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 Well, thank you so much, everyone who's participated in our service thus far.

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 Thank you so much, Alice, for reading to us that great psalm of David.

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 And you'll have heard that the prayer of David in that psalm is that God would lift his eyes to the,

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 and the phrase is, the rock that is higher than I.

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 And that's what we want our prayer to be as we come to God's words this afternoon.

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 So I'd invite you to turn to the book of Colossians.

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 This is where we're going to be this morning.

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 We're picking up where we left off.

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 I think it was the end of November we left our series in Colossians,

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 and we're picking it up at chapter 3 this morning.

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 So please turn there and let's pray as we come to God's word together.

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 Heavenly Father, it is our prayer, Lord, because we know our own hearts

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 and we know the things that distract us, that you would still us now

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 and we would want to make the words of David in that psalm our prayer

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 as we come to your words, that you would lift our eyes to the rock

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 who is your son Jesus Christ who we've been singing about,

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 who is higher than us.

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 And Father, it's in his glory saying that we pray these things.

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 Amen.

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 Well, whoever you are here today,

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 I'd encourage you to listen in to the thing,

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 the big message that these four verses in Colossians chapter 3

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 are going to tell us.

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 Because in these verses, we're going to get right to the heart

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 of what it means to be a Christian.

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 So whoever you are here this morning,

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 the God we've been singing about and praising this morning,

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 whether he's distant to you,

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 I'd encourage you to listen in.

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 Whether you are flying in your Christian life,

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 I'd encourage you to listen in.

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 And whether you're struggling in your Christian life,

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 I'd encourage you to listen in.

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 Because this is going to take us right to the heart

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 of what it means to be a Christian.

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 And to get us into this passage this morning,

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 let me just put a figure up on the screen.

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 So the figure is, you can see it there,

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 it's 2 billion.

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 Now that figure represents the number of people.

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 It's a lot of people, right?

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 2 billion people.

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 Don't know if you know this,

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 but that is the number of people who,

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 back in 2011, around the world,

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 watched Kate Middleton marry Prince William.

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 2 billion people.

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 Put your hands up if you were one of those 2 billion people.

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 So, I heard on the grapevine

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 there was a lot of heartbroken young women that day,

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 thinking that should have been me.

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 But I remember where I was on that day.

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 I was one of those 2 million people.

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 And I remember it well,

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 because I was living in Bristol at the time.

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 And my boss had given me the day off work to watch it.

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 And there I was in the baking heat,

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 which England does have,

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 which we don't have up here, by the way.

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 Baking heat.

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 And there I was,

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 I was watching it in my flip-flops and shorts.

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 So I remember where I was

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 when I was watching this royal wedding.

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 And all eyes were on Kate,

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 if you remember that day.

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 All eyes were on Kate.

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 Kind of,

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 Sorry?

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 Kind of what happens, isn't it,

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 when a wedding happens?

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 All eyes are on the bride.

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 What will she be wearing?

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 What will her hair be like?

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 What pattern will her dress be?

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 What time will she arrive?

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 All eyes are normally on the bride.

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 And even more so was the case on this day.

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 Because we were all watching this,

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 knowing that for Kate,

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 this was the moment in her life

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 where everything was about to change.

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 Maybe somebody wants to get the door to the back.

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 Everything for Kate was about to change.

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 Because this was the day

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 when this little girl from Reading,

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 who studied history of art

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 at St Andrews University,

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 was not only officially declared to be married,

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 but she was declared to be,

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 in front of all of us in the watching world,

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 she was declared to be a royal.

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 With new responsibilities

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 and new privileges in her life.

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 New priorities in her life

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 and a new calling for her life

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 because she was given a new identity.

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 So she walked down that aisle,

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 Kate Middleton,

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 and she walked back up at

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 the Duchess of Cambridge.

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 Total new identity for Kate.

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 And the reason I tell you that

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 is because as we come to these verses this morning,

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 there's a Kate Middleton moment,

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 if I can put it like that,

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 I'll coin that phrase.

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 There's a Kate Middleton moment

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 that's right at the heart of these verses.

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 That for the Christian,

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 it's wonderfully true

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 that because Jesus Christ

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 has taken hold of your life,

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 everything about you has changed.

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 So if you've got your Bibles there,

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 come with me to Colossus chapter 3

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 and let's just read these four short verses together.

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 Now they're on the screen

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 if you don't have your Bibles there,

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 but I'd encourage you to grab your Bible

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 because we'll be really in the text this morning.

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 Colossus chapter 3.

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 Remember Paul writing to this little church in Colossae,

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 he writes and says this,

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 Since then,

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 you have been raised with Christ.

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 Set your hearts

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 on the things above

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 where Christ is,

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 seated

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 at the right hand of God.

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 Set your minds

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 on things above,

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 not on earthly things,

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 for you

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 died

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 and your life

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 is now hidden

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 with Christ in God.

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 When Christ,

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 who is your life,

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 appears,

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 then you will also

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 appear with him

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 in glory.

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 So this is what Paul is writing.

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 Remember,

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 he's writing to this gathering

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 of Christians

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 who are living out their faith

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 in the first century

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 in this city

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 of Colossae.

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 And if you remember back

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 to where we left off

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 at the end of November,

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 where we've been so far

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 in this letter

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 is that Paul

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 is painting

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 a big picture of Jesus.

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 A big picture

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 of Jesus.

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 A Jesus who is so much

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 bigger

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 than we think he is.

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 A Jesus who is so much

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 better

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 than we think

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 he is.

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 And a Jesus

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 through his death

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 on the cross

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 has paid for their sin

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 and has reconciled them

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 to the God

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 who made them.

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 A Jesus

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 who lives in them

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 by his Holy Spirit.

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 And he wants them

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 to understand

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 that anybody

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 who would seek

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 to distract their gaze

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 from this Jesus,

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 whether it be mysticism

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 or Jewish religion

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 or superstition,

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 anyone who seeks

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 to distract

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 from Jesus

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 is not worth

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 listening to.

