WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.700 Please be seated. 00:00:05.299 --> 00:00:10.859 Good morning, and it is a delight to be back again with you this morning to open up God's words. 00:00:11.460 --> 00:00:13.359 ! Thank you for your prayers during the week. 00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:25.160 If you would please take your Bibles and turn them to Ephesians chapter 4, and we'll be in verses 17 through 24. 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:30.000 Ephesians chapter 4, verses 17 through 24. 00:00:30.100 --> 00:00:39.439 As you turn there, you probably remember the story, the story of the redemption of the Israelites from Egypt. 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:47.560 You remember the puzzling and the tragic story that it is sometimes. 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:49.159 If you've read it, you know it. 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:59.339 You remember the Israelites had just witnessed a great display of God's power in the ancient world. 00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:07.400 God had stretched out his arm over Pharaoh and the Egyptian empire. 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:14.000 He had struck the land with devastating plagues, executed judgment over their idols, 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:18.420 and the Israelites redeemed his people by the blood of the Passover lamb. 00:01:19.299 --> 00:01:23.120 He then leads them through the Red Sea. 00:01:23.260 --> 00:01:27.719 He parts the waters, and he marches them through dry land, 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:31.740 and he sweeps Pharaoh's chariots into the depth of the sea. 00:01:31.739 --> 00:01:38.099 And you remember as they walk through the wilderness, he feeds them miraculously, 00:01:39.179 --> 00:01:41.699 gives them manna every morning from heaven, 00:01:42.299 --> 00:01:47.419 and quenches their thirst with water from a desert rock. 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:55.599 But yet, in Numbers 11, you come to a passage that's puzzling you. 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:59.959 You read about the Israelites murmuring and complaining. 00:01:59.959 --> 00:02:03.780 They speak of their dissatisfaction. 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:06.479 They weep and cry out, and they say, 00:02:07.339 --> 00:02:09.359 If only we had meat to eat. 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:14.299 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost. 00:02:15.259 --> 00:02:19.699 The cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. 00:02:21.139 --> 00:02:22.699 Now our appetite is gone. 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:26.079 We never see anything but this manna. 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:33.220 Consider the sheer spiritual insanity of a cry like that. 00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:38.380 They were longing for garlic and onions out of Egypt 00:02:38.380 --> 00:02:43.720 because they had forgotten the whip of their taskmaster. 00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:48.720 They'd forgotten the bitter cries of their children being thrown into the Nile. 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:53.740 They forgot the endless, soul-crushing work of slavery. 00:02:54.439 --> 00:03:00.960 In their twisted memory, the prison of Egypt had become a paradise. 00:03:02.539 --> 00:03:05.579 They longed to go back time and again. 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:07.240 They wanted to go back to Egypt. 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:14.620 Remember, God actually took the Israelites out of Egypt in 24 hours. 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:20.700 But it actually took about 40 years to take Egypt out of their mindset. 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:23.820 As we reflect on that story, 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:28.140 maybe we can see analogies to our own Christian lives. 00:03:28.139 --> 00:03:31.099 We, too, like the Israelites, 00:03:31.259 --> 00:03:36.519 we are prone to going back to our old taskmasters. 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:40.199 So you remember how Moses commands the Israelites. 00:03:40.379 --> 00:03:45.139 God commands the Israelites in Leviticus 18.3. 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:46.419 He says, 00:03:46.419 --> 00:04:04.479 Years later, the apostle Paul, 00:04:05.019 --> 00:04:08.560 writing to a small church in Ephesus, 00:04:09.259 --> 00:04:11.299 he kind of mirrors the same thing. 00:04:11.979 --> 00:04:13.739 He mirrors the same commandment. 00:04:13.740 --> 00:04:15.860 And he says to the church, 00:04:15.920 --> 00:04:16.259 he says, 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:17.639 So I tell you this, 00:04:17.960 --> 00:04:19.519 and insist on it, 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:20.960 in the Lord, 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:25.240 that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do. 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.360 In the futility of their thinking. 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:30.319 The believers he is writing to, 00:04:30.379 --> 00:04:33.540 they have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:36.019 So he's reminding them, 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:36.759 You have been redeemed. 00:04:36.840 --> 00:04:38.100 You have been purchased. 00:04:38.420 --> 00:04:40.120 You have been moved from death to life. 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:43.439 So do not walk like you're used to. 00:04:44.740 --> 00:04:46.280 So before we open, 00:04:46.840 --> 00:04:47.939 get into our sermon, 00:04:48.060 --> 00:04:49.439 let me read God's word, 00:04:49.840 --> 00:04:51.639 and pray and ask for his help. 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:55.699 This is Ephesians chapter 4, 00:04:55.780 --> 00:04:57.519 verses 17 through 24. 00:04:58.379 --> 00:04:59.379 This is God's word. 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:01.600 So I tell you this, 00:05:01.819 --> 00:05:03.079 and insist on it, 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:04.000 in the Lord, 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:08.019 that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, 00:05:08.019 --> 00:05:10.579 in the futility of their thinking. 00:05:11.339 --> 00:05:13.419 They are darkened in their understanding, 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:16.039 and separated from the life of God, 00:05:16.339 --> 00:05:18.839 because of the ignorance that is in them, 00:05:19.060 --> 00:05:21.019 due to the hardening of their hearts. 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:23.579 Having lost all sensitivity, 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.979 they have given themselves over to sensuality, 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:30.779 so as to indulge in every kind of impurity. 00:05:31.620 --> 00:05:33.399 And they are full of greed. 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:35.219 That, however, 00:05:35.739 --> 00:05:38.560 is not the way of life you learned, 00:05:39.099 --> 00:05:40.699 when you heard about Christ, 00:05:41.239 --> 00:05:42.419 and were taught in him, 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:45.519 in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 00:05:46.239 --> 00:05:47.239 You were taught, 00:05:47.779 --> 00:05:49.659 with regard to your former way of life, 00:05:49.939 --> 00:05:52.179 to put off your old self, 00:05:52.599 --> 00:05:56.000 which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires, 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:59.879 to be made new in the attitude of your minds, 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.139 and to put on the new self, 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:05.160 created to be like God, 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:08.620 in true righteousness and holiness. 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:09.699 The grass withers, 00:06:10.139 --> 00:06:10.959 the flowers fade, 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:12.800 the word of our God lasts forever. 00:06:13.079 --> 00:06:13.500 Let's pray. 00:06:15.860 --> 00:06:16.819 Good and gracious God, 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:17.879 we come to you, 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:21.060 and we ask what we have asked of you 00:06:21.060 --> 00:06:22.319 a thousand times before. 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:22.420 Lord, 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:26.040 we ask that you would draw near to us 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:27.860 as we open up your words. 00:06:28.159 --> 00:06:30.360 Would you speak to us? 00:06:30.860 --> 00:06:34.519 Would you move by your spirit afresh 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:38.620 to open up our hearts and our eyes 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:41.680 to behold wonderful things from your words? 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:48.560 Would you cause us to live as saints 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:51.199 who have been raised from the grave, 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:54.360 saints who have been liberated from Egypt? 00:06:55.339 --> 00:06:56.300 Help us, O God, 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:57.560 as we consider your words. 00:06:58.079 --> 00:06:58.979 We need your help. 00:06:59.539 --> 00:07:00.539 Condescend to us, 00:07:01.420 --> 00:07:02.959 and give us light. 00:07:03.579 --> 00:07:04.860 We pray and ask all of these things. 00:07:05.300 --> 00:07:06.039 In Jesus' name. 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:06.680 Amen. 00:07:08.099 --> 00:07:08.879 This morning, 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:12.579 as we consider what Paul has to say, 00:07:12.659 --> 00:07:13.599 what God has to say, 00:07:14.259 --> 00:07:15.500 we have to remind ourselves 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:17.719 that we are no longer slaves. 00:07:18.019 --> 00:07:19.399 No longer slaves. 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:20.899 We are no longer slaves in Egypt. 00:07:20.899 --> 00:07:24.239 We are no longer slaves to our former ways of living. 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:27.199 If we have really believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:07:27.239 --> 00:07:30.659 we have been set free from our bondage to sin. 00:07:30.779 --> 00:07:32.019 But here in these verses, 00:07:32.179 --> 00:07:33.679 in 17 through 24, 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:35.979 Paul makes three movements, 00:07:36.500 --> 00:07:37.019 I think. 00:07:37.699 --> 00:07:38.099 Firstly, 00:07:38.239 --> 00:07:41.579 he shows us the pattern of the old life, 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:43.599 in verses 17 through 19, 00:07:43.719 --> 00:07:46.339 the pattern of the old life. 00:07:46.339 --> 00:07:47.000 And secondly, 00:07:47.779 --> 00:07:50.739 he shows us the power of God, 00:07:51.179 --> 00:07:53.019 in verses 20 and 21. 00:07:53.219 --> 00:07:54.579 The pattern of the old life, 00:07:55.039 --> 00:07:55.659 in 17, 00:07:56.179 --> 00:07:56.539 18, 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:57.060 and 19, 00:07:57.179 --> 00:07:59.239 how we must not walk. 00:08:00.339 --> 00:08:01.039 And secondly, 00:08:01.179 --> 00:08:02.679 the power of God, 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:04.879 verses 20 and 21. 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:08.259 You have encountered the living God. 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:09.399 If you're a believer, 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:10.319 here this morning, 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:13.259 you have encountered the living God. 00:08:13.459 --> 00:08:14.000 And thirdly, 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:19.360 he reminds us of the pattern of the new life. 00:08:19.599 --> 00:08:21.639 Verses 22 and 24, 00:08:21.779 --> 00:08:23.759 how we must walk. 00:08:23.860 --> 00:08:25.420 So pattern of the old life, 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:27.839 how we must not walk. 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:30.279 The power of God, 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:32.600 in verses 20 and 21, 00:08:32.980 --> 00:08:35.360 you have encountered the living God. 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:35.960 And thirdly, 00:08:36.300 --> 00:08:39.220 the pattern of the new life, 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:40.899 how we must walk. 00:08:41.680 --> 00:08:42.019 Firstly, 00:08:42.139 --> 00:08:45.240 the pattern of the old life, 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:47.779 how we must not walk. 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:48.840 Paul, 00:08:49.539 --> 00:08:50.379 in verse 17, 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:52.159 begins with a Salem command. 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:52.680 He, 00:08:52.820 --> 00:08:55.440 he wants us to take attention. 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:56.399 He wants us to, 00:08:56.500 --> 00:08:58.139 to pay attention, 00:08:58.139 --> 00:09:00.399 because this is an apostolic command 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:01.519 that he assures 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:03.240 to the church in Ephesus. 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:06.320 And he's assuring this to the church here in Edinburgh. 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:07.980 And he says this, 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:09.419 so I tell you this, 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:11.840 and insist on it, 00:09:12.180 --> 00:09:12.919 in the Lord, 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:16.139 that you must no longer live 00:09:16.139 --> 00:09:17.879 as the Gentiles do, 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.779 in the futility of their thinking. 00:09:22.299 --> 00:09:22.620 In, 00:09:22.680 --> 00:09:23.500 in the NIV, 00:09:23.860 --> 00:09:24.279 it says, 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:25.779 you must no longer live 00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:27.019 as the Gentiles do. 