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 Well, why don't I pray and we'll get started. I'm excited to get into this topic this morning.

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 Heavenly Father, thank you so much that you've given us everything in Christ Jesus.

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 That we, although lost and all but obliterated in our sinfulness, you came, condescended yourself in the person of your Son, Jesus Christ.

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 And that you've given us the ability to study you, to contemplate you, to renew our minds to a worshipful life that anticipates the glory that we have in you.

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 Help us focus on you this morning.

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 Let everything that is said be said to your glory.

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 We pray this in Christ's name. Amen.

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 Well, today the topic is the image of God in Christ.

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 And the technical term is the imago substantialis, the essential image of God that's in Christ Jesus.

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 I'm excited to get into that.

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 But today we're going to recap a little bit first and talk about the image of God in man first.

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 There are a few steps that we have to take before we get directly into the image of God in Christ.

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 So you'll recall that last week, if you were here, we looked at Psalm 8 as well as Genesis 1 and 2.

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 And we concluded that the image of God in humanity is humanity itself, united in both body and soul.

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 It's everything that pertains to the human being.

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 And that's important for how we reflect God and his goodness in creation.

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 But it's also important secondarily and related to the first for ethics.

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 We talked about that a little bit.

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 In fact, there's a deep significance there.

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 Earlier last week, in fact, Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia signed in to effect the fetal heartbeat bill,

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 which directly ties to this idea of what we consider to be a person,

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 a focus on the actual human person in the womb,

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 which the Washington Post noted.

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 They had an interesting article.

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 And it was interesting seeing some of the reactions as well.

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 CNN's Christine Quinn says this,

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 quote,

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 When a woman is pregnant, that is not a human being inside of her.

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 End quote.

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 Contrarily, Psalm 139.13 says that it uses the same potter imagery from Genesis 2.7

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 as saying that we're fearfully and wonderfully made,

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 woven together by God inside the womb.

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 In fact, David in Psalm 51.5 says that he's conceived in sin

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 and refers to himself as an I or a me.

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 And both of those passages are drawing on this cosmological language, right,

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 of the image of God as consisting in the body as well as the soul in the womb.

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 And this dehumanizing sentiment that we see today

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 is an affront, in fact, to the image of God in man

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 that's continuing.

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 We see, in fact, in Genesis 9.6,

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 it says that whoever sheds man's blood,

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 by man his blood shall be shed.

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 For in the image of God he made man.

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 In fact, that verse talks about the image of God

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 as kind of this grounds for our moral accountability before God.

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 Where, of course, all sin is directed ultimately towards God.

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 Now, this points to the deterioration of the image in God

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 when we talk about sin and its effects.

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 We used last week the phrase that we've been defaced but not erased.

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 The image has been defaced but not erased.

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 And that means that it breaks our communion with God.

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 It affects our whole person, body, as well as soul.

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 In Genesis 3.7, it talks about the shame that Adam and Eve had bodily

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 when sin had affected it after the fall.

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 In fact, Augustine refers to that verse as,

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 quote, a novel disturbance in their disobedient flesh.

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 Now, there is a plethora of passages that talk about this state

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 as being, in fact, a kind of deadness, a separation from God.

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 Ephesians 2.1 refers to it as being dead in our trespasses and sins.

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 Colossians 2.13 says that you were dead in your transgressions.

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 And Romans 6.23 states that the wages of sin is death.

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 However, in that verse, Paul immediately qualifies it by saying,

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 but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 Lord, we're going to be talking about Christ as the very image of God,

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 equivalently, substantially, and essentially.

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 And we're going to be entering upon the threshold of high Trinitarian theology.

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 There's going to be a lot that's difficult to understand today for me and for you,

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 which is why we're going to stick close to the text.

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 This is going to be another Lerman lecture sermon.

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 And we're going to be staying in Colossians in particular,

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 which talks about the sufficiency of Christ,

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 or that classic Reformation doctrine of Christ alone

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 as the boundaries for our faith and our salvation.

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 It was John Calvin who wrote,

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 outside Christ there is nothing worth knowing.

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 And elsewhere, that Christ is all-sufficient.

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 He says that in his sermons on Ephesians in particular.

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 Particularly, we're going to be talking about Colossians 1, 15-22.

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 However, as R.C. Reid once says,

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 to know just how much we are indebted to Christ,

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 we must know how much we are indebted to Adam.

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 So in order to get there, we're going to turn to Romans 5.

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 If you have your Bibles,

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 we're going to be looking at Romans 5 real quick.

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 Of course, the synthetic nature of theology,

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 like we said last week,

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 that means that we have to cover a lot of ground

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 in order to get to who Jesus Christ is

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 in order to understand the name of God and Christ.

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 I'm going to read Romans 5, 12-21.

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 Therefore, just as through one man,

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 sin entered into the world,

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 and death through sin,

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 and so death spread to all men because all sinned.

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 For until the law, sin was in the world.

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 But sin is not imputed when there is no law.

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 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses,

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 even those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offensive Adam,

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 who is a type of him who was to come.

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 But the free gift is not like the transgression.

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 For if by the transgression of the one,

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 the many died,

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 much more did the grace of God

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 and the gift by the grace of the one man,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 the bound to the many.

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 The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned.

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 For on the one hand,

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 the judgment arose from one transgression,

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 resulting in condemnation.

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 But on the other hand,

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 the free gift arose from the many transgressions,

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 resulting in justification.

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 For if by the transgression of the one,

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 death reigned through the one,

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 much more those who receive the abundance

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 of grace and the gift of righteousness

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 will reign in life through the one,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So then,

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 as through one transgression

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 there resulted condemnation to all men,

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 even so through one act of righteousness

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 there resulted justification of life to all men.

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 For as through the one man's disobedience

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 the many were made sinners,

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 even so through the obedience of the one

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 the many will be made righteous.

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 The law came in

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 so that the transgression would increase,

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 but where sin increased,

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 grace abounded all the more.

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 So that as sin reigned in death,

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 even so grace would reign through righteousness

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 to eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 Now, that's a confusing passage.

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 And in fact, it sounds like word salad

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 when I'm reading it out loud, doesn't it?

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 But it's actually a very important passage.

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 Paul places it central in his logic

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 for how we understand our relation to Christ.

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 And historically,

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 it was the center of a controversy

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 known as the Pelagian controversy

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 between Augustine of Hippo on the one hand

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 and Pelagius, who's a renowned heretic,

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 on the other.

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 The controversy revolved around

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 what's called original sin.

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 Where does sin come from

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 and how does it affect our person?

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 It was sparked when Pelagius,

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 who's a monk in Jerusalem,

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 heard Augustine being read aloud,

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 Augustine's Confessions.

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 And the passage was this one

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 from Confessions chapter 10.

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 My whole hope is in thy exceedingly great mercy

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 and that alone.

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 Give what thou commandest

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 and command what thou wilt.

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 This meant that humans can contribute nothing

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 to God's grace

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 and that God's grace is everything

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 in the act of salvation.

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 However, that didn't sit well with Pelagius

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 or his student after him, Julianus.

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 And they caused quite a controversy about this

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 by saying that man is completely neutral

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 in his ability to choose good or choose evil.

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 Augustine's response to this came,

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 in fact, from Romans 5,

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 the passage we just read.

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 Again, it's a confusing passage,

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 but there's a basic key to understanding it

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 the next time that you have to read through it.

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 And that's the key of considering it

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 as an imperfect analogy.

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 There's a comparison on the one hand

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 between Adam and Christ,

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 and there's a contrast on the other hand

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 between their various functions.

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 This is called,

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 just to give,

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 for those of you who are curious,

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 it's called synkresis.

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 It's the comparison of comparable persons,

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 objects, or things

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 with deficiencies or superiorities highlighted.

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 It was a classic literary device.

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 And this militates, in fact,

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 against the claim

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 that this was not doctrinally central

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 to Paul's theology.

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 Occasionally you'll see people

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 say that this verse

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 is too imprecise

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 to make any theological claims about it.

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 But Paul places it very central here.

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 And note also that

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 it's a cosmological argument.

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 That is to say,

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 it's grounded

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 in how we understand

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 creation is told to us in the Bible.

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 So the comparison

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 teaches the means of participation,

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 either in Adam, on the one hand,

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 or Christ, on the other.

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 The Greek word in verse 14

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 is tupos,

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 which is a type.

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 It's the pattern

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 against which a coin

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 is struck from the mint.

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 And that speaks

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 of that same function

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 that Christ has

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 as Adam does.

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 That is to say,

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 they're both representatives

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 of their respective races.

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 And look at verse 19.

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 It says that

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 the word made is used.

