WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.000 Okay, so continuing preaching through Colossians for our visitors. 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:07.560 We're doing this every other Sunday. 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:08.779 So Josh comes and preaches. 00:00:09.540 --> 00:00:14.640 And then on the off Sundays, the guys have been going through alternating preaching through Colossians. 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:21.820 So last time it was Zemir, and he preached on Colossians. 00:00:21.820 --> 00:00:24.480 Well, he preached on more than this, but Colossians 1. 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:28.359 I'm going to get you. 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:32.700 Colossians 1, verse 24 through 29. 00:00:32.899 --> 00:00:34.280 And he went a little bit into two. 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:39.200 And I'm going to do the same to him. 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:41.000 I'm going to go back into his section a little bit. 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:43.039 And the reason is because it kind of overlaps. 00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:48.299 So there's this section here where Paul's talking about his ministry to the church. 00:00:48.760 --> 00:00:51.879 And I'm going to continue finishing that out into chapter 2 here. 00:00:51.879 --> 00:00:55.519 So I'm going to teach on chapter 2, verses 1 through 5. 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:03.480 But before I get into that, I'm going to go back a little bit and just do a little bit of recap to kind of set that context. 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.140 There's a reason Zemir taught into two. 00:01:07.240 --> 00:01:09.640 It's because it's all one seamless thought. 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:14.780 So I'm just going to remind us a few of the points in the thoughts that Zemir taught on. 00:01:14.780 --> 00:01:20.000 So Colossians 1, verse 24 through 29. 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:21.079 I'm just going to read that really quick. 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:24.739 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake. 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:30.359 And in my flesh, I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body. 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:31.159 That is the church. 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:37.560 Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you. 00:01:38.039 --> 00:01:40.480 To make the word of God fully known. 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:43.799 The mystery hidden for ages and generations. 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:46.000 But now revealed to his saints. 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:56.000 To them, to the saints, God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery. 00:01:56.579 --> 00:01:59.840 Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:08.939 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom that we may present everyone mature in Christ. 00:02:08.939 --> 00:02:16.139 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me. 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:23.599 So the verse I want to key in on is verse 26. 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:29.879 The riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:31.039 I'm sorry, verse 27. 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:35.199 This is the focus of Paul's ministry. 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:43.500 This is this mystery that he's now been commissioned by God to go and reveal to the saints among the Gentiles. 00:02:43.539 --> 00:02:45.219 Not just the Jews, but among the Gentiles. 00:02:46.979 --> 00:02:50.780 And I think the operative word there is in. 00:02:51.659 --> 00:02:52.859 Christ in you. 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:54.079 Hope of glory. 00:02:54.739 --> 00:02:55.699 And I love that. 00:02:55.799 --> 00:02:56.679 I think it's very precious. 00:02:57.659 --> 00:03:02.019 There's a number of passages throughout the New Testament that speak of Christ in this way. 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:09.120 You know, there's Christ that we look to outside of us as our righteousness, our justification. 00:03:09.820 --> 00:03:12.120 But this is speaking of Christ in a different way. 00:03:12.460 --> 00:03:14.900 This is speaking of Christ in you. 00:03:15.780 --> 00:03:17.060 I'm just going to read a few of those verses. 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.680 These are parallel passages, I feel like, to this here. 00:03:21.100 --> 00:03:23.460 First one's Galatians 1, 15 through 16. 00:03:24.020 --> 00:03:27.840 And I'm going to read it in the King James Version because there's a couple different translations. 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:31.040 They translate a few words differently, and I think this one captures the in. 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:37.159 So, but when it pleased God who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by his grace. 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:38.799 This is Paul speaking again. 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:47.560 It went pleased him to reveal his son in me that I might preach him among the heathen. 00:03:48.239 --> 00:03:50.099 Immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood. 00:03:50.780 --> 00:03:52.680 This is giving a little snapshot into his testimony. 00:03:53.219 --> 00:03:53.939 He had a revelation. 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:57.859 God revealed Jesus Christ in Paul. 00:03:58.379 --> 00:03:59.399 Just kind of a funny way of talking. 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:01.900 You don't really hear that a lot of people's testimonies. 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:03.180 They ask him how they came to the Lord. 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:06.400 God revealed his son in me one day. 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:08.480 You know, that was Paul's testimony. 00:04:10.180 --> 00:04:11.520 Galatians 2, 20, a little bit later. 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:15.960 This is one of the capstone gospel verses. 00:04:16.420 --> 00:04:17.699 You know, very encompassing. 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:20.500 I have been crucified with Christ. 00:04:20.500 --> 00:04:26.459 It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. 00:04:27.540 --> 00:04:33.560 In the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. 00:04:34.100 --> 00:04:34.860 There we have it again. 00:04:35.579 --> 00:04:37.779 He's speaking of this exchange that took place. 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:41.439 And now he no longer lives, but Christ lives in him. 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:44.000 But he's not dead. 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:44.839 He's still alive. 00:04:44.899 --> 00:04:48.639 So he says, I'm alive still, but I live my life by faith in the Son of God. 00:04:50.100 --> 00:04:51.160 But he has a revelation. 00:04:51.339 --> 00:04:58.779 He has a sense and understanding revealed by God that Jesus Christ now lives inside of him and is his life. 00:04:58.779 --> 00:05:01.659 2 Corinthians 13, 5. 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:04.839 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith. 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:06.159 Test yourselves. 00:05:07.459 --> 00:05:14.379 Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:17.599 Unless indeed you fail to meet the test. 00:05:18.139 --> 00:05:19.279 So he says, examine yourself. 00:05:20.159 --> 00:05:22.379 He doesn't say, see if there's any sin in there. 00:05:23.419 --> 00:05:25.259 He doesn't say, see if there's pockets of unbelief. 00:05:25.579 --> 00:05:27.059 All those things are good to examine ourselves about. 00:05:27.419 --> 00:05:28.059 But what's he say? 00:05:28.060 --> 00:05:32.980 Test yourself about this one preeminent differentiating truth. 00:05:33.540 --> 00:05:35.620 Is Jesus Christ in you? 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:40.420 And some other versions say, if not, you're reprobates. 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.899 Except this be true, you are a reprobate. 00:05:44.980 --> 00:05:46.519 You're not in Christ. 00:05:46.620 --> 00:05:50.500 If Christ is not in you, you are not in Christ. 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:51.420 You know? 00:05:54.139 --> 00:05:56.840 Longer passage in Romans 8, verse 9 through 11. 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:02.179 You, however, speaking to believers, are not in the flesh, but in the spirit. 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:05.199 If in fact the spirit of God dwells in you. 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:13.919 Anyone who does not have the spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 00:06:14.719 --> 00:06:15.239 Note that. 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:22.060 He said, if you don't have the spirit of God, and then if you don't have the spirit of Christ. 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:23.660 Okay? 00:06:24.819 --> 00:06:25.740 It's synonymous. 00:06:26.379 --> 00:06:29.379 The Holy Spirit is the spirit of Christ. 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:30.060 Okay? 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:31.339 I'm going to keep reading here. 00:06:31.579 --> 00:06:32.780 Because he switches it up again. 00:06:33.780 --> 00:06:40.300 Then he says, but if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is life because of righteousness. 00:06:40.300 --> 00:06:45.560 So he goes, the spirit of God, the spirit of Christ, Christ. 00:06:46.060 --> 00:06:46.879 Like, wait a minute. 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:49.020 Aren't the Holy Spirit and Jesus different? 00:06:49.579 --> 00:06:49.939 Yes. 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:55.920 But in a believer, Christ dwells in our heart through the Holy Spirit. 00:06:56.360 --> 00:07:04.460 The spirit was sent to live inside of us and communicate the life of Christ that he would be king inside of us. 00:07:04.459 --> 00:07:06.979 And so the scripture uses it interchangeably. 00:07:07.599 --> 00:07:07.719 You know? 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:10.199 Christ, I can say, Jesus lives in me. 00:07:10.799 --> 00:07:13.019 I can also say, the Holy Spirit lives in me. 00:07:13.239 --> 00:07:14.019 And they're both true. 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:14.959 Okay? 00:07:15.159 --> 00:07:15.680 And they're together. 00:07:18.740 --> 00:07:19.180 Okay. 00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:22.060 So, what's the point? 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:23.259 Why am I emphasizing this? 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:27.839 What separates the saved from the lost is whether Christ lives in them. 00:07:28.339 --> 00:07:29.599 This is the differentiator. 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:31.639 Paul uses this differentiating term. 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:38.659 And we would do well to reprogram our minds and our hearts and our theology to think the way he thinks about this. 00:07:39.219 --> 00:07:39.399 You know? 00:07:39.699 --> 00:07:43.180 If it sounds strange to say to someone, does Jesus live in you? 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:47.439 And that be, like, the big difference between someone who's a Christian and someone who's not. 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:52.879 Maybe we need to take a step back and get our minds washed with the New Testament and start thinking this way. 00:07:52.899 --> 00:07:53.319 Because it's true. 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:57.979 The only difference between someone who's not a believer and someone who is, is Jesus Christ lives in that person. 00:07:58.459 --> 00:07:58.659 You know? 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:00.479 Is there a lot of stuff leading up to that? 00:08:00.479 --> 00:08:00.819 Yes. 00:08:00.819 --> 00:08:01.219 Yes. 00:08:01.379 --> 00:08:01.740 Yes. 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.459 Did Jesus have to die on the cross to obtain that? 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:04.839 Yes. 00:08:05.420 --> 00:08:07.480 But, this is true for every believer. 00:08:07.899 --> 00:08:09.000 Jesus lives inside of them. 00:08:09.099 --> 00:08:09.879 And it's evident. 00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:10.339 You know? 00:08:11.779 --> 00:08:18.699 So, to that point, I think it's not unreasonable to think of it like this. 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:20.000 Christianity is a person. 00:08:21.060 --> 00:08:21.259 Okay? 00:08:21.459 --> 00:08:23.019 It's not just a set of doctrines. 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:23.959 It's a person. 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:28.339 It's Jesus living his life in us through the Holy Spirit. 00:08:28.339 --> 00:08:31.759 So, Zemir last week, he hammered on this. 00:08:31.819 --> 00:08:32.360 I think it was awesome. 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:33.539 Faith without works is dead. 00:08:34.340 --> 00:08:35.039 It's dead. 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:42.759 Now, that gets real sticky theologically if we don't understand this right. 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:50.360 Because there are sects of Christianity that take the verses he taught in James and completely destroy justification by faith alone. 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:51.500 All right? 00:08:51.500 --> 00:08:53.379 But it's true. 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:55.120 Faith without works is dead. 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:56.000 It's a dead faith. 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:56.980 It's not a live faith. 00:08:57.100 --> 00:08:57.320 Why? 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:01.580 Well, because Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 00:09:01.580 --> 00:09:05.360 When Jesus comes into somebody, he works. 00:09:06.100 --> 00:09:12.420 Jesus says in John 5, 17, he says, my father's working and I'm always working. 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:13.560 Always. 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:14.700 Jesus is always working. 00:09:14.800 --> 00:09:15.580 He's doing the same thing. 