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 And for the rest of us, if we turn in our Bibles to Colossians chapter 1.

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 So we're looking together at this very short letter.

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 And I've got copies of the letter to the Colossians.

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 If any of you want to get a big overall picture of what Colossians is all about.

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 Some of the key themes, key ideas, practical applications.

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 Then come and ask me. I have a few copies left.

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 It's a good way of just reading every so often.

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 Just to kind of get the big idea of what's going on.

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 It'll help you in your studies.

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 And of course we're going through the same letter in our home groups.

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 So I encourage you to get involved in that.

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 If you're not, it's a great way to meet with others and be encouraged.

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 So we're going to read this morning from Colossians chapter 1, verse 21 to verse 27.

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 So let's hear God's word to us.

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 Colossians 1, starting at verse 21.

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 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behaviour.

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 But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you wholly in his sight,

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 without blemish and free from accusation,

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 if you continue in your faith established and firm and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel.

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 This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven

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 and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

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 Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you,

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 and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions

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 for the sake of his body, which is the church.

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 I have become its servant by the commission God gave me

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 to present to you the word of God in its fullness,

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 the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations,

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 but is now disclosed to the Lord's people.

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 To them, God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles

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 the glorious riches of this mystery,

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 which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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 Well, let's pray and we'll ask for God's help to us.

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 Father, you give us so much.

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 You have given us health and strength to be here.

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 We've eaten, we've had a good rest.

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 We are blessed.

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 But yet we are completely and utterly dependent on you.

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 And so we pray and ask

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 for the work and the help of your Holy Spirit

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 to be at work in us and in us together as your people,

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 so that the words we hear and the things we look at together

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 would lead to a transformation of our life

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 and a new outlook for our life

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 that will all be built

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 around the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 So help us today

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 and encourage us.

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 In Jesus' name we pray this.

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 Amen.

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 Well, Colossians is all about a new church,

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 a brand new church.

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 They had heard the true message of the gospel.

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 A guy we met at the beginning of the book called Epaphras

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 had come to the town of Colossae

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 and had shared the good news of Jesus

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 and many people in that town

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 had trusted in Jesus.

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 However, they're under pressure.

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 They're under pressure to turn away from Jesus

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 because just as they had started,

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 other people were coming in

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 and were questioning their faith.

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 They were bringing other messages,

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 other philosophies, new teachings

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 that said, well, you know, Jesus is good

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 but let me show you something better than that.

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 So they were under pressure.

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 So Paul the Apostle writes them a letter of encouragement

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 and his whole message to this church

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 can be summarised for us in chapter 2, verse 6.

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 So just have a look ahead there at chapter 2, verse 6.

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 This is his big message to the church.

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 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,

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 continue to live your lives in him.

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 You received Christ,

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 now continue in Christ.

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 You started with Christ,

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 now finish with Christ.

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 Don't move on from the gospel.

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 Always go back to the gospel.

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 Go back to Christ.

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 Now, what that church faced is no different to

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 Carigalline Baptist Church, is it?

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 Because we face pressure all the time

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 to move on from the gospel.

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 You know, maybe following Jesus is not that great after all.

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 Perhaps what others are saying is true

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 and I've got it wrong.

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 So to help us and encourage us

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 to keep going in the faith,

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 we need to go back to the gospel.

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 So look at verse 23, the middle of verse 23.

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 He reminds the church.

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 He says,

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 This is the gospel that you heard

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 and that has been proclaimed

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 to every creature under heaven

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 and of which I, Paul,

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 have become a servant.

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 So we're going to look at two big ideas

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 from what we read just a moment again.

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 First, we're going to look at what the gospel is.

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 Knowing the gospel.

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 And then second, serving the gospel.

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 So know the gospel

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 and serve the gospel.

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 First, know the gospel.

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 Gospel simply means good news.

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 And in this context,

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 it's the good news

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 of what God has done for us.

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 So four words,

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 four ideas that summarize for us really well

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 what the gospel is all about.

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 First, we are alienated from God.

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 Look at verse 21.

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 Once you were,

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 so before you followed Jesus,

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 once you were alienated from God.

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 Now you know what that is, don't you?

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 I'm sure you've experienced it

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 to be alienated,

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 where you're left on the outside,

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 where you don't belong.

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 You're shut out.

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 Well, that's how our relationship with God was.

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 We were excluded,

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 separated,

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 alienated.

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 But why?

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 Why were we shut out?

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 Well, not because of what God did,

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 but because of how we lived.

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 Look carefully at the structure of verse 21.

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 Look how it reads.

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 Once you were alienated from God

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 and were enemies in your minds

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 because of your evil behaviour.

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 Our behaviour,

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 the way we conduct our lives,

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 makes us enemies of God,

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 which in turn leaves us alienated from God.

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 Our choosing to use people selfishly

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 for our gain and our pleasure,

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 our desire to lie and gossip and,

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 well, take revenge and not forgive.

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 Our behaviour makes us enemies of God in our minds.

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 That is, we resist God's authority over us

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 and his ownership of us.

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 It's like we've all built a huge wall,

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 a reinforced concrete wall

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 that says,

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 God, keep out.

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 You're not getting in here.

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 So rather than enjoying friendship

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 with the God who made us

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 and rather than being at peace

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 with the God who is Lord over my life

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 and Lord over my death,

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 well, we're separated

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 from the God who loves us.

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 We're alienated.

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 So that's the first word.

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 Alienated.

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 Second,

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 we are reconciled to God.

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 Look at verse 22.

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 But now,

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 so something wonderful has happened.

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 Something has been done

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 about our exclusion.

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 But now,

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 God has reconciled you

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 by Christ's physical body

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 through death.

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 God has wonderfully made it possible

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 for us to be brought back

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 into relationship with God.

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 Rather than his enemies,

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 we can be his friends

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 instead of being shut out.

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 We're now welcomed in.

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 No longer excluded,

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 but reconciled.

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 And how does all that happen?

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 Well, look at verse 22.

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 He tells us,

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 by Christ's physical body

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 through death.

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 Yes, it's true.

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 Jesus actually did die.

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 Through the physical,

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 real death of Jesus Christ,

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 we were reconciled to God.

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 God came to us in Christ

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 and became our substitute,

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 taking our place,

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 taking my sin

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 so that I might receive

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 Christ's status.

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 He was excluded

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 so that I could be included.

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 He was alienated from God

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 so that I could be reconciled

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 to God.

