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Ephesians 2:1-10 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Please take out your copy of God's Word, which I hope you have with you today.
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I suppose it would have made sense for me to preach a text from the book of John, but I'm not.
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Turn with me please to Ephesians chapter 2.
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Every Sunday when we gather together as a church, we gather in celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Every sermon given in the fellowship of our church is a resurrection sermon.
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The application of which would not be possible if Jesus was not raised.
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If you ever find yourself hearing a sermon with application that would be possible apart from the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
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then you are not hearing a gospel sermon and you may not be gathered with a Christian church.
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The resurrection of Jesus is central to all that the church is and to all that the church does.
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The resurrection is the pendule on which the great hinge of the gospel swings.
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Everything that we believe falls apart without it.
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The true Christian church has always believed this.
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A.W. Tozer, the 20th century pastor, theologian, the quotation on your bulletin said,
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we understand, he's referring to the gospel church,
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we understand and acknowledge that the resurrection has placed a glorious crown upon all of Christ's sufferings.
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So our text for today is Ephesians chapter 2, verses 1 through 10.
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And I do want us to take a particular pause and think about the resurrection of Jesus Christ and what it means for us.
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But if you're a guest with us today, I want you to know that this is not an odd Sunday for us.
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We do this week in and week out.
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Before I read for our benefit Ephesians 2, verses 1 through 10,
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I want to remind you, beloved, this is God's word to us.
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It was written for his glory and for our good.
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And as such, we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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I begin in verse 1.
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And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked,
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following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air,
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the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience,
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among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,
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carrying out the desires of the body and the mind,
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and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind.
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But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
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even when we were dead in our trespasses,
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made us alive together with Christ.
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By grace you have been saved.
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And raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace and kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
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For by grace you have been saved through faith.
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And this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God,
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not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
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For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,
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which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
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Note with me from the text, resurrection phrases, right,
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that tie this text together in verses 5 and 6.
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Verse 5, Paul says,
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We were dead, but God made us alive together with Christ.
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And in verse 6,
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Not only were we made alive,
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but also God raised us up with him being Christ.
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So as we consider this text,
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I want our attention to be drawn to the centrality of the resurrection to the Christian faith.
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But before we do this,
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and in brief,
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I want to ask and answer in brief the question,
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How can we know that Jesus was raised from the dead?
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I recognize that there may be some with us today that place a massive question mark at the end of that sentence.
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How is it even possible that we can know that this Jesus,
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this historical figure, was in fact raised from the dead?
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Now, I'm going to do this briefly because despite all of the best of apologetic cases,
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the fact remains that those who follow Jesus Christ do so from faith.
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We believe that Jesus is raised.
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We believe that he has brought light to our darkened hearts.
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But the apologetic cases can be helpful.
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And I would like to make two of them,
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these assertions to you this morning concerning the resurrection.
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First, we have in the Bible the record that Jesus stated that he would be raised from the dead.
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This historical document, the scripture,
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if you don't take it as God's word, which we do as a church,
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but if you take it as a historical document,
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it's recorded that Jesus said in places like Mark chapter 8 and verse 31,
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31, and Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man,
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he's referring to himself, must suffer many things
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and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes
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and be killed and after three days rise again.
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Jesus said this about himself and he said it in many places.
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There's lots of historical veracity to Jesus saying such things.
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And we have to wrestle with this Jesus.
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I said during the Leithuae time, right?
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Jesus cannot merely be a good teacher.
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He is the truth that holds all truths together.
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C.S. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity,
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which is why I did that time with the kids this morning.
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He said,
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I am trying here,
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so he's made this extensive case,
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I am trying here to prevent anyone saying
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the really foolish thing that people often say about Jesus.
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I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher,
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but I don't accept his claim to be God.
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That is the one thing we must not say.
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A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said
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would not be a great moral teacher.
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He would either be a lunatic
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on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg,
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or else he would be the devil of hell.
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You must make your choice.
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Either this man was and is the Son of God,
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or else a madman or something worse.
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You can shut him up for a fool.
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You can spit at him and kill him as a demon,
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or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God.
