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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.74,0:00:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please turn in your Bibles to Ephesians 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.25,0:00:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to have us read together
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.95,0:00:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first seven verses once again.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.11,0:00:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remembering the context.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.57,0:00:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says that he remembers the Ephesians
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.45,0:00:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his prayers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.34,0:00:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he asks that God would give them
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.32,0:00:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.73,0:00:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the knowledge of Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.60,0:00:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wanted their eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.98,0:00:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their hearts enlightened.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.64,0:00:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hope of our calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.76,0:01:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we would know what is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.11,0:01:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the immeasurable greatness of His power
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.36,0:01:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward us who believe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.99,0:01:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the working \Nof His great might.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.34,0:01:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the issue on the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.16,0:01:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we would have revelation of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.07,0:01:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we would come \Nto know this power of God
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.61,0:01:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is being demonstrated on behalf of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.24,0:01:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.95,0:01:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what verse 19 says.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.83,0:01:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An immeasurable, or an \Nexceeding greatness,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.18,0:01:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God's power toward us who believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.50,0:01:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the \Nworking of God's great might
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.79,0:01:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He worked in \NChrist when He raised Him
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.09,0:01:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.10,0:01:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.57,0:01:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first three verses of chapter 2
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.06,0:01:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show us the wretchedness
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.49,0:01:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the power rescued us from.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.25,0:01:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's read those three verses.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.00,0:02:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You were dead in the trespasses and sins
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.57,0:02:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which you once walked,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.78,0:02:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following the course of this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.65,0:02:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following the prince \Nof the power of the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.84,0:02:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spirit that is now at work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.33,0:02:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sons of disobedience,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.57,0:02:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among whom we all..."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.20,0:02:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.86,0:02:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These first three verses
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.45,0:02:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used to contain all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.66,0:02:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We all once lived in the \Npassions of our flesh
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.50,0:02:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carrying out the desires
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.03,0:02:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the body and the mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.57,0:02:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were by nature children of wrath."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.88,0:02:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By nature hell-bound.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.66,0:02:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By nature under the \Nhatred and anger of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.77,0:02:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like all the rest of mankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.97,0:02:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is the power that Paul wants us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.90,0:02:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to perceive.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.43,0:02:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That our eyes might be enlightened,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.56,0:03:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the eyes of our hearts enlightened,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.68,0:03:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we may know what this is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.24,0:03:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what this power is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.08,0:03:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here comes God breaking \Nin to this wretchedness
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.62,0:03:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this darkness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.01,0:03:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the demonstration of His power.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.13,0:03:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God being rich in mercy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.89,0:03:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the great love with\Nwhich He loved us,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.22,0:03:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when we were dead in our trespasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.15,0:03:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing good in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.08,0:03:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't because of any beauty,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.92,0:03:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything attractive,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.44,0:03:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything desirable;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.11,0:03:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was even when we were
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.68,0:03:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dead in our trespasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.39,0:03:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God made us alive together with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.35,0:03:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we looked at this last time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.98,0:03:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By grace you have been saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.87,0:03:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.88,0:03:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is to be made alive \Ntogether with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.36,0:03:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I want us to focus our attention
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.73,0:03:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in on verse 6.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.85,0:03:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And raised us up with Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.64,0:03:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I want to look at.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.70,0:03:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next week, Lord willing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.06,0:03:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and seated us with Him (with Christ)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.60,0:04:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with Christ \Nin the heavenly places
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.64,0:04:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Christ Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.98,0:04:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord willing, two weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.89,0:04:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"so that in the coming ages,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.23,0:04:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He might show the \Nimmeasurable riches
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.03,0:04:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of His grace in kindness \Ntoward us in Christ Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.76,0:04:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we need to feel here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.83,0:04:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the extremity of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.56,0:04:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The extremes here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.06,0:04:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the first three verses,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.06,0:04:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man is at the absolute lowest point
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.35,0:04:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of wretchedness, despair, \Nand hopelessness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.58,0:04:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are in the very \Ncondition of fallen Adam.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.47,0:04:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to recognize \NAdam's fall for what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.50,0:04:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to recognize that Adam
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.85,0:04:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took the human race as far down
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.22,0:04:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as can be imagined.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.58,0:05:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean that \Nevery single person
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.61,0:05:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does all the wickedness \Nthat is out there potentially,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.55,0:05:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what we're saying is,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.50,0:05:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that his condition at every point -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.97,0:05:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his condition when it \Ncomes to alive or deadness,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.38,0:05:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his condition when it \Ncomes to the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.38,0:05:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his condition when it comes to Satan,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.66,0:05:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his condition when it \Ncomes to disobedience,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.46,0:05:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his condition when it \Ncomes to the wrath of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.82,0:05:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when it comes to lust...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.38,0:05:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's at the bottom of the barrel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.72,0:05:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God flexes His almighty power.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.52,0:05:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the thing \Nthat you have to recognize,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.41,0:05:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when God saves a man,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.12,0:05:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He exalts man as high as \Nthe man Jesus Christ Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.76,0:05:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize that?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.74,0:05:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize that \Nwhen God saves a person,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.77,0:05:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't take us any place lower
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.39,0:06:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than where Christ is Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.74,0:06:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how high He takes us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.69,0:06:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the extremity here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.57,0:06:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These verses are extreme.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.38,0:06:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They describe the utter extremities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.51,0:06:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.53,0:06:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man never dwells in the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.12,0:06:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a big problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.75,0:06:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where we go wrong so often.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.68,0:06:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at lost men,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.15,0:06:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't think they're \Nas lost as they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.95,0:06:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we look at Christians,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.58,0:06:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't recognize that \Nthey are as high as they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.38,0:06:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tend to take the edge off on both ends.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.66,0:06:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture doesn't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.00,0:06:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture says if you're lost,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.01,0:06:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's extreme!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.02,0:06:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.41,0:06:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the other extreme!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.92,0:06:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man only lives at the poles.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.66,0:06:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The farthest reaches of the North Pole
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.81,0:06:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the farthest reaches of the South Pole
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.08,0:06:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no one lives in between.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.96,0:06:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we go wrong there all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.79,0:06:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We imagine people living \Nin between all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.91,0:06:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We imagine Christians being \Nmuch lower than they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.14,0:07:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we imagine lost man not nearly
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.09,0:07:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being as bad as he is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.97,0:07:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see it right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.43,0:07:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, this is the way things really are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.58,0:07:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Apostle Paul under \Nthe inspiration of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.21,0:07:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Holy Spirit is leading \Nthis apostle along
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.41,0:07:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rightly evaluate the state of mankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.87,0:07:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.22,0:07:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no middle ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.90,0:07:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.74,0:07:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every man is either way down \Nin the depths of wretchedness,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.14,0:07:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or he is far up
