WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.219 Be seated. 00:00:10.900 --> 00:00:14.060 As many of you know, I am Drew Arrington. 00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:17.580 I am not a PCA minister. 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:21.059 ! I am a minister of an associated denomination, 00:00:21.219 --> 00:00:22.980 ! the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 00:00:22.980 --> 00:00:25.519 and I am a chaplain here at Fort Carson. 00:00:27.100 --> 00:00:29.980 And it's my pleasure today to preach 00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:30.820 to you. 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:33.899 And I want to start off by saying 00:00:33.899 --> 00:00:35.619 that as Christians, 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.500 sometimes we get asked many questions. 00:00:39.659 --> 00:00:42.880 And one of those questions that you might be asked 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:45.620 is, why do you worship God? 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:51.579 John Oatman Jr., 00:00:51.579 --> 00:00:56.000 a hymnist from the late 1800s 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:58.120 to the early 1900s, 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:03.899 wrote this in one of his famous hymns 00:01:03.899 --> 00:01:06.920 that kind of tries to answer that question 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:10.340 or is perhaps a common answer that you might hear. 00:01:10.459 --> 00:01:11.379 And he says this, 00:01:11.379 --> 00:01:13.219 count your blessings, 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:15.259 name them one by one, 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:17.399 count your many blessings, 00:01:18.399 --> 00:01:20.459 see what God has done. 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.879 In many ways, Oatman was right. 00:01:24.759 --> 00:01:27.979 We worship God because of the manifold blessings 00:01:27.979 --> 00:01:30.199 that he pours out upon us. 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:36.740 But if God's smiling providence 00:01:36.740 --> 00:01:42.040 gave way to his frowning providence, 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:44.460 would the Christian, 00:01:44.939 --> 00:01:45.540 would you, 00:01:46.540 --> 00:01:47.780 have reason 00:01:47.780 --> 00:01:49.740 to joyfully worship God? 00:01:49.739 --> 00:01:55.299 If cancer robs you of your youth, 00:01:55.839 --> 00:01:59.119 if your home is no more than a dirt floor 00:01:59.119 --> 00:02:00.099 and a thatched roof, 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:02.500 if your parents are absent 00:02:02.500 --> 00:02:03.739 or worse yet, abusive, 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:06.139 if your death or, 00:02:06.299 --> 00:02:08.039 if through death or divorce, 00:02:08.659 --> 00:02:10.419 your wife is stolen from you, 00:02:10.419 --> 00:02:14.339 if a vindictive investigation 00:02:14.339 --> 00:02:15.759 threatens your livelihood, 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:18.639 do you know 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:21.159 that even in all of those circumstances, 00:02:22.339 --> 00:02:23.439 you as a Christian 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:25.299 have sufficient reason 00:02:25.299 --> 00:02:26.879 to not only worship God, 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:29.439 but to do so joyfully? 00:02:31.500 --> 00:02:32.519 Here at CNPC, 00:02:32.699 --> 00:02:34.399 you have a wonderful statement 00:02:34.399 --> 00:02:36.139 about joyful worship, 00:02:36.419 --> 00:02:37.219 and it's included 00:02:37.219 --> 00:02:39.000 on the backside of your bulletin. 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:41.280 Simply stated, 00:02:41.659 --> 00:02:43.219 this helps us 00:02:43.219 --> 00:02:44.300 to answer the question, 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:47.419 why do Christians worship God? 00:02:48.860 --> 00:02:50.319 And I want you to grasp 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:51.439 the depths of the words 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:52.319 here in that statement. 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:54.199 Because beyond 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:56.020 the temporal blessings we enjoy, 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:58.879 the Christian joyfully worships God 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:02.360 because of God's wonderful works. 00:03:04.219 --> 00:03:05.379 And in today's reading, 00:03:05.819 --> 00:03:07.099 we will look at 00:03:07.099 --> 00:03:08.920 three of those wonderful works. 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.599 works that elicit joy 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:13.659 from the heart of the Christian. 00:03:15.659 --> 00:03:16.919 Well, as we pray 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:19.560 and then read Galatians 3 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:21.240 through 4, 7, 00:03:21.740 --> 00:03:23.219 I ask that you would ponder 00:03:23.219 --> 00:03:24.639 this question, 00:03:25.659 --> 00:03:29.080 why do I joyfully worship God? 00:03:31.460 --> 00:03:32.460 Gracious Heavenly Father, 00:03:32.580 --> 00:03:34.460 we come before you this morning 00:03:34.460 --> 00:03:36.840 reading your word. 00:03:37.060 --> 00:03:37.980 And God, 00:03:38.060 --> 00:03:39.680 I ask that your Holy Spirit 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:40.760 might do 00:03:40.760 --> 00:03:42.659 what your Holy Spirit does, 00:03:43.020 --> 00:03:44.879 which is to apply that word 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:45.980 to our very hearts. 00:03:46.920 --> 00:03:47.460 God, 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:49.180 that we might know you 00:03:49.180 --> 00:03:51.000 and love you 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:51.900 more deeply 00:03:51.900 --> 00:03:53.500 and as a result, 00:03:54.340 --> 00:03:55.060 worship you 00:03:55.060 --> 00:03:56.680 with joyful hearts. 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:58.360 this we ask 00:03:58.360 --> 00:03:59.340 in your Son's name, 00:03:59.460 --> 00:04:00.120 Jesus Christ. 00:04:00.540 --> 00:04:00.840 Amen. 00:04:02.500 --> 00:04:03.500 So if you would, 00:04:03.659 --> 00:04:04.400 join me 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:05.460 in reading 00:04:05.460 --> 00:04:06.939 Galatians 3, 00:04:07.060 --> 00:04:07.939 verse 21 00:04:07.939 --> 00:04:10.120 through chapter 4, 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:10.900 verse 7. 00:04:10.900 --> 00:04:14.420 Is the law then 00:04:14.420 --> 00:04:15.960 contrary to the promise of God? 00:04:16.660 --> 00:04:17.620 Certainly not. 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:18.860 For if a law 00:04:18.860 --> 00:04:19.540 had been given 00:04:19.540 --> 00:04:20.540 that could give life, 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:21.639 then righteousness 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:22.540 would indeed 00:04:22.540 --> 00:04:23.899 be by the law. 00:04:24.939 --> 00:04:25.800 But the Scripture 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:27.639 imprisoned everything 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:28.620 under sin 00:04:28.620 --> 00:04:30.519 so that the promise 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:31.620 by faith 00:04:31.620 --> 00:04:33.079 in Jesus Christ 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:34.199 might be given 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:35.259 to those who believe. 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:36.720 Now, 00:04:36.939 --> 00:04:38.100 before faith came, 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:39.759 we were held captive 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:40.579 under the law, 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:41.759 imprisoned 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:43.339 until the coming faith 00:04:43.339 --> 00:04:44.239 would be revealed. 00:04:45.719 --> 00:04:46.479 So then, 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:48.019 the law was our guardian 00:04:48.019 --> 00:04:49.060 until Christ came 00:04:49.060 --> 00:04:49.919 in order that we might 00:04:49.919 --> 00:04:51.379 be justified by faith. 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:53.259 But now that faith has come, 00:04:53.339 --> 00:04:54.120 we are no longer 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:54.979 under a guardian. 