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 Well, would you please take your Bibles and open them up this morning again to the book of Colossians.

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 Our passage this morning is chapter 1 verses 9 through 14.

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 If you don't have a Bible, that's okay.

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 We provide them in the seat backs in front of you, but I would encourage you as always, please have a Bible open as we walk through this passage together.

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 We're picking up in verse 9, and we left off last week with Paul telling the Colossian church how he prays for them, how he thanks God for them, and how he thanks God for the work of his grace at work in them.

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 He had heard about this from his friend Epaphras, who came to Paul while he was there in Rome and updated him on the church at Colossae.

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 And so we pick up here halfway through Paul's train of thought in verse 9 this morning, and again, we'll read through verse 14.

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 And when you found that in your Bible, let's stand in honor of the reading of the Word of God this morning.

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 Colossians 1 verses 9 through 14.

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 Paul says,

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 Let's pray once more.

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 Father, we ask once more, God, would you speak powerfully through the preaching of your Word.

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 Let it fall on fertile soil this morning.

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 And draw our hearts' attention to Christ.

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 Would you give us wisdom and knowledge and insight, God, empowered by your Spirit, so that we might walk in a manner worthy of the Lord.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 How can I pray for you?

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 As a pastor, that's a question that I find myself asking fairly often.

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 And oftentimes, the response that I will get to that question tends to be focused on circumstances of life.

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 So maybe someone is dealing with a sickness.

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 Maybe someone that they love is struggling in some way.

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 Maybe they're having some sort of difficulty at work or at home.

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 It's about their life circumstances.

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 And of course, I love to offer up prayers like that to the Lord.

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 And the Lord loves to hear prayers like that and loves to answer prayers like that.

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 But it's a little bit surprising sometimes when we open up passages like this.

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 And we see that the way the Apostle Paul tends to pray is very different from the way that you and I tend to pray.

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 And it's not that needs like that don't matter.

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 Of course they do.

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 But to the Apostle Paul, it seems like they don't matter most.

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 Paul's prayers for the saints here in Colossae and other places in Scripture are shaped by their greatest and most urgent need.

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 Namely, that they would know the breathtaking power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And then that they would go living in the power of the new life that Christ has purchased for them in the gospel.

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 You remember how last week we started our series through the book of Colossians.

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 And we saw that these believers in Colossae are wrestling against a dangerous and a false teaching there in Colossae.

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 This teaching told them that they did not have enough.

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 The gospel is a great start.

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 And Jesus is a great place to begin.

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 But what you really need is more of our man-made rules and man-made regulations.

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 You need more of our secret, special knowledge.

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 You need more of what we have to offer you.

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 And then, maybe then, you will be spiritually full.

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 Maybe then you will have the knowledge that you need of how to live a life that's honoring to God.

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 But you remember from last week, Paul, right off the bat, told them,

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 No, no, no, no, no.

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 The gospel of Jesus Christ is enough.

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 Jesus and his finished work on the cross is enough.

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 You don't need to add to it all of these man-made rules and regulations.

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 This morning, as we look to our passage, what we see is that because the gospel is enough,

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 we can pray specifically and boldly to the Lord on behalf of our brothers and sisters in Christ

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 that they would realize for themselves all the glorious power of God for them in the gospel.

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 So let's take a look at this gospel-shaped prayer this morning for the saints.

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 And we're going to see it in three parts.

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 This will be our outline this morning.

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 If you're taking notes, I'll try to make it easy for you to follow along.

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 We'll see three parts this morning.

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 First, the prayer.

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 Second, the purpose.

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 And third, the power.

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 And as we do, I just want you to notice here, just briefly, I want to make this comment.

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 There is no copyright on this prayer.

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 And it would be my desire for us as a church that we would lift this prayer straight off the page

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 and pray this daily, if not weekly, for one another and our brothers and sisters in Christ.

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 So let's see what Paul's praying here.

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 First, we see the prayer.

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 The prayer.

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 And we see this in verse 9.

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 Look there with me.

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 He says,

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 And so from the day we heard, meaning the day that we heard about you,

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 the day that we heard about your faith in Christ from the Paphras,

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 from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you,

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 asking that you may be filled with knowledge.

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 Now, Paul is here for just a moment.

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 And remember, again, what's going on in Colossae.

