Session 4

Be very careful then how you live, not as unwise but as wise,

making the most of every opportunity because the days are evil.

Therefore, do not be foolish but understand what the Lord's will is.

Do not get drunk on wine which leads to debauchery.

Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.

Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord.

Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

It's good together again tonight.

We've been working through the book of Ephesians

and I'm going to suggest that I'm going to try to set the bar really, really high.

Not in my preaching but in terms of what the Word hopefully will achieve tonight.

If you're feeling tired and weak and besieged and spiritually dry,

perhaps what you need in your life, in your spiritual life, is to be Spirit-filled.

And that's what we're going to be talking about tonight.

I'm hoping that we'll walk away tonight having a clear understanding

of what it means to be Spirit-filled.

And as a result, walk away from tonight being Spirit-filled.

We have seen in the book of Ephesians the work of the Father

who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing.

We have considered the work of the Son.

It is in Him that we receive the blessing from the Father.

And tonight, or this afternoon, we'll consider the work of the Spirit

to complete the picture of the work of God for us.

But firstly, one of the great things in spending the weekend on a book

is that we can actually see the coherency, the argument, the flow of the book.

But just so that if you can indulge me,

I'll repeat a little bit of the flow of the book.

Paul often writes from the indicative to the imperative,

if you know what I mean.

Indiegative means what happens, what has happened.

Imperative is what you must do.

It's sort of like command.

And often in the way Paul writes,

the first half of his writing would be in the indicative,

what God has done, He's blessed us,

He's reconciled us in Jesus,

He's caused us to be born again,

and He's made us into a new humanity,

the indicative.

Once He's established the indicative,

He moves on to the imperative,

the implications of the indicative.

Since God has done all this,

what does it mean for us?

This is where the rubber hits the road.

And the imperative starts for us in the book of Ephesians,

Ephesians 4.1,

which we looked at this morning.

But it might be worthwhile to cast our eyes to there again.

If you have your Bibles in front of you,

it will be good to open them to Ephesians 4.1.

So having seen what God has done,

He then turns to,

well, what does it mean for us,

to those of us who have been born again,

reconciled to God?

Chapter 4, verse 1.

As a prisoner for the Lord,

then, I urge you to live a life

worthy of the calling you have received.

The indicative is,

you have been called,

you've been made new,

so live like it.

The reality is,

you've been changed as people live.

So start,

chapter 4, verse 1,

is almost a heading for the rest of the book.

Chapter 4 to 6.

We are to walk in newness of life.

We are to walk in holiness.

That is, in a way that pleases God,

and in a way that is dramatically opposed

to the life that we used to live,

and to those around us.

4.17.

Well, what does that life of holiness look like?

Chapter 5 is the beginning of it.

Chapter 5, verse 1 and 2.

Be imitators of God, therefore,

as dearly beloved children.

So we are to live like God.

We're to imitate God.

Well, what does that mean?

Are we to be tall like God?

To be strong like God?

No.

No.

In verse 2, he explains.

To imitate God,

to live a new life in Christ,

means to live a life of love.

God is love.

So his children are, therefore,

to love.

Just as Christ loved us

and gave himself for us

as a fragrant offering and sacrifice.

So this is what...

And the rest of the chapter is an exposition,

is an explanation of what a life of love look like.

There will not be any sexual immorality.

Sexual immorality is profoundly unloving.

The children of God are to be like God.

And verse 8,

it means that we walk in the light,

not in darkness.

And verse 15 to 21,

which is our passage,

continues in that instruction,

in the imperative.

And he used the word living or walking.

And let's have a look at that again.

In light of what God has done,

verse 15 of chapter 5,

we are to be careful

how we are to live,

not as unwise,

but as wise.

The children of God

live lives of love

and in the light,

but we are also

to live wisely.

Why is that?

And he

gives us the motivation.

If you look a little bit early

in the passage that we looked at today,

starting in verse 8,

this is what he says.

For once you were...

Sorry.

For you were once darkness,

but now you are light in the Lord.

Live as children of light.

For the fruit of light consists

in all goodness,

righteousness,

and truth.

And find out what pleases the Lord.

Have nothing to do with

the fruitless deeds of darkness,

but rather expose them.

For it is shameful

even to mention

what the disobedient do

in secret.

