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Ephesians pt8 - But God!
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You're very welcome to today's Triumph Church podcast.
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We pray that you enjoy the message we've been going
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through. The The Book of.
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Ephesians kind of verse by verse by verse, and this isn't
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something that I've really done. Before, like just go through a
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a. Book in the Bible and and go.
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Verse by verse. Through that, you know, but it's
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something that I really felt strongly going into the she knew
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year 202026 that the Lord really put it on my heart and Ephesians
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is an absolute. Lutely amazing book, so packed
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with just. Amazing truths and reality.
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Of God's. Word and what?
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Christ has purchased for us. Upon the cross and what God has
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purposed. Before the.
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Beginning of the world before the Foundation of of time.
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Here like he's. Purposed and had all of these
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things in place that we've been been learning about here it's
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been really cool last. Week we discussed the.
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Ephesians chapter 2 moved into the 2nd chapter, Ephesians
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chapter 2 and verse one and three and we talked about God
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moving us from death. To to life.
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Right. And this week we're going to be
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looking at Ephesians chapter 2 and verses 4 through 10.
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And this is really God's intervention in our
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helplessness, all right. So let's read together.
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Ephesians chapter 2 and verses 4 through 10.
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I'm going to be reading these from the New King James Version
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starting in verse 4. It says, but God, who is rich in
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mercy. Because of his great.
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Love with? Which he loved us.
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Even when we were dead in trespasses in verse 5 made us
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alive together with Christ. By grace, you have been saved in
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verse 6 and raised. Us up together.
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And made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus
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that in the ages to come. He might show the exceeding
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riches of His grace. In his kindness toward us in
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Jesus Christ. For by grace, you.
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Have been saved. Through faith.
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And not. That of yourselves, for it is a
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gift of God. Verse 9.
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It's not of works, lest anyone should boast.
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For we are his. Workmanship created in.
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Christ Jesus for good. Works which God prepared
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beforehand that we should walk in them.
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It's rich, isn't it? There's 2 words.
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In Scripture that changes everything. 2 words that
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interrupt our helplessness. 2 words that rewrite our destiny.
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2 words. That step into the.
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The. Hopelessness of our human
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failure and introduce. God's mercy and God's love to
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us. And those. 2 words are but God,
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but God we have all. These things happening around.
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Us, but God. Ephesians 2 begins with.
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Paul reminding the believers of. Who they were before Christ.
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We looked at this last week. We were spiritually.
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Dead we were enslaved to sin we were influenced by the devil and
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separated from. God, it's a pretty helpless
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situation, isn't it? Pretty hopeless situation, but.
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Then like a lightning bolt. Verse 4.
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Arrives and changes everything. So I want us to read verse four
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in the amplified classic version.
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All right. And the first point we're going
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to be going into? Is but God.
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All right now, years ago when I was.
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Going to Bible school. I was house sitting for for a
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friend and I was, you know, sitting sitting in a room and I
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was reading scripture and I was reading in the the amplified
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classic version and I was going through.
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The book of Ephesians. And I came.
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To Ephesians chapter 2. Four.
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And it literally almost felt like lightning hit me like
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there. God gave me.
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Some. Revelation about what he did,
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what he purposed. And it's changed changed me ever
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since. Listen when the.
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Holy Spirit speaks. To you something when he gives
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you revelation. Of God's Word.
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That changes you. And you know it.
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Was from God and so I'm reading here in in in Ephesians chapter
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2 and verse four in the amplified classic version and it
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said. But God so rich is he in mercy
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because of? And in order.
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To satisfy the great. And wonderful and intense.
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Love with which he loved us. That's an absolutely amazing
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scripture, this scripture. Right here.
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If you want to know if anyone ever asked Pastor Bradley.
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What is your favorite scripture? In the entire Bible.
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This is it. Ephesians chapter 2.
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And verse. 4 But God so rich. Is he in mercy?
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Because of. And in order to.
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Satisfy the great. And wonderful and intense.
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Love with which? He loved us.
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Now notice how the Apostle Paul. Describes God here, he says, so
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rich is he in mercy. This isn't how the world
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describes God, is it? A world may describe.
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God and think. Of God as harsh as cruel.
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As demanding as. Maybe trying to control their
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lives, right? And they think this false
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narrative because they don't actually know God.
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They don't understand the message.
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Of the glory of Christ. They're unable.
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To to see who God is. And why is that?
