WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:10.160 Good morning, everyone. So lovely to see you. Jackson, buddy. There, there he is. Thank you. 00:00:10.740 --> 00:00:17.600 And on behalf of us all, know how encouraging that was for all of us to hear what God's done in your life. 00:00:18.260 --> 00:00:23.859 And know how humbling it was for me, because I almost feel like I'm standing up here and saying, kind of, yeah, what he said. 00:00:23.859 --> 00:00:30.780 But we're going to get into Acts 13. Here's what I want you to do, or I want to do rather. 00:00:30.899 --> 00:00:38.700 I want to make a beeline with your Bibles open. And I want to show you the one word that's right at the heart of our passage today. 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:44.600 And it's the one word, I think, that's one of the most important of the Bible. 00:00:45.140 --> 00:00:52.039 And so to get this one word is to get the good news that's at the heart of Christianity. 00:00:52.039 --> 00:01:00.659 You'll see it in verse 39 if you come with me. Justified. Big words. Let me break it down for us, okay? 00:01:00.879 --> 00:01:05.739 And here's why whoever you are here today, all of us should care about this word. 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:13.180 Because it's a word that transports us to the very courtroom of our creator. 00:01:13.180 --> 00:01:26.180 And it's a word that pronounces that guilty human beings like us can be forgiven and be made right with the God who made us. 00:01:27.720 --> 00:01:32.560 That's what it is to be justified. It's to be pronounced right with him. 00:01:33.580 --> 00:01:39.300 And so the question we've got to ask is how do we get justified, right? 00:01:39.299 --> 00:01:42.239 Here's how I used to think it worked. 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:48.479 See if this connects. My little girl Grace and I, we went to the Commonwealth pool a few months ago. 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.920 So Tuesday afternoon, we've got 20 minutes to kill before her swimming lesson starts. 00:01:54.039 --> 00:01:57.400 And so we go at the stand, which you can see in the picture there. 00:01:58.060 --> 00:02:02.299 And we start watching what's going on, in her words, in the big pool. 00:02:02.299 --> 00:02:04.399 Okay, so we're watching the big pool. 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:12.479 And as it turns out, in a Tuesday afternoon, the Scottish highboard diving team are doing their thing. 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:15.139 Okay, apparently they do this every Tuesday afternoon. 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:18.699 The two of us are watching this and we're absolutely gripped by it. 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:21.620 So we watch them all go up one by one. 00:02:21.699 --> 00:02:24.400 We watch them go up and up and up, depending how brave they are. 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:25.840 You can see the height of it. 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:29.519 Watch them go up and then we watch them come down. 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:33.200 And we watch as every single one of them would hit the water. 00:02:33.340 --> 00:02:36.680 We'd watch as every single one of them would make the splash and resurface again. 00:02:37.060 --> 00:02:41.960 We'd watch as every single one of them would make the splash rise and take off their goggles. 00:02:42.180 --> 00:02:47.520 And we'd watch as every single one of them would do that process and look in the one place, the same place. 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:49.580 Do you know what they were looking? 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.439 They were looking at the judges, right? 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:55.640 And the judges were there. 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:56.800 They would hold up the scores. 00:02:56.900 --> 00:02:58.719 They would look at one another, give each other a nod. 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:03.020 Seven, eight, six. 00:03:03.699 --> 00:03:05.819 One dude got a three, which I thought was brutal. 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:10.159 But what are they longing to see? 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:13.939 They're longing to see the perfect ten. 00:03:15.219 --> 00:03:16.219 It's what they live for. 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:16.919 It's what they do. 00:03:17.300 --> 00:03:18.319 Looking at the judge. 00:03:18.780 --> 00:03:20.060 Tell me I was good enough. 00:03:21.139 --> 00:03:22.139 Tell me I made it. 00:03:22.419 --> 00:03:23.560 Tell me I earned it. 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:25.620 Seeing the score. 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:29.659 And that demoralizing feeling that they hadn't hit it. 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:31.979 Do you know what? 00:03:32.020 --> 00:03:36.939 That's exactly how I used to think it worked with God, the creator. 00:03:37.939 --> 00:03:40.920 It's one of the ways the Bible describes sin in our human hearts. 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:46.119 Falling short of the holiness of this God. 00:03:46.219 --> 00:03:48.759 I was living my life, asking the question, am I good enough? 00:03:48.839 --> 00:03:49.959 Trying to be a good person. 00:03:50.060 --> 00:03:51.139 Is he pleased with me? 00:03:51.399 --> 00:03:54.379 Maybe if I bring my religious A game, then he'll love me. 00:03:54.379 --> 00:04:04.659 But realizing then the state of my heart and my inability to obey and coming away devastated 00:04:04.659 --> 00:04:10.099 with that crushing feeling that I'm never going to measure up. 00:04:11.659 --> 00:04:12.500 Sound familiar? 00:04:14.019 --> 00:04:21.100 Like I said, we naturally think, isn't it, in our world that tells us that we need to work 00:04:21.100 --> 00:04:21.740 our way up. 00:04:21.740 --> 00:04:23.780 To whatever it is we're trying to do. 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:28.300 So I used to think this word justified work. 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:33.180 Summing it up, if I achieved, then I would belong. 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:37.699 It's exactly what Jackson was saying, wasn't it, in his story. 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:40.240 Achieve to belong. 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.400 Question, I wonder, how do you think it works here today? 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:45.259 How do you think it works? 00:04:45.960 --> 00:04:46.900 Do you know why you're chewing on it? 00:04:46.960 --> 00:04:49.480 Let me take you to this passage and these people in it. 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:53.620 Let me show you how many of them think it works. 00:04:53.819 --> 00:04:56.900 Okay, so we're back with Paul and Barnabas, verse 13. 00:04:58.060 --> 00:05:03.400 In the story of this book of Acts, which has been the story of the growth of the early church. 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:09.560 As Jesus, the risen Jesus, continues to move in the world. 