00:09:15.660 --> 00:09:16.160 He's the same. 00:09:16.460 --> 00:09:20.180 Hebrews 13, 8 says, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 00:09:20.379 --> 00:09:25.100 He's got the same personality inside of us that he had when he was on earth. 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:26.400 He's the same Jesus. 00:09:27.379 --> 00:09:27.520 Okay? 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.300 So, faith receives Jesus. 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:31.500 Okay? 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:35.680 Faith lays hold of the free gift of righteousness, which is Christ, through the gospel. 00:09:36.300 --> 00:09:36.920 We receive him. 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:41.680 To all who received him, John chapter 1, he gave the right to become the sons of God. 00:09:41.780 --> 00:09:42.060 All right? 00:09:42.060 --> 00:09:44.100 So, I receive Jesus through faith. 00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:45.940 And then he works. 00:09:46.920 --> 00:09:47.139 All right? 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:49.460 And that's the continuity. 00:09:49.660 --> 00:09:58.140 Jesus is the connecting link between these two seemingly disparate truths, faith and works. 00:09:58.840 --> 00:09:58.920 Okay? 00:09:58.919 --> 00:09:58.959 Okay. 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:02.779 This is also what sanctification is. 00:10:03.579 --> 00:10:06.360 So, this is, these are synonyms. 00:10:06.439 --> 00:10:08.679 These are other ways of talking about sanctification. 00:10:09.939 --> 00:10:16.399 You know, justification, a way of thinking of justification is Christ's righteousness imputed to us. 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:20.439 The alien righteousness of Jesus counted to us through faith. 00:10:21.959 --> 00:10:28.579 Sanctification is Christ's righteousness imparted to us through the Holy Spirit. 00:10:28.580 --> 00:10:30.560 They're both by faith. 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:31.720 Okay? 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:32.540 And they go together. 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:34.139 You can't divorce them. 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:36.040 I love Hebrews 10. 00:10:36.400 --> 00:10:39.480 It talks about, it's one of the best chapters on sanctification. 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:42.520 It talks about the sanctifying work of Jesus on the cross. 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:50.519 And so much of it is spoken of as this finished past tense work that Jesus accomplished on the cross forever. 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:55.179 By one offering, he perfected for all time those who are sanctified. 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:56.559 It's awesome. 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:57.679 Okay? 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:04.879 Well, these two things, justification and sanctification, they're both unified in the person of Jesus. 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:06.399 And when we receive Jesus, we get both. 00:11:07.019 --> 00:11:07.239 Okay? 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:07.279 Okay? 00:11:10.700 --> 00:11:14.759 So, anyway, the point being, Jesus lives the life that we can't. 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:18.940 Jesus says that the spirit is willing, the flesh is weak. 00:11:19.340 --> 00:11:20.960 The words I speak to you are spirit and life. 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:22.039 The flesh profits nothing. 00:11:22.539 --> 00:11:23.820 Jesus is the worker. 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:32.100 He's the chosen, anointed worker that God has given to do the works that are pleasing to God. 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:34.379 We can't do works that are pleasing to God, but his son does. 00:11:34.379 --> 00:11:38.879 And he doesn't just do the works outside here, which he did. 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:41.659 He does the works in us. 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:43.299 And we should not separate them. 00:11:43.740 --> 00:11:48.820 And this is part of the mystery that Paul is explaining to the Colossians. 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:51.480 You know, and you look, as you zoom out the whole theme of Colossians here, 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:53.080 he's wanting to set them on a better foundation. 00:11:53.340 --> 00:11:58.500 Because they're getting other gospel messages that are built with seemingly really good truths. 00:11:59.100 --> 00:12:02.200 And he's wanting to set them on this firm foundation here. 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:05.240 So anyway, I think this is important context. 00:12:05.400 --> 00:12:06.020 Christ in you. 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:06.660 This is the point. 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:07.520 Christ in you. 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:08.440 The hope of glory. 00:12:09.160 --> 00:12:20.000 This experience of Jesus Christ living inside of us and doing the Christian life through faith in a real living way. 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:21.680 This is the foundation. 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:26.759 This is the mystery that he has been commissioned to share with the Gentiles and unpack. 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:30.059 And he's going to do a little bit more unpacking as we go into chapter 2. 00:12:30.319 --> 00:12:31.480 So a little bit of recap. 00:12:31.899 --> 00:12:34.259 So continue on into chapter 2. 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:36.799 It's the actual section that I have. 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:39.080 I'm just going to read the section. 00:12:39.179 --> 00:12:41.200 I'm going to back up and kind of go through it verse by verse here. 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:42.460 Chapter 2. 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:44.639 Starting in verse 1. 00:12:44.639 --> 00:13:14.639 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:15.639 Okay. 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:30.019 I'm going to take verses 1 and 2. 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:32.159 And start with that a little bit. 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:33.080 Unpack that a little bit. 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:34.299 It says, 00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:46.139 I think it's good to think of ourselves with this. 00:13:46.199 --> 00:13:47.120 He's writing to a church. 00:13:47.839 --> 00:13:47.959 Okay. 00:13:48.319 --> 00:13:49.639 So we're a church. 00:13:50.459 --> 00:13:54.259 And put ourselves into the audience of this letter. 00:13:54.479 --> 00:13:55.240 It's probably a small church. 00:13:55.379 --> 00:13:55.519 You know. 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:56.240 It's not very big. 00:13:56.500 --> 00:13:57.059 Pretty new. 00:13:57.059 --> 00:14:03.899 He is struggling in prayer. 00:14:04.099 --> 00:14:04.259 You know. 00:14:04.339 --> 00:14:05.059 In writing this letter. 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:06.139 Before the Lord. 00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:08.299 Asking him that their hearts may be encouraged. 00:14:09.099 --> 00:14:10.719 Being knit together in love. 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:14.799 To reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding. 00:14:15.359 --> 00:14:17.139 And the knowledge of God's mystery. 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:17.899 Which is Christ. 00:14:19.719 --> 00:14:22.019 Like the things that really jump out here. 00:14:22.099 --> 00:14:25.879 He's kind of working through the order of this burden he has. 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:27.080 Encouraged hearts. 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:32.360 Being individually and corporately encouraged in the gospel. 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:35.059 Being knit together in love. 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:35.860 Okay. 00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:37.220 I think of knitting. 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:38.200 My mom. 00:14:39.179 --> 00:14:39.919 Did she knit or crochet? 00:14:41.220 --> 00:14:41.439 Okay. 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.539 I thought it was knitting. 00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:43.580 I always think it was knitting. 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:46.120 I get knitting and crochet mixed up. 00:14:46.220 --> 00:14:46.439 Anyway. 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:47.500 She crocheted me. 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:50.519 This huge sweater. 00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:53.919 And it got shrunken. 00:14:54.179 --> 00:14:54.480 Somehow. 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.960 It barely fits. 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:00.240 But I love it. 00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:00.939 She passed away. 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:03.179 And it's a sweet thing that she made me spend a lot of time. 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:04.960 It takes a lot of time though. 00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:06.980 You got this piece of yarn. 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:08.419 And these are being knit together. 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:08.919 You know. 00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:10.639 Over and under and around. 00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:11.600 And crocheted. 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:11.980 Crocheted. 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:13.320 Knitting. 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:13.919 I'm going to call it knitting. 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:16.059 It's slow. 00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:16.919 You know. 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:17.580 These strands. 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.580 They interweave. 00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:21.460 And this. 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:24.220 For us. 00:15:24.540 --> 00:15:24.879 This is. 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.639 This is the. 00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:27.200 The imagery he's casting. 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:27.460 You know. 00:15:27.580 --> 00:15:28.220 A garment. 00:15:28.940 --> 00:15:29.960 Something that's knit. 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:31.040 Something that's. 00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:32.540 That's woven together. 00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.379 In love. 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:34.960 And the thought I had is. 00:15:35.020 --> 00:15:35.820 It just takes time. 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:37.400 It just takes time. 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:40.300 And my mom just worked on that forever. 00:15:40.299 --> 00:15:42.179 And it was like. 00:15:42.359 --> 00:15:43.259 Everyone who knits. 00:15:43.359 --> 00:15:43.819 It's just like. 00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.219 When is that. 00:15:45.339 --> 00:15:45.459 Think. 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:45.919 Crochets. 00:15:46.359 --> 00:15:46.679 Thank you. 00:15:46.839 --> 00:15:47.620 Everyone who crochets. 00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:47.939 Or knits. 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.139 Whatever. 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:48.659 It's just like. 00:15:48.719 --> 00:15:49.879 That takes forever. 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:50.759 Like. 00:15:51.079 --> 00:15:52.839 Modern manufacturing of textiles. 00:15:52.939 --> 00:15:53.579 Is amazing. 00:15:53.579 --> 00:15:55.299 Because it can just knock that stuff out. 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.059 Well. 00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:57.000 Back then. 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.279 It's just. 00:15:57.359 --> 00:15:58.179 It just takes forever. 00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:59.620 And there's so much love. 00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:00.459 That goes into it. 00:16:00.979 --> 00:16:02.279 And just kind of had this imagery. 00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:02.620 Of like. 00:16:02.699 --> 00:16:03.000 He says. 00:16:03.219 --> 00:16:04.779 Knit together in love. 00:16:05.979 --> 00:16:07.019 Encouraged hearts. 00:16:07.719 --> 00:16:09.399 Knit together in love. 00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:12.679 And just the thought. 00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.759 That I had. 00:16:13.819 --> 00:16:15.419 Is this interweaving work. 00:16:15.719 --> 00:16:16.859 It's predicated on love. 00:16:17.219 --> 00:16:17.399 You know. 00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.939 Love does not seek its own way. 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:20.319 You seek your own way. 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:21.859 You're like a strand out here. 00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:23.120 And you're like. 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:23.799 Come on guys. 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:24.399 Come. 00:16:25.319 --> 00:16:26.159 Wind around me. 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:26.740 You know. 00:16:27.059 --> 00:16:27.319 Well. 00:16:27.319 --> 00:16:28.599 That's not how love works. 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:29.979 Love thinks of another. 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:32.019 Gets in their shoes. 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:33.439 Understands their life. 00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:34.240 Like. 00:16:34.359 --> 00:16:35.079 What's your life like? 00:16:35.699 --> 00:16:35.859 You know. 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.099 What are the things that. 00:16:37.839 --> 00:16:38.819 Stress you out. 