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 Well, I want to welcome you as well.

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 You heard it from Jeremiah and others,

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 So I encourage you to keep his word open in front of you.

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 It's through the word of God that he promises to feed us and to minister to us.

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 We have one of the most high and glorious passages.

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 Of course, we could say this about any portion of the Bible,

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 but here the radiance of God shines so brightly through Jesus Christ.

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 It's a joy to proclaim this to you.

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 I want to read a bigger passage, verses 3 through 14 first,

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 and then we'll zero in on our sermon passage for today,

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 which is only verses 6 through 10.

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 Hear the word of God.

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 It says,

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 Inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient, powerful word for you and me, his people.

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 Ephesians 1, starting at verse 3.

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

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 just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world,

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 that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.

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 In love, he predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to himself,

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 according to the good pleasure of his will,

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 to the praise of the glory of his grace,

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 by which he made us accepted in the beloved.

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 In him, we have redemption.

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 Through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,

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 according to the riches of his grace,

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 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

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 having made known to us the mystery of his will,

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 according to his good pleasure,

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 which he purposed in himself,

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 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times,

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 he might gather together in one all things in Christ,

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 both which are in heaven and which are on earth in him.

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 In him also, we have obtained an inheritance,

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 being predestined according to the purpose of him

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 who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

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 that we who first trusted in Christ

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 should be to the praise of his glory.

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 In him, you also trusted.

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 After you heard the word of truth,

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 the gospel of your salvation,

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 in whom also, having believed,

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 you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

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 who is the guarantee of our inheritance

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 until the redemption of the purchased possession

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 to the praise of his glory.

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 the word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Please be seated.

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 Amen.

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 Lord, we rest on the promise, Lord,

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 that through his churches,

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 his word, his gospel goes forth,

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 and by the ministry of the Holy Spirit,

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 it works with power.

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 Lord, we pray along with Christ

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 that his word will work powerfully in his people today.

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 Lord, you know our many needs.

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 You know where we need healing.

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 Please heal us.

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 You know where we need light.

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 Please shine Christ on us.

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 You know where we need comfort, Lord.

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 We pray that your word will wash over us

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 and that we'll know a time of refreshing

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 having been in your presence.

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 Lord, we also pray that your Holy Spirit

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 will do exactly what you promise in this passage,

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 that your Holy Spirit will cause those who are blind to see Jesus,

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 those who are deaf to hear the good news for themselves,

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 those who are in slavery, Lord,

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 to send captive in bondage,

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 that the gospel of Jesus will work with power

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 and set them free,

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 those who are orphans,

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 hopeless in this world,

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 in darkness, Lord,

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 that your Holy Spirit will draw in Christ to yourself,

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 into your family.

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 Please do this, Lord, for his precious name's sake,

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 for your glory.

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 Amen.

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 There is a love that is so deep,

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 words can't explain it.

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 There is a love that you feel

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 that can only come from heaven.

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 Do you know this love I'm speaking of?

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 There are times where God's people are moved to tears

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 with a love from God,

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 a love from Christ.

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 And I know it's from heaven

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 because it would make no sense according to our flesh,

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 no sense according to the world.

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 There are times when the Lord will so stir the hearts of his people

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 for one another.

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 And it's because God so much loves his people that way.

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 Some of us have known this love

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 even thinking of our missionaries

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 or reading a report from one of them.

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 Some of you, you've told me,

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 you've been moved to tears this week

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 out of love for one another,

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 concern for one another within the body of Christ.

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 This is the love that is put on display

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 in the person of Jesus Christ in this passage.

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 Our focus is verses 6 through 10.

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 Notice how our focus now moves from God the Father

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 up to verse 6 to God the Son.

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 And look with me one more time at verse 6,

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 how God the Son is described.

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 Up to verse 6, we're told that God the Father

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 chose us in him, in Jesus Christ,

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 before the foundation of the world.

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 He predestined us to be adopted in Jesus Christ.

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 Verse 6, why did he do this?

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 It's to the praise of the glory of his grace

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 by which he made us accepted.

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 Notice how he calls God the Son.

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 In the Beloved.

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 Jesus Christ, the Beloved,

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 is our great focus for today.

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 And in these verses 6 through 10,

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 Paul gives us at least four reasons

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 why we can praise God through Jesus Christ.

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 I'd like to walk us through these one by one today,

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 starting right here on verse 6.

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 Praise the Beloved in whom God accepts you.

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 Praise the Beloved in whom God accepts you.

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 You may be wondering if you really are accepted by God today.

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 On the other hand, we may have a false sense

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 that we are accepted by God

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 when we have no right to claim that.

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 Satan has these two lies

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 that are really stemming from the same deception.

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 The first lie is this.

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 God can never accept me

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 because fill in the blank about me.

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 But here's the second lie.

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 You might think,

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 of course God accepts me

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 because blank about me.

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 Both of these lies are from hell

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 and both are deceiving us with the same trick.

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 They deceive because they begin with a faulty premise.

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 The premise is this,

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 that your life,

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 whether you're focused on what you think is good

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 or what you think is so bad,

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 is what determines your acceptance by God.

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 This way of thinking is robbing the Beloved of God,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 of the glory that He deserves

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 instead of you and me.

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 Look at verse 6 one more time.

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 God made us accepted

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 on what basis?

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 What are the next three words in yours?

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 He made us accepted

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 in the Beloved

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 to the praise

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 of the glory of His grace.

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 Well, let's focus on that for a moment.

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 How is this something

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 for which we are to praise God?

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 That we are to praise God

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 focused on the person of Jesus Christ

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 because we are accepted in Him

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 whom God calls the Beloved.

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 So God is the lover.

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 Christ is the recipient of God's love.

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 The one from whom love flows is God.

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 And that's because the Bible tells us

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 in 1 John 4, 16,

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 God is love.

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 God is so loving, so holy, so pure

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 that He cannot love that which is evil.

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 In a sweeping way,

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 the object of God's love is

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 and can only be the Holy God Himself.

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 But from this verse,

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 we can see in a particular way

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 the object of God the Father's love is

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 and can only be God the Son.

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 This is how God the Son

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 is described throughout all of Scripture.

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 It's prophesied in Isaiah 41, 1.

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 We know this speaks of Christ

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 because it's quoted in Matthew 12, 18.

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 God says,

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 Behold my servant whom I uphold,

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 my elect one in whom my soul delights.

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 The servant, God the Son,

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 is the one in whom God delights in His soul,

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 so to speak.

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 Because God is infinite and holy,

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 He can only rightly love

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 a recipient of His love

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 who is perfectly pure.

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 God can't love what is evil.

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 God can't love what is sinful.

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 So from all eternity,

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 the perfect object of the Father's delight

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 is God the Son,

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 His beloved.

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 Notice how when God the Son takes on flesh,

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 this is exactly how the voice from heaven,

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 the voice of God,

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 confirms Him in His ministry.

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 At His baptism,

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 God confirms that this man now,

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 Christ Jesus of Nazareth,

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 is the Son of God in the flesh,

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 the beloved of God.

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 Can you picture that scene there

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 in the brown waters of the Jordan River?

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 The beloved of God in the flesh

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 is prepared to serve as the great high priest.

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 And in Matthew 3,

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 God's voice comes from heaven saying,

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 This is my beloved Son

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 in whom I am well pleased.

