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 Good morning. My name is Eric. If you don't know me, I'm one of the guys here on staff at Watermark Church.

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 I spend most of my time with the youth, but our pastor is on sabbatical, so I'm really doing a little bit of everything these days.

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 And I know we have a lot of guests here today, and I wanted to start out just telling a little bit about myself

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 so that you can know who I am and I'm not some total random stranger up here talking with you today.

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 And I, when I was a kid, I was all about my grades.

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 I sometimes think that I was born on the wrong continent because I would have fit in perfectly here,

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 but I was sort of the odd one out in America, you know?

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 And I loved my straight A's.

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 And the thing that I hated more than anything else in all of school was group projects.

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 Because I wanted my straight A, and I wanted to have power over what my grades were.

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 And when I was in the middle of a group project with three or four people in a group,

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 I only had control over about 25 to 33 percent of what my grade was going to be,

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 and I hated that feeling because I love power to control my own grades.

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 In fact, I loved the power to control my own grades so much that I would prefer to just do everyone's share of the work

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 so that I could know I was going to get an A, rather than relax, sit back, and let my teammates do their stuff and maybe get a B.

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 I love having power in life.

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 And I'm guessing that I'm not unique in that.

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 I'm guessing that on some level, every single one of us here loves having power.

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 You know, the past few weeks, if you've been around, we've been going through a series about union with Christ.

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 What that means is the Bible says that when we become Christians, God unites us with Jesus in such a way that we as Christians can say,

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 Christ is my life.

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 And we've talked about how whose you are determines who you are.

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 And who you are shapes what you do.

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 And we've seen how this connection with Christ, how belonging to him, changes us fundamentally on some level of who we are and what we do.

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 And how our lives should look as we live out the truth and reality of that relationship with Christ.

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 And last week, we looked at, we called it Christ is my walk.

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 We said that the way that we live now, the way that we grow closer to God, is shaped by this relationship with Christ.

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 It's not about achievements and milestones and marking out how far we can get.

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 But it's about a relationship and growing closer in a relationship to God.

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 And today, as we look at this passage, what we're going to see is that Christ is my power.

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 That I am someone who loves power.

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 But in reality, because of my connection with Christ and my relationship with him, Christ is my power.

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 Now going back to the concept of power, I think, like I said, I think all of us want power in our lives.

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 And if you think that's not true about you, think about the things that you stress about.

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 Because stress, what is stress?

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 It's grasping for power that we know we don't have.

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 I know that I don't have control in this situation.

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 I know that I don't have power to change it.

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 So I'm going to rack my mind for hours or days, thinking through ways that I can grab that power back and get it for myself.

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 I work with teens.

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 I've been working with teens for about six years.

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 During that time, I have had numerous conversations with parents that have gone something along the lines of,

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 My kid has started to make some really bad decisions.

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 I, as a parent, love them and see these decisions going in a terrible direction.

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 That's how the conversation starts.

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 The conversation never, ever, ever ends with,

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 And I'm totally fine and relaxed right now.

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 No, the conversation is, my kid is making bad decisions.

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 I love them and care about them.

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 And I am freaking out.

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 I'm lying awake in bed at night, thinking through how I can help my kid to make better choices in life.

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 I am stressed, Eric.

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 Please help me.

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 Please give me advice, which I always find ironic.

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 Because, you know, I'm closer to the kid's age than to the parent's age most of the time.

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 Right?

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 The parents are like, please help me.

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 But, what is this stress coming from?

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 It's a feeling that I used to have power over my kid's life to help them move in the right direction

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 and help them make sure that they were turning out right.

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 And now I feel powerless.

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 And I want to get that power back.

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 Because I know that if I could just have that power back, then my kid would turn out okay.

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 And if you're a parent and you're going through that situation right now, let me guarantee you, you're not alone.

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 There are plenty of parents around you going through the exact same things.

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 And it's not just parents that do that, obviously.

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 We've got single friends.

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 How many times in your life have you sat down in a conversation with a single friend?

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 Or been the single friend in this conversation?

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 Who sits down and says, you know, the years just keep going by.

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 And I thought by this age maybe I'd be married or at least be in a serious relationship of some type.

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 And I'm not.

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 And I'd like some stability for my future.

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 I'd like to know, like, who I'm going to spend the rest of my life with so I can start to settle down

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 and planning for the future with this person that I love.

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 And I don't know who that person is.

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 And I don't think I'm anywhere closer to finding that person than I was when I was born, actually.

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 I'm so stressed and worried.

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 I've signed up for every dating website there is.

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 Most of my monthly income goes to dating website subscriptions.

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 Because I need to find that person.

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 Because I need to have power to know what my future holds

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 and to have some control over the direction that my future is going.

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 All of us long for power in our lives.

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 And our natural response is to grasp for it when we know that we don't have it.

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 But ironically, that actually can make the problem worse.

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 Because, like, who wants to date the person who's that desperate?

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 Right?

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 Or here's something very, very interesting that I learned this week.