00:04:55.599 --> 00:04:56.799 For in Christ Jesus, 00:04:56.979 --> 00:04:58.620 you are all sons of God 00:04:58.620 --> 00:04:59.639 through faith. 00:05:00.159 --> 00:05:01.419 For as many of you 00:05:01.419 --> 00:05:03.060 were baptized into Christ 00:05:03.060 --> 00:05:04.459 have put on Christ. 00:05:05.139 --> 00:05:06.299 There is neither Jew 00:05:06.299 --> 00:05:06.859 nor Greek. 00:05:07.019 --> 00:05:08.000 There is neither slave 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:08.639 nor free. 00:05:08.919 --> 00:05:09.799 There is no male 00:05:09.799 --> 00:05:10.439 and female 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:11.980 for you are all one 00:05:11.980 --> 00:05:13.360 in Christ Jesus. 00:05:13.939 --> 00:05:15.660 And if you are Christ's, 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:17.339 then you are Abraham's 00:05:17.339 --> 00:05:17.920 offspring, 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:19.300 heirs 00:05:19.300 --> 00:05:21.120 according to the promise. 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:23.459 I mean that an heir, 00:05:23.620 --> 00:05:25.120 as long as he is a child, 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:26.339 is no different 00:05:26.339 --> 00:05:27.159 from a slave, 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:28.740 though he is the owner 00:05:28.740 --> 00:05:29.600 of everything. 00:05:30.180 --> 00:05:31.819 But he is under guardians 00:05:31.819 --> 00:05:32.519 and managers 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:33.939 until the date 00:05:33.939 --> 00:05:35.420 set by his father. 00:05:35.420 --> 00:05:37.600 in the same way, 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:38.140 also, 00:05:38.860 --> 00:05:40.180 when we were children, 00:05:40.819 --> 00:05:42.660 we're enslaved 00:05:42.660 --> 00:05:44.400 to the elementary principles 00:05:44.400 --> 00:05:45.420 of this world. 00:05:46.280 --> 00:05:47.540 But when the fullness 00:05:47.540 --> 00:05:48.660 of time had come, 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:50.140 God sent forth his son, 00:05:50.259 --> 00:05:50.980 born of a woman, 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:52.139 born under the law, 00:05:52.420 --> 00:05:53.939 to redeem those 00:05:53.939 --> 00:05:55.720 who were under the law, 00:05:56.100 --> 00:05:58.200 so that we might receive 00:05:58.200 --> 00:06:00.680 adoption as sons. 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:03.079 And because you are sons, 00:06:03.540 --> 00:06:05.139 God has sent his spirit, 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:06.819 the spirit of his son, 00:06:06.900 --> 00:06:07.740 into our hearts, 00:06:08.060 --> 00:06:08.439 crying, 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:09.340 Abba, 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:10.180 Father. 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:14.600 So you are no longer 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:15.639 a slave, 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:17.379 but a son. 00:06:18.420 --> 00:06:19.420 And if a son, 00:06:20.420 --> 00:06:21.280 then an heir 00:06:21.280 --> 00:06:22.620 through God. 00:06:22.620 --> 00:06:25.060 may God add 00:06:25.060 --> 00:06:25.560 the blessing 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:26.560 to the reading 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:27.280 of his word 00:06:27.280 --> 00:06:27.980 and the preaching 00:06:27.980 --> 00:06:28.420 thereof. 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:33.860 In his commentary 00:06:33.860 --> 00:06:35.399 on Exodus, 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:36.480 in this passage 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:37.560 that we read earlier 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:38.519 in Exodus, 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:39.780 Matthew Henry observes, 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:41.160 old mercies 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:42.000 to ourselves 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:43.639 or to our fathers 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:45.540 must not be forgotten, 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:48.100 that God may be praised 00:06:48.100 --> 00:06:50.019 and our faith encouraged. 00:06:50.259 --> 00:06:50.699 And today, 00:06:50.780 --> 00:06:51.379 we're going to look 00:06:51.379 --> 00:06:52.300 at three of those 00:06:52.300 --> 00:06:53.180 old mercies 00:06:53.180 --> 00:06:53.939 in Exodus 00:06:53.939 --> 00:06:55.160 in light 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:56.680 of our New Testament 00:06:56.680 --> 00:06:57.240 reading 00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:59.660 so that our faith 00:06:59.660 --> 00:07:00.900 can be encouraged 00:07:00.900 --> 00:07:02.620 and that our worship 00:07:02.620 --> 00:07:05.400 may truly be joyful. 00:07:06.460 --> 00:07:07.160 And so with that, 00:07:07.420 --> 00:07:08.240 let's look 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:09.819 at the precarious situation 00:07:09.819 --> 00:07:10.460 that the Hebrews 00:07:10.460 --> 00:07:11.740 found themselves in, 00:07:12.379 --> 00:07:14.000 in slavery in Egypt. 00:07:15.019 --> 00:07:15.600 See, 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:16.560 they had come 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:18.420 to Egypt 00:07:18.420 --> 00:07:21.360 and we see here 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:22.879 that God 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:24.319 for nine plagues 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:25.360 had gone 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:26.160 toe-to-toe 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:26.759 with Pharaoh, 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:29.180 but yet 00:07:29.180 --> 00:07:30.560 little progress 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:31.300 had been made. 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:32.240 The Egyptians, 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:33.220 the Hebrews 00:07:33.220 --> 00:07:34.400 were still enslaved 00:07:34.400 --> 00:07:35.720 to the Egyptians. 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:38.500 And in this reading 00:07:38.500 --> 00:07:40.000 just previously, 00:07:40.139 --> 00:07:41.000 God had announced 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:41.660 to Moses, 00:07:42.220 --> 00:07:42.819 I'm sending 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:43.759 a tenth plague 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.159 and I'm taking 00:07:46.159 --> 00:07:47.279 the gloves off. 00:07:50.719 --> 00:07:51.800 I am going 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:52.899 to visit death 00:07:52.899 --> 00:07:54.360 upon every 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:56.199 single house 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:57.019 in Egypt. 00:07:57.539 --> 00:07:58.680 The firstborn 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:00.420 in every house 00:08:00.420 --> 00:08:01.240 will die. 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:05.539 And this message, 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:06.800 this was a message 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:07.639 of mercy, 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:09.300 but also a message 00:08:09.300 --> 00:08:09.899 of misery. 00:08:09.899 --> 00:08:10.919 We heard 00:08:10.919 --> 00:08:11.500 the misery 00:08:11.500 --> 00:08:12.759 that God 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:13.519 in his wrath 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:14.979 was executing judgment 00:08:14.979 --> 00:08:16.620 upon the population 00:08:16.620 --> 00:08:17.839 there in Egypt. 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:19.979 But there was also 00:08:19.979 --> 00:08:20.500 a message 00:08:20.500 --> 00:08:21.099 of mercy 00:08:21.099 --> 00:08:22.759 that God 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:23.719 in his 00:08:23.719 --> 00:08:25.319 great love 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:26.060 for us 00:08:26.060 --> 00:08:27.000 and for the Hebrews 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:28.259 was providing 00:08:28.259 --> 00:08:29.060 a way 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:30.219 that they 00:08:30.219 --> 00:08:31.159 could escape 00:08:31.159 --> 00:08:32.079 his judgment, 00:08:32.740 --> 00:08:33.919 escape his wrath. 