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 Well, good morning, friends. It's 2026. The first month of 2026 is gone already. We're into

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! Month two, how fast it goes. And this year marks 125 years since this church here, St. Paul's

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! Chastwood was started. And so this term, as Nick has said, we are launching our vision for the next

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 five to 10 years of what our life and ministry will be together in this place. And as we get into

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 those details of those plans and what we're hoping to do under God, it's crucial that we understand

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 that it is built on a foundation of who we are. Who is the church? It's not often the way that we

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 think about church, though, is it? Who is the church? We normally think of it in terms of an

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 institution or things like a denomination or a building. The church is a building.

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 Or people say it's a lovely church, which they're referring to the building. Or it's the place,

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 it's a destination. I'm going to church this morning. When we think of the church, we think

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 of plans, we think of methodologies, we think of vision, we think of structures, we think of programs,

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 we think of budgets, we think of all those things. And they all have a place. But first and foremost,

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 we must understand who the church is. Not what the church is, but who the church is.

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 You see, the Bible overflows with powerful imagery of God's affection and his love for his church.

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 Imagery of the family, the body of Christ. And the one that we often maybe don't talk about

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 is the church being the bride of Christ. That is, the church reflects God's eternal beauty and glory.

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 And I wish I could unpack this one in just a sermon by itself. But the great English preacher,

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 Charles Spurgeon, called the church the dearest place on earth.

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 Not often the way we think of the church, the dearest place on earth. And so what we have in the

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 Apostle Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus, the Ephesians here, which is what we're going to be

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 working through this term, is the grand vision of the church's cosmic role as the body of Christ,

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 Christ as the bride of Christ in God's eternal plans. That's what we have in the book Ephesians. You

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 won't find anywhere else in the Bible so clear about the vision that God has for his church,

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 the bride of his son, Jesus. The Ephesians reveals the position and the job description of the church

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 in effecting God's grand plan for all time and eternity. In fact, the church is central to God's plans.

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 The 18th century American pastor and theologian, Jonathan Edwards, emphasized this point in a sermon

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 where he said that so centralism. He said, God created the entire universe for one main end.

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 And that end was to obtain a spouse for his beloved son.

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 And so as you read through the Bible, what you see reflected again and again is the language of God's

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 love and affection for his church.

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 When he looks at his church, he doesn't look at the things that we look for,

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 the programs, the timing, the people, the buildings, the air conditioners, whether they're working or not,

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 which one of them isn't working this morning. He doesn't look at that.

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 He sees the beauty of his bride for his son, beautified by the blood of his son.

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 And he longs for the day, as Revelation tells us, where the buyer is beautifully prepared

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 and ready for the marriage feast.

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 That's his church.

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 And so as we look ahead for our plans for our next phase of life and ministry together,

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 my prayer is that our affections would be awakened for his church

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 and why we exist.

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 And that that would transform our lives.

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 To quote Spurgeon again, nothing in the world is dearer to God's heart than his church.

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 Therefore, being his, let us belong to it, that by our prayers, our gifts, and our labours,

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 we may support and strengthen it.

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 May that be the outcome.

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 So the first thing I want us to see this morning is that who we are, we are blessed.

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 And I've got three points, which you can get on the St. Paul's app as we go through.

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 So first of all, God has a plan.

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 Now, no English translation of the New Testament is able to capture fully Ephesians 3 to 14.

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 Because in the original language, the Greek language, that is one sentence.

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 Verses 3 to 14 is one sentence.

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 202 words in one sentence.

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 And to get to the meaning of a sentence, as you would know,

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 I had to Google this, but you probably don't need to Google this.

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 But to get to the meaning of a sentence, you need really to find two things.

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 You need to find the subject of a sentence, and you need to find the predicate of a sentence.

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 And then you capture the what is the sentence about.

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 The subject and the predicate.

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 So for those of you in basic English, you might want to write that bit down.

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 So the subject tells us who or the what the sentence is about.

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 And the predicate tells us what the subject does.

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 And in this very long sentence, it's very clear the subject is God.

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 And the predicate in the English language is a little bit harder to spot.

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 Because there's a number of little, you know, predicates in this sentence, in the English language.

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 God is doing many things in this.

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 But in the original language, in the Greek, the predicate is very clear.

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 And it's in verses 9 to 11.

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 And it is very simply, particularly verses 8 and 9.

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 With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will,

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 according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ.

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 And verse 10.

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 Everything in history is in his plan.

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 To be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment.

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 And Jesus is the point of the plan.

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 The second half of verse 10.

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 To bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.

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 Subject is God.

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 And the predicate is what God is doing through all of history is to bring everything unified under Christ.

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 That is what God is doing through all of history.

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 And his church is central to that plan.

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 Which means, having read that from Ephesians, Bertrand Russell was wrong.

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 Bertrand Russell's view, which is basically the secular view of our time,

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 is that there is no plan for time and space.

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 In his book, The Free Man's Worship, he wrote,

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 Man, humanity, is the product of causes which have no prevision of the end that they were achieving.

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 That is, that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs,

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 are but the outcome of accidental collocation of atoms.

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 That no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling,

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 can preserve an individual life beyond the grave.

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 In other words, Russell was absolutely convinced, as our secular age is,

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 that everything is an accident.

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 There's no plan, there's no creator, there's no purpose, there's no meaning.

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 And he goes on to say,

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 Therefore, there's no heroism, no sacrifice, no human achievement,

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 no human advancement at all, will ultimately make any difference in the long run.

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 It might in the short term, but in the long run,

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 it'll make absolutely no difference whatsoever.

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 And so Russell concluded that the best way to live life,

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 to embrace life, the only safe way to live life,

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 is to embrace despair.

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 Now, to be honest with you,

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 Bertrand Russell was more courageous than the average secular person.

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 Ephesians here says,

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 There is a plan.

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 Verse 11,

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 And absolutely everything in history is in that plan.

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 Everything is in that plan.

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 And because that raised a big question for us.

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 Is everything therefore determined or do humans have free will?

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 You know, that's a question that's been in history since,

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 well, as far back as you can record in history.

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 Are we free or is there a plan that we can't escape in any kind of way?

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 And the Bible's answer to that question is very simple.

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 That's because the Bible is way more nuanced than any philosophy in life.

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 You see, one view says that everything is absolutely fixed,

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 our choices don't matter,

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 and whatever you choose in life is ultimately going to be overridden by the fixed plan.

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 And what that does,

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 if it's just that,

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 what that does is it entirely saps a person of any hope at all.

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 The other view says that your future,

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 which is more common nowadays,

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 that your future is whatever you make it.

