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 First, I want to offer a thank you, particularly to, well, especially to Pastor Greg, Pastor Nick, and Pastor Matt.

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 I say that not only because I want to say that, but also because I understand the privilege.

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 I understand the seriousness of the opportunity to stand before you.

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 I want to thank you and present what I believe the Lord put on my heart for this text for you.

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 And I really appreciate it.

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 I want to say thank you to those three, first of all.

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 Secondly, I want to also briefly tell you, say thank you to two people who are not here, but they're very much the reason why I'm here now.

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 Those are my parents, Dexter and Vena Park.

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 They've both gone on to be with the Lord, but they both had a passion for both the Lord and a passion for his word.

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 And he was also a bivocational pastor.

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 And through the, my friends used to call it 24-hour church.

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 They somehow were able to convey and pass this faith on to me.

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 So this is the reason why I'm here.

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 And part of the reason why I'm here, those two are part of the reason why I'm here.

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 Not only just because of my parents, but because of just their influence in the faith.

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 Let us pray.

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 Father in heaven, Lord, we thank you for your faithfulness.

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 We thank you for your grace, your power, your love.

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 Father, I pray that you would speak through me today, Lord.

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 Send your Holy Spirit to just illuminate your word, illuminate everything I have to say.

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 I pray, Lord God, now that the word of my mouth and the meditation of my heart will be acceptable in your sight.

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 O rock of my redeemer, in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So, are we cool?

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 We're good?

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 I'm not talking too loud.

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 Okay.

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 So today we're looking at Ephesians 2, verses 8-10.

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 And let me read.

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 For by grace you have been saved through faith.

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 And this is not your own doing.

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 It is a gift of God.

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 Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

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 In verse 10 it says,

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 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,

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 which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

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 About a month ago, I had the opportunity to see,

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 more like experience the brilliance of Savion Glover.

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 For those of us who don't know who Savion Glover is,

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 Savion is considered to be, by most, as Willie Huff,

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 the artistic director of the Duke Ellington Jazz Series at Yale School of Music,

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 aptly declared, the world's greatest living tap dancer.

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 Mr. Glover, who is also a choreographer,

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 performed with his jazz quartet called The Others with a Z at the end

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 at Sprague Memorial Hall on Yale's campus.

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 Not only dancing as Huff declared that he would do,

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 as David of the Bible did with all his might,

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 but he also conducted his quartet as he was dancing.

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 And his performance literally turned Sprague Memorial Hall upside down

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 with emotion, applause, and sheer beauty.

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 One of the most compelling things about his performance

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 were the moments where Savion appeared to be squarely in another world.

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 He especially noticed this when he was just,

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 he just closed his eyes at times,

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 facing the audience and dancing effortlessly,

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 with a smile from ear to ear,

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 his whole being engaged and relaxed.

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 He seemed as if he was experiencing a moment of joy,

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 somehow transported by the experience he was creating for us

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 into a world where we were no longer present

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 or available to provide him the energy to perform

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 or the validation that he may have needed,

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 assuming he needed any validation from us at all.

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 And it was a moment that read to me as transcendent

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 or surpassing the ordinary.

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 And in this transcendent moment,

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 he seemed truly alive.

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 And I could not help but think about the combination

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 of something transcendent and alive

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 that was operating out of a gift given to Savion

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 that I and others were encountering that night

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 that was making me feel so blessed and inspired

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 like much of the audience was feeling, I'm sure.

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 Here in the second chapter of Ephesians,

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 it tells us that we've been made alive in Christ.

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 But before that, we were dead in our trespasses and sins,

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 which he writes in verse one.

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 And then in verse five, he writes again,

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 this again about being dead.

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 And then he writes that we were made alive together with Christ.

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 Then he writes that by grace you have been saved.

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 And then he says again here in verse eight.

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 And this is where we pick up.

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 By grace.

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 For by grace you have been saved.

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 There's three things in this passage of Ephesians 2,

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 eight through 10,

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 I want to look at briefly tonight.

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 First thing is,

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 I want to look at some elements of the character of God's grace.