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:11.040 Paul and Barnabas, verse 13. 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:17.020 They've sailed from Cyprus and they've landed in this place called Perga. 00:05:17.140 --> 00:05:22.360 So in terms of geography, where we are now, you can think of it as like modern day Turkey. 00:05:23.200 --> 00:05:23.340 Right? 00:05:23.400 --> 00:05:30.180 And from there, when they land in Perga, they make their way inland to this city called Pisidian Antioch. 00:05:30.180 --> 00:05:39.300 So in terms of geography of modern day Turkey, in terms of biblical history, we've now stepped into the region in this day that's known as Galatia. 00:05:40.780 --> 00:05:49.160 And so in terms of understanding our Bibles and how they're put together, we've got to understand that this is the background for the book in our Bibles called Galatians. 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:52.700 And you'll see a lot of the themes that are coming up this morning. 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:59.380 You'll track with them as Paul writes his letter to the people who become Christians in this region. 00:05:59.960 --> 00:06:06.200 And so even though this is a Gentile place, Pisidian Antioch, Gentile, i.e. non-Jewish. 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:08.020 It's a non-Jewish city. 00:06:08.860 --> 00:06:10.879 Do you see in the text how they find their way? 00:06:10.960 --> 00:06:14.640 They make their way to a local synagogue. 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:15.140 Right? 00:06:15.220 --> 00:06:18.940 So this is just a place where the local Jews, they meet. 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:26.819 And you kind of get a flavor here of what goes on on the Sabbath when they meet together. 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:28.279 They read from the Old Testament. 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:30.000 You see it? 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:33.980 Verse 15, chapter 13, they read from the Old Testament. 00:06:34.980 --> 00:06:38.680 And then what they likely do is they just invite someone to bring some thoughts. 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:40.360 Okay? 00:06:40.939 --> 00:06:43.500 So how do these people think that they are justified? 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:46.139 Verse 39. 00:06:48.939 --> 00:06:52.480 By keeping the law of Moses. 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:53.920 Right? 00:06:53.980 --> 00:06:58.660 You can read there the keeping of the Ten Commandments and all the additional laws which kind of orbit round about. 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:11.639 So to a Jewish mind, to behave is to be a sign, a sure way of knowing that you are within the circle of God's grace. 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:15.560 That's how they think they are justified. 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:18.620 The keeping of the law of Moses. 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:24.599 And from how they think it works, here's how Paul has come to see that it works. 00:07:25.319 --> 00:07:26.979 So this is my thing back to the diving board. 00:07:27.099 --> 00:07:31.279 I thought, I wonder if you think this morning, the key word is achieve. 00:07:31.659 --> 00:07:34.180 People in this passage, what do they think the key word is? 00:07:34.719 --> 00:07:35.240 Behave. 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:37.939 Paul says, believe. 00:07:39.840 --> 00:07:40.240 Believe. 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:44.560 Now before we think it's gone all Oprah Winfrey on us, right? 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:46.280 Student motivational poster. 00:07:48.900 --> 00:07:51.100 See the crux of his message at verse 38. 00:07:51.100 --> 00:07:55.680 How can you and I be right with God? 00:07:55.740 --> 00:07:59.020 How can any human being be right with a holy God one way? 00:08:00.700 --> 00:08:07.240 Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus. 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:12.220 Two of the most sweetest words I think we can hope to ever hear. 00:08:13.980 --> 00:08:15.520 Through Jesus. 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:17.620 Not through you. 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:19.259 Not by trying harder. 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:21.000 Not by doing things. 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:23.899 Through Jesus. 00:08:23.979 --> 00:08:26.680 Let those words just wash over you this morning. 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:32.019 Through Jesus is the forgiveness of sins that's proclaimed to you. 00:08:34.139 --> 00:08:34.779 Through him. 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.319 Everyone who believes is set free from every sin. 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:45.059 A justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. 00:08:45.059 --> 00:08:46.059 Through Jesus. 00:08:46.819 --> 00:08:47.879 You remember one thing from this? 00:08:48.319 --> 00:08:49.659 Probably remember the diving board, right? 00:08:49.739 --> 00:08:50.319 Remember this. 00:08:50.459 --> 00:08:51.059 Through Jesus. 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:53.519 Through him. 00:08:55.419 --> 00:08:58.059 So here's a guy who's the top of the class Jew. 00:08:58.799 --> 00:08:59.239 That's Paul. 00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:05.139 Whose moral record, whose upstanding and active religious life would put all of us to shame. 00:09:05.479 --> 00:09:06.899 Would take all of us to task. 00:09:07.019 --> 00:09:08.739 Take all of us to town and back again. 00:09:10.699 --> 00:09:12.500 And yet what has he come to see? 00:09:12.500 --> 00:09:16.600 This is not how he would get right with God. 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:19.000 This is not how any of us will get right with God. 00:09:19.059 --> 00:09:24.879 Here's a man in the first century whose words were echoed by Mumford and Sons in the 21st century. 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:25.879 Writing, singing, 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:28.399 It seems that all my bridges have been burnt. 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:33.120 But you say that's exactly how this grace thing works. 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:37.480 You see, grace, the message of grace is about to hit Galatia. 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:41.100 How are we justified? 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:44.980 One way through faith in this Jesus. 00:09:45.220 --> 00:09:46.279 I love verse 15. 00:09:47.019 --> 00:09:47.799 What they say? 00:09:48.259 --> 00:09:50.879 Brothers, if any of you has anything to say, please speak. 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:52.620 Now, you're a preacher. 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:53.879 This is a free hit. 00:09:53.980 --> 00:09:54.939 This is an open goal. 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:56.299 This is a gift horse in the mouth. 