WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.500 Let's turn again now to Paul, 2nd chapter 5, and we can read verse number 18 but take 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:22.879 ! 2nd Corinthians 5, verse 18. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:33.600 and gave us the ministry of reconciliation and so on. Now once today and in the times that we spend 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:40.960 together in the next couple of months to think of the benefits of the cross of Jesus Christ 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:49.179 and doing so because we all recognize that we may know about the event of the cross of Jesus 00:00:49.179 --> 00:00:56.219 without actually sharing in or participating in the benefits that flow from the cross. 00:00:57.219 --> 00:01:05.480 And we are looking here at a typical example of the way in which the cross has become central to 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:13.539 the life of the Apostle Paul. And when we think of the journey that he was on, on the way to Damascus, 00:01:13.540 --> 00:01:21.680 to at least imprison Christians, and if he could destroy the church of Jesus, Jesus met with him. 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:29.240 And we read in this letter itself in the fourth chapter that his reflection on that is that he 00:01:29.240 --> 00:01:37.300 saw the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. And we want to think of 00:01:37.299 --> 00:01:46.700 where the gospel takes us, the encounters that we have with God, and especially having this encounter with 00:01:46.700 --> 00:01:56.780 the Lord Jesus. And through these verses, we recognize that there were a lot of people in Corinth 00:01:56.780 --> 00:02:05.579 who questioned Paul, who questioned whether he was an apostle or not, and were ready to reject the gospel. 00:02:05.579 --> 00:02:15.199 They didn't realize that their relationship with him actually raised a serious question about their salvation 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:24.639 and threatened their enjoyment of the promised salvation that God has in Christ. And he goes through these 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:33.439 verses to draw attention to the fact that God has empowered him and commissioned him with this gospel 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:46.599 which speaks of a new creation. And all of us today, whoever we are, we need a new creation in order to be saved. 00:02:47.900 --> 00:02:58.520 And Paul goes on here to explain what that person looks like, what's true about the person who is a new creation. 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:04.020 And I want to carry with us the picture that C.S. Lewis had in mere Christianity. 00:03:05.260 --> 00:03:14.420 And we want to kind of go into this Corinthian hall with the apostle Paul and see what doors are there 00:03:14.420 --> 00:03:20.400 and see which door we must pass through in order to be saved. 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:29.060 And to think especially of the cross of Jesus and the message of reconciliation. 00:03:30.060 --> 00:03:34.259 I want to think first of all of a new engagement. 00:03:35.860 --> 00:03:39.700 People coming together who have lived apart. 00:03:39.699 --> 00:03:50.659 That's the backdrop to this whole idea of reconciliation that God has given to Paul, the ministry of reconciliation. 00:03:52.219 --> 00:04:02.339 Reconciliation speaks of changing an existing relationship to restore it to what it was and what it should be. 00:04:02.340 --> 00:04:09.159 And thereby reestablish a new friendship and a living relationship. 00:04:10.460 --> 00:04:17.740 And when we read our Bibles, that's why God made us. 00:04:18.780 --> 00:04:22.379 Let us make man in our own image after our likeness. 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:28.160 We are made in and for our relationship with God. 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:30.840 We follow the history of the Bible. 00:04:31.700 --> 00:04:33.280 And we see the children of Israel. 00:04:33.880 --> 00:04:35.300 And God called them. 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:36.740 He formed them. 00:04:37.260 --> 00:04:40.320 Took them from the peoples and the nations of the earth. 00:04:40.780 --> 00:04:42.260 And made them his own people. 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:45.400 So that you should be mine, he says to them. 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:49.000 That's the purpose of God. 00:04:49.420 --> 00:04:51.020 That's the plan of God. 00:04:52.420 --> 00:04:55.340 But the plan has run into difficulties. 00:04:55.339 --> 00:04:57.339 Because there is a crisis. 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:01.939 And the crisis has to do with what we have in verse number 19. 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:05.299 Where Paul speaks about trespasses. 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:09.359 There has been behavior. 00:05:10.500 --> 00:05:13.779 Which has meant that those in this relationship. 00:05:14.479 --> 00:05:16.419 Have clashed with God. 00:05:17.179 --> 00:05:19.479 Are no longer doing the will of God. 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:22.199 Have rebelled against God. 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:25.479 And have separated themselves from God. 00:05:26.779 --> 00:05:30.659 And that's why God says to Israel. 00:05:30.860 --> 00:05:33.139 To the people of God in Isaiah chapter 59. 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:40.439 Your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God. 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:48.639 And we need to understand that major backdrop to everything that Paul is saying here. 00:05:49.139 --> 00:05:53.660 That you and I have broken our relationship with God. 00:05:54.420 --> 00:05:56.659 And the crisis is universal. 00:05:57.620 --> 00:05:59.360 But it is also personal. 00:06:00.220 --> 00:06:02.220 It's not about the rest of the world. 00:06:02.220 --> 00:06:04.300 It's about you today. 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:07.320 That you are in this personal crisis. 00:06:07.760 --> 00:06:13.020 Because your sin has caused a breakdown in your relationship with God. 00:06:14.300 --> 00:06:16.360 And read through the New Testament. 