WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:05.780 Okay, we are, it's crazy sometimes up here preaching. 00:00:07.660 --> 00:00:11.740 My greatest fear is that you would think, wow, he has his act together because he's 00:00:11.740 --> 00:00:16.620 up there teaching God's Word and realizing that I'm probably the most broken person in 00:00:16.620 --> 00:00:20.260 here and need to have grace more than anybody else. 00:00:21.260 --> 00:00:26.600 What a privilege to talk about God's Word and share it with God's people. 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:32.060 Well, as a dad, I'll tell you, I'm very, very, very, very, very teachable right now. 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:40.200 I have been reading books after books on parenting and trying to figure out what I'm doing, what 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.200 I'm not doing, how to do it better, how to not do what I'm doing better. 00:00:43.900 --> 00:00:49.520 And I just finished one a month ago, and it was really, really, really good. 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:54.960 And he said at the end of his book, he said this, he said, if you could send your kids 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:57.679 out with a few truths that they must know. 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:07.019 If you could give your kids a few truths they must know to survive, to thrive, to be who 00:01:07.019 --> 00:01:13.260 you want them to be, when they leave home, what would those truths be? 00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:17.580 What would you want them to know about themselves? 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:22.420 And what would you want them to know about your family? 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:26.400 And what would you want them to know about your God? 00:01:28.080 --> 00:01:29.219 And I thought about that. 00:01:29.320 --> 00:01:31.680 I was like, okay, what are the truths I want my kids to live with? 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:32.840 What do I want them to leave with? 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:34.140 What is it that I have to do? 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:36.060 So we have this tradition in our house. 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:37.000 We have this family dinner. 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:42.200 And at dinner, we eat, and we laugh, and we usually play cards at the end of it. 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:43.359 But we ask questions. 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:46.340 We ask questions like, what's your highlight for the day, and what's your low point for 00:01:46.340 --> 00:01:46.700 the day? 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:49.960 But this time, I thought I'd be clever. 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:55.439 And so I changed the question, and I said to them, what is a Miller? 00:01:57.340 --> 00:01:59.140 What is true of a Miller? 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.700 How do we want Millers to be remembered by the people around us? 00:02:03.700 --> 00:02:07.480 Thinking that I'm going to impart with them this truth, that they're going to go out there, 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:10.060 and they're going to have this, and this is going to be the thing that's going to keep 00:02:10.060 --> 00:02:10.400 them. 00:02:11.379 --> 00:02:14.340 And the answers came, Millers are tall. 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:16.800 Okay. 00:02:17.920 --> 00:02:20.439 Another kid asked, Millers have blue eyes. 00:02:21.860 --> 00:02:25.300 Millers love to laugh and play games. 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:28.120 Millers live in Hong Kong. 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:34.800 And all the while, I was just sitting there with this kind of, okay, okay, oh, yeah, I 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:35.780 just want something more. 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:41.099 And then my little one, KK, sees me, and she realizes that we haven't given her, given me 00:02:41.099 --> 00:02:43.280 the answer that I was expecting. 00:02:43.420 --> 00:02:48.680 And as any great pastor's kid would do, she says, Jesus. 00:02:50.500 --> 00:02:55.080 It just seems like, when in doubt, if you're a pastor's kid, and your parents ask you a question, 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:56.640 the question is Jesus. 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:58.100 The answer is Jesus, right? 00:02:59.060 --> 00:03:00.320 And so I just kind of laughed. 00:03:00.420 --> 00:03:04.580 You know, what I wanted my kids to say, I wanted them to say something profound and amazing 00:03:04.580 --> 00:03:04.960 like this. 00:03:04.980 --> 00:03:10.020 I wanted them to say, you know, a miller is someone who loves and serves God, and they 00:03:10.020 --> 00:03:11.800 love and serve other people. 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:16.260 But what I got was Jesus. 00:03:17.380 --> 00:03:18.880 Well, I think that's pretty good, you know? 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:23.319 And I realized as we came to this passage, and you probably listened to this passage, 00:03:23.419 --> 00:03:24.960 and you go, wow, this passage is terrible. 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.939 If you're an English major, you're trying to parse what he's saying, and what connects 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:32.500 to what, and it's disjointed, and you're like, oh, what's going on here? 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:34.939 But when we come to this passage, this is what Paul's doing. 00:03:36.780 --> 00:03:42.039 Paul is about to leave chapter 5, and he's going into chapter 6 of Romans, and he's going 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:42.919 to go on a different tangent. 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:45.680 He's going to talk about what does it mean for us to become more and more like Jesus. 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:51.500 And so at the end of chapter 5, Paul has this dinner table gathering with his friends 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:57.800 and us, and he wants to give us one last lesson, and the lesson is, what does it mean to be 00:03:57.800 --> 00:03:59.080 a child of God? 00:03:59.920 --> 00:04:01.740 What are things that we want to be true of us? 00:04:01.780 --> 00:04:03.000 What are things that we must know? 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:07.980 What are things that we have to remember so that when we go on the journey of life, we're 00:04:07.980 --> 00:04:08.659 going to do okay? 00:04:10.480 --> 00:04:11.659 We're not going to face troubles. 00:04:11.760 --> 00:04:14.760 Or that when we face troubles, we're going to survive them. 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:19.519 So up until this point in chapters 1 through 3 of Romans, what we've seen is that you 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:21.139 and I are lost. 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:24.219 Paul basically says that we're wandering from God. 00:04:25.699 --> 00:04:26.860 We thought we were close. 00:04:28.379 --> 00:04:34.699 We thought if we just did the right thing, if we do not enough bad things, if we just do 00:04:34.699 --> 00:04:39.120 something good, then we'll be in right relationship with God. 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:44.500 But Paul says actually in Romans 1, 2, and 3 that you and I are far, far, far away from 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:44.800 God. 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:48.660 He actually says that we're not even at peace with God. 00:04:49.699 --> 00:04:54.899 He actually even says that we are in enmity with God. 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:56.819 And that we're under his judgment. 00:04:57.079 --> 00:05:00.620 We're under his wrath because of our selfishness and our self-centeredness and our sin. 00:05:01.259 --> 00:05:03.480 He actually says we're blind to our blindness. 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:06.640 You ever thought about that sentence? 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:10.280 I've been thinking about that a long time. 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:13.120 We're blind to our blindness. 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:19.540 Then in chapter 3, in chapter 4, what Paul shows us is he shows us how we can be saved. 00:05:20.180 --> 00:05:21.640 How we can be made unblind. 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:24.060 And what he says is it's not by our works. 00:05:24.819 --> 00:05:26.120 It's not by our morality. 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:27.840 It's not by our goodness. 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:29.599 It's not by our righteousness. 00:05:30.299 --> 00:05:31.500 But it's by grace. 00:05:32.859 --> 00:05:36.859 Purely a gift of God. 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:38.679 He sends us his son. 00:05:39.179 --> 00:05:39.959 And Jesus comes. 00:05:40.299 --> 00:05:45.519 And we're told in chapters 3 and chapters 4 that Jesus makes all things right. 00:05:46.579 --> 00:05:47.879 He makes all things new. 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:52.579 Jesus is what you and I could not be. 00:05:54.219 --> 00:05:54.779 Perfect. 00:05:54.779 --> 00:05:54.919 Perfect. 00:05:56.679 --> 00:05:58.799 And so by faith now we trust in him. 00:05:58.939 --> 00:06:00.419 By faith we trust in his life. 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:02.679 By faith we trust in his work on the cross. 00:06:03.039 --> 00:06:04.959 And so now we have a new relationship with God. 00:06:06.699 --> 00:06:12.199 Whatever is true of Jesus now is true of you. 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:15.599 Have you ever thought about that? 00:06:17.219 --> 00:06:20.859 Whatever is true of Jesus is true of us. 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:25.780 Last week in Romans 5, 1 through 11 we saw five things that are true of us. 00:06:25.860 --> 00:06:27.860 Five things that God wants us to know. 00:06:27.960 --> 00:06:30.100 Five things that Paul is trying to teach us as his children. 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:31.720 He wants to give us security. 00:06:31.860 --> 00:06:35.180 He wants us to go out on the journey when we leave the dining room table. 00:06:35.259 --> 00:06:36.480 When we go off into our world. 00:06:36.540 --> 00:06:40.080 When we leave our home and our sanctuary in a place of peace, the church. 