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 All of your choices determine your destiny,

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 so make sure that you make the right choices in life.

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 And if that's the case,

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 if absolutely everything in your life is determined by the choices you make,

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 the best choice you can make is don't get out of bed in the morning.

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 Much safer.

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 You can see because that view of history just loads people up with fear.

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 And you can see it worked out in the younger generation nowadays,

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 sucked into a culture of expressive individualism,

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 and you make all the right choices,

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 you be who you are.

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 The Bible says that both of those views are wrong and right.

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 The Bible says our choices matter,

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 and God will hold us accountable to them.

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 But ultimately,

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 God is in charge,

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 and his plan will advance,

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 and his plan is to bless.

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 It means that we can be absolutely alert,

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 and at peace at the same time.

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 It means that.

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 God is sovereign,

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 and we get to choose.

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 Think about this.

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 How many of your decisions,

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 for you older people,

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 how many of your decisions in your 20s

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 that you desperately felt you needed in order to live life,

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 that never came to fruition,

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 that you look back now and go,

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 geez, I'm glad that never happened?

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 When I was in my mid-20s,

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 I was desperately trying to get a young lady to marry me,

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 praying God would sovereignly overrule,

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 blah, blah, blah.

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 And it never happened.

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 And instead,

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 this week,

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 Nat and I celebrate 27 years of marriage.

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 Yeah,

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 I mean,

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 that's goodwill there.

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 So,

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 you know,

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 like,

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 after 27 years,

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 I'm glad that my plans never came to fruition.

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 Back in those days.

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 Ephesians 1 tells us that God has a plan for all things.

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 Jesus is the center of God's plan,

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 and it's a plan to bless.

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 Verses 1 to 3 is the summary verse of this chapter,

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 and it's an astonishing claim.

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 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who has blessed us in the heavenly realms

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 with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

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 Has blessed us.

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 It's already happened.

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 With every spiritual blessing,

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 which is absolute language.

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 Nothing is lacking here.

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 Nothing is overlooked.

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 Nothing is held back from God.

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 I sign off my emails on most cases

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 with,

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 you know,

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 with things like,

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 you know,

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 regards,

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 kind regards.

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 But most often,

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 I think,

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 particularly when I'm

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 communicating

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 to Christians,

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 excuse me,

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 with Christians,

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 I often use

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 blessings,

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 or many blessings from Steve.

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 You know,

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 it means,

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 in our culture,

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 to wish someone well.

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 But that's not what it means here.

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 God's not wishing us well.

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 In the New Testament,

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 the word blessed

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 is closer to the Hebrew word shalom.

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 It means to have every joy

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 and benefit of your heart

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 and soul

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 and every longing

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 for your being fulfilled.

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 That's what the word blessed means here.

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 A Christian is someone

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 who has already

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 been blessed.

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 How's that possible?

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 Well,

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 the key to it

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 is right at the end of verse 3,

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 in Christ.

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 Verse 4,

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 God chose us in him.

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 Verse 5,

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 we are adopted

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 through Christ Jesus.

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 Verse 6,

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 in the one he loves.

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 Verse 7,

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 in him we have redemption.

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 Verse 9,

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 God purposed those things

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 in Christ.

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 Verse 11,

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 in him

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 we were chosen.

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 You see,

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 to become a Christian

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 is not simply

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 to get Jesus

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 as your Lord

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 to obey,

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 although he is that,

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 or

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 a model

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 to follow in life,

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 although he is that,

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 or as a saviour

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 to be grateful for,

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 although

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 you should do that.

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 A Christian

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 is someone

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 who has been put

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 in Christ,

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 the theological language of it,

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 you have union

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 with Christ.

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 It's a marriage union.

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 In such a way

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 that everything

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 that belongs to Christ

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 is now yours.

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 You are united

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 to Jesus Christ,

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 and we are united

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 to Jesus legally.

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 Imagine the scenario

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 of a very poor person

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 marrying

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 an extremely

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 wealthy person

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 without any

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 prenuptial agreements.

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 In that moment,

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 when you are legally married,

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 everything

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 that is owned

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 by the wealthy person

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 is shared

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 with you legally.

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 You share it

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.759
 legally.

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.700
 You have a right

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.420
 to it

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:09.240
 through

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:10.640
 legal union.

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 And so

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.880
 what it says here,

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.839
 everything

00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.680
 that belongs

00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.599
 to Jesus,

00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:19.539
 every single thing

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.700
 that he has accomplished

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.859
 belongs

00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:23.259
 to the Christian.

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 but we're also

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 united to him

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.500
 vitally.

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 The Holy Spirit

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.680
 comes into the life

00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.259
 of the Christian

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:31.640
 and the life

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 of the church,

00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:33.480
 and it brings

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.619
 character change.

00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:35.240
 The Spirit brings

00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:36.160
 character change

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:38.039
 into the likeness

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.019
!

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:40.559
 of the bridegroom.

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 So the bride

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 reflects the bridegroom

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 until eventually

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 on the final day

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 at the wedding feast,

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 we are glorified.

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 we will be

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 who we are now

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 in every sense,

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 perfected,

00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.380
 flawless,

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:03.180
 sin-free,

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:05.079
 suffering-free,

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.160
 existence forever

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:07.819
 on that final day.

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 A Christian

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.660
 is in Christ

00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:11.819
 with all

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.960
 his benefits,

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 even though

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.180
 it may take

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 a lifetime

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 to work those benefits

00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:18.380
 out into our lives

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:19.559
 until we are

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 finally glorified.

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:23.099
 All Christians,

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:25.599
 all Christians

00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:27.720
 have every

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:29.539
 spiritual blessing

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:31.059
 in Christ.

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 They're not two

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 categories of Christian,

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:35.299
 the more spiritual

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 and the less spiritual.

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 Either you are a Christian

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 or you're not a Christian.

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 and every Christian

00:20:45.060 --> 00:20:45.920
 has every

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.900
 spiritual blessing.

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.920
 If you're not a Christian,

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.040
 you have

00:20:51.040 --> 00:20:51.820
 no

00:20:51.820 --> 00:20:52.680
 spiritual

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.680
 blessings

00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:56.060
 and all

00:20:56.060 --> 00:20:56.759
 those blessings

00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.620
 come from

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:59.080
 union with Christ,

00:20:59.540 --> 00:21:00.480
 connected to Christ.

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:01.960
 Now,

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.680
 there's an interesting

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.560
 incident

00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:04.259
 that happened

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:06.000
 during the

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.820
 Paris

00:21:06.820 --> 00:21:08.180
 Peace Conference

00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:09.720
 at the end

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.500
 of World War I.