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 And so here we are then

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 at the Kate Middleton

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 moment of this letter

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 where Paul declares

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 for the Christian

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 everything has changed.

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 Everything's changed.

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 It's interesting

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 because it's probably

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 not the first time

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 in this letter

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 that he's said this.

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 If you want to turn back

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 to chapter 1

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 verse 22,

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 the verses that

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 our Paul took us through,

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 Jesus has presented you,

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 you see it there,

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 this is the description

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 of the Christian,

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 holy, faultless

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 and blameless

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 before him,

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 before God the Father.

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 Holy, faultless

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 and blameless.

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 This is our identity

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 in Christ.

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 It's not the first time

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 he said this in the letter

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 and I was thinking

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 of it this week.

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 How true is that

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 that we need to be

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 reminded of that?

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 Because I don't know

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 about you but I drift.

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 We'll see this in a minute.

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 I drift in my understanding

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 of who I am in Christ.

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 Paul has said this

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 time and time and time

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 again in the letter.

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 There is your identity.

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 Now, chapter 3,

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 first four verses.

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 Notice that Paul uses

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 the word you or you're

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 six times there.

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 Do you see it?

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 You, you're,

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 you, you're,

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 you, you.

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 You can almost feel

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 his hand reaching out

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 from the page,

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 one of those big novelty,

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 big foam fingers

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 you see in American

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 football games

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 and saying this is for you.

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 Right?

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 This is for you.

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 You, he says.

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 You,

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 in your very ordinary,

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 messy,

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 working it out,

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 slogging it out,

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 unspectacular,

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 unglamorous,

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 works in progress

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 Christian lives.

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 These glorious truths

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 are for you.

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 And you think,

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 me,

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 and my life,

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 my unspectacular life,

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 my struggling with sin,

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 fighting,

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 my flesh

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 kind of life,

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 yes,

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 these truths are for you.

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 And I also see that Paul

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 uses the word Christ

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 four times there.

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 See it?

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 With Christ,

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 where Christ,

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 with Christ,

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 when Christ,

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 you in Christ,

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 you in Christ,

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 that's the connection

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 he's making.

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 And so these pivot voices,

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 the pivot verses,

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 if you like,

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 in this letter

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 where Paul moves

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 from the theological,

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 theological,

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 that is who Jesus is

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 and what he's done for you,

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 and he moves to the practical

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 as if to say,

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 here's what it means

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 for your life,

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 here's what this identity

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 will look like for your life.

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 He wants them to understand,

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 get it in their minds

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 that this is who they are.

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 And who they are

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 is that they are Christ's.

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 They are in Christ.

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 That is their identity.

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 They are Christ's.

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 So the buzzwords of our day

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 isn't it?

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 Identity.

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 People are always out to find

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 who they really are.

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 Who are they in life?

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 People going on gap year

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 after gap year,

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 moving from job to job,

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 desperately trying to find out

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 the real them.

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 Or people aren't out to find out

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 who they really are,

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 maybe they're out to create

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 who they are.

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 So they spend hours and hours

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 on social media,

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 updating the Twitter profile,

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 updating the Facebook profile,

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 trying to create

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 this online perception

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 of themselves.

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 These are the pictures of me

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 that I want people to see.

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 These are the places

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 that I want everybody to know

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 that I've been to.

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 These are the friends

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 that I want everybody to know

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 that I keep.

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 And these are the things

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 that I want everybody to know

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 that I do in my free time.

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 Kind of summed up

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 in the words of Woody Allen,

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 if you remember Woody Allen

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 of your certain generation.

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 He said this,

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 tongue in cheek.

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 He said,

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 my one regret in life

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 is that I am not someone else.

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 Woody Allen.

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 My one regret in life

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 is I am not someone else.

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 We're searching for identity.

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 And the thing is,

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 by our very nature,

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 we're tempted to derive

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 our identity from other things.

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 Someone else want to get

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 that door?

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 Now you've heard of

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 identity theft.

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 Well,

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 this is what I like to call

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 identity drift.

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 I want to,

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 if you resonate with anything

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 I'm about to say,

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 we understand ourselves,

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 don't we,

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 primarily sometimes

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 in relation to other things.

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 By what job we have.

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 By how well our kids

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 have turned out.

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 Or are turning out.

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 Or are not turning out.

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 Or what place we're from.

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 Or what results we've achieved.

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 Or what funds we've got

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 in the bank account.

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 And if you think to yourself,

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 I wonder,

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 I don't know if that's true for me.

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 Well then ask yourself,

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 that I asked myself this week,

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 how do you react

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 when those things fail you?

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 I know how I react so often.

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 Or even if we kind of get

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 that we're not defined

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 by those things,

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 how often are we tempted

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 to define ourselves

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 in our Christian lives

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 by how we're doing.

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 When I'm performing well

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 as a Christian.

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 When I've woken up

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 at 6.30

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 and I've had my quiet time.

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 When I've woken up early

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 and I've prayed.

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 When I've tithed my 10%.

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 When I've gone to that service.

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 I'm tempted to think

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 that I'm somebody.

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 I don't know how this works out

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 for you,

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 but I know in those moments

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 my thoughts so easily turn to,

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 doesn't it totally make sense

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 that God picked me for his team.

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 I often find it

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 it's in those times

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 when I'll walk into a lamppost,

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 did that this week,

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 or I'll realise

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 that I'm walking around

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 with the tag still on my jumper.

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 God's way of reminding me,

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 I think,

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 humbling me

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 as if to say,

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 yeah, Graham,

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 we both know that's not true.

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 But the flip side

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 can also be true,

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 can't it?

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 Speaking from my own experience

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 and that of walking

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 alongside some of you

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 in life,

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 if there's a temptation

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 to find my identity

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 in how I'm performing,

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 is it not just equally

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 an identity

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 to fall off the horse

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 on the other side

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 and find my identity

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 in how I'm not performing?

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 Curse those dated

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 Bible reading devotions.

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 It's the 20th of January

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 and I'm still on the 4th, right?