But everything exposed

by the light becomes visible.

For it is light

that makes everything visible.

Et cetera, et cetera.

There is an exposure

of the darkness.

We are to be part

of the process

of exposing that darkness.

A little bit earlier on

in chapter 5,

particularly in verses 5 and 6,

it talks about

the judgment of God.

In fact,

that provides the motivation

for the wise living.

If the judgment of God

is about to come,

if the axe is about to fall,

we are to live wisely.

Okay?

The insanity,

sorry,

the definition of insanity

supposedly,

according to Einstein,

is to do the same thing

over and over again

and to expect

different results.

You know,

that's insane.

That is,

that is what a fool

would do.

The wise person learns,

adopt,

adept.

You see,

you make a mistake

and you change your behavior

so that a different outcome

would ensue.

Fools,

on the other hand,

they don't learn.

That's what,

by definition,

a foolish person.

And the wise

understands the future.

The wise understands

that the judgment of God

is about to come

on the unrighteousness

and the wickedness

on our world.

And as a result,

they learn.

And when they learn,

verse 16,

they make the most

of their time.

They make the most

of every opportunity

because they know

that the days are evil.

Literally,

they redeem the time.

They are careful

how they invest

the time

that they have.

I don't know

whether you have thought

about how much time

that you have.

This could be

your last night

on earth.

Could be.

What would you want

to be investing

your time in?

And I'm glad

that you're here

investing your time

here rather than

at home watching TV,

playing computer game,

or being selfish,

shopping,

gorging yourself

with food.

We are here

making the most

of our time.

That's what it means

to be wise

in light of

the judgment

of God.

Verse 17,

therefore,

don't be foolish,

but understand

what the Lord's

will is.

It's a

different way

of saying

the same thing.

Don't be an idiot.

Don't be a fool.

Live wisely,

and living wisely,

redeeming the time

means to find out

what the will

of the Lord is.

Verses 18 to 21.

Don't get drunk

on wine,

which leads

to debauchery.

Instead,

be filled

with the Spirit.

Speak to one another

with psalms,

hymns,

and spiritual songs.

Sing and make music

in your heart

to the Lord,

always giving thanks

to God the Father

before everything

in the name

of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Submit to one another

out of reverence

for Christ.

The reason why

I went on

about living wisely

and not being a fool

in light of God's judgment

is that it kind of ties in

with the bit

I really want to focus on,

being Spirit-filled.

For 18 to 21,

I believe,

is not a new command.

In fact,

it's an explanation

of what it means

to be wise.

To be wise,

to find out

the will of God,

is to be filled

with the Spirit.

The different ways

of saying the same thing.

Of course,

it begs the question,

what does it mean

to be filled

with the Spirit?

I don't know

what you think

it means.

If you were to take

the English literally,

it's, you know,

you are a vessel

and the Spirit

fills you up.

And when you're drained

of the Spirit,

you need another

fresh filling

of the Spirit.

If you take

the metaphor literally,

is that what it means?

Firstly,

if we were to understand

the phrase

being filled

with the Spirit,

you see immediately

the context

is a contrast.

If you look at 18 again,

it says,

don't get drunk on wine.

Instead,

be filled

with the Spirit.

Spirit is intended

to be a contrast.

There's the drinking,

being drunk,

and being filled

with the Spirit.

If you can imagine,

it's literally,

instead of being filled

with wine,

Spirit,

be filled

with the Spirit.

So that's actually

the contrast.

Don't be filled

by Spirit,

but be filled

with the Spirit.

It's not that

I believe

the Ephesian church

had a problem

with drunkenness,

not like

the typical

Aussie

sort of situation.

We don't know,

but I don't think

that's the case.

But rather,

drunkenness

and all that

entails

kind of epitomizes

the ways

of darkness.

If you want

to picture

a world

without God

not knowing

what the future

will hold

in response

to the evil

of the day

where there is

no hope

and no future,

what would

that world

look like?

It would look

like the city

of Sydney

on a Saturday

night.

It would look

like

service paradise

after the HSC.

Where there is

no future

and you want

to forget

the past,

you get

drunk.

You fill

yourself

with spirit.

When you

experience

the evil

of the day,

a boring

marriage,

unruly

kids,

you seek

to escape.

They escape

the evil

of the day

and so you

gorge yourself

with spirit.

