The Key to Life

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Welcome to Relentless Truth with John Warren, the

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podcast that extracts truth from a wide range

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of topics,

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revealing who God is, who we are, and

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how we relate to each other. Now, here's

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John with this week's powerful and practical insights.

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Welcome to Relentless Truth. I'm John Warren. It's

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good to be with you again.

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Well, we are making our way through Paul's

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epistle to the Colossians to the Colossian church,

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and, we have reached chapter 3. This is

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a beautiful epistle on the,

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our completeness in Christ or

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perhaps said more theologically correctly, Christ's completeness.

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This is a a a chapter on Christology,

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the study of Jesus Christ our lord.

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And we've reached chapter 3,

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and it is it is just full of

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rich truth, and I'll I'll do the disclaimer

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that it is

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it is tempting to go on a rabbit

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trail with just about every sentence in this

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chapter. There's a podcast episode in every sentence.

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There's a sermon

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in every sentence in this in this chapter.

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For example,

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we start with verse 1. If then you

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have been raised with Christ,

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seek the things that are above where Christ

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is seated at the right hand of God.

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Now, just think about all the lessons we

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learn

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in that verse.

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If you've been raised with Christ,

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think about that.

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He he's he's been talking about these warnings

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and he just warned about asceticism.

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He's he's setting this this church straight

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on some problems,

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legalism, angel worship, and asceticism

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in the in the previous chapter, the the

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second half of the previous chapter.

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and he's saying that these things that you're

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doing, there are no value

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in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

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he's referencing he's going back to verses 14

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and 15.

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He's going back beyond that, but I'm just

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gonna read those. I'm starting the middle of

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the sentence, which I shouldn't do, but

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by canceling the record of debt that stood

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against us with its legal demands, this he

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set aside nailing it

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to the cross.

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The previous part is God made

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alive together with him having forgiven us all

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our trespasses.

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He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put

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them to open shame by triumphing

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over them

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in him.

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He was not overcome, in other words, by

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by Rome, by the soldiers,

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by anyone in the process,

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Jew or Gentile.

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He gave himself.

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He surrendered himself,

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and that that's an important distinction. Well,

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by faith,

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Paul knows, Paul has been teaching

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our sins are our record of debt is

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canceled,

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and and he's used this word ginosko and

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epiginosko,

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the word for knowledge or knowing,

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and and he's and and that's an intimate

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knowledge and understanding. We've talked about this many

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he's he's saying if you're incorporated with him

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the way Paul describes it in in Romans

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and and you'll see that that he's talking

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about being incorporated. He's the word baptism.

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He's talking about being incorporated

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in Christ. Christ in us, us in him.

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is so beautiful. If you've been raised with

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Christ,

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resurrected to new life

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This is a present imperative. This is a

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do this now and forever.

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that are above

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in heaven, he's saying.

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for the sins of the flesh, he's just

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told us, is submission

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to the Holy Spirit.

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if then you were raised with Christ. That's

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that's the idea.

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If then you have been raised with Christ.

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and you have

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been, then seek the things that are above

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where Christ is seated at the right hand

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of God. We could go on and on

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about his

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being making intercession

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sits at the right hand of the father,

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interceding on our behalf.

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this is an imperative.

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Set your minds on things that are above.

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He just said, seek the things that are

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above, and now he's reinforcing it.

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Set your minds

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on things that are above,

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not on things that are on the earth.

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as we read this, as you study the

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book of Colossians,

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keep the audience in mind.

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They worship the things that were on the

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earth.

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Themselves, in the case of the gnostics,

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doing and being self sufficient, in the case

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of legalists,

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and in the case of ascetics, giving things

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just important to keep that in mind.

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For you have died, verse 3, and your

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life is hidden

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with Christ

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in God.

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Hidden to the lost that is. Hidden to

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the world.

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It it it shouldn't

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cause us concern when people in the world

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wonder, scratch their heads and say, wow, why

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do you do that?