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 I miss the prayer meeting again.

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 Why am I still struggling

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 in my Christian life

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 with that sin

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 that I cannot seem to shrug?

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 Why am I not feeling it

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 all the time

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 in the Christian life?

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 And you slip,

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 as John Bunyan used to write

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 in his Pilgrim's Progress,

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 you slip into

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 the swamp of despair.

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 And your conclusion in life

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 is that surely

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 this can't be true for me

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 because if it was true for me

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 then I'd simply

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 I'd be performing

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 in doing better.

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 And the thing is

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 whatever side of the horse

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 you fall off,

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 friends,

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 they are terrible

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 foundations for us

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 to build our lives upon.

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 Do you know why?

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 Because they're based on us.

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 They're based on us.

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 And I don't know about you

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 but I change.

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 I'm here one minute

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 and I'm there the next minute.

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 What we need

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 is an identity

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 that is not based on us.

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 And our performance

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 and our feelings

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 which are so unreliable.

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 And the good news

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 of these verses

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 is that into our

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 identity confused world

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 God speaks

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 good news

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 of the true

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 identity

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 of the Christian.

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 And the amazing thing is

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 that this is an identity

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 that you and I

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 can rest in.

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 It's a lovely gospel word

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 that isn't it?

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 It's a very good

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 rest.

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 Love it when Jesus says that

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 in the gospels

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 come all ye to me

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 who are heavy burdened

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 and I will give you

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 rest.

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 It's like to say

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 find in me

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 your all in all.

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 And this frees us

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 doesn't it?

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 Allows us to take

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 the mask off

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 and to stop worrying

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 about how we're

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 coming across.

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 Because that's true

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 isn't it?

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 That the amazing

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 truth of the gospel

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 is that Jesus

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 outed me

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 and you

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 as failures

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 on the cross

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 as sinners

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 on the cross

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 because if we

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 weren't sinners

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 he wouldn't have

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 needed to die

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 for us.

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 He identifies

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 with us

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 and he says

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 I've taken your sin

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 and I'm bestowing

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 on you my life

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 and that frees me

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 friends

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 to admit

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 that I am not

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 sorted

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 and to stop

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 pretending

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 that I'm sorted

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 and to live out

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 my life

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 by the grace

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 of God

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 saying I am not

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 what I want to be

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 but by the grace

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 of God

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 I am what I am.

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 Here's an identity

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 that Jesus has

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 won for us.