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:38.099 in the previous 00:08:38.099 --> 00:08:38.500 nine, 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:39.500 God had demonstrated 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:40.139 his mercy 00:08:40.139 --> 00:08:41.479 in many ways 00:08:41.479 --> 00:08:42.979 by allowing 00:08:42.979 --> 00:08:44.159 certain plagues 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.379 to not affect 00:08:46.379 --> 00:08:47.419 the land of Goshen 00:08:47.419 --> 00:08:48.039 where the Hebrews 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:48.459 were, 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:49.959 but this one 00:08:49.959 --> 00:08:50.500 is different. 00:08:50.860 --> 00:08:51.719 Here God says, 00:08:51.959 --> 00:08:52.179 you, 00:08:52.439 --> 00:08:53.899 you must participate 00:08:53.899 --> 00:08:56.559 in your redemption. 00:08:57.019 --> 00:08:58.079 You must participate 00:08:58.079 --> 00:08:59.319 in avoiding 00:08:59.319 --> 00:08:59.879 the wrath 00:08:59.879 --> 00:09:00.399 to come. 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:03.199 You must embrace 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:04.020 the mercy 00:09:04.020 --> 00:09:05.300 that I am offering. 00:09:05.379 --> 00:09:06.240 And what was that mercy? 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:06.800 That mercy 00:09:06.800 --> 00:09:08.060 was the Passover lamb. 00:09:09.180 --> 00:09:10.280 The lamb 00:09:10.280 --> 00:09:11.180 that Moses 00:09:11.180 --> 00:09:12.580 instructed the people, 00:09:13.060 --> 00:09:13.800 the Hebrews, 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:14.960 to sacrifice 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:17.300 so that the 00:09:17.300 --> 00:09:18.500 life of the 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:19.000 oldest 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:20.320 would be preserved. 00:09:21.420 --> 00:09:22.520 But it wasn't 00:09:22.520 --> 00:09:23.840 just the shedding 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:24.440 of blood 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:25.320 that was required. 00:09:26.460 --> 00:09:26.660 No, 00:09:26.940 --> 00:09:27.759 the Hebrews 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:28.740 had to take 00:09:28.740 --> 00:09:29.680 a bunch of hyssop 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:31.139 and dip it 00:09:31.139 --> 00:09:32.339 like a brush 00:09:32.339 --> 00:09:33.739 into the shed 00:09:33.739 --> 00:09:34.599 blood of the lamb 00:09:34.599 --> 00:09:36.479 and then apply it 00:09:36.479 --> 00:09:38.500 to the doorposts 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:39.219 and the cross 00:09:39.219 --> 00:09:40.159 member of the door. 00:09:42.719 --> 00:09:43.839 In effect, 00:09:44.339 --> 00:09:45.639 they were sealing 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:46.519 the house 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:49.519 against God's 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:50.219 coming wrath. 00:09:50.220 --> 00:09:54.360 but that 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:54.960 wasn't all. 00:09:56.899 --> 00:09:58.100 For the promise 00:09:58.100 --> 00:09:59.100 of deliverance 00:09:59.100 --> 00:10:00.040 to be received, 00:10:00.259 --> 00:10:00.840 they had to 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:01.540 abide 00:10:01.540 --> 00:10:03.840 under that seal. 00:10:04.100 --> 00:10:04.580 They had to 00:10:04.580 --> 00:10:05.259 abide 00:10:05.259 --> 00:10:06.600 within the 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:07.080 house 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:07.660 that was 00:10:07.660 --> 00:10:08.040 marked 00:10:08.040 --> 00:10:08.420 with the 00:10:08.420 --> 00:10:08.740 blood. 00:10:12.820 --> 00:10:13.620 You know 00:10:13.620 --> 00:10:14.279 that we, 00:10:15.740 --> 00:10:16.620 like our 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:17.180 spiritual 00:10:17.180 --> 00:10:17.980 forefathers, 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:19.220 the Hebrews, 00:10:19.220 --> 00:10:20.639 we also 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:21.180 are subject 00:10:21.180 --> 00:10:21.700 to God's 00:10:21.700 --> 00:10:22.040 wrath. 00:10:23.920 --> 00:10:24.480 Not 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:25.720 because God 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:26.120 is going to 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:26.600 send an 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:27.279 angel of 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:27.800 death as 00:10:27.800 --> 00:10:28.279 he did 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:28.580 in the 00:10:28.580 --> 00:10:28.759 tenth 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:29.180 plague, 00:10:29.540 --> 00:10:31.139 but that 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:31.680 we are 00:10:31.680 --> 00:10:32.019 dealing 00:10:32.019 --> 00:10:32.879 with his 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:33.259 eternal 00:10:33.259 --> 00:10:33.720 wrath, 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:35.200 his 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:35.680 judgment 00:10:35.680 --> 00:10:36.399 against 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:37.200 our 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:37.700 sin 00:10:37.700 --> 00:10:39.820 and 00:10:39.820 --> 00:10:40.100 against 00:10:40.100 --> 00:10:40.440 our 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:40.759 lack 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:40.920 of 00:10:40.920 --> 00:10:41.360 righteousness. 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:42.340 And 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:42.820 because of 00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:43.000 that, 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:43.340 we are 00:10:43.340 --> 00:10:43.860 barred 00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:44.519 from entrance 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:45.040 into his 00:10:45.040 --> 00:10:45.320 kingdom. 00:10:45.800 --> 00:10:46.060 We are 00:10:46.060 --> 00:10:47.519 non-participants 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:48.100 in his 00:10:48.100 --> 00:10:48.460 great 00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:49.019 promises 00:10:49.019 --> 00:10:49.460 that we 00:10:49.460 --> 00:10:50.199 find all 00:10:50.199 --> 00:10:50.539 throughout 00:10:50.539 --> 00:10:51.000 scripture. 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:55.279 But, 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:56.600 Paul writes 00:10:56.600 --> 00:10:57.419 in Galatians 00:10:57.419 --> 00:10:57.779 4, 00:10:58.939 --> 00:10:59.279 when the 00:10:59.279 --> 00:10:59.860 fullness of 00:10:59.860 --> 00:11:00.279 time had 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:00.659 come, 00:11:01.220 --> 00:11:01.899 God sent 00:11:01.899 --> 00:11:02.460 forth his 00:11:02.460 --> 00:11:02.720 son, 00:11:02.819 --> 00:11:03.139 born of 00:11:03.139 --> 00:11:03.500 a woman, 00:11:03.620 --> 00:11:04.059 born under 00:11:04.059 --> 00:11:04.460 the law, 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:05.100 to redeem 00:11:05.100 --> 00:11:06.100 those who 00:11:06.100 --> 00:11:06.579 were under 00:11:06.579 --> 00:11:07.059 the law. 00:11:07.379 --> 00:11:08.559 Christ is 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:09.600 that Passover 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:10.039 lamb. 00:11:11.899 --> 00:11:12.639 Christ is 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:13.139 the one 00:11:13.139 --> 00:11:14.259 whose blood 00:11:14.259 --> 00:11:15.299 shed for 00:11:15.299 --> 00:11:16.340 us allows 00:11:16.340 --> 00:11:16.860 us to 00:11:16.860 --> 00:11:17.340 escape 00:11:17.340 --> 00:11:18.160 God's 00:11:18.160 --> 00:11:18.740 wrath. 00:11:20.180 --> 00:11:20.420 His 00:11:20.420 --> 00:11:21.019 blood 00:11:21.019 --> 00:11:22.519 applied to 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:23.180 our hearts 00:11:23.180 --> 00:11:23.639 by the 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:24.540 Holy Spirit 00:11:24.540 --> 00:11:26.879 saves us, 00:11:27.980 --> 00:11:28.580 marks us 00:11:28.580 --> 00:11:29.320 as his. 00:11:32.379 --> 00:11:32.780 And when 00:11:32.780 --> 00:11:33.300 we 00:11:33.300 --> 00:11:34.620 abide under 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:35.080 the blood 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:35.780 of Christ, 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:38.160 Christ's 00:11:38.160 --> 00:11:38.820 work 00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:40.180 speaks 00:11:40.180 --> 00:11:41.040 on our 00:11:41.040 --> 00:11:41.540 behalf. 