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 It went from

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 1919

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.640
 to 1920

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 as they divided

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 up the world,

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 basically.

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.700
 The delegates

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.380
 which came

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.140
 from Arabia

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:22.860
 were astonished

00:21:22.860 --> 00:21:24.640
 when they were

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:25.259
 staying in the

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.740
 hotel rooms

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.580
 in Paris.

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 They were astonished

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:30.380
 by the instant

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:31.340
 and endless

00:21:31.340 --> 00:21:32.279
 supply

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:33.060
 of water

00:21:33.060 --> 00:21:34.039
 that came

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.640
 from these

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.240
 taps

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.560
 in the hotel

00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.099
 rooms.

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 They'd never

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.240
 experienced

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.019
 anything like

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.379
 that

00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:41.879
 in the desert

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:42.700
 of Arabia.

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 And so,

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:47.399
 as they prepared

00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:49.019
 to leave

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.619
 the peace

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.359
 conference,

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:52.179
 some members

00:21:52.179 --> 00:21:53.059
 of the delegation

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.859
 from Arabia

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:55.139
 were found

00:21:55.139 --> 00:21:56.179
 trying to

00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:56.759
 remove the

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.220
 taps

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.220
 from their

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.159
 hotel rooms

00:21:59.159 --> 00:22:00.019
 to take them

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.879
 back and

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:01.839
 attach them

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.159
 to their

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.559
 tents

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:04.759
 in Arabia.

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:07.000
 and they

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.640
 thought

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.240
 that the

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.900
 magic of

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.559
 instant and

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.220
 endless water

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.980
 came from

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:12.279
 these taps.

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.900
 And T.E.

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.460
 Lawrence,

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.240
 Lawrence of

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.559
 Arabia,

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.059
 for those who

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.500
 don't know,

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:18.680
 he was acting

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.460
 as advisor

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.539
 and translator

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.079
 for the

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.640
 delegation.

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.440
 He had to

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.119
 explain to

00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.759
 them that

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.240
 the taps

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.000
 themselves

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:26.400
 have no,

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.200
 there's no

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.779
 water that

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.400
 comes instantly

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:28.839
 from the

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.140
 taps.

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.039
 They are

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.500
 connected

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.259
 through pipes

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.240
 and reservoirs

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.960
 in order to

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.539
 get to the

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:33.819
 water.

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:37.759
 And friends,

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.759
 we have no

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:40.279
 spiritual blessing

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:41.519
 unless we are

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.379
 connected to

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.500
 Jesus by

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.039
 faith.

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:47.079
 United to

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.539
 Christ,

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.339
 union with

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:48.819
 Christ,

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.460
 in Christ,

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.740
 is who the

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.599
 Christian is.

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.740
 And every

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:55.000
 spiritual blessing

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.680
 flows from

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.119
 that and

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:57.440
 continues to

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.099
 flow from

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.400
 that.

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.619
 The word

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:02.079
 every means

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.980
 it would in

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.660
 fact to be

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.579
 impossible

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:06.240
 to list

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.579
 all of

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.379
 those blessings.

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.099
 Although Paul

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.799
 does mention

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.720
 some in

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.539
 this sentence,

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.359
 even this

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:15.500
 list is

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.039
 overwhelming

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.480
 in its

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.059
 implications.

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.899
 Verse 5,

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.439
 verse 7,

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.379
 verse 8,

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.240
 adopted,

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:21.779
 forgiveness,

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:22.859
 lavish with

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.259
 wisdom and

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.779
 understanding,

00:23:23.919 --> 00:23:24.299
 the mystery of

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.599
 the Holy

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.199
 Spirit,

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.119
 guaranteed,

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.759
 every one of

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.599
 those blessings

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.980
 is staggering,

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:32.220
 staggering enough

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.900
 in its

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.819
 richness by

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.380
 itself.

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.339
 And they

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.779
 have many

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.600
 arms to

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:37.819
 them,

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.539
 each one.

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:41.600
 For instance,

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.480
 verse 5,

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.519
 let me just

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.039
 have a couple

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.539
 here,

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.779
 adoption to

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.339
 sonship.

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.960
 In Jesus

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.579
 Christ,

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:50.180
 God becomes

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:51.059
 our father

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:53.400
 as we are

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:54.720
 included into

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:56.039
 his family.

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.099
 family.

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.920
 And one

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.960
 implication of

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.839
 that fatherhood

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.420
 is that we

00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:01.579
 have access to

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.159
 him as his

00:24:02.159 --> 00:24:02.659
 much-loved

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:03.059
 children.

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.599
 There's one

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.200
 very famous

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.980
 photo of

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.339
 John F.

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.720
 Kennedy when

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.079
 he was

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.599
 president of

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:08.859
 the United

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.440
 States.

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.200
 His young

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.539
 son,

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.159
 John Junior,

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.180
 was playing

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.859
 under his

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.619
 desk, the

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.359
 resolute desk,

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.819
 in the Oval

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.720
 Office while he

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.539
 was meeting

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.980
 with officials

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.759
 in the Oval

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.159
 Office.

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:24.940
 I'm not

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.220
 allowed to

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.700
 do that

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.660
 with Donald

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.000
 Trump.

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.000
 Not that

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.460
 necessarily I

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.779
 want to,

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:32.060
 but no one's

00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:32.600
 allowed to do

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:32.880
 that.

00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:33.700
 Of course,

00:24:33.800 --> 00:24:34.320
 Donald Trump

00:24:34.320 --> 00:24:35.420
 went and

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.720
 redid that

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:38.100
 photo with

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.800
 his grandson

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:39.680
 under the

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.640
 desk, just

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:40.980
 so that he

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.380
 can go down

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:41.680
 to history

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.000
 as well.

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:45.080
 But if I

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:45.660
 just decide

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.000
 to do

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:48.040
 that, I'd

00:24:48.040 --> 00:24:48.580
 be stopped.

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.820
 If I ran

00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:51.120
 towards the

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.900
 president, I'd

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:53.500
 be shut if

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.860
 the Secret

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.340
 Service is

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:54.640
 working.

00:24:55.100 --> 00:24:55.720
 As a

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.259
 child of

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.519
 God, we

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:59.120
 have access

00:24:59.120 --> 00:25:00.200
 to God

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.180
 without

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:02.180
 appointments,

00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.500
 free access

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.960
 to the

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.460
 creator of

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.000
 the universe,

00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:07.300
 and we

00:25:07.300 --> 00:25:08.180
 can boldly

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.840
 run into

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.480
 his arms.

00:25:09.780 --> 00:25:10.320
 He is our

00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:10.759
 father.