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.42,0:07:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the great majestic \Nmountaintops of Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.67,0:07:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all the glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.98,0:07:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is it doesn't \Nfeel that way often to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.43,0:07:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, Christian, the real issue here is,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.71,0:07:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Paul wants us to \Nknow what's true of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.44,0:07:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we're Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.86,0:07:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us to know \Nwhat God has done
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.06,0:07:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to us and for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.90,0:08:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is still interested that we get
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.98,0:08:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this revelation of a knowledge of God
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.41,0:08:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what God has done for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.94,0:08:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the issue here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.13,0:08:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, God is the subject matter here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.12,0:08:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.64,0:08:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not mainly about what you are
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.92,0:08:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as what God has done
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.10,0:08:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make you what you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.15,0:08:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the emphasis in these verses.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.47,0:08:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But undoubtedly we end up with who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.60,0:08:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.61,0:08:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.44,0:08:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.15,0:08:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's immeasurable greatness of His power.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.33,0:08:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What has it done for us?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.85,0:08:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's turn our attention to verse 6.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.99,0:08:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.17,0:08:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Further seek to behold this power of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.99,0:08:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What has the power of God done?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.14,0:08:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, we don't see it \Nflash out like lightning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.16,0:08:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't see it come down as a thunderbolt
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.88,0:09:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and consume Nadab and Abihu.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.27,0:09:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.88,0:09:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.16,0:09:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes to the visual eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.16,0:09:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people watching us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.69,0:09:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's changes in the life,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.20,0:09:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not like all of a sudden
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.06,0:09:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're branded on the forehead.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.59,0:09:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not all of a sudden like we glow.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.76,0:09:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And nevertheless, there is a reality here.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.24,0:09:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at this. Verse 6.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.75,0:09:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And God..."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.80,0:09:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm pulling "God," - that God is the subject
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.97,0:09:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from verse 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.55,0:09:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"God raised us up with Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.15,0:09:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or together. God raised us up together.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.70,0:09:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The "with Christ" is implied \Nfrom the verse before.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.16,0:09:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The verb carries the meaning:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.50,0:09:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cause to rise together.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.03,0:10:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the idea of a whole \Nroom full of people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.16,0:10:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rising together.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.86,0:10:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.57,0:10:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Isaiah 14:9, when you go back
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.89,0:10:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you look at the Septuagint,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.36,0:10:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Old Testament Greek translation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.77,0:10:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We find this exact verb.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.72,0:10:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what it's used to describe
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.06,0:10:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there in Isaiah 14?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.48,0:10:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's used to describe the destruction
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.68,0:10:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the king of Babylon.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.01,0:10:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And do you know what God says?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.80,0:10:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God says when you, king of Babylon,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.70,0:10:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are destroyed, the \Nkings of all the nations
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.70,0:10:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to stand together \Nfrom off their throne.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.61,0:10:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know a lot of you \Nhave things in your lap.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.06,0:10:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's not convenient.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.37,0:10:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.38,0:10:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to ask you all to stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.07,0:10:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I count to three.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.71,0:11:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.74,0:11:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you've got \Nsomething in your lap
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.66,0:11:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's prohibiting it, \Nset it aside for a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.86,0:11:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to ask \Nyou all to stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.10,0:11:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I want you to do
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.34,0:11:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is listen to the sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.95,0:11:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, two, three.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.62,0:11:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, sit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.34,0:11:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You all stood together.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.98,0:11:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You all did the action \Nthat this verb carries.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.76,0:11:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is, you all \Ndid it in your strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.07,0:11:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality that we have here
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.97,0:11:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that when Christ rose, \Nit was by the power of God
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.86,0:11:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by that power, we all rose with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.69,0:11:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.90,0:11:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This greatness of the power of God
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.35,0:11:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pulled us all up.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.45,0:11:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All Christians pulled up with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.95,0:11:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What Paul is saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.20,0:12:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that when Christ rose from the dead
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.15,0:12:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stood and threw \Noff those grave clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.87,0:12:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.70,0:12:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.40,0:12:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was a sound of a multitude
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.28,0:12:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from every tribe and tongue,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.69,0:12:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from every people, from every nation,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.98,0:12:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that came up with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.00,0:12:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.31,0:12:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, what happens is
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.84,0:12:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ went even higher.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.25,0:12:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.23,0:12:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He soars through the skies.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.35,0:12:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through the heavens
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.28,0:12:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a great high priest,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.16,0:12:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He soared through the heavens,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.82,0:12:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He's taken up to the right hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.28,0:12:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see from the portion of this verse
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.49,0:12:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're going to deal with next time,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.74,0:12:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we went with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.88,0:12:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a sound of a multitude
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.64,0:12:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being taken up altogether with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.24,0:12:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what the power of God has done.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.08,0:13:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God binds the Christian to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.71,0:13:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.76,0:13:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that what happened to \NJesus Christ in the physical realm,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.76,0:13:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it happens to us in the spiritual.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.18,0:13:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.72,0:13:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to get this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.35,0:13:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The verb itself carries the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.83,0:13:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of raised together.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.80,0:13:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The context doesn't mean \Njust all of us together.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.31,0:13:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The context dictates \Nit's together with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.28,0:13:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now think with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.26,0:13:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what the apostle is doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.10,0:13:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's got in mind a historical reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.69,0:13:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's got in mind facts.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.10,0:13:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that actually happened
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.04,0:13:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the course of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.94,0:13:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is looking back to an event
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.84,0:13:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that took place,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.52,0:13:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's tying that together
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.94,0:14:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the reality of \Nthe spiritual condition
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.44,0:14:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of every Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.81,0:14:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Roman governor Pilate.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.73,0:14:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had the scourge laid to His back.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.44,0:14:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.26,0:14:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go back here.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.26,0:14:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Roman soldiers...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.02,0:14:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they twisted together thorns.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.24,0:14:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think they were kind in the way
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.33,0:14:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they placed that on His head?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.36,0:14:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About as kind as the way they placed
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.74,0:14:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reed in His right hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.14,0:14:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and took it out and began to \Nwhack Him in the head with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.63,0:14:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says that they smote \NHim with their hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.19,0:14:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says that they spit on Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.16,0:14:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Jews had already done that,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.02,0:14:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there with the high priest,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.64,0:14:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'd already spit on Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.99,0:14:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the Romans are spitting on Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.30,0:15:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke's account says they beat Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.30,0:15:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They robed Him with purple.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.84,0:15:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fell down before Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.22,0:15:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hail, King of the Jews!"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.48,0:15:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what they did?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.32,0:15:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They nailed Him to a tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.65,0:15:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They hung Him on that tree by nails.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.100,0:15:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He bore our sins in \NHis own body on that tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.26,0:15:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He hung there and He suffered.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.64,0:15:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He came to the place where
