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 Imagine the scenario where you're conversing with a person who has never heard of Christianity.

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! They might be in the hospital and they've got the little form and there's no version of Christianity there.

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! There's no knowledge of it at all.

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 They've never heard of the fact that their Bible exists.

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 They've never seen a Bible.

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 They've never heard of Jesus Christ.

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 No concept of the church at all.

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 And in conversing with them, you mentioned that you're a Christian.

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 And it's a term that they are just not familiar with.

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 And so they ask you, what do you mean by that?

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 What is a Christian?

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 How would you answer that?

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 What would you say?

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 How do you answer that question?

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 Maybe various forms of it might be something like,

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 well, I believe in Jesus of Nazareth and I follow his teachings.

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 Maybe you're a person who follows and adheres to Christianity.

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 Maybe, well, my parents were Christian.

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 I was born a Christian.

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 I've been baptized.

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 That's what makes me a Christian.

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 Maybe it's a person who lives in a way that's guided by the values of Jesus of Nazareth.

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 Someone who's a member of the church.

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 Its potential, particularly if you've been hanging around churches for a bit,

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 you might use language like, well, I'm someone who's been born again.

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 I've been saved.

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 I believe in Jesus.

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 I have faith in Jesus.

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 Or I'm a follower of Jesus.

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 Now, a number of those descriptors are certainly descriptors of the Bible, the Bible uses.

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 But none of them are the dominant descriptor of what it means to be a Christian.

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 The New Testament uses a phrase to describe the Christian that is everywhere in the pages of the New Testament,

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 very dominant in the New Testament, but almost nowhere in our churches,

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 to the point where I've not had a single Christian,

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 and I myself have not used it when someone's asked me, what is a Christian?

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 I've never used the term in Christ.

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 I'm in Christ.

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 In our society, a Christian, the term Christian is often open to a broad interpretation.

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 Broad interpretation.

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 And anyone can identify themselves as being Christian,

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 particularly if it helps their political agendas.

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 But in our society, Christianity is not so much connected to the person of Jesus,

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 or vaguely so, but it can be connected to things like traditional values and ethics

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 and conservative politics and institutions.

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 This is particularly in Western civilization.

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 And all of those things together kind of blur what it means to be a Christian,

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 and therefore what it means to live the Christian life.

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 The term in Christ is entirely different.

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 Entirely different.

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 Because the term in Christ demands that we reflect on something that is a dynamic relationship

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 and a living relationship.

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 And so what we're doing is, as we launch into term three,

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 we're spending this term on this issue, on the term in Christ,

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 on this deep foundational biblical term.

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 Theologians call this whole topic, the theology, it's called union with Christ.

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 It's a theology of union.

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 And the reason we're doing this term is because if we misunderstand the dynamic of what it means to be Christian,

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 the dynamic of our relationship to Jesus and his relationship to us,

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 then we entirely misunderstand Christianity,

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 and we entirely misunderstand what it means to live the Christian life.

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 And if you've been with us throughout the course of this year,

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 you might initially think that this topic here is entirely left field.

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 How do they come up with this one?

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 Why now?

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 Why this one?

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 The reality is, if you've been with us,

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 you would have hopefully seen that we've touched on it multiple times already.

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 We started the year in the book of Ephesians,

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 looking at who is the church.

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 Not what is the church, but who is the church.

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 And which is why we've read Ephesians 1 again this morning,

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 is because what we understand the book of Ephesians is that the church is in Christ.

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 Wrapped up in him, all that is his is ours.

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 Everything that the church is and has been called to do is hinge,

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 is entirely connected and hinges on us being united to Christ.

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 And last term, we were looking at Ephesians 5 and marriage,

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 and we were confronted with this startling claim

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 that when God brought Adam and Eve together in the union of marriage,

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 right at the very beginning of the Bible,

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 Ephesians 5 says that right at the beginning of the Bible,

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 when God did that,

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 that is a picture of a far greater reality.

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 The marriage, as the Bible describes it,

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 points to something much bigger,

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 the union of a man and a woman in marriage,

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 where the two become one,

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 which Ephesians 5 says is a profound mystery,

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 is a pointer to the greater reality of the union between Christ

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 and his church, his people.

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 And so we're going to unpack that reality.

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 To understand the dynamic of our union with Christ

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 ultimately leads to a greater confidence

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 of what Christ has done for us,

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 a deeper assurance and a hope as Christians,

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 and particularly confidence in living out the Christian life.

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 And that really is what we want for you here at St. Paul's,

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 for you to see not just the truth,

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 the goodness and the beauty of it,

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 that your affections and your hearts would grow for Christ.

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 So that's where we're heading.

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 And today is really an introductory.

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 In fact, when you think about it,

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 the whole term is really going to be an introduction to the topic.

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 There's a lot of old history stuff written about this.

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 Ironically, amazingly,

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 the theology of union with Christ

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 went unnoticed for,

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 in recent history,

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 the last couple of hundred years,

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 not referred to much.

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 But fortunately,

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 more recently,

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 theologians are going,

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 hang on a bit,

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 we've left this one behind

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 and we need to re-engage with it.

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 So, first of all,

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 I've got three points on the St. Paul's app.

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 Ephesians 1 opens with an astonishing claim.

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 Praise be the God and Father,

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 our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who has blessed us in the heavenly realms

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 with every spiritual blessing.

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 See there?

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 Every spiritual blessing.

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 He has blessed us.

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 It's already happened.

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 Not that he will bless us,

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 he has blessed us,

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 and with every spiritual blessing.

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 And the language here is absolute language.

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 That is,

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 that is,

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 there's nothing held back.

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 There's nothing overlooked at all.

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 Nothing is lacking.

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 The word blessed is a very significant word.

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 It means,

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 it's close to the Hebrew word shalom,

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 which means that every joy and every benefit

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 that your heart and your soul needs and longs for

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 has been fulfilled.

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 That's what it means to be blessed.

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 And what we see in Ephesians is God's plan for all time and eternity

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 is to bless,

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 and that he has blessed.

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 A Christian is someone who's been already blessed

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 with every spiritual blessing from God.

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 And then what Paul does is he goes on

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 and he writes,

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 he gives a list for it.

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 And each one of these lists,

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 each one of these words could be expanded again,

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 more and more and more to libraries of books.

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 We're referred to as being holy,

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 blameless,

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 adopted,

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 redeemed,

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 forgiven,

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 we're given knowledge of God.

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 The blessings go on and on.

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 The implications of them are huge,

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 but the key to receiving all of the blessings

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 in verse 4,

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 sorry,

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 3,

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 4,

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 5,

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 6,

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 7,

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 9,

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 and 11

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 is the term in Christ

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 and its various forms.

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 That is how you receive all the blessing.

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 That is how you get every desire and longing

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 of your heart and your soul fulfilled.

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 It's in Christ.

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 And so the language here in Ephesians,

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 as is the New Testament,

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 is that to become a Christian

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 is not simply to get Jesus as your Lord to obey

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 or as a model in life to follow

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 or as a saviour to be grateful for.