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 God,

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 from the outside,

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 smashes down

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 that reinforced concrete wall

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 that says,

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 God,

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 keep out.

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 And now he reaches out across

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 with a handshake

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 of friendship.

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 He throws his arms around us

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 in an embrace

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 of acceptance.

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 He opens up the door wide

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 and he prepares

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 a meal of welcome.

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 We are reconciled.

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 But there's more

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 to this wonderful news.

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 We are transformed

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 by God.

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 Let's read all of verse 22.

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 But now he has reconciled you

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 by Christ's physical body

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 through death

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 to present you

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 holy in his sight,

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 without blemish,

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 and free from accusation.

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 You see,

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 God not only reconciles,

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 he radically

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 transforms us.

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 Rather than treating us

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 as rebellious sinners,

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 he now treats us

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 as his treasured son.

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 Look at how God

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 now sees us.

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 We are holy

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 in his sight.

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 Holy is to be

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 set apart

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 for God.

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 It means we now

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 belong to God.

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 We're

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 his treasured possession.

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 We live as

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 his special people.

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 We're now,

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 secondly,

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 without blemish.

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 Our evil behaviour

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 was one big blemish

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 across our life

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 that alienated us

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 from God.

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 But that blemish

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 is now dealt with.

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 It's been

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 covered over,

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 if you like,

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 with Christ's

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 purity.

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 We've been made

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 clean.

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 And third,

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 we have been

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 freed

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 from accusation.

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 The guilt

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 that was ours

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 has been

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 taken by Christ

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 so that we are

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 now set free.

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 We're no longer

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 living under

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 God's judgement.

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 We are

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 declared

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 innocent.

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 This

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 is our

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 new status.

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 This is our

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 new identity.

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 We are a

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 transformed

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 people.

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 So we're

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 alienated,

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 we're

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 reconciled,

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 we're

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 transformed,

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 and we are

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 dependent

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 on God.

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 Look at

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 verse 23.

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 We're

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 alienated,

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 but we've

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 been reconciled,

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 we've been

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 transformed.

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 This is all

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 true,

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 verse 23,

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 if

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 you continue

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 in your

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 faith,

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 established

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 and firm,

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 and do

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 not move

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 from the hope

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 held out

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 in the

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 gospel.

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 Well,

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 don't you

00:14:44.260 --> 00:14:44.680
 feel

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 deflated?

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 Having

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 been

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 encouraged

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 by all

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 that God

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 has done,

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 that he's

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 reconciled

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 me,

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 he's

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 transformed

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 me,

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 now it

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 seems like

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 it's all

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 back on

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 me again,

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 it's all

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 up to

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 miserable

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 me.

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 If I

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 continue

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 in the

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 faith,

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 the problem

00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:05.540
 is my

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 faith is

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 so weak.

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 I don't

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 have a

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 strong

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 faith.

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 In fact,

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 I fail

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 all the

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 time.

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 I might

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 as well

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 give up.

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 I haven't

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 got the

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 ability

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 to keep

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 going.

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 Well,

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 it's not

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 about me

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 and it's

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 not about

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 you.

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 It's not

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 the quality

00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.580
 of our

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 faith,

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 or the

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 amount

00:15:31.540 --> 00:15:32.000
 of our

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 faith,

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 or the

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 strength

00:15:33.540 --> 00:15:33.960
 of our

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 faith,

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 but what

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 our faith

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 is in.

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 Who am

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 I,

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 or what

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 am I

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 depending

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 on?

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 We are

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 dependent

00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:44.539
 on the

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 gospel of

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 God.

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 We throw

00:15:48.059 --> 00:15:48.819
 ourselves

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 on him.

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 That little

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 phrase in

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 verse 23,

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 established

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 and firm,

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 is helpful.

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 It's creating

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 a picture

00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.219
 in our

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 minds.

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 It's telling

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 us that the

00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:01.899
 gospel about

00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:03.379
 Jesus is

00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:04.459
 our foundation.

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 It's

00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.579
 established

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 and it's

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 firm.

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 It's

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 immovable

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 and

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 unbreakable.

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 It's

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 utterly

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 and completely

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 dependable.

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 The

00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:15.040
 gospel is

00:16:15.040 --> 00:16:15.840
 what saves

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 us and

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 it's the

00:16:17.020 --> 00:16:17.820
 gospel that's

00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:18.160
 going to

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 keep us.

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 So we

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 are

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 encouraged,

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 verse 23,

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 to do

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 not move

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 from the

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 hope held

00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.100
 out from

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 the gospel.

00:16:28.680 --> 00:16:29.139
 You see,

00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:29.500
 if the

00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:30.180
 gospel of

00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:31.020
 Jesus Christ

00:16:31.020 --> 00:16:31.440
 is our

00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:32.020
 foundation,

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 if it

00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.700
 saves us

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.140
 and it

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 keeps us,

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 why would

00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:36.800
 we move

00:16:36.800 --> 00:16:37.759
 on from

00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.420
 the gospel?

00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:40.759
 In our

00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.320
 weakness,

00:16:42.060 --> 00:16:42.980
 we literally

00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:44.840
 fall over

00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:46.820
 in dependence

00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:48.200
 on the

00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:48.840
 gospel of

00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.160
 God.

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 We haven't

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:50.860
 got the

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.500
 strength to

00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:52.100
 stand up

00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:52.500
 and keep

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:52.879
 going.

00:16:53.280 --> 00:16:54.060
 We fall

00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:54.740
 over in our

00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.420
 weakness and

00:16:55.420 --> 00:16:56.280
 our helplessness

00:16:56.280 --> 00:16:57.340
 and we fall

00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:57.960
 on him.

00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:00.000
 We are

00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:00.780
 dependent

00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:02.579
 on God.

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.220
 Well,

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:06.839
 maybe you're

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 here and

00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:07.519
 you're

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 thinking,

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 you know

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 what,

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 Johnny,

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 I've had

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:11.899
 an awful

00:17:11.899 --> 00:17:12.399
 week.

00:17:13.399 --> 00:17:14.119
 I've heard

00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:14.559
 what you've

00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.039
 said about

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.680
 the gospel,

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:17.639
 but I've

00:17:17.639 --> 00:17:18.299
 messed up

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.319
 so much.

