WEBVTT

00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:09.679
 Father, we give you thanks and praise that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:18.420
 And we give you thanks and praise that your grace grows us, and only your grace will truly grow us,

00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:23.280
 so that we are fit for heaven, that we are fit for the new heaven and the new earth.

00:00:23.940 --> 00:00:28.019
 We ask, Father, that you help us to pay deep attention to your word,

00:00:28.019 --> 00:00:32.299
 that, in fact, your word may enter deeply into our lives to form us,

00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:37.899
 so that we, Father, might put ourselves in those postures of obedience,

00:00:38.899 --> 00:00:45.879
 that your grace might work in us most deeply and flower most beautifully for your glory,

00:00:46.420 --> 00:00:48.299
 for the good of ourselves and the good of others.

00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:52.359
 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

00:00:52.980 --> 00:00:53.760
 Please be seated.

00:00:53.759 --> 00:01:01.479
 So, I have a bit of an embarrassing type of way to open the sermon today.

00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:08.900
 And the reason it's embarrassing is I was sharing with my wife last night about how this week,

00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:13.979
 I had an insight about the text that just sort of like it hit me like this.

00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:23.019
 It just completely knocked me and helped me to see and understand and realize things in a very, very new way.

00:01:23.019 --> 00:01:29.019
 So, in fact, part of my worry about the sermon, actually, is because it's really helped me to see things in a very, very new way.

00:01:29.140 --> 00:01:31.019
 I hope I'm not too in...

00:01:31.619 --> 00:01:33.239
 I hope I'm actually...

00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:34.259
 You can understand me.

00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:38.280
 I'm not too all over the place, a little bit like a balloon letting the air out,

00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:39.519
 and it goes all over the place.

00:01:40.039 --> 00:01:41.179
 I hope I'm clear.

00:01:41.180 --> 00:01:48.120
 But the reason it's a bit embarrassing, potentially embarrassing, is I share this insight, and you all just go,

00:01:49.140 --> 00:01:50.840
 really, George?

00:01:51.060 --> 00:01:53.440
 That's a sign of you having a big insight?

00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:56.100
 That's pretty pathetic.

00:01:56.820 --> 00:01:58.740
 Like, when I have an insight, it's like this.

00:01:59.240 --> 00:02:00.620
 But it's not an insight.

00:02:00.620 --> 00:02:03.920
 It was just as if God brought something home to me that has changed.

00:02:04.340 --> 00:02:11.920
 It's helped to solidify or crystallize different things I've been saying and trying to understand the Bible.

00:02:12.539 --> 00:02:15.539
 And when I share it with you, I can guarantee you that you're going to just go,

00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:19.020
 uh, like that doesn't sound much, and I'll just try to explain it.

00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:23.680
 And part of the thing is, it's an analogy that I've heard used before over the years.

00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:30.340
 And I think it's partially just that God finally wanted to get something through my unbelievably thick skull.

00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:32.300
 I have a very, very thick skull.

00:02:32.980 --> 00:02:34.620
 I can be very, duh.

00:02:35.460 --> 00:02:41.920
 And part of it is, I think, that I've been meditating so much upon Colossians 2, verses 15 to 23,

00:02:42.040 --> 00:02:46.260
 which we looked at last week, and Colossians 3, verses 1 to 4,

00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:49.020
 which is what I've been meditating upon and studying all this week.

00:02:49.020 --> 00:02:52.640
 And I think it was just the combination of God being gracious to me.

00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:57.119
 And this analogy actually sort of clicking and making sense in a remarkable way.

00:02:57.179 --> 00:03:00.919
 So now after this buildup, here's your letdown moment.

00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:04.479
 What effort is required for an apple to become an orange?

00:03:06.079 --> 00:03:13.859
 What effort by an apple is required for it to be turned into an orange, or to turn itself into an orange?

00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:21.019
 Well, of course, the correct answer is that no amount of effort by an apple will ever turn it into an orange.

00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:31.120
 And no amount of effort by an apple will ever do something that makes it worthy of somehow or another being turned into an orange by some other person,

00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:32.300
 that it can't be forced.

00:03:32.300 --> 00:03:40.640
 So why is this actually quite a profound statement, even though you all are now profoundly disappointed,

00:03:40.860 --> 00:03:43.140
 thinking that, George, was your great insight?

00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:50.480
 We are going to pray far harder for you, George, in the weeks to come, that you have better insights than that.

00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:52.300
 Well, let's look at the text.

00:03:52.480 --> 00:03:54.740
 We're preaching through the book of Colossians,

00:03:54.740 --> 00:04:00.560
 and we're looking today at Colossians 3, chapter 3, verses 1 to 4.

00:04:01.700 --> 00:04:05.600
 And as part of the context, just before we read this text,

00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:09.460
 the part that just went on immediately before this,

00:04:10.020 --> 00:04:18.139
 one of the ways that I summarized that text was it sets before us Christians a question.

00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:22.500
 Will I grow me, or will the Lord grow me?

00:04:23.039 --> 00:04:24.519
 Like a fundamental question.

00:04:25.019 --> 00:04:29.860
 Will I grow me, or will the Lord grow me?

00:04:30.699 --> 00:04:37.579
 And one of the things that that text looked at in that question is it talked about different types of religious rituals,

00:04:37.819 --> 00:04:39.879
 different ways to be in tune with nature.

00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:44.360
 It talked about different ways to try to develop the mind,

00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:47.519
 different ways to show that the mind has control over the body,

00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:51.939
 different ways to try to have visions,

00:04:52.599 --> 00:04:56.599
 basically almost like a bit of a list, a laundry list,

00:04:56.659 --> 00:05:00.180
 or a shopping list of the different ways that people try to grow themselves.

00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:05.939
 And the shocking end of all of that was verse 23 of chapter 2,

00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:06.419
 where it says,

00:05:06.419 --> 00:05:12.620
 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion,

00:05:12.719 --> 00:05:15.419
 in other words, religion that comes ultimately from the self,

00:05:15.420 --> 00:05:18.720
 and asceticism and severity to the body.

00:05:18.780 --> 00:05:20.420
 In other words, it seems to be good,

00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:25.980
 because it seems to talk about you having a very, very deep commitment that you're very, very devoted to.

00:05:26.080 --> 00:05:32.520
 And it seems to have an ability to show that you have this control in general,

00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:33.700
 and you're willing to do without,

00:05:33.700 --> 00:05:35.379
 and general.

00:05:35.379 --> 00:05:36.600
 So it's all about control.

00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:38.000
 It's all about your devotion.

00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:40.420
 And it seems to be very, very wise.

00:05:41.339 --> 00:05:43.540
 But, the end of verse 23,

00:05:43.659 --> 00:05:47.279
 they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:50.579
 That in fact, this laundry list,

00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:54.120
 this shopping list of ways that the religions and spiritualities

00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:57.300
 and self-help technologies of the world throughout history,

00:05:57.379 --> 00:05:58.100
 and even today,

00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:01.740
 have attended to try to direct us so that we can grow,

00:06:01.740 --> 00:06:02.800
 and that we can change,

00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:03.699
 and that we can develop.

00:06:04.139 --> 00:06:05.300
 In fact, at the end of the day,

00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:09.079
 it doesn't stop the fact that there is a deep part in every single human being

00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:10.740
 that still desires to be God.

00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:15.360
 It still desires their God project.

00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:19.040
 And that these things, in fact, don't work.

00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:22.840
 And then, in chapter 3,

00:06:23.140 --> 00:06:24.319
 there's a therefore,

00:06:24.540 --> 00:06:26.720
 which isn't translated in most versions.

00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:28.120
 It begins like this.

00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:30.160
 And I'm just going to read the four verses.

00:06:30.300 --> 00:06:31.260
 It's only four verses.

00:06:31.420 --> 00:06:32.680
 It's very short and very brief.

00:06:32.760 --> 00:06:35.100
 And then we're going to return to it and sort of unpack it.

00:06:35.220 --> 00:06:37.780
 But this contrast, then,

00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:39.480
 of these things actually don't work,

00:06:39.939 --> 00:06:42.140
 therefore, or if, or since,

00:06:42.640 --> 00:06:43.040
 then,

00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:45.240
 you have been raised with Christ.

00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:45.400
 Christ.

00:06:46.300 --> 00:06:47.840
 Seek the things that are above,

00:06:47.980 --> 00:06:48.800
 where Christ is,

00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:50.000
 seated at the right hand of God.

00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:50.540
 Just pause,

00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:51.600
 and I'll read it again.

00:06:51.939 --> 00:06:52.120
 You know,

00:06:52.139 --> 00:06:54.060
 one of the very interesting things about this

00:06:54.060 --> 00:06:59.639
 is that the very, very first words of Jesus' ministry,

00:07:00.300 --> 00:07:00.540
 like,

00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:04.500
 what are the very, very first words that Jesus says in his public ministry?

00:07:04.980 --> 00:07:06.460
 His first words that are recorded,

00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:06.980
 of course,

00:07:07.060 --> 00:07:07.500
 in Luke,

00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:09.540
 when he's behind in the temple,

00:07:09.699 --> 00:07:11.000
 but that's sort of,

00:07:11.100 --> 00:07:11.540
 in a sense,

00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:14.180
 a little bit of a coming up for air type of moment,

00:07:14.180 --> 00:07:15.160
 but fundamentally,

00:07:15.379 --> 00:07:16.300
 Jesus disappears.

00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:20.600
 He stays working with Joseph and his family.

00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:21.660
 Sometime along that,

00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:22.579
 Joseph dies,

00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:25.680
 and Jesus is a carpenter for some 30,

00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:26.280
 well,

00:07:26.400 --> 00:07:30.000
 another 20 some odd years after that event in the temple.

00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:31.340
 And then the very,

00:07:31.460 --> 00:07:33.480
 very first words of Jesus' ministry

00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:36.100
 are recorded in John's Gospel,

00:07:36.220 --> 00:07:37.019
 and it's a question.

00:07:37.780 --> 00:07:38.540
 And the question is,

00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:39.280
 what are you seeking?