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 A Christian is someone who has been put in Christ,

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 being put in Christ

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 so that everything that is his

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 becomes yours.

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 That's what it means.

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 All the blessings and privileges

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 of the Christian life

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 is by virtue of being united to Jesus Christ.

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 Now,

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 our union with Jesus,

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 as I said,

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 is by far

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 one of the most important theological concepts

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 in the New Testament.

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 It's the umbrella theology

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 that connects

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 so many of the important truths

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 and doctrines of the Christian faith.

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 many scholars agree

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 that the term in Christ

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 is the central category

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 in the Apostle Paul's thinking

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 and his writing in the New Testament.

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 He uses the term himself

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 over 160 times.

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 But it's not just Paul.

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 The term in all its various forms

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 is used over 200 times

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 in the New Testament

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 as the default way

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 of identifying

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 someone

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 who is

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 what we would call

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 a Christian

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 or a follower of Jesus.

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 And the language of union

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 in the New Testament

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 is used in two different ways.

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 First of all,

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 there's the cosmic level,

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 the big level,

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 if you like,

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 where on the cosmic level,

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 union with Christ

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 means that

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 he is your leader.

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 And as he goes,

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 so you go.

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 His fate

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 becomes your fate.

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 Now that may seem odd,

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 especially for those of us

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 who would come from

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 more of a Western

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 cultural perspective.

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 But for most

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 human cultures

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 throughout

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 most of human history,

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 including the Bible times,

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 this way of thinking

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 about a leader

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 and his people

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 or their people

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 was actually normal

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 and natural.

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 Entirely normal.

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 The idea

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 is the idea

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 of corporate solidarity

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 or another

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 theological term

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 to referring to it

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 is

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 a federal headship.

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 that is

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 the idea

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 that

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 as

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 the leader goes

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 so that people go.

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 I don't want to

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 delve into it too much

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 because I'm stealing

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 too much of John's sermon

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 for next week

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 as he takes us

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 a bit deeper into this.

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 But the Bible

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 usually uses it

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 in a very big

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 cosmic way.

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 simply

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 is

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 that the idea

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 is that the one

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 represents the many

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 and the many

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 are represented

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 by the one.

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 If the

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 President

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 of the United States

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 declares war

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 on another country,

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 the citizens

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 of that country

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 are at war

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 with that country

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 by the declaration

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 of the President.

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 It's that idea.

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 2 Corinthians 5.14

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 speaking of the work

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 of Christ

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 and how it connects

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 to us

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 says

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 one has died

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 for all

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 and therefore

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 all have died

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 because Christ

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 has died

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 and those

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 who are united

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 to him

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 share his fate.

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 Like Jesus,

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 the Christian too

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 has died

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 to their old life.

00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:25.300
 1 Corinthians

00:14:25.300 --> 00:14:27.340
 15.22

00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:28.500
 is the whole Bible

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 in a short summary.

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 As in Adam

00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:31.860
 all die,

00:14:32.299 --> 00:14:33.740
 so also in Christ

00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.840
 shall all

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 be made

00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.799
 alive.

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 And so

00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:39.959
 every human being

00:14:39.959 --> 00:14:40.759
 alive

00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:41.399
 or has ever

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 walked the face

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 of this earth

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 is either

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 in one of those

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 two categories.

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 They're either

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 in Adam

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 or they are

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 in Christ

00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:50.759
 and that is

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 the absolute

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 fundamental

00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:54.659
 defining reality

00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:56.079
 of all

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 of humanity.

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 and the message

00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.500
 of the New Testament

00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:03.059
 is absolutely

00:15:03.059 --> 00:15:04.039
 thrilling at this

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 point.

00:15:05.339 --> 00:15:06.679
 To be united

00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:07.500
 to Christ

00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:08.279
 as your

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 federal head

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 is to be

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 placed in

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 that new

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 realm

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 with him

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 alive

00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.319
 in his

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 new creation.

00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:19.639
 Jesus Christ

00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:21.279
 plunged

00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:22.979
 through death

00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:23.980
 and out

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 of the

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 other

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 side

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 resurrected

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 into the

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 dawning

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 of a new

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 creation

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 and to be

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 in him

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 means

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 that he

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 has pulled

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 you

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 with him

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 from death

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 to life.

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 That's what

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 it means.

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 Now,

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 the other way

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 that the New Testament

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 uses the image,

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 the language

00:15:47.460 --> 00:15:47.899
 of union

00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:48.480
 with Christ

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 is much

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 more

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 personal

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 and intimate,

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 not just

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 a federal

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 headship

00:15:53.180 --> 00:15:53.659
 sense.

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 And to

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 display this,

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 the authors

00:15:57.800 --> 00:15:58.220
 of the New

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 Testament

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 use vivid

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 imagery

00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:02.480
 to communicate

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 it

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 so that we

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 can understand

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 a bit clearer.

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 One of the

00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:07.039
 images

00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:08.060
 is that

00:16:08.060 --> 00:16:08.779
 of the vine

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.300
 and the

00:16:09.300 --> 00:16:09.800
 branches

00:16:09.800 --> 00:16:10.899
 in John's

00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:11.259
 Gospel.

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 So John

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 15, 5,

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 I'm the vine,

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 you are the

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 branches,

00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:16.039
 if you

00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:17.759
 remain in me

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 and I

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 in you,

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 you will

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 bear much

00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.179
 fruit and

00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:22.899
 apart from

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 me,

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 you can

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 do

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 nothing.

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 That's

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 going to be

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 unpacked further

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 down the track

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 by Ash,

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 if I remember

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 correctly.

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 Jesus says,

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 he's the vine,

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 we are the

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 branches.

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 And so what

00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:40.000
 we have here

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.480
 is a picture

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.039
 of our

00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:42.519
 relationship

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.139
 with Jesus

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 that is

00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:45.299
 an organic

00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:46.080
 connection.

00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:46.200
 connection.

00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.360
 It's an

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:47.860
 organic,

00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.460
 alive

00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:49.060
 connection.

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 There's

00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:51.080
 also the

00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:51.660
 imagery

00:16:51.660 --> 00:16:52.220
 that we

00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:53.060
 saw last

00:16:53.060 --> 00:16:54.200
 term of

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 the one

00:16:54.920 --> 00:16:55.400
 flesh

00:16:55.400 --> 00:16:56.120
 union

00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:57.320
 in

00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:57.840
 Ephesians

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.379
 5.

00:16:58.540 --> 00:16:58.940
 We are

00:16:58.940 --> 00:16:59.340
 members

00:16:59.340 --> 00:17:00.160
 of his

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 body.

00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:02.460
 For

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 this

00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.379
 reason,

00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:04.539
 a man

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 will leave

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.640
 his father

00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:05.960
 and mother

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.200
 and be

00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.880
 united to

00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.400
 his wife

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:07.660
 and the

00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:07.860
 two

00:17:07.860 --> 00:17:08.000
 will

00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.340
 become

00:17:08.340 --> 00:17:08.620
 one

00:17:08.620 --> 00:17:09.079
 flesh.

