WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.320 Daddy. 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:09.380 Daddy. 00:00:12.780 --> 00:00:14.599 Daddy is a powerful word. 00:00:16.940 --> 00:00:18.559 It has power for good. 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:23.920 It has power to bring up painful memories. 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:34.200 For some of us, it is a word with rich, warm, wonderful connotations of home and safety and security. 00:00:35.160 --> 00:00:38.060 And for others, it does not. 00:00:39.820 --> 00:00:41.079 I remember my dad. 00:00:41.160 --> 00:00:42.540 He passed away in 2004. 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:50.160 He was not always the most affectionate, coming from a stodgy New England family where children were to be seen, not heard. 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:55.899 And so, but he was always a cheerleader. 00:00:56.459 --> 00:00:57.519 He provided well. 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:05.359 At his funeral, I shared about perhaps the most poignant image that I have of my father. 00:01:06.219 --> 00:01:06.920 And that is this. 00:01:07.039 --> 00:01:13.819 When we were kids, we would often have vociferous and boisterous conversation at our dinner table. 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:15.599 I don't know if your dinner table is like that or not. 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:19.379 But we would get into loud conversations. 00:01:20.119 --> 00:01:24.079 And surprisingly, maybe to some of you, I was the quiet one. 00:01:24.839 --> 00:01:30.239 And I would try to insinuate my thoughts or opinions into the conversation. 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:37.359 And often find myself increasingly frustrated as I was talked over, dominated, shut out, denied. 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:40.420 And at times I would just lose it. 00:01:40.579 --> 00:01:48.939 And in frustration and tears, I would slam my chair back from the table and run away to my room. 00:01:52.420 --> 00:01:54.620 My dad would be the one who would come to get me. 00:01:56.019 --> 00:01:59.680 Mom was probably more the one I would process my everyday trials with. 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:02.960 But my dad would always come to get me. 00:02:03.820 --> 00:02:05.980 Not a lot of discussion, not a lot of words. 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.860 He would say, hey, why don't you come back? 00:02:10.620 --> 00:02:11.800 Why don't you come back to the table? 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:18.879 What's your relationship with your father like? 00:02:20.040 --> 00:02:21.680 What have you experienced? 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:33.800 You know, one of the things that I think is often true is that we project our human earthly relationships with our father 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:39.540 onto our understanding of God as father as well. 00:02:41.740 --> 00:02:48.260 For some of you, your earthly relationships have been full of pain or fear or trauma. 00:02:48.259 --> 00:02:56.639 And so when you hear the word God the father, it doesn't seem like a good thing to you. 00:02:58.799 --> 00:03:01.139 Maybe some of you, it does. 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:07.359 My hope is that this morning, as we continue in our series in the book of Romans, 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:13.500 and as we look at a glorious passage about God and his relationship to us, 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:18.379 as he is our Abba Father and we are his children, 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:27.979 that God will redeem and renew and restore and refresh in you a sense of awe and wonder 00:03:27.979 --> 00:03:32.620 at God as our father. 00:03:33.740 --> 00:03:35.539 So if you want to turn with me in your Bibles, 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.379 if you're looking in the Pew Bibles, it's page 944. 00:03:38.379 --> 00:03:40.439 Therefore, we're in the book of Romans. 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:49.400 We're going to be looking at verses 14 through 17 this morning, 00:03:49.500 --> 00:03:54.859 but I'm going to read the passage leading up to it so that we get a bit of the context. 00:03:55.419 --> 00:03:58.419 So let's read together Romans chapter 8. 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:03.159 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:12.159 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:17.659 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do, 00:04:18.420 --> 00:04:25.680 by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin. 00:04:25.779 --> 00:04:27.819 He condemns sin in the flesh. 00:04:27.819 --> 00:04:34.759 In order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not according to the flesh, 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:37.060 but according to the Spirit. 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:42.279 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh. 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:47.379 But those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:51.079 To set the mind on the flesh is death. 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:53.959 But to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:59.239 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law. 00:04:59.359 --> 00:05:00.379 Indeed, it cannot. 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:04.279 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 00:05:05.579 --> 00:05:13.079 You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. 00:05:13.479 --> 00:05:16.579 Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him. 00:05:16.579 --> 00:05:25.599 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 00:05:27.379 --> 00:05:30.759 If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:39.819 He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. 00:05:39.819 --> 00:05:45.240 So then, brothers, we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to the flesh. 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:48.800 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:55.019 But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 00:05:56.399 --> 00:06:01.860 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:07.259 For you did not receive the Spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, 00:06:07.699 --> 00:06:12.439 but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry, 00:06:13.020 --> 00:06:14.660 Abba, Father. 00:06:15.980 --> 00:06:21.439 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. 00:06:22.939 --> 00:06:24.800 And if children, then heirs. 00:06:25.259 --> 00:06:28.340 Heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, 00:06:28.339 --> 00:06:34.919 provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him. 00:06:35.799 --> 00:06:37.060 Let's pray together. 00:06:42.459 --> 00:06:48.779 Lord, we thank You for this glorious word and this glorious truth. 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:51.539 And Lord, we ask for Your help this morning. 00:06:52.579 --> 00:06:55.659 Lord, for we acknowledge that it touches us deeply, 00:06:55.660 --> 00:07:00.380 and for some of us that will be a painful place for us to go. 00:07:02.300 --> 00:07:06.340 But Lord, we pray that You would bring a healing and restoring. 00:07:07.460 --> 00:07:10.020 Lord, and bring awe and wonder. 00:07:11.760 --> 00:07:14.980 Lord, bring a sense of security and belonging, 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:19.300 of hope and of love to our hearts. 00:07:20.520 --> 00:07:22.620 Lord, I pray for Your help this morning. 00:07:22.620 --> 00:07:26.340 Lord, that I might preach Your word clearly, 00:07:26.540 --> 00:07:29.139 and that You might, through me, speak to all of us. 00:07:30.340 --> 00:07:33.120 Lord, we pray these things in Jesus' name. 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:34.680 Amen. 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:36.240 Amen. 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:43.360 Well, as we're looking at verses 14 through 17 this morning, 00:07:43.459 --> 00:07:45.160 there is only one big idea. 00:07:45.840 --> 00:07:46.840 And that is this. 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:52.039 That we are sons of God if we are in Christ Jesus. 00:07:52.679 --> 00:07:55.659 Paul, in leading up to this, he's been talking about, 00:07:55.719 --> 00:07:56.679 if you were here last week, 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:01.279 Pastor Greg talked about this incredible thing that God has done. 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:03.199 He has made us now debtors, 00:08:03.259 --> 00:08:04.519 not to the flesh, 00:08:04.620 --> 00:08:05.979 not to our sinful nature, 00:08:05.979 --> 00:08:09.379 to continue living in rebellion against God, 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:12.679 and in the ways that lead to death in our lives. 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:14.980 But instead, God has given us His Spirit, 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:18.400 so that now we might actually live a new way 00:08:18.400 --> 00:08:21.420 in His power, 00:08:21.540 --> 00:08:25.439 by putting to death those deadly things in our lives, 00:08:25.740 --> 00:08:30.120 and instead living the life that God has won for us 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:32.240 in His Son, Jesus Christ. 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:34.399 And so Paul says, 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:37.159 for all who are led by the Spirit of God, 00:08:37.220 --> 00:08:38.840 and part of what he means by that is, 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:43.600 all who are now putting to death the deeds of the flesh, 00:08:43.680 --> 00:08:46.379 all who are walking in this new identity, 00:08:46.580 --> 00:08:49.360 this new pattern of life that we have. 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:52.960 It's partly why I read 1 through 12, 00:08:53.180 --> 00:08:56.379 as well as the passage that we're looking at this morning, 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:57.540 because I wanted you to see, 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:00.019 Paul is building this argument. 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:01.820 You are now in Christ. 00:09:01.940 --> 00:09:03.080 There is no condemnation. 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:05.720 God has set you free from the law of sin and death. 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:08.019 God has now done what you could not do, 00:09:08.100 --> 00:09:10.560 so that you can now do what God calls you to. 00:09:11.920 --> 00:09:13.360 He has given you a life, 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:16.100 and a life in His Spirit, 00:09:16.379 --> 00:09:17.759 free from condemnation, 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:20.379 regenerated with a new life. 00:09:22.580 --> 00:09:23.300 And now, 00:09:23.820 --> 00:09:26.480 for all who are in Christ, 00:09:26.580 --> 00:09:29.320 for all who have placed their faith in Christ, 00:09:29.680 --> 00:09:32.560 He gives this incredible word. 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:32.599 Lord, 00:09:33.179 --> 00:09:36.299 you are sons of God. 00:09:40.619 --> 00:09:42.199 This is a remarkable thing. 00:09:42.839 --> 00:09:45.399 But we maybe need to clear the brush a little bit, 00:09:45.479 --> 00:09:47.799 because some of you are sitting here thinking, 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:49.179 I'm not a son. 00:09:49.719 --> 00:09:50.479 I'm a daughter. 00:09:51.479 --> 00:09:52.479 Can't make it there. 00:09:52.619 --> 00:09:54.159 Can't get to the son thing. 00:09:54.259 --> 00:09:55.459 How do we do that? 00:09:57.059 --> 00:09:59.259 And this is important for us to think through, 00:09:59.259 --> 00:10:01.799 because Paul, 00:10:02.019 --> 00:10:03.319 as you see further on, 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:04.639 he goes to children. 00:10:04.819 --> 00:10:05.460 Verse 16, 00:10:05.580 --> 00:10:07.899 he changes the image from son to children, 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:10.840 and he could have done that from the very beginning. 