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What what do you mean you're in Christ

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and Christ is in you?

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If you start talking theology,

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the depths of theology,

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as Paul explains them in these books we've

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been studying,

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with a person who's not a Christian,

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they're gonna look at you like you're crazy.

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And there's a reason for that.

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The identification

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of the believer

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that that he would be in the believer

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and the believer would be in him is

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what Paul is talking about.

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verse 4, when whenever would be a better

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word to use here, but, anyway,

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whenever Christ, who is your life,

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appears,

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then you also will appear with him in

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glory.

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When Christ who is

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your life, Christ is the very life of

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the believer.

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Spit the spiritual bread

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of of the believer.

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When Christ who is

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your life, that's that's the the source and

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the and the pattern is the idea if

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you look up those words in the Greek.

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the source and pattern of your life

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appears, then you also will appear with him

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in glory. He's talking about our future glory,

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and then he starts off with a therefore

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put to death therefore.

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So because of this,

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because you'll appear with him in glory,

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put off what is earthly in you.

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And this put to death, he says, put

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to death therefore.

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Mortify it.

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Kill it.

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Sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,

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and covetousness, which is idolatry.

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I I'm convinced that all of our sin

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is a certain type of idolatry that is

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placing something

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ahead of God if you think about it.

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All of our sin is idolatry,

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but some worse than others, and this list

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is pretty bad.

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Sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil, desires, and covetousness.

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Wanting what isn't ours is is kind of

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the theme through all of those.

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Verse 6, on account of these, the wrath

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of God is coming.

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In these, you too once walked, when you

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were living in them.

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But now you must put them all away,

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and he's gonna name some more.

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Anger, wrath, malice,

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slander,

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and obscene talk

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from your mouth.

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He's talking about putting aside negative behaviors, bad

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This isn't a suggestion, these are imperatives. Verse

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9, listen to this imperative.

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Do not lie to one another.

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In my classes, I ask my students once

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we've established some trust, very loving, caring, smart,

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kind students.

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I I asked them, how many of you

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have never lied?

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In 10 years of teaching, about a 100

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students a year, no one's ever raised their

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Do not lie to one another,

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seeing that you have put off the old

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self

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with its practices,

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and have put on the new self,

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which is being renewed in knowledge after the

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image of its creator.

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That's a mouthful.

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So he's using a clothing metaphor, having put

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off the new self,

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and he contrasts it with,

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having put on the new self. I'm sorry.

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Having put off the old self and put

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on the new self. It's it's a contrasting

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with old and new clothing,

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which is and Tim Challis does a good

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job of this in his book, virtual theology

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visual theology. I'm sorry. If you've never read

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that book, it's it's an easy read, and

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I would commend it to you. Tim Chalis

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is the author.

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He has a chapter on putting off and

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putting on 2 separate chapters.

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This word knowledge, being renewed in knowledge, doesn't

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that remind you of renewing your mind in

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in Romans 12? Well, it should, Romans 12:2.

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But look at this, that's that word epigynosis.

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That's that strong form of knowing with understanding

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intimacy, becoming 1,

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becoming united in him, which is

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having put on the new self, which is

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being renewed in knowledge

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after the image

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of its creator.

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That that doesn't that shake you?

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Thrill you?

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It just it just it should

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suspend us in this state of

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of awe and marveling.

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The new self, which is being renewed in

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knowledge.

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This process God goes through, this renewing your

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mind,

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intimately renewing your mind, Christ in you

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and me,

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the hope of glory,

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which is being renewed in knowledge after the

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image of its creator.

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Verse 11, last verse in this paragraph.

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Here, there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised

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and uncircumcised,

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barbarian, Scythian,

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slave, free,

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but Christ is all

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and in all.

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This this says all spiritual

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richness

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is in Christ.

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Christ is all

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and in all.

