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 Thank you.

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 And as always, look forward to catching up over tea and coffee with you afterwards.

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 Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians.

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 This is the series we're in at the minute.

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 Colossians chapter 1.

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 So, if you would like notes to be able to take, there's pens at the table as you came in and a little A5 sheet as well.

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 Thank you, Jonathan.

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 So feel free to go and get that if you need to.

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 Thank you.

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 We're going to read this morning from chapter 1, verse 15 down to verse 20.

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 Let's hear God's word to us.

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 Colossians 1, starting at verse 15.

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 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

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 For in him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities.

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 All things have been created through him and for him.

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 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

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 And he is the head of the body, the church.

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 He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

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 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things,

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 whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood shed on the cross.

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 Well, please keep your Bibles open there.

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 I'm going to pray, and then we're going to get stuck in to God's word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, thank you that you have not left us alone in the dark.

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 We're not grappling to figure out or understand who we are and who you are.

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 But we thank you that as we read the words of Scripture, as we open up our Bibles today,

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 so you reveal yourself to us,

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 who you are and what you are like and what you have done.

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 And so we pray that you would help us to engage with this word,

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 a word that has power to change,

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 power to give life,

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 power to give hope,

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 and how we need that today.

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 And so we thank you that as we come,

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 all that we read and all that we think about together

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 is going to be good for us.

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 So help us now by your Spirit, we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So,

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 why should I follow Jesus?

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 Of all the different religions there are in the world,

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 and all the different philosophies that are being taught,

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 why Jesus?

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 You see,

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 Johnny,

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 the people that I hang out with,

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 the people in my sports teams,

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 the people I work with,

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 they don't follow Jesus.

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 So why should I?

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 Maybe they're the ones that are actually right,

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 and I've got it completely wrong.

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 What makes Jesus so unique

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 that I should follow him?

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 Why Jesus?

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 Now that's a really important question to ask,

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 and thankfully Colossians provides the answer.

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 Colossians is all about a new church,

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 new believers in Christ,

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 who are facing the why Jesus question.

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 Of all the different teachings and beliefs,

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 and we'll get to this in chapter 2,

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 that are being thrown at them,

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 why follow Jesus?

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 So a letter is written to this church

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 to remind them,

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 and to teach us today,

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 why Jesus is the one we should follow.

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 And together we're going to look at two big reasons.

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 First,

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 Jesus is the sovereign son

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 over the first creation,

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 and then second we're going to look at

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 Jesus is the supreme saviour

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 over the new creation.

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 So two answers,

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 or two reasons,

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 as to why we need to follow Jesus.

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 Because he's the sovereign son,

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 and he's the supreme saviour.

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 So let's look at these two big ideas together.

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 Here's reason number one.

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 Jesus is the sovereign son

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 over the first creation.

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 You see,

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 Jesus isn't like any other person.

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 He is unique,

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 one of a kind.

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 And four things

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 tell us about who Jesus is.

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 First,

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 Jesus is God.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 The son,

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 the son of God,

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 that's Jesus,

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 is the image

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 of the invisible God.

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 Now,

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 we can't see God.

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 We can't touch him.

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 God is spirit.

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 He doesn't have a human body like ours.

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 But Jesus,

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 the son,

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 makes what is invisible,

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 visible.

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 You see,

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 Jesus is the true image of God.

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 As another writer in the New Testament

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 put it like this in Hebrews,

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 the son,

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 Jesus,

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 is the exact representation

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 of God's being.

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 The exact representation.

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 So if you were alive

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 in the first century,

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 and you went down

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 to the local shop

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 to get your bread,

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 and you saw Jesus in there

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 buying his bread,

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 you were seeing God

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 in human form.

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 Incredible,

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 isn't it?

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 And so for us today,

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 as we read Scripture,

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 as we look at God's Word,

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 God is revealed to us.

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 As we think about

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 who Jesus is

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 in Scripture,

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 so God is revealed to us.

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 Not his physical attributes,

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 what colour hair he had.

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 No,

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 this is all about

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 his character.

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 It reveals God to us.

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 Jesus is God.

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 And that means

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 you and I

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 are not God.

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 only Jesus

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 can rightfully claim

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 to be God.

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 Second,

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 Jesus is

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 the owner.

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 Again,

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 let's look at verse 15.

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 Jesus is

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 the image

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 of the invisible God

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 and the firstborn

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 over all creation.

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 Now,

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 firstborn

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 sounds like

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 that Jesus

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 was the first person

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 that was ever

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 to be born.

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 But that's not

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 quite what it means.

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 it's talking about

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 inheritance

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 or ownership.

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 You see,

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 in the past,

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 the firstborn

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 inherited everything

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 that belonged

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 to his Father.

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 And that's what

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 the focus is

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 here.

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 Jesus has

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 inherited

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 all creation

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 from the Father.

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 Everything

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 belongs to him.

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 There is nothing

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 that does not

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 belong to him.

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 Jesus is

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 the owner.

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 that means

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 that Jesus

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 also owns

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 you and me.

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 We belong

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 to Jesus.

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 Not only is he

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 the owner,

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 it makes sense

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 then to say

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 that Jesus

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 is also

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 the creator.

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 You might remember

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 that in your

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 Bibles,

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 Genesis 1,

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 verse 1,

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 it says,

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 in the beginning

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 God

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 created the

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 heavens

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 and the

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 earth.

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 God created

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 the heavens

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 and the

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 earth.

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 Now we're

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 told,

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 look at

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 verse 16,

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 for in

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 him,

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 in Jesus,

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 all things

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 were created.

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 And then the

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 last line of

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 verse 16,

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 all things

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 have been

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 created

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 through him

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 and for

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 him.

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 So who

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 created

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 the world?

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 Was it

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 God

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 or was it

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 Jesus?

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 No,

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 it's not a

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 contradiction,

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 it's not a

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 trick question.

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 Because Jesus

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 is God,

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 it is true

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 to say that

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 Jesus created,

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 verse 16,

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 things in

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 heaven

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 and on

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 earth.

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 He made

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 the birds

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 that fly

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 in the sky.

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 And the

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 fish that

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 swim deep

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 in the

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 oceans.