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:27.419 But in, 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:28.060 in the, 00:09:28.060 --> 00:09:29.779 in the ESV and in the Greek, 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:33.000 Paul is getting at, 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:34.379 what he usually gets at. 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:35.600 He's using an, 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:37.019 an analogy, 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:37.399 rather, 00:09:37.539 --> 00:09:38.320 of walking. 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:39.460 He says, 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:41.820 you must no longer walk 00:09:41.820 --> 00:09:43.620 as the Gentiles do. 00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:46.960 Walking is Paul's favorite term 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:49.179 to talk about moral conduct, 00:09:50.139 --> 00:09:51.220 daily lifestyle, 00:09:51.740 --> 00:09:53.139 and habitual choices. 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:54.679 Paul is saying, 00:09:54.779 --> 00:09:57.580 if you have truly received Christ, 00:09:57.659 --> 00:09:58.759 and rested on Christ, 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.159 and if he is truly your Savior, 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:02.000 and Lord, 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:04.319 you must no longer walk 00:10:04.319 --> 00:10:05.759 like you used to. 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:07.139 And, 00:10:07.379 --> 00:10:08.759 in verses 18, 00:10:09.139 --> 00:10:10.059 19, 00:10:10.779 --> 00:10:11.600 he gives us 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:12.519 an anatomy 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:14.459 of the old life, 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:15.120 a pattern 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:16.959 of how we used to, 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:17.719 to live. 00:10:17.819 --> 00:10:17.980 So, 00:10:18.379 --> 00:10:19.539 here in these two verses, 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:21.279 in verses 18 and 19, 00:10:21.579 --> 00:10:22.339 Paul gives us a 00:10:22.339 --> 00:10:23.480 step-by-step 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:24.799 process of, 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:25.179 of, 00:10:25.259 --> 00:10:26.740 of how sin works, 00:10:27.419 --> 00:10:28.059 a pattern 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:29.699 of the old life, 00:10:29.779 --> 00:10:30.419 an anatomy 00:10:30.419 --> 00:10:31.459 of sin. 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:32.139 So, 00:10:32.539 --> 00:10:32.919 here, 00:10:33.119 --> 00:10:34.399 in verse 18, 00:10:34.539 --> 00:10:35.939 he actually starts by 00:10:35.939 --> 00:10:36.819 telling us that 00:10:36.819 --> 00:10:37.539 Gentiles, 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:38.859 who we used to be, 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:39.719 we were hardened 00:10:39.719 --> 00:10:40.859 in our hearts, 00:10:40.979 --> 00:10:41.299 firstly, 00:10:42.099 --> 00:10:42.699 which then, 00:10:43.139 --> 00:10:43.519 to Paul, 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:44.239 causes 00:10:44.239 --> 00:10:45.699 a darkened 00:10:45.699 --> 00:10:47.059 and futile mind. 00:10:47.139 --> 00:10:48.099 A hardened heart 00:10:48.099 --> 00:10:49.139 causes 00:10:49.139 --> 00:10:50.079 a dark, 00:10:50.079 --> 00:10:50.719 darkened 00:10:50.719 --> 00:10:51.479 and futile mind, 00:10:51.479 --> 00:10:52.659 which then leads 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:53.779 to alienation 00:10:53.779 --> 00:10:54.799 from God, 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:56.379 which then leads 00:10:56.379 --> 00:10:57.819 to a callous 00:10:57.819 --> 00:10:58.479 conscience, 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:00.639 which then leads 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:02.539 to an insatiable 00:11:02.539 --> 00:11:03.639 indulgence, 00:11:03.740 --> 00:11:04.879 a desire to want 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:06.199 more and more 00:11:06.199 --> 00:11:06.719 and more 00:11:06.719 --> 00:11:07.959 from what the world, 00:11:08.139 --> 00:11:08.459 the flesh, 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:09.019 and the devil 00:11:09.019 --> 00:11:09.819 offers. 00:11:09.979 --> 00:11:10.159 So, 00:11:10.439 --> 00:11:10.740 firstly, 00:11:11.339 --> 00:11:12.279 a hardened heart. 00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:13.259 In verse 18, 00:11:13.359 --> 00:11:14.319 towards the end of it, 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:15.339 he says, 00:11:15.419 --> 00:11:16.299 they are darkened 00:11:16.299 --> 00:11:17.379 in their understanding 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:18.039 and separated 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:18.959 from the life of God 00:11:18.959 --> 00:11:19.620 because of the 00:11:19.620 --> 00:11:21.120 ignorance that is in them 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:22.740 due to the 00:11:22.740 --> 00:11:24.180 hardening of 00:11:24.180 --> 00:11:24.960 their hearts. 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:25.799 Paul actually 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:26.639 traces the 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:27.799 ultimate root 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:28.799 of human ruin 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:30.159 back to the 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:31.740 hardness of hearts. 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:32.639 He refers to 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:33.740 a heart that has 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:35.299 become stone hard, 00:11:35.940 --> 00:11:36.659 a heart that has 00:11:36.659 --> 00:11:37.759 become very stubborn, 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:39.240 a heart that 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:40.039 resists and 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:41.460 shuts out 00:11:41.460 --> 00:11:42.399 God's truth. 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:44.340 You remember 00:11:44.340 --> 00:11:44.799 Pharaoh, 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:46.220 how he 00:11:46.220 --> 00:11:46.820 repeatedly 00:11:46.820 --> 00:11:47.460 hardened 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:48.500 his heart 00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:49.299 against God's 00:11:49.299 --> 00:11:49.680 voice, 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:51.080 and his 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:51.879 heart was 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:52.860 entirely ruined. 00:11:54.980 --> 00:11:55.460 The old 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:55.879 life, 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:56.519 Paul says, 00:11:56.939 --> 00:11:58.299 begins with a 00:11:58.299 --> 00:11:59.139 quiet but 00:11:59.139 --> 00:11:59.840 willful 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:01.299 heart refusal 00:12:01.299 --> 00:12:02.480 toward God. 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:03.200 And that 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:03.980 hardened heart 00:12:03.980 --> 00:12:05.659 actually leads 00:12:05.659 --> 00:12:06.500 to futile 00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:07.019 thinking, 00:12:07.899 --> 00:12:08.379 and then 00:12:08.379 --> 00:12:09.600 darkened 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:10.220 understanding. 00:12:10.340 --> 00:12:11.379 In verse 17, 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:12.480 towards the end, 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:13.679 he describes 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:14.840 the Gentiles 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:15.299 this way. 00:12:16.340 --> 00:12:17.279 Don't walk, 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:19.379 no longer live 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:20.220 as the Gentiles 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:20.700 do in the 00:12:20.700 --> 00:12:21.460 futility of 00:12:21.460 --> 00:12:21.980 their thinking. 00:12:22.420 --> 00:12:22.800 They are 00:12:22.800 --> 00:12:23.560 darkened 00:12:23.560 --> 00:12:24.259 in their 00:12:24.259 --> 00:12:24.940 understanding. 00:12:25.620 --> 00:12:25.980 So a 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:26.500 hardened heart 00:12:26.500 --> 00:12:27.440 actually not 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:28.139 just corrupts 00:12:28.139 --> 00:12:28.940 our affections, 00:12:29.040 --> 00:12:29.700 what we love, 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:30.860 but it in 00:12:30.860 --> 00:12:31.500 turn affects 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:31.980 the way we 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:32.340 think. 00:12:35.139 --> 00:12:36.120 Sin affects 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:36.740 the way we 00:12:36.740 --> 00:12:37.100 think, 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:37.620 the way we 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:38.759 understand things. 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:40.259 So a 00:12:40.259 --> 00:12:40.779 hardened heart 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:41.759 leading to 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:42.879 futile thinking, 00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:43.860 a darkened 00:12:43.860 --> 00:12:44.960 understanding. 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:46.860 refers to 00:12:46.860 --> 00:12:48.019 an empty, 00:12:48.560 --> 00:12:49.639 dead-end 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:50.139 way of 00:12:50.139 --> 00:12:51.180 thinking that 00:12:51.180 --> 00:12:52.360 leaves God 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:53.220 out of the 00:12:53.220 --> 00:12:53.639 equation. 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.360 The scary 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:56.960 reality of 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:57.860 sin is that 00:12:57.860 --> 00:12:58.740 it darkens 00:12:58.740 --> 00:12:59.620 the mind. 00:13:00.540 --> 00:13:01.259 Our capacity 00:13:01.259 --> 00:13:02.879 to rationalize 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:03.440 and reason 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:05.600 gets 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:07.460 darkened. 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:09.480 When the 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:10.240 heart hardens, 00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:10.840 the mind 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:12.300 stops seeing 00:13:12.300 --> 00:13:12.759 clearly. 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:14.139 So step 00:13:14.139 --> 00:13:14.340 one, 00:13:14.460 --> 00:13:14.759 hardened 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:15.659 heart. 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:16.000 Step 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:16.319 two, 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:17.179 futile 00:13:17.179 --> 00:13:17.620 thinking. 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:18.019 Step 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.360 three, 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:19.360 separated 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:20.399 from the 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:21.379 life of 00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:21.720 God. 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:24.580 When we 00:13:24.580 --> 00:13:25.399 start thinking 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.220 of life 00:13:27.220 --> 00:13:28.200 apart from 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:28.519 God, 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:30.080 we're told 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:31.960 darkened 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:32.340 thinking 00:13:32.340 --> 00:13:33.159 naturally 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:34.039 produces 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:34.939 spiritual 00:13:34.939 --> 00:13:36.100 death. 00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:39.019 Alienated 00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:39.519 from the 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:40.319 life of 00:13:40.319 --> 00:13:40.659 God, 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:42.720 they become 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:43.580 cut off 00:13:43.580 --> 00:13:44.519 from the 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:45.360 uncreated 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.680 dynamic 00:13:46.680 --> 00:13:47.420 spiritual 00:13:47.420 --> 00:13:48.879 life from 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:49.040 the 00:13:49.040 --> 00:13:49.480 creator. 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:50.420 The 00:13:50.420 --> 00:13:50.759 spiritual 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:51.340 strays, 00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:52.340 they are 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:53.139 refugees, 00:13:54.060 --> 00:13:54.279 they're 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:54.660 wandering 00:13:54.660 --> 00:13:55.899 in the 00:13:55.899 --> 00:13:56.460 desert 00:13:56.460 --> 00:13:58.740 apart from 00:13:58.740 --> 00:13:59.480 the 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:00.120 fountains 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:01.259 of living 00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:01.600 water. 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:01.879 Step 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:02.060 one, 00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:02.440 hardening 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:02.820 of heart 00:14:02.820 --> 00:14:03.259 which leads 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:03.960 to futile 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:04.940 darkened 00:14:04.940 --> 00:14:05.300 thinking, 00:14:05.940 --> 00:14:06.420 which leads 00:14:06.420 --> 00:14:07.060 to separation 00:14:07.060 --> 00:14:07.740 from God, 00:14:08.040 --> 00:14:08.440 which then 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:09.840 leads to 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:10.680 a callous 00:14:10.680 --> 00:14:11.740 conscience, 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:13.440 conscience. 