WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.640 Our sermon text today is Ephesians chapter 3, verse 16, 17, 18, and 19. 00:00:08.259 --> 00:00:16.940 But I'm going to read a little bit more as we get a context of what Paul is saying in chapter 3 of this wonderful letter to the church in Ephesus. 00:00:18.580 --> 00:00:22.100 This is our last sermon in our series on covenant theology. 00:00:23.400 --> 00:00:28.420 And I just have the luxury in a series like this of picking any text you want. 00:00:28.420 --> 00:00:35.980 We saw Jeremiah 31 last week and Romans or Hebrews 8, which is very specifically about the new covenant. 00:00:36.939 --> 00:00:42.980 So for today, I really was just personally so blessed by the assurance we have in Ephesians 3. 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:49.920 And the question before us today is, by what power do we walk with Christ in the new covenant? 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:55.380 So as you're hearing this sermon, this sermon text, as we read our passage today, just keep that in mind. 00:00:55.380 --> 00:00:59.020 What is the power of a Christian to walk in the new covenant? 00:00:59.900 --> 00:01:04.700 This is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear and sufficient word. 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:06.740 It's God's very own word for you, his people. 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:12.920 Ephesians 3, I'm going to start reading in verse 8. 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:26.540 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:37.379 And to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ. 00:01:37.379 --> 00:01:49.699 To the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places. 00:01:50.699 --> 00:02:02.000 According to the eternal purpose, which he accomplished in Christ Jesus, our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in him. 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:09.360 Therefore, I ask you, do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. 00:02:11.620 --> 00:02:20.120 For this reason, I bow my knees to the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:26.620 So he says he bows his knee and what is Paul's prayer beginning in verse 16 of our sermon text? 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:36.400 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might through his spirit and the man and the inner man. 00:02:37.020 --> 00:02:40.219 That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. 00:02:40.219 --> 00:02:58.319 That you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:17.919 To him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:18.840 Amen. 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:21.000 This is the word of the Lord. 00:03:22.340 --> 00:03:23.479 Thanks be to God. 00:03:23.539 --> 00:03:24.079 You may be seated. 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:31.100 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever. 00:03:40.100 --> 00:03:40.880 Let's pray. 00:03:46.060 --> 00:03:52.280 Lord, you are able and more than able to do all that we could ask or even think. 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:59.880 We ask, Lord, that you will work mightily by your power in the lives of your people today. 00:04:00.020 --> 00:04:01.120 For your glory we pray. 00:04:01.420 --> 00:04:01.680 Amen. 00:04:06.160 --> 00:04:08.680 Well, you need fuel to live. 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:26.180 Starving your body can cause anxiety, depression, irritability, mental fogginess, poor concentration, trouble sleeping, loss of interest in food, food, binge eating bad stuff. 00:04:26.840 --> 00:04:31.319 All of those things can happen if your body is being starved of the fuel it needs. 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:39.099 Your soul needs fuel just as much as your body. 00:04:40.060 --> 00:04:49.839 And if you are starving your soul of the fuel that strengthens and nourishes it, so many more spiritual symptoms will fall on you. 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:59.560 If you look in your Bible, the very next verse that I didn't read, look at what Paul exhorts the church in Ephesus with. 00:05:00.599 --> 00:05:01.759 Ephesians 4.1. 00:05:02.719 --> 00:05:11.319 He says, I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called. 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:28.319 So my question for you today, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, by what strength, by what energy, with what fuel are you to walk as a Christian? 00:05:29.500 --> 00:05:32.259 What fuels your Christian walk? 00:05:32.259 --> 00:05:42.099 Just like your body has run out of energy, you've had some of those symptoms maybe for not bringing in the right nutrients to your body at a phase of life. 00:05:43.420 --> 00:05:46.039 It's just as important that you pay attention to your soul. 00:05:46.159 --> 00:05:48.860 What is it that is feeding and fueling your soul? 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:51.560 Because you will run out of energy on your own strength. 00:05:52.180 --> 00:05:53.560 You won't even get two steps. 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:59.199 Some of you have shared with me how you've gotten to the point of exhaustion and burnout. 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:04.139 And it's heartbreaking when it's in the name of Christ, in the name of ministry. 00:06:05.300 --> 00:06:07.699 And we are so limited and he humbles us. 00:06:07.779 --> 00:06:17.919 But your encouragement to me has been that if we are walking in exactly those simple things that God has called us to do as Christians, he will supply what we need. 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:23.139 When we burden ourselves with more than what he's called us to, we should expect to exhaust ourselves. 00:06:23.139 --> 00:06:28.939 But with what energy, what power, what fuel do we walk the Christian life? 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.939 Well, you picked up on the theme in these verses and it's the love of God. 00:06:34.159 --> 00:06:34.979 That's the fuel. 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:40.899 It's interesting how in Revelation chapter 2, verse 4, 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:48.339 the church of Ephesus of the same city is warned by Christ that they have left their first love. 00:06:48.339 --> 00:06:50.819 That's the same problem. 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:55.599 But Paul is giving them all of the fuel, all the ammunition they need up front. 00:06:56.879 --> 00:07:00.739 To illustrate it, make sure you understand why this is so important. 00:07:01.259 --> 00:07:02.379 We've all been on hikes. 00:07:02.799 --> 00:07:07.859 And if you forgot to, you know, maybe one of the kids didn't eat a good lunch, didn't eat healthy food. 00:07:08.459 --> 00:07:09.539 They just wanted a snack. 00:07:09.659 --> 00:07:10.620 And then we go on a hike. 00:07:10.739 --> 00:07:13.079 They start getting really weak, really low on energy. 00:07:13.919 --> 00:07:17.099 When a child is running on empty, we feed them. 00:07:17.100 --> 00:07:20.439 Well, Paul, he knows the need of the church. 00:07:21.280 --> 00:07:22.939 The need of the church is fuel. 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:26.680 And instead of feeding them, he prays for them. 00:07:27.260 --> 00:07:28.820 What a great lesson for us. 00:07:29.520 --> 00:07:31.060 So here is what Paul prays for. 00:07:31.340 --> 00:07:32.100 Let's look at this. 00:07:33.640 --> 00:07:35.360 In verse 14, he says, 00:07:35.540 --> 00:07:36.280 I bend my knee. 00:07:37.640 --> 00:07:42.379 I pray that God's spirit will make your inner being strong. 00:07:42.379 --> 00:07:44.579 Verse 16. 00:07:45.379 --> 00:07:48.199 The Holy Spirit makes your inner being strong. 00:07:48.779 --> 00:07:50.560 That's a great way to pray for one another. 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:56.219 He prays that Christ will dwell in your hearts through faith. 00:07:56.939 --> 00:07:57.560 Verse 17. 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:04.079 That Christ himself may dwell in the hearts of his people through faith. 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:09.800 He prays that you may be rooted and grounded in God's love. 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:10.800 Verse 17. 00:08:12.039 --> 00:08:16.060 That God's love would be the roots of your life. 00:08:18.099 --> 00:08:21.799 He says, I pray that you will rest in God's name. 00:08:22.219 --> 00:08:25.659 That you belong to his family in heaven and on earth. 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:28.159 With all those who were baptized. 00:08:28.579 --> 00:08:30.099 Verses 15 and 18. 00:08:30.100 --> 00:08:35.820 He says, I pray that you comprehend Christ's love. 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:37.920 Which passes knowledge. 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:39.639 Verse 18 and 19. 00:08:40.420 --> 00:08:42.940 And as God stretches your mind about Christ's love. 00:08:43.040 --> 00:08:44.659 Look at what happens in verse 19. 00:08:45.740 --> 00:08:50.159 You are filled with all the fullness of the Holy God himself. 00:08:50.980 --> 00:08:51.940 Isn't this a great prayer? 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:54.040 That's what he prays for. 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:58.580 That's the fuel of the church to walk with Christ. 00:08:58.580 --> 00:09:02.060 Colossians 1.11 is a similar message, Paul. 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:05.360 He wants them to be strengthened with all power. 00:09:05.740 --> 00:09:07.660 According to his glorious might. 00:09:08.100 --> 00:09:09.400 For all endurance. 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:11.540 And patience with joy. 00:09:13.340 --> 00:09:14.379 So the fuel. 00:09:14.520 --> 00:09:15.259 And the strength. 00:09:15.420 --> 00:09:16.940 The encouragement for the church. 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:18.660 It's the gospel. 00:09:19.800 --> 00:09:20.780 That is your fuel. 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:21.780 That is your encouragement. 00:09:21.779 --> 00:09:24.519 I want to point out. 00:09:24.939 --> 00:09:27.379 That this is written to gathered Christians. 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:30.539 Who are joyfully sitting under the word of God. 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:31.480 Revealed through Paul. 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:34.019 And they're receiving it as Christian people. 00:09:34.019 --> 00:09:35.419 That want to hear God's word. 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:37.779 There's a different category. 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:42.019 Those who truly have no grounds for assurance of the faith. 00:09:42.299 --> 00:09:44.339 They're not regularly with God's people. 00:09:44.439 --> 00:09:46.000 They don't want to hear God's word. 00:09:46.299 --> 00:09:47.980 And they should get a different message. 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:48.480 And they do. 00:09:48.620 --> 00:09:50.240 From other New Testament authors. 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:50.899 They get law. 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:52.879 But to the gathered church. 