That leads

to debauchery.

And Paul

says,

in light

of the coming

judgment

of God,

we are

to live

wisely.

To find

the will

of God,

instead of

being filled

with spirit,

we are

to fill

with the

spirit.

Actually,

again,

when we ask

the question,

what does it

mean to be

filled with

the spirit?

There is a

little bit

of a tricky

thing and

it is a

matter of

translation.

If you look

at verse

18,

the command,

and it is a

command,

it is an

imperative,

it says,

be filled

with the

spirit.

You see

the little

word,

and they're

always the

important

words,

the little

word,

the

preposition.

Does anyone

know what a

preposition is?

Of course,

Leslie is going

to explain it

to me,

isn't she?

Libby,

what's the

preposition?

You should

leave a

sentence with.

Thank you.

Yes.

The little

linking words

that you get

in sentences,

like by,

off,

with,

and in

this case,

we are

told to

be filled

with the

spirit.

There is

another way

of translating

that preposition,

and that is

not be

filled with

the spirit,

the same

word that

in English

is translated

with,

could be

translated

by,

which gives

us a very

different

picture.

So the

command is

not so much

to be filled

with the

spirit,

that is the

content of

the filling,

it's the

spirit,

but rather

being filled

by the

spirit.

In other

words,

the subject,

the one

who does

the filling,

is the

spirit.

Very

different,

isn't it?

If we

are to

translate that

sentence

by,

the

proposition

is by,

what this

is saying

is,

ask the

spirit to

fill you.

The spirit

does the

filling,

we are the

ones being

filled.

Of course,

if the

spirit does

the filling,

rather than

we're being

filled with

the spirit,

that is

the content

of the

filling,

what are

we being

filled

with?

the

book of

Ephesians,

if you

look through

it,

uses

language of

filling,

or fullness,

quite a

bit.

If you go

back to

chapter 1,

verse 23,

if you

cast your

eyes,

sorry,

I'm flicking

my iPad,

1,

23,

or 22,

23,

the purposes

of God

for the

universe

in history,

and he

put all

things under

his feet

and gave

him as

head over

all things

to the

church,

which is

his body,

the fullness

of him

who fills

all in

all.

So I'm

reading from

the ESV.

In other

words,

talking about

the church,

the church

has the

fullness

of Christ.

So the

church,

as it were,

us are

filled with

Christ.

1,

19.

No,

not

1,

19,

sorry.

2,

9.

Let's

try 2,

9.

That's not

right as

well,

2.

2,

19,

is it?

2,

19,

is it?

2,

19,

is it?

2,

19,

19,

19,

19,

19,

19,

19,

19,

19,

20,

this is a

problem when

you write

down references

and,

yes.

Well,

the reference

I was looking

for is

Jesus having

the fullness

of God.

But as

Mario was

saying,

Paul prays

that the

Ephesians

might be

fulfilled

to the

fullness

of God.

So two

slightly

different

pictures.

On the

one hand,

the church

is fulfilled

with the

fullness

of Christ,

1,

23.

On the

other hand,

Paul is

asking that

they might

be filled

to the

fullness

of God

as well

too.

So we're

filled,

but we're

being

filled.

4,

13,

the goal

of,

so let me

just double

check to make

sure that

that's actually

right.

4,

13,

starting from

11,

and he

that is

the risen

Christ

gave the

apostles,

the prophets,

the evangelists,

the shepherds,

and teachers

to equip the

saints for

the work of

ministry,

for building

up the

body of

Christ,

until we

all attain

the unity

of the

faith and

the knowledge

of the

Son of

God,

to mature

manhood,

to the

measure of

the stature

of the

fullness

of Christ.

The

direction

of the

growth of

the church

is to

the fullness

of Christ.

We are

filled with

the fullness

of Christ

and we're

being filled.

That's

where we're

traveling.

That is

the goal

of the

church.

And 5,

18,

what are

we to

be filled

with?

And I

take it,

if Paul's

being consistent

at that

point,

what we're

asking the

Spirit to

do is

to fill

us with

the fullness

of God

and of

Christ.

In other

words,

the Spirit

of God

is at

work to

transform

us

into the

likeness

of the

Father

and the

Son.

We are

to be

filled

by the

Spirit.