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.400
 Adoption

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.040
 also means

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:15.620
 inheritance,

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:17.820
 which is

00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.620
 why here

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.220
 in this

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.700
 verse,

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:21.220
 it's

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.720
 why the

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.319
 emphasis

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.200
 is

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.900
 specific

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.759
 that we

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.200
 are being

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.940
 adopted

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.840
 as

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.960
 sons of

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.279
 God.

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:28.740
 Not sons

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.259
 and daughters,

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.559
 sons.

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.160
 You know,

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.840
 Paul,

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.480
 a bit more

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:33.840
 inclusive

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.299
 language.

00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:35.000
 The word

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.120
 sons is

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.620
 inclusive

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.160
 language.

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.019
 In the

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.600
 culture that

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.000
 Paul is

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.840
 writing into

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.279
 here,

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.980
 only sons

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:46.559
 could be

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.500
 heirs and

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.600
 inherit the

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.459
 estate of

00:25:49.459 --> 00:25:49.659
 the

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.019
 father.

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.699
 And what

00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:54.159
 it's saying

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:55.019
 here is

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.779
 that as

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.339
 adopted,

00:25:56.459 --> 00:25:57.059
 all people,

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.399
 male,

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.859
 female,

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.219
 know who

00:25:58.219 --> 00:25:58.519
 you are,

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:58.740
 whatever

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.219
 culture you

00:25:59.219 --> 00:25:59.359
 are,

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.099
 as you

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.740
 adopted

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.579
 into the

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.139
 family,

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.359
 as you

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:05.099
 inherit the

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.559
 family,

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.639
 you are

00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.919
 co-heirs of

00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:08.419
 the future

00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:09.279
 with Christ.

00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:11.539
 Whoever you

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.899
 are,

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:13.099
 co-heirs.

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.819
 We don't know

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.559
 completely what

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.039
 that means,

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.599
 but Jesus

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.240
 says the

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.679
 meek will

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.319
 inherit the

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.659
 earth.

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.199
 Adoption also

00:26:21.199 --> 00:26:22.139
 means security.

00:26:23.959 --> 00:26:24.439
 If you're an

00:26:24.439 --> 00:26:24.879
 employee,

00:26:25.179 --> 00:26:26.259
 how long does

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.799
 an employer

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.480
 put up with

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.939
 your bad

00:26:27.939 --> 00:26:28.519
 behaviour and

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.099
 your failures?

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.519
 Everyone has

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:30.819
 their limit,

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:31.399
 I suppose.

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.059
 But how long

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.559
 does a parent

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.179
 put up with

00:26:35.179 --> 00:26:35.779
 the waywardness

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.439
 of a child?

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.179
 Kind of

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.719
 forever in

00:26:40.719 --> 00:26:41.139
 one way or

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.419
 another.

00:26:43.459 --> 00:26:44.059
 Carried in

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.519
 their heart

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.079
 all of their

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.459
 life.

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:48.619
 God is

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.139
 our father

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.559
 and we

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.119
 are secure

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.639
 in his

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:50.980
 love.

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.139
 That's

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.699
 adoption to

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:53.339
 sons and

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.839
 you could

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.619
 just unpack

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.159
 that more

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.519
 and more.

00:26:56.219 --> 00:26:56.439
 But the

00:26:56.439 --> 00:26:56.779
 pride of

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.219
 place here

00:26:57.219 --> 00:26:57.779
 is redemption.

00:26:59.619 --> 00:26:59.939
 In verse

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:00.399
 seven we are

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:00.659
 told,

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.759
 in him we

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.139
 have

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:03.059
 redemption.

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:04.079
 Now

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.619
 redemption

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:06.459
 is a

00:27:06.459 --> 00:27:06.799
 loaded

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.359
 word.

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.139
 It's

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:10.519
 interchangeable

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.000
 with the

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.379
 word

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:11.939
 ransom,

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.339
 which is

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.000
 a little

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.939
 bit more

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:16.259
 than

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:18.480
 paying a

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:18.840
 debt.

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.019
 Redemption

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.340
 is a

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.660
 little bit

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:20.980
 more than

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.460
 paying a

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:21.640
 debt.

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.019
 For

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.279
 instance,

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:23.279
 in New

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.480
 South

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.039
 Wales,

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.660
 there are

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.000
 certain

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.720
 violations

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:29.039
 that you

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.799
 could do

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:31.440
 which would

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.759
 mean that

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.420
 your car

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.860
 would be

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.460
 impounded.

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.100
 Certain

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.620
 violations.

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.900
 Your car

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.259
 would be

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.940
 towed and

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.680
 locked away

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.799
 and it

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.080
 would be

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.759
 locked away

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.740
 until you

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.259
 paid the

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.820
 fines.

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.440
 And when

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.480
 you pay

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.259
 the fine,

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.660
 whatever is

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.019
 owed,

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.380
 when you

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:51.940
 pay the

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.420
 fine,

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.060
 your car

00:27:54.060 --> 00:27:55.240
 gets released

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.519
 from

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.019
 captivity.

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.620
 It's not

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.080
 just paying

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.500
 a debt,

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.759
 it's paying

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.140
 the debt

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.580
 so that you

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:02.980
 might be

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.680
 released from

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.100
 captivity.

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.779
 You

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.660
 liberate it.

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.279
 Now,

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.680
 Indian

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.380
 lawyer and

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:12.759
 activist

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.580
 Mahatma Gandhi

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.960
 said that,

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:16.000
 quite interestingly,

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:16.900
 and I would

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.400
 agree with him

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:17.759
 on this,

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.580
 that both

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.480
 Eastern and

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.880
 Western

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.820
 religions

00:28:20.820 --> 00:28:22.560
 agree that

00:28:22.560 --> 00:28:23.400
 every human

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.140
 being is

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.759
 not free.

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.480
 All

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.160
 humanity

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.180
 is

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.860
 enslaved.

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.500
 And Gandhi

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.019
 said,

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.180
 we are

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:33.060
 slaves to

00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:33.799
 selfishness

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.299
 and the

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.700
 ego,

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.380
 which is a

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.200
 great description

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.539
 of what the

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.060
 Bible calls

00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:38.380
 sin.

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.779
 We are

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.440
 always

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.460
 grasping at

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.480
 things because

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.380
 our egos

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.060
 are so

00:28:46.060 --> 00:28:46.620
 needy.

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.240
 We're

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.940
 grasping at

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.580
 power and

00:28:48.580 --> 00:28:49.060
 money and

00:28:49.060 --> 00:28:49.539
 beauty and

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.080
 status and

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:50.860
 popularity and

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.900
 recognition because

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.960
 our egos are

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.860
 so needy.

