WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:29.980 Thank you. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.899 Thank you all who are playing as well. Again, helping us to sing, which is always great. 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:42.079 Let's turn in our Bibles to Colossians. 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:46.640 Colossians chapter 3. 00:00:46.640 --> 00:01:04.359 Next week, Sam, who is leading, is going to be taking up the next section from chapter 3, verses 12 to 17. 00:01:05.019 --> 00:01:11.260 So please do be praying for him in his preparation through the week as well for that. 00:01:12.219 --> 00:01:17.340 We're going to read Colossians chapter 3, verses 1 to 11. 00:01:26.880 --> 00:01:29.520 Just need to get a drink. Hang on. Thank you. 00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:29.540 Thank you. 00:01:29.540 --> 00:01:40.500 Let's read from verse 1. 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:44.620 Since then you have been raised with Christ. 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:50.980 Set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 00:01:52.420 --> 00:01:56.920 And set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:03.379 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 00:02:04.340 --> 00:02:11.479 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:19.319 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature. 00:02:20.359 --> 00:02:30.739 Sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 00:02:31.679 --> 00:02:34.899 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. 00:02:34.900 --> 00:02:41.560 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 00:02:42.659 --> 00:02:47.680 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these. 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:58.280 Anger, rage, malice, slander and filthy language from your lips. 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:04.640 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices, 00:03:05.300 --> 00:03:11.979 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its creator. 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:24.000 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free. 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:27.939 But Christ is all, and is in all. 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:33.759 Well, let's ask for God's help as we look at this together. 00:03:37.860 --> 00:03:44.840 Our Father God, we thank you for your word, and we thank you that it is true, 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:50.420 and we thank you that it is living and active. 00:03:50.419 --> 00:03:55.659 And so as your word goes out to us today, 00:03:56.419 --> 00:04:00.019 we pray that by the power of the Holy Spirit, 00:04:00.019 --> 00:04:06.179 it would lead to a change and a transformation, 00:04:06.739 --> 00:04:12.799 so that we become daily more like Christ. 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:16.480 this is what we long for. 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:21.960 And so we pray that your word would help us in that today. 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:24.460 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:04:25.420 --> 00:04:25.920 Amen. 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:32.840 Well, we all have something in common. 00:04:34.340 --> 00:04:36.819 We all want to change. 00:04:37.580 --> 00:04:40.620 There are things in our life we want to stop doing, 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:44.580 and there are things in our life we want to start doing. 00:04:45.300 --> 00:04:48.220 Deep down we all want to be renewed. 00:04:48.220 --> 00:04:50.660 We want to be transformed. 00:04:51.300 --> 00:04:53.580 We want to be different. 00:04:55.440 --> 00:04:59.240 Well, thankfully, our text this morning is going to show us 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:02.040 how we can all change. 00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:07.340 Three things are going to help us experience change in our life. 00:05:08.060 --> 00:05:09.120 Know who you are, 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:11.699 know how you live, 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:14.340 and know what you become. 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:16.639 Know who you are, 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:17.699 know how you live, 00:05:18.180 --> 00:05:19.660 and know what you become. 00:05:20.500 --> 00:05:23.800 Three steps that we can take with us 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:28.379 that will help us to lasting Christ-like change. 00:05:28.379 --> 00:05:31.540 So first, know who you are. 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:33.660 So who are you? 00:05:34.540 --> 00:05:35.680 Do you know yourself? 00:05:36.699 --> 00:05:38.939 What is your identity? 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:41.199 How would you describe yourself? 00:05:41.420 --> 00:05:42.740 Well, in my case, 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:44.579 I might say I'm Irish, 00:05:45.060 --> 00:05:46.079 I'm a husband, 00:05:46.780 --> 00:05:47.800 I'm a father, 00:05:48.300 --> 00:05:49.280 I'm a pastor, 00:05:49.819 --> 00:05:51.220 I'm a monster supporter. 00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:53.840 You could just go on and on. 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:57.340 All these different things define who we are. 00:05:57.340 --> 00:05:59.300 However, if we're a Christian, 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:02.720 there is another way to define ourselves. 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:05.860 And we see it in verse 4. 00:06:06.939 --> 00:06:07.860 Look at verse 4. 00:06:07.860 --> 00:06:08.879 When Christ, 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:12.319 who is your life. 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:15.600 Do you see that? 00:06:16.900 --> 00:06:17.580 Christ, 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:20.379 who is your life. 00:06:20.540 --> 00:06:21.879 If you're a Christian, 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:24.139 that's who you are. 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:26.720 Christ is your life. 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:30.540 His life is your life. 00:06:30.540 --> 00:06:32.060 His beauty, 00:06:32.060 --> 00:06:33.319 His glory, 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:34.360 His purity, 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:36.080 is yours. 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:39.720 So if you're to ask me, 00:06:39.960 --> 00:06:40.800 who am I? 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:42.500 Well, strictly, 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:43.980 I should be answering, 00:06:44.860 --> 00:06:47.420 Christ is my life. 00:06:47.420 --> 00:06:52.699 When I'm watching sport on television, 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:53.660 if it's Cork, 00:06:53.740 --> 00:06:55.340 and they're playing football or Hurley, 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:56.600 I might say, 00:06:56.600 --> 00:06:59.240 we played really well. 00:06:59.620 --> 00:07:00.879 We were physical. 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:02.240 We took our chances. 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:04.140 We won the game. 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:05.840 Now, 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:06.320 at one level, 00:07:06.379 --> 00:07:08.400 that's a really strange way to talk, 00:07:08.460 --> 00:07:08.760 isn't it? 00:07:08.760 --> 00:07:10.920 Because I had nothing to do with the match. 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:12.860 I didn't play the game. 00:07:12.960 --> 00:07:14.640 I was nowhere near the ball. 00:07:14.960 --> 00:07:16.860 I'm just watching it on TV. 00:07:17.300 --> 00:07:17.540 Yet, 00:07:17.580 --> 00:07:19.780 because they are my team, 00:07:20.460 --> 00:07:21.540 I can say, 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:23.439 we won, 00:07:23.740 --> 00:07:24.879 or I won. 00:07:25.220 --> 00:07:28.340 The player's victory becomes my victory. 00:07:28.700 --> 00:07:30.740 I get to share in it. 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:32.300 Well, 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:34.480 through our union with Christ, 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:36.160 that is, 00:07:36.220 --> 00:07:37.560 through our trust in Him, 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:39.340 we can say, 00:07:39.339 --> 00:07:43.619 Christ is my life. 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:46.379 All that Christ is, 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:48.279 belongs to me. 00:07:48.459 --> 00:07:50.839 His life is my life. 00:07:51.919 --> 00:07:53.579 Three things show us 00:07:53.579 --> 00:08:00.379 how the life of Christ is my life. 00:08:00.779 --> 00:08:02.139 Three things, 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:03.899 from verses 1 to 4. 00:08:04.579 --> 00:08:05.219 First, 00:08:05.220 --> 00:08:09.460 I have been raised with Christ. 00:08:09.780 --> 00:08:10.500 Do you see it there, 00:08:10.520 --> 00:08:11.020 verse 1? 00:08:11.140 --> 00:08:14.360 Since you have been raised with Christ. 00:08:14.440 --> 00:08:14.640 Now, 00:08:14.700 --> 00:08:16.340 if we've been raised with Christ, 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:19.660 it also implies we've died with Christ, 00:08:19.740 --> 00:08:21.520 which it says in verse 3, 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:23.720 for you have died. 00:08:24.880 --> 00:08:25.140 Well, 00:08:25.220 --> 00:08:26.340 how does that happen? 00:08:26.440 --> 00:08:28.880 How do I die with Christ, 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:31.140 and how do I rise with Christ? 00:08:31.139 --> 00:08:31.419 Well, 00:08:31.479 --> 00:08:32.480 it's by faith. 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:33.799 It's through our union, 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:35.620 being united to Christ. 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:36.179 So, 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:38.879 when Christ died 2,000 years ago, 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:39.939 I can say, 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:40.759 I died. 00:08:41.860 --> 00:08:43.419 When Christ was raised, 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:44.879 I was raised. 