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:39.839 Monday through Friday. 00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:40.699 You know. 00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:43.199 And then the Holy Spirit. 00:16:43.479 --> 00:16:44.219 Interweaves us. 00:16:44.219 --> 00:16:44.799 With them. 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.279 You know. 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.379 And just the church. 00:16:50.439 --> 00:16:51.199 Is just such a spread. 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.059 A lot of different gifts. 00:16:52.579 --> 00:16:53.299 Single people. 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:54.219 Married people. 00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:55.039 You know. 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:56.159 Married people. 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:57.179 Without little children. 00:16:57.819 --> 00:16:58.319 Married people. 00:16:58.459 --> 00:16:59.079 With little children. 00:16:59.279 --> 00:16:59.439 You know. 00:16:59.500 --> 00:16:59.879 There's just. 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:01.259 There's just such a range here. 00:17:01.839 --> 00:17:02.419 You can go off. 00:17:02.459 --> 00:17:03.500 Just kind of doing your own thing. 00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:05.299 Kind of touching points. 00:17:05.419 --> 00:17:05.859 Hangouts. 00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:08.259 But we're not really. 00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:10.939 Letting the Lord do this work. 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:11.719 Interweaving. 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:13.619 We're kind of just setting aside. 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:14.240 My own. 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.119 Life. 00:17:15.659 --> 00:17:16.479 And I'm understanding. 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.599 Your life. 00:17:18.439 --> 00:17:18.719 And. 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.819 I'm terrible at this. 00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:20.799 You know. 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.940 I would rather just go sit. 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:23.819 And do my own thing. 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:24.480 You know. 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.779 But I need to repent. 00:17:25.899 --> 00:17:26.299 I need. 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.440 The Lord. 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:28.839 To do this work. 00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.879 And then assurance. 00:17:33.419 --> 00:17:33.720 It says. 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.259 What is this. 00:17:34.399 --> 00:17:34.899 This goal. 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.859 Their hearts may be encouraged. 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.759 Be knit together in love. 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:37.639 To reach. 00:17:37.899 --> 00:17:38.899 All the riches. 00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.659 Of full assurance. 00:17:40.700 --> 00:17:41.359 Of understanding. 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:43.299 And the knowledge of God's mystery. 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.259 Which is Christ. 00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:46.299 I love this verse. 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:48.319 In 1 Timothy 3.16. 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:49.419 It's one of these like. 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:49.919 Big. 00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.259 Macro. 00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.379 Kind of verses. 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.440 Paul says. 00:17:53.639 --> 00:17:54.460 Great indeed. 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.259 We confess. 00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:56.599 Is the mystery. 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:57.740 Of godliness. 00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.039 He. 00:17:59.599 --> 00:17:59.980 See this. 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:00.700 This connection here. 00:18:01.639 --> 00:18:02.700 The knowledge of God's mystery. 00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:03.379 Which is Christ. 00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:03.759 You know. 00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.659 This Colossians passage. 00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:05.319 And he says. 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.480 In Timothy. 00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:06.879 He says. 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:07.799 He. 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:09.399 The mystery of godliness. 00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:10.960 Was manifested in the flesh. 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:11.460 It's Jesus. 00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:12.519 He. 00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:14.059 Was manifested in the flesh. 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.759 Vindicated by the spirit. 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:17.180 Seen by angels. 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.019 Proclaimed among the nations. 00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:20.140 Believed on the world. 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.879 Taken up in glory. 00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.579 Jesus is the mystery. 00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:25.599 What's the point. 00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:26.819 Of this garment. 00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:28.140 Interwoven. 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.000 Encouraged in love. 00:18:29.379 --> 00:18:30.660 It's something way bigger than us. 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:31.819 It's so that. 00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:33.759 We would reach. 00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:34.700 These riches. 00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:35.460 Of full assurance. 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.079 Of understanding. 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:37.240 The knowledge of God's mystery. 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.940 Which is Christ. 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:39.240 It's not about us. 00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.079 You know. 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:41.319 There's something the lord has. 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:42.660 That's way bigger in mind. 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:44.180 Than just this little church. 00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:44.599 With like. 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.299 You know. 00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:46.639 People liking each other. 00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:47.679 You know. 00:18:49.219 --> 00:18:49.980 So what's the point. 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:51.439 Is we can't bypass this stuff. 00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:52.759 It's foundational. 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.740 To a healthy church. 00:18:54.439 --> 00:18:55.679 I just had a few thoughts. 00:18:55.679 --> 00:18:56.699 About these different things. 00:18:56.699 --> 00:18:57.740 Like what if we were to take them. 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.679 Each in its own. 00:18:59.240 --> 00:18:59.719 You know. 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.079 Thing. 00:19:00.159 --> 00:19:00.659 Like knitting. 00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:01.199 You're like. 00:19:01.199 --> 00:19:02.719 Just taking knitting a garment. 00:19:02.719 --> 00:19:03.639 Is like the macro. 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.539 You know. 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.480 Illustration here. 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:07.259 If we try to knit. 00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:08.319 Without being personally. 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:09.179 Encouraged in the gospel. 00:19:09.179 --> 00:19:10.379 Like if I'm not encouraged. 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.839 We're cynical. 00:19:12.139 --> 00:19:12.879 Lifeless actors. 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:13.820 We're just going through the motions. 00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:14.860 You know. 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:16.060 It's like. 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:16.280 Yeah. 00:19:16.380 --> 00:19:17.040 I know that's true. 00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:17.360 But. 00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:19.760 Ethical. 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.840 If we try to knit. 00:19:22.840 --> 00:19:23.460 Without love. 00:19:23.580 --> 00:19:24.500 We'll selfishly. 00:19:24.560 --> 00:19:25.360 Expect people. 00:19:25.520 --> 00:19:26.320 To be like us. 00:19:27.100 --> 00:19:28.000 We'll expect them. 00:19:28.080 --> 00:19:29.240 To just like what we like. 00:19:29.580 --> 00:19:30.620 Do what we want to do. 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.240 And we'll be disappointed. 00:19:32.300 --> 00:19:33.340 When they don't open up to us. 00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.180 Okay. 00:19:34.540 --> 00:19:35.240 I love that verse. 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:36.320 In 1 Corinthians 13. 00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:36.580 Like. 00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:37.640 The love chapter. 00:19:39.100 --> 00:19:40.360 Love does not seek its own. 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:40.439 And. 00:19:40.919 --> 00:19:42.240 Julie and I were talking about this. 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.219 It's the. 00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:44.219 It's the foundational. 00:19:44.679 --> 00:19:45.379 Attribute of love. 00:19:45.459 --> 00:19:46.379 It does not seek its own. 00:19:46.479 --> 00:19:46.599 It's. 00:19:46.719 --> 00:19:47.819 Because it's thinking about someone else. 00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:48.659 It's not just an aesthetic. 00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:49.519 You know. 00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.740 There are people. 00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:52.819 Who have tried to obey this. 00:19:52.919 --> 00:19:53.859 By asceticism. 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.919 Pulling themselves out. 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:57.039 Cutting things off. 00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:57.599 I've tried to do this. 00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.240 It just doesn't work. 00:19:58.699 --> 00:19:59.819 Because you just love yourself. 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:01.919 Jesus. 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.059 Combats it. 00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:04.339 By putting us to death. 00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.639 And giving us a different love. 00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.359 You know. 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.359 A love for him. 00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:08.019 And a love for people. 00:20:08.659 --> 00:20:09.619 We got to exercise it. 00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:12.019 So we try to do this knitting. 00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:13.879 We don't have. 00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:14.439 Cocheting. 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.599 Without love. 00:20:17.239 --> 00:20:18.419 We're going to be demanding. 00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:19.519 That other people come. 00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:20.299 To us. 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:20.959 On our terms. 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.919 And do what we want to do. 00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:22.679 You know. 00:20:22.699 --> 00:20:23.919 We're going to having all these ideas. 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.159 Like. 00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:24.479 Hey. 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:24.979 Why don't you come. 00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:26.219 Do my favorite thing. 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:26.579 You know. 00:20:26.959 --> 00:20:27.279 And I. 00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:28.259 I think about this. 00:20:29.979 --> 00:20:30.659 Growing up. 00:20:30.899 --> 00:20:32.539 I have consistently loved. 00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:33.719 Basically the same things. 00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:35.359 Since I was a little boy. 00:20:35.919 --> 00:20:37.159 I like knives. 00:20:37.679 --> 00:20:38.739 I like guns. 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:40.160 And as I've gotten older. 00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:40.539 You know. 00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:41.279 I like beer. 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.960 I like whiskey. 00:20:43.620 --> 00:20:44.700 I like barbecue. 00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.620 You know. 00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.140 Cigars. 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.319 Like. 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.380 These are just my favorite things. 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:47.920 Shooting pool. 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:48.539 You know. 00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:50.339 And so I could do like. 00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:52.819 Nothing but those things forever. 