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 And that word made

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 is kathistimit,

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 to ordain

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 or to establish.

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 And the actual Greek form of it

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 means that it's a

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 sole act of God alone.

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 God places

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 either in Adam

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 or he places in Christ

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 as representatives.

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 Now, that's the comparison

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 in how they're functioning

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 as heads of their respective races.

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 The contrast

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 is their differing acts

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 and results.

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 The one act

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 of being an Adam

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 is transgression

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 resulting in condemnation.

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 And that has to do

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 with that covenant

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 found in Genesis 2,

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 16 to 17.

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 You recall

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 God is talking to Adam

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 in the garden

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 and he says,

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 it says,

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 The Lord God

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 commanded Adam

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 saying,

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 From any tree

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 of the garden

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 you may eat freely.

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 But from the tree

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 of the knowledge

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 of good and evil

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 you shall not eat.

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 For in the day

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 you eat from it

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 you will surely die.

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 This is why

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 we speak of having

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 sinned in Adam,

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 by the way,

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 not in Eve.

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 Eve ate first, right?

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 But Adam

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 was constituted

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 federal head

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 of the human race.

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 That's also why

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 the verse here

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 talks about

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 the imputation

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 of one sin,

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 not all of Adam's sins

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 to the human race.

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 So Adam was created

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 by God

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 to be the perfect

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 representative

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 for all humans

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 after him.

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 And that's why

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 we inherit both guilt

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 and corruption

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 from him.

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 Ephesians 2, 3 says,

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 By nature

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 we are children

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 of wrath.

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 And Genesis 8, 21,

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 speaking after the flood,

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 says that the intent

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 of man's heart

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 is evil from his youth.

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 In Augustine's words,

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 we are born sinners.

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 Yet,

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 on the other hand,

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 there's a distinct

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 contrast in this passage.

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 The parallel idea

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 to the one act

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 of condemnation

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 is the one act

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 of righteousness

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 resulting in justification.

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 That is to say,

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 on the one hand,

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 the one man,

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 Adam,

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 brought sin

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 and condemnation

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 to all men

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 who are under

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 his headship.

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 And on the other hand,

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 the one man,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 brought salvation

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 to all who are

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 under his headship.

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 Now,

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 you may be asking,

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 what does this have to do

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 with the image of God?

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 Well,

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 it has everything

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 to do with the image

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 of God.

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 Turn with me

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 to 1 Corinthians 15.

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 1 Corinthians 15.

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 And this verse

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 is actually

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 underlying Paul's theology.

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 It shows that

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 underlying Paul's theology

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 is a primarily

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 kind of cosmological sense

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 of our origins in Adam,

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 which is the basis

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 for our participation

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 in Christ.

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 And he draws that out

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 more in this section.

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 The context here

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 is that Paul

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 is attempting

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 to underscore

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 the importance

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 of Christ's

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 actual resurrection.

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 He's applying it

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 to our resurrection.

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 and in doing so,

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 he's pitting Adam

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 versus Christ.

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 And he uses

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 very similar language

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 to that which we just

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 read in Romans 5.

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 In verse 22,

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 for as in Adam

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 all die,

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 even so in Christ

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 we'll all be made alive.

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 And that's the ground

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 in Paul's logic

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 for our resurrection

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 and even glorification.

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 And the ground

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 is the image of God.

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 Let's read verses

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 38 to 39.

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 But God gives it a body

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 just as he wished.

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 And to each of the seeds

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 a body of its own.

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 All flesh is not

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 the same flesh,

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 but there is one flesh

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 of men

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 and another flesh

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 of beasts

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 and another flesh

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 of birds

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 and another of fish.

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 There are also

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 heavenly bodies

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 and earthly bodies,

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 but the glory

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 of the heavenly is one

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 and the glory

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 of the earthly

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 is another.

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 There is one glory

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 of the sun

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 and the glory

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 of the moon

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 and another glory

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 of the stars

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 for star differs

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 from star and glory.

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 So also is the

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 resurrection of the dead.

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 It is sown

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 a perishable body.

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 It is raised

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 an imperishable body.

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 It is sown

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 in dishonor.

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 It is raised

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 in glory.

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 It is sown

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 in weakness.

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 It is raised

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 in power.

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 It is sown

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 a natural body.

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 It is raised

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 a spiritual body.

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 If there is

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 a natural body,

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 there is also

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 a spiritual body.

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 So also is it written,

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 the first man,

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 Adam,

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 became a living soul.

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 The last Adam

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 became a life-giving spirit.

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 However,

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 the spiritual

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 is not first,

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 but the natural.

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 Then the spiritual.

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 The first man

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 is from the earth,

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 earthy.

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 The second man

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 is from heaven.

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 As is the earthy,

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 so also are those

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 who are earthy.

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 And as is the heavenly,

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 so also are those

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 who are heavenly.

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 Just as we have

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 borne the image

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 of the earthy,

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 we will also bear

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 the image

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 of the heavenly.

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 Now,

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 I chose

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 several passages

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 this morning

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 that were word solid,

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 right?

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 This is another example

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 of a difficult

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 and interpretively

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 difficult passage.

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 And I don't have

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 the time to

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 comprehensively explain it,

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 unfortunately,

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 this morning,

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 but just to simplify,

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 note the parallels here.

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 There's the first man

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 who is Adam,

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 and he's described

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 as being earthy.

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 The last man

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 is Christ,

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 and he's considered

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 heavenly.

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 heavenly.

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 In fact,

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 the cave verse here,

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 however,

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 that I want to zone in

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 is verse 49.

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 Just as we have

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 borne the image

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 of the earthy,

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 we will also bear

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 the image

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 of the heavenly.

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 That's not speaking,

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 in fact,

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 of a spiritualization

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 of the body,

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 right?

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 We're not going to be,

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 when we're resurrected,

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 intangible ghosts

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 floating around

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 as orbs in heaven.

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 That's contrary

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 to Paul's logic,

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 in fact.

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 Paul isn't

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 a Platonist.

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 He's not

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 positing kind of

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 spirit versus

00:17:11.899 --> 00:17:13.139
 matter dualism.

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 He's assuming

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 that heaven

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 is a very real place

00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.259
 where God's presence

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 is manifest.

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 And in Paul's logic here,

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 he's saying that

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 Christ,

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:25.119
 as the image

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 of the heavenly,

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 is bringing

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 a restoration

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 of the relationship

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 lost in Adam.

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 This is total,

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 in fact.

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 The more I read

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 this passage,

00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:37.740
 I see the focus

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.920
 is on the body

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 as essential

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 for renewed communion

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.100
 with God

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 as part of that image.

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 We'll talk about

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 this passage a bit more

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 and the future

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 state of glorification

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 next week

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 and what that looks like.

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 Now,

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 I want to focus

00:17:52.080 --> 00:17:53.039
 on the centrality

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.640
 of Christ

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 as the essential

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 image of God

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 into which

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 mankind's image

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 is restored.

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 And we're going

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 to be focusing

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 on Colossians.

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 We're doing a lot

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 of Bible hopping.

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 Good systematic theology

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 is synthesizing

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 Bible.

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 Oh, they teach me

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 how Yale.

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 So our primary text

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 this morning

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 is going to be

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 Colossians 1 here.

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 And you'll note

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 that this text

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 is going to be

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 speaking of

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.879
 Christ's perfect

00:18:36.879 --> 00:18:37.859
 mediator,

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 which is an important

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.339
 reality.

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 We talk about that

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 in my Bible,

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.740
 the Bible study

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.359
 that I attend

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 on Thursday nights.

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 Another example

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 where we're talking

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 about union with Christ

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 and we ended up

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 having to talk about

00:18:49.699 --> 00:18:50.500
 every other doctrine

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 attached to union

00:18:51.439 --> 00:18:52.000
 with Christ.

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 Christ.

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 But it's important

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 to understand

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 that Christ

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 is our perfect

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:57.299
 mediator.

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 1 Timothy 2.5

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 says there's one

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 God and one

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 mediator between

00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:02.119
 God and men,

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 the man Christ

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 Jesus.

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 That begs the

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:05.220
 question,

00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.019
 why Christ?

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.519
 Why is Christ

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.059
 our perfect

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.539
 mediator?

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 Why couldn't it

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.480
 have been the

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.079
 Holy Spirit?

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 Why couldn't

00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.500
 God have chosen

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.400
 some other means

00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:13.980
 to save us?

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 Christ.

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 This text,

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 and that text

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.839
 in 1 Timothy 2.5

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 I read,

00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:21.860
 directly equates

00:19:21.860 --> 00:19:22.920
 Christ's mediation

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 to his deity.