00:06:16.660 --> 00:06:18.760 And that's the picture that we have. 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:21.980 Paul writing to the people in the church in Ephesus. 00:06:22.540 --> 00:06:26.000 You have no hope and without God in the world. 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:29.899 You are dead in your trespasses and sins. 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:33.519 You are children of wrath just like others. 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:38.120 There has been a disengagement. 00:06:38.660 --> 00:06:39.779 There has been a breakdown. 00:06:41.139 --> 00:06:44.759 And you and I today need to face up to that. 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:46.600 And embrace that. 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:50.279 If we are to understand what the gospel means. 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:55.859 We are lost sinners who have rebelled against God. 00:06:57.559 --> 00:07:01.179 And God steps into that crisis. 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:03.500 He steps into that breach. 00:07:04.500 --> 00:07:06.959 To do something about the separation. 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:10.419 And that's what Paul is saying here. 00:07:11.859 --> 00:07:18.299 That in version of 18, through Christ has reconciled us to himself. 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:21.979 God takes the initiative. 00:07:23.419 --> 00:07:25.239 God is not reconciling himself. 00:07:25.939 --> 00:07:29.159 He is reconciling people like you and like me. 00:07:30.139 --> 00:07:32.219 The change takes place on your side. 00:07:32.859 --> 00:07:34.879 So that the relationship is restored. 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:39.119 And the God who is playing about the change. 00:07:39.119 --> 00:07:41.939 He is reconciling people to himself. 00:07:43.699 --> 00:07:46.799 It's in that wonderful, in the good news of the gospel. 00:07:47.779 --> 00:07:49.919 That is the very core today. 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:53.219 Is that God intervenes in your life and in mine. 00:07:54.139 --> 00:07:56.199 To do something about the separation. 00:07:56.539 --> 00:07:58.000 That you and I have caused. 00:07:58.299 --> 00:07:59.819 To remove the cause of it. 00:08:00.139 --> 00:08:01.679 And to reestablish. 00:08:03.039 --> 00:08:03.819 A relationship. 00:08:04.299 --> 00:08:05.099 That is living. 00:08:05.559 --> 00:08:06.959 And that is real. 00:08:07.739 --> 00:08:08.259 Reconciliation. 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:10.879 And. 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:15.719 Not only is it staggering that he is doing so. 00:08:16.899 --> 00:08:19.199 But perhaps more staggering still. 00:08:20.860 --> 00:08:22.540 Is how he does it. 00:08:23.719 --> 00:08:26.399 And that's what Paul speaks about in verse number 19. 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:30.259 Not counting their trespasses against them. 00:08:30.259 --> 00:08:34.879 God logs. 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:37.059 All of our sin. 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:39.360 He has a record. 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:41.700 He has a book of our lives. 00:08:42.580 --> 00:08:43.340 Every thought. 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:44.840 Every action. 00:08:44.980 --> 00:08:46.000 Every conversation. 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:47.700 Marred by sin. 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:50.679 God has that logged and recorded. 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:55.179 Those who are accountants with us. 00:08:55.539 --> 00:08:57.419 Will understand the whole idea of. 00:08:57.419 --> 00:08:57.459 Of. 00:08:57.459 --> 00:08:57.959 Of. 00:08:58.699 --> 00:08:59.339 Bookkeeping. 00:09:00.179 --> 00:09:01.659 And bookkeeping changes. 00:09:02.479 --> 00:09:03.559 And the way in which. 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:04.839 There are debits. 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:06.939 In that bookkeeping system. 00:09:07.779 --> 00:09:08.179 And. 00:09:08.620 --> 00:09:09.239 As far as. 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:10.759 The record for you. 00:09:10.819 --> 00:09:12.039 And for me is concerned. 00:09:12.719 --> 00:09:14.479 There is a debit in our account. 00:09:14.599 --> 00:09:15.479 Before God. 00:09:15.939 --> 00:09:16.299 Before. 00:09:16.299 --> 00:09:18.079 Because of our transgression. 00:09:19.299 --> 00:09:21.000 And our transgression calls out. 00:09:21.379 --> 00:09:22.979 For the punishment of God. 00:09:23.419 --> 00:09:24.819 For the penalty of God. 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:26.620 For the judgment of God. 00:09:27.979 --> 00:09:29.799 And in a stunning way. 00:09:31.059 --> 00:09:32.179 At the heart of the gospel. 00:09:32.359 --> 00:09:33.099 Is the fact. 00:09:33.620 --> 00:09:34.359 That the judge. 00:09:34.359 --> 00:09:35.639 Who should rightly. 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:37.339 Condemn you and me. 00:09:37.479 --> 00:09:39.059 To eternal lostness. 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:40.719 Is. 00:09:41.359 --> 00:09:42.339 Putting aside. 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:43.620 At this stage. 00:09:44.319 --> 00:09:46.039 All that is written against us. 00:09:46.299 --> 00:09:48.559 He is sitting as our judge. 00:09:49.539 --> 00:09:51.500 He is taking out of our account. 00:09:51.819 --> 00:09:53.819 Everything that stands against us. 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:56.399 And he is welcoming us back into. 00:09:56.839 --> 00:09:57.979 A relationship with him. 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:00.179 And back into his family. 00:10:00.939 --> 00:10:02.019 He is not counting. 00:10:02.379 --> 00:10:03.859 Our transgressions. 00:10:04.899 --> 00:10:05.959 Against us. 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:07.959 Reconciliation. 00:10:11.339 --> 00:10:12.879 Paul says. 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:14.779 God shows his love. 00:10:14.779 --> 00:10:15.620 For us. 00:10:16.299 --> 00:10:16.939 In that. 00:10:16.939 --> 00:10:18.000 While we are yet sinners. 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:19.179 Christ. 