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:55.900
 And Gandhi

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.519
 went on to

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:58.000
 say that

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.680
 Christianity

00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:00.620
 helps because

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.560
 in Jesus,

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.320
 and Gandhi was

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:02.539
 not a

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.279
 Christian at

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.560
 all,

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.759
 Christianity

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:06.920
 helps because

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.360
 he says,

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.240
 in Jesus,

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.380
 we have a

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:09.920
 way to be

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:11.060
 free from

00:29:11.060 --> 00:29:12.120
 the selfishness

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:13.600
 and egocentricity

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:14.700
 that enslaves

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.039
 us purely

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:17.440
 by the

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.400
 example of

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.720
 Jesus.

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.279
 And so

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.920
 for him,

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.860
 the Sermon

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.220
 of the

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.160
 Mount was

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.880
 the pinnacle

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:25.160
 of Christian

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.680
 teaching.

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.320
 And so

00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:28.900
 for him,

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.940
 Jesus was

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.779
 the ultimate

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:32.400
 example of

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.519
 nonviolence to

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.940
 which he

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.480
 modelled his

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.060
 life on.

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.039
 He's the

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.420
 ultimate

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.140
 example of

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.759
 giving up a

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.559
 power and

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.339
 wealth and

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.299
 influence and

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.819
 the ultimate

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.519
 example of

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.480
 sacrificial service

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.000
 of others.

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.859
 And he

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:47.640
 suggested that

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.700
 when we see

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.480
 Jesus

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:51.359
 forgiving,

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.079
 loving,

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.700
 serving,

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.319
 dying for

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.720
 others,

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.879
 it will move

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.440
 us and

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.400
 liberate us

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.000
 from our

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.879
 selfishness and

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.480
 our ego.

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.220
 Now,

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.700
 with all due

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.319
 respect to

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.900
 Gandhi for

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:05.039
 his accomplishments

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.240
 in life and

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.759
 I respect

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.019
 them,

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.740
 he missed

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.839
 Christianity.

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.519
 He missed

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.159
 the point of

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:15.519
 it all.

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.299
 You see,

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.099
 seeing the

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:20.220
 amazing life

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.960
 of Jesus

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:24.480
 and trying

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.319
 to live up

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.879
 to that,

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:29.079
 it will crush

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.359
 you,

00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:31.819
 make you feel

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.379
 worse than you

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.039
 already feel about

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.500
 yourself.

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.579
 Trying to

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.659
 be him

00:30:36.659 --> 00:30:37.680
 would end up

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.500
 crushing us

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.960
 under the

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.440
 weight of

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.759
 expectations that

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.319
 we can never

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.740
 meet.

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.879
 We would be

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.279
 cursed,

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.200
 not blessed.

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.119
 We don't

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.859
 need someone to

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.559
 live up to,

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.980
 we need someone

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:51.099
 to liberate us,

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.879
 to redeem us,

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.799
 to set us

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.180
 free.

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:59.860
 and that

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:01.480
 is at the

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.279
 centre of

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.900
 God's plan

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.400
 to bless.

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.620
 And the

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.240
 key that

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.680
 unlocks

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.480
 every

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.340
 spiritual

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:07.799
 blessing

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.019
 is verse

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.420
 seven.

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.720
 In him

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.180
 we have

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.700
 redemption

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.920
 through his

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.360
 blood,

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.360
 the forgiveness

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:15.259
 of sins.

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.240
 You see,

00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:16.920
 if I see

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.600
 Jesus Christ

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:17.960
 loving,

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.500
 forgiving,

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.220
 serving,

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.440
 dying,

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.500
 not for

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.140
 others,

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:25.520
 but for

00:31:25.520 --> 00:31:25.920
 me,

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.360
 doing all

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.880
 of that

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.880
 in my

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.500
 place,

00:31:31.040 --> 00:31:32.380
 that's

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.060
 entirely

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:33.640
 different.

00:31:36.020 --> 00:31:36.300
 Jesus

00:31:36.300 --> 00:31:36.820
 Christ,

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:37.540
 God the

00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:37.820
 Son,

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.680
 came to

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.120
 earth and

00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.660
 took on

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.420
 human flesh.

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.560
 He sided

00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:42.380
 with us

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.200
 so that

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.940
 he could

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:45.040
 represent us

00:31:45.040 --> 00:31:46.080
 to God.

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:49.220
 not only

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.960
 took on

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.220
 our

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.819
 identity,

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.359
 he took

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:52.899
 on our

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.399
 sin.

00:31:55.439 --> 00:31:56.119
 He died

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.500
 on a

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.399
 Roman cross

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:58.619
 to pay

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.379
 the debt

00:31:59.379 --> 00:32:00.000
 that we

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.460
 owe to

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.500
 God for

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.879
 our

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:03.139
 egocentricity.

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.259
 The debt

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.119
 that keeps

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:07.399
 us enslaved

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.639
 to ourselves,

00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:09.799
 captive to

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.279
 ourselves.

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.539
 And in

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.179
 paying that

00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:13.599
 debt he

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.139
 has set us

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.500
 free,

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.399
 he's

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:15.840
 redeemed

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:16.160
 us,

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.500
 he has

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.060
 ransomed

00:32:17.060 --> 00:32:17.759
 us back

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.340
 into

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:18.920
 relationship

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.660
 with God,

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.240
 part of

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:22.000
 his bride

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.460
 for his

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.840
 son,

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.900
 his church,

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.640
 his plan.

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.500
 The

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.220
 limitless

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.840
 God

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:29.160
 became

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:29.740
 limited

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.980
 to human

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.519
 flesh,

00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:32.600
 nailed

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.800
 fast

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.700
 to a

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.000
 Roman

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.640
 cross,

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.720
 enclosed

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.500
 in a

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.960
 tomb

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:40.320
 to set

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:40.440
 us

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.680
 free.

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:45.080
 to pay

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:45.580
 our

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:46.220
 debt

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:48.460
 he

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.880
 was

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.519
 cursed

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:51.740
 so that

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.000
 we might

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.460
 be blessed.

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.660
 And why

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:55.980
 would he

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.440
 bother to

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.940
 do that?

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:58.980
 Why?

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.240
 Because we

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.480
 were the

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.500
 best option

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.259
 as a bride

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.660
 for his

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.660
 son when

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.039
 he looked

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.299
 at all

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.860
 of humanity?

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.759
 No.

00:33:07.320 --> 00:33:07.960
 Verse 4,

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:09.240
 in love

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.420
 he

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.860
 predestines

00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.039
 us.

