WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:28.440 Thanks very much Sam for leading this morning and thanks to the musicians again for playing. 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.560 It's always good to have people who can play music and help us along in our singing. 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:42.840 Thanks again Sam for your organisation of yesterday. It was a good time, a great encouragement. 00:00:44.179 --> 00:00:46.900 Let's turn in our Bibles please to Colossians. 00:00:46.899 --> 00:01:00.619 This is the book we're looking at. If you've missed any of the talks along the way, you'll find them all on the website. 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:03.939 And again, thanks to Christopher who does that. 00:01:04.780 --> 00:01:10.219 And yeah, they're all in good order now so you can follow up on past series as well. 00:01:10.219 --> 00:01:18.640 But you'll find them there. We're going to read this morning from Colossians chapter 2, starting at verse 8 through to verse 15. 00:01:20.819 --> 00:01:23.879 So let's hear God's word together. 00:01:25.819 --> 00:01:30.319 Colossians 2, starting at verse 8 through to verse 15. 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:48.679 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world, rather than on Christ. 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:55.000 For in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form. 00:01:56.160 --> 00:01:59.060 And in Christ you have been brought to fullness. 00:02:00.380 --> 00:02:05.360 He that is Christ is the head over every power and authority. 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:13.800 In Christ you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:25.240 Your whole self, ruled by the flesh, was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, 00:02:26.100 --> 00:02:32.620 in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. 00:02:32.620 --> 00:02:44.300 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. 00:02:45.740 --> 00:02:49.120 He forgave us all our sins. 00:02:49.900 --> 00:02:56.420 Having cancelled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us, 00:02:57.020 --> 00:03:00.520 he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:11.140 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. 00:03:13.260 --> 00:03:21.360 Well, these are rich words and we need God's help to understand and apply them. 00:03:21.820 --> 00:03:25.219 So let's pray and ask for his help now. 00:03:25.219 --> 00:03:32.960 Father God, we thank you again for all your many blessings to us. 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:42.520 Thank you that we can meet together like this in peace and in safety. 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:49.460 Thank you that we can enjoy one another's company and support. 00:03:49.460 --> 00:03:54.740 And thank you that you have given to us your word. 00:03:55.600 --> 00:04:03.480 That the God who made this universe has written down his word for us today. 00:04:04.980 --> 00:04:11.900 So that as we listen to it, we can hear your voice speaking to our hearts afresh. 00:04:11.900 --> 00:04:16.139 So please, will you encourage us. 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:22.879 And would you meet every need of every person here today. 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:25.800 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:27.379 Amen. 00:04:33.379 --> 00:04:35.560 Life with Christ is good. 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:37.660 But you know what? 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:41.240 It can be so much better. 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:47.100 Wouldn't you like to experience the best life, the good life? 00:04:48.060 --> 00:04:49.920 And please don't misunderstand me. 00:04:50.300 --> 00:04:52.819 Christ is a good place for us to start. 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:55.000 But don't let that restrict you. 00:04:55.379 --> 00:04:59.879 There is so much more beyond Christ to experience. 00:04:59.879 --> 00:05:08.279 Well, be very careful of such teaching. 00:05:09.100 --> 00:05:10.139 Look at verse 8. 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:15.759 See to it that no one, including the preacher, 00:05:16.579 --> 00:05:20.420 takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy. 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:24.860 We don't know exactly what this philosophy or teaching is, 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:26.839 but we do know its source. 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:28.860 Continue with me through verse 8. 00:05:28.860 --> 00:05:32.759 It depends on human tradition. 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:39.800 In other words, it is nothing less than the imaginations and speculations of people. 00:05:40.740 --> 00:05:44.560 And it also depends on, the rest of verse 8, 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:49.460 the elemental spiritual forces of this world. 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:53.420 That is, its roots, the teaching of this, 00:05:53.420 --> 00:05:57.060 its roots are sinister, evil, 00:05:57.780 --> 00:06:00.439 luring you away from the truth. 00:06:01.300 --> 00:06:05.199 The problem is, this teaching depends on other things. 00:06:06.180 --> 00:06:08.100 Do you see the last sentence of verse 8? 00:06:08.980 --> 00:06:12.000 Rather than on Christ. 00:06:12.840 --> 00:06:17.280 Their foundations are in other things except Christ. 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:26.639 Christ is a good place to start, they say, 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.279 but there is something more. 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:32.000 Christ can meet some of your spiritual needs, 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.099 but not all of your spiritual needs. 00:06:35.100 --> 00:06:40.960 Now we face the same kind of deceptive philosophy today. 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:44.820 Let me share with you two that I came up with. 00:06:46.260 --> 00:06:48.660 Christ plus religious tradition. 00:06:49.780 --> 00:06:50.700 So people will say, 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:52.060 Christ is good, 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:56.760 but it's your religious traditions that really count. 00:06:56.759 --> 00:07:00.099 It's not so much who Christ is, 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:04.319 but believing in your rituals and your practices. 00:07:05.939 --> 00:07:07.480 Or how about this one? 00:07:08.259 --> 00:07:11.240 Christ plus personal experience. 00:07:12.099 --> 00:07:13.459 Christ is good, 00:07:14.139 --> 00:07:17.579 but it's your personal experience that counts. 00:07:17.899 --> 00:07:19.879 It's not so much who Christ is, 00:07:20.159 --> 00:07:24.439 but what you feel and think is best for you. 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:28.319 Now these things sound right, 00:07:28.540 --> 00:07:30.379 they can almost feel good, 00:07:30.699 --> 00:07:32.180 but we've got to be careful, 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:33.620 it's deceptive. 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:36.759 Such teaching, as we see in verse 8, 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:38.899 is human speculation. 00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:41.220 It depends on human tradition. 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:44.659 It's luring you away from the truth. 00:07:44.980 --> 00:07:47.740 It's not Christ plus that we need. 00:07:48.500 --> 00:07:51.920 We need Christ alone. 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:57.220 You see, if we add anything onto Christ, 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.420 we're actually taking away from Christ. 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:03.319 And that's dangerous. 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:05.980 Rather than free you, 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:08.660 look again at the beginning of verse 8, 00:08:09.939 --> 00:08:11.520 it takes you captive. 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:15.240 And rather than fill you, 00:08:15.420 --> 00:08:17.080 it leaves you hollow, 00:08:17.379 --> 00:08:18.800 it leaves you empty. 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:23.600 It's not Christ plus something else, 00:08:24.340 --> 00:08:25.819 but Christ alone. 00:08:27.500 --> 00:08:29.060 And we're going to look at three things 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:30.840 in the remaining verses 00:08:30.840 --> 00:08:34.399 that show us that Christ is enough 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:37.080 for us as we walk the Christian life. 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:38.840 Three things. 00:08:38.940 --> 00:08:40.659 We have fullness in Christ, 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:44.460 we're made alive with Christ, 00:08:44.460 --> 00:08:47.720 and we experience victory through Christ. 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:48.980 So fullness in Christ, 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:50.240 alive with Christ, 00:08:51.040 --> 00:08:52.960 and victory through Christ. 00:08:54.060 --> 00:08:55.740 So let's look at the first one. 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:59.660 We have fullness in Christ. 00:09:00.280 --> 00:09:03.160 In Christ, we have all that we need 00:09:03.160 --> 00:09:04.840 to live the Christian life. 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:07.320 Three things are going to help us see this. 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:08.220 Here's the first one. 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:10.580 We have union with Christ. 00:09:10.740 --> 00:09:11.700 Look at verse 9. 00:09:11.700 --> 00:09:15.400 For in Christ, 00:09:16.400 --> 00:09:19.000 all the fullness of the deity 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:21.660 lives in bodily form. 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:24.600 Now to help us understand that, 00:09:24.680 --> 00:09:26.360 we can go back to chapter 1, 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:27.759 verse 9, 00:09:28.460 --> 00:09:31.000 where the same thing is said. 00:09:31.920 --> 00:09:34.900 For God was pleased 00:09:34.900 --> 00:09:36.879 to have all his fullness 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:40.440 dwell in Christ. 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:40.660 Christ. 00:09:41.500 --> 00:09:42.760 All of God, 00:09:43.260 --> 00:09:44.400 so if my fist, 00:09:44.540 --> 00:09:44.940 if you like, 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:45.920 is God, 00:09:46.280 --> 00:09:47.500 and this is Christ, 00:09:47.780 --> 00:09:48.860 all of God 00:09:48.860 --> 00:09:51.660 is in Christ. 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:54.380 That's why it says, 00:09:54.740 --> 00:09:56.240 if we go back to chapter 2, 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:57.000 verse 10, 00:09:57.680 --> 00:09:59.100 the very last sentence, 00:09:59.880 --> 00:10:01.560 Christ is the head 00:10:01.560 --> 00:10:03.120 over every power 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:03.920 and authority. 00:10:04.260 --> 00:10:06.020 That's actually a position 00:10:06.020 --> 00:10:08.600 that belongs to God alone. 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:10.840 But here it's telling us 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:11.680 that Christ 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:13.379 is the head 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:14.659 over every power 00:10:14.659 --> 00:10:15.980 and authority. 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:17.220 In other words, 00:10:17.700 --> 00:10:20.060 Christ is God. 00:10:20.620 --> 00:10:22.420 And the more we know 00:10:22.420 --> 00:10:23.899 the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:25.519 the more we know 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:26.680 who God is. 00:10:27.820 --> 00:10:29.940 Now look at verse 10. 00:10:30.740 --> 00:10:31.779 So we've seen that 00:10:31.779 --> 00:10:33.060 in Christ 00:10:33.060 --> 00:10:34.420 is God. 00:10:34.419 --> 00:10:36.079 And now we're told 00:10:36.079 --> 00:10:36.579 at the beginning 00:10:36.579 --> 00:10:37.360 of verse 10 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:39.339 that we are 00:10:39.339 --> 00:10:41.139 in Christ. 00:10:42.059 --> 00:10:43.860 That's who we are 00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:45.379 if we're trusting in him. 00:10:45.599 --> 00:10:47.019 Go back to chapter 1, 00:10:47.099 --> 00:10:47.699 verse 2. 00:10:49.079 --> 00:10:50.559 Remember how he described 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:51.279 the church 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:53.559 to God's holy people 00:10:53.559 --> 00:10:54.419 in Colossae, 00:10:55.019 --> 00:10:56.399 the faithful brothers 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:57.179 and sisters 00:10:57.179 --> 00:11:00.079 in Christ. 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.920 Now put these 00:11:02.920 --> 00:11:03.860 two things together. 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:04.940 If God is 00:11:04.940 --> 00:11:06.280 in Christ 00:11:06.280 --> 00:11:08.040 and we 00:11:08.040 --> 00:11:09.700 are in Christ 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:11.280 then 00:11:11.280 --> 00:11:12.600 we have 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:13.820 been brought 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:14.639 to fullness. 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:17.820 If all of God 00:11:17.820 --> 00:11:18.700 is in Christ 00:11:18.700 --> 00:11:20.360 and we are 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:21.060 in Christ 00:11:21.060 --> 00:11:22.920 then verse 10 00:11:22.920 --> 00:11:24.540 we have been brought 00:11:24.540 --> 00:11:25.640 to fullness. 