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.679 I died to my old self, 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:50.679 and I was raised with a new self. 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:51.840 You see, 00:08:51.980 --> 00:08:52.840 by faith, 00:08:53.059 --> 00:08:55.519 we get to participate in the death 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:57.279 and resurrection of Christ. 00:08:57.659 --> 00:08:59.539 His death is my death. 00:08:59.539 --> 00:09:03.120 His resurrection becomes my resurrection. 00:09:03.959 --> 00:09:04.299 So, 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:06.740 I can say with absolute confidence, 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:08.379 without any pride, 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:10.639 but a humble confidence in God, 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:14.259 the old Johnny is dead. 00:09:15.299 --> 00:09:16.139 He's buried. 00:09:16.620 --> 00:09:17.319 He's gone. 00:09:17.659 --> 00:09:19.179 You'll never see him again. 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:23.779 The new Johnny is alive. 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:28.500 Because Christ is my life, 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:32.159 I have been raised with Christ, 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:36.220 to a new kind of life. 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:37.720 So, 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:39.940 I've been raised with Christ, 00:09:40.460 --> 00:09:44.940 and I am now hidden with Christ. 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:46.000 Look at verse 3. 00:09:47.179 --> 00:09:48.360 For you died, 00:09:49.059 --> 00:09:52.100 and your life is now present, 00:09:52.539 --> 00:09:54.980 hidden with Christ in God. 00:09:54.980 --> 00:09:57.340 Our union is so strong, 00:09:57.720 --> 00:09:58.779 that we can say, 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:02.600 my life is hidden with Christ. 00:10:03.800 --> 00:10:05.560 Where Christ is, 00:10:06.379 --> 00:10:07.159 we are. 00:10:08.800 --> 00:10:11.139 And where is Christ right now? 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:12.580 Well, 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:13.860 go back to verse 1. 00:10:14.980 --> 00:10:16.039 Where is Christ? 00:10:16.659 --> 00:10:17.300 Verse 1, 00:10:17.420 --> 00:10:18.019 since then, 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:19.519 you've been raised with Christ. 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:21.840 Set your hearts on things above. 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.480 where Christ is, 00:10:25.180 --> 00:10:27.259 seated at the right hand of God. 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:28.300 Christ, 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:29.100 now, 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:31.160 is in the presence of the Father. 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:33.200 He is with the Father. 00:10:33.540 --> 00:10:34.300 Which means, 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:35.960 if I am hidden with Christ, 00:10:36.280 --> 00:10:37.000 that means, 00:10:37.220 --> 00:10:38.500 I am also, 00:10:38.820 --> 00:10:39.700 right now, 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:41.500 with the Father in heaven. 00:10:44.220 --> 00:10:44.580 Well, 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:45.160 don't be silly, 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:45.580 Johnny. 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:46.519 You're in 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:48.080 Carragoline Community Centre. 00:10:48.180 --> 00:10:49.019 I can see you, 00:10:49.060 --> 00:10:50.139 with my own eyes. 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:52.039 How can you say, 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:53.419 you're in, 00:10:53.419 --> 00:10:56.039 the presence of the Father in heaven? 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:57.480 Well, 00:10:57.519 --> 00:10:59.419 if I'm hidden in Christ, 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:03.199 then I am where Christ is. 00:11:03.340 --> 00:11:04.299 Not physically, 00:11:04.740 --> 00:11:05.840 but spiritually. 00:11:06.299 --> 00:11:06.679 So, 00:11:06.819 --> 00:11:07.399 that means, 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:09.779 I also have access to the Father, 00:11:10.139 --> 00:11:10.879 anytime, 00:11:11.319 --> 00:11:11.740 anywhere, 00:11:11.860 --> 00:11:13.240 because I am hidden, 00:11:13.860 --> 00:11:14.600 in Christ. 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:18.340 And if I'm hidden in Christ, 00:11:19.060 --> 00:11:19.840 that means, 00:11:19.940 --> 00:11:20.980 I am safe, 00:11:21.420 --> 00:11:22.460 and secure, 00:11:22.920 --> 00:11:23.740 in Christ. 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:25.100 Nothing, 00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:26.580 and no one, 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:28.639 is able to take me, 00:11:28.920 --> 00:11:30.040 from the grasp, 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:31.379 of Christ. 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:34.340 Not my sin, 00:11:35.300 --> 00:11:36.420 not my suffering, 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:38.019 not Satan, 00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:39.320 nothing, 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:40.860 can take me, 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:42.200 out of Christ. 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:42.400 Christ. 00:11:43.180 --> 00:11:44.440 Because Christ, 00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:45.520 is my life, 00:11:46.460 --> 00:11:47.520 I am hidden, 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:49.100 in Christ. 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:53.160 But there's a third reason, 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:54.759 why we can say, 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:56.100 Christ is my life, 00:11:56.980 --> 00:11:58.259 is I will appear, 00:11:58.259 --> 00:11:58.920 with Christ. 00:11:58.980 --> 00:11:59.780 Look at these words, 00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:00.560 they're tremendous. 00:12:00.800 --> 00:12:01.320 Verse 4, 00:12:01.780 --> 00:12:02.700 when Christ, 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:04.480 who is your life, 00:12:04.660 --> 00:12:05.240 appears, 00:12:05.920 --> 00:12:07.259 then you also, 00:12:07.700 --> 00:12:08.820 will appear, 00:12:08.820 --> 00:12:09.920 with him in glory. 00:12:10.839 --> 00:12:11.379 One day, 00:12:11.479 --> 00:12:12.319 Christ is going, 00:12:12.459 --> 00:12:13.000 to return, 00:12:13.339 --> 00:12:13.860 and he's going, 00:12:13.899 --> 00:12:15.059 to bring all things, 00:12:15.179 --> 00:12:16.079 to its conclusion. 00:12:16.479 --> 00:12:17.279 He'll establish, 00:12:17.439 --> 00:12:18.899 the new creation, 00:12:19.059 --> 00:12:19.819 the new heavens, 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:20.620 and the new earth. 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:21.379 A world, 00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:21.959 where there'll be, 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:22.759 no evil, 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:23.579 no Satan, 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:24.500 or death. 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:25.719 And Christ, 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:26.379 will live, 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:27.500 with his people, 00:12:27.699 --> 00:12:27.959 on earth, 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:28.919 if we're not going, 00:12:28.939 --> 00:12:29.639 up to heaven, 00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:31.139 Christ is coming, 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:31.979 to this earth, 00:12:32.299 --> 00:12:33.059 and he's going, 00:12:33.059 --> 00:12:34.099 to renew it all, 00:12:34.099 --> 00:12:34.939 and everything, 00:12:35.259 --> 00:12:35.519 will be, 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:36.459 as it should be. 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:38.959 And when that happens, 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:41.460 we will be sure, 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:42.620 to share in it. 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:44.060 Do you see it, 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:44.820 in verse 4? 00:12:45.940 --> 00:12:46.420 You, 00:12:46.820 --> 00:12:47.580 will, 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:49.200 appear with him, 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:49.780 in glory. 00:12:51.100 --> 00:12:52.040 No ifs, 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:53.660 no maybes, 00:12:54.060 --> 00:12:54.940 no buts, 00:12:55.220 --> 00:12:56.180 not I'm sure, 00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:56.980 I'm unsure, 00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:59.340 absolutely guaranteed. 00:13:00.460 --> 00:13:01.600 We will, 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:03.340 appear with him, 00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:03.860 in glory. 00:13:05.740 --> 00:13:06.960 So who are you? 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:07.460 Do you, 00:13:07.460 --> 00:13:09.540 do you know yourself? 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:11.080 Do you know your identity? 00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:11.820 Well, 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:12.860 if you're a Christian, 00:13:13.300 --> 00:13:14.160 you can say, 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:16.180 Christ is my life. 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:18.700 I have been raised, 00:13:18.800 --> 00:13:19.480 with Christ. 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:20.780 I am now, 00:13:20.920 --> 00:13:21.300 hidden, 00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:22.540 in Christ. 00:13:23.040 --> 00:13:24.519 And I will appear, 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:25.860 with Christ. 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:27.519 His life, 00:13:27.800 --> 00:13:28.440 is now, 00:13:28.700 --> 00:13:29.440 my life. 