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.500
 Verse 7,

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.140
 we have

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.480
 redemption

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.440
 in accordance

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.400
 with the

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.019
 riches of

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.600
 his grace.

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.299
 Verse 9,

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.559
 he may

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.960
 know to

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.259
 us the

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.680
 mystery of

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:17.860
 his will

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.960
 according

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:20.380
 to his

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.620
 good

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:20.960
 pleasure.

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.559
 All

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.900
 because of

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.960
 his love,

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.579
 his grace,

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.220
 his pleasure.

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:35.380
 which brings

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:37.360
 me to

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:38.740
 us and

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.220
 where we

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.799
 are and

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.380
 as we

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.960
 think about

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.559
 our future

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.000
 together.

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.559
 Receiving

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:44.920
 every

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.400
 spiritual

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.259
 blessing in

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.759
 God's

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.539
 grace to

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:47.900
 us in

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.180
 the Lord

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.880
 Jesus has

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.440
 a profound

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:50.240
 impact on

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.819
 your life.

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.600
 You spend

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:54.200
 the rest of

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.819
 your life

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.759
 realizing

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.940
 this blessing

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.640
 by working

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.120
 it into

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.759
 your heart

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:00.079
 until it

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:00.799
 shapes

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:02.259
 who you

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.940
 are by

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.700
 conforming

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.059
 you to

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.799
 the image

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.180
 of the

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.799
 bridegroom.

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.300
 And these

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.019
 verses give

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.579
 us one

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.719
 important way

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.159
 that it

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:12.300
 changes us.

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.840
 One important

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.139
 way.

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.440
 We're going

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.019
 to see more

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.340
 changes as we

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.780
 go through

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.239
 the rest of

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:17.739
 Ephesians.

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.099
 But

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:23.000
 verse 6,

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.320
 to the

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.920
 praise of

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.420
 his glorious

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.920
 grace.

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.219
 Verse 12,

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.580
 for the

00:34:29.580 --> 00:34:30.500
 praise of

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.060
 his glory.

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.680
 Verse 14,

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.740
 for the

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.540
 praise of

00:34:34.540 --> 00:34:35.120
 his glory.

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.360
 When

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:40.320
 you have

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.840
 every

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.500
 spiritual

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.020
 blessing

00:34:42.020 --> 00:34:42.940
 through

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.480
 Jesus

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.020
 in

00:34:44.020 --> 00:34:44.560
 Christ,

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:46.280
 you don't

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:46.780
 just

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.600
 assent to

00:34:47.600 --> 00:34:48.500
 believe that

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.040
 in your

00:34:49.040 --> 00:34:49.740
 mind.

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:52.460
 It

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.180
 becomes

00:34:53.180 --> 00:34:53.980
 glorious

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.740
 to you.

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.740
 It

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.180
 becomes

00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:57.360
 praiseworthy

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.400
 to you.

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.579
 In other

00:34:59.579 --> 00:34:59.900
 words,

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:01.079
 you move

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.620
 from

00:35:01.620 --> 00:35:02.320
 praising

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.000
 and seeking

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.720
 the glory

00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:04.380
 of self

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.740
 and your

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.880
 egocentricity,

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.519
 working for

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:06.800
 that,

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:08.120
 and you

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:09.180
 turn beyond

00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:10.240
 yourself to

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:11.539
 praise his

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.519
 glorious grace.

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:15.340
 God

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:16.019
 in other

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.360
 words,

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.699
 what it

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.619
 means is

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:19.539
 as

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.219
 God

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.900
 looks at

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.159
 his

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.820
 church,

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.500
 the bride

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.900
 for his

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.219
 son,

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.800
 and says,

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.259
 it is

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:24.880
 beautiful

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.539
 to me,

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.380
 you

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.440
 look to

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.000
 God

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.159
 and his

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.940
 son and

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.340
 you say,

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.539
 he is

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.039
 beautiful

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.780
 to me.

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.860
 He

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.539
 has

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.139
 captured

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:38.679
 my

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:39.179
 heart.

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:42.599
 He

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.119
 captures

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.419
 my

00:35:43.419 --> 00:35:44.119
 imagination.

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:46.019
 You

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.619
 praise

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:46.839
 his

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.099
 grace,

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.279
 you

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.699
 lift

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:47.879
 your

00:35:47.879 --> 00:35:48.279
 voice

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:48.579
 and

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:48.759
 you

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.359
 sing.

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.179
 You

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.299
 see,

00:35:53.379 --> 00:35:53.719
 this is

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.539
 not just

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:56.139
 evidence

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.679
 of having

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.440
 received

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.879
 every

00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:58.399
 spiritual

00:35:58.399 --> 00:35:58.799
 blessing,

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.279
 but it's

00:35:59.279 --> 00:36:00.239
 also the

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:01.399
 way that

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:01.960
 every

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.440
 spiritual

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.839
 blessing

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.619
 works its

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.399
 way into

00:36:04.399 --> 00:36:04.739
 your

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:05.299
 life.

00:36:06.759 --> 00:36:07.440
 Praising

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.780
 the glory

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:09.300
 of his

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.860
 grace

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.700
 in every

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.460
 aspect of

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.940
 life.

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.720
 Is there

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.280
 nothing more

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.720
 beautiful?

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.380
 Is there

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.519
 nothing more

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.880
 captivating for

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.360
 the human

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.940
 heart?

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.679
 Nothing

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.619
 more glorious?

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:28.800
 Nothing

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.860
 more powerful?

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.440
 Nothing

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.500
 more moving?

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:39.980
 than someone

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.659
 giving their

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.159
 life for

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.579
 others.

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:43.639
 It's

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.539
 in whatever

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.320
 culture you

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:46.200
 come from,

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:48.000
 that is the

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:49.119
 most powerful

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:50.059
 narrative of

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.539
 life.

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.679
 We're

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.800
 amazed by

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:55.420
 the acts

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.900
 of those

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.599
 who intervened

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:56.980
 at grace

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.780
 risk to

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:58.240
 their own

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:58.740
 life to

00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:59.400
 save others

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.659
 in the

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.119
 recent

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.840
 Bondi

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:02.300
 massacre.

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:04.500
 I'm amazed

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.300
 by those who

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.960
 jumped in the

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.300
 water,

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.119
 bloody water

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.699
 to rescue

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.319
 a shark,

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.299
 attack

00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:09.819
 victim.

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.739
 Amazed

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.239
 by those

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.699
 people who

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.139
 do those

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.579
 things.

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.420
 And what

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.139
 Jesus done

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.559
 for us

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.000
 to bless

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.420
 us,

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:18.980
 it was

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:20.039
 not a

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:21.279
 rush of

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.819
 adrenaline.