00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:43.079
 It's interesting that Jesus begins his public ministry

00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:43.920
 with a question.

00:07:44.180 --> 00:07:45.360
 Not with a declaration,

00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:46.319
 but with a question.

00:07:46.420 --> 00:07:47.060
 What are you seeking?

00:07:47.900 --> 00:07:48.060
 I mean,

00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:49.900
 that's a very good question for every human being.

00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:50.819
 What are you seeking?

00:07:51.660 --> 00:07:54.920
 And Paul actually then develops this thing here a little bit by,

00:07:55.019 --> 00:07:55.480
 he says,

00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:56.340
 if then,

00:07:56.420 --> 00:07:57.160
 in verse one again,

00:07:57.259 --> 00:07:58.740
 you have been raised with Christ,

00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:01.259
 seek the things that are above,

00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:02.439
 where Christ is,

00:08:02.860 --> 00:08:04.600
 seated at the right hand of God.

00:08:05.259 --> 00:08:07.500
 And then he sort of doubles down on the idea,

00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:08.639
 because set,

00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:09.500
 this next part,

00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:10.500
 set your mind,

00:08:10.500 --> 00:08:11.500
 is a different,

00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:14.360
 it's a deeper type of commitment,

00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:16.620
 it's a different type of project than seeking,

00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:18.120
 it's setting.

00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:21.199
 Set your minds on things that are above,

00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:23.459
 not on things that are on earth.

00:08:23.459 --> 00:08:25.159
 For you have died,

00:08:25.159 --> 00:08:27.560
 and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:28.399
 When Christ,

00:08:28.779 --> 00:08:29.659
 who is your life,

00:08:29.779 --> 00:08:30.199
 appears,

00:08:30.939 --> 00:08:33.819
 then you also will appear with him in glory.

00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:36.879
 And I'm going to actually,

00:08:37.059 --> 00:08:38.879
 I think Andrew has up on the stage,

00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:39.899
 on the screen,

00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:42.480
 a more literal translation of verse four.

00:08:43.079 --> 00:08:44.419
 So I've been using the ESV,

00:08:44.419 --> 00:08:47.759
 but from the academic commentary research,

00:08:47.939 --> 00:08:49.259
 a more literal way,

00:08:49.839 --> 00:08:52.799
 the most literal way of translating verse four,

00:08:52.899 --> 00:08:53.839
 is when Christ,

00:08:54.439 --> 00:08:55.159
 your life,

00:08:55.439 --> 00:08:56.360
 is revealed,

00:08:57.019 --> 00:09:00.500
 then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:02.099
 And I'll say that again.

00:09:02.539 --> 00:09:03.439
 When Christ,

00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:04.639
 your life,

00:09:05.019 --> 00:09:05.779
 is revealed,

00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:10.980
 then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

00:09:11.599 --> 00:09:12.360
 And this,

00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:12.740
 of course,

00:09:12.819 --> 00:09:14.199
 is the Christian hope.

00:09:14.819 --> 00:09:16.839
 You put your faith and trust in Jesus,

00:09:17.319 --> 00:09:19.399
 and when you put your faith and trust in Jesus,

00:09:19.620 --> 00:09:20.519
 he receives you.

00:09:21.259 --> 00:09:24.019
 And Paul has used a variety of images

00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:26.279
 to try to communicate what this is,

00:09:26.339 --> 00:09:28.439
 but it really quite literally means,

00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:29.120
 and I'm using,

00:09:29.579 --> 00:09:30.479
 I mean literally,

00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:31.519
 literally,

00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:34.199
 not like as a sign for heightened,

00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:35.279
 like literally,

00:09:35.860 --> 00:09:37.039
 that what the Bible reveals

00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:39.120
 is that this profound mystery

00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:40.699
 that when I am mere mortal,

00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:43.639
 with all my sins

00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:44.860
 and all my failings,

00:09:44.980 --> 00:09:45.799
 all my strengths,

00:09:45.939 --> 00:09:46.720
 all my weaknesses,

00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:48.960
 all my genetic predispositions

00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:50.419
 towards certain things

00:09:50.419 --> 00:09:52.240
 and away from other types of things,

00:09:52.620 --> 00:09:54.340
 when I call out to God

00:09:54.340 --> 00:09:55.120
 and say,

00:09:55.199 --> 00:09:55.480
 Jesus,

00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.139
 will you be my Savior and my Lord?

00:09:57.179 --> 00:09:58.039
 Or when I recognize

00:09:58.039 --> 00:09:59.699
 that that has happened in my life

00:09:59.699 --> 00:10:01.019
 from my very,

00:10:01.139 --> 00:10:01.899
 very early age,

00:10:01.939 --> 00:10:02.439
 because of course,

00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:04.340
 it's the desire of every Christian parent

00:10:04.340 --> 00:10:06.100
 that their child never have a moment

00:10:06.100 --> 00:10:07.460
 that they don't trust in Jesus.

00:10:07.460 --> 00:10:11.019
 So this giving of yourself to Jesus

00:10:11.019 --> 00:10:12.240
 can be something that can happen

00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:12.560
 very,

00:10:12.660 --> 00:10:12.840
 very,

00:10:12.940 --> 00:10:13.540
 very young

00:10:13.540 --> 00:10:15.560
 that just grows and develops

00:10:15.560 --> 00:10:16.820
 so that a person might say,

00:10:16.860 --> 00:10:17.320
 I literally,

00:10:17.460 --> 00:10:18.139
 I've never known a time

00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:19.080
 when I haven't trusted Jesus

00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:20.280
 as my Savior and my Lord.

00:10:20.420 --> 00:10:22.540
 Isn't that the prayer

00:10:22.540 --> 00:10:24.259
 and the work and labor

00:10:24.259 --> 00:10:25.580
 of every Christian parent

00:10:25.580 --> 00:10:27.519
 that that would be the case?

00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:29.220
 But for those of us

00:10:29.220 --> 00:10:30.180
 that that wasn't the case,

00:10:30.340 --> 00:10:31.639
 we say that to Jesus,

00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:32.919
 and Jesus actually,

00:10:33.860 --> 00:10:34.419
 we actually,

00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:34.860
 in a sense,

00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:37.120
 it's not just that we put our hands in Jesus

00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:38.519
 and Jesus stays completely,

00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:39.779
 he is always separate

00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:40.819
 and he's always different,

00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:46.159
 but we actually enter into him.

00:10:48.699 --> 00:10:50.939
 And the Bible earlier used the analogy

00:10:50.939 --> 00:10:52.399
 in some ways that you can understand

00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:53.879
 when you see somebody,

00:10:54.100 --> 00:10:56.100
 whether an adult or a child being baptized,

00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:57.860
 what you are to understand

00:10:57.860 --> 00:10:58.740
 is that in a sense

00:10:58.740 --> 00:11:00.819
 they are plunging into Christ

00:11:00.820 --> 00:11:04.100
 they plunge into his sinless life,

00:11:04.220 --> 00:11:07.440
 they plunge into his death upon the cross,

00:11:07.620 --> 00:11:09.260
 they plunge into him

00:11:09.260 --> 00:11:10.560
 tasting all there is to taste

00:11:10.560 --> 00:11:11.460
 of nothing left,

00:11:11.580 --> 00:11:12.240
 with nothing left,

00:11:12.580 --> 00:11:13.760
 all there is to taste of death

00:11:13.760 --> 00:11:15.200
 with nothing that's not tasted,

00:11:15.620 --> 00:11:18.140
 they plunge into his resurrection.

00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:22.440
 And in a sense which is true,

00:11:23.040 --> 00:11:25.260
 but we don't know it in its fullness,

00:11:25.900 --> 00:11:27.360
 we actually are also,

00:11:27.580 --> 00:11:28.020
 in a sense,

00:11:28.180 --> 00:11:29.400
 glorified with him

00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:30.840
 and that won't be revealed

00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:31.399
 until,

00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:32.939
 and this is what it's being talked about.

00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:34.620
 And because of the way

00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:35.840
 we human beings are,

00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:37.340
 when we,

00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:37.860
 in a sense,

00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:39.399
 are immersed in Christ,

00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:40.840
 and this is something

00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:42.659
 that baptism can't symbolize,

00:11:42.699 --> 00:11:43.699
 but it's proclaimed

00:11:43.699 --> 00:11:45.340
 as part of the teaching,

00:11:46.100 --> 00:11:46.860
 but by the way,

00:11:46.980 --> 00:11:48.459
 baptism doesn't do it in itself,

00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:48.740
 right?

00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:50.519
 That baptism is an outward act

00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:51.519
 to signify

00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:52.600
 what's something that,

00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:53.600
 that's something

00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:54.740
 that only God can do,

00:11:54.740 --> 00:11:55.980
 right?

00:11:56.659 --> 00:11:57.799
 And because of the way

00:11:57.799 --> 00:11:58.519
 human beings are,

00:11:58.600 --> 00:11:59.519
 that when we plunge

00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:00.279
 into Christ

00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:01.740
 and are immersed in him,

00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:03.299
 he comes into us.

00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:04.860
 That human beings,

00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:05.320
 in a sense,

00:12:05.340 --> 00:12:06.320
 are like sponges.

00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:07.299
 If you put a sponge

00:12:07.299 --> 00:12:08.560
 and immerse it in water,

00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:10.100
 the water goes in the sponge.

00:12:10.299 --> 00:12:11.279
 And in the same way,

00:12:12.740 --> 00:12:14.779
 Christ enters into us.

00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.919
 And this is the profound

00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:20.479
 and wonderful teaching

00:12:20.479 --> 00:12:22.039
 of the Bible

00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:23.139
 about what happens

00:12:23.139 --> 00:12:24.099
 to us

00:12:24.099 --> 00:12:25.799
 when we are in Christ.

00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:26.740
 But then the question is,

00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:27.419
 how do we grow?

00:12:28.419 --> 00:12:28.699
 Like,

00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:29.819
 how is it that we grow?

00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:32.199
 And what is it

00:12:32.199 --> 00:12:33.240
 that we're going to become?