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 Some elements of the character of God's grace.

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 The second thing I would like to look at is the undeserved gift that God's grace gives.

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 The undeserved gift that God's grace gives.

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 And finally,

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 I want to look at the responsibility of being God's masterpiece.

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 The responsibility of being God's masterpiece.

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 First,

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 let's look at some of the elements of the character of God's grace.

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 Grace is the unmerited favor of God.

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 We heard deacon Jonathan,

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 Elder Jonathan say that last week.

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 The unmerited favor of God.

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 It comes from the Greek word charis,

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 which means a generous gift or charitable act in the most technical sense.

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 In verses six and seven,

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 we are told that God saves us so that he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace

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 and kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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 The word grace here is most likely speaking to a theological dimension of his meaning

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 that refers to God's free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ.

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 Yet what is interesting is that when Ephesians declared that God saves us

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 so that he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace and kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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 It's almost as if he,

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 if the,

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 this,

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 this kindness implicit within or part of this generous or charitable act,

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 charitable act of God,

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 within our author's mind is,

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 is not descriptive enough to express what God's grace is or has done for us.

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 So this grace of God seems to hold the distinction of being a generosity demonstrated by God in Christ

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 that is beyond kindness.

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 That should be expected,

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 you know,

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 in a generous or charitable act.

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 This kind of kindness should be expected.

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 It's almost as if the author was sitting there asking himself when writing this epistle,

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 you know,

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 how can I describe a type of generosity that is more than kind,

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 than,

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 than,

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 than kind,

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 uh,

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 the kind that you find in generosity itself?

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 Or how can I describe a generosity so kind that it's indescribable?

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 So God's grace is not only generous act.

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 It's not only a generous act.

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 But it is an indescribably kind,

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 indescribably kind,

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 stumbling over those words,

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 indescribably kind,

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 in this generosity.

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 So God's grace contains a generosity that is,

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 that is indescribably kind.

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 Next,

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 God's grace is full of wealth.

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 In verse seven,

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 we are told the riches of God's grace are immeasurable.

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 Now try not to think of money,

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 although God's shows favor in all areas of our lives,

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 including finances.

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 But think of the things money can't buy,

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 like favor,

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 healing,

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 restoration,

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 protection,

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 peace,

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 wisdom,

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 discernment,

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 power to overcome in trials,

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 divine directional guidance,

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 power to overcome sinful habits,

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 or just power to overcome ourselves,

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 power to overcome our past,

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 present,

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 and future,

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 a grace that is the same yesterday,

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 today,

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 and forever.

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 The immeasurable riches of God's grace.

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 So grace is rich.

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 A final thought on grace is,

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 not only is it a grace that is indescribably kind,

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 and rich,

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 but God's grace is also costly.

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 God's grace is also costly.

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 Meaning that it didn't come cheap.

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 In writing about grace,

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 German pastor and theologian,

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 Dietrich Bonhoeff,

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 a great book actually,

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 declared that true,

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 the book is called,

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 Cost of Discipleship,

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 declared that true grace,

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 which comes from God,

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 is costly.

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 He writes,

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 costly grace is a treasure,

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 is the treasure hidden in the field.

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 For the sake of it,

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 a man will gladly go and sell all that he has.

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 It is a pearl of great price to buy,

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 which the merchant will sell all his goods.

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 He goes on to say that it is costly,

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 because it costs a man his life.

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 And it is grace,

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 because it gives a man the only true life.

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 In other words,

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 it is in this true life,

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 where a man is made alive.

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 And this is accomplished,

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 as Ephesians points out,

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 verse eight,

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 through faith.

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 Before I talk about faith,

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 and just the undeserved gift of grace,

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 there's one more thing I want to say about grace,

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 and it's funny,

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 I didn't think about it this morning,

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 until I heard Pastor Nick preach,

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 and I ran into this quote,

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 and I said,

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 man,

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 I have to say this quote,

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 by the same lady he quoted this morning.

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 The grace of God is ultimately a mystery,

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 that we can never fully understand.