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:42.199 He wants us to understand what's true of us. 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:44.580 And he says five things and we only talked about one of them. 00:06:44.860 --> 00:06:46.040 And we talked about security. 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:51.800 We talked about security in the midst of trials and tribulations and difficult times. 00:06:51.860 --> 00:06:53.000 We talked about what those were. 00:06:53.100 --> 00:06:56.660 We said a trial was anything that tempts us to turn our eyes away from God. 00:06:56.980 --> 00:06:58.700 Anything that tempts us to think that God isn't good. 00:06:59.020 --> 00:07:00.920 Anything that tempts us to think that God isn't enough. 00:07:01.420 --> 00:07:02.600 And that's what a trial is. 00:07:02.820 --> 00:07:05.160 And he says in the midst of these trials God is working. 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:06.660 He's taking care of us. 00:07:06.860 --> 00:07:07.980 And he ends up with a statement. 00:07:07.980 --> 00:07:15.060 And he says if God loves us so much to send his son to die for us when we're his enemies. 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:18.439 How much more will he take care of us as his children? 00:07:20.960 --> 00:07:21.800 How much more? 00:07:22.620 --> 00:07:26.480 Today is the last part of Paul's instructions to us before we leave. 00:07:26.840 --> 00:07:29.340 And he's basically, he knows we're going out. 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:33.140 And he basically has one more thing he wants to teach us before we start talking about sanctification. 00:07:33.139 --> 00:07:37.099 He wants to teach us one more truth about what does it mean to be secure in him. 00:07:37.459 --> 00:07:40.599 And he's going to do that by using a very interesting illustration. 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:42.539 He's going to talk about two families. 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:45.019 Two families that exist in the world. 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:46.959 So he has this one family right here. 00:07:48.379 --> 00:07:49.539 And he has this other family. 00:07:51.300 --> 00:07:52.759 And he says there's two families. 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.439 And there's two heads of these families. 00:07:55.439 --> 00:08:05.540 And he says that everybody from past, present, and future is going to be measured by these two families and these two leaders. 00:08:06.420 --> 00:08:08.319 So for one family, I'm just going to give an apple. 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:12.839 I guess you can guess whose family that is. 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.180 For another family, I'm just going to give this pine cone. 00:08:16.259 --> 00:08:16.920 I thought it was really neat. 00:08:16.980 --> 00:08:22.959 I was in the Garden of Gethsemane on the hill where Jesus, somewhere in the vicinity, spent his last night. 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:23.879 And I saw all these trees. 00:08:23.939 --> 00:08:25.500 And some trees are 2,000 years old. 00:08:26.299 --> 00:08:28.219 And there's this pine cone just laying there. 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:28.819 And I picked it up. 00:08:29.019 --> 00:08:30.719 Because for me, it's a symbol of life. 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:33.199 Inside was the seeds. 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:34.240 And the seeds busted open. 00:08:34.319 --> 00:08:35.039 And they spread out. 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:36.379 And they gave all these trees. 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:38.679 And so he's going to talk about these two families. 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:49.059 Now, in 2009, the Society for Linguistics of America said there were 6,900 distinct languages in the world today. 00:08:49.059 --> 00:08:53.439 6,909 distinct languages in the world today. 00:08:53.979 --> 00:09:01.079 Most anthropologists are going to say that there are at least three to four basic races of people in the world today. 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:03.059 With maybe 30 subgroups. 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:05.519 31 if you count Texans. 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:07.199 And 32 if you count Aussies. 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.099 But there's at least three or four races of people. 00:09:12.079 --> 00:09:15.639 But in the passage today, Paul says there's only two races of people. 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:20.460 He says as you go through your world, as you look around, there's only two races. 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:21.519 There's only two families. 00:09:21.939 --> 00:09:26.000 And everybody from the past, present, and future, they are going to find their identity. 00:09:27.179 --> 00:09:33.019 And they're going to find their future in one of these two families and one of these two fathers. 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:35.139 Is that easy? 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:37.039 Trying to make it as easy as possible. 00:09:37.139 --> 00:09:38.279 This is the only way I can understand it. 00:09:38.299 --> 00:09:40.019 So I'm trying to make it as easy as possible. 00:09:40.220 --> 00:09:41.580 So we have two families, two fathers. 00:09:41.580 --> 00:09:45.139 And all of us are going to find our future and our identity in one of these two families. 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:48.179 He starts off in verse 12 and 14 and this is what he says. 00:09:48.580 --> 00:09:52.059 He says there's a family name in the first family. 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:53.799 And its father is Adam. 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:55.559 And Adam is the representative. 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:57.360 And Adam was created. 00:09:57.539 --> 00:10:00.120 And the word we actually use in theology is federal head. 00:10:01.019 --> 00:10:02.059 The Adam is the head. 00:10:02.139 --> 00:10:02.840 He's the representative. 00:10:02.939 --> 00:10:03.699 He's like the president. 00:10:03.819 --> 00:10:04.740 He's the ambassador. 00:10:05.220 --> 00:10:07.500 He's the person who's been elected to represent us. 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:14.419 And it says that Adam lived in a garden and he was given one command and he failed that one command. 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:21.259 And when he failed that one command, verses 12 and 14 basically say that sin entered into the world. 00:10:22.059 --> 00:10:25.019 And when sin came in, death came in. 00:10:25.019 --> 00:10:29.639 So sin came into the world because of disobedience. 00:10:30.939 --> 00:10:33.019 Death came into the world because of sin. 00:10:33.939 --> 00:10:38.299 And it all comes back on this idea of our Adam, our family, our leader. 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:39.079 He was there. 00:10:40.120 --> 00:10:42.779 Now the idea in theology, this is called original sin. 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.500 Now I know some people hate to hear that terminology. 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:54.519 I'm going to get some questions, ask Paul anything because it is a difficult, difficult idea to think about. 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:59.340 But what he's saying here is that Adam's sin brings a curse. 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:05.720 And because of his sin, death reigns over all the world. 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:11.759 In fact, he's going to say that even before the law, even before people broke the law, 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:15.440 the law was given to Moses on Mount Sinai, Exodus 20, 1500 B.C. 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:21.260 that even before the law came, people were dying because of sin. 00:11:22.740 --> 00:11:25.580 And whenever they sinned, death entered into their life. 00:11:26.920 --> 00:11:29.100 Now, I don't know what you think about sin. 00:11:31.220 --> 00:11:33.560 I know that a lot of people don't like to talk about that. 00:11:34.680 --> 00:11:40.300 And I'm pretty sure if you start talking to that with your colleagues at UBS or Morgan Stanley or Citibank 00:11:40.300 --> 00:11:42.760 or in your school with the teachers or as your students, 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:45.799 and you start talking about this idea of sin, people are going to be, 00:11:46.500 --> 00:11:47.720 they're going to have one or two reactions. 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:48.980 They're going to go, uh-huh, yeah, okay. 00:11:49.460 --> 00:11:52.059 Or they're going to be very, very, very offended. 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.819 As I talk to people, what they usually say is, you know, sin isn't real. 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:59.120 Sin is just an imperfection. 00:12:00.439 --> 00:12:02.700 Sin is something that we're going to evolve out of. 00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:05.980 Sin is not being where we want to be yet. 00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:10.060 But one day, because of technology, because we're going to evolve, 00:12:10.700 --> 00:12:12.300 one day we're going to get rid of all sin, 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:14.399 one day we're going to get rid of all death, 00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:17.519 and we're never going to have to worry about those things ever again. 00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:22.560 Man, one person told me that sin only means that you're not where you hope to be yet. 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:25.420 But one day you're going to be there, 00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:28.560 and there's going to be no more sin and no more death. 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:32.519 But what Paul says in Romans 5 is, 00:12:33.319 --> 00:12:35.339 what the Christian worldview says, 00:12:36.339 --> 00:12:40.719 is that sin entered the world because of disobedience, 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:43.199 and death followed. 00:12:44.299 --> 00:12:46.779 It says that death is not a natural thing. 00:12:47.599 --> 00:12:49.819 It says death is not part of God's plan. 00:12:50.839 --> 00:12:55.299 But death came because our leader, our federal head, Adam, 00:12:56.299 --> 00:12:58.519 failed the test. 