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 Because if you were a member of the church at Colossae and you heard those key words, right?

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 Filled.

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 Knowledge.

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 You would have some alarms lining up.

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 Lighting up.

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 Your ears would perk up at hearing this.

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 Because Paul is hijacking the language that the false teachers are using.

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 These are their lines.

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 This is the exact same angle that the false teachers are taking.

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 Remember, they're promising.

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 They're coming to the church at Colossae saying,

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 If you really want to reach spiritual fullness,

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 you need some of our special knowledge.

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 If you want to be spiritually filled,

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 well, you need our man-made regulations.

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 Paul knows exactly what he's doing here.

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 And this is a strategic use of these key words here.

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 And he says,

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 Yes, I agree.

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 Fullness matters.

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 Knowledge matters.

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 Knowledge matters.

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 But the Christian's path to fullness is not through human regulation.

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 But rather, it is through divine revelation.

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 Say that again.

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 The Christian's path to fullness and knowledge is not through human regulation and man-made rules,

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 but rather through divine revelation.

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 It is not through secret, special knowledge of the few and the elite.

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 It is through personal, intimate knowledge of God as he has revealed himself in the gospel.

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 This is why Paul prays that you may be filled with knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.

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 When this knowledge of the will of God is not the prized possession of a few elite Christians.

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 Rather, every single Christian can be filled with the knowledge of the will of God.

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 Do you believe this?

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 Every single Christian, meaning every single man and every single woman, every single boy, every single girl,

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 who has heard the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 and by his grace has understood the grace of God in truth,

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 they can be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.

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 Do you realize, Christian, it is entirely possible for you to genuinely be filled with knowledge of his will?

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 Why? Well, because he has given us his book, his word, his revealed will,

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 and he has given every Christian his spirit to empower the reading and the studying and the preaching of the word of God

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 so that we might understand the revealed will of God.

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 We have his word and we have his spirit,

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 and Paul says, well, that's enough for you.

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 Now, this is one of the major issues in the Protestant Reformation.

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 If you've ever studied this era of church history in the 16th century,

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 for centuries the medieval church restricted access to the average believer.

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 And they told them that only the priesthood, only the papacy, only the bishops, only the pope

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 could rightly interpret the will of God.

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 And so in order for the average Christian in the pews to understand what God's will is,

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 well, they have to go through the professional clergy.

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 They get their directions from the top.

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 They get their directions from them.

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 Entire worship services like this were held entirely in Latin,

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 which, oh, by the way, nobody spoke or understood except for the clergy.

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 They just had to go in faith that these elite special people with this elite special knowledge,

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 that they were giving them the truth.

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 But of course, we know the story.

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 The reformers made the dangerous decision to actually take up and read the word of God for themselves.

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 And then they made the dangerous decision to go and translate the word of God

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 into the language of the common people

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 and to write and publish commentaries on the word of God

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 that could be read and understood by average Joe in the pew.

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 And guess what happened?

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 The reformation took place and caught like wildfire.

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 You didn't have to be a spiritual elite to grow in the knowledge and the will of God.

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 You simply had to have the spirit of God and the word of God.

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 So Paul, understanding this, prays for these believers

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 that they would be filled with all knowledge of his will.

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 They don't need the secret knowledge of these false teachers.

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 They simply need the word of God and the spirit of God,

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 which, by the way, they already have because the gospel has come to them.

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 But then we should ask, well, what does that knowledge actually look like in practice?

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 This is going to be our second point this morning.

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 We should ask why?

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 To what end does Paul pray these things?

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 And we'll spend the bulk of our time here in this second point.

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 Second, we see the purpose of Paul's prayer.

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 Why does Paul pray that they would be filled with knowledge?

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 To what end?

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 And what does he hope that this knowledge will produce in them?

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 He tells us in verse 10,

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 Don't you want to do that, church?

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 This is such a vital truth.

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 I need to stop here and make this point.

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 Do you understand that true knowledge of God,

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 it accords with a godly life?

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 True knowledge of God will be lived out in your life Monday through Saturday.

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 True understanding of who God is,

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 it must necessarily result in a life lived for God's glory.

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 There is absolutely no place for a classroom only,

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 intellectual only, academic only, so-called knowledge of God

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 that has no impact whatsoever on a Christian's daily life.