00:10:11.700 --> 00:10:13.259 Why did he not do it? 00:10:14.220 --> 00:10:14.500 Well, 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:15.379 because 00:10:15.379 --> 00:10:18.399 he is pulling on 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:20.600 a first century vision 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:23.159 of what it meant to be a son 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:25.899 that was contextualized in the era. 00:10:25.899 --> 00:10:27.759 If you were a son, 00:10:28.220 --> 00:10:29.259 you were, 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:30.179 then, 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:32.579 the carrier of the family line. 00:10:32.740 --> 00:10:34.379 You held all the privilege, 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:35.779 all the position, 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:36.720 and, 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:38.439 particularly if you were the first son, 00:10:38.620 --> 00:10:39.840 all of the inheritance, 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:42.399 maybe not all, 00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:44.720 but the lion's share of the inheritance 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:46.679 would actually come to you 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:48.039 as the son. 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:51.819 And what Paul is referring to here 00:10:51.820 --> 00:10:53.700 is not a gendered position, 00:10:54.340 --> 00:10:56.020 but a social position. 00:10:58.379 --> 00:11:00.720 The ESV helpfully puts in, 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:02.440 this word could be translated, 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:03.620 sons and daughters. 00:11:04.260 --> 00:11:06.040 It is clearly inclusive 00:11:06.040 --> 00:11:07.780 of all people, 00:11:08.780 --> 00:11:12.280 but he uses sonship 00:11:12.280 --> 00:11:15.080 because a son has a particular position 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:16.820 in the first century 00:11:16.820 --> 00:11:19.180 of all of this privilege. 00:11:19.179 --> 00:11:19.379 privilege. 00:11:20.059 --> 00:11:21.599 And here's the remarkable thing. 00:11:21.939 --> 00:11:23.000 What Paul is saying, 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:24.419 given the flow of this argument, 00:11:24.579 --> 00:11:26.239 is if you are in Christ, 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:27.479 if you've been set free 00:11:27.479 --> 00:11:28.620 from the law of sin and death, 00:11:28.819 --> 00:11:30.639 if the Spirit of God dwells in you, 00:11:30.719 --> 00:11:33.339 if you are led by the Spirit of God, 00:11:33.819 --> 00:11:35.539 then all of you, 00:11:36.019 --> 00:11:37.120 men and women, 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:38.539 are sons of God. 00:11:40.139 --> 00:11:41.979 Did you see the all in verse 14? 00:11:42.079 --> 00:11:42.799 Look at it again. 00:11:44.019 --> 00:11:45.740 All of you are sons of God. 00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:47.200 He's saying all of you are able 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:50.360 to step into this privileged position. 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:56.139 What a wonderful thing this is. 00:11:56.700 --> 00:11:58.340 And Paul is saying this is true. 00:11:58.700 --> 00:12:00.919 This is true of all men and all women, 00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:03.820 which was revolutionary at that time. 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:05.419 He's saying it is true 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:06.899 for those who are slaves 00:12:06.899 --> 00:12:08.080 and those who are free. 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:10.820 You are all members of God's family. 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:13.180 When the social divisions of the day 00:12:13.180 --> 00:12:14.600 would have separated those out 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:16.220 and said, no, they have to be kept 00:12:16.220 --> 00:12:18.000 differentiated. 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:21.080 And even religiously, 00:12:21.379 --> 00:12:22.460 Jews and Gentiles, 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:24.019 you are all brought in 00:12:24.019 --> 00:12:25.399 to God's family 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:28.159 and able to be sons of God. 00:12:29.820 --> 00:12:31.960 When for those from the Jewish background 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:32.779 in that time, 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:34.779 they would have seen those outside 00:12:34.779 --> 00:12:37.500 as unable to be brought in 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:40.960 unless they actually became Jewish. 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:46.460 So Paul is saying something revolutionary here 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:47.120 as he says, 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:50.080 you are all in Christ 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:52.560 sons of God. 00:12:55.180 --> 00:12:56.879 Then he spends the next three verses 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:57.940 explaining that 00:12:57.940 --> 00:12:59.900 and unpacking that more. 00:13:00.379 --> 00:13:01.540 And that's what we're gonna look at 00:13:01.540 --> 00:13:04.560 for the next couple of minutes together. 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:06.740 First of all, 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:08.139 look with me at verse 15. 00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:14.960 You do not receive the spirit of slavery 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:16.319 to fall back into fear, 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:19.179 but you have received the spirit of adoption 00:13:19.179 --> 00:13:19.879 as sons 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:21.699 by whom we cry, 00:13:22.259 --> 00:13:23.179 Abba, Father. 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:25.919 So the first thing Paul wants to do 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:26.659 is to clarify, 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:27.720 for some, 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:30.580 sonship before God 00:13:30.580 --> 00:13:32.840 might be this fearsome thing. 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:33.740 Right? 00:13:33.740 --> 00:13:37.659 To approach a holy God 00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:39.419 to say that you are his son 00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:40.820 and to be a part of his family, 00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:42.200 that might be terrifying 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:45.360 because he might destroy you. 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:48.080 You know that God is a righteous judge. 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:51.139 You know that God is a holy God 00:13:51.139 --> 00:13:54.019 who cannot tolerate evil in his presence. 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:58.699 Paul says, 00:13:59.259 --> 00:14:00.519 no, 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.579 becoming a son 00:14:01.579 --> 00:14:03.220 doesn't come 00:14:03.220 --> 00:14:04.740 with that kind of fear. 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:07.500 It doesn't come 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:08.419 with the slavery 00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:10.460 of trying to please God 00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:12.819 and the despair 00:14:12.819 --> 00:14:14.899 of knowing that you're unable to do that. 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:16.759 It doesn't come 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:18.039 from the fear of rejection. 00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:19.199 What if I blow it? 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:20.699 Is God gonna throw me out 00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:21.439 of his family? 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:27.740 In Romans 6, 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:28.880 Paul has already said 00:14:28.880 --> 00:14:30.680 that when we were slaves to sin, 00:14:30.760 --> 00:14:31.740 we were unable 00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:34.440 to do what is right before God. 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:37.520 And if we are in that state, 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:39.980 what a fearsome thing it is then 00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:41.740 to be called part of God's family. 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:44.980 We're just gonna be constantly in time out 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:46.380 the whole life. 00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:51.360 But the Christian life 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:52.740 is not a dutiful one 00:14:52.740 --> 00:14:54.220 because there is now, 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:54.759 therefore, 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:55.799 no condemnation 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:57.240 for those who are in Christ Jesus. 00:14:57.700 --> 00:14:59.700 Because Christ has done for us 00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:00.840 what we could not do 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:02.740 so that we might be accepted. 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:03.860 And so, 00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:05.080 Paul spins his own 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:05.340 and said, 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:06.039 this is not, 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:08.360 sonship does not have this fear 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:10.299 that God is going to continue 00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:13.159 to command us to perform 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:15.959 and therefore justify ourselves 00:15:15.959 --> 00:15:16.939 by our perfection. 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.059 He says, 00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:18.419 no, 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:20.079 you have now 00:15:20.079 --> 00:15:22.240 received a spirit 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:23.240 of adoption. 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:25.079 Adoption 00:15:25.079 --> 00:15:26.360 as sons. 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:28.459 And he says this amazing 00:15:28.459 --> 00:15:29.779 and incredible thing 00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:31.459 as he does this. 00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:34.840 Because as we've talked about, 00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:36.400 being adopted as a son 00:15:36.400 --> 00:15:38.000 means that we have 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.940 all the rights 00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:39.780 and privileges 00:15:39.780 --> 00:15:40.519 of sonship 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:41.180 in a family 00:15:41.180 --> 00:15:42.600 that we do not, 00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:43.440 by nature, 00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.759 belong to. 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.920 In the Roman culture 00:15:47.920 --> 00:15:48.940 in the first century, 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:51.680 a person who didn't have 00:15:51.680 --> 00:15:52.639 an actual son 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:54.240 might adopt a servant, 00:15:54.660 --> 00:15:55.560 a slave, 00:15:56.940 --> 00:15:57.580 an orphan, 00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:59.560 to bring him in 00:15:59.560 --> 00:15:59.879 and say, 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:01.060 you are now my son 00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:01.739 and you are going 00:16:01.739 --> 00:16:02.599 to take this role 00:16:02.599 --> 00:16:03.779 with all of the rights 00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:04.959 and the privileges 00:16:04.959 --> 00:16:06.339 and the responsibilities 00:16:06.339 --> 00:16:07.359 of sonship. 00:16:09.439 --> 00:16:10.199 And Paul is saying, 00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:11.659 that's what God 00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:13.559 has done for us. 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:16.219 And as that son 00:16:16.219 --> 00:16:16.779 is adopted 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:18.339 into a Roman family, 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:20.779 all the past debts 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:22.359 would have been paid out. 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:23.939 All the past 00:16:23.939 --> 00:16:26.419 outstanding requirements 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:27.719 would have been solved. 00:16:27.819 --> 00:16:29.179 And that son now 00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:29.899 is brought in 00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:31.299 and he gets a new identity. 