to show

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.340
 in time

00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:12.840
 what will

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.120
 happen

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.940
 in eternity

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:15.560
 i.e. that he

00:31:15.560 --> 00:31:15.960
 will bring

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.620
 everything

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.279
 together

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.519
 under Jesus

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.120
 Christ

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:20.680
 then would it

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.500
 not be likely

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.100
 that what he

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.580
 would do

00:31:22.580 --> 00:31:23.140
 would be to

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.759
 bring people

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.200
 from the

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.800
 widest

00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:25.580
 divided

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.720
 hostile

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.660
 social

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.580
 communities

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:30.100
 and unite

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.820
 them together

00:31:30.820 --> 00:31:31.860
 as one

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.300
 body

00:31:32.300 --> 00:31:33.920
 under the

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.340
 authority

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.779
 of Jesus

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.339
 Christ

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:36.819
 rhetorical

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.359
 question

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.119
 answer

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.639
 yes

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:40.019
 of course

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.519
 that's what

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.819
 he's going

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.599
 to do

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.720
 so you see

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.339
 the unity

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:43.740
 of the

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:43.959
 Jews

00:31:43.959 --> 00:31:44.779
 and Gentiles

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.359
 in the

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.939
 church

00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.980
 where all

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.399
 those old

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:47.779
 divisions

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.179
 now are

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.839
 broken down

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.539
 is the

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.000
 proof

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:51.699
 that Christ's

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.339
 supremacy

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.619
 unites

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.119
 together

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:55.059
 what otherwise

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.659
 would always

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:56.259
 be separate

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.699
 and always

00:31:56.699 --> 00:31:57.139
 apart

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:58.919
 now for us

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.199
 in our

00:31:59.199 --> 00:31:59.939
 21st century

00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:00.359
 Jews and

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:00.740
 Gentiles

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.019
 division

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.699
 is not so

00:32:01.699 --> 00:32:02.319
 classic

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.799
 but there are

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.439
 plenty of

00:32:03.439 --> 00:32:03.839
 divisions

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:05.039
 in our

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.539
 society

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.019
 social

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.500
 divisions

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.919
 ethnic

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:07.419
 divisions

00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:07.779
 racial

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.359
 divisions

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:09.559
 all sorts

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.079
 of divisions

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.559
 I mean

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.319
 the newspapers

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.159
 and the media

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.720
 are full of it

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.279
 all the time

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:15.759
 the church

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.559
 is the one

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.099
 place

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:18.399
 where those

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.859
 divisions

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:20.459
 should not

00:32:20.459 --> 00:32:20.799
 matter

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:22.220
 the one

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.980
 place where

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.639
 Jews and

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.379
 Gentiles are

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.839
 one in

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.500
 Christ Jesus

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.259
 where there is

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.779
 neither male

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.399
 nor female

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:28.299
 bond nor

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:28.839
 slave

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:30.480
 bond nor

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.799
 free

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.639
 but we are

00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:32.359
 all one

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:33.079
 in Christ

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.559
 Jesus

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.379
 so

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:35.399
 you see

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:35.759
 what he's

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.039
 saying

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.579
 is this

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.740
 that the

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.220
 church

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.859
 is the

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.720
 outcrop

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.539
 in time

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.220
 if you like

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.339
 the sort

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.019
 of prototype

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.980
 in time

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:45.240
 of what

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.659
 God is

00:32:45.659 --> 00:32:45.960
 going to

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.319
 do

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.159
 in eternity

00:32:47.159 --> 00:32:48.720
 he is

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.019
 going to

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.339
 bring

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.980
 everything

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.539
 together

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.539
 under the

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.000
 supremacy

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.399
 of the

00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:52.839
 Lord Jesus

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.339
 Christ

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.579
 and he's

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.299
 demonstrating

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.799
 that he can

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.399
 do that

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:57.240
 by bringing

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.599
 the most

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.179
 disparate

00:32:58.179 --> 00:32:58.700
 groups of

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:58.940
 people

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.319
 together

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.079
 as one

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.599
 united

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.079
 body

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.740
 one

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.299
 family

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.019
 in

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.419
 Christ

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:03.699
 here

00:33:03.699 --> 00:33:04.099
 and now

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:06.559
 I was

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.859
 talking to

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.159
 a young

00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:07.500
 man

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.259
 just this

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.559
 week

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:10.399
 his father

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:10.980
 was Jamaican

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.480
 his mother

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.779
 was Sri

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.259
 Lankan

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.759
 and I was

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.299
 asking him

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.839
 about how he's

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.339
 getting on in

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.859
 his church

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.799
 and he said

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.460
 oh it's an

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.220
 evangelical church

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.740
 he goes to

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.399
 he said

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:18.939
 oh I'm running

00:33:18.939 --> 00:33:19.599
 into the black

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.019
 problem

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:22.079
 so I said

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.439
 what do you

00:33:22.439 --> 00:33:23.079
 mean by that

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.460
 he said

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.819
 well

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.919
 you know

00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:25.579
 people sort of

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.379
 think oh he's

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:27.099
 a black young

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.699
 man he doesn't

00:33:27.699 --> 00:33:28.220
 know much

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.420
 he hasn't got

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.819
 very much

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.200
 ability

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.140
 and they talk

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.600
 down to me

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.160
 all the time

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:33.000
 actually he's a

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.779
 very able young

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.259
 man and a

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.759
 very godly

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.220
 young man

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.620
 and I thought

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.019
 to myself

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.620
 yes you see

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.079
 Jews and

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.680
 Gentiles

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:40.279
 those sorts of

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.839
 divisions are

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.620
 there all the

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.160
 way through

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.700
 because unless

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.740
 Christ changes

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.319
 us we'll all

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.940
 be like that

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.799
 that's human

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.220
 nature

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:48.980
 but the church

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.759
 is the place

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:51.559
 where the change

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.059
 is seen

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.900
 where what Christ

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.480
 can do

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.480
 as sovereign

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.259
 lord over

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.759
 everything

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.819
 should be seen

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.720
 you should be

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.559
 able to say

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.440
 if you want

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.980
 to see that

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.440
 the gospel

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:00.940
 is true

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.460
 look at the

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.880
 church

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:03.579
 because the

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.299
 church is

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.200
 the prototype

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.039
 in time

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.660
 as F.F.