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 We were doing a parenting class at the church.

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 And they said that a survey was done of parents and of teens.

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 Or kids.

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 Kids and teens.

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 And they asked both sets of people the same question.

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 They asked the parents,

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 What do you think your kids want from you more than anything else?

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 And the most popular answer among parents was,

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 My kids want me to spend more time with them.

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 It's a pretty standard response.

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 They asked the exact same question to the kids.

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 The most popular answer among the kids was,

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 I wish my parents would stress less and relax more.

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 So parents, by stressing about wanting to spend more time with their kids,

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 are actually pushing their kids away.

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 Because the kids are like, Mom, Dad, relax.

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 Like, if you could just enjoy the time that we get to spend together,

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 it would make it so much better.

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 And so this stress, this grasping for the power that we know we can't have,

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 doesn't help the situation.

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 It doesn't fix the situation.

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 It actually sometimes can make the situation worse.

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 And what we see here in this passage today,

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 is that the Apostle Paul,

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 he's writing a letter to his friends at a church in a city called Ephesus,

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 and he is praying for them to have power.

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 But the power that he wants them to have is fundamentally different from any power,

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 any worldly power that we have ever seen.

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 You know, with worldly power, we grasp for it.

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 He prays for them to have God's power that is given to them as a gift.

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 If we think about the characteristics of power in our world,

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 what people in power do, how we respond to power.

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 People in power grasp for it and hold on to it with all their might.

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 They manipulate others to get the power and to hold on to it

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 so that they can keep it as long as they want.

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 They use that power to get other people to do what they want.

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 When we have people around us who are in power,

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 we generally don't respond positively to those people.

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 Or maybe that's just me.

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 But I think that I'm semi-normal in that one, right?

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 Hopefully.

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 But when we see power being used to control us,

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 we don't like that.

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 We respond negatively and we're like,

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 I want to be free.

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 I want to be out from under this other person's power over me.

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 Maybe I need to get that power for myself

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 so that I can use that over other people

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 and it's not other people using it over me.

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 And yet what we see when Paul talks about God's power in this passage

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 is that it's not something that we grasp for and hold on to

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 so that other people can't have it.

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 But he's actually saying,

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 no, I want you guys to have this power.

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 I want it to be something that is a part of your life.

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 And the reason for that is because

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 it is a fundamentally different type of power

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 than any worldly power that we ever come into contact with.

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 Rather than being something that we use to puff ourselves up,

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 to enhance our status,

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 it's instead something that enables us to love others.

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 And this makes sense, this contrast,

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 in light of the gospel.

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 Alfie shared earlier a little bit about the gospel.

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 The gospel is a word that just means good news.

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 And basically what we believe this good news is

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 is that there is a God who created the universe.

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 He created it good.

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 He created it amazing.

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 He created humanity in his image,

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 in this universe,

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 to live in a perfect relationship with him,

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 this all-powerful God reaching out to us,

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 wanting us to know him.

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 And the bad news is

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 that each of us rebelled against him

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 and his perfect rule in our lives.

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 Each of us said,

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 no, God, I don't trust you.

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 I don't think that you know what's best for my life.

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 I don't think that you have my best interest in mind.

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 I know how to live life better than you do.

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 Let me take care of myself.

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 You stay away.

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 And in effect, we say that again and again and again.

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 Every time that we lie,

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 every time that we take something that's not ours,

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 every time that we hate the people around us,

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 every time that we as kids disobeyed our parents,

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 that's us saying,

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 God, stay away.

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 I know how to live life better than you do.

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 And the Bible says

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 that what we're doing in those moments

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 is the equivalent of cosmic treason.

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 And just like earthly treason,

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 it deserves death.

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 And yet God,

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 the all-powerful creator,

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 the offended one in this situation,

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 looks down at us and says,

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 I still love you.

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 Although you've turned away from me,

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 although you've rebelled against me,

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 I still want a relationship with you.

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 And I want you to know how much I love you.

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 And so he sends his son Jesus to earth

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 as fully God and fully man.

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 Jesus lives the perfect life

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 that none of us was ever able to live.

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 And then he gets murdered on a cross.

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 But in that moment,

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 God's divine justice

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 against all of our rebellion is satisfied.

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 And we are now free

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 to be forgiven for our rebellion.

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 We're free to be seen by God

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 not as enemies anymore,

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 but as children,

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 sons and daughters

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 of the king of the universe.

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 And he invites us to now,

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 although we have rebelled against him,

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 to be in this new relationship with him.

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 God, the all-powerful one,

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 rather than using his power to crush us,

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 uses his power to lovingly pursue us,

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 to lovingly say,

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 I still want a relationship with you.

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 And I want it so badly

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 that I am going to lay down my life

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 to make that relationship possible.

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 And when we look at this passage in Ephesians

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 that the guys just read,

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 we see that that power

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 is what Paul is praying

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 for these Christians to have in their lives.

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 Right?