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:32.819 He gets a new name. 00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:34.159 He gets a new standing 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.299 in society. 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:37.559 He has a new inheritance 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:39.220 of things that 00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:40.240 were not his 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.240 before. 00:16:42.939 --> 00:16:43.659 And friends, 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:45.399 this is what adoption 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.679 does for us. 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:50.079 It brings us 00:16:50.079 --> 00:16:51.539 from a place 00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:52.620 of alienation 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:55.720 to a place 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:56.439 of belonging 00:16:56.439 --> 00:16:57.559 in God's family. 00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:59.139 adoption 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:00.059 brings us 00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:01.179 from lostness 00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:01.939 and loneliness 00:17:01.939 --> 00:17:04.299 to being 00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:05.000 in a place 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:06.679 of being loved 00:17:06.679 --> 00:17:08.940 by the creator 00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.659 of the world. 00:17:11.899 --> 00:17:12.679 But friends, 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.679 it's more than that 00:17:13.679 --> 00:17:15.099 because it's not 00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:16.480 just being made right 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.740 and it's not just 00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.339 being put 00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:19.339 in a good standing. 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.960 But he finishes 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.679 by saying, 00:17:22.159 --> 00:17:23.619 by whom we cry, 00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.059 Abba, 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.059 Father. 00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:26.179 Father. 00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:29.139 Daddy. 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:32.419 The first word 00:17:32.419 --> 00:17:33.240 is Aramaic. 00:17:33.919 --> 00:17:34.879 The second one 00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:35.440 is Greek. 00:17:36.379 --> 00:17:37.419 They mean the same 00:17:37.419 --> 00:17:37.879 thing. 00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:42.500 Paul repeats it 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.539 so that we get it. 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:44.879 Friends, 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:45.819 God has described 00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:46.819 as many things 00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:47.700 throughout the scripture. 00:17:48.179 --> 00:17:49.019 He is the sovereign 00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.539 creator 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.519 of the whole world. 00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:51.460 He is the ruler 00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.079 and the king 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:53.440 over all things. 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:56.019 He is the judge 00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:56.880 to whom all 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:57.600 are accountable. 00:17:59.600 --> 00:18:00.779 But remarkably, 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:03.740 in the New Testament, 00:18:05.360 --> 00:18:07.940 Father becomes 00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:09.920 the most important, 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:12.240 maybe, 00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:14.519 certainly the most central 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.640 image 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:17.019 of how we relate 00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:17.559 to God. 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:17.599 God. 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:21.159 What a wonderful 00:18:21.159 --> 00:18:22.899 thing this is. 00:18:23.899 --> 00:18:24.359 This is why 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:25.159 when Jesus 00:18:25.159 --> 00:18:27.339 teaches his disciples 00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:28.019 to pray, 00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:29.039 he begins 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:29.599 not with, 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.839 O great God 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.919 or O sovereign, 00:18:32.879 --> 00:18:34.099 but Father, 00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:35.559 our Father. 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:39.240 Holy be your name. 00:18:39.659 --> 00:18:40.480 And so forth. 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:44.839 So as J.I. Packer 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.259 reads, 00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.400 by the way, 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.079 J.I. Packer 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.660 in his book 00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:48.400 Knowing God 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:49.579 has a beautiful 00:18:49.579 --> 00:18:51.279 chapter on adoption, 00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:53.259 being adopted 00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:54.360 as God's child. 00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.620 If you 00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:57.380 are looking 00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:58.099 for more reading, 00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:59.180 I highly recommend it. 00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.180 In Knowing God, 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.880 he writes this, 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:02.120 Adoption is a family 00:19:02.120 --> 00:19:03.279 idea conceived 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.799 in terms of love 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.799 and viewing God 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.539 as Father. 00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:08.200 In adoption, 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:08.960 God takes us 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.799 into his family 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.740 and fellowship. 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:12.460 He establishes us 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.119 as his children 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:13.799 and heirs. 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.079 Looseness, 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.879 affection, 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:17.379 and generosity 00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.299 are at the heart 00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:19.940 of this relationship. 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.559 To be right 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.019 with God 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.779 the judge 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:24.119 is a great thing, 00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:25.779 but to be loved 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.819 and cared for 00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.659 by God 00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:28.259 the Father 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:29.740 is even 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.379 greater. 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.940 And so friends, 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.559 this says 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:37.259 for all who 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:37.799 are in Christ 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.099 Jesus, 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.859 we now have 00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.599 a relationship 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.419 with God 00:19:40.419 --> 00:19:41.719 that includes 00:19:41.719 --> 00:19:42.319 both 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:44.019 intimacy 00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:46.479 and authority. 00:19:47.919 --> 00:19:48.939 We have 00:19:48.939 --> 00:19:49.919 a relationship 00:19:49.919 --> 00:19:50.579 with a God 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.679 who is at once 00:19:51.679 --> 00:19:52.399 imminent 00:19:52.399 --> 00:19:53.859 and transcendent. 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:55.740 He is both 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:57.059 sovereign over all 00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.439 and yet 00:19:57.439 --> 00:19:58.099 he is 00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.859 the one 00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.459 that we can 00:19:59.459 --> 00:20:00.139 run to 00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:00.979 when we fall 00:20:00.979 --> 00:20:02.000 and skin our knee 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:04.559 and need to be held. 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:07.799 He is the holy 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.720 one who cannot 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:10.059 tolerate evil 00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:10.659 and yet 00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:12.079 also he is 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.720 the God 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.419 of love. 00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.419 Behold 00:20:17.419 --> 00:20:19.319 how great 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:20.359 the Father's love 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:21.980 that we should be 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.599 called children 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.819 of God. 00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.539 Friends, 00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.480 think about this. 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:33.160 if you'll 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:33.759 excuse me 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.319 I want to 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:35.200 translate it 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.660 out of the 00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.519 human realm 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.039 for a minute. 