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But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense
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about his being a great human teacher.
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He has not left that open to us.
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He did not intend to.
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Now, it seems to me obvious
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that he was neither a lunatic nor a fiend,
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and consequently, however strange or terrifying
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or unlikely it may seem,
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I have to accept the view that he was and is God.
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And so, Lewis lays out for us this apologetic argument.
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People will refer to lunatic, liar, or Lord.
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But I must say that it is flawed a bit.
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And Lewis actually later wrote about the very flaw of such an argument,
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because there is one other option available.
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That he was a legend.
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And you may be entertaining that idea.
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Yeah, but what if this is all just a farce?
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It's all just a story made up.
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Right?
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This is an elaboration on a man who existed.
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We know he was crucified.
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But the biblical authors just turned him into a legend.
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So this brings me to my second apologetic point.
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Why?
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I think it's impossible for us to believe
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that he was created as a legend.
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Because the disciples were transformed.
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Those who claimed to be followers of Jesus Christ
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were changed.
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After his resurrection.
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In Acts chapter 2 and verse 32.
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This is from Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost.
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He said,
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This Jesus God raised up.
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And of that we all are witnesses.
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We have actually seen the raised Jesus Christ.
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Now remember that this was the very same Peter
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who had denied that he even knew Jesus.
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The disciples,
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in seeing the risen Christ,
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were transformed from mice to men.
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They were a band of bumblers following Jesus around.
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Arguing about the meaning of Jesus' parables
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and who would be the greatest in the kingdom.
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What happened?
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What happened to cause these men
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to turn out into the world
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as proclaimers of Jesus' resurrection?
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None of these men opted to support a legend
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that Jesus had risen for their own benefit.
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None of them built a big building,
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gathered large crowds,
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or built a mansion on the Sea of Galilee.
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None of them jetted across the country
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in a jet to share the message
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that so many clamored to hear.
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It was not profitable
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for these men to declare
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that Jesus was the Christ.
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This was an audacious claim
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that Jesus was raised from the dead.
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And it ultimately cost each of these men
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great suffering,
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and for most,
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their very lives.
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Now, we have some biblical record
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of what happened to the apostles
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and the broader disciples.
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Much of what I'm about to share with you
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comes from church history.
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And again, you might go,
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well, but that's church history, right?
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You're making a great claim
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that the Bible speaks truth about Jesus.
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And now we're dipping off into church history
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once again.
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It is not an effective propaganda machine
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to say the leaders of our church
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died in this way.
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It's not helpful
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for the recruitment of people
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unless these people
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are radically transformed
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by the same grace of God.
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So let me give you some examples, right?
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Stephen, not an apostle,
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one of the early deacons,
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was stoned to death,
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the very first Christian martyr.
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James was killed with a sword
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by Herod Agrippa.
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Peter was crucified upside down.
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Andrew was crucified on an olive tree
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in a town called Patre in Achaia.
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Thomas was run through with spears,
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tormented with red-hot plates,
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and finally burned alive.
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Philip was tortured and then crucified in Phrygia.
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Matthew was beheaded at Naddever.
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Bartholomew was flayed and then crucified.
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The other James,
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again, we want to be known as the other James, right?
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was beaten to death with a club.
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Simon, crucified in Syria.
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Judas Thaddeus, different Judas,
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was beaten to death with sticks in Mesopotamia.
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Matthias was stoned
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while being crucified in Ethiopia.
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Paul was beheaded in Rome.
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And as far as we know,
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John died a natural death,
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but it's widely rumored
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that he was scarred horribly
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by being burned in boiling oil.
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It's not a profitable thing to say
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that Jesus was raised from the dead
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when the easier thing to do
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would have been rather just call him
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a good moral teacher, right?
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He's just one in the line of many prophets
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in the Mosaic tradition.
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In Acts 5, verses 40 and 42,
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we get the conclusion of this trial
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where all of the apostles are rounded up
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and they're tried before the Sanhedrin.
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And then in verse 40 we read,
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when they had called in the apostles,
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they beat them and charged them
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not to speak in the name of Jesus
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and let them go.
