WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.120 three. I'll read it out and once I read then I'll just pray for Alan and Alan will 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:11.380 will teach us from from this passage. So verse 15. 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:20.179 The sun is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things 00:00:20.179 --> 00:00:26.140 were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers 00:00:26.140 --> 00:00:33.120 or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him. He is before all 00:00:33.120 --> 00:00:39.179 things and in him all things hold together and he is the head of the body, the church. He is the 00:00:39.179 --> 00:00:45.179 beginning and the firstborn from among the dead so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 00:00:46.299 --> 00:00:51.820 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him and through him to reconcile to himself 00:00:51.820 --> 00:00:57.840 all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood shed on 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:03.960 the cross. Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior, 00:01:04.579 --> 00:01:11.039 but now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you wholly in his sight 00:01:11.039 --> 00:01:18.799 without blemish and free from accusation. If you continue in your faith established and firm and 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:24.319 do not move from the hope held out in the gospel, this is the gospel that you heard and that has been 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:29.099 proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:38.700 Father God, we thank you for blessing this church with your servant, Alan. We pray for him now that 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:45.920 it would be your words that he speaks to us and your truths that he teaches us. And we pray for each one 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:52.859 of us that we would listen well and learn how to put it into practice into our everyday lives, 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:57.120 that we don't just leave it here on a Sunday and forget about it when we walk out the door, 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:03.020 but that we remember that Jesus is for every day of the week. In Jesus' name, amen. 00:02:03.020 --> 00:02:04.680 Thanks, Alan. 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:17.620 All right. Well, it was a dark and stormy night one night on the Sea of Galilee, 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:28.340 and the small boat out there was tossing around in the waves. The winds were whipping, the rain was pouring 00:02:28.340 --> 00:02:35.340 down. Being Irish, you can imagine what that's like. The waves were crashing against the sides of the boat. 00:02:37.180 --> 00:02:42.420 The fishermen in the boat were panicked. They were experienced men on the sea, but this was a storm 00:02:42.420 --> 00:02:47.819 unlike most they'd ever seen. They were panicked, and yet somehow somebody in the boat was sound asleep. 00:02:47.819 --> 00:02:56.099 They woke this man in the boat. They said, Jesus, you better get ready because this could be the end. 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:06.019 And Jesus responded, peace, be still. The disciples thought he was talking to them, 00:03:07.459 --> 00:03:16.439 but it turned out he was talking to the storm in the sea. The storm stopped. The rain let up. 00:03:17.819 --> 00:03:19.180 And the sea calmed. 00:03:21.180 --> 00:03:29.439 Who is this Jesus? They asked. That the storms and the seas obey him. 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:37.919 Sometime later, this same man was teaching, and a large crowd had gathered, so large that nobody could 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:44.060 even get to the place where he was teaching. And so some friends of a paralytic, they cut a hole in the 00:03:44.060 --> 00:03:49.699 ceiling, and they lowered this paralyzed man down into the room where Jesus was teaching. 00:03:51.259 --> 00:03:56.699 Seeing the faith of the man's friends and having pity on the man, he looked at him and he said, 00:03:56.780 --> 00:03:58.680 my friend, your sins are forgiven. 00:04:00.920 --> 00:04:06.159 And the religious teachers of the day, they thought to themselves. They didn't even say out loud. 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:12.400 They just thought to themselves, who is this Jesus that he thinks he can forgive sins? 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:22.480 And knowing their thoughts, he said, I'll show you that I have the authority to forgive sins. 00:04:22.540 --> 00:04:27.139 And he looked at the paralyzed man and he said, get up, take your mat and go home. 00:04:27.139 --> 00:04:33.159 And the paralyzed man stood up, picked up his mat and went running out the door, rejoicing and praising God. 00:04:33.459 --> 00:04:36.599 Who is this Jesus? They asked. 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:39.039 Who is this Jesus? 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:49.180 Sometime later, this same Jesus was sitting majestically, yet humbly on a donkey. 00:04:49.180 --> 00:04:59.160 He was being led into the city of Jerusalem, which had swollen up to 10 times its normal size because of the feast of the Passover that was coming up. 00:04:59.420 --> 00:05:06.379 And as this Jesus rode into Jerusalem, the crowds, they lined the streets, they placed their cloaks on the ground, 00:05:06.460 --> 00:05:11.759 they waved palm branches, Hosanna in the highest, they said, here is the coming King. 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:14.980 He is the son of David. He's come. He's the Messiah. 00:05:14.980 --> 00:05:19.180 He's going to restore Israel to its prominence in the world. 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:21.060 Here is King Jesus. 00:05:21.340 --> 00:05:23.840 And as they got in the city, the crowds got excited. 00:05:23.980 --> 00:05:25.780 The whole city was stirred up. 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:27.860 Who is this? They asked each other. 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:30.700 This is Jesus was the response. 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:33.800 Who is Jesus? 00:05:35.960 --> 00:05:39.360 The question has been asked ever since he walked planet Earth. 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:41.840 Who is Jesus? 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:48.879 In 1994, Life magazine even had on their cover, Jesus. 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:50.859 Who is he? 00:05:52.719 --> 00:06:00.000 Musically, everyone from Kanye West to Green Day to Carrie Underwood to even U2 have sung songs about Jesus, 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:03.719 saying who is Jesus and giving their own interpretation. 00:06:05.099 --> 00:06:06.419 Jesus is on t-shirts. 00:06:06.599 --> 00:06:09.419 There's a Jesus is my homeboy t-shirt out there. 00:06:09.420 --> 00:06:13.220 Even the fashion industry is trying to figure out who is this Jesus? 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:14.560 What can I call him? 00:06:14.620 --> 00:06:16.319 How should I refer to him? 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:25.500 In fact, a Google search that I did this week in less than one second gave me 6.5 million answers to the question, 00:06:26.060 --> 00:06:27.439 who is Jesus? 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:30.500 Who is Jesus? 00:06:30.500 --> 00:06:34.519 That's the question Paul sets out to answer here today. 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:38.680 And he does so in the form of a poem or a song. 00:06:40.819 --> 00:06:43.500 And as any poem of his day would have gone, 00:06:44.339 --> 00:06:49.699 it's got a rise and then a crescendo and a fall with an echo. 00:06:49.699 --> 00:06:54.399 And in verses 15-20 of Colossians 1, 00:06:54.779 --> 00:06:58.599 Paul answers the question, who is Jesus, via this poem. 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:00.899 And at the very top of it, he says, 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:05.120 He is the one in whom all things hold together. 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:09.300 And as he builds his poem, he's speaking of creation. 00:07:10.159 --> 00:07:12.620 He is the image of the invisible God. 00:07:12.719 --> 00:07:14.459 The firstborn over all creation. 00:07:14.459 --> 00:07:16.279 In him all things were created. 00:07:16.479 --> 00:07:19.519 Things in heaven, on earth, visible, invisible, 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:22.479 whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities. 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:25.859 All things have been created through him and for him. 00:07:26.159 --> 00:07:27.699 He is before all things. 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:29.240 And then he hits his crescendo. 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.539 In him all things hold together. 00:07:33.859 --> 00:07:35.299 And he's speaking about creation. 00:07:35.679 --> 00:07:38.839 All of creation comes from, 00:07:39.740 --> 00:07:40.679 is done by, 00:07:40.679 --> 00:07:42.060 was made through, 00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:43.600 and for, 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:44.699 Jesus, 00:07:45.379 --> 00:07:46.420 who holds it all together. 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:48.740 And then from that point, 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:50.300 he comes down into new creation. 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:50.699 He says, 00:07:51.019 --> 00:07:52.740 In Jesus, all things hold together, 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:55.379 including the church. 00:07:55.540 --> 00:07:55.840 He says, 00:07:55.899 --> 00:07:57.720 He is the head, the body, the church. 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:01.100 He's the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead. 00:08:01.300 --> 00:08:02.540 So that in everything, 00:08:02.740 --> 00:08:04.019 he might have the supremacy. 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:06.699 For God was pleased 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:09.279 to have all his fullness dwell in him, 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:12.739 and through him to reconcile to himself all things. 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:14.819 Whether things, again, 00:08:14.919 --> 00:08:16.579 on earth or in heaven, 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:20.139 by making peace through his blood shed on the cross. 00:08:21.899 --> 00:08:25.099 This is Paul's answer to the age-long question, 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:25.839 Who is Jesus? 