00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.059
 This

00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:10.600
 is a

00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:11.059
 profound

00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:11.759
 mystery,

00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.400
 but I'm

00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:14.059
 talking about

00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:15.059
 Christ and

00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.720
 the church.

00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:18.539
 And so

00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.359
 in Ephesians

00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:19.960
 5,

00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:21.500
 as we

00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:21.819
 looked at

00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.539
 last term,

00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:24.199
 we have

00:17:24.199 --> 00:17:25.119
 here a

00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:25.639
 sexual

00:17:25.639 --> 00:17:26.720
 imagery and

00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.240
 a very

00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.799
 deeply

00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.559
 intimate

00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:29.119
 imagery

00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:29.980
 that

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.939
 portrays

00:17:30.939 --> 00:17:31.179
 the

00:17:31.179 --> 00:17:32.159
 exclusivity,

00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:33.319
 the

00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.619
 closeness,

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:35.639
 the

00:17:35.639 --> 00:17:36.379
 intimacy

00:17:36.379 --> 00:17:37.119
 of our

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:37.799
 union

00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:39.000
 with

00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.720
 Jesus.

00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.319
 Just like

00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:41.699
 a couple

00:17:41.699 --> 00:17:42.439
 in marriage,

00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:43.460
 the Christian

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.599
 is made

00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:45.319
 one

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:46.179
 flesh

00:17:46.179 --> 00:17:46.839
 with

00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:47.199
 Jesus.

00:17:47.379 --> 00:17:47.939
 We are,

00:17:48.219 --> 00:17:48.559
 as it

00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:49.159
 says in

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:49.519
 Ephesians

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:49.839
 5,

00:17:49.899 --> 00:17:50.139
 we are

00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:50.639
 members

00:17:50.639 --> 00:17:51.119
 of

00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:52.159
 his

00:17:52.159 --> 00:17:53.099
 body.

00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:55.559
 Another

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.219
 image

00:17:56.219 --> 00:17:57.459
 of union

00:17:57.459 --> 00:17:58.500
 is how

00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:58.899
 the New

00:17:58.899 --> 00:17:59.240
 Testament

00:17:59.240 --> 00:17:59.859
 refers to

00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.480
 the church

00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:01.059
 as the

00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:01.439
 body of

00:18:01.439 --> 00:18:01.859
 Christ

00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.879
 with

00:18:02.879 --> 00:18:03.799
 Christ

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.619
 as our

00:18:04.619 --> 00:18:05.039
 head.

00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:06.259
 1

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:06.639
 Corinthians

00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:07.299
 12

00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:08.019
 27.

00:18:08.879 --> 00:18:09.159
 Now

00:18:09.159 --> 00:18:09.740
 you are

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.199
 the body

00:18:10.199 --> 00:18:10.879
 of Christ

00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:11.520
 and each

00:18:11.520 --> 00:18:11.940
 one of

00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:12.680
 you is

00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:13.760
 a part

00:18:13.760 --> 00:18:14.260
 of it.

00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.360
 What we

00:18:16.360 --> 00:18:17.020
 see in

00:18:17.020 --> 00:18:17.980
 every case

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:20.100
 is there's

00:18:20.100 --> 00:18:21.200
 this organic

00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:23.040
 intimate

00:18:23.040 --> 00:18:24.180
 uniting

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:25.260
 where we

00:18:25.260 --> 00:18:26.100
 share in

00:18:26.100 --> 00:18:26.840
 the properties.

00:18:27.360 --> 00:18:28.060
 We are

00:18:28.060 --> 00:18:28.820
 one

00:18:28.820 --> 00:18:30.160
 with

00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:30.900
 Christ,

00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:32.000
 in

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.560
 Christ.

00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:33.960
 The vine

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.680
 gives life

00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:35.000
 to the

00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.440
 branches,

00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.000
 the head

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.700
 directs the

00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:37.200
 body and

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.520
 the body

00:18:37.520 --> 00:18:38.040
 parts,

00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:39.040
 neither can

00:18:39.040 --> 00:18:39.820
 exist without

00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:40.439
 the other.

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.579
 The

00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:42.399
 husband

00:18:42.399 --> 00:18:43.159
 nourishes

00:18:43.159 --> 00:18:44.099
 and cherishes

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.799
 his wife

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.519
 as he

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.000
 does his

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.599
 own body.

00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:47.859
 So what

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:49.179
 we see

00:18:49.179 --> 00:18:49.579
 in the

00:18:49.579 --> 00:18:49.740
 New

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.220
 Testament

00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:52.359
 is that

00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:53.639
 a Christian,

00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:54.419
 becoming a

00:18:54.419 --> 00:18:54.639
 Christian,

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.240
 being a

00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:55.559
 Christian,

00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.839
 is far

00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:57.279
 deeper.

00:18:58.179 --> 00:18:58.599
 It is

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.700
 far more

00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:00.779
 wondrous

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:02.019
 than

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:03.139
 walking an

00:19:03.139 --> 00:19:03.919
 aisle or

00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:04.599
 praying a

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.240
 prayer or

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.019
 raising a

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:07.000
 hand or

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:08.079
 going forward

00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:08.879
 in evangelistic

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.399
 reality.

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:11.279
 being a

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.240
 Christian is

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:13.039
 far deeper

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:14.099
 than coming

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:14.599
 to church

00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:14.960
 and reading

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.480
 the Bible

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.980
 and praying.

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.679
 To be a

00:19:18.679 --> 00:19:20.000
 Christian is

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.720
 to be

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.659
 united,

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:22.919
 one,

00:19:23.399 --> 00:19:24.399
 with the

00:19:24.399 --> 00:19:24.839
 living,

00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:25.639
 reigning,

00:19:25.919 --> 00:19:26.480
 resurrected

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.659
 Jesus Christ

00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:29.779
 so that all

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.240
 is his,

00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:31.500
 is ours.

00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:34.899
 And at

00:19:34.899 --> 00:19:35.659
 the core

00:19:35.659 --> 00:19:36.019
 of it,

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.980
 implication

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:39.140
 of it for

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.539
 us,

00:19:39.860 --> 00:19:40.299
 is 2

00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:40.700
 Corinthians

00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.900
 5.17.

00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:42.720
 Therefore,

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:43.660
 if anyone

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.680
 is in

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.680
 Christ,

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:46.819
 they are a

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.620
 new creation.

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.440
 The old

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.019
 has passed

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.460
 away.

00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:50.400
 Behold,

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:51.000
 the new

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:52.460
 has come.

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.680
 Being in

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.200
 Christ

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:56.539
 brings a

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.440
 absolute

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.339
 radical

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:59.240
 transformation

00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.900
 and

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:01.160
 reorientation.

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:02.160
 God's

00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:03.540
 is a

00:20:03.540 --> 00:20:04.120
 movement

00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:06.019
 from an

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:07.019
 external

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:08.500
 attempt to

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.259
 make myself

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.940
 right in

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.720
 God's eyes

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.140
 to an

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.500
 inward

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.080
 righteousness

00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:12.820
 that

00:20:12.820 --> 00:20:13.740
 entirely

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.779
 reorientation

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.560
 transforms my

00:20:15.560 --> 00:20:15.860
 life.

