WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.779 Sit down and open up your Bibles to Ephesians chapter 6. Ephesians chapter 6. We're doing a series on spiritual warfare. 00:00:10.779 --> 00:00:28.580 ! We're going through Ephesians 6, looking at the armor of God. It's not really an expository series, it's looking at Ephesians 6 and trying to pan out and read scripture through that lens, if that makes sense. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.079 So we're looking at the provision that God has made in this warfare against evil and against Satan and we come tonight to verse 15. 00:00:39.740 --> 00:00:42.259 I read from verse 14 where Paul says, 00:00:42.380 --> 00:00:58.799 As shoes for your feet. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.380 Having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:12.840 C.S. Lewis in his brilliant book, Scrutate Letters, which are really a series of letters from a senior devil to a junior devil. 00:01:13.620 --> 00:01:18.819 He says in that book that humanity falls into two equal and opposite errors concerning the devil. 00:01:19.960 --> 00:01:24.939 And he says either you take him too seriously or you do not take him seriously enough. 00:01:24.939 --> 00:01:30.019 Well the Bible never underestimates Satan's power. 00:01:31.679 --> 00:01:40.879 But it reminds us if we are real Christians, if we are living a Christian life as we ought to be living it, we can withstand the devil. 00:01:42.259 --> 00:01:44.759 And we can actually see him running from us. 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:53.939 James tells us in his epistle, he says, resist the devil and he will flee from you. 00:01:53.939 --> 00:02:01.019 There's two views that a Christian ought to want and come at more than anything else. 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:06.060 We should want to see the back of the devil and God's face. 00:02:07.060 --> 00:02:08.500 The devil's back and God's face. 00:02:08.620 --> 00:02:10.379 And James tells us how we can enjoy it. 00:02:10.379 --> 00:02:13.340 He says, resist the devil and he will flee from you. 00:02:13.419 --> 00:02:14.460 And then what comes next? 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:17.759 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:23.180 And so what we're trying to do on these Sunday evenings is to take up the whole armour of God to do that. 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:28.359 To see the back of Satan and the face of God. 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:31.639 We come to the third piece of equipment which is our footwear. 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:35.120 What you've got on your feet is very important, isn't it? 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:37.099 That's really important. 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:38.879 I tell you, I'm going to climb a mountain tomorrow. 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:44.579 So, you don't try and climb a mountain in posh shoes, in seat shoes or high heels. 00:02:45.019 --> 00:02:47.259 If you do that, you'll slip and you'll slide all over the place. 00:02:47.620 --> 00:02:50.159 You won't make much headway and it'll be dangerous. 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:52.960 You've got to have the right kind of footwear, haven't you? 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:59.479 And if you're facing the devil, you've got to make sure that you've got your gospel boots on. 00:03:01.079 --> 00:03:04.280 And so an introduction, and most of the sermon feels like an introduction. 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:07.639 And there are two points coming later, but the introduction is a bit long. 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:11.899 I want to remind you of the completeness of God's provision for us. 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:15.759 Something that's really wonderful as you go through this passage. 00:03:15.899 --> 00:03:22.439 The armour is God's complete provision for you and I against all the wiles or the schemes or the plans of the devil. 00:03:23.659 --> 00:03:25.839 That's what we're told in verse 13. 00:03:25.979 --> 00:03:28.619 It's custom built for us by God. 00:03:28.620 --> 00:03:33.180 Each piece is forged by God for the devil's scheme. 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:35.480 It's a complete covering and protection. 00:03:35.539 --> 00:03:36.500 Let me try and demonstrate that. 00:03:36.819 --> 00:03:40.819 So, in the Bible, the devil's given lots of different names and titles. 00:03:41.860 --> 00:03:45.360 One of the titles that Jesus says of him, Jesus calls him the father of lies. 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:49.379 And John tells us that the devil is a liar from the beginning. 00:03:49.379 --> 00:03:52.159 His very first attack. 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:52.859 Do you remember that, children? 00:03:53.419 --> 00:03:57.799 He said, if you eat of the tree, you will not surely die. 00:03:57.900 --> 00:03:58.500 Do you remember that? 00:03:59.859 --> 00:04:01.960 How did he bring down humanity? 00:04:02.079 --> 00:04:03.299 How did he bring down the human race? 00:04:03.539 --> 00:04:04.840 He began with a half-truth. 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:06.919 He's a liar. 00:04:08.019 --> 00:04:09.139 So, it's really significant, isn't it? 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:11.900 Can you see what the first piece of armour is? 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:13.359 It's the belt of truth. 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:17.379 We need to kind of gather up ourselves. 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:19.759 We need to frame our lives with the truth. 00:04:20.080 --> 00:04:22.520 So that we must never lose touch with reality. 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:26.920 The devil tries to distort reality, doesn't he? 00:04:26.939 --> 00:04:28.020 It's one of his favourite tricks. 00:04:29.500 --> 00:04:35.100 But if we're to stand against him, the first thing is to stand with the belt of truth. 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:39.000 But the devil is not only a liar, is he? 00:04:39.100 --> 00:04:40.840 He's also a truth-teller. 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:45.080 And he can tell the truth, can't he? 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:46.600 As many of us know, to our cost. 00:04:48.500 --> 00:04:53.460 In fact, the devil can do as much harm with a home truth as he can with a half-lie. 00:04:56.040 --> 00:04:59.120 The devil calls him, the Bible calls him an angel of light. 00:05:00.699 --> 00:05:05.639 He is, according to John in the book of Revelation, the accuser of the brethren. 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:10.379 He accuses men and women and boys and girls who have trusted Christ. 00:05:10.379 --> 00:05:14.500 He's always firing accusations at us. 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:20.379 And the trouble is with the devil's accusation is more often they're true than not. 00:05:22.659 --> 00:05:25.100 They're not just slanderous, but they're true. 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:31.500 And that's why the apostle tells us in the second place that we are to put on the breastplate of righteousness. 00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:34.660 We see that in Romans 8. 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:38.480 He's facing the accusations of the devil. 00:05:39.939 --> 00:05:44.680 And he says there, doesn't he, he says in Romans chapter 8, he says, 00:05:44.779 --> 00:05:49.120 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:52.439 He's facing the accusations of the devil. 00:05:53.379 --> 00:05:55.300 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:56.300 It is God who justifies. 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:57.500 Who is it to condemn? 00:05:57.500 --> 00:05:59.879 It's Christ Jesus is the one who died. 00:06:00.339 --> 00:06:02.240 More than that, was raised. 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:04.319 Who's at the right hand of God. 00:06:04.379 --> 00:06:05.819 And he's there interceding from us. 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:09.939 What shall separate us from the love of Christ? 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:13.060 Do you see what he's doing? 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:15.160 Paul in Romans 8, he's under attack. 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:16.439 He's being accused. 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:17.800 He's being condemned. 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:22.360 And we all know what it's like to have those accusations from the evil one. 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:26.379 They don't just come into our minds. 00:06:26.500 --> 00:06:29.000 Sometimes they come from our own flesh and blood. 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:30.819 Sometimes they come from friends and relatives. 00:06:30.960 --> 00:06:32.060 And we feel accused. 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:33.379 And we feel condemned. 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:38.560 And the Apostle Paul says, who is it that condemns God's elect? 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:41.060 God has justified us. 00:06:41.340 --> 00:06:43.540 God is the one who's put us right with himself. 00:06:44.060 --> 00:06:45.980 Who shall bring any charge against us? 00:06:46.100 --> 00:06:47.300 Who is there to condemn us? 00:06:47.580 --> 00:06:48.639 Christ has died. 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:50.180 That's the breastplate of righteousness. 00:06:50.180 --> 00:06:52.980 Christ has died. 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:54.160 And he's risen again. 00:06:54.280 --> 00:06:55.199 And he intercedes for us. 00:06:55.500 --> 00:06:57.980 And nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. 00:06:59.860 --> 00:07:01.420 So when the devil comes. 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:03.060 And he whispers in your ears. 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:04.540 How awful you are. 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:06.500 And how terrible you've been. 00:07:07.660 --> 00:07:09.899 And when he comes with his half-truths. 00:07:09.899 --> 00:07:11.560 And his home-truths. 00:07:12.960 --> 00:07:14.920 We put on the breastplate of righteousness. 00:07:15.180 --> 00:07:17.540 And we remind ourselves and him. 00:07:17.540 --> 00:07:21.040 That in Christ there is no condemnation. 00:07:22.280 --> 00:07:26.140 That in Christ we have been made right with God. 00:07:27.660 --> 00:07:29.860 But why do we need boots for our feet? 00:07:31.320 --> 00:07:33.780 Why do we need gospel boots? 