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 The visible

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 things around

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 us in

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 creation,

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 like cats

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 and dogs.

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 And the

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 invisible

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 things that

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 we cannot

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 see,

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 like bacteria

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 and cells.

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 Jesus

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 made the

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 powers

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 and the

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 thrones

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 and those

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 who sit

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 on them,

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 the kings

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 and presidents

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 of nations.

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 Jesus

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 also made

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 the rulers,

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 we're told,

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 or the

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 authorities.

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 That is,

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 he made

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 the supernatural

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 powers,

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 Satan

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 and his

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 minions.

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 Yes,

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 God created

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 all.

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 Of course,

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 he didn't

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 make them

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 wicked,

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 they became

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 wicked,

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 but Jesus

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 is creator

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 of all.

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 And that

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 means,

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 wonderfully,

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 that Jesus

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 created

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 you.

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 You are

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 his

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 design.

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 So,

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 Jesus is

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 God,

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 he's the

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 owner,

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 he's the

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 creator,

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 and he

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 is also

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 the

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 sustainer.

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 Verse 17,

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 he is

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 before all

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 things,

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 and in him

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 all things

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 hold together.

00:12:02.719 --> 00:12:03.159
 Jesus,

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 in his

00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:04.939
 greatness,

00:12:05.539 --> 00:12:05.980
 holds

00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:07.039
 everything

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 together.

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 He controls

00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:09.799
 the tides,

00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:11.179
 the seasons

00:12:11.179 --> 00:12:11.819
 of the year,

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 the rain

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 that falls,

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 and the

00:12:14.059 --> 00:12:14.559
 sun that

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 shines.

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 He controls

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 the movement

00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:17.719
 of the

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 planets and

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 the galaxies,

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 the forces

00:12:20.179 --> 00:12:20.919
 of the moon,

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 so that we

00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:22.019
 all don't

00:12:22.019 --> 00:12:22.839
 just go

00:12:22.839 --> 00:12:23.679
 floating off

00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:24.539
 into space.

00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:27.259
 He gives

00:12:27.259 --> 00:12:28.000
 breath

00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.939
 to every

00:12:29.939 --> 00:12:30.819
 living creature,

00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:32.859
 water to

00:12:32.859 --> 00:12:33.299
 quench,

00:12:33.459 --> 00:12:33.959
 and food

00:12:33.959 --> 00:12:34.620
 to nourish.

00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:36.379
 Jesus is

00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:37.819
 sustainer.

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 And that

00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:40.579
 means that

00:12:40.579 --> 00:12:41.339
 Jesus is

00:12:41.339 --> 00:12:41.979
 sustaining

00:12:41.979 --> 00:12:43.299
 you right

00:12:43.299 --> 00:12:44.000
 now if you

00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:44.579
 sit in your

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 seat.

00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:47.079
 He's making

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 your heart

00:12:47.819 --> 00:12:49.339
 beat right

00:12:49.339 --> 00:12:49.719
 now.

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 You see,

00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:53.819
 Jesus isn't

00:12:53.819 --> 00:12:54.479
 like anyone

00:12:54.479 --> 00:12:55.059
 else, is

00:12:55.059 --> 00:12:55.239
 he?

00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:56.639
 He is

00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:57.159
 unique.

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 Nobody else

00:12:58.799 --> 00:12:59.479
 can claim

00:12:59.479 --> 00:13:00.579
 these credentials

00:13:00.579 --> 00:13:01.679
 that he is

00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:02.259
 God,

00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:03.479
 the owner,

00:13:03.939 --> 00:13:04.659
 the creator,

00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:05.599
 and the

00:13:05.599 --> 00:13:06.459
 sustainer.

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 Not of

00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:09.099
 some things,

00:13:09.899 --> 00:13:12.139
 but of

00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:13.679
 all things.

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 Did you

00:13:15.379 --> 00:13:15.899
 notice

00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:16.899
 all the

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 alls?

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 Have a look

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 at verse

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 15.

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 Count how

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 many alls

00:13:22.979 --> 00:13:23.459
 there are.

00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:25.359
 He is the

00:13:25.359 --> 00:13:26.399
 firstborn over

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 all creation.

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 End of

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 verse 16.

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 all things

00:13:33.899 --> 00:13:34.659
 have been

00:13:34.659 --> 00:13:35.539
 created through

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 him and

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 for him.

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 Verse 17.

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 He is

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 before all

00:13:40.719 --> 00:13:41.459
 things,

00:13:42.179 --> 00:13:42.759
 and in

00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:44.059
 him all

00:13:44.059 --> 00:13:45.479
 things hold

00:13:45.479 --> 00:13:46.059
 together.

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 Jesus, who

00:13:47.979 --> 00:13:48.799
 is God, is

00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:49.259
 over

00:13:49.259 --> 00:13:50.899
 everything.

00:13:52.139 --> 00:13:52.779
 He is

00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:53.919
 sovereign.

00:13:54.819 --> 00:13:55.559
 That simply

00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:56.679
 means that

00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:57.359
 Jesus has

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 absolute

00:13:58.379 --> 00:13:59.359
 authority

00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.659
 and

00:14:00.659 --> 00:14:01.240
 complete

00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:02.100
 control

00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:03.800
 over all.

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 As one

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 writer put

00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:06.399
 it,

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 I think

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 I have it

00:14:08.680 --> 00:14:09.000
 here on

00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:09.399
 screen,

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 there is

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 not a

00:14:10.580 --> 00:14:11.580
 square inch

00:14:11.580 --> 00:14:11.919
 in the

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.700
 whole domain

00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:13.080
 of our

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 human

00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.259
 existence

00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:15.240
 over which

00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:15.800
 Christ,

00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:16.879
 who is

00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:17.340
 sovereign

00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:18.019
 over all,

00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:18.600
 does not

00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:19.100
 cry,

00:14:20.180 --> 00:14:20.480
 mine.

00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.560
 It's all

00:14:22.560 --> 00:14:23.000
 his.

00:14:24.180 --> 00:14:24.860
 Every

00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.500
 single

00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.539
 detail.

00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:28.639
 Jesus is

00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:29.579
 the sovereign

00:14:29.579 --> 00:14:31.039
 son over

00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:31.579
 the first

00:14:31.579 --> 00:14:32.139
 creation.