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.320 This is, 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:31.460 who I am. 00:13:32.980 --> 00:13:33.680 And if we're, 00:13:33.740 --> 00:13:34.900 going to change, 00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:36.740 we need to understand, 00:13:36.939 --> 00:13:38.019 our identity. 00:13:39.100 --> 00:13:40.220 The first step, 00:13:40.319 --> 00:13:41.439 in being changed, 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:42.279 is knowing, 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:43.720 who you are. 00:13:45.179 --> 00:13:46.220 My life, 00:13:47.179 --> 00:13:48.519 is Christ's life. 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:50.779 So, 00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:51.759 know who you are. 00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:53.899 Second, 00:13:55.899 --> 00:13:58.059 know how you live. 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:01.179 Know how you live. 00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:02.000 So, 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:08.059 how do we live? 00:14:08.959 --> 00:14:09.459 Well, 00:14:09.579 --> 00:14:10.419 if Christ, 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:11.439 is my life, 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:12.959 I now, 00:14:12.959 --> 00:14:13.959 begin to live, 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:14.959 with Christ, 00:14:15.339 --> 00:14:16.339 priorities. 00:14:17.359 --> 00:14:17.699 Look, 00:14:17.739 --> 00:14:18.259 what it says, 00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:19.539 in verses 1 and 2. 00:14:21.699 --> 00:14:22.459 Since then, 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.279 you've been raised, 00:14:23.339 --> 00:14:23.979 with Christ. 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:26.339 Set your hearts, 00:14:26.979 --> 00:14:27.819 on things, 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:29.079 above where Christ, 00:14:29.199 --> 00:14:29.639 is seated, 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:30.799 at the right hand of God. 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:31.839 Verse 2, 00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:33.799 set your minds, 00:14:34.339 --> 00:14:35.240 on things above, 00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:36.659 not on earthly things. 00:14:36.979 --> 00:14:38.079 Set your hearts, 00:14:38.699 --> 00:14:39.679 set your minds, 00:14:39.859 --> 00:14:40.219 focus, 00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:41.979 seek the things, 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:42.719 that are above. 00:14:43.179 --> 00:14:44.319 Desire what, 00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:45.979 Christ desires. 00:14:46.939 --> 00:14:47.539 In other words, 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:49.219 let the rule of heaven, 00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:51.000 now shape, 00:14:51.359 --> 00:14:52.819 how you live your life, 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:54.299 on this earth. 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:56.279 In other words, 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:58.199 you have a new life. 00:14:58.839 --> 00:15:00.199 Your life is Christ. 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:00.300 Christ, 00:15:00.780 --> 00:15:01.820 now become, 00:15:01.820 --> 00:15:03.060 who you are. 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:05.000 Start living, 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:06.100 the way, 00:15:06.180 --> 00:15:06.900 which God, 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:08.440 has called you, 00:15:08.640 --> 00:15:09.900 and rescued you to be. 00:15:10.520 --> 00:15:10.900 Live, 00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:12.440 your new life. 00:15:13.640 --> 00:15:13.980 You see, 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:14.740 if you begin, 00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:15.660 to see yourself, 00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.980 as God sees you, 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:19.280 then you will start living, 00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:20.980 as God wants you to live. 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:23.040 We will begin, 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:24.080 to change. 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:25.680 Now, 00:15:25.780 --> 00:15:27.340 two surprising commands, 00:15:27.420 --> 00:15:28.240 are given to us, 00:15:28.280 --> 00:15:29.000 to show us, 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:30.360 how we should live. 00:15:30.420 --> 00:15:31.139 If you were to think, 00:15:31.180 --> 00:15:32.040 of all the things, 00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:33.620 that we need to change, 00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:34.320 in our life, 00:15:35.060 --> 00:15:35.520 I wonder, 00:15:35.660 --> 00:15:36.420 if we would come up, 00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:37.540 with these two things. 00:15:38.780 --> 00:15:39.980 Here's the first one. 00:15:42.280 --> 00:15:42.680 Kill, 00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:43.860 harmful, 00:15:44.180 --> 00:15:45.379 sexual behavior, 00:15:46.280 --> 00:15:47.160 and desires. 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:49.459 Verse 5, 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.679 put to death, 00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.299 kill, 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:54.100 therefore, 00:15:54.219 --> 00:15:56.219 because you have a new life, 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:57.419 in Christ, 00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:58.419 therefore, 00:15:58.679 --> 00:15:59.579 put it to death, 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:00.959 whatever belongs, 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:02.699 to your earthly nature. 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:04.140 Well, 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:05.520 what's our earthly nature? 00:16:06.180 --> 00:16:06.540 Well, 00:16:06.680 --> 00:16:07.920 sexual immorality. 00:16:08.920 --> 00:16:09.460 That is, 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.480 any sex, 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.879 outside the bounds, 00:16:11.920 --> 00:16:12.640 of marriage. 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.640 Impurity. 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:16.560 Any kind, 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.840 of sexual activity, 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:20.180 outside of God's design. 00:16:21.540 --> 00:16:22.000 Lust. 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:24.860 Self-gratification, 00:16:25.640 --> 00:16:26.240 regardless, 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.300 of the impact, 00:16:27.560 --> 00:16:28.240 on others. 00:16:29.420 --> 00:16:30.740 Evil desires. 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:33.039 acting out, 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:34.259 and living out, 00:16:34.460 --> 00:16:35.700 what I want, 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:38.360 and what pleases me. 00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:41.080 And greed. 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:42.919 An appetite, 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:43.940 for sex, 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:44.480 that is, 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:46.000 never satisfied. 00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:50.259 What a list. 00:16:51.560 --> 00:16:51.899 Now, 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:52.620 this doesn't mean, 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.039 to say, 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:54.220 that all sex, 00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:55.139 is harmful. 00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.340 No, 00:16:56.419 --> 00:16:57.519 it's a wonderful gift, 00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:58.100 from God. 00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:58.940 Sex, 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:00.139 is part of God's, 00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:00.680 design, 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.960 for humanity. 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:03.080 However, 00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:04.220 once we take it, 00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:06.120 outside of God's design, 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.339 once we go, 00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.400 beyond God's, 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:08.980 boundaries, 00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:10.559 then it becomes, 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.200 destructive, 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:12.059 and harmful. 00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.819 Verse 6. 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.720 Because of these, 00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.660 because of these, 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:18.620 harmful, 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:19.339 behaviors, 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.200 and desires, 00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:21.900 the wrath of God, 00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.480 is coming. 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.160 God, 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:25.140 will judge, 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.319 harmful, 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.200 sexual, 00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:28.120 behavior, 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:29.380 and desires. 00:17:29.380 --> 00:17:32.080 Now, 00:17:32.120 --> 00:17:33.360 that's a good thing. 