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 If you can study about God in a book and then shut the book

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 and go out the door and live in blatant, unrepentant sin,

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 you should know that is not biblical Christianity.

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 And you may have knowledge about God,

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 but you may not know God.

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 You can come to church,

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 and you can sit through the sermon,

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 and you can sing the songs,

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 and then go home.

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 And if there's no actual difference in your life

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 compared to your non-believing neighbors,

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 again, you may be doing religion,

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 but you may not actually be walking with the Lord.

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 The great theologian Herman Bivink,

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 he says it like this.

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 He says,

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 Scripture knows nothing of a knowledge that is merely academic.

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 To know God is to love Him,

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 to fear Him,

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 and to trust Him.

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 And to be filled with the knowledge of His will

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 means that our entire existence is captured by His truth.

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 Friend, is this true of you?

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 Here Paul says,

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 to be filled with the knowledge of God

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 and all spiritual wisdom and understanding.

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 That sort of fullness will show itself up in your life.

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 Be filled, again,

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 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord.

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 And so my question becomes then,

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 well, what in the world does that look like?

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 What does that look like?

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 Paul gives us four clear marks

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 of a God-fearing life here in this passage.

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 Four clear marks of a God-fearing life.

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 You can use this sort of as a self-assessment tool

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 as you look at your own life.

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 The first mark he says,

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 he says,

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 the God-pleasing life bears fruit.

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 The God-pleasing life bears fruit.

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 He says,

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 bearing fruit and increasing in every good work.

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 This is what the gospel does in the life of a believer.

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 Isn't he,

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 this is what he said earlier in the chapter.

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 As he said,

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 the word of the gospel in all the world

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 is bearing fruit and increasing

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 as it also does among you.

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 And that fruit of the gospel,

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 it doesn't just look like a polished exterior

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 that just keeps all the rules

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 and looks good on the outside.

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 He says,

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 no, no, no, no, no.

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 That fruit looks like faith in Christ.

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 It looks like love for all the saints.

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 He tells us in Galatians,

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 that fruit looks like love and joy and peace,

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 patience and kindness and goodness

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 and gentleness and faithfulness and self-control.

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 This is the fruit that the Spirit brings about

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 in the lives of those who have trusted

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 in the good news of Christ.

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 The path to bearing fruit

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 is not rigid, ritualistic, legalistic,

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 man-made rule-keeping traditions.

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 It's found in driving your roots

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 deeper and deeper into Christ.

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 What does he tell us?

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 Abide in me and you will what?

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 You will bear much fruit.

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 That's Mark number one.

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 Mark number two, Paul says,

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 the God-pleasing life increases in knowledge.

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 The God-pleasing life increases in knowledge,

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 bearing fruit and increasing in the knowledge of God.

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 Key word here, increasing.

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 Increasing.

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 In other words, church,

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 the God-pleasing life is not stagnant.

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 The God-pleasing life is a constant pursuit.

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 The God-pleasing life is not content

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 with where you are in your knowledge of God.

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 The God-pleasing life is eager to grow

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 and eager to learn not just knowledge about God,

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 but again, knowledge of God.

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 Let me ask you, church,

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 how are you increasing in your knowledge of God?

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 What are you learning about him

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 that's not just going into your brain,

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 but seeking down into your heart

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 so that you love him more?

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 What are you marveling at about who God is

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 and what he's done?

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 Theology is not just for the nerds.

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 Okay?

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 Theology is not just for the spiritual elite.

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 Theology is the study of God.

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 And guess what?

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 We're going to be doing theology

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 for the rest of eternity,

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 if you're in Christ.

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 For all of the rest of eternity,

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 we're going to be studying

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 and diving deeper

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 and increasing in our knowledge

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 of who God is

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 and marveling at his attributes,

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 that he's good

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 and that he's holy,

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 that he's infinite,

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 that he's eternal,

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 that he's gracious,

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 that he's wise,

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 that he's just,

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 that he's kind.

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 We will spend the rest of eternity

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 growing in the knowledge of God.

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 Paul says,

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 if you're in Christ,

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 guess what?

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 You can start right now.

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 Where do we start?

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 Again,

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 we have his own special revelation

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 right here.

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 We have his own revealed will,

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 his own special self-revelation

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 of who he is in his word.

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 But why do we study the word of God?