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.42,0:15:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He bowed His head
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.84,0:15:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He gave up His spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.52,0:15:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave up His spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.84,0:15:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His spirit left His body.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.40,0:15:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.35,0:15:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was actually physically dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.11,0:15:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they made certain He was dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.81,0:15:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they rammed a \Nspear up through His side
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.19,0:15:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and blood and water came out.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.24,0:16:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And His lifeless body was taken down.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.35,0:16:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they brought myrrh \Nand they brought aloes,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.71,0:16:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was a nearby tomb,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.44,0:16:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they put His body in there,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.19,0:16:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they took a great big stone
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.17,0:16:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they sealed the tomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.01,0:16:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's historical fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.78,0:16:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they sealed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.75,0:16:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He was dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.43,0:16:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He was in there and He was dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.45,0:16:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For three days.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.51,0:16:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.22,0:16:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ laid down \NHis life for His sheep.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.44,0:16:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.01,0:16:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was physically, actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.88,0:16:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,historically, literally dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.58,0:16:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was dead for three days.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.94,0:16:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's historical fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.56,0:16:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Paul's looking at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.30,0:16:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.79,0:16:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are not separated from that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.47,0:16:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are integral with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.16,0:16:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are one with what happened there.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.71,0:16:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not something separate.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.57,0:16:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was happening there,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.45,0:16:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're tied to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.99,0:16:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're united to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.70,0:17:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're one with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.12,0:17:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And glory to God that it be so,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.52,0:17:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there is such spiritual realities
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.97,0:17:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Paul means to communicate to us
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.29,0:17:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about our connection to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.67,0:17:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.96,0:17:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't stay dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.70,0:17:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the first day of the week,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.22,0:17:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the early dawn,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.67,0:17:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of His disciples went to the tomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.06,0:17:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what did they find?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.86,0:17:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you what they found.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.38,0:17:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They found an earthquake.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.59,0:17:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They found that the angel \Nof the Lord had descended.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.81,0:17:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They found the stone, \Nbut it had been rolled away.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.08,0:17:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They found the guards, \Nbut they were unconscious from fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.13,0:17:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They found the grave clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.30,0:17:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They found the linen \Nthat had covered His face.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.27,0:17:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they didn't find any body.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.42,0:17:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go to Mohammad's grave, \Nthere's a body there.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.50,0:18:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go to all the pope's graves, \Nthere are bodies there.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.03,0:18:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one was empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.13,0:18:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The body of Christ was gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.03,0:18:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you remember the account?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.46,0:18:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two angels in dazzling apparel -
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.18,0:18:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says to these ladies,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.88,0:18:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why are you seeking the \Nliving among the dead?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.59,0:18:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not appropriate for \Nthem to be here anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.31,0:18:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you remember what He said to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.64,0:18:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said He would be taken by the hands
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.70,0:18:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sinful men,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.20,0:18:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would crucify Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.07,0:18:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the third day, \NHe was going to rise.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.82,0:18:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's exactly what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.42,0:18:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That morning of the third day,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.22,0:18:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the grave of the Savior \Nof the world was empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.58,0:18:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Christian, it's got \Neverything to do with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.51,0:18:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Paul is saying here.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.14,0:18:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had been dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.31,0:18:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was very much real.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.91,0:18:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is there had been a dead body
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.83,0:18:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that tomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.33,0:19:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sin and death had done their uttermost
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.25,0:19:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep Him there.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.42,0:19:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All seemed lost, did it not?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.63,0:19:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two on the road to Emmaus,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.18,0:19:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're saying we thought it had been Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.97,0:19:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all is lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.03,0:19:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, they killed Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.50,0:19:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What now?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.43,0:19:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our hope is dashed.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.83,0:19:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reality is,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.14,0:19:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a man, Christ was dead
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.76,0:19:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as any man dies.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.49,0:19:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was in the realm of the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.71,0:19:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It appeared to be the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.21,0:19:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, it was not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.65,0:19:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is where the \Nraw power of God comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.83,0:19:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God raised Him up \Nloosing the pangs of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.66,0:19:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For it was not possible \Nfor death to hold Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.06,0:19:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.44,0:19:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wages of sin is death.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.01,0:19:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if sin is paid, death has no hold.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.72,0:19:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It couldn't hold Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.97,0:20:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no legal \Nright for it to hold Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.16,0:20:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God loosed the pangs of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.11,0:20:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you love that?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.88,0:20:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not possible for death to hold Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.24,0:20:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when Jesus came to life,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.51,0:20:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.92,0:20:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we looked at last week -
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.58,0:20:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life! life!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.88,0:20:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.18,0:20:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Christ came alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.78,0:20:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you imagine if \NHe would come alive
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.61,0:20:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then just stayed there.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.07,0:20:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, this is a comfortable place.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.78,0:20:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I'll just relax \Nhere and sleep awhile.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.94,0:20:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I'll just hang out \Nhere in the tomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.12,0:20:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.51,0:20:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Living people don't stay \Nunder the death clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.37,0:20:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come out!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.62,0:20:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Christ is the living Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.80,0:20:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.42,0:20:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He no longer stays there \Nwrapped in the death clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.05,0:20:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.27,0:20:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's arisen.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.28,0:20:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's come forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.70,0:20:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We say to Catholicism,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.27,0:20:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we abominate your dead \NChrist on that crucifix!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.37,0:21:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Christ isn't there any longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.96,0:21:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came out!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.99,0:21:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's alive!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.08,0:21:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's really alive!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.12,0:21:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And forevermore.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.98,0:21:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not going back there.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.06,0:21:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be gone with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.36,0:21:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forty days later,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.06,0:21:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He rose even higher.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.06,0:21:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He soared through the heavens.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.42,0:21:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He came down on that throne
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.18,0:21:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the very right hand of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.18,0:21:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reality is, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.36,0:21:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is history.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.32,0:21:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not fiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.32,0:21:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a historical fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.74,0:21:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what Paul is doing
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.56,0:21:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is he says that historical fact
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.97,0:21:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you, Christian, where you are today,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.86,0:21:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a vital connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.92,0:21:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the teaching at the \Nbeginning of verse 6 here.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.25,0:21:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have been raised \Ntogether with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.95,0:21:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.92,0:21:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the historical reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.43,0:22:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What the Apostle Paul is \Nsaying to these Ephesians