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 There's a famous

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 story told of

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 Martin Lloyd-Jones

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 who was a

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 famous Welsh

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 minister from

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 about 100 years

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 ago and he was

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 speaking one evening

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 to a member

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 of his congregation

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 and the member

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 of his congregation

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 is telling

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 Martin Lloyd-Jones

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 how he was feeling

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 weighed down

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 with his sin

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 how he just

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 couldn't understand

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 why he was a

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 Christian

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 and it went on

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 and on

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 and on

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 and on

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 and Martin Lloyd-Jones

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 good pastor

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 that he was

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 he listened

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 for a good

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 chunk of time

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 and he just

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 turned to the man

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 and he said

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 have you not

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 realised

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 that so much

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 of your

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 unhappiness

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 in life

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 comes from

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 the fact

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 that you are

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 listening to

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 yourself

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 rather than

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 talking to

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 yourself

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 in other words

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 let God

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 speak truth

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 about who

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 you are

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 to your

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 heart

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 and that's

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 what I invite

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 you to do

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 this morning

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 this afternoon

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 as we journey

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 through these

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 verses

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 is to allow

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 God to speak

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 to your

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 heart

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 about the

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 truth of

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 who you are

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 in him

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 don't find

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 your identity

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 in anything

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 else

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 anything

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 other than

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 him

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 let God

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 speak deep

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 into your

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 life

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 and I've

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 got two

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 very quick

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 takeaway

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 points

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 from us

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 from this

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 passage

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 about what

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 it means

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 to be

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 Jesus

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 you ready

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 for these

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 if you've

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 zoned out

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 zoned back

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 in

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 this is what

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 it means

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 to be

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 Jesus

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 it's

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 two things

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 firstly

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 Jesus

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 changes

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 who we

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 are

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 he changes

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 who we

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 are

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 look with

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 it

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 look with

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 me at

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 chapter 3

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 those opening

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 verses

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 you see

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 Jesus

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 has changed

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 this identity

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 that runs

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 in three

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 directions

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 you think

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 like me

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 this is

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 your 3D

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 okay

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 three directions

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 he's changed

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 the past

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 look with me

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 verse 3

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 those two

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 words

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 you died

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 you died

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 writes Paul

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 that's the

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 truth

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 if you're a

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 Christian

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 you have

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 died

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 you've

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 died

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 in that

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 before you

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 were a

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 Christian

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 there was

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 a you

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 who was

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 trying to

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 force

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 your way

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 and live

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 your life

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 without

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 God

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 remember

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 there was

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 a song

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 that my

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 dad used

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 to play

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 in the car

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 when we

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 were young

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 and it

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 was written

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 by a band

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 called Fleetwood Mac

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 remember Fleetwood Mac

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 and the song

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 just went

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 you can go

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 your own way

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 you can go

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 your own way

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 great song

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 but that is

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 the identity

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 of all of us

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 before God

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 got involved

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 in our lives

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 we were not

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 running towards

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 sin we were

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 running away

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 from him

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 and that old

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 life friends

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 that was a

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 guilty life

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 deserving of

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 God's

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 we'll see this

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 more next week

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 deserving of

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 God's wrath

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 his righteous

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 anger

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 against our

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 sin

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 against our

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 maker

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 but when you

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 became a

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 Christian

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 that old

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 you died

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 in that it

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 was nailed

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 to the cross

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 with Jesus

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 and through

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 his death

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 on the cross

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 for us

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 him shedding

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 his blood

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 for us

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 paying the

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 penalty for

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 our sin

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 we have

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 received

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 forgiveness

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 and that

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 old us

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 has gone

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 and that

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 new us

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 has come

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 that old us

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 has died

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 it's over

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 it's finished

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 and we can

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 leave it

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 behind

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 because Jesus

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 has paid

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 for it

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 this is our

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 enemy

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 loving

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 pursuing

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 God

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 that we're

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 speaking about

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 here

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 praise him

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 that doesn't

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 mean that there

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 are no

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 earthly

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 consequences

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 that might

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 remain from

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 our old

00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.040
 life

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 but what

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 this does

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 mean

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 is that

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 as far as

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 God is

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 concerned

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 because of

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 Jesus

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 because of

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 our faith

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 in him

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 because of

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 our trust

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 in him

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 that old

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 life

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 is gone

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 because that

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 old life

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 has been

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 dealt with

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 and we can

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 sing

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 and I still

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 remember the

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 day having

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 sang this

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 old hymn

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 for years

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 that it

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 didn't make

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 sense to me

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 and all of a

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 sudden it

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 made sense

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 to me

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 my sin

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 oh the

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 bliss

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.480
 of this

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 glorious

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 thought

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 my sin

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 not in

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 part

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 but the

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 whole

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 is nailed

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 to the

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 cross

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 and I

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 bear it

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 no more

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 praise the

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 Lord

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 praise the

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 Lord

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 oh my

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 soul

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 that is the

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 truth of

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.339
 the gospel

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 and if you're

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 struggling with

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.460
 this this

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:28.639
 morning

00:19:28.639 --> 00:19:29.200
 thinking is

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 that true

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 for me

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 then this

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 passage tells

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 you yes

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 that's true

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 for you

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 the old

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 has gone

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 Jesus

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 dealt

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 with it

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 he changes

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 the past

00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:39.359
 and he

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:39.819
 changes the

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 present

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 in other

00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:41.839
 words

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 if the

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.240
 old

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.339
 you

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:42.519
 has

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:42.819
 gone

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.019
 the

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 new

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:43.379
 you

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:43.559
 has

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 come

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 God

00:19:45.139 --> 00:19:45.439
 isn't

00:19:45.439 --> 00:19:45.799
 into

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.159
 weeding

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 just

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 he's

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.000
 also

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.299
 into

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 seeding

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 weeding

00:19:49.679 --> 00:19:50.159
 and seeding

00:19:50.159 --> 00:19:50.539
 the old

00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:50.659
 you

00:19:50.659 --> 00:19:50.839
 has

00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.159
 gone

00:19:51.159 --> 00:19:51.599
 the

00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:51.839
 new

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 you

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 has

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.460
 come

00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:52.740
 verse

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 one

00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:54.480
 we've

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 been

00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:54.939
 raised

00:19:54.939 --> 00:19:55.119
 with

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 Christ

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:58.240
 we're

00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.579
 united

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:58.859
 with him

00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.079
 in his

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 death

00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.240
 and we're

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.659
 united

00:20:00.659 --> 00:20:01.240
 with him

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:01.679
 in his

00:20:01.679 --> 00:20:02.259
 resurrection

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:04.359
 and your

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 life

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.039
 verse

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.399
 three

00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:06.919
 is so

00:20:06.919 --> 00:20:07.539
 bound up

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:07.720
 with

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.079
 Jesus

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:10.500
 so much

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:10.900
 so

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:12.400
 that

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.339
 Paul can

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:13.960
 describe it

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.559
 as being

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.400
 and this is

00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:16.400
 one of the most

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:17.259
 wonderful descriptions

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.960
 of the Christian

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:19.680
 hidden in Christ

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:21.519
 in God

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:23.259
 hidden in Christ

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.700
 in God

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.460
 you feel the security

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:25.000
 of that

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.900
 hidden in Christ

00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.799
 in God

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:29.480
 we went up

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.339
 for a walk

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:31.319
 up Blackford Hill

00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:33.019
 with some friends

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 on New Year's Day

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:35.240
 and we got the girls

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 out of the car

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 and it was freezing cold

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.660
 on New Year's Day

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 if you remember

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.539
 we got the girls

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.039
 out of the car

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:40.099
 got them all wrapped up

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:41.299
 and the temperature

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:41.799
 at the bottom

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 of Blackford Hill

00:20:42.459 --> 00:20:42.919
 I'd forgotten

00:20:42.919 --> 00:20:43.399
 I'd climbed it

00:20:43.399 --> 00:20:43.719
 in years

00:20:43.719 --> 00:20:44.099
 I'd forgotten

00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:44.959
 how steep it is

00:20:44.959 --> 00:20:45.439
 the temperature

00:20:45.439 --> 00:20:45.879
 at the bottom

00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:46.500
 was bearable

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:48.219
 but the more

00:20:48.219 --> 00:20:49.619
 we climbed up

00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:51.179
 this hill

00:20:51.179 --> 00:20:51.919
 the colder

00:20:51.919 --> 00:20:52.559
 it got

00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:53.480
 until eventually

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:55.459
 our two little ones

00:20:55.459 --> 00:20:56.139
 let us know

00:20:56.139 --> 00:20:57.019
 that we weren't

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.599
 going to go on

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.159
 any further

00:20:58.159 --> 00:20:59.779
 and so we sat

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.919
 kind of halfway up

00:21:00.919 --> 00:21:02.119
 Blackford Hill

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:03.099
 overlooking the city

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.919
 a beautiful view

00:21:03.919 --> 00:21:04.659
 and Alex and I

00:21:04.659 --> 00:21:05.339
 just sat there

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:06.719
 with one child each

00:21:06.719 --> 00:21:08.240
 and we just

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.859
 engulfed them

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:10.559
 so we did

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.439
 we just took them

00:21:11.439 --> 00:21:11.779
 and we just

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.419
 engulfed them

00:21:12.419 --> 00:21:14.659
 and I think

00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:15.059
 that's a

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:16.339
 beautiful description