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I I'm teaching in the fall, coming up,

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a Bible class that I hope is well

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attended

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that

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Is on the attributes of God again like

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I I did I did several podcast episodes

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on this a while back about 6 months

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ago. I think it was

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maybe a little longer

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and It's just amazing to think about God

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being of one substance one essence one one

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nature,

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and not having these individual attributes that we

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talk about him as if and, you know,

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even in the title, I I call the

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study the attributes of God.

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I should say this simple

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simple substance of God

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Because it's it's one substance. It's it's simply

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one all the attributes are one side. They

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didn't come from other places.

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But but listen to this, Christ is all

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and in all. We talked about the unity

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of the Father and the Son,

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the God in 3 persons,

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and now we see Christ is all and

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in all.

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Christ is everything to us

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He says there's not Jew and Greek the

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people aren't divided circumcised and uncircumcised

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He's saying that stuff doesn't matter.

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If study the the the laws value

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in the New Testament. What is the New

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Testament summary of the law

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to glorify God

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and love your neighbor as yourself?

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And and look at

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how

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Christ fulfilled the law.

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He did. Some people don't like that. They

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wanna hang on. I'm not saying he abolished

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the law. He did not.

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It still shows us the character of God.

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It reveals who God is.

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But this this notion of Christ being all

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and in all

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it is is just a

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a beautiful concept this new covenant

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made possible by his blood confirmed by his

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blood

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and Paul talks about this in Romans 3

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if you want to go back and look

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I think it's verse 20 and following

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where he talks about

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him being our propitiation that is the

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Mercy seat the blood that was sprinkled on

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the

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the Mercy seat on the day of atonement

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Christ is the spotless lamb who was slain.

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He is all and in all he's creator.

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He's we could go on and on

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he is all and in all

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then in verse 12 we start a new

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paragraph put on then so he's going to

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tell us this clothing metaphor

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He's gonna tell us what to put on.

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As God's chosen ones,

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holy and beloved,

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compassionate hearts,

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kindness,

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humility,

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meekness,

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and patience

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bearing with one another, and if one has

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a complaint against another,

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forgiving each other as the Lord has forgiven

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you,

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so you also

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must forgive.

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This this is a section, these two verses,

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verses 12 and 13

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in Colossians

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3,

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that I would love to get everyone I

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know, including myself,

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to to fully comply with, to implement,

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to deploy

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this this bearing with one another. And if

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one has a complaint against another,

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forgive each other.

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He he already said in Romans 12, he

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says, outdo each other and showing each other

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kindness.

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Forgive each other as the Lord has forgiven

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you, so you also must forgive. You know

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think about this just I know this is

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it these are simple lessons today

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and We're not talking about the meaning of

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a lot of the greek words because I

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think we've done that pretty well here so

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far

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but but think about this for a second

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as the Lord has forgiven you when you

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think about those words

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your relationship with other people is not like

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God's relationship, Jesus Christ our Lord's relationship with

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us.

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Our sin is an affront to his holiness,

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to his righteousness.

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Our our sin is is more offensive to

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him, to his nature,

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to his character than we can imagine. He

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is holy, set apart, and pure, transcendent,

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apart from us.

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He he is

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he is pure. He is love. He is

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purity.

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He is sinlessness.

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And and so

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he has forgiven

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us

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through his son

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so as the Lord has forgiven if we

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if that if that occurs to us when

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that occurs to us

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it changes our lives, the significance

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of God forgiving us.

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And it's not just you, it's me,

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and it's your neighbor, and it's other it's

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it's it's

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you're not the only dirty rotten sinner.

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We're all in good company,

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and it it is because he first loved

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us. He first forgave us as the Lord

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has forgiven you,

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so you also must forgive. If you want

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a basis for forgiveness,

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it's that, because you were forgiven by our

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Lord Jesus Christ,

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by the shedding of his blood.

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Think about that. You were justified by faith.

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The simple beautiful gospel

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is incredibly logical is true

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That prompts us then to be able to

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forgive

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It don't look at the other person and

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say, well, what redeeming qualities they have? What

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are they? Do they deserve my forgiveness? If

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they have that here's what we do. Have

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they complied with all my expectations?