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 It was Stephen

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 Charnock who said

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:28.000
 that Christ is said

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 to be the one

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 mediator in the

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 same sense that

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 God is said to

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 be the one God.

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 And in our passage,

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.440
 it talks about

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.640
 Christ's mediatorial

00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.960
 role in verse 20

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 as being reconciled

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 all things to

00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:41.759
 himself,

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 having made peace

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 through the blood

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 of his cross.

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 So why?

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 Why does that

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 constitute him

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 as mediator?

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 Well, Paul provides

00:19:50.699 --> 00:19:51.500
 the theological

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.319
 answer here,

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 beginning in verse

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 15.

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 It says here,

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 He is the image

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 of the invisible

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 God, the firstborn

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 of all creation.

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 For by him all

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 things were created,

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 both in the heavens

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 and on earth,

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 visible and invisible,

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 whether thrones

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 or dominions or

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 rulers or authorities.

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 All things have

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 been created through

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 him and for him.

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 He is before

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 all things,

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 and in him all

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 things hold together.

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 He is also head

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 of the body,

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 the church,

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 and he is the

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 beginning,

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 the firstborn

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 from the dead,

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 so that he himself

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 will come to have

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 first place in

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 everything.

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 For it was the

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 Father's good pleasure

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 for all the fullness

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 to dwell in him,

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 and through him to

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 reconcile all things

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 to himself,

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 having made peace

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 through the blood

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 of his cross.

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 Through him,

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 I say,

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 whether things on

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 earth or things

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 in heaven.

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 And although

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 you were formerly

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 alienated and

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 hostile in mind,

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 engaged in evil

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 deeds, there it is,

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 that original sin

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 concept, yet he has

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 now reconciled you

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 in his fleshly body

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 through death in

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 order to present

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 you before him

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 holy and blameless

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 and beyond

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 reproach.

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 Now, Christ is

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 spoken of here as

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 the image of the

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 invisible God.

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 Now, I do have to

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 distinguish that's not

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 the same as our

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 image.

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 We have a similar

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 image, a likeness,

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 an analogy is the

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 word theologians

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 will use.

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 However, Hebrews 1.3

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 will be even more

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 explicit to say that

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 he is the radiance

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 of his glory and the

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 exact representation

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 of his nature and

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 upholds all things by

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 the word of his

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 power.

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 His very nature is

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 the Son of God,

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 is what's being

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 talked about here.

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 That he is, in

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 fact, God himself

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 derived from the

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 essence of God

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 and therefore

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 fully God.

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 Christ once said

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 to Philip when

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 Philip was asking

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 him, you know,

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 show me the

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 Father.

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 And Christ turns

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 to him, kind of

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 offended almost in

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 his voice and

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 says, he who has

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 seen me has seen

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 the Father.

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 In fact, that's

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 the entire theme

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 of the Gospel of

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 John, right?

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 The idea that the

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 word became, the

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 word became flesh,

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 the word was with

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 God and was God.

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 And John 1.18

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 talks about Christ

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 as the only

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 begotten of the

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 Father, the

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 monogamous, that

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 is, he's uniquely

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 the second person

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 of the Trinity and

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 he's the same

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 essence as God the

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 Father.

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 Now, exactly how

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 this works within

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 the Trinity, a

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 kind of Trinitarian

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 dynamic inherent

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 inside itself, is a

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.559
 great mystery.

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 It's a profound

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 theological mystery.

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 It doesn't mean we

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 can't articulate it

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 well.

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 But we'll never be

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 able to understand

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 it.

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 In fact, the

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:40.179
 greatest theological

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 minds, Augustine

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 talks about it in a

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.220
 work on the Trinity

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 and Jonathan Edwards

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 talks about it quite a

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 bit.

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 He has this idea that

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 the Father's perfect

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 and he has a perfect

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 idea of himself when

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 he thinks about

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 himself and that

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 perfect idea of

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 himself has to be

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 equally himself because

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 he is himself

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 perfect and so that

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 is the Son.

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 And, you know, Edwards

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 gets into this whole

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 thing but there are

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 certain problems that

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 people have with

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 that and he's

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 accused of actually

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 some people accuse

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 him of a kind of

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 heterodoxy because

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 of that idea.

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 It has some

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 problems and I

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 think it's more

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 correct to simply

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 hedge with Calvin

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 on this one.

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 And Calvin once

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 said, quote, it is

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.719
 not lawful for

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 mortal men to

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 intrude upon the

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 secrets of God.

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 So the Bible has

00:23:25.239 --> 00:23:26.579
 revealed very high

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.319
 Trinitarian doctrine

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 to us but we may

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 never actually be able

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 to make sense just

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 thinking about it in

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 our hearts.

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 And in fact, that's

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:36.259
 probably a mystery that

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.659
 we'll be able to delve

00:23:37.659 --> 00:23:38.859
 deeper and deeper into

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 in eternity forever.

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 That's a wonderful

00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:41.439
 concept.

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 All we need to know for

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:44.619
 this present study,

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:46.399
 however, is that Christ

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:47.980
 is the self-same image

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.480
 of God.

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 There's a regulation

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:52.899
 that goes on there

00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:54.399
 when it talks about

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:55.500
 Christ as the image

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.199
 of God in the

00:23:56.199 --> 00:23:56.819
 superlative.

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 Calvin says this,

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.319
 quote,

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 God is comprehended

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 in Christ alone.

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 In Christ alone.

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.139
 In fact,

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.799
 Francis Turretin,

00:24:07.939 --> 00:24:08.639
 who's a Genevan

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:10.139
 pastor and theologian

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:11.480
 in the 17th century

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.679
 after Calvin,

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:14.220
 he draws out four

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.179
 points of why

00:24:15.179 --> 00:24:16.539
 Christ himself had

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:18.460
 to be our mediator.

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:20.059
 And the third point

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:21.000
 is directly related

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.539
 to his nature

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.539
 as the image of God.

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 He says this,

00:24:24.419 --> 00:24:24.599
 quote,

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 it was his to recreate

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:29.099
 who it was to create.

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.740
 What the word

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:32.379
 by which all things

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:33.119
 were made in the

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.899
 first creation

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.899
 should reform us

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.639
 after his image

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.240
 in the second.

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.679
 The image of God

00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:39.099
 obscured by sin

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.319
 and all but destroyed

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:42.000
 could not be repaired

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.859
 in us better

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.899
 than by him

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.779
 who was the image

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.980
 of the invisible God.

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.339
 End quote.

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.259
 That is to say,

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.419
 Christ,

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:51.039
 as the image of God,

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.839
 is the pattern

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:53.139
 for our renewal.

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:54.900
 And that's exactly

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:57.480
 why Colossians 3.10

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.360
 says that we,

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:58.980
 quote,

00:24:59.020 --> 00:25:00.420
 have put on the new self

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.300
 who is being renewed

00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:03.200
 to a true knowledge

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.140
 according to the image

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:05.420
 of the one who created him.

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:07.400
 Or Ephesians 4,

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.440
 verses 3 to 24,

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.280
 says that

00:25:09.280 --> 00:25:11.000
 you be renewed

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.140
 in the spirit of your mind

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:13.300
 and put on the new self

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:13.500
 which,

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:15.100
 according to God,

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.420
 has been created

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.240
 in righteousness

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.160
 and holiness

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:19.000
 of the truth.

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 Or,

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.780
 speaking of

00:25:20.780 --> 00:25:21.640
 the image of God

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 in Christ,

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:23.140
 Romans 8.29,

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.980
 for those whom he foreknew,

00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:26.140
 he also predestined

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:27.080
 to become conformed

00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:28.000
 to the image of his Son

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.259
 so that he could be

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.220
 firstborn among

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.440
 many brethren.

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:34.520
 John Owen writes this,

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:36.079
 the infinite wisdom

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.579
 of God

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:38.759
 had this design,

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.220
 namely,

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.559
 that Christ

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.379
 might be

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:41.980
 the pattern

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.579
 and example

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.420
 of the renovation

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.579
 of the image

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:44.960
 of God

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.440
 in us

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:47.000
 and of the glory

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.960
 that doth and see

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.500
 thereon.

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.240
 He is in the eye

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.779
 of God

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:52.000
 as the idea

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.960
 of what he intends

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.400
 in us

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:55.000
 in the communication

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.639
 of grace

00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:56.339
 and glory

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.420
 and he ought

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.059
 to be so

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.700
 in ours

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.779
 as unto all

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.440
 that we aim

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.019
 at

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.700
 in a way

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.200
 of duty.