00:20:17.620 --> 00:20:18.500
 That's what it

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:18.940
 means to be

00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.640
 in Christ.

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.140
 Now,

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.800
 admittedly,

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:24.619
 it's an

00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:25.079
 elusive

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.940
 concept.

00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.599
 And so,

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.480
 maybe one

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:29.639
 of the

00:20:29.639 --> 00:20:30.099
 reasons why

00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:30.339
 we don't

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:30.799
 talk about

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.259
 it much,

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:33.319
 it's much

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:34.200
 easier to

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.139
 grasp the

00:20:35.139 --> 00:20:35.960
 ideas of

00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.460
 being a

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.079
 follower of

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.399
 Jesus,

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:39.099
 or to

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.759
 being someone

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.299
 who,

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:40.740
 Jesus,

00:20:40.879 --> 00:20:41.419
 my Lord,

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:41.740
 and I

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.659
 obey Jesus,

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.200
 or that

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:45.059
 Jesus is my

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.680
 saviour and

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.079
 he's forgiven

00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:46.480
 me for my...

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.259
 Much easier to

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.980
 grasp hold of

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.779
 those concepts

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.980
 and to explain

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.919
 those concepts.

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.859
 Much easier to

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.319
 grasp the

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:53.899
 concept of

00:20:53.899 --> 00:20:54.440
 Jesus being

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.079
 my leader,

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.980
 or my Lord,

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.779
 or my saviour,

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.700
 or my inspiration,

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.500
 or my teacher,

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.659
 or my ruler.

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:00.859
 So,

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.399
 how does

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:02.659
 being in

00:21:02.659 --> 00:21:03.220
 Christ work?

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:05.419
 Maybe this

00:21:05.419 --> 00:21:06.099
 illustration

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.899
 might help.

00:21:07.659 --> 00:21:08.039
 And it's an

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.619
 illustration I

00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.259
 got from one

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.960
 of the resources

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:11.619
 that I've been

00:21:11.619 --> 00:21:12.940
 reading in the

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.500
 past few

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:13.899
 weeks.

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:16.359
 You book a

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:18.759
 trip to

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.559
 Tasmania,

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.180
 say,

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.839
 for instance,

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:22.299
 hi to all

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:23.039
 the Tasmanians

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.519
 online.

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.779
 You're at

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.399
 the airport,

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.079
 you're ready

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.779
 to begin

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.299
 your trip,

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:31.759
 and the

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.799
 plane going

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:34.099
 to Tasmania

00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:35.919
 is also

00:21:35.919 --> 00:21:36.519
 at the

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:36.939
 airport,

00:21:37.199 --> 00:21:37.639
 ready for

00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:38.059
 the trip.

00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:41.359
 The question

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:41.879
 is,

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.459
 what is your

00:21:43.459 --> 00:21:44.019
 relationship

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.639
 to the

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.059
 plane?

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.459
 What's your

00:21:48.459 --> 00:21:49.240
 relationship to

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.759
 the plane?

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:55.179
 would it

00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:55.439
 help,

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.139
 for example,

00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:58.299
 to be

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.799
 under the

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.159
 plane?

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.019
 To submit

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.519
 yourself to

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.139
 the plane's

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:04.679
 authority,

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.819
 because it

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.679
 is a much

00:22:06.679 --> 00:22:07.859
 more greater

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.579
 authority you

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.240
 are on this

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.959
 whole thing of

00:22:09.959 --> 00:22:11.179
 aerodynamics and

00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:12.079
 airline travel,

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.559
 so just to

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.259
 submit yourself

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:15.799
 and be under

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.279
 the plane.

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:18.139
 would it be

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.660
 helpful to be

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.359
 inspired by

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:19.899
 the plane?

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:22.119
 Stand in the

00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:22.740
 terminal as you

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.299
 see the plane

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.019
 take off and

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.379
 you go,

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:26.420
 my goodness,

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.539
 look at,

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:27.859
 I mean,

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.200
 how,

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.639
 you know,

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.259
 one day I'm

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.599
 going to do

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:30.879
 that.

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.039
 One day,

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.859
 a bit more

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.299
 practice,

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.740
 I too am going

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.220
 to run down

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.799
 this runway,

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.879
 and I too am

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.279
 going to flap

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.819
 my wings,

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:41.079
 and I am going

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.720
 to fly just

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.220
 like that.

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:44.100
 Would that be

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.400
 helpful?

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.420
 Is that your

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.100
 relationship to

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:47.539
 the plane?

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.839
 Would it be

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.259
 helpful to

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.740
 follow the

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.059
 plane?

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.140
 Open up

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.880
 flight radar

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.440
 24,

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.420
 push follow,

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:56.900
 get,

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.400
 and as the

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.980
 plane takes

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.360
 off,

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.539
 you run down

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.039
 the runway,

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.960
 and you get

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.620
 after it as

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.200
 fast as your

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.779
 little legs can

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.140
 go,

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:07.140
 and you follow

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.940
 the path on

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.640
 flight radar,

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.880
 and eventually,

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.400
 maybe,

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.640
 you get to

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.180
 Tasmania.

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.720
 Is that your

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.420
 relationship to

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:15.840
 the plane?

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.720
 You see,

00:23:20.780 --> 00:23:21.100
 the key

00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:21.720
 relationship you

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.400
 need with the

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:24.120
 plane is to

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.660
 get in it.

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.340
 Is that not

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:26.620
 right?

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:27.900
 I mean,

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.940
 it might be,

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.380
 I might be

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.620
 pushed out,

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.060
 but it's to

00:23:30.060 --> 00:23:30.500
 get in the

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.900
 plane.

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.759
 It's not

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.360
 helpful to be

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:33.759
 under it,

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.340
 not helpful to

00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:34.980
 be behind it,

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:35.560
 not helpful to

00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:36.540
 be inspired by

00:23:36.540 --> 00:23:36.800
 it.

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.160
 You need to

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.759
 be in it,

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:41.379
 and the

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:42.579
 reason is

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:45.039
 because by

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:46.720
 virtue of

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.599
 being in

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.319
 the plane,

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.400
 what happens

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.119
 to the plane

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.660
 happens to

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:51.900
 you.

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.400
 The question

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.440
 of your

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:58.700
 arrival to

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.519
 Tasmania

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.859
 will be

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.539
 answered,

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.519
 that is,

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:02.960
 the question

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.440
 of did I

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.859
 arrive to

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.400
 Tasmania,

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.640
 will be

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.980
 answered by

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.700
 a prior

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.120
 and more

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.500
 important

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.980
 question.

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.779
 Did the

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.099
 plane

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.660
 arrive in

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.200
 Tasmania?

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.819
 Because if

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.339
 it did,

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.279
 I do too.

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.079
 It's as

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.400
 simple as

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.680
 that.

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.640
 And at

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.240
 its heart,

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.380
 that is the

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.120
 New Testament's

00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:27.000
 idea of

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.740
 being in

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.279
 Christ.