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:26.540 To be 00:11:26.540 --> 00:11:27.580 in Christ, 00:11:27.700 --> 00:11:28.580 to be trusting 00:11:28.580 --> 00:11:29.520 in him 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:30.679 is to be 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:31.340 filled 00:11:31.340 --> 00:11:32.579 with the 00:11:32.579 --> 00:11:33.539 fullness of God. 00:11:34.579 --> 00:11:35.899 Which means 00:11:35.899 --> 00:11:40.240 Christ 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:41.100 is 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:41.919 enough. 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:43.600 All that we 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:44.299 ever need to 00:11:44.299 --> 00:11:45.100 know of God, 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:46.399 all that we 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:47.360 could ever have 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:48.179 or receive 00:11:48.179 --> 00:11:49.559 from God 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:51.179 is found 00:11:51.179 --> 00:11:52.340 in Christ. 00:11:52.659 --> 00:11:53.159 Therefore 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:54.259 we can say 00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:55.100 Christ 00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:55.759 is enough 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:56.220 for me. 00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:57.600 Christ 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:58.360 is sufficient 00:11:58.360 --> 00:11:58.940 for me 00:11:58.940 --> 00:11:59.340 in my 00:11:59.340 --> 00:11:59.680 walk 00:11:59.680 --> 00:12:00.180 with him. 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:01.460 And if 00:12:01.460 --> 00:12:01.820 you have 00:12:01.820 --> 00:12:02.639 been filled 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:03.180 with the 00:12:03.180 --> 00:12:03.480 fullness 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:04.120 of God, 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:04.600 with all 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:05.159 the greatness 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:05.940 and glory 00:12:05.940 --> 00:12:06.440 of God, 00:12:06.680 --> 00:12:07.200 if we've 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:07.720 been filled 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:08.399 with him, 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:09.539 how could 00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:09.980 you ever 00:12:09.980 --> 00:12:10.620 think 00:12:10.620 --> 00:12:11.600 that you're 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:11.960 missing 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:12.519 something? 00:12:13.300 --> 00:12:13.800 How can 00:12:13.800 --> 00:12:14.159 we ever 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:14.560 say 00:12:14.560 --> 00:12:15.480 I don't 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:16.200 have enough 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:17.039 if we've 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:17.659 been filled 00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:18.080 with the 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:18.360 fullness 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:19.019 of God? 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:20.180 God 00:12:20.180 --> 00:12:20.620 has given 00:12:20.620 --> 00:12:20.940 us 00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:21.680 everything. 00:12:21.940 --> 00:12:22.420 He's given 00:12:22.420 --> 00:12:22.800 us 00:12:22.800 --> 00:12:23.639 himself 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:25.460 so that 00:12:25.460 --> 00:12:25.819 we could 00:12:25.819 --> 00:12:26.100 be 00:12:26.100 --> 00:12:27.059 eternally 00:12:27.059 --> 00:12:28.419 satisfied. 00:12:29.699 --> 00:12:29.980 You see, 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:30.500 to know 00:12:30.500 --> 00:12:31.100 Christ 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:32.439 is to 00:12:32.439 --> 00:12:32.699 know 00:12:32.699 --> 00:12:33.259 God. 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:34.519 And if 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:34.960 you have 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:35.600 God, 00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:37.059 then you 00:12:37.059 --> 00:12:37.519 can never 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:38.620 add anything 00:12:38.620 --> 00:12:39.580 better and 00:12:39.580 --> 00:12:40.059 greater 00:12:40.059 --> 00:12:41.379 onto that. 00:12:42.740 --> 00:12:43.299 Christ 00:12:43.299 --> 00:12:44.019 is enough 00:12:44.019 --> 00:12:44.679 for you 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:46.120 and for 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:46.460 me. 00:12:48.319 --> 00:12:49.000 Maybe 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:49.259 you're 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:49.759 asking, 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:51.200 well, 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:51.539 okay, 00:12:51.539 --> 00:12:52.419 this fullness 00:12:52.419 --> 00:12:53.059 of Christ 00:12:53.059 --> 00:12:53.459 in me, 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:54.399 how can 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:55.439 I experience 00:12:55.439 --> 00:12:55.980 that for 00:12:55.980 --> 00:12:56.519 myself? 00:12:57.819 --> 00:12:58.059 Well, 00:12:58.120 --> 00:12:58.860 very simply 00:12:58.860 --> 00:13:00.000 through faith 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:01.019 in Christ. 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:02.120 We have 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:03.299 this union 00:13:03.299 --> 00:13:04.120 with Christ, 00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:04.579 we have 00:13:04.579 --> 00:13:05.339 this fullness 00:13:05.339 --> 00:13:06.459 as we 00:13:06.459 --> 00:13:07.139 place our 00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:07.620 trust, 00:13:07.819 --> 00:13:08.480 our confidence 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:09.339 in him. 00:13:09.699 --> 00:13:10.179 We are 00:13:10.179 --> 00:13:11.159 united to 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:11.379 him, 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:11.919 we're 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:12.719 bound to 00:13:12.719 --> 00:13:12.959 him, 00:13:13.299 --> 00:13:13.519 we're 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:14.299 in him, 00:13:14.659 --> 00:13:14.879 we're 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:15.759 incorporated 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:16.659 into him. 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:17.319 It's an 00:13:17.319 --> 00:13:17.899 eternal 00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:19.199 union that 00:13:19.199 --> 00:13:19.659 can never 00:13:19.659 --> 00:13:20.439 be broken, 00:13:20.719 --> 00:13:20.980 ruined, 00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:22.120 or destroyed. 00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:23.879 His 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:24.639 life 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:26.120 becomes 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:27.000 my life. 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:28.920 So think 00:13:28.920 --> 00:13:29.340 of it like 00:13:29.340 --> 00:13:29.600 this, 00:13:29.680 --> 00:13:30.000 think of 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:30.620 a marriage. 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:32.200 So when 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:32.740 Kirstie and 00:13:32.740 --> 00:13:33.159 I got 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:33.560 married, 00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:34.940 we became 00:13:34.940 --> 00:13:36.039 one. 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:37.600 The two 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.240 became 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:39.100 one. 00:13:39.420 --> 00:13:39.980 Through our 00:13:39.980 --> 00:13:40.700 vows and 00:13:40.700 --> 00:13:41.500 promises and 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:41.940 commitments, 00:13:42.539 --> 00:13:43.259 my life 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:43.960 became her 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:44.440 life and 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:44.920 her life 00:13:44.920 --> 00:13:45.580 became my 00:13:45.580 --> 00:13:45.860 life. 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:46.659 We were 00:13:46.659 --> 00:13:47.519 united, 00:13:47.800 --> 00:13:48.200 we were 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:49.060 bound. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:50.259 Well, 00:13:50.259 --> 00:13:50.559 in a 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:50.799 much 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.379 deeper 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:51.720 and 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:52.279 eternal 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:52.700 way, 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:53.299 through 00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:53.559 our 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:54.100 faith, 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:55.200 by trusting 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:55.679 our 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:56.299 life to 00:13:56.299 --> 00:13:56.740 Christ, 00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:57.419 his 00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:57.799 life 00:13:57.799 --> 00:13:58.439 becomes 00:13:58.439 --> 00:13:59.100 my 00:13:59.100 --> 00:13:59.500 life. 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:00.080 All 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:00.319 that 00:14:00.319 --> 00:14:00.799 Christ 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:01.179 has 00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:01.679 becomes 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:02.240 ours. 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:02.899 He 00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:03.220 has 00:14:03.220 --> 00:14:03.460 the 00:14:03.460 --> 00:14:03.740 fullness 00:14:03.740 --> 00:14:04.059 of 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:04.360 God 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:04.960 and if 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:05.240 we're 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:05.720 in him, 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:06.879 we have 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.200 his 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:07.639 fullness. 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:11.519 We don't 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:11.980 need 00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:12.519 anything 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:13.039 else. 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.399 We don't 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:14.919 need to 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:15.659 add on 00:14:15.659 --> 00:14:15.860 to 00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:16.299 Christ. 00:14:16.299 --> 00:14:16.959 So, 00:14:17.099 --> 00:14:17.459 first, 00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:18.500 we have 00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:19.139 fullness 00:14:19.139 --> 00:14:20.459 in 00:14:20.459 --> 00:14:20.939 Christ. 00:14:22.479 --> 00:14:23.159 Second, 00:14:23.939 --> 00:14:24.559 we've 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:25.120 been made 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:25.839 alive 00:14:25.839 --> 00:14:26.659 with 00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:27.139 Christ. 00:14:28.479 --> 00:14:29.120 In 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:29.599 Christ, 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:30.299 we have 00:14:30.299 --> 00:14:30.559 the 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:31.279 best 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:32.240 life. 00:14:33.439 --> 00:14:33.559 And 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:33.879 again, 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:34.620 three things 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:34.859 are going 00:14:34.859 --> 00:14:35.199 to help 00:14:35.199 --> 00:14:36.199 us see 00:14:36.199 --> 00:14:36.519 this, 00:14:36.599 --> 00:14:36.919 how it 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:37.240 works 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:37.579 out. 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:38.839 First, 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:39.919 we are 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:40.879 circumcised 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.639 by Christ. 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:43.019 Look at 00:14:43.019 --> 00:14:43.679 verse 11. 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:45.699 in 00:14:45.699 --> 00:14:46.359 Christ, 00:14:46.959 --> 00:14:47.359 again, 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:47.839 so it's 00:14:47.839 --> 00:14:48.539 that union 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:49.299 language as 00:14:49.299 --> 00:14:49.859 we trust 00:14:49.859 --> 00:14:50.419 in him, 00:14:51.219 --> 00:14:52.059 in him 00:14:52.059 --> 00:14:53.059 you are 00:14:53.059 --> 00:14:53.559 also 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:54.699 circumcised 00:14:54.699 --> 00:14:55.199 with a 00:14:55.199 --> 00:14:56.059 circumcision 00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:57.419 not 00:14:57.419 --> 00:14:58.099 performed 00:14:58.099 --> 00:14:58.899 by human 00:14:58.899 --> 00:14:59.500 hands. 