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:20.339 Died for us. 00:10:21.620 --> 00:10:23.399 And in this remarkable moment. 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:24.779 The judge. 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:26.039 Who should condemn me. 00:10:26.500 --> 00:10:27.579 Becomes my friend. 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:28.479 Who embraces me. 00:10:29.199 --> 00:10:29.959 The judge. 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:30.899 Who should condemn me. 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:32.120 Becomes my father. 00:10:32.199 --> 00:10:32.919 Who takes me home. 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:33.599 To his family. 00:10:35.539 --> 00:10:37.019 The transformation. 00:10:37.019 --> 00:10:37.559 That exists. 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:37.559 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:38.519 That exists. 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:39.759 In this new engagement. 00:10:40.220 --> 00:10:42.519 Is life and experience. 00:10:42.819 --> 00:10:43.019 Changing. 00:10:43.259 --> 00:10:44.340 For the person. 00:10:44.539 --> 00:10:45.720 So reconciled. 00:10:47.259 --> 00:10:48.139 And that's what. 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:49.720 What the gospel offers. 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:50.960 To you and to me today. 00:10:52.419 --> 00:10:53.360 In our lostness. 00:10:53.460 --> 00:10:54.620 In the crisis. 00:10:54.899 --> 00:10:55.659 That we have caused. 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:57.799 Because of a transgression. 00:10:57.960 --> 00:10:58.720 Against God. 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:01.160 the only hope that we have 00:11:01.160 --> 00:11:03.460 is that God makes a new creation 00:11:03.460 --> 00:11:05.860 through this new engagement with us 00:11:05.860 --> 00:11:08.240 to embrace us as his own children 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:11.139 and from that moment onwards 00:11:11.139 --> 00:11:13.060 we will be just like Paul 00:11:13.060 --> 00:11:15.320 the old things will have passed 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:16.940 and the new will have come 00:11:16.940 --> 00:11:21.620 no wonder Paul pleads with them 00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:25.100 to be reconciled to God 00:11:25.100 --> 00:11:28.100 to hear the message of his gospel 00:11:28.100 --> 00:11:35.220 to hear about God's new engagement with them 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:39.360 and today if God has already done so 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:43.060 you will know in your heart that it has happened 00:11:43.060 --> 00:11:46.240 this moment cannot go unnoticed 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:48.600 it's a new creation 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:52.920 and that's why Paul does say in 2 Corinthians 4 00:11:52.920 --> 00:11:54.620 that the God who said 00:11:54.620 --> 00:11:57.080 let light shine in the darkness 00:11:57.080 --> 00:12:00.540 that creation is a God who shone in our hearts 00:12:00.540 --> 00:12:01.980 in our dark hearts 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:04.580 to give the light of the knowledge 00:12:04.580 --> 00:12:07.040 of God's glory in Christ 00:12:07.040 --> 00:12:11.420 it cannot happen without us realising it 00:12:11.420 --> 00:12:15.460 and if it hasn't happened today 00:12:15.460 --> 00:12:17.379 then you will know it hasn't 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:20.340 and you will know you are still in the crisis 00:12:20.340 --> 00:12:24.080 you are still in the place where God can help 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.539 but you are still in the crisis 00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:27.919 unless you sense 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:31.820 that God has given you this newness 00:12:31.820 --> 00:12:34.519 through his engagement with you 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:37.659 a new engagement 00:12:37.659 --> 00:12:42.219 that deserves an explanation 00:12:42.219 --> 00:12:46.000 and the first part of that explanation 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:47.459 brings me to my second point 00:12:47.459 --> 00:12:48.679 which is the fact 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:51.360 there is a new event 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:54.819 something has happened 00:12:54.819 --> 00:12:57.139 that never happened before 00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:59.399 and in this new event 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:01.360 there is a Persian 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:02.360 Persian 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:03.500 and the Persian 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:05.419 has a special character 00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:07.980 because he is special 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:10.500 and we come to verse 21 00:13:10.500 --> 00:13:11.820 where we at the beginning 00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:13.259 for our sake 00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:15.240 he made him to be sin 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:17.700 who knew no sin 00:13:17.700 --> 00:13:20.080 there is someone here 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:22.379 who was never in the crisis 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:23.320 that you and I are in 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:26.259 he never transgressed 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:28.240 he never sinned against God 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:30.600 he never participated in our plight 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:31.279 in that sense 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:33.440 he never shared our experience 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:34.800 of rebellion against God 00:13:34.800 --> 00:13:37.420 he is the one not knowing sin 00:13:37.420 --> 00:13:41.080 and when we seek the identity 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:42.080 of this person 