00:07:33.779 --> 00:07:36.979 What is the apostle telling us? 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:41.379 Well again I think the whole storyline of the Bible helps us. 00:07:43.259 --> 00:07:45.479 It is because you and I. 00:07:45.939 --> 00:07:48.519 Are to trample on the head of that old serpent. 00:07:48.699 --> 00:07:49.099 The devil. 00:07:50.259 --> 00:07:51.219 That's another name isn't it? 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:51.759 For the devil. 00:07:53.019 --> 00:07:54.759 He appears in the Garden of Eden. 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:55.319 Do you remember? 00:07:55.679 --> 00:07:56.500 As a serpent. 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:57.419 As a snake. 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:00.059 And in the last book of the Bible. 00:08:00.239 --> 00:08:02.079 The apostle John refers to him. 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:03.319 As that old serpent. 00:08:03.419 --> 00:08:04.240 That ancient serpent. 00:08:04.339 --> 00:08:04.759 The devil. 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:07.979 And so do you remember the first announcement of the gospel? 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:09.500 What's the first announcement of the gospel? 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:13.339 Some people like to have first editions of books. 00:08:13.819 --> 00:08:17.560 Well the first edition of the gospel is in Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15. 00:08:19.799 --> 00:08:20.979 And God comes right at the beginning. 00:08:21.159 --> 00:08:22.379 And he preaches the gospel. 00:08:23.039 --> 00:08:25.060 And he preaches the gospel interestingly enough. 00:08:25.060 --> 00:08:25.699 To Satan. 00:08:25.860 --> 00:08:26.360 To the devil. 00:08:27.479 --> 00:08:28.379 And it's his death note. 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:29.379 And he says to the devil. 00:08:29.699 --> 00:08:30.819 I'm going to put war. 00:08:30.819 --> 00:08:33.000 I'm going to put hatred. 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:35.200 Between your seed. 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:35.879 The devil's seed. 00:08:35.980 --> 00:08:36.799 And the seed of the woman. 00:08:36.939 --> 00:08:37.159 Eve. 00:08:38.439 --> 00:08:39.419 I'm going to put enmity. 00:08:39.580 --> 00:08:40.679 Between your seed. 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:41.399 And the seed of the woman. 00:08:41.620 --> 00:08:42.679 And he says to Satan. 00:08:42.779 --> 00:08:43.500 This great promise. 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:44.980 The seed of the woman. 00:08:48.580 --> 00:08:50.100 Is going to crush your head. 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.559 And you are going to bruise his heel. 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:56.719 Apostle Paul. 00:08:56.719 --> 00:08:58.379 Because that's announcement up. 00:08:58.719 --> 00:09:00.319 At the end of the book of Romans. 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:01.919 That thought. 00:09:02.319 --> 00:09:04.000 And the context is really interesting. 00:09:04.319 --> 00:09:05.459 He's talking about the problems. 00:09:06.259 --> 00:09:07.779 That these people are facing. 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:08.939 As Christians in the church. 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:10.159 And he's reminding them. 00:09:10.219 --> 00:09:12.079 That the Christian life is a battle and a war. 00:09:12.259 --> 00:09:13.059 And they're fighting it. 00:09:13.119 --> 00:09:15.399 And so in Romans chapter 16 and verse 17. 00:09:15.859 --> 00:09:17.279 He says to the church in Rome. 00:09:17.339 --> 00:09:17.559 He says. 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:18.879 I appeal to brothers and sisters. 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:21.819 To watch out for those who create divisions. 00:09:22.819 --> 00:09:24.299 And create obstacles. 00:09:25.939 --> 00:09:26.799 Contrary to the doctrine. 00:09:26.979 --> 00:09:27.679 You can avoid them. 00:09:27.739 --> 00:09:28.419 I don't know how to do them. 00:09:29.299 --> 00:09:30.199 That's how Satan works. 00:09:31.419 --> 00:09:32.399 How does Satan work? 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:35.279 He works through flesh and blood. 00:09:36.619 --> 00:09:37.519 More often than not. 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:38.500 He does his work through people. 00:09:38.619 --> 00:09:39.239 Through personalities. 00:09:40.339 --> 00:09:41.719 And the apostle is reminding. 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:43.559 His people of that. 00:09:44.739 --> 00:09:45.099 He says. 00:09:45.179 --> 00:09:46.719 For such persons do not serve. 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:48.199 Our Lord Christ. 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:49.039 But their own appetites. 00:09:49.139 --> 00:09:49.619 Their bellies. 00:09:49.719 --> 00:09:51.159 And by smooth talk and flattery. 00:09:51.379 --> 00:09:52.659 They deceive the hearts. 00:09:53.359 --> 00:09:54.239 Of the naive. 00:09:55.859 --> 00:09:57.099 They're doing the devil's work. 00:09:57.299 --> 00:09:57.719 Fairly see. 00:09:58.959 --> 00:09:59.719 And then he says this. 00:09:59.839 --> 00:10:01.459 For your obedience is known to all. 00:10:01.539 --> 00:10:02.679 So that I rejoice over you. 00:10:02.839 --> 00:10:04.099 But I want you to be wise. 00:10:04.179 --> 00:10:04.819 In what is good. 00:10:04.819 --> 00:10:06.699 And innocent as to what is evil. 00:10:07.019 --> 00:10:07.859 The God of peace. 00:10:08.099 --> 00:10:09.179 Will soon crush. 00:10:10.219 --> 00:10:10.699 Satan. 00:10:12.319 --> 00:10:13.159 The devil. 00:10:13.459 --> 00:10:14.359 Under your feet. 00:10:14.360 --> 00:10:17.759 The grace of the Lord Jesus. 00:10:17.899 --> 00:10:18.539 Be with you all. 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:23.240 The God of peace. 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:24.740 Will bruise Satan. 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:25.659 Under your feet. 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:26.019 Shortly. 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:26.680 Do you see what he's doing? 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:29.000 He's reminding. 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:30.500 The Christians in Rome. 00:10:30.580 --> 00:10:31.139 And us tonight. 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:32.019 That those of us. 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:33.000 Who are in Christ. 00:10:34.220 --> 00:10:35.220 We share. 00:10:35.460 --> 00:10:36.240 In the victory. 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:37.200 Of the Lord Jesus. 00:10:37.740 --> 00:10:38.920 The victory of the Lord Jesus. 00:10:39.139 --> 00:10:39.800 Is ours. 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:40.899 Because we are in him. 00:10:40.979 --> 00:10:42.019 We have placed our faith. 00:10:42.099 --> 00:10:42.979 And trust in him. 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:44.959 And so we share. 00:10:45.059 --> 00:10:45.919 In the victory of Christ. 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:46.459 Over Satan. 00:10:46.659 --> 00:10:47.379 He's reminding him. 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:47.819 In the gospel. 00:10:47.959 --> 00:10:48.259 Isn't it? 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:50.759 And so the worst. 00:10:50.839 --> 00:10:51.639 That Satan can do. 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:52.500 Is bruise. 00:10:52.579 --> 00:10:53.599 The heel of our saviour. 00:10:55.719 --> 00:10:56.339 That's what. 00:10:56.699 --> 00:10:57.359 The cross is. 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:57.939 That's what you see. 00:10:58.000 --> 00:10:58.439 At Calvary. 00:10:58.519 --> 00:10:59.099 At Golgotha. 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:01.679 It's the awfulness. 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:02.240 Of the cross. 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:04.679 That Satan. 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:06.479 In his greatest hour. 00:11:06.699 --> 00:11:07.819 Is doing his worst. 00:11:07.820 --> 00:11:10.160 And at the cross. 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:10.760 Satan. 00:11:11.060 --> 00:11:11.500 Masses. 00:11:11.620 --> 00:11:12.860 All the forces. 00:11:12.860 --> 00:11:14.180 Of evil together. 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:16.080 Against the son of God. 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:16.760 At Calvary. 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:18.020 And the worst. 00:11:18.180 --> 00:11:19.020 That they can do. 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:20.120 To the son of God. 00:11:20.160 --> 00:11:20.660 At Calvary. 00:11:20.800 --> 00:11:21.760 Is to bruise his heel. 00:11:24.140 --> 00:11:25.860 But with the bruised heel. 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:27.400 Of his crucified humanity. 00:11:28.940 --> 00:11:29.940 The son of God. 00:11:30.300 --> 00:11:30.700 Crushes. 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:32.620 The head of the serpent. 00:11:34.700 --> 00:11:35.580 That's the gospel. 00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:38.760 That there. 00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:39.520 Upon the cross. 00:11:39.640 --> 00:11:40.780 In his humiliation. 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:41.900 And in his shame. 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:43.080 And in his weakness. 00:11:43.260 --> 00:11:44.240 And in his degradation. 00:11:44.800 --> 00:11:47.140 The mighty son of God. 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:49.560 Breaks the power of the evil one. 00:11:50.900 --> 00:11:52.060 He destroys his power. 00:11:52.160 --> 00:11:52.800 And that is the gospel. 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:56.480 What Paul says to these Romans. 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:57.420 What I say to you. 00:11:57.520 --> 00:11:58.300 Is that you and I. 00:11:58.400 --> 00:11:59.360 Have got a share in this tonight. 00:12:01.300 --> 00:12:02.240 We are not only. 00:12:02.340 --> 00:12:03.520 Co-heirs with Christ. 00:12:03.620 --> 00:12:04.920 We are co-conquerers. 00:12:04.920 --> 00:12:05.640 With Christ. 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:06.600 And the fighting. 00:12:06.780 --> 00:12:07.300 Is no be it. 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:08.720 The fighting. 00:12:08.900 --> 00:12:09.820 Is not over yet. 00:12:09.900 --> 00:12:10.379 But the victory. 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:10.900 Is secure. 00:12:12.520 --> 00:12:13.640 And the God of peace. 00:12:13.860 --> 00:12:15.200 Will bruise Satan. 