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.88,0:22:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that your salvation is tied to that,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.10,0:22:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your salvation is comparable to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.98,0:22:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, what happened there
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.53,0:22:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is true, just as actual, \Njust as historical
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.64,0:22:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a fact it is that He rose,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.68,0:22:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there are actual and historical facts
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.74,0:22:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are true about your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.65,0:22:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yes, what happened \Nto Him was physical.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.66,0:22:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens to you is spiritual.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.32,0:22:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just as real, just as historical.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.70,0:22:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as true, just as living and actual.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.28,0:22:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.01,0:22:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There He was.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.14,0:22:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was in a state of corruption.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.44,0:22:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know, the psalm \Nsays that He wasn't left
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.69,0:22:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the state of corruption,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.41,0:23:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He was dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.81,0:23:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was dead for real.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.86,0:23:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For three days.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.69,0:23:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God didn't leave Him \Nin a state of corruption.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.92,0:23:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But death is a state of corruption.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.61,0:23:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He was in that state.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.83,0:23:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was in that realm of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.97,0:23:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where He was.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.57,0:23:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tomb was closed.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.53,0:23:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was dark in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.36,0:23:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then He's alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.08,0:23:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once alive, He doesn't \Nkeep company with the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.89,0:23:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does He do?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.59,0:23:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul over in 1 Corinthians 15 says
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.47,0:23:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went and He showed \NHimself to 500 people,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.68,0:23:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of whom were still alive
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.41,0:23:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Paul penned that \Nletter to the Corinthians.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.71,0:23:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, brethren, this is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.24,0:23:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Real brethren, upwards of 500
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.64,0:23:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually saw Him risen.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.22,0:23:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were actually able to \Nsee what Thomas saw.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.58,0:23:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nail prints in His hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.30,0:23:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He bore the wounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.90,0:23:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.46,0:23:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He really appeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.76,0:24:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul really wrote a \Nletter to the Corinthians,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.95,0:24:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the time when He wrote it,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.53,0:24:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there really were the vast majority
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.25,0:24:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these 500 brethren still alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.93,0:24:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine that?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.57,0:24:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.26,0:24:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you come in from somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.52,0:24:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's like yeah, 500 of us saw Him!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.68,0:24:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.46,0:24:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was it like?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.48,0:24:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man, 500 of you got to see Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.22,0:24:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, why couldn't I have \Nbeen one of them?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.59,0:24:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was real.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.23,0:24:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.66,0:24:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you rise from the dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.38,0:24:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't go on living in the tomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.71,0:24:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.98,0:24:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't keep the grave clothes on.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.89,0:24:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.67,0:24:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.09,0:24:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is drawing a direct \Ncorrelation between
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.23,0:24:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that which was true of Him
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.48,0:25:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what is true of you, \Nif you are a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.25,0:25:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what does that tell \Nus about a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.02,0:25:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I'll tell you what it \Ntells us about the Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.75,0:25:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you remember those women?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.42,0:25:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What were they going \Nthere to the tomb to find?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.66,0:25:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What were they going looking for?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.45,0:25:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What were they talking about \Nwhen they were going there?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.14,0:25:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody remember?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.20,0:25:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stone.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.86,0:25:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was their concern?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.52,0:25:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are we going to roll it away?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.33,0:25:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're just a group of women.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.72,0:25:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That thing is big. \NThat thing is heavy.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.36,0:25:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It probably took a whole \Nbunch of strong men
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.99,0:25:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to roll that thing there.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.29,0:25:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They sealed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.62,0:25:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, they were bringing more spices.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.56,0:25:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted to anoint \NHis body even furthermore
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.97,0:25:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the 75 pounds that Nicodemus brought.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.51,0:25:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what was the reality?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.68,0:25:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you what the reality is.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.00,0:25:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality is that \Nwhen they got to the tomb,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.21,0:25:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they found a bunch \Nof things there.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.60,0:25:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They found a bunch \Nof things to be true,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.50,0:26:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they didn't find a body.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.22,0:26:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ wasn't in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.31,0:26:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.26,0:26:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can send a group of women
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.02,0:26:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go look in the first \Nthree verses for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.20,0:26:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're a true Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.57,0:26:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not going to find you there.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.33,0:26:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.87,0:26:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not there anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.15,0:26:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the tomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.36,0:26:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you get it?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.17,0:26:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first three verses \Nare the spiritual tomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.40,0:26:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is death.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.28,0:26:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dead in trespasses and sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.45,0:26:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.44,0:26:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.96,0:26:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the place of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.17,0:26:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Send somebody there to find you now,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.05,0:26:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not there.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.10,0:26:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.38,0:26:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you're not going to \Nfind the living among the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.50,0:26:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.23,0:26:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, there's a correlation.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.37,0:26:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.97,0:26:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the question is,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.85,0:26:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question that I have
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.18,0:26:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the question that I \Nbrought up last week is
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.49,0:26:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do we know this?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.28,0:26:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, experientially?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.65,0:26:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I'm interested in.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.91,0:27:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do I know this reality?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.52,0:27:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have it tattooed on my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.44,0:27:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this feel like?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.23,0:27:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does being raised \Nwith Christ look like
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.17,0:27:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in actual experience and practice?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.13,0:27:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to know this.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.43,0:27:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you should \Nwant to know this.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.35,0:27:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.76,0:27:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because one thing I know about this book,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.65,0:27:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that this book never assumes that
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.10,0:27:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody that's in the church is genuine.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.45,0:27:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want the real deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.63,0:27:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to see in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.38,0:27:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what this being raised \Ntogether with Christ looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.34,0:27:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to know that that's real.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.25,0:27:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is this?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.37,0:27:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.82,0:27:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got wheat and tares.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.05,0:27:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the distinction?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.90,0:27:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got some that Jesus described
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.84,0:28:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as not having root in themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.41,0:28:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want the real deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.48,0:28:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to know this.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.81,0:28:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it look like in real life
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.64,0:28:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to genuinely be raised \Ntogether with Jesus Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.28,0:28:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the experience that a \Nperson has when this happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.80,0:28:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Paul is not saying this \Nhappens to some people.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.85,0:28:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.62,0:28:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, by grace you have been saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.46,0:28:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are the words right before this.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.51,0:28:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has to do with salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.34,0:28:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just the elite.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.71,0:28:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just apostles.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.20,0:28:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just certain privileged \Nearly first century Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.33,0:28:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.74,0:28:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, brethren, the Apostle Paul
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.71,0:28:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives us the most detailed commentary
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.98,0:29:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this in Romans 6.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.23,0:29:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's go to Romans 6.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.00,0:29:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to spend the \Nrest of our time there.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.55,0:29:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there really is no place...