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:01.179 How do you feel about that? 00:13:02.439 --> 00:13:04.039 Because when he failed, 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:07.719 the curse of his failure went out into every one of us. 00:13:09.059 --> 00:13:11.139 And now not only are we sinners, 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:16.039 but we also sin because of this curse. 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:19.500 How does it make you feel? 00:13:22.439 --> 00:13:24.299 When I first heard this, I was angry. 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:26.699 I was like, no way! 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:28.800 That has to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.900 I didn't pick Adam. 00:13:32.540 --> 00:13:33.840 I didn't choose Adam. 00:13:34.860 --> 00:13:36.180 I mean, if I was going to pick somebody else, 00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:37.720 I would pick me. 00:13:38.660 --> 00:13:39.680 Put me in the garden. 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.580 I'm going to do well. 00:13:41.640 --> 00:13:42.820 I'm not going to mess up. 00:13:42.820 --> 00:13:47.440 My wife's over there going, laughing, right? 00:13:48.040 --> 00:13:51.900 But what it says here in the passage is that because of Adam's failure, 00:13:53.040 --> 00:13:56.780 you and I, in his family, at this time, 00:13:57.280 --> 00:14:03.020 experience all the sin and death because of his disobedience. 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:05.240 We have no hope. 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:07.079 That's where we are. 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:09.399 But he says something interesting. 00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:12.000 In verse 14, I don't know if you caught it. 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:13.179 He says this. 00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:15.779 Adam not only represents us, 00:14:16.419 --> 00:14:19.539 but Adam represents a type of him who is to come. 00:14:20.419 --> 00:14:22.679 The second Adam, Jesus. 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:26.039 And he says there's going to be another father who's going to come, 00:14:26.599 --> 00:14:27.740 and Jesus is going to come, 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:30.639 and he's going to do everything perfectly. 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:32.579 He's going to obey. 00:14:32.939 --> 00:14:34.000 He's not going to sin. 00:14:34.299 --> 00:14:35.620 He's not going to have any troubles. 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:39.019 And he's going to do this so that one day, 00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:42.519 2,000 years in the future, next Friday, 00:14:43.179 --> 00:14:46.699 he's going to be able to come to a cross in Jerusalem 00:14:46.699 --> 00:14:49.339 and die for our sins. 00:14:51.599 --> 00:14:52.759 So Adam is our father. 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:53.399 He messed up. 00:14:53.439 --> 00:14:54.959 He did all these things, but he's just a type. 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:57.299 Because our true father is coming, 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:59.219 and our true father is Jesus, 00:14:59.719 --> 00:15:01.379 and Jesus is going to start a new family. 00:15:02.579 --> 00:15:05.199 And Jesus is going to do everything that Adam didn't do, 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:07.039 and he's going to do it all perfectly. 00:15:08.099 --> 00:15:10.139 And so what Paul says as he looks in the world right now, 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:11.639 he says we have a choice. 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:14.799 And a choice is what family are we going to be in. 00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:16.639 Are we going to be in the family of Adam and under Adam? 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:18.519 Are we going to be in the family of Jesus and under Jesus? 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:20.019 But there's not another family. 00:15:20.099 --> 00:15:21.019 There's only two families. 00:15:22.339 --> 00:15:24.740 And each one of us needs to make a choice. 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:26.940 And in the rest of the passage, 00:15:27.060 --> 00:15:30.000 all Paul does is he basically looks at both families, 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:32.419 and he makes some comparisons with them. 00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:35.539 I mean, if you open up the passage, it's pretty easy. 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:37.460 You're going to see a lot of buts. 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:39.240 You're going to see a lot of not likes. 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:42.519 And you're going to see how Paul compares the family of Jesus 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:43.980 to the family of Adam. 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:47.120 He's going to say usually, in almost all cases, 00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:48.919 God deals with his family very differently. 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:53.519 He deals with his family in grace, in mercy, in peace, in redemption. 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:59.699 He deals with his family in sin, in death, in heartaches, in worry, in fear, in guilt. 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:05.759 And the choice is what family are we going to be a part of? 00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:08.259 You look at verse 15. 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:09.379 He basically says this. 00:16:09.839 --> 00:16:13.360 Everybody who's in Jesus' family, they've been marked by the act of grace. 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:16.360 The word there, act, is what he's talking about is the cross. 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:19.860 And so what he's saying is that on the cross, because Jesus was obedient, 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:22.019 that every one of us had a mark put on us. 00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:23.300 We were given God's grace. 00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:25.899 We were identified with Jesus if we were in his family. 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:29.340 And this gift doesn't just mean that we have eternal life, 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:37.840 but it means that we have freedom and victory in life right now. 00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:40.659 It means that we don't need to worry. 00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:43.340 We don't need to fear. 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.639 We don't have shame. 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.480 We don't have guilt. 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.259 We don't have doubt. 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:52.940 Because all those in Jesus' family, Jesus took away all those things. 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.320 Because he was perfect. 00:16:54.419 --> 00:16:55.300 He did everything perfectly. 00:16:55.680 --> 00:16:57.980 And on the cross, he died, and he started this new family. 00:16:58.220 --> 00:17:00.560 And the question is, which family do you want to associate with? 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:04.039 He goes on and he says, if you're a part of the family of Adam, 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:06.579 well, you're going to be marked by selfishness. 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.860 You're going to have shame. 00:17:09.360 --> 00:17:10.460 You're going to have guilt. 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:12.339 And this sin is going to bring death. 00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:15.019 And so the question is this. 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.500 My kids leave the home. 00:17:18.879 --> 00:17:19.919 And you're walking out. 00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:23.480 You say, I'm in the family of Christ. 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:25.640 You're walking through your day. 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:28.099 And all of a sudden you start feeling guilt. 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:32.759 And all of a sudden you start feeling sin dragging you down. 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:35.460 And all of a sudden you start to fear. 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.799 What's happening? 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:45.500 This family that you were once a part of is dragging you back. 00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:49.900 And what Paul says is, don't let it happen. 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:53.720 Because this is no longer your family if you're in Christ. 00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:55.619 But this is your family. 00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:59.460 And those things that you're experiencing are not true of this family. 00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:02.640 They're only true of that family. 00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:04.539 Does that make sense? 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:07.339 Look at verse 16. 00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:09.180 He said, everybody in Jesus' family, 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:11.799 we can think about all the great decisions that Jesus has made. 00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:13.480 We can understand that he is perfect. 00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:14.319 He had perfect obedience. 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:15.980 And because of his perfect obedience, 00:18:16.159 --> 00:18:17.200 we're justified. 00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:21.099 His actions were not selfishness. 00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:23.399 His actions were selflessness. 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:26.599 And on the cross, because of his obedience, 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.779 because of his selflessness, 00:18:28.899 --> 00:18:31.019 Jesus, the new head of this new family, 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:32.939 he wipes out all the guilt. 