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.200
 Bruce said

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:08.320
 of what God

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:08.840
 will do

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.800
 in eternity

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:11.460
 now jumping

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.000
 on then to

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.500
 chapter 3

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.039
 verse 10

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.840
 it makes sense

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.519
 of that very

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.380
 important verse

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.920
 doesn't it

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.500
 what is God's

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.000
 purpose

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:19.000
 well it is to

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.780
 reveal the plan

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.699
 of his mystery

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.780
 hidden for ages

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.940
 but now revealed

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.480
 in Jesus

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.159
 chapter 3

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.679
 verse 10

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:26.039
 so that through

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.920
 the church

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.500
 the manifold

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.599
 wisdom of God

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.300
 might now be

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.860
 made known

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.440
 to the rulers

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.139
 and authorities

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.800
 in the heavenly

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.340
 places

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:35.079
 this is according

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.860
 to the eternal

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.539
 purpose

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:38.059
 that he has

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:39.180
 realised

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:40.079
 in Christ

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.480
 Jesus

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.139
 our Lord

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:44.059
 so you see

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.780
 this is what

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:46.260
 Paul's concerned

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.579
 about

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:48.079
 that these

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:49.340
 hostile powers

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:50.559
 when they see

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.360
 the church

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.599
 and the people

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:52.980
 of God

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.880
 loving one another

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.960
 and caring for

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.480
 one another

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.240
 and being

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.760
 Christian

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.159
 with one

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.440
 another

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.500
 irrespective

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.440
 of wealth

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.000
 or lack

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.360
 of it

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.119
 status

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.699
 or lack

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.079
 of it

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.800
 ethnicity

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.420
 or any

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.740
 of those

00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:04.380
 other divisions

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.440
 when they

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.079
 see how

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.800
 these Christians

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.300
 love one

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.559
 another

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.199
 the hostile

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.719
 powers

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.320
 know they're

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.719
 defeated

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:12.719
 the manifold

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.519
 wisdom of God

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.199
 is revealed to

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.360
 them

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.900
 they know

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.400
 they can't

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.820
 beat that

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.900
 they know

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.240
 that this

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.500
 is going

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.019
 to triumph

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.699
 in the end

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.460
 they have

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.579
 to do

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:19.940
 everything

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.420
 they can

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.880
 to resist

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.059
 it

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.559
 of course

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:23.139
 but we

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.860
 respond to

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.340
 that verse

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.779
 12

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:26.019
 with boldness

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.719
 and access

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.739
 with confidence

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.259
 through our

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:29.019
 faith in him

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:30.579
 that is to say

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.259
 we come to God

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.820
 in prayer

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:33.500
 we ask him

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.239
 for his power

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:35.239
 to be demonstrated

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:36.380
 we put our

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:37.360
 confidence in him

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.480
 and we go forward

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.500
 trusting that he

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.759
 will demonstrate

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.400
 his many

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.139
 coloured wisdom

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:43.299
 as he unites

00:35:43.299 --> 00:35:43.880
 us together

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.360
 in the Lord

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.699
 Jesus

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.539
 and then there

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.239
 follows the

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:47.000
 prayer with

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.360
 which the

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:47.920
 doctrinal

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.380
 section

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.559
 ends

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.659
 this great

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.179
 prayer for

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.599
 love

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.940
 the prayer

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.360
 in chapter

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.900
 1 was

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.559
 for knowledge

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.039
 and that's

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.840
 really important

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.639
 so if you

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:56.900
 haven't got

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.239
 your head

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.559
 right

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.880
 you won't

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.139
 get your

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.360
 heart

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.719
 right

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:59.940
 but now

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.279
 it goes

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:00.779
 from the

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.000
 head

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.279
 to the

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:01.619
 heart

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.299
 it's a

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:02.500
 prayer

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.099
 for love

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.380
 that you

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.900
 will know

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.299
 the love

00:36:05.299 --> 00:36:05.820
 of Christ

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.440
 that passes

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.019
 knowledge

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:08.139
 and that you

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.460
 will be

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:08.960
 filled

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:10.079
 with all

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.679
 the fullness

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.279
 of God

00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:12.019
 chapter 3

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:13.199
 verse 19

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.699
 so you can

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:15.059
 see where