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 Then at the transfiguration,

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 God confirms that this man,

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 Christ Jesus of Nazareth,

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 is God the Son in the flesh,

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 the beloved of God.

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 There at Mount Tabor,

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 God gives the authority of Christ

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 as the perfect prophet

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 who alone can reveal God's wisdom

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 in its full brilliance.

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 Matthew 17, 5,

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 the voice of God declares,

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 Behold!

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 And with a bright cloud overshadowing them,

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 the voice comes out of the cloud saying,

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 This is my beloved Son

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 in whom I am well pleased.

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 Hear Him.

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 So He's washed by the water

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 to prepare Him to serve as a priest.

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 And now He's declared,

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 This is my beloved.

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 Hear Him.

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 He will serve as a prophet.

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 The Holy Spirit confirms

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 that this same man,

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 Christ Jesus of Nazareth,

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 is God the Son in the flesh,

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 the beloved of God.

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 And summing up His completed ministry,

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 now sitting at the right hand of God the Father

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 in John 3, 35,

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 we are told that the Father loves the Son

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 and has given all things into His hand.

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 This is language of a king.

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 All things given to Christ

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 who rules from authority.

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 We are to praise God

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 through Jesus Christ

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 who from His baptism as our priest,

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 His transfiguration as our prophet,

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 and now in His heavenly exaltation,

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 He reigns as the King of kings.

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 He stands as the only mediator

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 who can carry God's love

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 perfectly,

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 unblemished,

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 unblemished,

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 the worthy recipient,

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 the beloved of the Holy God.

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 And the good news of our passage,

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 verse 6,

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 praise the glory of God's grace.

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 It's through Christ

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 that we have been made accepted.

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 How?

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 In Christ.

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 The love that God has

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 for Jesus Christ,

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 His beloved,

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 is now that same love

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 coming with all the force of God

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 on you, His people,

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 who are in Him.

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 This thought that the Holy God

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 who elected and predestined His church

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 is now viewing His people,

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 you and me,

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 blamelessly,

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 embraced,

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 welcomed,

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 accepted,

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 in the beloved,

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 before the face of the Holy God.

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 With that thought at the end of verse 6,

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 it's like popping off the cork

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 of the next overflow of praise

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 that comes from Paul's pen.

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 The next focus of doxology

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 is how this can be so.

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 How can you and me

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 be found accepted

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 in His beloved,

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 in Jesus Christ?

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 And so He overflows into verse 7,

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 and in Him we have redemption

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 through His blood,

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 the forgiveness of sins

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 according to the riches

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 of His grace.

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 Let's open up each of these phrases.

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 Before we do,

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 put the first pen there

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 on verse 6.

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 Our first reason to praise God

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 through the person of Jesus Christ,

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 the beloved,

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 is because it's in Him

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 that God accepts you and me.

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 Praise the beloved

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 in whom God accepts you.

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 Now here comes the second reason,

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 starting at verse 7.

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 Praise the beloved

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 in whom we have redemption.

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 Praise the beloved

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 in whom we have redemption.

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 Verse 7 calls Jesus Christ

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 the beloved,

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 the one in whom we have redemption

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 through His blood.

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 The word redemption,

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 redemption,

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 it can also be translated

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 in English as deliverance.

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 It means to buy something back

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 or to ransom something.

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 In these ancient times,

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 you can picture the marketplace

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 in Ephesus.

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 You would go to buy

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 not just something made

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 by goldsmith,

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 not just something

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 that you could take back

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 and use within your home

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 as a vessel.

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 You could go and buy

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 a human being,

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 a slave.

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 But first you have to ransom them.

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 You have to pay the price

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 that the slave owner demands.

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 To ransom something.

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 It means to move their status.

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 They were in captivity

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 and bondage

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 but now they've been moved.

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 They are now

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 under new ownership.

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 Their status is no longer

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 in bondage

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 to that slave master.

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 And he says,

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 we have redemption

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 through His blood,

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 the forgiveness of sins.

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 That's what we're delivered from.

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 That's what we're redeemed

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 out of.

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 It's both the guilt

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 and the power of sin.

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 This passage tells us

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 in verse 7

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 that sin is bondage.

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 Do you know that sin is bondage?

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 Every Christian is saying,

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 at least in your heart,

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 amen.

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 May I never have to go back

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 to that again.

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 Sin is bondage.

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 Sin is slavery.

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 Psalm 107.10 says,

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 because we rebelled

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 against the words of God.

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 That's what sin is.

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 Because we rebelled

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 against the word of God,

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 we sat in darkness,

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 in the shadow of death,

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 bound,

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 tied up,

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 chained down

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 in affliction

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 as with iron.

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 Through Micah,

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 chapter 6, verse 4,

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 God has promised,

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 I buy back

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 and bring up

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 my people from slavery.

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 He points to the story

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 of the Exodus,

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 how the nation of Israel

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 was in captivity

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 to Egypt

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 and the Lord Himself

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 redeemed them

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 from that house

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 of bondage.

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 This is the language

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 he's speaking to Jews

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 mixed with Greeks

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 and he's bringing

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 the weight of the Old Testament

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 to bear

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 on what Christ accomplished

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 as Redeemer,

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 as Deliverer.

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 In the beloved,

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 Paul is preaching,

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 we have redemption.

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 We have deliverance

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 and it's through

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 His blood.

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 Redemption means

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 we are emancipated

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 from slavery.

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 Redemption means

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 we are released

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 from captivity.

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 Redemption means

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 we are ransomed

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 from bondage.

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 In verse 7,

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 we have redemption

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 through His blood,

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 the blood of Jesus Christ,

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 the beloved of God,

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 the forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 Do you know

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 this forgiveness

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 of sins?

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 Our sin problem

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 is most likely

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 deeper and worse

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 than we understand.

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 We are born in sin.

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 We are guilty

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 of sin

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 even inside

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 the womb

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 of your mother.

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 And we're born

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 carrying this curse

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 of sin

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 from Adam

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 in the fall.

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 And on top of that,

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 every inclination

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 of our own hearts

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 is away from God.

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 It's toward evil.

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 The problem of sin,

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 the bondage of sin

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 is so pervasive.

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 The wages

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 of your sin

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 and mine

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 are death.

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 What we deserve

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 for our sin

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 is for the blood

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 to be let out

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 of our bodies

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 until there is

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 no more life

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 in that vessel

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 of your body

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 and mine.

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 You and I

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 deserve this

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 because we have

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 sinned against

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 the holy God.

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 And God

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 in His righteousness

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 cannot justly

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 pass over

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 your sin

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 and mine.

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 The price

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 that we owe God

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 must be paid

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 in order for us

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 to be ransomed.

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 the problem for us

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 is worse than that

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 though.

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 Even if we were

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 to pay for our sin

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 with our own lives

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 by dying for our sin,

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 we still

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 have failed

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 to merit

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 the eternal life

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 because God

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 not only

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 must punish

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 sin,

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 He must also

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 have a people

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 clothed

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 in perfect righteousness.

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 And none of us

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 born under Adam's curse

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 are capable

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 of living

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 a righteous

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 life.

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 We cannot

00:21:10.739 --> 00:21:11.599
 buy

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:13.039
 everlasting life

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 for ourselves.

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 God requires

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 a sinless

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 Savior

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 who will then

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 also pay

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 the penalty

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 that sin

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 deserves.

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 Psalm 49

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 at verse 7

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 is a wonderful

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 summary of this

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 truth.