00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:34.779
 And this is

00:12:34.779 --> 00:12:36.199
 where we go back

00:12:36.199 --> 00:12:37.539
 to my very, very

00:12:37.539 --> 00:12:40.259
 mind-bogglingly

00:12:40.259 --> 00:12:41.959
 unprofound question,

00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:43.139
 how does an apple

00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:45.480
 become an orange?

00:12:45.839 --> 00:12:46.519
 And the fact is,

00:12:46.579 --> 00:12:47.419
 an apple can never

00:12:47.419 --> 00:12:48.339
 become an orange.

00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:50.179
 But look again

00:12:50.179 --> 00:12:50.919
 at verse 4.

00:12:51.659 --> 00:12:53.099
 Here's the

00:12:53.099 --> 00:12:54.699
 apple-orange analogy

00:12:54.699 --> 00:12:56.240
 coming to completion.

00:12:58.620 --> 00:12:59.459
 When Christ,

00:13:00.579 --> 00:13:01.500
 your life,

00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:02.679
 is revealed,

00:13:03.419 --> 00:13:04.639
 then you also

00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:05.839
 will be revealed

00:13:05.839 --> 00:13:07.120
 with him

00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:08.259
 in glory.

00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:12.039
 C.S. Lewis

00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:12.819
 has a very, very

00:13:12.819 --> 00:13:13.899
 wonderful analogy

00:13:13.899 --> 00:13:15.679
 where he talks about

00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:16.539
 the eternal weight

00:13:16.539 --> 00:13:16.980
 of glory.

00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:17.879
 He's really looking

00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:19.039
 at that wonderful part

00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:19.879
 in 2 Corinthians

00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:20.879
 where it talks about

00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:22.039
 how God is preparing

00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:23.399
 ordinary people

00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:24.059
 like you and me

00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:24.559
 for an eternal

00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:25.259
 weight of glory.

00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:27.799
 And C.S. Lewis

00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:28.580
 has this wonderful

00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:29.740
 analogy that if we

00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:31.519
 were to see now,

00:13:32.820 --> 00:13:34.439
 and I'll just pick

00:13:34.439 --> 00:13:35.439
 Andrew.

00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:37.559
 He's a good guy.

00:13:38.539 --> 00:13:39.439
 Maybe there's lots

00:13:39.439 --> 00:13:40.039
 of different ways

00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:40.600
 we'd like to be

00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:41.399
 more like Andrew.

00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:43.059
 But if we were to see

00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:43.620
 Andrew,

00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:45.620
 if all of a sudden

00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:46.179
 we were to see

00:13:46.179 --> 00:13:47.000
 Andrew the way

00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:47.699
 he will be

00:13:47.699 --> 00:13:48.879
 when verse 4

00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:50.019
 is actually true

00:13:50.019 --> 00:13:50.639
 in history,

00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:52.480
 there will be a time

00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:55.079
 when Andrew

00:13:55.079 --> 00:13:56.319
 will see Jesus

00:13:56.319 --> 00:13:57.379
 face to face.

00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:00.980
 And then Andrew

00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.919
 will be revealed

00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:04.019
 with Jesus in glory.

00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:06.379
 And we'll know

00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:07.019
 it's Andrew.

00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:10.220
 But if we were

00:14:10.220 --> 00:14:11.159
 to see Andrew

00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:12.319
 like this

00:14:12.319 --> 00:14:13.000
 in the future

00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.720
 right now,

00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:14.779
 all of us

00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:15.559
 would in fact

00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.220
 have to shield

00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:16.659
 our eyes

00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:17.319
 from his glory

00:14:17.319 --> 00:14:18.559
 and we'd all

00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:18.980
 be tempted

00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:19.559
 to fall down

00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:20.259
 and worship him.

00:14:21.699 --> 00:14:22.559
 On one hand,

00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:23.759
 Andrew is still Andrew.

00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:24.439
 I mean,

00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:25.100
 the Bible has

00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:25.899
 this very precious

00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:26.539
 promise

00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:27.860
 that in heaven

00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:28.579
 we'll recognize

00:14:28.579 --> 00:14:29.240
 each other.

00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:30.779
 You know,

00:14:30.939 --> 00:14:32.159
 in the story

00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:32.679
 of Jesus

00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:33.879
 at the Transfiguration,

00:14:34.079 --> 00:14:35.059
 people could recognize

00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:36.019
 Moses and Elijah.

00:14:36.439 --> 00:14:37.339
 You don't lose

00:14:37.339 --> 00:14:37.959
 your identity.

00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:40.839
 But what happens

00:14:40.839 --> 00:14:42.039
 when verse 4

00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:42.979
 becomes true,

00:14:43.239 --> 00:14:44.459
 the title of this sermon

00:14:44.459 --> 00:14:46.099
 is The True

00:14:46.099 --> 00:14:46.799
 and Better

00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.959
 Authentic You.

00:14:48.819 --> 00:14:49.719
 The True

00:14:49.719 --> 00:14:50.779
 and Better

00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:52.659
 Authentic You.

00:14:54.219 --> 00:14:55.319
 And in some way then,

00:14:55.459 --> 00:14:55.979
 sorry Andrew,

00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:57.000
 I'm going to keep using you.

00:14:57.059 --> 00:14:57.639
 I'm saying your name

00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.619
 too much to take out

00:14:58.619 --> 00:14:59.099
 of the audio

00:14:59.099 --> 00:14:59.979
 and it'll also be,

00:15:00.099 --> 00:15:00.379
 of course,

00:15:00.439 --> 00:15:00.819
 on this.

00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:02.539
 So I'm just using you

00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:03.139
 as an example

00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:03.919
 just because you're

00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:05.419
 sort of over there

00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:06.079
 when I look towards

00:15:06.079 --> 00:15:06.500
 the camera,

00:15:06.539 --> 00:15:07.279
 I can see you

00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:07.979
 and I know you can

00:15:07.979 --> 00:15:08.799
 handle it.

00:15:08.939 --> 00:15:10.000
 But, you know,

00:15:10.599 --> 00:15:12.240
 if you had Andrew's kids

00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:14.019
 on a separate thing,

00:15:14.099 --> 00:15:14.579
 Andrew wasn't around,

00:15:14.599 --> 00:15:15.479
 I bet Andrew's kids

00:15:15.479 --> 00:15:16.620
 could imitate Andrew.

00:15:17.479 --> 00:15:17.639
 I mean,

00:15:17.659 --> 00:15:18.879
 my kids do that to me.

00:15:19.479 --> 00:15:20.620
 Sometimes a bit embarrassing

00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:22.240
 to see how my kids

00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:22.939
 imitate me

00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:23.259
 and I think,

00:15:23.339 --> 00:15:23.939
 I do that?

00:15:24.419 --> 00:15:24.779
 Really?

00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:26.279
 I don't do that

00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:27.559
 and then they imitate me.

00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:27.899
 Really?

00:15:28.099 --> 00:15:28.659
 I do that?

00:15:31.099 --> 00:15:32.120
 And the quirks

00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:32.820
 of Andrew

00:15:32.820 --> 00:15:34.960
 will be revealed

00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:35.480
 and you'll know

00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:36.000
 it's Andrew

00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:38.159
 but it is a very

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:39.019
 different Andrew.

00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.120
 He is a very

00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:40.899
 different Andrew

00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:42.779
 to be revealed

00:15:42.779 --> 00:15:43.980
 with Christ in glory

00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:46.860
 and that's the destiny

00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.840
 of every person

00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.720
 who puts their faith

00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:49.220
 in Christ.

00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:52.060
 And now you get

00:15:52.060 --> 00:15:52.740
 a bit of a sense.

00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:53.159
 You see,

00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:54.679
 if all of the different

00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:55.580
 texts in the Bible

00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:56.220
 that call us

00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.840
 to holiness,

00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:58.580
 to call us

00:15:58.580 --> 00:16:00.320
 to be more like Christ,

00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:00.500
 Christ,

00:16:01.180 --> 00:16:01.879
 well what's that

00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:02.620
 telling us to do?

00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:03.379
 It's telling us

00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:04.840
 to do certain things

00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:06.140
 and stop doing

00:16:06.140 --> 00:16:06.720
 other things

00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.680
 so we can become,

00:16:08.260 --> 00:16:09.400
 it's actually part

00:16:09.400 --> 00:16:10.040
 of the steps

00:16:10.040 --> 00:16:10.980
 on this journey

00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:12.580
 that will culminate

00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:14.180
 with us being revealed

00:16:14.180 --> 00:16:14.900
 with Jesus.

00:16:16.800 --> 00:16:18.200
 And you realize

00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:19.060
 that God

00:16:19.060 --> 00:16:20.340
 isn't making you

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:21.260
 a better apple,

00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:22.420
 he's making you

00:16:22.420 --> 00:16:23.100
 into something

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.780
 very different.

00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:24.180
 In fact,

00:16:24.260 --> 00:16:25.260
 here's where the analogy

00:16:25.260 --> 00:16:26.120
 breaks down

00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:27.360
 and I'm going to give you

00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:28.760
 a true and better analogy

00:16:28.760 --> 00:16:29.680
 than the one I heard.

00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:31.199
 A couple of weeks ago

00:16:31.199 --> 00:16:32.439
 when I was trying

00:16:32.439 --> 00:16:33.199
 to illustrate something

00:16:33.199 --> 00:16:34.299
 in the book of Colossians

00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:35.079
 that happened to also

00:16:35.079 --> 00:16:36.839
 be Thanksgiving Sunday,

00:16:37.359 --> 00:16:38.519
 those online saw it

00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:39.779
 in a different week

00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:40.459
 but those who are

00:16:40.459 --> 00:16:41.459
 watching the service

00:16:41.459 --> 00:16:42.539
 or entering into the service

00:16:42.539 --> 00:16:43.019
 I should say,

00:16:43.079 --> 00:16:44.079
 not watching but entering

00:16:44.079 --> 00:16:44.779
 into the worship

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.939
 through the online,

00:16:46.859 --> 00:16:47.779
 hopefully you're able

00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:48.479
 to see that there were

00:16:48.479 --> 00:16:49.579
 cut roses across

00:16:49.579 --> 00:16:51.639
 the front of the stage.