00:08:27.619 --> 00:08:30.659 And there's many answers provided in this little text. 00:08:31.019 --> 00:08:33.439 In order to not be here until Monday morning, 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:35.399 we're going to look at three of those answers today. 00:08:35.539 --> 00:08:35.699 Okay? 00:08:35.700 --> 00:08:36.920 Just three answers in here. 00:08:38.400 --> 00:08:39.000 And again, 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:40.960 three of many things that are in this text. 00:08:41.060 --> 00:08:41.660 It's packed. 00:08:42.780 --> 00:08:43.140 First, 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:44.540 we're just going to look at the fact that 00:08:44.540 --> 00:08:47.420 Jesus is the beginning of all creation. 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:49.680 And that's the left side, 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:50.680 or the rise in the poem, 00:08:50.740 --> 00:08:51.740 the beginning of all creation. 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:54.900 And he is the beginning of new creation. 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:55.420 Okay? 00:08:55.420 --> 00:08:56.879 When we say new creation, 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:58.680 we're talking about Christians. 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:00.160 And we'll unpack that a little bit. 00:09:00.220 --> 00:09:00.360 Okay? 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:00.600 So, 00:09:00.780 --> 00:09:04.640 in the same way that Jesus is the beginning of all creation, 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:08.100 He's the beginning of new creation. 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:09.460 Paul says in verse 15, 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:12.139 The Son is the image of the invisible God, 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:14.240 the firstborn over all creation. 00:09:15.259 --> 00:09:15.600 Now, 00:09:16.220 --> 00:09:17.399 He does not mean 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:19.439 He's the first to be created. 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:20.580 We want to be careful there. 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:21.679 That's not what Paul's saying. 00:09:21.939 --> 00:09:23.899 He's not the first to be created. 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:24.399 In fact, 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.779 the word has nothing to do with birth. 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:28.399 It has everything to do with rank. 00:09:30.019 --> 00:09:33.779 He ranks above all creation. 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:37.240 He's the one from whom all creation came to be, 00:09:37.319 --> 00:09:39.519 which is why he follows up in verse 17, 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:42.059 with He is before all things. 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:42.459 That is, 00:09:42.699 --> 00:09:46.120 all of creation finds its beginning in Jesus. 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:47.319 So, 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:50.199 before there ever was anything that could be called creation, 00:09:50.579 --> 00:09:52.360 visible or invisible, 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:53.240 Paul's very, 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:54.600 very sure to cover it all, 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:56.079 visible or invisible, 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:58.240 in heaven or on earth, 00:09:58.319 --> 00:09:59.659 before any of that existed, 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:00.579 there was Jesus. 00:10:00.580 --> 00:10:02.460 Father, 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:02.759 Son, 00:10:02.820 --> 00:10:03.200 and Spirit, 00:10:03.340 --> 00:10:03.879 eternally, 00:10:04.259 --> 00:10:04.920 one God, 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:06.340 outside of space and time, 00:10:06.700 --> 00:10:06.980 Jesus, 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:07.980 the Son of God. 00:10:09.379 --> 00:10:10.440 And in a similar way, 00:10:10.520 --> 00:10:12.960 to how He's the beginning of creation, 00:10:13.220 --> 00:10:13.800 Paul says, 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:14.580 in verse 18, 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:17.020 He's the beginning of new creation. 00:10:17.180 --> 00:10:18.379 He's the head of the body, 00:10:18.460 --> 00:10:19.080 the church. 00:10:20.180 --> 00:10:21.000 He's the beginning, 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:21.520 and again, 00:10:21.580 --> 00:10:23.000 we hear the word firstborn, 00:10:23.820 --> 00:10:24.960 from among the dead. 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:25.560 Okay, 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:28.400 He's called the firstborn from among the dead, 00:10:28.460 --> 00:10:31.639 because the resurrection of the dead is from Him, 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:32.920 and after Him. 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:33.139 Okay, 00:10:33.220 --> 00:10:33.720 so Jesus, 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:35.540 He's in heaven, 00:10:35.740 --> 00:10:38.259 He actually exists outside of space and time, 00:10:38.340 --> 00:10:39.360 He creates heaven, 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.040 He creates earth, 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:44.120 He creates everything that's visible and invisible, 00:10:45.300 --> 00:10:45.840 and then, 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:48.580 everything goes wrong because of sin, 00:10:49.580 --> 00:10:52.100 and so Jesus takes on bodily form, 00:10:52.100 --> 00:10:53.320 we call that the incarnation. 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:56.040 He's born a virgin birth through Mary, 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:57.860 and He takes on flesh, 00:10:57.960 --> 00:10:58.500 the incarnation. 00:11:00.300 --> 00:11:02.100 He lives a perfect life, 00:11:02.140 --> 00:11:03.040 that's important to know. 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:04.220 He never sins. 00:11:05.300 --> 00:11:08.140 He fulfills the law in its entirety, 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:13.300 and yet lays down His life in the crucifixion. 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:17.140 He allows Himself to be strapped to a cross, 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:21.280 and He bears the wrath of God that we were supposed to take, 00:11:21.460 --> 00:11:22.220 the crucifixion. 00:11:22.220 --> 00:11:23.379 Then three days later, 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:24.660 He rises from the dead, 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:26.639 and it's a historical fact. 00:11:28.220 --> 00:11:30.940 Even non-Christian historians write that this man, 00:11:31.040 --> 00:11:31.300 Jesus, 00:11:31.820 --> 00:11:33.120 was crucified, 00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:34.220 and three days later, 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.060 He rose from the dead, 00:11:36.940 --> 00:11:39.040 the firstborn of new creation. 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:42.959 That's why Paul will say in 2 Corinthians 5, 00:11:43.099 --> 00:11:44.620 if anyone is in Christ, 00:11:45.620 --> 00:11:46.860 he is a new creation. 00:11:47.819 --> 00:11:48.879 So before creation, 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:49.620 there's Jesus, 00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:50.480 and in the same way, 00:11:50.779 --> 00:11:52.559 before there's ever a single Christian, 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:54.459 there is Jesus. 00:11:56.259 --> 00:11:57.039 So now we ask, 00:11:57.139 --> 00:11:59.579 why does Paul say he's the head of the church? 00:12:00.319 --> 00:12:01.579 What does it have to do with Christians? 00:12:01.580 --> 00:12:05.740 Well, the church is simply the community of all true believers. 00:12:06.680 --> 00:12:10.060 It's a community of all true believers for all time. 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:11.420 Believers in what? 00:12:11.680 --> 00:12:13.160 Believers in who Jesus is. 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:15.900 That He is a Son of God, 00:12:16.220 --> 00:12:17.720 that He's creator of all things, 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:18.280 by Him, 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:18.759 through Him, 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:19.320 for Him, 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:21.160 that He came to earth in the incarnation, 00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:23.720 He died on the cross in the crucifixion, 00:12:23.800 --> 00:12:25.240 He rose again in the resurrection. 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:28.399 Anybody who proclaims to believe that, 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:30.860 we say Christian. 00:12:32.019 --> 00:12:34.340 And then the church is the gathering of the Christians. 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:36.180 So the global church, 00:12:36.580 --> 00:12:38.700 for all time and in all places, 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:41.279 would be the gathering of all Christians 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:42.620 who've ever lived coming together. 00:12:42.700 --> 00:12:43.879 That would be the church. 00:12:44.820 --> 00:12:47.120 But then that gets broken down into smaller churches. 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:49.600 So we're at Karageline Baptist Church, 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:52.440 the local gathering here in Karageline 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:54.600 of true believers in Christ. 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:58.100 Jesus is the head of this church, 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:01.019 just like He's head of every Christian church. 00:13:04.299 --> 00:13:05.539 So Paul says, 00:13:05.820 --> 00:13:07.620 He's the head of the local church, 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:09.519 He's the head of the global church, 00:13:09.740 --> 00:13:11.180 and in this case in Colossians, 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.180 he's speaking to the church in Colossae, 00:13:13.899 --> 00:13:16.759 and he's speaking truth that still applies to us 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:19.879 right here in Karageline Baptist Church. 00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:21.879 So there's creation, 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:25.039 and then there's new creation. 