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:14.560 When a 00:14:14.560 --> 00:14:15.080 soul is 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:15.779 cut off 00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:16.799 from God's 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:17.200 life, 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:18.480 its moral 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:18.899 nervous 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:19.360 system 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:21.139 shuts down. 00:14:22.100 --> 00:14:22.740 It ceases 00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:24.159 to feel 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:24.580 pain. 00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:25.139 It becomes 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:25.960 totally numb 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:26.980 and deadened 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.639 to feeling. 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:28.860 Think of 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:29.799 a manual 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:30.620 laborer's 00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:31.060 hands. 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:32.100 The first 00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:32.539 day he 00:14:32.539 --> 00:14:33.580 swings a 00:14:33.580 --> 00:14:34.259 sledgehammer, 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:35.259 his hands 00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:36.440 bleed and 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:37.019 they form 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:38.320 painful 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:38.820 blisters. 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.640 But if 00:14:39.640 --> 00:14:40.000 he keeps 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:40.340 swinging 00:14:40.340 --> 00:14:41.360 it day 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.020 after day, 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:43.200 the dead 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:43.520 skin 00:14:43.520 --> 00:14:44.260 builds up 00:14:44.260 --> 00:14:44.720 into a 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:45.080 thick 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:47.020 insensitive 00:14:47.020 --> 00:14:47.740 callous. 00:14:49.520 --> 00:14:49.940 Eventually 00:14:49.940 --> 00:14:50.460 you could 00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:51.340 stick a 00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:51.620 pin 00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.140 through 00:14:52.140 --> 00:14:52.879 the 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:53.180 callous 00:14:53.180 --> 00:14:53.460 and he 00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:53.720 wouldn't 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:54.180 flinch. 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:56.600 That's 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:57.160 what Paul 00:14:57.160 --> 00:14:58.400 is describing. 00:14:58.640 --> 00:14:59.360 Repeatedly 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:00.320 ignoring 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:01.240 God's 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:01.540 word 00:15:01.540 --> 00:15:02.240 applies 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:03.700 a 00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:04.220 callous 00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:05.240 to the 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:05.580 soul 00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:06.860 until 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:07.240 the 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:07.800 conscience 00:15:07.800 --> 00:15:08.759 loses 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:09.160 its 00:15:09.160 --> 00:15:09.820 capacity 00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:10.720 for 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:11.259 shame 00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:11.980 or 00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:12.420 grief 00:15:12.420 --> 00:15:12.700 or 00:15:12.700 --> 00:15:13.180 conviction. 00:15:15.160 --> 00:15:15.300 A 00:15:15.300 --> 00:15:15.600 callous 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:16.080 conscience 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:17.139 which then 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:17.759 leads to 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.519 step five 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:19.379 an 00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:20.279 insatiable 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:21.460 indulgence, 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:22.460 insatiable 00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:22.899 greed, 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:23.580 the desire 00:15:23.580 --> 00:15:24.660 for more 00:15:24.660 --> 00:15:25.240 and more 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:25.779 and more 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:27.600 once the 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:28.980 moral pain 00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:30.259 is gone. 00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:31.639 All the 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:32.220 resistance we 00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:32.480 have 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.639 vanishes, 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:35.159 the soul 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:35.620 actually 00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:36.439 plummets 00:15:36.439 --> 00:15:36.939 into 00:15:36.939 --> 00:15:38.720 self 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.879 indulgence. 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:42.559 Just 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:43.179 warns more 00:15:43.179 --> 00:15:43.779 and more 00:15:43.779 --> 00:15:44.819 and more. 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:45.740 Paul gives 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.279 us here 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:47.659 an 00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:48.120 anatomy 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:49.199 of the 00:15:49.199 --> 00:15:49.559 old 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:49.980 life. 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:50.580 Step 00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.019 one, 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:51.699 hardening 00:15:51.699 --> 00:15:52.039 heart 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.720 leading to 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.539 futile 00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:54.019 thinking 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:54.699 which leads 00:15:54.699 --> 00:15:55.019 to 00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:56.080 separation 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:56.580 from the 00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:56.799 living 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:57.259 God 00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:58.279 which leads 00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:58.639 to a 00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:59.000 callous 00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:59.539 conscience 00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:00.679 which then 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:01.399 leads to 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:02.279 an 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:03.019 insatiable 00:16:03.019 --> 00:16:04.120 greed, 00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:05.139 indulgence, 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:06.319 wanting more 00:16:06.319 --> 00:16:07.199 and more 00:16:07.199 --> 00:16:07.620 and more. 00:16:08.539 --> 00:16:09.220 So it is a 00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:10.100 linear process. 00:16:10.439 --> 00:16:11.179 One leads to 00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:11.600 the other 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:12.159 which leads 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:12.439 to the 00:16:12.439 --> 00:16:12.759 other but 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:13.120 it's also 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:13.819 a cyclical 00:16:13.819 --> 00:16:14.899 process. 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:16.840 If you think 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:17.500 about it, 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:20.039 insatiable 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:20.879 indulgence 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.419 actually 00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:23.139 leads to 00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:25.019 hardness of 00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.279 heart 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:25.960 more and 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:26.220 more. 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.139 Step 00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.899 five leading 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.539 to step 00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:29.439 one which 00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:29.960 leads to 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:30.220 step 00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:31.240 two and 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:31.860 so on 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.840 and so 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.240 forth. 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:34.480 This, 00:16:34.700 --> 00:16:35.160 you were 00:16:35.160 --> 00:16:36.379 like this, 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:36.940 you were 00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:37.900 locked 00:16:37.900 --> 00:16:39.100 into 00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:40.080 an 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:40.600 endless 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:41.220 loop. 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:42.500 You've 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:42.700 probably 00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.180 seen it, 00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.940 you've 00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.139 probably 00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.600 seen it 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:45.940 in 00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:47.340 addiction. 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:50.940 Addiction 00:16:50.940 --> 00:16:52.240 to all 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:52.580 kinds of 00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:52.960 things. 00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:54.280 That's the 00:16:54.280 --> 00:16:54.680 pattern. 00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:57.379 But if you 00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:57.720 think about 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:57.980 it, 00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:59.480 addiction 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:00.100 is really 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:01.139 a magnified 00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:01.740 picture of 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.320 what sin 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:02.960 looks like 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:04.480 every day, 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:05.539 isn't it? 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.480 Addiction 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.360 just screams 00:17:07.360 --> 00:17:08.779 loudly so 00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.519 that we 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:09.920 can see 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.839 the minute 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.700 ways in 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.140 which sin 00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:12.660 works. 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.860 This is 00:17:14.860 --> 00:17:16.079 the pattern 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:17.440 of the 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.460 old life. 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:20.099 Sin is 00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:21.019 like sea 00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:21.420 water, 00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.099 salt 00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:22.480 water. 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.200 You think 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.400 it will 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:25.220 satisfy you, 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:25.900 you drink 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:27.860 and then 00:17:27.860 --> 00:17:28.400 it doesn't. 00:17:29.040 --> 00:17:29.420 You drink 00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:29.660 more, 00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.080 it doesn't 00:17:30.080 --> 00:17:30.780 and it 00:17:30.780 --> 00:17:31.180 will kill 00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:31.519 you. 00:17:34.320 --> 00:17:34.940 If you're 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:35.280 honest, 00:17:35.840 --> 00:17:38.120 that's how 00:17:38.120 --> 00:17:38.640 we were 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:41.120 before we 00:17:41.120 --> 00:17:41.600 encountered 00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:42.320 the Lord 00:17:42.320 --> 00:17:42.980 Jesus Christ. 