00:16:52.359 --> 00:16:53.620
 And I use the analogy

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.519
 that the Bible,

00:16:54.599 --> 00:16:55.399
 what the Bible says

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.259
 about human beings

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:57.339
 is that every human being

00:16:57.339 --> 00:16:58.379
 is in a sense

00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.120
 a cut rose.

00:17:00.239 --> 00:17:01.479
 Cut roses are dying.

00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:03.339
 They look beautiful.

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:04.500
 They smell nice

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:06.059
 and they look beautiful.

00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:07.679
 And you can do

00:17:07.679 --> 00:17:08.779
 certain types of things

00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.819
 like put them in water,

00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:11.259
 keep them in the right temperature,

00:17:11.919 --> 00:17:12.919
 give them a little bit

00:17:12.919 --> 00:17:15.000
 of cut flower food

00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.919
 that will keep them

00:17:15.919 --> 00:17:16.659
 looking nice

00:17:16.659 --> 00:17:17.559
 a little bit longer

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.139
 and fresh

00:17:18.139 --> 00:17:18.980
 a little bit longer.

00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:19.799
 But at the end of the day,

00:17:20.179 --> 00:17:21.000
 they're separated

00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.859
 from the ground.

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.539
 They're separated

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:23.619
 from the rest of the roots

00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:24.899
 and they're dying.

00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:26.139
 They look beautiful

00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:27.019
 but they're dying.

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:29.039
 And so what happens

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.519
 in grace

00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.420
 when you put your faith

00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:31.299
 and trust in Christ

00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:32.200
 is you're connected

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:33.139
 to your creator.

00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.859
 I looked it up in Google

00:17:35.859 --> 00:17:36.940
 so it must be true

00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:37.599
 because of course

00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:38.980
 nothing in social media

00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.720
 as we've discovered

00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:40.920
 from Facebook and Twitter

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.799
 over the last week

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:43.299
 ever misdirects you.

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.740
 It only gives you

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.220
 the truth.

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:49.079
 But according to YouTube,

00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:50.299
 you can't take cut roses

00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:52.059
 and graft them back

00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.980
 onto a rose bush.

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.859
 It's just impossible.

00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:55.559
 So it points actually

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.639
 to the miracle of grace

00:17:56.639 --> 00:17:58.399
 that God makes you alive.

00:17:59.259 --> 00:18:00.399
 That God takes you

00:18:00.399 --> 00:18:01.419
 a cut rose

00:18:01.419 --> 00:18:02.799
 and by faith

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.659
 and trust in Jesus,

00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:05.799
 God connects you

00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:07.279
 back to the source of life.

00:18:07.919 --> 00:18:09.019
 But here we see

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.659
 something very,

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.179
 very different.

00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:11.419
 It isn't just that God

00:18:11.419 --> 00:18:13.099
 is making better cut roses.

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.439
 If every human being

00:18:16.439 --> 00:18:17.119
 outside of Christ

00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:18.099
 is a cut rose,

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:20.619
 in Colossians 3,

00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:21.279
 verse 4,

00:18:21.379 --> 00:18:22.279
 you're a sequoia.

00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:26.960
 You're a full-grown sequoia.

00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.980
 One of those trees

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:29.220
 that are so old

00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:30.079
 and so big,

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:32.099
 you can cut a hole

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.680
 in the bottom

00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:33.940
 and drive a car through.

00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:38.700
 So how can I cut rose?

00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:39.379
 You see,

00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:40.259
 so here's the thing,

00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:40.980
 and this is the big

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:42.220
 shocking thing to me

00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:43.519
 that really just brought

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.460
 things home to me

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:44.839
 in a very,

00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:45.899
 very different way.

00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:49.039
 And actually,

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.859
 if you could just put up

00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.579
 the first point,

00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:50.859
 Andrew,

00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:51.219
 there's actually,

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:52.299
 there's only one point.

00:18:52.399 --> 00:18:53.500
 There's only one thing

00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:54.579
 that I want you

00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.299
 to try to remember.

00:18:55.399 --> 00:18:56.179
 The best thing of all

00:18:56.179 --> 00:18:57.219
 would be if you memorized

00:18:57.219 --> 00:18:58.839
 verses 1 to 4.

00:18:58.979 --> 00:19:00.539
 But I've tried to summarize

00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:01.679
 verses 1 to 4

00:19:01.679 --> 00:19:02.799
 and the message of it is,

00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:03.839
 in light of his death

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:05.259
 upon the cross for you,

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:07.639
 set your mind on Christ

00:19:07.639 --> 00:19:09.359
 in all his risen,

00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:10.479
 sovereign,

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:12.699
 Trinitarian glory.

00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:26.059
 It's as if you've been

00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:27.000
 raised with Christ

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:28.380
 and Christ is seated

00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:29.180
 at the right hand

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:30.240
 of God the Father.

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:32.100
 There's the resurrection,

00:19:32.340 --> 00:19:33.120
 there's the death,

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:34.220
 you've died with Christ.

00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:36.140
 That's also in that text.

00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:37.360
 It's in verse 3,

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.159
 for you have died

00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:38.699
 with Christ

00:19:38.699 --> 00:19:39.219
 and your life

00:19:39.219 --> 00:19:40.079
 is hidden with Christ

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.579
 and God.

00:19:40.939 --> 00:19:41.459
 When Christ,

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.019
 who is your life,

00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:42.759
 appears and you will

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.500
 also appear with him

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:43.839
 in glory.

00:19:43.959 --> 00:19:45.059
 And verse 2 is the command,

00:19:45.199 --> 00:19:46.079
 set your mind,

00:19:46.639 --> 00:19:47.799
 not on things that are above,

00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:49.079
 not on wispy things,

00:19:49.159 --> 00:19:49.879
 like not on just

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.559
 little visions

00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:51.559
 about what rivers

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.359
 will look in heaven.

00:19:52.459 --> 00:19:52.599
 No,

00:19:52.679 --> 00:19:53.479
 you set your mind

00:19:53.479 --> 00:19:54.139
 on Jesus,

00:19:54.419 --> 00:19:55.119
 on Christ.

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.740
 And you set your mind

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.319
 on Christ

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:58.039
 where he's seated,

00:19:58.179 --> 00:19:59.199
 which means he's ruling,

00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:00.019
 he's conquered,

00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.779
 it's accomplished.

00:20:01.399 --> 00:20:02.399
 It's a picture

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.279
 of sovereignty

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.059
 and it's a picture

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.839
 of him at union

00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.660
 with the Father,

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:07.420
 his Trinitarian glory.

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.779
 And so the command is,

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.799
 in light of his death

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.980
 upon the cross for you,

00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:13.940
 set your mind

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.539
 on Christ

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.500
 and all his risen,

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:17.039
 sovereign Trinitarian glory.

00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:18.259
 But here's the thing,

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:19.019
 I'm going to unpack

00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:20.420
 this idea a little bit more

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:22.119
 in the next couple

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.720
 of moments.

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:25.500
 If you understand

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:27.559
 that the end

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.440
 of the story

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:30.440
 isn't that you will be

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:32.220
 a far better cut rose

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:33.139
 than you are today,

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.660
 but you're going

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.579
 to be a sequoia,

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:40.639
 then you realize

00:20:40.639 --> 00:20:42.359
 that only God

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:43.099
 can do that.

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.799
 So all of the texts

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.399
 in the Bible

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:46.240
 that talk about you

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.399
 becoming more like Jesus

00:20:47.399 --> 00:20:48.420
 or more Christ-like

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:49.119
 or more holy,

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:49.859
 what are those doing?

00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:50.639
 They're all talking

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.420
 about the day

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.639
 when you were

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:54.619
 with Jesus

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:56.160
 and you were in

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.759
 the new heaven

00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.460
 and the new earth

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.500
 and were the life

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.180
 of the Father

00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:00.079
 to the Son

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.920
 and the Holy Spirit.

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.680
 That life

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:03.580
 is the life

00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:04.880
 that makes you alive

00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:06.279
 and their love

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.140
 is the love

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:08.440
 that inflames your heart

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.519
 that you just long

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.259
 to enter into

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.980
 more and more

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.700
 and more and more

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.519
 for all eternity,

00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:13.560
 not only by yourself

00:21:13.560 --> 00:21:14.180
 with others.

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:16.259
 And that holiness

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.960
 is becoming

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.820
 more like Christ,

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:19.000
 more fit for that.

00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:20.220
 And then you realize

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:21.180
 it's describing

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:22.660
 a sequoia

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:25.900
 and you're a cut flower

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:28.700
 and that sequoia

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.860
 is your final destiny.

00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:31.320
 And so much

00:21:31.320 --> 00:21:32.620
 of what self-help is

00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:34.120
 and so all of the things

00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:35.180
 that were being talked about

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:36.040
 in chapter 2,

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:37.500
 verses 15 to 23,

00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:38.540
 16 to 23,

00:21:38.800 --> 00:21:40.420
 about asceticism

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.380
 and devotion

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:42.680
 and control

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:44.300
 and in tune with nature,

00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.840
 all of those things

00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:46.660
 are just better ways

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:48.120
 to be a better cut flower.

00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.480
 And God wants

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.540
 to turn you into sequoia.

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:55.100
 And that means

00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:56.100
 all you can do

00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:58.380
 is place yourself

00:21:58.380 --> 00:22:00.279
 in a posture of obedience

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:02.960
 where God can do the work

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:04.040
 that only he can do,

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:05.140
 that grace can do the work

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:06.580
 that only grace can do.

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:08.860
 Give you a bit of an analogy for it.

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.860
 It's not an analogy,

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.380
 it's a story.

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.560
 You know the very first miracle

00:22:11.560 --> 00:22:12.759
 that Jesus performed

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:14.740
 and the very first miracle

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.800
 that Jesus performed

00:22:15.800 --> 00:22:17.000
 is the story of Jesus

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.279
 turning water into wine.

00:22:19.300 --> 00:22:20.560
 And in that story,

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.140
 you can go back

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:22.080
 and read it in John 2

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.759
 if you want to read it

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.759
 later on for yourself.