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:35.720 He wipes out all the shame. 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:38.720 Millions and millions and millions of transgressions. 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.779 He wipes them out. 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:42.659 He cleans them out for his friends and his family. 00:18:42.659 --> 00:18:44.039 Those in his family. 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:47.740 And not just for now, but forever and ever and ever. 00:18:47.939 --> 00:18:51.379 We never have to worry about this because he wiped out all those things. 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:55.339 Paul says, but you know, the people in Adam's family, 00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.720 Adam's clan, 00:18:58.519 --> 00:19:00.019 they struggle with selfishness. 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:02.179 They struggle with sin. 00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:04.360 They struggle with doubt. 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:06.799 They struggle with fear. 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:11.380 And those things are always going to be true of those in Adam's family, 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:14.500 but not true of those in Jesus' family. 00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:19.279 Because Jesus' obedience frees us from all those things. 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:21.160 He makes everything new. 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:27.440 And so that you and I can rest and walk in mercy and grace 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:29.619 because of his obedience, 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:31.940 not our obedience. 00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:37.759 You're walking through your day. 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:40.920 Everybody's being laid off in the office. 00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:43.039 Starting to worry. 00:19:45.580 --> 00:19:46.259 Starting to fear. 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.340 Starting to doubt. 00:19:51.080 --> 00:19:52.420 Starting to think, oh, what can I do? 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.039 What can I do this? 00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:53.400 What should I do? 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.380 How do I do these things? 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.120 You wonder, am I next? 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:58.339 Is God good? 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:00.739 Is God going to take care of me? 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.799 What's happening? 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:08.179 We're in this world 00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:11.759 that will continually drag us back to this family. 00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:15.639 And unless we remember who we are 00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:18.479 and what does it mean to be his children, 00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:22.619 we're going to find ourselves going back and forth. 00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:24.739 Back and forth. 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:27.440 And Paul says to us before we leave the house, 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:30.359 don't do it. 00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.859 Remember who you are. 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:35.299 Remember who died for you. 00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:37.799 Remember the obedience and the faithfulness of the one. 00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.900 Remember that nothing can take it away 00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:41.240 because you didn't do it. 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.200 You didn't earn it. 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.319 He gave it to you. 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:46.339 And Jesus never changes. 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:49.960 Look at verse 17 and 18. 00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:52.700 We see that in the family of Jesus, 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.660 we don't have to fear. 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:56.039 That the power of sin 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:57.759 and the power of death had been broken. 00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:58.900 Why? 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:01.240 Because Christ was obedient. 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.740 We actually, 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:06.559 he says that we are going to reign over death. 00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:09.480 That we will reign in life 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:11.359 and that one day when we come back, 00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.839 when Christ comes back and we're with him, 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:15.299 we're going to reign in life. 00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:17.319 We're going to reign over death. 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:19.159 All these things that we worried about, 00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:21.639 we're going to control them. 00:21:23.159 --> 00:21:24.039 Because of what I did? 00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:25.659 No. 00:21:26.899 --> 00:21:28.019 Because of the head of my family 00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:30.339 who did everything perfect. 00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:33.139 You're going to go through your day. 00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:36.039 You're going to get sick. 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:38.759 You're going to start to wonder 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.220 because you can't do those laps like you used to 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.940 and lift those weights 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:42.379 and do all these things you used to do before. 00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.200 You're going to find a lump. 00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:48.039 You're not going to eat like you used to. 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.819 You're going to lose weight. 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:51.159 You're going to start to wonder and fear. 00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:52.859 You're going to wonder, 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.440 is God there? 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.019 Is he in control? 00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:54.899 Is he in my life? 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.740 Is he going to take care of me? 00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.500 What's happening? 00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:03.460 The world is taking us from this family 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:06.779 and in our mind and in our heart 00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:08.680 is trying to convince us 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:11.920 that we're still back in this family. 00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.740 We were living in China. 00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.660 It was my first year. 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:17.279 It was like one of the worst years of my life. 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.579 Personally, a great year in ministry, 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:20.180 but a terrible year in life. 00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:22.160 And the reason was that I had this landlord. 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:25.480 And this landlord was like the landlord from hell. 00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:28.220 I was just learning Chinese. 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.799 I mean, literally, I was just learning Chinese 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.900 and I was trying to figure out these things. 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:33.700 I was trying to provide for my wife. 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.460 We just got married. 00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.779 This is the first home. 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:37.420 We're trying to do all these things right, you know. 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:39.359 And I found this place outside university 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:41.019 and it's this great place. 00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:42.079 And I'm thinking, okay, I'm going to do this. 00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:43.440 It's going to be great. 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:45.559 But the landlord was terrible. 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.519 I mean, he was mean. 00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:49.319 He was greedy. 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:52.440 He was always coming back asking for more money. 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:55.660 I mean, I just walked around in fear 00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:58.120 in tension for almost a year and a half. 00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:59.080 I mean, it was really, 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:02.200 I thought I was going to have a heart attack then. 00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:03.000 It was terrible. 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.220 You know what happened? 00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:08.400 One day we found a new apartment. 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:11.940 And we moved out of that old place. 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:16.800 It was only like 10 yards or 20 yards away 00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:17.400 in another building. 