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The only God. That they know.
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Is the God of this world the devil?
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And so that's who they're attributing the characteristics
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to God as. But it's that's not God at all,
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is it the apostle Paul? Explains us in Two Corinthians
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in chapter 4 and verse four in the New Living Translation when
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he says this. He says.
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Satan, who is the God? Of this world.
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Has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, for they are
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unable. To see the glorious light.
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Of the good news, they don't understand this message.
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About the glory of Christ, who is the.
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Exact likeness of God and we can see this all around us, can't
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we? How the devil has blinded the
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minds of. People that we know.
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They're unable. To to see who God really is.
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But the light of the gospel penetrates.
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That blindness. Each of us here probably had
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someone share the good news, the gospel that Jesus came not to
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judge us but to save us, that he's a loving God, that he's a.
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Forgiving God that his kindness. Draws.
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Us to him. The light of the gospel
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penetrates that blindness. Listen to verse 6 of that same
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that same chapter, 2 Corinthians chapter 4 and verse 6 and it
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says. But God, who said, let there be
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light. In the darkness has made this
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light shine in our. Hearts so we could.
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Know the glory of God that is seen in the face.
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Of Jesus Christ, wherever the gospel, the good news.
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Of the freedom of Jesus. Christ is shared the Holy
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Spirit. Is able to penetrate that
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blindness, that darkness that the devil is.
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Trying to keep people from hearing the gospel.
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From having an understanding. Of the Gospel.
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From from. Knowing what it is that Christ
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has done, but the devil. Can't stop that, right?
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And how? Do people hear the good news?
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How do people know this gospel? How many?
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Of us here. Had someone.
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Share the gospel this good news to us like let.
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Me see your hands most of us, right, Someone shared.
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The good news with us? It could be through a podcast,
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It could be. Through some programming on.
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On YouTube. Or on on television.
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It could be from a neighbor, it could be.
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From a family member, right? But someone shared this good.
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News with us this good news about Christ.
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And that's how we came to know him.
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Otherwise, none of us would be here, would we?
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Wherever the gospel is preached, that light.
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Is shown now back to Ephesians chapter 4.
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Paul says. But God so rich.
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Ephesians 2. Yeah, Ephesians 2 and verse 4.
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Paul says. But God so rich.
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Is he in mercy? That word rich means abundant,
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it means overflowing, it means inexhaustible.
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So Paul is saying that mercy is not something.
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That that God gives occasionally, but it.
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Flows from who? He.
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Is it's something? That is, is there?
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In abundance. Like a mighty river.
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Flowing in our lives. But God so rich is he.
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In Mercy. But then he goes on to say.
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This because of. And in order to.
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Satisfy that great and. Wonderful and intense love.
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With which he loved us. Humanity became.
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Spiritually dead through their rebellious pride, right?
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Our decision to disobey God and choose to.
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Do what we wanted to do, what we thought was right, what we
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thought was best. And that decision has.
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Been really an epic. Failure for humanity.
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But because of God's love. And in order.
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To satisfy that love, he couldn't simply sit idly by.
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And do nothing if one of my children made a mess.
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Of of their lives, it would be incredibly difficult for me to
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sit idly by. And do nothing.
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I would really do really whatever it takes.
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To try to get them out of that situation, if their life was was
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in was in peril, Then I'd become, what's his name, Liam
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Neeson and you know, and and I'd go get them right.
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I would do whatever it takes to save my.
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Children I could not. Sit idly by because I love.
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Them. Because I care.
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For them and God. Could have just wiped out.
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Humanity and said, ah, they're a bunch of Egypt's, what's wrong
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with them? Right, But no.
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He loves us in order to satisfy that great.
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And wonderful and intense. Love with which he loved us
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it's. Hard to fathom that kind of
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love, isn't it? Love that, so sacrificial.
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That God would send his one and only Son who was.
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Perfect who was, righteous who was without?
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Sin to die on our. Behalf, but that's the love of
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our God. Isn't it love that?
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Had to be satisfied. In.
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Order to satisfy that great and wonderful love, his love like.
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Demanded like put a demand on. God to do.
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Something to. Rescue his children.
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That's an amazing love. Isn't it?
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Like as a as an earthly father, I would do something similar if
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my child was in the middle of the street and I saw a bus
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coming, you know, like I'd, I'd push them out of the way and put
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myself in harm's way for them. Like I.