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.58,0:29:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for one, this is great, because it's Paul.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.44,0:29:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's the same author of Ephesians.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.53,0:29:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His terminology, his thought process,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.39,0:29:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way he communicates is going to tend
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.72,0:29:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.89,0:29:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same person.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.60,0:29:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where the apostle gives us
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.83,0:29:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatest commentary \Non this whole idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.13,0:29:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just to let a little light through
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.40,0:29:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's read the first 14 verses.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.98,0:29:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know we simply cannot attempt to fathom
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.03,0:30:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and explore the depths of this right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.10,0:30:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't even want to try to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.72,0:30:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want to pull \Nseveral things out of here
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.09,0:30:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I think are extremely helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.30,0:30:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Romans 6:1,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.60,0:30:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What shall we say then?"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.87,0:30:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, that tells us something else has
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.11,0:30:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already been said here.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.58,0:30:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you what's been said
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.21,0:30:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in very compact form.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.17,0:30:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul has just said that where sin abounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.18,0:30:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grace also doth much more abound.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.50,0:30:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, nobody \Nis too bad to be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.88,0:30:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, yeah, I see that \Nguy over there got saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.62,0:30:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I've got ten times as much.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.34,0:30:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Paul says, where sin abounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.10,0:31:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's grace is sufficient to \Ngo even higher than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.47,0:31:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no amount of \Nsin you can confess
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.58,0:31:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God's grace is not higher still.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.10,0:31:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the point.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.80,0:31:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But see, somebody comes along and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.05,0:31:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whoa, whoa, whoa... you teach that,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.39,0:31:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are basically going to give people
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.48,0:31:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a license to sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.14,0:31:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because people will say, \Nwell, if that's true
Dialogue: 0,0:31:22.68,0:31:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what prohibits me from being twice as bad
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.68,0:31:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the worst man who ever lived?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.56,0:31:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And still isn't grace sufficient?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.58,0:31:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we would say, yes, it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.67,0:31:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What then?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.39,0:31:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should we just continue in sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.40,0:31:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that grace may abound?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.84,0:31:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.07,0:31:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, the Gospel is a dangerous truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.49,0:31:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.80,0:31:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not preaching it right if you don't
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.40,0:31:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lead people to think \Nthat it's so absolutely free
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.92,0:32:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it produces this \Nquestion in their minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.06,0:32:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not preaching \Nthe Gospel free enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.56,0:32:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's not leading people to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.59,0:32:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wait a second!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.70,0:32:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's what \Nhappens in people's minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:08.62,0:32:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you say that there's \Nnothing for me to do
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.89,0:32:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not my works \Nand it's not my morality
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.26,0:32:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not my goodness \Nand it's none of that?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.42,0:32:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're saying the grace of God
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.92,0:32:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just comes in and nothing on my part,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.41,0:32:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no merit on my part,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.92,0:32:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's just going to \Nwash away all my sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.62,0:32:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to be forgiven \Nand taken to heaven?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.83,0:32:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we say, that's exactly right.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.80,0:32:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if that's true,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:33.22,0:32:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what keeps me from just living on in sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.61,0:32:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grace.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.15,0:32:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should be sufficient even to cover
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.12,0:32:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sin I commit tomorrow, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.30,0:32:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Paul confronts that.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.20,0:32:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says, what then?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.43,0:32:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that what we're saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.83,0:32:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we just continue in sin \Nnow that we're Christians?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.71,0:32:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That grace might abound?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.30,0:32:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.55,0:33:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can you?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.93,0:33:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a reason why you can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:04.85,0:33:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.86,0:33:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By no means.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.60,0:33:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.49,0:33:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Well, something has happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.22,0:33:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we who \Ndied to sin still live in it?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.97,0:33:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you not know that all of us
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.76,0:33:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been baptized into Christ Jesus?"
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.78,0:33:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we're baptized into His death.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.97,0:33:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what you see here is...
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.95,0:33:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Christ; into Christ;
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.10,0:33:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's "into His death."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.98,0:33:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a oneness.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.33,0:33:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The union.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.76,0:33:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were buried therefore, with Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.22,0:33:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by baptism into death.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:39.77,0:33:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.45,0:33:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the resurrection.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.98,0:33:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the being raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.69,0:33:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just as Christ was raised from the dead
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.97,0:33:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the glory of the Father..."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.54,0:33:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we too will be raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.49,0:34:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now he doesn't use that language,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.16,0:34:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's clearly what he implies.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.49,0:34:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He describes it as we too... what?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.58,0:34:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We too walk in life."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.34,0:34:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, we've been \Nraised to life with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.30,0:34:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a newness of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:18.97,0:34:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For if we have been united with Him,"
Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.23,0:34:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see the union?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.19,0:34:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"in a death like His,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.56,0:34:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we shall certainly be united with Him
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.65,0:34:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a resurrection like His."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.24,0:34:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, brethren, he's not talking here
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.97,0:34:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about resurrection when your \Nbody comes out of the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:46.52,0:34:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what he's talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.52,0:34:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's talking about why Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.18,0:34:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't continue in sin right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.67,0:34:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, but it's future tense.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.63,0:34:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We shall certainly be united with Him
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.60,0:35:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a resurrection.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.82,0:35:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, but see, the thing is
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.17,0:35:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's putting it in \Nrelationship to the death.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.51,0:35:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a death
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.69,0:35:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the resurrection follows.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.52,0:35:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a resurrection like His.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.66,0:35:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You basically look at the vast majority
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.56,0:35:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of commentators -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.72,0:35:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're all on the same page here.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.49,0:35:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the argument has to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.13,0:35:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notice verse five starts with a "for."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.48,0:35:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means, he's going on to explain further
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.44,0:35:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea, the concept of \NChrist being raised from the dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.30,0:35:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we too also being \Nraised to this newness of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.36,0:35:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been united with \NHim in a death like His.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.75,0:35:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then what follows is
Dialogue: 0,0:35:41.55,0:35:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we shall certainly be united with Him
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.32,0:35:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a resurrection like His.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:45.27,0:35:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the argument is,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.29,0:35:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why doesn't the Christian continue in sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:49.41,0:35:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Newness of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:50.76,0:35:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regeneration.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.08,0:35:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have experienced \Na resurrection like His.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:55.54,0:35:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came forth from the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.30,0:35:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We come forth from the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.14,0:36:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're no longer in those \Nfirst three verses of Ephesians 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.28,0:36:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've come out.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.15,0:36:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Send the women \Nto look for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.47,0:36:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a Christian, \Nyou're not in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.64,0:36:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can look and \Nsomebody can finds you
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.73,0:36:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in those first three verses,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.39,0:36:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's because you have not been raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.16,0:36:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.15,0:36:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.63,0:36:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We know that our old self
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.29,0:36:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was crucified with Him \Nin order that the body
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.28,0:36:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sin might be brought to nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.10,0:36:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we would no \Nlonger be enslaved to sin."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.43,0:36:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why you cannot continue.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:28.16,0:36:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regeneration.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.22,0:36:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are a new person.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:30.28,0:36:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're no longer enslaved to sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:32.59,0:36:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.90,0:36:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The body of sin being brought to nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.45,0:36:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For the one who has died..."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.55,0:36:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word here "set free,"
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.92,0:36:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the ESV is actually \Nthe word "justified."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:47.93,0:36:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems like what he's saying here is
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.98,0:36:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you who are dead to sin
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.26,0:36:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the ones who are truly justified.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.62,0:36:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.49,0:37:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this free reality of grace abounding
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.11,0:37:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the chief of sinners.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.06,0:37:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That if you've actually experienced this,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.39,0:37:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've died to sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.89,0:37:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two go hand in hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:16.22,0:37:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That seems like the truth there.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.11,0:37:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we don't have time to stay there.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.90,0:37:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now, if we have died with Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.93,0:37:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we believe we will also live with Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:25.76,0:37:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.52,0:37:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The life with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.06,0:37:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now notice,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.94,0:37:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's not talking about the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.86,0:37:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not talking about when we die.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.12,0:37:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not talking about \Nwhen Christ returns.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.62,0:37:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice, "we know that Christ being raised
Dialogue: 0,0:37:38.47,0:37:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the dead will never die again.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.66,0:37:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Death no longer has dominion over Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.81,0:37:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the death He died, He died to sin."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:46.51,0:37:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did He die to sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.44,0:37:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He died because He became sin for us
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.54,0:37:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our place,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.49,0:37:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we might become the \Nrighteousness of God in Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.11,0:37:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how He died to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:57.91,0:37:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He was done with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.84,0:38:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, the reality is, \Nthe life He lives now,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.66,0:38:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lives to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:04.96,0:38:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here's the conclusion of all of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.74,0:38:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not something out there in the future
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.83,0:38:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about your body being \Nraised from the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.06,0:38:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality of this truth has to do