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Are they humble?

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Have they asked for forgiveness? Do they even

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know what they did?

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Are are are they are are are they

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even worth forgiving?

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Is in essence

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what we say sometimes.

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As the Lord has forgiven you, so you

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also must forgive.

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That is an imperative. That is a thumping

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you right between the eyes, thumping us right

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between the eyes imperative.

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And above all these,

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he goes on, put on love,

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which binds everything together

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in perfect harmony.

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You know,

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we mock this expression. Love is the answer.

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Love is everything.

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But love, if properly understood,

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is everything.

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And Let the peace of Christ

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rule in your hearts

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to which indeed you were called in one

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body

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Just think about that.

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This beautiful perspective.

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This this piece to which indeed you were

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called

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in one body that the peace of Christ

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rule

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in your hearts

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that word rule is to act as an

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umpire

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Let the peace of Christ rule in your

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hearts to which you were indeed you were

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called

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in 1 body

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But when we say peace and love

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this is what we're actually talking about these

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words

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are actually weighty

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To love it is is to

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extend grace without reciprocity. To to care about

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the needs of the of the of the

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loved loved

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person

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without regard for merit or reciprocity.

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That's what Agape is.

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Above all these, put on love.

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This is another imperative this is what we're

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to do

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Which binds everything together

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in perfect harmony

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We all need to strive to be more

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loving

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and let the peace of Christ rule in

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your hearts to which indeed you were called

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in 1 body And then he closes with

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this

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and be thankful.

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Don't underestimate

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the power of a thankful heart.

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He doesn't say, hope God gives you the

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ability to blank.

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No. He says, be thankful.

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Be thankful.

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Stop, pause,

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stop fretting,

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and be thankful. Well, I don't I don't

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know how to be thank Yes, you do.

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Be grateful. You are loved by God Almighty.

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Be thankful.

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You're not so low

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that God's grace doesn't reach you.

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You're not so accomplished

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that you don't require His grace.

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Be thankful.

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Be grateful.

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Look at look at how he's built his

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argument here.

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You must forgive

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put on love

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forgive each other put on love

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let the peace of Christ rule in your

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hearts

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and be thankful

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Paul there's no secret to life

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James Taylor wrote a song that says secret

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of life is enjoying the passage of time

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it no no

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no Paul gives us the secret of to

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life right here

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Just just read the end of chapter 3,

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the last paragraph in chapter 3.

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Just beautiful.

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I guess it's the not quite the last

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paragraph.

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Then he says, and whatever

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you do in word or deed,

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so this is inclusive here,

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do everything in the name

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of the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God

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the Father through Him.

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Do everything in the name of it with

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his authority and approval. All that he is

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and has done

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is in his name. I am that I

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am.

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Do do everything in the name. In the

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beginning was the word, and the word was

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00:20:58,109 --> 00:20:59,710
with God, and the word was God. Do

566
00:20:59,710 --> 00:21:00,210
everything

567
00:21:00,670 --> 00:21:03,089
in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving

568
00:21:03,230 --> 00:21:03,730
thanks

569
00:21:04,575 --> 00:21:07,294
to God the father through him I love

570
00:21:07,294 --> 00:21:08,835
the way Paul gives us the imperative

571
00:21:09,694 --> 00:21:11,294
and then he goes off to the side

572
00:21:11,294 --> 00:21:13,500
and says here's another angle on that same

573
00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:14,000
imperative.

574
00:21:15,900 --> 00:21:17,660
It's just beautiful the way if you if

575
00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:19,500
you watch his pattern, he gives you the

576
00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:21,855
imperative and then a sentence later. He'll he'll

577
00:21:21,855 --> 00:21:22,835
reinforce it

578
00:21:23,855 --> 00:21:25,295
and Then he goes on there is another

579
00:21:25,295 --> 00:21:25,795
paragraph

580
00:21:27,214 --> 00:21:29,634
Wives submit to your husbands as is fitting

581
00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,480
in the Lord this is this is a

582
00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,259
functional command not not

583
00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,579
a not an inferiority thing

584
00:21:37,394 --> 00:21:38,994
And I I know that's hard for people

585
00:21:38,994 --> 00:21:41,174
to understand, but but it it's biblical.