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:29.899 And new creation doesn't happen without Jesus Christ. 00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:31.919 It's important to know that, 00:13:32.259 --> 00:13:34.500 that you cannot become a new creation 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:37.039 without Jesus Christ. 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:40.199 And it starts with His resurrection. 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:42.159 That's why the resurrection is so important. 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:44.079 You can't say, 00:13:44.179 --> 00:13:45.819 I'm not sure if Jesus rose from the dead 00:13:45.819 --> 00:13:47.120 and claimed to be a Christian. 00:13:47.219 --> 00:13:49.219 He's the firstborn from the dead, 00:13:49.259 --> 00:13:50.219 and everything we claim 00:13:50.219 --> 00:13:52.579 follows His resurrection from the grave. 00:13:53.579 --> 00:13:55.120 So if we say we're a Christian, 00:13:55.219 --> 00:13:56.699 if we say we're a new creation, 00:13:56.819 --> 00:13:57.240 we're claiming, 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:59.579 my identity is in Christ, 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:01.179 who rose from the dead. 00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:04.159 And I too, like Him, 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:05.620 will rise from the dead someday. 00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:09.019 Ladies who have been married, 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:10.899 they probably get this new identity concept 00:14:10.899 --> 00:14:11.919 better than any of us. 00:14:12.839 --> 00:14:13.959 A lady who gets married 00:14:13.959 --> 00:14:15.439 and takes the last name of her husband, 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:18.459 she literally oftentimes gets a new identity. 00:14:18.460 --> 00:14:21.620 I know that my wife, 00:14:21.680 --> 00:14:22.780 we've been married 16 years, 00:14:22.900 --> 00:14:24.300 she got a new driver's license, 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:25.340 she got a new passport, 00:14:25.800 --> 00:14:27.620 and it no longer said Cassie Howard, 00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:28.759 it said Cassie Giles. 00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:31.620 And nowadays, if you said, 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:32.860 hey, Mrs. Howard, 00:14:33.040 --> 00:14:34.940 she'd probably think you were talking to her mom. 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:37.800 But if you said Mrs. Giles, 00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:38.759 she would turn. 00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:41.240 She's a new person. 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:42.860 She has a new identity. 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:45.620 We had a lady get married 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.600 at a place I once worked, 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:48.379 and a friend of mine, 00:14:48.420 --> 00:14:50.139 he was trying to congratulate her 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:51.360 when she got back from her honeymoon. 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.500 He called her up 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:54.779 and he asked for her by her new last name, 00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:55.820 is Mrs. Jenks there. 00:14:56.700 --> 00:14:57.560 And the poor lady, 00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.399 she put him on hold 00:14:58.399 --> 00:14:59.860 and was scrolling through the roster 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:01.440 looking for Mrs. Jenks 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:02.740 until it finally dawned on her 00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:04.259 he was asking for her. 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:05.519 She had a new identity 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:06.460 and then she, 00:15:06.580 --> 00:15:07.860 I remember she picked up the phone 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:09.340 and kind of changed her voice a little bit 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:09.540 and said, 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.639 oh, this is Mrs. Jenks. 00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:12.220 It was a funny thing, 00:15:12.300 --> 00:15:13.420 but it was just an illustration 00:15:13.420 --> 00:15:14.879 of the fact that 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:17.019 that because of her marriage 00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:18.399 she had a new identity. 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:22.019 Her new identity was Mrs. Jenks. 00:15:23.539 --> 00:15:25.240 That didn't happen without a start. 00:15:25.340 --> 00:15:27.000 It didn't happen without a marriage. 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.799 In the same way 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:29.399 a Christian is a new creation, 00:15:29.539 --> 00:15:30.519 has a new identity, 00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:32.939 it begins with Christ. 00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:33.879 So in the same way 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:35.559 all of creation began with Christ, 00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:37.019 all of new creation 00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:38.419 begins with Jesus Christ. 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:40.940 But more than that, 00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:42.759 Paul adds that Jesus is 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:45.580 the one through whom 00:15:45.580 --> 00:15:48.460 all things came into existence 00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:51.519 and the one through whom 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:52.960 Christians came to be. 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:56.720 From him and through him. 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:59.139 In verse 16, 00:15:59.240 --> 00:15:59.620 Paul says, 00:16:00.019 --> 00:16:01.480 In him all things were created, 00:16:02.059 --> 00:16:03.360 things in heaven and on earth, 00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.600 visible and invisible, 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:06.439 thrones or powers 00:16:06.439 --> 00:16:07.840 or rulers or authorities, 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:09.399 all things have been created 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.539 through him. 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:12.199 And it's worth noting, 00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:12.899 he also says, 00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:13.659 for him. 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:15.399 Through him and for him. 00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:16.899 And that's all of creation. 00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.740 Nothing is exempt. 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:21.339 There's nothing you can see 00:16:21.339 --> 00:16:22.919 and there's nothing that's invisible. 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:24.219 There's nothing here on earth. 00:16:24.659 --> 00:16:25.379 And think about this, 00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:26.500 there's nothing in heaven 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:28.579 that came to be 00:16:28.579 --> 00:16:29.819 apart from Jesus Christ. 00:16:32.819 --> 00:16:34.219 In the same way that all things 00:16:34.219 --> 00:16:34.839 have been created 00:16:34.839 --> 00:16:36.039 through him 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:37.639 and for him 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:39.379 and creation owes its existence 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.059 to him, 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:41.819 so too all Christians 00:16:41.819 --> 00:16:42.620 owe our existence 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.840 to Jesus Christ. 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:46.600 Paul says in verse 19, 00:16:46.699 --> 00:16:47.740 God was pleased 00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.659 to have his fullness 00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:50.059 dwell in him 00:16:50.059 --> 00:16:51.419 and through him 00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:52.059 to reconcile 00:16:52.059 --> 00:16:53.000 to himself 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:54.419 all things 00:16:54.419 --> 00:16:56.279 by making peace 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:56.960 through his blood 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.840 shed on the cross. 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:00.919 And when Paul says 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:02.220 all things were created 00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.600 in him 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.279 and through him, 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:05.000 he's clearly saying 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:06.160 there's nothing that came to be 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:08.160 without coming through his work. 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.980 And in the same way, 00:17:10.060 --> 00:17:11.560 you cannot become a Christian 00:17:11.560 --> 00:17:13.880 unless it's through Christ. 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:17.740 You can't bring yourself 00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.519 into Christianity 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:19.259 in the same way 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:20.360 that you couldn't bring yourself 00:17:20.360 --> 00:17:22.320 to be born into this world. 00:17:23.620 --> 00:17:25.180 I can guarantee you 00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:26.200 there's nobody in here 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:27.540 whose first memory was 00:17:27.540 --> 00:17:29.120 I'm going to be born today. 00:17:30.300 --> 00:17:31.840 I'm going to make myself 00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:32.759 a person today. 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:33.900 Nobody, 00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.920 if you have that memory, 00:17:35.060 --> 00:17:35.980 come see me afterwards. 