00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:55.720 And just invite people into doing those things. 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:55.980 Well. 00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.079 A lot of. 00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:58.480 What's. 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.620 What works out good for me. 00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.859 Is a lot of other guys like that stuff too. 00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.099 But. 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.480 Not everybody does. 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.299 You know. 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:04.139 And I. 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.359 I. 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:04.539 I. 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:06.740 I have memories of. 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:09.220 Getting people birthday presents. 00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:10.399 And I don't know what to get them. 00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.159 So I just look up a knife. 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:11.639 And I give them a knife. 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:11.940 And they're like. 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:14.639 Thank you. 00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.480 What you're communicating is. 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:17.779 I don't really know you. 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.480 I like this. 00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.879 And I like me. 00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:23.139 So I got this for you. 00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:24.019 You know. 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:25.919 And. 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:26.659 And. 00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.539 And you got them a present. 00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:29.579 So they kind of are like. 00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:30.579 You know. 00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:31.200 It's almost like. 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.940 It'd be better if you just didn't even give them a present. 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.139 You know. 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.359 Because. 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:37.000 You're getting them. 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:38.000 Something you like. 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:38.519 And that's not. 00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:38.799 You know. 00:21:38.899 --> 00:21:39.619 There's love there. 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:39.940 It's just. 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:41.859 But we need to go on from being children. 00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.859 We need to be mature. 00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:43.619 And. 00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.859 And maturity is. 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.519 Being like Jesus. 00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:46.559 He comes into our life. 00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.039 He understands. 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.159 I think. 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:49.960 I think. 00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:50.940 I think. 00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:50.980 I think. 00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.399 Judy. 00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.359 Your dad's really good at this. 00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:52.859 You know. 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.419 Just. 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.619 Thinking about people. 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.059 He's. 00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.839 They've really. 00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:57.299 Encouraged this in your family. 00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.000 Just. 00:21:59.319 --> 00:21:59.539 You two. 00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.379 There's two of you here. 00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.819 Yeah. 00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.460 Just this. 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:04.519 Thinking about people. 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:05.759 You know. 00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.819 Understanding what they like. 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.900 And then doing those things. 00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:09.200 And this is a fruit of the spirit. 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.299 We can try to do that in the flesh. 00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:10.799 And it's fake. 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:12.880 But there's a genuineness that comes. 00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.079 Through the Holy Spirit. 00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:14.480 So. 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:14.840 Anyway. 00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:17.480 Spending more time on that than I meant to. 00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.340 But I think it's important. 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.660 And then. 00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.579 If we try to knit. 00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:23.319 If we try to do this knitting without a higher purpose. 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.200 Christ. 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.700 It's just humanism. 00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:27.940 Okay. 00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.340 It's just humanism. 00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:33.019 The point of all this is that we would know this mystery. 00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:33.980 Christ. 00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:38.279 And our practical mind wants something a little bit more like. 00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:38.740 Ah. 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.600 Give me some practicals. 00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.440 Like what's that look like? 00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:43.240 It's enough. 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.900 It is a mystery. 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:48.460 And the spirit wants to unfold it to us. 00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.059 So. 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.720 Anyway. 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.400 This knitting. 00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:53.740 Like. 00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.539 Crocheting. 00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:55.860 Okay. 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.500 That's last time. 00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:56.840 Thank you. 00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.880 Be encouraged in the gospel. 00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.420 Come into each other's lives. 00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.480 Understand each other. 00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:03.460 And encourage each other in the same. 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:07.579 This is this healthy knitting that he's casting a vision for. 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:10.480 Moving on to verse three. 00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.279 Speaking of this mystery. 00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.779 He continues. 00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:20.700 In whom Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:26.180 God has hidden wisdom and knowledge in his son. 00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:28.059 You see the scope. 00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.920 He says all of it. 00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:34.399 He's hidden all wisdom and knowledge in his son. 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:37.119 I'm just going to read a few verses. 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:40.059 You don't need to turn here because I'm just going to kind of go through them pretty quick. 00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:47.700 Hebrews 1 verses 1 through 2 says long ago at many times in many ways God spoke to our fathers by the prophets. 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.639 Old Testament. 00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.539 Right. 00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.940 But as in these last days. 00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:54.899 He has spoken to us by his son. 00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:58.679 Whom he appointed the heir of all things. 00:23:59.419 --> 00:24:01.039 And through whom also he created the world. 00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.419 So you see this. 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:05.579 God has chosen a means to speak to us now. 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.139 It's Jesus. 00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.679 Back then. 00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:09.099 Lots of different means. 00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:10.059 Now. 00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:10.699 One. 00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:13.179 Colossians 1.17. 00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.500 And he is before all things. 00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:16.399 And in him all things hold together. 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.619 John 1.1. 00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:21.099 And then skipping to verse 14 through 18. 00:24:21.219 --> 00:24:22.199 I'm just going to do it all in a chunk. 00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:24.139 In the beginning was the word. 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.839 And the word was with God. 00:24:26.179 --> 00:24:28.379 And the word was God. 00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:31.719 And the word became flesh and dwelt among us. 00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:33.480 And we have seen his glory. 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.699 Glory is the only son from the father. 00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.259 Full of grace and truth. 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:42.980 For from his fullness we've all received grace upon grace. 00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.720 For the law was given through Moses. 00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.140 That was one of the old ones. 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.359 Right. 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.420 That was one of the prophets. 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:50.779 God spoke to in many different ways. 00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:54.420 Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:56.799 Has in these last days spoken to us through his son. 00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:58.980 No one has ever seen God. 00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:01.379 The only God who's at the father's side. 00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:03.339 He has made him known. 00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.440 And then in John 5. 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.759 Verse 37 through 40. 00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:09.279 This is Jesus speaking to the Jews. 00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:12.740 And the father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. 00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:15.740 His voice you have never heard. 00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:17.900 These are the Jews. 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.900 These are God's chosen people. 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.160 Okay. 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.839 To this point in time. 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:23.539 There's only one people group. 00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:25.700 Who God has spoken to. 00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.279 What's Jesus say? 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:29.599 His voice you have never heard. 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:32.620 His form you have never seen. 00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:34.980 And you do not have his word abiding in you. 00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.700 Because you. 00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:38.319 For you do not believe in the one whom he sent. 00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.420 Whom he has sent. 00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:43.300 You search the scriptures because you think. 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:46.600 That in them you have eternal life. 00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:50.320 And it is they that bear witness about me. 00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:53.480 Yet you refuse to come to me. 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.320 That you may have life. 00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.720 They thought God spoke to them. 00:25:58.600 --> 00:26:00.720 They thought they had the whole kit and caboodle right there. 00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.440 They got all the wisdom. 