WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.260 If you turn to Galatians, chapter 1. 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:06.740 I've been here 22 years. 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:11.279 And over the summer I worked out the books that I hadn't preached on in the Bible. 00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:16.460 ! And so we've got Galatians, 1, 2, 3 John, 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:23.260 and then the greatest hits of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Lamentations, Joshua, 1 and 2 Chronicles. 00:00:23.379 --> 00:00:26.920 So you're in for a great few years, all right, coming up. 00:00:27.740 --> 00:00:29.179 And I've shied away from Galatians. 00:00:29.179 --> 00:00:33.380 Galatians, but I'm quite excited about preaching it. 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.920 And there's many things that I'd love you to know as a church family. 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:39.560 There's many things I want you to know. 00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:45.239 Lots of things about the Bible and about the Christian life that I want you to know. 00:00:45.340 --> 00:00:49.100 But I think what Galatians gives you is what you need to know. 00:00:50.379 --> 00:00:54.280 And particularly as we start this morning, I need you to know this. 00:00:55.340 --> 00:00:56.840 Many things I want you to know, 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:00.540 but what is the key message of the church we need you to know? 00:01:01.620 --> 00:01:04.439 And that's Galatians, chapter 1, verses 1 to 5. 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:10.300 Really, and we're going to look at the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:11.420 That's what I need you to know. 00:01:12.420 --> 00:01:13.980 Galatians might be one of the earliest, 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:16.040 well, it might be the earliest of the New Testament letters. 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:19.720 It's a toss-up between Galatians and 1 Thessalonians. 00:01:20.520 --> 00:01:22.440 But most people think it is Galatians. 00:01:23.700 --> 00:01:25.380 It means it was written about 48 AD. 00:01:26.500 --> 00:01:31.560 It's only 15 years, 1-5, 15 years after the death of the Lord Jesus. 00:01:32.140 --> 00:01:32.960 It's not a lot of time. 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:38.379 These are the first words we read of the Apostle Paul. 00:01:39.639 --> 00:01:41.579 Possibly the first words in the New Testament. 00:01:41.679 --> 00:01:42.479 They're exciting words. 00:01:43.859 --> 00:01:47.739 The first words written by New Testament believers. 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:50.699 And I think that's really important. 00:01:50.919 --> 00:01:55.319 It's important because lots of the sceptics that are around today, 00:01:55.319 --> 00:02:01.539 and the kind of default that people think is that the Christian faith kind of evolved. 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:04.479 Jesus was a nice guy. 00:02:04.579 --> 00:02:05.519 He did lots of good things. 00:02:05.639 --> 00:02:09.620 And then he's kind of evolved into what we believe about him today. 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:12.599 Those who were there at the time, they didn't really think that. 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:13.579 They admired him. 00:02:14.500 --> 00:02:19.639 But it's evolved into this kind of more complex son of God kind of stuff. 00:02:22.459 --> 00:02:24.759 The Christian faith, they would say, started really simply. 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:26.459 And unsupernaturally. 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:29.759 And gradually those doctrines kind of evolved. 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:31.859 But that just isn't the case. 00:02:33.399 --> 00:02:36.099 The great truths which Christians believe, that we believe, 00:02:36.459 --> 00:02:37.299 are there right from the beginning. 00:02:37.399 --> 00:02:39.639 Just look at the first few verses of Galatians. 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:44.959 Verse 1, you have Jesus alongside the Father. 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:50.879 You've got the resurrection in the first verse. 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:54.199 God raised him from the dead, right from the off. 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.079 You've got verses 3 to 5. 00:02:57.079 --> 00:03:01.139 The atoning death of Jesus Christ for our sins. 00:03:01.359 --> 00:03:05.879 So it's all there, right from the very first words of the New Testament. 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:09.719 Now I want to pass quickly over verses 1 and 2, 00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:14.680 where Paul states more clearly than anywhere else in the New Testament, 00:03:14.780 --> 00:03:16.939 his kind of divine right of apostleship. 00:03:16.939 --> 00:03:20.379 Verse 1, Paul, an apostle, a sent one, 00:03:21.900 --> 00:03:28.199 not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, 00:03:28.259 --> 00:03:30.060 who raised him from the dead, 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:32.859 and all the brothers who are with me. 00:03:32.860 --> 00:03:36.560 He emphasizes his apostleship there. 00:03:36.760 --> 00:03:39.560 It's something we're going to come back to again and again in Galatians. 00:03:40.480 --> 00:03:44.640 There are people in the church in Galatia who are trying to influence the church, 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:48.359 and they're very anti the apostle Paul. 00:03:49.419 --> 00:03:51.899 And they're casting doubt on his apostleship. 00:03:53.059 --> 00:03:55.739 So can you see, right from the very first words of verse 1, 00:03:55.839 --> 00:03:58.219 Paul stresses, doesn't he, in very strong words, 00:03:58.359 --> 00:03:59.819 I am an apostle of Jesus Christ. 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:02.419 I am an authoritative witness, 00:04:02.959 --> 00:04:06.459 and I am an authoritative spokesman of Jesus Christ. 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:07.479 It's not from man. 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:09.679 It's not by man. 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:11.479 It's not something that I took upon myself. 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:13.039 It's not something I applied to. 00:04:14.699 --> 00:04:16.819 It's not something anyone appointed him to, 00:04:17.139 --> 00:04:18.539 or was conferred upon him. 00:04:18.620 --> 00:04:19.779 It was the choice of God, 00:04:20.459 --> 00:04:22.319 who raised Jesus from the dead. 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:24.659 And he's going to say much more about that in chapter 1 and chapter 2. 00:04:25.939 --> 00:04:28.139 But I want to start with verses 3 to 5, 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:30.199 and we're going to do something slightly different in this series. 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:32.459 We're going to do memory verses, all right? 00:04:33.459 --> 00:04:35.939 And so we have done you a little card. 00:04:35.939 --> 00:04:38.399 And if you can get it, 00:04:38.699 --> 00:04:40.019 it should have been in all your service sheets. 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:42.040 I want you to pin it on your fridge, 00:04:42.139 --> 00:04:42.920 put it in your Bible, 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:45.339 stick it on the windscreen of your car if you want to. 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:48.000 But I want us to start, 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:50.319 in the words of Psalm 119, 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:52.439 hiding God's word in our hearts 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:54.159 that we might not sin against him. 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:56.639 And we get children of our church, don't we, 00:04:56.659 --> 00:04:57.300 to learn the Bible, 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:00.319 but for some reason we think when we get to about 14 or 15 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:01.259 that we've outgrown it. 00:05:01.259 --> 00:05:04.259 And so would you read with me, 00:05:04.659 --> 00:05:06.339 Galatians 1, verses 3 to 5. 00:05:06.379 --> 00:05:07.199 Let's say it all together. 00:05:08.019 --> 00:05:09.620 Grace to you, 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:12.379 and peace from God our Father, 00:05:12.939 --> 00:05:14.779 and the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:05:15.219 --> 00:05:17.920 who gave himself for our sins, 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:21.659 to deliver us from the present evil age, 00:05:22.159 --> 00:05:25.519 according to the will of our God and Father, 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:29.439 to whom be the glory forever and ever. 00:05:30.139 --> 00:05:30.539 Amen. 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:34.019 And so what we have in those verses 00:05:34.019 --> 00:05:36.000 is really the earliest statement 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:38.259 in the New Testament 00:05:38.259 --> 00:05:40.159 about the meaning of the death of the Lord Jesus. 00:05:41.339 --> 00:05:43.399 And I want to give you six points, 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:45.539 yes, six points, 00:05:45.699 --> 00:05:47.859 about the death of the Lord Jesus. 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:48.979 Before we do that, let's pray. 00:05:48.980 --> 00:05:49.060 Amen. 00:05:52.259 --> 00:05:53.580 And we thank you, Lord, 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:57.420 for this, the greatest of all subjects. 00:06:00.300 --> 00:06:01.840 And I guess, Lord, that some of us, 00:06:01.900 --> 00:06:05.500 when we hear about the message of the cross, 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:08.020 or that we're going to hear a sermon on the cross, 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:09.140 we switch off 00:06:09.140 --> 00:06:10.900 because we think we've heard it all before. 00:06:13.340 --> 00:06:14.560 And we pray, Lord, 00:06:14.640 --> 00:06:16.840 that we wouldn't do that this morning. 