00:17:34.320 --> 00:17:35.040 Think with me, 00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:35.680 for a moment, 00:17:35.760 --> 00:17:36.460 about this. 00:17:37.260 --> 00:17:38.840 If you were the object, 00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:40.060 of the behaviors, 00:17:40.360 --> 00:17:41.620 in verse 5, 00:17:42.580 --> 00:17:43.560 all that list there, 00:17:43.600 --> 00:17:44.540 if you're the object, 00:17:44.540 --> 00:17:45.700 of that behavior, 00:17:46.600 --> 00:17:48.380 if you're receiving, 00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:49.380 the end, 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.420 of your spouse's, 00:17:50.540 --> 00:17:51.220 partner's, 00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:51.760 attitudes, 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.420 if people are, 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:54.340 treating you, 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:55.100 in this way, 00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:56.559 well then, 00:17:56.639 --> 00:17:57.459 wouldn't you want, 00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.599 justice to be done? 00:17:59.679 --> 00:18:00.579 Wouldn't you want, 00:18:00.639 --> 00:18:01.899 things to be put right? 00:18:02.959 --> 00:18:03.500 Well you see, 00:18:03.579 --> 00:18:04.919 God has made us, 00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:07.019 and he's designed us, 00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:08.240 to live a certain way, 00:18:08.679 --> 00:18:09.899 and he won't let us, 00:18:09.959 --> 00:18:11.039 go on destroying, 00:18:11.159 --> 00:18:12.199 each other's lives, 00:18:12.379 --> 00:18:13.379 with harmful, 00:18:13.379 --> 00:18:14.219 behaviors, 00:18:14.659 --> 00:18:15.459 and desires. 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:17.359 He's going to hold us, 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:18.419 to account. 00:18:20.139 --> 00:18:21.719 So it's a good thing, 00:18:21.719 --> 00:18:22.740 that God is going, 00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.359 to come, 00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.799 and judge. 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:28.519 Now of all these, 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.099 behaviors, 00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:29.940 that we see, 00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.960 in verse 5, 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:32.960 of all the behaviors, 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:34.039 that could possibly, 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.940 be addressed, 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:37.220 why do you think, 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:38.819 he's chosen sex, 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:40.240 as the one, 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:41.039 to deal with? 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.400 Why, 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.579 why that issue? 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:44.579 Why nothing else? 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.500 Well here's, 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.279 what I think. 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:50.160 Distorted sex, 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:52.000 is the one thing, 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:53.359 that has such a, 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:54.019 profound, 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:55.700 impact upon us. 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.220 It runs, 00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:57.799 riot, 00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:59.400 in our society, 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:01.059 and in our culture. 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:03.819 And it harms us. 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.539 When it's wrong, 00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.460 it riddles us, 00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.579 with guilt and shame. 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:09.839 It makes us feel, 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:11.140 dirty and unclean. 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.700 It changes us, 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.720 for the bad. 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:16.319 So think about it. 00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.500 If you were to have, 00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:18.059 an affair, 00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:19.079 it isn't just, 00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.940 some kind of, 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:21.460 thing that you do. 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.059 No, 00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:23.340 it has a knock-on effect. 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.680 It breaks relationships, 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:26.559 and destroys families. 00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:29.400 Watching porn, 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:31.400 isn't a private matter. 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.000 It affects, 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:33.700 and shapes, 00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:35.620 how we treat each other, 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:37.519 and how we treat ourselves. 00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.940 Uncontrolled desires, 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:43.819 lead to uncontrolled, 00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:45.319 damaging behaviors. 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.559 others. 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.460 You see, 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.339 if we don't, 00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:49.419 kill it, 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:52.679 it's going to kill you. 00:19:55.899 --> 00:19:57.039 So first, 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:59.319 kill harmful, 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.419 sexual behavior, 00:20:00.419 --> 00:20:01.179 and desires. 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.200 Second, 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.339 he says, 00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:07.259 banish harmful speech, 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.740 from our life. 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.899 Verse 8. 00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:12.620 But now, 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.040 he says, 00:20:13.100 --> 00:20:14.920 you must also rid yourselves, 00:20:15.040 --> 00:20:16.220 of all such things, 00:20:16.280 --> 00:20:16.880 as these. 00:20:17.800 --> 00:20:18.440 Anger, 00:20:19.800 --> 00:20:22.000 uncontrolled outbursts, 00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:23.820 rage, 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.140 angry, 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.519 violent words, 00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.240 malice, 00:20:30.580 --> 00:20:31.660 hateful speech, 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.780 towards others, 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.040 slander, 00:20:35.320 --> 00:20:37.000 speaking damaging words, 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:38.680 behind people's backs. 00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:41.359 Filthy language, 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.240 from your lips. 00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.640 The use of gross, 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.519 swear words, 00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:46.420 which we aim, 00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.299 at other people. 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:52.220 You've heard the saying, 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.759 haven't you? 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.880 Sticks and stones, 00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:55.440 may break my bones, 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.839 but words, 00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:57.660 will never, 00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.380 hurt me. 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.880 Is it true? 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.680 No, 00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.460 it's not true. 00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.119 It's a lie, 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.700 isn't it? 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:07.539 I'm sure quite one of, 00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:08.500 all of us here, 00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:10.120 could share stories, 00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:11.299 of how the words, 00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.779 of other people, 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.600 have hurt us. 00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.860 But here's the point. 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:20.000 My words, 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:21.240 can be harmful. 00:21:22.580 --> 00:21:23.799 My speech, 00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:25.500 can also break, 00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.900 and destroy relationships. 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:29.580 Let's face the reality, 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.680 this is what it's saying, 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.200 to us here. 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.220 The words, 00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:33.180 that can come out, 00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.960 of our mouths, 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:35.920 can be hurtful. 