00:12:15.560 --> 00:12:16.640 Under your feet. 00:12:16.700 --> 00:12:18.020 If you put your gospel shoes on. 00:12:19.620 --> 00:12:20.680 Now it's in that context. 00:12:20.820 --> 00:12:22.200 That we come to our text. 00:12:23.060 --> 00:12:23.620 And you might think. 00:12:23.660 --> 00:12:24.379 Oh we're getting to the points. 00:12:24.460 --> 00:12:24.720 But no. 00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:26.240 There's still quite a bit more introduction. 00:12:26.520 --> 00:12:26.680 Alright. 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:28.640 And there's a problem. 00:12:28.760 --> 00:12:29.500 With this text. 00:12:29.900 --> 00:12:31.140 And there's a few issues. 00:12:31.140 --> 00:12:32.080 In this section. 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:32.800 That are not easy. 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:34.960 To find out exactly. 00:12:35.180 --> 00:12:36.120 What was in the apostles mind. 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:36.760 And this is one of them. 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:38.220 There's a certain ambiguity. 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:39.419 About this statement. 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:41.179 And it can mean more than one thing. 00:12:41.299 --> 00:12:41.919 It's readiness. 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:44.519 There's more than one meaning. 00:12:44.620 --> 00:12:45.500 To what the apostle says. 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:46.460 And sometimes. 00:12:46.819 --> 00:12:47.840 And when you come to a text like that. 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:48.100 You think. 00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:49.980 Well the fault is in the translation. 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:51.659 And so if you get back to the original. 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:52.200 The Greek. 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:53.039 It'll be much clearer. 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:54.620 But not this time. 00:12:55.439 --> 00:12:56.220 And the difficulties. 00:12:56.460 --> 00:12:57.240 In the word. 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:58.080 And verse 15. 00:12:58.080 --> 00:12:58.759 In preparation. 00:12:58.960 --> 00:12:59.480 Or readiness. 00:13:00.400 --> 00:13:01.180 Look at verse 15. 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:01.740 Again. 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:04.300 Of Ephesians 6. 00:13:05.139 --> 00:13:06.580 And as shoes for your feet. 00:13:06.660 --> 00:13:07.540 Having put on. 00:13:07.900 --> 00:13:08.540 The readiness. 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:10.139 Given by the gospel of peace. 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:11.840 And that can mean two different things. 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:14.280 And so. 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:15.639 Does Paul mean here. 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:18.139 That the gospel of peace. 00:13:18.280 --> 00:13:19.379 Makes us ready. 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:20.360 And prepared. 00:13:20.500 --> 00:13:21.780 To stand against the devil. 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:25.500 That if we're going to stand fast. 00:13:25.659 --> 00:13:26.259 And withstand. 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:28.120 If we're going to be able to face the foe. 00:13:28.419 --> 00:13:29.959 Then we need the gospel of peace. 00:13:29.980 --> 00:13:30.679 To make us ready. 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:32.419 To give us firm footing. 00:13:32.980 --> 00:13:33.659 As it were. 00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:35.079 Against the devil's attacks. 00:13:36.439 --> 00:13:37.159 Is that what he's saying? 00:13:38.439 --> 00:13:39.659 Or is he saying. 00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:41.539 That we are to be ready. 00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:42.539 And prepared. 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:43.539 As the Lord's people. 00:13:43.699 --> 00:13:45.480 To go out with the gospel of peace. 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:48.659 And there's no way. 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:49.439 That I can decide. 00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:50.459 Between these two. 00:13:51.779 --> 00:13:53.179 As I think. 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:54.860 That when you come to that point. 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:56.120 You see that. 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:57.100 God intends us. 00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:58.360 To take both meanings. 00:13:58.740 --> 00:13:59.899 Let me show you why I think that. 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.539 Because both are possible. 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:02.839 And both fit with the context. 00:14:03.939 --> 00:14:04.399 The first. 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:05.879 You remember the gospel of peace. 00:14:06.079 --> 00:14:07.259 It gives us firm footing. 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:08.000 It equips us. 00:14:08.059 --> 00:14:09.459 And it makes us ready to stand. 00:14:10.019 --> 00:14:10.759 Against the evil one. 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:12.299 Well if you take that meaning. 00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:13.759 That fits really well. 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.220 The blessed. 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:16.179 Rest in righteousness. 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:17.179 The belt of truth. 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:19.179 How does a man get right with God? 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:20.600 Well it's by. 00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:21.500 Believing. 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.820 In the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:23.899 And Paul says in. 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:25.159 Romans 5. 00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:25.419 1. 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:26.980 By being justified. 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:28.179 By faith. 00:14:28.299 --> 00:14:29.919 We have peace with God. 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:33.940 And we're able to stand. 00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:34.679 Against the devil. 00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:36.379 Because we have access. 00:14:36.580 --> 00:14:37.519 Into this grace. 00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:38.500 By which we stand. 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.519 We're right with God. 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:40.279 By faith. 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:41.019 In the Lord Jesus. 00:14:42.019 --> 00:14:42.799 The whole thing. 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:43.639 Fits very well together. 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:45.679 The order. 00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.480 How do you get. 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:47.360 Peace of conscience. 00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:48.820 Well by being right with God. 00:14:48.820 --> 00:14:50.540 How do you. 00:14:50.780 --> 00:14:51.560 Get right with God. 00:14:51.680 --> 00:14:52.460 Well by believing. 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.320 The word of truth. 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:53.879 The gospel. 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:54.879 So it fits well. 00:14:56.280 --> 00:14:57.040 Particularly other meaning. 00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:58.500 To be. 00:14:58.560 --> 00:14:58.940 To be ready. 00:14:59.040 --> 00:14:59.720 To go out with. 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.280 The gospel. 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:01.480 We are. 00:15:01.640 --> 00:15:01.920 Aren't we. 00:15:02.020 --> 00:15:03.120 To be ready. 00:15:04.160 --> 00:15:05.240 To give an answer. 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.180 To those who ask. 00:15:07.299 --> 00:15:07.840 For the reason. 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:08.340 For the hope. 00:15:08.419 --> 00:15:09.000 That's with us. 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:12.940 Apostle Paul quotes. 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:14.220 In Romans 10. 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.180 Verse 15. 00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:16.120 Quotes the Old Testament. 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:18.000 And he kind of. 00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:19.740 Outbursts. 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:20.720 As he exclaims. 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:21.539 He's quoting Isaiah. 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:22.460 And he says. 00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:23.299 How beautiful. 00:15:23.560 --> 00:15:24.740 Are the feet. 00:15:26.060 --> 00:15:27.039 Of those who preach. 00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:28.060 The gospel of peace. 00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:31.940 But if that's what he means. 00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:32.460 Here. 00:15:32.560 --> 00:15:33.279 That we are to be ready. 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:33.860 To go out. 00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:35.200 And preach the gospel. 00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:35.860 Of peace. 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.600 How does that fit? 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.139 In the context. 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:38.879 Well it fits well. 00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:42.960 It fits well. 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:44.560 Because you'll never be ready. 00:15:44.560 --> 00:15:45.419 To share the gospel. 00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:46.019 With anyone. 00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:47.220 If you're not living honestly. 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:49.120 And doing what is right. 00:15:49.180 --> 00:15:49.980 Before God and men. 00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:53.000 And you cannot do what is right. 00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:53.620 Unless you know. 