00:14:32.539 --> 00:14:33.139
 He rules

00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:34.219
 over everything

00:14:34.219 --> 00:14:35.159
 and everyone

00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:36.019
 and he has

00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:37.099
 power over

00:14:37.099 --> 00:14:37.899
 everything and

00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:38.360
 everyone.

00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:39.539
 Nothing

00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:40.539
 happens without

00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:41.519
 his say-so.

00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.339
 Nothing.

00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:43.839
 And

00:14:43.839 --> 00:14:44.500
 everything

00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.860
 happens at

00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.819
 his say-so.

00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:51.019
 He is the

00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:51.379
 sovereign

00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:51.839
 son.

00:14:53.539 --> 00:14:54.139
 And that

00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:55.019
 has implications

00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:56.039
 for us.

00:14:57.059 --> 00:14:57.779
 Because

00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:59.980
 Jesus is

00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:00.199
 the

00:15:00.199 --> 00:15:01.000
 sustainer,

00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:03.179
 I am

00:15:03.179 --> 00:15:03.819
 dependent

00:15:03.819 --> 00:15:04.539
 on him.

00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:07.120
 The very

00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:07.879
 breath that

00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:08.500
 I breathe

00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:09.240
 right now

00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:10.740
 comes from

00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.039
 him.

00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:12.720
 The food

00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.559
 that I eat,

00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:14.279
 the water

00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:15.000
 I drink,

00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.519
 is all

00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.179
 from him.

00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:18.579
 My

00:15:18.579 --> 00:15:19.120
 heartbeat,

00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:20.939
 my blood

00:15:20.939 --> 00:15:22.159
 flowing through

00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:22.779
 my veins

00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:23.460
 right now

00:15:23.460 --> 00:15:24.440
 is all

00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:25.040
 dependent

00:15:25.040 --> 00:15:25.720
 on him.

00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:26.300
 Without

00:15:26.300 --> 00:15:26.879
 him I

00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.080
 would

00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:27.440
 cease

00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:27.660
 to

00:15:27.660 --> 00:15:28.139
 exist.

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.259
 And

00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:32.639
 because

00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.400
 Jesus is

00:15:33.400 --> 00:15:33.620
 the

00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:34.200
 creator,

00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:37.120
 I am

00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:37.700
 under

00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:38.080
 him.

00:15:39.060 --> 00:15:39.500
 I'm

00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.240
 not above

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:40.680
 him,

00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:41.720
 telling him

00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.180
 what to

00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:42.519
 do,

00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.500
 or giving

00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:44.120
 him my

00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:44.759
 plan and

00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.200
 saying you

00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:45.840
 should follow

00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:47.420
 my ideas.

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.900
 I'm not

00:15:48.900 --> 00:15:49.840
 equal with

00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.160
 him,

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.040
 that we're

00:15:51.040 --> 00:15:52.220
 best chums,

00:15:52.220 --> 00:15:54.160
 no,

00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:54.740
 I am

00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.779
 under

00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:56.139
 him.

00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:57.800
 He is

00:15:57.800 --> 00:15:58.000
 the

00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.540
 creator,

00:15:59.040 --> 00:15:59.639
 I am

00:15:59.639 --> 00:15:59.940
 the

00:15:59.940 --> 00:16:00.680
 created.

00:16:03.420 --> 00:16:04.000
 And

00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:04.620
 because

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.440
 Jesus is

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:05.720
 the

00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:06.220
 owner,

00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:09.300
 I obey

00:16:09.300 --> 00:16:09.700
 him.

00:16:10.680 --> 00:16:11.300
 I don't

00:16:11.300 --> 00:16:12.200
 argue with

00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:12.540
 him and

00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:12.800
 say,

00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.680
 I think

00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:13.879
 you've

00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.320
 got that

00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:14.720
 wrong.

00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:16.460
 No,

00:16:16.540 --> 00:16:17.080
 I obey

00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.399
 him,

00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:19.060
 I listen,

00:16:19.540 --> 00:16:20.100
 he does

00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:20.759
 the speaking,

00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.759
 he does

00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:21.980
 the

00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:22.659
 commanding,

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.480
 he does

00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:23.720
 the

00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.539
 demanding,

00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:26.919
 and I

00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:27.700
 obey him.

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.419
 And

00:16:30.419 --> 00:16:30.819
 because

00:16:30.819 --> 00:16:31.620
 Jesus is

00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:32.139
 God,

00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:35.279
 I owe

00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:35.980
 my life

00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:36.620
 to him.

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:38.860
 He

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.480
 demands

00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:39.939
 and

00:16:39.939 --> 00:16:40.580
 deserves

00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:41.000
 my

00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.480
 honour,

00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:42.580
 my

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.120
 life,

00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:43.899
 my

00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:44.379
 all,

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.360
 my

00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.919
 worship.

00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.340
 You

00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:48.559
 see,

00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:49.359
 the

00:16:49.359 --> 00:16:49.859
 reason

00:16:49.859 --> 00:16:50.579
 why

00:16:50.579 --> 00:16:51.779
 I

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.139
 should

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:52.619
 follow

00:16:52.619 --> 00:16:53.319
 Jesus

00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:55.079
 is

00:16:55.079 --> 00:16:55.559
 because

00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:56.179
 Jesus

00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:56.779
 is the

00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.219
 sovereign

00:16:57.219 --> 00:16:57.779
 son

00:16:57.779 --> 00:16:58.759
 over the

00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.039
 first

00:16:59.039 --> 00:16:59.659
 creation.

00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:02.079
 That's

00:17:02.079 --> 00:17:02.259
 the

00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:02.659
 reason,

00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:03.359
 that's

00:17:03.359 --> 00:17:03.539
 the

00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:04.039
 answer.

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.259
 Now,

00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:07.720
 the problem

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.000
 is,

00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.539
 we don't

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:09.059
 naturally

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:09.619
 follow

00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.099
 Jesus,

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.639
 which has

00:17:10.639 --> 00:17:11.279
 led to

00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:12.240
 disastrous

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.779
 consequences.