00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:02.300 They got the knowledge. 00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.940 God spoke. 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.320 Right? 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.820 It's there. 00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.920 And he spoke to us. 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.000 And he says no. 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.059 No. 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:10.500 They speak of me. 00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.940 And there's something in you. 00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:15.220 That's refusing to come to me. 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.839 That you might have life. 00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.680 You want to get it direct. 00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.980 God's not going to give you direct. 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.039 He put it all on me. 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.619 And you won't come to me. 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:28.140 1 Corinthians 1 verse 30 through 31. 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.900 And because of him. 00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:30.819 Father. 00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.420 You. 00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.619 Christians. 00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.019 Okay. 00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:36.299 You are in Christ Jesus. 00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:38.399 Who became to us. 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.980 Wisdom from God. 00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:42.299 Righteousness and sanctification. 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.859 Redemption. 00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.500 So that as it is written. 00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:46.019 Let the one who boasts. 00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.659 Boasts in the Lord. 00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:51.139 God did a work in Jesus. 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.159 That is. 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.759 Fundamentally new. 00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.980 A different way of communicating. 00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:58.359 Where Jesus is now our wisdom. 00:26:59.159 --> 00:26:59.319 Okay. 00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:01.000 Before I could say. 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.319 I have amassed wisdom. 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.119 Through careful study of the word. 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.879 And now I can dispense it. 00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:09.000 He set that aside. 00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:09.360 He's like. 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.620 No. 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.520 I'm giving you my son. 00:27:12.060 --> 00:27:12.860 He's your wisdom. 00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:15.040 I put it all in him. 00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:17.160 So. 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.360 Tweed. 00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.700 Would then say how. 00:27:21.020 --> 00:27:21.300 Like. 00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.040 You know. 00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:23.360 How does he. 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.760 Make this. 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.180 Like. 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.020 How does this work out? 00:27:26.280 --> 00:27:26.840 How can I. 00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.500 It's just weird. 00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.900 Has it all in Jesus. 00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.460 And then. 00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.580 But Jesus is up in heaven. 00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:31.980 So. 00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:32.880 You know. 00:27:33.060 --> 00:27:33.560 What do I do? 00:27:35.560 --> 00:27:37.300 It brings us to the ministry of the Holy Spirit. 00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.980 The ministry of the Holy Spirit. 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.240 Is to take what is Christ. 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:42.019 And to declare it to us. 00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.860 John 16. 00:27:43.300 --> 00:27:44.580 Verses 12 through 15. 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.860 Jesus is speaking to them. 00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.519 His disciples. 00:27:47.060 --> 00:27:47.580 And he says. 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.300 I still have many things to say to you. 00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:50.780 But you cannot bear them now. 00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.899 When the spirit of truth comes. 00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.839 He will guide you into all the truth. 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:56.799 For he will not speak on his own authority. 00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.639 But whatever he hears. 00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.599 He will speak. 00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:01.859 And he will declare to you the things that are to come. 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:04.259 He will glorify me. 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.859 For he will take. 00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.399 What is mine. 00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:09.440 And declare it to you. 00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:12.139 All that the father has is mine. 00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.779 He's laying claim to all of it. 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.559 Therefore. 00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:18.000 I said that he will take what is mine. 00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.720 And declare it to you. 00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.059 So. 00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.559 The Holy Spirit. 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.200 Mediates. 00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.160 This. 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.359 This. 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.559 Wisdom and knowledge. 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.940 Everything that's in Christ. 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.099 To the believer. 00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:34.019 In Luke 24. 00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.799 Verse 27. 00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.779 I love this passage. 00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.720 Because I think this. 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.399 This is a great example. 00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.879 Of what. 00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:42.259 A Christian can experience. 00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.420 In the beginning. 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:46.619 This is when Jesus is walking with the two disciples. 00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.399 On the road to Emmaus. 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.399 After he was resurrected. 00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:49.859 Says. 00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.759 Beginning with Moses. 00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.639 And all the prophets. 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.599 He interpreted to them. 00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.920 In all the scriptures. 00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.819 The things concerning himself. 00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:59.460 And then they said to each other. 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:02.420 Did not our hearts burn within us. 00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:04.399 While he talked to us on the road. 00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:06.579 While he opened to us. 00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.119 The scriptures. 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:09.879 This is the inheritance of every Christian. 00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.420 Okay. 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:12.879 So just like when Jesus was on earth. 00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:14.160 And the disciples. 00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.599 Had a question. 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.779 And Jesus would answer them. 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.779 Now. 00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:19.359 Through the Holy Spirit. 00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:22.379 And in a way that's significantly more intimate. 00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.940 And living. 00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.859 And real. 00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:27.259 And unfolded. 00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:29.039 The Holy Spirit. 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.980 Opens up. 00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.639 The mind of Christ towards us. 00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:36.240 It explains the things in the scriptures concerning him. 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:40.200 But we're interacting with a person. 00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:45.440 We're not interacting separate from a person with just the letters. 00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:47.600 We have a mediator. 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.100 With the Bible. 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.799 It's the Spirit. 00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.000 And Jesus. 00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:52.820 So. 00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.660 I guess. 00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:55.680 Some points in this. 00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:58.720 One is that there is a human lust. 00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:00.340 To know God's wisdom and mysteries. 00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:01.600 Apart from the mediating work. 00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.580 Of Christ. 00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:04.899 We want it. 00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.439 Pharisees wanted it. 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.839 Jews wanted it. 00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:10.059 We got the same flesh. 00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.399 We're born again. 00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.960 But we have the same. 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.639 Tendency. 00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.759 And God. 00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.960 Has given us Christ. 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:20.659 To be the source of all wisdom and knowledge. 00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:23.119 We've been given the Holy Spirit. 00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.899 The Spirit of Christ. 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.419 To open the scriptures to us. 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.759 And speak to us. 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.740 According to our need. 00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:30.099 In Christ's timely shepherding. 00:30:30.179 --> 00:30:30.659 Jesus says. 00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.659 My sheep know my voice. 00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:33.220 And another they won't listen to. 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.040 It's the inheritance of every Christian. 00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:36.720 To know personally and intimately. 00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:38.820 The voice of Jesus through the Spirit. 00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:39.860 So. 00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:41.279 When we're having our Bible time. 00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:42.340 We're not just checking the box. 00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.220 And having some dead thing. 00:30:43.300 --> 00:30:44.120 Like where he's actually. 00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.840 Shepherding us directly. 00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:46.220 Through. 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.180 The Word of God. 00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.600 Through the Spirit. 00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.380 And this isn't. 00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:51.420 This isn't negating. 00:30:51.820 --> 00:30:52.440 Sola scripture. 00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.480 This is not saying. 00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.820 Oh now we're like. 00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.560 I think. 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:57.580 There's been different sects over time. 00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.140 Like the. 00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.480 The Quakers. 00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:01.640 That would go so extreme on this. 