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.180 What is true. 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:54.919 In any situation. 00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:56.220 You can't do the right thing. 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:57.120 In any situation. 00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:57.460 Until. 00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:58.519 First of all. 00:15:58.539 --> 00:15:59.379 You know what is true. 00:15:59.420 --> 00:16:00.080 In that situation. 00:16:00.300 --> 00:16:01.180 So here's the order. 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:02.460 First the belt of truth. 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:03.680 Second. 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:04.459 In the breastplate. 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:04.979 Of righteousness. 00:16:06.319 --> 00:16:07.719 To know what is true. 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.459 The belt of truth. 00:16:08.579 --> 00:16:09.779 And to do what is right. 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:10.539 The breastplate. 00:16:10.599 --> 00:16:11.039 Of righteousness. 00:16:11.239 --> 00:16:11.719 And then you'll write. 00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:12.059 In this week. 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.419 In the gospel. 00:16:13.959 --> 00:16:14.539 And so I think. 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:15.539 Both meanings work. 00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:16.699 And both are possible. 00:16:16.819 --> 00:16:17.339 And so I believe. 00:16:17.339 --> 00:16:18.459 That God actually intends us. 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:19.359 To take these meanings. 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:20.279 In both ways. 00:16:21.739 --> 00:16:22.739 That you and I. 00:16:22.819 --> 00:16:23.339 Are to crush. 00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.879 The head. 00:16:24.959 --> 00:16:25.779 Of the old serpent. 00:16:25.959 --> 00:16:26.399 The devil. 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:27.740 In both these ways. 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.399 You and I. 00:16:28.459 --> 00:16:29.559 Are to stand on his neck. 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.599 And we're to put on. 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.399 The gospel shoes. 00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:36.200 So shoes. 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.019 These Roman soldiers. 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.500 Footwear. 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:39.460 Gave them stability. 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.180 And mobility. 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:41.580 You think of a sandal. 00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:42.700 Strapped around the ankle. 00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:44.399 Studs in the circle. 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:46.800 Stability. 00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:47.700 So he wasn't sliding. 00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.920 And slipping all over the place. 00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:50.720 He was able to stand and fight. 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:52.800 And at the same time. 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:53.300 Those boots. 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:54.300 Gave him mobility. 00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.120 He's nimble enough. 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:55.759 To run around. 00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:56.620 And to walk around. 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:57.879 Stability. 00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.940 Which the gospel of peace. 00:16:59.039 --> 00:16:59.399 Gives you. 00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:02.480 Satan would love to knock you. 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.120 Off your balance. 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.099 And he would love to see you. 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:04.940 Panic and run. 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.640 And there are times. 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:07.880 Aren't there. 00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:08.799 When we get cold feet. 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:09.680 In the Christian life. 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.400 And in the warfare. 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:13.660 And instead of being. 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:15.079 Ruled by peace. 00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:17.240 Our hearts are filled with panic. 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:20.660 Haven't there been times. 00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.940 In your experience. 00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:22.599 Of that. 00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.220 And sometimes. 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:26.140 You can't explain it. 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.440 Can you. 00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:29.339 Sometimes. 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.479 You know what it's like. 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:33.379 That very often. 00:17:33.459 --> 00:17:34.879 A strange kind of panic. 00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.799 Grips you. 00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:38.839 There's an awful. 00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.179 Restlessness. 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:41.959 That you can't really explain. 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.379 And it takes hold of you. 00:17:44.459 --> 00:17:44.879 And you feel like. 00:17:44.939 --> 00:17:45.739 Running away from it all. 00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.519 You ever felt like that? 00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.639 Then your feet are. 00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:50.619 Ready to slide. 00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.619 Instead of standing. 00:17:54.719 --> 00:17:55.379 On your ground. 00:17:55.380 --> 00:17:56.640 You are slipping. 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:56.800 And sliding. 00:17:56.800 --> 00:17:57.760 All over the place. 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:00.640 You've lost your footing. 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:03.180 And your feet. 00:18:03.280 --> 00:18:03.700 Feels like. 00:18:03.860 --> 00:18:04.720 You're on the slippery slope. 00:18:04.800 --> 00:18:05.500 That leads to hell. 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:08.260 You ever thought that? 00:18:08.320 --> 00:18:09.040 You will have thought that. 00:18:09.040 --> 00:18:09.580 If you're a Christian. 00:18:11.340 --> 00:18:12.560 For your Calvinism. 00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:15.160 For all sermons. 00:18:15.280 --> 00:18:15.900 You've heard. 00:18:16.020 --> 00:18:17.420 For all your understanding. 00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:18.000 Of doctrine. 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:19.220 There will have been times. 00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:20.619 When you will have wondered. 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.440 Like I have. 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:23.019 Am I going to make shipwreck. 00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.700 Of my faith? 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.920 There must have been times like that. 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.579 When you thought. 00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.599 I'm on the slippery slope. 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:32.000 When you felt. 00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.819 In the words of the psalmist. 00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:33.839 My feet are almost gone. 00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:36.980 And the reason. 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:38.000 Why it's like that. 00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:38.819 More often than not. 00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.019 Is. 00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:39.900 You've gone out. 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.960 Without putting your boots up. 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:45.460 And that is the reason. 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.259 To stand. 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.500 Against Satan. 00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:48.420 You need the right. 00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.380 Kind of footwear on. 00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.519 You need verse 13. 00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.140 Your feet. 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:53.140 Covered with the gospel. 00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:53.680 Of peace. 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.559 And I want you to notice. 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.420 There's a definite. 00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.319 Article there. 00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:58.799 Isn't there? 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.400 Is. 00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.779 The gospel. 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.039 Of peace. 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:07.220 And maybe tonight. 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:07.720 The reason why. 00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.240 So many of us. 00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:08.659 Are slipping. 00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.220 And sliding. 00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:09.839 And panicking. 00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.519 And running. 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.119 Away in the fight. 00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:12.480 Is because. 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:12.940 We don't really. 