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.740 And if we don't keep, 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:40.100 our speech in check, 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:42.019 it's going to change us, 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:43.140 for the bad. 00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.340 You see, 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.480 our words are important. 00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.779 We speak all the time. 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:48.240 It's how we communicate, 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.120 to one another. 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.920 And with our words, 00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.980 we build up, 00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.980 or we're tearing down. 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:56.000 With our speech, 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:57.279 we're expressing love, 00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:59.180 or we're expressing hate. 00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:01.060 You see, 00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:01.680 if we don't, 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:03.500 banish it from our life, 00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:06.480 it's going to grow, 00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.220 and fester, 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:09.180 and destroy us, 00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.900 and destroy others. 00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:15.519 Now let's be honest, 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:17.000 about these concerns, 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.500 that are being addressed here. 00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:20.880 Harmful sexual behaviour, 00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:22.539 and hurtful speech. 00:22:23.060 --> 00:22:23.980 They're not things, 00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:25.519 that are out there, 00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:27.259 outside of these four walls. 00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:29.180 They're in here, 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:31.700 in my heart. 00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.559 Remember, 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.559 this is a letter, 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:36.859 written to a church, 00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.859 to Christians, 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.839 people, 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:41.400 who are singing the songs, 00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:42.359 we've just sung, 00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.859 people who will say, 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.960 Christ, 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.819 is my life. 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:50.519 So we don't need to go, 00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.879 pointing fingers elsewhere, 00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.339 we need to examine, 00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.559 our own hearts. 00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.740 So how do we, 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.700 put to death, 00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:02.839 and get rid of, 00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:04.839 our earthly nature? 00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.359 Well, 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.339 you might come up, 00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.079 with a better, 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.700 set of examples. 00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.460 Let me, 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.619 let me take you through, 00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.900 five steps, 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.960 that we can take. 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.640 Ruthless action, 00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.680 that we need to take, 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.319 to kill, 00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.740 and to banish, 00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.879 that which isn't right, 00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.579 in our life. 00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:27.419 Here's the first one, 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.679 I've got them listed there. 00:23:29.179 --> 00:23:29.859 Name it. 00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.339 Identify, 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.119 the particular, 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.439 harmful behaviour, 00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.179 or speech. 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.659 Name what it is. 00:23:36.699 --> 00:23:37.299 If it's anger, 00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:37.939 it's anger. 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.339 If it's sexual immorality, 00:23:40.439 --> 00:23:41.159 or impurity, 00:23:41.699 --> 00:23:42.159 name it, 00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.279 that's what it is. 00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:46.519 If that's what your sin is, 00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.899 name it. 00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:49.899 Second, 00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:51.439 own it. 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:54.340 Let's not blame it on others, 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.279 or excuse it, 00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:55.640 or say, 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:57.440 I wasn't feeling particularly well, 00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.059 that day, 00:23:58.180 --> 00:24:00.019 or somebody annoyed me, 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.279 or, 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.539 well, 00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.380 they did it to me, 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.400 I'm doing it to them. 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.000 No, 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:04.299 there's no blame. 00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:07.539 Take personal responsibility, 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:09.500 for our actions, 00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.820 and our words. 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.940 Third, 00:24:14.080 --> 00:24:14.920 confess it. 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:17.100 Bring it to God. 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.840 Ask his forgiveness, 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:20.679 and acknowledge it, 00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.659 before the person, 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.740 you've harmed or hurt, 00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:24.439 and ask for their forgiveness. 00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.799 Fourth, 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.879 replace it. 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:33.159 And I think this is the main thing, 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.419 here in this context. 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.119 You see, 00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:37.059 we cannot change our actions, 00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:37.919 or our words, 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.439 by sheer determination. 00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.039 If we go out of here, 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.419 thinking, 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.819 I must do better, 00:24:42.939 --> 00:24:43.879 I must stop this, 00:24:43.959 --> 00:24:44.919 I must stop doing that, 00:24:44.959 --> 00:24:45.740 I must do this, 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.619 I must do that. 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.059 But, 00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:48.819 sheer willpower, 00:24:48.959 --> 00:24:50.539 is never going to change our life. 00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:53.059 We need to replace, 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:55.119 the desires that we have, 00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:56.659 for Christ's desires. 00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.799 And how do we do that? 00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.339 Well, 00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:00.899 it's back to verses 1 and 2, 00:25:00.959 --> 00:25:01.479 isn't it? 00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:03.859 To set your hearts, 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:06.399 on things above. 00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:08.559 Set our minds, 00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:10.359 on things above. 00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.319 Meditate, 00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.019 and reflect, 00:25:13.459 --> 00:25:14.359 and think about, 00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:14.879 deeply, 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.379 about the word, 00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.299 of Christ, 00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.019 who he is, 00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.759 his character, 00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:19.519 his goodness, 00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.979 and ask God, 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.000 to change you, 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:23.179 and transform you, 00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.000 in your life. 