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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.22,0:00:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ephesians 1.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.59,0:00:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pick up in verse 16
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.38,0:00:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the end of the chapter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.66,0:00:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I do not cease to give thanks for you..."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.72,0:00:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Apostle Paul speaking
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.27,0:00:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Ephesian Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.48,0:00:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The saints who are in Ephesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.87,0:00:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I do not cease to give thanks for you..."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.52,0:00:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Paul is actually speaking to them
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.33,0:00:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about his own prayer life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.44,0:00:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't cease to give thanks for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.74,0:00:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"remembering you in my prayers."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.01,0:00:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a window into the prayers of Paul.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.15,0:00:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's going to tell them
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.74,0:00:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about certain petitions that he makes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.11,0:01:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of these Ephesian Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.78,0:01:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Remembering you in my prayers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.05,0:01:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.64,0:01:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Father of glory,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.96,0:01:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may give you..."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.63,0:01:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, he wants and he prays for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.65,0:01:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these Ephesians that God would
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.68,0:01:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give them something.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.11,0:01:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a petition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.05,0:01:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May God give you "the spirit of wisdom
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.50,0:01:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and revelation in the knowledge of Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.60,0:01:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's praying for the spirit,\Nor a spirit your Bible may say
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.29,0:01:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of wisdom and of revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.77,0:01:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the knowledge of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.09,0:01:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Having the eyes of your \Nhearts enlightened."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.24,0:01:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's asking specifically
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.15,0:01:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their eyes would be open
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.90,0:02:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to three realities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.83,0:02:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, "that you may know
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.70,0:02:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is the hope of your calling."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.36,0:02:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or "the hope to which \Nyou have been called,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.15,0:02:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "He has called you."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.36,0:02:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What are the riches of His \Nglorious inheritance in the saints."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.60,0:02:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the second petition.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.18,0:02:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third, "and what is the \Nimmeasurable greatness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.30,0:02:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God's power toward us who believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.86,0:02:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the working
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.33,0:02:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of His great might that \NHe worked in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.50,0:02:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when He raised Him from the dead
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.35,0:02:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seated Him at His right hand
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.04,0:02:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the heavenly places
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.57,0:02:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far above all rule and authority
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.50,0:02:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and power and dominion,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.34,0:02:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and above every name that is named,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.100,0:02:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only in this age,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.30,0:02:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also in the one to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.18,0:02:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He put all things under His feet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.99,0:02:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gave Him as head over all things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.24,0:02:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the church which is His body,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.38,0:03:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fullness of Him who fills all in all."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.66,0:03:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to draw your attention
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.56,0:03:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to verses 20 and 21.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.78,0:03:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's go to the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.94,0:03:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, it's Your Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.37,0:03:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank You, Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.64,0:03:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that You've given us a Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.85,0:03:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh Lord, You have given us a treasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.36,0:03:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray for these my brothers and sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.28,0:03:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.35,0:03:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we might have the eyes of our hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.57,0:03:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enlightened and made aware
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.90,0:03:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kept freshly cognizant of the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.33,0:03:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we possess the very words of God
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.39,0:04:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a book.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.67,0:04:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, I pray that this Word
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.29,0:04:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be preached in this place today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.77,0:04:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the charge
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.38,0:04:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that You have given to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.82,0:04:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I pray that I would be able
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.54,0:04:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be faithful to preach this Word
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.93,0:04:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as You intended it to be preached.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.03,0:04:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray that You'd give us that help.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.56,0:04:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.49,0:04:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verses 20 and 21.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.24,0:04:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.01,0:04:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...That He worked in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.43,0:04:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when He raised Him from the dead
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.02,0:04:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seated Him at His right hand
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.60,0:04:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the heavenly places
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.07,0:04:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far above all rule and authority
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.97,0:04:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and power and dominion
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.56,0:04:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and above every name that is named,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.29,0:04:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only in this age,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.17,0:04:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also in the one to come."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.73,0:04:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loaded.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.85,0:04:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loaded with foundational doctrines
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.66,0:05:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.91,0:05:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about the doctrines specified here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.85,0:05:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One being that Christ was indeed dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.09,0:05:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't raise Him from the dead
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.74,0:05:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless He was dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.12,0:05:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two: That He's been raised from the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.04,0:05:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three: Christ was raised from the dead
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.53,0:05:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by God the Father;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.16,0:05:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the power of God the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.12,0:05:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A fourth truth here: Christ \Nhas ascended up to glory;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.25,0:05:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is enthroned at the right hand\Nof the majesty on high;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.31,0:05:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right hand of God the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.27,0:05:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A fifth truth here: \NChrist has been exalted
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.46,0:05:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far above all rule and authority
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.38,0:05:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and power and dominion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.38,0:05:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is Lord. He is King.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.15,0:05:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is above all.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.40,0:05:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sixth, Christ now reigns supreme,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.69,0:05:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only through the end of this age,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.30,0:05:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but out into the eternal age to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.89,0:06:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forevermore enthroned.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.36,0:06:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.75,0:06:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the ultimate fulfillment
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.75,0:06:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Him being seated on the throne
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.12,0:06:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of His father David
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.15,0:06:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the right hand of His Father
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.60,0:06:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forever - this age and the age to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.22,0:06:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These two texts -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.66,0:06:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a Christology is contained
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.14,0:06:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just here in these truths!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.82,0:06:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul may go through them very quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.90,0:06:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, this is the bedrock
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.42,0:06:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.95,0:06:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean these truths right here -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.67,0:06:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.20,0:06:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these truths fly in the \Nface of Catholicism.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.92,0:06:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they not?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.43,0:06:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, they want to exalt Mary.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.39,0:06:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything about this text is\Nthe exaltation of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.71,0:06:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flies in the face of Islam.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.80,0:06:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it not?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.55,0:06:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.90,0:07:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you know what Paul's talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.29,0:07:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's talking about \Nthe power of Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.04,0:07:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I want to do is tie
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.30,0:07:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verse 19 through verses 20 and 21.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.31,0:07:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember, we've been looking