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.519 Where we stand. 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:14.220 We don't really know. 00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:14.779 Where we stand. 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.379 In connection. 00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:18.879 With the gospel. 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:22.740 I guess. 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.240 It's very sad. 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:24.339 One of the saddest things. 00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:24.720 About London. 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.819 Is you keep meeting. 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:26.799 Lots of people. 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.779 That would call themselves. 00:19:27.899 --> 00:19:28.279 Christians. 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:29.220 But they don't really. 00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.000 Have any convictions. 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:34.319 They don't know. 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.980 What they believe. 00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.660 Or why. 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:36.160 They believe. 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.740 What they believe. 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.460 I think. 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:41.980 It can be about. 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.180 From that famous. 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.119 Quotation of Luther. 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.500 We don't know. 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:44.960 Whether he said. 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.980 Exactly these words. 00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.339 But he certainly said. 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.039 Words very similar. 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:50.240 That when Martin Luther. 00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:50.799 Faced. 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:52.279 The might of the Pope. 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.000 And the Emperor. 00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:54.079 And the whole world. 00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.559 As it were. 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:55.500 And hundreds of years. 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.259 Of church history. 00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.700 Stood against him. 00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.240 And he says. 00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.819 Here I stand. 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.359 I can. 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.319 I can do no other. 00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:03.839 Because he knew. 00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.440 What he believed. 00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.240 They were trying. 00:20:06.339 --> 00:20:06.579 To get him. 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.160 To change his mind. 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.660 Trying to get him. 00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:08.740 To modify his belief. 00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.180 A little bit. 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.819 To compromise. 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.359 The account. 00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:11.980 And he said. 00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.660 I can't do that. 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.720 Because I've got. 00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:15.119 The gospel on my feet. 00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.779 Here I stand. 00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.900 I can do nothing else. 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.720 And it's so depressing. 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:21.019 Isn't it? 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.259 I don't know. 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.819 Whether you find it. 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.240 Like this. 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.059 That there are Christians. 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.740 Real Christians. 00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.980 Who never ever take a stand. 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:29.180 It's the gospel. 00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:30.560 The gospel of peace. 00:20:30.560 --> 00:20:31.680 That he's talking about here. 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.700 It's no wonder. 00:20:34.820 --> 00:20:34.900 Is it? 00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:36.240 That Satan has a heyday. 00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:37.039 In churches today. 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:38.580 Because we're so wishy-washy. 00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:39.640 We don't know what we believe. 00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.519 About the gospel. 00:20:41.820 --> 00:20:42.420 But you notice. 00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.420 How he describes the gospel. 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.640 He describes this gospel. 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.220 He calls it. 00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:46.080 The gospel of peace. 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:47.220 And none of his words are wasted. 00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.460 They're not there. 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.220 Just by chance. 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.920 To fill in space. 00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:50.720 He calls it. 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.880 The gospel of peace. 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:55.080 And you cannot stand. 00:20:55.260 --> 00:20:57.240 Unless you know the peace of the gospel. 00:20:59.100 --> 00:21:00.560 You can't face the devil. 00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:03.060 You can't stand in this spiritual warfare. 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:05.660 Unless you know the peace that the gospel brings. 00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:09.340 And he's not speaking about the feeling of peace. 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:09.640 You see. 00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:12.140 I'm not ruling that out. 00:21:14.020 --> 00:21:15.420 I'm not just talking about here. 00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:16.720 Peace in the heart. 00:21:16.840 --> 00:21:17.600 That's a good thing. 00:21:17.719 --> 00:21:19.519 But it's not exactly what he's talking about. 00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:23.319 Because the peace of the gospel. 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.339 Is a fact. 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.539 Before it's a feeling. 00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:29.480 And we need to be really clear about this. 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.639 What it means. 00:21:30.719 --> 00:21:32.099 To put on the gospel of peace. 00:21:32.199 --> 00:21:33.159 Is to understand. 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.819 That that peace. 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.899 Is a fact. 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:37.079 Before it is a feeling. 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.500 It is. 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.939 With God. 00:21:40.939 --> 00:21:42.819 An established relationship. 00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.299 Not an emotional temperature. 00:21:46.439 --> 00:21:47.399 And if you're going to face. 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.159 The devil. 00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:49.339 With just your feelings. 00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:51.139 You will not stand. 00:21:52.699 --> 00:21:53.899 Because your feelings. 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.419 Like mine. 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.159 Go up. 00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.039 And down. 00:21:57.159 --> 00:21:57.419 Don't they. 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.339 Depending on what you need to do. 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:01.319 But what you need to understand. 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.419 Is that in the gospel. 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:03.439 Is that Jesus Christ. 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.419 Has come. 00:22:04.959 --> 00:22:07.000 And he has made peace. 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.439 He's destroyed. 00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:10.579 The greatest destructor. 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.179 The devil. 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.719 He's destroyed his power. 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.899 And he's brought in. 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.899 The reign of peace. 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.879 Between God. 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.579 And his people. 00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:18.539 And that is an established relationship. 00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:21.740 Regardless of how you feel about it. 00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:23.299 Hopefully you enjoy the feeling of peace. 00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:27.399 But regardless of your feelings. 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.299 It is a relationship. 00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:29.519 That has been brought in. 00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:29.939 In. 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.159 And by the gospel. 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:33.480 By the death of Christ. 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:37.519 And to wear the gospel shoes. 