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 Why do I, week after week,

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 just open this book up

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 and try and communicate what it says?

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 It's because this is where God

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 makes himself known.

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 The word of God

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 empowered by the spirit of God

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 for the growth and the good

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 of the people of God.

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 That's the recipe.

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 You can start in prayer

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 and communicating with him

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 and speaking back to him

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 and talking with him

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 and praying his words back to him.

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 You can read a thousand good books.

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 We can benefit, church,

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 from the centuries of wise believers

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 that have gone before us.

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 It's almost embarrassing

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 how much knowledge and wisdom

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 we can gain from others.

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 This is what the Christian life is.

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 It's a communal pursuit

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 of the knowledge of God.

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 It's a body growing up

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 and walking together in his will.

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 But of course,

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 the truth is that this type

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 of lifelong pursuit

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 requires strength, doesn't it?

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 It requires strength.

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 It requires strength,

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 not our strength,

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 but rather his strength.

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 This is the third mark

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 that Paul gives us.

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 The God-pleasing life,

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 verse 11,

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 requires his strength.

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 He prays that they would be filled

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 for a life pleasing to him,

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 being strengthened with all power

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 according to his glorious might,

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 for all endurance and patience

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 with joy.

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 You know,

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 the thing about legalism,

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 this rigid law-keeping,

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 right?

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 Think about it like this.

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 Legalistic, ritualistic,

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 religious law-keeping

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 does not require the power of God.

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 This is why we're drawn to it,

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 to be honest.

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 Legalism does not need God's help.

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 It does not need God's strength.

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 What does it demand?

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 It demands your strength.

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 It gives you a list of do's and don'ts,

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 and it says if you just muscle up,

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 if you just grit your teeth,

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 you can get it done

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 if you try hard enough.

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 If you're serious enough about God,

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 you can check off this list

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 and you will make it.

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 You can do it

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 if you're really serious about the Lord.

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 That's what legalism tells you.

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 But true Christianity,

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 you know what it says?

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 You can't do this.

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 Here's the motivational talk

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 you didn't know you needed this morning,

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 right?

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 The gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 it says you cannot live a life

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 worthy of the Lord

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 in your own strength.

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 You can't do it.

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 You can't begin to discern

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 His own will

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 by your own knowledge.

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 It's spiritually discerned.

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 You can't begin

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 to live a life

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 that's pleasing to Him

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 in the slightest bit

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 by your own merit.

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 The sooner we grasp this truth,

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 the better off we'll be.

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 Christian books

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 have no place

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 in the self-help section.

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 The bad news is

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 we can't do it.

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 But the good news is,

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 Paul tells us,

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 God Himself supplies

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 the strength that we need.

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 God Himself supplies the strength.

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 He gives us everything that we need

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 to live a life that's pleasing to Him.

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 It is His provision

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 that makes the God-pleasing life possible.

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 It is His power

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 that makes the God-pleasing life possible.

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 It's His strength

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 that makes the God-pleasing life possible.

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 And apart from His strength,

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 you can't do it.

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 If it were,

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 based on our own strength,

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 to hold on to Him

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 or to climb a ladder

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 up to reach Him,

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 guess what, church?

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 We would lose our grip on Him

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 every single time.

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 This is why Paul prays

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 the way that he does.

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 May you be strengthened

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 with all power

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 according to His glorious might

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 so that we may endure

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 and have patience

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 and joy.

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 This is God's work.

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 And when you realize, church,

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 that the entire Christian life

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 is empowered by His strength,

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 and then and only then

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 will we understand

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 the fourth mark here

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 of a God-fearing life.

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 Fourth.

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 Fourth and finally.

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 Verse 12.

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 He says,

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 the God-pleasing life

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 is filled with gratitude.

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 He says,

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 giving thanks to God the Father.

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 Giving thanks to God the Father.

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 The fact is,

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 you will not give thanks to God

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 if you believe

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 that it all depends on you.

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 You will not give thanks to God

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 if you believe

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 that it's all dependent

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 on your strength.

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 When you go to a hotel

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 and you don't walk up

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 to the hotel door

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 and open it yourself

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 and lug your own bags inside

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 and then turn

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 and thank the doorman.

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 Gratitude is the overflow

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 of a recognition of need.