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:04.180
 Now,

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.120
 there's a final

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.940
 aspect here

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.840
 and that's the aspect

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.900
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.580
 So,

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.420
 I'm going to take a look

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.900
 real quick

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.819
 at John 16

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.700
 because I think

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.620
 that's an important

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:14.980
 aspect

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.660
 in how we

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.840
 have our image

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.180
 of God

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.640
 renewed.

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:21.220
 John 16,

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.180
 7 to 11,

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.940
 Christ is speaking

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.080
 of what he gains

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:25.019
 by his ascension

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.700
 into heaven

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:27.860
 and it says this,

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.959
 but I tell you

00:26:28.959 --> 00:26:29.459
 the truth

00:26:29.459 --> 00:26:30.500
 it is to your

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.819
 advantage

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.639
 that I go away

00:26:31.639 --> 00:26:32.419
 for if I do

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:33.139
 not go away

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:34.159
 the helper

00:26:34.159 --> 00:26:34.799
 will not come

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.139
 to you

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:36.539
 but if I go

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.379
 I will send

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:38.159
 him to you

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:40.199
 and he

00:26:40.199 --> 00:26:40.799
 when he comes

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.339
 will convict

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.799
 the world

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.819
 concerning sin

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.419
 and righteousness

00:26:43.419 --> 00:26:44.240
 and judgment

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.599
 concerning sin

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.139
 because they do

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:46.819
 not believe me

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.339
 and concerning

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.779
 righteousness

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.759
 because I go

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.359
 to the Father

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.799
 and you no longer

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.319
 see me

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:52.240
 and concerning

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.679
 judgment

00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:53.579
 because the ruler

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.240
 of this world

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.359
 has been judged.

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:57.699
 That speaks of

00:26:57.699 --> 00:26:58.099
 Christ's

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:59.439
 mediatorial mission

00:26:59.439 --> 00:27:00.459
 obtaining

00:27:00.459 --> 00:27:01.419
 the work

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:02.259
 of the Holy Spirit

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:04.259
 and that idea

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.059
 in this text

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.879
 the idea of

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.799
 convicting

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.599
 of sins

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.719
 is found

00:27:08.719 --> 00:27:09.479
 in fact

00:27:09.479 --> 00:27:10.740
 in Titus

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:12.159
 when Paul talks

00:27:12.159 --> 00:27:12.599
 a little bit

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:14.179
 about regeneration

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:15.099
 and he has

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.799
 this kind of

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.779
 liturgical

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:18.479
 almost passage

00:27:18.479 --> 00:27:18.839
 it says

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:20.159
 but when the

00:27:20.159 --> 00:27:21.099
 kindness of God

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.539
 our Savior

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.119
 and his love

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.479
 for mankind

00:27:22.479 --> 00:27:23.119
 appeared

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:24.219
 he saved us

00:27:24.219 --> 00:27:25.139
 not on the basis

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.640
 of deeds

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.100
 which we have

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.800
 done in righteousness

00:27:26.800 --> 00:27:27.759
 but according

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.980
 to his great mercy

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.759
 by here

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.480
 it is the washing

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.200
 of regeneration

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:32.400
 and renewing

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.800
 by the Holy Spirit

00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:35.240
 whom he poured

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.920
 out upon us

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.280
 richly

00:27:36.280 --> 00:27:36.980
 through Jesus

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.820
 Christ our Savior

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.540
 so that being

00:27:38.540 --> 00:27:39.900
 justified by his grace

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:41.140
 we would be made

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.580
 heirs

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.700
 according to the hope

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:44.180
 of eternal life.

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.100
 And that's

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:47.340
 noted especially

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:49.040
 in 2 Corinthians

00:27:49.040 --> 00:27:49.960
 3.18

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.700
 which says

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.440
 but we all

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.200
 with unveiled face

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.259
 beholding as in a mirror

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.080
 the glory of the Lord

00:27:54.080 --> 00:27:55.040
 are being transformed

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.339
 into the same image

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:57.460
 from glory to glory

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.259
 just as from

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.000
 the Lord

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.779
 the Spirit

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.379
 there's an equation

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.299
 in these verses

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.879
 the work of the Holy Spirit

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:05.240
 is what's returning

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.119
 that image of God

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:07.220
 and restoring it

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.899
 to our hearts.

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.359
 This gives us

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:14.819
 a remarkable glimpse

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.819
 into the divine plan

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.700
 doesn't it?

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.480
 The Father

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.619
 sent the Son

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.299
 the Son

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.500
 saves his people

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.740
 and the Spirit

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:23.819
 secures the renewed image

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.299
 of God

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.119
 in our hearts

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:27.079
 He is the seal

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.279
 that makes certain

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.180
 the image of God

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.940
 forever

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:32.359
 onto our

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:33.460
 very hearts

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.000
 that's why

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:35.779
 we don't have to worry

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.160
 about

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.779
 from this point on

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.920
 having that same

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.420
 kind of

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.740
 mutable will

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.559
 that Adam did

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.160
 where we could

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.759
 maybe fall out

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.460
 of God's grace

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.880
 Christ makes that certain

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.700
 and he makes it certain

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.700
 through the Holy Spirit

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:48.860
 Ephesians 1

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.660
 13-14

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.259
 in fact

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.840
 in him

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:52.039
 you also are

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.039
 after listening

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:54.019
 to the message of truth

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.319
 the gospel of your salvation

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.660
 having also believed

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.519
 you were sealed

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.180
 in him

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.240
 with the Holy Spirit

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.700
 of promise

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.319
 who is given

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.360
 as a pledge

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:02.100
 of our inheritance

00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:03.080
 with a view

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.640
 to the redemption

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.819
 of God's own possession