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:54.019 That want God's word. 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:55.779 That are regularly with his people. 00:09:55.940 --> 00:09:56.799 They get gospel. 00:09:57.620 --> 00:09:58.620 That's the fuel. 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:00.139 For the church to walk. 00:10:01.580 --> 00:10:02.779 That's what he prays for. 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:06.600 Well what does this have to do with covenant keeping? 00:10:07.460 --> 00:10:08.440 I'm glad you asked that. 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:09.360 That's a fair question. 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:11.159 Alright. 00:10:11.259 --> 00:10:12.299 Verses 9 and 11. 00:10:14.139 --> 00:10:15.279 Of our sermon text. 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:15.779 He says. 00:10:15.779 --> 00:10:18.980 That it's through the church. 00:10:19.699 --> 00:10:22.439 That this mystery of God is going to be revealed. 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:28.759 He says the mystery that was from the beginning of the ages. 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:29.879 Hidden in God. 00:10:30.100 --> 00:10:32.600 Is now revealed through Jesus Christ. 00:10:33.339 --> 00:10:35.100 So he says Jesus Christ. 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:37.500 He brings the eternal gospel. 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:38.639 That's been God's design. 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:39.699 God's eternal decree. 00:10:39.939 --> 00:10:41.100 From all ages. 00:10:41.100 --> 00:10:42.840 It's now in full display. 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:44.240 Through the church. 00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:47.460 So if we trace it back. 00:10:47.700 --> 00:10:50.259 We can see what was it that God was laying in place. 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:51.920 So that now it could be in full bloom. 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:53.399 Well as we've seen. 00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:54.440 Genesis 26. 00:10:54.540 --> 00:10:54.840 4. 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:58.159 The Lord promises that to Abraham. 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:00.639 His descendants will be multiplied. 00:11:01.300 --> 00:11:02.060 And in your seed. 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:03.420 All the nations of earth. 00:11:03.580 --> 00:11:04.580 Shall be blessed. 00:11:05.040 --> 00:11:05.820 Galatians 3. 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:07.920 8 interprets this for us. 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:10.079 Paul writes that the scripture. 00:11:10.819 --> 00:11:13.839 Foreseeing that God would justify Gentiles by faith. 00:11:14.339 --> 00:11:16.360 Preached the gospel to Abraham. 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:17.559 Beforehand. 00:11:18.019 --> 00:11:19.519 And he quotes that exact phrase. 00:11:19.979 --> 00:11:20.459 In you. 00:11:20.860 --> 00:11:21.759 All nations. 00:11:22.259 --> 00:11:23.139 Shall be blessed. 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:25.459 As we saw last week. 00:11:25.539 --> 00:11:26.879 This is only possible. 00:11:27.099 --> 00:11:28.839 This is fulfilled in Jesus Christ. 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:29.779 The promised seed. 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:31.939 So let's connect these dots. 00:11:31.940 --> 00:11:32.080 Because. 00:11:33.880 --> 00:11:35.120 The gospel came. 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:36.460 Through the line of Abraham. 00:11:36.660 --> 00:11:37.620 To the Jews first. 00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:39.020 And then to all nations. 00:11:39.820 --> 00:11:41.980 And all the nations are engrafted into Christ. 00:11:42.380 --> 00:11:43.240 The true vine. 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:45.920 And God's eternal purpose. 00:11:46.220 --> 00:11:46.900 Is realized. 00:11:47.540 --> 00:11:49.720 His everlasting covenant of grace. 00:11:50.140 --> 00:11:51.440 Is now in full bloom. 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:52.860 For all the world. 00:11:53.220 --> 00:11:53.700 To see. 00:11:54.620 --> 00:11:56.360 But notice how it's not just. 00:11:56.660 --> 00:11:57.280 The earth. 00:11:57.700 --> 00:11:58.640 That sees this. 00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:00.260 Look at Ephesians. 00:12:00.260 --> 00:12:01.040 Chapter 3. 00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:01.680 Verse 10. 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:05.400 There's a cosmic audience. 00:12:06.400 --> 00:12:07.520 To redemptive history. 00:12:08.980 --> 00:12:09.580 Verse 10 says. 00:12:09.780 --> 00:12:11.060 Now God makes known. 00:12:11.460 --> 00:12:12.620 His manifold wisdom. 00:12:13.260 --> 00:12:13.940 By the church. 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:15.220 To the principalities. 00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:16.160 And powers. 00:12:16.560 --> 00:12:17.620 In heavenly places. 00:12:18.180 --> 00:12:19.880 According to the eternal purpose. 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:21.840 Which he accomplished. 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:23.580 In Christ Jesus our Lord. 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:27.160 It's always been. 00:12:27.340 --> 00:12:28.280 God's intent. 00:12:28.920 --> 00:12:30.920 That all the principalities. 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:31.679 And powers. 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:32.959 In the heavenly places. 00:12:32.959 --> 00:12:34.120 That means. 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:35.959 All of the demons of hell. 00:12:35.959 --> 00:12:38.399 And twice as many angels in heaven. 00:12:38.719 --> 00:12:40.679 Would be able to behold. 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:42.019 The manifold. 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:43.000 Wisdom. 00:12:43.439 --> 00:12:44.039 Of God. 00:12:44.599 --> 00:12:44.740 How? 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:47.079 Through the church. 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:48.519 United to Christ. 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:49.519 God. 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:49.840 God. 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:50.519 God. 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:52.000 This is important. 00:12:53.199 --> 00:12:53.460 Your. 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:54.620 Sanctification. 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:55.439 And your walk. 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:56.179 As a Christian. 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:57.079 Is. 00:12:57.439 --> 00:12:58.980 On the most grand scale. 00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:03.259 Manifold wisdom. 00:13:04.100 --> 00:13:06.240 If you've been to a military funeral. 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:07.019 You've seen how. 00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:09.340 There's a ceremony. 00:13:09.340 --> 00:13:09.759 For. 00:13:10.059 --> 00:13:11.620 For placing this blue triangle. 00:13:12.059 --> 00:13:12.939 On the chest. 00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:16.559 And I'll explain it in reverse order. 00:13:16.779 --> 00:13:18.199 If you were to take this blue triangle. 00:13:18.319 --> 00:13:19.059 That has some blue. 00:13:19.199 --> 00:13:20.519 Some white stars on it. 00:13:20.620 --> 00:13:22.000 And you unfold it once. 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:23.019 Unfold it again. 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:24.419 And keep unfolding it. 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:25.159 All these. 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:26.399 These manifolds. 00:13:26.579 --> 00:13:27.279 Coming undone. 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:28.500 You can hold up. 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:30.340 The complete flag. 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:30.939 Of the USA. 00:13:32.579 --> 00:13:33.659 And so as we read the Bible. 00:13:33.659 --> 00:13:34.899 Now we're seeing one fold. 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:35.719 After the other. 00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:36.659 Opening it up. 00:13:37.459 --> 00:13:38.759 And he's saying to the church. 00:13:39.459 --> 00:13:40.579 The full picture. 00:13:40.980 --> 00:13:41.799 The full emblem. 00:13:42.199 --> 00:13:43.120 Is realized. 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:43.919 It's accomplished. 00:13:44.100 --> 00:13:45.059 In Jesus Christ. 00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:46.839 And it's being carried out now. 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:48.139 And blessings are flowing. 00:13:48.539 --> 00:13:49.579 To all the nations. 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.399 Through Christ. 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.480 And all those. 00:13:51.539 --> 00:13:52.759 He's engrafted into him. 00:13:53.179 --> 00:13:54.980 The manifold wisdom of God. 00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:56.480 From eternity past. 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:57.879 Into eternity future. 00:13:58.299 --> 00:13:59.600 Is on full display. 00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:01.480 Through the church. 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:02.199 In Christ. 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:05.840 God is so wise. 00:14:07.580 --> 00:14:08.660 So as the church. 00:14:08.660 --> 00:14:09.720 Keeps the new covenant. 00:14:10.140 --> 00:14:11.379 His eternal purpose. 00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:13.980 Is being accomplished. 00:14:14.540 --> 00:14:15.920 And that's the object. 00:14:16.040 --> 00:14:16.280 Really. 00:14:16.400 --> 00:14:17.300 Of Paul's prayer. 00:14:17.640 --> 00:14:18.759 We read this in verses. 00:14:18.900 --> 00:14:19.460 Nine and ten. 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:20.280 Which sets up. 00:14:20.280 --> 00:14:21.540 The actual prayer. 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:22.320 Beginning in verse. 00:14:22.820 --> 00:14:23.240 Fourteen. 00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:23.700 Fifteen. 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:24.240 And sixteen. 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:26.700 So that's what this has to do. 00:14:26.800 --> 00:14:27.680 With covenant keeping. 00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:28.740 Is that God's plan. 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:29.560 All along. 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:30.860 Is accomplished. 00:14:31.140 --> 00:14:31.660 In Christ. 00:14:31.659 --> 00:14:32.699 And carried out. 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:33.759 Through the church. 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:34.699 So when we pray. 