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 It's ultimately a mystery,

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 and the quote comes from author Anne Lamott.

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 She sums it up when she writes,

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 I do not understand the mystery of grace,

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 only that it meets us where we are,

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 but doesn't leave us where it found us.

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 So ultimately,

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 God's grace is beyond our comprehension,

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 but it does something to us.

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 And here I want to talk about one of those,

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 one of the things it does,

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 and here I want to talk about the undeserved gift

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 that God's grace gives.

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 The gift is salvation through Jesus Christ,

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 but it is accessed by or through faith.

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 The writer in the book of Hebrews,

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 in chapter 11 of verse one,

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 gives a definition of faith where he writes,

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 now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,

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 the conviction of things not seen.

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 Another translator puts it,

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 and I love this one,

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 it says,

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 now faith is confidence in what we hope for,

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 and assurance about what we do not see.

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 In verse two of the same chapter in Hebrews,

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 one translator writes,

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 for this kind of faith,

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 for this kind of faith,

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 the men of old gained divine approval.

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 Why was divine approval a combination given from God

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 to men and women of old,

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 as scripture points out?

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 It's simple.

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 Because they trusted what God said was true.

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 Because they trusted what God said was true.

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 In other words,

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 what God says here in Ephesians

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 about being saved by grace through faith

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 can be trusted.

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 And faith is important

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 because faith plays a big part,

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 not only in our conversion,

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 but also in living the Christian life

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 day by day by day.

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 Now we know this because scripture tells us

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 that the just shall live by faith

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 in Romans 1.17 and Galatians 3.11.

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 A prominent theologian,

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 when describing the character of faith,

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 wrote,

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 and I love this,

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 faith is a living and unshakable confidence.

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 A belief in the grace of God

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 so assured that a man would die

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 a thousand deaths for its sake.

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 This kind of confidence in God's grace,

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 and I would add God's character,

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 this sort of knowledge of it

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 makes us joyful,

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 high-spirited,

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 and eager in our relations with God

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 and with all mankind.

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 So faith is a big deal.

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 Who you and I put our faith in

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 is an even bigger deal.

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 It's such a big deal

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 that if you and I put our faith

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 in the right place,

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 meaning the God of the Bible,

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 the keeper of our souls,

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 through our relationship with his son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 then divine approval is attached to it.

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 Then divine approval

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 is attached to it.

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 Now the author tells us

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 in the second half of verse 8

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 through verse 9,

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 it's interesting,

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 he says,

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 not of your own doing,

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 seems to break it up,

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 not of your own doing,

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 it is a gift of God,

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 not the result of works,

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 so that no one may boast.

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 Now I don't know about you,

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 but I found myself wondering

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 why our author felt the need

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 to write this,

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 but he wrote,

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 not of your own doing,

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 it is a gift of God,

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 not the result of works,

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 so that no one may boast.

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 If we take a look at Ephesus

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 in antiquity,

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 or in biblical times,

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 the social context was interesting,

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 you know,

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 in a very unique way,

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 distinct way.

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 You know,

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 it was an honor-shame culture,

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 where honor and shame

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 were values

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 that shaped everyday life.

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 Honor,

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 the primary measure

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 of social status,

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 was based upon

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 ascribed honor

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 and acquired honor.

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 Inherited or ascribed honor

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 was social standing

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 due to being part

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 of a social unit,

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 principally a family.

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 For instance,

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 for those born to rulers,

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 those born to rulers

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 were held in high esteem

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 due to the family honor.

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 Now,

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 acquired honor

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 was gained

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 through meritorious deeds

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 or public performance.

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 The public forum

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 provided something

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 called challenges

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 for gaining

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 or losing honor.

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 A challenge,

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 depending on

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 where you ended up,

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 might show

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 the superiority

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 of one person

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 or group

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 over another.

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 Shame,

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 on the other hand,

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 was not simply

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 the opposite of honor.

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 Both positive

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 and negative shame

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 did exist.

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 Shame could be handled

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 positively

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 by knowing

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 how to keep matters

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 out of public awareness.