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:44.680 I became 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:45.080 a believer 00:17:45.080 --> 00:17:45.660 when I 00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:46.380 was 20, 00:17:47.820 --> 00:17:48.360 so I 00:17:48.360 --> 00:17:49.220 remember my 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.960 life way 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.560 before that. 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:53.539 and I 00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:53.740 don't know 00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.019 if you 00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.200 do, 00:17:55.139 --> 00:17:56.200 maybe you've 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:56.919 never known 00:17:56.919 --> 00:17:57.759 a day when 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.480 Jesus Christ 00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.039 was not 00:17:59.039 --> 00:17:59.879 your savior. 00:18:00.919 --> 00:18:01.539 Praise God 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.019 for that. 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.639 The pattern 00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.700 that Paul 00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.419 is describing 00:18:05.419 --> 00:18:06.759 is the 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:07.359 pattern of 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:07.899 the old 00:18:07.899 --> 00:18:08.379 life, 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.200 a life 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:09.619 that is 00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.619 restless 00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:11.200 and a 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:11.599 life that 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.259 is stuck 00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:13.220 in a 00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.500 loop. 00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:17.059 Like the 00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.440 church 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.480 father said, 00:18:19.340 --> 00:18:21.059 our hearts 00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:21.740 are restless 00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:23.600 until they 00:18:23.600 --> 00:18:25.180 find the 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:25.720 rest in 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.000 God. 00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:27.880 We were 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:28.860 restless and 00:18:28.860 --> 00:18:30.240 the good 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:30.759 thing is 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:32.640 our former 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.460 pattern of 00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.120 life was 00:18:34.120 --> 00:18:34.940 met with 00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:36.259 the power 00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:37.340 of God. 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:38.120 Verses 20 00:18:38.120 --> 00:18:39.360 and 21. 00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:41.039 So the 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.480 first point, 00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:41.920 the pattern 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.320 of the 00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:43.380 old life 00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:44.620 which we 00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:45.480 must put 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.000 off. 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:46.820 We must 00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:47.539 not walk 00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.059 that way. 00:18:48.879 --> 00:18:49.200 And Paul 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.839 then reminds 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:51.240 them that 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:51.960 they have 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:53.079 indeed 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:54.179 encountered 00:18:54.179 --> 00:18:55.579 the living 00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.679 God, 00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.480 the living 00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:57.899 God, 00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.480 the power 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:00.419 of God. 00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:01.259 They have 00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:01.619 indeed 00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:03.139 found rest. 00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.259 They have 00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.759 found rest. 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.339 Their hearts 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.299 have found 00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:06.720 rest. 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.319 So verse 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:07.700 20, 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.159 Paul says, 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.859 that however 00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:13.539 is not 00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:14.480 the way 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.059 of life 00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:16.019 you learned 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.859 when you 00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:17.419 heard about 00:19:17.419 --> 00:19:18.619 Christ and 00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:19.179 were taught 00:19:19.179 --> 00:19:19.779 in him 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.919 in accordance 00:19:20.919 --> 00:19:21.819 with the 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.539 truth that 00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:22.839 is in 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.119 Jesus. 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.960 Let the 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:27.460 Gentiles walk 00:19:27.460 --> 00:19:28.519 that way. 00:19:29.919 --> 00:19:30.539 They can 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.200 drink salt 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:31.559 water. 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.700 Let Egypt 00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:36.519 chase its 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.679 empty idols, 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.480 but that's 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.200 not who 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.700 you are. 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:40.960 You didn't 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:42.279 learn Christ 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.879 this way. 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:43.980 And Paul 00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.500 uses an 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:44.940 astonishing 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.940 choice of 00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.480 words here 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:46.920 in verse 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.319 20. 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.079 And the 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.339 old 00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:49.899 translations 00:19:49.899 --> 00:19:50.779 and the 00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.240 ESV 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.759 especially 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.899 captures it 00:19:52.899 --> 00:19:53.460 very clearly. 00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:53.899 You did 00:19:53.899 --> 00:19:55.139 not learn, 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:57.119 you learned 00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.599 Christ. 00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.059 That's what 00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.680 Paul says. 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.359 This is not 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.059 the way you 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.700 learned 00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.500 Christ. 00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.599 Paul is 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:06.980 making a 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.319 distinguish, 00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.240 he's 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.619 distinguishing 00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.639 between 00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:12.500 learning 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.379 Christianity 00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:14.419 as a 00:20:14.419 --> 00:20:14.759 religion 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:16.339 and 00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:18.119 learning 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:18.979 the Lord 00:20:18.979 --> 00:20:19.239 Jesus 00:20:19.239 --> 00:20:19.719 Christ. 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.199 You 00:20:22.199 --> 00:20:23.919 learn 00:20:23.919 --> 00:20:25.259 a subject, 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:26.159 a language, 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.359 a set of 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:28.159 legal cords, 00:20:30.439 --> 00:20:31.459 but here 00:20:31.459 --> 00:20:31.859 he says, 00:20:31.959 --> 00:20:32.719 you learned 00:20:32.719 --> 00:20:33.219 Christ, 00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:33.599 meaning 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.979 that you 00:20:34.979 --> 00:20:35.379 had an 00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.939 encounter 00:20:35.939 --> 00:20:37.119 with the 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.419 living 00:20:37.419 --> 00:20:38.199 God. 00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:40.399 He had 00:20:40.399 --> 00:20:40.539 an 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.059 encounter 00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:42.039 with the 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.559 living God 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.459 and he 00:20:43.459 --> 00:20:44.739 says in 00:20:44.739 --> 00:20:45.279 verse 21, 00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:45.619 when you 00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:46.199 heard about 00:20:46.199 --> 00:20:46.779 Christ and 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.819 were taught 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.419 in him 00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:49.579 in accordance 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.500 with the 00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.659 truth that 00:20:51.659 --> 00:20:52.639 is in 00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:52.939 Jesus. 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:53.759 He's 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.119 reminding 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:54.439 them 00:20:54.439 --> 00:20:56.479 something 00:20:56.479 --> 00:20:57.479 radical has 00:20:57.479 --> 00:20:57.939 happened to 00:20:57.939 --> 00:20:58.119 them. 00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.359 Something 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.059 radical has 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.399 happened to 00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:00.500 them. 00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:00.799 It has 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.179 changed 00:21:01.179 --> 00:21:01.439 them. 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:02.599 They are 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:03.279 no longer 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:04.500 alienated 00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.139 from God. 00:21:05.399 --> 00:21:05.599 They are 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.179 no longer 00:21:06.179 --> 00:21:07.759 Gentiles. 00:21:07.939 --> 00:21:08.219 They've been 00:21:08.219 --> 00:21:08.899 brought into 00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.500 the family 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.780 of God. 00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.040 So, 00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.180 in chapter 00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:12.540 1, 00:21:12.620 --> 00:21:13.100 for example, 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.680 in Ephesians 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.280 chapter 1, 00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.420 Paul reminds 00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:17.320 them of 00:21:17.320 --> 00:21:18.740 the 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.580 Trinitarian 00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:20.259 salvation 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.840 that they 00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.160 have. 