00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:20.000 But I feel this incredible relief 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:22.280 and this incredible great feeling 00:23:22.280 --> 00:23:23.700 and this incredible peace. 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.960 And then one day, 00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:27.500 the old landlord knocks at my door. 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.840 He goes, you owe me money. 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.900 What about this? 00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.540 And what about that? 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.400 And also I start feeling this tension 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.380 and this, oh my gosh. 00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:38.000 And I said, wait a second. 00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.560 I don't live there anymore. 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:45.360 I don't have to respond to that. 00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.800 That's not who I am. 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.660 I live here now. 00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:54.060 This is my home. 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.600 This is my family. 00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:59.380 I kind of smile and say, 00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.480 okay, yeah, and I shut the door. 00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.580 I had a pon pon. 00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.879 It was really strong steel doors. 00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:06.339 He just, after he held bang for a while, 00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:06.919 then he just left. 00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.399 He gave up. 00:24:07.439 --> 00:24:08.299 He never came back again. 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.460 But you see what Paul's saying here? 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.480 He's saying, you know, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:14.399 Death in the grave, 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.819 it should bring you sadness. 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.960 But it should never make you feel hopeless. 00:24:21.179 --> 00:24:22.539 Because you're in a new family now. 00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:24.519 And the head of that new family, 00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.439 he's done everything right, 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.079 everything perfect, 00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:26.839 and he's saved you. 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:29.339 Don't go back to this family. 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.679 Because this family, 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.659 you're only going to feel doubt 00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:33.240 and fear and shame and guilt, 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.819 and it's always going to be dragging you down, 00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.919 and it's always going to lead to sin, 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:37.279 and it's always going to lead to death. 00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:40.740 Stay in the family you're a part of. 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.659 Stay with Christ. 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.299 Paul concludes his conclusion, 00:24:46.439 --> 00:24:47.619 and he says something very interesting 00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.559 in verse 18 and 19, 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.599 and this is what he says. 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.720 If you're in a family of Christ, 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.439 you have this assurance. 00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.959 And this assurance is this, 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.740 that Jesus' actions are true, 00:24:55.939 --> 00:24:57.599 and they're so much greater than Adam's. 00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:59.480 So much greater than Adam's. 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.399 He uses these Greek words, 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:02.139 it's massively greater than Adam's. 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:02.639 He says, 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:04.819 Jesus' actions are true, 00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:06.319 they're so much greater than Adam's, 00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.659 you don't need to worry about this. 00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:09.159 Yes, Adam messed up, 00:25:09.459 --> 00:25:10.059 he sinned, 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.099 death came in, 00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:12.279 things are a mess, 00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:12.879 but you know, 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.559 Christ came, 00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:15.159 and his actions are so much greater, 00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:16.279 so much more powerful, 00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.399 so much more complete, 00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:19.119 and you don't need to worry about those things anymore, 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.199 because that's the old life, 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.919 and this is the new life. 00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.159 And the second Adam, 00:25:22.439 --> 00:25:23.240 Jesus comes in, 00:25:23.419 --> 00:25:24.599 and he makes everything right. 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:28.639 And he not only forgives our sins, 00:25:29.439 --> 00:25:34.019 but he gives us power over sin, 00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:37.039 and his control in our life. 00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:41.599 The best way I can understand it is this, 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.159 we were eating that last night, 00:25:43.219 --> 00:25:44.559 dinner Sunday at the McPherson's, 00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:46.599 and Andrew showed me the picture of the container ship, 00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:47.519 you see the container ship? 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.939 That's where we practice rugby on Saturdays, 00:25:49.959 --> 00:25:52.959 and the container ship almost ran into the Sandy Bay rugby grounds, 00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.599 it was out of control, 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:53.919 you're like, 00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.219 what's going on there? 00:25:55.459 --> 00:25:57.359 This is how I understand verses 18 and 19. 00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.119 Adam, 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.500 the captain, 00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:03.099 of a large oil-laden vessel, 00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.839 an oil ship, 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.819 he's supposed to be following his guidelines, 00:26:08.139 --> 00:26:09.480 but he doesn't follow the rules, 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.819 and he grounds the ship, 00:26:11.179 --> 00:26:12.679 and the oil leaks everywhere, 00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.759 and it contaminates, 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.500 and it destroys, 00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:17.119 and it hurts everything in the environment. 00:26:19.219 --> 00:26:19.659 Jesus, 00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:22.679 is the head of the cleanup crew, 00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:25.939 Jesus' job is to come in, 00:26:26.459 --> 00:26:27.319 to clean things up, 00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.719 to make things better, 00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.859 to fix everything, 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.899 to make it better than normal. 00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.559 Question, 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:37.199 whose job is easier? 00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.939 Well, the captain's, 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.079 right? 00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:43.219 The captain, 00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.740 all he did is disobey one time, 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:47.120 and humanity's a wreck, 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.120 and everything's dirty, 00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:49.200 and there's oil-laden everything. 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.720 But Paul says, 00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.680 don't worry about it, 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:55.940 because Christ is the cleanup captain, 00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:59.440 and what he's going to do is so much greater than the mess, 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:03.680 and his power is so much greater than Adam's power, 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:05.660 and he's going to fix everything, 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.580 and he's going to make all things new. 00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.160 So when you go through your day, 00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:11.220 you're not going to have to worry about your guilt, 00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:11.920 and your shame, 00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:13.039 and the things that you've done wrong, 00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:15.880 because these things are going to continually drag you back, 00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:18.320 but your new head, 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:20.680 who never failed, 00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.900 who is sinless, 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.799 who is perfect, 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:28.560 has taken care of you. 