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.28,0:38:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with how you live your life right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.43,0:38:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why you cannot \Ncontinue in sin right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:19.82,0:38:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you must right now consider yourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.30,0:38:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dead to sin, alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.70,0:38:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, brethren, here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.08,0:38:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Death here is not the same as
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.82,0:38:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,death in Ephesians 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.74,0:38:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Ephesians 2:1, it says you were dead
Dialogue: 0,0:38:45.11,0:38:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in trespasses and sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.46,0:38:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when you were lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.58,0:38:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The death here in Romans 6
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.00,0:38:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is death to sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.66,0:39:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not dead in sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.49,0:39:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's dead to sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.80,0:39:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually the death that \Nyou experience as a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:09.28,0:39:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The death over in Ephesians 2 is a death
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.88,0:39:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you experience as a non-Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.36,0:39:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the importance.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.13,0:39:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The resurrection here is the \Nsame as the resurrection over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:20.25,0:39:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Paul is speaking \Nabout two different deaths.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:26.21,0:39:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's important that you see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.38,0:39:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.32,0:39:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brethren, are we supposed \Nto continue in sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:35.99,0:39:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the question that's on the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.81,0:39:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He takes us to resurrection.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.89,0:39:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He takes us to newness of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.76,0:39:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He takes us to being raised with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.01,0:39:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He takes us to being alive to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:48.86,0:39:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the reality of all of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.96,0:39:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the flow of the argument.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.85,0:40:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not trying to convince us about
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.77,0:40:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any realities concerning \Nour future resurrection.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.31,0:40:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now all that's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.15,0:40:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a Christian, your body's \Ncoming out of the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.77,0:40:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you want to know about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:11.78,0:40:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this isn't the text.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.74,0:40:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some place like 1 Corinthians 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.37,0:40:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's where you want to go to see
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.51,0:40:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beauties and the reality of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:20.59,0:40:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here he's speaking about \Nthe same spiritual reality
Dialogue: 0,0:40:24.74,0:40:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that takes place in \Nthe life of the Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:40:27.61,0:40:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he's talking about over in Ephesians 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.87,0:40:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is directly \Nconnected with this reality
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.36,0:40:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are raised together with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:38.48,0:40:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.71,0:40:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the whole thrust of the argument,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:45.42,0:40:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what shall we say then?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:47.79,0:40:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we to continue in sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.72,0:40:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, brethren, he's \Nnot talking perfection.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.81,0:40:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't miss that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.72,0:40:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say how do you know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.13,0:41:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes you think that \Nthis isn't perfection here?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.34,0:41:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saying you're dead to \Nsin sounds pretty dogmatic.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.07,0:41:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sounds pretty all-encompassing.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.67,0:41:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we could go over some place
Dialogue: 0,0:41:15.62,0:41:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like 1 John and I could say,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.28,0:41:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little children, I write to \Nyou that you sin not,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:20.97,0:41:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you sin, we have \Nan Advocate with the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:23.63,0:41:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could go somewhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.95,0:41:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just looking right in the context,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:26.87,0:41:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what might be some giveaways
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.24,0:41:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he's not actually speaking \Nabout total perfection here?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.12,0:41:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I think the reality of this
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.70,0:41:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you see the battle.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.62,0:41:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one, he uses the terminology dominion.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.79,0:41:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice it in verse 9.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.72,0:41:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Death no longer has dominion over Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.45,0:42:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No longer dominates Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.67,0:42:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But notice this word again,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.12,0:42:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least in the ESV if you go down to 14,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.94,0:42:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sin will have no dominion over you."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:13.71,0:42:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:15.48,0:42:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's dominance.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.82,0:42:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's dominion.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:20.39,0:42:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not total eradication.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.54,0:42:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, you get a further idea of this
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.19,0:42:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in the nature of the battle
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.37,0:42:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it's portrayed by Paul here.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.71,0:42:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you all see it there?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.04,0:42:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice, verse 10,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:41.04,0:42:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the death He died, He died to sin
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.86,0:42:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once for all, but the life He lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.90,0:42:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lives to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.43,0:42:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you also must consider yourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.18,0:42:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dead to sin and alive \Nto God in Christ Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.08,0:43:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a reality that he \Nwants flooding your minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.04,0:43:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But notice the battle here.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.42,0:43:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let not sin, therefore, \Nreign in your mortal body
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.90,0:43:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make you obey its passions.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:11.64,0:43:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, sin is \Ngoing to seek to reign
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.37,0:43:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your mortal bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:17.60,0:43:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fight it.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.27,0:43:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go further in this \Nletter to Romans 8:13,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.74,0:43:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"by the Spirit, we put to death \Nthe deeds of the body."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.38,0:43:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's life.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:28.40,0:43:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is life here.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:31.40,0:43:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:32.58,0:43:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the battle.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.57,0:43:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do not present your members to sin
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.39,0:43:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as instruments for unrighteousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:39.32,0:43:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but present yourselves to God as those
Dialogue: 0,0:43:42.09,0:43:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have been brought..."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:43.92,0:43:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.42,0:43:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Live as one who's been \Nbrought from death to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.41,0:43:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have come out with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:59.94,0:44:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the experiential reality
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.88,0:44:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about being raised together with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.26,0:44:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's got everything to do with sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:08.40,0:44:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because listen,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:10.64,0:44:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the death of those first \Nthree verses of Ephesians 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.31,0:44:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's dead in sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.05,0:44:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dead in sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:24.14,0:44:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The opposite: alive to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.99,0:44:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because sin is everything \Nthat's against Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.24,0:44:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sin falls short of the glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.80,0:44:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't seek the glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:33.25,0:44:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't desire the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.10,0:44:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's beneath the glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:36.74,0:44:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's constantly living for self.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.19,0:44:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God isn't in the focus.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.20,0:44:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not that.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:43.17,0:44:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's coming away \Nfrom that death of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.71,0:44:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being made alive to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.32,0:44:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:52.27,0:44:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we who have \Ndied to sin still live in it?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.02,0:44:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:58.06,0:44:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.14,0:45:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you've been \Nraised together with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.58,0:45:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came out of the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.38,0:45:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've come out of the grave \Nof those first three verses.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.47,0:45:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.33,0:45:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about how ludicrous it would be
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.01,0:45:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to imagine Him being made alive
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.82,0:45:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to stay there under the linen,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.53,0:45:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the dark,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:20.19,0:45:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the tomb,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:21.94,0:45:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind the rock.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:26.09,0:45:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The women didn't find Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:28.13,0:45:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.37,0:45:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when you're made alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.95,0:45:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't stay in the tomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.12,0:45:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're made alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.96,0:45:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an obvious fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.88,0:45:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Didn't the angels think \Nit was very obvious?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:39.16,0:45:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are you seeking Him among the dead?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.47,0:45:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you know that you don't find
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.97,0:45:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the living among the dead?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.82,0:45:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the experiential reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:55.26,0:45:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we came out from among the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:59.08,0:46:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among whom we all once lived
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.33,0:46:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the passions of our flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:04.29,0:46:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carrying out the desires,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.74,0:46:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lusts of the flesh,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.76,0:46:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lusts of the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.50,0:46:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lusts of the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.87,0:46:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what we came out of.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.02,0:46:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you don't stay there.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:19.91,0:46:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:22.13,0:46:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that is the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.74,0:46:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we find to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.92,0:46:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our relationship with sin \Nhas entirely changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.33,0:46:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus' relationship with sin, with death,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.33,0:46:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had entirely changed,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.68,0:46:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He doesn't stay in the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.75,0:46:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was dead to sin forevermore.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.41,0:46:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that He ever committed any sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.25,0:46:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was dead to it in another way.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:41.85,0:46:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He conquered it.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.83,0:46:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He became sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.80,0:46:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He paid it.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:44.75,0:46:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was done with it, period.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.30,0:46:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once and for all.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.24,0:46:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All over.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:49.87,0:46:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have been brought out of the grave,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.76,0:46:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once and for all.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.34,0:46:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are no longer a slave to sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.95,0:46:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are no longer a servant to sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:56.68,0:46:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're a slave to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.56,0:47:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter says it.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.73,0:47:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says it.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.74,0:47:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A slave to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:02.98,0:47:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, the translations \Ndon't like to use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:05.07,0:47:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's politcally an incorrect term.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.52,0:47:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You listen to some of the translators
Dialogue: 0,0:47:10.49,0:47:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they talk about why they chose one word
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.66,0:47:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over another in the English translations.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.99,0:47:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a hot topic.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.70,0:47:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a hot word.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.66,0:47:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People don't like to use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:19.02,0:47:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it just produces \Ntoo much negative imagery.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.49,0:47:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially with the history that we \Nhave in the United States of America.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:24.99,0:47:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.65,0:47:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are free.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.35,0:47:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are free.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:29.24,0:47:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the truest freedom is \Nto live unto the will of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.05,0:47:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is true freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:37.78,0:47:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True freedom is when we love God
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.70,0:47:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're no longer in the bondage of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.11,0:47:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be a slave under that master,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.31,0:47:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to be under the whip all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.19,0:47:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do this, do that, do this other thing!