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:35.919 For God's kingdom to come. 00:14:35.959 --> 00:14:36.559 And we pray for. 00:14:36.819 --> 00:14:37.759 For the will of God. 00:14:37.839 --> 00:14:38.379 To be done. 00:14:39.179 --> 00:14:40.319 We are joining our prayers. 00:14:40.439 --> 00:14:41.860 To the eternal plan. 00:14:41.939 --> 00:14:42.579 Of God. 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:44.240 To bring all nations. 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:45.439 Under his kingdom. 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:46.639 Through Christ. 00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:48.360 Whosoever will believe in him. 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:52.039 Well let's get more specific. 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:54.919 It might be helpful. 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:55.919 For us to contrast. 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:57.599 What Paul does pray for here. 00:14:57.599 --> 00:14:59.579 With what Paul does not pray for. 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:01.539 Because we so often. 00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.939 Want to impose our agenda. 00:15:03.199 --> 00:15:03.939 For God. 00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:04.899 Upon his church. 00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.299 Don't we? 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:06.480 That's what our flesh. 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.079 Wants to do. 00:15:08.079 --> 00:15:08.719 And we. 00:15:08.819 --> 00:15:10.000 We know what that feels like. 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.860 When the agenda. 00:15:11.199 --> 00:15:11.599 Of men. 00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:12.599 Is pushed on. 00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:13.319 And forced on. 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:13.980 To the church. 00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:16.500 And it is exhausting. 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:18.800 And so let me just be very clear. 00:15:18.920 --> 00:15:20.300 What does Paul not pray for? 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:22.539 He does not bow his knees. 00:15:22.560 --> 00:15:23.480 In verse 14. 00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:25.399 And pray that you church. 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:27.440 Would approach covenant keeping. 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:28.539 Like the Pharisees. 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:30.180 That you would find. 00:15:30.180 --> 00:15:31.899 All the New Testament commands. 00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:33.500 And then drill them into yourselves. 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.120 And the people. 00:15:34.820 --> 00:15:35.840 He does not pray for that. 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.899 Paul does not pray. 00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:38.720 That you church. 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:40.659 Would take all the Old Testament laws. 00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:41.820 For national Israel. 00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:43.860 And try to enforce those. 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:44.899 On the church either. 00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:46.980 You're not to pile on. 00:15:47.060 --> 00:15:47.899 These extra burdens. 00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:49.460 On God's people. 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.460 Paul does not pray. 00:15:52.180 --> 00:15:53.580 That you would work. 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:55.259 At dominating a city. 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.080 Or a nation. 00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:57.600 By Christianizing. 00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:59.060 All aspects of culture. 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:00.340 Until Christ returns. 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.860 He does not pray. 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:02.620 That your work. 00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:04.580 Would be to transform earth. 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.519 As if your work. 00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:06.360 Is what will bring. 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.100 Christ. 00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:08.019 And the kingdom of heaven. 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:09.120 Down for him. 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:11.460 He does not pray. 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:13.000 That you would constantly question. 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.820 Whether you are saved. 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:17.320 And that you would be always. 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:18.500 Working harder and harder. 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:20.059 To merit more of God's favor. 00:16:20.059 --> 00:16:20.700 For yourself. 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.940 He does not pray. 00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:23.879 That you would expect. 00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:25.559 Perfection out of yourself. 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.840 And set yourself up. 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:28.600 For disappointment. 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.360 And vent. 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:30.539 Your frustration. 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.440 By being critical. 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:32.480 Of others. 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:34.960 The reason I picked. 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.519 These handful of examples. 00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:38.279 Is because that is what. 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.320 Man's agenda. 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:40.360 Often brings. 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.940 That is what the Judaizers. 00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:43.200 Were doing in Ephesus. 00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:45.039 And the churches in Galatia. 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:46.379 And Paul is bringing. 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.659 A very different prayer. 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:49.320 For the people of God. 00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:53.919 Those things can sound spiritual. 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:56.740 But we all need to be very careful. 00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.779 If it is not the pride. 00:16:57.820 --> 00:16:58.720 Of our own flesh. 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.259 Creeping in. 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:02.100 And trying to burden ourselves. 00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.680 Or the church. 00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.379 With works. 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.740 That are not. 00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.220 Ordained. 00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:07.759 That are not part of this mission. 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.700 That the Lord has made. 00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.960 Very clear to his church. 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:12.799 And if we start to fall for that. 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:13.519 We need to ask him. 00:17:13.580 --> 00:17:14.400 To pull us back. 00:17:15.080 --> 00:17:16.039 We don't want to be fooled. 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:17.080 Like the Galatians. 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:18.980 Galatians 2. 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:20.000 Verses 2 and 3. 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.759 Paul asked the church. 00:17:21.860 --> 00:17:22.720 Let me ask you this. 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:24.080 Did you receive the spirit. 00:17:24.080 --> 00:17:25.259 By works of the law. 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:26.920 Or by hearing with faith. 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:28.080 Are you so foolish. 00:17:29.100 --> 00:17:29.940 Having begun. 00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.700 By the spirit. 00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:32.500 Are you now being perfected. 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:33.720 By the flesh. 00:17:34.360 --> 00:17:35.279 And the answer is. 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:35.640 No. 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:38.520 He began a good work in us. 00:17:38.580 --> 00:17:39.060 By faith. 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:40.520 He will perfect us. 00:17:40.580 --> 00:17:41.580 To use his own word there. 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:42.940 He will sanctify us. 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:44.580 He will make us more and more like Christ. 00:17:44.840 --> 00:17:46.080 Through that same principle. 00:17:46.540 --> 00:17:46.920 Grace. 00:17:47.320 --> 00:17:47.820 Through faith. 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.640 Well. 00:17:51.280 --> 00:17:52.440 According to Paul's prayer. 00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.580 What does then. 00:17:53.900 --> 00:17:54.200 Fuel. 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.300 Your walk. 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.380 In the covenant. 00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:57.120 Of grace. 00:17:58.700 --> 00:18:00.480 If that's what he did not pray for. 00:18:00.600 --> 00:18:01.720 What does he pray for. 00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:03.480 What is the true fuel. 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.680 Of a Christian's walk. 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.279 In the covenant. 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:06.339 Of grace. 00:18:07.380 --> 00:18:08.680 I've got five points. 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:09.500 For us on this. 00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:11.039 Number one. 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:12.539 God keeps you. 00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.400 In his gracious. 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:14.160 New covenant. 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:15.779 Through his spirit. 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:17.200 In your inner being. 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.819 To give you strength. 