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 For example,

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 a woman

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 could bear shame

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 well by

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 remaining covered

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 in public

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 and avoiding

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 male-dominated arenas.

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 I told y'all

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 that was antiquity,

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 right?

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 So,

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 or shame

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 could also be

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 designated honor,

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 designated dishonor,

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 dishonor,

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 or loss of honor.

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 So,

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 most moral appeals

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 were made

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 to honor

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 or disgrace.

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 And because

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 of this reality,

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 members of the lower class

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 often knew

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 that the only way

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 they could get ahead

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 was through patronage,

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 which was typically

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 a mutual relationship

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 between those

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 of unequal status

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 and which both benefited.

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 So,

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 the giving and receiving

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 of favors,

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 not one's

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 industriousness

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 or hard work,

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 was a pathway

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 in most cases

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 to social elevation.

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 In other words,

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 you had to have

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 the hookup.

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 So,

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 this was the social

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 context

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 which existed

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 in Ephesus

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 and biblical times.

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 Therefore,

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 our author is putting it

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 in a context

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 to an audience

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 of individuals

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 who can understand

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 the relevance

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 and or consequence

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 of being hooked up

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 or not hooked up

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 in a society.

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 Work or work

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 in their relationships

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 or their status

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 or their savvy

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 to get something

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 they wanted

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 or something

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 that is being offered

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 or something

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 that's available

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 that's good.

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 But he's telling them

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 that you can't

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 utilize the culture's

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 customs

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 to get this gift

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 of salvation.

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 The gift does not have

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 and will never have

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 anything to do

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 with your hustle,

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 your good people-ness,

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 your connections

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 or your social status

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 or non-status.

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 There's no network

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 you and I can work.

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 There's no palm

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 that you or I

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 can grease,

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 literally or figuratively.

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 You do not have

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 to be down

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 with so-and-so.

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 If you have

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 the hookup,

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 wonderful.

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 If you don't,

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 that's wonderful too.

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 Everyone has to walk

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 through the same door

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 to acquire it

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 and that door

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 is Jesus Christ.

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 Now once we walk

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 through that door,

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 scripture tells us

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 in Ephesians

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 that we are made alive

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 although we were

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 once dead.

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 But it doesn't stop there.

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 It gets better.

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 It gets better.

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 The responsibility

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 of being

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 God's masterpiece.

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 Next,

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 according to the book

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 of Ephesians,

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 we now become

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 God's workmanship

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 One translator writes

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 that we are

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 God's masterpiece

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 or work of art

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 because we have been

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 created in Christ Jesus

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 something only God

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 can do.

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 Now what could this mean?

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 God's masterpiece.

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 Not only does it

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 mean something

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 but it carries with it

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 a responsibility.

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 Now if we think

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 about a masterpiece

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 or a work of art,

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 first thing that comes

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 to mind for most

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 is something visual.

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 Something to be viewed,

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 to be appreciated

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 with our sense of sight.

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 But we also know

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 that art or masterpieces

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 can come in many forms.

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 It could be musical

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 or poetic,

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 packaged in your favorite

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 song or poem

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 and therefore heard

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 to be appreciated

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 as opposed to being seen.

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 It could have an aroma

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 like your favorite dish.

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 If you're me,

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 for me,

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 you know,

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 if you're from Jamaica,

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 if there's Jamaicans in here,

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 that dish would be

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 stew peas,

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 the pork version,

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 not the vegan version,

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 whatever that is,

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 cooked by a master chef

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 and the master chef

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 in my case

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 would be one of my aunties.

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 And that can ultimately

00:20:05.560 --> 00:20:08.000
 not only be smelled

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 but tasted.

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 A masterpiece can be touched

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 like a scarf

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 someone knitted

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 just for you

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 or a beautiful

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:18.600
 handmade Persian rug

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 under your feet.