00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:00.839 Now, 00:15:00.939 --> 00:15:01.539 circumcision 00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.079 was an 00:15:02.079 --> 00:15:02.659 Old 00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:03.319 Testament 00:15:03.319 --> 00:15:03.979 covenant 00:15:03.979 --> 00:15:04.839 sign given 00:15:04.839 --> 00:15:05.500 to God's 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:05.899 people. 00:15:06.819 --> 00:15:07.000 The 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.639 foreskin 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:09.120 of every 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:10.019 baby boy 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:11.299 was cut 00:15:11.299 --> 00:15:11.719 off. 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:12.899 It was 00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:13.599 a mark 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:14.259 or it 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:14.620 was a 00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:15.019 sign 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:15.639 to show 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:16.019 you 00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:16.620 that 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:16.820 you 00:15:16.820 --> 00:15:17.460 belonged 00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:18.220 to 00:15:18.220 --> 00:15:18.740 God. 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:19.960 However, 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:20.940 circumcision 00:15:20.940 --> 00:15:22.220 was always 00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:22.840 outward 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:23.740 and 00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:24.240 physical. 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:24.700 It was 00:15:24.700 --> 00:15:25.220 just a 00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:25.620 mark. 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:26.340 It never 00:15:26.340 --> 00:15:26.840 changed 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:27.060 the 00:15:27.060 --> 00:15:27.560 inside. 00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:28.000 It never 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.480 changed 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:28.720 the 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:29.159 heart. 00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:30.040 What 00:15:30.040 --> 00:15:30.279 was 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:30.820 needed 00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:31.540 was 00:15:31.540 --> 00:15:31.960 something 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:32.519 inward 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.060 and 00:15:33.060 --> 00:15:33.500 something 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.279 spiritual. 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:35.460 In 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:35.720 fact, 00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:36.060 God 00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:36.480 told 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:37.200 Moses, 00:15:38.560 --> 00:15:39.040 or God 00:15:39.040 --> 00:15:39.500 told the 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:39.800 people 00:15:39.800 --> 00:15:40.139 through 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:40.720 Moses, 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.360 this is 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:41.840 what God 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:42.259 said, 00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:43.259 he 00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:43.500 says, 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:43.899 I want 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:44.319 you to 00:15:44.319 --> 00:15:45.279 circumcise 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:45.960 your 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:46.740 hearts 00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:48.120 and don't 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.340 be 00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:49.000 hard 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:49.779 hearted 00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.439 any 00:15:50.439 --> 00:15:50.960 longer. 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:54.179 Well, 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:54.600 of course, 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:55.279 God didn't 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:55.759 mean to 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.179 physically 00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:56.899 cut out 00:15:56.899 --> 00:15:57.419 your heart 00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:57.799 with a 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.220 knife. 00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.200 No, 00:15:59.259 --> 00:15:59.720 God was 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.039 saying, 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:01.019 what you 00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:01.720 need 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.879 is not 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.379 something 00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:03.980 physical 00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.879 and outward, 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:06.200 but you 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:07.080 need something 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.759 inner 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.419 and 00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:09.179 spiritual. 00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.259 You 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:10.740 need to 00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:11.220 change 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:11.519 the 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:12.419 inside. 00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.379 You 00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:13.860 need to 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.220 cut 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:14.700 away 00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:15.299 the 00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:15.879 sinful 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.559 self 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:17.840 so that 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.000 you 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.439 can 00:16:18.439 --> 00:16:18.720 be 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:19.159 devoted 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.439 to 00:16:19.439 --> 00:16:19.720 me. 00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:20.899 And 00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:21.319 that's 00:16:21.319 --> 00:16:21.539 what 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:22.000 Christ 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:22.399 came 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:22.779 to do 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:23.279 for us. 00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:23.799 So, 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:24.059 look at 00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:24.399 the rest 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:24.779 of verse 00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:25.200 11. 00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:27.439 Your 00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:27.919 whole 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.580 self 00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:30.019 ruled 00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:30.580 by the 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:31.080 flesh, 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:32.319 so when 00:16:32.319 --> 00:16:32.759 it uses 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.379 that term 00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:33.879 flesh, 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:34.120 it's 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.460 talking 00:16:34.460 --> 00:16:34.840 about 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:35.360 the 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:36.019 sinful 00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.820 desires 00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:37.580 of the 00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:38.060 heart, 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.360 your 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:39.840 whole 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:40.379 self 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:41.320 ruled 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:41.860 by the 00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:42.160 sinful 00:16:42.160 --> 00:16:42.720 desires 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.080 of the 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:43.399 heart 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:44.080 was 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.500 put 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:44.840 off 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.120 or 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.759 cut 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.259 off 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:47.540 when 00:16:47.540 --> 00:16:47.720 you 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:47.920 were 00:16:47.920 --> 00:16:48.879 circumcised 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.620 by 00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.160 Christ. 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:51.300 In 00:16:51.300 --> 00:16:51.519 other 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:51.820 words, 00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:52.060 our 00:16:52.060 --> 00:16:52.660 hearts 00:16:52.660 --> 00:16:53.480 which 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.100 represent 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:54.360 our 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:54.740 true 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.340 selves 00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:55.840 and 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:56.040 are 00:16:56.040 --> 00:16:56.399 ruled 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:56.680 by 00:16:56.680 --> 00:16:57.040 sin, 00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:57.620 we 00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:57.940 want 00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.139 to 00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:58.340 live 00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:58.840 God's 00:16:58.840 --> 00:16:59.180 way. 00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:01.040 But 00:17:01.040 --> 00:17:01.259 that 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:01.600 needs 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.400 changed 00:17:02.400 --> 00:17:03.500 and 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:03.700 we 00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:03.920 can 00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:04.140 never 00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:04.680 change 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:04.900 that 00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.060 on 00:17:05.060 --> 00:17:05.519 ourselves. 00:17:05.840 --> 00:17:06.060 We 00:17:06.060 --> 00:17:06.279 don't 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.480 even 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:06.960 want 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.160 to 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.539 change 00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:07.759 our 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.220 hearts. 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:09.759 We 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.120 need 00:17:10.120 --> 00:17:10.640 Christ 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:10.920 to 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.299 come 00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:11.640 to 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:11.960 us 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.480 and 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:13.000 change 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.400 us 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:14.580 inwardly 00:17:14.580 --> 00:17:15.460 to 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:15.680 give 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:15.860 us 00:17:15.860 --> 00:17:16.080 a 00:17:16.080 --> 00:17:16.880 circumcision 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.680 of 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:17.860 the 00:17:17.860 --> 00:17:18.320 heart, 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.039 not 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:19.620 performed 00:17:19.620 --> 00:17:19.900 by 00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:20.340 human 00:17:20.340 --> 00:17:20.940 hands, 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.000 but 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.240 a 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:22.840 spiritual 00:17:22.840 --> 00:17:23.400 working 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:23.640 of 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:23.880 God 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:24.060 in 00:17:24.060 --> 00:17:24.200 our 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.519 life. 