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.819
 the praise

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.720
 of his glory

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:08.259
 that's an

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.860
 ever increasing

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.700
 intimacy

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.400
 that we have

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:11.980
 with God

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:14.160
 we'll be able to

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:15.259
 in fact

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.059
 participate

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.839
 in some way

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.659
 in the Trinitarian

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.339
 harmony

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:19.720
 even into eternity

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.940
 that's why

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.639
 Christ prays

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.379
 on our behalf

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:23.720
 as our faithful

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.259
 mediator

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.079
 and high priest

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.539
 in John 17

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.919
 the glory

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.599
 which you have

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.599
 given me

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.379
 I have given

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:30.819
 to them

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.899
 that they may be

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.299
 one

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.779
 just as we are

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.179
 one

00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:36.259
 and I

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.740
 in them

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.200
 and you

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.579
 in me

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.659
 that they may

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.359
 be perfected

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.879
 in unity

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.779
 so that the world

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.339
 may know

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.500
 that you sent me

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.839
 and loved them

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.740
 even as you

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.679
 have loved me

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.660
 father I desire

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.840
 that they also

00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:48.620
 whom you

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:49.539
 have given me

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.340
 be with me

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:51.039
 where I am

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.340
 so that they

00:29:52.340 --> 00:29:53.160
 may see me

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.680
 in glory

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.740
 which you

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.420
 have given me

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.500
 for you

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.920
 loved me

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.380
 before the

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.820
 foundation

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.759
 of the world

00:29:58.759 --> 00:30:01.460
 now we've

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.140
 been speaking

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.680
 of a

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.680
 renewed

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.900
 spiritual image

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.480
 right

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.120
 and this is

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.380
 happening

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:06.960
 presently

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.279
 for those

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.500
 who are

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.259
 regenerated

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:09.200
 in Christ

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.660
 Jesus

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.920
 of course

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.460
 that means

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.700
 that we're

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.320
 still awaiting

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:12.900
 renewal

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.759
 and many

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.080
 of you

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:14.759
 eagerly

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.080
 waiting

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.440
 for the

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.740
 renewal

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.100
 of our

00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:16.480
 bodies

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.500
 in the

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.740
 future

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.140
 state

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.500
 in the

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.860
 likeness

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.019
 of

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.380
 Christ

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:19.759
 right

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:21.940
 1 John

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.240
 3

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.600
 2

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.019
 in fact

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.540
 talks about

00:30:23.540 --> 00:30:24.100
 that future

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.920
 reality

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:26.000
 that we're

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.480
 going to be

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.100
 like him

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.440
 when he

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:27.880
 appears

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.360
 because we're

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.180
 going to

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.900
 see him

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.940
 as he

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.420
 is

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.100
 it's a

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:33.100
 remarkable

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.860
 concept

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.860
 that our

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.340
 bodies will

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:35.759
 be raised

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.620
 incorruptible

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:38.340
 bearing the

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.200
 image of the

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.540
 heavenly

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.639
 family

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:41.059
 and we're

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.299
 going to

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.519
 have to

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.039
 talk more

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.680
 about that

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:44.000
 next week

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:46.599
 so there are

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.180
 several points

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.799
 of application

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.440
 that we could

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.819
 give

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:50.139
 in fact I

00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:50.980
 think on a

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:52.000
 pastoral level

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:53.339
 the idea of

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:53.980
 having our

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:55.079
 image the image

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.899
 of God renewed

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:57.099
 body and soul

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:58.599
 is wonderfully

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.940
 comforting to

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.519
 the believer

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.899
 and a great

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.799
 pastoral emphasis

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:04.500
 let me just

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.019
 give you a few

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.819
 points of

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.420
 application that

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.980
 we could possibly

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.659
 take away from

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.000
 this

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:10.019
 on the

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.579
 pastoral level

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:10.980
 it's very

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.440
 humbling

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:13.420
 doesn't it

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.880
 because it

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.759
 takes the

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.299
 focus away

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.920
 from ourselves

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:17.279
 and it gives

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.279
 complete honor

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.799
 to God

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:21.519
 it talks about

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.299
 the undeserving

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.960
 grace that we

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.480
 have in Jesus

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.799
 Christ

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.480
 he didn't have

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.019
 to condescend

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.619
 he didn't have

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.779
 to come down

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.279
 from heaven

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.019
 but he did

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.440
 he took the

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.900
 form of a

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.500
 bondservant

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.220
 and emptied

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.680
 himself

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.900
 as it talks

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.400
 about in

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.200
 Philippians

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.819
 in fact

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.440
 that's why

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.980
 Paul says

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.880
 in Ephesians

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.460
 1-6

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.320
 he talks

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:39.860
 about this

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:41.160
 whole scheme

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:42.240
 of salvation

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.680
 being

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.300
 to the

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:43.800
 praise of

00:31:43.800 --> 00:31:44.160
 the glory

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.460
 of his

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.760
 grace

00:31:44.760 --> 00:31:45.420
 which he

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.780
 freely

00:31:45.780 --> 00:31:46.200
 bestowed

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.640
 on us

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.000
 in the

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.360
 beloved

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:49.580
 and in fact

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.060
 that's why

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.880
 Ephesians

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:52.100
 2-8-10

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:52.820
 then goes on

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.380
 to talk about

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.200
 how it's by

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.860
 grace we've been

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.280
 saved

00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:56.560
 by faith

00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:57.440
 and that not

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.780
 of ourselves

00:31:57.780 --> 00:31:58.340
 it is the

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.320
 gift of God

00:31:59.320 --> 00:32:00.140
 not by works

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.560
 for we are

00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:02.620
 his workmanship

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:04.080
 created

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.580
 there's that

00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:05.660
 recreation language