586
00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:44,914
You know, it's it doesn't say husbands, therefore,

587
00:21:44,914 --> 00:21:47,539
lord, your authority over your wife or or

588
00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:50,360
you're not equal or No. It's a functioning

589
00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:53,299
issue. Families function better when it goes this

590
00:21:53,299 --> 00:21:55,080
way. This is in God's word.

591
00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:58,315
This isn't replaced by some cultural norm today.

592
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It it it doesn't

593
00:22:01,015 --> 00:22:03,255
the husbands are to love our wives and

594
00:22:03,255 --> 00:22:04,694
and do not be harsh with them. Verse

595
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19

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says, elsewhere,

597
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we're to love them as Christ loved the

598
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church.

599
00:22:10,839 --> 00:22:12,940
Christ gave his life for the church, so

600
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That's another conversation for another day. Wives, submit

601
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to your husbands as is fitting

602
00:22:19,085 --> 00:22:19,985
in the Lord.

603
00:22:20,765 --> 00:22:23,160
In other words, Adam and Eve were were

604
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,419
structured this way. It was fitting to God

605
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to design us this way functionally.

606
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Husbands, love your wives,

607
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and do not

608
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be harsh with them. It has the idea

609
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of bitterness there.

610
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Don't be bitter with them.

611
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Children,

612
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obey your parents in everything.

613
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This is talking about

614
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dependent children.

615
00:22:45,039 --> 00:22:47,539
Obey your parents in everything, for this pleases

616
00:22:47,679 --> 00:22:48,419
the Lord.

617
00:22:49,265 --> 00:22:49,765
Fathers,

618
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do not provoke or exasperate

619
00:22:53,664 --> 00:22:54,404
your children,

620
00:22:54,945 --> 00:22:56,565
lest they become discouraged.

621
00:22:57,230 --> 00:22:58,849
That's talking about losing heart.

622
00:22:59,950 --> 00:23:02,509
We've all done that at various stages. Don't

623
00:23:02,509 --> 00:23:03,169
do that.

624
00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:04,450
Bondservants,

625
00:23:05,549 --> 00:23:06,929
slaves that is

626
00:23:07,295 --> 00:23:09,955
obey in everything those who are your earthly

627
00:23:10,015 --> 00:23:12,115
masters, not by way of eye service,

628
00:23:13,134 --> 00:23:14,914
not just not just people pleasing.

629
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And he he says, not just way of

630
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eye service as people pleasers,

631
00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,019
but with sin sincerity,

632
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sincerity of heart

633
00:23:25,134 --> 00:23:26,994
That has the idea of without a fold,

634
00:23:28,095 --> 00:23:28,595
purely,

635
00:23:30,174 --> 00:23:30,994
without fault,

636
00:23:31,659 --> 00:23:34,480
but with sincerity of heart fearing the lord.

637
00:23:35,259 --> 00:23:36,940
So many of our problems are solved by

638
00:23:36,940 --> 00:23:37,440
understanding

639
00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:39,740
god's love for us and our relationship with

640
00:23:39,740 --> 00:23:41,194
him. It informs

641
00:23:41,494 --> 00:23:44,394
all of our human relationships. That's the point

642
00:23:44,775 --> 00:23:47,095
Paul is making here. Whatever you do, work

643
00:23:47,095 --> 00:23:47,595
heartily,

644
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:48,940
heartily

645
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,660
as for the Lord and not for men.

646
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,200
Knowing that from the Lord you will receive

647
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,740
the inheritance as your

648
00:23:56,039 --> 00:23:56,539
reward.