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:44.139 with this unique characteristic 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:46.259 then we don't need to go too far 00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:47.300 to realize 00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:49.159 that we are face to face 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:50.740 with the Son of God 00:13:50.740 --> 00:13:52.480 the Lord Jesus Christ 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:54.779 whom God sent into the world 00:13:54.779 --> 00:13:58.060 Jesus 00:13:58.060 --> 00:13:59.800 in words referred to Jesus 00:13:59.800 --> 00:14:00.500 in Hebrews 10 00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:01.519 we read 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:02.539 the way in which 00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:03.799 Jesus himself 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:04.460 the Son of God 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:04.799 says 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:06.419 a body you prepared 00:14:06.419 --> 00:14:07.220 for me 00:14:07.220 --> 00:14:10.139 the Son of God 00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:11.240 came into our world 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:14.360 the angels told Mary 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:16.100 that the child born to her 00:14:16.100 --> 00:14:16.980 would be wholly 00:14:16.980 --> 00:14:18.519 the Son of God 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:20.440 the unique 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:22.500 only Son of God 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:24.220 who came into this world 00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:25.759 to be one of us 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:26.720 to live with us 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:28.059 but to be distinct 00:14:28.059 --> 00:14:28.919 from us 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:32.419 there is an event 00:14:32.419 --> 00:14:34.859 and there's a special 00:14:34.859 --> 00:14:35.479 person 00:14:35.479 --> 00:14:37.500 of the Lord Jesus 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:39.379 at its center 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:40.679 it's all 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:41.859 about 00:14:41.859 --> 00:14:43.119 him 00:14:43.119 --> 00:14:45.119 and that's why 00:14:45.119 --> 00:14:45.739 Paul is 00:14:45.739 --> 00:14:47.039 repeatedly going back 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.399 to the 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:48.219 to the cross 00:14:48.219 --> 00:14:49.459 as being the power of God 00:14:49.459 --> 00:14:50.419 to salvation 00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:51.419 to those who believe 00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:54.079 it's why 00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:54.979 he keeps going back 00:14:54.979 --> 00:14:55.479 to the cross 00:14:55.479 --> 00:14:55.899 as a place 00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:57.039 where he has 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:57.839 separated himself 00:14:57.839 --> 00:14:58.559 from the world 00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:59.860 and given his life 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.879 to the Lord Jesus 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:03.399 there's an event 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:04.360 and there's a passion 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:06.019 and he is precious 00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:07.300 today to all those 00:15:07.300 --> 00:15:08.759 who have the new 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:09.560 engagement 00:15:09.560 --> 00:15:11.399 with God 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.779 or with whom God 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:13.600 has entered into 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:15.060 a new engagement 00:15:15.060 --> 00:15:20.039 the new event 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:21.560 the special 00:15:21.560 --> 00:15:22.100 passion 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:23.779 and 00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:25.600 the penalty 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:29.620 God made him 00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:30.139 to be 00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:30.580 sin 00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:32.259 who knew 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:33.720 no sin 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:35.820 God did 00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:36.379 something 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:38.120 in one moment 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:39.080 he did something 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:40.960 down through the 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:41.560 Old Testament 00:15:41.560 --> 00:15:42.759 God has the 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:43.620 habit of doing 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.060 things 00:15:44.060 --> 00:15:45.980 when the people 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.320 of God 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:47.060 were in Israel 00:15:47.060 --> 00:15:48.300 he did the 00:15:48.300 --> 00:15:49.440 great act 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:50.420 of salvation 00:15:50.420 --> 00:15:51.480 from Egypt 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.600 he brought them 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.560 across the Red Sea 00:15:53.560 --> 00:15:54.160 after all the 00:15:54.160 --> 00:15:54.620 miracles 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:56.639 and they rejoiced 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:57.220 the people of God 00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:58.340 rejoiced in him 00:15:58.340 --> 00:15:59.600 because of what 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.779 he did for