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:20.739 We ask that the death of the Lord Jesus, 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:22.060 the cross of our Savior, 00:06:22.219 --> 00:06:24.099 would come to us with a new power, 00:06:25.179 --> 00:06:26.419 with a new freshness. 00:06:27.459 --> 00:06:29.239 We ask that your Holy Spirit 00:06:29.239 --> 00:06:30.639 would bless his word 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:32.739 and focus us on Jesus 00:06:32.739 --> 00:06:34.000 and what he's done for us. 00:06:35.339 --> 00:06:37.559 And we pray that we would be sent away today 00:06:37.559 --> 00:06:38.919 with glad hearts. 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:41.819 Bring us to Jesus, we ask, 00:06:41.939 --> 00:06:42.599 in his name. 00:06:43.599 --> 00:06:43.899 Amen. 00:06:44.779 --> 00:06:45.299 Six points. 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:45.779 Number one, 00:06:45.779 --> 00:06:47.579 Jesus' death was voluntary. 00:06:48.919 --> 00:06:50.139 Jesus' death was voluntary. 00:06:52.379 --> 00:06:53.239 Verse 4, can you see it? 00:06:54.139 --> 00:06:54.739 Jesus, 00:06:55.919 --> 00:07:00.079 Christ who gave himself. 00:07:01.579 --> 00:07:04.259 Jesus gave himself for our sins. 00:07:06.139 --> 00:07:09.879 Jesus chose to die for us. 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:13.740 Jesus wasn't betrayed and arrested 00:07:13.740 --> 00:07:14.519 and put on trial 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:15.579 and condemned 00:07:15.579 --> 00:07:16.560 and ill-treated 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:17.199 and tortured 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:17.819 and crucified 00:07:17.819 --> 00:07:18.879 against his will. 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:23.120 His death on the cross 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:24.300 was not something he resisted. 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:27.259 And then he was finally overcome 00:07:27.259 --> 00:07:28.240 by his enemies. 00:07:29.019 --> 00:07:30.519 Jesus wasn't dragged 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:31.439 to crucifixion 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:32.939 against his will. 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:36.219 Jesus didn't go suddenly 00:07:36.219 --> 00:07:37.980 on that road to Calvary, 00:07:37.980 --> 00:07:39.400 kind of sullenly accepting 00:07:39.400 --> 00:07:40.100 the inevitable. 00:07:40.100 --> 00:07:40.480 No, 00:07:40.860 --> 00:07:41.860 this is what Jesus 00:07:41.860 --> 00:07:43.180 wanted to do. 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:45.660 This is what the Lord Jesus 00:07:45.660 --> 00:07:46.800 chose to do. 00:07:47.900 --> 00:07:49.400 He gave himself. 00:07:51.620 --> 00:07:52.720 At the good shepherd, 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:54.740 gave himself 00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:56.280 for his sheep. 00:07:57.120 --> 00:07:57.560 John 10, 00:07:57.660 --> 00:07:58.180 he says, 00:07:58.180 --> 00:08:00.500 no one takes my life 00:08:00.500 --> 00:08:01.259 from me. 00:08:01.660 --> 00:08:02.900 I lay it down myself. 00:08:03.980 --> 00:08:04.980 Jesus gave himself. 00:08:07.019 --> 00:08:08.400 He chose to do 00:08:08.400 --> 00:08:09.199 what he did. 00:08:10.780 --> 00:08:11.439 That's very clear, 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:11.660 isn't it? 00:08:11.699 --> 00:08:11.840 I mean, 00:08:11.860 --> 00:08:12.639 if you take Mark's gospel, 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:13.560 do you remember Mark's gospel? 00:08:13.699 --> 00:08:14.660 Chapters 1 to 8. 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:17.600 Jesus reveals to his disciples 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:18.100 who he is, 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:18.740 his identity. 00:08:20.340 --> 00:08:21.300 He is the Christ. 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:21.840 He is the one 00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:23.180 who has absolute authority. 00:08:23.980 --> 00:08:25.319 He has authority 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:26.519 in his teaching. 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:27.359 He has authority 00:08:27.359 --> 00:08:28.779 over demons, 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:29.680 over disease. 00:08:29.939 --> 00:08:30.699 He has authority 00:08:30.699 --> 00:08:31.519 over nature. 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:33.620 He has authority 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:34.419 over disability. 00:08:34.939 --> 00:08:35.659 He has authority 00:08:35.659 --> 00:08:37.059 even over death. 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:39.319 And then he gets 00:08:39.319 --> 00:08:40.100 to the halfway point 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:40.799 in Mark's gospel 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:41.799 and he tells 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:42.919 his astonished disciples 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:44.039 that this one 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:44.720 who has authority 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:46.120 over absolutely everything 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:46.960 is going to Jerusalem. 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:48.639 And when he gets there, 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:49.480 he will be rejected 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:50.659 and he will suffer 00:08:50.659 --> 00:08:51.480 and he will be killed. 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:53.559 And we're told that 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:54.960 Jesus sets his face 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:55.820 towards Jerusalem. 00:08:58.120 --> 00:08:59.700 That he knowingly 00:08:59.700 --> 00:09:01.139 drinks the cup 00:09:01.139 --> 00:09:02.280 that his father 00:09:02.280 --> 00:09:03.420 had given him to drink. 00:09:04.420 --> 00:09:05.800 He willingly drinks it. 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:09.300 When he's 00:09:09.300 --> 00:09:10.639 about to be arrested, 00:09:11.019 --> 00:09:11.460 you remember 00:09:11.460 --> 00:09:12.200 the soldiers 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:13.000 approach him 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:14.639 and Jesus forbids 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:15.379 his disciples 00:09:15.379 --> 00:09:16.360 to resist. 00:09:16.680 --> 00:09:16.940 He says, 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:18.360 put your swords away, 00:09:18.460 --> 00:09:18.759 boys. 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:20.580 He says, 00:09:20.620 --> 00:09:21.840 don't you realise 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:22.740 that I could call 00:09:22.740 --> 00:09:23.540 to my father in heaven 00:09:23.540 --> 00:09:24.460 and twelve legions 00:09:24.460 --> 00:09:25.180 of angels 00:09:25.180 --> 00:09:27.240 would come and rescue me 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:28.100 if I wanted them to. 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:29.480 They would get me 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:29.940 out of this. 00:09:31.060 --> 00:09:32.300 Put your swords away. 00:09:33.980 --> 00:09:35.440 Jesus chose 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:36.620 to die. 00:09:38.280 --> 00:09:39.399 He gave himself. 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:41.959 So the question is, 00:09:42.019 --> 00:09:42.279 isn't it, 00:09:42.340 --> 00:09:43.220 why did he do that? 00:09:45.419 --> 00:09:46.519 Why did he 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:47.740 voluntarily 00:09:47.740 --> 00:09:49.860 choose to give himself? 00:09:51.439 --> 00:09:52.459 And the answer is love. 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:55.399 Love is the reason 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:56.079 why he did that. 00:09:58.039 --> 00:09:59.220 Love was why he did it. 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:00.480 If you just look at 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:01.279 Galatians chapter 2 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:01.860 and verse 20, 00:10:01.959 --> 00:10:02.659 flick over the page, 00:10:04.100 --> 00:10:05.319 these remarkable verse, 00:10:06.539 --> 00:10:07.439 halfway through the verse 00:10:07.439 --> 00:10:08.079 he says this, 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:08.400 Paul, 00:10:08.700 --> 00:10:09.700 and the life I now 00:10:09.700 --> 00:10:10.660 live in the flesh. 00:10:12.520 --> 00:10:13.600 I live by faith 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:14.460 in the Son of God 00:10:14.460 --> 00:10:15.800 who loved me 00:10:15.800 --> 00:10:18.360 and gave himself 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:19.060 for me. 00:10:21.460 --> 00:10:22.200 It's what every 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:22.840 Christian can say, 00:10:22.900 --> 00:10:23.120 isn't it? 00:10:23.800 --> 00:10:24.560 The Son of God 00:10:24.560 --> 00:10:25.120 loved me 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:27.500 and gave himself 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:28.320 for me. 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:32.180 So the death of Jesus 00:10:32.180 --> 00:10:33.060 was voluntary. 00:10:35.379 --> 00:10:35.759 Secondly, 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:36.560 the death of Jesus, 00:10:36.680 --> 00:10:37.180 Jesus' death, 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:38.060 was an act of obedience. 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:38.820 Can you see that 00:10:38.820 --> 00:10:39.360 in verse 4? 00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:43.660 He gave himself 00:10:43.660 --> 00:10:44.860 for all our sins 00:10:44.860 --> 00:10:46.360 and to deliver us 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:47.220 from this present evil age 00:10:47.220 --> 00:10:48.259 according to the will 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:49.180 of our God 00:10:49.180 --> 00:10:50.080 and Father. 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:53.080 And Jesus gave himself 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:53.540 willingly, 00:10:54.540 --> 00:10:56.000 he gave himself 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:56.720 because it was 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:57.540 what his father 00:10:57.540 --> 00:10:58.139 had planned. 