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Then they left the presence of the council,
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rejoicing that they were counted worthy
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to suffer dishonor for the name.
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And every day in the temple
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and from house to house,
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they did not cease teaching and preaching
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that the Christ is Jesus.
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Men radically changed
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by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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John chapter 2 and verse 22
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records for us,
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when therefore Jesus was raised from the dead,
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his disciples remembered
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that he had said this,
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that he had said this would happen,
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that he had said this,
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and they believed the scripture
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and the word that Jesus had spoken.
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And they all together had this attitude
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that Paul expresses in Romans 8, 18,
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where he wrote,
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for I consider that the sufferings
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of this present time
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are not worth comparing
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with the glory
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that is to be revealed to us.
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Having believed in this risen Christ
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who is now seated in glory
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at the right hand of the Father,
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and that we also will receive
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this resurrection one day.
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I think this is a powerful case
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against this idea
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that Jesus was a legend.
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And so,
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was he a liar,
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a lunatic,
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and all of the apostles along with?
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Or is he Lord?
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And he is.
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I stated in the introduction
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that all the Christian
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believes would fall apart
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without the resurrection
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of Jesus Christ.
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The pendle, by the way,
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is that little pin
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that goes down
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on the inside of a hinge.
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If you don't know
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what that word is,
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that's a pendle.
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So let me show you this morning,
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briefly,
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three ways,
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three ways from our text
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that Christian belief
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would fall apart
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without the resurrection.
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Without the reality
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of the resurrection,
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we would not have,
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number one,
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protection from the wrath
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of God.
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Protection from the wrath
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of God.
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We see in verses
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one through three,
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apart from Christ,
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this is who we are.
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If you're not found
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in Christ this morning,
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this is you,
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verses one through three.
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If you're found
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in Christ this morning,
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this was you,
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which is who Paul is writing
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to,
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Ephesian believers.
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So past tense for us
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who are in Christ,
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present tense for those
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who are not.
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And we see that we were dead
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in trespasses and sins.
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We walked in them.
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This was the way
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of our very living rebellion
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against a most holy God.
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We followed the way
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of the world around us.
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We follow Satan himself,
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the prince of the power
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of the air.
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We are,
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we are,
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were,
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sons of disobedience
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and were or are
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by nature,
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by our very being,
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children of wrath.
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Paul writes in Romans 1, 18,
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saying,
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for the wrath of God
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is revealed from heaven
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against all ungodliness
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and unrighteousness
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of men
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who by their unrighteousness
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suppress the truth.
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Beloved,
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we have sinned
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against a most holy God.
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We have committed
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egregious sin
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against him.
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Whether you have
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the drug addict
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under the bridge story
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or whether you simply
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didn't obey
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the command of your parents,
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we are all guilty of sin
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and it is weighty
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before a God
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who is of infinite holiness.
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And the promise to us
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of the Bible
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is that God must punish sin.
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In his perfect justice,
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he must punish that sin.
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And this is,
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that punishment
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is the wrath of God.
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poured out on sinners.
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This is a great problem.
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This is bad news.
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Praise be to God
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for the good news
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of the life, death,
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and resurrection
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of Jesus Christ.
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For it is by faith
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in Jesus' person and work
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that we are changed
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from sons of disobedience
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to sons of obedience,
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from children of wrath
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to children of mercy
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and grace.
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Paul again,
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1 Thessalonians 1,
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verses 9 and 10,
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writes to the Thessalonian church,
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For they themselves
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report concerning us
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the kind of reception
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we had among you,
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and how you turned
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to God
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from idols
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to serve the living
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and true God
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and to wait
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for his Son
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from heaven
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whom he raised
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from the dead,
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Jesus,
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who delivers us
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from the wrath
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to come.
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As God's wrath
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is poured out
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in the final day
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of judgment
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on mankind,
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we will find ourselves
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safe and secure
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in Christ.
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Delivered,
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protected
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from the wrath
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of God.
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Paul wrote also
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in Romans 5,
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verses 9 and 10,
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Since therefore
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we have now been justified,
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declared righteous
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by Jesus' blood,
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much more shall we be saved
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by him
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from the wrath
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of God.