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:37.160 We're going to get you on TV. 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:37.839 You're going to be 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.860 a multi-millionaire. 00:17:39.120 --> 00:17:39.799 We're all going to know 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.200 you're lying 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:41.660 because nobody has the memory 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:43.279 of I'm going to make myself 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:44.019 a person today. 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:44.799 In the same way, 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:45.339 you couldn't just 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:46.720 make yourself a person. 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:49.559 You can't just make yourself 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.960 a Christian apart from Christ. 00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.440 There's a movie, 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:54.900 Aladdin, 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.720 that just came out. 00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:56.259 Has anybody seen 00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.400 the remake of Aladdin? 00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.440 My kids have seen it. 00:17:58.839 --> 00:17:59.559 Some have seen it. 00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.279 I haven't gotten to see 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:00.720 the remake, 00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.839 but I asked the kids 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.539 and they assured me 00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:03.740 it hasn't changed much. 00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:05.339 And the story of Aladdin 00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:06.180 is interesting 00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:07.920 because he's got to be 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:08.539 a prince, 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:10.359 but he's not born 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:10.940 from a king. 00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.519 And in order to marry 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.000 the princess, 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.200 he's got to be a prince. 00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:16.160 And so since he wasn't 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:17.180 born from a king, 00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:17.960 he's not a prince. 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.960 So either someone 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:20.220 has to change the rules 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:20.900 or he's got to get someone 00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:21.819 to prince him, 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:22.500 so to speak. 00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:23.920 And I feel like 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:24.900 somewhere a prince 00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:25.720 would be happy for me 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.700 saying prince somebody, 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.819 but Aladdin needs 00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:29.259 someone to prince him. 00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:31.039 He's either got to be 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:32.079 adopted by a king 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.939 or in his story 00:18:32.939 --> 00:18:33.919 he finds a genie 00:18:33.919 --> 00:18:35.220 and he makes a wish 00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:35.980 and what's the wish? 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.480 Make me a prince. 00:18:37.699 --> 00:18:38.659 He knows he can't 00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:39.679 just prince himself. 00:18:40.179 --> 00:18:41.119 He can't just decide 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:42.139 to become a prince. 00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:43.099 He needs someone 00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:44.639 to make him a prince. 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:46.099 And it's just an echo 00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:46.939 of what happens 00:18:46.939 --> 00:18:47.619 in Christianity 00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:49.019 is you can't just say 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:50.220 Christian now, 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:51.639 but we need someone 00:18:51.639 --> 00:18:53.119 to make us a Christian 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:54.899 and that's through Jesus 00:18:54.899 --> 00:18:55.740 that that happens. 00:18:58.740 --> 00:19:00.339 You can't be a Christian 00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:01.659 apart from the saving grace 00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.519 of Jesus Christ. 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:05.420 There's no other way 00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:05.840 to heaven 00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:07.720 but through Jesus. 00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.900 Muhammad cannot get you 00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:11.000 into eternal paradise. 00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:12.220 Buddha can't help you 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.960 get enough karma 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.519 to get there. 00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:15.420 You cannot prince yourself. 00:19:15.540 --> 00:19:17.140 You cannot Christianize yourself. 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:19.060 You cannot do enough good works. 00:19:19.320 --> 00:19:20.480 You can't earn enough merit. 00:19:20.580 --> 00:19:21.740 You can't pay enough penance 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:23.279 to make yourself a Christian. 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.860 It is only by Jesus, 00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:25.800 in Jesus, 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.920 through Jesus, 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:28.220 and for Jesus 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.940 that we become 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:30.759 new creation in Christ. 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:33.620 all of creation 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:34.580 comes into existence 00:19:34.580 --> 00:19:35.600 through Jesus, 00:19:36.040 --> 00:19:36.820 for Jesus, 00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.860 and in the same way 00:19:37.860 --> 00:19:38.920 all Christians 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:40.759 are brought into His body 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.660 by Him 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.779 and through Him 00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:44.000 and for Him. 00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:47.340 And finally, 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.100 Paul says 00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:49.900 He's also the one 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.860 who holds 00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:53.019 all of creation together. 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.740 He's the one 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:57.000 who holds us 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.700 all together 00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.880 as well. 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:02.900 The crescendo there 00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.780 in the second half 00:20:03.780 --> 00:20:04.460 of verse 17 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:07.080 is loud and bold 00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:07.880 because of the way 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:08.620 the poem is written. 00:20:08.760 --> 00:20:10.000 That this is 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.860 the truth. 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.860 This is the point 00:20:12.860 --> 00:20:13.780 that Paul's trying to make. 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:15.660 That in Him 00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:17.160 all things hold together. 00:20:17.260 --> 00:20:17.780 And if you think 00:20:17.780 --> 00:20:18.460 of the structure 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.020 of the poem, 00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:20.020 in Him 00:20:20.020 --> 00:20:21.360 all of creation 00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:22.060 is held together 00:20:22.060 --> 00:20:23.060 and in Him 00:20:23.060 --> 00:20:24.360 all of Christianity 00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:25.040 is held together. 00:20:25.260 --> 00:20:25.760 In Him 00:20:25.760 --> 00:20:26.760 all of the universe 00:20:26.760 --> 00:20:27.380 is held together 00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:28.160 and in Him 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:29.060 all of the church 00:20:29.060 --> 00:20:29.660 is held together. 00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.360 In Him 00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:31.280 all of planet Earth 00:20:31.280 --> 00:20:31.800 is held together 00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:32.600 and in Him 00:20:32.600 --> 00:20:33.620 every Christian 00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:34.400 is held together. 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:36.160 Both and all 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:37.180 are held together 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:38.080 by Him. 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:39.520 He holds together 00:20:39.520 --> 00:20:41.040 all things. 00:20:43.620 --> 00:20:44.780 Science tells us 00:20:44.780 --> 00:20:46.400 there are at least 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:49.220 30 cosmological parameters 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:51.080 that hold the universe together. 