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.919
 of what Paul's

00:21:16.919 --> 00:21:17.699
 describing here

00:21:17.699 --> 00:21:18.659
 isn't it

00:21:18.659 --> 00:21:20.059
 this is what

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.899
 Jesus has done

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:23.119
 they're so bound up

00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:23.859
 are our lives

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.379
 in him

00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:26.059
 that Paul can say

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.599
 that our lives

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 are hidden in him

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 which means

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 that when God

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:31.099
 looks at us

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 he sees Jesus

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 he doesn't see

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 our sin

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 he sees

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 as we were singing

00:21:38.800 --> 00:21:40.080
 in that first song

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 he sees his

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 righteousness

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 his perfect life

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 he doesn't see

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 the old us

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 he sees the news

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 that knew us

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:49.240
 that Jesus has taken

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.580
 and hidden in him

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 and we are welcomed

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 into the family

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 of God

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 invited to live

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 our lives

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:57.700
 in relationship

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 with the God

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 who made us

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 that is God's

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 assessment of us

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.420
 in Christ

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 isn't that wonderful

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:05.740
 it speaks

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.840
 of complete

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 and relational

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 security

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 that God

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 has done all this

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 in Christ

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 and the spirit

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 awakens our

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 hearts

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 and our minds

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 to the truth

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 that we are his

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 we are his

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 no matter how

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 we're feeling

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 this morning

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:25.840
 no matter how

00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.380
 we're performing

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:26.799
 this morning

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 if our trust is in him

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 we are his

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 he changes

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 the past

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 he changes

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 the present

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 and you can guess

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.000
 where we're going

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 next can't you

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 he changes the future

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 he changes the future

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 verse 4

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 when Christ appears

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 Paul's talking

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.960
 about his second coming

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 when Christ

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.079
 as we were singing

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.859
 will come

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 in all his glory

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 he will come

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 as king and judge

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 and what will he do

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 he will reclaim

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 creation for himself

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 and that will be a day

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 when we don't

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 cower before him

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 that will be a day

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 when we will

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 appear with him

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 and we will reign

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 with him

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:05.680
 you know

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 I wonder whether

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.680
 these Christians

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 in this church

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.980
 in Colossae

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.539
 with these

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 if you remember

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.380
 the background

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 there's false teachers

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.200
 in the background

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.819
 they're teaching

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:13.000
 that religion

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.000
 and mysticism

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:15.059
 and superstition

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.660
 are the key

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.660
 to spiritual growth

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.440
 are the key things

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.220
 that are going to

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.880
 gain you access

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 to God

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:21.140
 and Paul is saying

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.559
 all you need

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.140
 is Christ

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 there's only one

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.440
 that can lead us

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.039
 into the presence

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.680
 of God

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:26.620
 and it's Christ

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:28.039
 you've access

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.960
 to your father

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 through him

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 he's all you need

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 but I wonder

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.000
 if they're sitting

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.440
 there thinking

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.900
 to themselves

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:34.039
 are we the real deal

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:35.299
 everything that

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.019
 in your Christian life

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.460
 as you look at

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.460
 your unspectacular

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.400
 Christian life

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:40.460
 just slogging it out

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:42.060
 sanctification

00:23:42.060 --> 00:23:43.740
 is a long process

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.820
 God is not in a hurry

00:23:44.820 --> 00:23:45.380
 with us

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:47.620
 think am I missing out

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.580
 am I being held back

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:49.539
 in the Christian life

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:51.759
 well what Paul

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.320
 is saying here

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:52.820
 is that you don't

00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:53.700
 need ten steps

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.240
 to a better

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.799
 spirituality

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:56.039
 to grow as a Christian

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:58.059
 you just need to

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:59.259
 embrace your identity

00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.220
 in Christ

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:02.160
 and you need to

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:03.099
 live in light of it

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:05.620
 Jesus has changed

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.299
 your past

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:08.740
 he's changed

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.539
 your present

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:11.880
 and he will

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.599
 change your future

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.259
 he has changed

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.779
 that future

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.440
 it's guaranteed

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:16.620
 what a transformation

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.400
 that is

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.960
 do you see it

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.839
 past present future

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.559
 what a transformation

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.700
 that's our identity

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.460
 if you're trusting

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.319
 in him this morning

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.680
 the old you

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.200
 has gone

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:26.140
 and the new you

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.880
 the one that's in

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.660
 Christ has come

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:30.319
 and that means

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.960
 that you and I

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.640
 have been chosen

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:34.519
 we've been forgiven

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:36.360
 we've been

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.299
 spirit filled

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:39.019
 we've been declared

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.319
 right with God

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.360
 we have peace with him

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:43.120
 we've been invited

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.759
 near

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:45.380
 into the very family

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.819
 of God

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.840
 once a stranger

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.900
 now declared

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:49.160
 and spoken to

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.539
 as a son and daughter

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:53.720
 and we've been held

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:55.899
 by Christ

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:57.220
 and he guarantees

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.119
 us a glorious

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:59.079
 future

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.200
 this is who we are

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.519
 how freeing

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.279
 how liberating

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.220
 are those words

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:05.339
 how freeing

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.920
 and liberating

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.759
 does it make us feel

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.220
 in life

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.180
 how liberating

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.559
 and freeing

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.319
 does it make us feel

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.460
 in our evangelism

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.920
 that there's

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.859
 the ends of Romans 8

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.720
 if you want to check that out

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.359
 when you go home

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:14.940
 Paul says

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.539
 there's nothing

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.659
 that can separate us

00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:17.200
 in other words

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.200
 Christ's grip on our life

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.779
 is so strong

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:20.660
 nothing can separate us

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:22.360
 for as different

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:23.200
 why are we scared

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:25.140
 of telling others

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.660
 about Jesus

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.400
 why is the fear

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.140
 of man so great

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.799
 in our hearts

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:29.580
 answer because

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.480
 the fear of God

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.299
 the picture of him

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.880
 is small

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.740
 Paul's saying

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:34.059
 get it the other way around

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:37.019
 this is who you are

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.980
 you're his

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.720
 not because of anything