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.50,0:07:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at these three petitions.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.91,0:07:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all start with the word "what."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.70,0:07:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third of them:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.84,0:07:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the immeasurable
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.91,0:07:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the exceeding greatness
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.99,0:07:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this power of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.92,0:07:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us to have the eyes -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.100,0:07:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how's he praying?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.66,0:07:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, enable Your people to see this!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.54,0:07:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A power that is towards the believer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.42,0:07:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about the might of God
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.61,0:07:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was worked in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.82,0:07:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's according to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.40,0:07:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only that raised Him from the dead -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.66,0:07:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't want to stop there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.13,0:08:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many talk here that this is basically
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.32,0:08:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power of resurrection.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.17,0:08:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it's beyond that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.65,0:08:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the power of ascension.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.23,0:08:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the power of enthronement.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.03,0:08:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the power of the \Nruling supreme Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.87,0:08:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over every rule and authority
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.14,0:08:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and power and dominion.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.47,0:08:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's forever!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.84,0:08:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just temporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.17,0:08:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a temporary enthronement;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.19,0:08:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a temporary kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.45,0:08:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.68,0:08:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This age and the age to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.54,0:08:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is taking Christ not \Nonly out of the grave
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.08,0:08:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and up into life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.31,0:08:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ascending up into supremacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.94,0:08:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the power that is \Nbeing put on the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.45,0:08:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what he's saying is,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.86,0:08:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power at work or towards you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.06,0:08:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is directed at the believer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.82,0:08:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in accord with this reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.60,0:08:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about the \Npower of Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.06,0:08:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you come to know this?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.35,0:08:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you come to know
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.92,0:08:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a Christianity
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.72,0:09:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which the power of \NGod Almighty is real?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.95,0:09:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.85,0:09:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there some sort of power
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.33,0:09:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that accords in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.77,0:09:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is somehow or another
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.58,0:09:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a reflection of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.61,0:09:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being raised from the dead?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.13,0:09:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make no mistake about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.66,0:09:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the Christianity of Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.59,0:09:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not talking dead religion here.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.45,0:09:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the authentic thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.16,0:09:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the real thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.77,0:09:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to come to \Ngrips with that reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.65,0:09:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.62,0:09:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we are largely.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.01,0:09:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, don't be satisfied
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.44,0:09:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with powerless Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.69,0:09:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in others.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.06,0:09:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.58,0:09:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in this church.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.16,0:09:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be satisfied.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.90,0:09:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, do you see what God is inspiring
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.33,0:09:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul to say to us?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.36,0:09:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we have every reason to expect
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.81,0:09:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we - well, like I was praying before,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.49,0:09:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God is going to make a difference
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.40,0:10:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between us and Egypt.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.65,0:10:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is going to make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.32,0:10:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where this kind of power is unleashed,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.14,0:10:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can't help but make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.24,0:10:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where you have the power
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.45,0:10:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Almighty God being unleashed,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.51,0:10:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you compare that to an environment
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.87,0:10:14.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where His power is not being unleashed,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.100,0:10:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but people play at Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.18,0:10:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you expect there is \Ngoing to be a difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.59,0:10:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I hope you \Nhave that expectation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.71,0:10:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope in the days ahead\Nyou have an expectation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.02,0:10:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a Christianity that resembles this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.94,0:10:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the only Christianity
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.55,0:10:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that offers any hope to this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.47,0:10:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This idea of going out
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.64,0:10:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just multiplying decisions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.17,0:10:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know full well,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.72,0:10:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regeneration is on the table, brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.55,0:10:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need power that brings life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.89,0:10:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Power that brings exaltation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.16,0:10:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Power that brings enthronement.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.05,0:10:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what he's talking about here.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.20,0:10:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what he wants them to grasp.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.08,0:10:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the real deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.66,0:10:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should never be \Nsatisfied with dead religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.66,0:11:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.92,0:11:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see churches planted
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.40,0:11:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the Gospel going forth
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.73,0:11:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Nicaragua or in Mexico
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.42,0:11:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in Lebanon or in China
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.87,0:11:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in Indonesia.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.09,0:11:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we should not be content
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.30,0:11:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with anything but this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.85,0:11:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.16,0:11:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what we must have.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.91,0:11:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a religion of power.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.93,0:11:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about the God of power.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.19,0:11:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The God who acts in power.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.01,0:11:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize that?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.61,0:11:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Christianity is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.62,0:11:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about the God who acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.30,0:11:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about the God who arises.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.97,0:11:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about the God who does something.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.68,0:11:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If God doesn't do anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.15,0:11:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're dead in the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.45,0:11:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what he's saying is,\Ndo you recognize?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.24,0:11:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ephesians, you're not dead in the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.88,0:11:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize the kind of power
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.93,0:11:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is at work there?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.49,0:11:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True Christianity is always
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.30,0:11:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the activity of God \Npowerfully breaking in.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.89,0:11:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, Christianity is not us waking up
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.23,0:12:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reaching out towards God.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.11,0:12:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's God powerfully reaching down
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.21,0:12:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the depths of where we're at
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.36,0:12:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doing something;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.71,0:12:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,initiating something.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.61,0:12:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always that is the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.60,0:12:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any notion of Christianity
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.97,0:12:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's mainly the result
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.54,0:12:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of something that we do -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.37,0:12:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.58,0:12:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's always fake. It's always false.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.32,0:12:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's always fatal. You can be sure of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.66,0:12:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.36,0:12:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are being faced by something here.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.88,0:12:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.43,0:12:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you talk about an unworthy view
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.31,0:12:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.76,0:12:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.71,0:12:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have an image in my mind