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.380 30 that we have figured out. 00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:54.520 So if you think about 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.619 the universe 00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:56.559 which we are 00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.960 a tiny part of. 00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.599 If you think about 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:00.119 the universe 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:00.940 and you think about 00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:03.480 30 cosmic dials 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.920 that have to be 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:06.259 just the right setting 00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.099 for the universe 00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.980 to exist. 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.960 Science tells us 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:12.200 that the odds 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:13.200 the precision 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.920 I should say 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:15.319 of those dials 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:16.139 that needs to be set 00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:17.339 to 1 in 00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:19.740 5300 million 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.379 billion 00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.920 billion 00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.299 billion 00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.799 billion 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.599 billion 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:24.339 that's the precision 00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:24.919 by which 00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:25.779 those 30 00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:27.719 cosmological dials 00:21:27.719 --> 00:21:28.579 have to be set 00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:28.879 to 00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:30.079 for the universe 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:31.219 to maintain 00:21:31.219 --> 00:21:32.179 its existence 00:21:32.179 --> 00:21:33.619 if one dial 00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:35.159 just accidentally 00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:35.959 gets nudged 00:21:35.959 --> 00:21:36.539 a little bit 00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.839 the entire universe 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.839 implodes on itself. 00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.939 It's an enormous universe. 00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:45.939 It's a finely tuned universe. 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:49.419 It's a well designed universe. 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:52.740 And so too is planet Earth. 00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.620 One scientist, 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.080 he writes, 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.560 Earth's location 00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.320 in the universe, 00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.279 its size, 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:00.200 its composition, 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.140 its structure, 00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.400 its atmosphere, 00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:03.420 its temperature, 00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:05.380 its internal dynamics, 00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:07.700 its many intricate cycles 00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.759 that are essential 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.519 to life 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:12.440 testify to the degree 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.900 to which 00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.880 our planet 00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:15.019 is exquisitely 00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:16.700 and precariously 00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.360 balanced. 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:19.439 that if Earth 00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:20.079 were just to be 00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.919 shifted a little bit 00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.699 off its axis, 00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:22.839 it's game over. 00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.639 If we're just being 00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.619 moved a little bit 00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.279 closer to the sun 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.199 or brought further 00:22:27.199 --> 00:22:27.879 from the sun, 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:29.299 that's the end of humanity. 00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:32.299 It's precariously 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.899 balanced. 00:22:33.439 --> 00:22:34.179 And Paul says, 00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.719 it's being held there 00:22:35.719 --> 00:22:36.379 by Jesus. 00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:40.219 But he doesn't 00:22:40.219 --> 00:22:41.179 stop at creation. 00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.000 He also comes 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.619 to new creation. 00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:42.939 He says, 00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:44.500 if Jesus is holding 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.639 the universe together 00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:46.319 like that, 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:48.539 and if Jesus 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.279 is holding 00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:50.240 planet Earth 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.599 together 00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.819 the way He is, 00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.119 then aren't we 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.980 okay to rest 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.220 in His finished work 00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:58.019 on our behalf? 00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.119 Won't He 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.819 hold us 00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.339 together 00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:06.179 better than 00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:06.659 we could even 00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:07.319 hold ourselves 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.759 together? 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:07.899 Amen. 00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:12.200 Paul takes 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.700 this poem 00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.379 and he immediately 00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:14.119 applies it here 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:15.579 in verses 21-23. 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.720 He says, 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.299 once we were 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:19.200 alienated and 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.099 hostile in mind 00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:21.099 doing evil deeds. 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.539 But Jesus 00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:25.279 has reconciled us 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.039 in His body 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.619 of flesh 00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.679 by His death 00:23:27.679 --> 00:23:29.759 in order that 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.259 we might be 00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.119 presented holy 00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:32.299 and blameless 00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.539 and above reproach 00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:35.179 if we continue 00:23:35.179 --> 00:23:35.759 in the faith 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.439 stable 00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:37.819 and steadfast, 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.639 not shifting 00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.439 from the hope 00:23:39.439 --> 00:23:40.700 of the gospel. 00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.039 And again, 00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.879 the gospel is 00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:43.200 the true message 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.620 that Jesus 00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.240 Christ 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.500 really is 00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.100 the beginning 00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:47.960 of all creation. 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.920 That in Him 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.660 and through Him 00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.380 and for Him 00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.279 all things 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.720 were created 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.480 and that He 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.279 holds all things 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.580 together. 