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 This gospel, this good news,

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 that's why we're celebrating baptism today,

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 like Althea said,

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 because we have,

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 I think it's eight people here

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 that have trusted in this good news

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 and said,

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 I want to live in this new relationship with Jesus.

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 It's not some magical thing

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 that happens when they go under the water,

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 that, you know,

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 that levitation moment

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 that Dan was talking about.

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 That's not what this is.

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 But it's a celebration of the fact

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 that they recognize,

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 I was a rebel,

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 and now I'm accepted as a child.

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 I was alienated,

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 and now I am loved.

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 God in his power reached down

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 and rescued me.

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 How wonderful and amazing is that.

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 And it's not just that,

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 that we get to experience that love,

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 but God fills his,

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 his power into our lives

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 so that we can go out

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 and show that love to others.

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 And if you're here today

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 and you have never heard this gospel,

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 or maybe you've heard it

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 but not believed it,

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 and you want to know more about it,

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 please find someone after the service,

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 me or one of the other people around you,

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 and talk to us about it

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 because we would love

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 to share with you more about it

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 and tell you about how you

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 can have a relationship

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 with the God of the universe

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 and what that means

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 in your life.

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 But if God's power

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 enables us

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 to love like him,

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 it might be helpful to know

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 what God's love is like,

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 right?

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 Because if we're expected

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 to have that kind of love

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 for others,

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 it's helpful to know

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 the way that he loves us.

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 So if you look at the passage

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 in your bulletins

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 or in your Bibles,

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 starting in the second half

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 of verse 17,

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 he says that you,

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 being rooted and grounded

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 in love,

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 may have strength

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 to comprehend

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 with all the saints

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 what is the breadth

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 and length

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 and height and depth

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 and to know the love of Christ

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 that surpasses knowledge

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 that you may be filled

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 with all the fullness of God.

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 Now he starts out here

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 saying rooted and grounded

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 in love.

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 That's mixed metaphors.

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 He's mixing agriculture

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 and architecture, right?

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 And he's talking about

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 foundations, rooting.

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 Like when you look outside,

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 you see the trees.

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 Each of them has a root system

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 that holds them in place

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 in the ground

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 so that when the wind

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 and the storms come,

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 they don't get blown over.

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 Or if you think about

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 this building,

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 there's a foundation

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 in the building.

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 It's grounded

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 so that when things happen

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 and there's wind outside

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 or there's storms

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 or typhoon number 10s,

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 the building doesn't collapse.

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 And he's saying,

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 what Paul is saying

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 is that God's love

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 is supposed to act

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 as a foundation

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 in our lives.

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 It's supposed to be

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 the thing that anchors us.

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 that when we understand

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 God's love,

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 it will hold us firm

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 through the storms of life.

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 He goes on and he says

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 that God's love

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 surpasses knowledge.

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 He wants us to know

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 God's love

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 that surpasses knowledge.

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 Now think about that.

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 How do you know something

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 that surpasses knowledge?

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 I'm going to throw

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 something out here.

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 You can let me know

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 after the service

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 if you disagree with it.

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 But I think the way

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 that you know something

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 that surpasses knowledge

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 is through experiential knowledge.

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 And here's what I mean.

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 Think of marriage.

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 Imagine that we got

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 a single guy,

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 maybe Alfie,

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 wherever he is,

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 and we brought him up here

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 on stage

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 and we had him stand

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 right here

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 and we said,

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 here is your marriage.

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 Mission.

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 You have 20 years.

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 In those 20 years,

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 you're going to read

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 every marriage book

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 that has ever been written.

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 And not just books

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 on how to be married,

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 but also biographies

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 of people

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 and reading about

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 their marriages,

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 novels where people

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 are married

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 and seeing how it's

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 portrayed in fictional accounts.

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 In those 20 years,

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 you're going to take

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 one full year

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 where every day

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 you spend eight hours

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 talking to the top

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 marriage counselors

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 in the world,

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 learning all the wisdom

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 and knowledge

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 that they have

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 about marriage.

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 And over those 20 years,

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 every night,

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 you're going to have dinner

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 with a different married couple

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 and observe their marriage.

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 And in 20 years,

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 you're going to come back here

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 and report to us

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 what you've learned.

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 Now, at the end of 20 years,

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 we bring Alfie back up here

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 on this stage.

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 He's 20 years older,

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 20 years wiser.

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 He could probably write

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 some of the best marriage books

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 that have ever been written

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 with his comprehensive knowledge

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 about marriage.

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 But does he truly know

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 what it means to be married?

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 No.

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 Because marriage

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 is an experiential knowledge.

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 There are things that,

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 if Alfie got married

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 on that 20th anniversary

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 of this task

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 and came back one year later,

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 he would report to us,

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 guys,

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 I've learned so many things

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 in the past year

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 that I didn't even know

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 were possible

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 in the previous 20 years.

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 Because there's

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 an experiential knowledge

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 that comes in being married

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 that no amount of book knowledge,

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 no amount of learning

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 outside of the experience

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 can tell you.