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.44,0:12:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thoughts that went on in my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.48,0:12:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't even hardly believe I'd say this,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.87,0:12:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but almost 30 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.86,0:13:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was the summer after \NI got out of college.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.69,0:13:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New job.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.70,0:13:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New car.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.87,0:13:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sunday morning - not gloomy like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.84,0:13:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sunny southwest Michigan.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.31,0:13:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sunny summer Sunday morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.58,0:13:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a buddy and I are \Nheaded to Lake Michigan.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.73,0:13:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm driving down that highway,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.86,0:13:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I look over,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.44,0:13:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see a church building.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.41,0:13:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's just that time when people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.14,0:13:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are driving into the parking lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.47,0:13:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Families are walking across.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.75,0:13:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're going into the building.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.50,0:13:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I remember thinking to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.93,0:14:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to need to \Ntake care of that one day.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.81,0:14:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, my mindset was this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.81,0:14:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got up.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.15,0:14:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They decided to go to church.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.67,0:14:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how you be a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.82,0:14:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got up, decided to buy beer,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.36,0:14:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throw it in the trunk, grab my buddy,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.77,0:14:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,head west to the beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.70,0:14:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the day's going to come
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.99,0:14:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I need to get up
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.73,0:14:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a Sunday morning and I need to decide
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.74,0:14:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do that rather than this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.21,0:14:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pretty much, that was \Nmy idea of Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.64,0:14:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I possessed the willpower.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.79,0:14:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I possessed the power to do
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.08,0:14:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or not to do the Christian thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.65,0:14:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christianity was a choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.49,0:14:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a choice I could make.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.51,0:14:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those people chose church.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.99,0:14:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I chose the beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.94,0:14:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.42,0:14:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know as well as I do,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.04,0:15:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all you've got to do is read this passage.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.68,0:15:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the power?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.71,0:15:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the exceeding greatness?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.51,0:15:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The immeasurable greatness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.83,0:15:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the power - His power
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.18,0:15:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards you; us-ward.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.70,0:15:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Toward the believer.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.62,0:15:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What sort of power is this?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.12,0:15:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten thousand miles away
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.08,0:15:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from what I was thinking that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.57,0:15:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christianity is a matter of power.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.80,0:15:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a matter of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.94,0:15:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It always has been.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.34,0:15:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It always will be.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.76,0:15:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.55,0:15:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, let's go back there 30 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.87,0:15:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's supposed on a whim
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.59,0:15:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my willpower had said,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.93,0:15:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, Shawn, we're going in here."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.25,0:15:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will be fun before \Nwe head to the beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.56,0:15:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to sit in this service.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.46,0:15:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe my conscience is bothering me.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.20,0:15:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to do some work here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.03,0:16:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so on a whim, I pull in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.17,0:16:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's just suppose for a second
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.08,0:16:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those really were God's people.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.80,0:16:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were really going in
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.73,0:16:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet with a true church
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.02,0:16:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a true man of God\Nwas going to take the pulpit
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.38,0:16:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really preach the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.09,0:16:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was going to do so in power.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.76,0:16:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I go in there in my willpower.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.52,0:16:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would I have had \Nthe capability of doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.63,0:16:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reality - what would \Nthat have looked like?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.77,0:16:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It basically would have been
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.32,0:16:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a filthy pig walking in amongst doves
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.65,0:16:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or lambs, and what?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.79,0:16:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would I have done in my own power?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.25,0:16:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could have played the hypocrite.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.90,0:16:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you how I was wired.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.14,0:16:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not so much the religious hypocrite,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.86,0:16:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as I would have detested it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.95,0:16:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have hated being there.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.44,0:16:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything in me would want to
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.34,0:16:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grab my buddy and run to my car
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.81,0:16:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and head west and get out of there.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.56,0:16:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have been absolutely distasteful.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.50,0:17:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what the sad reality is.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.69,0:17:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sad reality is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.14,0:17:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With our Lord telling us
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.38,0:17:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many are going to say to \NHim in that day, "Lord, Lord."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.03,0:17:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know I just prayed these verses.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.01,0:17:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That many have a form of godliness
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.30,0:17:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they deny the power thereof.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.98,0:17:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the very likelihood is?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.79,0:17:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of those people \Nor all of those people
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.09,0:17:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attending that church \Nprobably weren't saved either.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.30,0:17:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you're just \Nbasically taking it as a whole
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.62,0:17:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and summing up what's said in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.57,0:17:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many good churches \Nare across the land?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.65,0:17:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the very likelihood is?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.45,0:17:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were playing the \Nreligious hypocrites.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.51,0:17:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have gone in as a pagan.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.93,0:17:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, whether it's powerless
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.19,0:17:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,religious hypocrisy
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.89,0:17:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or powerless paganism,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.85,0:17:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all land in the same boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.76,0:17:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are incapable of doing anything
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.22,0:17:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless God comes down;
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.06,0:17:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless God acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.65,0:17:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the way it always is.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.32,0:17:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea driving \Ndown the road that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.21,0:18:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My ideas... oh, my ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.33,0:18:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were totally unworthy of Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.15,0:18:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Totally unworthy of what it was
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.89,0:18:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.16,0:18:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Totally. I had no idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.92,0:18:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an idea once it really happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.93,0:18:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an idea once God \Nreally broke into my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.23,0:18:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, this is how it always is
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.04,0:18:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless God shows up.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.23,0:18:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's dead religion or it's dead paganism.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.57,0:18:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how it always is.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.44,0:18:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you here know exactly that
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.61,0:18:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's where you're at.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.27,0:18:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's either dead religion
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.90,0:18:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or dead paganism.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.34,0:18:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've come in here,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.42,0:18:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you've got a form of godliness,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.13,0:18:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this kind of power we're talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.18,0:18:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not a reality in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.16,0:18:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you're just pagan.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.69,0:18:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You come in here but you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.19,0:18:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're just like I would have \Nbeen if I'd have gone in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.08,0:18:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything in you is like \Nthe pig wanting the mire.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.86,0:18:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want it. You want it bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.43,0:18:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you can think about \Nis getting out of here.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.80,0:19:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you can think about is the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.17,0:19:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My willpower.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.61,0:19:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a pathetic thing is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.06,0:19:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's basically what \Nthis world is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.93,0:19:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-righteousness, pride...