00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.180 And then the same 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.920 for new creation 00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.100 that the beginning 00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:57.799 of Christianity 00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:59.420 is His resurrection 00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.080 from the dead 00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:01.380 and that in Him 00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.259 and through Him 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.019 and for Him 00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.880 people are brought 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.779 to new life 00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.420 in Christ 00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.160 and that He 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:07.080 holds His church 00:24:07.080 --> 00:24:07.580 together. 00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:09.779 Paul says 00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.419 we should never 00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:11.259 shift from that. 00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:14.259 We would be foolish 00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:16.299 to decide 00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.939 we're going to 00:24:16.939 --> 00:24:17.639 step outside 00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.460 of our universe 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:20.519 to just someone 00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.220 that we've come up 00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.960 with on our own. 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.720 And the same way 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.500 we would be foolish 00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.220 to step outside 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.240 of the universe 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.980 that Jesus holds 00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.299 together, 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.539 we would be foolish 00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.339 to step outside 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.639 of the faith 00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.480 that He authors 00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.799 and He perfects 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.679 and He holds together. 00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.759 We are not the beginning 00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.500 of all creation. 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.379 Jesus is. 00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.779 We are not the ones 00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.720 by which all things 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.919 came into existence. 00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.899 Jesus is. 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.939 I think we would all 00:24:46.939 --> 00:24:47.879 agree we are not 00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.779 holding the universe 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.199 together. 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.980 Jesus is. 00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.779 And if we really 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.319 want to be honest 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.859 with ourselves, 00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.839 we don't even hold 00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.639 our own lives together 00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.439 very well, do we? 00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:03.279 But Jesus does. 00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.859 I've been in 00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.519 Karagaline 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.279 for just under 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.879 a month now. 00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.399 So I don't know 00:25:10.399 --> 00:25:11.159 every detail 00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.959 of every life 00:25:11.959 --> 00:25:12.339 in here. 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.259 I couldn't 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.099 know that much. 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.699 But I can make 00:25:15.699 --> 00:25:16.599 some educated guesses 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.939 because it's very 00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:19.619 similar to a lot 00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.000 of churches 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.559 because we're 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.199 similar people 00:25:21.199 --> 00:25:22.079 all across the planet. 00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.740 And we have people 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.459 from all around 00:25:23.459 --> 00:25:23.839 the planet 00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.979 in here in this room. 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.559 So we can make 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.039 some guesses. 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.839 Educated guesses. 00:25:28.959 --> 00:25:29.419 I would say 00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:30.859 you're probably busy. 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.859 You're probably tired. 00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:36.799 If you're single, 00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:37.579 you're probably hoping 00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.179 that you'll find 00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:39.119 that perfect person. 00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.479 If you're married, 00:25:40.679 --> 00:25:41.359 you've already found 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.839 out that they 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.419 weren't perfect. 00:25:44.219 --> 00:25:44.939 I know because 00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.299 you didn't marry 00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.799 my wife. 00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:47.019 That's the only... 00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:51.000 Maybe you want 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.779 kids, but for some 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.679 reason God hasn't 00:25:52.679 --> 00:25:53.219 given them to you 00:25:53.219 --> 00:25:53.500 yet. 00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:56.000 And if you have 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.479 kids, they're 00:25:56.479 --> 00:25:57.479 growing up too fast. 00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.819 And you feel like 00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:01.259 you haven't quite 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.899 given them everything 00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.600 that they need 00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:04.220 for the life 00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.759 that they're not 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.519 to be called 00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.100 out to yet. 00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.740 If you don't 00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.300 have a job, 00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:09.840 you're probably 00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:10.420 losing hope 00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.300 you'll ever find one. 00:26:13.300 --> 00:26:14.440 If you have a job, 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.140 you wish you 00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.880 had a different job. 00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:18.220 Work is stressful 00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.940 and exhausting. 00:26:20.280 --> 00:26:20.880 If you have 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.380 co-workers, 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.460 they probably 00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.040 anger you. 00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:24.320 Your boss is 00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:24.980 probably too hard 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.460 to please. 00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:28.200 If you're lonely, 00:26:28.300 --> 00:26:28.900 you probably wish 00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.620 you had more friends. 00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.180 If you've had 00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.900 friends, you've 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.700 probably been burned 00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.279 and betrayed 00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.059 by friends. 00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.819 If you're alive 00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.559 and you're breathing 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:40.059 today, your life 00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.500 at times probably 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.620 seems like it is 00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:44.380 spiraling out of 00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:44.799 control. 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.180 Probably not 00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.600 every day. 00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.259 Probably some 00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.900 days are great. 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.400 But there's 00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.200 probably times 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.680 where you just 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:55.400 go, I can't 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.900 even hold my 00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.700 own life together. 00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.759 If you're not 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.259 a Christian, 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.900 you probably 00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.220 don't know 00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.759 where to turn. 