them 00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:02.720 God acts 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:03.600 to ensure 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.720 that his plan 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.680 for salvation 00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:07.080 remains on 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.620 Cush 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:10.379 and here 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:12.659 Paul is telling us 00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:13.700 that it is 00:16:13.700 --> 00:16:15.060 something unique 00:16:15.060 --> 00:16:16.659 something unexpected 00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:18.019 something that 00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:19.440 brings a new 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.200 experience 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:21.200 into the life 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:21.779 of a son 00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.940 an experience 00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:23.740 that was 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:25.159 never in anybody's 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:25.940 life before 00:16:25.940 --> 00:16:26.840 and never will be 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.200 again 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:28.879 he made him 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:30.879 to be 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.480 sin 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:35.740 and how we 00:16:35.740 --> 00:16:36.200 need to 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:37.439 in a sense 00:16:37.439 --> 00:16:38.159 pause 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:39.000 and to consider 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:40.980 how was this 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.759 possible 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.740 that the 00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.580 Holy Son 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:45.139 of God 00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:46.759 is made 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.200 sin 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:49.259 so that you 00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:49.659 and I 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.580 could have 00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:51.259 peace 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.779 with 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.580 God 00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:54.980 and in the 00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:55.440 Old Testament 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:55.820 we have 00:16:55.820 --> 00:16:57.040 the image 00:16:57.040 --> 00:16:57.600 and the 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:58.180 sacrifice 00:16:58.180 --> 00:16:58.680 of 00:16:58.680 --> 00:17:00.340 a sacrifice 00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:01.940 being identified 00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:02.960 with the sins 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.879 of the people 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:05.720 and so when the 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.680 sacrifice comes 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:07.259 into the 00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.680 tabernacle 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.140 the temple 00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:09.519 it is identified 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.319 with the sins 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.960 of the people 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:12.160 and the priest 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:13.160 lays the sins 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:14.079 on the people 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:15.440 and we read 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:15.819 and I say 00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:16.799 at chapter 53 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:18.700 that the Lord 00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:19.819 laid on him 00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.859 the iniquity 00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:21.879 of us all 00:17:21.879 --> 00:17:24.939 he made him 00:17:24.939 --> 00:17:25.559 to be sin 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.579 he is the 00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:27.839 sin bearer 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:29.119 he is bearing 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:29.700 the sins 00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.439 of the world 00:17:30.439 --> 00:17:31.960 he bore our sins 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.779 in his own body 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.720 to the tree 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.379 to the cross 00:17:34.379 --> 00:17:35.259 at Calvary 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:38.159 and when we 00:17:38.159 --> 00:17:38.700 come to 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.759 to reckon 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.619 what is 00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.240 happening 00:17:41.240 --> 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00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.480 me and 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.119 my God 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:55.639 and when I 00:18:55.639 --> 00:18:56.059 go to 00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.819 Calvary's 00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.160 cross 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:59.420 I see 00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:00.240 