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 Or,

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 if you aren't married

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 and that analogy

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 is sort of fuzzy in your mind,

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 think about apple pie.

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 Imagine that you love food,

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 but you have never had apple pie.

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 And I come up to you

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 and I say,

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 hey,

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 you need to experience apple pie.

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 I'm going to give you a recipe

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 so that you can make it.

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 And you memorize the recipe.

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 And you start reading articles online

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 about what makes apple pie

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 so amazing and great.

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 And you research

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 the different restaurants

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 in the world

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 that have the greatest

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 apple pie available.

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 And you talk with your friends

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 about why they love apple pie.

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 you, in some sense,

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 could be considered

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 an apple pie expert.

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 But,

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 when you come into

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 a conversation with me

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 about apple pie

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 and you start explaining to me

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 all these wonderful things

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 about apple pie,

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 it's very easy,

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 very quick,

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 to tell that you

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 don't truly know apple pie

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 because you've never tried it.

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 And all I have to do

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 is ask,

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 so how do you like apple pie?

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 And all of your learning,

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 all of your knowledge

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 falls flat

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 because until you've experienced it,

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 you don't truly know

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 what it's like.

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 And it's the same way

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 with God's love.

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 That's what Paul is saying

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 right here.

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 We can read the Bible

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 every single day.

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 In fact,

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:58.099
 we can memorize the Bible.

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 We can talk with people

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 about their experiences

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:03.140
 of God's love.

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 But until we experience

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.720
 this love

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.900
 in our own lives,

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 until we experience

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:09.080
 this forgiveness,

00:21:09.580 --> 00:21:10.300
 this transformation,

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.580
 this new relationship

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:12.180
 with God

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:13.440
 that is offered to us

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.180
 through the gospel,

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 we can't truly know

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:20.540
 God's love.

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 The good news is

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 that that knowledge

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 is available to us,

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 that God wants

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.940
 to give us

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:29.780
 that experiential knowledge

00:21:29.780 --> 00:21:30.280
 of his love.

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 He wants to come

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 into our lives

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 and transform us.

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:37.440
 In talking about

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 God's love here,

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 Paul,

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 he almost seems

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 at a loss for words.

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 He's like,

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:43.740
 this love is so overwhelming,

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.360
 so amazing,

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:46.279
 I can't quite describe it.

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 I can't quite fit it

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.180
 into my words.

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 He says that

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 he wants them

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 to have strength

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 to comprehend

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.180
 what is the breadth

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.880
 and length

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.519
 and height

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.200
 and depth

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 of God's love.

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 It's four-dimensional.

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 It's huge.

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 We can't, like,

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.600
 fit its scope

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.759
 into our descriptions.

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 I think, you know,

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.059
 even thinking back

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.679
 in my life,

00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:09.919
 I find it so easy

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:12.079
 to condense God's love.

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:14.419
 I think, oh, you know,

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.799
 God probably started

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.399
 loving me

00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:17.639
 around the time

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:19.259
 that I trusted in him

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 and his love for me

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.759
 is bigger on the days

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.759
 where I'm more aware

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.740
 of his presence

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 in my life

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 and lower on the days

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 where I'm not

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 as aware of that

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.539
 or maybe where

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.539
 I'm less obedient

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:30.959
 of him.

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 But that's not true.

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:35.079
 Think about it.

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.900
 How was God

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.900
 able to forgive me?

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.579
 How was I able

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.440
 to trust in him

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.340
 in the first place?

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:44.299
 Because 2,000 years

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:45.700
 before I was born,

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.180
 God,

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:49.200
 in an amazing act

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.460
 of love for me,

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.279
 sent Jesus

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.940
 to the earth

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.740
 to die

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.759
 for me.

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.420
 So God's love

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:56.640
 for me

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:57.319
 did not begin

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.980
 the day

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 that I trusted in him.

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 No,

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 it's at least 2,000 years

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.319
 before that.

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 But it actually

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:04.000
 didn't start then either.

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 Because if you look back

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.199
 in the Old Testament,

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.319
 the early part of the Bible,

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 you see as soon

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.519
 as humanity

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:11.119
 rebels against God,

00:23:11.439 --> 00:23:11.959
 promises

00:23:11.959 --> 00:23:14.539
 that he would send

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.039
 a savior.

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 So we have to rewind

00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:17.519
 thousands of years

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.099
 more

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:20.919
 if we want a glimpse

00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:22.220
 of where God's love

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.819
 for us began.

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 But even that

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 doesn't quite

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.959
 get the full scope

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.559
 of the story.

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 No.

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.920
 If we look

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.559
 in the book

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.140
 of Revelation,

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.940
 it tells us

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:33.700
 that God's plan

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.600
 from before

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.559
 he created

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.660
 the universe

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:40.460
 involved

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.779
 sending Jesus

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.779
 to rescue

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 me.

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 And not just me,

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 but all of us.