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.000 If you are 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.440 a Christian, 00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.119 perhaps you've 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:10.359 even forgotten 00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.079 the Savior you 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.720 first came to 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.039 love. 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.700 You probably 00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.799 sit there and 00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.359 say, give me 00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:18.200 something practical, 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.640 Pastor. 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.460 Give me 00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.299 something I can 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.559 do. 00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.740 Give me some 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.879 way to fix this 00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.680 mess I've made. 00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.539 Give me some 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.339 way to get my 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.779 life under 00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.500 control to 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.799 hold all 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.399 these moving 00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.039 parts, to 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.399 properly juggle 00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.259 all the things 00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.599 that I'm 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.899 juggling. 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.220 You'd probably 00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.859 say, give me 00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.500 some hope. 00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:41.019 We sang the 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.519 song earlier, 00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.319 our hope is 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.759 built on 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.419 nothing less 00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:45.559 than Jesus' 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.099 blood and 00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.559 righteousness. 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.379 Our hope is 00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:49.779 in heaven. 00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:51.059 Our hope 00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.959 created heaven. 00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.720 Our hope 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.539 came to earth. 00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.059 Our hope 00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.799 lived the perfect 00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.460 life that none 00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.579 of us could 00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.259 ever live. 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.519 Our hope 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.359 died the death 00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.899 that all of us 00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.200 should have 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.759 died with the 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.339 wrath of God 00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.839 being poured 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.379 out on him. 00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.180 Our hope 00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.779 went into a 00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.039 tomb. 00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:06.919 Our hope 00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.720 rose from 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.240 that grave 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.659 three days 00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:08.919 later. 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.579 Our hope 00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.319 ascended back 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.819 into heaven. 00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.779 Our hope 00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:13.039 is in Jesus. 00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.159 He is in 00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:14.399 heaven. 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.659 He is preparing 00:28:15.659 --> 00:28:16.379 a place for 00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.180 us and he 00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.180 holds all 00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:19.059 things together 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.259 for his 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.659 glory. 00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.000 Our hope 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.480 is to fix 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.019 our eyes on 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.259 Jesus. 00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.399 To read 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.740 about him 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.200 in scripture. 00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.940 To talk 00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.280 about him 00:28:29.280 --> 00:28:29.820 with others. 00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:30.980 To worship 00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.720 him in song. 00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.680 To pray 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.160 through him 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.040 and to rest 00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:35.400 in his 00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:36.840 finished work 00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:37.180 on our 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.620 behalf. 00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.320 That's our 00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:38.600 hope. 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.140 Who is 00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.460 Jesus? 00:28:45.300 --> 00:28:45.980 He is the 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.500 image of the 00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.180 invisible God. 00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.380 He is the 00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:49.940 first born 00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.500 over all 00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.980 creation. 00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:53.040 He is the 00:28:53.040 --> 00:28:53.740 creator of all 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.220 things. 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.860 He is 00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.500 before all 00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.000 things and 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.720 in him all 00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.920 things hold 00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.360 together. 00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.279 And because 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.000 in him all 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.539 things hold 00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.319 together and 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.039 because he 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.900 rose from the 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.519 dead he is 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.019 the head of 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.500 the body of 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.960 the church. 00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.559 He is the 00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.420 beginning and 00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.960 the first born 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.579 from among the 00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.319 dead so that in 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:10.279 everything he 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.819 might have 00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.400 supremacy. 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.600 And God was 00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.240 pleased to have 00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.120 all his fullness 00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:15.180 dwell in him and 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.039 through him to 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.799 reconcile to 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.779 himself all 00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.480 things including 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.039 you and I. 00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.139 life. 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.680 Therefore let 00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.460 us continue in 00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.920 the faith. 00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.960 Stable and 00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.539 steadfast. 00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.619 Not shifting from 00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.339 the hope we have 00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.759 in Jesus. 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.799 That's our call 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.299 this week. 