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:31.599 And the question is, 00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.259 are you going to trust him? 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.059 Does that make sense? 00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.940 I mean, that's the way I can understand it. 00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:42.740 I've been trying to understand this passage for like 30 years, 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:45.619 and some theologians say this is one of the hardest passages to understand, 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.139 because it's just, 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.639 but for me, 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:50.339 the oil thing is the thing that makes the most sense. 00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.460 Why is this important? 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:56.559 Why does Paul end chapter 5 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.980 before he gets into 6, 7, 8, 00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:59.000 about sanctification, 00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.539 how we grow, 00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.360 how we walk with the Lord, 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:00.839 what does that look like? 00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.039 Why is it important? 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:05.880 Because he wants to lay a foundation in our life. 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:10.140 He wants to show us what family we were a part of, 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:12.680 but then when we come into this new family, 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:14.819 he wants to show us all the things that are true of it, 00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:17.720 because he knows that we're going to walk through our life, 00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:19.059 we're going to experience trouble, 00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.160 we're going to experience tension, 00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.660 because this captain, 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.700 this leader, 00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:25.440 he messes up everything. 00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:29.400 And there's no way we're going to get away from this 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.340 until we get to heaven. 00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:33.539 There's no way you're going to not stop sinning. 00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:35.420 There's no way you're going to not stop feeling tension. 00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:37.820 There's no way you're going to not stop feeling the brokenness. 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:39.840 You're never going to not feel that 00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:42.059 until you get to heaven. 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:45.420 But you don't have to let it control you. 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:49.240 It's not your identity. 00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:53.039 It's not who you are. 00:28:55.300 --> 00:28:56.900 Because when you came into this family, 00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:59.240 everything is perfect. 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:03.960 So what Paul wants to do is he wants to lay this foundation for us 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:06.660 so that we never forget who we are, 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:09.200 we never lose our identity, 00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:12.720 because he knows that this journey is difficult and hard 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:14.120 and things are going to drag us away, 00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:17.979 but he wants us to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus 00:29:17.979 --> 00:29:23.139 because he's in control of our family 00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:25.839 and we don't need to worry about anything. 00:29:27.439 --> 00:29:28.099 Is that helpful? 00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.779 I mean, hopefully it's encouraging. 00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:33.559 To me, it's like one of the most encouraging things 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.579 as a child of God. 00:29:36.479 --> 00:29:38.079 Can I share with you just a couple thoughts 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:39.099 and we're going to end 00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:40.779 because we have a baptism today 00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.979 and we want people to get to the baptism. 00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:47.059 And this is just how I think. 00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:52.819 The passage says that sin is very bad. 00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:57.900 The passage says that sin and God 00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:59.640 takes sin very seriously. 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:02.480 The passage says that the consequences of sin 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.880 are incredibly seriously. 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.980 In fact, the passage says that sin 00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:08.839 sin is the problem of the human race. 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.480 Do you know that? 00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:15.579 I mean, he's not saying the problem, 00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:17.400 I mean, sin is greater than hunger. 00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.900 Now, we can fix hunger 00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:21.160 and we should be fixing hunger, 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.700 but hunger, if we fix it, 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:24.660 it's not going to take care of sin and death. 00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:27.839 Sin is greater than disease. 00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.220 We can inoculate everybody, 00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.259 we can take care of everybody, 00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:33.099 but it's not going to get rid of sin and death. 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.660 Sin is greater than war, 00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.819 it's greater than lack of education. 00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.099 We should educate everybody, 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.879 we should make everybody 00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:40.200 where they can get good jobs 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.539 and that's what God has called us to do 00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:43.200 because we're in this family now 00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.879 and we're renewing 00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.879 and we're making all things new. 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:46.240 But what he wants us to remember 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:48.299 is that that's not going to fix the problem. 00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:51.099 The only thing that's going to fix the problem 00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:52.839 is getting transferred from this family 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.759 to this family. 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:56.720 No matter how much you feed people, 00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:58.200 no matter how much you educate people, 00:30:58.279 --> 00:31:00.480 no matter how much you redistribute wealth, 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.980 the problem is sin. 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:06.160 And God takes it really seriously. 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.559 So here's my question. 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.519 How come we don't? 00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.279 How come I don't? 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:29.440 I look at sin and I justify it. 00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:31.379 Like, oh, this is my sin. 00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.619 It won't affect anybody else. 00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:36.000 But the passage says that sin is never done 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:37.839 in isolation. 00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.660 It doesn't just affect you, 00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:46.500 but it affects everybody around you. 00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:52.119 What would it take for us to see sin 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:53.079 the way God sees it? 00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:57.339 What would it take for us 00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.940 to help each other in a community 00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:00.619 see sin the way God sees it? 00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.420 What would it look like 00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.420 if we were a community 00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.160 instead of 00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:08.500 sending and giving the community 00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:10.200 and people and our family a curse, 00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:13.440 we obey, 00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.920 we give our family life 00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:19.460 and blessings. 