00:22:23.899 --> 00:22:25.079
 But it's a very simple,

00:22:25.199 --> 00:22:26.279
 very simple story.

00:22:26.419 --> 00:22:27.439
 Jesus and his disciples

00:22:27.439 --> 00:22:28.619
 had been invited to a wedding

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:30.899
 and a wedding feast

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:31.539
 in those days

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.759
 would go for seven days

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:34.139
 and it was a great faux pas,

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:36.519
 an unbelievably terrible faux pas

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.639
 to run out of wine.

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:40.559
 And so Jesus' mother

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.579
 must have been related

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.759
 or had some connection

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.259
 to the people

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:45.179
 putting on the wedding reception.

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:48.000
 And she's worried

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:49.099
 about what's going on

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.899
 and all frustrated

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.900
 with what's going on

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.580
 and in the midst

00:22:51.580 --> 00:22:52.160
 of her worry

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.880
 and frustration,

00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:53.740
 she has a couple

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:55.120
 of sharp words to Jesus

00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.460
 and say,

00:22:55.540 --> 00:22:56.460
 Jesus, do something.

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:58.220
 And then Jesus says,

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:59.220
 and there's a whole other bit

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.000
 of the sermon about

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.900
 it's not my time,

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:01.960
 and then she just says

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.360
 to the servants,

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.519
 whatever Jesus tells you

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.340
 to do, do it.

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.080
 And so Jesus,

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:07.100
 when his mother is left,

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.700
 says, okay,

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:09.460
 take these big stone water jars

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.880
 that will hold literally,

00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:11.600
 you know,

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.320
 hundreds and hundreds

00:23:12.320 --> 00:23:12.820
 and hundreds

00:23:12.820 --> 00:23:14.620
 of liters of water,

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:16.060
 fill them with water,

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:17.240
 and take them

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.480
 to the director

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.099
 of the feast.

00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:20.639
 And they do

00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.539
 what Jesus says

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.319
 and by the time

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:24.379
 they put in the water,

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.319
 water,

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.399
 water,

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.559
 water,

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.619
 water,

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.819
 look at it,

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:30.559
 water,

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.200
 well,

00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:32.220
 Jesus said to fill it

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.740
 with water,

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:34.200
 I filled it with water,

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.559
 trudge it over,

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.259
 and by the time

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.000
 it gets to the master

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.440
 of the feast,

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.419
 it's the best wine

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:40.259
 that they've ever had.

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:43.460
 Now let me tell you this,

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:45.319
 I can tell you all week

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.339
 to fill stone jars

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:46.859
 with water,

00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:48.000
 it'll never turn into wine.

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.980
 I can tell you that all week,

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:55.000
 it doesn't do it.

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:55.819
 But what happened?

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.759
 Only God can turn

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.599
 the water into wine.

00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:59.539
 That's one of the very

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.319
 first proofs

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.419
 of Jesus' divinity,

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.379
 that Jesus turns

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:03.419
 the water into wine.

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:06.099
 It's one of the story-picture ways

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:08.019
 whereby his divinity

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.759
 is portrayed.

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:11.720
 But it's an act of grace

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.779
 that only God can do.

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.939
 But what's the posture

00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.539
 that's needed

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.539
 for God to do

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.740
 what only God can do

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.599
 is to be obedient

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.759
 to something

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.740
 that he's provided

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:21.200
 and asked you to do.

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:23.259
 And when you put yourself

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.680
 in a posture of obedience

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:26.500
 to something

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:28.059
 that God has asked you to do,

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:30.539
 you don't really know

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.259
 what he's going to do.

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.220
 And part of that is

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.220
 because I'm completely

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.079
 and utterly addicted

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:37.460
 to being a better-cut flower.

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:41.140
 I am deeply addicted

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:43.559
 to being a better-cut flower.

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.960
 And so God keeps

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:47.259
 surprising me in my life

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.319
 because he has no interest

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.880
 in making me

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.779
 a better-cut flower.

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.480
 He's making me

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.279
 into sequoia.

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.539
 He's making me

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.640
 into a being

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:58.660
 that will one day

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.460
 be revealed

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:01.140
 in the presence of Jesus,

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:03.600
 in all of Jesus'

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.400
 risen,

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.100
 sovereign,

00:25:05.300 --> 00:25:06.400
 trinitarian glory.

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.620
 So it is

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.720
 with this very,

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.820
 very simple command.

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:16.040
 If you could now put up,

00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:18.000
 here's in a sense

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:19.920
 what the big picture is

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.680
 to how Paul

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.320
 is going to begin

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:22.120
 to describe this.

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.759
 And every week

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.580
 it's the same type

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.259
 of an idea

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:26.460
 that we're looking

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.620
 at the means of grace.

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.580
 It's not the complete

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:29.420
 means of grace.

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.160
 It's like one of the means

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:31.380
 of grace is Bible reading.

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.400
 Like reading doesn't

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.200
 actually change

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.019
 or transform you,

00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:34.580
 but the Bible,

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:35.800
 God wants us

00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:36.519
 to read his word.

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.800
 And when we read his word,

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.539
 it's like filling

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.700
 the jars of water

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.460
 with water

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:43.340
 so that God

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:44.000
 can turn

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.940
 the water

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.680
 into wine.

00:25:46.800 --> 00:25:47.840
 Like another means

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.259
 of grace

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.940
 is actually

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.860
 being part

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:51.019
 of an online service

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.279
 or part of a local church.

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.600
 We all know,

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.820
 like going to a hockey game

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:55.640
 doesn't change you.

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.820
 Going to a reading group

00:25:56.820 --> 00:25:57.600
 doesn't change you.

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.220
 Just hanging out

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.880
 with other people

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.920
 doesn't change you.

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.340
 But God has said

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:02.040
 that one of the means

00:26:02.040 --> 00:26:02.520
 of grace

00:26:02.520 --> 00:26:03.340
 is that Christians

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:04.100
 gather together

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.820
 in public worship

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.440
 and when you do that

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.020
 out of obedience,

00:26:06.260 --> 00:26:07.940
 it's filling the water pots

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.560
 with water.

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:12.060
 And what is communion?

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.360
 You can snack

00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:14.160
 on crackers

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.260
 and juice

00:26:15.260 --> 00:26:15.660
 or wine

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.320
 all day

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:17.400
 and if you did,

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.280
 all it would do

00:26:18.280 --> 00:26:19.200
 is give you probably

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.920
 diabetes

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.020
 and extra weight

00:26:21.020 --> 00:26:22.900
 and an alcohol problem.

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.300
 Drinking wine

00:26:24.300 --> 00:26:25.320
 doesn't do anything

00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:26.100
 for you.

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:28.000
 nor does eating

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.439
 unleavened bread.

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.719
 But Jesus told us

00:26:31.719 --> 00:26:32.659
 to regularly

00:26:32.659 --> 00:26:33.799
 gather

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:35.939
 and have the bread

00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:36.839
 and have the wine

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.659
 and that's

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.839
 filling the pots

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.839
 with water

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.919
 so Jesus

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:42.959
 can turn the water

00:26:42.959 --> 00:26:43.519
 into wine.

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:47.240
 And Paul

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.059
 sets before us

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.079
 another set

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.939
 of means of grace,

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.939
 different aspects

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:52.319
 of postures

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:54.240
 that we enter

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.740
 into

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.759
 out of obedience

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.419
 because Christ

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:57.339
 has said to do it.

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.599
 And one of the things

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:00.980
 we're going to say,

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.700
 there's a bit of effort

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.119
 in it,

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.960
 but one of the things

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.639
 we're going to see

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.720
 and the reason

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.659
 and well,

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.859
 here's the big picture.

00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:07.799
 The first one is this.

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.519
 It was what happened

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.299
 in chapter two

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:10.839
 and it's a question.

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.899
 Will I grow me

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:13.720
 or will the Lord

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.299
 grow me?

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.659
 That's the first thing.

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.379
 That was the first,

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.539
 that's the big question.

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.899
 In a sense,

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.679
 when I wake up,

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.460
 well,

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.639
 not when I first wake up

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.640
 because when I first wake up

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.740
 I can barely function.

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.420
 After I've started

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.400
 to have some caffeine

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.340
 in my system

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:28.720
 and some toast

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.940
 and I can start

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.420
 to function,

00:27:30.520 --> 00:27:31.440
 the question before me

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.259
 for the rest of the day

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.160
 is will I grow me

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.759
 or will the Lord

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.200
 grow me?

00:27:35.020 --> 00:27:36.420
 Will I commit this day?

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.420
 Will I double down

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.880
 this day

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.800
 and set my mind

00:27:38.800 --> 00:27:40.220
 on my cut flower project?

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.660
 Or will I

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.720
 let the Lord

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.220
 grow me?

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:47.060
 And this isn't

00:27:47.060 --> 00:27:47.920
 a couch potato

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:49.020
 approach to growth

00:27:49.020 --> 00:27:49.460
 by the way

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.100
 because there's going

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.720
 to be next things

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:50.940
 that happen

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.820
 but that's the fundamental

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:52.299
 question.

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.920
 Will I grow me

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.700
 or will I let

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.660
 the Lord grow me?

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.480
 And then the second thing

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.160
 which is we're looking

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.259
 at today is this.

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.720
 Set your mind

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.279
 on Christ

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.259
 crucified and risen

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.460
 or as I've put it

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.920
 in light of his death

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.660
 upon the cross

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.200
 for you

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.180
 set your mind

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.920
 on Christ

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:09.100
 in all his risen

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:09.779
 sovereign

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.940
 Trinitarian glory.

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.380
 In light of his death

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:13.080
 upon the cross

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.420
 for you

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:15.120
 set your mind

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.820
 on Christ

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.799
 in all his risen

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.279
 sovereign

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.380
 Trinitarian glory.

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:21.220
 And then the third thing

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.000
 which is what we're

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.540
 going to look at

00:28:22.540 --> 00:28:23.200
 next week

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.980
 which is verses

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.340
 five to nine

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:26.660
 is put off

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.360
 sin.