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.640 Paul would 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.000 tell them 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.560 in Ephesians 00:21:24.560 --> 00:21:24.880 1, 00:21:25.040 --> 00:21:25.640 verses 3 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.860 through 6, 00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.580 that before 00:21:27.580 --> 00:21:28.360 the foundation 00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:29.360 of the 00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:29.759 world, 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:31.560 before you 00:21:31.560 --> 00:21:32.519 ever took 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.540 a breath 00:21:33.540 --> 00:21:34.120 or committed 00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:35.000 a sin, 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.759 God the 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.560 Father chose 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:37.859 you, 00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:38.919 and he 00:21:38.919 --> 00:21:39.539 loved you 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:39.919 with an 00:21:39.919 --> 00:21:40.440 unmerited 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.039 love, 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.779 and he 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.679 predestined 00:21:45.679 --> 00:21:46.619 you to be 00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.460 rescued by 00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:47.799 the Lord 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.519 Jesus Christ. 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.919 In Ephesians 00:21:49.919 --> 00:21:50.299 2, 00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.919 you read 00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:54.259 verses 7 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.879 through 12, 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.279 Ephesians 1 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.539 rather, 00:21:56.679 --> 00:21:57.519 7 through 12, 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.539 in Jesus, 00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.779 you have 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:01.679 full redemption 00:22:01.679 --> 00:22:02.419 through his 00:22:02.419 --> 00:22:02.779 blood. 00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:05.099 Jesus Christ 00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.740 actually gives 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.899 us actual, 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.039 complete 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.740 forgiveness 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:10.299 for all 00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.660 of our 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.279 trespasses, 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.039 all of our 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.599 trespasses. 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.059 So the 00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.480 Father who 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:14.879 loved you 00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.359 before the 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.859 stars were 00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.160 made, 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.200 the Son 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.839 who gave 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.399 his life 00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:18.879 for you 00:22:18.879 --> 00:22:19.799 to ransom 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.619 you, 00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.000 and the 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.539 Holy Spirit 00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.940 who is 00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.720 your guarantee 00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.559 and seal 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.019 in verses 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.319 13 and 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.920 14 in 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.440 chapter 1. 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:29.819 The Holy 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.420 Spirit actually 00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.700 applied the 00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.180 work of 00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.779 the Lord 00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.400 Jesus Christ 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.900 into your 00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.200 heart. 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.640 You have 00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.680 encountered 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.680 the living 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.120 God. 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.740 You have 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:40.080 learned 00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:40.720 Christ. 00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.620 Jesus 00:22:42.620 --> 00:22:44.640 said, 00:22:44.820 --> 00:22:45.080 come to 00:22:45.080 --> 00:22:45.320 me, 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.600 all who 00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.039 are weary 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.600 and heavy 00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:47.980 laden, 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.240 and I 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.680 will give 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.240 you rest. 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.600 And you 00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:53.980 came. 00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.600 You came 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.420 to the 00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:56.820 Lord Jesus 00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.259 Christ. 00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.539 You came 00:22:59.539 --> 00:22:59.980 and you 00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:01.480 rested on 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.680 him. 00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:01.899 You 00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.440 received 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:02.759 him. 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.259 And your 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.599 restless 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.000 heart 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.259 actually 00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.680 found 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.799 rest in 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:06.980 the 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.159 Lord 00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:07.420 Jesus 00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:07.920 Christ. 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.460 He 00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.059 called, 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.779 he shouted, 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.099 he broke 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.220 through your 00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.819 deafness, 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.339 he shattered 00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.200 your darkness, 00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.399 and washed 00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:22.420 away your 00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.799 blindness. 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.399 He made 00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:25.460 you his 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.740 own. 00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.740 God. 00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.740 He 00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:29.120 came to 00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.420 the Lord 00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.660 Jesus 00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.120 Christ. 00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:32.440 You have 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.980 encountered 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:34.460 the living 00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.440 God. 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.839 Maybe you 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.220 have. 00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.220 If you have 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.460 been a 00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.720 believer, 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.440 you have 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.519 encountered 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.059 the living 00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.539 God. 00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:41.940 Maybe you 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.380 are not 00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.880 a believer 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:44.400 this morning. 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.200 Maybe 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.500 you're 00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.779 visiting, 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.900 and maybe 00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.460 you grew up 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:48.660 in the 00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:48.920 church, 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.220 but you 00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.559 have never 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.920 really rested 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.700 on the 00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.059 Lord Jesus 00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.599 Christ and 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.339 received him. 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:55.099 But hear 00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:55.519 this, 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:56.799 Jesus 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.839 Christ came 00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.459 to rescue 00:23:58.459 --> 00:23:59.799 out of 00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.299 your addiction, 00:24:01.179 --> 00:24:01.480 out of 00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.139 your sin 00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.839 patterns. 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.339 He came 00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.259 to rescue 00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.879 from 00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.419 yourself. 00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.220 He came 00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.740 to rescue 00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:12.439 from 00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:13.939 your 00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.419 restless 00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:15.019 heart. 00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:18.079 Paul says 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.559 this in 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.059 1 Timothy, 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:21.099 this saying 00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:22.139 is trustworthy 00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:23.700 and deserving 00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.740 of full 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.560 acceptance. 00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.800 That Christ 00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.280 Jesus 00:24:28.280 --> 00:24:29.620 came into 00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.140 the world 00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:31.259 to save 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.200 sinners. 00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.259 Christ 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.660 Jesus 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.259 came into 00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.780 the world 00:24:35.780 --> 00:24:36.840 to save 00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.160 you, 00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.420 all of 00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.680 you, 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.540 regardless 00:24:40.540 --> 00:24:40.900 of where 00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.300 you find 00:24:41.300 --> 00:24:41.740 yourself. 00:24:45.020 --> 00:24:45.880 So put 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.180 off 00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:48.000 your old 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.500 self. 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.759 Encounter 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.779 the living 00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.099 God, 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.839 rest on 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.140 the Lord 00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.359 Jesus 00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:53.839 Christ 00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:55.039 and receive 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.440 him. 00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:57.920 And 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.720 thirdly, 00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:00.259 after reminding 00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.339 them of 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.799 their former 00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.339 way of life, 00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.859 the pattern 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.660 of the old 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.059 life, 00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.480 and the 00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.140 power of 00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:07.000 God that 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.660 transformed 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.039 them. 