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.23,0:47:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that's not how \Nwe live any longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.88,0:47:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get people that say,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.41,0:48:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"show me in the Bible where that's wrong!"
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.05,0:48:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that's to miss the whole spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:07.62,0:48:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, we go to our Bibles.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:09.69,0:48:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's like we found there in Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:14.48,0:48:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the will of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.87,0:48:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what God loves.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:20.100,0:48:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not always asking,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.18,0:48:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the rules?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.38,0:48:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me the rules?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.98,0:48:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me all the lists.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.70,0:48:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not it.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.73,0:48:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what people do who are
Dialogue: 0,0:48:33.79,0:48:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the slave master.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.07,0:48:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are under law.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.05,0:48:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are free to live to the will of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:42.60,0:48:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:43.35,0:48:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been made alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.42,0:48:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alive to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:45.86,0:48:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our heart jumps for the things of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.35,0:49:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, Christ entered into \Nthe realm of sin once.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.30,0:49:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He came out.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.92,0:49:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So have we.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:05.68,0:49:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The realm of sin by becoming sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:09.37,0:49:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He finished with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.72,0:49:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So have we.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.87,0:49:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, sin has no claim on you.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:17.96,0:49:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can look at every temptation,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:20.23,0:49:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can look at the devil \Nhimself straight in the face
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.05,0:49:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say I don't have to follow you.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:25.61,0:49:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a free man.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.92,0:49:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good day.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.84,0:49:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Lord is alive and I'm one with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.68,0:49:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we haven't even got here yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.02,0:49:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can look at the devil and say
Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.85,0:49:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you recognize I am seated \Nin the heavenly places
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.20,0:49:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Christ Jesus, by the way?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.81,0:49:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, the truth of all this is,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.26,0:50:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to recognize who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:01.22,0:50:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything that Jesus Christ did,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:03.57,0:50:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was designed to take \Nus out of the realm of sin
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.60,0:50:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and death and to put us into this realm
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.85,0:50:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being alive to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.54,0:50:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.40,0:50:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's Paul's meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.02,0:50:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you been raised up to this?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:18.69,0:50:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being made alive to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:21.32,0:50:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not where sin is just a bunch of rules
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.64,0:50:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have to keep.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.90,0:50:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not always asking,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.29,0:50:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, what's wrong with that?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.71,0:50:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you ever hear people like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.45,0:50:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like that's how they live their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.48,0:50:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's wrong with that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.30,0:50:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that's slave talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.52,0:50:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like what does God delight in?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.99,0:50:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:44.51,0:50:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's going to bring His smile upon me?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.79,0:50:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, is there a possibility \NHe's going to frown on that?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.02,0:50:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there a possibility \Nthat this is going
Dialogue: 0,0:50:52.99,0:50:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cause a shadow \Nto pass between us?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.80,0:50:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I don't want to go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.07,0:51:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Versus: "Show me in the \NBible where it says that!"
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.24,0:51:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, of course, we want \Nto be shown in the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:03.74,0:51:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's to totally miss it.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:10.62,0:51:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we should be disgusted \Nwith that kind of attitude
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.84,0:51:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among those who profess to be Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.13,0:51:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is purely slave talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.59,0:51:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just basically what must \NI do to avoid punishment?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.22,0:51:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me the list of rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.96,0:51:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christians have been raised \Nway up above and beyond that.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.12,0:51:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up into the heights and the majesty.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.09,0:51:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up there on that mountain top.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:42.12,0:51:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.50,0:51:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where we're seated.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.88,0:51:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it's David coming \Nalong and saying
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.43,0:51:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pant after God like a \Ndeer pants after water.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:59.92,0:52:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, people like that \Naren't constantly asking,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:03.32,0:52:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show me the rules!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.88,0:52:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me where it says that I can't
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.56,0:52:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen to music like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.87,0:52:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me where it says I \Ncan't go to a move like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:11.28,0:52:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me where it says I can't wear that.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.15,0:52:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, we want to search Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.59,0:52:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out the will of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:26.30,0:52:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to be taught.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.96,0:52:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're ignorant about so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:29.67,0:52:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recognize that.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:31.13,0:52:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture needs to be \Nour basis for sanctification,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:34.41,0:52:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our basis for truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:37.82,0:52:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is just a world away from saying
Dialogue: 0,0:52:41.04,0:52:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, my heart hungers, it longs after God.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.56,0:52:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where can I find God?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.65,0:52:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sighs and moans...
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.82,0:52:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, hey, brother, you \Nwant to go do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.26,0:52:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're thinking man \Nmy ache in my heart
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.78,0:52:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to find God.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.34,0:52:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I do that, that may take me backwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.58,0:53:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That may take me in a direction
Dialogue: 0,0:53:01.08,0:53:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.18,0:53:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That may interrupt \Nthe fellowship,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.56,0:53:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm trying to \Nget more fellowship.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:05.14,0:53:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you want to take me \Nover there to do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:07.14,0:53:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It'll be fun!