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.98,0:19:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men's will.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.35,0:19:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men's willpower.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.89,0:19:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, what do we have?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.30,0:19:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea in those days
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.64,0:19:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the truth of Ephesians 1:19,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.52,0:19:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Christian's \Nsalvation only happens
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.75,0:19:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you have some sort \Nof massive demonstration
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.25,0:19:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the power of God in the sinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.91,0:19:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Christian happens as a result
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.28,0:19:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of something outside himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.11,0:19:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.78,0:19:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It depends not on the human will
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.42,0:19:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're told in Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.64,0:19:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or human exertion, but \Non God who has mercy.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.11,0:19:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You show me a genuine Christian;
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.65,0:19:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you show me a genuine \NChristian in this place,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.94,0:19:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will show you something
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.26,0:19:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God is responsible for.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.60,0:19:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is responsible.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.31,0:19:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No boasting, brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.88,0:20:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just simply cannot boast here.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.34,0:20:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like Lord, why? Why me?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.90,0:20:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what rings back \Nto our ears from Scripture is:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.58,0:20:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I chose to have mercy on you."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.72,0:20:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.36,0:20:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To bring one soul to true repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.39,0:20:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.19,0:20:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demands the immeasurable
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.23,0:20:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exceeding greatness of the strength
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.03,0:20:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God's eternal might.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.30,0:20:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, we're dead \Nin the water without it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.84,0:20:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need God.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.34,0:20:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need Him badly, brethren!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.74,0:20:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need Him badly!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.52,0:20:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am so thankful
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.91,0:20:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that prayer meetings continue to be full
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.34,0:20:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what that resonates
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.02,0:20:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I'm among a group of people
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.40,0:20:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that feel that reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.31,0:21:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need You, Father! We need You!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.03,0:21:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that not what these \Nverses scream at us?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.59,0:21:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.52,0:21:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul's petition is that we \Nwould have eyes to see
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.09,0:21:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reality of this power.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.66,0:21:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.42,0:21:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's tie verse 19 together
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.36,0:21:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with verses 20 and 21.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.45,0:21:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And really, the point of attachment,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.34,0:21:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it comes through a preposition
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.22,0:21:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is several words from the end
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.93,0:21:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of verse 19.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.57,0:21:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your Bibles say, "according to."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.12,0:21:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the NAS if any of you have that,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.31,0:21:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"in accordance with."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.25,0:21:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.12,0:21:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You all see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.55,0:21:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That you may have the eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.16,0:22:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your hearts enlightened
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.59,0:22:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you may know what is the immeasurable
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.33,0:22:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,greatness of His power
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.15,0:22:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward us who believe
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.99,0:22:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the working
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.14,0:22:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of His great might that \NHe worked in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.01,0:22:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when He raised Him from the dead
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.57,0:22:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seated Him at His right \Nhand in the heavenly places."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.84,0:22:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two English words:
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.97,0:22:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either "in accordance"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.79,0:22:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "according to"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.78,0:22:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of your English Bibles say.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.41,0:22:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a preposition.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.62,0:22:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what does it mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.74,0:22:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the thing I wrestled with,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.36,0:22:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does that mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.96,0:22:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What am I supposed to take away with that?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.19,0:22:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of questions \NI ask of Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.48,0:22:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I don't necessarily come away
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.49,0:22:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with such a thorough answer for as I want.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.50,0:23:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let's delve into this somewhat.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.93,0:23:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In accordance with.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.02,0:23:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, what does that mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.55,0:23:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to...
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.82,0:23:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It carries that meaning: "according to."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.58,0:23:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can mean "equivalent to."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.58,0:23:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Equivalent almost carries the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.37,0:23:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of equal to.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.05,0:23:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it does carry that meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.91,0:23:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the word doesn't always have to
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.76,0:23:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carry that - it can mean:\N"in proportion to."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.91,0:23:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can mean "in agreement with."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.50,0:23:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can mean "corresponding to."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.64,0:23:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, "in conformity with."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.13,0:23:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually a preposition that has
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.02,0:23:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extremely broad range of use,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.76,0:23:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as it's used here,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.70,0:23:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are the ways that we can
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.48,0:24:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,define the word.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.09,0:24:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's basically this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.54,0:24:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it indicates a standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.15,0:24:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A standard that there is agreement with.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.56,0:24:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Agreeable to.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.55,0:24:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The standard is Christ's resurrection.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.78,0:24:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's happening in us
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.84,0:24:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is agreeable to that standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.78,0:24:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really the idea here.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.72,0:24:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even that - does that really help?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.96,0:24:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's agreeable to.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.38,0:24:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are we dealing with?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.55,0:24:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the question that I'm asking.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.92,0:24:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does this mean it's agreeable to
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.03,0:24:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sense that there's a likeness?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.77,0:24:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, when we use allegories
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.45,0:24:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or parables, we basically are describing
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.69,0:24:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that is like something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.79,0:24:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that what's happening here?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.64,0:24:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there a likeness between them?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.37,0:25:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there a similarity between them?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.02,0:25:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it that it's saying:
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.32,0:25:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, the power of God did this in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.28,0:25:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and proportionately, maybe less,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.42,0:25:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's same power was at work in us?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.47,0:25:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it saying that basically
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.30,0:25:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the magnititude of power - God's power
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.47,0:25:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was at work in Christ -
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.97,0:25:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same magnitude is required
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.10,0:25:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to raise us from the dead?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.57,0:25:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it the same power?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.62,0:25:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just equal, but did \Nthe very same power
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.11,0:25:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that raised Christ from the dead
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.25,0:26:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pull us up with Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.40,0:26:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I just want to delve into this
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.86,0:26:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because look,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.54,0:26:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you think about this \Nin the speed of reading,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.96,0:26:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as soon as Paul tells us
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.45,0:26:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he is praying about our eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.56,0:26:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being opened to grasp the power
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.12,0:26:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's towards us,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.04,0:26:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immediately, he takes our heads
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.62,0:26:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turns them to the resurrection
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.54,0:26:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ascension and enthronement of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.44,0:26:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.50,0:26:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, in the speed of reading,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.71,0:26:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just bang!