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 but I submit to you

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 that the best art

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 moves beyond impacting

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 the individual peculiarities

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 of the five senses

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 and becomes something

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 that is fully experienced

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 and done so in a way

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 that everything around it

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 or that comes in contact

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 with it

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 can become blessed by it,

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 encouraged by it,

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 strengthened by it,

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 and ultimately

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:46.440
 transformed by it.

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 So as God's masterpiece

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 or as God's workmanship

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:52.500
 made the image of God

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 and transformed

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 by the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ,

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.859
 we have a job to do.

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 We have a responsibility.

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 In fact,

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 this is possibly the reason

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:03.960
 why those in Christ

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 are called

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 God's masterpiece

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 because God wanted

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:08.720
 to do something

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 with us

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:11.160
 being his people

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 that would extend

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 beyond our own benefit

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 or that of our own

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 immediate community

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 or of people

00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:18.600
 who look like us

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 or act like us

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 or who may see life

00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:21.980
 in the same way

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 as we see it.

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 In other words,

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 as God's masterpiece,

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 we now

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:26.820
 are put in a position

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 to bring a

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.720
 transcendent experience

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.279
 to earth

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 through the power

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.820
 of God's Holy Spirit

00:21:31.820 --> 00:21:32.820
 that dwells in us

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 because of our commitment

00:21:34.540 --> 00:21:35.580
 to the risen Lord.

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 Well, how do we do that?

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 As my pastor in L.A.

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 would say,

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 you know,

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 you ask good questions

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 on a Sunday night,

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 725 on a Sunday night.

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 Well, Ephesians

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:54.200
 provides us a clue

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 by telling us

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.740
 in verse 10

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 that we are created

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 in Christ

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 for something

00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:01.400
 called good works.

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 And these are

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.000
 good works

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.860
 that God created

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.600
 beforehand

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:08.859
 specifically for us

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:10.659
 so that we should

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.379
 walk in them

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 or that they should

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.699
 be our way of life.

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.459
 These good works

00:22:18.459 --> 00:22:19.059
 that Ephesians

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.759
 refers to

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.959
 are a necessary

00:22:20.959 --> 00:22:21.919
 component

00:22:21.919 --> 00:22:22.799
 of our walk

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.179
 with the Lord.

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.519
 Why?

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.579
 Scholar Richard F.

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.299
 Lovelace writes

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.799
 in reference

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:28.659
 to Jonathan Edwards'

00:22:29.219 --> 00:22:29.639
 conclusions

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.319
 on the nature

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.039
 of good works

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 and why

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 they're necessary

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 to bring about

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 full-fledged renewal

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 in the world

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 points out

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 that good works

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 had to involve

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 a balance

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 between personal

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 concern for the

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 individual

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 and social concern.

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 It went beyond

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 that proliferation

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 of religiosity

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 in the form of

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 meetings,

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.680
 prayers,

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 singing,

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 and religious talk

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 to emphasizing

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 works of love

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 and mercy

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 which will bring

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 the God of love

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 down from heaven

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 to earth

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 to set up

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 his tabernacle

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 with men on earth

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 and dwell with them.

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 So God has

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 designed us

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 as masterpieces

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 to be experienced

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 especially as we

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 move out

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 from the familiar

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 much like great art

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 when put on display

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 so that people

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 will get to know God

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 so that people

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 will get to know

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 God.

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 We are those

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 works of art

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 that are created

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 to

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 now I'm quoting

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 Pastor Matt

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.980
 on this one

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 display God's

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 nature,

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 character,

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 and work

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 in the earth

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 or in short

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 God's glory.

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 And even more

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 than Savion Glover's

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 performance that night

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 our lives

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 will then become

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 something more

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 transcendent

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 emanating

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 and shining bright

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 the beauty

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 of the Lord.

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 I want to add

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 that the nature

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 of good works

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 means that

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 it can be

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 almost anything

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 because it will

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 be different

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 for each individual

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 in this room.

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 So I can't tell you

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 what God has designed

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 for you to do

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 but scripture

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.480
 gives us a clue

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 concerning how

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 we can examine

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 what we are doing

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:08.519
 as we pursue

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:10.019
 what God has designed

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.680
 for you and I

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 to do

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 and in doing so

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 pursue God's

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 will and way

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 in the process.