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.320
 in Christ

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:06.779
 Jesus

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:08.300
 for good

00:32:08.300 --> 00:32:08.540
 works

00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:08.860
 which God

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.259
 prepared

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.860
 beforehand

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.460
 for those

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:12.300
 who love

00:32:12.300 --> 00:32:12.560
 him

00:32:12.560 --> 00:32:14.680
 and that

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.120
 causes us

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:15.420
 to want

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.660
 to

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.480
 in the

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.700
 words

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:16.980
 of

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.420
 Hebrews

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.680
 12

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.240
 to look

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.560
 unto

00:32:18.560 --> 00:32:18.980
 Jesus

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.440
 the author

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.080
 and perfecter

00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:20.480
 of our

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.860
 faith

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:22.619
 in him

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.659
 is all

00:32:23.659 --> 00:32:24.479
 the sufficient

00:32:24.479 --> 00:32:26.839
 requirements

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.479
 for everything

00:32:27.479 --> 00:32:28.000
 that we need

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.359
 to grow

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.939
 spiritually

00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:30.000
 and that's

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.459
 wonderfully

00:32:30.459 --> 00:32:30.879
 comforting

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.519
 all we have

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.899
 to do

00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:32.699
 is look

00:32:32.699 --> 00:32:33.740
 to Jesus

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.259
 Christ

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:38.119
 Colossians

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:39.719
 2-67

00:32:39.719 --> 00:32:40.219
 says

00:32:40.219 --> 00:32:40.579
 therefore

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.619
 as you

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.459
 have received

00:32:42.459 --> 00:32:43.079
 Christ Jesus

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.579
 the Lord

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.219
 so walk

00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:44.659
 in him

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:45.639
 having been

00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.359
 firmly rooted

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.979
 and now being

00:32:46.979 --> 00:32:47.459
 built up

00:32:47.459 --> 00:32:47.740
 in him

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.279
 and established

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.959
 in your faith

00:32:48.959 --> 00:32:49.799
 just as you

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.479
 were instructed

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.279
 overflowing

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.099
 with gratitude

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:54.360
 wonderful

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:55.539
 wonderful

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.519
 doctrine

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:58.000
 in fact

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.799
 it goes on

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.559
 we could draw

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.960
 this even

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.299
 further

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.779
 to talk

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.140
 about

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.579
 our

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.259
 sanctification

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.839
 it isn't

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.460
 that we

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.200
 are necessarily

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.240
 driving

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.680
 our own

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.339
 sanctification

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.860
 yes we

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.299
 are part

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.559
 of this

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.220
 process

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.599
 but

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.860
 sanctification

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.680
 itself

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.500
 that's

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.200
 conforming

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.519
 us to

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.940
 the image

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.440
 of God

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.880
 is empowered

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.620
 solely

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:16.980
 by

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.980
 the Holy

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.640
 Spirit

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:20.000
 Philippians

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.559
 2

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:23.460
 12-13

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.880
 says

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.359
 that we

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.519
 are to

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.119
 work out

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.720
 our salvation

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.160
 with fear

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.720
 and trembling

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.720
 for

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.279
 it is

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.480
 God

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.700
 who is

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.059
 at work

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.380
 in you

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.779
 both

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.019
 who will

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.180
 and to

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.339
 work

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.680
 for his

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:30.859
 good

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.200
 pleasure

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:32.799
 and 2

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.119
 Corinthians

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:34.160
 3-17

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.559
 says

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.180
 where the

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.460
 Spirit

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.700
 of the

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:35.859
 Lord

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.099
 is

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.339
 there

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.500
 is

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.960
 liberty

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:38.039
 right

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.519
 so it's

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.900
 the Holy

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.299
 Spirit

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.559
 that's

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:39.980
 giving us

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.539
 that ability

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.539
 to want

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:41.940
 to be

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.599
 conformed

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:42.920
 to the

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.140
 Son

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.839
 to want

00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:44.299
 to love

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.460
 him

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.900
 and pursue

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.140
 him

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.579
 and pursue

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.000
 holiness

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.619
 and pursue

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.119
 likeness

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.539
 with Jesus

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:47.979
 Christ

00:33:47.979 --> 00:33:51.259
 and finally

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.579
 that provides

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.719
 quite a great

00:33:53.719 --> 00:33:54.139
 degree of

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.500
 assurance

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.279
 for us

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.759
 doesn't it

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:57.119
 we are

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:58.039
 protected

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:59.079
 by that

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.019
 same power

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.579
 of God

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.699
 that breathed

00:34:01.699 --> 00:34:02.039
 the world

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.919
 into existence

00:34:02.919 --> 00:34:05.059
 that's the

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.439
 point of

00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:06.139
 Colossians 1

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:06.599
 in fact

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.959
 that our

00:34:07.959 --> 00:34:09.380
 reconciliation

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.219
 with Christ

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.900
 is rooted

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:12.000
 on his

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:13.440
 mediatorial

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.019
 reconciliation

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.719
 of all

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.119
 things

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.019
 in him

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.860
 as the

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.079
 image

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.340
 of the

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.679
 invisible

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.059
 God

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:20.179
 and that

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.960
 provides us

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.679
 finally

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.320
 comfort

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.460
 in trouble

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:25.079
 to know

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.400
 that no

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.739
 matter what

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.119
 we go

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.599
 through

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.579
 we just

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.920
 have to

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.239
 set our

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.500
 eyes

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.880
 on

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.500
 Jesus

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:33.559
 to look

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.719
 at

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.239
 look into

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.719
 the heavens

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.460
 and to

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.960
 see where

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.579
 Christ

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.099
 Jesus is

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.599
 seated at

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.900
 the right

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.239
 hand

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:38.659
 of the

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:38.940
 Father

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:41.719
 now

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.920
 on the

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.420
 more

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.900
 outward

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.300
 level

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.139
 not just

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.619
 personal

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.280
 spirituality

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:47.079
 I think

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.400
 this also

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.880
 has great

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.740
 evangelistic

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.079
 appeal

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:50.659
 because

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.519
 we now

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.820
 have a

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.220
 platform

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:52.579
 we talked

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:52.920
 about this

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.340
 a little

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.760
 bit last

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.000
 week

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:55.420
 a platform

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.940
 for talking

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.260
 about the

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.659
 renewal

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.400
 of image

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.960
 in Christ

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.340
 alone

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:01.039
 we have

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.280
 this

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.840
 ability

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.200
 profound

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.680
 ability

00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:03.079
 to be

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.380
 able to

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.680
 speak

00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:04.000
 into

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.240
 the

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.559
 various

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.280
 issues

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.700
 that people

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.019
 have

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.260
 in their

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:06.680
 lives

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.980
 and to

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.180
 be able

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:08.680
 to say

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.480
 well

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.059
 look

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.519
 we're

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:10.800
 all

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.559
 dead in

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:11.680
 our

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.180
 trespasses

00:35:12.180 --> 00:35:13.220
 and sins

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.579
 the Bible

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.139
 tells us

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.319
 this

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:14.639
 the Bible

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.119
 tells us

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.619
 that we've

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.459
 fallen after

00:35:16.459 --> 00:35:16.819
 Adam

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.579
 and that

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:19.099
 the image

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.459
 that we

00:35:19.459 --> 00:35:19.739
 have

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.219
 the communion

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.679
 we have

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.199
 with God

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.839
 has been

00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.259
 lost

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:23.119
 but that's

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.699
 renewed

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.739
 in Jesus

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.119
 Christ

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.480
 that he

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.259
 gives us

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:27.119
 this remarkable

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.699
 pattern

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.419
 and that by

00:35:28.419 --> 00:35:29.159