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 You can insert

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:52.000
 your name there.

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:55.000
 that God's love

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 for you

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:57.180
 spans not from

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.079
 the day that you were born

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.819
 or the day that you

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 trust in him

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 or the day that you

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:02.099
 get baptized,

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:04.180
 but from before

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.140
 the foundation

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:06.119
 of the world.

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.660
 God's love

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.299
 for us

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.220
 has a scope

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.000
 and a breadth

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.920
 that is beyond

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.920
 our ability

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.539
 to comprehend.

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.700
 And it's not just

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.960
 a love that starts then

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 and goes up until

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 the day that we die,

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.420
 but it's a love

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.779
 that continues for us

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.799
 into eternity

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.940
 because the Bible says

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:23.000
 that in eternity

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:24.039
 God and his people

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:25.480
 will live together

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.599
 forever.

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.919
 God's love

00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:29.599
 is beyond

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.180
 our ability

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.779
 to comprehend

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.680
 and it's not just

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.819
 that he gives to us,

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:36.180
 but he gives to us

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:37.440
 his love

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.819
 and himself.

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.359
 Paul prays

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.579
 at the end

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.259
 of this passage

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 that they would be

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.480
 filled,

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.980
 or at the end

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.599
 of verse 19,

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.259
 that they would be

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.559
 filled with all

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 the fullness

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:50.240
 of God.

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.379
 saying,

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.240
 I want you

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.359
 to have God's power.

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:53.839
 I want you

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.539
 to understand

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:56.180
 what this new life

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.659
 looks like,

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.279
 what this life

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.279
 in union with Christ

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.619
 is.

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 I want you

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.680
 to be able

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.240
 to say

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.180
 that Christ

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.919
 truly

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:04.519
 is my

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.259
 power.

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.940
 As God

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.759
 fills you

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.519
 with himself,

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.039
 not with some

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.480
 leftovers,

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.339
 not with some

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.700
 secondhand goods,

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.299
 but with

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.299
 himself.

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 himself.

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.039
 So what

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.379
 does that

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.960
 look like

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.879
 in our lives

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.899
 as we

00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.720
 go from here

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.079
 and try

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.460
 and live

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:22.919
 that out

00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:24.059
 this week?

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.240
 Well,

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.339
 verse 20

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.960
 and 21

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.299
 says,

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.980
 now to him

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:29.039
 who is able

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.720
 to do far

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.419
 more abundantly

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:30.859
 than all

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.119
 that we

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.460
 ask or

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.720
 think,

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.180
 according

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.519
 to the

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.980
 power at

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.399
 work within

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 us.

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:34.559
 To him

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.180
 be glory

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.500
 in the

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.779
 church

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.099
 and in

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.339
 Christ

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:36.680
 Jesus

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.319
 throughout

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.659
 all

00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.220
 generations

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.899
 forever

00:25:38.899 --> 00:25:39.700
 and ever.

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.379
 Amen.

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.299
 He says

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.779
 that God

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.159
 is able

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.639
 to do

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.279
 far

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.639
 more

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.139
 abundantly

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.359
 than

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:44.659
 anything

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:44.919
 we

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.319
 ask

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.619
 or

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.019
 think.

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.680
 Now

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.019
 take a

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.220
 second.

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.379
 Think

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:48.619
 of the

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:48.859
 most

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.419
 amazing

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:49.879
 thing

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.200
 that you

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.359
 can

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.680
 think

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.119
 of God

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.460
 doing

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:51.779
 or

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.019
 that you

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.159
 could

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.419
 imagine

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:52.779
 yourself

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.380
 asking

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:54.000
 God

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.180
 to

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.360
 do.

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.480
 You

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.860
 got it?

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.100
 No?

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.519
 Not yet?

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.860
 How about

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.080
 now?

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.279
 Yeah?

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.660
 Okay.

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.200
 So what

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.640
 Paul is

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.019
 saying is

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.420
 that God

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.800
 is able

00:26:06.800 --> 00:26:07.440
 to do

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.180
 far

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.460
 more

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.960
 abundantly

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.480
 more

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.060
 than

00:26:10.060 --> 00:26:10.279
 whatever

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.519
 that

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.720
 thing

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:10.960
 you

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.180
 just

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.480
 thought

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.779
 of.