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.039
 What the

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.579
 New Testament

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.339
 is saying

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.299
 is that

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.079
 through faith

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.839
 in Jesus

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.559
 Christ,

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.960
 we become

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:39.179
 united to

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:39.720
 him,

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.139
 and that

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:42.639
 unity with

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.980
 him means

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:45.559
 that anything

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.619
 that is true

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.659
 of Jesus

00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:49.399
 is true

00:24:49.399 --> 00:24:49.759
 of you.

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.399
 And you

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:56.419
 had as

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:57.839
 much to

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.279
 do with

00:24:58.279 --> 00:25:01.079
 it as

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.779
 being someone

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.379
 who sits

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:02.720
 on a

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:04.220
 plane waiting

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.579
 for the

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.079
 destination

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.759
 to arrive.

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:09.059
 it's

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.319
 all

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.579
 him.

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.779
 The

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:15.639
 late

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.460
 theologian

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.679
 and

00:25:16.679 --> 00:25:17.000
 pastor

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.299
 John

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.740
 Stott

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.779
 summed

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.220
 up really

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.679
 neatly,

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.339
 I think.

00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:20.659
 He said,

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.300
 the relationship

00:25:21.300 --> 00:25:22.360
 is

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:22.840
 the

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:24.279
 relationship

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.680
 is

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.160
 something

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.340
 much more

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:26.759
 than a

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.100
 formal

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.759
 attachment

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.279
 or a

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.540
 nodding

00:25:28.540 --> 00:25:29.380
 acquaintance,

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.380
 something

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:30.960
 more than

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.580
 even than

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.100
 a personal

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.600
 friendship.

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.620
 It is

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.279
 nothing less

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.640
 than a

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.000
 vital,

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.640
 organic,

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.240
 intimate

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.040
 union with

00:25:37.040 --> 00:25:37.960
 Jesus Christ

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.440
 involving a

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.580
 shared life

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:42.360
 and love.

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:42.419
 life.

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.639
 That's

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:44.879
 what it

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.219
 means to

00:25:45.219 --> 00:25:45.819
 be in

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.379
 Christ,

00:25:47.479 --> 00:25:48.279
 a vital

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.119
 union,

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.039
 a dynamic

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:51.159
 union with

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:51.419
 him.

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:52.859
 Now,

00:25:52.919 --> 00:25:53.119
 this,

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.479
 of course,

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.519
 leads to

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.399
 another

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:55.859
 question,

00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:56.219
 and this

00:25:56.219 --> 00:25:56.779
 again will

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.319
 be unpacked

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.619
 more and

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:57.759
 more,

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.240
 so very

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.619
 brief,

00:25:59.139 --> 00:26:00.599
 on how

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:00.979
 to get

00:26:00.979 --> 00:26:01.839
 in Christ,

00:26:02.199 --> 00:26:02.459
 therefore.

00:26:02.939 --> 00:26:03.259
 What does it

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.679
 mean to be

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:04.139
 in Christ?

00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:04.939
 How does

00:26:04.939 --> 00:26:05.439
 that happen?

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:07.340
 And this

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:07.820
 is where

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:09.100
 we might be

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.920
 confused about

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.320
 this,

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.380
 because in

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.799
 so many

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.259
 places,

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.539
 in so many

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.140
 people's

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.420
 thinking,

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.059
 the way to

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.519
 get in

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.240
 Christ is

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.799
 to find

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.539
 myself

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.220
 approved

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.860
 of him,

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:20.380
 to live

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:20.720
 in such

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.200
 a way

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.920
 that he

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.820
 will approve

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:22.980
 of me,

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.299
 God will

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.740
 approve of

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:23.960
 me.

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.120
 But the

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.519
 key to

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.960
 unlock

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.440
 every

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.900
 spiritual

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.400
 blessing

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:28.340
 in

00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:30.519
 Ephesians

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.500
 1 is

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.140
 verse 7.

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.220
 In

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.720
 him,

00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.160
 that's

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.660
 Christ,

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.500
 we have

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.180
 redemption

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.680
 through his

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:37.920
 blood,

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.400
 the forgiveness

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.080
 of sins.

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:39.920
 In

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.779
 Christ,

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:42.460
 God has

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.420
 redeemed

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.900
 us,

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.080
 brought us

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:46.060
 back into

00:26:46.060 --> 00:26:46.620
 relationship

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.240
 with himself

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:49.360
 through the

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:50.100
 blood of

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.480
 Jesus.

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.980
 And in

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.220
 that,

00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:53.740
 my sins

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.200
 are forgiven.

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.680
 And this

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.279
 is really

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.920
 a summary

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.660
 or points

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.140
 to the

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.580
 deep

00:26:58.580 --> 00:26:59.100
 central

00:26:59.100 --> 00:27:00.000
 point of

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.440
 the Christian

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.019
 faith,

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.060
 that Jesus

00:27:02.060 --> 00:27:02.519
 Christ,

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.019
 the Son

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.519
 of God,

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.460
 came into

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.200
 this world.

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.299
 Note that,

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.620
 the eternal

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.259
 God who

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.539
 always existed,

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.640
 God the

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.039
 Son,

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.039
 came into

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.900
 this world

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:15.299
 made as

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.079
 a human.

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.960
 God

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.460
 took the

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.160
 initiative

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:24.319
 to unite

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.380
 himself to

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.000
 us

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.799
 in human

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.400
 flesh

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:31.259
 in order

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.920
 to

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.740
 represent

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.680
 humanity

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.980
 to God,

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.040
 back to

00:27:36.040 --> 00:27:36.440
 himself.

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.660
 He not

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.220
 only became

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.180
 like us,

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:42.860
 but he

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.600
 came like

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.060
 us in

00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:44.560
 order to

00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:44.980
 deal with

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:46.040
 our deepest

00:27:46.040 --> 00:27:47.320
 problem and

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:47.960
 the thing

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.420
 that was

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.160
 keeping us

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.940
 separated from

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.540
 God and

00:27:50.540 --> 00:27:51.180
 his blessing,

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:51.940
 and that

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:53.140
 is that

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.040
 word sin

00:27:54.040 --> 00:27:57.840
 in Ephesians 1.

00:27:58.400 --> 00:28:01.740
 sin,

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.420
 some reform in

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:03.880
 the Bible,

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.100
 is a desire to

00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:05.960
 live independently

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.460
 of our

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.900
 creator,

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.380
 to not be in

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.060
 him at all,

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.100
 not even be

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.620
 with him.

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.180
 It's the sin

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.800
 that Adam

00:28:13.800 --> 00:28:14.980
 committed with

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.980
 Eve at the

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.620
 very beginning

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.060
 of the very

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.580
 beginning of the

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:17.900
 Bible.

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.000
 Bible.

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.660
 And as

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.540
 Jesus came

00:28:23.540 --> 00:28:23.980
 into this

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.460
 world,

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:24.920
 taking on

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.840
 human flesh,

00:28:26.280 --> 00:28:27.380
 he lived a

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.960
 life of

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.420
 perfect

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.440
 obedience to

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.920
 God,

00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:31.140
 the one

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.920
 person who

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.680
 is the

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.019
 only one

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.440
 who's ever

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.300
 done every

00:28:34.300 --> 00:28:34.880
 single thing

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.340
 that God's

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.280
 always required.