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.559 That's our call 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.920 today. 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.899 That's our call 00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:34.299 this week. 00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.879 That's our call 00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.279 this year. 00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.099 That's our call 00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:37.039 for life is just 00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:38.319 fix our eyes in 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.639 Jesus. 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.079 Our hope is built 00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.899 on nothing less. 00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.139 Let's pray. 00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.220 Amen. 00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.259 Amen. 00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.339 Amen. 00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.359 Amen. 00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.379 Amen. 00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:45.259 Amen. 00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.299 Amen. 00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.339 Amen. 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:47.259 Amen. 00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.299 Amen. 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.339 Amen. 00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.379 Amen. 00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:49.019 Amen. 00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:50.039 Amen. 00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:52.379 Father we 00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:53.200 acknowledge that 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.759 when it comes to 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.659 creation we bring 00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.379 nothing to the 00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.700 table. 00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:59.619 We bring no 00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.700 ability to create 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.180 what you have 00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.960 created or even 00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:03.680 a fraction thereof. 00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.839 We admit that in 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.359 fact we have 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.759 largely ruined your 00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.279 creation. 00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.359 We have rebelled 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.000 against you. 00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.819 We have chosen 00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.460 our own way. 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.079 We have shaken 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.799 our fists at you. 00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:17.000 We have squandered 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.859 the gifts that 00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:18.460 you have given us. 00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.019 We have placed 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.720 the part of the 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:19.940 fool. 00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:23.420 We admit God we 00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.220 are naturally 00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.960 enemies of yours 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.619 by birth. 00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.379 We are estranged 00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:31.319 from you by our 00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.079 own sins. 00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.359 And that we are 00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:35.319 utterly unable to 00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:36.240 do anything about 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.359 it. 00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.359 Yet Lord we 00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.200 praise you that you 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.139 did not leave us in 00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.839 our sins. 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:45.299 That you sent Jesus 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.299 to rescue us. 00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:50.279 We praise you that 00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.919 you created all 00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:54.240 things by him and 00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.899 through him and 00:30:54.899 --> 00:30:55.399 for him. 00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.579 And out of your 00:30:58.579 --> 00:31:00.440 love towards us you 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.240 made us a new 00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:03.339 creation by him and 00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:04.099 through him and for 00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.319 him. 00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:08.200 We praise you and 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.940 thank you that 00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:10.619 through Jesus Christ 00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.799 you hold all things 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.139 together. 00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.860 together that every 00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:14.000 breath we take that 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.759 we can even take 00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:16.660 because he holds all 00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.520 things together. 00:31:20.520 --> 00:31:22.020 We thank you for 00:31:22.020 --> 00:31:23.100 calling us into new 00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:23.900 life in him. 00:31:24.020 --> 00:31:25.280 Making us a new 00:31:25.280 --> 00:31:25.840 creation. 00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:29.140 And we trust that you 00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:31.259 will hold us together 00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.860 in him. 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:34.640 That you will hold our 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:36.280 faith strong and secure 00:31:36.280 --> 00:31:36.800 in him. 00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:39.100 That you will hold 00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.919 Kerrigline Baptist 00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.959 Church together in 00:31:40.959 --> 00:31:41.240 him. 00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:43.480 That you will hold 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:45.179 the global church of 00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:46.219 all Christians for all 00:31:46.219 --> 00:31:48.119 time together in him. 00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:51.039 Lord may you never 00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:52.259 let us stray from the 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.459 hope we have in Jesus. 00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.559 Please fill us with 00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:57.319 your spirit and cause 00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.319 us to serve you this 00:31:58.319 --> 00:32:00.059 day as well as this 00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:01.019 week and with all of 00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.699 our lives. 00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.359 For Jesus' 00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.879 sake. 00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.119 Amen. 00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.279 Amen. 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:07.000 Amen. 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.279 Amen. 00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.639 Amen. 00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:11.819 Amen. 00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.339 Amen. 00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:12.740 Amen. 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:12.960 Amen. 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.440 Amen. 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.680 Amen. 00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:13.720 Amen. 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.059 Amen. 00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.399 Amen. 00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.720 Amen. 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:14.879 Amen. 00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.000 Amen. 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.500 Amen. 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.639 Amen. 00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.059 Amen. 00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.319 Amen. 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.059 Amen. 00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.440 Amen. 00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:25.460 Amen. 00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.599 Amen. 00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.279 Amen. 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.720 Amen. 00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.220 Amen. 00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.859 Amen. 00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.519 Amen. 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:33.339 năm. 00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:33.460 Amen. 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.339 Amen. 00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.559 Amen. 00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.220 Amen.