00:11:41.539 --> 00:11:41.679 love. 00:11:44.299 --> 00:11:44.980 Well, 00:11:45.059 --> 00:11:45.740 reflecting on 00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:46.139 the wonder 00:11:46.139 --> 00:11:46.719 of that 00:11:46.719 --> 00:11:47.879 deliverance, 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:48.719 Charles Simeon 00:11:48.719 --> 00:11:49.439 declares and 00:11:49.439 --> 00:11:49.860 has written 00:11:49.860 --> 00:11:50.480 on your 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:50.980 bulletin, 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:53.159 that deliverance 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:54.539 will be 00:11:54.539 --> 00:11:54.939 indeed 00:11:54.939 --> 00:11:55.480 wonderful, 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:56.500 and eternity 00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:57.279 will be too 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:57.939 short to 00:11:57.939 --> 00:11:58.860 explore the 00:11:58.860 --> 00:11:59.500 unsearchable 00:11:59.500 --> 00:12:00.879 riches of 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:01.740 grace and 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:02.839 love contained 00:12:02.839 --> 00:12:03.399 in it. 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:04.240 God 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:08.759 has 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:09.519 joyfully 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:10.100 worship 00:12:10.100 --> 00:12:12.399 because God 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:13.299 has delivered 00:12:13.299 --> 00:12:14.659 us from 00:12:14.659 --> 00:12:15.340 his wrath. 00:12:16.860 --> 00:12:17.639 And that 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:18.299 is great and 00:12:18.299 --> 00:12:18.879 excellent news. 00:12:19.079 --> 00:12:19.299 And we 00:12:19.299 --> 00:12:19.779 could stop 00:12:19.779 --> 00:12:20.240 there this 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:20.639 morning. 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:22.059 But like 00:12:22.059 --> 00:12:23.819 the infomercial 00:12:23.819 --> 00:12:24.699 guy, I want 00:12:24.699 --> 00:12:25.319 to say, but 00:12:25.319 --> 00:12:26.059 wait, there's 00:12:26.059 --> 00:12:26.399 more. 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:28.899 There's more. 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:29.340 And if we 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:30.259 go back to 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:31.299 Exodus and 00:12:31.299 --> 00:12:32.579 we see the 00:12:32.580 --> 00:12:33.139 second of 00:12:33.139 --> 00:12:33.900 God's old 00:12:33.900 --> 00:12:36.540 mercies, we 00:12:36.540 --> 00:12:37.020 see that in 00:12:37.020 --> 00:12:38.300 addition to 00:12:38.300 --> 00:12:38.680 being at 00:12:38.680 --> 00:12:39.100 risk of 00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:39.900 suffering God's 00:12:39.900 --> 00:12:40.900 wrath, the 00:12:40.900 --> 00:12:42.240 Hebrews were 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:43.500 subjects of 00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:45.100 slavery at 00:12:45.100 --> 00:12:45.600 the cruel 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:46.420 hand of 00:12:46.420 --> 00:12:46.820 Egyptian 00:12:46.820 --> 00:12:47.639 taskmasters. 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:49.900 They came 00:12:49.900 --> 00:12:50.720 to Egypt 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:52.040 seeking 00:12:52.040 --> 00:12:53.000 satisfaction 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:53.840 and security 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:55.060 during a 00:12:55.060 --> 00:12:55.460 time of 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:55.800 famine. 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:56.720 And over 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:57.240 the years, 00:12:57.340 --> 00:12:57.759 they found 00:12:57.759 --> 00:12:58.340 themselves 00:12:58.340 --> 00:12:59.180 enslaved, 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:00.740 brutalized, 00:13:01.580 --> 00:13:02.320 devalued, 00:13:02.580 --> 00:13:06.120 and in 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:06.379 that 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:07.000 precarious 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:07.600 position, 00:13:09.280 --> 00:13:10.220 Exodus 3, 00:13:10.460 --> 00:13:10.920 7 through 00:13:10.920 --> 00:13:11.500 8 tells 00:13:11.500 --> 00:13:12.420 us that 00:13:12.420 --> 00:13:13.259 they cried 00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:13.940 out for 00:13:13.940 --> 00:13:14.879 a deliverer 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:15.840 and that 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:17.220 God heard 00:13:17.220 --> 00:13:18.139 their cry. 00:13:19.820 --> 00:13:20.740 And not 00:13:20.740 --> 00:13:21.200 only did 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:21.700 he hear 00:13:21.700 --> 00:13:22.560 their cry, 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:23.620 but he 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:25.139 provided for 00:13:25.139 --> 00:13:26.220 their deliverance. 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:26.340 And 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:26.379 he 00:13:26.379 --> 00:13:26.220 provided 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:27.379 for their 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:26.220 deliverance. 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:26.220 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:26.379 he 00:13:26.379 --> 00:13:26.220 provided 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:27.379 for their 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:26.220 deliverance. 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:28.220 And 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:28.220 00:13:32.580 --> 00:13:36.120 do you 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:36.460 know that 00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:36.820 nearly 00:13:36.820 --> 00:13:37.820 4,000 00:13:37.820 --> 00:13:38.420 years since 00:13:38.420 --> 00:13:38.700 then, 00:13:39.420 --> 00:13:40.580 people today 00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:41.680 find themselves 00:13:41.680 --> 00:13:42.680 enslaved, 00:13:44.340 --> 00:13:45.080 brutalized, 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:47.060 and devalued. 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:50.660 Such were 00:13:50.660 --> 00:13:50.960 we. 00:13:52.400 --> 00:13:53.639 We 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:56.500 were 00:13:56.500 --> 00:13:57.300 brutalized, 00:13:57.860 --> 00:13:58.440 enslaved, 00:13:58.600 --> 00:13:59.520 and devalued 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:00.840 by sin 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:01.480 and by 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:01.899 the law. 00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:03.319 And we 00:14:03.319 --> 00:14:04.019 could spend 00:14:04.019 --> 00:14:04.840 an entire 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:05.639 Sunday morning 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:06.319 talking about 00:14:06.319 --> 00:14:08.120 how impactful 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:09.399 our sin 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:10.100 and our 00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:10.899 enslavement 00:14:10.899 --> 00:14:11.620 to the law 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:13.199 changes us 00:14:13.199 --> 00:14:14.039 and enslaved 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:14.480 us. 