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.319
 you've done

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.680
 but all because of Jesus

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.440
 that way he gets

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.360
 all the glory

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:44.759
 Jesus changes

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.539
 who you are

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:47.759
 and secondly

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.379
 and this will be

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.559
 very very quick

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.259
 because we'll be

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:51.180
 expanding on this

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:52.059
 in the weeks to come

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:53.400
 flowing from our

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.000
 new identity

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.480
 in him

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.220
 Paul says

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.859
 Jesus changes

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.559
 how you live

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:59.160
 now if I can

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.819
 verse creep

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.819
 again I'm going to

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.619
 coin that phrase

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:03.299
 down to verse 10

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.740
 I just want you to

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.160
 see this

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.859
 so I can kind of

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.660
 frame this rest

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.279
 of this section

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.799
 as we journey

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.400
 through it

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.559
 look what Paul

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.019
 writes about

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.700
 the new you

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:13.259
 the new you

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:15.259
 it's being renewed

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:17.000
 that's the word

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.519
 he uses there

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.180
 that wonderful

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.519
 caterpillar to

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.599
 butterfly kind of

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:20.960
 word

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:22.160
 renewed

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:23.200
 in knowledge

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.960
 after what

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:25.500
 the image

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.500
 of its creator

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:29.160
 now this is what

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.539
 happens to me

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.160
 I find this every

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.720
 Sunday morning

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.579
 when I come in here

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:33.279
 I look down here

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:35.039
 and I normally see

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.880
 Gary or Jamie

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.839
 tuning their guitars

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:38.039
 every Sunday

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.700
 guarantee it

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.359
 this is what I see

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.980
 they're tuning their

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.299
 guitars

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.460
 now I'm no guitar

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.859
 expert

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.539
 I can kind of have

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.579
 a crack at

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.539
 Wonderwall by Oasis

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.059
 and the guitar

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.599
 but that's about

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.359
 all I can do

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:48.259
 but even I know

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.879
 when I watch them

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.299
 do that

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.759
 the reason that

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.579
 they do that

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:52.059
 is that because

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.959
 somehow or other

00:26:52.959 --> 00:26:53.759
 that guitar

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:55.859
 has become untuned

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:57.899
 and they sit there

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.419
 and what they do

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:58.899
 is they just

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.959
 tune it again

00:26:59.959 --> 00:27:02.039
 get it right again

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:04.539
 and there's something

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.059
 of that truth

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.379
 isn't there

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.980
 in those verses

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.459
 that word

00:27:06.459 --> 00:27:07.339
 you see the wonderful

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.179
 truth that the

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:09.240
 Bible tells us

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.899
 about us

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.439
 is that we were

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.099
 made in the image

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.599
 of God

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:13.799
 it's why we believe

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.480
 that every human

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.599
 being has an inherent

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.259
 worth to them

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.960
 because we're made

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.420
 in the image

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.940
 of God

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:19.279
 made to live

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.779
 our lives

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.779
 with him

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.759
 made to live

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.160
 our lives

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:23.259
 looking to him

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:26.099
 but the sobering

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.519
 truth that the

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.160
 Bible tells us

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.559
 about us

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.319
 is that sin

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.860
 our sin

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.579
 has so affected

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.420
 us right to the

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.819
 core

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:33.779
 that it's distorted