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.559
 he's going

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.299
 with this

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.920
 theological

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.460
 argument

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.920
 in this

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.779
 point in the

00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:19.219
 letter

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:20.739
 all these

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.379
 blessings are

00:36:21.379 --> 00:36:21.819
 ours in

00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.219
 Christ

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:23.219
 he has

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.859
 come to

00:36:23.859 --> 00:36:24.399
 reveal the

00:36:24.399 --> 00:36:24.919
 father to

00:36:24.919 --> 00:36:25.179
 us

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.980
 he has

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.539
 triumphed

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:26.899
 over the

00:36:26.899 --> 00:36:27.519
 evil one

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.319
 he's been

00:36:28.319 --> 00:36:29.139
 raised to

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.480
 the right

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:29.919
 hand of

00:36:29.919 --> 00:36:30.199
 God

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.619
 he is in

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.000
 the position

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.599
 of ultimate

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.259
 authority

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:34.119
 nothing can

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:36.379
 overcome his

00:36:36.379 --> 00:36:37.019
 will and his

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.539
 purpose

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.939
 he rescued you

00:36:38.939 --> 00:36:39.559
 personally

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.719
 he rescued us

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.339
 corporately

00:36:41.339 --> 00:36:42.419
 and together

00:36:42.419 --> 00:36:43.359
 we demonstrate

00:36:43.359 --> 00:36:44.079
 as the body

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.639
 of Christ

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.099
 the new

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.659
 community

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:47.699
 the reconciling

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.459
 love and

00:36:48.459 --> 00:36:49.119
 power of

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.539
 the cross

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:50.019
 of Jesus

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:51.199
 and the

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.779
 resurrection

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:52.739
 power of

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.079
 the new

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.639
 life that

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.019
 is in

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.460
 Jesus

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.500
 and that

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.339
 is demonstrated

00:36:56.339 --> 00:36:57.119
 when Christ

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:57.900
 dwells in our

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.460
 hearts through

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.819
 faith

00:36:58.819 --> 00:36:59.519
 316

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.819
 and we are

00:37:00.819 --> 00:37:01.819
 rooted and

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.900
 grounded in

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.339
 love

00:37:03.339 --> 00:37:05.900
 love is the

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.799
 ultimate proof

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.460
 of the gospel

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.920
 the Christian

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.679
 love that we

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:10.299
 have for one

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:10.699
 another

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:13.099
 that's what the

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.639
 watching world

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.259
 needs to see

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:14.779
 Schaefer

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.159
 you remember

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.920
 wrote that book

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:17.039
 the church

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.460
 before the

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.019
 watching world

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.380
 in which he

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:18.680
 said the

00:37:18.680 --> 00:37:19.099
 ultimate

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.820
 apologetic

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.380
 is love

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:22.420
 love that

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:23.460
 changes hearts

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:23.960
 love that

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:25.059
 changes lives

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:26.639
 and to know

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.380
 the love of

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.039
 Christ that

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.800
 passes knowledge

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.519
 is what Paul's

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.119
 praying for

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.800
 we've got to

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:31.260
 teach it

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.619
 we've got to

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.000
 believe it

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.380
 we've got to

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.000
 pray for it

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:34.519
 it's not just

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.019
 cognitive

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:36.519
 it's at that

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.280
 deeper level

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:38.180
 of relational

00:37:38.180 --> 00:37:39.519
 dependence on

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.800
 God

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.900
 his great love

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:42.280
 plan for us

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.200
 and if you

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:43.780
 think that's

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.539
 a bridge too

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.119
 far have a

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.599
 look at verses

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.599
 20 to 21

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:48.220
 now to him

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:48.760
 who is able

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.940
 to do far

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.720
 more abundantly

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.240
 than all that

00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:51.820
 we ask or

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:52.200
 think

00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:53.619
 according to

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.240
 the power

00:37:54.240 --> 00:37:54.820
 that is at

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.240
 work within

00:37:55.240 --> 00:37:55.840
 us that's the

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.360
 power of the

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:57.099
 risen Christ

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:58.760
 to him be

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.760
 glory in the

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:01.019
 church and

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.980
 in Christ Jesus

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.780
 that's where the

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.820
 glory is in

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.420
 Christ and

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.139
 because we're in

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.780
 Christ it's in

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.380
 the church

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:08.019
 throughout all

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.639
 generations

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.400
 including this

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:09.700
 one

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:11.460
 forever and

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:11.899
 ever

00:38:11.899 --> 00:38:13.139
 amen

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:14.839
 I just love

00:38:14.839 --> 00:38:15.339
 that verse

00:38:15.339 --> 00:38:16.399
 because when

00:38:16.399 --> 00:38:16.960
 we hear these

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.500
 things we think

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.059
 oh yes wouldn't

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.619
 it be wonderful

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:18.980
 if

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:21.059
 but verse 20

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.699
 says no it's

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.239
 not a wouldn't

00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:22.759
 it be wonderful

00:38:22.759 --> 00:38:23.179
 if

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:24.299
 this is possible

00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:25.439
 God can do

00:38:25.439 --> 00:38:26.139
 this this is

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.839
 what he's about

00:38:26.839 --> 00:38:28.179
 he's able to

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:29.719
 do what we

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.839
 ask what we

00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:31.719
 think and more

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.219
 than that

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:33.219
 abundantly more

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:33.919
 than that far

00:38:33.919 --> 00:38:34.659
 more abundantly

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.359
 more than that

00:38:35.359 --> 00:38:37.299
 and this book

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:38.219
 is designed to

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:39.219
 expand our

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:40.099
 horizons and

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.899