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 Gratitude is the overflow

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 of a recognition

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 that you have been served.

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 You have been helped.

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 You have been unable

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 to do something

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 and someone has taken it

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 upon themselves

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 to do it for you.

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 Someone else has served you

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 in a way that you

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.980
 could not serve yourself.

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 But the man or the woman

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 that's relying

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 on their own strength,

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.260
 the man or the woman

00:24:02.260 --> 00:24:04.620
 that's depending on human effort

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:06.580
 to keep man-made rules,

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:08.640
 they don't overflow with thanks.

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 You know what they overflow with?

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:11.300
 Pride.

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 It's either pride

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 when you do it well

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:16.800
 or it's despair

00:24:16.800 --> 00:24:17.620
 when you don't.

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 It's not God,

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.020
 thank you

00:24:21.020 --> 00:24:21.980
 for what you've done.

00:24:22.060 --> 00:24:22.600
 It's not God,

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:24.180
 thank you for saving me.

00:24:24.280 --> 00:24:24.980
 It's not God,

00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:26.259
 I was unable

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.460
 and I was lost

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 and I was dead in sin

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 and you made me alive

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 in Christ.

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 You did what I couldn't do.

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:34.160
 You kept the law perfectly

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 when I failed.

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 You abolished death.

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:39.120
 You resurrected Christ

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 from the grave.

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 I couldn't do any of that

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 on my own.

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 No,

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.500
 legalism says,

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.700
 well look what I can do.

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 I can keep my rules

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 and I can puff myself up.

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 I can pad my own stats

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 and get my own recognition

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 for my own pride.

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.560
 Paul looks down this road

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 of legalism

00:24:59.300 --> 00:25:00.519
 and he sees the end of it

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:02.819
 because Paul has lived this himself.

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.960
 He sees the end

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.639
 of what comes

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:08.859
 from these legalistic rules

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.680
 and regulations

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:11.619
 and at the end of that road

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:13.900
 is not glory to God.

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:15.879
 It is glory to self.

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 And so he says,

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.279
 you know what?

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:20.599
 A life that is pleasing to God,

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:23.440
 it looks like humble gratitude.

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.019
 Overflowing.

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 The thanksgiving.

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 Because at the end of the day,

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.740
 the God-pleasing life

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.680
 understands that

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:34.799
 God's pleasure in you

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:37.400
 is not based on your performance

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.980
 for Him.

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.940
 Can I say that again?

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.539
 Church, do you understand?

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.740
 Christian, do you understand?

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:49.099
 God's pleasure in you

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:51.740
 is not based on your performance

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.420
 for Him.

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:55.119
 Be free of depending

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:56.279
 on your own strength.

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.339
 faith.

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.920
 Be free

00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:01.019
 of religious legalism

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:02.019
 that demands more

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.399
 and more

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:02.799
 and more

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.139
 and more

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.480
 and more

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:05.059
 in order to earn God's favor.

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.619
 Be free of these lies

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.139
 of the enemy.

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.399
 God's favor,

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.960
 His pleasure in you

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:11.039
 is not dependent

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.059
 on your performance

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.660
 for Him.

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 It is based on

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.740
 the finished work

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.460
 of Christ

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:17.259
 that is given to you.

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 Not by your rule keeping

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:20.160
 but simply by faith.

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 This is the power of God

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:27.220
 that will guard us

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:28.000
 from the temptation

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.220
 to perform our way

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.400
 into God's grace

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:32.300
 and it's this power of God

00:26:32.300 --> 00:26:33.660
 that will enable us

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.460
 to live a life

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.820
 worthy of the Lord.

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.880
 It's the power of God

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:39.100
 and the gospel of Christ.

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.620
 The finished work

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:42.019
 of Jesus Christ

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.580
 is enough.

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:47.340
 This is where Paul points us

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:47.840
 in our third

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.900
 and final point

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.860
 this morning.

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.240
 Third,

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.160
 we see the power

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:54.620
 for a God-pleasing life.

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.140
 What is it?

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:57.420
 The power is

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.080
 the gospel

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:59.140
 of Jesus Christ.

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:01.259
 It's not

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.920
 these man-made rules.

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:04.019
 It is

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.180
 the gospel.

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:05.860
 And don't you love

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:06.660
 how Paul's prayer

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.160
 is just

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:09.019
 so rooted

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.660
 in the gospel

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.500
 of Jesus Christ?