00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.420
 And somehow

00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.079
 we feel,

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.480
 whether we're

00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:22.899
 a Christian

00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:23.500
 or not a

00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:23.799
 Christian,

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:24.859
 somehow we

00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:25.379
 feel that

00:17:25.379 --> 00:17:26.059
 we've moved

00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:27.279
 from being

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:28.500
 reconciled,

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 that somehow

00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.819
 my messy

00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.359
 week and

00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:32.299
 my brokenness

00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:33.240
 has brought

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.859
 me back

00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.299
 into a

00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:34.920
 position of

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:36.079
 being alienated

00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:37.220
 from God.

00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:39.940
 Well,

00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:40.559
 know the

00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:40.980
 gospel.

00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:42.880
 Learn to

00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:43.759
 apply the

00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.440
 gospel to

00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:44.900
 your life.

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:45.640
 Remember,

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.180
 it's not

00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:46.880
 about our

00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:47.420
 ability,

00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:47.980
 but our

00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.900
 dependence on

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.279
 God.

00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:50.980
 God declares

00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.960
 you to be,

00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:53.019
 through Christ,

00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:54.819
 holy in

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.519
 his sight,

00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:57.339
 without

00:17:57.339 --> 00:17:58.200
 blemish,

00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:59.900
 and free

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 from accusation.

00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:02.200
 This is

00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:02.740
 our new

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.259
 status.

00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.299
 This is

00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:04.920
 our new

00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:05.640
 identity.

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.740
 When God

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.339
 looks at

00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:07.700
 you, if

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.059
 you are

00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:08.920
 falling

00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:09.680
 in dependence

00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:10.519
 upon him,

00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.720
 God looks

00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.099
 at you,

00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:12.559
 and when

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.019
 he looks

00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:13.460
 at you,

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.380
 he sees

00:18:14.380 --> 00:18:15.339
 the perfection

00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:16.359
 of his

00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:16.799
 son,

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:17.640
 Jesus.

00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:20.339
 Can you

00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:20.900
 get anything

00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:21.619
 better than

00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:22.000
 that?

00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.779
 In your

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.259
 mess,

00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:25.619
 and in

00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:26.299
 your failure,

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:28.700
 sin,

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.899
 God looks

00:18:30.899 --> 00:18:31.319
 at me,

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.480
 and he

00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.099
 sees the

00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:33.779
 perfection

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.940
 of his

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.259
 son.

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:38.779
 So let's

00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.359
 together

00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:41.000
 encourage one

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.680
 another to

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.980
 continue in

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.480
 the faith,

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.579
 not move

00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:45.000
 from the

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.980
 hope held

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.700
 out in the

00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.099
 gospel.

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:48.899
 It's not

00:18:48.899 --> 00:18:50.119
 just information

00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:51.099
 to be received

00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:51.539
 for our

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:51.940
 heads.

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:53.000
 The gospel

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.599
 is to be

00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.399
 applied to

00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:55.019
 our hearts

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.840
 every

00:18:55.840 --> 00:18:56.740
 single

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.180
 day.

00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:02.240
 Second,

00:19:02.560 --> 00:19:03.160
 let's know

00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.740
 the gospel.

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.160
 Second,

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:08.360
 we serve

00:19:08.360 --> 00:19:09.019
 the gospel.

00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.380
 You see,

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:10.900
 once we

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.560
 know the

00:19:11.560 --> 00:19:11.940
 gospel,

00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:13.040
 once it's

00:19:13.040 --> 00:19:14.000
 taken effect

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.560
 and taken

00:19:14.560 --> 00:19:15.140
 root in

00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:15.580
 our life

00:19:15.580 --> 00:19:16.420
 and transforms

00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:17.060
 us and

00:19:17.060 --> 00:19:17.840
 changes us,

00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:18.740
 it leads

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.360
 us on to

00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:19.940
 people who

00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:21.240
 now serve

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:21.960
 the gospel.

00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.180
 That's what

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:23.800
 Paul tells

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:23.980
 us.

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.240
 Look at

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.500
 the end

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:24.759
 of verse

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.299
 23.

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.240
 He says,

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:27.099
 this is the

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.799
 gospel that

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.339
 you heard.

00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:29.019
 You were

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.799
 alienated,

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.220
 you were

00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:31.039
 reconciled,

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.379
 you were

00:19:31.379 --> 00:19:32.180
 transformed,

00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:32.919
 you were

00:19:32.919 --> 00:19:33.960
 dependent on

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:34.299
 him.

00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.680
 This is the

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.359
 gospel that

00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:37.220
 you've heard

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:38.519
 and that is

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.359
 being proclaimed

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.019
 to every

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.480
 creature,

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.419
 every person,

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:43.440
 of which I,

00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:43.899
 Paul,

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:44.720
 have become

00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:46.000
 a servant.

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.539
 Now,

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.419
 while this

00:19:49.419 --> 00:19:50.299
 is specific

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.879
 to the

00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:51.659
 apostle Paul,

00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:52.420
 I think

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:52.820
 there are

00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:53.380
 principles

00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:53.900
 here that

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.400
 help us

00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.560
 see what

00:19:55.560 --> 00:19:56.200
 it means to

00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.740
 serve the

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.480
 gospel for

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.540
 all of us.

00:19:59.800 --> 00:20:00.240
 So,

00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:00.940
 three things

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.440
 that help

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:03.000
 us see what

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.740
 serving the

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.540
 gospel looks

00:20:04.540 --> 00:20:04.920
 like.

00:20:05.540 --> 00:20:06.160
 Here's the

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.779
 first one.

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:09.040
 Suffer with

00:20:09.040 --> 00:20:09.460
 joy.

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:11.759
 Well,

00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:12.360
 I'm sure you

00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:13.080
 don't feel like

00:20:13.080 --> 00:20:13.800
 that, do you?

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.279
 Suffer with

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 joy.

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.000
 Look at

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 verse 24.

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 Now, I

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:20.819
 rejoice in

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.319
 what I'm

00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:22.299
 suffering for

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 you.

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:25.079
 Well, that

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.659
 can't be

00:20:25.659 --> 00:20:26.099
 right.

00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:27.099
 How can

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.539
 you be

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.439
 joyful in

00:20:28.439 --> 00:20:28.960
 suffering?

00:20:29.899 --> 00:20:30.700
 Suffering, we

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.119
 know, is

00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:31.879
 hard and

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 painful.

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 Nobody likes

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 to suffer.

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.159
 Nobody chooses

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 suffering.

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.679
 Well, we

00:20:38.679 --> 00:20:39.740
 don't rejoice

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.700
 in the

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.139
 suffering

00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:41.819
 itself,

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 but we

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.899
 rejoice in

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 what the

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.079
 suffering

00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:47.619
 leads to.