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I would I would take that hit. From the bus so that.
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They could be saved right Which? What parent wouldn't do?
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That for the child, why would we expect?
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Anything less from our heavenly? Father from God, whose love
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every, all of our love. Is based upon his love.
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We wouldn't even know. What love is without God, right?
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So this this verse here. In Ephesians.
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Chapter 2 and verse 4 like it just it just.
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Paints a different picture that we can read.
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John 316 For God so loved the world that he gave his only
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begotten Son, and whoever believes in him, you know, will
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not perish, but have everlasting life.
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But Ephesians. Chapter 2 Four Like takes this
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to a totally different level. The intense love.
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In order to satisfy that love, the greatness of his love.
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Like that's pretty expressive, isn't it, when you look at
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yourself? In the mirror, right?
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Sometimes God loves me. You know Jesus loves me this.
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I know we sing that song, right? We know that song.
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But when we sing that, I don't know.
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That we realize the intensity of that love that God has for each
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and every. One of us.
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We're his child and that love is so.
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Incredibly intense and immense. It's hard to even fathom.
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So when you look at yourself in the mirror, brushing your hair
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in the morning, putting on your makeup, you know whatever it is
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that you're doing, you're looking at someone.
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That God loves. So incredibly.
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That he gave his life for you. You're.
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Loved. It's good news, isn't it?
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In Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 5.
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The second thing I want to talk about is God made you alive with
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Christ. Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 5
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it says even though you were. Dead.
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Because of your sins. He gave his life when he raised.
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Christ from the dead, it is only by God's grace that you have
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been saved. So Paul says something here, He
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says. That you were dead.
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Well, it's a nice thought. You were dead.
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Dead. Does not mean.
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Weak. All right.
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Dead. Does not mean struggling dead
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means incapable of. Self rescue, right?
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You were dead. You were lifeless.
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You were unable. To save yourself, you needed a
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savior. You.
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Needed someone to. Pull you out.
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From that death, from that. Enslavement to sin.
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You needed Christ. Spiritual death is separation
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from the life of God. No human effort can.
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Possibly bridge that gap. No religion can bridge.
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That gap. No amount of works.
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Or anything that we. Do on our part.
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Right, because we're dead. You ever seen a dead person
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resurrect themselves, right? No like we have.
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We have maybe some physicians who may resuscitate someone, but
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that person didn't raise themself right.
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It was a medical team that raised them, that resuscitated,
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that brought them to life. We're not.
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Able to do that? So the apostle Paul is saying
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that he made us alive. God made us alive with Christ,
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when Christ. Was raised.
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God raised us as well. Salvation isn't just about
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forgiveness, all right? That is a wonderful, wonderful
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part of salvation. Isn't the forgiveness of our
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sins Like if that's all it? Was that would be amazing,
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wouldn't it? And we would be.
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Eternally thankful for that forgiveness, but it's more than
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that. It's position we've been
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positioned. With Christ we've been made
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alive with. Christ, haven't we?
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In Two Corinthians chapter 5 and verse 17?
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We know this scripture at well as well.
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It says therefore if anyone is in Christ.
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He is a new creation. Old things have passed.
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Away and behold. All things.
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Have become new. All things have become new.
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Everything in your life has become new.
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Because you were dead. Weren't you?
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That person is dead. That person is buried.
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And you've been made alive with Christ.
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Now a new creation. You're not a repaired Sinner,
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all right. You're a new.
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Creation the same. Power that raised Christ.
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From the dead now. Operates in you.
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You have. Been positioned in Christ and in
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that place everything that you are now, everything that you
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have and. Everything that you live.
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By is now. Through Christ.
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So stop. Speaking about yourself as.
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Though you're still spiritually dead, that.
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Person doesn't exist anymore. Stop.
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Beating yourself up for the past things that you have done, the
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past sins that you have done, those things have been washed.
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Away by the. Blood of the lamb.
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Jesus paid the price. For those, there's no sin,
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there's no action, there's no words, there's nothing that you
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can. Do that Christ was.
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Not. Able to deal with.
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Upon the cross, you're not that. Big the.
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Things that you have done are not.
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That big Jesus paid for those. On the cross, the same power.
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That raised Christ. From the dead.
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Dealt with those issues. That's good news, isn't it?
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You are alive with. Christ and the Life.
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Of God is in you. You need to begin to think
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about. Who you are?
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Now you need to. Speak who you are now.