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 None

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 can

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 by any

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 means

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 redeem

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 his brother

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 nor give

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.200
 to God

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 a ransom

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.599
 for him

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 for the

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:42.660
 redemption

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.680
 of their

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 souls

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 is

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 costly.

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 No man

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:49.680
 born under

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.259
 Adam's curse

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 can redeem

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 another.

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 But God

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 is so

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 gracious

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 he abounds

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 in his

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 mercy

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 and he's

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 pleased to

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 declare

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 what he

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 has purpose

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 to do

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 all along

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 in Isaiah

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 61

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 1

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:04.000
 which is

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 we know

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 it speaks

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.299
 of Christ

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 it's called

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 forth in

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 Luke 4

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 18

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 we're told

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.339
 the spirit

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.700
 of the

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 Lord

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:11.220
 has anointed

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.039
 me

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 that servant

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 that God

00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:14.480
 prepared

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.680
 to preach

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.619
 good tidings

00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:17.259
 to the poor

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.980
 he has sent

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.720
 me to heal

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.220
 the broken

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.700
 hearted

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.640
 to proclaim

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.100
 liberty

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.559
 to the

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 captives

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 and the

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 opening

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.720
 of the

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 prison

00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:26.120
 to those

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.660
 who

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.279
 are

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.960
 bound

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 this is

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.580
 the mission

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.000
 of God

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.420
 the son

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 the beloved

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:32.380
 is to do

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.299
 what no

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.200
 man could

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.519
 do

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:36.779
 how is it

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.500
 that God

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:37.940
 the son

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.440
 the beloved

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.100
 accomplished

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:39.680
 this great

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.120
 plan of

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.519
 redemption

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.059
 that God

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.759
 prepared

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.480
 all along

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:44.100
 it's

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.519
 through his

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:44.799
 own

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.440
 life

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:47.360
 in the

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:47.799
 flesh

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:49.039
 and his

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 blood

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:51.140
 shed

00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.579
 for his

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:51.960
 people

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:56.400
 it's one

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:56.860
 thing if you

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.299
 have to see

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.680
 yourself

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 bleed

00:22:58.160 --> 00:23:00.579
 emergency

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.839
 nurse

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.299
 told us

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.940
 some people

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.360
 have a real

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:03.960
 phobia of

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.319
 blood

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.440
 but others

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.920
 have a real

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.420
 phobia of

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.700
 needles

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.140
 and the two

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.420
 are not

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:07.839
 the same

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.980
 she said

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.420
 her boyfriend

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.299
 works as a

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 police officer

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.059
 and he sees

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.860
 blood a lot

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:14.180
 it doesn't bother

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.720
 him but when he

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.160
 sees a needle

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.799
 he gets

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.180
 wheezy

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:18.080
 to see your

00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:18.539
 own blood

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.440
 is one

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.880
 thing but

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.180
 now

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:22.980
 to see

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.620
 one of your

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:24.299
 loved ones

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.880
 bleeding

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:27.100
 that's a

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:27.440
 whole different

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.060
 thing isn't

00:23:28.060 --> 00:23:28.299
 it

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.960
 to see a

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.500
 loved one

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:32.920
 it's a

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.180
 horrible

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.759
 thought but

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.340
 I do invite

00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:34.799
 you to go

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.340
 there because

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:36.480
 this is the

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.860
 gospel

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:38.160
 it's a

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.480
 bloody

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:38.960
 gospel

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:40.640
 because we

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.299
 need this

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:43.160
 picture your

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.720
 beloved

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:45.740
 losing

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.100
 blood

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.799
 hemorrhaging

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.860
 unstoppably

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:49.980
 to the

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 point of

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 death

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 1 Peter 1

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.839
 18 and 19

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 says

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 you church

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:03.079
 you have

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.460
 been

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.519
 redeemed

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 not with

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 corruptible

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.799
 things

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 but with

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 the

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.900
 blood

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:13.620
 the precious

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.219
 blood

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 of Christ

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 as a

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 lamb

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 without

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 blemish

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:22.719
 you see

00:24:22.719 --> 00:24:23.659
 Jesus Christ

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.939
 the beloved

00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:25.559
 of God

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.179
 lived a

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:27.619
 life that

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.419
 was sinless

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:29.059
 faultless

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.599
 righteous

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.279
 which God

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.099
 can bless

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:32.019
 and promise

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.599
 to bless

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.819
 and secure

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.739
 eternal life

00:24:34.739 --> 00:24:35.579
 because of

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.219
 his obedience

00:24:36.219 --> 00:24:37.739
 and Jesus

00:24:37.739 --> 00:24:38.359
 Christ

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:40.079
 the beloved

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.819
 of God

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:42.939
 bled out

00:24:42.939 --> 00:24:45.359
 before the

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.879
 face of

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.259
 God

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:48.000
 on the

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 cross

00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:51.599
 for the

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.019
 forgiveness

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.200
 of sins

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.259
 of his

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.639
 people

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:56.099
 this is the

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:56.480
 gospel

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:59.200
 you and I

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.700
 need

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.839
 the blood

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:02.159
 of Jesus

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.720
 Christ

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:06.039
 he has

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.700
 redeemed

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.099
 us

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.919
 with the

00:25:07.919 --> 00:25:08.259
 precious

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.819
 blood

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.859
 of his

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.480
 beloved

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:15.839
 if you're

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.279
 sitting there

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.639
 wondering

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.099
 was his

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.439
 blood

00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:17.939
 for me

00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:19.439
 did he

00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:19.819
 purchase

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.259
 me

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.179
 with this

00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:21.559
 precious

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.019
 blood

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:23.980
 we need

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.220
 to ask

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.740
 this question

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.179
 looking at

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:25.799
 our passage

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.819
 who is it

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.839
 that Jesus

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.299
 Christ

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.939
 ransomed

00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:28.960
!

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.059
 who is it

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.399
 that he

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:31.019
 redeemed?