00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:48.799
 There's a

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.339
 difference.

00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:50.059
 We're not

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:51.019
 rejoicing in

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.679
 the suffering,

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.139
 we're rejoicing

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.819
 in what the

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:55.000
 suffering ultimately

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 leads to.

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:58.179
 Now, this is a

00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:59.000
 very difficult

00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:00.899
 verse, and

00:21:00.899 --> 00:21:01.879
 it's hard to

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.419
 get our heads

00:21:02.419 --> 00:21:03.099
 around it.

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.159
 So, let me

00:21:04.159 --> 00:21:05.000
 read it again,

00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:05.939
 the full verse,

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.839
 verse 24,

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 and we'll see

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.419
 what we can

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:10.139
 take from it.

00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:10.519
 Now, I

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.399
 rejoice in

00:21:11.399 --> 00:21:11.819
 what I'm

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.659
 suffering for

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:14.039
 you, and

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:15.059
 I fill up in

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.939
 my flesh,

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:17.039
 what is

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.960
 still lacking

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:19.299
 in regard

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:20.259
 to Christ's

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:21.139
 afflictions for

00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:21.699
 the sake of

00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:22.299
 his body,

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 which is the

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 church.

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 So, something

00:21:26.399 --> 00:21:27.059
 is lacking

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.740
 here, isn't

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 there?

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 That's clear.

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:30.059
 Something is

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:31.259
 lacking, and

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.899
 we need to

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.539
 work out

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.759
 what is

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.139
 lacking.

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 So, two

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.279
 things.

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 First, this

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 is what it

00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:39.279
 is not

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.759
 saying,

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 okay?

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.740
 This can't

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.259
 be what it

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.639
 means.

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.480
 Look at

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.099
 verse 23

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.439
 again.

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 He says

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.439
 at verse

00:21:45.439 --> 00:21:45.959
 24,

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 I fill

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.219
 up in

00:21:47.219 --> 00:21:47.959
 my flesh

00:21:47.959 --> 00:21:48.939
 what is

00:21:48.939 --> 00:21:49.980
 still lacking

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:51.439
 in regard

00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:52.719
 to Christ's

00:21:52.719 --> 00:21:53.500
 afflictions.

00:21:54.199 --> 00:21:55.059
 It sounds

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:56.939
 that Christ's

00:21:56.939 --> 00:21:57.559
 death on the

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.759
 cross was

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.299
 somehow

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 lacking.

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 It seems

00:22:01.959 --> 00:22:02.519
 Paul is

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:02.819
 saying,

00:22:03.219 --> 00:22:03.519
 you know

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.039
 what, when

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.839
 Jesus died

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.179
 on the

00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:06.019
 cross, it

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.419
 wasn't

00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:06.859
 enough.

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.099
 I need

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:09.059
 to add

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:10.539
 to Christ's

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.679
 suffering so

00:22:11.679 --> 00:22:12.179
 that the

00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:12.720
 work on

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.240
 the cross

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.740
 becomes

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.339
 effective.

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.579
 Well, that

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.159
 can't be

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:17.859
 right, can

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.059
 it?

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.960
 We've already

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.740
 seen that

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.299
 Christ's

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.679
 death on

00:22:20.679 --> 00:22:21.139
 the cross

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:22.179
 is enough.

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.019
 We saw

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.440
 that in

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.240
 verse 22,

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.339
 that by

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:26.039
 Christ's

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.480
 physical

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.159
 body, he

00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:29.000
 presents us

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.839
 as holy in

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.259
 his sight,

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:30.599
 without

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.279
 blemish and

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.759
 free from

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.519
 accusation.

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.179
 The

00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:34.299
 afflictions,

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.679
 the suffering

00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:36.419
 that Christ

00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:37.339
 endured for

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:38.980
 our sin, is

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:40.019
 sufficient.

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:41.459
 There's

00:22:41.459 --> 00:22:42.019
 nothing to

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.639
 add to

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:42.799
 it.

00:22:42.879 --> 00:22:43.319
 It's not

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.519
 lacking in

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.379
 any way at

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:45.720
 all.

00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:46.819
 It's

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:47.939
 complete, it's

00:22:47.939 --> 00:22:48.819
 finished, it's

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.439
 final.

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:52.139
 So it

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.659
 can't be

00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:53.519
 saying that.

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.959
 So what is

00:22:55.959 --> 00:22:56.459
 it saying?

00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.740
 Well, let

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.439
 me read

00:22:59.439 --> 00:23:00.199
 verse 24

00:23:00.199 --> 00:23:00.639
 again.

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.339
 He says,

00:23:02.179 --> 00:23:02.899
 I rejoice

00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.679
 in what I

00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:04.359
 am suffering

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.159
 for you,

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.240
 and I

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.119
 fill up in

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.939
 my flesh,

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.639
 I'm

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.359
 gladly, I

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.199
 willingly will

00:23:10.199 --> 00:23:10.659
 take on

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.419
 more suffering

00:23:11.419 --> 00:23:12.399
 what is

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:13.399
 still lacking

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:14.159
 in regards

00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:15.039
 to Christ's

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.779
 afflictions.

00:23:16.939 --> 00:23:17.619
 And here's

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.179
 what I think

00:23:18.179 --> 00:23:18.899
 it is saying.

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.979
 That is,

00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:21.279
 the reach

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.699
 of Christ's

00:23:22.699 --> 00:23:23.879
 death is

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.679
 still lacking.

00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:26.299
 In other

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.299
 words, there

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.119
 are loads

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.819
 of people

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.619
 all over

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.199
 the world

00:23:30.199 --> 00:23:31.539
 who do

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.119
 not yet

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:33.619
 know about

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.439
 Christ who

00:23:34.439 --> 00:23:34.979
 died on

00:23:34.979 --> 00:23:35.559
 the cross,

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.519
 and the

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.240
 reconciliation

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:38.460
 and the

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.220
 transformation

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.399
 that we

00:23:40.399 --> 00:23:41.039
 can have

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.839
 when we

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.500
 trust him.

00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:43.879
 And for

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.599
 that good

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.220
 news of

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.799
 Christ's

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.579
 death to

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.119
 be made

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:48.480
 known is

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.079
 going to

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.740
 involve

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.779
 suffering.

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.419
 You see,

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.220
 the gospel

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.220
 requires

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:56.000
 servants who

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.460
 will be

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.740
 prepared to

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.419
 suffer for

00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:59.019
 the gospel.