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We are saved
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by God
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from God
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to God.
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Verse 10,
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For if while we were enemies
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we were reconciled to God
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by the death of his Son,
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much more,
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now that we are reconciled,
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shall we be saved
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by his life.
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On that great day
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of judgment,
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by what will you plead
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the mercy
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of God?
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Only those
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who plead
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the accomplished
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work of Christ
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will have entry
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into the kingdom of heaven.
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Only those
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who stand before God
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and say,
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of no merit
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of mine,
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but all
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of Christ
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will be allowed
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into the kingdom.
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Will you join us
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there?
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Oh, I pray,
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I pray
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that you would.
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If you have not
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seen your need
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of protection
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from the wrath
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of God,
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I pray that you would
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feel the weight
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of offense
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against him.
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See that the penalty
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of your sin
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is death
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forever
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and run in faith
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to our risen Lord.
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Without the reality
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of the resurrection,
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this living Christ,
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we would not have
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protection
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from the wrath
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of God.
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Jesus would merely be
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a lunatic
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or a liar,
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but he's not.
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He's the Lord
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of heaven
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and earth.
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And,
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we have this protection
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from the wrath
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of God
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because
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our sin
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is pardoned.
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So, without the reality
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of the resurrection,
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we would not have
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our sin
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pardoned.
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We can look at
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verses 4 through 9
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of Ephesians
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chapter 2,
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which begins,
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but God.
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And I'm so thankful
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for these conjunctions
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in the Holy Writ.
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There are many of them
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that lays out for us
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who we once were
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and then says,
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in spite of
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who you are,
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God.
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God acts.
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God is gracious.
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God is,
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our text says,
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rich in mercy
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and full
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of great
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love
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for mankind.
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So,
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even when,
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even when we were
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dead
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in our trespasses,
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right?
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Enemies of God,
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sons of disobedience,
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by nature,
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children of wrath,
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right?
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Pitted against Him,
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His absolute
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enemies
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because of His
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great love,
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because He's
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rich in mercy,
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He made us alive
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together with Christ.
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And then Paul inserts,
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by grace,
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you have
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been saved,
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right?
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This is not a thing
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of our doing,
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verse 8,
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and this is not
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your own doing.
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It's a gift
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of God.
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Our very ability
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to believe,
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right?
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We've been saved
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by grace
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through faith.
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This faith
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is not our own doing.
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It's a gift
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that is granted
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to us
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in our deadness,
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right?
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The gospel
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is not a picture
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of us drowning
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at sea
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and being thrown
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a life raft,
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right?
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All we must do
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is climb into
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the security,
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right?
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The picture
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of the gospel
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is we are dead
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at the bottom
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of the sea,
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right?
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We are rotting
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corpses.
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Little fish
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are picking away
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at you.
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And Christ
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dives in.
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And Christ
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brings you
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to the surface
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and breathes
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life into you.
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You are raised
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up with
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Him.
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Not a result
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of works.
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I cannot say
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I climbed
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into the raft.
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Good for me.
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But all my glory
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due to Christ
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is given Him
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because I can say
24:08
I was dead
24:09
and Christ
24:10
delivered me
24:11
from this death.
24:13
Here we find
24:15
at the center
24:15
4-9
24:17
these two phrases
24:19
that I originally
24:20
drew your attention
24:21
to.
24:22
Verse 5
24:23
we were dead
24:24
but God made us
24:25
alive together
24:26
with Christ.
24:27
And in verse 6
24:28
we've been
24:30
raised up
24:32
with
24:33
Him.
24:35
Look at it
24:35
a little more
24:36
broadly,
24:37
right?
24:37
Look at the
24:38
context of
24:39
verses 5 and 6.
24:40
we were dead
24:42
because of sin
24:43
but have been
24:44
made alive
24:44
because of Christ.
24:45
We have in Him
24:47
the pardon
24:47
of our sin
24:48
and His righteousness
24:50
is given to us
24:51
because God
24:53
is gracious
24:54
toward mankind.
24:56
By grace
24:56
we have
24:58
been saved.