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.659
 It wasn't

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.559
 a thoughtless

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.079
 act.

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.980
 It was

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.679
 planned

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.319
 before the

00:37:30.319 --> 00:37:31.039
 creation of

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.500
 the world.

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.000
 There is

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.960
 no more

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.579
 powerful

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.199
 narrative

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.819
 structure,

00:37:36.819 --> 00:37:37.659
 there is

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.019
 no more

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.439
 powerful

00:37:38.439 --> 00:37:38.980
 moral

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.699
 beauty

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.779
 than

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.419
 sacrificial

00:37:41.419 --> 00:37:41.960
 love.

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.879
 Especially

00:37:46.879 --> 00:37:48.039
 a patient

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:49.719
 plan flowing

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.259
 from the

00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:50.819
 heart of

00:37:50.819 --> 00:37:52.379
 God in

00:37:52.379 --> 00:37:52.879
 what Jesus

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.480
 done for

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:55.099
 us before

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:56.739
 he even

00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:57.519
 created

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.460
 anything.

00:37:58.460 --> 00:38:01.179
 Jesus

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.820
 did all

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.059
 of it

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.720
 to secure

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:04.059
 us for

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.220
 the

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:04.659
 eternal

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.220
 blessing,

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:05.840
 glory,

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.639
 and love

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:07.780
 that is

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.380
 his,

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:09.740
 that we

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.260
 might share

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:10.599
 in it.

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.340
 And those

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.940
 blessings

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:14.079
 change the

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:15.119
 driving center

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.740
 of your

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:16.260
 life.

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.420
 It will

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:19.300
 move you

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:20.139
 so that the

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.659
 things you

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.340
 used to find

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:22.539
 captivating no

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.559
 longer drive

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.840
 you,

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.900
 no longer

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.639
 captivate

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:25.980
 you.

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.139
 His

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.940
 glorious

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.879
 grace will

00:38:29.879 --> 00:38:30.639
 captivate

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:30.859
 you,

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.299
 capture

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:31.599
 you,

00:38:31.779 --> 00:38:32.139
 it will

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.679
 lift your

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.179
 heart to

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.759
 praise.

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:36.199
 And you

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.619
 will start

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.159
 to see that

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.960
 his plan to

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.500
 work all

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.000
 things through

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.559
 his church

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.119
 is beautiful.

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.420
 And you'll

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:43.239
 start to see

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:44.199
 his church,

00:38:44.319 --> 00:38:45.000
 his bride,

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.259
 in a

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:46.920
 different way.

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.099
 It will

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:49.319
 become beautiful

00:38:49.319 --> 00:38:51.239
 to you in

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.779
 such a way

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.239
 that you'll

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.819
 give yourself

00:38:52.819 --> 00:38:53.279
 to it.

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:55.680
 Now one

00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:57.980
 gift the

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.420
 Lord Jesus

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.840
 has given

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.400
 to his

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.700
 body,

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.360
 his bride,

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.660
 his church,

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.920
 was what we

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.400
 call the

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.760
 Lord's

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.000
 Supper.

00:39:06.160 --> 00:39:06.820
 And in

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.360
 the Lord's

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.700
 Supper,

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.320
 what it

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.800
 does is it

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.920
 reminds us

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.620
 of the

00:39:11.620 --> 00:39:12.100
 cross of

00:39:12.100 --> 00:39:13.540
 Christ as

00:39:13.540 --> 00:39:14.280
 the place

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:15.460
 of deliverance

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.240
 for us,

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:16.680
 the place

00:39:16.680 --> 00:39:17.240
 of redemption

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:18.260
 for our

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.600
 sin,

00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:19.300
 our death,

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.080
 and from

00:39:20.080 --> 00:39:20.460
 hell.

00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:22.140
 It reminds

00:39:22.140 --> 00:39:22.580
 us of

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:23.059
 God's

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.480
 loving

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:24.000
 plan

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.639
 for us.

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.739
 I'm going

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:28.119
 to invite

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.779
 those who

00:39:28.779 --> 00:39:29.340
 are serving

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:30.420
 to distribute

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.599
 that now

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.539
 as I

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.039
 continue.

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:35.019
 You see,

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:37.000
 when Jesus

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:38.380
 celebrated his

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:39.119
 last supper

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.599
 with his

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.099
 disciples,

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.579
 what they

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.199
 were celebrating

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.599
 was the

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:42.980
 Passover,

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.960
 which God

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.819
 had instituted

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:46.420
 in the Old

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.079
 Testament for

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.539
 his people

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.119
 to continue

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.819
 celebrating.

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:50.700
 and the

00:39:50.700 --> 00:39:51.200
 Passover

00:39:51.200 --> 00:39:52.880
 meal was

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.280
 about

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:55.039
 temporal

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.860
 redemption,

00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:57.200
 temporal

00:39:57.200 --> 00:39:58.260
 deliverance

00:39:58.260 --> 00:39:59.000
 from captivity.

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.580
 The

00:40:00.580 --> 00:40:01.100
 Lord's

00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:01.420
 Supper

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:03.100
 in Jesus

00:40:03.100 --> 00:40:04.400
 points to

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.380
 eternal

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:06.700
 deliverance.

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:09.160
 The

00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:09.660
 Passover

00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:10.580
 lamb had

00:40:10.580 --> 00:40:10.920
 to be

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:11.539
 slaughtered

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.740
 every year.

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:13.180
 The

00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:13.539
 Lord's

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.760
 Supper

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.559
 points us

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.900
 to the

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.539
 Lord Jesus

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.940
 who died

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.579
 a sufficient

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:18.219
 death for

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:18.759
 all people

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.259
 for all

00:40:19.259 --> 00:40:20.639
 time to

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.019
 set us

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.380
 free.

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.239
 And so

00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:23.559
 what the

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:23.860
 Lord's

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:24.039
 Supper

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:25.400
 does is

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.599
 it radiates

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:27.139
 with the

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:28.019
 glory of

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.539
 Christ

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:32.800
 in his

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.279
 flesh and

00:40:33.279 --> 00:40:33.820
 his blood.

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.980
 And what it

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.619
 does is it

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:37.659
 causes us,

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.639
 his bride,

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:42.460
 to reflect

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:44.639
 back to

00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:45.039
 when our

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.779
 sins were

00:40:45.779 --> 00:40:46.179
 atoned

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.519
 for

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:49.039
 by our

00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:49.659
 bridegroom,

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:51.000
 God's

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.739
 spotless

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:52.319
 lamb,

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:54.319
 while also

00:40:54.319 --> 00:40:55.239
 looking forward,

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.139
 causing us to

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:56.739
 look forward

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:58.819
 to the

00:40:58.819 --> 00:40:59.199
 great

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.719
 marriage

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.259
 supper of

00:41:00.259 --> 00:41:00.759
 the lamb

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:02.440
 when we

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:02.679
 shall

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.019
 bask

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.519
 together

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.500
 in the

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.299
 resplendent

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:06.019
 glory of

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.460
 the Father.