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.719 And the Holy Spirit, 00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:27.199 will work a change, 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.259 that will be lasting. 00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.419 And then fifth, 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.399 share it. 00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.079 That is, 00:25:36.199 --> 00:25:37.500 share your struggle, 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.379 with another Christian. 00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:41.079 Share it. 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.639 It's okay, 00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.799 to tell people, 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.919 what you struggle with. 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.500 They can pray for you, 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.940 and get alongside you, 00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.379 hold you accountable. 00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.559 We're not here, 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.879 to crush each other. 00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.379 We're here, 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.659 to help each other. 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:56.579 And as we do this, 00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.460 so we will begin, 00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.399 to change, 00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.819 for the good. 00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.279 So first, 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.839 we need to know, 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.639 who we are. 00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.240 And second, 00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:08.319 we need to know, 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.919 how to live out, 00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.500 our new identity. 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:14.140 Third then, 00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:18.079 know what you become. 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.480 Thirsty this morning. 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.220 Know what you become. 00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:32.420 The ugly duckling, 00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.700 turned into a, 00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.720 swan. 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:37.180 And the hairy caterpillar, 00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:38.640 is turned into a butterfly. 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:41.320 What about the Christian? 00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:44.000 What are we going to turn into? 00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:46.040 What are we going to become? 00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:47.880 Well, 00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.460 look at verses 9 and 10. 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.800 Do not lie to each other, 00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:56.100 since you have taken off, 00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:57.340 your old self, 00:26:58.340 --> 00:27:00.440 with its practices, 00:27:01.280 --> 00:27:02.060 and have put on, 00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:03.220 the new self, 00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.900 which is being, 00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:06.480 renewed in knowledge, 00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:08.140 in the image, 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.160 in the image, 00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:09.140 of its creator. 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.660 Our creator, 00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.740 is Christ. 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:16.220 So we are being, 00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.880 renewed, 00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:18.259 into the image, 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.220 of our creator, 00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.420 into the image, 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.980 of Christ. 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.579 We are being made, 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.259 to be like him. 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.579 Isn't that amazing? 00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.640 Each one of us, 00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.640 are being made, 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.599 like him. 00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.839 And it is important, 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.940 for us to understand, 00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.860 how this happens. 00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:34.579 First, 00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:36.659 look at our unchanging status. 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.059 Look at what, 00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:40.619 has already, 00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.679 happened to us, 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.659 in the past. 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.419 Verse 9. 00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:46.039 Do not lie to each other, 00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:48.259 since you have, 00:27:48.719 --> 00:27:49.419 taken off, 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.439 your old self. 00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.659 Verse 10. 00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:53.139 And have, 00:27:53.479 --> 00:27:54.779 put on the new self. 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.559 It is something, 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.359 past, 00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.439 that has happened. 00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:00.119 You have, 00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.859 taken off, 00:28:00.979 --> 00:28:01.639 the old self. 00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.600 You have, 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.780 put on the new self. 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:05.080 This is the same, 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.680 as what we have, 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.780 talked about before. 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.880 We have, 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.060 died with Christ. 00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.520 The old is gone. 00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.680 We have been, 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.640 raised with Christ. 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.860 The new has come. 00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.800 I have been, 00:28:15.040 --> 00:28:16.120 given a new life. 00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:17.120 A new beginning. 00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.160 A fresh start. 00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.320 It is the same, 00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:19.940 as saying, 00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:20.980 verse 4, 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.960 Christ, 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:23.060 is my, 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.020 life. 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.500 And this life, 00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:28.040 is a permanent life. 00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.220 We can't, 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.040 ever lose, 00:28:30.040 --> 00:28:30.440 this, 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.420 new life. 00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:34.140 It's an unchanging status. 00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:37.340 No matter how often I fail, 00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:41.560 no matter how many times I fall, 00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.480 Christ, 00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:45.380 is still my life. 00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:47.400 That will not change. 00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:49.860 It's an unchanging status. 00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.820 But it is, 00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.280 second, 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:58.120 a gradual process. 00:28:58.119 --> 00:29:00.099 Do you see it there 00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.859 in verse 10? 00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:03.739 We are being renewed 00:29:03.739 --> 00:29:05.099 in knowledge 00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:06.399 in the image 00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:07.359 of its creator. 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:09.339 We're being renewed. 00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.419 Gradually. 00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:13.259 Being changed 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.979 to become 00:29:13.979 --> 00:29:14.679 the person 00:29:14.679 --> 00:29:15.739 God created 00:29:15.739 --> 00:29:17.159 and rescued us to be. 00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:18.859 We're being renewed 00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.579 in knowledge. 00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:20.019 That is, 00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.019 we're knowing more 00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:22.139 of who Christ is. 00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.439 But more than that, 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:25.140 we are being made 00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:26.539 into the likeness 00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.440 of Christ. 