25:00
1 Peter 1-3
25:02
Peter says,
25:04
Blessed be the
25:05
God and Father
25:06
of our Lord
25:07
Jesus Christ.
25:08
according to
25:10
His great
25:11
mercy
25:11
He has
25:12
caused us
25:14
to be born
25:14
again
25:15
to a living
25:16
hope
25:17
through
25:17
the resurrection
25:19
of Jesus Christ
25:21
from the dead.
25:22
We have a
25:23
living hope
25:24
because our
25:25
Savior
25:25
lives.
25:28
And then Paul
25:29
writes in 1 Corinthians
25:30
chapter 15
25:31
and verse
25:31
17
25:33
and if
25:34
Christ
25:35
has not
25:36
been raised.
25:37
He postulates
25:38
what if
25:39
this Jesus
25:41
was not
25:41
raised?
25:42
He says
25:43
your faith
25:44
is futile
25:45
and you are
25:46
still
25:47
in your sins.
25:49
If Christ
25:50
had not
25:50
been raised
25:51
we would
25:51
not have
25:52
the pardon
25:53
of our sins
25:54
and we are
25:54
all wasting
25:55
our time
25:56
this morning.
25:57
We should
25:57
turn into
25:58
a hiking
25:58
club
25:59
instead
25:59
because it's
26:00
a beautiful
26:01
day
26:02
and we have
26:03
the Appalachian
26:03
Trail just
26:04
north of us
26:05
but rather
26:06
we gather
26:06
as Christ
26:07
Church
26:07
to praise
26:08
our risen
26:11
Lord.
26:13
We have
26:14
been
26:14
changed
26:16
from
26:17
one kind
26:18
to another
26:20
kind.
26:21
We are not
26:22
differing
26:22
in degree
26:23
we are
26:24
differing
26:25
in kind.
26:27
We have
26:27
been transitioned
26:28
from those
26:28
who were
26:29
enemies
26:29
to those
26:30
who were
26:31
friends.
26:33
Our sins
26:33
have been
26:34
pardoned.
26:34
We have
26:35
been made
26:35
new.
26:36
We have
26:36
been made
26:37
alive
26:38
to live
26:39
eternally
26:39
with our
26:40
God
26:40
as His
26:41
people
26:42
for
26:43
His
26:43
praise.
26:46
Luke
26:47
writes in
26:47
Luke chapter
26:48
20
26:48
verse 36
26:49
They
26:52
cannot
26:52
die
26:53
anymore
26:54
He's quoting
26:54
Jesus
26:54
because they
26:56
are equal
26:56
to angels
26:57
and are
26:58
sons of
26:59
God
26:59
being
27:00
sons
27:00
of the
27:02
resurrection.
27:03
And Paul
27:04
writes in
27:05
Romans chapter
27:05
8
27:05
verse 11
27:06
If the
27:07
spirit of
27:08
him who
27:09
raised
27:09
Jesus
27:09
from the
27:10
dead
27:10
dwells
27:11
in you
27:12
he who
27:13
raised
27:13
Christ
27:14
Jesus
27:14
from the
27:14
dead
27:14
will also
27:15
give
27:15
life to
27:16
your
27:16
mortal
27:16
bodies
27:17
through
27:17
his
27:18
spirit
27:18
who
27:19
dwells
27:20
in
27:20
you.
27:22
So
27:22
without
27:22
the reality
27:23
of the
27:23
resurrection
27:23
we would
27:24
not have
27:24
protection
27:25
from
27:25
the
27:26
wrath
27:26
of
27:26
God.
27:27
We
27:27
would
27:27
not
27:28
have
27:28
our
27:28
sin
27:29
pardoned.
27:31
And
27:31
thirdly
27:32
we
27:33
would
27:33
not
27:33
have
27:34
the
27:34
presence
27:35
of
27:36
Jesus.
27:39
Notice
27:39
verse 10
27:40
of Ephesians
27:40
chapter 2
27:41
For
27:44
we are
27:44
His
27:45
workmanship
27:46
like
27:46
He's
27:46
created
27:47
us
27:47
created
27:48
in
27:48
Christ
27:48
Jesus
27:49
for
27:49
good
27:50
works
27:51
which
27:51
God
27:51
prepared
27:52
beforehand
27:52
that
27:53
we
27:53
should
27:54
walk
27:54
in
27:55
them.