 to generate

00:38:40.899 --> 00:38:41.719
 our faith in

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.439
 this great and

00:38:42.439 --> 00:38:43.879
 glorious saviour

00:38:43.879 --> 00:38:46.219
 now the second

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:46.919
 part of the book

00:38:46.919 --> 00:38:47.480
 then and I'll

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:48.539
 only spend five

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.159
 or ten minutes

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.679
 on this at the

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.079
 most and then

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.399
 we'll have our

00:38:50.399 --> 00:38:50.959
 questions the

00:38:50.959 --> 00:38:51.699
 second part of

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:53.279
 the book is

00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:53.859
 the outworking

00:38:53.859 --> 00:38:54.779
 of this in

00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:56.079
 practice the

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.819
 doctrine gets

00:38:56.819 --> 00:38:57.599
 threaded through

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:59.359
 again but in

00:38:59.359 --> 00:39:01.519
 a much more

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:02.419
 supportive role

00:39:02.419 --> 00:39:02.919
 as it were

00:39:02.919 --> 00:39:04.519
 but the first

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.239
 verse of

00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:05.879
 chapter four

00:39:05.879 --> 00:39:06.779
 really sets us

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.380
 up for the

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:08.720
 second section

00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:09.580
 of the letter

00:39:09.580 --> 00:39:10.340
 I therefore

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:11.240
 a prisoner for

00:39:11.240 --> 00:39:11.660
 the Lord

00:39:11.660 --> 00:39:13.640
 urge you to

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.940
 walk in a

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:16.180
 manner worthy

00:39:16.180 --> 00:39:16.900
 of the calling

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.920
 to which you've

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.440
 been called

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:19.780
 so the second

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.660
 part of the

00:39:20.660 --> 00:39:21.100
 book is all

00:39:21.100 --> 00:39:21.560
 about our

00:39:21.560 --> 00:39:23.120
 walk walking

00:39:23.120 --> 00:39:23.900
 in a way that

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.880
 is honouring to

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.600
 Christ and

00:39:25.600 --> 00:39:26.400
 worthy of this

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.660
 calling and the

00:39:27.660 --> 00:39:28.360
 calling is that

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:28.800
 we should

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:30.200
 demonstrate the

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:30.920
 love of God

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.700
 in the world

00:39:31.700 --> 00:39:32.280
 through the

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:32.920
 unity of the

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.900
 church and

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.320
 through our

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:34.880
 care for one

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.960
 another and

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.360
 that love

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:37.119
 overflowing to

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.579
 others all

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.220
 around us

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:39.519
 now that

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.400
 calling requires

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.019
 as verse two

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.880
 says humility

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:43.079
 and gentleness

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.920
 and patience

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:45.019
 and forbearance

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:46.460
 it's not easy

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.980
 C.S. Lewis

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.559
 said that the

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.280
 first problem

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:49.900
 with humility

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.480
 was that you

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:50.960
 have to admit

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.420
 that you don't

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.660
 have it and

00:39:52.660 --> 00:39:53.200
 that's too

00:39:53.200 --> 00:39:53.740
 big a step

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.340
 for most of

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:56.440
 us but when

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.220
 you realise that

00:39:57.220 --> 00:39:57.940
 you don't have

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:59.180
 it then you

00:39:59.180 --> 00:39:59.780
 can begin to

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:00.700
 ask God to

00:40:00.700 --> 00:40:01.420
 give it to you

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.599
 and those

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.619
 qualities of

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.140
 humility

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:05.839
 and patience

00:40:05.839 --> 00:40:07.119
 and long

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:07.659
 suffering

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:08.859
 on how the

00:40:08.859 --> 00:40:09.599
 love works

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.819
 out in the

00:40:10.819 --> 00:40:11.279
 community

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:12.339
 so then there's

00:40:12.339 --> 00:40:12.980
 the stress upon

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.699
 the one body

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:14.859
 and one spirit

00:40:14.859 --> 00:40:15.480
 because of what

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.059
 we've just seen

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.559
 you see that's

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.259
 why chapter four

00:40:17.259 --> 00:40:17.859
 is all about the

00:40:17.859 --> 00:40:19.379
 unity of the

00:40:19.379 --> 00:40:20.559
 church in Christ

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.900
 the one spirit

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.440
 who gives us

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:22.920
 all sorts of

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.699
 different gifts

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:24.779
 remember those

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:26.179
 lists in verse

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:27.119
 11 of apostles

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.739
 and prophets

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:29.199
 and evangelists

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:29.719
 and pastor

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:30.920
 teachers but to

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:32.019
 equip the saints

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.940
 for the work of

00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:33.319
 ministry

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:33.800
 that all

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:34.300
 together

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:35.780
 as the body

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.220
 of Christ

00:40:36.220 --> 00:40:36.880
 we're living

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:37.360
 out the

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:38.019
 reality of

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.539
 the gospel

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.900
 equipped by

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.320
 the gifts

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:40.700
 that God

00:40:40.700 --> 00:40:41.039
 has given

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.720
 the church

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.820
 and therefore

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.360
 we're growing

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:44.080
 up no longer

00:40:44.080 --> 00:40:44.960
 children tossed

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.519
 to and fro

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:46.360
 but stable

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:48.240
 growing into

00:40:48.240 --> 00:40:48.760
 Christ

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.539
 and the whole

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:50.039
 body

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:51.200
 united in

00:40:51.200 --> 00:40:51.519
 Jesus

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.320
 held together

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.860
 by every

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.220
 joint

00:40:53.220 --> 00:40:54.460
 is growing

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.440
 up into

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:55.880
 Christ

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.660
 in maturity

00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:57.620
 as well as

00:40:57.620 --> 00:40:58.300
 growing out

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:59.400
 in terms of

00:40:59.400 --> 00:40:59.920
 numbers

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:01.220
 so 4.1-16

00:41:01.220 --> 00:41:02.340
 is the sort

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:03.200
 of overture

00:41:03.200 --> 00:41:03.780
 to the second

00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:04.360
 half of the

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.619
 book

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:05.680
 now what does

00:41:05.680 --> 00:41:06.519
 this worthy

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:07.900
 walk look like

00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:08.579
 well the word

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:09.700
 walk is repeated

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:10.980
 then a number

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.720
 of times

00:41:11.720 --> 00:41:13.099
 so 4.17

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:14.559
 now this I say

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.480
 and testify in the

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:15.880
 Lord that you

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.559
 must no longer

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.420
 walk as the

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:18.320
 Gentiles do

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:19.920
 so contrast

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.599
 with what you