00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:19.519 With might. 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.799 Look at verse 16. 00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:23.339 He prays that you will be strengthened. 00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:24.900 With might. 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.759 Through his holy spirit. 00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:28.140 In the inner man. 00:18:29.360 --> 00:18:30.360 The inner man. 00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:31.140 Or the inner being. 00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:33.680 That's the part of you that is united to Christ. 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.500 It's your soul. 00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.240 Romans 6. 00:18:37.280 --> 00:18:38.320 6 uses this language. 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:38.720 He says. 00:18:38.800 --> 00:18:39.560 Your old self. 00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:40.700 Referring to the flesh. 00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.580 Or the outer man. 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:44.080 Was crucified with Jesus Christ. 00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:46.300 In order that the body of sin. 00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:48.200 Might be brought to nothing. 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:51.040 Be strengthened with might. 00:18:51.040 --> 00:18:51.660 He says. 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.520 Or with power. 00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:54.500 In the original language. 00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:55.540 The word is duname. 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.700 It even sounds like. 00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:59.360 Our English word dynamite. 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:00.359 That's the same meaning. 00:19:00.979 --> 00:19:01.299 And that's. 00:19:01.399 --> 00:19:03.019 That's what God used in Matthew 6. 00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.419 He said. 00:19:03.959 --> 00:19:04.559 In the Lord's prayer. 00:19:04.719 --> 00:19:05.779 For thine is the kingdom. 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.859 And the power. 00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:08.559 And the glory forever. 00:19:09.179 --> 00:19:10.639 It's God's power. 00:19:10.979 --> 00:19:11.839 In the inner man. 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:14.379 It's the Holy Spirit. 00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.259 Inside. 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.240 Your soul. 00:19:17.199 --> 00:19:18.839 That's the source of your power. 00:19:19.219 --> 00:19:19.859 Your might. 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.979 Your dynamism. 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.899 He supplies you. 00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:23.919 He feeds you. 00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:25.039 He strengthens you. 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:26.920 And the Holy Spirit. 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.839 And the inner being. 00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.940 Slowly overtakes. 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:31.079 And replaces. 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.899 The lust. 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:32.799 Of the flesh. 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:35.720 That's how God keeps you. 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:37.440 In the covenant of grace. 00:19:37.879 --> 00:19:39.059 It's by the Holy Spirit. 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.940 Strengthening the inner being. 00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:42.980 Number two. 00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.700 God keeps you. 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:44.740 In his gracious covenant. 00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:46.819 According to verse 17. 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:48.099 As Christ. 00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:49.859 Dwells in your hearts. 00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:50.639 Through faith. 00:19:51.639 --> 00:19:52.319 The spirit. 00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:53.519 Unites you to Christ. 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.700 And then Christ. 00:19:55.139 --> 00:19:55.920 Christ Jesus. 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:57.139 The king of kings. 00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.619 He dwells. 00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.799 In your heart. 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.339 He graciously. 00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.160 Takes. 00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.079 The throne. 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.160 Of a heart. 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.879 That is low before him. 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.920 A heart that repents. 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.839 Of unbelief. 00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:11.519 And that has died. 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.559 To proud. 00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.940 Self-righteousness. 00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:15.599 That's the kind of heart. 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:17.220 That Christ loves to take. 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.220 As his throne. 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.359 Romans 6. 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.200 Verses 8 and 9. 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:21.779 Say now. 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:23.059 If we have died. 00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.599 With Christ. 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.359 We believe. 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.700 We have faith. 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:27.240 That we will also. 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.000 Live. 00:20:28.419 --> 00:20:28.919 With him. 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.099 Christ Jesus. 00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:32.039 Is alive. 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:33.899 And through his word. 00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.399 He reveals. 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.299 That he lives. 00:20:35.399 --> 00:20:36.159 He dwells. 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.720 Inside. 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.179 Every true believer. 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.240 Jesus Christ. 00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.940 Will never die again. 00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.200 And therefore. 00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:43.619 Death. 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.200 No longer. 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:44.879 Has dominion. 00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.579 Over him. 00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:47.000 And therefore. 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.779 He is the king. 00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.799 Inside of you. 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:51.680 God is at home. 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.440 In that soul. 00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:55.059 Where he sits on the throne. 00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:57.299 He makes it his home. 00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.559 In Christ. 00:20:59.659 --> 00:21:01.200 You also are dead to sin. 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.720 Paul wrote. 00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.519 In Romans 6. 00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:04.119 And you are alive. 00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.299 To God. 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.519 In Christ Jesus. 00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.859 Let that strengthen. 00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.700 Your inner being. 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:11.220 Let that be the fuel. 00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.180 Of walking. 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.799 In the covenant. 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.500 Of grace. 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:15.559 God keeps you. 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:16.920 In covenant with him. 00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:18.200 Because Jesus Christ. 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.000 Dwells. 00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.700 In you. 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.720 Number three. 00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:22.500 God keeps you. 00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.099 In his gracious. 00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:23.799 New covenant. 00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.559 By rooting. 00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:27.160 And grounding you. 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.119 In love. 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.599 He keeps you. 00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.559 By rooting you. 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.680 And grounding you. 00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:32.700 In love. 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:36.039 Think of a plant. 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:36.980 If a plant. 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.799 Is uprooted. 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.519 It will die. 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.880 It doesn't have nutrients. 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.819 It doesn't get water. 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:42.440 And when a strong wind. 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.039 Or a tornado. 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.779 Blows through. 00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.799 It's carried away. 00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:47.259 Think of a child. 00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.559 That. 00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:49.539 That has been dislocated. 00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.779 They need to be. 