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:25.100 It's 00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:25.400 like 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:25.860 Christ 00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.620 performs 00:17:26.620 --> 00:17:27.440 inner 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:28.259 spiritual 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:29.060 surgery. 00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:31.820 You 00:17:31.820 --> 00:17:31.980 know, 00:17:32.060 --> 00:17:32.240 if you 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:32.500 were to 00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:33.120 go to 00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:33.460 the 00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:34.840 doctors 00:17:34.840 --> 00:17:35.160 and 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:35.420 say, 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:35.720 there's 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:35.980 something 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.240 wrong 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:36.519 with your 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:36.779 heart, 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:37.059 there's 00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:37.579 a valve 00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:37.920 that's 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.259 blocked, 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:38.799 well, 00:17:38.860 --> 00:17:39.200 you go 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:39.480 into 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.059 surgery, 00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:40.900 they cut 00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:41.420 open your 00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:41.740 heart, 00:17:42.120 --> 00:17:42.579 they do 00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:42.900 all the 00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:43.079 work, 00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:43.620 they take 00:17:43.620 --> 00:17:44.019 out what 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.480 needs to 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:44.920 be taken 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:45.259 out, 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.039 so that 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.420 you can 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:46.860 live. 00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.279 Well, 00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.420 Christ does 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:49.960 that to 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:51.620 us inwardly, 00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:52.940 spiritually, 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:53.900 he cuts 00:17:53.900 --> 00:17:54.539 us open, 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:56.360 he circumcises, 00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.480 he cuts 00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:59.299 away the 00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:00.299 sinful heart, 00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:01.559 so that we 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.240 can live for 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:02.539 him. 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.279 Well, 00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:04.579 you say, 00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:05.000 how on 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.460 earth does 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:06.039 that happen, 00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:06.640 because it's 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.299 all kind of 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:08.500 picture language, 00:18:08.620 --> 00:18:08.980 isn't it? 00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:09.740 How does 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.680 Christ cut 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.880 away our 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:12.620 sinful 00:18:12.620 --> 00:18:13.620 hearts? 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:15.819 Well, 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:19.480 baptised 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.279 in Christ. 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:22.819 Christ cuts 00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.559 away the 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.579 sinful self 00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:26.000 by his 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:27.240 death and 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:28.000 resurrection, 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:29.279 which is 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:30.779 symbolised in 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.319 baptism. 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.779 Let me say 00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.240 that again, 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:34.079 it's quite a 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:34.400 lot there. 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.240 He cuts 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:36.839 away the 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:38.039 sinful self 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:39.160 by his 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:40.079 death and 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:40.819 resurrection, 00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:41.980 which is 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.940 symbolised in 00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.420 baptism. 00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.079 So look at 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:44.960 verse 12. 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:47.279 So the 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.900 cutting off 00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:48.240 has been 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.740 done by 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.299 Christ. 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:50.680 Verse 12, 00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.000 having been 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:53.079 buried with 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:53.779 him in 00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.359 baptism, 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:55.880 in which 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:56.259 you were 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.380 also raised 00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:58.140 with him 00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:59.660 through your 00:18:59.660 --> 00:19:00.339 faith in the 00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:00.879 working of 00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.240 God, 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.359 who raised 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.799 him from 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:03.359 the dead. 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:04.839 You see, 00:19:04.959 --> 00:19:05.839 when Christ 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.579 died, 00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.319 and when 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:09.119 Christ was 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.579 buried, 00:19:10.459 --> 00:19:11.659 we died 00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:12.879 and we 00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:13.480 were buried. 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:15.539 We died to 00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.299 our sinful 00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.939 self. 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:18.459 Through 00:19:18.459 --> 00:19:19.480 faith, 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.519 our whole 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.000 self, 00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:21.919 ruled by the 00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:22.679 sinful nature, 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:24.179 was put to 00:19:24.179 --> 00:19:24.639 death. 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:24.720 death. 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.440 And similarly, 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.759 when Christ 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.440 was raised 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:28.840 from the 00:19:28.840 --> 00:19:29.200 dead, 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.540 we were 00:19:30.540 --> 00:19:31.380 also raised 00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:31.740 from the 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.060 dead. 00:19:32.560 --> 00:19:33.000 We were 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.800 raised to 00:19:33.800 --> 00:19:34.860 new life. 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:35.620 Through 00:19:35.620 --> 00:19:36.080 faith, 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.980 our whole 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.620 self is 00:19:37.620 --> 00:19:38.280 now ruled 00:19:38.280 --> 00:19:38.920 by Christ 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.259 and we 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.259 live for 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.660 him. 00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.300 Now all 00:19:42.300 --> 00:19:42.940 of that 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:44.420 is symbolised 00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:44.860 through the 00:19:44.860 --> 00:19:45.320 act of 00:19:45.320 --> 00:19:45.759 baptism. 00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:46.580 You know 00:19:46.580 --> 00:19:47.320 what baptism 00:19:47.320 --> 00:19:48.400 looks like 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:49.920 when you 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.580 go down 00:19:50.580 --> 00:19:51.660 under the 00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:52.100 water. 00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:53.259 It's a 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.800 picture of 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.500 you saying, 00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:55.599 I am 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.859 dying with 00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:57.299 Christ. 00:19:57.419 --> 00:19:58.079 When Christ 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.619 died, 00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.839 I died. 00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:01.220 I died to 00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:01.879 my sinful 00:20:01.879 --> 00:20:02.440 self. 00:20:03.159 --> 00:20:03.639 Then when 00:20:03.639 --> 00:20:04.079 you come 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.740 up out 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.079 of the 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.460 water, 00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.240 it's a 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.759 picture of 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:08.099 being raised 00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:09.039 with Christ. 00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:11.279 We now 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.200 live for 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.579 him. 00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:13.680 You see, 00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.639 Christ deals 00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:15.259 with the 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.240 internal, 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.299 not the 00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:17.799 external. 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:19.119 He changes 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:19.639 us on 00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:21.039 the inside, 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:22.440 not the 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:22.859 outside. 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:24.000 He gives 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:26.039 us new 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.599 life. 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.299 Look at 00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:30.119 verse 13. 