27:56
So
27:56
having
27:57
been
27:57
made
27:57
this
27:58
new
27:58
kind
27:59
we
27:59
begin
28:00
to
28:00
evidence
28:01
our
28:02
changedness
28:03
in the
28:03
way that
28:04
we go
28:04
and live.
28:05
God
28:06
prepared
28:06
beforehand
28:07
good
28:08
works
28:09
for us
28:10
to
28:10
carry
28:11
out.
28:13
It
28:13
is
28:13
granted
28:14
to us
28:14
to walk
28:15
in good
28:16
works
28:16
and we
28:16
do so
28:17
with the
28:18
presence
28:19
and
28:20
therefore
28:20
the
28:21
power
28:22
of
28:23
Jesus
28:23
Christ.
28:26
How do
28:26
we
28:26
do
28:27
this?
28:28
Why am
28:29
I
28:29
making
28:29
pulling
28:29
out
28:30
of
28:30
Ephesians
28:30
chapter 2
28:31
the
28:31
presence
28:31
of
28:31
Jesus
28:32
would
28:32
not
28:32
be
28:32
ours?
28:32
We've
28:33
been
28:33
given
28:34
this
28:34
task
28:35
to
28:35
walk
28:36
in
28:36
these
28:37
good
28:37
works.
28:39
How
28:39
is it
28:40
that we
28:40
do
28:40
this?
28:41
I'm
28:41
saying
28:41
to
28:41
you
28:41
we
28:42
do
28:42
it
28:42
with
28:42
the
28:42
presence
28:43
of
28:43
Christ.
28:45
Let
28:45
me
28:45
show
28:45
you.
28:46
John
28:46
chapter
28:46
14
28:47
verse
28:48
15
28:49
and
28:49
following
28:49
Jesus
28:50
said
28:50
if you
28:51
love
28:52
me
28:52
you
28:52
will
28:52
keep
28:53
my
28:53
commandments.
28:56
And I
28:56
don't
28:57
believe
28:57
that
28:57
verse
28:58
16
28:58
is
28:58
conditioned
28:59
on
28:59
verse
28:59
15.
29:00
If you
29:00
love
29:00
me
29:00
you
29:00
will
29:00
keep
29:00
my
29:00
commandments
29:01
!
29:20
give
29:21
another
29:21
helper
29:22
to
29:22
be
29:22
with
29:22
you
29:23
forever
29:24
even
29:25
the
29:25
spirit
29:26
of
29:26
truth
29:27
whom
29:28
the
29:28
world
29:28
cannot
29:28
receive
29:28
because
29:29
it
29:29
neither
29:29
sees
29:29
him
29:30
nor
29:30
knows
29:31
him.
29:32
You
29:32
know
29:32
him
29:33
for
29:33
he
29:33
dwells
29:34
with
29:34
you
29:35
and
29:35
will
29:35
be
29:36
in
29:37
you.
29:38
I
29:38
will
29:38
not
29:39
leave
29:39
you
29:39
as
29:40
orphans
29:40
I
29:41
will
29:41
come
29:41
to
29:42
you.
29:42
So
29:42
notice
29:43
that
29:43
Jesus
29:43
says
29:44
I'm
29:44
going
29:44
to
29:44
send
29:44
to
29:44
you
29:45
the
29:45
helper
29:45
the
29:47
spirit
29:47
right
29:47
we've
29:48
heard
29:48
him
29:48
as
29:48
the
29:48
holy
29:49
spirit
29:49
but
29:50
then
29:50
he
29:50
very
29:50
quickly
29:51
in
29:51
verse
29:51
18
29:51
says
29:52
I
29:52
will
29:52
not
29:52
leave
29:52
you
29:53
as
29:53
orphans
29:53
I
29:54
will
29:54
come
29:55
to
29:56
you.
29:56
It's
29:56
very
29:56
trinitarian
29:57
idea
29:58
carried
29:59
here.