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.980
 that image

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.579
 so much so

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.460
 that we by nature

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.860
 turn away from God

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.980
 rather than turn

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.700
 towards him

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.700
 so Martin Luther

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.480
 used to call

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:43.059
 used to call sin

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.480
 the thing

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.240
 that's turned us

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.440
 inwards on ourselves

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.599
 that's the idea

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.000
 here

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.619
 but the thing

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.119
 is when Jesus

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.000
 Christ took

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.819
 hold of our

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.220
 lives

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.899
 and as his

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.679
 spirit works

00:27:52.679 --> 00:27:53.039
 in us

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.019
 he moulds us

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:55.299
 and he tunes

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.779
 us

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:57.200
 day after day

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.960
 after day

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.740
 after day

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.399
 after day

00:27:59.399 --> 00:28:00.419
 back into the

00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:00.819
 way that we

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.259
 were designed

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.839
 to be

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:03.059
 as if God

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.619
 is declaring

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.220
 over us

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.859
 that I made

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.440
 you in my

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.859
 image

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.619
 I made you

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.460
 for myself

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.619
 and I have

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.299
 saved you

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.700
 through the

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.379
 sending of my

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:10.819
 son

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.519
 and I have

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.259
 turned you

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.619
 through the

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.119
 work of my

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.440
 spirit

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.799
 and I have

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.220
 brought you

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.799
 back to me

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.220
 so that you

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.940
 can fully

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:17.180
 bear that

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.019
 image to the

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.460
 world

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.500
 once again

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.200
 as you live

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.759
 your life

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.339
 in community

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.819
 with your

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.619
 fellow brothers

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.279
 and sisters

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.079
 and however

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:25.140
 imperfectly it

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.759
 may look

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.420
 this side of

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:26.900
 eternity

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:28.079
 that's what

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.379
 I'm doing

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.640
 in your

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.059
 hearts and

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.440
 lives

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:31.279
 and the

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.279
 perfect picture

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:34.500
 of who I'm

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.180
 transforming you

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.740
 into is the

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.140
 Lord Jesus

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.720
 Christ

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:40.299
 you see

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.680
 as we turn

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:40.920
 to the

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.180
 moral

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:42.180
 imperatives

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.559
 in this

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:42.819
 letter

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.319
 we need

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.799
 to understand

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.140
 that that's

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.460
 what's going

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:44.839
 on here

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.120
 otherwise

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:45.539
 this would

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.839
 be just

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.240
 be dry

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.880
 moralism

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.940
 don't do

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.360
 this do

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:48.680
 that

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:50.059
 that's

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.220
 what's

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.500
 not

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.819
 what's

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.259
 going on

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.400
 here

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.860
 this is

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.400
 God

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.440
 ordained

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.240
 Christ

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.720
 one

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.319
 spirit

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.039
 filled

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.600
 inside

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:56.980
 out

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.980
 transformation

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:59.500
 so we've

00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.819
 seen all

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.000
 the way

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.140
 through

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.319
 this

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.640
 letter

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:00.880
 isn't

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:00.980
 it

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.200
 this

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.319
 is

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.500
 not

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.640
 an

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:01.940
 outward

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.240
 in

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.539
 kind

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.620
 of

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:02.920
 change

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.100
 that

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.259
 just

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.519
 doesn't

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.839
 work

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.980
 so Jesus

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.360
 says

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:05.579
 isn't

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:05.660
 it

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:05.900
 that the

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.220
 problem's

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.360
 not

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.720
 outside

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:06.980
 it's

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.460
 inside

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:07.880
 it's

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.019
 not

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.120
 going

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.180
 to

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.480
 work

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:10.019
 what we

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.200
 need

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.580
 is a

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:11.480
 inside

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.700
 out

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:11.920
 kind of

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.360
 change

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:15.220
 and so

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.700
 Paul says

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:15.980
 in light

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.220
 of who

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.519
 you are

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.000
 Colossians

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.300
 verse

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:17.640
 one

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.540
 see the

00:29:18.540 --> 00:29:18.920
 command

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:20.120
 seek the

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.340
 things

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:20.580
 that are

00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:20.940
 above

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:22.700
 seek the

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:22.940
 things

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.220
 that are

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.460
 above

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.019
 set

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.680
 your

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.200
 minds

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.620
 on the

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:25.980
 things

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.280
 above

00:29:26.280 --> 00:29:26.680
 now feel

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.200
 the force

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.500
 of the

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.780
 verbs

00:29:27.780 --> 00:29:28.080
 there

00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:29.280
 seek

00:29:29.280 --> 00:29:30.000
 and set

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.560
 on the

00:29:31.560 --> 00:29:31.820
 things

00:29:31.820 --> 00:29:32.200
 above

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.840
 and in

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:32.960
 the

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.440
 negative

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.540
 nod

00:29:34.540 --> 00:29:34.800
 on the

00:29:34.800 --> 00:29:35.140
 things

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.460
 of

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.840
 earth

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:37.399
 and the

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:37.639
 logic

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.039
 surely

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.339
 is that

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.579
 because

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:38.859
 you are

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:40.119
 Christ's

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:41.679
 then actively

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:42.599
 pursue the

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.359
 things of

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.819
 his

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.759
 kingdom

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.259
 invest

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.839
 yourselves

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.240
 not in

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.659
 things that

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.339
 are temporary

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.359
 but invest

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.939
 yourselves in

00:29:48.939 --> 00:29:49.279
 things that

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.839
 are eternal

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.039
 people

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:52.099
 now imagine

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.579
 when they read

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.099
 this out

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.699
 to this

00:29:53.699 --> 00:29:53.899
 little

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.179
 gathering

00:29:54.179 --> 00:29:54.319
 of

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.559
 believers

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.839
 in the

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.099
 church

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.279
 the

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.519
 false

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.799
 teachers

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.039
 are in

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.139
 the

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.599
 background

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.519
 the

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.759
 guys

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:57.939
 who are

00:29:57.939 --> 00:29:58.299
 promoting

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.639
 angel

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.000
 worship

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.679
 mysticism

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.439
 superstition

00:30:00.439 --> 00:30:00.699
 and they

00:30:00.699 --> 00:30:01.059
 read that

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.359
 they hear

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.579
 that

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:01.799
 and they

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:01.959
 say

00:30:01.959 --> 00:30:02.359
 seek the

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.579
 things

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:02.839
 that are

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.199
 above

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:03.899
 amen

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.259
 brother

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.659
 Paul

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.880
 let's

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.120
 get the

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.320
 drums

00:30:06.320 --> 00:30:06.620
 back

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:06.880
 on the

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.019
 go

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.380
 and let's

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.580
 get the

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:07.800
 angel

00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:08.140
 worship

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.480
 banging

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.860
 again

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.460
 because that's

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.940
 what they think

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.420
 when they read

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.519
 this but you see

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:13.060
 how Paul

00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:14.540
 he grounds this

00:30:14.540 --> 00:30:15.779
 in the nitty gritty

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.860
 details of their

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.279
 lives

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:19.700
 in other words

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.640
 this is what true

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.940
 spirituality is going to

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.480
 look like

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.840
 this is what true

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:26.000
 inward outward

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.820
 change will look like

00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.880
 what will it look like

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:30.779
 we'll see this in the

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.860
 weeks to come

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:34.039
 it will mean saying no

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.799
 to the ways of the

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.500
 old self

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:38.019
 and it will look like

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.839
 saying yes

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:40.419
 to the things

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.719
 of the new self

00:30:41.719 --> 00:30:46.419
 Jesus changes who you

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:47.099
 are says Paul

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:48.779
 if you're a Christian

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.539
 that is gloriously

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:49.899
 true

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:51.859
 and Jesus changes

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.719
 how you live

00:30:52.719 --> 00:30:55.159
 you know just as we

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:56.259
 close I was thinking

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.919
 on it this week

00:30:56.919 --> 00:30:57.939
 I wonder what went

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:58.859
 through the Duchess

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.919
 of Cambridge's mind

00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:01.379
 in the days and the

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:02.140
 weeks following her

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.720
 wedding day

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.360
 I wonder whether

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.980
 there were times

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.740
 that she wandered

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.440
 the palace

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:08.300
 or she was out

00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:08.960
 and about and

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.500
 people are

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.300
 she's meeting

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:10.960
 school children

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.520
 or she's meeting

00:31:11.520 --> 00:31:12.520
 NHS employees

00:31:12.520 --> 00:31:12.960
 whoever she's

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.600
 meeting the pictures

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.120
 show us

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:15.220
 people are bowing

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.600
 to her

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.460
 people are curtsying

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.920
 to her

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.780
 and she thinks

00:31:17.780 --> 00:31:18.580
 to herself

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:20.480
 maybe thinking back