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.480
 This is

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.899
 what the

00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:01.599
 risen Lord

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.379
 Jesus said

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:03.179
 to Paul.

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.519
 You can

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.139
 follow it on

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.540
 screen.

00:24:04.780 --> 00:24:05.240
 When he

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.780
 became a

00:24:05.780 --> 00:24:06.160
 Christian,

00:24:07.040 --> 00:24:07.420
 this is

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.980
 what Jesus

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.460
 said.

00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:10.360
 This man

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.820
 is my

00:24:10.820 --> 00:24:11.340
 chosen

00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:11.940
 instrument

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:13.280
 to proclaim

00:24:13.280 --> 00:24:14.180
 my name

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.580
 to the

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:15.220
 Gentiles

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.680
 and their

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.120
 kings

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.940
 and to

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.380
 the people

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:17.940
 of Israel

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:19.020
 and I

00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:19.660
 will show

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.280
 him how

00:24:20.280 --> 00:24:21.020
 much he

00:24:21.020 --> 00:24:21.460
 must

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.259
 suffer

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.759
 for my

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.180
 name.

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.340
 You see,

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:28.080
 that's what's

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:28.460
 lacking.

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.040
 It's the

00:24:29.040 --> 00:24:29.980
 reach of

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.560
 Christ's

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:30.759
 death.

00:24:31.040 --> 00:24:31.380
 He has

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:31.780
 died.

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.620
 His work

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.299
 is sufficient

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.059
 to save

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.559
 people,

00:24:35.199 --> 00:24:36.059
 but it

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.739
 must be

00:24:36.739 --> 00:24:37.579
 made known.

00:24:38.479 --> 00:24:39.059
 And for

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.519
 it to be

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.159
 made known,

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.759
 it will

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.379
 take

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.179
 suffering.

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.219
 That's

00:24:44.219 --> 00:24:44.500
 what's

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.819
 happening

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.379
 to our

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:45.719
 mission

00:24:45.719 --> 00:24:46.219
 partner

00:24:46.219 --> 00:24:47.159
 in Kashmir.

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.559
 The note

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:48.899
 that I

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.500
 sent round

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.879
 on the

00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.239
 WhatsApp

00:24:50.239 --> 00:24:51.639
 this week.

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.399
 Mickey

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:53.839
 and his

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.179
 wife,

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.559
 Kenneth,

00:24:54.719 --> 00:24:55.259
 and children

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.099
 are facing

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:56.859
 rejection

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:58.619
 and hostility

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.139
 today.

00:25:00.219 --> 00:25:00.479
 Their

00:25:00.479 --> 00:25:01.019
 daughter

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.259
 is being

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.180
 ostracized

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.000
 by her

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.559
 classmates.

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.200
 Nobody

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.799
 wants to

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.220
 sit with

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.980
 her because

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.639
 she's a

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.119
 Christian.

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.839
 There's

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.500
 tension

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.480
 when he

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.960
 makes it

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.519
 known that

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:13.839
 he's a

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.119
 Christian.

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.599
 He's

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.079
 suffering

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.960
 for the

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.400
 gospel.

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:17.920
 But yet

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.240
 at the

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.019
 same time,

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:19.960
 they can

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.559
 rejoice in

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:21.839
 their

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.379
 suffering

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.039
 because

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.759
 through

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.139
 their

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.680
 suffering,

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.299
 the

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.720
 gospel

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.519
 is being

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.059
 made

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.779
 known.

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:30.720
 You

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:30.940
 see,

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.619
 to serve

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:31.859
 the

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.299
 gospel

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:34.980
 is not

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.539
 a comfortable

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.200
 life.

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.599
 It will

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.220
 be difficult

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.759
 for you

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.119
 and for

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.379
 me.

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.359
 We're

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:40.879
 not always

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.259
 going to

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.759
 be liked

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.480
 or welcomed.

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.160
 It could

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.660
 cost you

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.200
 friendship

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:46.859
 and it

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.299
 could even

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.859
 cost you

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.559
 your job.

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.339
 Serving

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.980
 the gospel

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.700
 will mean

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.220
 suffering.

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.119
 But when

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.839
 we suffer,

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.500
 we are

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.279
 expanding

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.619
 the reach

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.960
 of Christ's

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.379
 work.

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:00.899
 God is

00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.299
 at work

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.759
 in you

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.139
 and through

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:02.399
 you.

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.139
 So let

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.680
 us take

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.139
 heart.

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:04.960
 Don't

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.639
 resist

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.940
 suffering,

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.660
 but rejoice

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.980
 in your

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.460
 suffering

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:13.440
 because God

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.359
 is at

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.740
 work.

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.420
 So,

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.660
 how do we

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.200
 serve the

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.559
 gospel?

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.839
 First,

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.500
 we suffer

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.160
 with joy.

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.319
 Second,

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.420
 proclaim to

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.680
 all.

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.100
 it's a

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.660
 follow-on.

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.060
 So,

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.460
 verse 25.

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.860
 He says,

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.220
 I have

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.759
 become

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.560
 its servant.

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:32.920
 I have

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.360
 become a

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.100
 servant of

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.840
 the gospel

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:36.200
 by the

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.640
 commission

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.380
 God gave

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.820
 me to

00:26:37.820 --> 00:26:38.539
 present to

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.820
 you the

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.420
 word of

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.259
 God in

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.799
 its fullness.

00:26:42.060 --> 00:26:42.240
 Well,

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:42.940
 what's that?

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.420
 What's the

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.920
 fullness of

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.200
 the word?

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.660
 What's he

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.680
 been preaching

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.220
 and what's

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.500
 he been

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.100
 telling the

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.580
 church?

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.600
 Well,

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.060
 the answer

00:26:49.060 --> 00:26:49.440
 is in

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.320
 verse 26.

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.880
 The mystery

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.900
 that has

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.420
 been kept

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:54.080
 hidden for

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.720
 ages and

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.360
 generations

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:56.379
 but is

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:56.719
 now

00:26:56.719 --> 00:26:57.519
 disclosed

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.799
 to the

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.219
 Lord's

00:26:59.219 --> 00:26:59.619
 people.

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.579
 Well,

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.899
 that's another

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.659
 strange one,

00:27:02.719 --> 00:27:02.979
 isn't it?

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:04.299
 What's this

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.879
 secret that

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.399
 he's been

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:07.459
 keeping from

00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:08.000
 the church?