00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:23.380 What would it be like if we were a church 00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.579 of people who gave people blessings 00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:26.460 because we realized how bad sin was 00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.319 and how terrible it was 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.400 and how bad God saw it 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:30.380 and we said no. 00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.720 Because God is holy 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:36.360 and he's just. 00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:41.539 and everything that is true of Jesus 00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:46.599 should be true of us. 00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.619 Just a thought. 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.059 Second thought. 00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:56.919 If sin is the problem, 00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:59.980 if sin is the universal problem, 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:02.359 if it is the thing that people are struggling with, 00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:03.799 it is what causes death, 00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:06.339 then the only answer 00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:09.079 is Jesus. 00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:14.059 It's the only answer. 00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.699 So the question is, 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.980 is that what we're giving people? 00:33:21.199 --> 00:33:23.379 Are we talking to them about Christ in our life 00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.039 and what he's done 00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:27.039 and how he's a great head for our family 00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:29.240 and he takes care of us 00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.339 and he never forsakes us 00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:31.339 and he never leaves us? 00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:34.119 Or do we talk to them about other things? 00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:40.219 If sin is the problem 00:33:40.219 --> 00:33:43.359 and we can fix everything else in the world 00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.339 but there's still going to be sin 00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:45.279 and there's still going to be death, 00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:47.099 then the only way we can help people 00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:49.379 is we can help them transfer from this family 00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:51.019 to this family. 00:33:51.719 --> 00:33:52.939 Because only in this family 00:33:52.939 --> 00:33:54.059 are they going to feel peace, 00:33:54.739 --> 00:33:55.099 grace, 00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.179 mercy, 00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.199 love, 00:33:57.739 --> 00:33:58.159 joy, 00:33:59.679 --> 00:34:00.759 and not doubt. 00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:04.460 What would it look like 00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.420 for us to be a church 00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:09.599 that had an integral part 00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.920 of who our DNA is? 00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.760 That we realize 00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:14.019 that sin is the problem 00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:16.840 and we need to help people 00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.739 come from here 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:19.980 to here. 00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:24.300 Because that's why God 00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.260 left us here. 00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:29.099 God didn't leave us here 00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:30.819 so that we can accumulate 00:34:30.819 --> 00:34:31.880 all these things 00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.779 and be happy. 00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.799 But why he left us here 00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.699 is because he wants us 00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:37.099 to tell this broken world 00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:39.219 that there are only two families. 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:44.679 And identity is everything. 00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:50.039 And the final question 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.219 of this passage is 00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:54.259 who are you identifying with? 00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.799 Do you identify with Adam? 00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.880 His family? 00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.079 His life? 00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.259 Maybe ask a friend. 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.000 Am I anxious? 00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.880 Am I arrogant? 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.980 Am I selfish? 00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.819 Am I greedy? 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:14.159 Do I just think of myself? 00:35:18.319 --> 00:35:19.219 Do I love? 00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.759 Do I have peace? 00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:24.219 Do I have joy? 00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:26.539 Do I have patience? 00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:29.500 Do I have gentleness? 00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.399 Self-control? 00:35:32.839 --> 00:35:34.480 Now you can't do these things 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.179 on your own. 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:37.559 The only way this happens 00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:39.299 is that you get transferred 00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:40.199 from this family 00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:41.879 to this family. 00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.699 The Bible calls that 00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:45.419 being born again. 00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:48.019 Because our problem is birth. 00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:51.380 we all have a birth problem. 00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:54.119 We were all born in this family. 00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:56.340 We were all born into sin. 00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.940 We were all born into death. 00:35:59.259 --> 00:36:00.579 And our only solution 00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:02.699 is to be reborn 00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:06.019 into another family. 00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:09.320 What would it look like 00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:11.619 if we were a people 00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.719 in the community 00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:16.039 to talk that message often 00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:19.300 and gave the hope 00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:21.739 that only our Father Jesus, 00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.559 the second Adam, 00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.539 could give? 00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:28.400 Let's pray. 00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:30.179 Father, we thank you 00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.699 for this day. 00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:33.539 We thank you 00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.800 for these amazing words 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:36.420 in Romans 5 00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.519 which are sometimes 00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:39.159 so difficult 00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:40.380 to understand. 00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.500 But you make them 00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.259 so clear 00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:44.779 as we look at your heart. 00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.880 You make them so clear 00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.960 as we look at your mercy 00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:50.259 and your grace. 00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:52.699 Father, I pray for those 00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:54.639 who are in this church setting 00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.300 right now 00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:56.980 who are stuck 00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:59.280 in the family of Adam. 00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:02.160 That Adam is their head. 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:04.200 They're ruled by their desires 00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:05.280 and their temptations 00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:06.220 and their fear. 00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:08.400 And sin has control over them. 00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.500 And ultimately, 00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.760 it's going to lead to death. 00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.860 And if they're honest, 00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.460 they know it 00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.220 because they see it 00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:13.560 in the people 00:37:13.560 --> 00:37:14.460 who've gone before them. 00:37:14.660 --> 00:37:15.720 They see unhappiness 00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.440 in the acquiring 00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.380 of whatever they're looking for 00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:18.100 and it realizes 00:37:18.100 --> 00:37:19.539 it just means they need more 00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.200 and more and more 00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:21.140 and still there's unhappiness. 