00:10:59.240 --> 00:10:59.879 And it was what 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:00.639 his father had wanted. 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:04.460 you can go to those passages 00:11:04.460 --> 00:11:05.360 in Mark's gospel 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:07.220 where he will talk 00:11:07.220 --> 00:11:08.039 about how he will 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:08.879 go to Jerusalem 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:09.360 to die 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:10.539 and do you remember 00:11:10.539 --> 00:11:11.080 how Jesus 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:12.580 says it in Mark's gospel 00:11:12.580 --> 00:11:13.179 if you read it? 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:13.879 He says, 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:14.879 it must happen. 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:14.879 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:16.799 It must happen. 00:11:16.860 --> 00:11:17.039 It says, 00:11:17.340 --> 00:11:18.080 the Son of Man, 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:18.620 which is the way 00:11:18.620 --> 00:11:19.399 he refers to himself, 00:11:19.460 --> 00:11:19.960 the Son of Man 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:21.860 must go to Jerusalem. 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:23.100 He must suffer. 00:11:23.299 --> 00:11:24.340 So why must he? 00:11:24.340 --> 00:11:27.399 Because it is 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:28.139 his father's will. 00:11:30.160 --> 00:11:31.460 And because the scriptures, 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:32.160 God's word, 00:11:32.259 --> 00:11:32.899 must be fulfilled. 00:11:34.740 --> 00:11:36.399 The scriptures foretold it. 00:11:37.060 --> 00:11:38.399 The father wills it. 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:41.139 It's what the father 00:11:41.139 --> 00:11:41.840 wanted him to do. 00:11:43.300 --> 00:11:44.280 And that is why 00:11:44.280 --> 00:11:45.019 the Lord Jesus 00:11:45.019 --> 00:11:46.519 gives himself to this. 00:11:46.580 --> 00:11:47.420 That is why he was doing it. 00:11:47.620 --> 00:11:48.780 So you go to John's gospel 00:11:48.780 --> 00:11:50.740 and you read 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:51.720 over and over 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:52.639 and over again 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:54.019 where Jesus says 00:11:54.019 --> 00:11:54.659 he'd come to do 00:11:54.659 --> 00:11:55.340 his father's will. 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:58.379 He'd come to please 00:11:58.379 --> 00:11:58.819 his father. 00:12:00.699 --> 00:12:01.639 He'd come to do 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:02.259 the work 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:04.019 that he'd been given 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:05.019 to do by his father. 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:07.299 He was doing 00:12:07.299 --> 00:12:08.100 the will of God. 00:12:08.179 --> 00:12:09.120 It was his father's will. 00:12:10.179 --> 00:12:11.259 That he lay down 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:11.819 his life. 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:13.419 That he give his life. 00:12:15.059 --> 00:12:15.960 And so you go 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:16.639 to the Garden 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:17.679 of Gethsemane again. 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:21.079 And where Jesus prays 00:12:21.079 --> 00:12:22.179 and it's the night 00:12:22.179 --> 00:12:23.439 before his crucifixion 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:24.780 and he prays 00:12:24.780 --> 00:12:25.900 and sweat as it were 00:12:25.900 --> 00:12:26.760 like great drops 00:12:26.760 --> 00:12:27.940 of blood falls from him. 00:12:29.300 --> 00:12:30.100 And he prayed 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:30.480 didn't he? 00:12:30.540 --> 00:12:31.100 If it is possible 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:32.640 let this cup pass from me. 00:12:33.020 --> 00:12:33.340 Nevertheless 00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:34.640 not my will 00:12:34.640 --> 00:12:36.120 but yours be done. 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:38.920 And then he rises 00:12:38.920 --> 00:12:39.800 to meet those soldiers 00:12:39.800 --> 00:12:40.580 that we just talked about. 00:12:40.660 --> 00:12:41.860 He rises to meet Judas 00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:43.300 who've come to arrest him. 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:44.280 And he says 00:12:44.280 --> 00:12:44.940 these words. 00:12:45.180 --> 00:12:46.040 Shall I not 00:12:46.040 --> 00:12:47.300 drink the cup 00:12:47.300 --> 00:12:49.080 that the father 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:49.660 has given me? 00:12:49.659 --> 00:12:53.120 The apostle Paul 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:53.620 in Philippians 00:12:53.620 --> 00:12:54.679 says that 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:55.480 the Lord Jesus 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:56.199 was obedient. 00:12:56.339 --> 00:12:56.659 Obedient 00:12:56.659 --> 00:12:57.919 even to death 00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:59.559 on a cross. 00:13:01.719 --> 00:13:02.519 And so can you see 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:03.759 these first two points 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:04.779 that Paul is making 00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:06.399 in Galatians 1, 3 to 5 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:07.219 that Jesus 00:13:07.219 --> 00:13:08.459 gave himself 00:13:08.459 --> 00:13:10.459 and his death 00:13:10.459 --> 00:13:11.199 was an act 00:13:11.199 --> 00:13:11.719 of obedience 00:13:11.719 --> 00:13:12.579 to the father. 00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:14.100 These first points 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:14.579 tell you 00:13:14.579 --> 00:13:14.899 don't they 00:13:14.899 --> 00:13:15.839 that the father 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:16.820 and the son 00:13:16.820 --> 00:13:18.720 are in perfect harmony. 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:22.000 They are in perfect harmony 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:22.519 when it comes 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:23.360 to the death of Jesus. 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:27.500 We must never imply 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:28.360 that the son 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:29.300 volunteered 00:13:29.300 --> 00:13:30.780 to do something 00:13:30.780 --> 00:13:31.980 against the father's will. 00:13:33.160 --> 00:13:34.500 Or that the father 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:36.040 required the son 00:13:36.040 --> 00:13:36.960 to do something 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:38.060 against his will. 00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:39.960 The father 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:40.680 and the son 00:13:40.680 --> 00:13:41.860 were completely 00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:42.639 at one. 00:13:44.180 --> 00:13:45.480 Jesus gave himself 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:46.519 in love and obedience 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:48.399 in love for us 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:49.860 and in love 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:50.519 for his father 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:51.279 and in desire 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:52.159 to do his father's will. 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:52.879 Number three 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:54.899 Jesus' death 00:13:54.899 --> 00:13:55.820 was for our sin. 00:13:57.019 --> 00:13:57.720 Jesus' death 00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:58.320 was voluntary. 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:00.060 Jesus' death 00:14:00.060 --> 00:14:00.720 was an act 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.279 of obedience. 00:14:01.940 --> 00:14:02.480 Number three 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:03.539 Jesus' death 00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:04.120 was for our sin. 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:04.920 Look at verse four. 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:07.360 He gave himself 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:09.480 for our sins. 00:14:12.180 --> 00:14:13.019 And why was this 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:13.700 giving of himself 00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:15.460 and this act 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:16.360 of loving obedience 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:16.860 necessary? 00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:19.620 Well, Paul says 00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:20.600 it's necessary 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:21.440 that Jesus died 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:22.540 for our sins. 00:14:25.420 --> 00:14:26.860 Our moral failure. 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:31.000 Our rebellion. 00:14:32.920 --> 00:14:34.320 Our disobedience 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.080 towards God. 00:14:36.660 --> 00:14:38.040 It was our sin, 00:14:38.140 --> 00:14:38.740 my sin 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:40.799 that made it 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:41.899 necessary for Jesus 00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:42.659 to do this. 00:14:46.060 --> 00:14:46.759 Jesus was 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:47.500 without sin. 