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:32.379 When you 00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:33.299 were dead 00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:34.539 in your 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:36.240 sins and 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:36.819 in the 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.899 uncircumcision 00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:38.259 of your 00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:39.139 flesh, so 00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:40.359 before Christ 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.059 dealt with 00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:41.679 your inner 00:20:41.679 --> 00:20:43.819 life, he 00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.419 says God 00:20:44.419 --> 00:20:45.099 made you 00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:46.799 alive with 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.339 Christ. 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:48.979 You see, 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.599 when I 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:50.479 trusted 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.220 Christ, 00:20:52.360 --> 00:20:53.200 the old 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:55.460 died and 00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:55.980 the new 00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.620 lives. 00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.319 When I 00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.720 trusted 00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.819 Christ, the 00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.759 old Johnny 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.740 died. 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.480 There was a 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.160 dying to 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:04.700 it all. 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.180 And the 00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.940 new Johnny, 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.039 well, he's 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.460 alive. 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.240 Look what 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.740 God has 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.279 done for 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.620 us. 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.420 It is 00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:13.099 nothing less 00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:13.519 than a 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:13.940 spiritual 00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.579 resurrection. 00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.539 Look at 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:15.879 the end 00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.199 of verse 00:21:16.199 --> 00:21:16.740 13. 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.919 He made 00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:19.179 you alive 00:21:19.179 --> 00:21:20.679 with Christ. 00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:22.919 You see, 00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:24.199 spiritually, we 00:21:24.199 --> 00:21:24.859 often see 00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:26.159 ourselves as 00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:26.899 people who 00:21:26.899 --> 00:21:27.339 are in a 00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.639 bit of 00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:28.559 trouble and 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.220 we're crying 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.980 out to God 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.579 for help. 00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.839 We're like a 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.799 person struggling 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.559 in the sea. 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.939 We cry out 00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.539 and someone 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.679 hoists a 00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.579 life belt out 00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.379 to us and 00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.319 pulls us into 00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:39.839 safety. 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.579 And we 00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.039 can say, 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.000 my life 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.679 was saved. 00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.679 And somehow 00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:44.980 that's how we 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.480 think it is 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.359 with God. 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:46.839 We see 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.439 something that 00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:47.980 needs to be 00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.699 put right and 00:21:48.699 --> 00:21:49.899 we cry out 00:21:49.899 --> 00:21:50.480 to God to 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:50.799 come and 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.539 help us. 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.619 Well, it's 00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.259 kind of 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.679 right. 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.859 Because our 00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:58.000 spiritual condition 00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:59.099 is much 00:21:59.099 --> 00:22:00.019 worse than 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.500 that. 00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:02.199 But our 00:22:02.199 --> 00:22:03.099 salvation is 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.919 even greater 00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:04.619 than that. 00:22:05.439 --> 00:22:06.299 Rather than 00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.119 see ourselves 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:08.099 flailing around 00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.859 on the surface 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.459 looking for 00:22:09.459 --> 00:22:09.799 someone, 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.399 to help. 00:22:11.199 --> 00:22:11.799 Spiritually, 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:13.019 we're like a 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.899 corpse at the 00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.599 bottom of the 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:14.959 ocean. 00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:17.000 We're dead. 00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:18.980 And dead 00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.740 people don't 00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.519 cry out for 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.980 help. 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.079 We need 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.799 somebody to 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.399 come and 00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.339 intervene into 00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:26.559 our life and 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.299 give us 00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.519 life. 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.359 That's why it 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.959 says, you 00:22:31.959 --> 00:22:32.819 were dead 00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.879 in your 00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.439 sins. 00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:36.119 But God 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:37.619 came and 00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:38.139 made you 00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:38.980 alive. 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.960 life with 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.480 Christ. 00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.440 Now, what 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.000 life is 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.579 better than 00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:43.839 that? 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.200 To be 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.579 given 00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.700 resurrection 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.519 life. 00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.779 New life 00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.160 with him 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.620 today. 00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.640 New life 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.039 with him 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.420 for an 00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:50.880 eternity. 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.079 We have 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.759 the best 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:54.000 life ever. 00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.599 We've been 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.360 made alive 00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:57.180 with Christ. 00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.320 Christ. 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.279 And then 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:03.700 third, we 00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.600 experience 00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.560 victory through 00:23:05.560 --> 00:23:06.060 Christ. 00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.220 Through 00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.180 Christ, we 00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:10.080 can live a 00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:11.259 victorious life. 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.340 And again, this 00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:13.100 is just to help 00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:14.200 us through and 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.900 to get the big 00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:16.539 picture, three 00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.120 things. 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.320 To see how we 00:23:19.320 --> 00:23:20.160 have victory 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.960 through Christ. 00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:21.660 First, we're 00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.799 forgiven by God. 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.180 Look at the end 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:25.100 of verse 13. 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.640 God forgave 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:30.299 us all 00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.160 our sins. 00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.700 Sin is not 00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:35.100 just misdemeanors. 00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:37.340 Sin is our 00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:38.240 rebellion 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.080 against God. 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.720 It's our 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.940 personal demand 00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:42.240 that we want 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.900 to rule our 00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.900 own lives and 00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.519 do our own 00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.900 thing. 00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.279 It's seen in 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.880 our selfish 00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.840 actions every 00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.600 single day. 00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:49.799 It's heard in 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.360 our angry 00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:51.000 words. 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.420 we see it 00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.740 in the 00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.359 thoughts in 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.920 our twisted 00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.559 minds. 00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:55.880 And it 00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.859 separates us 00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.539 from God. 00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.660 It breaks 00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.720 relationships with 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.920 others and it 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.839 destroys our 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.720 own self. 00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.700 Sin is a 00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.519 burden that 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.200 weighs us 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.799 down and 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.759 cripples us. 