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.659
 What's this

00:27:08.659 --> 00:27:10.119
 mystery that's

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.599
 kind of,

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.639
 you know,

00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:12.379
 it's all very

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:12.959
 suspicious,

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.719
 isn't it?

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.919
 Well,

00:27:14.959 --> 00:27:15.659
 the mystery

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.659
 is not

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.199
 something

00:27:17.199 --> 00:27:18.459
 mysterious that

00:27:18.459 --> 00:27:18.899
 we don't

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.299
 know what

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.759
 it is.

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.319
 no,

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.259
 the mystery

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.660
 is God's

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.799
 plan that

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.579
 his gospel

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.740
 would go to

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.799
 all people

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:28.180
 and all

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.799
 nations.

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.079
 Look at

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:31.039
 verse 26.

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.660
 It has

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.519
 been kept

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.839
 hidden for

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:36.059
 ages and

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.900
 generations

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:38.539
 but is

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:40.220
 now disclosed

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.519
 to the

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.900
 Lord's

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.259
 people.

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.259
 Well,

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.640
 what could

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.119
 that be?

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.479
 Well,

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.000
 let's go

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.319
 back in

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:48.979
 our Bibles

00:27:48.979 --> 00:27:50.219
 all the

00:27:50.219 --> 00:27:50.679
 way back

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.339
 to Abraham.

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:51.699
 Do you

00:27:51.699 --> 00:27:52.179
 remember what

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:52.739
 God said

00:27:52.739 --> 00:27:53.299
 to Abraham

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.979
 in Genesis?

00:27:55.239 --> 00:27:55.859
 Here it

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.979
 is on

00:27:56.979 --> 00:27:57.539
 the screen.

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.619
 He said,

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.359
 I will make

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.819
 you into

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.399
 a great

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:00.879
 nation.

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.359
 I will

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:03.119
 bless you

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.919
 and all

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.639
 nations

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.199
 will be

00:28:06.199 --> 00:28:06.619
 blessed

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.479
 through you.

00:28:08.699 --> 00:28:09.159
 That was

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:09.559
 God's

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:09.899
 plan.

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.259
 That was

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.859
 his promise.

00:28:11.459 --> 00:28:12.579
 When is

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.239
 that promise

00:28:13.239 --> 00:28:13.979
 going to be

00:28:13.979 --> 00:28:14.419
 fulfilled?

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.340
 When is

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.680
 it that

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.160
 all the

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.519
 nations

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:16.840
 of the

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.080
 world

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.460
 are going

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.759
 to be

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.180
 blessed?

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.740
 Well,

00:28:19.800 --> 00:28:20.019
 again,

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.380
 look at

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.259
 verse 26.

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.380
 Over

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:23.360
 the ages

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:23.840
 and

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.620
 generations,

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.000
 over

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.880
 progressively,

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.900
 over time,

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.940
 it all

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.840
 began to

00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.640
 unfold.

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.500
 It all

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.220
 began to

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:33.060
 be revealed

00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:33.560
 as we

00:28:33.560 --> 00:28:34.140
 go through

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.680
 scripture

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:36.080
 that Christ

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.519
 would be

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.019
 the one

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.660
 who would

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.140
 bring the

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.880
 blessing of

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.620
 reconciliation

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.820
 and because

00:28:40.820 --> 00:28:41.640
 of Christ's

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:41.940
 coming,

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.060
 that now

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:43.460
 would be

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.039
 made known

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.879
 to all

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.440
 people.

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.440
 God

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.779
 isn't

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.299
 hiding

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.579
 the

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.980
 blessing.

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:49.619
 No,

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:49.980
 it is

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.680
 through

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:50.980
 the

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.379
 gospel

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.740
 that

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:51.980
 the

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.359
 promise

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.579
 of

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:52.940
 blessing

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.279
 goes

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.539
 to

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.139
 all

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:54.720
 people.

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.779
 Verse 27,

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.899
 to them,

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.000
 God

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.700
 has chosen

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.240
 to make

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.899
 known among

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.859
 the Gentiles

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.740
 the glorious

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.379
 riches.

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.920
 Gentiles,

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.339
 we know,

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.139
 is a term

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.859
 used to

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.440
 describe

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.579
 all the

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.200
 nations of

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.659
 the world.

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:11.940
 God's.

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.680
 So as a

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.340
 servant of

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:14.880
 the gospel,

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.180
 Paul now

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.720
 is saying,

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.620
 I am

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.440
 proclaiming

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.040
 the gospel

00:29:19.040 --> 00:29:19.880
 to all

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.380
 people.

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.279
 And that's

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.200
 God's plan

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.120
 that he

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.860
 has revealed

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.900
 to his

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.380
 church,

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.180
 to his

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.620
 people,

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.620
 that this

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.560
 gospel message

00:29:29.560 --> 00:29:30.200
 is to go

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.660
 out to

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.540
 everybody.

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.340
 That's the

00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:35.680
 mystery that

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.060
 has been

00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:37.400
 revealed to

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:37.800
 us.

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:37.960
 God's.

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.599
 And that's

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.039
 the role

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.399
 of the

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:41.159
 church today.

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.099
 That's

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.460
 our

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.180
 purpose.

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.619
 Did you

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.279
 know that?

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.680
 That we

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.099
 have been

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.619
 given a

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.440
 responsibility

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.779
 to serve

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.399
 the gospel

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:51.180
 and by

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.759
 doing that

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.119
 we do

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.519
 everything

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.259
 we possibly

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.240
 can to

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.700
 see that

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.099
 the good

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.500
 news

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.480
 spreads

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.379
 out and

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.799
 goes

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.740
 global.

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.680
 That's

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.240
 why we

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.599
 as a

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.039
 church

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.619
 are

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.259
 financially

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.940
 committed

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.900
 to support

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:08.120
 Kinsale.

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.140
 Leticia

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.259
 in Marseille

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.580
 in the

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:12.039
 south of

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.500
 France.

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.720
 Christian

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.279
 Unions

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.680
 Ireland,

00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:15.200
 the work

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.559
 amongst

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.799
 the

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.320
 students.

00:30:16.820 --> 00:30:17.180
 Asia

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.580
 Link,

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.019
 people

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.559
 serving

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.019
 across

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.279
 that

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.720
 great

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.700
 area.

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.380
 Mickey

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:23.940
 and his

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.539
 colleagues

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.000
 in

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.720
 Kashmir.