 faith in him

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.579
 we're renewed

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.059
 to this

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.599
 understanding

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.139
 of who he

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.399
 is

00:35:32.399 --> 00:35:32.959
 and we

00:35:32.959 --> 00:35:33.199
 get to

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.739
 partake

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.839
 in what

00:35:34.839 --> 00:35:35.779
 was lost

00:35:35.779 --> 00:35:37.980
 this speaks

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.699
 directly

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.199
 in fact

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:41.000
 on a

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.139
 more

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.419
 social

00:35:41.419 --> 00:35:41.779
 level

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.159
 to the

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.719
 futility

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.619
 of social

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.000
 endeavors

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.399
 for the

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:44.699
 sake of

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:44.960
 social

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.399
 endeavors

00:35:45.399 --> 00:35:45.839
 doesn't

00:35:45.839 --> 00:35:46.019
 it

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:47.500
 you hear

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.819
 this a

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.099
 lot

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:49.139
 but

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:50.179
 whenever I

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:50.899
 hear some

00:35:50.899 --> 00:35:51.139
 of these

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.619
 problems

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:51.939
 and not

00:35:51.939 --> 00:35:52.199
 that these

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.339
 aren't

00:35:52.339 --> 00:35:52.739
 important

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.339
 problems

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:53.899
 that's

00:35:53.899 --> 00:35:54.279
 actually

00:35:54.279 --> 00:35:54.500
 the

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:54.839
 point

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:55.519
 these are

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.919
 important

00:35:55.919 --> 00:35:56.519
 problems

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.779
 and the

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.099
 problem

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.539
 is human

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.219
 simpleness

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.759
 isn't it

00:35:58.759 --> 00:36:00.239
 and that

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:00.619
 means that

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.399
 only Christ

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:02.299
 can transform

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:02.739
 us

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:05.059
 in 1

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.779
 John 2

00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.299
 15

00:36:06.299 --> 00:36:06.699
 it says

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.019
 do not

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.419
 love the

00:36:07.419 --> 00:36:07.659
 world

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:07.939
 nor the

00:36:07.939 --> 00:36:08.179
 things

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.759
 in the

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.039
 world

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.399
 those

00:36:09.399 --> 00:36:10.199
 things

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.359
 are

00:36:10.359 --> 00:36:10.699
 passing

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.139
 away

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:13.000
 but if

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.359
 we look

00:36:13.359 --> 00:36:13.959
 to Christ

00:36:13.959 --> 00:36:14.759
 he is

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.119
 the only

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.779
 the sole

00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:16.379
 platform

00:36:16.379 --> 00:36:17.619
 in which

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:17.919
 that can

00:36:17.919 --> 00:36:18.479
 be renewed

00:36:18.479 --> 00:36:19.619
 and in which

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.179
 we can

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.739
 look ahead

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.159
 to a

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.679
 heaven and

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:21.939
 earth

00:36:21.939 --> 00:36:22.719
 in which

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.059
 the image

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.699
 of Christ

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.819
 fills

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:25.199
 the new

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.979
 heaven

00:36:25.979 --> 00:36:26.639
 and earth

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:26.899
 and we

00:36:26.899 --> 00:36:27.219
 are able

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:28.059
 to commune

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.519
 with God

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.639
 and our

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:30.099
 renewed

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:31.119
 bodies

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.739
 and souls

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:33.199
 forever

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:33.939
 and ever

00:36:33.939 --> 00:36:35.379
 so let

00:36:35.379 --> 00:36:35.779
 me pray

00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:36.139
 and we

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.759
 can have

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:36.879
 some

00:36:36.879 --> 00:36:37.139
 questions

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:37.579
 and answers

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:43.399
 father as

00:36:43.399 --> 00:36:43.799
 we are

00:36:43.799 --> 00:36:44.239
 here on

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:44.539
 earth

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.919
 we know

00:36:45.919 --> 00:36:46.219
 that

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:48.000
 our minds

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.759
 can't fully

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.639
 grasp the

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.659
 glorious reality

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.239
 of what this

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:52.299
 means for us

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:54.739
 that we

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.159
 are

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:56.739
 encumbered

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.759
 not just

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.219
 by that

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:59.059
 first boundary

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.599
 of our

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.079
 finitude

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.679
 as created

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.099
 beings

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.359
 but

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.180
 that we

00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:02.720
 are sinful

00:37:02.720 --> 00:37:03.880
 even in

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.720
 our state

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.260
 in you

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:06.240
 we still

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.559
 have the

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:06.880
 remnants

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.500
 of sin

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.539
 we just

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:08.800
 pray that

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.019
 you would

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.360
 lift that

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.700
 from our

00:37:09.700 --> 00:37:10.099
 hearts

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:11.640
 so that

00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:12.059
 we could

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:13.620
 pursue you

00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:15.039
 in humility

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:16.140
 of lives

00:37:16.140 --> 00:37:18.260
 transforming

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:18.700
 ourselves

00:37:18.700 --> 00:37:19.180
 by your

00:37:19.180 --> 00:37:19.680
 spirit

00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:21.099
 into your

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:21.519
 image

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:22.000
 may we

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.640
 be shining

00:37:22.640 --> 00:37:23.420
 lights

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.780
 images

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.420
 of your

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.180
 glory

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.820
 representatives

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.640
 in fact

00:37:26.640 --> 00:37:27.700
 of the

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:27.940
 great

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.480
 representative

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.480
 who is

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.920
 the head

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.519
 of the

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:30.840
 redeemed

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.280
 race

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:31.840
 christ

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.159
 jesus

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.480
 we pray

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.659
 this

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:32.820
 in

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.219
 his name

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:33.760
 amen

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:42.800
 so questions

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.380
 and answers

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.680
 we've got

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:44.000
 about

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.940
 seven minutes

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.820
 yeah

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:48.420
 of the

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.059
 image

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:54.239
 the face

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:57.019
 the perfect

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.479
 image

00:37:57.479 --> 00:37:59.059
 in christ

00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:01.000
 the perfect

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.779
 image of

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.000
 god

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.619
 in christ

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:04.359
 does that

00:38:04.359 --> 00:38:05.239
 have to do

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:05.739
 with his

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.500
 human nature

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:08.380
 no

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:08.440
 no

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.000
 no

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.360
 that would

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.800
 have to do

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.480
 directly with

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.059
 his essence

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.579
 yeah

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.019
 with who

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.380
 he is

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:12.900
 in himself

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.460
 that

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:13.679
 that

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:13.900
 doesn't

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.139
 have to

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.239
 do

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:14.500
 with his

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.940
 incarnation

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.900
 that has

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.219
 to do

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:16.599
 with his

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.000
 existence

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.400
 in the

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:17.760
 trinity

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.539
 so that's

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.940
 an eternal

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.539
 reality

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:21.000
 so the

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:22.940
 image to

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.440
 which we're

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:23.940
 renewed

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.780
 in christ

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:26.179
 it may

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:27.039
 be related

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.920
 is related

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:29.000
 image in

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.360
 adam

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:30.219
 but is

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:31.019
 right

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.500
 that's

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.639
 the step

00:38:32.639 --> 00:38:33.059
 of him

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.800
 in his

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:34.559
 messianic

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.840
 mission

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.699
 as mediator

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:36.679
 is needed

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.119
 in that

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:37.419
 right

00:38:37.419 --> 00:38:38.279
 so that

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:39.019
 him as

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.419
 the perfect

00:38:39.419 --> 00:38:39.879
 image

00:38:39.879 --> 00:38:40.419
 makes him

00:38:40.419 --> 00:38:41.000
 the perfect

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.899
 mediator

00:38:41.899 --> 00:38:42.460
 makes him

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.099
 the perfect

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:44.019
 as it were

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.579
 trinitarian

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.199
 candidate

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:46.460
 to condescend

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.019
 himself to

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.480
 renew

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:48.259
 the image

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:48.899
 in adam

00:38:48.899 --> 00:38:49.500
 so there's

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.939
 some steps

00:38:49.939 --> 00:38:50.319
 that we had

00:38:50.319 --> 00:38:50.619
 to take

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:50.879
 to get

00:38:50.879 --> 00:38:51.139
 there

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.539
 but

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.379
 did that

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:52.679
 help

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.839
 so the

00:38:53.839 --> 00:38:54.279
 renewed

00:38:54.279 --> 00:38:54.679
 image

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.079
 that we

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.439
 have

00:38:55.439 --> 00:38:55.699
 through

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:56.119
 christ

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:58.339
 is it

00:38:58.339 --> 00:38:59.179
 basically

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.799
 the same

00:38:59.799 --> 00:39:00.619
 as the

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:01.219
 original

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.619
 image

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.119
 that adam

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.460
 wore

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.839
 yeah

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:03.319
 i think

00:39:03.319 --> 00:39:04.119
 that's

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.359
 fair

00:39:04.359 --> 00:39:04.839
 i think

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.079
 that's

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.199
 fair

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:06.779
 there's

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:07.119
 an added

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.519
 element

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.859
 of the

00:39:07.859 --> 00:39:08.359
 permanence

00:39:08.359 --> 00:39:08.759
 that comes

00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:08.980
 from

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.939
 god's

00:39:09.939 --> 00:39:10.339
 grace

00:39:10.339 --> 00:39:10.980
 though

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.699
 that i'm

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:12.059
 trying to

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:14.099
 yeah there's a permanence

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.980
 through the holy spirit