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.779
 And I

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:13.920
 think

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.200
 for a

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.320
 lot

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.420
 of

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.600
 people

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:14.740
 they

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:14.960
 read

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.160
 this

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.500
 verse

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:15.800
 and

00:26:15.800 --> 00:26:15.960
 they're

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.200
 like

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.440
 oh

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:16.860
 yes

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.539
 God's

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:17.640
 going

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:17.660
 to

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:17.779
 do

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.100
 amazing

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.560
 things

00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:19.380
 miracles

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.160
 healings

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.560
 and

00:26:20.560 --> 00:26:20.860
 yes

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.140
 God

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.519
 can

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.759
 do

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.080
 those

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.360
 things

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:22.759
 but

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.500
 when

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.659
 you

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:24.099
 take

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.279
 this

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.559
 passage

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.779
 and

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:24.899
 you

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:25.240
 just

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.479
 look

00:26:25.479 --> 00:26:25.619
 at

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:25.719
 it

00:26:25.719 --> 00:26:25.879
 that

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.019
 way

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.259
 you're

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.659
 missing

00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:27.759
 a

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.019
 very

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.459
 important

00:26:28.459 --> 00:26:28.879
 part

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.279
 of

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.379
 the

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:29.639
 verse

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.019
 it

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.339
 says

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.019
 able

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.240
 to

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.439
 do

00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:31.819
 far

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.059
 more

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.500
 abundantly

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.699
 than

00:26:32.699 --> 00:26:32.979
 all

00:26:32.979 --> 00:26:33.139
 that

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.259
 we

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.619
 ask

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:33.919
 or

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:34.240
 think

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.019
 according

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.099
 to

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:37.259
 the

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.699
 power

00:26:37.699 --> 00:26:38.099
 at

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.519
 work

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.359
 in

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:40.240
 us

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:42.159
 what

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.379
 Paul

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:42.539
 is

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:42.740
 saying

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:42.859
 is

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.019
 that

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.359
 God

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.759
 wants

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.019
 to

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.419
 use

00:26:44.419 --> 00:26:45.119
 us

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:47.839
 powerfully

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.359
 in

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.500
 the

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.779
 world

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.199
 to

00:26:49.199 --> 00:26:49.479
 reach

00:26:49.479 --> 00:26:49.979
 people

00:26:49.979 --> 00:26:50.199
 for

00:26:50.199 --> 00:26:50.379
 him

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:50.579
 he

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.919
 puts

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.099
 his

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.459
 power

00:26:51.459 --> 00:26:51.819
 in

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.220
 us

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.639
 so

00:26:52.639 --> 00:26:52.960
 we

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.419
 can

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:53.759
 pour

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.240
 that

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.659
 power

00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:55.259
 back

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.519
 out

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:55.899
 into

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.220
 others

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.419
 and

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:56.599
 it's

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:56.859
 not

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.139
 again

00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.399
 it's

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:57.559
 not

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:57.740
 that

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.059
 worldly

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.419
 power

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:58.619
 that

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.119
 grasps

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.279
 and

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.559
 holds

00:26:59.559 --> 00:26:59.740
 on

00:26:59.740 --> 00:26:59.859
 to

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.319
 control

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.700
 but

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:01.919
 it's

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.240
 his

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.720
 power

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:02.960
 that

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.319
 enables

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.599
 us

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.019
 to

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.839
 sacrificially

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.579
 love

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.299
 others

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.700
 because

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:07.980
 because

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.619
 we

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:08.859
 have

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.200
 been

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.039
 sacrificially

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.440
 loved

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.039
 first

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:14.399
 I

00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:14.680
 think

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.299
 we

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.599
 have

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:15.940
 some

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.279
 flawed

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.720
 ideas

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:16.940
 when

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.059
 it

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.279
 comes

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.440
 to

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.759
 power

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.539
 I

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.759
 have

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.139
 a

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.319
 couple

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.740
 pictures

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.240
 up here

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.480
 on

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.919
 screen

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.619
 we've

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:21.779
 got

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.099
 a

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.619
 Ferrari

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.339
 488

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:23.839
 GTB

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.279
 nice

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.720
 powerful

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.259
 car

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.039
 and

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.379
 a

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:27.740
 Tesla

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.379
 Model S

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:28.759
 which

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.579
 we see

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:29.940
 all over

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.200
 on the

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.419
 streets

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:30.779
 of Hong

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.059
 Kong

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.619
 I

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:31.779
 want

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:31.879
 you

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.000
 to

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.279
 take

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.419
 a

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:32.700
 second

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.399
 we're

00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:33.500
 going

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:33.599
 to

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.839
 listen

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.039
 to

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.220
 the

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.599
 sounds

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:34.819
 that

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.000
 each

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.119
 of

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.279
 these

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.619
 cars

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:35.879
 make

00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.019
 on

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.119
 the

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.379
 road

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.960
 and