Jesus in 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.639 all of 00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.259 the 00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:02.059 solitariness 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.660 of the 00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.079 moment 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:03.879 at which 00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:04.200 he was 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.440 made 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:04.799 sin 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:06.700 I read 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:06.960 that the 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.419 disciples 00:19:07.419 --> 00:19:07.879 fled 00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:08.440 and left 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:08.700 him 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:10.779 I read 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.139 that he 00:19:11.139 --> 00:19:12.139 cries out 00:19:12.139 --> 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00:21:52.980 door 00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.220 that 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.599 speaks 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.039 to us 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.940 of 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.159 the 00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:55.480 Lord 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.000 Jesus 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.399 Christ 00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:57.819 Jesus 00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.240 and 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.619 him 00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.980 crucified 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:02.000 a new 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.539 engagement 00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.740 a new 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.159 event 00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:06.359 and 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.879 thirdly 00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:09.259 a new 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.379 existence 00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:12.540 a new 00:22:12.540 --> 00:22:12.940 existence 00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:15.180 for those 00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:16.280 with whom 00:22:16.280 --> 00:22:16.620 God 00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.300 engages 00:22:17.300 --> 00:22:18.540 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--> 00:22:45.700 more clearly 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:47.779 to read 00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.160 this 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.920 into it 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:50.259 so that 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.700 we 00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:52.359 who don't 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:52.700 have 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.319 righteousness 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:55.379 may become 00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:55.960 the righteousness 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.740 of God 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.240 in him 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:59.380 there's 00:22:59.380 --> 00:22:59.539 a 00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.460 becoming 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:02.279 and the 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.720 becoming 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.220 is the 00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.960 sense 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.960 of a 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.539 genesis 00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.500 of a 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:06.779 new 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.339 creation 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.099 and that's 00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.559 what Paul 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.160 has referred 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.460 to 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:11.019 in this 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.480 moment 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.079 of this 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.620 new 00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.160 engagement 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.900 with God 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:15.819 there is 00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.160 a new 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.620 existence 00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.339 that comes 00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.960 to play 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.440 and into 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.819 place 00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:20.380 and it 00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:20.940 comes to 00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.259 play 00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.880 and in 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.140 place 00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:23.259 in him 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.120 in Christ 00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:25.019 Jesus 00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:26.779 in our 00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.339 relationship 00:23:27.339 --> 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