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:39.019 If you had a dog 00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:40.140 who had a master 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:42.019 and every time 00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:43.460 he did something 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.799 wrong 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.519 he was beaten 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:46.819 he was starved 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:48.120 he was deprived 00:20:48.120 --> 00:20:50.660 when that man 00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.680 walked through the door 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.579 at the end of the day 00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.620 what do you think 00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:54.539 the dog would do? 00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:57.059 run 00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:58.599 hide 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:02.319 cower 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:04.460 at best 00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.960 not care 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:07.779 and stay away. 00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:12.839 But if that master 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.619 is a loving 00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.759 master 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:16.539 who showers 00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.220 his dog 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:18.139 not only with 00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:18.680 provision 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.899 of a safe place 00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.559 to live 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.619 and food 00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:22.619 and exercise 00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:24.139 but showers 00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.780 that dog 00:21:24.780 --> 00:21:25.580 with affection 00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:26.840 and love 00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:28.080 and companionship. 00:21:30.520 --> 00:21:31.280 I grew up 00:21:31.280 --> 00:21:32.180 with golden retrievers 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:33.440 I know what they do. 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:36.100 They jump on you 00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:37.400 they turn around 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:37.860 in circles 00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:39.040 they chase their tail 00:21:39.040 --> 00:21:40.140 they slobber 00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:41.000 all over you 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:45.280 but they rejoice 00:21:45.280 --> 00:21:46.160 and they come 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:47.300 running to you. 00:21:50.280 --> 00:21:50.780 Friends, 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.460 if this is true 00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:51.920 of a dog 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.720 how much more 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.280 is it true? 00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.780 in our human 00:21:54.780 --> 00:21:55.440 relationships 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:57.720 we have a heavenly 00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.240 father 00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:00.840 who loves us 00:22:00.840 --> 00:22:03.740 so much 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.759 and we are able 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.620 to come to him 00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.860 and cry 00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.620 Abba Father 00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.200 to him. 00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.440 Friends, 00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.440 Paul goes on 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:17.300 not only do we have 00:22:17.300 --> 00:22:18.180 this intimacy 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:20.560 rather than slavery 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:22.079 but verse 16 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:23.139 being a child 00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.740 of God 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:25.539 is an experiential 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.559 as well as 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.379 a positional 00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:28.019 relationship 00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:29.019 with God. 00:22:30.419 --> 00:22:31.399 Let me explain 00:22:31.399 --> 00:22:31.960 those terms 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.679 so you understand. 00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.679 A positional 00:22:33.679 --> 00:22:34.299 relationship 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.519 is what we are 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:35.980 declared. 00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.919 This happens 00:22:36.919 --> 00:22:38.259 whenever an adoption 00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.839 happens. 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.579 There is a day 00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:42.099 when the papers 00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.940 are signed 00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:44.379 and that child 00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:45.259 becomes 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.200 legally 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:48.100 and relationally 00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.720 connected 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.960 to the adopted 00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.759 parents 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:53.240 in a positional 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.500 way. 00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.580 They are now 00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:55.860 parent and child 00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:57.279 father and son 00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.960 mother, 00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.519 daughter. 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.000 They are now 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.860 brought into that 00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.160 family. 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.160 There is a position 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:03.380 that is true. 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.460 Verse 16 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:08.980 says 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.779 there is more 00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.900 than just position. 00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:13.280 the spirit 00:23:13.280 --> 00:23:13.800 himself 00:23:13.800 --> 00:23:14.700 bears witness 00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.700 with our spirit 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.259 that we 00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.940 are children 00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.700 of God. 00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.240 Commentators 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.980 argue a little 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.519 about what 00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.460 exactly this 00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.840 means 00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:23.560 but 00:23:23.560 --> 00:23:25.160 in my 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.740 understanding 00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.220 the most 00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.240 clear way 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.660 that this 00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.280 makes sense 00:23:28.280 --> 00:23:29.400 is that God 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.360 has given us 00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.280 his Holy Spirit 00:23:31.280 --> 00:23:31.980 to live 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.920 within us 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.519 so that the 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.240 Holy Spirit 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.740 might remind 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.040 us 00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:36.340 that is 00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:37.040 bear witness 00:23:37.040 --> 00:23:37.840 or testify 00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:39.380 to our own 00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:40.000 spirits 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.900 about 00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.880 who we 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.819 now are 00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.880 as children 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.819 of God. 00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.740 The British 00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.079 preacher 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.660 Martin Lloyd 00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.200 Jones 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.599 quotes an 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.180 old Puritan 00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.779 from a couple 00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.259 of centuries 00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.559 ago 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.160 named Thomas 00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.599 Goodwin 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:58.240 explaining it 00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.900 in this way. 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.500 Picture 00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.400 a man 00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.160 walking along 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.559 the road 00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.920 with his 00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.400 little boy 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:04.079 holding hands 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.599 father and 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:04.839 son, 00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.240 son and 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.559 father. 00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.279 The boy 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.920 knows that 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.240 the man 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.640 is his 00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.000 father 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.660 and that 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.059 his father 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.680 loves him 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.460 but all 00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:10.960 of a sudden 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.500 the man 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.220 sweeps 00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.620 the boy 00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.000 up into 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.580 his arms 00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:14.360 embraces 00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.840 him and 00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.519 kisses him. 00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.400 Now the 00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.440 boy is 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.640 actually no 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.259 more of a 00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.799 son when 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.240 he is being 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.080 embraced and 00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:23.700 kissed than 00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.180 he was 00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.720 before. 00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.279 The father's 00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.840 action has 00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.700 not changed 00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.299 the status 00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.700 of the 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:30.560 son but 00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:31.840 oh the 00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.860 difference in 00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.600 the enjoyment 00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:35.240 of the 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.779 status. 