00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.700 Lord, I pray for those of us 00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.320 in here who are 00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:24.519 in that family right now 00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.100 that you would open 00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.659 their eyes 00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:27.319 to your son Jesus 00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:29.519 and they would see him 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.519 as he truly is 00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:33.279 and they would see 00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:35.839 this Sunday coming up 00:37:35.839 --> 00:37:38.360 the second Adam 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:39.059 who was obedient. 00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.519 Help us to be a church 00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:43.000 that points people 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:44.279 to your son. 00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:46.340 And what I pray for 00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:47.200 the rest of us 00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:48.800 who are in this second family 00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:50.000 because there's only two families. 00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:52.000 What I pray for us, 00:37:52.040 --> 00:37:52.900 I pray for our hearts. 00:37:53.100 --> 00:37:54.540 I've realized in Hong Kong 00:37:54.540 --> 00:37:55.760 in the busyness 00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:56.640 and in the craziness 00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:57.980 and the fatigue of life 00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:59.240 that it's so easy 00:37:59.240 --> 00:38:00.400 to forget 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:02.120 what family 00:38:02.120 --> 00:38:03.220 we're a part of. 00:38:04.700 --> 00:38:05.620 And before we know it, 00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.800 we're acting 00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:09.019 impractically back 00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:10.259 into our old family 00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:12.259 and we've forgotten 00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:13.820 that you had adopted us 00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:15.659 and that you made 00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.599 all things new. 00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:19.679 Father, we need your mercy. 00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:23.480 Lord, we need your grace. 00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:26.639 Convict us of our sin. 00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.900 I think more importantly, 00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:30.159 convict us of our righteousness. 00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.940 Convict us when we were proud 00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:34.119 and well done 00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:35.179 and I did a great job. 00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:37.599 Because the only reason 00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.380 that could happen 00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:39.420 is because you 00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:40.900 poured your mercy 00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:42.099 and grace out on us. 00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.619 And you saved us 00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.360 from a family 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:46.099 that's controlled 00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:47.159 by sin and death. 00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.579 And you brought us 00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:50.380 into a new family 00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.079 of life 00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:53.820 in abundance. 00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.360 Father, 00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:58.780 this is Palm Sunday 00:38:58.780 --> 00:39:01.360 and your son came 00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.960 to fulfill 00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.940 what the first Adam 00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:05.440 could not obey. 00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.760 Lord, we pray 00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.300 as we go through 00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:09.360 our week this time 00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.599 that we would see people 00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:11.720 in these two families 00:39:11.720 --> 00:39:13.980 that would realize 00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:15.240 the problem is sin 00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:17.440 and we realize 00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.360 that the only cure 00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:20.760 is the gospel 00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:23.940 and your son on a cross. 00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.639 Lord, we pray 00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.760 for Cyberport this week. 00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.940 We pray for the outreaches 00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:29.360 on Easter. 00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.260 We pray for all the things 00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:31.300 happening around us. 00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.720 It's not about us. 00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:34.380 It's about you. 00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.019 May your name 00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.880 be made great. 00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.980 May eternity 00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.659 be different. 00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.380 Father, I pray 00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:41.019 for this school 00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.679 right now. 00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:43.220 West Island, 00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:44.059 I know that there are 00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:45.019 factions of Christians 00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.760 in it and there are 00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:46.400 some who are 00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:47.579 totally opposed. 00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.720 I pray for hearts 00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:50.400 that change. 00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.300 I pray for revival. 00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:53.940 Thank you for letting 00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.360 us stay here. 00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.820 I don't think it's 00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.599 an accident that we're 00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.240 able to be here 00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:57.179 and to do the baptism 00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.860 in a couple minutes. 00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.860 I think it's because 00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:59.800 you want your people here 00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:00.220 and you want us 00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:01.220 praying for these things. 00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:03.720 Father, I pray for ISF. 00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.480 We're there. 00:40:05.180 --> 00:40:05.539 And I don't think 00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:05.940 it's an accident 00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.539 that you've allowed us 00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.100 to be there 00:40:07.100 --> 00:40:08.600 because you want 00:40:08.600 --> 00:40:09.140 your people there 00:40:09.140 --> 00:40:09.580 and you want them 00:40:09.580 --> 00:40:10.880 praying for these things 00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:12.680 because you want us 00:40:12.680 --> 00:40:13.300 to see as we go 00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:13.720 through life 00:40:13.720 --> 00:40:14.300 that we're either 00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:15.500 in one or two families 00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:17.260 and which one 00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:18.380 we are a part of 00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:21.120 will affect us 00:40:21.120 --> 00:40:22.019 for eternity. 00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.440 So, Lord, 00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:25.060 we pray for this 00:40:25.060 --> 00:40:26.620 west side of Hong Kong 00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:28.579 that it would be 00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.239 different because 00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:29.940 your people are 00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.299 different. 00:40:31.359 --> 00:40:32.219 We love you 00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:34.139 and we need you. 00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:35.819 We pray these things 00:40:35.819 --> 00:40:36.819 in your son Jesus' name. 00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:37.880 Amen.