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.100
 You

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.259
 know,

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.019
 this is

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.779
 why we've

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.320
 taken it

00:30:29.320 --> 00:30:29.559
 upon

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.059
 ourselves

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.360
 to

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:30.860
 support

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.279
 Amy

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.880
 in

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.480
 Sheffield

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.279
 reaching

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.600
 the

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.180
 Miripuri

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.620
 women

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.200
 for

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.640
 Jesus.

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:38.200
 How is

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.640
 any of

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:38.820
 that

00:30:38.820 --> 00:30:39.259
 going to

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.620
 happen

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:40.279
 without

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.660
 that

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.380
 financial

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:42.019
 support

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.279
 and

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.759
 commitment?

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.480
 Because

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.820
 we've

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.140
 taken

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:45.420
 on

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:45.740
 board

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.200
 God's

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.519
 plan,

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.340
 we get

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:47.620
 it and

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:47.880
 say,

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.640
 yes,

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.700
 this is

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:49.900
 our

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.580
 responsibility,

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.480
 this is

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.900
 what we're

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.320
 about,

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.259
 seeing

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.779
 the

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.220
 gospel

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.860
 go to

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.200
 all

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.620
 people

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.100
 so that

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.680
 they too

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.120
 can be

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:57.920
 reconciled

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.100
 and

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.779
 transformed

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.480
 and

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.840
 brought

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.140
 to

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.580
 God.

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.240
 This

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.460
 is

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.960
 God's

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.299
 plan

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.500
 and

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.960
 purpose

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.820
 for

00:31:04.820 --> 00:31:05.180
 his

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.660
 people

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:05.920
 the

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.440
 church.

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.360
 This

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.539
 is

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.940
 why

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.360
 we've

00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:09.580
 been

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.920
 reconciled

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:12.160
 so that

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.759
 together

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.840
 we might

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.220
 serve

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.420
 the

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:14.820
 gospel.

00:31:17.060 --> 00:31:17.980
 So,

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.160
 how do we

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.440
 serve

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:19.920
 the gospel?

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.759
 We suffer

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.440
 with joy,

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:23.320
 we proclaim

00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:24.240
 to all

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:26.920
 and we

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.660
 reveal

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:29.000
 the riches.

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.079
 riches.

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.759
 We reveal

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.259
 the riches.

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.660
 Look at

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.500
 verse 27.

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:33.779
 To

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:35.099
 then God

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.700
 has chosen

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.220
 to make

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.980
 known among

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.880
 the Gentiles

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:39.180
 to all

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.819
 peoples and

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.500
 all nations

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.980
 the glorious

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.799
 riches of

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.559
 this mystery,

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.339
 which is

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:46.880
 Christ in

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.220
 you,

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.539
 the hope

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.140
 of glory.

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.400
 As we

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:52.119
 serve the

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.519
 gospel,

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.720
 we make

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.559
 known the

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.359
 glorious

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:55.940
 riches.

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.559
 there's

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.019
 two of

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.200
 them,

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.039
 two

00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:00.200
 glistening

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.840
 diamonds.

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.340
 Here's the

00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:02.960
 first one,

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:05.180
 Christ in

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:06.240
 you.

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.320
 Remember what

00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:09.160
 we saw of

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.940
 Christ back

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:12.019
 in verse 19.

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.539
 Look at

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.240
 verse 19

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.779
 with me.

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.120
 What does

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.460
 it say

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.779
 there?

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:18.519
 For God

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.480
 was pleased

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.019
 to have

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.799
 all his

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.240
 fullness

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:22.319
 dwell in

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.279
 him.

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:23.980
 That's

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.460
 Christ.

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.059
 All of

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.539
 God

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.660
 is in

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.160
 Christ.

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.500
 In other

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.799
 words,

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.779
 Jesus Christ

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.420
 is God.

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:31.899
 So when

00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:32.539
 we say

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.639
 Christ

00:32:33.639 --> 00:32:34.660
 is in

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.119
 you,

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.119
 God

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.920
 in all

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.240
 his

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.079
 fullness

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:40.920
 is in

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.220
 you.

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.119
 He doesn't

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.559
 keep a

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.960
 little bit

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.240
 out.

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:44.819
 No,

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.539
 all of

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.920
 God

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.440
 in all

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:46.680
 his

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.080
 fullness

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:48.100
 is in

00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:48.320
 you.

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.240
 Christ

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.799
 makes

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.180
 God

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.360
 a

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.900
 reality

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.740
 in

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:51.940
 our

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.360
 life.

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.360
 The

00:32:53.360 --> 00:32:53.600
 God

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:53.759
 who

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.259
 created

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.580
 us

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:54.740
 and

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.660
 reconciled

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:55.880
 us

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.360
 has

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:56.820
 taken

00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:57.180
 up

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.980
 residence

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.559
 in

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:58.740
 our

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.180
 life.

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.320
 You

00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:00.519
 see,

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:00.820
 God

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.160
 isn't

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.620
 remote

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.880
 and

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.200
 distant

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.460
 and

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.980
 uncaring

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.180
 and

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.660
 unkind.

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.320
 No,

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:04.920
 he loves

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.160
 us

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.920
 immensely

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:07.039
 and

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.279
 he's

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.559
 made

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:07.799
 his

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.340
 home

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:09.019
 in

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.660
 our

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.000
 life

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.259
 by

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.460
 the

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.880
 person

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.100
 of

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:11.400
 Jesus

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.000
 Christ.

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.900
 You

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.100
 see,

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.640
 Christ

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.080
 in

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.460
 you

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.600
 means

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:17.980
 intimacy.

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.160
 He is

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.880
 close to

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.140
 you.

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.180
 He will

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.480
 never

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.920
 leave

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.160
 you.

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.240
 He will

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.860
 sustain

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.360
 you and

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:25.779
 provide

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.279
 for you.

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.299
 What a

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.120
 glorious

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:29.200
 diamond

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.220
 we have.

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.460
 First,

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.180
 Christ is

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.579
 in you.

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.740
 And then

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.100
 look at

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.660
 the second

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.200
 diamond

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.660
 that we

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.019
 have.

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.759
 The hope

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:41.039
 of glory.

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.460
 Remember

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.059
 what God

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.519
 has done

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.980
 for us?

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.339
 Look at

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:45.079
 verse 12.

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.539
 Back to

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.480
 verse 12.

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.460
 Give

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.960
 joyful

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.539
 thanks to

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:50.740
 the

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.039
 Father

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.700
 who's

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.359
 qualified

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.079
 you to

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.740
 share in

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:53.900
 the

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.460
 inheritance

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.960
 of his

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.220
 holy

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.720
 people.