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:16.779 But what is 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:17.360 essential to 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:17.919 understand 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:19.039 is that 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:19.779 just as the 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:20.159 Hebrews 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:21.279 needed a 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:22.079 deliverer 00:14:22.079 --> 00:14:22.799 from the 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:23.319 Egyptians, 00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:25.740 we 00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:27.819 need a 00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:28.379 deliverer. 00:14:29.560 --> 00:14:30.140 We 00:14:30.140 --> 00:14:30.440 are 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:31.100 incarcerated 00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:31.780 by our 00:14:31.780 --> 00:14:32.140 own 00:14:32.140 --> 00:14:32.640 sin, 00:14:32.800 --> 00:14:33.240 and the 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:33.780 law 00:14:33.780 --> 00:14:34.540 cannot 00:14:34.540 --> 00:14:35.140 deliver 00:14:35.140 --> 00:14:35.640 us, 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:36.879 but only 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:37.660 condemn 00:14:37.660 --> 00:14:38.000 us. 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:38.580 And that's 00:14:38.580 --> 00:14:39.120 where Martin 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.520 Luther 00:14:39.520 --> 00:14:41.060 found himself. 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.000 He 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:43.700 found himself 00:14:43.700 --> 00:14:44.080 at the 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:44.500 point where 00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.360 he realized 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.780 that he 00:14:46.780 --> 00:14:47.700 could not 00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:48.720 save himself. 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:49.379 And he 00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:50.160 records this 00:14:50.160 --> 00:14:50.900 as his 00:14:50.900 --> 00:14:51.320 opening 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:51.900 argument 00:14:51.900 --> 00:14:52.920 in the 00:14:52.920 --> 00:14:53.340 Heidelberg 00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:54.100 Disputation 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:55.220 when he 00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:55.540 writes, 00:14:55.680 --> 00:14:56.120 the law 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:56.740 of God, 00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:57.899 which is 00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.360 the most 00:14:58.360 --> 00:14:59.060 beneficial 00:14:59.060 --> 00:14:59.659 doctrine 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:00.340 of life, 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:01.879 is not 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:02.460 able to 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:03.340 advance man 00:15:03.340 --> 00:15:03.680 towards 00:15:03.680 --> 00:15:04.259 righteousness, 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:05.919 but rather 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:06.500 stands 00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:07.340 against him. 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.460 What 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:11.860 then is 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:12.360 our hope? 00:15:15.180 --> 00:15:16.180 How does 00:15:16.180 --> 00:15:16.519 God 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.500 liberate us 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:18.600 from our 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:19.519 sin and 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:19.879 from the 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:20.180 law? 00:15:21.779 --> 00:15:22.259 Martin 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.820 Luther near 00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:23.299 the end 00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:23.659 of that 00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:24.220 same 00:15:24.220 --> 00:15:25.279 work says, 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:26.459 he is not 00:15:26.459 --> 00:15:27.000 justified 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:27.480 who does 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.279 many works, 00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.699 but he 00:15:29.699 --> 00:15:30.079 who, 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:30.899 without 00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:31.360 work, 00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:32.319 believes 00:15:32.319 --> 00:15:33.179 much in 00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:33.740 Christ. 00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:36.259 The law 00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:36.899 says, 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:37.959 do this, 00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:39.039 and it 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:39.639 is never 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.039 done. 00:15:41.339 --> 00:15:41.720 Grace 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.360 says, 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:43.980 believe in 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:44.399 this, 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:46.220 and all 00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:47.720 things are 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:48.179 already 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:48.600 done. 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:49.600 God 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:50.600 will 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.600 do this. 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:52.740 And what 00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:53.740 great news 00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:54.800 to those 00:15:54.800 --> 00:15:55.300 of us 00:15:55.300 --> 00:15:55.840 who are 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.360 enslaved 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:56.980 to sin 00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:57.540 and 00:15:57.540 --> 00:15:58.899 brutalized 00:15:58.899 --> 00:15:59.279 by the 00:15:59.279 --> 00:15:59.580 law. 00:15:59.580 --> 00:16:01.720 I hope 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.100 you heard 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:02.340 it. 00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:04.480 Believe 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:05.379 that God 00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:05.700 through 00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:06.259 Christ 00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:07.000 paid the 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.280 penalty 00:16:07.280 --> 00:16:07.820 for our 00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.100 sin, 00:16:08.540 --> 00:16:09.060 and that 00:16:09.060 --> 00:16:09.360 Jesus' 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.000 perfect 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.560 obedience 00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:11.220 satisfies 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:11.960 the demands 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:12.220 of the 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:12.460 law, 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:13.320 and it's 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:13.960 all done. 00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:17.320 You 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:17.960 don't have 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:19.240 to struggle 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.080 or worry 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:21.480 about being 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:22.200 enslaved to 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:22.980 sin and 00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:23.920 about being 00:16:23.920 --> 00:16:24.720 brutalized by 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:25.160 the law 00:16:25.160 --> 00:16:26.000 because it's 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:26.840 all been 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.720 taken care 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:28.900 of by 00:16:28.900 --> 00:16:29.400 grace. 