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.13,0:26:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He does not allow us to think,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.87,0:26:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we think about the work
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.38,0:26:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's happening in ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.56,0:26:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he doesn't allow us to just sit
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.33,0:26:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kind of ponder.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.54,0:26:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no "selah" there.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.93,0:26:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's immediately look to the death,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.41,0:27:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the resurrection, the ascension.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.66,0:27:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? What's the attachment?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.52,0:27:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How should we process this?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.02,0:27:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just listen to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.15,0:27:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Gill said,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.20,0:27:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The resurrection of any person
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.61,0:27:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an instance of great power,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.22,0:27:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Christ's resurrection from the dead
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.36,0:27:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was an instance of peculiar \Nand special power."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.84,0:27:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in John Gill's thinking -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.43,0:27:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is an old Baptist -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.30,0:27:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said yes, the work of God within us
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.29,0:27:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is great,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.64,0:27:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he has us look at Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.41,0:27:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's a greater power.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.10,0:27:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the standard by which everything else
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.45,0:27:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is measured.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.48,0:27:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's his idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.56,0:27:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew Poole.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.90,0:27:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a Puritan commentator.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.66,0:27:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says what's being talked about here,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.45,0:28:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the association, the connection,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.75,0:28:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the power God exercises
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.51,0:28:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward believers is such as that was
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.94,0:28:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereby He raised up \NChrist from the dead."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.48,0:28:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you love that?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.22,0:28:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Is such as that was."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.56,0:28:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such as.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.31,0:28:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He refrains from saying it's equal to.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.08,0:28:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just: "it's such as..."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.60,0:28:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me that feels like according to.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.89,0:28:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like give me some more meat there
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.53,0:28:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put my teeth in.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.17,0:28:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such as?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.67,0:28:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.47,0:28:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some have suggested
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.66,0:28:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the resurrection of Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.23,0:28:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is merely an illustration or a specimen
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.71,0:28:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the power that should encourage us
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.71,0:28:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what God is able to do in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.66,0:28:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some see the resurrection \Nas a sort of pledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.76,0:29:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's that power there.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.35,0:29:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no real connection
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.85,0:29:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the power, other than
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.92,0:29:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a promise
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.29,0:29:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that power happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.35,0:29:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what's accomplished there,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.53,0:29:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now is a promise that in turn
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.81,0:29:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that power's going to be \Ndemonstrated upon us.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.26,0:29:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone has said that the power in us -
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.66,0:29:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now this is someone \Nelse in church history.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.08,0:29:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone has said that the power in us
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.52,0:29:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not less than that in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.20,0:29:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you like that too?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.76,0:29:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not less than.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.56,0:29:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.42,0:29:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say, well, here's the \Npower that raised Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.83,0:29:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens in us is not less than.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.95,0:29:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see how they're \Njust not wanting to commit
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.66,0:29:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to too much in what they say?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.76,0:30:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not less than.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.45,0:30:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what are you saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.85,0:30:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, tell me then. Is it equal to?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.71,0:30:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is it more than?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.23,0:30:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least Chrysostom said
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.98,0:30:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he believed that to heal a dead soul
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.68,0:30:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a far greater thing \Nthan to raise the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.23,0:30:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He believed that the power at work in us
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.30,0:30:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is even greater than that
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.64,0:30:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which took place in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.70,0:30:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's what I know.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.68,0:30:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.81,0:30:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that Paul repeatedly;
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.06,0:30:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that the New Testament -
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.16,0:30:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the apostles, the apostle's doctrine -
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.50,0:30:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know they were stunned
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.80,0:30:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the resurrection of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.91,0:30:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the book of Acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.44,0:30:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherever they went they were
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.84,0:30:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proclaiming His resurrection \Nfrom the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.73,0:31:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they attached extreme significance
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.100,0:31:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the power of that resurrection.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.28,0:31:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just think with me here.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.86,0:31:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Acts 2:23 - don't turn there.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.81,0:31:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.68,0:31:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "This Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.21,0:31:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was delivered up according \Nto the definite plan
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.48,0:31:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and foreknowledge of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:23.57,0:31:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you crucified and killed
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.05,0:31:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the hands of lawless men."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.26,0:31:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, "God raised Him up,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.88,0:31:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loosing the pangs of death..."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.84,0:31:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though the word "power"
Dialogue: 0,0:31:36.38,0:31:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't specifically used here,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.47,0:31:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says this about death:
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.76,0:31:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because it was not possible
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.83,0:31:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Him to be held by it."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.45,0:31:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No possibility. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.81,0:31:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a power here
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.47,0:31:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is above and beyond death.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.22,0:31:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's chains were ripped -
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.67,0:31:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Up from the grave He arose!"
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.60,0:31:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sing that song.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.15,0:32:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could not contain Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.61,0:32:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not able. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.87,0:32:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something was at work
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.41,0:32:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was more powerful than death.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.23,0:32:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it could not - it did not have
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.70,0:32:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,greater strength than that
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.11,0:32:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was being unleashed in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.24,0:32:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not able.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.96,0:32:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the kind of thing \Nthe New Testament says.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:21.38,0:32:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about this?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.22,0:32:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you come over?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.20,0:32:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romans 1 - that glorious epistle.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.95,0:32:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the very beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.44,0:32:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we're being introduced
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.86,0:32:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to these glories, right from the get-go,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.48,0:32:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first four verses,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.90,0:32:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul hits these Romans
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.16,0:32:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this glorious reality of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.04,0:32:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being resurrected from the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.86,0:32:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what does he say?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.39,0:32:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's declared to be the \NSon of God with power.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.39,0:32:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a declaration.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.14,0:32:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.21,0:32:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's declared to be the \NSon of God with power.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.53,0:32:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's declared to be the Messiah.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.36,0:32:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's declared to be the sent one.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.32,0:33:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What declares that about Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.37,0:33:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His resurrection from the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:04.76,0:33:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we're told.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.97,0:33:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "He's declared to be
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.86,0:33:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Son of God in power
Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.71,0:33:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the Spirit of holiness
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.07,0:33:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by His resurrection from the dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.51,0:33:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ our Lord."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.70,0:33:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you think about what Paul said
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.41,0:33:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Philippians 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.94,0:33:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you know this.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.11,0:33:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul - what was he crying out for?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.88,0:33:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was he longing for?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.21,0:33:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That I may know Him..." and what?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.64,0:33:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The power of His resurrection."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.24,0:33:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.32,0:33:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if you feel this.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.62,0:33:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I think of the resurrection,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.76,0:33:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, because I know those verses,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.80,0:33:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say there's an \Nattachment to power.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.85,0:33:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But do you think that way?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.52,0:33:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think of Christ \Nrising from the dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.57,0:33:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the natural \Nconnection in your mind?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.64,0:34:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think, "wow, that was powerful"?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.64,0:34:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.48,0:34:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably we could do a whole sermon
Dialogue: 0,0:34:16.10,0:34:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the power of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:18.70,0:34:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Death is a powerful thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.47,0:34:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was at the gym this week.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.25,0:34:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some guy walked by -
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.35,0:34:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know those big hulking guys
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.84,0:34:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that hang out at gyms.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.02,0:34:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he walked by and he was huge.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.85,0:34:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, thinking on this message,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.77,0:34:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, "but, he's going to die."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.74,0:34:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's strong - he's a lot stronger than me,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.93,0:34:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:46.79,0:34:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He cannot resist death.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.46,0:34:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just can't fight it.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.23,0:34:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's on us.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.02,0:34:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know it!