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.080 It's just like. 00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.500 Well the Word of God is dead. 00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:05.320 And the living Word is what you hear. 00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.400 Through the Spirit. 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.600 This isn't like that. 00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.440 This is. 00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.519 It's kind of both. 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.160 You know. 00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.440 It's. 00:31:13.540 --> 00:31:14.800 It's 2 Corinthians 3. 00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.440 Talking about. 00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.860 This ministry we've been given. 00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.840 This not of the letter. 00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.539 But the Spirit. 00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.759 The letter kills. 00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.740 But the Spirit gives life. 00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:22.240 It's the Holy Spirit. 00:31:22.820 --> 00:31:23.259 Coming. 00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.920 Living inside of us. 00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.880 Making. 00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:28.240 A home for Jesus to live. 00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:29.420 And unpack the scriptures. 00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:29.880 And be. 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.480 Our present. 00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.720 Personal shepherd. 00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.279 And God's jealous for this. 00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.799 You know. 00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:37.620 And Paul's jealous for the people. 00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.019 He's hearing. 00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:39.340 That they would have a relationship with Jesus. 00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.160 It's like this. 00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:43.740 And I did think of. 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.860 So. 00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:49.740 The difference between an adult. 00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:51.000 And a child. 00:31:51.800 --> 00:31:52.500 Like our children. 00:31:53.540 --> 00:31:54.920 Julie calls it the little bird syndrome. 00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:55.800 They. 00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:58.259 Ask tons of questions. 00:31:59.100 --> 00:32:00.259 And it's a hallmark of being children. 00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.500 Is they come to us. 00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:02.380 With their questions. 00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.560 And it's awesome. 00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:05.740 That shows like it's a healthy relationship. 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.480 They weren't coming to us with questions. 00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.480 There would be something wrong. 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.559 Well. 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.559 We love. 00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:11.259 We love your guys questions. 00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.880 Sometimes they can be overwhelming. 00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.480 We have to say stop. 00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.420 You have to wait. 00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.400 But. 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.799 It's what kids do. 00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.519 Okay. 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:21.079 So Jesus says in Matthew 18.3. 00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.440 He says. 00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.759 If we don't become converted. 00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.920 And become like little children. 00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.680 We can't. 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.680 We can't enter the kingdom of heaven. 00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:26.900 Well. 00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:29.400 I've been thinking about like the difference between an adult and a child. 00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.740 A child. 00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.120 Just go. 00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.839 They don't know something. 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.720 They just go ask mom and dad. 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.920 An adult. 00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.839 Goes and figures it out by themselves. 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.360 I can do it. 00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.700 You know. 00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.819 I don't need mom and dad. 00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.480 I can do it myself. 00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:44.740 And that's great for like practical things in life. 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:47.220 We want our children to grow up and become mature and become autonomous. 00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.940 But spiritually. 00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:50.680 It never changes. 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.680 Like it's the opposite. 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:53.059 We need to go from being. 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.740 I can figure this out myself. 00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.099 To. 00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.880 I can't figure this out at all. 00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.980 I need Jesus to tell me. 00:32:59.720 --> 00:32:59.960 You know. 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.880 And to know. 00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:02.460 That I have Jesus. 00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.380 To tell me. 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.500 Through the Holy Spirit. 00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:04.579 Here. 00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:06.039 And if I don't. 00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.559 I need to become a Christian. 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.599 You know. 00:33:08.959 --> 00:33:09.279 Or. 00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.859 If I am. 00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:10.939 And I've lost sight of that. 00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.579 Today. 00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:12.199 I need to repent. 00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.500 And just say. 00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.959 Lord Jesus. 00:33:13.419 --> 00:33:14.399 I want what I had. 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.519 At the beginning. 00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.759 I remember what it was like. 00:33:17.699 --> 00:33:18.480 To all of a sudden. 00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.859 Go from having this dead. 00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:21.899 Obligation based. 00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:23.079 Quiet time. 00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.219 And all of a sudden. 00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.579 The word was coming alive to me. 00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:26.479 I remember what that was like. 00:33:26.719 --> 00:33:27.159 It was like. 00:33:27.439 --> 00:33:28.740 You knew exactly what I was thinking. 00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.299 Going through. 00:33:29.419 --> 00:33:30.639 And you were speaking right to my heart. 00:33:31.219 --> 00:33:31.519 You know. 00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:33.539 And when brothers and sisters were talking to me. 00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.099 It would just be like. 00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:34.479 Wow. 00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.219 Did you read my mail? 00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.579 Like. 00:33:36.939 --> 00:33:37.799 Well it's just the Lord. 00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:40.000 Both through the ministry of the word. 00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:41.319 And the ministry of the brothers and sisters. 00:33:41.719 --> 00:33:43.639 It's what Jesus in us does. 00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:45.319 And we just have him. 00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.019 To go to. 00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:49.160 So I guess that's a question for all of us. 00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.400 Is it. 00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.599 Have. 00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:52.859 Have we moved away from this childlike dependency on Jesus? 00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:53.859 You know. 00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.259 Have we grown up. 00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:57.660 In ways that we should not grow up. 00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.680 And we realize that. 00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:01.200 A good relationship with Jesus. 00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:02.240 Is one where it's just like. 00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:03.660 You're going to with all the questions all the time. 00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:04.759 You know. 00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.599 So moving on. 00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.639 To verse four. 00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:13.139 Paul starts to hone in on why he's saying this. 00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.639 He says. 00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:15.300 I say this. 00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:18.280 In order that no one may delude you. 00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.980 With plausible arguments. 00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:26.619 I'm going to read a few other translations on this. 00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:28.599 Colossians 2.4. 00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.559 In the NIV says. 00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:31.380 I say this so no one may deceive you. 00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:33.480 By fine sounding arguments. 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.259 In the New King James it says. 00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.780 Lest anyone should deceive you. 00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:39.679 With persuasive words. 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.420 In the KJV says. 00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:44.119 Beguile you. 00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:45.440 With enticing words. 00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.559 So you have this kind of this imagery of. 00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.559 Being deceived. 00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:49.259 Or tricked. 00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:51.259 Or like a spell thrown over you. 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.619 With persuasion. 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:55.199 With something that sounds really reasonable. 00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.940 And good. 00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.860 Like good. 00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:57.980 You know. 00:34:57.980 --> 00:35:00.519 And Paul sees. 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.059 How dangerous this is. 00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:02.259 How dangerous this is. 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:04.139 And the reason he's setting this foundation of. 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.340 Hey. 00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.840 Christ in you. 00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.699 He's a person. 00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:10.139 All of the wisdom and knowledge is in a person. 00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:11.539 Who now lives inside of you. 00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:13.300 Put your hope in that. 00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:14.519 Like stand on that. 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.099 The reason he's saying this. 00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.440 Because. 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:18.400 I don't want you to be deceived. 00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:21.019 There's a lot of fine sounding arguments. 00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.880 And if you. 00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.699 Are adult. 00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.539 Quote unquote. 00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.679 Quote. 00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:26.179 In your relationship with God. 00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.860 Where you feel like you can go figure it out. 00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.940 You're sunk. 00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:29.980 Okay. 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.539 You already. 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:33.119 Put your confidence in. 00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.900 I can figure this out myself. 