649
00:23:57,505 --> 00:23:59,985
You're not doing that accounting, that legal work,

650
00:23:59,985 --> 00:24:00,485
that

651
00:24:01,585 --> 00:24:04,644
electrical work, that plumbing, that carpenter work, carpenter

652
00:24:05,025 --> 00:24:05,525
work,

653
00:24:06,299 --> 00:24:09,019
that consulting work, that pastoral work, whatever it

654
00:24:09,019 --> 00:24:09,519
is,

655
00:24:09,980 --> 00:24:12,539
you're not you're not doing it for the

656
00:24:12,539 --> 00:24:13,039
compensation.

657
00:24:14,174 --> 00:24:15,954
You're doing it for the Lord.

658
00:24:17,214 --> 00:24:18,674
Knowing that from the Lord,

659
00:24:19,134 --> 00:24:21,554
you will receive the inheritance as your reward.

660
00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:24,460
You are serving the Lord Christ.

661
00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:25,820
Boom.

662
00:24:26,279 --> 00:24:28,279
For the wrongdoer will be paid back that

663
00:24:28,279 --> 00:24:30,380
is judged for the wrong he has done,

664
00:24:30,715 --> 00:24:32,335
and there is no partiality.

665
00:24:33,355 --> 00:24:34,335
We don't judge

666
00:24:34,715 --> 00:24:36,975
anything without some partiality.

667
00:24:38,069 --> 00:24:40,170
You look at conflicts of interest, nuance,

668
00:24:40,630 --> 00:24:43,289
and partiality, and playing favorites, and

669
00:24:43,829 --> 00:24:45,509
all of that in our country, in the

670
00:24:45,509 --> 00:24:46,890
United States, my goodness,

671
00:24:47,445 --> 00:24:49,224
probably in the entire western world.

672
00:24:49,924 --> 00:24:52,085
Well, that that is chapter 3, for the

673
00:24:52,085 --> 00:24:53,525
for the wrongdoer will be paid back for

674
00:24:53,525 --> 00:24:54,724
the wrong he has done, and there is

675
00:24:54,724 --> 00:24:55,384
no partiality.

676
00:24:56,309 --> 00:24:58,309
God is on the throne. You see you

677
00:24:58,309 --> 00:25:00,169
see what's happening here? The

678
00:25:00,630 --> 00:25:01,929
the entire focus

679
00:25:02,630 --> 00:25:04,009
of of this chapter

680
00:25:04,549 --> 00:25:05,369
is on

681
00:25:05,845 --> 00:25:07,704
really, very richly,

682
00:25:08,484 --> 00:25:08,984
who

683
00:25:09,285 --> 00:25:10,345
who God is.

684
00:25:11,525 --> 00:25:13,144
Who God is, and how

685
00:25:13,759 --> 00:25:15,299
he he operates.

686
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:17,940
And that informs us

687
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,820
in our in our earthly

688
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:22,180
relationships.

689
00:25:23,954 --> 00:25:25,554
If you know what's happened to you, he

690
00:25:25,554 --> 00:25:27,075
says at the beginning, if you've been raised

691
00:25:27,075 --> 00:25:29,234
to if you if then you have been

692
00:25:29,234 --> 00:25:31,234
raised with Christ, seek the things that are

693
00:25:31,234 --> 00:25:33,309
above where Christ is seated at the right

694
00:25:33,309 --> 00:25:35,950
hand of God. If if our minds are

695
00:25:35,950 --> 00:25:37,089
are are on

696
00:25:37,470 --> 00:25:37,970
Christ

697
00:25:38,589 --> 00:25:40,910
for walking in him, he's in us, we're

698
00:25:40,910 --> 00:25:41,650
in him.

699
00:25:42,095 --> 00:25:44,434
That that that close relational

700
00:25:46,015 --> 00:25:48,994
tie that is implicit in that word, epignosis,

701
00:25:50,779 --> 00:25:52,000
that knowledge word,

702
00:25:52,859 --> 00:25:55,659
knowledge of him. It's not an academic word.