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.119
 then

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.240
 I'm

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.319
 going

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.339
 to

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.579
 have

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:38.759
 us

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.220
 guess

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.220
 which

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.539
 one

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.779
 is

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.139
 more

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.819
 powerful

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.460
 so

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.740
 first

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:42.879
 up

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:42.980
 is

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.099
 the

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.500
 Ferrari

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.299
 488

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.960
 GTB

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:50.139
 mmm

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:59.540
 and

00:27:59.540 --> 00:27:59.660
 then

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.000
 next

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.280
 up

00:28:00.280 --> 00:28:01.060
 is

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.360
 the

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.759
 Tesla

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.520
 Model S

00:28:02.520 --> 00:28:12.620
 alright

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.060
 now

00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:14.280
 who

00:28:14.280 --> 00:28:14.720
 thinks

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.520
 that

00:28:15.520 --> 00:28:15.780
 the

00:28:15.780 --> 00:28:16.220
 Ferrari

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.520
 is

00:28:16.520 --> 00:28:16.640
 the

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:16.820
 more

00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:17.220
 powerful

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.580
 car

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:17.759
 of

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:17.940
 these

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.180
 two

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:20.600
 we

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:20.740
 got

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:20.900
 a

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.460
 few

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:21.799
 votes

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.080
 yeah

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:23.680
 who

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.100
 thinks

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.440
 that

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.620
 the

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:24.960
 Tesla

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.240
 is

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.360
 the

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.519
 more

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:25.920
 powerful

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.320
 car

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:26.560
 of

00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:26.759
 these

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.039
 two

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:28.180
 now

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.799
 obviously

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.060
 I

00:28:29.060 --> 00:28:29.360
 set

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.560
 that

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:29.779
 up

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.080
 as

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.200
 a

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.420
 trick

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:30.860
 question

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.100
 so

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.340
 you're

00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:31.860
 anticipating

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.360
 it

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.980
 but

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.279
 who

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.620
 would

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:33.759
 have

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:33.980
 guessed

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.160
 the

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.440
 Ferrari

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.700
 if

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:34.840
 you

00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:35.180
 didn't

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.620
 know

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.000
 that

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.180
 this

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.299
 was

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.420
 a

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:36.600
 trick

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.080
 question

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.560
 we

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:37.680
 can

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:37.820
 be

00:28:37.820 --> 00:28:38.160
 honest

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.440
 here

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.100
 yeah

00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:39.900
 alright

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.500
 so

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.019
 the

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.759
 Ferrari

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.100
 what

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.220
 was

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.320
 the

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:42.600
 horsepower

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:42.860
 on

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:42.960
 the

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.259
 Ferrari

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:45.960
 it

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.440
 was

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.180
 Jackie

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.440
 can you

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.660
 pull up

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.019
 the Ferrari

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.279
 again

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.560
 sorry

00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:49.980
 the Ferrari

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.779
 had

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.800
 660

00:28:51.800 --> 00:28:52.340
 horsepower

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:53.560
 the

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.040
 Tesla

00:28:54.040 --> 00:28:54.900
 Model S

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.820
 comes in

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.759
 at

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:58.740
 762

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.340
 horsepower

00:28:59.340 --> 00:29:00.560
 a full

00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:01.019
 hundred

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.519
 horsepower

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.120
 more

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.900
 than the

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.300
 Ferrari

00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:04.100
 488

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:04.820
 GTB

00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:07.140
 but if we

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.779
 looked at it

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.279
 and listened

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.759
 to it

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.519
 according to

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.000
 our standard

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.759
 expectations

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.440
 of power

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.140
 we would

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:13.040
 clearly say

00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:13.980
 the Ferrari

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.740
 is the more

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.640
 powerful vehicle

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.160
 of these

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.440
 two

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:18.020
 but when

00:29:18.020 --> 00:29:18.400
 we look

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.800
 underneath

00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.259
 the hood

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.540
 and we

00:29:19.540 --> 00:29:19.900
 see

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.460
 what the

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.780
 true

00:29:20.780 --> 00:29:21.240
 power

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.660
 is

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.460
 the

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.800
 Tesla

00:29:22.800 --> 00:29:23.440
 Model S

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.140
 blows

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:24.880
 the Ferrari

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.320
 out of

00:29:25.320 --> 00:29:25.640
 the water

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:25.980
 with a

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.340
 hundred

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:26.900
 extra

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.580
 horsepower

00:29:27.580 --> 00:29:32.480
 and what I want us to see from this is a lot of times in life

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:34.520
 what we think of as power

00:29:34.520 --> 00:29:39.380
 what we think of maybe what comes to our minds when I say that God wants us to live

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:48.840
 with his power is actually just a lot of noise and show that true power isn't about

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:57.740
 having the loudest noise about looking the coolest and sleekest and sportiest but it's actually about what's under the hood

00:29:57.740 --> 00:30:06.839
 think about this each of us has been to school each of us has been in that situation where we've seen a kid bullying another kid

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:11.900
 maybe we were that bully maybe we were that other kid maybe we were just innocent bystanders

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:15.700
 but who has more power

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:17.559
 the bully

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:20.680
 who picks on other kids in the class

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:26.120
 or the kid in the class who's willing to go up and befriend the kid that the bully picks on

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:30.039
 the bully's got

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.739
 the show

00:30:30.739 --> 00:30:34.919
 the bully controls what other people do through his strength and his power

00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:39.139
 but I think in reality what's happening right there

00:30:39.139 --> 00:30:40.659
 is the bully

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:43.259
 is trying to use power over others

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:45.879
 to mask the fact that he doesn't have power over himself

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:51.299
 and the kid who befriends the bullied kid

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:53.000
 understands

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.859
 something fundamentally