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.640 That son 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.340 walking along 00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:38.740 next to 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.159 his father 00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:39.859 knows he's 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.720 a son but 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.099 when his 00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:42.319 father scoops 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.279 him up and 00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.139 showers him 00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:44.519 with that 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.579 love and 00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:49.119 affection it 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:49.759 becomes not 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.240 just a 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.839 positional 00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:52.339 relationship but 00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:53.399 an experiential 00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:53.699 one. 00:24:54.959 --> 00:24:55.359 And friends 00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:55.919 what Paul 00:24:55.919 --> 00:24:56.740 tells us is 00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.500 that for all 00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.959 who are in 00:24:57.959 --> 00:24:58.579 Christ Jesus 00:24:58.579 --> 00:25:00.220 if you are 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.019 truly a son 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.559 of God 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.379 then the 00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:03.259 Holy Spirit 00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.139 is now 00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:05.220 telling you 00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.059 and reminding 00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.940 you on a 00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.279 daily basis 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.799 that you 00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.660 are 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:12.940 loved by 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.539 God 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:15.579 accepted 00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.680 by him 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.519 welcomed 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.600 by him 00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.480 embraced 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.920 by him. 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:27.240 Friends this 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.900 is the tragic 00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.539 end of the 00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.000 parable 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:31.000 of the 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.799 prodigal son. 00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.799 The prodigal 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.960 son goes away 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.200 abandons his 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.620 father 00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.559 lives his 00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.240 own selfish 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.819 life 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:40.620 finally 00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.299 realizes 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.579 how foolish 00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.259 he's been 00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.240 comes back 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.759 knowing he 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.279 has no 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.980 right to 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.579 reclaim 00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.519 a position 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.360 of sonship. 00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.700 Yet when 00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.120 the father 00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.900 sees him 00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:55.200 coming down 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.700 the road 00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.700 he runs 00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:58.940 in a most 00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.840 undignified 00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.519 manner he 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.160 runs 00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:02.519 to embrace 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.360 his son 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.079 and he 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.419 gives 00:26:04.419 --> 00:26:04.639 them 00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.199 all 00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:05.579 he 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.139 restores 00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:06.519 to him 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.119 all the 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.339 full 00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.879 privileges 00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.339 of the 00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:08.659 robe 00:26:08.659 --> 00:26:08.959 and the 00:26:08.959 --> 00:26:09.240 ring 00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.539 and the 00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.119 sandals 00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:11.059 and he 00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.419 throws 00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:12.079 the party 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.759 for that 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.379 son to 00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:15.039 know how 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.479 much he 00:26:15.479 --> 00:26:16.179 is loved 00:26:16.179 --> 00:26:19.679 and yet 00:26:19.679 --> 00:26:20.099 the son 00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.479 who's been 00:26:20.479 --> 00:26:20.839 there the 00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.719 whole time 00:26:21.719 --> 00:26:24.379 is out 00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:24.639 in the 00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.079 fields 00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.599 bitter 00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.439 and angry 00:26:26.439 --> 00:26:29.599 and won't 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.199 come in 00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:31.179 to the 00:26:31.179 --> 00:26:31.519 party 00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.500 and to 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.680 the 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.039 father 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:35.400 because he's 00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.359 not experiencing 00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.259 this 00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.299 because he 00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:39.139 doesn't know 00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:40.359 this 00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:41.660 his position 00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:44.879 friends the 00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:45.539 holy spirit 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:47.940 for all who are 00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.319 in christ 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.960 jesus is 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.440 nudging 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.440 and reminding 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.879 and whispering 00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.700 and maybe 00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.400 shouting 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.460 to your 00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.280 hurting 00:26:55.280 --> 00:26:56.519 stubborn 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.160 hard 00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.560 heart 00:26:57.560 --> 00:27:00.280 i love 00:27:00.280 --> 00:27:00.620 you 00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:01.620 you 00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.480 are my 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.280 child 00:27:03.280 --> 00:27:10.300 this is the 00:27:10.300 --> 00:27:10.759 most wonderful 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.300 thing about 00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:11.759 adoption 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.360 isn't it 00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:13.640 when we're 00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.240 born into a 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.840 family you feel 00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.300 like yeah 00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:16.000 nobody got to 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.560 pick me 00:27:16.560 --> 00:27:17.620 i just 00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:19.120 just happened 00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:20.300 for good or 00:27:20.300 --> 00:27:20.820 for bad 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:23.019 but when 00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.639 you're adopted 00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.960 someone looks 00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.419 at you and 00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:26.039 they say i 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:27.119 choose you 00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:29.439 and god 00:27:29.439 --> 00:27:30.039 looks at his 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.679 children he 00:27:30.679 --> 00:27:31.399 says i chose 00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.439 you and 00:27:32.439 --> 00:27:33.220 you and 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.200 you and 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:35.220 you and 00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:37.339 you i 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.059 chose you 00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.740 to be 00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.480 mine 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:41.619 not because 00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:41.980 you are 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.939 worthy not 00:27:42.939 --> 00:27:43.480 because you 00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.859 have to 00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:44.619 perform to 00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:44.980 keep it 00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.759 up not 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.339 because of 00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.759 any of 00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.559 those things 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:49.240 but because 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.759 i loved 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.059 you 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:57.039 friends i 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.539 wonder this 00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.039 morning if 00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.299 you were 00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.879 listening to 00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.399 the spirit 