00:28:28.760 --> 00:28:29.620
 These are all

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.760
 aspects of the same

00:28:30.760 --> 00:28:31.220
 type of

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.940
 the same

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.620
 it's an aspect

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.220
 of the means

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.800
 of grace.

00:28:34.540 --> 00:28:35.360
 Put off

00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:36.680
 sin.

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.960
 I'll talk a little bit

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.520
 more about that

00:28:41.520 --> 00:28:42.060
 but we'll talk

00:28:42.060 --> 00:28:42.760
 in a moment

00:28:42.760 --> 00:28:43.200
 but we're going to

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.700
 talk about more

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.220
 next week.

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.920
 And then the fourth

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.240
 thing

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.620
 which is verses

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.740
 ten to fourteen

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:49.420
 is put on

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.180
 virtue.

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.700
 For those of you

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.240
 who are very

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.360
 very concrete

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:54.180
 in your thinking

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.779
 it's really

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.319
 as a matter

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.059
 of in a sense

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.860
 you know

00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:57.900
 the question

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.440
 is posed

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.059
 to me

00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:00.720
 not just in the morning

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.339
 but as the day

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.839
 goes through

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.440
 and as the week

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.100
 goes through

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:06.039
 am I going to

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.579
 pursue

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.460
 a cut flower

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:07.960
 project

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.380
 or am I going

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:10.000
 to let God

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.559
 grow me

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.440
 into sequoia?

00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:12.059
 Will I

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.039
 grow me

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.599
 or will I

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.159
 let the Lord

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.680
 grow me?

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.159
 Okay well the first

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.879
 thing that he's

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.500
 asked me to do

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.180
 is to set my

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.139
 mind in light

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:20.180
 of the crucifixion

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:21.000
 this death

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.599
 upon the cross

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.259
 to set my

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.240
 mind on Jesus

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.519
 in all his

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.519
 risen sovereign

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.680
 Trinitarian glory.

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.599
 And the other

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.039
 thing he's going

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.639
 to want me to do

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.879
 is to like

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.240
 I'm not going

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.259
 to take my

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.720
 shirt off

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:34.480
 but take off

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:36.059
 these pieces

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.659
 of clothing

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:37.279
 that I have

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.759
 that are really

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.159
 sin.

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.759
 And then

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.960
 the other thing

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.519
 he wants me

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.759
 to do

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.319
 is to put

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.700
 on

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.920
 virtue

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.819
 as defined

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.139
 by the

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:46.480
 Bible.

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.160
 That's what

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.379
 we're going

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.759
 to look at

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.700
 the following

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.139
 week in

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.619
 verses 10

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.200
 to 14.

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.639
 And then

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.000
 the next

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.460
 two steps

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.740
 we're going

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:52.920
 to look

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.180
 at in

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.799
 one sermon

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.940
 and then

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:56.180
 the next

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.779
 step is

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.279
 to let

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.319
 the peace

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.779
 of Christ

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.200
 rule in

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.759
 my heart

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.319
 to let

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.019
 Christ's

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.339
 word

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.900
 rule

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.859
 in my

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.099
 heart

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.359
 and my

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.599
 life

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:03.960
 to let

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.139
 it

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:06.200
 to let

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.720
 it happen.

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:08.799
 And then

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.259
 the final

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.619
 thing

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.420
 is to do

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.779
 everything

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.160
 and anything.

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.519
 It isn't

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:12.880
 saying just

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.400
 do religious

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.800
 things.

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.120
 It says

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.660
 do everything

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.120
 and everything.

00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:16.400
 Do those

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.740
 of you who

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.019
 work in

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.360
 the civil

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:17.860
 service

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.460
 do your

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.840
 day.

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.120
 Those of

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.660
 you who

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.240
 are in

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.680
 politics

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.160
 do your

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.600
 day in

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.060
 politics.

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:23.500
 Those in

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.940
 business

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.660
 those stay

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:24.980
 at home

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.560
 moms or

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.060
 stay at home

00:30:26.060 --> 00:30:26.680
 dads or

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.100
 retired

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:28.300
 people do

00:30:28.300 --> 00:30:28.940
 everything

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.580
 that has

00:30:29.580 --> 00:30:30.100
 to be done

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.640
 today

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:32.400
 to the

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.840
 honor and

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.300
 glory of

00:30:33.300 --> 00:30:33.840
 God giving

00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.320
 thanks

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:35.660
 to him.

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:37.900
 And that's

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.300
 what Paul

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:38.840
 sets out

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.140
 between

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.779
 chapter 2

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.460
 verse 16

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:40.960
 and chapter

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.420
 3

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:43.360
 verse 17.

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.720
 And we're

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:44.940
 going to look

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.240
 at a bit

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.440
 of them.

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.880
 Every week

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.320
 this is going

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.660
 to be up

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.120
 here so we

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.560
 can remember

00:30:47.560 --> 00:30:47.920
 the whole

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.340
 picture.

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.740
 So the

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.340
 first question

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:49.840
 is will I

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.220
 grow me

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.540
 or will

00:30:50.540 --> 00:30:50.820
 the Lord

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.220
 grow me?

00:30:51.300 --> 00:30:51.640
 Will I

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.680
 pursue my

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.259
 cut flower

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.060
 project being

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.480
 the best

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.279
 cut flower

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.720
 I can

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.779
 possibly be?

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.440
 I'm going

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.820
 to be the

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.180
 fittest

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.759
 cut flower,

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.360
 the richest

00:30:59.360 --> 00:31:00.140
 cut flower.

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.000
 I'm going

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.300
 to be the

00:31:01.300 --> 00:31:02.279
 longest lasting

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.960
 cut flower

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.340
 I can

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:04.259
 possibly be.

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.559
 Will I

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:05.900
 let the

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.119
 Lord

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:06.579
 grow me?

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.240
 And the

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.839
 first step

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.400
 in this

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.299
 little model

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.740
 of letting

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.019
 the Lord

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.379
 grow me

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:11.619
 is to

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.019
 set my

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.500
 mind.

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.559
 In light

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.460
 of Christ

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.379
 and his

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:16.779
 death upon

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.180
 the cross

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.480
 for me

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.839
 to set

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.420
 my mind

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.000
 on Jesus

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.799
 on Christ

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.420
 in all

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.160
 his risen

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.339
 sovereign

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.019
 trinitarian

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.519
 glory.

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.480
 Now here's

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.700
 one of the

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.039
 interesting

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.680
 things about

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.519
 this is

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.160
 that setting

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:29.220
 all can set

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.859
 their minds

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.599
 on things

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.240
 because all

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.759
 of us do.

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.039
 A couple

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.359
 of weeks

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.039
 ago one

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.299
 of our

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.579
 youngest

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.299
 grandchildren

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.899
 we got

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.139
 a little

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:36.579
 video

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.960
 of him

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.399
 and he's

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:40.019
 just learned

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.379
 how to

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:40.940
 stand.

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.480
 He can't

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.879
 do anything

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.279
 other than

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.899
 stand.

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.119
 But he had

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:45.079
 this huge

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:46.000
 desire to

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.299
 pick,

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:46.619
 I can't

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:46.879
 remember what

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.240
 the object,

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:47.720
 it was to

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.180
 pick this

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.940
 object up.

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.819
 Here he is,

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.220
 a little

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.460
 tiny six

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.960
 month old

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.819
 kid and

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.639
 his mind

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.299
 was set

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.000
 on this.

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.119
 And all

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.539
 of us who

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.039
 have young

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:58.240
 kids or

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.700
 who've seen

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.180
 young kids,

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.980
 young kids

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.420
 can get

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.119
 their mind

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.980
 set on

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.659
 something.

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.779
 In fact,

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.779
 we've had

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.279
 some times

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.480
 when the

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.759
 kids,

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.120
 by the way,

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.420
 today,

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.500
 every kid

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.040
 here should

00:32:09.040 --> 00:32:09.740
 get a

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.580
 chocolate bar

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:11.040
 afterwards.

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.580
 They've been

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:12.620
 so fantastically

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.779
 behaved and

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.300
 parents are

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:14.500
 saying,

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:14.980
 no, don't

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.300
 give them

00:32:15.300 --> 00:32:15.920
 chocolate bars

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.360
 and I have

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:16.700
 to live

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.360
 with them

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:18.180
 on chocolate

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.840
 highs for

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:19.140
 the rest

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.580
 of the day.

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:21.019
 But they've

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.360
 been very,

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.779
 very well

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.000
 behaved.

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.460
 But we all

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.900
 know that a

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.480
 kid can all

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.800
 of a sudden

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.279
 go into a

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.200
 complete screaming

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.860
 fit in church.

00:32:25.860 --> 00:32:26.200
 Why?

00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:26.600
 They have

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:27.100
 their mind

00:32:27.100 --> 00:32:27.540
 set on

00:32:27.540 --> 00:32:28.019
 something and

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.400
 their mom

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.840
 or their dad

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.320
 doesn't give

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:29.460
 it.

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.100
 And their

00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:30.980
 response is

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.880
 to explode.

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.039
 And one of

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.440
 the reasons

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.940
 that all of

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.660
 this is so

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.180
 that it's in

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.819
 fact a normal

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.600
 human thing

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.100
 that we set

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.440
 our minds.

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.880
 And here's

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.140
 one of the

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.440
 things that

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.000
 we discover.

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.980
 This is why

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.480
 I say it's

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.000
 not that we

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.579
 don't do any

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:42.940
 effort.

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.460
 It's not a

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.019
 couch potato

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.240
 thing.

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:44.759
 I'm just going

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.079
 to be here

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:46.200
 like this is

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.660
 so nice.

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.019
 This is

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.799
 spiritual growth.

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.400
 I just sit

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.799
 on a couch.

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.460
 I do nothing

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.079
 except eat

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.960
 potato chips

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:52.480
 all day and

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.519
 God grows me

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.059
 into sequoia.

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.259
 No,

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.420
 no,

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.579
 no,

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:54.759
 no.