We are

to walk

in step

with the

Spirit,

to be

subject

to the

control

of the

Spirit

so that

we'll

continue

to be,

to keep

growing

into the

likeness

of Christ,

be imitators

of God,

Paul says.

In other

words,

we are

to,

and this

is a

parallel

passage

from

Colossians,

we are

to let

Christ's

Word

rule in

our

lives.

And I

want to

demonstrate

that once

again with

the contrast

that Paul

sets up.

Don't be

filled

by Spirit,

but be

filled

by the

Spirit.

What

happens

when people

are filled

by

grog?

Again,

cast your

mind to

Schoolies

Week,

which is

last week,

right?

I don't

know.

It's still

on.

When,

you know,

imagine all

the teenagers

up in

Queensland,

and they're

filled by

Spirit,

what happens?

They get

blurry-eyed,

they stagger,

they lose

control.

They lose

control of

themselves,

and they do

all sorts of

things.

Instead of

controlling

themselves,

what controls

them?

It's the

alcohol,

isn't it?

When you're

filled by

Spirit,

the Spirit

takes control.

The contrast

is don't be

filled,

don't be

controlled

by alcohol,

but rather

be controlled

by the

Spirit of

God.

walk in

step with

the Spirit,

obey the

Word of

God,

as the

Spirit makes

you more

and more

like Christ.

Our days

are evil.

The judgment

of God

is about

to fall.

The axe

is at the

foot of

the tree.

You do

not escape

the evil

of our

day,

but we,

as the

people of

God,

are to

confront

the evil

of our

day.

We do

not confront

the evil

by losing

control,

by running

away from

it,

but we

confront

the evil

of our

day by

walking

in step

with the

Spirit.

And look

at the

consequence.

Being drunk,

being controlled

by Spirit,

leads to

debauchery.

But being

filled by

the Spirit,

controlled by

the Spirit,

leads to

what?

verse 19.

Sorry,

flicking

through.

If you're

filled by

the Spirit,

it affects

your...

Okay?

it changes

the way

you

speak.

We are

to...

If you

are filled

by the

Spirit,

you will

then speak

to one

another with

psalms,

hymns,

and spiritual

songs.

You will

sing and

make music

in your

heart to

the Lord.

You will

always be

giving thanks

to God

the Father

for everything

in the

name of

our

Lord Jesus.

And if

you're

filled by

the Spirit,

you will

be

submissive.

Submit to

one another

out of

reference

for Christ.

Singing.

If you're

a Spirit-filled

Christian,

filled by

the Spirit,

you will

sing.

By the way,

in verse

19,

it's not

talking about

two different

activities.

There are

two sentences

there,

two clauses.

It's not

talking about...

But the

same activity

from two

perspectives.

One

perspective is

a horizontal

dimension.

When you

come to

church to

sing,

you are

singing to

one another.

one another.

That's what

happens.

You edify,

you instruct,

you exhort,

you admonish

one another

with your

singing.

Did you

realise that?

When you

were singing

those songs,

one of the

objects of

your singing

is actually

me and

you and

each other.

You are to

sing to

one another.

You are to

speak to

one another

in those

songs,

to encourage

them.

And I

wonder whether

this is what

you have in

mind when

you sing.

When you

sing to

one another,

whether you

have in

mind what

you are

encouraging

them with.

But it's

not just

singing to

one another.

The second

half of the

verse talks

about us

singing to

the Lord

Jesus Christ.

There isn't

just a

horizontal

dimension to

our singing.

There is a

vertical

dimension.

we are to

praise the

Lord with

our whole

being,

with joyfulness,

with not

like, if I

dare say, and

this is dangerous

ground at which

I tread, not

like the

half-hearted

Anglo-Saxon

stuff, you

know, hands

by the side,

you know.

Perhaps this is

something that we

can learn from

our charismatic

brothers and

sisters.

When we sing,

we join our

hearts to the

Lord, you

know, it's

with our

whole being.

When we

are filled

by the

Spirit, we

are to sing

wholeheartedly.

We are to

sing lovingly,

lovingly.

We are to

think of the

other person.

We are to

edify them, to

instruct them,

and in this

way we sing

praise to the

Lord.

The second

thing that

happens is we

will be filled

with thanksgiving.