30:00
Jesus
30:00
himself
30:00
is
30:01
with
30:01
us
30:02
as
30:02
the
30:03
spirit
30:03
is
30:03
with
30:05
us.
30:06
And
30:06
then
30:06
verse
30:06
19
30:07
yet
30:07
a
30:07
little
30:07
while
30:08
and
30:08
the
30:08
world
30:08
will
30:08
see
30:09
me
30:09
no
30:09
more
30:10
but
30:10
you
30:10
will
30:11
see
30:11
me
30:11
because
30:12
I
30:12
live
30:13
you
30:14
also
30:14
will
30:15
live.
30:16
So
30:17
without
30:17
the
30:18
resurrection
30:18
we
30:19
don't
30:19
have
30:19
the
30:20
presence
30:21
of
30:22
Jesus.
30:24
Paul
30:24
writes
30:24
again
30:26
boy
30:26
I'm
30:26
using
30:27
Paul
30:27
this
30:27
morning
30:28
aren't
30:28
I?
30:29
Romans
30:29
chapter
30:29
8
30:30
beginning
30:30
in
30:30
verse
30:31
9
30:31
and
30:32
then
30:32
through
30:32
11
30:33
which
30:33
I
30:33
read
30:33
previously
30:34
Paul
30:36
wrote
30:36
you
30:36
however
30:36
are not
30:37
in
30:37
the
30:37
flesh
30:37
but
30:38
in
30:38
the
30:38
spirit
30:38
if
30:39
in
30:39
fact
30:39
the
30:40
spirit
30:40
of
30:40
God
30:40
dwells
30:41
in
30:41
you
30:41
anyone
30:43
who
30:43
does
30:43
not
30:43
have
30:44
the
30:44
spirit
30:44
of
30:45
Christ
30:46
does
30:47
not
30:47
belong
30:48
to
30:48
him
30:48
but
30:49
if
30:49
Christ
30:50
is
30:51
in
30:51
you
30:51
although
30:52
the
30:52
body
30:52
is
30:52
dead
30:52
because
30:53
of
30:53
sin
30:53
the
30:53
spirit
30:54
is
30:54
life
30:55
because
30:56
of
30:56
righteousness
30:57
you see
30:57
the
30:58
beauty
30:59
that
30:59
Paul
30:59
weaves
31:00
there
31:00
with
31:00
his
31:00
language
31:01
right
31:01
you
31:02
however
31:02
not
31:02
in
31:02
the
31:02
flesh
31:02
but
31:03
in
31:03
the
31:03
spirit
31:03
in
31:03
fact
31:04
the
31:04
spirit
31:04
of
31:04
God
31:05
dwells
31:06
in
31:06
you
31:07
anyone
31:07
who
31:08
does
31:08
not
31:08
have
31:08
the
31:08
spirit
31:09
of
31:09
Christ
31:10
changing
31:11
his
31:11
name
31:12
his
31:12
title
31:12
the
31:12
spirit
31:16
Christ
31:16
is
31:17
in
31:17
you
31:18
so
31:18
we
31:18
have
31:19
the
31:19
presence
31:19
we
31:20
have
31:20
the
31:20
presence
31:21
of
31:21
Christ
31:22
if
31:23
we
31:23
have
31:23
the
31:23
spirit
31:23
of
31:24
Christ
31:25
and
31:26
then
31:26
verse
31:26
11
31:27
if
31:27
the
31:27
spirit
31:27
of
31:27
him
31:27
who
31:27
raised
31:28
Jesus
31:28
from
31:28
the
31:28
dead
31:28
dwells
31:28
in
31:29
you
31:29
he
31:29
raised
31:30
Christ
31:30
Jesus
31:30
from
31:30
the
31:30
dead
31:31
will
31:31
also
31:31
give
31:31
life
31:32
to
31:32
your
31:32
mortal
31:32
bodies
31:32
through
31:33
his
31:33
spirit
31:34
who
31:34
dwells
31:35
in
31:36
you
31:36
this
31:37
is
31:37
how
31:38
Jesus
31:39
makes
31:39
good
31:40
on
31:41
this
31:42
text
31:42
Ephesians
31:43
2
31:43
10
31:43
right
31:44
where
31:44
his
31:44
workmanship
31:45
created
31:45
in
31:46
Christ
31:46
Jesus
31:46
for
31:46
good
31:46
works
31:47
that
31:47
we
31:49
should
31:49
walk
31:49
in
31:50
them
31:50
he
31:50
gives
31:51
us
31:52
himself
31:52
by
31:53
the
31:54
power
31:54
of
31:55
his
31:55
spirit
31:55
and
31:56
it's
31:56
how
31:56
he
31:56
makes
31:57
good
31:57
on
31:57
the
31:57
!