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:58.700 You can pick your phrase. 00:10:00.980 --> 00:10:05.439 And you kind of think, I bet you kind of wish you hadn't asked that for Paul. 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:07.159 Paul, do you want to say something? 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:07.620 What does he say? 00:10:07.659 --> 00:10:08.179 Give me the mic. 00:10:08.439 --> 00:10:08.620 Right? 00:10:08.820 --> 00:10:10.059 Three stops in his sermon. 00:10:10.059 --> 00:10:15.539 And this is Paul's first ever sermon on Gentile Saul. 00:10:15.619 --> 00:10:17.119 I think that's why it's quite significant here. 00:10:17.219 --> 00:10:19.459 It's almost as if, look at this point in the narrative, 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:21.379 is saying this is the sermon. 00:10:21.739 --> 00:10:24.479 This is the message that did the rounds in Galatia. 00:10:25.259 --> 00:10:27.359 This is what Paul was saying. 00:10:27.719 --> 00:10:28.559 It's significant. 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:32.039 And it's almost as if he invites all those who are in the synagogue listening in 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:36.139 to take their seats as he takes them on an open bus tour of the Bible story. 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:36.779 Right? 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:39.559 You ever done one of those things in Edinburgh? 00:10:40.059 --> 00:10:41.000 Open bus tour. 00:10:41.079 --> 00:10:41.599 You sit there. 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:42.579 What does the tour guide do? 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:44.039 Just takes you through the stops. 00:10:44.579 --> 00:10:45.339 Here's what you see. 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:45.919 Right? 00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:46.819 Here's what's going on. 00:10:46.979 --> 00:10:48.099 Paul's first ever sermon. 00:10:48.599 --> 00:10:52.559 The sign above the first stop reads promise. 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:54.559 Verse 23. 00:10:54.699 --> 00:10:55.139 Come with me. 00:10:55.219 --> 00:10:55.579 Promise. 00:10:57.979 --> 00:10:59.579 You see, right at the beginning of the Bible story, 00:10:59.779 --> 00:11:03.319 Adam and Eve, they sin in the Garden of Eden. 00:11:03.779 --> 00:11:05.619 They disobey God's word. 00:11:05.619 --> 00:11:08.939 It's almost as if you could read there that they become unjustified 00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:11.620 in this God's sight. 00:11:12.800 --> 00:11:15.140 Death and sin reigns among humanity. 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:18.120 But God makes a promise right there in Genesis 3. 00:11:20.040 --> 00:11:21.920 Out of an overflow of who he is, 00:11:22.680 --> 00:11:25.460 stemming from his perfect justice and love, 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:27.000 he makes a promise. 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:31.720 He commits himself that he will not leave his people in that predicament. 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.420 He will send a saviour. 00:11:35.540 --> 00:11:38.879 And Israel's story is God rescues them and chooses them for himself. 00:11:39.060 --> 00:11:41.940 It's the story of how through the ages, 00:11:43.259 --> 00:11:44.279 through them, 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:47.399 God has raised up a saviour for his people. 00:11:47.899 --> 00:11:48.080 Right? 00:11:48.300 --> 00:11:50.680 The one who will usher in God's blessing, 00:11:50.899 --> 00:11:53.220 not just for the Jews who will believe, 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:57.080 but for anyone in the world who believes. 00:11:57.080 --> 00:11:59.780 God makes a promise. 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:03.020 And the bus moves on. 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:06.780 The sign above stop number two reads fulfilled. 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:09.120 Right? 00:12:09.220 --> 00:12:10.060 Verse 27. 00:12:11.940 --> 00:12:12.540 What God, 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:13.259 and this is great, 00:12:13.340 --> 00:12:13.480 by the way, 00:12:13.520 --> 00:12:13.879 when I hear, 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:15.500 when I say verses and your heads go down, 00:12:15.680 --> 00:12:16.180 love it. 00:12:16.660 --> 00:12:17.220 Love it. 00:12:17.340 --> 00:12:18.040 Verse 27. 00:12:18.700 --> 00:12:19.100 Fulfilled. 00:12:19.520 --> 00:12:20.960 Paul's saying what God said he would do, 00:12:21.020 --> 00:12:22.040 the promise he made. 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:23.280 He's carried it out. 00:12:23.379 --> 00:12:24.060 He's done it. 00:12:24.700 --> 00:12:25.400 He's done it. 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:26.620 You're still waiting on it, 00:12:26.659 --> 00:12:27.340 but I'm telling you, 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:28.019 he's done it. 00:12:29.579 --> 00:12:30.699 What God said he would do, 00:12:30.740 --> 00:12:31.199 he's done it. 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:32.579 The promise you see is it waves, 00:12:32.779 --> 00:12:34.620 weaves its way through the Old Testament. 00:12:34.819 --> 00:12:36.259 It's almost as if at this point in time, 00:12:36.340 --> 00:12:37.199 when Jesus comes, 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:38.159 when Jesus dies, 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:39.799 when Jesus rises, 00:12:39.939 --> 00:12:42.259 he steps into the shoes of that promise. 00:12:43.899 --> 00:12:48.240 He is the fulfillment of everything that God said he would do. 00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:49.139 And Paul is saying, 00:12:49.220 --> 00:12:50.259 you know that story, 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:50.759 you know the, 00:12:50.819 --> 00:12:52.819 the Old Testament, 00:12:52.820 --> 00:12:56.680 that you read every week in this synagogue. 00:12:57.280 --> 00:12:58.000 Do you see, 00:12:58.120 --> 00:12:58.800 will you see, 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:00.280 I'm pleading that you will see, 00:13:00.560 --> 00:13:05.120 that this story has been leading up to the coming of Jesus. 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:09.100 And his death and his resurrection. 00:13:10.500 --> 00:13:12.980 I've got a weird obsession with at the minute on social media. 00:13:14.660 --> 00:13:15.620 Domino rallies. 00:13:15.620 --> 00:13:18.779 You ever watch that domino rally? 00:13:19.700 --> 00:13:20.480 Love those things. 00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:23.259 I think it just appeals to my sense of order and fulfill. 00:13:23.340 --> 00:13:24.159 You know what happens? 00:13:24.220 --> 00:13:26.379 You're just watching it and one person at the top, 00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:27.720 he's just flicking the first domino. 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:30.080 And it just goes round and round and round and round and round. 00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:30.600 It's kind of like, 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:31.019 if you remember, 00:13:31.299 --> 00:13:32.580 what was that program called? 