00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.239 You know. 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:39.359 The devil's way smarter than you. 00:35:39.839 --> 00:35:40.139 Okay. 00:35:40.939 --> 00:35:43.099 If you're leaning on your own understanding. 00:35:43.319 --> 00:35:44.059 He's going to snake you. 00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.659 He's going to get you. 00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.799 That's what Paul's saying. 00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:46.399 He wants you to put. 00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:48.359 On a different foundation of confidence. 00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:48.679 So. 00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:51.639 A few other parallel passages on this. 00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.919 Second Corinthians 11. 00:35:52.979 --> 00:35:53.899 Verses 1 through 3. 00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:56.099 I'm going to read it in the New King James. 00:35:56.899 --> 00:35:58.219 Oh that you would bear with me. 00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:59.179 In a little folly. 00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:01.000 And indeed you do bear with me. 00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:02.359 For I am jealous for you. 00:36:02.399 --> 00:36:03.339 With godly jealousy. 00:36:03.859 --> 00:36:05.459 For I betrothed you to one husband. 00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:08.699 That I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:10.820 But I fear lest somehow. 00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:13.139 As the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness. 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:16.519 So your minds may be corrupted. 00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:19.320 From the simplicity that is in Christ. 00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.679 And the ESV says. 00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:23.559 Your thoughts will be led astray. 00:36:23.720 --> 00:36:26.840 From a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:31.179 I'm not sure exactly what is the right rendering. 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:33.019 But I think they're both really precious. 00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:35.139 The simplicity is like what we've been talking about. 00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:39.420 God took all of his wisdom and knowledge. 00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:41.199 Which is a lot. 00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:45.159 I mean just read every unqualified command in the New Testament. 00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:46.019 It's like 800 something. 00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.780 Brian has a list. 00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.420 It's huge. 00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:50.980 All of that and put it in a person. 00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:53.800 It's dramatically simplifying. 00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.699 You know. 00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:56.579 Rather than going to have to figure it all out myself. 00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.900 And find every little command. 00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:59.059 I just go ask Jesus. 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.139 You know. 00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:01.759 And there's a way. 00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.279 You know. 00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:04.179 Again I'm not saying you don't go to the Bible. 00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:05.920 There's a way to come to the Bible that's like that. 00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:06.679 You know. 00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:08.139 Where I'm coming through Jesus. 00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.719 But. 00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.639 He knows that our minds. 00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.380 If our minds. 00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:16.059 If we are exercised in putting our confidence. 00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.340 Not in Jesus. 00:37:18.140 --> 00:37:19.059 But our own learning. 00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:22.100 Our minds can be led astray by Satan. 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:24.360 From the simplicity that's in Christ. 00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:26.380 And then the other rendering. 00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:28.340 Which is a pure and sincere devotion to Christ. 00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.039 It's a heart thing. 00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.519 You know. 00:37:30.200 --> 00:37:32.039 My mind is the axis. 00:37:32.200 --> 00:37:33.579 He goes at our heads. 00:37:34.640 --> 00:37:36.220 And gets to our hearts. 00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:36.700 You know. 00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:38.600 His goal is to lead our heart astray from Jesus. 00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:41.260 And he's got a burden for it. 00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.940 So. 00:37:44.540 --> 00:37:45.000 A few verses. 00:37:45.160 --> 00:37:46.080 Jesus has some warnings. 00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:47.140 Matthew 24. 00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:48.220 Verses 4 through 5. 00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.620 Jesus answered them saying. 00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:51.180 See that no one leads you astray. 00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.880 For many will come in my name. 00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.780 Saying I am the Christ. 00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:55.500 And they will lead many astray. 00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:57.400 And then a little bit later on. 00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.520 Verses 23 and 24. 00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:58.960 He says. 00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:00.580 Then if anyone says to you. 00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:00.780 Look. 00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.560 Here's the Christ. 00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:02.260 Or there he is. 00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:03.020 Do not believe it. 00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:05.000 For false Christs and false prophets. 00:38:05.140 --> 00:38:07.000 Will arise and perform great signs and wonders. 00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:09.180 So as to lead astray if possible. 00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.980 Even the elect. 00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.380 So. 00:38:13.180 --> 00:38:13.840 This is serious. 00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.720 You know. 00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.080 Like this is the. 00:38:16.540 --> 00:38:18.300 Let him who thinks he stands. 00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:19.460 Take heed lest he fall. 00:38:20.580 --> 00:38:22.540 Do we have confidence in Jesus as keeping power? 00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:22.920 Amen. 00:38:23.240 --> 00:38:23.960 All the way to the end. 00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:26.680 But it's Jesus as the one who's warning. 00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:29.760 Those who he said in another passage. 00:38:30.020 --> 00:38:31.220 I haven't lost one of them. 00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:32.420 No one can snatch him out of my hand. 00:38:32.720 --> 00:38:33.920 And he turns around and warns him and said. 00:38:34.020 --> 00:38:34.200 Hey. 00:38:35.200 --> 00:38:37.180 See that no one leads you astray. 00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:39.340 And lest you think. 00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:39.660 Oh. 00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.980 You mean everyone except the elect. 00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.420 He says. 00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.599 If possible. 00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.940 Even the elect. 00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.280 It's just. 00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:45.900 It's serious. 00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:49.240 This is a means of God's keeping us. 00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:49.820 Okay. 00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.940 Is to take this stuff seriously. 00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.800 So a few points here. 00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:54.659 Satan's bowels for our mind. 00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.719 We already talked about that. 00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:59.419 What is interesting is that Satan got Eve with a strategy. 00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:01.459 Look what he says in that second Corinthians verse. 00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:01.859 He says. 00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:05.319 As the serpent deceived Eve. 00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:07.359 By his corruptiveness. 00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:08.659 Okay. 00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.980 This is how he got Eve. 00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:11.179 The very first sin. 00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:13.519 He got through with her mind. 00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:19.940 And I think back to the adult child analogy. 00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:24.779 If we are adultish in our Christianity. 00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:29.240 We are so vulnerable. 00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:31.960 To Satan leading us astray. 00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.340 In our thoughts. 00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.840 But if we are like a child. 00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.720 And we are just going to Jesus. 00:39:36.180 --> 00:39:36.680 We are safe. 00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:37.540 You know. 00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:40.500 Someone comes and tries to persuade one of my kids about something. 00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.139 Like I don't know. 00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.940 Let's go ask my dad. 00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:42.759 They come and ask me. 00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:43.279 I'm like no. 00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.239 No. 00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:47.159 But if they feel like. 00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:48.400 I don't need to ask dad anymore. 00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.179 I got this. 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.599 We are vulnerable. 00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:53.559 So be. 00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:53.860 You know. 00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.340 Be on your guard. 00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:01.820 I wanted to go into this. 00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:04.119 I think I shouldn't. 00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:05.139 In interest of time though. 00:40:05.759 --> 00:40:07.340 I wanted to go into a little bit more about. 00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:07.800 Eve. 00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:09.800 And the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:12.719 We'll talk about that later. 00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:14.619 We can talk about it afterwards if we want to. 00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.800 I think it's really awesome. 00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:17.480 I think it's amazing analogies in there. 00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:19.099 But suffice to say. 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:21.239 God made a tree of life. 00:40:21.779 --> 00:40:22.840 And a tree of knowledge of good and evil. 00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:24.559 He says don't eat that one. 00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.880 And I believe why. 00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:29.219 Is because he never intended us to have the tree. 00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.539 Of the knowledge of good and evil. 00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.480 Apart from himself. 00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:33.320 He put the knowledge of good and evil. 00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.239 In him. 00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:36.199 And he requires. 00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:37.739 That to get that. 00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.739 We need him. 00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:41.039 And to say. 00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:43.039 I can have that apart from him. 00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:44.719 Is exactly what the devil wants. 00:40:45.259 --> 00:40:46.179 A divorced. 00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:47.199 Life. 00:40:47.419 --> 00:40:47.919 Where we. 00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:50.519 Hold a Christianity in our head. 00:40:50.879 --> 00:40:51.419 But not in. 00:40:51.799 --> 00:40:53.259 Total dependence on the one. 00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.980 Who all mysteries. 