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.740
 look at

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.220
 our passage

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.659
 starting

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:36.860
 at verse

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 three

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:40.360
 he's

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.800
 writing to

00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:41.259
 a local

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.779
 church

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.500
 gathered

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:42.920
 hearing

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.320
 the word

00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:43.840
 of God

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.840
 and he

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.120
 says

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.460
 you

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.180
 are

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.640
 blessed

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:46.900
 with

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.100
 every

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.500
 spiritual

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.980
 blessing

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.019
 in

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.220
 verse

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.519
 four

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.700
 he

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:49.980
 tells

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.140
 the

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.460
 same

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.100
 people

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.460
 you

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.440
 were

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:52.960
 chosen

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.640
 in

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:53.920
 Christ

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.180
 before

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.360
 the

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.759
 foundation

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:54.960
 of

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.080
 the

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:55.360
 world

00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:55.940
 in

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.120
 verse

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 five

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:56.540
 you

00:25:56.540 --> 00:25:56.700
 were

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.540
 predestined

00:25:57.540 --> 00:25:58.720
 to

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:58.880
 be

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.300
 adopted

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 by

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 him

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:02.240
 verse

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 six

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.779
 it's

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.200
 you

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.539
 you

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:04.860
 same

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.180
 ones

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.319
 who

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.460
 were

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.900
 accepted

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.160
 by

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.500
 him

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:08.580
 now

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:08.819
 verse

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.100
 seven

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.400
 it's

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:09.860
 the

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.140
 audience

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.340
 has

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.559
 not

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.019
 changed

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:12.019
 the

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.480
 recipients

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:12.799
 of

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.160
 God's

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.600
 grace

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.120
 have

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.380
 not

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.880
 changed

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.580
 it's

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:15.819
 those

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.160
 same

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.600
 people

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.600
 that

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:17.940
 Christ

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.200
 has

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.720
 redeemed

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:20.380
 it's

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:20.519
 the

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:20.680
 one

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:20.819
 that

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:20.980
 he

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.240
 has

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.380
 loved

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.240
 before

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.600
 time

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:23.779
 and

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.039
 space

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.519
 began

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.160
 in

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:25.600
 Christ

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.880
 this

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.039
 is

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.180
 who

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.559
 Christ

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.200
 has

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.779
 ransomed

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:31.220
 it

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.379
 was

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.619
 helpful

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:31.859
 for

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.000
 me

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.160
 in

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.519
 preparing

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.819
 to

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.200
 picture

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.879
 myself

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.139
 at

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.299
 that

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.759
 marketplace

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.119
 in

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.500
 Ephesus

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.759
 and

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.000
 here's

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.259
 a

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.859
 row

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.299
 of

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.819
 slaves

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.579
 and

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:39.759
 I'm

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:39.940
 one

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.079
 of

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.279
 them

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.660
 I'm

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:41.899
 chained

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.200
 up

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.519
 and

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.639
 I'm

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:42.980
 standing

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.299
 there

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.839
 and

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.000
 the

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.299
 slave

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.660
 traders

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:45.960
 would

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.460
 show

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.660
 the

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.000
 teeth

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.200
 I mean

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.619
 they treat

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.019
 human

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.319
 beings

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.619
 like

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.160
 a

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.579
 horse

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.759
 you know

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.079
 test

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.299
 your

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.779
 strength

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:55.299
 we're

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.480
 told

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.700
 that

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.099
 Christ

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:57.460
 actually

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.299
 ransomed

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.240
 from

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.500
 that

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.859
 row

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.059
 of

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.680
 captives

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.480
 those

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.680
 whom

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:01.839
 he

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.259
 loved

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.700
 those

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:03.879
 whom

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.019
 he

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.859
 predestined

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.240
 to be

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.680
 adopted

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:08.980
 actually

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.639
 purchased

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:09.879
 them

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.119
 with

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.299
 his

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.680
 blood

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:12.919
 if

00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.119
 you

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.740
 put

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:13.899
 your

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.200
 faith

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.379
 in

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:14.639
 Jesus

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.059
 Christ

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.460
 today

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.680
 you

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:15.879
 don't

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.099
 need

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.259
 to

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.579
 wonder

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:16.819
 if

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.079
 you're

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.639
 the

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.039
 ones

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.519
 that

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:18.700
 he

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:18.919
 has

00:27:18.919 --> 00:27:19.180
 done

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.460
 this

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.099
 for

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.359
 that

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:20.639
 he's

00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:21.000
 purchased

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.180
 that

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.339
 he's

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.779
 claimed

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:21.779


00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.759
 and said

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.039
 this

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.299
 one

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:30.019
 is

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.200
 my

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.659
 child

00:27:30.659 --> 00:27:32.059
 I

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.419
 clothe

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:32.740
 this

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:32.919
 one

00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.099
 with

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.299
 my

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.500
 own

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.039
 robes

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.839
 this

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:34.980
 one

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.359
 belongs

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.559
 to

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:35.839
 me

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:38.419
 see

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.759
 when we

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.019
 preach

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.200
 the

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.619
 redemption

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:39.980
 of

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.259
 Jesus

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.700
 Christ

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.079
 by

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.359
 his

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.839
 blood

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:43.700
 this

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:43.980
 can be

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.220
 taken

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.460
 in

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 three

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 different

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 ways

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 but

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 only

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 one

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.559
 fits

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.859
 with

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 what

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.379
 the

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.599
 Bible

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.019
 teaches

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.960
 the

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.259
 first

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.460
 way

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.619
 that

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:49.819
 does

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 not

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 fit

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.539
 is

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:50.720
 to

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:50.919
 say

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.099
 that

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.240
 the

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.500
 blood

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.680
 of

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.000
 Christ

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.240
 was

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.599
 shed

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.579
 to

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.159
 save

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:54.819
 all

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.139
 human

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.579
 beings

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:55.599
!

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.319
 universally

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.799
 this

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 is a

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 false

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 gospel

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 it's

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 a

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 lie

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 to

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 say

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 that

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:03.859
 love

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 wins

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 in

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 the

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 end

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 you

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 know

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 in

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.319
 other

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.599
 words

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 no

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 one

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 will

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 receive

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 the

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:07.879
 wrath

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 and

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.200
 the

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 judgment

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 that

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 they

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 deserve

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 for

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 their

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 sins

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.819
 outside

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 of

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 Christ

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 they'll

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 still

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 be

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 forgiven

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 there

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 is

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 no

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 forgiveness

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.039
 outside

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.339
 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 that's