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 Here's a clue.

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 2 Corinthians 5

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:23.099
 17-20

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 we read

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 therefore if anyone

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 is in Christ

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 he's a new creature

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 the old

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 has passed away

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 behold

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 the new has come

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 all this is from God

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 who through Christ

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.679
 reconciled us

00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:39.159
 to himself

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 and gave us

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:41.000
 the ministry

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.959
 of reconciliation

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 underline

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.199
 ministry of reconciliation

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 verse 19

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 that is

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.980
 Christ in God

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 was reconciling

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.699
 the world to himself

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 not counting

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.039
 the trespasses

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 against them

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 and entrusting to us

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 here's the other part

00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:54.080
 the message

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.759
 of reconciliation

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 therefore we are

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.860
 ambassadors for Christ

00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:59.240
 God making his appeal

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.380
 through us

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.880
 we implore you

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.860
 on behalf of Christ

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.980
 be reconciled

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.540
 to God

00:25:04.540 --> 00:25:07.660
 so we have been

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.580
 reconciled to God

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.160
 in Christ

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 and we have been

00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:11.660
 given both

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.380
 a ministry

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:14.020
 and a message

00:25:14.020 --> 00:25:15.400
 of reconciliation

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.759
 to help others

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.759
 to be reconciled

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.320
 to God

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 to reconcile

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 means to

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:23.019
 cause people

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.440
 or groups

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.480
 to become friendly

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.860
 again

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:26.200
 after an argument

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.519
 or disagreement

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.440
 or misunderstanding

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:31.300
 those of us

00:25:31.300 --> 00:25:31.940
 who know Christ

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.519
 through his death

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.940
 and resurrection

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:35.340
 we now have

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:36.160
 peace with God

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:39.300
 theologian James

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 the oldest Roberts

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 writes

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:43.840
 the reconciliation

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.940
 of man to man

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:47.299
 through the reconciliation

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.580
 of man to God

00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:50.840
 releases the healing

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.779
 power of the cross

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 of Christ

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 into this

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 anxious

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.200
 broken

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.120
 and bitter world

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 only redeemed

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.380
 men

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.360
 can serve

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.200
 as agents

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.019
 of reconciliation

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:05.620
 so these good works

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.480
 that God designed

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.539
 might well be attached

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.559
 to this ministry

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:08.960
 and message

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.539
 of reconciliation

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:12.320
 and it's interesting

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:12.759
 that we

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:14.079
 we hear the terms

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.759
 ministry

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.680
 and message

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.420
 because the scripture

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.099
 does not say

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.660
 that this

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:19.500
 ministry and message

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.579
 is only for pastors

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:22.900
 or extroverts

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:25.339
 or div school students

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:27.000
 or popular people

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.559
 in church

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.640
 no

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:30.240
 it's for all of us

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:32.240
 because if you're

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.779
 an introvert

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:34.980
 God knows that already