00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:18.480
 you see,

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:18.879
 our

00:17:18.879 --> 00:17:19.359
 natural

00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:20.079
 inclination

00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:21.200
 is to

00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.700
 reject

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.059
 the

00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:22.399
 sovereign

00:17:22.399 --> 00:17:22.799
 son.

00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:23.799
 We

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.359
 defy

00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:24.660
 his

00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:25.000
 rule

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.160
 and

00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:25.359
 his

00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:25.859
 authority

00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:26.099
 and

00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:26.240
 we

00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.460
 live

00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:26.779
 as if

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.039
 we

00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:27.200
 are

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.519
 God

00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:28.019
 and

00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:28.139
 the

00:17:28.139 --> 00:17:28.619
 results

00:17:28.619 --> 00:17:28.839
 have

00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:29.039
 been

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.680
 disastrous.

00:17:29.899 --> 00:17:30.059
 We've

00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:30.259
 gone

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.519
 from

00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.200
 beauty

00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:32.480
 into

00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:33.599
 brokenness.

00:17:34.859 --> 00:17:35.339
 Think

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:35.599
 of it

00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.200
 like this

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.960
 with me,

00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:37.200
 the

00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:37.680
 sun,

00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:38.819
 that is

00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:39.019
 the

00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:39.680
 S-U-N

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.019
 kind,

00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:40.379
 the big

00:17:40.379 --> 00:17:40.940
 fiery

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.819
 ball

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:42.980
 that we

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.599
 never see

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:43.819
 because

00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:43.960
 there's

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.179
 always

00:17:44.179 --> 00:17:44.639
 clouds

00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:44.960
 in the

00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.200
 way,

00:17:45.879 --> 00:17:46.159
 is

00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:46.539
 actually

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:46.919
 at the

00:17:46.919 --> 00:17:47.259
 centre

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.700
 of

00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:48.559
 our

00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:49.039
 galaxy,

00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:49.399
 the

00:17:49.399 --> 00:17:50.099
 universe.

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.240
 Everything

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.720
 revolves

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 around

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 the

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 sun,

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 doesn't

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 it?

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 The

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 world

00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:57.019
 makes

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 a full

00:17:57.419 --> 00:17:58.099
 rotation

00:17:58.099 --> 00:17:58.500
 around

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 the

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 sun

00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.619
 over

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 the

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 course

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 of

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 one

00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:00.679
 year,

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 365

00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.639
 days,

00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:03.839
 and

00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.039
 we

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:04.419
 orbit

00:18:04.419 --> 00:18:05.119
 the

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 sun.

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 That's

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 what keeps

00:18:06.899 --> 00:18:07.359
 everything

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:07.759
 in its

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 place.

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 Everything

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 has its

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 order.

00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:11.580
 Now,

00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:12.160
 suppose

00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:13.500
 with me

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 just for

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 a minute,

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 that planet

00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:15.340
 Earth

00:18:15.340 --> 00:18:16.240
 decided to

00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.560
 be at

00:18:16.560 --> 00:18:16.740
 the

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.140
 centre,

00:18:18.260 --> 00:18:18.540
 and

00:18:18.540 --> 00:18:18.880
 everything

00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.280
 else

00:18:19.280 --> 00:18:19.580
 should

00:18:19.580 --> 00:18:20.800
 revolve

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 around

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 it.

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 Well,

00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:26.000
 the very

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.700
 foundations

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.160
 of the

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 universe

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:27.980
 would

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 collapse,

00:18:30.080 --> 00:18:30.580
 change

00:18:30.580 --> 00:18:31.160
 the order

00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:31.820
 and design,

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 and you

00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.920
 get order

00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:34.180
 or disorder

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 and chaos.

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 Now,

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 that's

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 exactly what

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 it is like

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 in terms

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 of our

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 response

00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:40.379
 to the

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 sun,

00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:41.539
 the

00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:42.740
 S-O-N

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.599
 sun,

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:44.819
 the

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.319
 sovereign

00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:45.779
 sun,

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 God the

00:18:46.659 --> 00:18:46.960
 owner,

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.680
 the creator

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.639
 and sustainer

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 is at

00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:49.599
 the

00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.200
 centre.

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 He's

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 the one

00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:54.019
 who owns

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 all things,

00:18:54.659 --> 00:18:55.099
 controls

00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:55.819
 all things,

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 and we

00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.440
 were made

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 to revolve

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 around him,

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 to live

00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:01.259
 our life

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:03.740
 in response

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.259
 to him.

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:05.500
 That is

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 how we

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.680
 flourish

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.419
 and how

00:19:07.419 --> 00:19:08.319
 we thrive

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:09.039
 as human

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.599
 beings.

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 but

00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.180
 replace

00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:12.799
 the

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.359
 sun,

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.220
 the

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:15.079
 S-O-N

00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:16.059
 with

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.740
 self

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:18.480
 and put

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.059
 ourselves

00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:19.539
 at the

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:19.879
 centre

00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.579
 and expect

00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.019
 everything

00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.819
 to revolve

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.700
 around us,

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:23.960
 that is

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.419
 everybody

00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:25.099
 else,

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.139
 and God

00:19:26.139 --> 00:19:26.619
 himself

00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:26.940
 should

00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.440
 revolve

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:28.240
 around me,

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.599
 well,

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.099
 chaos

00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:30.940
 reigns.

00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:32.599
 And that's

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.039
 what we've

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.319
 done

00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:34.139
 personally

00:19:34.139 --> 00:19:35.200
 and collectively.

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 The human

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.079
 race has

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.799
 said no

00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.899
 to Jesus.

00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.659
 We've

00:19:39.659 --> 00:19:40.319
 pushed out

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.059
 the sovereign

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:42.059
 son and

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.960
 replaced him

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.700
 with self.

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 We've

00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:44.980
 claimed an

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.839
 independence

00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:46.559
 from our

00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:47.139
 creator.

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 The created

00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:50.579
 world has

00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.159
 become a

00:19:51.159 --> 00:19:52.240
 suffering world

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.779
 and the

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.879
 consequences are

00:19:54.879 --> 00:19:55.480
 there for us

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.079
 to see it.