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.339 Welcomed. 00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:52.299 Into a stable. 00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:53.519 Loving home. 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.579 To feel grounded. 00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.519 To know that they. 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.180 Belong. 00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.180 God keeps you. 00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.940 In his new covenant. 00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:02.180 By rooting you. 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.579 And grounding you. 00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:05.079 It's in the passive tense. 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.500 You are being rooted. 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.980 You are being grounded. 00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.299 In love. 00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.700 And he prays. 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.500 Because it's God. 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.180 Who will do that. 00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.019 In your life. 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.440 He will push the roots. 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.980 Of your faith. 00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.759 Deeper and deeper. 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.660 He will give you. 00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.460 That stability. 00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.920 So you don't blow around. 00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:20.000 And get uprooted. 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.819 And carried away. 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.099 He keeps you rooted. 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.420 He keeps feeding you. 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.500 He keeps water. 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.259 And nutrients. 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.859 Flowing into your soul. 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.879 Through faith. 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:30.819 Number four. 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.619 God keeps you. 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.940 In his gracious new covenant. 00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.359 By teaching you. 00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.539 With all his people. 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.440 In heaven. 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.660 And on earth. 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.960 That you belong. 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.119 To his family. 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:42.199 You got a true name. 00:22:42.199 --> 00:22:42.219 You got a true name. 00:22:42.219 --> 00:22:43.179 A real identity. 00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:45.479 And a permanent destiny. 00:22:45.479 --> 00:22:46.879 From God himself. 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:50.259 I love how in verses 14 and 15. 00:22:50.419 --> 00:22:50.639 He's. 00:22:50.959 --> 00:22:51.759 He has in view. 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:53.519 The whole family of God. 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.819 And it's the family of God. 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.559 That's in heaven. 00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.799 And on earth. 00:22:57.799 --> 00:23:00.319 So you're part of the family of God. 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:01.940 Including the great cloud of witnesses. 00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:03.059 That have gone before us. 00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.980 From every generation. 00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.119 That's your family. 00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:07.019 And you're also. 00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:08.720 With the family of God on earth. 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:10.339 Not just here in Parker, Colorado. 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.519 But around the world. 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:13.659 You meet someone from South Africa. 00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:14.319 From India. 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.159 From China. 00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.119 From Korea. 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.119 These are your brothers. 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:19.919 This is the family of God on earth. 00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.759 When we meet Christians. 00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.500 When we see those. 00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.680 Even with different convictions. 00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:25.779 On secondary and tertiary things. 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.940 These are your family. 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:29.480 Let that encourage you in the faith. 00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:31.220 This is your sense of stability. 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.859 This is one of the ways. 00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:34.759 He encourages you. 00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:36.119 And provides that strength. 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.299 You need to keep walking. 00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:40.059 In verse 18. 00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:40.619 He says. 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.899 He prays that you may be able. 00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.899 To comprehend. 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:46.440 God's love with all the saints. 00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:48.500 Try to understand more and more. 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.839 Of God's love with the church. 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.180 It's great to read. 00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:54.440 Books that have stood the test of time. 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.659 Because you're learning more. 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:57.519 About God's love with all the saints. 00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.819 From all the generations. 00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.379 And it's great to be able to. 00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.779 Meet in one another's homes. 00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.960 And practice hospitality. 00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:04.379 And just ask that simple. 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.339 Open-ended question. 00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:07.319 How has God shown you and your family. 00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:07.859 His love. 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.819 What an encouragement. 00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.919 That's what it is to be a Christian. 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.379 Comprehend God's love. 00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.859 With all his saints. 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.599 Do it together. 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.419 It strengthens our faith. 00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:22.660 Because God first loved each of us. 00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:25.519 Because he keeps us in his covenant. 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.519 With his love. 00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.980 Because his Holy Spirit. 00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.019 Makes you. 00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:31.240 In the words of Romans 7. 00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:31.759 22. 00:24:32.320 --> 00:24:33.980 Delight in the law of God. 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.900 In your inner being. 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.940 So as his family. 00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:38.519 We walk in his grace. 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:40.200 We encourage one another. 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.660 We pray for one another. 00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.940 We serve one another. 00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:44.519 We build up one another. 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:46.319 We wash one another's feet. 00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:48.519 Because he first loved us. 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.920 And we're in his family. 00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:51.619 And this is the strength. 00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.440 The energy. 00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:52.960 The love. 00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.500 The desire. 00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:54.759 He puts inside of us. 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.799 To live. 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.960 And fulfill what he's called us to do. 00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.960 God teaches us to share. 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.559 His covenant. 00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.900 Faithful love. 00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:06.160 With his church. 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.960 It's going to take each of us a lifetime. 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:10.099 To learn that truly. 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.619 And to practice it. 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.980 But he's our strength. 00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.900 With every attempt. 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.379 And it's his pardon. 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.879 That covers us in our failings. 00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:18.059 But we learn. 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.379 To practice his love. 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.139 One with another. 00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.980 And it takes a lifetime. 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.500 The fifth point. 