00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.200 You see, 00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.100 on the one side, 00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.539 Christ is my life. 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.940 So whenever God 00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.640 looks at me, 00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:36.080 he sees Christ. 00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:37.320 He treats me 00:29:37.320 --> 00:29:38.019 as Christ. 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.500 However, 00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.259 in practice, 00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.140 my behaviour 00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.000 and my words 00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.420 are still not yet 00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.019 like him. 00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.480 So God is still 00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:47.160 gradually changing me 00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.240 to be more like him. 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:51.500 Maybe some of you 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.920 have seen 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:53.180 the TV programme, 00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.980 The Repair Shop. 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.220 It's all about 00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.099 people bringing 00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:59.539 old gadgets 00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.279 and things 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.140 that have sentimental 00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:02.200 value to them 00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:03.440 to this workshop 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.500 and the thing 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.079 about it is 00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:06.000 everything they bring 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.079 in is broken. 00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.180 It's not working. 00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.900 It's not how 00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.799 it should be. 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.620 One of them 00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.319 was all about 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.380 a clock, 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.240 one of these 00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.240 wind-up clocks 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.640 that tick away 00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.380 and tick away 00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.320 and, well, 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.180 they brought it in 00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:20.860 and it was not working. 00:30:21.020 --> 00:30:22.340 The cogs and everything 00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:23.760 were all in disrepair. 00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:25.460 It was a desperate colour. 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:27.800 It was still a clock 00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:29.920 but it wasn't all 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:31.300 that the clock should be. 00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.120 And, of course, 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.100 they left it there 00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.880 and over the weeks 00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.860 they did the repair 00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.900 and eventually 00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:38.160 the person comes in 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.820 to get their clock. 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:42.920 It was the same clock 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:44.920 but now it's a 00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:46.920 different kind of clock. 00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.080 It's everything 00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:49.240 that it should be. 00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:51.400 Well, in the same way 00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:53.500 when we turn to Christ 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:55.620 we're entering 00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:57.020 into God's 00:30:57.020 --> 00:30:58.240 repair shop. 00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.580 Or better still, 00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.920 God enters 00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:03.460 into our life 00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:05.960 to renew us 00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:08.280 and to restore us 00:31:08.280 --> 00:31:10.360 to what we were created 00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:12.100 and rescued to be. 00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.820 Daily, 00:31:14.020 --> 00:31:14.780 we are becoming 00:31:14.780 --> 00:31:15.880 more like Christ. 00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:17.120 we are becoming 00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:18.300 the person 00:31:18.300 --> 00:31:19.960 he has declared us 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.420 to be. 00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:22.880 So, on the one hand 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.900 I can now say 00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:25.600 Christ is my life. 00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:27.040 That is unchanging. 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:29.460 But I can also say 00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:31.240 I am becoming 00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.140 like Christ. 00:31:32.520 --> 00:31:33.920 That is a gradual 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:35.180 process. 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:38.080 Now, becoming 00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.980 like Christ 00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:41.200 is not just 00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.980 a personal 00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.120 project. 00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:45.720 It's a communal 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.299 project. 00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:48.240 Look at verse 11. 00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:50.420 Here, 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.700 he's talking about 00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.440 in the church 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.660 amongst God's people 00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.360 there is neither 00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:55.660 Jew nor Gentile. 00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:57.140 So, it doesn't matter 00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:58.299 your nationality. 00:31:59.100 --> 00:31:59.740 Circumcised 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.180 or uncircumcised. 00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:02.259 It doesn't matter 00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.500 your religious tradition. 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.940 barbarian, 00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:05.880 whatever your 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.960 social background, 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.579 Scythian, 00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.460 whatever your 00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.319 culture is, 00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.099 whether you're 00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:11.140 slave or free, 00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.119 whatever your 00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:13.259 economic status, 00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.539 none of these 00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.319 things matter 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.160 in the church. 00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:18.700 What matters is, 00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.880 end of verse 11, 00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:22.400 Christ is all 00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:24.380 and is in all. 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:27.319 Christ is supreme 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.680 over this church 00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:31.100 and Christ is at 00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.940 work in each 00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.720 one of us 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:34.019 right now. 00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:35.820 You see, 00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.560 in the church 00:32:36.560 --> 00:32:37.360 we are all 00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:37.740 equal. 00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:40.000 Christ is our 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.120 life and we 00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.960 are being made 00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.940 into the likeness 00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.360 of Christ. 00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.259 It's not that 00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.080 some people are 00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:45.940 better than others. 