00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:33.100 Mousetrap, 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:33.600 that program, 00:13:33.899 --> 00:13:35.220 that board game called Mousetrap, 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:36.179 if some of you remember that. 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:36.860 It's that kind of thing, 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:37.220 isn't it? 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:38.279 Disorder. 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:39.519 This is leading somewhere. 00:13:41.340 --> 00:13:42.340 Someone flicks the first one, 00:13:42.379 --> 00:13:43.720 you watch the whole thing topple over. 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:46.000 I think that's kind of what Paul's saying here. 00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:48.480 Once you realize who Jesus is, 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:51.320 once you've savored his grace, 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:53.200 once you've seen him in action, 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:55.060 the Old Testament story, 00:13:55.180 --> 00:13:57.899 reading it becomes like watching one big domino rally. 00:13:58.879 --> 00:13:59.379 The promise. 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:01.840 Jesus. 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:05.680 Tracing God's promise all the way through 00:14:05.680 --> 00:14:09.720 and realizing that it was climaxing the fulfillment in him. 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:11.720 Though he was innocent. 00:14:11.800 --> 00:14:12.620 Here's what Paul's saying. 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:14.000 Though he was innocent. 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.940 Verse 28. 00:14:15.060 --> 00:14:16.820 He was crucified on a cross. 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:22.179 The law keeper died in the place of law breakers. 00:14:23.179 --> 00:14:24.919 And though he was verifiably dead, 00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:27.139 he was taken down from that cross, 00:14:27.259 --> 00:14:27.919 put in a tomb, 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:30.200 and God raised him. 00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:32.360 Verifiably dead. 00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:34.620 Verifiably alive through the eyewitnesses. 00:14:36.100 --> 00:14:37.240 And you see that word raised, 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:40.299 it appears four times in quick succession in the text there. 00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:45.120 Paul underscoring the fact that Jesus was raised. 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.859 Jesus was raised. 00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.879 Jesus was raised. 00:14:48.979 --> 00:14:49.679 He was raised. 00:14:49.979 --> 00:14:51.479 God's way of showing the world 00:14:51.479 --> 00:14:55.519 that the price has been paid, 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:58.500 that Jesus' mission has happened. 00:14:58.839 --> 00:15:00.559 It's kind of like we had the experience of the night, 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:02.799 going to a restaurant, 00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:03.399 Alex and I, 00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:05.599 coming to pay with our cards, 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.600 because who carries cash anymore? 00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:08.899 But you get that weird thing, don't you, 00:15:08.940 --> 00:15:10.120 where you scan your card, 00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:11.300 and it's not instant. 00:15:12.180 --> 00:15:14.460 It takes about five seconds, doesn't it, 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:16.879 before putting your card in, 00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:18.240 and the receipt coming out. 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:19.620 You have that awkward five seconds 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:21.899 where the waiter's looking at you thinking, 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:23.240 are you trying to pull a fast one? 00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.100 And you're not. 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:25.980 But you have to wait until the receipt. 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:29.060 And that's what the resurrection is. 00:15:29.300 --> 00:15:32.460 The receipt that shows what Jesus did on the cross. 00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:35.440 The price of our sin that he took, 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:38.259 price of our past, present, future sins, 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:39.320 has been paid. 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:41.100 It's gone through. 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.960 And having raised him, 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:49.620 fulfilling everything that Psalm 2 is talking about, 00:15:49.680 --> 00:15:51.800 and that's why Paul quotes it there at verse 32, 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:57.620 God seated him at the position of all power and authority, 00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.939 in the place of power, 00:16:00.079 --> 00:16:00.539 and said, 00:16:01.079 --> 00:16:02.120 that's my son. 00:16:03.319 --> 00:16:04.259 That's my king. 00:16:04.719 --> 00:16:05.719 And I have put him, 00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.639 in the words of Psalm 2, 00:16:06.719 --> 00:16:09.179 I have put him on my holy hill. 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:12.500 And nothing is toppling him from that throne, 00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:13.919 because what he did, 00:16:15.059 --> 00:16:16.019 who he is, 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:18.639 he accomplished it. 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:22.559 That's my king. 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:23.759 You see, God's view of Jesus. 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.240 You want to know what it is? 00:16:26.099 --> 00:16:27.339 Look at the resurrection. 00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:29.059 That's my son. 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:30.240 That's him. 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:31.599 That's what he did. 00:16:34.859 --> 00:16:35.839 Signed above, stop three, 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:36.099 reads, 00:16:36.199 --> 00:16:36.699 Proclaimed. 00:16:38.099 --> 00:16:38.979 Verse 38. 00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:41.199 Really quickly, 00:16:41.319 --> 00:16:41.819 Paul's just saying, 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:42.819 this news, 00:16:43.079 --> 00:16:43.620 the promise, 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.740 the fulfillment, 00:16:45.359 --> 00:16:46.339 who Jesus is, 00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:49.120 this is the message that's going global. 