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:50.600 So Jesus' death 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:51.620 was not on account 00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.720 of his own sins 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:55.220 but on account 00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:56.019 of our sins, 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:56.919 his people's sins. 00:14:58.680 --> 00:14:59.240 And again, 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:00.039 that's what the New Testament 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:00.659 says right the way 00:15:00.659 --> 00:15:01.180 through, isn't it? 00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:05.879 In 1 Corinthians 15 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:06.500 and verse three, 00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:07.440 the Apostle Paul says, 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:08.779 these are the really 00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:09.620 key things 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:10.919 about my ministry. 00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:12.980 Here are the most 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:13.820 important things 00:15:13.820 --> 00:15:14.580 about the gospel. 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:16.399 Here are the things 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:17.279 that I need you to know. 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:18.419 Christ died 00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:19.379 for our sins. 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:21.320 He was buried 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:22.500 on the third day 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:25.279 and he was raised again. 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.679 Christ died 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:28.480 for our sins. 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:30.860 The Apostle Peter 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:31.759 in 1 Peter 3 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:32.259 verse 18 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:32.799 said this, 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:34.059 Christ also suffered 00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:35.500 once for sins, 00:15:35.819 --> 00:15:36.519 the righteous 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.799 for the unrighteous 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:39.979 that he might bring us 00:15:39.979 --> 00:15:40.419 to God. 00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:43.559 And of course, 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:44.120 this builds, 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:44.459 doesn't it, 00:15:44.479 --> 00:15:45.259 on the whole teaching 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:45.919 of the Old Testament. 00:15:48.219 --> 00:15:48.939 So you read 00:15:48.939 --> 00:15:49.339 the Old Testament 00:15:49.339 --> 00:15:50.159 and you will see there 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:50.579 that there are 00:15:50.579 --> 00:15:51.979 Old Testament sacrifices 00:15:51.979 --> 00:15:52.779 for sins. 00:15:54.079 --> 00:15:55.099 There are differences, 00:15:55.359 --> 00:15:55.679 aren't there? 00:15:57.579 --> 00:15:58.359 Different kinds 00:15:58.359 --> 00:15:59.059 of sacrifices. 00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:00.459 But there are 00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:01.579 animal sacrifices. 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:01.780 sacrifices. 00:16:03.520 --> 00:16:04.340 What's the difference 00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:05.280 between an animal 00:16:05.280 --> 00:16:05.840 sacrifice 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:07.040 and the Lord Jesus 00:16:07.040 --> 00:16:07.700 sacrifice? 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.400 What have we learned 00:16:09.400 --> 00:16:09.740 already? 00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:12.200 We've learned, 00:16:12.300 --> 00:16:12.520 don't we, 00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:13.139 that animals 00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.879 don't give themselves. 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:14.620 We've learned that 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.780 the Lord Jesus 00:16:15.780 --> 00:16:16.620 gave himself. 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:17.280 The animal never 00:16:17.280 --> 00:16:17.840 gave himself. 00:16:20.300 --> 00:16:21.500 The animal is taken 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.340 kicking and screaming 00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:23.000 or blindly. 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.680 They didn't give 00:16:25.680 --> 00:16:25.960 themselves. 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:26.620 They were dragged 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:28.080 kicking and screaming 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:29.379 to the place of sacrifice. 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:30.580 But the Lord Jesus 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:31.639 gave himself 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.520 to be a sacrifice 00:16:32.520 --> 00:16:33.020 for sin. 00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:36.139 You go to Isaiah 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:37.720 and that most famous 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:38.600 foreshadowing 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:39.759 of the cross of Christ 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.620 in Isaiah 53, 00:16:40.800 --> 00:16:41.639 the servant of the Lord 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:43.020 who gives himself 00:16:43.020 --> 00:16:44.100 for Israel's sin, 00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:46.340 who is wounded 00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:48.020 for our transgressions, 00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:49.080 who is bruised 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:50.060 for our iniquities. 00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.120 The punishment 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.620 that brings us peace 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.860 was laid upon him. 00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:56.659 And by his wounds, 00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.580 we are healed. 00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:01.740 And so in the Bible, 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:04.099 death is associated 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:04.940 with sin. 00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:09.180 Death is not natural. 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.039 There's no such thing 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.940 as a natural death. 00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:14.220 Death has come into 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:15.380 our world as sin. 00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:15.940 Now you know that, 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.180 isn't it? 00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:16.819 How do you know that? 00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:18.480 Because when someone 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.659 that you love dies, 00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:21.439 it feels like an intruder. 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:24.379 It feels so wrong. 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:30.319 The wages of sin, 00:17:30.439 --> 00:17:31.259 the Bible tells us, 00:17:31.379 --> 00:17:32.059 is death. 00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:35.500 And so Jesus' death, 00:17:35.879 --> 00:17:37.819 like all deaths, 00:17:37.879 --> 00:17:39.299 is associated with sin. 00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:41.759 But in his case, 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.700 the sins are ours. 00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:46.359 Not his. 00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.619 And that means 00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.799 that Jesus acted 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:51.200 as our substitute 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:52.720 and our representative. 00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:56.659 Jesus died instead of us. 00:17:58.159 --> 00:17:59.399 He was our substitute. 00:18:00.919 --> 00:18:02.099 And he also died 00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:02.879 on our behalf. 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:03.899 He was our representative. 00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:07.379 Let me try and illustrate it. 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.319 Let's imagine 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:09.759 that IPC Ealing 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:11.139 have a football team. 00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:11.519 All right? 00:18:12.919 --> 00:18:14.319 And I'm one of the star players, 00:18:14.399 --> 00:18:14.819 quite naturally. 00:18:15.639 --> 00:18:17.539 And yet I'm getting old 00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:19.059 and I get injured often. 00:18:20.639 --> 00:18:22.759 And so I ask Andrew Cuey 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:24.439 to be my substitute 00:18:24.439 --> 00:18:26.000 and to be my representative. 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:29.139 And because Andrew 00:18:29.139 --> 00:18:29.980 goes to play 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:31.200 for the IPC football team, 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:32.139 I don't have to. 00:18:33.659 --> 00:18:35.000 I can sit at home 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:36.119 while he plays the game. 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:39.819 He's also my representative. 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:41.399 He speaks on my behalf. 