00:27:11.780 --> 00:27:13.100
 He reminds

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.800
 these saints,

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.380
 these brothers

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:14.900
 and sisters

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.420
 in Christ

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.480
 all the way

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.560
 off at Colossae

00:27:17.560 --> 00:27:18.620
 not what they

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.959
 have to do next

00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:22.099
 but what God

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.139
 has already done

00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:23.500
 for them

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.099
 in Christ.

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:26.459
 The gospel

00:27:26.459 --> 00:27:28.399
 by definition

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:30.739
 is a miracle

00:27:30.739 --> 00:27:32.399
 of God's grace.

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:33.239
 Don't you realize

00:27:33.239 --> 00:27:34.799
 grace can't be earned?

00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:37.119
 Then it's not grace.

00:27:37.959 --> 00:27:39.419
 If you earn grace

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:40.379
 it's not grace anymore.

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.119
 It's a paycheck.

00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:43.179
 God says

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:43.679
 the gospel

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.359
 is a message

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.359
 of God's

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:47.199
 unmerited grace.

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.140
 no man

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.799
 can add

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.880
 anything to it

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:51.000
 on their best day.

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.920
 No Christian

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.940
 can rob from it

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:54.059
 on their worst day.

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:55.279
 It is grace

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.160
 upon grace

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.019
 upon grace

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.759
 towards sinners

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.420
 like us

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.720
 in Christ.

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:01.100
 It's a finished work.

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:05.580
 Paul shows us

00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:05.980
 what God

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.759
 has done for us

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.380
 in three

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.680
 absolutely

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:10.000
 breathtaking actions

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.340
 here.

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.140
 And we'll walk

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.519
 through it

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.259
 and then we'll close.

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.420
 What has God

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.100
 done for you?

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.659
 Christian

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.559
 Paul tells us

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.000
 one

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.500
 he has qualified

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.059
 you

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:19.559
 to share

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.240
 in the inheritance

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.819
 of saints

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.299
 and light.

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:24.039
 God has qualified

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.579
 you

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:26.139
 to share

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.919
 in the inheritance

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:28.759
 of the saints

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:30.019
 and light.

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.240
 You know

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.740
 the lies

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:32.059
 of legalism

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:33.500
 they give you

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.059
 this list

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.959
 of do's and don'ts

00:28:34.959 --> 00:28:36.000
 in order to be

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.559
 qualified.

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.119
 If you just

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.980
 check this box

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.379
 then you will make it.

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.279
 And just so we're clear

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.899
 that's not

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.659
 just a problem

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.819
 back then in Colossae.

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:44.000
 This is a right now

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.799
 problem isn't it?

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.659
 It's a right here

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.779
 problem isn't it?

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.659
 Our hearts

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.779
 are so wired

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.519
 to return

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.919
 to this legalistic

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.939
 performance

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:54.919
 based religion

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.519
 where we think

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.359
 we gotta do something

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.639
 to measure up

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.700
 and earn God's favor.

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.919
 The lie

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.899
 that we can believe

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.960
 is that we must

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.099
 do certain things

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:04.019
 in order to

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:05.460
 be qualified.

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.819
 What does Paul say?

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.779
 God

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:11.460
 has qualified

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.840
 you in Christ.

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.900
 God

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.900
 has qualified

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.500
 you

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:18.120
 in Christ

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:19.660
 to inherit

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.539
 this glorious

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.120
 inheritance

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.900
 of the saints

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:23.019
 in light.

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.600
 Not only this

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.240
 verse 13

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.960
 tells us

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:27.059
 he has

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:28.160
 delivered us

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.640
 from the domain

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.279
 of darkness

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.779
 and again

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.279
 do you notice

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.220
 this is past tense?

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.259
 This is past

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.039
 this is something

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:36.100
 God's already done.

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.440
 He has delivered

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.400
 us from the domain

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.019
 of darkness

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.000
 and I know

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.920
 what you're thinking

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:42.740
 man it looks

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.400
 plenty dark

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.139
 around here

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.839
 doesn't it?

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.839
 In this country

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.819
 where we live

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.700
 this area

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.420
 of the world

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.119
 where we live

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.799
 there is

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:52.259
 plenty of darkness

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.200
 all around us

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.639
 isn't there?