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.819 Thirdly, 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:11.319 he reminds 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.119 them of 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:13.059 the pattern 00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.900 of the new 00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.539 life. 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.400 Pattern of the 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.940 new life. 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.099 In verses 00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:18.319 22 and 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.700 24, 00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.939 he tells 00:25:20.939 --> 00:25:23.539 them about 00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:23.939 a new 00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:25.500 pattern of 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.879 living. 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.299 But I'll 00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.720 read from 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.359 verse 20, 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:30.200 21, 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:30.700 22, 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.639 and 24 00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.279 again. 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.559 That, 00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.179 however, 00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.240 is not 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.659 the way 00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:36.200 of life 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:37.059 you learned 00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.839 when you 00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.439 heard about 00:25:38.439 --> 00:25:39.519 Christ and 00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.099 were taught 00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.659 in him 00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.879 in accordance 00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:42.939 with the 00:25:42.939 --> 00:25:43.839 truth that 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.159 is in 00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:44.460 Jesus. 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.519 You were 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:47.119 taught with 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.719 regard to 00:25:47.719 --> 00:25:48.239 your former 00:25:48.239 --> 00:25:48.659 way of 00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:48.959 life, 00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:50.279 to put 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:51.500 off your 00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.259 old self, 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.179 which is 00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:53.959 being corrupted 00:25:53.959 --> 00:25:54.919 by its 00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.619 deceitful 00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.279 desires, 00:25:56.719 --> 00:25:57.259 to be 00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.179 made new 00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:59.079 in the 00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.779 attitude of 00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.359 your minds, 00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:01.500 and to 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.079 put on 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.439 the new 00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:02.859 self, 00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:03.839 created 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.919 to be 00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:06.339 like God 00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.399 in true 00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:07.899 righteousness 00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:09.659 and holiness. 00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.399 He gave 00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:14.279 initially an 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.979 anatomy of 00:26:14.979 --> 00:26:15.379 the old 00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:15.839 life, 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:17.799 and now 00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:19.819 he tells 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.220 them that 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.559 they have 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.039 encountered 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.480 the Lord 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.059 Jesus Christ. 00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:22.879 Something radical 00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:24.099 has happened 00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.599 to them, 00:26:24.959 --> 00:26:25.339 and now 00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.339 he is 00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:26.959 giving them 00:26:26.959 --> 00:26:27.699 a pattern 00:26:27.699 --> 00:26:29.179 for the 00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:29.839 new life. 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:31.819 Believers 00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.959 have experienced 00:26:32.959 --> 00:26:34.139 a radical 00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:35.099 transformation. 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.659 If you're a 00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:36.839 believer, 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.240 you have 00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.959 been rescued, 00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.339 you have 00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:40.259 been resurrected. 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.779 So, 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.240 in verse 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.679 22, 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.159 he says, 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:44.119 put off 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.239 the old 00:26:45.239 --> 00:26:45.699 self. 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.539 Put off 00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:46.939 the old 00:26:46.939 --> 00:26:47.259 self. 00:26:48.479 --> 00:26:49.039 Paul is 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.959 using a 00:26:49.959 --> 00:26:50.500 wardrobe 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:52.239 imagery to 00:26:52.239 --> 00:26:53.299 talk about 00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.000 taking off 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.500 filthy 00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.719 garments, 00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:59.199 and he's 00:26:59.199 --> 00:26:59.739 reminding us 00:26:59.739 --> 00:27:00.139 that we need 00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.839 to put on 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.500 a new 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.839 self, 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.379 put on 00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:02.939 what is 00:27:02.939 --> 00:27:03.279 true. 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:06.299 put off 00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.940 the old 00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.160 self. 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.579 Why? 00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.839 Because 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.799 decisively, 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.460 at the 00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.899 cross, 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:14.220 you put 00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.899 off your 00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.200 old 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.559 self. 00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.720 Jesus 00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.460 died for 00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.680 you. 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.740 Because 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.519 Jesus died 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.019 for you 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.639 at the 00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:21.920 cross, 00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.359 and you 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.579 were 00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.019 crucified 00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.399 with 00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.799 Christ 00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.319 at the 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.680 cross, 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.819 you are 00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.339 no longer 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.180 bound to 00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.660 the old 00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.019 way of 00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.359 life. 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.019 I have 00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.200 been 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.559 crucified 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:31.879 with 00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.159 Christ. 00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:32.679 It is 00:27:32.679 --> 00:27:33.379 no longer 00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:33.980 I who 00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.299 live, 00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.379 but Christ 00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:36.480 lives in 00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.759 me, 00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.319 and the 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.519 life I 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.220 now live, 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.859 I live by 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.379 faith in 00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:41.819 the Son of 00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.240 God who 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.919 loved me 00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:43.980 and gave 00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.460 himself up 00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.919 for me. 00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.460 Put off 00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.000 the old 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.359 self, 00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.220 because at 00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.599 the cross 00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.000 something 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.480 decisive has 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.960 happened to 00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.119 you. 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.119 You were 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.960 crucified with 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.240 Christ. 00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.819 Your old 00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.339 self is 00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:55.619 dead, 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.059 so put 00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.519 it off. 00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:59.039 And then 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:00.019 be continually 00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.519 renewed in 00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.019 the spirit 00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.440 of your 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.660 mind, 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.420 verse 23, 00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.160 to be 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:06.339 made new 00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.940 in the 00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.359 attitude 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.579 of your 00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:08.920 mind. 