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.239 He speaks in my name. 00:18:43.439 --> 00:18:44.779 When he scores, 00:18:45.239 --> 00:18:45.959 we score. 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:49.659 And if his team wins, 00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.379 we win. 00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:53.219 And it's not just 00:18:53.219 --> 00:18:55.000 Andrew that wins, 00:18:56.139 --> 00:18:57.259 it's IPC Ealing 00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:57.899 that wins. 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:00.679 His victory is ours. 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:04.600 So in and through Andrew, 00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:06.160 the whole church plays 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:07.279 and wins. 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:10.400 Jesus is our substitute 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:12.759 and our representative. 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:14.759 He died instead of us. 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:17.680 And because he died, 00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.500 we don't have to 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:20.000 if we trust him. 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:21.600 And he's also our representative. 00:19:24.060 --> 00:19:24.880 Jesus acted 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:26.920 as the head of the church. 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:28.080 And so what he did 00:19:28.080 --> 00:19:29.279 on our behalf, 00:19:30.300 --> 00:19:31.060 what he did, 00:19:31.120 --> 00:19:31.800 the church did. 00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:35.120 Not because we've actually 00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:35.860 done anything, 00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:38.000 but because Jesus, 00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:39.180 the head of the church, 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:39.779 has done it. 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:41.200 Jesus obeyed 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:42.560 the law of God perfectly. 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:46.060 Jesus died on the cross. 00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.680 He took the penalty 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.800 for our sin. 00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:50.039 Jesus suffered 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:51.259 what we should have suffered. 00:19:51.820 --> 00:19:52.779 And because he did it 00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:54.080 as head of the church, 00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.460 God regards us 00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.140 as having done it. 00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.700 So Jesus' death 00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:01.039 was for our sin. 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:03.079 That's the third point. 00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.579 Number four, 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.920 Jesus' death rescues us. 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.840 Can you see that verse four? 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:12.380 Who gave himself 00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:13.319 for our sins 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.519 to deliver us, 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.720 to rescue us 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:18.240 from the present evil age. 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:21.059 The word rescue here 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:22.880 is different. 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:24.760 It's unusual 00:20:24.760 --> 00:20:25.820 in the context. 00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:28.120 It's not usually 00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:29.280 said of 00:20:29.280 --> 00:20:30.220 what Jesus 00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.840 has done for us. 00:20:31.840 --> 00:20:32.880 This word rescue, 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:33.520 it's used 00:20:33.520 --> 00:20:34.920 in the book of Acts 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.740 that we studied 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.340 last year. 00:20:37.520 --> 00:20:38.560 So it's used, 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:38.960 for example, 00:20:39.080 --> 00:20:40.160 about Peter 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:41.180 being rescued 00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:42.020 from prison 00:20:42.020 --> 00:20:42.840 by an angel. 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.300 Peter being 00:20:44.300 --> 00:20:45.180 delivered, 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:45.840 rescued 00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:46.600 from prison 00:20:46.600 --> 00:20:47.080 by an angel. 00:20:47.320 --> 00:20:47.900 It's used 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:49.080 of the apostle Paul 00:20:49.080 --> 00:20:50.020 when he was rescued 00:20:50.020 --> 00:20:51.160 from the Jewish lynch mob 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.440 by the Romans. 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.720 It's used 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.960 of Stephen's speech 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:56.220 in Acts 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.779 of God 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:58.500 rescuing Israel 00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.320 from the clutches 00:20:59.320 --> 00:20:59.880 of Egypt. 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:03.420 And so Paul says here 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.600 that Jesus' death 00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.720 rescues us. 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.519 The implication is 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.620 the situation we were in 00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:10.320 was disastrous 00:21:10.320 --> 00:21:10.880 and hopeless. 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:13.320 We're facing misery, 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.380 we're facing disaster, 00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.880 we're facing death 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.800 unless someone 00:21:16.800 --> 00:21:18.100 comes and intervenes 00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.840 and pulls us out. 00:21:18.840 --> 00:21:18.920 But 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:22.820 and it is Jesus 00:21:22.820 --> 00:21:24.120 who intervenes 00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:27.100 and it is by his death 00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.800 he rescues. 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.740 And it is the only thing 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.300 that rescues. 00:21:33.800 --> 00:21:34.519 Jesus' death 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.640 is the only thing 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.720 that can rescue you 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.500 from your sins. 00:21:40.860 --> 00:21:42.160 And so that tells you, 00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.539 doesn't it, 00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:44.140 that self-salvation, 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:46.240 trying to rescue yourself, 00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:48.580 is utterly impossible. 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.800 And you should give up 00:21:50.800 --> 00:21:51.600 the attempt this morning. 00:21:53.820 --> 00:21:55.500 Jesus gave himself 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:57.700 for our sins 00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.880 in order to rescue us. 00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:02.460 But what is it, 00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.259 according to our verse, 00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:04.360 that Jesus' death 00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:05.500 rescues us from? 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:09.680 What is it that Jesus' death 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.359 delivers us from? 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:10.859 Can you see it? 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:14.599 The present evil age. 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.420 Could be, 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.240 another way of putting it, 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.660 is the present age of evil. 00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:23.039 Or the present age 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.960 of the evil one. 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.980 2 Corinthians 4 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.099 calls the devil 00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:30.059 the god of this age. 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:33.500 The Jewish people 00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:35.619 divided history 00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:37.079 into two ages. 00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.779 At this age 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:41.759 and the age 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.500 to come. 00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.839 So I've got an illustration here. 00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:46.720 And so 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:48.659 there are two ages. 00:22:48.919 --> 00:22:49.079 All right? 