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:58.779
 about his worth and his strength that he doesn't need to be defined by others

00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:05.779
 and he's able to love sacrificially even if it means that he's going to start getting picked on because of that choice

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:12.700
 our world has pictures of what it looks like for us to be powerful

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:21.500
 and that God's picture of true power is radically different than the world's picture of power

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:26.620
 and it's only possible for us to live with this type of power when we are able to say

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:30.620
 Christ is my power

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:33.539
 as we go out of here today

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:37.619
 each of us is going to have situations that we find ourselves in in this next week

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:41.619
 I think most of us will either go to school or to work at some point this week

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:46.539
 I want to ask you what does it look like

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:50.619
 for you to live with this type of power

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:57.619
 of power this week at your school or workplace

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:59.619
 I want to give you one quick example of what that could look like

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:02.619
 there's a pastor in New York named Tim Keller

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:05.619
 he tells the story of a girl who got a job

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:07.539
 I think it was for a TV company

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:09.619
 she was a pretty entry-level employee

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:11.619
 and she made a huge mistake one day

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:13.619
 that should have cost her her job

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:17.619
 her boss came up to her

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:19.619
 and he said don't worry

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:21.619
 your job is safe

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:23.619
 I've talked to my superiors

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:26.619
 I've told them that your mistake was my fault

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:30.619
 I told them that you made the mistake because I failed to train you properly

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:33.619
 and asked them to give you another chance

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:37.619
 he said I know that this mistake would cost you your job

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:40.619
 because you're new here and you're entry-level

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:43.619
 but with my years of service at the company

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:45.619
 and my higher level of seniority

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:47.619
 I can take the hit for this

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:50.619
 without it costing either of us our jobs

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:53.619
 they'll just put me on thin ice with my superiors for a little bit

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:56.619
 but your job is safe

00:32:57.619 --> 00:33:00.619
 she was sort of confused about this whole interaction

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:03.619
 because nobody does that ever, right?

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:05.619
 and so she came back to her boss

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:07.619
 and she said why?

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.619
 I don't get it

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:11.619
 this is an every man for himself world

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:14.619
 why would you take the hit for my mistake and give me another chance?

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:16.619
 what if I just mess up again?

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:19.619
 won't that make you look twice as bad?

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:22.619
 and the boss told her

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:28.619
 I worship a God who took the fall for me

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:31.619
 when I was a rebel

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:32.619
 when I was a sinner

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:36.619
 he laid down his life to rescue me

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:39.619
 and I made a commitment early on

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:43.619
 that when I was able to use my power to help others

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:46.619
 that I wanted to be intentional about doing that

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:49.619
 and so your job is safe today

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:51.619
 because God loved me

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:55.619
 so now I am free to use my power to love you

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.619
 needless to say that girl was like

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.619
 okay where do you go to church?

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:01.619
 because I'm coming with you on Sunday

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:02.619
 right?

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:05.619
 but that's the effect that this power has

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:07.619
 you know worldly power pushes people away

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:09.619
 and with godly power

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:11.619
 when we use God's power to love others

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.619
 it's attractive

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.619
 it draws them in

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.619
 it makes them see

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:17.619
 I want something like that

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:19.619
 that I want to know and understand

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:22.619
 how I can live with that power in my life

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.619
 because it's a transformative power

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:25.619
 and it's attractive

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:28.619
 rather than the grasping for power

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.619
 that pushes people away

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:33.619
 God's power is one that draws people in

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:35.619
 that's beautiful to people around us

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:37.619
 and that helps them to see

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:41.619
 how amazing and wonderful our God's love is

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:44.619
 and guys I'm not saying this

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.619
 so that you can go out and be like

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:47.619
 okay what do I need to do?

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:49.619
 how can I improve myself this week?

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:51.619
 that's not what this is about

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:54.619
 it's about a transformation in our lives

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:56.619
 that only happens through God

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.619
 but one that when it happens

00:34:58.619 --> 00:35:00.619
 allows us to say

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.619
 Christ is my power

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:04.619
 and to live with Christ

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:06.619
 as our true power

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:09.619
 I hope that that's something that each of us

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:11.619
 is able to do and experience this week

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.619
 let's pray

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:16.619
 Father we thank you for your love for us

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:19.619
 we thank you for your use of power

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.619
 and how you used it

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:25.619
 not to strengthen your stronghold over us

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.619
 when we were rebels and to crush us

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:30.619
 but rather you used it to rescue us

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:33.619
 God I thank you that you are a God

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.619
 who gives us your power

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:37.619
 and calls us into that story

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.619
 and lets us be people who

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:41.619
 who are part of that process

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.619
 of pointing others towards you

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.619
 I pray that each of us

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.619
 would be faithful this week

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.619
 at doing that

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.619
 that we would show the world around us

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.619
 how wonderful and amazing of a God

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.619
 you are

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:52.619
 and that lives would be transformed

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.619
 through that process

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.619
 and in Jesus name

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.619
 Amen