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:16.839
 that you have

00:39:16.839 --> 00:39:17.639
 not necessarily

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.419
 just

00:39:18.419 --> 00:39:21.299
 you know

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:21.759
 we're not having

00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.619
 something added

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.159
 to our natures

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:23.919
 we're not changing

00:39:23.919 --> 00:39:24.739
 necessarily

00:39:24.739 --> 00:39:25.539
 we're not becoming

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.139
 superhuman

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:27.179
 i guess is what

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.819
 i'm trying to say

00:39:27.819 --> 00:39:29.039
 our humanity

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.739
 is good

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:32.000
 so

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:33.279
 you might hear

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.659
 some people

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.279
 try and talk

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:34.639
 about

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:36.799
 maybe we'll

00:39:36.799 --> 00:39:37.859
 become more

00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:38.119
 and more

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.359
 and more

00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:38.599
 and more

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.419
 human

00:39:39.419 --> 00:39:40.319
 or more

00:39:40.319 --> 00:39:40.979
 extra human

00:39:40.979 --> 00:39:41.399
 in heaven

00:39:41.399 --> 00:39:41.819
 or we'll

00:39:41.819 --> 00:39:42.239
 become

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:43.319
 some people

00:39:43.319 --> 00:39:43.739
 will try

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:44.000
 and use

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.339
 that verse

00:39:44.339 --> 00:39:44.779
 from matthew

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:45.500
 22 to say

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.819
 we'll be

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:46.819
 like angels

00:39:46.819 --> 00:39:47.879
 i think

00:39:47.879 --> 00:39:48.339
 they're making

00:39:48.339 --> 00:39:49.699
 a leap

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.099
 in logic

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.439
 when they

00:39:50.439 --> 00:39:50.879
 read that

00:39:50.879 --> 00:39:51.399
 we're gonna

00:39:51.399 --> 00:39:51.679
 be like

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.119
 the angels

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:52.459
 and that

00:39:52.459 --> 00:39:52.679
 we'll

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:53.299
 neither be

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:53.559
 married

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:53.859
 nor given

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.359
 a marriage

00:39:54.359 --> 00:39:54.879
 that's

00:39:54.879 --> 00:39:55.339
 that's one

00:39:55.339 --> 00:39:55.819
 qualification

00:39:55.819 --> 00:39:56.219
 there

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:58.259
 but i don't

00:39:58.259 --> 00:39:58.679
 think that's

00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:59.179
 going to say

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.459
 that we're

00:39:59.459 --> 00:39:59.799
 going to

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.099
 literally

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.759
 become angels

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.199
 in heavens

00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:01.519
 where we

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.779
 don't have

00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:02.079
 bodies

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.599
 we're going

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:02.939
 to be

00:40:02.939 --> 00:40:03.399
 renewed

00:40:03.399 --> 00:40:03.980
 human beings

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:04.299
 and there's

00:40:04.299 --> 00:40:04.559
 going to be

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.059
 a permanence

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.339
 in our

00:40:05.339 --> 00:40:06.239
 ability to

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:06.619
 commune with

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:06.859
 god

00:40:06.859 --> 00:40:07.399
 through our

00:40:07.399 --> 00:40:08.480
 human bodies

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:10.219
 that explain

00:40:10.219 --> 00:40:10.739
 it

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.119
 was that

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.379
 helpful

00:40:11.379 --> 00:40:13.659
 okay

00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:14.259
 just one

00:40:14.259 --> 00:40:14.799
 quick follow

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:15.199
 yeah

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:16.639
 so the

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:18.019
 image in

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.539
 christ

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.819
 you said

00:40:19.819 --> 00:40:20.219
 that

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:21.859
 is eternal

00:40:21.859 --> 00:40:22.839
 yeah

00:40:22.839 --> 00:40:25.000
 but

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:26.139
 so is

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.300
 that

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:26.880
 distinct

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.760
 from the

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:28.059
 image

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.840
 adam

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.199
 bore

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:29.500
 and that

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.920
 he will

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.199
 bear

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:31.739
 well i

00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:32.239
 think it's

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:32.960
 it's helpful

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.760
 to see us

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.760
 as obviously

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.380
 christ is

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.920
 fully god

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:37.059
 and the

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:37.739
 image of

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.260
 god in

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.960
 adam reflects

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.360
 that

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:40.599
 so that's

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.039
 part of the

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.380
 renewal

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:42.119
 that's going

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:42.539
 on there

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.059
 is we're

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.780
 brought to

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:44.380
 reflect that

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.599
 and we're

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:44.940
 brought to

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.460
 be renewed

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.019
 into that

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.400
 image

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.880
 yes

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:48.880
 great

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:55.920
 i've always

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.360
 been struck

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:56.579
 by the

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:56.880
 image of

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.200
 god

00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:58.400
 so jesus

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.900
 christ

00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.640
 being described

00:40:59.640 --> 00:41:00.240
 as meek

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:01.160
 and humble

00:41:01.160 --> 00:41:03.579
 which god

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.059
 himself

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:05.519
 is

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:07.320
 and he's

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:07.720
 meek

00:41:07.720 --> 00:41:08.300
 but it's

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:08.880
 not described

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.400
 that way

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.960
 like people

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.640
 are beings

00:41:10.640 --> 00:41:12.640
 they realize

00:41:12.640 --> 00:41:13.140
 how low

00:41:13.140 --> 00:41:13.440
 they are

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:13.880
 in comparison

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.200
 to the

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:14.579
 father

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:18.000
 so is

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.639
 that just

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.440
 when jesus

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.980
 christ came

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.840
 down god

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.579
 was always

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:21.920
 humble

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.299
 with me

00:41:22.299 --> 00:41:23.119
 is that

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:23.559
 just like

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:23.819
 a

00:41:23.819 --> 00:41:25.119
 amplification

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.559
 like

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.759
 manifestation

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:27.739
 of his

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:28.199
 humility

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.799
 by coming

00:41:28.799 --> 00:41:29.460
 down as

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.679
 a

00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:30.360
 bond

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:30.699
 servant

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:32.500
 is he

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:32.960
 like just

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:34.039
 in the

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:34.460
 flesh

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:35.480
 jesus christ

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:35.960
 is he

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.119
 just kind

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.880
 of putting

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.159
 that on

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:38.639
 display

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:40.400
 as before

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:41.119
 where

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:42.199
 god was

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:43.799
 he was

00:41:43.799 --> 00:41:44.019
 in the

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.259
 form of

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:44.539
 a bond

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:44.820
 servant

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:46.219
 yeah

00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:46.880
 i think

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.179
 i think

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.480
 that's a

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:47.759
 good way

00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:48.320
 to look

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:48.719
 at it

00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:50.019
 that creation

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:51.400
 the creation

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:52.179
 itself even

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:53.139
 was created

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:53.980
 as an act

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.400
 of god's

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:54.699
 grace

00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:55.219
 he could

00:41:55.219 --> 00:41:55.400
 have been

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.679
 perfect

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.139
 god didn't

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:56.639
 need us

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:57.239
 you know

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.739
 he could

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:57.940
 have been

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.280
 perfectly

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:58.840
 content in

00:41:58.840 --> 00:41:59.000
 us

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.199
 and he

00:41:59.199 --> 00:41:59.460
 in fact

00:41:59.460 --> 00:41:59.719
 he didn't

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:00.079
 even need

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.619
 to save

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:01.079
 us

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:02.519
 but that

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:03.400
 in him

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:04.380
 condescending

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:04.739
 taking on

00:42:04.739 --> 00:42:04.980
 the form

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.400
 of a bond

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.599
 servant

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:06.179
 this is the

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:06.360
 ultimate

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.739
 act of

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.039
 grace

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:08.139
 and john

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.780
 114

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:09.239
 says that

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:09.579
 he's

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:09.960
 you know

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.420
 jesus christ

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.980
 is full

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.500
 of grace

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.219
 and truth

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:13.219
 this idea

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:13.779
 that he

00:42:13.779 --> 00:42:14.539
 could have

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.059
 been perfectly

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.619
 content in

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:15.839
 heaven

00:42:15.839 --> 00:42:17.159
 but that

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.500
 part of

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:18.219
 his character

00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:19.419
 led him

00:42:19.419 --> 00:42:19.939
 to want to

00:42:19.939 --> 00:42:20.719
 dispose himself

00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:21.279
 to come

00:42:21.279 --> 00:42:21.599
 down

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:23.759
 and the

00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.639
 infinite quality

00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:25.379
 of his love

00:42:25.379 --> 00:42:26.299
 demonstrated that

00:42:26.299 --> 00:42:26.619
 grace

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:27.459
 so i think

00:42:27.459 --> 00:42:27.899
 that's helpful

00:42:27.899 --> 00:42:28.319
 the next

00:42:28.319 --> 00:42:28.799
 question that

00:42:28.799 --> 00:42:29.399
 some theologians

00:42:29.399 --> 00:42:29.759
 like to

00:42:29.759 --> 00:42:30.219
 tinker with

00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:31.199
 is does

00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:31.559
 that mean

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:31.839
 that god

00:42:31.839 --> 00:42:32.119
 in his

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.500
 character

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:33.359
 did make

00:42:33.359 --> 00:42:33.980
 that does

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.599
 make creation

00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:35.219
 necessary

00:42:35.219 --> 00:42:37.599
 so that's

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:37.959
 that's this

00:42:37.959 --> 00:42:38.459
 whole other

00:42:38.459 --> 00:42:39.459
 dynamic aspect

00:42:39.459 --> 00:42:39.879
 i don't think

00:42:39.879 --> 00:42:40.159
 we have to

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.519
 get into

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:40.859
 that the

00:42:40.859 --> 00:42:41.459
 bottom line

00:42:41.459 --> 00:42:42.959
 is that

00:42:42.959 --> 00:42:43.559
 part of

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:44.000
 his character

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.980
 is that

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:45.399
 he's so

00:42:45.399 --> 00:42:45.919
 infinitely

00:42:45.919 --> 00:42:46.419
 gracious

00:42:46.419 --> 00:42:47.159
 that he

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:47.459
 could do

00:42:47.459 --> 00:42:47.859
 something he

00:42:47.859 --> 00:42:48.199
 didn't have

00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:48.899
 to do

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:51.340
 so could

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:52.519
 god properly

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:53.240
 describe as

00:42:53.240 --> 00:42:53.680
 meek

00:42:53.680 --> 00:42:54.380
 before

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:55.340
 jesus

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:55.780
 i mean

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:56.960
 before jesus

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.680
 came down

00:42:57.680 --> 00:42:59.760
 and became

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.480
 like you know

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.240
 so dependent

00:43:01.240 --> 00:43:01.800
 on i guess

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:03.200
 he must have

00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:03.320
 been

00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:03.720
 yeah

00:43:03.720 --> 00:43:04.500
 yeah

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:05.440
 it's a

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.980
 special

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:07.579
 quality that

00:43:07.579 --> 00:43:08.579
 christ shows

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:09.160
 by his

00:43:09.160 --> 00:43:09.860
 dependence on

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.340
 the father

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:11.780
 in weakness

00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:13.260
 yeah i guess

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:13.920
 that has to do

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.599
 with so

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:15.340
 there's there's

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:15.940
 an interesting

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:18.059
 exercise in

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:18.880
 theology of

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.840
 when you're

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:20.260
 defining the

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:20.780
 attributes of

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:21.960
 god or

00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.579
 virtues or

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:22.980
 whatever it

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:23.660
 is you define

00:43:23.660 --> 00:43:24.300
 it first in

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:24.800
 relation to

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:25.720
 god and

00:43:25.720 --> 00:43:26.300
 then second

00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:26.740
 in relation

00:43:26.740 --> 00:43:27.180
 to us

00:43:27.180 --> 00:43:28.420
 and that can

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:28.920
 be fun with

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.320
 something like

00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:30.019
 humility i think

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:30.380
 that's kind of

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:30.860
 like what your

00:43:30.860 --> 00:43:31.900
 meekness right

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:32.460
 it's kind of

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:32.720
 what you're

00:43:32.720 --> 00:43:34.039
 asking and

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.519
 if you go

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:35.559
 with you know

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:36.200
 edwards has

00:43:36.200 --> 00:43:36.760
 this definition

00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:37.539
 of humility

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:38.180
 which is

00:43:38.180 --> 00:43:39.500
 recognizing and

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:40.119
 being content

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:40.460
 with your

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:41.180
 proper station

00:43:41.180 --> 00:43:41.840
 or something

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.380
 like that

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:44.760
 and so if

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:45.180
 that's true

00:43:45.180 --> 00:43:45.840
 then god is

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:46.640
 infinitely

00:43:46.640 --> 00:43:47.920
 perfect perfectly

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:48.680
 meek he's

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:49.039
 perfectly

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:49.419
 content

00:43:49.419 --> 00:43:50.759
 his station

00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:51.079
 because his

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:51.500
 station is

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:53.579
 perfect and

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:53.940
 that never

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:55.099
 changes so

00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:56.839
 yeah yes

00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:57.320
 i think in

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:57.880
 that idea

00:43:57.880 --> 00:43:58.940
 our first

00:43:58.940 --> 00:44:00.420
 to first relate

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:01.380
 that idea of

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:02.120
 meekness to

00:44:02.120 --> 00:44:02.780
 heaven we

00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:03.780
 first are

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:04.320
 introduced to

00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:04.640
 god in

00:44:04.640 --> 00:44:06.400
 creation and

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:07.079
 i think that

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.780
 the delicate

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:08.700
 quality of

00:44:08.700 --> 00:44:09.280
 so much in

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:10.180
 creation would

00:44:10.180 --> 00:44:11.500
 infer an idea

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:12.120
 of this

00:44:12.120 --> 00:44:14.800
 this nuance and

00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:15.340
 i think it's

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:16.539
 like gracious

00:44:16.539 --> 00:44:17.460
 distance and

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:18.140
 for there and

00:44:18.140 --> 00:44:18.860
 i think all of

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.260
 this is

00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:19.579
 kind of

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:19.900
 about

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:20.660
 meekness

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:21.119
 hmm

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:22.879
 yeah

00:44:22.879 --> 00:44:24.739
 that's good

00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:26.019
 thank you

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:31.099
 well it's

00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:31.599
 950

00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:33.699
 so i suggest

00:44:33.699 --> 00:44:34.039
 we

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:35.819
 ascend

00:44:35.819 --> 00:44:36.539
 to the

00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:37.659
 sanctuary

00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:38.440
 as it were

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:39.980
 thank you

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:40.399
 everyone

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:57.480
 so Agent

00:44:58.840 --> 00:45:00.760
 thank you