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:21.539
 were and the

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:22.000
 rest of that

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.760
 chapter shows

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:23.400
 the contrast

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:23.960
 between the

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.700
 old self

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:25.599
 which has to

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.280
 be put away

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:27.640
 the new self

00:41:27.640 --> 00:41:28.480
 which has to

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.019
 be put on

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.780
 verse 24

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.700
 after the

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:31.240
 likeness of

00:41:31.240 --> 00:41:31.700
 God in

00:41:31.700 --> 00:41:32.420
 true righteousness

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:33.120
 and holiness

00:41:33.120 --> 00:41:33.820
 and that

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.840
 happens verse 23

00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:35.760
 by the renewal

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:36.660
 of your minds

00:41:36.660 --> 00:41:38.080
 so there's an

00:41:38.080 --> 00:41:38.560
 old way of

00:41:38.560 --> 00:41:39.060
 living to be

00:41:39.060 --> 00:41:39.420
 finished

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:40.040
 there's a new

00:41:40.040 --> 00:41:40.740
 set of thinking

00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:41.480
 which will issue

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.080
 in a new

00:41:42.080 --> 00:41:43.340
 set of behaviour

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:45.060
 true righteousness

00:41:45.060 --> 00:41:46.460
 and holiness

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:47.740
 very practical

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.140
 this

00:41:48.140 --> 00:41:49.400
 very clear

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:50.019
 about what it

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.640
 involves

00:41:50.640 --> 00:41:51.860
 no lying

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:53.480
 no intemperate

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:53.980
 anger

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:55.200
 no stealing

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:56.500
 no corrupting

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:57.019
 talk

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:58.059
 no bitterness

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.799
 and wrath

00:41:58.799 --> 00:42:00.339
 but kindness

00:42:00.339 --> 00:42:02.019
 tender heartedness

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:03.199
 forgiving one

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:03.579
 another

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.960
 and then 5.1

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:06.379
 imitators of

00:42:06.379 --> 00:42:06.779
 God

00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:08.259
 and walk

00:42:08.259 --> 00:42:09.119
 verb again

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:10.599
 in love

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:11.599
 as Christ

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:12.239
 loved us

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:14.399
 so walk

00:42:14.399 --> 00:42:14.960
 worthily

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:16.319
 don't walk

00:42:16.319 --> 00:42:16.699
 like the

00:42:16.699 --> 00:42:17.399
 Gentiles

00:42:17.399 --> 00:42:18.359
 that's what

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:18.859
 he's rescued

00:42:18.859 --> 00:42:19.379
 you from

00:42:19.379 --> 00:42:19.799
 no going

00:42:19.799 --> 00:42:20.179
 back to

00:42:20.179 --> 00:42:20.639
 Ephesus

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:22.519
 walk in

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:22.899
 love

00:42:22.899 --> 00:42:24.159
 because Christ

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.899
 loved us

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:25.539
 and gave

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.300
 himself up

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:26.780
 for us

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:28.119
 a fragrant

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:28.559
 offering

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:29.320
 and sacrifice

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:30.340
 to God

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:32.220
 and then we

00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:32.740
 get the word

00:42:32.740 --> 00:42:33.340
 the verb

00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:34.119
 repeated twice

00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:34.460
 more

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:35.260
 chapter 5

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:35.760
 verse 8

00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:36.539
 walk as

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:37.320
 children of

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:37.800
 light

00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:39.059
 in the context

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.579
 there of

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.820
 sexual purity

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:41.559
 particularly

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:43.900
 and then again

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:45.579
 in verse 15

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:46.460
 of chapter 5

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:47.680
 look carefully

00:42:47.680 --> 00:42:48.599
 then how you

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:49.180
 walk

00:42:49.180 --> 00:42:50.500
 not as

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:51.160
 unwise

00:42:51.160 --> 00:42:52.180
 but as

00:42:52.180 --> 00:42:52.639
 wise

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:54.359
 walk

00:42:54.359 --> 00:42:54.879
 worthy

00:42:54.879 --> 00:42:55.900
 walk

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.539
 in love

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.420
 walk

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:58.039
 in light

00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:58.879
 walk

00:42:58.879 --> 00:42:59.420
 in wisdom

00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:01.079
 and each

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:01.440
 of those

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:01.960
 sections

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:03.199
 explores for

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:03.460
 us what

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:03.900
 that looks

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:04.319
 like

00:43:04.319 --> 00:43:05.659
 and how

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:06.259
 it's to be

00:43:06.259 --> 00:43:06.719
 accomplished

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:07.819
 and the

00:43:07.819 --> 00:43:08.639
 supreme way

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:09.019
 in which it

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:09.379
 is to be

00:43:09.379 --> 00:43:10.000
 accomplished

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:10.960
 comes out

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.279
 in that

00:43:11.279 --> 00:43:11.699
 famous

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:12.460
 18th

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:12.739
 verse

00:43:12.739 --> 00:43:13.199
 of chapter

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:13.679
 5

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:14.859
 don't get

00:43:14.859 --> 00:43:15.139
 drunk

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.759
 with wine

00:43:15.759 --> 00:43:16.279
 but

00:43:16.279 --> 00:43:17.159
 be

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:17.759
 literally

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:19.160
 be being

00:43:19.160 --> 00:43:19.680
 filled

00:43:19.680 --> 00:43:20.240
 continuous

00:43:20.240 --> 00:43:20.760
 present

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.360
 imperative

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:22.540
 be being

00:43:22.540 --> 00:43:23.060
 filled

00:43:23.060 --> 00:43:23.820
 with the

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:24.180
 spirit

00:43:24.180 --> 00:43:26.000
 so none

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.280
 of these

00:43:26.280 --> 00:43:26.620
 things will

00:43:26.620 --> 00:43:26.900
 happen

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:27.500
 unless I'm

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:28.000
 being filled

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.300
 with the

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:28.640
 spirit

00:43:28.640 --> 00:43:30.140
 unless the

00:43:30.140 --> 00:43:30.540
 life of

00:43:30.540 --> 00:43:31.060
 god is

00:43:31.060 --> 00:43:31.540
 in me

00:43:31.540 --> 00:43:32.400
 transforming

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:32.960
 me from

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:33.640
 the inside

00:43:33.640 --> 00:43:34.180
 out

00:43:34.180 --> 00:43:34.920
 I won't

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.240
 walk

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.700
 with me

00:43:35.700 --> 00:43:36.180
 I won't

00:43:36.180 --> 00:43:36.620
 walk in

00:43:36.620 --> 00:43:36.880
 love

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.300
 I won't

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:37.700
 walk in

00:43:37.700 --> 00:43:37.960
 light

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:38.400
 and wisdom

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:39.360
 I'll go

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:39.700
 back to

00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:40.040
 my old

00:43:40.040 --> 00:43:40.440
 gentile

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:40.960
 ways

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:41.920
 and I

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:42.840
 will deny

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.400
 the gospel

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.940
 because I

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.400
 will not

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:45.100
 contribute to

00:43:45.100 --> 00:43:45.540
 the unity

00:43:45.540 --> 00:43:45.860
 of the

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:46.200
 church

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:46.939
 I'll be

00:43:46.939 --> 00:43:47.379
 a difficult

00:43:47.379 --> 00:43:47.899
 person

00:43:47.899 --> 00:43:48.500
 who in

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:48.839
 one way

00:43:48.839 --> 00:43:49.339
 or another

00:43:49.339 --> 00:43:50.519
 seems to

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:50.819
 deny

00:43:50.819 --> 00:43:51.239
 everything

00:43:51.239 --> 00:43:51.519
 that the

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:51.779
 gospel