00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:30.280 through faith 00:16:30.280 --> 00:16:30.740 in Jesus 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.240 Christ. 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:33.320 And if 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:34.100 that doesn't 00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:35.139 elicit joyful 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.960 worship from 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:36.280 you, 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:40.360 question what 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:40.700 will. 00:16:44.420 --> 00:16:45.100 Well, 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.660 we look one 00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:46.100 more time 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:46.500 back to 00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:46.820 Exodus, 00:16:47.280 --> 00:16:48.820 and we see 00:16:48.820 --> 00:16:49.480 again the 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:50.200 last of 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:51.020 God's old 00:16:51.020 --> 00:16:52.259 mercies that 00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:53.160 elicit joyful 00:16:53.160 --> 00:16:53.800 worship from 00:16:53.800 --> 00:16:54.280 his people. 00:16:55.420 --> 00:16:55.960 As we see 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:57.080 that not only 00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:58.020 were the 00:16:58.020 --> 00:16:58.580 Hebrews 00:16:58.580 --> 00:17:00.200 rescued from 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:00.879 God's wrath, 00:17:01.020 --> 00:17:01.400 not only 00:17:01.400 --> 00:17:01.700 were they 00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:02.639 liberated from 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.200 slavery, 00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:04.000 but the 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.539 Hebrews 00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:05.920 found 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.680 themselves 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:08.620 after all 00:17:08.620 --> 00:17:09.200 of this 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.079 wandering. 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:13.960 They were 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.440 without a 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.779 home. 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:15.980 They were 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.480 without a 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:16.819 future. 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.059 They were 00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.819 without an 00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.460 identity. 00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:19.579 identity. 00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:22.019 And it's 00:17:22.019 --> 00:17:22.440 here that 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.700 the confession 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.120 that we 00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:24.640 read this 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.360 morning about 00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:26.740 the preamble 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.759 to the 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.880 Ten Commandments 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:29.440 proves 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.079 instructive. 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.539 God says, 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:34.360 I am the 00:17:34.360 --> 00:17:34.740 Lord, 00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:35.740 your God, 00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:37.000 which have 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.500 brought you 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.279 out of the 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.740 land of 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.039 Egypt, 00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:39.819 out of the 00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.299 house of 00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:40.840 bondage. 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:41.960 And through 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:42.380 this, 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.200 God is 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.380 saying, 00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.600 look, 00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:45.059 I am your 00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.480 identity. 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.420 I am giving 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:47.180 you a new 00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:47.620 identity. 00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:48.339 You are 00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:49.199 no longer 00:17:49.199 --> 00:17:50.179 a people 00:17:50.179 --> 00:17:50.619 who are 00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:51.439 enslaved in 00:17:51.439 --> 00:17:53.819 Egypt because 00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.579 I delivered 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.439 you from 00:17:55.439 --> 00:17:56.239 that bondage. 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:57.139 You are 00:17:57.139 --> 00:17:57.959 not wandering 00:17:57.959 --> 00:17:58.739 vagabonds. 00:17:58.939 --> 00:17:59.259 You are 00:17:59.259 --> 00:18:00.619 my people 00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:02.559 and I 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.379 am your 00:18:03.379 --> 00:18:03.799 God. 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:08.939 We, 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.219 too, 00:18:09.739 --> 00:18:11.159 need a new 00:18:11.159 --> 00:18:11.579 identity. 00:18:12.899 --> 00:18:13.479 We, 00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:13.879 too, 00:18:14.959 --> 00:18:15.319 having 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.919 suffered 00:18:15.919 --> 00:18:16.879 an 00:18:16.879 --> 00:18:17.599 enslavement 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:18.459 and having 00:18:18.459 --> 00:18:18.719 been 00:18:18.719 --> 00:18:19.319 liberated 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:21.119 need a 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:21.319 new 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:21.839 identity. 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.339 And Paul 00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:24.899 points to 00:18:24.899 --> 00:18:26.279 that in 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:28.579 chapter 4 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:29.399 of Galatians 00:18:29.399 --> 00:18:32.819 when he 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.619 writes this 00:18:33.619 --> 00:18:34.379 and painting 00:18:34.379 --> 00:18:34.939 such a 00:18:34.939 --> 00:18:35.339 beautiful 00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:36.399 picture of 00:18:36.399 --> 00:18:36.859 that new 00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.319 identity. 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.759 But when 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.219 the fullness 00:18:40.219 --> 00:18:40.759 of time 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.179 came, 00:18:42.179 --> 00:18:42.659 God sent 00:18:42.659 --> 00:18:43.159 forth his 00:18:43.159 --> 00:18:43.439 son, 00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.099 born of 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.459 a woman, 00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:45.399 born under 00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:45.859 the law, 00:18:45.859 --> 00:18:47.019 to redeem 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.619 those who 00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:48.039 were under 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.479 the law 00:18:48.479 --> 00:18:49.559 so that 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.059 we might 00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.779 receive 00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.479 adoption 00:18:51.479 --> 00:18:51.779 as 00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.219 sons. 