Christians will

not only sing,

but we will

give thanks to

the Lord for

the, you

know, that

ought to, that

really ought to,

and it wouldn't

be hard for us

to be marked out

to be different

to the rest of

the world.

There's someone

I, well, we

are among

friends.

I don't know,

is this going to

go public?

Anyway, okay.

Well, there is a

guy that I

know, and

every time I

see him on a

Friday morning,

nothing but

complain.

Every single

bit, you know,

the surf is

bad, the

coffee is bad,

this is bad,

you know, this

is the typical

Aussie and

Chinese in

Australia.

Unthankfulness.

Nothing is

good enough.

Just grumbling

all the time.

And if you

look at

Romans 1.18,

one of the

mark of the

depraved, the

wicked, is

their unthankfulness.

And yet one of

the, do you

remember Jesus

healing the

ten lepers?

Only one came

back to do

what?

The others

were unthankful.

Thankfulness

marks the

Christian out to

be different

to everybody

else.

Thankfulness

permeates our

being and

are obvious

to others.

But something

rather disturbing

here when you

look at

thankfulness.

Verse 20,

always giving

thanks to

God the

Father for

everything.

Very

inclusive sort

of language,

always, we

get that.

So, but for

everything?

Does Paul

really mean

that?

We are to

give thanks for

everything?

Sure, we can

give thanks for

the good stuff,

healthy children,

good marriage,

sunshine.

But are we, is

Paul saying that

we are to give

thanks when we

break our leg?

You know,

somebody trips

over and we

say, thank God

for that, for

unemployment, for

unanswered prayers,

periods of doubt

and depression,

genocide, for

evil?

Are we to give

thanks for

those things?

Yes, in all

things, we are

told by Paul in

Romans 8, God

worked for the

good of those

who love him and

we are to thank

him for that.

But just to

make sure that

we are reading

this right, the

point here is

not so much

giving thanks to

God for the

circumstances for

which praise is

to be offered,

rather we are

to thank God

for the rich

blessings he

has levished us

with in every

and each

circumstance.

This harks

back to

Ephesians 1

where we are

told that we

are given

every spiritual

blessing in the

heavenly realms.

Paul isn't

saying that evil

is good and

God is to be

praised, but

rather we are

to direct our

thanks and

praise to the

source of all

things, God

the Father

who has blessed

us in Christ

with all

things.

So if you're

thinking, okay,

what I really

need in terms of

fine and belly

to keep going

as a Christian,

then what I

would say is

you need to

be spirit

filled, not

be filled with

the spirit, but

by the spirit.

If you feel

by the spirit,

it will change

the way you

sing.

It will change

the way you

your thankfulness

or lack of

thankfulness.

But lastly, it

will change the

way you relate

to other

people.

For verse 21

tells us that

the spirit-filled

life is a life

of submission.

And this is

where I'm going

to get you to

do the work.

Because we

haven't really

programmed in,

or that's not

my preaching

passage, and we're

not going to have

a chance to

look at this

tomorrow.

So I'm going

to get you

guys to look

at verses

22 to

chapter 6,

1 to

9.

Okay?

With the people

around you,

and kind of

discuss, well,

what does

spirit-filled

Christian

relationship

look like

for you?

How would

that change

Christian

marriage?

How would

it change

parent and

child relationship?

You might want

to discuss that

with your dad

or not.

And how would

that change

your relationship

with your

master, for

those of you

who are

slaves?

That is

parents and

kids again.

Yeah.

Okay, so I'll

give you, how

long do I

have, Sam?

Whenever.

What about

five, seven

minutes?

They're fairly

familiar.

Turn to the

people around

you.

Have we read

through it?

Oh, look, I'll

give you ten

minutes.

Five minutes to

read through it,

and another five

minutes just to

talk to people

around you.

It certainly

is.

It certainly

is.

It changes the

direction.

In fact,

somebody said

that, and

I'll throw it

up there,

marriage is a

creation ordinance,

so it testifies

something about

how God has

created the

universe.

But Christian

marriages is

actually a

redemption

ordinance.

So it

actually points

to something

even better.

It testifies,

it signals,

it shows,

it directs to

redemption rather

than just

creation.

Just to share

another story

about marriage

as well,

too, I told

this at one

of the

weddings.

A lady,

there was a

couple getting

married and

they were

being counselled

and one of

the sessions

that came back

to the minister

and said,

we're calling

this off.