00:43:51.779 --> 00:43:52.439
 stands for

00:43:52.439 --> 00:43:53.579
 what a

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:53.980
 tragedy

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.419
 that is

00:43:54.419 --> 00:43:54.739
 and yet

00:43:54.739 --> 00:43:55.659
 that happens

00:43:55.659 --> 00:43:56.219
 in so many

00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:56.659
 churches

00:43:56.659 --> 00:43:57.179
 doesn't it

00:43:57.179 --> 00:43:57.719
 so many

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:58.579
 congregations

00:43:58.579 --> 00:44:00.239
 it's only

00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:00.779
 by the

00:44:00.779 --> 00:44:01.559
 transforming

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:02.179
 power

00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:03.000
 of the

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:03.279
 spirit

00:44:03.279 --> 00:44:04.359
 be continually

00:44:04.359 --> 00:44:04.919
 filled with

00:44:04.919 --> 00:44:05.259
 the spirit

00:44:05.259 --> 00:44:05.980
 not get

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:06.759
 filled once

00:44:06.759 --> 00:44:07.539
 and look

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:08.139
 back on it

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:09.159
 nostalgically

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:10.019
 but every

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:10.480
 day

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:11.299
 let the

00:44:11.299 --> 00:44:11.699
 light of

00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:12.039
 the holy

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.460
 spirit

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:13.379
 flow in

00:44:13.379 --> 00:44:14.079
 and flow

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.399
 out

00:44:14.399 --> 00:44:15.079
 from you

00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:16.400
 and that

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:16.840
 will lead

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:17.360
 to a

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:17.759
 life of

00:44:17.759 --> 00:44:18.340
 praise

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:19.179
 a life

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:19.420
 of

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:19.920
 worship

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.259
 in the

00:44:20.259 --> 00:44:20.460
 fullest

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:20.799
 sense

00:44:20.799 --> 00:44:21.099
 of that

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.360
 word

00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:22.239
 verse 19

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:23.259
 the psalms

00:44:23.259 --> 00:44:23.759
 and hymns

00:44:23.759 --> 00:44:24.239
 and spiritual

00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:24.639
 songs

00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:25.039
 but more

00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:25.400
 than that

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:26.019
 giving thanks

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:26.659
 always and

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:27.440
 for everything

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:29.019
 and submitting

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.960
 to one another

00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:31.360
 out of reverence

00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:31.960
 for Christ

00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:33.579
 and then he

00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:34.559
 follows the

00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:35.340
 famous passages

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:35.960
 about the

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.840
 household code

00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:37.199
 as it's

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:37.980
 sometimes called

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.980
 what does that

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:39.619
 look like

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:40.900
 in the church

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:42.199
 well of course

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:43.480
 the family church

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:44.000
 is the first

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:44.779
 place to look

00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:45.540
 the home

00:44:45.540 --> 00:44:45.920
 church

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:46.360
 in the most

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:47.000
 literal sense

00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:47.580
 of that word

00:44:47.580 --> 00:44:48.500
 the relationships

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.360
 of husbands

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:50.040
 and wives

00:44:50.040 --> 00:44:51.260
 and so

00:44:51.260 --> 00:44:52.100
 521

00:44:52.100 --> 00:44:52.800
 following

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:54.000
 is about

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:55.080
 how wives

00:44:55.080 --> 00:44:55.640
 submitting to

00:44:55.640 --> 00:44:56.140
 their husbands

00:44:56.140 --> 00:44:56.820
 and husbands

00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:57.440
 loving their

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:57.960
 wives as

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.500
 Christ loved

00:44:58.500 --> 00:44:59.100
 the church

00:44:59.100 --> 00:45:00.220
 in that way

00:45:00.220 --> 00:45:00.780
 submitting to

00:45:00.780 --> 00:45:01.240
 one another

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:01.980
 out of reverence

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.380
 for Christ

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:02.780
 because they

00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:03.440
 both fulfill

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:04.019
 their Christ

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:05.140
 ordained roles

00:45:05.140 --> 00:45:06.040
 and so

00:45:06.040 --> 00:45:06.860
 in the joy

00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:07.700
 of a united

00:45:07.700 --> 00:45:08.280
 loving

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:09.260
 Christian marriage

00:45:09.260 --> 00:45:10.000
 the glory of

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:10.420
 the gospel

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:10.860
 scene

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:11.940
 I'm talking

00:45:11.940 --> 00:45:12.680
 about Christ

00:45:12.680 --> 00:45:13.400
 and the church

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:14.579
 that's what

00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:15.200
 our marriages

00:45:15.200 --> 00:45:15.579
 are to

00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:16.140
 demonstrate

00:45:16.140 --> 00:45:17.960
 because of

00:45:17.960 --> 00:45:18.660
 the transforming

00:45:18.660 --> 00:45:19.300
 power of

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:19.700
 Jesus

00:45:19.700 --> 00:45:21.180
 and then in

00:45:21.180 --> 00:45:21.940
 6.1-4

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:22.559
 still in the

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:22.880
 home

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:24.500
 obviously the

00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:25.500
 children there

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:25.980
 who obey

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:26.700
 their parents

00:45:26.700 --> 00:45:27.019
 and the

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:27.579
 fathers who

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:28.599
 don't provoke

00:45:28.599 --> 00:45:29.220
 their children

00:45:29.220 --> 00:45:29.940
 to anger

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.579
 but bring them

00:45:30.579 --> 00:45:30.980
 up in the

00:45:30.980 --> 00:45:31.579
 discipline and

00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:32.200
 admonition of

00:45:32.200 --> 00:45:32.640
 the Lord

00:45:32.640 --> 00:45:34.320
 that's again a

00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:34.860
 way which the

00:45:34.860 --> 00:45:35.820
 gospel's fleshed

00:45:35.820 --> 00:45:36.300
 out in our

00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:36.680
 culture

00:45:36.680 --> 00:45:38.000
 loving Christian

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:38.460
 marriages

00:45:38.460 --> 00:45:39.280
 and loving

00:45:39.280 --> 00:45:40.340
 Christian families

00:45:40.340 --> 00:45:41.220
 are going to be

00:45:41.220 --> 00:45:42.519
 enormously important

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:43.280
 in the next few

00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:43.699
 decades

00:45:43.699 --> 00:45:45.179
 because all around

00:45:45.179 --> 00:45:46.000
 us they're collapsing

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.760
 there aren't any

00:45:46.760 --> 00:45:47.599
 marriages that are

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:49.059
 very few marriages

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.900
 that are lasting

00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:51.860
 and as marriage is

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:53.039
 you know

00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:53.920
 redefined and

00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:54.720
 regarded as being

00:45:54.720 --> 00:45:55.599
 totally flexible

00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:56.340
 of course these

00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:57.000
 things will all

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:57.740
 start to collapse

00:45:57.740 --> 00:45:58.340
 more and more

00:45:58.340 --> 00:45:59.119
 in our society

00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:00.199
 and more and more

00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:01.059
 the church will be

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:01.659
 the place

00:46:01.659 --> 00:46:03.699
 and the only place

00:46:03.699 --> 00:46:04.639
 where you will see

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.380
 the power of God

00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:06.360
 to create marriages

00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:07.199
 that reflect

00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:08.539
 the love of Christ

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:09.319
 for his people

00:46:09.319 --> 00:46:11.299
 and family groups

00:46:11.299 --> 00:46:12.299
 that demonstrate

00:46:12.299 --> 00:46:14.279
 the reality of

00:46:14.279 --> 00:46:14.639
 Christ

00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:15.119
 now of course

00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:15.599
 that doesn't mean

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:16.039
 we're going to be

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:16.439
 perfect

00:46:16.439 --> 00:46:17.019
 it doesn't mean

00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:17.460
 we won't have

00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:18.419
 many many challenges