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.960
 The same was true

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.599
 in Colossae

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.379
 they wrestled

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:57.039
 with all the same

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.879
 powers of darkness

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.500
 that we wrestle

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.980
 with here.

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.920
 How in the world

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.619
 can Paul say

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.619
 he's delivered you

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.180
 from the domain

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.619
 of darkness?

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.579
 We're still in it.

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:06.500
 Paul is saying

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:08.859
 something has

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.359
 happened

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:11.500
 so that you

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.220
 even though you

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.220
 still live

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.199
 all around it

00:30:14.199 --> 00:30:15.059
 it's all around you

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.879
 something has

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.299
 happened

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.000
 so that you

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.579
 can say

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.819
 I no longer

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:20.059
 belong to this

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:21.199
 darkness all around me.

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.299
 What's happened?

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.119
 Christ

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:26.859
 has triumphed

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:28.139
 over the powers

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:29.199
 of sin and darkness

00:30:29.199 --> 00:30:29.899
 at the cross.

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:32.059
 Christ has

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.759
 shattered

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:34.720
 all the power

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.779
 all the authority

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.379
 of the enemy

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.079
 at the cross

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.920
 in the empty tomb.

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.000
 Christ has

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.779
 disarmed

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:42.240
 the rulers

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.099
 and the authorities

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.879
 he has conquered

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.839
 the dark domain

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.400
 at the cross

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:45.900
 of Christ.

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.940
 So now

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.859
 even though

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.480
 we live

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.940
 in a fallen world

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:51.799
 those who belong

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.259
 to Christ

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.299
 can say with confidence

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.619
 I don't belong

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.400
 to this domain

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.420
 of darkness anymore

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.299
 the gospel

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.539
 has set me free.

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:02.059
 He has qualified us

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:03.659
 he has delivered us

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:04.220
 and look at the rest

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.679
 of the verse

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:06.440
 says he has

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:08.039
 transferred us

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.879
 into the kingdom

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:11.799
 of his beloved son

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.639
 in whom we have

00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:13.139
 redemption

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:14.639
 the forgiveness

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:16.019
 of sins.

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.859
 here's some good news

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.460
 for you church

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:20.500
 if you are

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.799
 in Christ

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:24.940
 simply by faith

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.440
 in him

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:28.200
 you are already

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:29.539
 right now

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.940
 in this present moment

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:33.139
 you are a citizen

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:34.160
 of the kingdom

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:35.000
 of God

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:37.680
 he has already

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.920
 transferred you

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:40.240
 into his kingdom

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.220
 you belong

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.940
 to his kingdom

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:45.799
 John Calvin

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.740
 says it like this

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.259
 he says

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.140
 this is a word

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.180
 transferred

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:50.660
 this is a word

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.820
 used of empires

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.420
 when a king

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.580
 takes an entire

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.340
 population

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:55.980
 and relocates them

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.720
 into a new

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.920
 glorious territory

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:59.740
 we are not merely

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:01.120
 improved prisoners

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:02.200
 in the old kingdom

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:03.480
 we are fully

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.980
 naturalized citizens

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.920
 in the new kingdom

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:07.019
 of his beloved son

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:09.279
 our legal standing

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.660
 is completely new

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:12.100
 and our old master

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:13.300
 has no right

00:32:13.300 --> 00:32:14.519
 to demand taxes

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.440
 or obedience

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.100
 from us

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:17.019
 ever again

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:21.360
 by his finished

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:22.360
 work

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:24.759
 Christ Jesus

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.779
 has purchased

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.640
 everything we need

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:29.279
 for our redemption

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.279
 Christ Jesus

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.279
 by his blood

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:32.600
 has purchased

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.200
 the forgiveness

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:34.000
 of all

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:35.519
 of our sins

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:38.120
 Charles Spurgeon

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:40.240
 commenting on this passage

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.680
 he says

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.819
 it is a done thing

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:44.660
 we are not arriving

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.539
 at his kingdom

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:47.000
 we are already there

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:49.099
 we are wrestling

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:50.240
 to get out of the dungeon

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.880
 of darkness

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.980
 the doors have been

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.660
 smashed

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:54.240
 and we've been brought