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.139 And 00:18:53.139 --> 00:18:53.479 because 00:18:53.479 --> 00:18:54.199 you 00:18:54.199 --> 00:18:54.879 are 00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.799 sons, 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:56.839 God 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:57.339 has sent 00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:57.899 the spirit 00:18:57.899 --> 00:18:58.279 of his 00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:58.939 son into 00:18:58.939 --> 00:18:59.559 our hearts, 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:00.319 crying, 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:00.839 Abba, 00:19:00.939 --> 00:19:01.299 Father, 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.979 so you 00:19:02.979 --> 00:19:03.319 are no 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:03.879 longer a 00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:04.279 slave, 00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.139 but a 00:19:05.139 --> 00:19:05.479 son. 00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:06.719 And if a 00:19:06.719 --> 00:19:07.099 son, 00:19:07.659 --> 00:19:08.159 then an 00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:08.500 heir 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.839 through God. 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.019 You see, 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.599 we were 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:13.000 slaves to 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.440 sin and 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:13.900 the law 00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:15.339 without 00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:15.879 hope, 00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.519 but we 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.180 were freed 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.319 by faith 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.980 and now 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.400 we have 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:19.799 a hope 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.240 that is 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.920 certain and 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:21.559 sure through 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.180 Christ Jesus. 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.480 We were 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.059 sons of 00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.480 wrath, 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.059 separated 00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:25.879 from God 00:19:25.879 --> 00:19:26.319 for all 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:26.819 eternity. 00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.839 But now 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.180 we are 00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:34.680 separated 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:35.079 from the 00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:35.539 world, 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.559 having been 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.099 adopted 00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:39.139 as 00:19:39.139 --> 00:19:40.199 God's 00:19:40.199 --> 00:19:40.719 sons. 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.740 We were 00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.359 heirs to 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:43.799 death and 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.259 destruction, 00:19:44.719 --> 00:19:45.659 and now 00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:46.059 we are 00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.819 heirs of 00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.599 God's 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:47.939 kingdom 00:19:47.939 --> 00:19:48.639 through 00:19:48.639 --> 00:19:49.019 Jesus 00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.539 Christ. 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:54.219 And we 00:19:54.219 --> 00:19:54.579 see that 00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.019 in all of 00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.259 that, 00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.519 it is the 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.259 Holy Spirit 00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:58.859 who is 00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.879 sealing us 00:19:59.879 --> 00:20:02.459 just like 00:20:02.459 --> 00:20:03.399 the Father 00:20:03.399 --> 00:20:03.839 in the 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.559 Old Testament 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:06.039 in Hebrews 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:07.419 were 00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:07.919 enslaved, 00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:08.759 dipped 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.319 that 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:09.779 hyssop 00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.819 into the 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.159 blood 00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:12.459 and applied 00:20:12.459 --> 00:20:13.000 it to 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:14.119 the doorposts. 00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:14.939 The Holy 00:20:14.939 --> 00:20:15.500 Spirit 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.579 takes the 00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.439 finished work 00:20:17.439 --> 00:20:18.219 of Christ 00:20:18.219 --> 00:20:19.299 and applies 00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:19.839 it to our 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.639 very hearts, 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.599 marking 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.559 out once 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:23.980 and for 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:25.639 all that 00:20:25.639 --> 00:20:27.399 we are 00:20:27.399 --> 00:20:28.599 gods, 00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:29.599 sealed 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.759 for eternity. 00:20:32.699 --> 00:20:33.639 And not 00:20:33.639 --> 00:20:34.219 only that, 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.519 we are 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.179 adopted 00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:37.560 into the 00:20:37.560 --> 00:20:38.100 very 00:20:38.100 --> 00:20:38.799 family 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:40.060 of God. 00:20:43.060 --> 00:20:43.860 Not at 00:20:43.860 --> 00:20:44.539 a distance, 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:46.019 but intimately 00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.940 brought in 00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.840 to the 00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:48.580 very presence 00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:49.180 of God 00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.600 through the 00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:50.240 Holy Spirit 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.200 in such 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.660 that we 00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.420 can cry, 00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.279 Abba, 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:54.000 Father, 00:20:55.080 --> 00:20:55.620 Daddy. 00:20:55.620 --> 00:20:55.740 Daddy. 