00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:56.159 Feed up in. 00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:56.659 You know. 00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:59.480 And that's what the devil is trying to lead us astray in. 00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.379 And. 00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.920 Give us a little bit here. 00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.319 So. 00:41:06.759 --> 00:41:07.839 God has simplified things. 00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:09.399 By putting all his wisdom and knowledge. 00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.819 In the person of Jesus Christ. 00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:11.899 If we have him. 00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.420 We have everything. 00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:13.980 If we don't have him. 00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.519 We have nothing. 00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:16.079 And this is. 00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.039 You know. 00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:18.279 This is the burden he has for them. 00:41:18.359 --> 00:41:19.839 This is how he wants them to avoid deception. 00:41:19.839 --> 00:41:21.319 Is to be rock solid on this. 00:41:21.359 --> 00:41:22.219 Be convinced on this. 00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:23.559 To have theological. 00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:25.559 And experiential grounding. 00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.340 In this truth. 00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:28.159 To not have it just be a head thing. 00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:29.779 But something that they've really worked out. 00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:31.039 And experienced together. 00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:32.639 Coming to full assurance in. 00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:35.539 And it's as a safeguard. 00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:36.900 At the end. 00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.239 He's. 00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:39.119 He's encouraged by what the. 00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.860 How they currently are. 00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:41.360 In verse five. 00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:41.619 He says. 00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.579 Though I'm absent in body. 00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:43.679 Yet I'm with you in spirit. 00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:45.699 Rejoicing to see your good order. 00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:47.259 And the firmness of your faith in Christ. 00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:48.840 And. 00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:49.940 I think of us. 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:50.679 And I think this is true. 00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.239 In the same way. 00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:53.259 I look around. 00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:53.620 It's just like. 00:41:53.680 --> 00:41:53.780 Man. 00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.620 This is really sweet. 00:41:54.720 --> 00:41:55.260 There's order. 00:41:55.540 --> 00:41:56.660 There's genuineness. 00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.960 And firmness. 00:41:58.020 --> 00:41:58.960 In our faith in Christ. 00:41:59.540 --> 00:42:00.480 But in the same way. 00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.900 We need to grow up in it. 00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:02.700 You know. 00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.580 There's a lot of ways. 00:42:03.620 --> 00:42:04.100 Where we're just kind of. 00:42:04.180 --> 00:42:04.740 A bunch of different. 00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.540 Individual threads. 00:42:05.620 --> 00:42:06.600 That need to be woven together. 00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:08.080 There's a yes. 00:42:08.100 --> 00:42:08.760 I believe this. 00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:09.740 But I need to believe it. 00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:10.160 Believe it. 00:42:10.680 --> 00:42:11.020 You know. 00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.460 There's some believe it. 00:42:12.520 --> 00:42:12.840 Believe it. 00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.400 That I think the Lord. 00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.420 Really wants to work in us. 00:42:14.540 --> 00:42:14.860 Where we are. 00:42:15.240 --> 00:42:16.640 We have full assurance. 00:42:16.640 --> 00:42:17.400 Of these things. 00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:19.360 A continual rejoicing. 00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:20.280 And confidence in it. 00:42:22.120 --> 00:42:22.440 Um. 00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:23.540 So. 00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:24.120 That's the end. 00:42:24.160 --> 00:42:24.580 I'm going to just. 00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:25.960 Recap a few of the points here. 00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:26.720 Then we'll be done. 00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:29.020 One is God's mystery is a person. 00:42:30.040 --> 00:42:30.560 It's a person. 00:42:30.680 --> 00:42:31.380 It's Jesus Christ. 00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.680 Two is God has hidden. 00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.900 All wisdom and knowledge. 00:42:35.120 --> 00:42:35.520 In Jesus. 00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:38.120 Three is that. 00:42:38.680 --> 00:42:39.880 Jesus lives in Christians. 00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.600 Through the Holy Spirit. 00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:42.180 And is our direct source. 00:42:42.180 --> 00:42:43.180 Of this wisdom and knowledge. 00:42:43.720 --> 00:42:43.840 Okay. 00:42:44.640 --> 00:42:45.400 We're children. 00:42:45.540 --> 00:42:46.140 He's the adult. 00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:47.080 We go to Jesus. 00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.440 For our questions. 00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:49.140 You know. 00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:50.379 And he's happy to answer them. 00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:50.900 He loves it. 00:42:53.279 --> 00:42:54.659 God desires that we as a church. 00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:55.379 Be encouraged. 00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:56.299 Knit together in love. 00:42:56.759 --> 00:42:58.299 To reach an assurance. 00:42:58.559 --> 00:43:00.000 And understanding of this truth. 00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:00.779 Together. 00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:04.179 And this is a safeguard against deception. 00:43:04.279 --> 00:43:04.980 Like we always talked. 00:43:05.379 --> 00:43:06.940 Like we were talking about at the end there. 00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:12.460 And Paul wants us to test ourselves. 00:43:13.220 --> 00:43:13.960 He says. 00:43:14.200 --> 00:43:14.340 Hey. 00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:16.079 Test yourself. 00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:17.220 Is Christ in you? 00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:19.659 Unless you fail to pass the test. 00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:22.079 We should test ourselves with this. 00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:22.920 There's a lot of stuff. 00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:24.800 That is actually unhelpful. 00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:25.720 To test ourselves about. 00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:26.659 There's a bunch of like. 00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.480 Almost. 00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.500 Like. 00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:31.059 Like penance level. 00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:33.039 Navel gazing about sin. 00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:34.119 That is not helpful. 00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:35.000 To test yourself about. 00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:36.039 And that's not what he's talking about. 00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:37.159 What he's talking about. 00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:38.159 Testing yourself in is. 00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:39.800 Is Jesus in you? 00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:41.539 And. 00:43:41.779 --> 00:43:42.079 Maybe that. 00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:44.820 Maybe you had a sense of that at a time. 00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:46.559 And that sense is kind of. 00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:47.320 Frittered away. 00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:48.800 You know. 00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:49.699 And. 00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:52.019 Today he wants to restore. 00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:53.480 I'm just totally convinced that. 00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.960 Jesus Christ is the same. 00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:56.139 Yesterday and today and forever. 00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:57.759 He always lives. 00:43:58.320 --> 00:43:59.300 To intercede for us. 00:43:59.340 --> 00:44:00.199 Before the throne of God. 00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:02.440 This is the relationship that he. 00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:03.679 Died for. 00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:05.279 To obtain for us. 00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:07.040 The. 00:44:07.600 --> 00:44:08.740 Ephesian church in Revelation. 00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:10.960 Was commended for so much. 00:44:12.740 --> 00:44:13.019 They're. 00:44:13.240 --> 00:44:14.260 What we would look as. 00:44:14.660 --> 00:44:15.019 Probably. 00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:16.420 A role model church. 00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:18.720 A church that we're listening to all their podcasts. 00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.060 And be like. 00:44:19.120 --> 00:44:19.480 This is. 00:44:19.640 --> 00:44:19.780 Like. 00:44:20.160 --> 00:44:21.960 We are just not even close to that. 00:44:22.040 --> 00:44:22.620 But someday. 00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:23.300 Lord willing. 00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:23.920 Crick don't rise. 00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.660 We'll be like them. 00:44:25.040 --> 00:44:25.440 Jesus says. 00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:26.600 I'm going to take your lampstand away. 00:44:27.340 --> 00:44:28.800 Because you left your first love. 00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:30.500 You left this. 00:44:31.240 --> 00:44:31.580 All right. 00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:32.700 You got it now. 00:44:33.200 --> 00:44:33.480 Cool. 00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:35.219 I'm going to yank it away. 00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:36.539 So. 00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.159 I. 00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:40.980 As we're starting this church. 00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.940 This is what we need to be at. 00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.639 We need to boast in this. 00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:44.099 This is just. 00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:45.500 If Jesus isn't here with us. 00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:45.880 Who cares. 00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:46.920 All right. 00:44:47.740 --> 00:44:48.059 If I don't. 00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:48.960 Not like a little child. 00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:50.320 Who just depends on Jesus. 00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:51.619 And that Christ is my life. 00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:52.420 And he lives in me. 00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:53.119 And. 00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:54.460 My Christian life. 00:44:54.719 --> 00:44:55.739 I have a real sense of. 00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:57.299 Being able to be outsourced. 00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:57.719 Onto. 00:44:58.219 --> 00:44:58.940 The life. 00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:00.259 And power. 00:45:00.259 --> 00:45:00.920 Of another. 00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:01.840 Who lives in me. 00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:03.320 I'm. 00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:04.480 Just a. 00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:05.880 Hypocrite. 00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:07.299 I'm a faker. 00:45:07.980 --> 00:45:08.279 You know. 00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:09.800 And. 00:45:10.140 --> 00:45:10.800 The Lord doesn't want that. 00:45:11.120 --> 00:45:11.240 You know. 00:45:11.260 --> 00:45:12.640 He wants his church on better foundation. 00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:13.840 The foundation is his son. 00:45:14.260 --> 00:45:15.519 The superstructure is his son. 00:45:16.040 --> 00:45:16.220 You know. 00:45:16.240 --> 00:45:17.060 The whole thing is him. 00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:18.500 And. 00:45:19.400 --> 00:45:19.760 Yeah. 00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:20.200 So. 00:45:20.259 --> 00:45:20.339 And. 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339 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