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:53.139 Come and take it. 00:16:53.219 --> 00:16:54.079 Come and live in it. 00:16:54.859 --> 00:16:56.659 This is what Jesus has done for you. 00:16:56.939 --> 00:16:58.399 What you could not do on your own, 00:16:59.099 --> 00:16:59.919 Jesus has done. 00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:04.039 There's three stops in the sermon. 00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:06.299 Luke tells us there's two reactions to his sermon. 00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:09.240 Verse 44. 00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.879 A week goes by, 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:11.899 do you see in the text, 00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.879 since Paul went public, 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.299 with this message. 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.879 I take it what he was, 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:18.599 what he was saying. 00:17:19.639 --> 00:17:19.839 Remember, 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.579 this is in the synagogue. 00:17:20.699 --> 00:17:20.980 He says, 00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:22.299 I take it what he was saying, 00:17:23.139 --> 00:17:24.139 is doing the rounds now, 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:25.319 in Pisidia and Antioch, 00:17:25.379 --> 00:17:25.519 right? 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:27.019 Growing up in Glasgow, 00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:27.519 had this phrase, 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:28.459 kind of talk of the steamy. 00:17:30.179 --> 00:17:31.459 People working in steam rooms, 00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:31.799 and just, 00:17:31.879 --> 00:17:32.679 it was the gossip mill, 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.839 and word got around really quickly. 00:17:33.899 --> 00:17:35.439 I think this is the kind of thing going on here, 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:36.259 talk of the office, 00:17:36.379 --> 00:17:36.980 that kind of thing. 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:39.240 The whole city gathered to hear it, 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:41.879 the next Sabbath. 00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.379 Do you see? 00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:44.259 Which I take it as Luke's, 00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:45.859 hyperbolic way of saying, 00:17:46.179 --> 00:17:46.599 do you know what? 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:48.279 It felt like everyone was there. 00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:49.980 Everyone was there. 00:17:50.179 --> 00:17:51.000 Why were they there? 00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:54.279 They were there to hear the word of the Lord. 00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:56.279 And that's what you need, 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:58.099 whoever you are here today. 00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:00.480 This is what you need. 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:02.339 You need to hear the word of the Lord. 00:18:02.699 --> 00:18:02.939 Okay? 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:04.980 Do you see how Luke pulls out, 00:18:05.099 --> 00:18:05.899 to the word of the Lord, 00:18:05.939 --> 00:18:07.279 he pulls out two reactions. 00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.699 Now all the way through Acts, 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:10.519 we've seen hunger and hostility, 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:12.259 we've seen riot and revival. 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:14.399 It goes slightly deeper here, 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:16.280 to the heart level. 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:17.860 What's going on? 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:22.080 Captured by the two J's in this passage. 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:25.120 Here's the first one, 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:26.019 verse 45. 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.720 Jealousy. 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:30.800 And it comes from the Jews, 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:33.500 as they see what God is doing through Paul. 00:18:34.040 --> 00:18:36.340 As they see that people are actually 00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:38.280 believing this stuff. 00:18:39.360 --> 00:18:41.080 How does that manifest itself? 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:42.500 They heaped abuse, 00:18:42.879 --> 00:18:44.179 not just on the message, 00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:45.220 but on the messenger. 00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:47.159 And verse 50, 00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:49.000 they stir up people to riot 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:51.819 against Paul and Barnabas, 00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:53.939 and they expel them from the city. 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:55.000 It just means they booted them out, 00:18:55.059 --> 00:18:55.480 I think. 00:18:57.419 --> 00:18:58.279 Jealousy in the heart. 00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:01.539 I want what you've got. 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:03.139 I don't like what you're getting. 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:05.139 It's a hideous thing in the human heart. 00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:09.560 And it will eat us alive 00:19:09.560 --> 00:19:10.740 if we let it live in there. 00:19:14.060 --> 00:19:14.540 Jealousy. 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.300 Contrasted with the other J. 00:19:19.560 --> 00:19:20.480 Verse 52. 00:19:22.840 --> 00:19:25.180 I take it the overflow of a heart 00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:28.440 that's greeted the news of this Jesus. 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:31.100 And what he's done for us. 00:19:33.060 --> 00:19:33.460 Joy. 00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:33.540 Joy. 00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:35.500 Joy. 00:19:35.540 --> 00:19:36.620 Which is, I take it, 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:38.560 the settled state of a soul 00:19:38.560 --> 00:19:41.660 that regardless of whether we're in 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:44.120 one of those hard seasons of life. 00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:45.020 And listen, I know 00:19:45.020 --> 00:19:46.600 Mother's Day today 00:19:46.600 --> 00:19:47.620 for many of us here 00:19:47.620 --> 00:19:48.980 is not easy. 00:19:50.080 --> 00:19:51.140 Many, many levels. 