00:27:59.399 --> 00:28:03.319 i wonder if 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.799 some of you 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.440 are here this 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.980 morning and 00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.519 you haven't 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.899 put your 00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.359 faith in 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.460 christ if 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.259 you haven't 00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.480 experienced the 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.179 father's love 00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:11.899 for you if 00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.619 if you're 00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.639 still wondering 00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:17.220 whether god 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.940 could accept 00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.240 you 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:21.500 well friends 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.259 this is what 00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.160 the good news 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.779 of the gospel 00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.480 is all about 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.940 that in 00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.660 jesus god 00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:25.980 has done 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.519 everything 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.440 necessary for 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.960 you to be 00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.720 accepted by 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.839 him and 00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.599 his call for 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.220 you is to 00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.660 turn from 00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.240 all your 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.019 other ways 00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.960 of trying to 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.480 be right 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.120 before god 00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.440 on your 00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.160 own to 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.460 say i 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.059 can't do 00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:39.220 it i'm a 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.920 sinner and 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.559 a failure 00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:44.240 to acknowledge 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.379 your helplessness 00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.980 and then throw 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.799 your trust on 00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:49.359 god and as 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.919 he calls you 00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:50.659 to do that 00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:52.740 he will meet 00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.679 you and 00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.819 embrace you 00:28:54.819 --> 00:29:01.440 and then you 00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.940 will know the 00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.480 whispering of 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.179 the holy spirit 00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:05.779 saying you are 00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:07.099 my child and i 00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.559 love you 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:11.659 not only does 00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.259 being a child 00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.779 of god 00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:15.279 mean 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.279 intimacy 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.299 rather than 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.539 slavery 00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.399 not only does 00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:20.079 it mean an 00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.179 experiential as 00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:21.639 well as a 00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.200 positional 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.779 relationship 00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.859 but verse 17 00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:25.799 it means we 00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.740 are joined with 00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:28.019 christ in all 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.720 things 00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:31.839 look with me 00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.519 at verse 17 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.419 again i want 00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:33.940 you to look for 00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.660 the preposition 00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.200 with 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:39.240 if the spirit 00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.759 nope that's a 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.380 wrong verse i'm 00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.940 looking here 00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.660 verse 17 00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.759 if children 00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.559 then heirs 00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.900 heirs of god 00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.640 and fellow 00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.900 heirs with 00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.700 christ 00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.880 provided we 00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:51.019 suffer with 00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.519 him 00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.759 in order that 00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.519 we may also 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.860 be glorified 00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:56.000 with 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.880 him 00:29:56.880 --> 00:30:00.380 so friends 00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:01.019 this is the 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.660 most amazing 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.340 thing of all 00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:03.179 we are now 00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:03.939 heirs with god 00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:04.379 we've talked 00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.759 about this 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.079 already 00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.779 this is part 00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.099 of the 00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.899 the reality 00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.579 is that 00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.980 when god 00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.459 brings us 00:30:09.459 --> 00:30:09.939 into his 00:30:09.939 --> 00:30:10.559 family he 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.179 brings us 00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.720 into the 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.319 family of 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.919 god who 00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:13.639 owns and 00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.639 rules everything 00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.939 and specifically 00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.779 then he says 00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.059 in hebrews 1 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.599 2 that 00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.639 he has made 00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.159 god 00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:21.059 or made 00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.799 christ 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.599 jesus christ 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.339 the heir 00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.059 of all 00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.619 things 00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.459 and so we 00:30:25.459 --> 00:30:25.799 are now 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.419 brought into 00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:26.980 a family 00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.599 where we 00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:27.980 have 00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:29.039 everything 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.459 everything 00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.140 in god's 00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.440 kingdom 00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.100 everything 00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.519 in the 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.120 world 00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.920 is 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.579 is 00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.600 going to 00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.240 be ours 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.840 one day 00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.200 we are 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.680 brought 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.220 into 00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.960 this 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.840 incredible 00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:40.480 privilege 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.019 and this 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.680 incredible 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.759 position 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:44.779 all the 00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.340 riches of 00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:46.259 knowing god 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.660 and being 00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.279 found in 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.519 him 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.500 all the 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.900 wealth 00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.740 of participating 00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.259 in 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00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.340 matter 00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:08.539 everything 00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:08.940 else 00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.580 will fade 00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:10.180 because we 00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.460 have 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.160 God 00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.620 himself 00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.480 as our 00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:12.820 father 00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.120 and we 00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.580 are living 00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:14.799 with him 00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:16.940 as he 00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.500 reigns over 