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 universal

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 redemption

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 that's

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 false

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.019
 the

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.220
 Bible

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.539
 does

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 not

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.039
 teach

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 that

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 shut

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 it

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 down

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 the

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 second

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 option

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 is

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 called

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 hypothetical

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 universalism

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 and this

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 basically

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 says

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 God

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 didn't

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 actually

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.180
 save

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.519
 anyone

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:33.940
 by the

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.160
 blood

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.640
 of

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.039
 Christ

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 it's

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.720
 like

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.019
 saying

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 he

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.759
 paid

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:37.940
 the

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.220
 price

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.380
 but

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:38.460
 he

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.640
 just

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 set

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:38.960
 it

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 off

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 over

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 here

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:39.980
 and

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 then

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.440
 whichever

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 ones

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:40.900
 of

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 these

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.339
 slaves

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.519
 want

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:41.620
 to

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:41.759
 come

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:41.960
 over

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 and

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.319
 take

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.500
 the

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.819
 ransom

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.559
 price

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:43.799
 then

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:43.980
 they

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 can

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 be

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 free

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 that

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:45.860
 means

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 he

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 didn't

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.640
 actually

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.180
 ransom

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:48.279
 those

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.640
 people

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:48.839
 that

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.019
 he

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.460
 loved

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.259
 before

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.440
 the

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.860
 foundation

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.099
 of

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 the

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 world

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 he

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.759
 didn't

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.100
 really

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.600
 redeem

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 anything

00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:53.740
 with

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:53.920
 his

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.240
 blood

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.700
 he

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:54.900
 just

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.580
 hypothetically

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.360
 made it

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:56.720
 available

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.000
 if you

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.200
 want to

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.360
 come

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.680
 grab

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:57.860
 it

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:59.039
 that

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.220
 does

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.480
 not

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.740
 fit

00:28:59.740 --> 00:28:59.880
 what

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.019
 the

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.220
 Bible

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.660
 teaches

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:02.039
 what

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.200
 the

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.420
 Bible

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.820
 teaches

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.180
 is

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.880
 definite

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:05.180
 redemption

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.980
 definite

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:08.799
 atonement

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.779
 the

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.240
 blood of

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.640
 Christ

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.519
 actually

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.220
 purchased

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.980
 you

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.279
 who

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.700
 trusted

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:14.900
 in

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.160
 him

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:16.240
 you

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.560
 are

00:29:16.560 --> 00:29:17.120
 redeemed

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:19.699
 this

00:29:19.699 --> 00:29:20.000
 made me

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.239
 want to

00:29:20.239 --> 00:29:20.479
 study

00:29:20.479 --> 00:29:20.779
 this

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.500
 wording

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.819
 very

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.339
 carefully

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.879
 in

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.039
 verse

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.319
 7

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.459
 he

00:29:23.459 --> 00:29:23.659
 says

00:29:23.659 --> 00:29:24.079
 we

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.219
 have

00:29:25.219 --> 00:29:26.199
 redemption

00:29:26.199 --> 00:29:27.639
 we

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.219
 have

00:29:28.219 --> 00:29:28.759
 redemption

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.579
 that

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.859
 verb

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.119
 to

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.639
 have

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.639
 to

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:31.919
 have

00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:32.079
 it

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.259
 can

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.919
 be

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.439
 translated

00:29:33.439 --> 00:29:33.839
 in the

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.019
 three

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.279
 most

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.659
 common

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:34.939
 ways

00:29:34.939 --> 00:29:35.199
 throughout

00:29:35.199 --> 00:29:35.399
 all

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:35.599
 the

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.019
 New

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.399
 Testament

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.179
 it

00:29:37.179 --> 00:29:37.339
 can

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.539
 mean

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:37.839
 to

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.379
 hold

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:38.859
 something

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.619
 you

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:39.939
 actually

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.259
 hold

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.439
 this

00:29:40.439 --> 00:29:40.799
 redemption

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:40.859
!

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.539
 It

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:41.699
 can

00:29:41.699 --> 00:29:41.879
 mean

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.179
 to

00:29:42.179 --> 00:29:43.039
 count

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.879
 something

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.879
 I'm

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.419
 counting

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:45.699
 the

00:29:45.699 --> 00:29:46.179
 exact

00:29:46.179 --> 00:29:46.679
 price

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.160
 he

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.480
 paid

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.460
 and

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.600
 it

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:48.759
 can

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:48.980
 mean

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.299
 to

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.039
 wear

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.580
 something

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.779
 to

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.240
 wear

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.519
 this

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.980
 redemption

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:54.120
 isn't

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.279
 that

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.700
 beautiful

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.960
 this

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.180
 is

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.340
 the

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:56.880
 relationship

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.320
 between

00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:57.539
 the

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.960
 Christian

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.660
 and

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:58.799
 the

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.200
 redemption

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.460
 that

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.700
 Christ

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.100
 purchased

00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:00.320
 with

00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:00.500
 his

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.900
 blood

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:02.320
 here's

00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:02.460
 how

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.820
 you

00:30:02.820 --> 00:30:03.700
 have

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:03.960
 it

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:06.900
 we

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.560
 hold

00:30:07.560 --> 00:30:09.779
 what

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.080
 Christ

00:30:10.080 --> 00:30:10.420
 secured

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.000
 for us

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.680
 truly

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.360
 we

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:13.299
 apprehend

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.620
 this

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.480
 we

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.640
 can

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:14.799
 have

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.320
 assurance

00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:15.539
 of

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.000
 salvation

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.240
 in

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.539
 Christ

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:16.980
 and

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.119
 the

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.279
 way

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.420
 you

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:17.659
 hold

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:17.759
 it

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:17.899
 is

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:18.259
 faith

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.599
 not

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:19.839
 looking

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:19.980
 to

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.240
 anything

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.480
 else

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.680
 it's

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:20.899
 my

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.519
 poor

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.899
 beggars

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.299
 empty

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.619
 hands

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.440
 holding

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.240
 Christ's

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.659
 promises

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.200
 of

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.559
 redemption

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.639
 we

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:26.839
 can

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.079
 have

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.259
 this

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.680
 redemption

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.019
 by

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.119
 counting

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.359
 by

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.779
 seeing

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.579
 his

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:30.960
 blood

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.119
 and

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.319
 his

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.680
 wisdom

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:31.940
 is

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.579
 it's

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.099
 perfect

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:34.859
 he

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.980
 fully

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.379
 paid

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.039
 for

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.220
 all

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.420
 my

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:37.680
 sin

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.500
 there's

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.940
 nothing

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.220
 left

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.579
 not a

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:39.799
 penny

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.220
 left

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.839
 I owe

00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:40.980
 him

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.119
 of

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.319
 good

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.680
 works

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.220
 not

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 a

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 single

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 ounce

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 of my

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 blood

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 that I

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 need to

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 go shed

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 now

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 I

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 counted

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 and his

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 wisdom

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 is

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 perfect

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 am

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 redeemed

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 completely

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 by

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 Christ

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 and we

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 can

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 wear

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 this

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 redemption

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 I

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 as

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 child

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 washes

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 me

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 and

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 heals

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 my

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 wounds

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 robes

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 me

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 his

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 righteousness

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 like

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 that

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 prodigal

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 son

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 I mean

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 Jesus

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 told

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 this

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 parable

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 of the

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 prodigal

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 son

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 before

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 he

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 even

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 went

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 accomplish

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 the

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 redemption

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 on

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 the

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 cross

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 and

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 there's

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 the

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 son

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 loved

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 by

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 the

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 father

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 embraced

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 clothed

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 in his

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 righteousness

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 brought

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 home

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 wear

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 this

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 redemption

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 that

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 Christ

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 has

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 purchased

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 for

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 you

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 praise

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 the

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 beloved

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 in

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 whom

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 we

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 have

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 redemption

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 amen

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 here's

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 our third

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 reason to

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 praise

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 God

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 the

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 son

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 praise

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 the

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 beloved

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 who

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 reveals

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 God's

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 gracious

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 will

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 toward

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 us

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 praise

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 the

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 beloved

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 who

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 reveals

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 God's

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 gracious

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 will

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 toward

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 us

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 he

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 says

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 in

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 verse

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 these

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 are

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 the

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 riches

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 of

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 his

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 grace

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 which

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 he

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 us

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 other

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 translation

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 is

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 he

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 lavished

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 us

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 well

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 Paul

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 language

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 speaking

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 blood

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 of

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 a

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 lamb

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 the

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 he's

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 Christ

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 fulfills

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 all the

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 promises

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 Ephesus

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 I

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 believe

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 the

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 Greco

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 Roman

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 world

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 remember

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 Ephesus

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 was

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 that

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 international

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 hub

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 trade

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 people

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 from

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 all

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 meets

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 west

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 and

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 their

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 goods

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 Ephesus

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 housed

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 one of

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 the

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 largest

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 ancient

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 banks

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!

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 the

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 it

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 was

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 a

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 bustling

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 city

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 with

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 extravagant

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 wealth

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 from

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 that

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 great

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 temple

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 of

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 Diana

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 where

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 people

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 would

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 come

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 from

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 all

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 over

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 the

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 world

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 as

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 tourists

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 as

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 that

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 provincial

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 capital

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 for

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 Asia

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 of the

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 Roman

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 Empire

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 may

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 Abound means that God's riches, they excel toward you.

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 It's like opening up the floodgates and here come the blessings of heaven flowing forth,

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 excelling, gaining momentum and speed like an avalanche poured over God's people.

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 It can also mean that may these riches of God's grace increase in you.

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 May they remain in you.

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 This is what it means to be lavish, to abound.

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 It's never going to be a part of a Christian's life that's lacking God's grace.

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 You can look here and there, there's not a dry spot.

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 You are smothered in grace.

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 Why us?