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.020
 on the things

00:31:21.020 --> 00:31:21.620
 that she did

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.540
 when she grew up

00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:24.940
 or the things

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.760
 that she said

00:31:25.760 --> 00:31:26.460
 or did when she

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.980
 was at uni

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.960
 and she thought

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.300
 to herself

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:29.140
 who am I

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:30.880
 that this would

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.640
 happen to me

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:34.320
 but the truth

00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:35.060
 is if you think

00:31:35.060 --> 00:31:35.900
 about it

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:37.700
 she is who

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.340
 she is

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.960
 not because of

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.480
 anything that

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.140
 she's done

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:43.240
 she is who

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.900
 she is

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:45.480
 simply because

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.340
 of the identity

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:47.120
 of her husband

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:48.960
 that's all she's

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.240
 got

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.300
 that's all she's

00:31:50.300 --> 00:31:50.560
 got

00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:53.740
 all she did

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.440
 was say yes

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:57.420
 and the same

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.960
 is absolutely

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.580
 true for the

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:59.000
 Christian

00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:01.519
 there are identities

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.279
 not in us

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:03.100
 not found in us

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.880
 it's found through

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:05.100
 looking at Jesus

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:06.779
 our saving spouse

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:09.160
 I wonder even if

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.660
 even during our

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.539
 short time together

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.519
 this afternoon

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.299
 the evil one has

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.980
 been speaking words

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.900
 of accusation

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.660
 and guilt into

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.320
 your ear

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:18.960
 maybe bringing up

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.559
 stuff that you

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.460
 did last year

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.299
 last week

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.039
 even last night

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.640
 and saying how

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.440
 dare you think

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.059
 that this is true

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.559
 for you

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.720
 how dare you

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.180
 think that this

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.039
 is true for you

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:30.140
 Paul would say

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.620
 to us

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.860
 and the risen

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 Lord Jesus

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.480
 who's speaking

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.080
 through these

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.660
 words would say

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.220
 to us this

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.559
 morning

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.620
 that you are

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.340
 who you are

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:38.380
 not because of

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:39.080
 what you've done

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:40.620
 but you are

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.360
 who you are

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:42.240
 because I've

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.779
 claimed you as

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.240
 my own and

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.700
 you're mine

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 and all you've

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.019
 done is say

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 yes

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 for you died

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.059
 says Paul

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:50.820
 the old you

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.400
 has gone

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.740
 the new you

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.220
 has come

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.940
 in your life

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:55.360
 is now

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:55.799
 hidden

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:57.240
 with Christ

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.539
 in God

00:32:58.539 --> 00:33:01.059
 and we're

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.680
 going to pray

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.380
 in just a second

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.819
 but why don't we

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.279
 just take a

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.299
 moment of silence

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:07.039
 and maybe just

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.880
 cast your eye

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.579
 over these verses

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.380
 again and allow

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.299
 God by his

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.220
 spirit just to

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:12.460
 sink these deep

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.420
 truths into your

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.880
 heart

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:16.900
 and then I'll

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.779
 pray and we'll

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.200
 close

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:26.319
 and so

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.980
 gracious God

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.319
 and loving

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.640
 heavenly

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.080
 father

00:33:28.080 --> 00:33:31.279
 thank you so

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.960
 much for these

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.519
 words this

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.960
 morning these

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.720
 words of truth

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:35.940
 and I pray

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.720
 lord knowing

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:38.120
 my own

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.480
 heart

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:41.160
 and all of us

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.700
 knowing our own

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.180
 hearts

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:43.539
 father so often

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:43.980
 how we're

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.819
 tempted to

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.640
 forge our own

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:45.980
 way in the

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:47.740
 world and we

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.279
 think of

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:50.140
 David's words

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.680
 at the start

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:50.920
 that we

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:52.240
 prayed that

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.480
 you would

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.200
 lead us to

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.720
 the rock

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.480
 who is higher

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.039
 than us

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:56.420
 and so we

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:56.980
 pray dear

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.559
 father that

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.900
 you would

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.980
 remind us

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.420
 of these

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.559
 truths that

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:00.759
 you would

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.440
 embed them

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.960
 deep into

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.559
 our hearts

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:02.839
 and our

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:04.019
 lives and

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.460
 father that

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.920
 by your

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.680
 spirit living

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.259
 in us you

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.819
 would help

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.259
 us to

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.099
 grasp them

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.880
 more and

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.739
 live in

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.380
 light of

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:12.239
 that new

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:13.179
 identity

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:16.239
 behold him

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.839
 there the

00:34:16.839 --> 00:34:17.719
 risen lamb

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:19.679
 my

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.860
 perfect

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:22.059
 spotless

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.960
 righteousness

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:24.819
 the great

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.799
 unchangeable

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.860
 I am

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:28.480
 the king

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.400
 of glory

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.960
 and of

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.880
 grace

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:33.380
 one with

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.519
 himself

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.539
 I cannot

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.099
 die

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:38.119
 my soul

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.900
 is purchased

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:40.460
 by his

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.960
 blood

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:42.799
 my life

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.679
 is hid

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.819
 with

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.420
 Christ

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:46.819
 on high

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.900
 with

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.579
 Christ

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.339
 my

00:34:49.339 --> 00:34:50.119
 saviour

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:51.000
 and my

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.420
 God

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:52.420
 with

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.980
 Christ

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.719
 my

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.500
 saviour

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.360
 and

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.019
 my

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.380
 God

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.739
 heavenly

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.059
 father

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.679
 thank you

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:57.980
 for the

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.440
 incredible

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.719
 love

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.019
 which you

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.119
 have

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.380
 shown

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.659
 us

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.500
 and we

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.920
 praise

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.219
 you

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.799
 and we

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.179
 pray

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:02.500
 knowing

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.759
 that you

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.480
 hear us

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.240
 because we

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.880
 pray in

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.179
 Jesus'

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.619
 name

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.320
 Amen