00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:38.720 Is to understand that. 00:22:40.560 --> 00:22:43.540 Is to know that it is well with your soul. 00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:46.019 We're going to sing. 00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.599 And this hymn. 00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.119 Of course. 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.960 We're not going to sing it yet. 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.899 But I'm getting excited. 00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.859 But there's a hymn. 00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.220 Isn't it? 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.599 This hymn. 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.920 When peace like a river. 00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.579 Attends. 00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.559 All my way. 00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.559 When sorrows. 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:59.039 Like sea billows roll. 00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.639 Whatever. 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.440 My lot. 00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.440 You've taught me to say. 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.139 It is well. 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.000 It is well. 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.599 With my soul. 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:08.000 And the man who wrote this hymn. 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.459 Was a man called Horatius Stafford. 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.619 And he wrote this hymn. 00:23:11.699 --> 00:23:12.240 In the aftermath. 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:13.039 Of a disaster. 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.980 A sea disaster. 00:23:14.179 --> 00:23:15.259 In which he lost his wife. 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.259 And his four children. 00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:19.879 And so do you see what. 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:21.159 Horatius Stafford is doing. 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.819 Do you see how. 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:25.359 The devil could have got into. 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.259 That situation. 00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:27.179 How the devil could have. 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.079 Destroyed his faith. 00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:28.699 Do you see what. 00:23:28.699 --> 00:23:29.579 What Stafford is doing. 00:23:29.639 --> 00:23:30.819 He's putting on his gospel boots. 00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:32.419 The peace of God. 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.019 And the gospel. 00:23:33.219 --> 00:23:33.699 Says to him. 00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.579 It is well. 00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.240 With my soul. 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:38.419 And I know it's well. 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.000 With my soul. 00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.459 He could say. 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.639 Not because I feel it. 00:23:40.699 --> 00:23:42.059 But because Jesus Christ. 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:43.679 Has died on the cross. 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.939 And so he can write. 00:23:45.199 --> 00:23:46.359 Though Satan may buffet. 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.980 Though trials may come. 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:51.219 Let this calm assurance control. 00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.379 That Christ. 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.199 Knows my need. 00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:57.679 And my helpless estate. 00:23:57.679 --> 00:23:59.519 And has shared his own blood. 00:24:00.719 --> 00:24:01.480 For my soul. 00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:03.959 The devil is. 00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.759 He's no gentleman. 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.500 And the devil doesn't. 00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.259 Kind of box by. 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:07.140 Queensbury rules. 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.960 The devil does not. 00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.960 Hold back. 00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.379 When people go through. 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.319 Experiences like. 00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.079 Stafford went through. 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.839 Losing his wife. 00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.440 And four children. 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:20.140 The devil does not. 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.640 Announce an armistice. 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.519 When you get over. 00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.660 This terrible tragedy. 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.420 No. 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:27.940 It's then. 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.700 That the devil. 00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:31.059 Puts the boot in. 00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:36.759 That Spafford could say. 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.839 It was well with my soul. 00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.480 Is that where you stand? 00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.859 To wear the gospel boots. 00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.639 If I can put it like that. 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.259 Is to understand. 00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:46.579 That it is well with your soul. 00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.200 Of course. 00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:49.579 You know. 00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:49.819 Don't you. 00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:51.019 That the peace of the gospel. 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:53.039 Has a horizontal dimension too. 00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:55.099 As well as a vertical way. 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:58.559 That's the apostles argument. 00:24:58.699 --> 00:24:59.659 At the end of Ephesians 2. 00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.859 He describes there. 00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.219 Wonderfully. 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.099 How the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.179 Has made peace. 00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.619 Between. 00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.819 Sinful men. 00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:06.039 Women. 00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.759 And boys and girls. 00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:08.179 And a holy God. 00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:10.819 Then he says. 00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.539 He is the peace. 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.339 Between Jew. 00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:13.299 And Gentile. 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.899 And that peace. 00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.659 Of the gospel. 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.240 Is a peace. 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.399 That is not only with God. 00:25:19.459 --> 00:25:20.119 But it is a peace. 00:25:20.219 --> 00:25:20.959 With one another. 00:25:22.699 --> 00:25:23.599 You are brought. 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.480 Into the family. 00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.659 Of God. 00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:29.019 Jesus says. 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:29.719 In Luke 11. 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.199 A kingdom. 00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:30.879 That is divided. 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.659 Against itself. 00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.539 Will not stand. 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.139 And that applies. 00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.819 To his church. 00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.480 It applies. 00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.399 If I can put it like this. 00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:39.219 The army of God. 00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.139 That if there is fighting. 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.919 And if there is prejudice. 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.339 And if there is snobbery. 00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:44.819 And if there is grumbling. 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.500 And if there is anger. 00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.939 And if there is envy. 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.299 And if there is jealousy. 00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.219 And bitterness. 00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:51.419 And if there is division. 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.619 How on earth. 00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.919 Can we ever face Satan. 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:57.719 And the apostle is saying. 00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.480 Corporately. 00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.879 To us. 00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:03.480 There is this corporate element. 00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.459 In Ephesians 6. 00:26:05.179 --> 00:26:06.159 And in the apostles letters. 00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.259 It is very very strong. 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.139 We overlook it often. 