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.08,0:35:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your outer body is wasting away.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.21,0:35:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot stop the wrinkles.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.71,0:35:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot stop the baldness.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.24,0:35:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't stop the flab.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.66,0:35:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't stop the \Ndegradation of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.16,0:35:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot stop the grey hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:12.76,0:35:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can dye them, but \Nyou roots will give you away.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.32,0:35:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't stop what's happening to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.74,0:35:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is pulling you down.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.30,0:35:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it's coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.53,0:35:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every one of us, we recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.25,0:35:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,death is coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.32,0:35:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't run fast enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.04,0:35:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far enough, jump high enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.89,0:35:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cannot get away from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:32.58,0:35:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is massively powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.34,0:35:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is this thing that holds man
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.82,0:35:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its grips, in its fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.79,0:35:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He who has the power of death -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:41.58,0:35:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the devil himself is \Ninvolved in all of this,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.94,0:35:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he has power and he has control.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.04,0:35:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, he comes along
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.91,0:35:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he constantly is defeating man,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.73,0:36:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,damning men.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.23,0:36:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does he have to use?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:01.55,0:36:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's got the wrath of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.90,0:36:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He basically baits us into sin
Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.95,0:36:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which unleashes the wrath of God upon us.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.58,0:36:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The power of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:14.50,0:36:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The power of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.46,0:36:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The power of the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:19.29,0:36:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think ridiculous thoughts \Nabout the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.11,0:36:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.50,0:36:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he is like a roaring lion
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.43,0:36:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he has fangs and he kills.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.14,0:36:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He killed our first father.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:34.00,0:36:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The power of these things
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.11,0:36:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is beyond our control.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.69,0:36:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men may make light of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.70,0:36:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men want to ignore death.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.26,0:36:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They make fun of the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.17,0:36:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They make light of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.05,0:36:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things are so powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.45,0:36:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens is you find
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.60,0:36:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in the resurrection of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.18,0:36:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a defeating; there is a removal
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.11,0:37:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these obstacles that are in our way,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.04,0:37:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Christ took them out.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.58,0:37:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to know something \Nabout the resurrection?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.98,0:37:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever it may speak to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.66,0:37:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it speaks power,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.98,0:37:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it speaks the power to remove
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.09,0:37:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the obstacles out of your life
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.13,0:37:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and out of my life that keep us from God,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:16.08,0:37:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that keep us from glory,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.61,0:37:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that keep us from everlasting life.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:21.33,0:37:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Power.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:23.05,0:37:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's another thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.35,0:37:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you study Ephesians,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.73,0:37:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to keep your eyes open
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.21,0:37:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what's happening in Colossians,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.43,0:37:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because even though in some ways
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.42,0:37:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're very different,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.45,0:37:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can tell they were obviously written
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.38,0:37:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:46.80,0:37:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that Paul deals with many
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.27,0:37:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the same themes.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.84,0:37:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, over here in Ephesians 1,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.65,0:37:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get this language.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.51,0:37:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.66,0:38:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over in Colossians 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.37,0:38:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get some similar language.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.57,0:38:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's turn over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.21,0:38:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colossians 2:11.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.74,0:38:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice this.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.68,0:38:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Christ - "In Him also,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:30.10,0:38:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were circumcised
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.41,0:38:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the circumcision made without hands
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.47,0:38:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by putting off the body of the flesh,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.91,0:38:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the circumcision of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.32,0:38:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having been buried with Him
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.37,0:38:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in baptism..."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.62,0:38:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, the thing is, here \Nwhere Paul talks this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.16,0:38:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's much about union.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.92,0:38:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, you don't want to miss it -
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.22,0:38:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you think as we went through
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.52,0:39:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those first 14 verses about how many times
Dialogue: 0,0:39:02.31,0:39:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were taught about "in Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.50,0:39:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Union - bringing all things together.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:09.31,0:39:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uniting all things together in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.30,0:39:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This idea of union.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:12.39,0:39:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, before you get \Nto the end of the chapter,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.94,0:39:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's going to talk about Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.45,0:39:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being the Head over all \Nthings to the church
Dialogue: 0,0:39:19.08,0:39:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is His body,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:20.19,0:39:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.22,0:39:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ is the Head. We are the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:23.98,0:39:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is unity.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:26.21,0:39:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice the unity here.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:30.14,0:39:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Buried with Him in baptism
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.89,0:39:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which you were also raised with Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.63,0:39:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now notice this:
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.18,0:39:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Through faith."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.66,0:39:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we're going to get
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.99,0:39:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the exact same wording
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.80,0:39:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we get from Ephesians 1:19.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.65,0:39:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, similar veins of thoughts run
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.27,0:39:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through both of these Ephesian
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.76,0:39:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Colossian epistles.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.18,0:39:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And tying them together oftentimes
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.31,0:40:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps give a fuller picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.10,0:40:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're raised with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.09,0:40:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see what Paul has in mind?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.68,0:40:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two happen at once:
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.72,0:40:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,raised with Him - one action;
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.41,0:40:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one demonstration of power.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.40,0:40:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We both come up together.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.05,0:40:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But keep reading there.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.51,0:40:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Raised with Him through faith;