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 Everyone must ask, whether you're in Ephesus or right here.

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 Well, let's recall the words of Deuteronomy 7 and 8, because God does not change.

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 The Lord did not set his love on you, nor choose you, to sum it up, for any reasons based on you.

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 For you were the least of all people, but because the Lord loves you.

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 He loves you in the beloved.

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 He always has loved you in his beloved Jesus Christ.

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 Now, how do you and I enter the treasure house of God's grace,

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 where his love runs toward you and grows in you and grips you with a fatherly embrace that he will never let go?

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 We read next in verse 8.

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 Here's how we go into this treasure house.

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 It's through the wisdom and prudence that he's made known to us.

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 So he reveals this to us through Christ, pulling us deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper in.

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 He has shown Christ's perfect fulfillment of the Jewish ceremonial law.

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 And now he says it's in all wisdom and prudence.

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 I believe this is alluding now to the Greco-Roman reasoning of this church in Ephesus, which is mixed.

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 All wisdom and prudence.

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 All wisdom and prudence.

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 Every wisdom.

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 Anything that's wise.

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 Anything that's prudent will be proved in Christ.

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 For those who studied Aristotle, wisdom referred to eternal truths.

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 The overarching nature of things.

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 First principles.

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 So for the church, this is saying, come in and behold God's plan.

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 See the wisdom of God.

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 See the true nature of reality.

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 See God's purpose all along.

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.980
 That's wisdom.

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:22.760
 And then prudence refers to the practical judgment or discernment.

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:27.619
 Executing what all of this means in real life, day to day.

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:31.500
 It's the capacity to evaluate a situation.

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:34.420
 To navigate different human affairs.

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:38.719
 And take those wise principles of belonging to the kingdom of heaven.

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:43.420
 And by the help of the spirit to apply them in a real world decision.

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:50.460
 Paul's emphasizing here that God does not merely reveal this grand plan of redemption.

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:59.380
 But he also lavishes on his people the daily discernment we need to belong to him in the heavenlies while still walking here on earth.

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:02.480
 He doesn't take us out of this fallen world.

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:06.220
 But we taste by faith his grace now.

00:37:07.180 --> 00:37:09.220
 We are in the world but not of the world.

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:13.099
 Verse 9 says,

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:21.440
 Having made known, having declared or certified to us the mystery of his will.

00:37:23.339 --> 00:37:24.900
 He's kept it veiled.

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:29.639
 He's been saving this great moment for the fullness of time.

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:37.920
 And he's been promising it and prophesying it and casting shadows forward toward the substance which is coming.

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:43.079
 Jeremiah 31.3 we're told that the Lord appeared to me of old.

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:46.420
 See this has been God's revelation all along.

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.539
 He says,

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:51.539
 I have loved you with an everlasting love.

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:54.900
 Therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you.

00:37:54.900 --> 00:38:02.059
 You see you can look back on all of God's word and it's always been pointing toward being loved by God in Christ.

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:04.460
 This is what it's all built toward.

00:38:05.740 --> 00:38:07.740
 God makes this known to us.

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:11.240
 The mystery of his will.

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:15.539
 When we hear the word mystery in our Bibles.

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:18.259
 It doesn't mean to hide something.

00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:19.359
 It's the opposite of that.

00:38:19.759 --> 00:38:22.019
 Mystery is a form of revelation.

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:30.960
 It's a loving unveiling of something that had been wrapped up until the perfect moment.

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:36.940
 You picture God taking the most precious gift.

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:39.039
 Which is this.

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:42.320
 That you were loved in his beloved.

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:46.519
 And he now by faith by the ministry of the spirit.

00:38:46.700 --> 00:38:49.900
 He pulls off the veil.

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:53.260
 He uncovers this precious gift to you.

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:57.260
 And it's that magic of surprise.

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:59.800
 For his people to receive this.

00:39:01.060 --> 00:39:04.660
 This is how God will keep all of his promises in Jesus Christ.

00:39:05.600 --> 00:39:06.440
 And it's for me.

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.940
 And it's for you.

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.860
 Who trust in him.

00:39:11.540 --> 00:39:12.540
 He did this.

00:39:12.620 --> 00:39:13.880
 We read in verse 9.

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:16.800
 According to his good pleasure.

00:39:17.160 --> 00:39:19.340
 Which he purposed in himself.

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:19.740
 Now.

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.680
 If you're like me.

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.860
 You want to touch stuff.

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:25.140
 And see it for yourself.

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:26.079
 Look at verse 9.

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:28.280
 I want to highlight three words.

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.440
 The first one is this.

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:32.280
 It's the mystery of his will.

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.579
 That's the first one.

00:39:33.640 --> 00:39:34.360
 The will of God.

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.380
 Number two.

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:37.400
 According to his good pleasure.

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:39.320
 So his will is the first one.

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:41.240
 His good pleasure is the second one.

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:43.980
 Which he purposed in himself.

00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:44.860
 That's the third one.

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.260
 He purposed in himself.

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:49.200
 Paul is putting one, two, three.

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:49.720
 In a row.

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.740
 The will of God.

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:52.079
 The purpose of God.

00:39:52.180 --> 00:39:53.120
 The good pleasure of God.

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.519
 He's repeating himself.

00:39:54.640 --> 00:39:57.200
 But he's rounding it off in such a full way.

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:58.820
 To paint the full picture.

00:39:59.100 --> 00:40:00.320
 Of what is unveiled.

00:40:00.640 --> 00:40:02.340
 By the person of Jesus Christ.

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:03.860
 His will.

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.620
 His good pleasure.

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:07.019
 That which he purposed in himself.

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.480
 What do each of these words mean?

00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:11.960
 His will is the result.

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:14.880
 Of his deliberate determination.

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:17.559
 God deliberately determined.

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:20.539
 This glorious salvation for us.

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.960
 What he purposed.

00:40:22.299 --> 00:40:24.279
 It means this is what he has set forth.

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:26.000
 It's what he has designed.

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:28.519
 It's what he has planned all along.

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:33.579
 According to his good pleasure.

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:38.480
 He's using language of the perfect God.

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.619
 Who is unchanging.

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:42.099
 So the good pleasure of God.

00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:43.659
 Is good pleasure.

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.119
 To the extreme.

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:47.299
 There could be no more goodness.

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:48.639
 Added to God's good pleasure.

00:40:49.279 --> 00:40:51.059
 And God could know no more pleasure.

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:52.039
 Than he already knows.

00:40:52.279 --> 00:40:54.279
 All wrapped up in this salvation.

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:55.460
 Through Jesus Christ.

00:40:55.460 --> 00:41:01.559
 1 John 4.9 and 10 tells us this way.

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:02.940
 In this.

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:05.900
 In this gospel of Jesus Christ.

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:08.659
 The love of God was manifested.

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:09.860
 Toward us.

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:11.019
 That God.

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:13.679
 Has sent his only begotten son.

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.760
 Into the world.

00:41:15.240 --> 00:41:17.079
 That we might live.

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.179
 Through him.

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:19.619
 In.

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:20.940
 This.

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:22.099
 Is love.

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:24.420
 Not that we have loved God.

00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:25.320
 But that he.

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:26.659
 Loved us.

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.940
 And sent his son.

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:30.039
 To be the propitiation.

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.200
 For.

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:31.920
 Our.

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:32.840
 Sins.

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:35.079
 You see the great love of God.

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:36.039
 For you.