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.119
 Wars,

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.359
 disasters,

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.960
 tragedies,

00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.720
 everything around

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.460
 us has become

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.200
 disjointed.

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:04.299
 It's ripping

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:04.920
 apart,

00:20:05.080 --> 00:20:05.940
 it's pulling

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.460
 apart,

00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:07.680
 leaving a

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.759
 gaping wound

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.240
 that we

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.319
 cannot fix.

00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:12.680
 But worse

00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.340
 than all of

00:20:13.340 --> 00:20:13.660
 this,

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:15.039
 our rejection

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.519
 of the

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:16.700
 creator means

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.580
 we have

00:20:17.580 --> 00:20:17.980
 become

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.920
 separated

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.759
 from our

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.299
 creator.

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.120
 Instead of

00:20:22.120 --> 00:20:23.299
 union with

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.900
 God who

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.500
 made us,

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.240
 there's now

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.740
 division.

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 Instead of

00:20:26.840 --> 00:20:27.299
 peace,

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.360
 there's enmity.

00:20:28.840 --> 00:20:29.460
 Instead of

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.380
 flourishing,

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.019
 there's now

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:33.259
 brokenness.

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 And tragically,

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.519
 it has put us

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.440
 all under the

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.420
 just and fair

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.299
 judgment of

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.720
 God.

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 We're heading

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:42.920
 to an eternal

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.700
 existence

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:46.299
 without the

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:46.639
 Son,

00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:48.519
 without Jesus

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.299
 and all his

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.960
 good gifts.

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 The existence

00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:52.900
 is what the

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.879
 Bible calls

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.639
 hell.

00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.779
 We're at a

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.220
 loss.

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.359
 And the

00:20:59.359 --> 00:20:59.980
 only one who

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.759
 can do anything

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.559
 about it

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.859
 we have

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.399
 rejected.

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.659
 Well,

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.179
 thankfully,

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.799
 God has

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.700
 not rejected

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.779
 us.

00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:11.700
 Which leads

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.659
 us to the

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.399
 second big

00:21:13.399 --> 00:21:15.099
 reason as

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:16.539
 to why we

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.339
 should follow

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:18.399
 Jesus.

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:21.019
 Because Jesus

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.599
 is the

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.139
 supreme

00:21:22.139 --> 00:21:22.879
 saviour

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:24.639
 over a

00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:24.980
 new

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:26.019
 creation.

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:27.679
 You see,

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.779
 as saviour,

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.980
 Jesus is

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.360
 bringing

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:31.059
 about a

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.720
 new

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.740
 creation.

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.860
 He will

00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:34.599
 renew this

00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.579
 broken world

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.900
 and restore

00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.240
 our

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.799
 disordered

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.360
 lives.

00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:40.120
 And three

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.700
 things are

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.099
 going to

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.720
 show us

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.880
 how Jesus

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.779
 the saviour

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:45.099
 brings about

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:46.180
 this new

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.759
 creation.

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.599
 Three things

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.200
 we're to look

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.500
 at.

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.740
 First of all,

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.259
 he says,

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.400
 I want you

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.059
 to look at

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.759
 the church.

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.740
 Look at the

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.220
 church.

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.839
 verse 18.

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.700
 And he,

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.180
 that is

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.600
 Jesus,

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.180
 is the

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:03.360
 head of

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:03.980
 the body,

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.319
 the church.

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.600
 He's the

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.579
 owner of

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.160
 the church.

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.680
 He's the

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.339
 boss, the

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:10.660
 one in

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.220
 authority.

00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:12.839
 He is the

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.279
 beginning,

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:13.880
 that is,

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.799
 he is the

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:17.460
 founder and

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.480
 the firstborn

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.299
 from among

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.240
 the dead.

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:21.740
 You see,

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.360
 just as

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:23.400
 Jesus created

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.100
 the world,

00:22:25.540 --> 00:22:26.500
 so Jesus

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.920
 is the

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.320
 one who

00:22:27.320 --> 00:22:27.960
 creates

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:29.259
 the church.

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.620
 You see,

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.320
 the church

00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:32.259
 is the

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.840
 beginnings

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:34.140
 of God's

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:35.640
 new creation.

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:38.060
 Verse 18,

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.560
 we're told

00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:39.100
 he is the

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:40.000
 firstborn

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:41.320
 from among

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:41.840
 the dead.

00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:43.320
 Jesus was

00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:44.400
 the first

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.060
 to die

00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:46.380
 and rise

00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:46.820
 again,

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.920
 never to

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.800
 die again.

00:22:49.060 --> 00:22:49.500
 He is

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.040
 champion

00:22:50.040 --> 00:22:51.140
 over death.

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:51.860
 And so

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.740
 all who put

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.279
 their trust

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.900
 in Jesus,

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.720
 we're told

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.640
 will also

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.319
 rise.

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.559
 They will

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.160
 be raised

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:59.220
 from death

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.259
 to new

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.700
 life.

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.519
 And as

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.660
 the firstborn

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:04.359
 from among

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:04.960
 the dead,

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:06.039
 that means

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.539
 the same

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.039
 idea that

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.480
 we saw

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.039
 in verse

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.640
 15,

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.420
 he inherits.

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:13.039
 All those

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.519
 who trust

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.140
 in Jesus

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.240
 are given

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.059
 to Jesus

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.960
 as his

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.720
 inheritance.

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.680
 They become

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:21.019
 his people

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.960
 who belong

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.460
 to him,

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.480
 they become

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.700
 his new

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.460
 creation.

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.140
 So when

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.559
 we look

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.880
 at the

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.420
 church,

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.279
 and you

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.600
 can do

00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:32.100
 that right

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.460
 now,

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.400
 take a

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:33.779
 good look

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.160
 at each

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.440
 other.

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.480
 We're

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.140
 thinking about

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:39.000
 the church

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.940
 people.

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.559
 When we

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.059
 look at

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.700
 each other,

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.240
 we are

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.860
 looking at

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.380
 God's

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.680
 new

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.340
 creation.

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:47.860
 A

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:48.380
 people who

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:49.059
 no longer

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.759
 have self

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.140
 at the

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.519
 center,

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.400
 but have

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:51.920
 Jesus

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.660
 at the

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.039
 center.