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.900 his new 00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:18.380 creation 00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:20.500 and that 00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.800 will be 00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:21.160 enough 00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:22.020 for us 00:32:22.020 --> 00:32:26.600 friends I 00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:27.120 wonder though 00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.440 if you 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.120 hear that 00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:29.240 and you 00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.820 think well 00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:30.480 that sounds 00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.260 really nice 00:32:31.260 --> 00:32:31.780 but that's 00:32:31.780 --> 00:32:32.340 not life 00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:32.900 right now 00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.520 is it 00:32:33.520 --> 00:32:36.940 Paul knows 00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.200 that 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.440 that's 00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.840 exactly 00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.220 what the 00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.540 rest of 00:32:39.540 --> 00:32:40.100 this verse 00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:41.060 tells us 00:32:41.060 --> 00:32:41.860 see this 00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.140 is the 00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.560 interesting 00:32:42.560 --> 00:32:43.080 thing 00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.960 of what 00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.440 Paul is 00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.960 telling us 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.260 is that 00:32:45.260 --> 00:32:46.120 when we 00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.620 are joined 00:32:46.620 --> 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00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.779 and death 00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:38.540 and so 00:35:38.540 --> 00:35:39.140 to capture 00:35:39.140 --> 00:35:39.840 us up 00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.519 with him 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:42.160 in glory 00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:43.660 for he 00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:44.000 has been 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.460 exalted 00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:44.980 to the 00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.380 right hand 00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.660 of the 00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:45.940 father 00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.800 he has 00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.160 a name 00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:47.600 which is 00:35:47.600 --> 00:35:49.120 greater than 00:35:49.120 --> 00:35:49.860 any name 00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.260 in heaven 00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.900 or earth 00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:53.840 and the 00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.560 Christian life 00:35:54.560 --> 00:35:55.060 now is 00:35:55.060 --> 00:35:55.800 not one 00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.620 that does 00:35:56.620 --> 00:35:57.260 not suffer 00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:59.420 but one 00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.019 that in 00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.460 suffering 00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.940 finds 00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.480 fellowship 00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.060 with the 00:36:02.060 --> 00:36:02.420 one who 00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.760 suffered 00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.240 for our 00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.620 redemption 00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:05.039 and in 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.380 walking 00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.059 through that 00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.599 believing 00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.259 that God 00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.759 is doing 00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.420 a greater 00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.920 work of 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.279 redemption 00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:10.059 in our 00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.500 lives 00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.139 in the 00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.619 lives of 00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.179 those around 00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.579 us and 00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.219 in this 00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.719 world 00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.460 than we 00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:14.980 could ever 00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.599 imagine 00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:18.079 and as we 00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.759 are identified 00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.599 with Christ 00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.319 and being a 00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:21.480 son of the 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.859 father 00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:22.659 we know 00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.139 that this 00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.599 will be a 00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:23.960 part of 00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.279 what our 00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.839 lives will 00:36:24.839 --> 00:36:25.420 look like 00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:29.400 but friends 00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.779 we know 00:36:29.779 --> 00:36:30.199 it is all 00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.779 worth it 00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:32.040 because as 00:36:32.040 --> 00:36:32.620 we hang 00:36:32.620 --> 00:36:33.480 on through 00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.200 those hard 00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:35.100 things and 00:36:35.100 --> 00:36:35.560 as God 00:36:35.560 --> 00:36:36.019 gives us 00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.640 the patient 00:36:36.640 --> 00:36:37.240 endurance 00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:38.360 in our 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.080 fight against 00:36:39.080 --> 00:36:39.680 sin 00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:40.320 in our 00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.780 fight 00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:42.100 as we 00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:42.880 experience 00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.540 injustice 00:36:43.540 --> 00:36:44.600 and fallenness 00:36:44.600 --> 00:36:44.900 in the 00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.340 world 00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:47.900 it will all 00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.580 be worth it 00:36:48.580 --> 00:36:49.380 because not 00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.000 only are we 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.500 going to be 00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.180 with Christ 00:36:51.180 --> 00:36:51.560 in our 00:36:51.560 --> 00:36:52.180 sufferings 00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:53.440 but we 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.720 will be 00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:54.320 with him 00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:55.560 in glory 00:36:55.560 --> 00:36:58.380 we will 00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.920 be raised 00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.380 with him 00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.900 to a new 00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.360 and eternal 00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:00.740 life 00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.119 where there 00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.419 will be 00:37:01.419 --> 00:37:02.000 no more 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:03.239 sickness 00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:03.859 and sorrow 00:37:03.859 --> 00:37:04.319 and death 00:37:04.319 --> 00:37:04.879 and no more 00:37:04.879 --> 00:37:05.319 suffering 00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:07.359 we will be 00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:08.119 raised with him 00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.500 to this 00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.299 exalted 00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:10.000 position 00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.759 where we 00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.319 will sit 00:37:11.319 --> 00:37:11.859 and reign 00:37:11.859 --> 00:37:12.539 with him 00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.399 and we 00:37:13.399 --> 00:37:13.819 will know 00:37:13.819 --> 00:37:14.539 the father's 00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:14.879 love 00:37:14.879 --> 00:37:15.919 without pain 00:37:15.919 --> 00:37:17.699 without 00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.339 trial 00:37:18.339 --> 00:37:21.500 our sin 00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.879 will be 00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:22.359 done away 00:37:22.359 --> 00:37:22.659 with 00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.199 perfectly 00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:24.799 and what 00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.719 a glorious 00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.659 glorious 00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.399 thing 00:37:27.399 --> 00:37:28.659 it is 00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:30.879 and so 00:37:30.879 --> 00:37:31.440 in fact 00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.940 friends 00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.500 what Paul 00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:32.920 is telling 00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.399 us here 00:37:33.399 --> 00:37:34.079 is not 00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.699 only is 00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.119 that the 00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.539 path 00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.159 but in 00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.559 fact it 00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:36.899 is a 00:37:36.899 --> 00:37:37.420 sign 00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.599 if you 00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.239 are a 00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:39.819 child of 00:37:39.819 --> 00:37:40.219 God 00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.759 if you 00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.159 are a 00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:41.519 son of 00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.940 God 00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.940 you will 00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.480 suffer 00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:46.179 it is 00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:46.920 an unpleasant 00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.539 truth 00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.460 to our 00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.920 ears 00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.480 and yet 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.780 it is 