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.359
 God's

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:57.879
 qualified

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.940
 us to

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.500
 share in

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.720
 his

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.259
 inheritance

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.920
 the new

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.559
 creation.

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:02.839
 Well,

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.319
 how can

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.740
 we be

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.299
 sure

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.900
 we're

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.339
 going to

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:05.559
 get

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.900
 there?

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.180
 Because

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:08.699
 we have

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.400
 the hope

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.759
 of glory.

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:13.220
 our hopes,

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.660
 our dreams,

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.240
 our desires.

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.020
 We say

00:34:17.020 --> 00:34:17.360
 things,

00:34:17.640 --> 00:34:18.260
 I hope

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:18.680
 I'm going

00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:19.040
 to win

00:34:19.040 --> 00:34:19.540
 the lottery.

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.600
 I hope

00:34:20.600 --> 00:34:21.020
 it's going

00:34:21.020 --> 00:34:21.360
 to get

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.780
 better.

00:34:22.580 --> 00:34:23.320
 Our hopes

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.300
 are never

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:24.860
 guaranteed,

00:34:25.140 --> 00:34:25.880
 but gospel

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.440
 hope is

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.060
 the opposite.

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.240
 Gospel

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:28.760
 hope is

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.080
 being

00:34:29.080 --> 00:34:30.360
 completely

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:31.060
 confident

00:34:31.060 --> 00:34:31.820
 and

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.720
 absolutely

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.400
 assured

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.600
 of glory

00:34:34.600 --> 00:34:35.240
 to come.

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.220
 Not

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.740
 because I

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.280
 think it

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.800
 or say

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.060
 it,

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.020
 but because

00:34:39.020 --> 00:34:39.800
 Christ has

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.840
 guaranteed it

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.440
 for us.

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.140
 Look at

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:42.860
 chapter 3

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.440
 verse 4.

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.820
 Look at

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.260
 this with

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.539
 me.

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.640
 Chapter 3

00:34:45.640 --> 00:34:46.300
 verse 4.

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.539
 Here's

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.039
 one to

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.500
 Mark.

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.420
 When

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.940
 Christ,

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.660
 chapter 3

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:56.680
 verse 4,

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.120
 when Christ

00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:59.100
 who is

00:34:59.100 --> 00:34:59.580
 your life

00:34:59.580 --> 00:35:00.039
 appears,

00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.500
 that is

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.900
 when he

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.220
 comes

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:01.700
 again,

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.400
 what?

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.300
 Then

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:05.400
 you also

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:06.680
 will

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.260
 appear

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:07.900
 with him

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:09.320
 in glory.

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.960
 Isn't

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.160
 that

00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:11.640
 tremendous?

00:35:13.080 --> 00:35:14.039
 The hope

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.740
 of glory

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.539
 means

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:17.320
 security.

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:19.039
 What God

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.720
 has promised

00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.320
 to you

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.260
 will be

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:21.780
 fulfilled

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.900
 and nothing

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.500
 and no

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.280
 one can

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.140
 ever take

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:25.780
 that from

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.039
 you.

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:26.760
 It is

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.340
 secure

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.960
 forever.

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.760
 These

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.100
 are the

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:30.820
 glorious

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.480
 riches

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.900
 we have.

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.539
 When a

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.180
 woman gets

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:37.940
 engaged,

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:39.599
 she's

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.039
 given a

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.300
 ring.

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.360
 Hopefully,

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.760
 a big

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.360
 glistening

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.900
 diamond

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.360
 ring.

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.280
 And it's

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.780
 symbolic,

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.340
 isn't it,

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.700
 of two

00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:49.139
 things,

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:50.360
 of intimacy

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:52.179
 and security.

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.760
 The future

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.500
 husband is

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:55.760
 saying,

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.780
 I am with

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.559
 you forever

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:59.019
 and I

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.780
 will keep

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.659
 you forever.

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.860
 And every

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.539
 time she

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.019
 looks at

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.900
 that glistening

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:05.119
 jewel in

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.659
 her ring,

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.480
 she will

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.299
 be reminded

00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:08.279
 that she

00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:09.379
 is loved.

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.359
 Well,

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.980
 we need to

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.659
 take time

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.219
 and look at

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.960
 the glorious

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.779
 riches of

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:15.339
 the gospel

00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:16.399
 and as we

00:36:16.399 --> 00:36:16.779
 do,

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.519
 we are

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.819
 reminded of

00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:19.379
 intimacy

00:36:19.379 --> 00:36:20.920
 and security.

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.759
 Christ in

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:23.239
 you,

00:36:24.399 --> 00:36:25.039
 the hope

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.639
 of glory.

00:36:26.819 --> 00:36:28.199
 This is

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.980
 a message

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.099
 that we

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.699
 can know

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.659
 and experience

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:33.480
 and it is

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.159
 one that we

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:35.019
 can serve

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:36.019
 with our

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.739
 whole life.

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.000
 Let's

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.279
 pray.

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.460
 Father God,

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:54.980
 we thank

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.440
 you so

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:57.460
 much for

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:58.099
 the gospel,

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.619
 the good

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.139
 news of

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.039
 Jesus Christ.

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:02.619
 to think

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:02.980
 that we

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.199
 were

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:04.019
 alienated

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.559
 but now

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.500
 reconciled

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.440
 and transformed

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:08.639
 as in

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.219
 our weakness

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:10.320
 and hopelessness

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:11.079
 we fall

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:12.059
 in dependence

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:13.019
 upon God.

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.480
 Thank you

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.099
 for changing

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:18.360
 us and

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:19.119
 please encourage

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.860
 us to go

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.659
 on serving

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.480
 this gospel,

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.719
 serving our

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.340
 friends,

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.279
 our neighbours,

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.320
 our families,

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:28.320
 being willing

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:29.039
 to suffer

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.760
 with joy,

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.640
 proclaiming

00:37:31.640 --> 00:37:31.960
 it to

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:34.800
 all and

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.300
 revealing

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:36.240
 the wonderful

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:38.019
 riches of

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.720
 Christ in

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.180
 you, the

00:37:39.180 --> 00:37:39.660
 hope of

00:37:39.660 --> 00:37:40.000
 glory.

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.840
 Thank you

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.220
 God.

00:37:43.120 --> 00:37:43.720
 In Jesus'

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.200
 name,

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.200
 Amen.

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.380
 Amen.