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.59,0:53:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it's not fun if I lose \Nthe sight of His smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.92,0:53:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That isn't fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.48,0:53:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's exactly what you don't want.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:21.08,0:53:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, what we've been raised to,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:25.27,0:53:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is think about Christ raised up.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.13,0:53:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the delight of His Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.82,0:53:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Proverbs 8
Dialogue: 0,0:53:32.15,0:53:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The delight...
Dialogue: 0,0:53:33.53,0:53:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what happens with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:35.35,0:53:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It becomes a relationship of delight
Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.48,0:53:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feeling the smile of God
Dialogue: 0,0:53:40.54,0:53:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enjoying His joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.32,0:53:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Delighting in His salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:44.24,0:53:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's living this thankful life,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.09,0:53:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and living in holiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.72,0:53:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wanting to be holy.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:50.12,0:53:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ said, "Blessed are those who
Dialogue: 0,0:53:51.100,0:53:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hunger and thirst after righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.69,0:53:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessed are the pure in heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.28,0:54:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a singleness.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.30,0:54:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're evaluating things, not \Non a list of rules all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.41,0:54:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me where I can do this,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:06.14,0:54:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or show me where I can't do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.59,0:54:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should abominate that as much as
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.79,0:54:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we abominate Catholicism's dead Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.09,0:54:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, there's a life that spills forth
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.40,0:54:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from being raised up;
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.87,0:54:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a life that is within us.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.38,0:54:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we're no longer in the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:25.90,0:54:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've come forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.09,0:54:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been raised up.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.07,0:54:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think of Polycarp.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:32.05,0:54:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of us were talking about him.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.12,0:54:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His famous quote when they told him
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.25,0:54:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wanted him to offer \Nthe incense to Caesar.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.20,0:54:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted him to deny Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:44.27,0:54:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.73,0:54:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"80 and six years have I served Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.53,0:54:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor has He ever done me any harm.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:52.37,0:54:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How then could I blaspheme \Nmy King who saved me."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.70,0:55:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, they wanted him to blaspheme.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:02.87,0:55:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't turn to the \Nother Christians and say
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.54,0:55:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show me a law in the Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.42,0:55:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says that I can't do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.28,0:55:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that's not being raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.36,0:55:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being raised is... what kindness!
Dialogue: 0,0:55:19.93,0:55:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has loved me even when I was dead
Dialogue: 0,0:55:24.07,0:55:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my trespasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.63,0:55:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loved me with a great love.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.92,0:55:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He showed me great mercy.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:31.68,0:55:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Riches of mercy.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:34.32,0:55:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spilled the blood of His Son.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.43,0:55:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just think of all the different times
Dialogue: 0,0:55:40.97,0:55:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He was spit on.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:42.88,0:55:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They plucked out His beard.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:45.23,0:55:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get that from the Psalms,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:46.72,0:55:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not so much from the Gospel accounts.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:50.41,0:55:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Smitten.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:53.48,0:55:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of God smiting His Son.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:57.62,0:56:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the Beloved.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:00.77,0:56:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's hitting Him. He's hitting Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:04.98,0:56:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't spare His own Son
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.32,0:56:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.63,0:56:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, you've been raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:18.50,0:56:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to consider yourselves raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:25.43,0:56:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dead to sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:26.59,0:56:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alive to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:28.36,0:56:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That needs to be the mindset.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:31.26,0:56:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go out of here,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.05,0:56:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be quite honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.41,0:56:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the computer does not own you.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.10,0:56:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:40.96,0:56:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pornography does not own you.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.40,0:56:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:48.60,0:56:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food doesn't own you.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:50.08,0:56:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drink doesn't own you.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.48,0:56:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Entertainment doesn't own you.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:54.64,0:56:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is, your family \Ndoes not own you.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:58.14,0:57:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're a slave to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:00.12,0:57:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a slave to God,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:01.76,0:57:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free to do right.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:05.21,0:57:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Free to live holy.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:08.04,0:57:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Free, free, yearning, living like David.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:12.89,0:57:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a deer pants for flowing streams,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.10,0:57:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so pants my soul for You, O God.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:18.55,0:57:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My soul thirsts for God,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.49,0:57:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the living God,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.80,0:57:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when shall I come and appear before God.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.05,0:57:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My tears have been my food day and night.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:29.32,0:57:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.10,0:57:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they're saying \Nwhere is your God?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:31.91,0:57:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's saying, yeah, where is He?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:33.62,0:57:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's weeping for Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.03,0:57:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's longing. He's groaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:36.90,0:57:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.29,0:57:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what drives us.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:40.39,0:57:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the life.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.87,0:57:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alive to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.44,0:57:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:46.42,0:57:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've been raised to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.90,0:57:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider this reality
Dialogue: 0,0:57:54.31,0:57:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as one being raised...
Dialogue: 0,0:57:56.50,0:57:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find in Colossians,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:58.42,0:58:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set your minds on things above.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:02.78,0:58:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not in those \Nfirst three verses anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:07.36,0:58:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Set your mind on things outside of there.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:11.21,0:58:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't send your mind back in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:15.32,0:58:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colossians 3:1
Dialogue: 0,0:58:17.32,0:58:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As one who has been raised with Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:19.85,0:58:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are to set your \Nminds upon things above
Dialogue: 0,0:58:22.73,0:58:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Christ is seated.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:24.06,0:58:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we're going \Nto find in Ephesians 2
Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.24,0:58:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you're seated there too.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:29.71,0:58:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's next week.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.53,0:58:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But alive to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:32.96,0:58:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Paul says happens when \Nwe're resurrected and raised up.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.23,0:58:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, do you know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:38.20,0:58:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that a reality?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.84,0:58:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hunger pangs.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.13,0:58:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tears, aching, groaning...
Dialogue: 0,0:58:47.82,0:58:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a change this is!
Dialogue: 0,0:58:49.48,0:58:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out of the realm of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:52.44,0:59:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, Christ made an end to sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:01.50,0:59:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's over.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:04.12,0:59:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an end to you living \Nbeneath the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:08.24,0:59:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All have sinned and fallen \Nshort of the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:11.26,0:59:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't live there anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:14.57,0:59:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dive into the glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:16.23,0:59:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is saying, Come up! Higher! Come up!
Dialogue: 0,0:59:23.70,0:59:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not living in \Nthose first three verses
Dialogue: 0,0:59:27.23,0:59:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Ephesians 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:28.75,0:59:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't even put your mind there.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:31.25,0:59:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come up.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:32.99,0:59:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Set your mind on these things up here.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:34.90,0:59:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come up.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:35.92,0:59:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up, up, up.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.73,0:59:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sensitive to God. Loving God.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:39.25,0:59:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeking God.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:40.24,0:59:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the test.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:42.54,0:59:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you sincerely desire \Nto draw near to God?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:45.76,0:59:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have a revelation of this knowledge of Him
Dialogue: 0,0:59:48.15,0:59:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're talking about here?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:49.85,0:59:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Christian, you've been \Nraised together with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:54.65,0:59:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider yourselves dead to sin
Dialogue: 0,0:59:59.77,1:00:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and alive to God.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:02.53,1:00:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:03.90,1:00:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's true.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:09.01,1:00:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And may God help us to do just that.