Dialogue: 0,0:40:22.39,0:40:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faith in the powerful working of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:26.22,0:40:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the "energia" that we saw
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.72,0:40:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in 1:19 of Ephesians.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:30.62,0:40:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the energy;
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.81,0:40:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the operative power of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.74,0:40:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in motion.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:36.98,0:40:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.20,0:40:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Who raised Him from the dead."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:42.37,0:40:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But see what he says first?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.23,0:40:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're "raised with Him,"
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.87,0:40:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is this power
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.25,0:40:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that raised Him from the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:51.28,0:40:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And you (v. 13) who were dead
Dialogue: 0,0:40:54.35,0:40:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your trespasses
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.81,0:40:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the uncircumcision of your flesh..."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:57.79,0:41:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now listen, if you go \Nback over to Ephesians
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.15,0:41:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you recognize,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:01.78,0:41:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul has the same thought in mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.23,0:41:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you get to Ephesians 2:1,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.11,0:41:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is going to say the \Nexact same thing here
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.61,0:41:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about us being dead in \Ntrespasses and sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.02,0:41:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being raised together with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.81,0:41:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:15.29,0:41:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just takes a little bit more time
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.64,0:41:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in saying it all in Ephesians.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:19.84,0:41:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He develops it a bit more.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.68,0:41:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more compact here in Colossians 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.99,0:41:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You who were dead in your trespasses
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.76,0:41:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and uncircumcision of your flesh,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:29.49,0:41:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God made alive together with Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.53,0:41:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having forgiven us all our trespasses
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.68,0:41:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by cancelling the record of debt
Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.38,0:41:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that stood against us \Nwith its legal demands,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.10,0:41:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this he set aside \Nnailing it to the cross."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.19,0:41:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, look.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.42,0:41:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would just say this.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.70,0:41:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Based on what Paul says right here,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.04,0:42:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however you want to interpret\Nthe "according to,"
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.66,0:42:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"what is the immeasurable greatness
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.01,0:42:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of his power toward us who believe."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.14,0:42:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is "according to the working
Dialogue: 0,0:42:11.38,0:42:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of His great might \Nthat He worked in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.80,0:42:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when He raised Him from the dead
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.90,0:42:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He seated Him at His right hand..."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.92,0:42:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.91,0:42:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever you want to do with that,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:21.61,0:42:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one thing you cannot get away from -
Dialogue: 0,0:42:24.12,0:42:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when you compare it
Dialogue: 0,0:42:26.06,0:42:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Colossian passage
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.78,0:42:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that Paul sees the two united.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.58,0:42:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:39.28,0:42:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:41.87,0:42:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine this.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.60,0:42:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A man in a deep dark well.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.70,0:42:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's a strong man \Nat the top of that well.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.18,0:42:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's pulling the rope up.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.24,0:43:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This man who's down in this well
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.88,0:43:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is being pulled up out of the darkness.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:07.53,0:43:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you pull him up and you set him down.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:13.49,0:43:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this man you come to find out
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.53,0:43:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had two children in his arms.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.12,0:43:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, if you start talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.14,0:43:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the work, the force, the power
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.38,0:43:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that pulled that man out of the well,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.27,0:43:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't separate it from the force
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.70,0:43:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that pulled those two children out.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:39.38,0:43:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I envision it like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:46.03,0:43:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ and all of His people,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.20,0:43:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is a chain from Him
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.94,0:43:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to every one of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.17,0:44:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when He's pulled up out of there,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.66,0:44:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that chain - it's the chain of His love;
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.20,0:44:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the chain of His grace -
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.90,0:44:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the lifeline of salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.56,0:44:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when He's pulled up out of there,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.42,0:44:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pulling a man up out \Nof that deep darkness,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:17.10,0:44:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that deep dark pit of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:19.69,0:44:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're chained to Him.\NWe're one with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.20,0:44:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And up we come.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.80,0:44:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the chain may lay there coiled up.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.30,0:44:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes out.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.54,0:44:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some of us, the chain's longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.20,0:44:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some, shorter.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.26,0:44:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I mean by that is He's coming up,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.04,0:44:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that thing is unraveling,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.12,0:44:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and before it actually becomes taut,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.33,0:44:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it pulls us up too.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.85,0:44:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some, it's longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:43.15,0:44:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some, sooner than others.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:46.24,0:44:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different times in history.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.79,0:44:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different times in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.01,0:44:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When that chain goes taut, up you go too.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.100,0:44:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:56.72,0:45:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As God draws Him up,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:00.16,0:45:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that power that is unleashed
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.01,0:45:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the same power -
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.56,0:45:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power of resurrection.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:08.87,0:45:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However you want to join those together;
Dialogue: 0,0:45:11.25,0:45:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however you want to put \Nthese together, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.53,0:45:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're connected with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.10,0:45:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're one with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.39,0:45:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul won't let us get away from that.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:20.40,0:45:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This power so absolutely guarantees
Dialogue: 0,0:45:25.100,0:45:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these realities in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:28.30,0:45:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, these obstacles
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.83,0:45:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are moved out of the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.25,0:45:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every bit of gravity,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.48,0:45:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every bit of resistance,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.80,0:45:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every bit of difficulty \Nthat stood in our way,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.55,0:45:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the obstacles and the enemies
Dialogue: 0,0:45:38.86,0:45:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were great - they were insurmountable.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.95,0:45:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were absolutely \Nimpossible enemies to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.07,0:45:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Totally daunting.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.46,0:45:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Totally overwhelming.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:50.92,0:45:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Totally.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:53.55,0:45:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this power...