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.119
 You see,

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.720
 the church

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.119
 is a

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.440
 dead

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.500
 people who

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.000
 have become

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.779
 a renewed

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.559
 people.

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.579
 We're a

00:23:59.579 --> 00:23:59.960
 broken

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:01.039
 people who

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.559
 have become

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.539
 a restored

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.299
 people.

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.799
 Have a look

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.180
 at chapter

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.559
 3,

00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:06.220
 verse 10.

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.279
 It tells

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.799
 us something

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.480
 of what he

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:10.960
 is doing

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.539
 in regards

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:11.839
 to the

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.039
 new

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.579
 creation.

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 He says,

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.619
 have put

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.059
 on the

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.879
 new self,

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:18.940
 which is

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:20.380
 being renewed

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.440
 in knowledge

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 in the

00:24:22.540 --> 00:24:23.220
 image

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.500
 of its

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.080
 creator.

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 The

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.200
 church,

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.020
 God's

00:24:27.020 --> 00:24:27.420
 people,

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 as we

00:24:28.040 --> 00:24:28.460
 are being

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.020
 made new,

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 are becoming

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:31.400
 more like

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.300
 Christ and

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 one day we

00:24:33.020 --> 00:24:33.660
 will be

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.580
 like him.

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.260
 You see,

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.100
 the church,

00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:37.920
 and here we

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.860
 are in a

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.620
 rattly old

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:40.060
 building,

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.720
 as we often

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.140
 say,

00:24:41.520 --> 00:24:41.900
 with the

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.460
 roof about

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.960
 to blow

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.340
 off and

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 the rain

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:44.640
 coming down,

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 we're not

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.960
 much,

00:24:46.020 --> 00:24:46.500
 are we?

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 But yes,

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.160
 we are.

00:24:50.060 --> 00:24:51.280
 We are

00:24:51.280 --> 00:24:52.320
 God's

00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:53.400
 display piece

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:54.040
 to the

00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:55.120
 world of

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:55.720
 what he

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.480
 is doing

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.920
 through

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.440
 Jesus.

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.560
 We're not

00:24:59.560 --> 00:25:00.180
 nobodies,

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.300
 we're a

00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:02.240
 new creation,

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:03.340
 God's

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:04.420
 display model

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.640
 to the

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.320
 world of

00:25:06.320 --> 00:25:06.780
 what he

00:25:06.780 --> 00:25:07.400
 is doing.

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 That means

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.340
 that if

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:10.920
 you are

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.040
 in Jesus,

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:14.500
 you are

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.600
 a new

00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:16.280
 creation.

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.560
 So,

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.220
 reason number

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.580
 one,

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.260
 why Jesus

00:25:20.260 --> 00:25:20.760
 is the

00:25:20.760 --> 00:25:21.220
 supreme

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.860
 saviour,

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:22.720
 we're to

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.040
 look at

00:25:23.040 --> 00:25:23.700
 the church.

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.360
 Second,

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.340
 look at

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:27.900
 the sun,

00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:29.900
 the S-O-N,

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.820
 verse 19,

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.360
 for God

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:34.240
 was pleased

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.140
 to have

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.740
 all his

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.180
 fullness

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:37.500
 dwell in

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.860
 him.

00:25:38.719 --> 00:25:44.379
 This big idea is repeated for us in chapter 2, verse 9.

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:47.219
 Chapter 2, verse 9.

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.519
 Where it says,

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:54.479
 For in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives.

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:57.679
 All of God is in Christ.

00:25:58.679 --> 00:26:01.899
 And he lives in bodily form.

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:05.259
 You see, Jesus not only makes God visible,

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:08.839
 it's telling us here, in verse 19,

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:11.819
 that God becomes like one of us.

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:14.220
 He comes in bodily form.

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:16.680
 A human being, just like us,

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:20.019
 with arms and legs and nose and eyes and ears.

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:23.099
 He becomes a person.

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:28.259
 You see, the only way to save this broken world,

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:31.839
 the only way to put right our disordered lives,

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:35.679
 is if God would come as a person.

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:37.559
 That would be the only way.

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:40.759
 God himself must come to this world.

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:43.119
 And so in Jesus,

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:46.359
 we have both God and man.

00:26:46.939 --> 00:26:49.939
 Jesus is fully God and fully man.

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:53.759
 100% God, 100% man.

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:57.119
 Now why is that important?

00:26:58.579 --> 00:27:00.740
 Because that's the qualification

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:03.420
 for Jesus to be our saviour.

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:05.079
 As man,

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:08.879
 Jesus fully represents humanity to God.

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.720
 And as God,

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:14.839
 Jesus represents God fully to humanity.

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:18.420
 You see, if Jesus is not man,

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:21.980
 then we have nobody to represent us to God.

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:24.960
 And if Jesus isn't God,

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:29.019
 then we have no one to represent God to us.

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:32.220
 In the sun,

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:36.319
 we see both God and man,

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:39.759
 which makes Jesus uniquely qualified,

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.059
 as we'll see in a minute,

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:43.620
 to be our saviour.

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.900
 There's no one like him.

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:50.019
 That means if you trust in this Jesus,

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:53.799
 he is your saviour.

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:57.240
 So we look at the church,

00:27:58.180 --> 00:28:00.639
 we look at the sun,

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:05.180
 and third, we look at the cross.

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:08.299
 Let's read verse 19 and 20.

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:11.599
 For God was pleased

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:15.440
 to have all his fullness dwell in Jesus,

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:17.839
 and through Jesus

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:19.919
 to reconcile to himself

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:21.440
 all things,

00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:23.839
 whether things on earth

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:25.440
 or things in heaven,

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:28.419
 by making peace through his blood

00:28:28.419 --> 00:28:29.879
 shed on the cross.

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:33.639
 See that word reconcile there?

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.700
 Verse 20.

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:38.279
 Reconciliation implies

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:40.140
 that there is a separation

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.480
 between us and God.

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:43.580
 That there is a division

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:45.819
 between us and our creator.

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:49.000
 You see, our rejection of the sun

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:52.200
 has put us outside of God,

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:54.319
 and it's resulted in chaos.