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:56.359
 There is

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:56.900
 some effort

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:58.220
 because the

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.819
 effort is if

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.579
 you start to

00:32:59.579 --> 00:32:59.940
 set your

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.740
 mind on

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.279
 Christ,

00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:02.599
 if I come

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.220
 before God

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.579
 and say I

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:03.920
 want to set

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.400
 my mind on

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.619
 Christ,

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.140
 I start to

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.599
 realize there's

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.019
 a bit of a

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:07.839
 struggle because

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.299
 the fact of

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.720
 the matter is I

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.359
 already have my

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.920
 mind set on

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.640
 different things.

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.660
 So do you.

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.180
 Your mind can

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.619
 be set on

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.039
 lust,

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.339
 can be set on

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.900
 anger,

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.379
 can be set on

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.000
 revenge,

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.379
 it could be set

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.900
 on your God

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.480
 project,

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.920
 it could be set

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.700
 upon being

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.180
 rich,

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:24.779
 it can be

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.240
 set upon

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.700
 fears,

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.500
 it can be

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.900
 set upon

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.519
 your profound

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.279
 insecurity,

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.220
 younger people

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.779
 seem to be

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.539
 getting smarter

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.039
 and better

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.799
 than me and

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.460
 it's set on

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.380
 my insecurity,

00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:34.980
 it's set on

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.580
 my failure,

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.120
 it's set on

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.740
 my doom,

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.460
 it's set on

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:39.940
 getting that

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.259
 girl,

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:40.820
 getting that

00:33:40.820 --> 00:33:41.240
 job,

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:41.820
 getting that

00:33:41.820 --> 00:33:42.259
 loan,

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:42.980
 getting that

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.380
 house,

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:44.000
 getting that

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.400
 car.

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:47.720
 It's only

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.200
 when we want

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.600
 to set our

00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:49.039
 minds in

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.600
 Christ that we

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:50.240
 discover that

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.980
 that mind is

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.720
 already set on

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.360
 all sorts of

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:52.759
 things.

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:54.500
 And that's

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.759
 one of the

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.140
 reasons we

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.580
 have to put

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:55.960
 off.

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.900
 It's because

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.759
 my mind is

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.380
 set on that

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:02.740
 lust,

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.539
 that anger,

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.820
 that greed.

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.900
 And I say,

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.480
 oh Lord,

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.119
 that's part of

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.940
 my cut flower

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.599
 project.

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.820
 Lord,

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.380
 help me set

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.079
 my mind on

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.320
 you,

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.119
 in all your

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.579
 risen

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.659
 Trinitarian

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.639
 glory and

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.079
 sovereignty,

00:34:20.220 --> 00:34:20.579
 and help me

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.340
 to put off

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:23.440
 that anger,

00:34:24.140 --> 00:34:24.920
 put off

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:26.059
 that boasting,

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.160
 put off

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:28.300
 that pride,

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.120
 put off

00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:30.840
 that greed.

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.340
 Just one

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:34.680
 other little

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:34.980
 bit of an

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.400
 analogy.

00:34:35.600 --> 00:34:35.720
 You see,

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.260
 this,

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.720
 by the way,

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.280
 helps us to

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.860
 understand a

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.320
 little bit

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:39.000
 about the

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.059
 weird way

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.519
 that God

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.059
 seems to

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.519
 work with

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.840
 us.

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.780
 You see,

00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:44.420
 and it's

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.720
 one of the

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.079
 mistakes

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.780
 churches make

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.140
 when they

00:34:46.140 --> 00:34:46.920
 say five

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.620
 steps to

00:34:47.620 --> 00:34:48.539
 financial health

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.000
 according to

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.380
 the wisdom

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:49.619
 of the

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:49.980
 Bible.

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.420
 Well,

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.019
 that implies

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.480
 that God

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.860
 wants you

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.200
 to be a

00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:53.660
 better cut

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:54.079
 flower.

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.099
 But if God

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.640
 doesn't want

00:34:58.640 --> 00:34:59.079
 you to be a

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.720
 cut flower,

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.420
 well,

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.800
 he's going to

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.440
 sort money out

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.900
 in your life,

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.260
 but it's going

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:04.640
 to be like

00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:05.119
 in a weird

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.440
 way.

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:05.820
 And maybe

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.200
 he'll make

00:35:06.200 --> 00:35:06.900
 you very rich,

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.340
 by the way.

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.619
 I mean,

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:08.059
 God has

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.680
 different things.

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.119
 He knows

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.119
 how we're all

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.619
 wired and

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.200
 will be wired

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.619
 in different

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.079
 types of

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.460
 ways.

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.579
 But at the

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:13.840
 end of the

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:13.940
 day,

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.380
 as we all

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.740
 know,

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.059
 we make

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.940
 money thinking

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.480
 money will

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.099
 serve us,

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.480
 but what

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.259
 always happens

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:19.940
 is that we

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.599
 serve money.

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.799
 And God

00:35:22.799 --> 00:35:23.420
 doesn't want

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.799
 to make us

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.059
 a better

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.679
 cut flower

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.139
 where we're

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.699
 way better

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.199
 at serving

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.659
 money than

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.259
 other people.

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.860
 He wants

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.259
 us to be

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.900
 a completely

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.719
 different type

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.199
 of person

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.819
 where money

00:35:32.819 --> 00:35:33.739
 isn't what

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.779
 our minds

00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:35.500
 are set on.

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.059
 It doesn't

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.360
 mean we

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.159
 don't,

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.460
 you know,

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.579
 count our

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.400
 change or

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.360
 look at our

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:42.159
 bank statements,

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.079
 but actually

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.659
 what he wants

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.079
 to do is

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.599
 to make us

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:44.980
 into the

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.339
 type of

00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:45.880
 person that

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.500
 generosity

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:48.500
 is what

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.039
 drives us

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.619
 and governs

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.000
 us.

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.179
 Like what

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.820
 drives us

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.360
 and governs

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.900
 us is a

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.519
 profound

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:56.119
 sense of

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.679
 trust and

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.420
 confidence in

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:57.699
 him.

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.219
 And that

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.659
 profound

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.380
 trust and

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.039
 confidence at

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.460
 the end of

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.079
 our story

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.719
 isn't being a

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.139
 better cut

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.480
 flower,

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:03.840
 but the

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.099
 end of

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.599
 our story

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.119
 is that we

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.559
 will die

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:05.920
 and appear

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.659
 before Jesus

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.900
 and that we

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.260
 will be

00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:08.719
 revealed

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:11.960
 in glory,

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.760
 participating

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.780
 and drinking

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.420
 and breathing

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:17.320
 the love

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.599
 of the

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:18.079
 father for

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.460
 the son

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:18.700
 and the

00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:18.960
 son of

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.500
 the father,

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.500
 consuming

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.300
 their goodness,

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.619
 their beauty,

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.900
 and as we

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.579
 consume their

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.220
 beauty and

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.740
 their truth

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.019
 and their

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.579
 goodness and

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.019
 their justice

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.380
 and their

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.820
 mercy and

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.380
 their kindness,

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.380
 we are

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:33.079
 changed from

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.500
 one degree

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.159
 of glory to

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.500
 another.

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.500
 And just

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.840
 as the

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.500
 father and

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:38.860
 the son

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.300
 don't think

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:39.619
 they have

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.180
 to grasp

00:36:40.180 --> 00:36:41.119
 on anything,

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.460
 but that what

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.300
 fundamentally

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.500
 characterizes them

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.800
 as a

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.559
 confidence in

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:45.960
 their giving

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.579
 and receiving

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.159
 and a

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:48.320
 confidence then

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:49.000
 to be

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.860
 unendingly

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.360
 generous,

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:51.440
 that's what

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.980
 God wants

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.539
 to form us

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.900
 into.

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.800
 Where

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.440
 generosity

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.739
 and confidence

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:02.019
 is the air

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.699
 we begin to

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.639
 breathe as

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.159
 we prepare

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:05.599
 to be a

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.260
 sequoia for

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.800
 all eternity.

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.460
 So it's a

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:10.980
 very interesting

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.340
 thing,

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:13.800
 a mentally

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.300
 handicapped

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.800
 person can

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.240
 set their

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:15.760
 minds on

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.160
 things,

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.320
 little babies

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:17.680
 can,

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.260
 and all of

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:18.480
 us are

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.780
 doing it

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.039
 all the

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.360
 time.

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:20.800
 And God

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.220
 is saying,

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.760
 lay down

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.100
 what your

00:37:22.100 --> 00:37:22.539
 mind is

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:22.960
 set on.

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.720
 In light

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.200
 of Jesus

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:27.700
 and his

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:28.100
 death upon

00:37:28.100 --> 00:37:28.640
 the cross

00:37:28.640 --> 00:37:29.280
 for you,

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.300
 set your

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:31.039
 mind on

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:32.940
 Christ in

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.660
 all his

00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:34.200
 risen,

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.280
 sovereign,

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.380
 Trinitarian

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:38.019
 glory.

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.079
 glory.

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.639
 You're

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:39.860
 going to

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.739
 come to

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:41.579
 realize that

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:41.920
 you keep

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.340
 forgetting,

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.519
 and you're

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.719
 going to

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.539
 come and

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.139
 realize that

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.480
 you already

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.860
 have your

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.239
 mind on

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:46.699
 a whole lot

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.019
 of other

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.539
 things,

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:48.739
 but,

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:49.820
 and there's

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.219
 nothing,

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:50.960
 you know,

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.719
 the mere fact

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.159
 that we all

00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:52.440
 set our

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.019
 minds on

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.639
 things show

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.099
 that there

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.780
 is nothing

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.800
 magical about

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.460
 setting your

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.199
 mind on

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.800
 something.

00:37:58.300 --> 00:37:58.940
 The heart

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.539
 of all of

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.280
 this is that

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:01.159
 Jesus has

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:02.199
 told us to

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.699
 do it,

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.820
 so that when

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.599
 we begin to

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.139
 develop the

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.800
 habits through

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.300
 the day,

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.719
 and at

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.460
 different times

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.099
 in the day,

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.220
 to say,

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.500
 Lord,

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:10.019
 help me to

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.380
 set my

00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:11.240
 mind on

00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:11.880
 Christ right

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.280
 now,

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.639
 in all his

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.079
 risen,

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.320
 sovereign,

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.300
 Trinitarian

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:16.860
 glory.