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.539 Is that God keeps you. 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.779 In his gracious new covenant. 00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:29.000 I love how he uses. 00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:30.019 Two different words. 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:31.579 That sound like they oppose each other. 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.639 It sets up a paradox. 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:34.039 In verse 18 and 19. 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.259 By helping. 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.259 You comprehend. 00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:38.960 Verse 18. 00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.960 That which. 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.039 In verse 19. 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.099 Passes knowledge. 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:45.279 Comprehend. 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:46.679 That which passes knowledge. 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.079 To comprehend. 00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:51.199 Break down those words. 00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.339 Come. 00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:54.079 The prefix. 00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.619 Come. 00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:55.659 Means all the way around. 00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:56.099 Like. 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.480 Wrap your mind. 00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:59.079 Around the full circumference. 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.379 Of God's love. 00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.759 Try to do it. 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.259 Try to stretch your. 00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:04.199 Your understanding. 00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:05.259 Of God's love. 00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.019 All the way around. 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.519 Just try. 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:08.440 But realize. 00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.799 That it passes knowledge. 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.000 You'll never. 00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.019 Get to the bottom. 00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.279 Of God's love. 00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:16.019 The Athanasian Creed. 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.879 Says God. 00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.359 Is incomprehensible. 00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:20.099 So try to. 00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.039 Try to. 00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.980 Wrap your mind. 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:23.480 Around an incomprehensible. 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.960 God. 00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.839 And his love. 00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.859 All three persons. 00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.319 One. 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.379 Uncreated God. 00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.500 Incomprehensible. 00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.339 Almighty. 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.259 Eternal. 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.339 Our Lord. 00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.419 Lord. 00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.740 Well. 00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:35.759 James Dolezal. 00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:36.619 He helped me. 00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:36.879 With. 00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.919 With this language. 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.159 He explained. 00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:40.299 How it is possible. 00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.819 For us. 00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:42.039 As finite human beings. 00:26:42.199 --> 00:26:42.339 To. 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.419 Apprehend. 00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.879 Those things. 00:26:44.959 --> 00:26:45.480 We can't. 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.119 Comprehend. 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.839 Even though. 00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.319 We can't. 00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:48.079 Comprehend. 00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:48.819 God. 00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.039 Because he's. 00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.980 Incomprehensible. 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.959 We can still. 00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.419 Truly. 00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:53.299 Apprehend him. 00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:55.359 He told a story. 00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:56.319 About a friend of his. 00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.299 Who was a police officer. 00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.980 From high school. 00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.559 And he got to do. 00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.179 A ride along. 00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.720 And he saw his friend. 00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.559 Go and. 00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.259 Apprehend. 00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:03.179 The criminal. 00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:04.319 And put the criminal. 00:27:04.419 --> 00:27:05.199 In the back of the car. 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.099 He truly. 00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:06.819 Apprehended. 00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:07.339 This criminal. 00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.839 So we can. 00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.339 Grab hold. 00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:09.839 And truly. 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.720 Have God. 00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.439 Through Jesus Christ. 00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.459 In at least. 00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.139 Four ways. 00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.879 That we can highlight. 00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.559 From our sermon. 00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.199 Text today. 00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:18.019 Paul says this. 00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.579 To the church. 00:27:18.699 --> 00:27:19.199 I pray. 00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.199 That you will. 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.919 Grab hold. 00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:21.699 Of how. 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.439 Wide. 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.339 Christ's love. 00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:23.899 Is for you. 00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:25.759 Psalm 103. 00:27:25.919 --> 00:27:26.359 13. 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.740 Says. 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.619 As far. 00:27:27.699 --> 00:27:28.319 As the east. 00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:29.220 Is from the west. 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.220 So far. 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.240 He has removed. 00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.579 Our transgressions. 00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.140 From us. 00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:34.539 So that we can be with him. 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.259 That's how wide. 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.339 His love is. 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.700 He has removed. 00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.579 Both the power. 00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.279 And the guilt. 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.019 Of your sin. 00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:43.120 You can see how wide. 00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:44.559 Jesus love is. 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.680 By how wide. 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.839 He opened his arms. 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.980 On the cross. 00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.359 And he calls. 00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.460 Whosoever will. 00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:50.880 Come. 00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.599 To me. 00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.140 And find. 00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:53.900 Find rest. 00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.539 For your soul. 00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.180 How wide. 00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:57.019 Is Christ's love. 00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.440 For you. 00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.720 He also prays. 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.100 That you will. 00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.820 Grab hold. 00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:02.120 Of how long. 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.200 Christ's love. 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.960 Is for you. 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.440 To you. 00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.880 Who belong. 00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.420 To God. 00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.660 In his covenant. 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.180 Of grace. 00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.840 The Lord Jesus. 00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.240 Says. 00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.000 In the words of. 00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.180 Jeremiah 31. 00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:11.600 Three. 