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.779 But a lot of what we take as. 00:26:11.179 --> 00:26:12.199 Individual exhortation. 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.459 Is actually corporate. 00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.740 He is talking to the church here. 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:17.379 Put on the readiness. 00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.279 The preparedness. 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.119 Of the gospel. 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.119 Of Christ. 00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.199 If you are going to go out. 00:26:21.199 --> 00:26:22.199 And face the enemy. 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:22.799 He says. 00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.559 Well you need to be at peace. 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.139 With one another. 00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.980 And that is what he is saying. 00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:29.759 In Colossians. 00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.659 Just flip over the page. 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.639 To Colossians. 00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.559 You have Ephesians. 00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.099 Philippians. 00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:36.279 And then Colossians chapter 3. 00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.720 And again. 00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:41.480 This image of getting dressed. 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.859 And Paul says. 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.960 In Colossians 3. 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.460 Verse 12. 00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.059 Put on then. 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:48.159 As God's chosen ones. 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.599 Holy. 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.019 And beloved. 00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.379 Compassionate hearts. 00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:53.240 Kindness. 00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:53.680 Humility. 00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:54.260 Meekness. 00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.540 And patience. 00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:58.540 Bearing with one another. 00:26:58.680 --> 00:27:00.060 And if one is a complaint against another. 00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.120 Forgiving each other. 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.200 As the Lord has forgiven you. 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.760 So you also must forgive. 00:27:05.540 --> 00:27:06.300 And above all these. 00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.920 Put on love. 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:08.320 Which binds everything together. 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.260 In perfect harmony. 00:27:09.260 --> 00:27:10.680 And then he says. 00:27:10.800 --> 00:27:11.180 Listen he. 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.340 Let the peace of Christ. 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.380 Rule in your hearts. 00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:17.120 To which you indeed were called. 00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:18.000 In one body. 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:22.819 He's not saying. 00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.900 You have this wonderful. 00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.720 Feeling of peace. 00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.279 In your heart. 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.220 That isn't what he's saying. 00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.599 He's saying. 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.640 You cannot conjure up. 00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.359 Feelings of peace. 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.240 These are things. 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.980 That are given to you. 00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.960 They're not under your control. 00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.440 What he's saying to these people. 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.759 Is this. 00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:35.460 Let the peace of Christ. 00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.579 Rule in this congregation. 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:40.140 That's what you're called to. 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.259 In one body. 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.599 That is how we're meant to be. 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.140 In the church. 00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.500 Let the peace of Christ. 00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.299 Be the umpire. 00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:47.799 Let it arbitrate. 00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.779 In all situations. 00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:52.279 Let the peace of Christ. 00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.200 Regulate. 00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:56.099 The life of that congregation. 00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.399 How else can you face Satan? 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.799 And so if we're going to stand. 00:28:00.919 --> 00:28:01.819 In the evil day. 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.659 If we're going to stand. 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.240 Against the enemy. 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:04.720 We must be at peace. 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.779 With God. 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.139 We must be at peace. 00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.720 With one another. 00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.460 And there's a sense. 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.440 Which we must be at peace. 00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.460 Within ourselves too. 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:11.799 Isn't it? 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:15.399 That's why I think. 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.500 In 1 Peter 5. 00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:18.240 That we're told. 00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:19.859 To resist the devil. 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.519 And just before. 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.480 That verse. 00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.180 He says. 00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.680 This. 00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.240 He says. 00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:25.940 Cast. 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:28.059 All your cares. 00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.159 Upon the Lord. 00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.899 For he cares for you. 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.919 If you're distracted. 00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.759 With your own heart. 00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.579 If you're preoccupied. 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.119 With yourself. 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.940 With your own problems. 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.700 And with your own worries. 00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:42.220 If everything is a burden for you. 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.360 But you're defeated. 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.519 Before you begin to fight. 00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.019 The thing with soldiers. 00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:48.319 What good is a soldier. 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.460 With his mind at home. 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:51.360 Distracted by 101 things. 00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:55.400 You can't concentrate on the fight. 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.500 His mind is somewhere else. 00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:58.200 That's why the apostle says. 00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.980 In Philippians. 00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.220 He says. 00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.000 To be anxious. 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.299 For nothing. 00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:05.019 Be anxious for nothing. 00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.200 It's an incredible thing. 00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.700 To say. 00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:09.620 Be anxious for nothing. 00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.500 But in everything. 00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.719 By prayer and supplication. 00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.259 With thanksgiving. 00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:13.179 Let your requests. 00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:14.339 Be made known to God. 00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:15.439 And the peace of God. 00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.439 Which transcends. 00:29:17.439 --> 00:29:18.319 All understanding. 00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:18.739 With God. 00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.679 Your hearts and minds. 00:29:19.739 --> 00:29:20.439 In Christ Jesus. 00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:24.519 So if we're going to stand. 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.119 In the evil day. 00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.179 We've got to put on. 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.019 The gospel boots. 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:31.779 So you've got the issue of stability. 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.500 And then finally. 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.680 The issue of mobility. 