00:28:37.280 --> 00:28:37.880
 And that

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.480
 included

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.540
 obedience,

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.780
 dying on a

00:28:42.780 --> 00:28:43.540
 Roman cross,

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:45.240
 being rejected

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.259
 by God

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:48.599
 so that we

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:48.920
 could be

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.400
 brought back

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.039
 to God.

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.279
 He faced

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.680
 expulsion so

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:53.960
 that we

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.240
 could be

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.859
 brought in.

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.160
 He

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.559
 willingly

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.880
 allowed God's

00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:00.640
 justice for

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:02.180
 our sin to

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:03.140
 be poured out

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:04.000
 on him,

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:05.319
 on that cross,

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.620
 so that we

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.039
 could be

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.599
 redeemed,

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.160
 we could be

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.700
 ransomed,

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.220
 we could be

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.160
 brought back

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:12.700
 in Christ.

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.240
 And when God

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.259
 poured out his

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.279
 anger on

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.960
 Jesus on

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.940
 that cross,

00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:21.320
 he satisfied

00:29:21.320 --> 00:29:22.360
 the just

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.080
 demands

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:28.259
 of God's

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.759
 justice.

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.700
 It's like

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.880
 in Australia,

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.779
 one of the

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.220
 things, in

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.720
 fact, in my

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.480
 previous life,

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.240
 Rob said he

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.960
 used to work

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.460
 as a nurse,

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.140
 I used to

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.059
 work in the

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.859
 national parks,

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.059
 and apart from

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:45.400
 things to do

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.720
 with feral

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.299
 animals, the

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.740
 other things I

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.359
 used to do

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:49.620
 was bushfire,

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.519
 I used to

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.259
 fight bushfires,

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.339
 and one of

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.019
 the things we

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.420
 used to do

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.960
 in fighting a

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:55.259
 bushfire is

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.599
 a thing called

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:59.120
 control burning.

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.940
 And with

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:04.019
 control burning,

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.240
 what you do

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.059
 is it's a

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.480
 defensive

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.220
 mechanism,

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:09.099
 and it's

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:10.099
 one of the

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.879
 tips for

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.679
 those of you

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:11.859
 who have

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.199
 never been out

00:30:12.199 --> 00:30:12.539
 there in the

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.899
 bush and

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.240
 you're going to

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.459
 be in the

00:30:13.459 --> 00:30:13.740
 summer,

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:13.939
 here's a

00:30:13.939 --> 00:30:14.379
 little tip for

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:15.079
 you, always

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.679
 take a box

00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:16.019
 of mattress

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.480
 with you.

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.980
 If there's a

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:19.000
 bushfire that's

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.719
 looming on

00:30:19.719 --> 00:30:20.699
 you, one of

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:21.279
 the most,

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:23.159
 the clearest

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:24.339
 ways to be

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.159
 safe in a

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:26.059
 bushfire is to

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.699
 start a fire.

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.659
 That is, as a

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:30.619
 fire's looming on

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.579
 you, start a

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.819
 fire, and as

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:34.179
 this fire's coming

00:30:34.179 --> 00:30:35.039
 and this fire's

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.079
 burning, step

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.779
 into the fire

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.139
 zone.

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.280
 Step into

00:30:38.280 --> 00:30:38.740
 what's been

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.100
 burnt.

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.500
 Why?

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:40.020
 Because a

00:30:40.020 --> 00:30:40.580
 fire can't

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.020
 burn what's

00:30:41.020 --> 00:30:41.440
 already been

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.720
 burnt.

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.360
 It's burnt.

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.200
 It's one of

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.860
 the safety

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.160
 mechanisms.

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.880
 So I used to

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.540
 go and start

00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:48.240
 fires, it was

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.840
 fantastic.

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.640
 In fact, one

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.540
 back burning

00:30:52.540 --> 00:30:53.360
 control burn, or

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:54.120
 one control burn

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:55.700
 I started to

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.800
 ward off a

00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:57.380
 bushfire that

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:59.240
 was coming, was

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.680
 so fierce, it

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.600
 started another

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.100
 fire 10

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.880
 kilometres away.

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.120
 That was my

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.420
 bad.

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:08.120
 anyway, I

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:08.500
 mean, gave

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.940
 those people

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.320
 something to

00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:09.680
 do too.

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.300
 Anyway, so

00:31:11.300 --> 00:31:13.900
 what the Bible's

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.940
 telling us here

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:16.800
 is that God

00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:17.620
 has poured

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.480
 out his

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:20.220
 justice for

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.360
 our sin on

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:22.100
 the person of

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:23.140
 Jesus Christ,

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:25.160
 scorched earth,

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.279
 and Jesus

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.640
 calls us to

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.740
 stand in the

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.720
 scorched earth,

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:34.420
 cling to the

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.980
 cross, the

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.380
 work of

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:37.240
 Christ, because

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.880
 when you are

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:39.700
 in Christ, you

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.980
 have died with

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.839
 him and you

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:43.940
 are safe from

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.720
 the justice of

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.160
 God.

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:51.519
 The fire can't

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.160
 strike there

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:54.079
 again because

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:55.000
 you're safe in

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.519
 Christ.

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.559
 Christ.

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.680
 And so what

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.740
 the union of

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.839
 God and man in

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.339
 the coming of

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:01.519
 Jesus Christ is,

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:03.200
 it is so, so

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.819
 affirming, but

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.200
 it's not

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.700
 flattering.

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:08.019
 His presence in

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.500
 flesh, uniting

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.519
 himself with us,

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:12.079
 tells us that we

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:13.059
 are on the wrong

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.759
 track as

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.319
 humanity.

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.859
 And we need

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.420
 redemption.

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:20.059
 As we didn't

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.579
 say it, one of

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.579
 the old creeds

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.460
 of the church,

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.079
 the thing called

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.119
 Nicene Creed,

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.900
 helps us to

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.960
 understand our

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.500
 union with

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.240
 Christ in

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.539
 salvation terms.

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:33.859
 For us and

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.559
 for our

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:36.879
 salvation, he

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:38.559
 came down and

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.259
 took on human

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.720
 flesh.

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:43.019
 It is for us

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.339
 and our

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.759
 salvation that

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.440
 he united

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.119
 himself to

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.519
 us.

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.639
 And things

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.359
 only need

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.980
 saving when

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.379
 they've gone

00:32:50.379 --> 00:32:51.480
 horribly wrong.

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:54.599
 and if God

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.700
 is united to

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.200
 us in the

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.660
 coming of

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.279
 his son, in

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.839
 the person of

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.620
 Jesus Christ,

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.360
 then in his

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:01.279
 saving death and

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.140
 resurrection, we

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.960
 are united to

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.240
 him.

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.059
 In

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.700
 Philippians

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:09.539
 3, Paul

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.400
 uses this

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:11.120
 language.