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.340 I have loved you. 00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.299 How long. 00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:16.240 With an everlasting. 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:16.860 Love. 00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:17.900 Therefore. 00:28:18.060 --> 00:28:19.100 With loving kindness. 00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:20.100 I have drawn you. 00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.460 It's like. 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.240 Jesus is saying. 00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:24.259 I love you today. 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:26.220 I love you tomorrow. 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.519 I love you next year. 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:30.640 I love you the very last year. 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.759 Of your life on earth. 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:33.059 And I love you for all. 00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:33.859 Eternity. 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.539 How long. 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:36.059 Is Christ's love for you. 00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.519 It's an everlasting. 00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.319 Love. 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.539 His love for you. 00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.099 Will never. 00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:40.980 Run out. 00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:43.400 It abounds to you. 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.660 Like an ever flowing. 00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.440 River. 00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.879 Supplied by an endless. 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:48.819 Spring. 00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.740 It's always. 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.579 Flowing. 00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.240 At you. 00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.579 And never going to run out. 00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:54.960 And he prays. 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.919 That you will grab hold. 00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:56.759 Of how deep. 00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:58.439 Is Christ's love for you. 00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.619 It's like. 00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:01.000 Jesus. 00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.019 Wants you to know. 00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.179 My love for you. 00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.039 Is so deep. 00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:06.259 In Mark 14. 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.359 He was described. 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.379 As being deeply. 00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.419 Troubled. 00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:11.000 And distressed. 00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:14.299 And he was distressed. 00:29:14.679 --> 00:29:15.539 And deeply moved. 00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:17.279 Because he was preparing himself. 00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:19.299 For paying your penalty. 00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.099 On the cross. 00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.419 Because his love for you. 00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.140 Is so deep. 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.660 On the cross. 00:29:25.300 --> 00:29:26.060 And in his death. 00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.580 And burial. 00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.380 Our Lord Jesus. 00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.160 Descended. 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.440 To the depths. 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.019 Of hell. 00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.820 To save you. 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.259 The Old Testament. 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.019 Prophets. 00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.300 Were. 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.519 Were calling out. 00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.539 The kings of Israel. 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:37.860 For. 00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:40.000 And the false prophets. 00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:40.480 For not. 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.580 Truly shepherding. 00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.200 God's people. 00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.460 And for healing. 00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.980 Their wounds. 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.620 Only lightly. 00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:45.960 Only a surface treatment. 00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.700 But God loves you. 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.340 So deeply. 00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:50.299 He doesn't just do. 00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:51.339 A surface treatment. 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.619 Of your wounds. 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.619 And your sin. 00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:54.399 And your problems. 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.799 He heals your. 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.579 Your wounds. 00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.119 And your sin. 00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:57.720 At the root. 00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:00.699 If we can use this word picture. 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.839 It's like he's replacing. 00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.039 The poison. 00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.079 In our system. 00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:05.459 With his very own blood. 00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:07.459 The deepest level. 00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:09.159 Never to grip you again. 00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:11.299 How deep is his love for you. 00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:13.779 And number four. 00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.419 He prays. 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.019 That the church. 00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.960 Will grab hold. 00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.879 Of how high. 00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:18.339 Is Christ's love. 00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.419 For you. 00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:22.139 In Luke 19. 00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.659 38. 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.200 The people in Israel. 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:26.079 See Jesus. 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.680 Coming. 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.639 On the colt. 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.319 Like a king. 00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:28.899 Entering in. 00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.019 A time of peace. 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.859 And they say. 00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:31.339 Hosanna. 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.759 And they say some words. 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.799 That they'll turn back on. 00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.879 But the words are right. 00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.480 And when he ascends to heaven. 00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.539 He fulfills this. 00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:40.159 That he is the king. 00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:41.039 From on high. 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.240 Who makes peace. 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.899 In heaven. 00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.460 They say. 00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.819 In heaven. 00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.480 And brings glory. 00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.639 To the highest. 00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.599 The manifold wisdom. 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.500 Of God. 00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.460 Being opened up. 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.480 And exalted. 00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.940 And bringing the church. 00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.359 With them. 00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.200 Into the highest. 00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.139 Heavens. 00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.019 Forevermore. 00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.119 That's how high. 00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.539 Is God's love for you. 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.480 Well the last. 00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.579 Question. 00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.480 I invite you to ponder. 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.480 With me this morning. 00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:10.079 How does such. 00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:10.799 Knowledge. 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:12.480 Of God's love. 00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.079 Change you. 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.559 You. 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.680 Comprehend. 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.720 And you apprehend. 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.099 The love of God. 00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.720 In Christ. 00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.579 And how does such. 00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.599 Knowledge of God. 00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.659 Change you. 00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.960 What does it do to you. 00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.220 In verse 19. 