00:46:18.419 --> 00:46:19.919
 but he's able to

00:46:19.919 --> 00:46:21.019
 do exceedingly more

00:46:21.019 --> 00:46:21.819
 than we ask or

00:46:21.819 --> 00:46:22.259
 imagine

00:46:22.259 --> 00:46:23.500
 the trouble is

00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:24.099
 we don't really

00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:24.500
 ask

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:26.739
 and then there's

00:46:26.739 --> 00:46:27.500
 slaves and masters

00:46:27.500 --> 00:46:28.399
 which has a sort

00:46:28.399 --> 00:46:29.219
 of equivalence to

00:46:29.219 --> 00:46:30.059
 employees and

00:46:30.059 --> 00:46:30.619
 employers

00:46:30.619 --> 00:46:31.719
 the whole of our

00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:32.480
 daily work

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:33.359
 and in that too

00:46:33.359 --> 00:46:33.739
 we have to

00:46:33.739 --> 00:46:34.859
 demonstrate the

00:46:34.859 --> 00:46:35.719
 reality of God

00:46:35.719 --> 00:46:37.739
 just one comment

00:46:37.739 --> 00:46:38.279
 in passing

00:46:38.279 --> 00:46:38.759
 have you ever

00:46:38.759 --> 00:46:39.319
 wondered why

00:46:39.319 --> 00:46:39.919
 there's so much

00:46:39.919 --> 00:46:40.480
 about marriage

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:41.279
 in Ephesians

00:46:41.279 --> 00:46:41.899
 and in none

00:46:41.899 --> 00:46:42.459
 of the other

00:46:42.459 --> 00:46:43.159
 epistles

00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:43.699
 I mean it's

00:46:43.699 --> 00:46:44.279
 mentioned in

00:46:44.279 --> 00:46:44.799
 Colossians

00:46:44.799 --> 00:46:45.259
 and there's

00:46:45.259 --> 00:46:45.739
 some references

00:46:45.739 --> 00:46:46.559
 in 1 Corinthians

00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:46.980
 of course

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:48.179
 but the classic

00:46:48.179 --> 00:46:49.359
 marriage passages

00:46:49.359 --> 00:46:50.980
 are in Ephesians

00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:52.480
 I think it's

00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:53.139
 because of that

00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:54.519
 whacking temple

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:55.039
 in the middle

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.659
 of Ephesus

00:46:55.659 --> 00:46:56.419
 to the great

00:46:56.419 --> 00:46:57.259
 goddess Diana

00:46:57.259 --> 00:46:59.379
 totally feminist

00:46:59.379 --> 00:47:00.500
 dominated culture

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:02.179
 and the one

00:47:02.179 --> 00:47:03.099
 thing that no

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:04.099
 Ephesian

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:04.800
 gentile

00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:05.559
 pagan woman

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:05.980
 would do

00:47:05.980 --> 00:47:06.300
 would be

00:47:06.300 --> 00:47:06.760
 submit to

00:47:06.760 --> 00:47:07.260
 her husband

00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:09.420
 gospel is going

00:47:09.420 --> 00:47:09.900
 to change

00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:10.380
 things

00:47:10.380 --> 00:47:11.340
 going to change

00:47:11.340 --> 00:47:12.039
 the whole order

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:12.579
 of things

00:47:12.579 --> 00:47:13.219
 and there's

00:47:13.219 --> 00:47:14.260
 nothing that a

00:47:14.260 --> 00:47:14.960
 pagan man would

00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:16.280
 do that is

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:17.920
 equivalent to

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:18.480
 Christ giving

00:47:18.480 --> 00:47:19.360
 himself up

00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:20.699
 for his church

00:47:20.699 --> 00:47:21.260
 as a husband

00:47:21.260 --> 00:47:22.139
 gives himself up

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:22.719
 for his wife

00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:24.539
 transforming

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:26.519
 this is how

00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:27.019
 the power

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.659
 of the gospel

00:47:27.659 --> 00:47:28.139
 seems

00:47:28.139 --> 00:47:30.699
 and we need

00:47:30.699 --> 00:47:31.159
 to pray that

00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:31.579
 the Lord will

00:47:31.579 --> 00:47:32.279
 enable us

00:47:32.279 --> 00:47:33.800
 to live by that

00:47:33.800 --> 00:47:35.380
 and so he comes

00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:36.019
 down in the end

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:36.400
 to saying

00:47:36.400 --> 00:47:36.980
 well it will be

00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:37.380
 a battle

00:47:37.380 --> 00:47:38.719
 we are wrestling

00:47:38.719 --> 00:47:39.259
 not against

00:47:39.259 --> 00:47:39.960
 flesh and blood

00:47:39.960 --> 00:47:41.239
 but against the

00:47:41.239 --> 00:47:42.139
 principalities and

00:47:42.139 --> 00:47:42.360
 powers

00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:42.840
 but look

00:47:42.840 --> 00:47:43.779
 the armour's

00:47:43.779 --> 00:47:44.099
 there

00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:44.980
 the resources

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.579
 are there

00:47:45.579 --> 00:47:47.360
 the shield

00:47:47.360 --> 00:47:47.920
 of faith

00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:48.619
 the belt

00:47:48.619 --> 00:47:49.199
 of truth

00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:50.500
 and so on

00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:51.420
 all the resources

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:52.460
 that are ours

00:47:52.460 --> 00:47:53.119
 because we are

00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:53.980
 in Christ

00:47:53.980 --> 00:47:54.980
 and that

00:47:54.980 --> 00:47:55.860
 greatest resource

00:47:55.860 --> 00:47:57.000
 of all prayer

00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:58.139
 that wonderful

00:47:58.139 --> 00:47:59.019
 verse that comes

00:47:59.019 --> 00:47:59.599
 near the end

00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:00.400
 verse 18 of

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:01.059
 chapter 6

00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:02.199
 praying at all

00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:03.320
 times in the

00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:03.760
 spirit

00:48:03.760 --> 00:48:04.500
 you see again

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:05.240
 we can't do it

00:48:05.240 --> 00:48:05.820
 unless the Holy

00:48:05.820 --> 00:48:06.760
 Spirit helps us

00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:07.719
 we won't be able

00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:08.420
 to use the word

00:48:08.420 --> 00:48:09.099
 of God unless

00:48:09.099 --> 00:48:10.019
 it's used as the

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:10.500
 sword of the

00:48:10.500 --> 00:48:10.940
 spirit

00:48:10.940 --> 00:48:12.599
 with all prayer

00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:13.619
 and supplication

00:48:13.619 --> 00:48:15.139
 and to that end

00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:15.840
 keep alert with

00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:16.860
 all perseverance

00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:18.039
 making supplication

00:48:18.039 --> 00:48:19.199
 for all the saints

00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:20.199
 it's wonderful isn't