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.380 And left to 00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.660 ourselves, we're 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.339 just suffering 00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.140 with our guilt 00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.779 and shame. 00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.440 But what has 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.220 God done for 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.440 us? 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.220 Verse 13. 00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.900 He forgave 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:21.200 us all our 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.740 sins. 00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:23.080 Not just 00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:23.920 some of our 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:25.140 sins, but 00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:26.360 every single 00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.759 one. 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.340 Not just the 00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:29.200 public ones 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:29.960 that people get 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:31.240 to see, but 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.040 the secret 00:24:32.040 --> 00:24:33.340 private ones 00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:33.900 that people 00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.620 don't see. 00:24:35.280 --> 00:24:36.160 Not just the 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.220 one-off sins, 00:24:37.580 --> 00:24:38.440 but the daily 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.780 habitual sin. 00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:41.360 He forgives us 00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:43.860 of all of 00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.380 our sin. 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.740 There's no 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.840 sin too big, 00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:48.099 no sin too 00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:49.259 dark, no 00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.839 sin too 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.619 destructive, 00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.839 that God 00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:53.159 can't forgive. 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.519 Now that's 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.439 good news for 00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:58.119 you and me, 00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.539 but how does 00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.119 he forgive? 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:03.459 Well, we're 00:25:03.459 --> 00:25:06.079 told it's 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:07.459 nailed to 00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:09.279 Christ or 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.919 it's nailed 00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:10.539 to the 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.019 cross. 00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.500 Verse 14 00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.279 shows us 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.659 how we are 00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:15.079 forgiven. 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:17.659 He forgave 00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.259 us all 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.039 our sins, 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.119 having 00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.939 cancelled the 00:25:20.939 --> 00:25:21.539 charge of 00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.199 our legal 00:25:22.199 --> 00:25:23.099 indebtedness 00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.740 which stood 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.539 against us 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.839 and condemned 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.319 us. 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.379 He has 00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:28.159 taken it 00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.579 away, 00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.139 nailing it 00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.939 to the 00:25:30.939 --> 00:25:31.399 cross. 00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:33.639 Now if we 00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.579 commit crime 00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.939 and we're 00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:36.460 caught and 00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.099 we're arrested, 00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.559 we're hoisted 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.500 off to court. 00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.119 And there we 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:42.059 sit in court. 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.819 and the 00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:44.579 evidence is 00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.960 carefully detailed 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.679 and recorded 00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:47.480 before the 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.859 judge. 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.639 The charge 00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.079 for our 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.700 crime is 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.559 then decided 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.519 and we're 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.039 sentenced. 00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.559 Well, here we 00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:55.879 are. 00:25:56.139 --> 00:25:57.220 We all stand 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.099 before God 00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.659 as guilty 00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:59.440 before the 00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.899 judge. 00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.619 Verse 14 00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.480 tells us 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.579 the charge 00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.279 of our 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.940 legal 00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:06.179 indebtedness 00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:08.039 which stood 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.000 against us. 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.819 That is, 00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.740 all the 00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.619 evidence of 00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:12.200 our guilt 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.740 through our 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.359 whole life 00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.799 is all 00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.640 piled up, 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.299 is all 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.799 carefully 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.460 detailed 00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.180 and recorded 00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.319 and presented 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.960 as it were 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.900 towards God. 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.779 And it 00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.839 stands over 00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.359 us. 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.740 It condemns 00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.019 us. 00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.759 We're guilty. 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.220 And we've 00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.700 got no 00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.299 defence, 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.380 no excuse. 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.480 The record 00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.220 is crystal 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.680 clear. 00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.740 The sentence 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.539 of God's 00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.940 judgement 00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.039 hangs over 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.599 us. 00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.319 But look 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.980 what happens 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.859 verse 14. 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.460 Look at the 00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.980 beginning of 00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.720 verse 14. 00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.880 He cancelled 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:44.960 the charge 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.980 that was 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.960 against us. 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.660 And how 00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.200 did he do 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.460 it? 00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.480 Look at the 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.819 end of 00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.579 verse 14. 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.160 He took 00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.759 it away 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:55.759 by nailing 00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.900 it to 00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.579 the cross. 00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.319 Can you 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.220 picture that 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.579 in your 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.039 mind? 00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.000 That if 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.759 we are 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.579 trusting in 00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.480 Christ today, 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.119 all our 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.440 sin, 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.380 every single 00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:08.980 bit of it, 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.160 was taken 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.059 on by 00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:12.059 Christ on 00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.700 himself. 00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.799 The 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.359 evidence 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.400 against me 00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.480 has been 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:19.019 nailed to 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.519 Christ. 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.799 The 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.220 judgement 00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.700 that is 00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.640 mine has 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.579 now fallen 00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:25.119 on Christ. 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.640 And the 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.539 charge against 00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.400 me has 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.420 been cancelled 00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:31.119 through Christ. 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:34.299 An old 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.460 hymn that 00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.140 we sometimes 00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.799 sing here 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.299 puts it 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.039 like this. 