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You need to live. According to.
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Who you are? Now not.
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Who you used to be? No one wants to walk around like
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a zombie. Right.
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We're alive with Christ. Leave that dead.
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Person where they are in the grave.
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Amen. In Roman in Romans chapter 8 and
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verse 11. Says but if the.
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If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in
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you. He who raised Christ.
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From the dead. Will also give life.
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To your mortal. Bodies through his Spirit who
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dwells. In you are.
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You starting to see a theme here.
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In Scripture, the spirit of Him who?
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Raised Jesus. From the dead dwells.
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In you you. Are now meant to.
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Live your life through Christ. In Christ.
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By Christ, that old. Person that.
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You used to be. You're not supposed to live
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according to that anymore. You're supposed.
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To live as an. Adopted child of God, you're in
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his family now. You no.
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Longer belong to the devil's family.
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You're not part of that family. You don't need.
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You know there's no joint. Custody.
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Right. There's no visitations or
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anything, right? You're.
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Totally and completely in God's family now.
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Live like it, act like it, think like it, like your life.
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Should be changing and alter. We're a new creation.
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Amen. But Paul doesn't stop.
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There he goes, even. Higher like this just keeps
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getting better and better, right?
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He says that you've been seated with Christ.
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Let's look at that. In Ephesians chapter 2 and verse
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six and seven. And the last point that I want
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to make here is, is really one of the, I think one of the most.
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Outrageous realities. In the entire Bible, because
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this is something that is for our mind, something that's.
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Difficult to to wrestle with here, Ephesians.
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Chapter 2 and verse six and seven it says for he raised us
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from the dead along with Christ and seated.
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Us with him? With who?
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With Christ. We've been raised together.
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With Christ, and he seated us with him.
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What does that mean? Right, Like sometimes it's just
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nice to slow things down a little bit and try to get
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understanding of. What it is that we're actually
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reading? Because we can just skip by
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things and be like, oh, that's nice.
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You know, we're seated with Christ in in heavenly places.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. And move on to the next verse.
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But what does that mean? Like what this means?
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Is is absolutely amazing. For he has.
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Raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with
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him in the heavenly realms because we are united with
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Christ Jesus. So God can point to us in all
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future ages as examples. Of the incredible wealth of His
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grace. Which is his undeserving favor
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and his kindness. Towards us as.
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Shown in all that he has done for us who are united with.
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Christ. Now notice that progression.
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There He made us alive. He raised us up.
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And then? Seated us.
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With Christ. Paul reiterates this point in
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Colossians chapter 3 and in verse 1 he says if then.
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You were raised with Christ. Seek those things which are
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above. Where Christ is sitting at the
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right hand. Of God.
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So we're seated with Christ at the right hand of God.
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Scripture is saying right well in the ancient.
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World to be seated. At the right hand of a king had
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tremendous meaning. It meant honor.
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It meant privilege. It also indicated participation
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in authority like this is something really big that the.
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Apostle Paul is stating. Here and we can just skate on
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past this that we've been. Seated with Christ, but.
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What does this mean to our lives right now?
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Where we are, Paul also states. This in Romans chapter 8 and
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verse 17, another outrageous reality in Scripture.
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He says if and if children right, we've been adopted into
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God's family. We're children of of God, right?
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Is there anyone else here who's a who's a child of God?
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Few of us couple hands. All right, don't be shy.
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Hello, this isn't a test. I'm going to give a a call at
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the end and I'm going to pray for some of you.
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You need to come into the family all right, Romans chapter 8
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verse 17 and if children then. Heirs.
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Heirs of God. And joint.
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Heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer.
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With him that we may also. Be glorified together.
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These are some incredible statements.
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That the apostle Paul. Is making isn't it but when you
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understand that we've been adopted into into God's family
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and you and you understand what that adoption means and we you
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know and we had a Sunday where we talked about that what it.
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Means to be adopted. Into God's family, there's
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rights. There's there's.
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Privileges that are. Given to an adopted child in
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God's family, and this was written in the time of the of
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the Roman. Period there.
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And in the Roman Empire, when you were adopted, often times an
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an adopted child had more rights and privileges than the
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biological children. So when?
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The Apostle Paul. Is saying that we've been
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adopted in into God's family when he's saying things like if
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we're children, then we're. Errors we're errors of.
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God and joint errors with Christ, and if indeed we suffer
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with him, that we may also be glorified with Him.