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:57.080
 But all of that is undone

00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:58.000
 and reversed

00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:01.240
 through Jesus' death on the cross.

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:03.640
 It is through the cross

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:06.680
 that reconciliation takes place.

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.680
 So verse 20.

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:12.960
 He reconciles to himself

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.440
 all things

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:16.940
 by making peace

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:18.400
 through his blood

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.819
 shed on the cross.

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:22.240
 On the cross,

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.640
 as Jesus dies,

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:27.019
 we see Jesus,

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:29.500
 the God-man,

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:32.440
 our true representative.

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.359
 Jesus,

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:36.079
 as fully human,

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:38.660
 becomes our substitute.

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.279
 You see,

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:42.000
 humanity must pay

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:44.039
 for sin and rebellion.

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:47.099
 And if I stand before God,

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.819
 well,

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:50.220
 I am going to be condemned

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.619
 for all eternity.

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:54.059
 That is what I deserve

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:55.740
 for the mess and brokenness

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:57.819
 and rebellion of my life.

00:29:57.819 --> 00:30:02.099
 And if I'm going to be condemned,

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:03.579
 how could I possibly

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.859
 stand in for you

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.859
 or anybody else

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.740
 stand in for me

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:08.039
 and pay for my rebellion?

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.759
 That's why we need

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.579
 Jesus,

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:13.500
 the perfect human,

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:15.639
 to stand in for me.

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:17.859
 The one who is right,

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:20.139
 but yet takes my sin,

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:22.539
 my self-centred independence,

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:24.920
 and dies for me.

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.960
 And as Jesus dies,

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:29.299
 the sword of judgment

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:31.079
 falls on Jesus

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:33.220
 and his blood is spilt

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:35.279
 instead of me.

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.000
 Jesus,

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.279
 as fully human,

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:41.180
 becomes our substitute.

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.599
 And Jesus,

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.839
 as fully God,

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:47.440
 forgives my sin.

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:49.680
 You see,

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:51.340
 my sin and my rebellion,

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.000
 yes,

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:53.539
 we do harm to one another

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.680
 with the words we say,

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.740
 but ultimately,

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:57.000
 it's against God.

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:59.480
 So it's only God

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:01.519
 who can truly forgive my sin.

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.700
 But here's the problem.

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.759
 He can only forgive

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:08.320
 once justice has been done.

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:11.799
 So how do you condemn someone

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:13.259
 and forgive someone

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:14.279
 at the same time?

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:16.559
 Well,

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.420
 it must be God

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.160
 who does it.

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.299
 It must be God

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.180
 who comes

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:22.319
 in the person

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.240
 of his son,

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.019
 Jesus.

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:26.019
 God must die.

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:30.099
 He must pay the penalty.

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.660
 He must pay the price.

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.440
 And because

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:36.279
 he has paid the price,

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.839
 he is now able

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.839
 to forgive me

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:40.579
 fully and completely.

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:43.579
 We can actually

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:45.279
 be reconciled.

00:31:45.699 --> 00:31:46.099
 Jesus

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:47.460
 has done it.

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:49.139
 He has reconciled

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.740
 to him

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:51.319
 all things

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:53.539
 through his blood

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.039
 shed

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:55.220
 on the cross.

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:58.839
 He brings peace.

00:32:00.199 --> 00:32:00.799
 Where there was

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:02.159
 separation and division,

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.240
 there is now

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.259
 a grand

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:05.500
 reconciliation

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.759
 of humanity

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:08.179
 with God.

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.220
 God.

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:10.160
 That means

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:11.420
 if you are trusting

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:13.080
 in the cross,

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.740
 you no longer

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:16.360
 have to fear God,

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:18.539
 you can enjoy

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.600
 God.

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:21.360
 You see,

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.440
 Jesus is not like

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.100
 anyone else,

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.500
 is he?

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.900
 No one else

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.600
 can claim

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:27.019
 these credentials

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:28.060
 that we're looking at.

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.500
 Look at the church,

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.660
 look at the sun,

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.600
 look at the cross,

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.920
 Jesus is

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.580
 completely

00:32:35.580 --> 00:32:36.620
 unique.

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.339
 In fact,

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:38.259
 let's go back

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.099
 to verse 18,

00:32:39.179 --> 00:32:40.199
 the end of verse 18.

00:32:40.739 --> 00:32:42.099
 He does all of this

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:44.779
 so that in everything

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:46.439
 he might have

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:47.279
 the supremacy.

00:32:48.479 --> 00:32:49.079
 Supremacy

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.919
 simply means

00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:50.899
 that what Jesus

00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:51.539
 has done

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:53.039
 can't be equaled

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.779
 or bettered.

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.019
 Did you notice

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.739
 the all

00:32:55.739 --> 00:32:56.739
 in verse 20?

00:32:58.479 --> 00:32:59.159
 And through

00:32:59.159 --> 00:32:59.619
 him

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:01.579
 to reconcile

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.899
 to himself

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:04.539
 all

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.980
 things.

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:08.079
 All things.

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.939
 Not some things,

00:33:10.659 --> 00:33:12.220
 but all things.

00:33:13.439 --> 00:33:14.220
 Now this has

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:15.159
 two major

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:16.740
 implications for us

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.720
 which we're going

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.339
 to look at.

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.639
 First,

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.299
 because Jesus

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.319
 is the supreme

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.980
 saviour,

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:26.019
 Jesus saves

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:27.359
 sufficiently.

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:29.159
 what Jesus

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:29.679
 has done

00:33:29.679 --> 00:33:30.279
 on the cross

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.819
 for us

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.819
 is enough.

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.819
 That's why

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.399
 when he was

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:35.019
 on the cross

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.719
 he cried out,

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.959
 it is finished.

00:33:37.959 --> 00:33:38.559
 There's nothing

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.740
 for us to add

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.599
 to what Jesus

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.119
 has done.

00:33:41.439 --> 00:33:41.919
 There's nothing

00:33:41.919 --> 00:33:42.579
 we need to do

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.459
 to change

00:33:43.459 --> 00:33:44.139
 what Jesus

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.679
 has done.

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:46.039
 It is sufficient

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.819
 to save

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.599
 anyone

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:49.119
 and everyone

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.159
 who comes

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:50.759
 to Jesus.