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.379 There is 00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.700 this age 00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:53.759 and there is the age 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.139 to come. 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:54.919 All right? 00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.440 I don't know why. 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.220 I couldn't find one 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.880 that didn't rattle. 00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.360 All right? 00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.180 Okay? 00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.920 So there's this age 00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.279 and the age to come. 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.160 So the Jewish people 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:02.060 believed we lived 00:23:02.060 --> 00:23:02.720 in this age 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:04.000 and then in the future 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.820 there was 00:23:04.820 --> 00:23:05.900 the age to come. 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.660 This age 00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:11.019 is dominated 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:12.900 by evil, 00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.360 isn't it? 00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:15.220 This age 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.900 is dominated 00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.759 by sin 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:18.660 and it is 00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:20.039 Satan's age. 00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:22.920 Dominated by sin 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.640 and death 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.040 and judgment. 00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.180 This age 00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:26.520 was inaugurated 00:23:26.520 --> 00:23:28.280 when Adam fell 00:23:28.280 --> 00:23:29.440 in Genesis 3. 00:23:31.020 --> 00:23:32.259 And so how do we 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.420 get into this age? 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.840 Let me tell you 00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.680 how we get into this age. 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.520 We're born into it. 00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:37.140 Every single one of us. 00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.580 We're born into it. 00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:42.560 But Jesus' death 00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:45.240 rescues us 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:47.060 from the age of judgment 00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:48.200 and death 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.000 and sin 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.060 and we're told, 00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.360 aren't we, 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.740 that it delivers us 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.620 from this present 00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.580 evil age. 00:23:54.560 --> 00:23:55.280 That Jesus, 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.060 our substitute 00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:57.560 and representative, 00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.700 he accepted 00:23:58.700 --> 00:24:00.060 God's judgment. 00:24:00.280 --> 00:24:00.880 He entered 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:02.140 into this evil age. 00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.460 And because he did, 00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.240 he is now 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.700 raised from the dead 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:09.200 and the new age 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:11.200 of the kingdom 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.800 of God, 00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.660 the Lord Jesus, 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.600 has come. 00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:16.140 And so when you 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:17.000 became a Christian, 00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.580 you move from being 00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:20.040 in this present 00:24:20.040 --> 00:24:20.860 evil age 00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:22.020 into the age to come. 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:25.639 But here's the truth. 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.400 The Jews thought 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.000 that these ages 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.920 were completely separate. 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.059 But what the New Testament 00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.339 teaches, 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.119 and it's really important 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:33.019 for you and I to grasp, 00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.660 is that Jesus 00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.980 entered into this 00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:36.099 present evil age 00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.279 and we live now 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.119 in the overlap. 00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:41.539 So we live in that 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.139 bit in the middle. 00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.000 Don't put it all over that. 00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:45.039 We live in the middle bit. 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:47.480 One day, 00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.539 gloriously, 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:51.039 the age to come 00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.819 will be fully 00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.920 and perfectly free, 00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.399 won't it? 00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.519 But we now live 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.420 in the overlap 00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:58.440 of the ages. 00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.440 The Jews didn't think 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.279 it was going to be like that. 00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.159 And Jesus says, 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.700 no, no, no. 00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:04.240 I have died 00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.759 and I have risen. 00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:06.019 So the cross comes 00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:07.960 right in the middle here 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.039 and inaugurates 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.859 the age to come. 00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:13.619 We live in the overlap. 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:16.059 And so as Christians, 00:25:16.219 --> 00:25:17.299 we have two locations, 00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:17.619 don't we? 00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.199 We live in this 00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:19.039 present evil age, 00:25:19.159 --> 00:25:20.279 but we also live 00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.079 in the age to come. 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.339 And we are living for 00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.459 and looking for 00:25:25.459 --> 00:25:26.579 this age to come. 00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:28.579 Jesus rescues us 00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:30.119 by his death 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:32.359 from this present evil age. 00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:37.059 And so Andrew, 00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:38.299 if he is my substitute, 00:25:38.459 --> 00:25:39.000 do you remember that? 00:25:43.619 --> 00:26:03.779 And not mine, 00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.959 but I am in the first division. 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:08.400 And we as a church 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.420 are in the first division 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.440 because Andrew, 00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.160 our substitute 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:12.100 and our representative, 00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.880 has scored the goals for us. 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.860 He's got us out 00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.779 of the second division 00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.920 and into the first division. 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.960 Jesus Christ, 00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.380 by his death 00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.240 and by his resurrection, 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:24.000 has got us out 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.100 of the present evil age. 00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.299 And one day 00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.019 that evil age 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.720 will pass away. 