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.920 Your minds 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.920 were futile, 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.339 they were 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.980 darkened, 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.379 but the 00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:13.859 spirit who 00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.279 made you 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.839 alive not 00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:16.079 only gave 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.639 you a 00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.279 new heart, 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.799 he made 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.519 you breathe 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.299 again, 00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.200 but he 00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.779 also gave 00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.079 you 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.839 understanding, 00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.599 he opened 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:23.920 up your 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.500 eyes so 00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.779 that you 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.500 can behold 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.960 wonderful 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.519 things from 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.879 God's 00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.200 words. 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:31.059 so put 00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.640 off the 00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:32.220 old self 00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.620 which was 00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.039 crucified 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.400 with 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:33.759 Christ. 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.160 Be 00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:35.840 renewed in 00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.440 the attitude 00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.759 of your 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.460 minds and 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.259 put on, 00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.319 verse 24, 00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.759 the new 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.480 life, 00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.460 put on 00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.700 the new 00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.980 self created 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:47.080 to be like 00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:48.279 God in 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.180 true righteousness 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:51.600 and holiness. 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:52.920 Something 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.620 radical has 00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.019 happened to 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.160 you. 00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.160 you were 00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.640 crucified 00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.019 with 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.480 Christ, 00:28:57.540 --> 00:28:59.279 but more 00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.800 than that 00:28:59.800 --> 00:29:00.779 happened to 00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.000 you. 00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:01.500 You were 00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.820 raised with 00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.220 Christ. 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.300 Not only 00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:06.120 did you die 00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:07.000 in Christ, 00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.860 you rose 00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.500 with him. 00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.100 And because 00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.800 you rose 00:29:11.800 --> 00:29:12.300 with him, 00:29:13.560 --> 00:29:14.640 you share 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.259 in the 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.620 resurrection 00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.980 life of 00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.320 the Lord 00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:18.019 Jesus Christ. 00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.940 So put 00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:22.620 on the 00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.160 new self. 00:29:23.300 --> 00:29:23.640 Put on 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:23.960 the new 00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.720 self created 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.240 to be 00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.860 like God 00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.940 in true 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.460 righteousness 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.660 and holiness. 00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.620 Don't have 00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.300 time to 00:29:31.300 --> 00:29:32.160 unpack all 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.480 of that, 00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.259 but if 00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.920 you were 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.160 to go 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:36.080 and read 00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.500 the rest 00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.060 of the 00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:37.440 book, 00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:38.960 Paul actually 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.240 gives us 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.800 three kind 00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.259 of ways 00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.580 in which 00:29:42.580 --> 00:29:43.000 we can 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.360 do it. 00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.040 He talks 00:29:44.040 --> 00:29:44.480 about the 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.020 church and 00:29:45.020 --> 00:29:45.360 community 00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:46.440 life in 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.880 Ephesians 00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.780 4.25 00:29:47.780 --> 00:29:48.860 through 5.2. 00:29:50.020 --> 00:29:50.600 He talks 00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.080 about how 00:29:51.080 --> 00:29:51.500 we can put 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.060 on the 00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:52.540 new life 00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.920 in the 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.299 public, 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.279 in the 00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.960 world that 00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.359 we live 00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.599 in, 00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.279 in Ephesians 00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.279 5.3 00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.500 through 21. 00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.599 Then he 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.240 talks about 00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.740 how we can 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.240 put on the 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.619 new life 00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:03.980 in our 00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.299 private 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.779 lives, 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.720 in our 00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.420 home life. 00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:08.940 He talks 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.799 about the 00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.740 marriage between 00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.720 a man and 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.039 a woman. 00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:18.220 Paul is 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.940 reminding you 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:20.359 this morning 00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:22.039 of the 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.960 new pattern 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.559 of life 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.599 that you 00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.240 must walk 00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.579 in. 00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.000 You have 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.019 died with 00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.420 Christ. 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.539 You've been 00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.819 raised with 00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.240 Christ. 00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.139 So be 00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.639 continually 00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:35.339 renewed in 00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.899 the spirit 00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.899 of your 00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.379 minds. 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.359 And here, 00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.819 as Paul 00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.180 finishes, 00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.880 he is 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.420 hinting at 00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.700 the story 00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.259 of the 00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.539 Bible, 00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.279 isn't he? 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:44.960 He says, 00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.820 and to put 00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.100 on the 00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.620 new self 00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.420 created to 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.220 be like 00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.259 God in 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.560 true 00:30:49.560 --> 00:30:50.140 righteousness 00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:51.860 and holiness. 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.600 He is 00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.240 hinting at 00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.840 the fact 00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.700 that we 00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.779 are being 00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.759 renewed into 00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:00.259 a new 00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.140 likeness, 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.740 like God 00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.200 in your 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.700 translations. 00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.799 But in 00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.560 the ESV, 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.480 in the Greek, 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.480 likeness of 00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.860 God, 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.059 referring to 00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:11.440 the fact 00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.559 that long, 00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.079 long time 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.440 ago, 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.500 your forefather, 00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:15.940 Adam, 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.319 was created 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:19.319 in God's 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:19.880 likeness. 00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.180 He was 00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.700 created in 00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:22.980 God's 00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.099 likeness. 00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.779 He reflected 00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.940 God. 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.900 That's what he 00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.319 was called 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.620 to do. 00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.039 But you 00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.539 remember how 00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.000 he fell. 00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.579 He fell. 00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.740 When Adam 00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.299 fell, we 00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.960 fell in 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.599 him, in 00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:32.860 Adam. 00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:34.639 but here 00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:36.279 we have 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.819 the end 00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.139 of that 00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.519 story. 