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:37.380
 In Jesus Christ.

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:39.320
 Praise the beloved.

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:40.099
 Who reveals.

00:41:40.720 --> 00:41:41.240
 God's.

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:42.500
 Gracious will.

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.440
 Toward us.

00:41:43.740 --> 00:41:45.099
 His good pleasure toward us.

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:46.260
 In Christ.

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:49.680
 Well the fourth and final reason.

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:51.280
 To praise God the son is this.

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:52.920
 Praise the beloved.

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:53.340
 Who is.

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:55.700
 Reordering his new creation.

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:57.480
 Including you and me.

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.600
 In himself.

00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:00.480
 Praise the beloved.

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:03.039
 Who is reordering his new creation.

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:04.059
 Including you and me.

00:42:04.700 --> 00:42:05.940
 In himself.

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:08.680
 We read in verse 10.

00:42:08.740 --> 00:42:10.340
 That in the dispensation.

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:11.900
 Of the fullness of the times.

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:13.640
 Or in the administration.

00:42:13.640 --> 00:42:15.360
 Of the fullness of the times.

00:42:16.620 --> 00:42:18.300
 God might gather together.

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:18.980
 In one.

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:20.480
 All things in Christ.

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:21.619
 Both which are in heaven.

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:22.840
 And which are.

00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:23.740
 On earth.

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:25.179
 In him.

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.800
 That word dispensation.

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:28.740
 Or administration.

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:31.240
 It's the same word.

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.960
 From which we get.

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.860
 Our English word.

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.519
 Economy.

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:35.940
 So it's in God's management.

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.659
 Of everything.

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:38.079
 In his disposal.

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:39.619
 As our providential.

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.539
 Ruler of all.

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.779
 He's setting it up.

00:42:42.779 --> 00:42:44.000
 For the fullness of time.

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:45.500
 To accomplish.

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:46.500
 To arrange.

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:47.639
 All of human history.

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:48.980
 To fulfill.

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.900
 The final.

00:42:51.099 --> 00:42:51.579
 Aspect.

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:52.360
 Of this redemption.

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:53.739
 Which is the culmination.

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:54.679
 Of Christ's work.

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:56.460
 He's just talked about.

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.519
 The blood of Christ.

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:59.759
 What's already happened.

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:00.679
 But now he's pointing us.

00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:01.860
 To look forward also.

00:43:02.059 --> 00:43:03.079
 How all things will.

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:04.860
 Be consummated in Christ.

00:43:05.179 --> 00:43:06.279
 The kingdom of Christ.

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:07.380
 The ministry of Christ.

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:08.519
 Is an already.

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:09.719
 And not yet.

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.559
 Ministry.

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:14.360
 He says that in Christ.

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.960
 All things will be gathered.

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:17.199
 Together in one.

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:18.340
 They will be summed up.

00:43:18.679 --> 00:43:19.219
 Comprehended.

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:20.179
 Headed up.

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:21.440
 Under Christ.

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:23.579
 At the fullness of times.

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:25.239
 Colossians 1.

00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:26.139
 19 and 20.

00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:26.900
 Helps us to.

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:28.099
 See other light.

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:29.119
 And clarify this.

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.739
 We read that it.

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:31.900
 Please God the Father.

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:32.800
 That in Christ.

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:33.739
 All the fullness.

00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:34.880
 Should dwell.

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.900
 And by him.

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:37.579
 God will reconcile.

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:39.599
 All things to himself.

00:43:39.779 --> 00:43:40.460
 By Christ.

00:43:40.819 --> 00:43:42.319
 Whether things on earth.

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:43.340
 Or things.

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:44.340
 In heaven.

00:43:44.819 --> 00:43:46.139
 Having made peace.

00:43:46.279 --> 00:43:46.940
 Through the blood.

00:43:47.319 --> 00:43:48.199
 Of his cross.

00:43:49.819 --> 00:43:51.119
 See this is promised.

00:43:51.299 --> 00:43:52.259
 And it's in motion.

00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:54.619
 If you belong to Christ now.

00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:55.699
 You are brought into this.

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:56.519
 Sweeping motion.

00:43:56.779 --> 00:43:58.199
 Of all of redemptive history.

00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:01.360
 He has already started.

00:44:01.799 --> 00:44:03.079
 Bringing things together.

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:04.019
 In Christ.

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:05.579
 First and foremost.

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:06.539
 Within the church.

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:08.079
 In the church.

00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:08.079


00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:09.380
 Jews and Greeks.

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:10.179
 Are made part.

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:11.860
 Of this one body.

00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:12.980
 Under Christ.

00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:13.880
 The head of all.

00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:15.219
 In the church.

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:16.679
 Slaves and free.

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:18.759
 Were made part of this one body.

00:44:18.980 --> 00:44:19.900
 Under Christ.

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:21.079
 As head of all.

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.159
 In the church.

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:23.139
 The rich and the poor.

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:24.940
 Are made part of this one body.

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:25.679
 Under him.

00:44:25.759 --> 00:44:26.539
 As the head of all.

00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:28.139
 In our church.

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:29.179
 Young and old.

00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:31.519
 No matter what our backgrounds are.

00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:32.800
 No matter what.

00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:33.860
 Our life stories.

00:44:33.860 --> 00:44:34.460
 Has been.

00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:36.019
 We are brought together.

00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:36.980
 As one.

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:38.980
 In the body of Jesus Christ.

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:39.720
 To his head.

00:44:40.240 --> 00:44:40.760
 Overall.

00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:43.519
 Isaiah 25.8.

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:44.260
 Prophesies.

00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:45.559
 Where this.

00:44:46.220 --> 00:44:47.659
 Reordering of all creation.

00:44:47.659 --> 00:44:48.199
 Is heading.

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:49.760
 We're told that Christ.

00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:51.099
 Will swallow up.

00:44:51.300 --> 00:44:52.139
 Death forever.

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:53.880
 It's already happened.

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.460
 Inaugurated.

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:56.780
 But it's not yet consummated.

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:57.679
 It's yet to come.

00:44:58.220 --> 00:44:58.840
 The Lord God.

00:44:58.900 --> 00:44:59.960
 Will wipe away.

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:00.820
 Tears.

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:02.099
 From all faces.

00:45:02.099 --> 00:45:03.819
 The rebuke of his people.

00:45:03.940 --> 00:45:04.799
 He will take away.

00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:06.000
 From all the earth.

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:07.460
 Romans 8.

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:07.779
 20.

00:45:07.799 --> 00:45:08.219
 21.

00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:09.079
 Picks up on this.

00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:09.319
 Says.

00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:10.920
 The creation itself.

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:12.819
 Also will be delivered.

00:45:13.279 --> 00:45:14.679
 From the bondage of corruption.

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:15.299
 Into.

00:45:15.940 --> 00:45:16.679
 The glorious.

00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.460
 Liberty.

00:45:17.659 --> 00:45:18.380
 Of the children.

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:19.239
 Of God.

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:20.799
 All of creation.

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:21.940
 Will share.

00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:22.880
 In what the church.

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:24.079
 Is already experiencing.

00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:25.199
 Spiritually.

00:45:26.699 --> 00:45:27.739
 Around his throne.

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:28.179
 In heaven.

00:45:28.259 --> 00:45:28.679
 The great.

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:29.860
 Cloud of witnesses.

00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:31.099
 All those.

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:32.460
 That Christ redeemed.