00:19:51.520 --> 00:19:52.360 The pain you might feel 00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:53.600 about your mum who you've lost. 00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:54.540 The pain, 00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.120 Fraser said, 00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:55.980 you might feel that, 00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:57.700 mother, you're estranged from. 00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:59.020 All sorts of reasons 00:19:59.020 --> 00:19:59.740 that today could be 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:01.400 incredibly painful. 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:06.060 The hard seasons of life 00:20:06.060 --> 00:20:07.160 where we can't bring ourselves 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:08.480 to get out of bed in the morning, 00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.600 feeling the weight 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:11.280 of the world on our shoulders. 00:20:11.560 --> 00:20:12.720 Or whether we're in one of those 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.720 high seasons of life 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:15.259 where there's a spring in our step. 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:17.120 I take it joy 00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:19.480 in the heart of someone 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:21.519 who's responded to this message of Jesus 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:26.259 is a settled state of the soul 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:27.599 which delights in the truth 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:29.599 that whether I'm in a great place 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.539 or a hard place, 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:32.720 because of who Jesus is 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:35.579 and because of where Jesus is 00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:37.319 for me, 00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:41.259 it's a joy that no one can snatch away. 00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:43.639 You know, one of my favourite things to do, 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:46.180 favourite things, 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:48.200 is to read the Gospels. 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:51.039 And if you haven't done that today, 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.720 get in there. 00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:52.980 Get in there. 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.400 Meet this Jesus. 00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.880 To read about him in the Gospels. 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:58.000 To see his heart for people. 00:20:59.600 --> 00:21:00.840 And to say to myself, 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:03.059 that Jesus is still the same for me. 00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:07.160 And I'm adopted into God's family, 00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:08.440 not because of what I've done, 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:11.779 but because of what he's done for me. 00:21:12.840 --> 00:21:14.080 And in light of that, 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:16.140 I take it the Holy Spirit 00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:18.259 that Luke tells us accompanied this joy. 00:21:19.040 --> 00:21:20.100 The work of the Spirit 00:21:20.100 --> 00:21:22.000 in the child of God 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:23.680 that says, 00:21:24.100 --> 00:21:25.580 births in us that desire 00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:26.460 that wants to say, 00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:27.960 because of what he's done for me, 00:21:28.520 --> 00:21:29.740 I want to give my all to him. 00:21:30.540 --> 00:21:31.740 I want to worship him. 00:21:31.840 --> 00:21:32.680 I want to live for him. 00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:34.480 It's exactly what Jackson was saying 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.340 this morning, wasn't it? 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.759 That's grace. 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.800 And I take it that 00:21:38.800 --> 00:21:39.820 who brings knowledge of that? 00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:41.020 It's the Holy Spirit. 00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:41.960 Do you know what I've never seen 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.840 before this week? 00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.680 If you want to get into Galatians, 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:46.320 the letter of Galatians at the end, 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:48.519 where did Paul end in chapter 5? 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.360 The fruit of the Spirit. 00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.500 How will you know 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:54.700 when it is the fruit of the flesh, 00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:56.000 our earthly desires, 00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.860 our worldly desires, 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.560 how will you know 00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:59.200 the Holy Spirit's at work in our lives? 00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.380 What are the two things 00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:01.980 that he contrasts in the list? 00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.940 The work of the flesh? 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.620 Jealousy. 00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:09.480 And yet the work of the Spirit? 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.039 Joy. 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:14.680 And from two reactions 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.339 to his sermon, 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.139 let me just bring it home 00:22:16.139 --> 00:22:17.559 with one plea from his sermon. 00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.539 Verse 43. 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.680 What do they say 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.899 to those who did believe? 00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.599 They talked with them 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.279 and urged them 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:27.259 to continue, 00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:29.119 not trying harder, 00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:32.659 to continue in the grace of God. 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.779 So Jackson, buddy, 00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.700 got you there. 