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These are. Absolutely.
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Like world should be world. Shaking statements that are
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being made to us. You should be having fireworks.
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Go. Off on the inside if you
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understand what this actually means.
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For your life. Right now.
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You're a child of God, This. Incredible greatness, this
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intense love. What did God do with that?
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His mercy, His grace, His. Unmerited.
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Favor, all of that was purposed. Everything that he did was to
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adopt. You into his family.
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And make you an. Heir.
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Of God in joint heirs, with Christ seated.
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At the right hand of God in heavenly places.
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That's where God sees you. A position of favor.
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A position of love. A position of a of authority.
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Over your life, over the devil in your life, greater is he who
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is in you than he who is in the world.
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Why is that? Just because you say?
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Some different things. Oh yeah, my words have great
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power. It's because of who backs up
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those words, because you're a child of God.
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Because you've been adopted into his family.
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It's not just Bradley saying saying something to the wind.
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To say, To say. Something, that's who.
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Backs up those. Words when I'm speaking
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scripture over my. Life, it's as if.
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I'm a joint heir, right? I'm seated at the right hand of
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God in heavenly places when I'm speaking.
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Those words, who's speaking? Those words, is it me or am I
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just echoing? Words that have authority.
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I'm echoing those words, aren't I?
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It's not that my. Words have power, all right?
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It's. That I'm speaking the.
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Words that have power because they're God's words.
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So when I say something, when I'm praying, when I have a need
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in my life and I say something like Philippians 419 and my.
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God shall supply. All my need according to.
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His riches and glory. All of heaven stands to
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attention. Why?
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It's not because Bradley said something.
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It's because I spoke God. 'S words and.
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God's words have power. The scripture doesn't say that
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that when I speak. All right.
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Those words will not return null and void.
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But they will accomplish. What it is sent out to do?
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No, it says that when God's Word is spoken, when His word is
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spoken, it will accomplish what it is sent.
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Out to do well who's? Sending it out.
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I am all right. I'm sending it out and I'm
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believing and I'm trusting and I'm having.
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Faith that when I speak God's word, it has power.
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Look at yourself differently. Expect God to do in your life.
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Expect because you're a child of God.
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In Two Corinthians chapter 2 and verse 14, everything the apostle
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Paul is talking about here is positional.
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Truth. It's who we are in Christ, where
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we've. Been positioned where God.
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Sees us right where the devil sees us.
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Where all the Kingdom of darkness, the demons where?
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They see us. Like don't step down from that
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throne. Don't step down from that seat.
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That is where God expects you. That is where Christ expects you
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to live your life. From.
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He paid a very steep price so that you can be positioned.
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There honor him honor. His sacrifice, with your words,
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with your life. With your actions in Two
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Corinthians chapter 2 and verse 14 it says now thanks.
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Be to God, who always. Leads us in triumph in Christ.
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That is a great scripture, isn't it?
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It's where we got the name for this church, Triumph Church now.
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Thanks. Be to God who always leads us.
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Is it sometimes, occasionally, every once in a while, right?
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If you're. Really nice to God.
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If you have a. Really long prayer time.
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If you spend 7 days in a row reading some scripture, then.
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God will lead. You in triumph.
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What does it say? Now, thanks be to God.
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Who always leads us? In triumph in.
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Christ, where are you abiding? Where are you?
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Spending your time. Are you spending your time in
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that? Position seated with Christ.
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In him. Living your life.
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In him your words, in him your actions, in him when you.
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Are what's going to be. The result?
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Triumph. God will always lead you in
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triumph. Always lead you.
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In triumph, in Christ, Amen, we don't fight.
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For victory, all right. Sometimes it's just a little
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change in perspective. We fight.
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From victory Christ has. Already won the battle?
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You. Don't have to win the battle.
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The only thing you have. To do is enforce.
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What Christ did in your life? Don't allow the enemy to come
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and. Bully you, right?
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Give it back to him and how are? You going to get it?
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Give it. Back to him.
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You're going to give it back to him.
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Like Jesus did? Well, the word says.
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When the devil came to Jesus in in the wilderness.
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What did? How did Jesus?
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Respond to the devil. Did he get angry?
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Did he throw rocks? Did he kick up dirt?
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Like what did he? Do no.
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He used God's word. The word says right?
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That's how. You're going to enforce.
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Victory that Christ already. Won on the cross.