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:37.660
 or if you are not

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.640
 the best communicator

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.539
 God knows that too

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:42.500
 but he also knows

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.099
 that everyone

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:44.200
 everybody can do

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.599
 something

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:46.940
 because God

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.819
 designed us

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.279
 to do

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.339
 whatever that

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.980
 something is

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.980
 specific to how

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.159
 he created

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:53.079
 and wired us

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:54.539
 and there are no

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.079
 exceptions

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:57.399
 therefore

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:59.740
 it is something

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.319
 that you and I

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.960
 must seek

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:02.700
 after from God

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:04.279
 and if there's

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.740
 any prayer

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.559
 that you and I

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.220
 can trust

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.480
 the Lord

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.000
 will answer

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:08.319
 is a prayer

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.019
 that asks God

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.559
 to point us

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.140
 towards what

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.000
 he has designed

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.720
 for us

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:14.599
 it is in God's

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:14.980
 will that

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.900
 we know

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.259
 and do

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.059
 these good works

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:20.019
 and it is in

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.380
 his will

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.480
 that we know

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:21.960
 and we do

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:24.160
 these good works

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:25.640
 that he's designed

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:25.980
 for us

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.519
 in Christ

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:29.519
 and we can trust

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.900
 that praying

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:31.039
 with God's will

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.420
 in mind

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:32.000
 is a great way

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.359
 to pray

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:33.980
 because he will

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.599
 respond to our

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.359
 desire for his

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.619
 will

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:36.419
 and his way

00:27:36.419 --> 00:27:37.719
 in our lives

00:27:37.719 --> 00:27:40.819
 in Christ

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.359
 we are God's

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.019
 masterpiece

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:43.959
 we are God's

00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:44.539
 work of art

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:47.239
 and again

00:27:47.239 --> 00:27:47.719
 because we've

00:27:47.719 --> 00:27:48.299
 been made alive

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.819
 in Christ

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:51.099
 if you know

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.919
 Jesus Christ

00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:55.179
 in this specific

00:27:55.179 --> 00:27:55.699
 reality

00:27:55.699 --> 00:27:56.739
 we can then

00:27:56.739 --> 00:27:57.659
 manifest God's

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:57.979
 beauty

00:27:57.979 --> 00:28:03.919
 in closing

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:08.920
 Dr. Tim Keller

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.320
 in his book

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:09.660
 The Reason

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.220
 for God

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:12.800
 points out

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.860
 that the existence

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.440
 of God

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.519
 can be seen

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.460
 or proven

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.680
 within what he

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.580
 calls the clue

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.200
 of beauty

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.519
 the clue

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.019
 of beauty

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:22.740
 that is often

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.460
 associated with

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.039
 great art

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:26.300
 he writes

00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:27.420
 that such clues

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.400
 give a sense

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:29.100
 that life is

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.960
 not a tale

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.960
 told by an idiot

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:32.680
 full of sound

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.779
 and fury

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.860
 signifying nothing

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:36.880
 great art

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.559
 fills you with

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.019
 hope

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:39.180
 and gives you

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.819
 the strength

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.720
 to carry on

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.740
 though you

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.600
 cannot define

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.180
 what it is

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.900
 that moves you

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:47.279
 but as God's

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.759
 workmanship

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:49.039
 created for good

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.440
 works

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:51.579
 we know

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.340
 what not only

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:53.180
 moves us

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.720
 but also

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.440
 what is capable

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.380
 of moving others

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:57.740
 and transforming

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.440
 their lives

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.900
 the lives

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.120
 of their

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.759
 communities

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:02.740
 and the world

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:04.160
 just like we've

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.380
 been

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.100
 and are continuing

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:06.019
 to be transformed

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:07.539
 in the image

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:07.920
 of Christ

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.420
 by the power

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.200
 of the Holy Spirit

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:14.720
 by the way

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:17.640
 let me take

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.019
 some pressure

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.820
 off all of us

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:21.500
 we also know

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.980
 that because

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.840
 of God's grace

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:25.619
 we are allowed

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.579
 to be a masterpiece

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.899
 and a works

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.399
 in progress

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.459
 at the same time

00:29:29.459 --> 00:29:32.559
 because we've

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.099
 been made alive

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.659
 in Christ

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.919
 who's merciful

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.799
 towards us

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:37.500
 scripture tells us

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.159
 in Micah 7

00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:38.899
 18 to 20

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.679
 that he delights

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:40.500
 to show mercy

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.819
 I love how the message

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.279
 says it

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.539
 it's his favorite part

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:46.319
 he's a God

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.419
 of steadfast love

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.159
 and compassion

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:50.560
 and we

00:29:50.560 --> 00:29:51.480
 as his workmanship

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 are an everlasting

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 work

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 made alive

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 in Christ

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 whose scripture

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:57.019
 declares

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 is Christ

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 in you

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 the hope

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 of glory

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 in closing

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 closing

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 given the times

00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.500
 we're in politically