And the

minister said,

why are you

doing that?

And the

lady said,

look, we

were talking

about what to

do with our

finances and

we had two

accounts and

my fiancé wants

us to have

one account

after we get

married and I

just can't do

that.

I need to have

my own account

and my own

money.

And I don't

know what you

would say in

that instance.

business.

And so he

said to her,

look, think

of it this

way, if you

can't trust this

man with your

money, then

maybe you

shouldn't be

marrying him.

Submission has,

I think, a lot

to do with

trust.

You're entrusting

your future,

your well-being

to someone

into their

hand and you

can't trust

him with your

money, then

what are you

doing entrusting

him with your

life?

And of course

to the husband

he said,

look, she's

entrusting her

whole being to

you, what are

you going to

do with it?

Are you going

to abuse her

trust?

It's a fairly

high standard

when someone

hands their

future and

their being

into your

hands.

It's a very

high standard

of care, as

it were.

Any other?

Steve?

So in that

respect, the

outer reverence

for Christ

is a really

important

condition, isn't

it?

Ultimately, we're

saying, who are

we trusting?

Are we just

trusting the man

or the woman?

Ultimately, we're

actually trusting

God or the

Lord Jesus Christ.

Do we trust

him enough to

protect us when

we are being in

a vulnerable

position?

Or do we keep

thinking that we

need to protect

ourselves?

Do we trust

the Lord enough

as husbands to

love our wives

in the same

way?

Or do we

think that we

need to protect

ourselves as

well too?

So ultimately,

it's actually, who

do we really

trust?

Do we trust the

Lord?

And that's a

high level of

trust as well

too.

Anything on

parents and

kids?

Kids?

We're all

kids.

We're all

children.

Parents?

No?

Spirit-filled

parenting?

Spirit-filled

children?

Same issues of

trust, I think,

and submission.

Kids are very

vulnerable.

We're

entrusting our

well-being to

our parents.

And I

suppose it

begs the

question, do

we really

trust the

Lord Jesus

enough to

do that?

Okay, being

filled by the

Spirit of God.

We might

finish up.

It's not, I

think we tend

to think of

Spirit-filled

ness as

something spooky.

You know, when

the Spirit

fills us, you

know, it

changes.

Well, it

does change

us, but

the type of

things that

Paul is

concerned about

is really

practical.

Spirit-filled

Christians are

loving husbands,

trusting

wives,

good

employees,

people who

paid a

mortgage on

time, and

things like

that.

If you

want to

assess

people's

spirituality,

humanity,

don't, you

know, judge

them or

us or

yourself by,

you know,

like things

that are

spooky or

mystical or

whatever it

is.

Look at how

they relate to

their husbands

and wives and

kids and

parents and

people at

work.

You know,

this is where

the rubber

hits the

road.

Well, how

does the

Spirit work

in

filling us?

Paul says,

I think this

is from

Steve's

passage.

If I can

take you back

to chapter

3, and

this is where

I'll finish.

Chapter 3,

verse 14.

For this

reason, I

bar my

knees before

the Father,

from whom

every family

in heaven

and on

earth is

named,

that according

to the

riches of

his glory,

he may

grant you

to be

strengthened

with power

through his

Spirit in

your inner

being, so

that Christ

may dwell

in your

hearts through

faith, that

you, being

rooted and

grounded in

life, may

have strength

to comprehend

with all the

saints what

is the

breadth and

length and

height and

depth, and

to know the

love of Christ

that surpasses

knowledge, that

you may be

filled with

all the

fullness of

God.

The way

the Spirit

works is, if

you ask

him, he

will give

you power,

and if

you're tired,

and if

you're dry,

what you

need to

do is to

go to

God right

now and

ask him

for power.

It's a very

evangelical thing

to say, by

the way.

Ask him for

power, the

spiritual power,

and when you

have that power,

do you know what

will happen?

To lead you to

this Spirit-filled

life?

He will give you

understanding

of the love

of God.

God.

That's what the

Spirit will

do.

The Spirit

will strengthen

you in the

inside by

reminding you,

explaining to

you in ways

that you

cannot imagine

how much

God loves

you.

What you

need to know

is the love

of God to

live the type

of life that

Paul is

talking about.

Let's

give