00:48:20.199 --> 00:48:20.400
 it

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:21.400
 all times

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:22.240
 all prayer

00:48:22.240 --> 00:48:23.400
 all perseverance

00:48:23.400 --> 00:48:24.800
 all the saints

00:48:24.800 --> 00:48:26.960
 and as we pray

00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:27.579
 for one another

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:28.059
 like that

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:28.720
 and love one

00:48:28.720 --> 00:48:29.619
 another like that

00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:30.840
 then maybe

00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:32.360
 our church family

00:48:32.360 --> 00:48:33.300
 will reflect

00:48:33.300 --> 00:48:34.660
 just a little bit

00:48:34.660 --> 00:48:34.940
 more

00:48:34.940 --> 00:48:36.660
 what God

00:48:36.660 --> 00:48:38.059
 has in mind

00:48:38.059 --> 00:48:38.660
 for us

00:48:38.660 --> 00:48:39.720
 as his

00:48:39.720 --> 00:48:40.599
 redeemed people

00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:41.360
 so yes

00:48:41.360 --> 00:48:42.380
 Ephesians is all

00:48:42.380 --> 00:48:43.139
 about the church

00:48:43.139 --> 00:48:45.039
 but not a dry

00:48:45.039 --> 00:48:46.000
 set of doctrines

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:47.300
 it's all about

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:47.960
 how the church

00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:48.599
 is formed

00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:49.780
 through the mystery

00:48:49.780 --> 00:48:50.760
 revealed in Christ

00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:51.480
 how the church

00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:52.059
 should live

00:48:52.059 --> 00:48:53.119
 how the gospel

00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:54.199
 shapes the church

00:48:54.199 --> 00:48:55.460
 and how the church

00:48:55.460 --> 00:48:56.539
 lives out the gospel

00:48:56.539 --> 00:48:58.039
 and I don't think

00:48:58.039 --> 00:48:58.539
 there's anything

00:48:58.539 --> 00:48:59.679
 more important

00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:00.780
 in our contemporary

00:49:00.780 --> 00:49:01.460
 context

00:49:01.460 --> 00:49:02.800
 than that we learn

00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:03.539
 those things

00:49:03.539 --> 00:49:04.880
 they sink into

00:49:04.880 --> 00:49:05.480
 our hearts

00:49:05.480 --> 00:49:06.760
 they control our lives

00:49:06.760 --> 00:49:07.860
 and by God's grace

00:49:07.860 --> 00:49:09.500
 we can more and more

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:10.480
 live that way

00:49:10.480 --> 00:49:16.039
 are there questions

00:49:16.039 --> 00:49:17.599
 people have got

00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:19.000
 on a few years

00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:26.139
 that means one of two things

00:49:26.139 --> 00:49:27.320
 yes

00:49:27.320 --> 00:49:29.219
 I take it to mean

00:49:29.219 --> 00:49:30.099
 complete agreement

00:49:30.099 --> 00:49:33.920
 Marsha

00:49:33.920 --> 00:49:36.500
 so if somebody

00:49:36.500 --> 00:49:37.800
 asks me

00:49:37.800 --> 00:49:38.820
 or if I ask you

00:49:38.820 --> 00:49:40.340
 what is heavenly places

00:49:40.340 --> 00:49:42.500
 what's the short answer

00:49:42.500 --> 00:49:43.800
 I think the short answer

00:49:43.800 --> 00:49:44.240
 to that

00:49:44.240 --> 00:49:45.119
 is the

00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:46.659
 spiritual realm

00:49:46.659 --> 00:49:47.960
 in which the battle

00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:49.320
 the spiritual battle

00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:49.960
 against God

00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:50.639
 is conducted

00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:51.320
 by the devil

00:49:51.320 --> 00:49:52.059
 and all his

00:49:52.059 --> 00:49:53.260
 forces

00:49:53.260 --> 00:49:55.900
 and it is in that area

00:49:55.900 --> 00:49:56.780
 that we are seated

00:49:56.780 --> 00:49:57.440
 in Christ

00:49:57.440 --> 00:49:58.800
 so we are victorious

00:49:58.800 --> 00:49:59.559
 because Christ

00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:00.680
 is victorious there

00:50:00.680 --> 00:50:02.500
 and so we are not

00:50:02.500 --> 00:50:03.240
 to think that we are

00:50:03.239 --> 00:50:05.559
 fighting people

00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:07.039
 we do don't we

00:50:07.039 --> 00:50:07.359
 because

00:50:07.359 --> 00:50:08.079
 I mean

00:50:08.079 --> 00:50:09.279
 the way our media

00:50:09.279 --> 00:50:10.179
 present everything

00:50:10.179 --> 00:50:12.199
 is by human antagonism

00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:13.519
 this group against that group

00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:15.019
 that person against this person

00:50:15.019 --> 00:50:16.519
 it's all antagonistic

00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:17.939
 and it's easy for us

00:50:17.939 --> 00:50:18.539
 then to think

00:50:18.539 --> 00:50:19.399
 we've got to fight

00:50:19.399 --> 00:50:19.939
 these battles

00:50:19.939 --> 00:50:21.500
 against wicked people

00:50:21.500 --> 00:50:22.799
 he says no

00:50:22.799 --> 00:50:23.839
 it's not flesh and blood

00:50:23.839 --> 00:50:25.659
 it's spiritual forces

00:50:25.659 --> 00:50:27.099
 that are monitoring

00:50:27.099 --> 00:50:28.079
 and empowering

00:50:28.079 --> 00:50:29.339
 all these hostile

00:50:29.339 --> 00:50:30.699
 attacks

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 and we therefore

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 have to resist that

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 in Ephesians 6 terms

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 with the armour of God

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 the armour of God

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 the sword of the spirit

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 and all prayer

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 and knowing that we are

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 in Christ

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 and that he is

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 over all these things

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 we can

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 claim his victory

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 so I would say

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 it's the spiritual arena

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 of conflict

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 so I have every spiritual

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 blessing

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 in the heavenly realms

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 it's sort of like

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 the armour of the spirit

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 yes

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 I think so

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 I mean

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 it's all in the heavenly realms

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 because that's where

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 Jesus is supreme

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 all the blessings

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 from Christ

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 from our initial salvation

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 through our knowledge

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 of his will

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 through the power

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 of his spirit

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 all the things

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 that the letter

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 they are already

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 ours in Christ

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 so I don't have to go

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 on a quest

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 for some power

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 that's extra

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 or anything like that

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 Jesus is sufficient

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 in it all

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 I've got to trust him

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 obey him

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 draw my resources

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 from him

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 and

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 he will keep me

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 in the battle

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 but it will be a battle

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 so

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 thank you

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