00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:40.200 Never move on from this grace. 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.899 Who this Jesus is. 00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:44.079 Don't be thinking like the divers 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.099 at the Commonwealth pool, 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.159 that your relationship 00:22:46.159 --> 00:22:47.680 with your Creator 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.539 is somehow dependent, 00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.839 conditional on what you can achieve, 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.980 how you're performing. 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.740 That your relationship 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:54.099 with Creator is conditional. 00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.639 Did I get it right? 00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.359 Did I do enough? 00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.000 Never go back 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.980 to the Old Testament law 00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.680 thinking that somehow 00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.240 if you could bring 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.319 your religious A game, 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.440 if I follow the rules, 00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.220 I'm in the good books 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.839 of this God. 00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.839 Know that in Jesus 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:07.299 it's not about your achievements, 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.460 it's not about your behavior. 00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.460 Know that in Jesus, 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.980 the Jesus who's loved you 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.079 since before you were born, 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.960 the Jesus, 00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.620 and you can take it 00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.500 straight out of this passage, 00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:16.519 the Father who appointed you 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.480 for eternal life, 00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.420 verse 48, 00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:21.019 this Jesus has died for you 00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:22.500 and in him you are justified, 00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.259 you are adopted 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.340 by this Heavenly Father. 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.519 So never move on 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.259 from this grace. 00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.500 Do you know what? 00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.279 I'm finished with this. 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.799 This Jesus, 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.840 what is he never going to see? 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:36.519 He's never going to see decay. 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.480 He will always be 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.599 this Jesus for us 00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:42.500 and no one's going to 00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:44.579 topple him for his throne. 00:23:44.939 --> 00:23:45.799 This Holy One, 00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.419 God's Holy One, 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:48.879 will never see decay. 00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.319 You know what I love? 00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.199 Here's my favorite stories 00:23:51.199 --> 00:23:51.859 I heard this week. 00:23:51.939 --> 00:23:52.720 We'll finish with this. 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:56.079 But a man called David Hume. 00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.179 Okay, David Hume 00:23:58.179 --> 00:23:58.839 was one of Scotland's 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:01.579 leading humanist thinkers. 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:04.259 He was active 00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:06.480 during the Enlightenment era 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.139 in our, 00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.439 I guess it was the West, 00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.720 but in our country in particular, 00:24:09.919 --> 00:24:11.639 skeptical about the things of God, 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:13.339 confident that given enough time, 00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.319 belief in any kind of God 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:17.279 would just fizzle out. 00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.259 And he died in a house 00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.659 in Edinburgh 00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:22.480 in the year 1776 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:25.339 and it's widely believed 00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:26.859 that 30 or so years later 00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:28.079 in that precise house 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.259 where David Hume died, 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:32.039 that the Scottish Bible Society, 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.579 an organization that has 00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:35.379 as its very aim 00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:36.960 to get the word of God 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.299 out there across the world, 00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:41.019 same house Scottish Bible Society 00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.099 had its first ever meeting. 00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.819 Why? 00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:46.420 Because this Jesus 00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:49.180 is never going to see decay 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:51.160 and he's risen 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:52.259 and he's ruling 00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.160 and he's reigning 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:55.860 and no one's going to topple him 00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:57.140 from his throne. 