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:32.299 And all there will be 00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.380 will be the age to come. 00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:35.660 And we will be part of it 00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:37.380 if we belong 00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.340 to the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.740 And if we trust 00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:42.480 in what he has done for us 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.520 when he died on the cross, 00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.840 that is good, good news. 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.740 Number five, 00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:48.900 Jesus brings grace and peace. 00:26:49.060 --> 00:26:49.500 Can you see that? 00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:51.280 Verse three, chapter one. 00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:54.040 Grace to you 00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:55.820 and peace 00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:58.320 from God our Father 00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:59.560 and the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:03.700 And this work 00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.940 of the Lord Jesus 00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:07.720 brings you 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.639 into a life 00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.460 of grace 00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.179 and peace. 00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.779 Nearly all 00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.599 of Paul's letters 00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.099 begin 00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:15.259 grace and peace 00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.559 to you 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.399 from God the Father 00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:18.339 and the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:21.039 At that age to come, 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.940 the age to come, 00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.059 do you remember it? 00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.200 The age to come 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.119 is an age 00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.759 of grace 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.399 and peace. 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:31.360 And we enjoy it now, 00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.580 right now, 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.720 through our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.840 Grace and peace 00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:38.100 is how Christians live 00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:40.000 in this present evil age. 00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:42.920 That is our Christian experience. 00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.259 So, 00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.380 understand this, 00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:45.060 grace, 00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:46.420 God's undeserved kindness 00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.220 leads to peace. 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.140 Peace 00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:50.180 comes from 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.759 grace. 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.759 And peace 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.880 can only come 00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.420 from grace. 00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.960 God's grace, 00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:57.820 receiving God's undeserved kindness, 00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:59.119 is the only way 00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:00.200 to receive God's peace. 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.559 The only way 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.019 that you will 00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.480 ever receive peace 00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:07.059 is by relying 00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.859 on the grace of God. 00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.960 As long as you look 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.619 to yourself, 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.819 even if you're looking 00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.179 to yourself 00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:14.899 for 1% 00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.759 of your salvation, 00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.279 if you look to yourself, 00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.700 you will never have peace. 00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:18.799 grace. 00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.360 Because you will 00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.360 never ever be sure 00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:23.120 that you've done enough. 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.640 The Christian message 00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.039 is this, 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.500 that the peace of God 00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:30.299 is by God's grace 00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.080 100%. 00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:32.580 Grace, 00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.080 grace, 00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.640 grace. 00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:35.259 We stand in grace 00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.779 and it is that grace 00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.580 that is the basis 00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.500 of our peace. 00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:41.160 Grace and peace 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:43.500 from God the Father 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.519 and the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:46.200 Grace is totally undeserved 00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:48.080 and it comes only 00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:48.680 through Jesus, 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:50.580 through what he did 00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:51.140 on the cross. 00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.180 And Christians 00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.880 never move beyond this. 00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:57.220 So we never move 00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.500 beyond the grace of God. 00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.779 We never move 00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.559 beyond the grace 00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.700 of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.519 There's nothing to move to, 00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.600 there's nothing beyond it. 00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:08.680 We are always celebrating 00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.600 the grace of God 00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:10.440 in Jesus Christ. 00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.519 Christ. 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.680 And so this morning, 00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.539 if you've lost 00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.340 your peace 00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:18.400 and you've lost 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.220 your assurance, 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.340 let me tell you this, 00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:22.000 it is almost certain 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.340 that you've moved away 00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:24.180 from the grace of God 00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.960 to a certain degree. 00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.600 If you've lost 00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.180 your peace 00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.799 this morning, 00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:31.640 it is almost certain 00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.559 that you have moved 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.799 away from the grace 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.140 of God 00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.559 and the cross 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.259 of Jesus Christ. 00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.840 Number six, 00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.460 the result 00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.340 of Jesus' death. 00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:42.460 is that God 00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.320 is glorified forever. 00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.860 Look at verse five. 00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.740 To whom be the glory 00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:51.920 forever and ever. 00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.420 Amen. 00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.299 And the purpose 00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:58.539 of the good news of God 00:29:58.539 --> 00:30:00.840 is not 00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:04.640 just our personal salvation. 00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.519 It's not just 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.140 our salvation. 