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:40.279 My sin, 00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.420 oh the 00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.000 bliss of 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.279 this 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.859 glorious 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.539 thought, 00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.380 my sin, 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.279 not in 00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.779 part, 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.680 but the 00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.059 whole, 00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.420 all of it, 00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:52.319 is nailed 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.940 to the 00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.460 cross, 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.940 and I 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.619 bear it 00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.279 no more. 00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.039 Praise the 00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.440 Lord, 00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.839 praise the 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.259 Lord, 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.359 oh my 00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.740 soul. 00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:04.299 Sin is 00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.119 nailed to 00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.759 the cross, 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.759 Christ. 00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.039 And it 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:08.059 stays there, 00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.180 never to 00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.640 be taken 00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.160 with us 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.500 again. 00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.539 That's the 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.279 victory we 00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.879 have through 00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.359 Christ. 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.119 But there 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.559 is even 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.140 more to 00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.400 that 00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.900 victory. 00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.319 Our 00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.039 victorious 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.019 Christ. 00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.240 Look at 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.039 verse 15. 00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.319 Christ has 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.220 disarmed 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.220 the 00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:31.700 powers and 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.299 authorities. 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.000 Now what 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.200 do you 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.579 think of 00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.079 the powers 00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.299 and 00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.819 authorities 00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.279 here? 00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.480 Well, you 00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.059 can talk to 00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.680 me afterwards, 00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.140 but I 00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.200 think the 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.740 powers and 00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.240 authorities 00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.940 here are 00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:44.480 Satan and 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.120 his minions. 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.660 You see, 00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.500 Satan has 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.279 always been at 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.839 war with 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.319 Christ, 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:49.880 hasn't he? 00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.259 Through the 00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.160 temptation in 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.640 the desert, 00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.220 as we follow 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.019 his life through 00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.680 the Gospels, 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.440 the opposition 00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.100 of religious 00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.580 leaders, 00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.460 people pursued 00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.720 him, 00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.279 people were 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.000 against him, 00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.440 and behind 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.080 it stood 00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:04.039 the powers 00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:05.240 and authorities 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.259 of Satan. 00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.220 They were at 00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.380 war against 00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:08.980 Christ. 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.840 And it 00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.759 seems like 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.680 Satan won 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.320 the battle. 00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.100 When Christ 00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:16.000 was charged 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.640 by those 00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.620 religious rulers 00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.640 and sentenced 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.519 by the Roman 00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.180 authorities, 00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.420 when he was 00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.160 stripped 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.160 naked, 00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.160 and when he 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.860 was beaten 00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.680 and whipped, 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.340 and when 00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:26.900 the crown 00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.519 of thorns 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.240 were crushed 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.660 on his 00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:28.940 head, 00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:29.539 and the 00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.140 nails were 00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.860 driven into 00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.500 his hands 00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.039 and feet, 00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:33.259 all hell 00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.299 went wild 00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.100 in delight, 00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.600 because Christ 00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.400 was defeated. 00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.920 But no, 00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.420 what Satan 00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.259 thought was 00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.279 the final blow 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.019 on Christ 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.000 turned out 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:48.080 to be Christ's 00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.779 victory 00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:50.320 over Satan. 00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.600 Verse 15, 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.500 he disarmed 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:56.059 the powers 00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.000 and authorities. 00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.380 He made 00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.119 a public 00:29:59.119 --> 00:29:59.960 spectacle 00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.440 of them, 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.779 triumphing 00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.720 over them 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.819 by the 00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.299 cross. 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.960 One writer 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.819 helpfully put 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.640 it like this, 00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.720 follow on 00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.200 screen, 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.839 the cross 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.900 was not 00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.599 the defeat 00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.279 of Christ 00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:15.180 at the hands 00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:16.039 of the powers, 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.799 it was the 00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.640 defeat of the 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.539 powers at the 00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.119 hands, 00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.119 yes, 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.160 the bleeding 00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:23.519 hands of 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.059 Christ. 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.740 You see, 00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.359 as Christ 00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:28.019 died on 00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.680 the cross, 00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.720 that was a 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.700 demonstration of 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.200 the greatest 00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.059 power ever, 00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.740 because he 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.759 defeated Satan 00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:37.039 who throws 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.579 at us 00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:39.160 every accusation, 00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.259 who reminds 00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.900 us of all 00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.519 our sin and 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.259 all our past 00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.779 and all our 00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.139 failure, 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.000 and points 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.960 fingers and 00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.460 says you're 00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.940 useless, 00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.680 you're rubbish, 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.400 you're a 00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:47.799 failure. 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:51.220 But Christ 00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.819 has taken 00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.279 away, 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.119 he has 00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:53.899 disarmed 00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.539 Satan, 00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.279 he has 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.019 taken away 00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.720 that weapon 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.639 of accusation, 00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.559 so it can 00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:58.980 never, 00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:00.099 ever touch 00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.940 us again. 