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:10.860
 given the fact

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 that Tuesday

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 is fast approaching

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 I want to

00:30:14.540 --> 00:30:15.120
 encourage everyone

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.380
 as

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:17.480
 a few of the

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.100
 pastors have already

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.459
 done

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:19.859
 I want to

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.480
 encourage everyone

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.279
 here by declaring

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.639
 that this hope

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 we have

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:24.039
 in Christ

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 is unchanging

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 it will remain

00:30:27.439 --> 00:30:27.899
 the same

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 no matter what

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 happens

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 or does not

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 happen on Tuesday

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 heaven

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:34.959
 will not be

00:30:34.959 --> 00:30:35.419
 shocked

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:36.819
 by the outcome

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.439
 of Tuesday's

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:37.799
 election

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 the God

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 whom we belong

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.000
 to

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 and whom we serve

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 will not be

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.219
 wringing his hands

00:30:43.219 --> 00:30:43.759
 about it

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 but one thing

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.719
 is for certain

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.339
 leaders may

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 leaders may

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.420
 change

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:51.200
 governments may

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.880
 change

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.980
 turmoil will

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.839
 come and go

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:55.700
 but the kingdom

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.200
 of God

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.960
 of whom we

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.940
 are citizens

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:59.680
 of whom we

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.339
 are citizens

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:01.559
 remains rock

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:01.960
 solid

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.299
 and consistent

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:05.220
 and it is

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.940
 as the book

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.360
 of Hebrews

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:06.819
 declares

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.460
 it is an

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.180
 unshakable

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.799
 kingdom

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:11.940
 so let us

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.500
 keep our focus

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.779
 here

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:15.019
 and then set

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.419
 our face

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:16.000
 like Flint

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.740
 to the good

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.440
 works he has

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.019
 designed for us

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.399
 to do

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:22.319
 God bless you

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:24.119
 let us pray

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 I just want to

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:27.299
 say thank you

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:30.819
 thank you that

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.139
 you

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:32.599
 you're mindful

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:32.980
 of us

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.359
 like

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.919
 the psalmist

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.299
 says

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.919
 what is

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.899
 no

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.480
 what is man

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.900
 that you're so

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.559
 mindful of us

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.019
 that you care

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.539
 for us

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:41.380
 you care for us

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.720
 so much

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.160
 Lord God

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.839
 that you sent

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.299
 your son

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:44.880
 to die

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:46.680
 and be

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.180
 resurrected

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:49.980
 so we can

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.599
 have life

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.480
 true life

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:53.140
 be made alive

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.500
 in him

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.860
 Lord

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:56.799
 Father we also

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.640
 thank you in advance

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.019
 Lord God

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.700
 for what you have

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.299
 for us to do

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.059
 I pray Lord God

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:01.779
 that myself

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.360
 included

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:04.059
 that we would

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:05.279
 be able to

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.160
 Lord move in the

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:06.980
 direction Lord God

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.680
 you designed for

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.120
 our lives

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:08.600
 Lord God

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:11.120
 with dead set

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.740
 determination

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:13.980
 and with

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.940
 complete trust

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:18.060
 in who you are

00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:20.200
 and what you say

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:23.800
 knowing Lord God

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.440
 that the plans you

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.080
 have for us are

00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.840
 good plans

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:27.259
 plans not to

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.840
 harm us but to

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.440
 give us a hope

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.019
 and a future

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:33.200
 help us Lord God

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:35.920
 to complete

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.440
 the job

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.100
 assignment you've

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:37.680
 had for us

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.539
 to do Lord God

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.900
 in that

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.680
 those good works

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.180
 you've designed

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:41.080
 for us Lord God

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:42.319
 in Christ

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:44.460
 so when it's all

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.000
 said and done

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.440
 Lord God

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.000
 you'll be able to

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.819
 say just well done

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.259
 thou good and

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.220
 faithful servant

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:50.640
 we thank you Lord

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.799
 we give you the

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.200
 honor and glory

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:53.140
 and praise Lord God

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:55.779
 for who you are

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:57.380
 and what you've done

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.900
 we thank you and ask

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.799
 this in Jesus name

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.779
 Amen

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:02.779
 Amen