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:52.859
 we just

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.359
 stand

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.359
 and watch

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:55.599
 in amazement

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:57.400
 that he

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.960
 saves

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.819
 sufficiently.

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.539
 And because

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.099
 he is the

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.539
 supreme

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.220
 saviour,

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.359
 Jesus

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:06.059
 saves

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:07.759
 extensively.

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.159
 He not

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.440
 only reconciles

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.380
 us to

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.860
 God,

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.400
 he is

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.260
 reconciling

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.920
 all of

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.579
 creation

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.760
 to God.

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.179
 Look at

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:19.239
 verse 20

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.659
 again.

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.740
 And through

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:22.420
 Jesus

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.320
 to reconcile

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.400
 to himself

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:26.020
 all things

00:34:26.020 --> 00:34:27.180
 whether

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:27.960
 things on

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.460
 earth

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.800
 or things

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.860
 in heaven.

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.940
 This is

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.580
 nothing less

00:34:32.580 --> 00:34:33.200
 than a

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:34.100
 universal

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:35.380
 reconciliation.

00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:36.620
 One day

00:34:36.620 --> 00:34:37.400
 the sovereign

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.940
 son,

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:39.140
 the supreme

00:34:39.140 --> 00:34:39.860
 saviour

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.620
 is going

00:34:40.620 --> 00:34:41.180
 to come

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.620
 again

00:34:41.620 --> 00:34:42.300
 and he's

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.780
 going to

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.280
 undo

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:43.860
 all that

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.320
 is broken

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:45.180
 and restore

00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:45.780
 all that

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.500
 is destroyed.

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.300
 And on

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.880
 that day

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.740
 the church,

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.660
 God's

00:34:49.660 --> 00:34:50.060
 people,

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.960
 will be

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:52.119
 united

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.500
 with

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.980
 Christ.

00:34:53.799 --> 00:34:54.360
 We will

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.039
 receive our

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.759
 brand new

00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.759
 bodies and

00:34:56.759 --> 00:34:57.159
 we will

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:58.059
 live forever

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:59.039
 in his

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.460
 new

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.099
 creation.

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.699
 The

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.340
 kingdom of

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.880
 the son

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:04.099
 he loves.

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.279
 It's an

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:07.139
 extensive

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.980
 salvation.

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.400
 It restores

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:10.619
 everything

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:12.199
 and it's a

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.759
 sufficient

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.519
 salvation.

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.559
 It is

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.159
 enough.

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.819
 we don't

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.319
 need to

00:35:16.319 --> 00:35:17.219
 add to

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:17.599
 it.

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.699
 So rest

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:21.199
 in the

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.920
 security

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:23.039
 of what

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.799
 Jesus has

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.179
 done.

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.339
 Look forward

00:35:25.339 --> 00:35:26.179
 in hope

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.599
 to all

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.139
 that is

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.679
 to come.

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.799
 So why

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.299
 should I

00:35:32.299 --> 00:35:33.119
 follow Jesus?

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:35.139
 Why should

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.920
 you follow

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.379
 Jesus?

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:38.099
 Well,

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.480
 first,

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.279
 because Jesus

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:39.859
 is the

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.219
 sovereign

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:41.639
 son over

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.159
 the first

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.799
 creation

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:44.719
 and second,

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.500
 because Jesus

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.019
 is the

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.500
 supreme

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.019
 savior

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.400
 over the

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.739
 new

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.379
 creation.

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.199
 Follow

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.599
 him.

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.239
 He is

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.799
 unique.

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.219
 There is

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.679
 no one

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.279
 else like

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.480
 him.

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.179
 Let's

00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.440
 pray.

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:17.619
 Lord

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.019
 Jesus,

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.599
 we are

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.220
 amazed

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:21.159
 at who

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.880
 you are

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:23.980
 and what

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.360
 you have

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.679
 done.

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.519
 We thank

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.960
 you that

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.500
 you are

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.079
 God.

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.940
 the

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.360
 owner,

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:32.619
 the

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.179
 creator,

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.639
 the

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.460
 sustainer

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.619
 of all

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.179
 things.

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.780
 Thank

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.220
 you that

00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:40.720
 through

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:41.860
 Jesus

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:43.860
 you are

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.760
 reconciling

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.980
 all things

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:47.240
 to

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.780
 yourself.

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.639
 Thank

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.039
 you that

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.460
 as we

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.099
 come to

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.579
 Jesus,

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:53.240
 we can

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.460
 be

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.360
 reconciled

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:54.820
 to him.

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:56.519
 And not

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:57.059
 only that,

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.500
 but we

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.039
 can know

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.960
 that you

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.960
 are reconciling

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.480
 the whole

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.240
 universe

00:37:01.240 --> 00:37:02.619
 to God,

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:04.059
 undoing

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.699
 what is

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.119
 broken

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:06.500
 and putting

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.860
 right what

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.240
 has been

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.860
 wronged.

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.840
 How amazing,

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.360
 how awesome

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:12.960
 you are.

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.619
 Help us

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:15.720
 that we will

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.579
 not follow

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.760
 anyone else

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.820
 or anything

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.400
 else,

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:21.059
 but only

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:22.340
 trust in

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.720
 Jesus.

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.639
 Help us,

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.179
 we pray.

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.579
 Amen.

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:26.739
 Amen.

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:32.199
 We're going

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.539
 to sing

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.039
 together.

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.879
 If you're

00:37:36.879 --> 00:37:37.179
 of a

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:38.079
 certain age,

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.420
 you'll know

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.920
 this one.

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.500
 If you're

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:40.920
 not, you

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:41.279
 won't.

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.559
 But we

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.960
 will all

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.379
 know the

00:37:43.379 --> 00:37:44.039
 same tune.

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.759
 So the

00:37:45.759 --> 00:37:46.219
 church's

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.500
 one

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.159
 foundation

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:48.480
 is

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.920
 Jesus

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.659
 Christ,

00:37:49.859 --> 00:37:50.199
 her

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.559
 Lord.

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:52.019
 she is

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.739
 his new

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.380
 creation

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.840
 by water

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.820
 and the

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.039
 word.

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.539
 So let's