00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.920 It's not that we 00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.799 have some kind of 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.620 level that the 00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:50.259 front row have 00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.299 made it and 00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:51.799 those at the 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.480 very back, 00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.519 well, they're just 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.240 a little further 00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.620 off. 00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.440 They're not as 00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.480 like Christ as 00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.100 the ones at the 00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.379 front. 00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.740 No, it's not 00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.480 like that. 00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:01.599 No one can 00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.839 claim a superiority 00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:04.299 and no one can 00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:06.099 feel an inferiority. 00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.779 Christ is not 00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.839 working in some. 00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.139 He's working in 00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:11.079 us all. 00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.619 The church is a 00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:15.359 communal project. 00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:17.319 Together we are 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.139 being renewed 00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:19.019 into the image 00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.799 of our creator. 00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.779 Are we there 00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.179 yet? 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.939 No. 00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:24.319 But together 00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.439 we are becoming 00:33:25.439 --> 00:33:26.639 the people he 00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.360 has called us 00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:27.800 to be. 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.460 So the third 00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.320 step in being 00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:33.259 changed is 00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.080 knowing what 00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.880 you become. 00:33:36.520 --> 00:33:37.300 You see, we 00:33:37.300 --> 00:33:38.040 all have things 00:33:38.040 --> 00:33:38.560 we want to 00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.160 change. 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.780 We want to 00:33:40.780 --> 00:33:41.700 stop doing 00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.780 certain things 00:33:42.780 --> 00:33:44.160 and we want 00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.940 to start 00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:46.259 doing things. 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.180 We want to 00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:48.120 behave right 00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.860 and speak 00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.340 right. 00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:51.140 Well, here are 00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.860 three things 00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.840 that we take 00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.500 with us 00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:55.040 that we don't 00:33:55.040 --> 00:33:55.640 just look at 00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.620 once but 00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:57.220 they become 00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:58.100 foundation 00:33:58.100 --> 00:34:00.320 rocks, if 00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:00.700 you like, 00:34:00.800 --> 00:34:01.759 foundations for 00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.259 us in our 00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.500 life. 00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.420 Know who 00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.000 you are. 00:34:05.540 --> 00:34:06.320 Know how 00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:06.940 you live 00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:09.180 and know 00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:09.740 what you are 00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.220 becoming. 00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.300 And through 00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.960 that, God 00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.920 changes us. 00:34:16.160 --> 00:34:16.820 Let's pray. 00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:25.300 our Father 00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.860 God, we 00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.620 thank you so 00:34:26.620 --> 00:34:29.100 much for 00:34:29.100 --> 00:34:30.000 the truth of 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.660 your word 00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:33.180 that helps 00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:33.900 us to see 00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.539 who we 00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.580 truly are, 00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:38.320 that we 00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:39.740 are in 00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.300 Christ, 00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:42.800 Christ is 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.539 my life, 00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:45.739 and you 00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.360 are making 00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:47.279 us to be 00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:48.099 more like 00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.880 Christ, 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.920 changing our 00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.519 behaviors, 00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.639 changing our 00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.259 speech, 00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.900 changing us 00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.559 to be the 00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.239 people you 00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:58.940 have created 00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:00.199 us and 00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.980 rescued us 00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.420 to be. 00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.480 Thank you 00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.960 with you 00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.440 there is 00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.259 real hope 00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:07.119 and lasting 00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.779 change. 00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:10.140 please help 00:35:10.140 --> 00:35:11.860 us as we 00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.540 go into a 00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:13.120 new week 00:35:13.120 --> 00:35:14.760 to live 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.380 the life 00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.960 that you 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.720 have made 00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.540 for us. 00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:19.940 In Jesus 00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.440 name, 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.820 Amen. 00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.019 We're 00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.280 going to 00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:27.040 sing together. 00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:30.040 When I 00:35:30.040 --> 00:35:30.640 fear my 00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:31.340 faith will 00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.740 fail, 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.400 Christ 00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:33.920 will hold 00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.540 me fast. 00:35:34.620 --> 00:35:35.260 Because we 00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.820 are in 00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.220 Christ, 00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.760 if we can 00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.540 say Christ 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:37.980 is my 00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.380 life, 00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.619 well he 00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.279 will hold 00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:41.440 us through 00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.360 everything we 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.920 go through. 00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.779 He is my 00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.219 life. 00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.460 Let's stand 00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.079 together as 00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.539 we sing.