00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.680 You see, 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.180 through the 00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.599 death of 00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.039 Christ, 00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.539 our salvation 00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.319 is secured, 00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.339 through the 00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.000 suffering of 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.440 Christ, 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.279 our debt 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.259 and sin 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.759 is forgiven. 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:16.839 You know, 00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.379 in ancient 00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:17.940 times, 00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:20.019 when kings 00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.759 went out to 00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.160 battle, 00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.599 and they won 00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.140 their battle, 00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.019 they would 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.359 march back 00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:25.920 into the 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.259 city, 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.599 and in 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.640 tow would 00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.200 be their 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.720 enemies, 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.640 their disarmed 00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.559 enemies, 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.900 in chains, 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.420 following the 00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:36.480 conquering king, 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.700 and people 00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.440 would line 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.200 the streets, 00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.839 cheering their 00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.700 victorious, 00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.539 triumphant 00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.960 king. 00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.799 Well, 00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.619 the cross 00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:47.279 is God's 00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:48.180 victory parade. 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.440 As people 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.279 walked by, 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.119 they saw 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:53.119 suffering and 00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:53.680 death, 00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.400 a crucifixion, 00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.640 brokenness. 00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:59.000 But it is 00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.619 through the 00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.079 death of 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.700 Christ that 00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.200 we have 00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.720 victory. 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.879 The cross 00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:04.599 is God's 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.819 victory parade. 00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:08.140 Jesus Christ 00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:09.140 is our 00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.879 victorious, 00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.599 triumphant 00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:10.980 king. 00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.900 He has 00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.319 won, 00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.259 and we 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.099 now share 00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.720 in that 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.240 victory. 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.000 And if 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.680 Christ has 00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.119 won the 00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.519 greatest 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.019 battle, 00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.779 if he 00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.460 has defeated 00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.779 our 00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.220 greatest 00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.759 enemy, 00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.960 why would 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.400 we ever 00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.960 go looking 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.579 for something 00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.019 more? 00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.740 He's done 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.299 it all. 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:30.099 He's 00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.559 enough. 00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.140 He's 00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:32.680 sufficient. 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:35.360 so let 00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:35.620 us 00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.220 together, 00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:37.519 verse 8, 00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.539 see to 00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.240 it that 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.840 no one 00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.460 takes you 00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.000 captive 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:43.500 through hollow 00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.400 and deceptive 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.019 philosophy. 00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.180 Be careful 00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:48.000 of dangerous 00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.620 deception. 00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.880 People who 00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.279 say, 00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.759 Christ is 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.660 not enough. 00:32:53.820 --> 00:32:54.460 You need 00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.340 something more. 00:32:56.560 --> 00:32:56.960 No, 00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.400 we have 00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.360 fullness in 00:32:59.359 --> 00:32:59.819 Christ. 00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.939 We've 00:33:00.939 --> 00:33:01.399 been made 00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:02.339 alive with 00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.839 Christ, 00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.579 and we 00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.500 experience 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.619 victory 00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.500 through 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.039 Christ. 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.019 Christ is 00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.479 enough. 00:33:11.699 --> 00:33:11.959 He's 00:33:11.959 --> 00:33:12.719 sufficient for 00:33:12.719 --> 00:33:14.139 you and 00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.639 for me. 00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.519 Let's 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.779 pray. 00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:16.839 Amen. 00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:16.879 Amen. 00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.219 Amen. 00:33:17.219 --> 00:33:17.339 Amen. 00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.879 Amen. 00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.079 Amen. 00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:20.959 Amen. 00:33:20.959 --> 00:33:21.519 Amen. 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:23.279 Amen. 00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.839 Amen. 00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:23.899 Amen. 00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:25.019 Amen. 00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.000 Amen. 00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.179 Amen. 00:33:26.179 --> 00:33:27.059 Amen. 00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:28.119 Amen. 00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.599 Amen. 00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.339 Amen. 00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:32.000 Amen. 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.980 Amen. 00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.379 Amen. 00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:33.459 Let us 00:33:33.459 --> 00:33:34.639 pause, 00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:35.559 and reflect, 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.659 on where 00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:41.480 we so often 00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.980 put our 00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.500 hope and 00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.220 our trust. 00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:49.879 Father, 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.439 thank you 00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:51.220 that Christ 00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.459 is 00:33:52.459 --> 00:33:52.899 enough, 00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.379 and he 00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:55.019 is sufficient 00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.699 for our 00:33:55.699 --> 00:33:56.459 life today. 00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.699 Thank you 00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:00.620 that we have fullness in Christ. 00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:03.940 We have all of God with us 00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:05.840 and for us. 00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:09.960 Thank you that we have been made alive with Christ, 00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.840 new life to live your way 00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:16.320 and new life forevermore in your eternal kingdom. 00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:21.079 Thank you that we have victory in Christ, 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:24.079 all our sin dealt with, 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:27.099 never to be held against us. 00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:29.980 Never to be accused, 00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:32.339 never to be condemned, 00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:36.179 but living with the sure and certain hope 00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:39.440 of life with you for all eternity. 00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:44.039 Father, thank you for the gift of Christ 00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:47.860 and thank you that through our faith in him, 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:52.480 his life becomes my life. 00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:55.400 Thank you so much 00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:58.119 and it's in his name we pray. 00:34:59.220 --> 00:34:59.740 Amen. 00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:06.180 We're going to sing together. 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.720 Amen. 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:11.519 I once was lost in darkest night, 00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.980 yet thought I knew the way. 00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:17.079 The sin that promised joy in life, 00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:19.799 well, it had led me to the grave. 00:35:19.919 --> 00:35:23.000 I had no hope that you would own a rebel to your will. 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:25.879 And if you had loved me first, 00:35:26.419 --> 00:35:28.459 I would refuse you still. 00:35:28.459 --> 00:35:30.299 Hallelujah. 00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:30.460 Hallelujah. 00:35:31.560 --> 00:35:32.200 I have loved you still. 00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:32.300 Hallelujah. 00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.660 Hallelujah. 00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:32.840 Hallelujah. 00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:35.080 Hallelujah. 00:35:35.080 --> 00:35:35.519 Hallelujah. 00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.600 Hallelujah. 00:35:35.600 --> 00:35:36.080 Hallelujah. 00:35:36.080 --> 00:35:36.800 Hallelujah. 00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:36.960 Hallelujah. 00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:40.460 Hallelujah. 00:35:41.820 --> 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