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.720
 He says,

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.779
 all the things

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.440
 I used to have

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.460
 confidence in,

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:16.039
 all the things

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.579
 that I put my

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.099
 hope and my

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.740
 trust in, that

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.519
 God would find

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.299
 me approved.

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:20.859
 He said, I

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.639
 now consider

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.240
 them lost.

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.799
 I consider

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.579
 them garbage,

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.299
 refuge,

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.139
 sewage.

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.220
 In fact, the

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.819
 language is even

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.480
 stronger than

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.759
 that.

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.000
 Now that I

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.940
 am in

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.839
 Christ.

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.359
 And the

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.839
 language he

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.779
 uses is, I

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:40.839
 am found to

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.480
 be in

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.000
 Christ.

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:44.159
 Not that I

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:46.039
 went finding

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.879
 Christ, I am

00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:48.000
 found in

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.519
 Christ.

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.980
 Jesus Christ

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.579
 came to

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.240
 him, found

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.619
 him, initiated

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.579
 union with

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:53.859
 him.

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.539
 It is what

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.259
 he has done

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.139
 for us all.

00:33:59.379 --> 00:33:59.500
 And

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.279
 Ephesians 1

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.960
 tells us that

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.359
 his whole

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:02.039
 motive, God's

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.639
 whole motive,

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.379
 was a motive

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.839
 of love, of

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.680
 his goodwill, of

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.319
 his grace.

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.700
 And the

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:09.059
 promise is that

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:10.259
 everyone who

00:34:10.259 --> 00:34:11.039
 repents and

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.619
 believes and

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.039
 puts their

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:13.159
 faith in him

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:14.840
 is united to

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.219
 him.

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.880
 And in being

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.079
 united to him,

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:19.199
 everything that

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:20.340
 is his is

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.159
 yours.

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.799
 The heart of

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.380
 the matter is

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.440
 not how much

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.860
 faith you

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.400
 have.

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.519
 You know,

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.460
 imagine jumping

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.500
 in that plane,

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.219
 you're heading to

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:37.139
 Tasmania and

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.699
 you've done it

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:38.799
 multiple times,

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.360
 you don't even

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.500
 take any notice

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.380
 anymore of the

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:43.319
 safety briefing and

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:44.159
 every time there's

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:45.500
 a bit of a bump

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.199
 and stuff like

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.699
 that and there's

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.179
 a little bit of

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.859
 turbulence, you

00:34:47.859 --> 00:34:48.639
 go, whatever,

00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:49.819
 you know, been

00:34:49.819 --> 00:34:50.199
 here before,

00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:50.839
 joy.

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.159
 But over the

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.839
 aisle from you,

00:34:52.939 --> 00:34:53.599
 there's someone in

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.299
 the safety briefing

00:34:54.299 --> 00:34:55.259
 taking notes and

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:56.179
 reflecting on it and

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.899
 asking the hostess

00:34:57.899 --> 00:34:59.299
 multiple times,

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.599
 you know, can you

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.099
 please go and

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.599
 check on the

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.359
 pilots to make

00:35:02.359 --> 00:35:02.960
 sure everything's

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.319
 as they're

00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:03.960
 expecting it to

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.219
 be.

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:04.779
 You know,

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.419
 they're a nervous

00:35:05.419 --> 00:35:06.119
 traveller, every

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.699
 time there's a

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.839
 bump, we're

00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.319
 going to die.

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:12.039
 When you get to

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:17.740
 Tasmania, do you

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.400
 both get to

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.900
 Tasmania?

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.620
 The nervous,

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.740
 anxious flyer and

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:23.559
 the confident flyer,

00:35:23.580 --> 00:35:24.160
 do you both get

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:24.440
 there?

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:26.039
 Yes, you do.

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:28.760
 Because your anxiety

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:30.140
 levels mean absolutely

00:35:30.140 --> 00:35:30.880
 nothing to the

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.420
 process.

00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:34.120
 It's got everything

00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:34.740
 to do with the

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.039
 plane.

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.080
 It's got everything

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.059
 plane.

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:41.280
 See, one of the

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:42.340
 many wonderful

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.500
 things about being

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:46.420
 in Christ is that

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:48.780
 it causes us to

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.740
 take our eyes off

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:51.019
 ourselves and to

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.000
 put our eyes

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:53.740
 fiercely focused

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.400
 on him.

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.600
 When we understand

00:35:56.600 --> 00:35:57.519
 the foundation of

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.580
 our salvation is to

00:35:58.580 --> 00:36:00.140
 be found in him,

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.660
 then we know that

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.980
 it's not faith in

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:04.120
 the abstract or

00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:04.680
 the amount of

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:05.220
 faith that will

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:06.720
 save us, but it's

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.519
 the one to whom

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.039
 we have our

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.619
 faith, that we

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.719
 are saved in

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.179
 him.

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.880
 Which just brings

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.960
 me briefly to my

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:15.579
 last point that we

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.639
 are secure in

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.119
 Christ.

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.420
 That's one of the

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.259
 big implications

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:21.460
 for this, which is

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.320
 why we want to be

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:23.699
 speaking in this

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.119
 season.

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.719
 The whole point

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.079
 for us to

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.779
 understand it is

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.460
 so that our

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:29.340
 comfort and our

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:31.699
 joy soars,

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:34.199
 soars as we

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:35.119
 melt into the

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:37.059
 calm reassurance

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:38.000
 of who God

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:39.759
 actually is and

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:41.019
 who we are in

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.559
 Christ.

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.340
 I would be

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.980
 encouraging you

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.599
 in this series to

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.579
 let your mind and

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.739
 your heart go deep

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.900
 into the reality of

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.699
 this truth of

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:50.799
 union with

00:36:50.799 --> 00:36:51.320
 Christ.

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:52.799
 You are in

00:36:52.799 --> 00:36:53.539
 Christ.

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:55.320
 You have every

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.699
 spiritual blessing.

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.480
 He is your

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.739
 intimate companion

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:01.380
 moment by moment.

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.659
 Being in Christ

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.599
 means you cannot

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.319
 lose.

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.539
 You are

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:08.279
 inexhaustibly rich

00:37:08.279 --> 00:37:10.099
 for you are

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:11.099
 one with

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:12.599
 Christ and

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.519
 he is

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.460
 himself

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.920
 inexhaustibly

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.480
 rich.

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.659
 He is the

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.460
 heir of the

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.099
 universe.

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.400
 And through

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:22.519
 no activity

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.500
 of your own

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.360
 or my own,

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.579
 but by the

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:26.360
 sheer and

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:27.319
 mighty grace

00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:28.119
 of God,

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.619
 you have been

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:31.199
 folded in,

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.799
 brought in,

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:35.140
 the triumphant

00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:35.940
 and tender

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:37.000
 ruler of the

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.480
 cosmos,

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.780
 Jesus Christ.

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.680
 That means

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:47.980
 nothing can

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.680
 touch you

00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.340
 that does not

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.900
 touch him.

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.200
 Nothing can

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.720
 touch you

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:54.360
 that does not

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.920
 touch him.

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.600
 That's what it

00:37:55.600 --> 00:37:56.060
 means.