703
00:25:55,659 --> 00:25:57,740
It's a it's a it's a word used

704
00:25:57,740 --> 00:26:00,674
in the Septuagint to describe intimacy between a

705
00:26:00,674 --> 00:26:02,775
man and a woman. This is closeness,

706
00:26:03,315 --> 00:26:04,775
knowledge, intimate knowledge.

707
00:26:07,259 --> 00:26:08,240
Intimate closeness.

708
00:26:10,619 --> 00:26:13,500
So that that's what Paul is getting across

709
00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:14,000
here.

710
00:26:15,234 --> 00:26:17,174
Set your minds on things that are above,

711
00:26:17,234 --> 00:26:19,234
not on things that are on the Earth.

712
00:26:19,234 --> 00:26:21,654
These are these are imperatives. These are

713
00:26:22,035 --> 00:26:23,654
instructions for us.

714
00:26:25,019 --> 00:26:27,980
God is both transcendent and imminent. Isn't that

715
00:26:27,980 --> 00:26:30,640
beautiful? With us, loving in relationship

716
00:26:31,660 --> 00:26:32,400
with us.

717
00:26:33,275 --> 00:26:34,975
And then Paul goes on to say,

718
00:26:35,674 --> 00:26:37,914
this is the reason Christ in you is

719
00:26:37,914 --> 00:26:39,775
the reason you can put off therefore

720
00:26:40,154 --> 00:26:42,269
what is earthly in you, and he names

721
00:26:42,509 --> 00:26:45,170
several categories of sin, sexual immorality, impurity,

722
00:26:45,710 --> 00:26:48,849
passion, evil desires, and covetousness, which is idolatry,

723
00:26:49,464 --> 00:26:50,904
And then he goes on and warns warns

724
00:26:50,904 --> 00:26:53,865
about anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk

725
00:26:53,865 --> 00:26:55,544
from your mouth, and then he goes into

726
00:26:55,544 --> 00:26:56,605
lying. Don't lie

727
00:26:56,950 --> 00:26:58,789
to to each other. You put off the

728
00:26:58,789 --> 00:27:00,549
old self with its practices, and it put

729
00:27:00,549 --> 00:27:01,529
on the new self.

730
00:27:02,150 --> 00:27:04,470
It is because but but and he and

731
00:27:04,470 --> 00:27:07,244
he ends the paragraph with but Christ is

732
00:27:07,244 --> 00:27:08,625
all and and all.

733
00:27:09,085 --> 00:27:11,804
Recognize that. Meditate on that. I'm reading in

734
00:27:11,804 --> 00:27:13,264
the Psalms right now. What

735
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,419
it's just beautiful to read

736
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:17,819
the the beauty of

737
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,140
who the godhead is

738
00:27:20,815 --> 00:27:22,275
in in the Psalms,

739
00:27:23,535 --> 00:27:25,875
particularly those written by David

740
00:27:26,894 --> 00:27:28,980
are just beautiful. And then he goes he

741
00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:30,740
goes on in this chapter to talk about

742
00:27:30,740 --> 00:27:33,539
what to put on. Because of what Christ

743
00:27:33,539 --> 00:27:35,299
has done, do everything in the name of

744
00:27:35,299 --> 00:27:37,220
the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the

745
00:27:37,220 --> 00:27:38,279
father through him,

746
00:27:38,664 --> 00:27:39,565
being thankful.

747
00:27:40,105 --> 00:27:42,825
Having a thankful heart sort of sums it

748
00:27:42,825 --> 00:27:44,285
all up, doesn't it?

749
00:27:45,305 --> 00:27:46,759
And he's already talked about

750
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,059
bearing with each other, forgiving. So be forgiving,

751
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:50,779
be loving,

752
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:52,920
let the peace of Christ rule in your

753
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,460
hearts. Be peaceful.