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:09.099
 And these

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:10.099
 simple elements

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:11.319
 of these

00:41:11.319 --> 00:41:11.879
 wafers and

00:41:11.879 --> 00:41:12.259
 the juice

00:41:12.259 --> 00:41:12.539
 that we're

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.019
 having this

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.400
 morning,

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:15.619
 as we

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.619
 participate in

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:16.940
 this and

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.200
 as we

00:41:17.200 --> 00:41:17.599
 remember

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:18.180
 Christ,

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:20.059
 they become

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:21.599
 a beautifying

00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:23.380
 influence on

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:26.200
 us as it

00:41:26.200 --> 00:41:27.860
 demonstrates the

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.780
 importance of

00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:29.860
 our remembering,

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:33.099
 the importance

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:33.840
 of our loving,

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.380
 and the

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:36.019
 importance of

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.900
 our examining.

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.680
 The Apostle

00:41:38.680 --> 00:41:39.480
 Paul repeated

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:40.099
 the words of

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:41.000
 Jesus when he

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.820
 instructed the

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:42.840
 Corinthian church

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:43.800
 in the

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.120
 Lord's

00:41:44.120 --> 00:41:44.340
 Supper,

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:44.980
 do this

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.380
 as often

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.700
 as you

00:41:45.700 --> 00:41:46.079
 drink it

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.720
 in remembrance

00:41:46.720 --> 00:41:47.160
 of me.

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.140
 In other

00:41:50.140 --> 00:41:50.360
 words,

00:41:50.640 --> 00:41:51.420
 the supper

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:52.360
 becomes a

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:54.120
 path to

00:41:54.120 --> 00:41:55.860
 congregational

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:57.519
 beauty as

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:58.180
 we come

00:41:58.180 --> 00:41:59.120
 together and

00:41:59.120 --> 00:42:01.180
 remember our

00:42:01.180 --> 00:42:02.400
 bridegroom.

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.519
 people.

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.740
 And he

00:42:05.740 --> 00:42:06.380
 reminds the

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:06.639
 Corinthians

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:07.139
 again,

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:08.440
 because there

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:09.000
 is one

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.400
 bread,

00:42:09.680 --> 00:42:10.119
 we who

00:42:10.119 --> 00:42:10.480
 are many

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:10.880
 are one

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.260
 body,

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:11.740
 for we

00:42:11.740 --> 00:42:12.500
 all partake

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:12.720
 in the

00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:13.160
 one bread.

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:15.519
 What the

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:16.079
 early church

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.440
 did,

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:17.800
 which we've

00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.099
 sort of

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:18.960
 shut down

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.559
 since COVID

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.079
 unfortunately,

00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:20.960
 but what the

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:21.440
 early church

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:21.920
 did was they

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.960
 passed around

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:23.740
 one loaf of

00:42:23.740 --> 00:42:24.460
 bread amongst

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:25.039
 the church,

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:25.920
 and each

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.400
 would pinch

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.760
 off a small

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:28.380
 piece of

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:30.320
 bread to

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:31.180
 celebrate the

00:42:31.180 --> 00:42:31.539
 Lord's

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:31.800
 supper.

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.519
 And through

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:35.140
 that physical

00:42:35.140 --> 00:42:36.240
 representation,

00:42:37.640 --> 00:42:38.180
 the Apostle

00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:38.620
 Paul was

00:42:38.620 --> 00:42:39.260
 reminding you,

00:42:39.260 --> 00:42:39.980
 you are one

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.720
 body, and

00:42:40.720 --> 00:42:41.380
 your body is

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:42.100
 connected to

00:42:42.100 --> 00:42:43.039
 the bread of

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:44.360
 life, Jesus,

00:42:45.080 --> 00:42:45.680
 your bridegroom.

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:48.680
 And for this

00:42:48.680 --> 00:42:49.720
 type of mutual

00:42:49.720 --> 00:42:50.240
 love and

00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:51.280
 reconciliation to

00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:52.059
 be present in

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:52.539
 the life of

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.519
 the church,

00:42:53.620 --> 00:42:54.380
 that's what

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:55.140
 we're doing as

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:55.800
 we participate

00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:57.519
 in Christ.

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:01.019
 And also,

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:03.080
 it's also

00:43:03.080 --> 00:43:03.840
 calling us to

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:04.760
 examine ourselves.

00:43:06.240 --> 00:43:07.019
 When he said

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:07.780
 to the church

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:08.380
 of Corinth,

00:43:08.600 --> 00:43:08.840
 whoever

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.900
 therefore eats

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:10.620
 the bread or

00:43:10.620 --> 00:43:11.080
 drinks the

00:43:11.080 --> 00:43:11.519
 cup of the

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:12.480
 Lord in an

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:13.220
 unmerthy manner

00:43:13.220 --> 00:43:13.980
 will be guilty

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:16.360
 concerning the

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:17.059
 body and blood

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:17.660
 of the Lord.

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:20.080
 So let's just

00:43:20.080 --> 00:43:20.780
 spend a moment

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:24.400
 to examine

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:26.180
 our hearts.

00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:27.680
 And I wonder

00:43:27.680 --> 00:43:28.160
 whether the

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:29.019
 quote of Spurgeon

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.980
 might be helpful

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:31.619
 here once again.

00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:32.320
 Nothing in the

00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:33.239
 world is dearer

00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:34.079
 to God's heart

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:35.119
 than his

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.699
 church.

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:37.019
 Therefore,

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:38.039
 being his,

00:43:38.699 --> 00:43:39.460
 let us belong

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:39.940
 to it,

00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:41.539
 that by our

00:43:41.539 --> 00:43:42.480
 prayers, our

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:43.480
 gifts, and our

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:44.300
 labours, we may

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:45.119
 support and

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.840
 strengthen it.

00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:48.900
 Is God's

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:50.039
 plan in his

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:52.139
 church beautiful

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.840
 to you?

00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:54.539
 And is that

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:56.340
 reflected in

00:43:56.340 --> 00:43:57.480
 your life?

00:43:59.019 --> 00:43:59.820
 Is his

00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:00.639
 church beautiful?

00:44:01.420 --> 00:44:01.420


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