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.38,0:45:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's a certainty in all of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:59.56,0:46:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, there's a certainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.95,0:46:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he gets to chapter 3
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.47,0:46:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he talks about even our ability
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.96,0:46:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think - you can turn there.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.15,0:46:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just end with this.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.03,0:46:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to see this in Ephesians 3:20.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:28.90,0:46:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like here you have the same:
Dialogue: 0,0:46:31.17,0:46:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"according to."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.79,0:46:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now to Him who is able
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.30,0:46:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do far more abundantly than all
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.86,0:46:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we ask or think, according to..."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.48,0:46:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very same preposition.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:44.97,0:46:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really the same thing is going on here.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.28,0:46:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's ability "is according to the power
Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.88,0:46:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at work within us."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.80,0:46:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what's interesting here?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:58.47,0:47:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1:19-20, Christ's resurrection
Dialogue: 0,0:47:03.05,0:47:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seems to be the standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:06.93,0:47:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, the power at work within us
Dialogue: 0,0:47:10.06,0:47:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seems to be the standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.76,0:47:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like Paul has established
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.88,0:47:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatness of this power toward us
Dialogue: 0,0:47:18.72,0:47:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and compared it to the resurrection;
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.56,0:47:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,united us with this resurrection power -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.26,0:47:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just resurrection,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.28,0:47:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to place Him on the throne.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.88,0:47:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may remember last week.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.84,0:47:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Craig said something about us
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.50,0:47:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being seated with Christ \Nin the heavenly places.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.64,0:47:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.76,0:47:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those chains are so real
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.20,0:47:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Him being pulled up there -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.24,0:47:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just out of the well -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.46,0:47:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all the way up
Dialogue: 0,0:47:52.57,0:47:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set on the mountain top.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:55.84,0:48:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those chains hold tight.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:00.26,0:48:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:01.91,0:48:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the chains have pulled \Nus up out of the well,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.06,0:48:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not to the mointaintop,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.44,0:48:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least, not in reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.94,0:48:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in our position as \Nfar as where we're at.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:12.52,0:48:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There may be a sense that \Nthere's a veil right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.44,0:48:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may be on the throne already
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.91,0:48:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in a real sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.41,0:48:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if we could pull back the veil -
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.27,0:48:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think of times in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:48:27.05,0:48:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the veil was pulled back -
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.98,0:48:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ is right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.41,0:48:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stephen - you just pull it back,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.08,0:48:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there He is. He's right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.07,0:48:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably right here all around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.94,0:48:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in the midst.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.79,0:48:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is such a connection
Dialogue: 0,0:48:47.36,0:48:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are presently seated
Dialogue: 0,0:48:50.01,0:48:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Christ in the heavenly places.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.74,0:48:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The power at work in us,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:58.24,0:49:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you get to 3:20,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.07,0:49:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes the standard by which
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.25,0:49:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's ability is measured.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:10.38,0:49:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, there are such things,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.84,0:49:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are such demonstrations
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.63,0:49:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the power of God, as we said last time,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.06,0:49:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't feel this.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:20.94,0:49:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to be reminded of its reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.35,0:49:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll remind you again,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:24.82,0:49:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is not praying for them
Dialogue: 0,0:49:26.73,0:49:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they would come \Nto recognize their need
Dialogue: 0,0:49:29.12,0:49:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of more power and ask for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.83,0:49:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, look, it's not wrong \Nto recognize your need.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:34.50,0:49:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul's going to get there in chapter 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:36.80,0:49:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to talk that way
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.33,0:49:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about them receiving more power.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:41.08,0:49:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is. That's not a wrong thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.93,0:49:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But right here, he is talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.73,0:49:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing what is going on inside them.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:49.56,0:49:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.70,0:49:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you take individuals like us,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.82,0:49:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you throw them out into this darkness,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.86,0:50:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:00.79,0:50:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You shine and you're lights of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:06.43,0:50:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a God-given ability
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.29,0:50:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to resist the decay of the decadence.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.33,0:50:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You become the salt of the earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:17.96,0:50:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.32,0:50:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the lights of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.57,0:50:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can so often feel so defeated,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:25.32,0:50:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Satan always is whispering in our ear
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.28,0:50:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and telling us how worthless we are
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.12,0:50:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we can't do this\Nand we can't accomplish that,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.84,0:50:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can't - no we \Ncan't in our own power.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.56,0:50:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, we are not \Na product of our own power.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.52,0:50:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not a product of our willpower.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.68,0:50:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that's what you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:40.86,0:50:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, you're dead in the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:42.33,0:50:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we as true Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.88,0:50:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not dead in the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:46.38,0:50:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a power at work within us.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:48.21,0:50:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a power of victory,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:50.27,0:50:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a power of overcoming.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.75,0:50:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we will overcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.54,0:50:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we must overcome
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.92,0:50:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this power will \Nalways create overcomers.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.21,0:51:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, do you recognize \Nthis reality about yourself?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:03.18,0:51:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can look at the cross
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.18,0:51:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can look at Christ seated there
Dialogue: 0,0:51:07.24,0:51:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can look at Him ruling
Dialogue: 0,0:51:09.41,0:51:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reigning and above every power,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.91,0:51:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every rule, every authority,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:13.36,0:51:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every power, every dominion.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.19,0:51:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not only in this age, \Nbut in the age to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:17.67,0:51:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He says to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.10,0:51:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You will sit with Me on My throne."
Dialogue: 0,0:51:23.76,0:51:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what He says!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.32,0:51:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not just coming \Nfrom death to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:27.42,0:51:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the ultimate victory.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.26,0:51:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the ultimate.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.64,0:51:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no back little hut
Dialogue: 0,0:51:35.100,0:51:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the alley somewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:51:38.40,0:51:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where some of the least of His people
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.21,0:51:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to find themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:41.95,0:51:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's on the throne.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.98,0:51:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every one of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.62,0:51:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every one of us -
Dialogue: 0,0:51:46.71,0:51:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even the least of His children
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.51,0:51:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have this kind of resurrection power,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.08,0:51:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when in doubt,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.83,0:51:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously, Paul's saying:
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.71,0:51:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at Christ!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.83,0:51:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's your confidence!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:59.53,0:52:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at His resurrection!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.19,0:52:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at His ascension!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.75,0:52:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the power!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.39,0:52:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are one with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:05.72,0:52:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are connected to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.55,0:52:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the standard,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:09.07,0:52:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're one with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.69,0:52:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When He's torn up out \Nof the jaws of death,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:14.84,0:52:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you come with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:16.79,0:52:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When He's set upon that throne,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.47,0:52:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you go with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.08,0:52:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is one with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.39,0:52:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the Head. We are the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.59,0:52:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would never talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.07,0:52:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing a man up out of the well
Dialogue: 0,0:52:26.69,0:52:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and distinguish between \Nthe head and the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:28.96,0:52:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the power that raised the head
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.97,0:52:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the power that raised the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:32.67,0:52:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's ridiculous.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.75,0:52:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're one.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:34.81,0:52:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul wants us to see this as one.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.87,0:52:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the fullness of Him
Dialogue: 0,0:52:39.60,0:52:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who fills all in all.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:41.43,0:52:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it's just a wake up call
Dialogue: 0,0:52:44.02,0:52:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to have eyes to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.80,0:52:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what in the world is going on in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:48.94,0:52:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not willpower religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.56,0:52:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not dead religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.77,0:53:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is biblical Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:00.12,0:53:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, we pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:01.64,0:53:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, the power of resurrection.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:04.63,0:53:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray it would be a reality
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.10,0:53:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the lives of my brothers and sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.44,0:53:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there would be a recognition
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.24,0:53:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a perception and a revelation,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.00,0:53:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we would have Your Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:53:13.88,0:53:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,open our eyes;
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.53,0:53:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tear those scales away.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:18.87,0:53:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, help us to see things
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.59,0:53:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we ought to see them.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:22.64,0:53:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray in Christ's name. Amen.