00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:59.519 Not God 00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.799 of the 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.200 universe, 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:01.519 but Daddy. 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:04.440 What a 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.140 wonderful 00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:06.920 state 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:08.720 the Holy 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.519 Spirit has 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.460 transferred us 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:10.860 into. 00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:14.019 We are no 00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.880 longer slaves. 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.279 We are no 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.960 longer subject 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.620 to God's 00:21:17.620 --> 00:21:17.940 wrath, 00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:19.340 but we 00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:20.080 are the 00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:21.160 very children 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.880 of God, 00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:24.580 able to 00:21:24.580 --> 00:21:25.440 cry out to 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:25.799 him 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:27.259 in all 00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:28.180 of life 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:30.460 and call 00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.839 him 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.779 Dad. 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.079 Oh, 00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:35.460 Christian, 00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.000 God has 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.659 infused you 00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:36.980 with a 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.700 new identity 00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.839 as his 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.460 dearly 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:39.859 beloved 00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.379 child. 00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.759 Would you 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.419 joyfully 00:21:43.419 --> 00:21:44.319 worship him 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:46.639 for that? 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.079 Well, 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.379 as we 00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:49.740 conclude 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.139 today's 00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:50.379 sermon, 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:50.940 I do 00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.339 so with 00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:51.980 a simple, 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.559 but what I 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:52.960 would say 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.700 a profound 00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.259 encouragement. 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:57.740 when you 00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.339 count your 00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.339 blessings and 00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.720 you name 00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.059 them one 00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:00.559 by one, 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:03.259 start with 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.839 these three 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.779 old mercies. 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.859 Start with 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.399 the fact 00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:10.099 that God 00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.659 the Father 00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.440 has delivered 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.079 us from 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.680 his wrath. 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.000 Start, 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.559 secondly, 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.919 knowing that 00:22:19.919 --> 00:22:20.680 through Jesus 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.519 he has 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.440 liberated us 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.180 from slavery 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.839 to sin 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.399 and oppression 00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:24.859 to the law. 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.399 third, 00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:30.220 that by the 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.659 working of 00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:30.980 the Holy 00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.379 Spirit, 00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:32.279 he has 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.859 adopted 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.399 us 00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:35.200 as his 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.819 beloved 00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.279 children. 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.579 In doing 00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:37.859 so, 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:39.119 we will 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:39.559 remind 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.240 ourselves 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.319 of, 00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:42.500 instruct 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.180 our children 00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.680 in, 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.740 and bear 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.559 witness to 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.059 the great 00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:47.000 works of 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.519 our gracious 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.000 God, 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.539 to whom 00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.379 belongs 00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.940 all joyful 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.500 worship, 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:53.659 glory, 00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.920 and honor, 00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:56.220 both now 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.060 and forever 00:22:57.060 --> 00:22:57.420 more. 00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.300 Amen. 00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.920 Let us 00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.140 pray. 00:23:02.300 --> 00:23:03.120 Oh God, 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.720 thank you 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:05.320 that you 00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:06.320 have done 00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:07.820 a remarkable 00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:08.360 work, 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:10.200 of which we 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.600 have seen 00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:11.300 three today. 00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:32.339 voy voy 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 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00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.339 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.419 Amen.