00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:09.759 The purpose of the gospel, 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:11.019 the good news of God, 00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:12.359 the glory of God. 00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.879 The purpose of the gospel 00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:17.079 is to display 00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.879 God's character 00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.819 of all that God is 00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:21.079 so that God's character 00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.720 and his holiness 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.740 and his mercy 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.339 and his grace 00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.140 and his love 00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.839 will be known 00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.339 and praised 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.180 throughout all the world 00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.819 and all eternity. 00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:30.679 and that is why God 00:30:30.679 --> 00:30:31.379 sent his son, 00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:32.200 the Lord Jesus Christ 00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.119 to die on the cross. 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.319 It was not just for us 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.980 but for him. 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:38.899 He wanted to make himself 00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.559 known. 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:42.519 He wanted to demonstrate 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.399 his glory. 00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.859 That is what Jesus wanted. 00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.759 So do you remember 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.319 he prayed, 00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.799 glorify your name, 00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:48.079 Father. 00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:49.019 This is what it's all about. 00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.799 Glorify the Father 00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.779 because of the cross. 00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:55.259 Because of the cross, 00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.980 the Father will be glorified 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.940 forever and ever 00:30:57.940 --> 00:31:00.039 and Jesus was entirely 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.759 centred 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:02.160 on the glory of the Father. 00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:05.440 And for us to be 00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.460 Jesus centred, 00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.240 which people talk 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.940 an awful lot about, 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.920 will mean that we are 00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.740 Father centred 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:14.240 because Jesus recognised 00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:15.359 that the work of the cross 00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:16.339 was that the Father 00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.079 might be glorified 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.859 forever and ever. 00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:20.699 That is 00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:22.639 the Apostle Paul's message. 00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:26.279 The Apostle Paul's gospel 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.740 centres on Jesus Christ 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.759 and him crucified. 00:31:30.959 --> 00:31:32.679 It focuses on the person 00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.539 of Jesus Christ 00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.479 and his work. 00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:38.579 It focuses on a message 00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.599 of rescue, 00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.439 pointing 00:31:40.439 --> 00:31:42.419 to the now 00:31:42.419 --> 00:31:43.619 and the not yet. 00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:46.879 and it is 00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.879 the best news 00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.399 and it is 00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:49.559 the only answer 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.779 for your guilt 00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.399 and mine. 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.839 And it is why 00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.899 this church exists 00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.719 to preach 00:31:55.719 --> 00:31:56.779 Jesus Christ 00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:58.239 and him crucified. 00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:00.579 And it is 00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.579 the main thing 00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:03.479 and we have to fight 00:32:03.479 --> 00:32:04.219 to keep it 00:32:04.219 --> 00:32:05.319 the main thing. 00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.379 Because verse 6, 00:32:09.199 --> 00:32:10.119 he drops the bomb. 00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:13.719 And he says 00:32:13.719 --> 00:32:14.179 to the church 00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.699 in Galatia, 00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.279 he says this, 00:32:15.399 --> 00:32:16.439 I am astonished. 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:20.059 I am astonished 00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.899 that you are 00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:22.500 so quickly 00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.279 deserting, 00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.339 abandoning 00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:26.879 him who called you 00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.579 in the grace 00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.239 of Christ 00:32:28.239 --> 00:32:30.219 and turning 00:32:30.219 --> 00:32:31.039 to a different gospel. 00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.599 And so 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:36.039 we as a church 00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:38.879 never abandon 00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.419 the gospel. 00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:42.119 Never abandon 00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.699 the message 00:32:42.699 --> 00:32:43.559 of Jesus Christ 00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.139 crucified. 00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.239 And can you see 00:32:45.239 --> 00:32:46.239 how quickly it happens? 00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.959 Look what it says. 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.559 I am astonished 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.079 that you are 00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:50.119 so quickly, 00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.739 quickly 00:32:51.739 --> 00:32:52.619 deserting, 00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:54.000 quickly abandoning. 00:32:56.199 --> 00:32:57.319 May we never 00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.859 abandon 00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.579 the message 00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.859 of Jesus Christ 00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.599 and him crucified. 00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.759 May we delight in it. 00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:04.179 May we rejoice 00:33:04.179 --> 00:33:05.359 to take this message 00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:05.959 to others 00:33:05.959 --> 00:33:07.719 because it's 00:33:07.719 --> 00:33:08.539 changed our lives. 00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:10.959 Let's change 00:33:10.959 --> 00:33:11.479 our eternity. 00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:13.979 Would you read 00:33:13.979 --> 00:33:14.519 with me again 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.699 verses 3 to 5 00:33:15.699 --> 00:33:16.419 of Galatians 1? 00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.339 Let's read it together. 00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.659 Grace to you 00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:20.799 and peace 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.579 from God 00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.339 our Father 00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.639 and the Lord 00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.679 Jesus Christ 00:33:24.679 --> 00:33:25.899 who gave 00:33:25.899 --> 00:33:26.299 himself 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.739 for our sins 00:33:27.739 --> 00:33:29.199 to deliver us 00:33:29.199 --> 00:33:30.179 from the present 00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:31.219 evil age 00:33:31.219 --> 00:33:32.279 according 00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.219 to the will 00:33:33.219 --> 00:33:34.179 of our God 00:33:34.179 --> 00:33:34.939 and Father 00:33:34.939 --> 00:33:36.139 to whom 00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:37.079 be the glory 00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:38.720 forever and ever. 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.699 Amen. 00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.740 Let's pray. 00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:40.839 Amen. 00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:40.779 Let's pray.