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.819 He says. 00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.180 He prays that the church. 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:30.159 Will get filled. 00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.559 With the fullness. 00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:33.059 Of the holy God. 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.259 The church gets. 00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.059 Filled. 00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.920 With the fullness. 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.740 Of God. 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:37.839 God. 00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.620 The holy God. 00:31:39.620 --> 00:31:40.279 Fills you. 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.759 Christian. 00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.720 With all his fullness. 00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:45.319 Just as the holy God. 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.180 Filled the temple. 00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.779 So he fills you. 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.039 Galatians 2. 00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.599 21. 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.000 The life. 00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.960 You now live. 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.539 In the flesh. 00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.620 You live by faith. 00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:55.019 In the son of God. 00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.880 Who loved you. 00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.980 And gave himself. 00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.079 For you. 00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:59.160 His fullness. 00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.240 Fills you. 00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.319 And he lives. 00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.019 Through you. 00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.480 The weight. 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.160 Of his glory. 00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.819 Pushes. 00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:06.099 Into your heart. 00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.779 Through your mind. 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.500 Nothing. 00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.220 Unclean. 00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.839 Can stay. 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.359 In you. 00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.299 Permanently. 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.740 All. 00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.160 Gets. 00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.180 Increasingly. 00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.059 Reordered. 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:18.039 Your loves. 00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.980 Get better. 00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.779 Settled. 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.639 Your thoughts. 00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.539 Are more. 00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:22.960 And more. 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.879 Biblical. 00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.779 Your habits. 00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.839 Are gradually. 00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.900 Recreated. 00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:30.099 This is how God. 00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.460 Fuels your walk. 00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:33.160 In his gracious covenant. 00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:37.779 We just sang this beautiful hymn. 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.660 Here is love. 00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:41.000 Listen to that last verse. 00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.579 One more time. 00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.200 That you sang. 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.019 In thy truth. 00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:45.720 Thou dost direct me. 00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:47.120 By thy spirit. 00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.480 Through thy word. 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.920 In thy grace. 00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:51.160 My need is meeting. 00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.620 As I trust. 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.240 In thee. 00:32:53.360 --> 00:32:54.019 My Lord. 00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.940 Of thy fullness. 00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.779 Thou art pouring. 00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.559 Thy great love. 00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.500 And power. 00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.240 On me. 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.779 Without measure. 00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.660 Full. 00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.799 And boundless. 00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:06.340 Drawing out. 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.279 My heart. 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.039 To thee. 00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:13.500 I started this sermon. 00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.740 By having you look at. 00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:16.839 Ephesians 4 verse 1. 00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.799 The next. 00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.500 Logical step. 00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.460 In what he's writing. 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.119 To the church. 00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.059 Which is to walk. 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.059 In a manner worthy. 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.240 Of your calling. 00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.799 But notice. 00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.480 What's in between. 00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.159 This prayer. 00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:29.279 And that calling. 00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:31.240 In verse 20 and 21. 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.680 Paul does this often. 00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.879 As he hears the objection. 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:35.960 That the flesh. 00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:35.980 That the flesh. 00:33:36.040 --> 00:33:36.640 Or that the Christian. 00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.380 Is going to be asking. 00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.940 In their mind. 00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.800 And he beats you. 00:33:38.820 --> 00:33:39.440 To the objection. 00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:41.120 Look at verse 20. 00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:43.340 The Christian is thinking. 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.660 I'm not going to be able. 00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.380 To do this. 00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:46.240 You're right. 00:33:46.300 --> 00:33:47.040 By your own strength. 00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:47.880 You and I are not. 00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:49.280 Verse 20. 00:33:49.280 --> 00:33:50.520 But to him. 00:33:50.520 --> 00:33:51.740 Who is able. 00:33:52.260 --> 00:33:52.640 To do. 00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:53.980 Exceedingly. 00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:54.720 Abundantly. 00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:56.400 Above all that we ask. 00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.880 Or think. 00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:58.540 According to the power. 00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.700 That works in us. 00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.700 To him. 00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:01.620 Be glory. 00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.500 In the church. 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.980 By Christ Jesus. 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.660 To all generations. 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.600 Forever. 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.500 And ever. 00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:08.679 Amen. 00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.420 Isn't that comforting? 00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.500 The same message. 00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.840 As at the end of Romans. 00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.579 Romans 11. 00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.280 36. 00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.119 For. 00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.460 From him. 00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:19.119 And through him. 00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.699 And to him. 00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:22.000 Are all things. 00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:24.920 He is your fuel. 00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:26.220 For the Christian walk. 00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:28.379 Let's learn to pray this. 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.059 For ourselves. 00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:30.099 And for one another. 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.980 And then walk in the grace. 00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.559 Knowing that. 00:34:32.859 --> 00:34:33.959 He who commands this. 00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.739 He is the one. 00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:35.719 Who is able to do. 00:34:35.899 --> 00:34:36.939 Far more exceedingly. 00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:38.459 Than we could even ask. 00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.079 Or think. 00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.759 Let's spend some time. 00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:41.239 In prayer. 00:34:41.879 --> 00:34:42.779 Reflecting on the message. 00:34:42.899 --> 00:34:43.459 You've heard today.