754
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,619
Be thankful. He says,

755
00:27:58,394 --> 00:28:00,875
teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,

756
00:28:00,875 --> 00:28:03,595
singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with

757
00:28:03,595 --> 00:28:04,095
thankfulness

758
00:28:04,394 --> 00:28:05,375
in your hearts

759
00:28:06,019 --> 00:28:06,679
to God.

760
00:28:07,700 --> 00:28:09,720
Praise God, he's saying.

761
00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:11,480
Paul is saying

762
00:28:12,179 --> 00:28:13,000
with thanksgiving.

763
00:28:13,865 --> 00:28:15,384
Really, a lot of this has to do,

764
00:28:15,384 --> 00:28:17,065
doesn't it, with getting our eyes off of

765
00:28:17,065 --> 00:28:17,565
ourselves.

766
00:28:18,744 --> 00:28:20,265
It is just so easy. We are so

767
00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:21,085
self consumed.

768
00:28:21,769 --> 00:28:23,549
I was just talking to someone about,

769
00:28:24,649 --> 00:28:26,169
he was talking about how a disillusioned he

770
00:28:26,169 --> 00:28:27,230
is with people who

771
00:28:27,609 --> 00:28:29,389
sit on their phones all day and

772
00:28:30,255 --> 00:28:32,174
and sit at a restaurant and just look

773
00:28:32,174 --> 00:28:33,934
at their phones. I I don't I don't

774
00:28:33,934 --> 00:28:35,215
know what we've become. I know I sound

775
00:28:35,215 --> 00:28:37,055
old when I say that. I know those

776
00:28:37,055 --> 00:28:37,955
phones are wonderful

777
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,400
in in a lot of ways, but sitting

778
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:41,839
and looking at them while we're together is

779
00:28:41,839 --> 00:28:42,579
kinda stupid.

780
00:28:43,119 --> 00:28:45,039
Can't we compartmentalize that? Do you ever you

781
00:28:45,039 --> 00:28:47,200
ever look on your iPhone at your screen

782
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:47,700
time?

783
00:28:48,315 --> 00:28:50,095
Goodness. Not something I wanna see.

784
00:28:50,794 --> 00:28:53,375
So anyway, this is wonderful,

785
00:28:53,914 --> 00:28:55,214
wonderful section of scripture.

786
00:28:55,755 --> 00:28:56,575
Paul is

787
00:28:57,460 --> 00:28:58,200
giving us

788
00:28:58,660 --> 00:29:01,539
imperatives left and right. Colossians 3, just read

789
00:29:01,539 --> 00:29:03,220
it for yourselves. It'll be a blessing to

790
00:29:03,220 --> 00:29:05,299
you. And and what it's basically saying is

791
00:29:05,299 --> 00:29:06,714
get your eyes off yourself and on he

792
00:29:12,934 --> 00:29:13,755
is everything. He

793
00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:14,940
He's everything.

794
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,259
He he is everything.

795
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,420
He he the the

796
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,100
the mystery has been

797
00:29:21,875 --> 00:29:24,214
unfolded for us to see to some extent,

798
00:29:25,075 --> 00:29:27,075
and we can rest in him. He is

799
00:29:27,075 --> 00:29:28,674
in us, and we are in him. What

800
00:29:28,674 --> 00:29:29,575
wonderful promises.

801
00:29:30,589 --> 00:29:32,750
Well, I've been repeating myself for a couple

802
00:29:32,750 --> 00:29:35,309
of minutes, so we're gonna wrap this discussion

803
00:29:35,309 --> 00:29:37,169
up. That was Colossians 3.

804
00:29:37,534 --> 00:29:40,034
The beauty just overwhelms me, and I kinda

805
00:29:40,174 --> 00:29:42,095
look at the text and stammer and stutter

806
00:29:42,095 --> 00:29:44,174
as I as I think about the best

807
00:29:44,174 --> 00:29:46,015
way to wrap this up. I I believe

808
00:29:46,015 --> 00:29:47,919
Paul did a pretty good job here on

809
00:29:47,919 --> 00:29:50,480
his own. So we'll we'll take on, chapter

810
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,879
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