00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.500 a consistent 00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:50.940 witness 00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.320 of the 00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.639 scriptures 00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:53.380 we will 00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.740 suffer 00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.179 in this 00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.579 world 00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.500 but it 00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.940 is in 00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.219 fact 00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.860 a sign 00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.199 that we 00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.340 are 00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:57.619 sons 00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:57.800 of 00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.159 God 00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:59.119 when we 00:37:59.119 --> 00:37:59.480 suffer 00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.480 with 00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.059 Christ 00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:03.519 and so 00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.199 anticipate 00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:04.740 and look 00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.139 forward 00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:06.079 to the 00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.440 glory 00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.880 that will 00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.059 be 00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.340 with 00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:07.599 him 00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:11.019 and so 00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.400 we say 00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.619 with 00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.019 Paul 00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:15.179 we count 00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:15.739 all things 00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:16.219 as lost 00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:16.559 for the 00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.880 sake of 00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.099 knowing 00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.599 Christ 00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.199 that we 00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:18.659 may know 00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.019 him 00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:20.000 and the 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.519 power of 00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.679 his 00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.219 resurrection 00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:22.480 that we 00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.239 may share 00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:23.599 in his 00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:24.239 sufferings 00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.699 becoming 00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.420 like him 00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.880 in his 00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.239 death 00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:27.940 so that 00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.519 by any 00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.779 means 00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:29.339 possible 00:38:29.339 --> 00:38:29.980 we might 00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.440 attain 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.719 resurrection 00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.579 from the 00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:32.880 dead 00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:34.219 and glory 00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:35.599 and this 00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:35.880 is our 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.139 greatest 00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.559 hope 00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.179 that our 00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:37.679 sonship 00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:38.019 that our 00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.500 being a 00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:38.960 child of 00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.139 God 00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:39.579 is not 00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.099 just for 00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.719 this life 00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:41.480 but it 00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:41.859 is for 00:38:41.859 --> 00:38:42.359 eternity 00:38:42.359 --> 00:38:43.539 that we 00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:43.899 will be 00:38:43.899 --> 00:38:44.460 with him 00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:46.500 Lord what a 00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.219 great hope 00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:47.960 this is 00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:50.139 for some 00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.519 of you 00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:52.099 this message 00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.619 this morning 00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.719 is a 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:54.179 reminder 00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:55.259 a needed 00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:55.739 reminder 00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.239 of something 00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.839 maybe you've 00:38:56.839 --> 00:38:57.419 lost sight 00:38:57.419 --> 00:38:57.719 of 00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.779 about who 00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.339 God is 00:38:59.339 --> 00:38:59.679 and who 00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.059 you are 00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.639 in relationship 00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.219 to him 00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:02.980 for some 00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.279 of you 00:39:03.279 --> 00:39:03.759 this may 00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.379 be a 00:39:04.379 --> 00:39:05.059 revolutionary 00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.859 revelation 00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:07.460 I've never 00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:07.860 heard of 00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.539 this before 00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.500 God could 00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.700 really be 00:39:10.700 --> 00:39:11.640 like that 00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:12.440 to me 00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:14.660 for some 00:39:14.660 --> 00:39:14.960 of you 00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.280 it may 00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:16.079 still feel 00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.440 like a 00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:17.039 fairy tale 00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:18.559 too good 00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.500 to be 00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.860 true 00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:23.160 my prayer 00:39:23.160 --> 00:39:23.559 is that you 00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:23.980 may know 00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.440 the love 00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:24.780 of God 00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.220 the Father 00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:25.780 today 00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:27.559 that you 00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:27.880 may know 00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.620 his calling 00:39:28.620 --> 00:39:30.079 on all 00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.620 in Christ 00:39:30.620 --> 00:39:31.180 to be 00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:32.440 his sons 00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:33.579 and daughters 00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:35.019 his children 00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:37.119 let's pray 00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:50.500 behold what 00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.940 manner of 00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.420 love the 00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:51.940 Father has 00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.559 bestowed on 00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:53.159 us that we 00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:53.539 should be 00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:53.900 called 00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.659 children of 00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.019 God 00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:56.740 Lord may 00:39:56.740 --> 00:39:57.260 by your 00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:57.720 spirit 00:39:57.720 --> 00:39:58.340 you 00:39:58.340 --> 00:40:00.159 help us 00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.740 this morning 00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.220 to know 00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:01.780 these things 00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.340 are true 00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:05.440 Lord to 00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.200 convict our 00:40:06.200 --> 00:40:06.920 hearts when 00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.220 we are 00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:07.980 doubtful 00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:12.600 when we 00:40:12.600 --> 00:40:14.820 find ourselves 00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:16.040 rejecting 00:40:16.040 --> 00:40:17.180 these truths 00:40:17.180 --> 00:40:19.880 Lord will 00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.440 you help 00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:21.200 us when 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:21.800 we find 00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.580 that this 00:40:22.580 --> 00:40:23.200 is painful 00:40:23.200 --> 00:40:24.480 and we 00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.900 need your 00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.460 help and 00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:26.080 your healing 00:40:26.080 --> 00:40:28.240 to consider 00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:28.800 you as 00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.400 our Father 00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:35.940 Lord will 00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.260 you 00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:37.840 affirm 00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.940 and deepen 00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.220 our 00:40:39.220 --> 00:40:39.860 understanding 00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.340 of these 00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:40.780 things 00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:42.740 for your 00:40:42.740 --> 00:40:43.340 glory we 00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.660 pray 00:40:43.660 --> 00:40:44.800 in Jesus 00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:45.240 name 00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:46.280 Amen 00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:47.820 Amen 00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.280 to 00:40:50.680 --> 00:40:51.620 the 00:41:09.620 --> 00:41:10.140 a 00:41:10.140 --> 00:41:10.540 manure