00:37:56.059 --> 00:38:01.779
 anything to

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.579
 get to you,

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.039
 every pain,

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.599
 every assault,

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:08.079
 every disappointment

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.440
 has to go

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:10.099
 through him

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:12.579
 first because

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.360
 you are in

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:13.739
 him.

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.880
 And when you

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.559
 are in the

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.380
 midst of that

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:18.320
 moment of pain

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:18.920
 and suffering

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.699
 and doubting

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:20.739
 and confusion

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.980
 and disillusionment,

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:23.199
 he's not out

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:24.380
 there, you are

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:25.679
 still in him.

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:28.099
 and it has

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.759
 to go through

00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:29.900
 him to get

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.480
 to you,

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:33.619
 to get to

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:33.880
 me.

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.900
 You are

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.880
 shielded by

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.900
 his invincible

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.440
 love.

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:44.340
 Everything that

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:44.860
 comes into

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.659
 your life,

00:38:45.799 --> 00:38:46.440
 no matter how

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.579
 hard it is,

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.739
 comes from

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.619
 and through

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.199
 the tender

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:52.679
 care of

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.219
 Christ.

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:56.019
 he himself

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:57.099
 feels your

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.819
 anguish

00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:59.959
 even more

00:38:59.959 --> 00:39:00.559
 deeply than

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.079
 you do.

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.879
 He feels

00:39:03.879 --> 00:39:04.519
 it even more

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.079
 deeply than

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.539
 you do

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:09.980
 because you're

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.399
 one with

00:39:10.399 --> 00:39:10.619
 him.

00:39:11.899 --> 00:39:12.779
 You're united

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.279
 to him.

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.639
 Amid the

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.459
 storms of

00:39:16.459 --> 00:39:17.319
 your and

00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:18.059
 my little

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.879
 existences,

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.880
 sins,

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.740
 the sins

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:21.660
 that we

00:39:21.660 --> 00:39:22.800
 know we

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.380
 struggle with,

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:24.260
 the sufferings,

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:24.860
 the failures,

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.519
 the faltering,

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.640
 the waywardness,

00:39:26.740 --> 00:39:27.420
 the wandering,

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:29.400
 the lack of

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:29.920
 following.

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:33.500
 In all

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:34.680
 those things,

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:37.240
 he will

00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:38.099
 walk you

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.980
 into his

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.460
 eternal

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.140
 presence.

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:41.980
 He will

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.380
 do it.

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:48.539
 not just

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:49.240
 with you,

00:39:49.660 --> 00:39:50.280
 he is

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.860
 in you

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.360
 and you

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:51.840
 are in

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.200
 him.

00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:52.920
 His

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.579
 destiny

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:55.380
 falls on,

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.119
 sorry,

00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:57.420
 his destiny

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:58.079
 now falls

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.640
 on you.

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.840
 Everything

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.099
 that is

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.519
 his is

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.920
 yours

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.720
 in Christ.

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.660
 His union

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:04.260
 with you

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:04.980
 at both

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.579
 the macro

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.059
 and the

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.920
 micro levels

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.860
 guarantees

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:09.039
 that he

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.880
 will walk

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.500
 you into

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.860
 heaven,

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.640
 into

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:12.239
 everything

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:12.639
 that he's

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.139
 promised.

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.980
 How do

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.500
 I know?

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.099
 Because

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.339
 he's

00:40:25.339 --> 00:40:25.799
 achieved it

00:40:25.799 --> 00:40:26.319
 all already.

00:40:28.339 --> 00:40:28.980
 How do

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.420
 I know

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:29.739
 that he's

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:29.980
 not going

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.359
 to reverse

00:40:30.359 --> 00:40:30.900
 his plans?

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.420
 He won't

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.039
 reverse his

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.359
 plans.

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:32.980
 He can't

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.559
 undo

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.519
 his union

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:35.059
 with you

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.859
 any more

00:40:35.859 --> 00:40:36.599
 than he

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.699
 can be

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:39.859
 de-incarnated

00:40:39.859 --> 00:40:40.299
 in human

00:40:40.299 --> 00:40:40.779
 flesh

00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:41.860
 any more

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.260
 than he

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:42.680
 can be

00:40:42.680 --> 00:40:43.760
 de-crucified,

00:40:44.100 --> 00:40:44.680
 any more

00:40:44.680 --> 00:40:44.960
 than he

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.240
 can be

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:46.280
 de-resurrected,

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.760
 any more

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:47.060
 than he

00:40:47.060 --> 00:40:48.200
 can de-ascend.

00:40:52.040 --> 00:40:52.680
 And if

00:40:52.680 --> 00:40:52.920
 he was

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.180
 to do

00:40:53.180 --> 00:40:53.780
 any of

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:54.220
 that,

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.260
 union

00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:56.000
 stops.

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.100
 But it

00:40:59.100 --> 00:40:59.460
 won't.

00:41:02.060 --> 00:41:02.540
 It

00:41:02.540 --> 00:41:02.900
 won't.

00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:04.940
 you

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:07.380
 were in

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:07.900
 Christ.

00:41:13.180 --> 00:41:13.980
 And so

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.700
 as we

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.079
 go through

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.380
 this

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:16.019
 series,

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.660
 draw strength

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:18.099
 from your

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.500
 oneness

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:19.079
 with Jesus.

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:20.880
 You are

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.280
 no longer

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:21.740
 alone.

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.079
 You are

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:23.840
 not isolated.

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:25.300
 And when

00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:25.900
 you sin,

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:28.180
 don't give

00:41:28.180 --> 00:41:28.480
 up.

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.920
 he

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.179
 hasn't

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:30.400
 turned

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.579
 his

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:30.800
 back

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.240
 on you

00:41:31.240 --> 00:41:31.860
 in any

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.059
 way,

00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:32.519
 shape,

00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:33.320
 or form.

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.639
 In fact,

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.019
 in that

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:37.440
 moment,

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:40.400
 he draws

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:40.960
 close to

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.119
 you,

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.860
 even closer

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:42.280
 than you

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:42.719
 thought he

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:43.179
 was.

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.599
 In that

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:47.920
 moment,

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.340
 he draws

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:48.900
 close and

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.260
 he lifts

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:49.900
 your chin

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:51.639
 and he

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:52.099
 looks you

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.519
 in the

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:52.900
 eye

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:54.880
 and he

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:55.240
 says,

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.820
 I am

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:57.039
 your

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.519
 existence,

00:41:58.120 --> 00:41:58.620
 not your

00:41:58.620 --> 00:41:59.000
 sin,

00:41:59.340 --> 00:41:59.720
 I am

00:41:59.720 --> 00:41:59.900
 your

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:00.400
 existence

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:02.280
 and your

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:02.620
 existence

00:42:02.620 --> 00:42:03.280
 is this,

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:05.460
 I am

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:05.740
 in the

00:42:05.740 --> 00:42:06.059
 Father

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:08.220
 and you

00:42:08.220 --> 00:42:08.640
 are in

00:42:08.640 --> 00:42:09.019
 me

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:10.500
 and I

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:11.460
 am in

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:11.720
 you.