00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:58.660 He's building his church 00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.600 and God has said 00:24:59.600 --> 00:25:00.960 that this king, 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:03.220 the king who's loved you, 00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.160 the king who's known you 00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:05.060 before the foundation of the world, 00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.600 this king 00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:07.320 will live forever. 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:09.259 It's exactly what Jackson said, 00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:09.580 wasn't it? 00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.460 We've heard the testimony 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.180 of someone 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:14.580 2,000 or so years later 00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:15.700 after this was written, 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.400 we've heard verse 52, 00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.640 the testimony of a disciple 00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:21.799 who's filled with joy 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:23.759 and the Holy Spirit. 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.299 You know, 00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:25.840 there's some sermons 00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.440 that you finish, 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.460 you're aware that you're writing 00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:29.080 and you're very aware 00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:29.779 that it's about 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.660 what we should do, 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.799 how we should respond. 00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.680 This sermon today, 00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.320 I take it, 00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.940 should leave us just in awe 00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.840 of who Jesus is, 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.259 what he's done for us. 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.759 So here's what I want to do 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:41.259 in the kind of going with the grain 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:42.420 of what we've looked at this morning. 00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:44.119 I want us just to take a minute, 00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:46.140 whoever you are here today, 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.960 however you respond 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:49.240 to this word this morning, 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.700 why don't you just take a minute 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.680 and take stock 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:53.420 of who Jesus is 00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:55.299 and then we'll wrap up 00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.960 our time together. 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.420 How do we do that 00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.160 and then we'll pray. 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.500 So Paul would write 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:06.359 in the letter of the Galatians, 00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:09.159 the life I now live 00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:10.279 in the body, 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.879 I live by faith 00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.879 in the Son of God 00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:15.859 who loved me 00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:17.939 and gave himself 00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:19.500 for me. 00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.619 I do not set aside 00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.699 the grace of God 00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:24.939 for if righteousness 00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.559 could be gained 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.179 through the law, 00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.139 Christ died 00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:28.559 for nothing. 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.319 And so Heavenly Father, 00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:31.539 we thank you so much 00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.399 for the Jesus 00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:34.279 who loved us 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:36.720 and who gave himself 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.579 for us. 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.160 And I pray 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:40.099 that your Holy Spirit 00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:41.379 moving amongst us today 00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.559 would bring a fresh 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.359 realisation 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:44.240 of that truth 00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.279 to our hearts, 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:47.639 to those who are doubting, 00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:49.279 to those who are hurting, 00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:52.779 to those who are scarred, 00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.740 to those who are feeling 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.539 weighed down 00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.420 by their sin. 00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:58.240 May a fresh knowledge 00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.980 of this Jesus 00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:00.019 come to our hearts 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.859 and to our minds. 00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.960 Father, I pray, 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:04.120 we thank you for this morning, 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.920 for the celebration 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.579 of the life 00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.519 that Jesus gives. 00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.680 Be with us now, 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.299 Heavenly Father, 00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.360 as we close our time. 00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.740 In Jesus' name, 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.640 Amen.