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:18.000
 What are you

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.340
 doing?

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.599
 You're putting

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.440
 water in the

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.300
 stone pots.

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.659
 That's all

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.179
 you're doing.

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:25.440
 You're putting

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.699
 water into the

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.440
 stone pots.

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:29.059
 It's a means

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.699
 of grace.

00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.599
 It's a means

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.220
 of grace.

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:39.119
 The wonderful

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.559
 thing about

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.059
 all of this

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.459
 is that we're

00:38:40.459 --> 00:38:40.679
 going to

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:40.899
 fail.

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.379
 I fail,

00:38:41.459 --> 00:38:41.839
 you fail.

00:38:41.919 --> 00:38:42.139
 We all

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.419
 have to

00:38:42.419 --> 00:38:42.799
 pray for

00:38:42.799 --> 00:38:43.179
 each other.

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:43.639
 That's part

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:43.899
 of why

00:38:43.899 --> 00:38:44.359
 church is

00:38:44.359 --> 00:38:45.039
 so important.

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.519
 But God

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.059
 sets before

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.399
 us these

00:38:47.399 --> 00:38:47.759
 wonderful

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.279
 means of

00:38:48.279 --> 00:38:48.619
 grace.

00:38:50.379 --> 00:38:51.000
 Set your

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.739
 minds in

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.119
 light of

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.599
 Jesus and

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:52.939
 his death

00:38:52.939 --> 00:38:53.359
 upon the

00:38:53.359 --> 00:38:53.819
 cross and

00:38:53.819 --> 00:38:54.719
 his for

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:54.980
 you.

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:55.739
 Set your

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.299
 mind on

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:57.239
 Christ in

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:58.219
 all his

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:58.779
 risen,

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.759
 sovereign,

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.699
 Trinitarian

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:02.359
 glory.

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:02.880
 And as

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.360
 you face

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:04.019
 the challenges

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.400
 of the

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:04.800
 day, as

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.220
 you face

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:06.059
 your insecurities,

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:07.220
 your fears,

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:08.000
 your successes,

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.820
 your failures,

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.620
 remember this.

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:13.380
 You are now

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:14.180
 walking, when

00:39:14.180 --> 00:39:14.640
 you put your

00:39:14.640 --> 00:39:15.039
 faith and

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.480
 trust in

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:15.920
 Christ, you

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.280
 are now

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:17.000
 walking on a,

00:39:17.120 --> 00:39:17.940
 you are now

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.720
 in a new

00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:19.300
 story.

00:39:19.740 --> 00:39:20.320
 And the

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:20.920
 end of your

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:22.920
 story, the

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.700
 end of your

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:25.700
 story, not

00:39:25.700 --> 00:39:26.260
 because of

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.920
 your excellencies

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.360
 or your

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:28.720
 successes, the

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:29.320
 end of your

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.840
 story,

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:32.660
 is you

00:39:32.660 --> 00:39:33.400
 are revealed

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.900
 in the

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.500
 presence of

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.420
 Jesus,

00:39:37.620 --> 00:39:39.039
 completely and

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.920
 utterly transformed

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.380
 for all

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.740
 eternity.

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.500
 That is the

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.920
 end of your

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.360
 story.

00:39:43.820 --> 00:39:44.300
 I invite you

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:44.820
 to stand.

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:49.420
 I think I

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:50.000
 forgot to ask

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.300
 you to put

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:50.920
 the means of

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.600
 the general

00:39:51.600 --> 00:39:52.280
 thanksgiving up,

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:52.600
 but that's

00:39:52.600 --> 00:39:52.780
 fine.

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:54.000
 We'll just

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.880
 pray.

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.260
 Oh, no, you

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:56.440
 do.

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.980
 You do have

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.079
 it.

00:39:57.100 --> 00:39:57.600
 Good for you,

00:39:57.660 --> 00:39:57.940
 Andrew.

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:58.400
 Way to go.

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:58.820
 Let's say

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.079
 this.

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.360
 You'll

00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.759
 notice, by

00:39:59.759 --> 00:39:59.960
 the way,

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.440
 this phrase

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.960
 means of

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.400
 grace is

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:01.960
 actually in

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.960
 this very

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:04.259
 ancient product

00:40:04.259 --> 00:40:04.739
 of the

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.279
 English

00:40:05.279 --> 00:40:05.779
 Reformation.

00:40:06.299 --> 00:40:06.739
 So I

00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:07.039
 invite you

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.400
 to pray

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.960
 this with

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.759
 me, and

00:40:08.759 --> 00:40:09.000
 then I'll

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.380
 just say a

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:10.440
 very brief

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:10.799
 prayer in

00:40:10.799 --> 00:40:11.099
 closing.

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:11.500
 Let's

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:11.719
 pray.

00:40:12.259 --> 00:40:12.679
 Almighty

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.219
 God,

00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:14.440
 Father of

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:15.219
 all mercies,

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.139
 we are

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.699
 unworthy

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:17.639
 servants to

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.099
 give you

00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:18.880
 most humble

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.500
 and hearty

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.519
 thanks for

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.039
 all your

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.819
 goodness and

00:40:21.819 --> 00:40:22.599
 loving kindness

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:23.500
 to us and

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.860
 to all

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:24.299
 people.

00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:25.579
 We bless

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:26.019
 you for

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.860
 our creation,

00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:27.619
 preservation,

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.659
 and all the

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:29.299
 blessings of

00:40:29.299 --> 00:40:29.880
 this life,

00:40:30.299 --> 00:40:31.259
 but above all

00:40:31.259 --> 00:40:31.679
 for your

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:32.779
 inestimable love

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.299
 in the

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:33.960
 redemption of

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.739
 the world by

00:40:34.739 --> 00:40:35.279
 our Lord

00:40:35.279 --> 00:40:36.139
 Jesus Christ,

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:37.279
 for the means

00:40:37.279 --> 00:40:38.339
 of grace and

00:40:38.339 --> 00:40:38.859
 for the hope

00:40:38.859 --> 00:40:39.420
 of glory.

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:40.579
 and we

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.340
 beseech you,

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:42.360
 give us that

00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:43.300
 due sense of

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:43.800
 all your

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:44.400
 mercies,

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.200
 that our

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:46.000
 hearts may be

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.599
 unfeignedly

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:47.139
 thankful,

00:40:47.680 --> 00:40:48.119
 and that we

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.840
 show forth

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.619
 your praise

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.480
 not only with

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:51.039
 our lips,

00:40:51.180 --> 00:40:51.760
 but in our

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:52.220
 lives,

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.400
 by giving up

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:54.260
 ourselves to

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:54.980
 your service,

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:56.360
 and by walking

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:57.300
 before you in

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:58.099
 holiness and

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:59.059
 righteousness all

00:40:59.059 --> 00:40:59.720
 our days,

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:00.760
 through Jesus

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:01.519
 Christ our

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:01.880
 Lord,

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.900
 to whom with

00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.380
 you and the

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:04.420
 Holy Spirit be

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:05.159
 all honor and

00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:05.559
 glory,

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.639
 world without

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:07.159
 end.

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:07.840
 Amen.

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:09.680
 Father,

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:10.720
 help us to

00:41:10.720 --> 00:41:12.900
 grasp the

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.740
 significance of

00:41:13.740 --> 00:41:14.340
 the means of

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:14.720
 grace.

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.680
 Help us to

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:17.400
 die to our

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.940
 cut rose

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.640
 project,

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:22.579
 and Father,

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.460
 to put

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.220
 ourselves in

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:24.900
 postures of

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:26.820
 obedience as

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.559
 you prepare us

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.100
 for glory.

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.200
 And we ask,

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.760
 Father, that you

00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:31.380
 would help us to

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:32.120
 set our minds on

00:41:32.120 --> 00:41:32.539
 Christ.

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:34.160
 In light of the

00:41:34.160 --> 00:41:34.780
 cross, set our

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.559
 minds on Christ

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.240
 and all his

00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:37.160
 risen sovereign

00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:38.219
 trinitarian

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:38.719
 glory.

00:41:39.339 --> 00:41:39.859
 Help us to

00:41:39.859 --> 00:41:40.460
 do it today,

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.699
 this afternoon,

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:44.199
 tomorrow, and

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:45.339
 the next every

00:41:45.339 --> 00:41:46.039
 day until we

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:46.559
 meet together

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:48.319
 once again, to

00:41:48.319 --> 00:41:49.299
 gather as part

00:41:49.299 --> 00:41:49.899
 of your people

00:41:49.899 --> 00:41:50.819
 yet another one

00:41:50.819 --> 00:41:51.539
 of your means

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:52.039
 of grace.

00:41:52.379 --> 00:41:52.859
 And we ask

00:41:52.859 --> 00:41:53.279
 this in the

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:54.019
 name of Jesus

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:55.299
 and all God's

00:41:55.299 --> 00:41:55.980
 people said,

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:56.920
 Amen.

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.079
 Amen.

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:57.119
 Amen.

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:57.139
 Amen.

00:41:57.139 --> 00:41:57.159
 Amen.

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.179
 Amen.

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.199
 Amen.

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:57.219
 Amen.

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:57.239
 Amen.

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.259
 Amen.

00:41:57.259 --> 00:41:57.299
 Amen.

00:41:57.299 --> 00:41:59.199
 Amen.

00:41:59.199 --> 00:41:59.219
 Amen.

00:41:59.219 --> 00:41:59.279
 Amen.

00:41:59.279 --> 00:41:59.299
 Amen.

00:41:59.299 --> 00:42:01.219
 Amen.

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:01.259
 Amen.

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:01.299
 Amen.

00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:01.339
 Amen.

00:42:01.339 --> 00:42:03.219
 Amen.

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.299
 Amen.

00:42:03.299 --> 00:42:05.299
 Amen.

00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:05.339
 Amen.

00:42:05.339 --> 00:42:07.139
 Amen.