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.660
 out

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:56.220
 into the glorious

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.819
 light

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:58.240
 of the sun

00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.259
 church

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.620
 this

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:02.240
 perfect

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:03.279
 finished

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.759
 work of Christ

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:07.660
 this is the power

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.380
 that we need

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:09.039
 to live a life

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.799
 pleasing to God

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.819
 nothing else

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:13.319
 this is the power

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.940
 that we need

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.559
 to resist

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:16.359
 all the many lies

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:16.980
 from the enemy

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.639
 that tell us

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.720
 to do more

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.919
 be more

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:21.159
 achieve more

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:21.779
 in order to be

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.879
 spiritually full

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:24.000
 Paul says

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.180
 if you are in

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.680
 Christ

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:27.639
 you have everything

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:28.299
 you need

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.740
 in him

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:31.299
 the power

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.940
 for a God

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.740
 pleasing life

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.399
 is yours

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:34.440
 right now

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.139
 in

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:36.159
 Christ

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.900
 friend

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.360
 if you are

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:37.740
 not

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.519
 a believer

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.460
 in Christ

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:42.279
 my prayer

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.759
 for you

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.440
 this morning

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:45.720
 is that

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.220
 you would be

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.540
 free

00:33:46.540 --> 00:33:47.300
 from the lies

00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:48.320
 of performance

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:51.019
 from the lies

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.640
 that would tell you

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.820
 that you must

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.620
 do more

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.480
 achieve more

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.040
 be more

00:33:55.040 --> 00:33:55.640
 in order to be

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.400
 pleasing to God

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.920
 but rather

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.600
 that God

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.400
 by the power

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.380
 of his spirit

00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:00.220
 through the

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.759
 proclamation

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:02.340
 of his word

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:03.619
 would open

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.139
 the eyes

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.619
 of your heart

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:05.159
 so you might

00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:06.259
 trust fully

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.959
 in the finished

00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:07.639
 work of Jesus

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.119
 Christ

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:09.219
 it's enough

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:11.619
 and church

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.000
 my prayer

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.579
 for you

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:14.599
 is that

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.159
 you too

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.699
 would look

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 to the finished

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 work of Christ

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 and that you

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 would leave

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 here walking

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 in a manner

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 worthy of the

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 Lord

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 resting in the

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 power of God

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 at work in

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 you who believe

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 because of what

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 he's done

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 I would ask

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 one thing of you

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 as we close

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 by way of application

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 church

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 would you

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 pray this

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 prayer

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 for me

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 this week

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 I told you

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 there's no copyright

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 on this prayer

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 I want you

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 some of you

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 have committed

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 to pray

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 for me

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 and I appreciate

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 that so much

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 if you're looking

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 or wondering

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 what to pray

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 for your pastor

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 please take this

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 prayer

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 and would you

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 pray that for me

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 and then would you

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 look at your

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 your fellow brother

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 and sister

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 in Christ

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 and would you

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 pray this

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 for one another

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 this week

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 would you pray

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 for one another

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 that they would

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 be filled

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 with all spiritual

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 wisdom and understanding

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 and the knowledge

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 of his will

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 so as to walk

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 in a manner

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 worthy of the

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 Lord

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 not to earn

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 his favor

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 but because they

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 have been given

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 his favor already

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 in the finished

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 work of Christ

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 to pray

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 that we would

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 walk in a manner

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 worthy of the

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 Lord

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 because he has

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 qualified us

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 delivered us

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 transferred us

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 redeemed us

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 forgiven us

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 all at the

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 cross of Christ

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 let's pray

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 father

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 we praise you

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 God for the

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 finished work

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 of the gospel

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 we praise you

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 God for the

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 finished work

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 of Christ

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 we praise you

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 that his

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 work is enough

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 father that he

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 alone is what

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 qualifies sinners

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 like us to share

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 in the inheritance

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 of the saints

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 in light

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 we pray that we

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 would not

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 fall victim

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 to the many

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 lies of the

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 enemy

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 that would

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 lead us

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 away from

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 fully trusting

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 in the finished

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 work of Jesus

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 in the gospel

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 we pray God

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 that we would

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 walk in a manner

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 worthy of the

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 Lord

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 fully pleasing

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 to you

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 bearing fruit

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 in every good

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 work

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 we praise in

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 Jesus name

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 amen

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 may

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