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.920
 From every generation.

00:45:34.780 --> 00:45:35.960
 They are joined together.

00:45:36.220 --> 00:45:37.500
 With that great host.

00:45:37.700 --> 00:45:38.920
 Of angel army.

00:45:39.579 --> 00:45:40.640
 They're united.

00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:41.660
 Under Christ.

00:45:41.740 --> 00:45:42.400
 The head of all.

00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:44.599
 Around the throne.

00:45:44.660 --> 00:45:45.460
 Of God in heaven.

00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:47.120
 Because of the ministry.

00:45:47.120 --> 00:45:48.140
 Of Jesus Christ.

00:45:48.500 --> 00:45:49.880
 Who God unveiled.

00:45:50.720 --> 00:45:51.780
 As his good pleasure.

00:45:51.900 --> 00:45:52.519
 All along.

00:45:53.220 --> 00:45:54.460
 There around his throne.

00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:55.720
 Mortal.

00:45:56.200 --> 00:45:56.500
 Sick.

00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:57.599
 Broken humans.

00:45:57.700 --> 00:45:58.360
 Like you and me.

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:59.720
 Are brought into the same.

00:46:00.160 --> 00:46:00.559
 Company.

00:46:01.200 --> 00:46:02.120
 As those elect.

00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:03.380
 Warrior angels.

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:04.039
 Of light.

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:05.480
 Under Christ.

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:06.900
 The God man.

00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:07.800
 Who is the head.

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:08.800
 Of all.

00:46:10.240 --> 00:46:11.440
 Revelation 21.

00:46:12.539 --> 00:46:13.539
 Verses 1 and 5.

00:46:13.620 --> 00:46:14.079
 Tell us.

00:46:14.720 --> 00:46:15.920
 This eyewitness report.

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:16.519
 From John.

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:16.880
 He said.

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:18.360
 I saw a new heaven.

00:46:18.640 --> 00:46:19.820
 And a new earth.

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:21.280
 This is what's yet to come.

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:22.880
 For the first heaven.

00:46:23.420 --> 00:46:24.200
 And the first earth.

00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:25.160
 Had passed away.

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 And he who sat.

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 On the throne.

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:28.659
 Says behold.

00:46:29.139 --> 00:46:30.559
 I make.

00:46:30.879 --> 00:46:31.819
 All things.

00:46:32.259 --> 00:46:32.579
 New.

00:46:33.619 --> 00:46:34.480
 All things.

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:35.799
 New in Christ.

00:46:36.319 --> 00:46:37.039
 Both in heaven.

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:39.000
 And on earth.

00:46:39.639 --> 00:46:39.899
 New.

00:46:40.379 --> 00:46:40.920
 In him.

00:46:42.179 --> 00:46:43.319
 So you and me.

00:46:43.899 --> 00:46:44.980
 Who he redeemed.

00:46:45.839 --> 00:46:46.799
 Whom we receive him.

00:46:46.879 --> 00:46:47.179
 By now.

00:46:47.259 --> 00:46:47.779
 By faith.

00:46:48.440 --> 00:46:49.920
 We know that we have been loved.

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:51.279
 By the father in Christ.

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:52.879
 We have been predestined.

00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:54.380
 For adoption into his family.

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:55.140
 In Christ.

00:46:56.260 --> 00:46:57.380
 We have been purchased.

00:46:57.380 --> 00:46:58.440
 By his own precious.

00:46:58.960 --> 00:46:59.320
 Blood.

00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:01.280
 We have been bought.

00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:02.380
 With this high price.

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:02.780
 And he.

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:04.400
 Lavishes the riches.

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:05.079
 Of his grace.

00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:05.980
 Upon you and me.

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:08.599
 To remain in his grace.

00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:10.960
 So that it grows in you.

00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:13.980
 You hear the shepherd's voice.

00:47:14.140 --> 00:47:14.920
 You obey him.

00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:16.900
 And he promises you.

00:47:16.980 --> 00:47:17.720
 In John 15.

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:18.079
 9.

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 As the father.

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:21.099
 Loved me.

00:47:21.099 --> 00:47:23.380
 I also.

00:47:23.779 --> 00:47:25.360
 Have loved you.

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:28.259
 Having loved his disciples.

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:29.360
 He loved you and me.

00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:30.139
 To the end.

00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:31.619
 And he says.

00:47:31.739 --> 00:47:32.219
 Abide.

00:47:32.779 --> 00:47:33.739
 In my.

00:47:34.339 --> 00:47:34.659
 Love.

00:47:35.539 --> 00:47:36.400
 Praise the beloved.

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:38.159
 Who is reordering.

00:47:38.420 --> 00:47:39.519
 His new creation.

00:47:39.839 --> 00:47:40.739
 Including you.

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:41.619
 And me.

00:47:42.139 --> 00:47:42.839
 And himself.

00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:45.119
 Praise our redeemer.

00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:46.880
 Who reveals God's.

00:47:47.239 --> 00:47:47.759
 Gracious.

00:47:48.039 --> 00:47:48.659
 Good pleasure.

00:47:49.299 --> 00:47:50.079
 Toward you and me.

00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:51.840
 Who he purchased.

00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:53.039
 With his precious blood.

00:47:53.799 --> 00:47:54.239
 Church.

00:47:54.900 --> 00:47:55.299
 Praise.

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:56.179
 The beloved.

00:47:57.159 --> 00:47:57.719
 Let's pray.

00:47:58.420 --> 00:47:58.880
 Lord.

00:47:58.940 --> 00:47:59.539
 We thank you.

00:48:00.679 --> 00:48:01.539
 We thank you.

00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:02.759
 For this great salvation.

00:48:02.759 --> 00:48:03.599
 That you accomplished.

00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:04.319
 For us.

00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:05.059
 Through the person.

00:48:05.139 --> 00:48:06.039
 Of Jesus Christ.

00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:08.119
 We pray that.

00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:09.559
 As your people.

00:48:09.719 --> 00:48:10.539
 We can receive.

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:11.420
 This.

00:48:11.420 --> 00:48:12.259
 We can know.

00:48:12.779 --> 00:48:13.860
 This glorious truth.

00:48:14.639 --> 00:48:14.920
 That we.

00:48:14.920 --> 00:48:16.260
 We not only will.

00:48:16.440 --> 00:48:17.500
 Accept it in our minds.

00:48:17.639 --> 00:48:18.039
 But we'll.

00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:19.480
 We'll bask.

00:48:19.720 --> 00:48:20.360
 In your love.

00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:23.619
 That we'll receive this Lord.

00:48:23.680 --> 00:48:24.460
 With our hearts.

00:48:25.260 --> 00:48:26.860
 That we'll stay in your presence.

00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:27.980
 We'll stay near you.

00:48:28.680 --> 00:48:29.860
 Abiding in your love.

00:48:30.860 --> 00:48:31.780
 Praising you for it.

00:48:32.159 --> 00:48:33.119
 Giving you all thanks.

00:48:34.720 --> 00:48:35.840
 You did all of this.

00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:36.539
 For the glory.

00:48:36.860 --> 00:48:37.800
 Of your grace.

00:48:39.320 --> 00:48:40.200
 In Jesus Christ.

00:48:40.360 --> 00:48:40.880
 For us.

00:48:41.400 --> 00:48:42.380
 We praise you father.

00:48:42.860 --> 00:48:43.119
 Amen.

00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:43.219
 Amen.