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.339 And I will be quick. 00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.680 The issue of mobility. 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.759 I've said already. 00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:40.720 I think you can take the apostle here. 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.519 That we should be ready. 00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.940 To go out with the gospel of peace. 00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.700 Having your feet fitted. 00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.940 With the readiness of the gospel. 00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:51.700 And I think of that. 00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.340 The context. 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.600 That. 00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:54.960 The context is defending. 00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:56.259 And standing. 00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.880 And yet this armor. 00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:00.039 Is offensive too. 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.720 Because attack. 00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:04.620 Is the best form of defense. 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.580 And we know. 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.019 Don't we. 00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:09.299 That it is the gospel. 00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.259 Of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:11.539 That wards off Satan. 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:14.460 And it's our readiness. 00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:16.359 To make the gospel known. 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.259 That defeats him. 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:20.159 The gospel is our weapon. 00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.779 Of defense. 00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.680 And of attack. 00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.940 And it's the only thing. 00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:25.079 That can help us face the enemy. 00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.079 Nothing else will do it. 00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.240 The only thing. 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.839 That you can use. 00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:30.039 To safeguard yourself. 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.779 Against the devil. 00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:32.039 Is not incantations. 00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:33.460 It's not getting the priest around. 00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.920 It is the gospel. 00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.899 That will protect you. 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:38.159 That's what bruises his head. 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.339 That's what breaks his power. 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.859 And our readiness. 00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:42.299 To make the gospel known. 00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:44.939 And our readiness. 00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.839 To go out with it. 00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.839 Our readiness. 00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.419 As a church. 00:30:48.479 --> 00:30:49.339 To spread it. 00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:50.979 Is our best defense. 00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:53.459 And our best protection. 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.779 Against the evil one. 00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.099 And the reason. 00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:59.039 Why so many of us. 00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:00.019 Have so many difficulties. 00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.659 In our. 00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:02.379 Own personal lives. 00:31:02.459 --> 00:31:03.699 Is we're sitting targets. 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:08.759 We've not got gospel boots on. 00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:11.359 The early Christians. 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:13.359 Never took their gospel boots off. 00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.319 They we sit around with. 00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.640 Cozy slippers on. 00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.660 We never grow up with the gospel. 00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.539 Certainly two churches. 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.759 There's so many arguments. 00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.680 And little niggles. 00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:23.500 And little divisions. 00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:25.359 And little grumblings. 00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.200 Why? 00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:27.279 It's because the church. 00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:28.559 Is not focused on going out. 00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:33.179 And we have our orders. 00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.779 We have our marching. 00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.379 Our orders. 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.740 Don't we? 00:31:37.919 --> 00:31:39.039 The church has been given. 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.960 The great commission. 00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.879 We've been commissioned. 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.279 In Christ's army. 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.919 Particularly the leaders. 00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.000 That go into all the world. 00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.740 And preach the gospel. 00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.799 To every living creature. 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.779 For I am with you always. 00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:52.200 It's a long march to come out. 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:56.440 And so Jesus doesn't say. 00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.120 Sit back. 00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.580 And wait for them to come to you. 00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.819 He doesn't say to the church. 00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.559 Put up a sign. 00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.059 Saying. 00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:05.080 Lost sheep. 00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.900 Welcome. 00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.019 11 o'clock. 00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.340 And 6 o'clock. 00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.860 He doesn't say. 00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.660 Wait for the world. 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.840 To go into your service. 00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.920 He says. 00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.200 Go. 00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.980 Put on your gospel boots. 00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.700 And go. 00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.440 With the gospel. 00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:22.080 To every living creature. 00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.700 And those orders. 00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:26.380 Have never been rescinded. 00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.200 By his church. 00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.140 And there's a song. 00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.500 Isn't it? 00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:35.039 By Nancy Sinatra. 00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.779 She sang it. 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.840 These boots. 00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.700 Were made for walking. 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:43.019 And one of these days. 00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.620 These boots. 00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:45.140 Are going to walk all over you. 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.519 And I would say. 00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:49.519 We can sing that to the devil. 00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:53.039 Because the God of peace. 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:55.519 Will shortly. 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.360 Shortly. 00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.740 Will bruise Satan. 00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.580 Under your feet. 00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.840 Because these boots. 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.960 Were made for walking. 00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.799 And one of these days. 00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.200 These boots. 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.240 Are going to walk all over you. 00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.799 The Bible says. 00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.480 Put on. 00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:13.420 The gospel shoes. 00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.200 For your feet. 00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.400 Having put on. 00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.960 The readiness. 00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.160 Given by the gospel. 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.620 Of peace. 00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.120 Let's sing. 00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.680 Let's sing. 00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:23.279 About him. 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.519 Number. 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.580 Number.