00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.959 Adam fell 00:31:39.959 --> 00:31:41.039 and we 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.579 fell in 00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.179 Adam and 00:31:42.179 --> 00:31:42.659 the image 00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.179 of God 00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.119 in us 00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.879 then was 00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.379 marred. 00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.179 But God 00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:47.939 is actually 00:31:47.939 --> 00:31:49.419 at the 00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:49.919 business. 00:31:50.719 --> 00:31:51.039 He's in 00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.439 the business 00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:53.479 of remaking 00:31:53.479 --> 00:31:53.859 you. 00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:55.039 He's in the 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.519 business of 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.399 remaking you 00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:57.079 so that you 00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:58.039 might reflect 00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.839 God. 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.519 So the 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.940 image of 00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.440 God may 00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:04.319 be restored. 00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.339 So, in 00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.779 conclusion, 00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:12.379 walk as 00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.139 who you 00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.519 are. 00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.659 Walk as 00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.019 a true 00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.500 self. 00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.680 We talk 00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:19.180 about living 00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:20.720 authentically 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.460 in our 00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:23.460 life and 00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.139 age these 00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.420 days. 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.000 We talk 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.740 about being 00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.819 true to 00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.319 yourself. 00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.759 Paul is 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.119 calling us 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.440 to be 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.339 true to 00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.980 our real 00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.500 self. 00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.039 Because the 00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:36.139 former way 00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.839 of life is 00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.359 no more. 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.799 You have 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.879 died with 00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.259 Christ. 00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.879 The pattern 00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.559 of the old 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.139 life is 00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.519 no more. 00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.200 Don't walk 00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.680 in that. 00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.039 Because you 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:45.240 have encountered 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.299 the living 00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.599 God. 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.119 The pattern 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.659 of the new 00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:48.099 life. 00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.240 That is 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.920 who you 00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.659 really are. 00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.519 You've been 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.980 loved by the 00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.379 Lord Jesus 00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.879 Christ. 00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.440 You've been 00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.119 died for 00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:58.039 by the 00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.459 Lord Jesus 00:32:58.459 --> 00:32:58.779 Christ. 00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.179 You've been 00:32:59.179 --> 00:33:00.699 raised together 00:33:00.699 --> 00:33:01.279 with the 00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.679 Lord Jesus 00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:02.059 Christ. 00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:03.479 So live 00:33:03.479 --> 00:33:05.279 as who you 00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.899 really are. 00:33:06.699 --> 00:33:07.039 The Christian 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.799 life is a 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.139 pilgrimage, 00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.899 isn't it? 00:33:10.459 --> 00:33:12.399 It's a 00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:14.759 walk, really, 00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.239 to the 00:33:15.239 --> 00:33:15.799 promised land. 00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:17.099 Just like the 00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.799 Israelites were 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.479 liberated from 00:33:18.479 --> 00:33:19.459 Egypt, we have 00:33:19.459 --> 00:33:20.019 been liberated, 00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.399 but we're on 00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:22.619 our journey. 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.259 We're on our 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:26.000 journey to the 00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.680 promised land. 00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.220 Some of us 00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:28.759 are closer to 00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.240 getting there 00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.880 than others. 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:30.720 Some of us 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.039 are very 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.720 young in 00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.259 our walk. 00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.779 But you 00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.519 will meet 00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.519 your Savior 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.299 at the end 00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:38.500 of it. 00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.000 You will 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:40.160 get to the 00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.880 promised land 00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.799 if you have 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.819 believed in 00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.400 the Lord Jesus 00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.400 Christ, if he 00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.900 is your 00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.859 treasure, if he 00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.680 has satisfied 00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.859 your soul. 00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.799 He met you 00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.440 at the well, 00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.019 remember. 00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.460 He met you 00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:54.019 at the well 00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:55.120 and he said, 00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.759 I will give 00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.539 you living 00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.019 water. 00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:00.600 Never be 00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.259 thirsty again. 00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:02.380 So keep on 00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.299 keeping on. 00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.279 Keep on 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.920 keeping on. 00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.340 March through 00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:07.940 this wilderness. 00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.860 You'll surely 00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:12.360 arrive at the 00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.820 promised land. 00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.380 But remember, 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.199 you're no longer 00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.139 slaves anymore. 00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.720 Don't live like 00:34:17.720 --> 00:34:18.159 slaves. 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.139 Live like 00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:22.280 sons who have 00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:23.660 been redeemed. 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.260 May God 00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.780 bless the 00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.400 reading and 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.200 preaching of 00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:27.600 his word. 00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.320 May he apply 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.920 these truths 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.360 into our 00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.720 hearts. 00:34:30.540 --> 00:34:30.820 May he 00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:33.820 cause us to 00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:35.000 walk like 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.800 a son, the 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.160 Lord Jesus 00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.600 Christ. 00:34:37.080 --> 00:34:37.560 Let's pray. 00:34:40.620 --> 00:34:41.180 God, we 00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.640 thank you for 00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:41.960 your words. 00:34:42.060 --> 00:34:42.420 We thank you 00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:43.380 for fresh 00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.360 reminders of 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:46.340 truths we've 00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.740 known, truths 00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.780 we've cherished 00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:50.860 all our lives. 00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:52.360 we ask, 00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:54.820 God, that you 00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.599 would go before 00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.220 us as you 00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:57.980 did the 00:34:57.980 --> 00:35:00.019 Israelites, the 00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:01.460 pillar of fire 00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.620 by night, the 00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:03.240 pillar of cloud 00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:05.480 by morning, the 00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.039 angel of the 00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:08.400 Lord directing 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:10.200 Moses and the 00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:11.099 Israelites through 00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:13.000 the wilderness to 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.440 the promised 00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:13.840 land. 00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:15.099 We need your 00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:16.260 guidance. 00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.460 We need your 00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.220 help. 00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.900 So as we 00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:22.039 continue our 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.960 walk, so as 00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:24.039 we embark on 00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.039 a new walk, 00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:28.720 be our 00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.260 strength and 00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.559 be our 00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:29.900 guides. 00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.240 We pray and 00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:31.639 ask all of 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:33.260 these things in 00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.639 the name of 00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.240 Jesus Christ. 00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:34.880 Amen.