31:58
Matthew
31:58
chapter
31:59
28
31:59
the
32:00
last
32:00
half
32:01
of
32:01
verse
32:01
20
32:01
where
32:02
he
32:02
said
32:02
behold
32:03
I
32:04
am
32:04
with
32:05
you
32:05
always
32:06
to
32:07
the
32:07
end
32:08
of
32:09
the
32:09
age
32:09
and
32:10
this
32:11
is
32:12
a
32:12
sure
32:13
promise
32:14
Paul
32:16
writes
32:16
in
32:16
Romans
32:16
chapter
32:16
6
32:17
verse
32:17
9
32:17
we
32:18
know
32:18
that
32:18
Christ
32:19
being
32:20
raised
32:21
from
32:21
the
32:21
dead
32:21
will
32:22
never
32:22
die
32:23
again
32:23
death
32:24
no
32:25
longer
32:26
has
32:26
dominion
32:27
over
32:28
him
32:28
we
32:29
have
32:29
a
32:29
risen
32:30
Christ
32:31
who
32:31
died
32:32
once
32:32
was
32:33
raised
32:34
and
32:34
will
32:35
never
32:35
die
32:36
again
32:37
so
32:37
we
32:37
have
32:37
his
32:38
presence
32:38
now
32:39
and
32:40
will
32:40
have
32:40
his
32:40
presence
32:41
forever
32:42
without
32:44
the reality
32:44
of the
32:45
resurrection
32:45
however
32:47
we would
32:48
not have
32:48
protection
32:49
from the
32:50
wrath
32:50
of
32:50
God
32:50
our
32:51
sin
32:51
pardoned
32:52
or
32:52
the
32:52
presence
32:53
of
32:54
Jesus
32:54
praise
32:56
be
32:56
to
32:56
God
32:56
that
32:56
Jesus
32:56
was
32:57
in
32:57
fact
32:57
raised
32:58
from
32:58
the
32:58
dead
32:58
and
32:59
that
32:59
all
32:59
things
33:00
hold
33:00
together
33:00
in
33:01
him
33:02
do
33:04
you
33:04
believe
33:04
this
33:04
no
33:07
then
33:08
believe
33:08
it
33:08
today
33:09
I
33:10
want
33:10
you
33:10
to
33:11
be
33:11
protected
33:11
from
33:12
the
33:12
wrath
33:12
of
33:12
God
33:13
because
33:13
of
33:13
the
33:14
pardon
33:14
of
33:14
your
33:14
sin
33:14
and
33:14
I
33:15
want
33:15
you
33:15
to
33:15
experience
33:16
the
33:16
presence
33:16
of
33:17
Jesus
33:17
Christ
33:17
our
33:18
Lord
33:19
beloved
33:20
is
33:21
the
33:21
goodness
33:21
of
33:21
these
33:21
realities
33:22
warming
33:22
your
33:23
hearts
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this
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morning
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we
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are
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slow
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learners
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and
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we
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are
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quick
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to
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forget
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God's
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good
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promises
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to
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us
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which
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are
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made
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sure
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by
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the
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resurrection
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of
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Jesus
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Christ
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if
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your
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heart
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has
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grown
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cold
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to
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these
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great
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truths
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warm
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your
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hearts
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at
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the
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fire
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of
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Ephesians
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chapter
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2
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verses
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1
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through
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10
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which
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places
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at
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its
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very
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center
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the
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resurrection
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of
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Jesus
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Christ