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For you, you're speaking what he's already like.
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This is all about what? He's won for us, right?
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This. Is why it's important that we
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find out and read scripture. Come to church be.
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Faithful to hear His word like whatever we can to hear what
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God's will is for our lives because.
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Once we know. Then we can begin.
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To walk in that. But if we don't?
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Know then the devil's able to kind of move and maneuver and
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and twist us and do whatever he wants because we don't know any
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different, right? It's important that we know what
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Christ has done. For us.
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So let's close with this. We read in Ephesians chapter 2
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and verses one and three last week where all of our stories
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have begun and that was in a position of failure with
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darkness and we had all lived in prisoned by sin and that's
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where. All of us were stuck right?
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We couldn't help ourselves. We were completely helpless.
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But God. Thank God for what?
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He did. Thank God that he didn't.
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Abandoned us thank. God that he didn't just destroy.
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Us and and just let us live. Our live our lives as fools, but
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he sent Christ to die for us, made us alive with Christ,
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seated us with Christ in heavenly.
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Places like you're reading the same scriptures that I'm
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reading, right? This isn't something that I'm
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making up listen either. Either this is true or it.
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Isn't and what's? Cool is.
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Like I, I gave. You that.
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Prophecy in Jeremiah chapter 49. It's so.
Jeremiah 49 chapter mention
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Amazing Scripture is absolutely amazing.
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It's life when we apply that to our lives, our lives.
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Will never ever be the same. But it's up to us.
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God is so. Rich in his mercy.
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Because. Of and in order to satisfy the
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great and wonderful and intense. Love with which he loved us
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because of that. He intervened.
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He made us. Alive with Christ, He raised us.
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He seated us and positioned each of us for a purpose.
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All of our life has meaning. We all have a.
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Purpose in God's Kingdom. That he has for us.
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So here's the take away. For you this morning if there's
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nothing. Else you take away.
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Except for this. This will be good.
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Stop living beneath. What Christ purchased to.
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Honor. Christ is to live.
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For him and to live through him, to honor.
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Christ is to see yourself, talk about yourself.
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And live in that triumph. Don't let the devil talk you out
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of that. You are positioned with Christ,
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and that position is so that you can live in victory.
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And listen, I I know there's situations in our lives.
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Jesus said this gave us this promise.
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All the other. Promises in the Bible are are
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great and make us really happy and want us to dance, make us
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want to dance and make us want to run and put a big smile on
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our face. But the the one that isn't quite
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so nice is when Jesus said that in this.
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Life we will. Have trials.
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And we will have tribulations. Why is that?
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It's because we live. In a sinful fallen world, right?
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But then he has scriptures like that that we read where we can.
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Triumph in Christ. Like there may be things that
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we're dealing with. In our lives.
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There's things that we're we've dealt.
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With in our past, there's things that we're dealing with, now
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there's things that we're going to.
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Deal with in the. Future.
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Right. But those things are not
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greater. Than Christ, we can live in
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victory if we'll abide. In him.
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If we'll speak his word over our lives.
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And sometimes it's. Easy to speak fear.
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Sometimes. It's easy to speak.
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Doubt instead. Of God's Word.
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Because when we're speaking against the natural.
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Things that we see, things that we feel.
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Things that we're experiencing and.
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Where it starts? Speaking things like by.
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Christ's stripes, I'm healed. Even though I don't.
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Feel like it? Right.
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God's Word is truth. It will.
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Accomplish what it's set forth to do.
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We just. Have to send it.
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Out and have belief in it and have faith in it and the
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miraculous will. Happen in our lives may not
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happen like. That, but it'll happen.
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I've seen it in my own life. Many of you have seen things
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happen in your own lives. I could have.
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I just had some testimonies about miracles happen in
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people's lives that I heard this past week.
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It's amazing. God is moving in our lives.
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And a lot. Of people in this church.
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It's absolutely amazing. We need to have another
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testimony service soon and we can share some of those things.
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God is so good, isn't he? Well, let's pray.
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Heavenly Father, Lord, I'm so thankful for what you've done
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for us. That wonderful and intense love.
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With which you loved us. And.
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Because of that love, Lord, it propelled you.
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It demanded of you. That you rescue us.
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From everything that was our own fault, that sin, that darkness,
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that. We allowed those.
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Decisions that we've made, Lord, but those things aren't big
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enough to overcome what Christ has done.
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Lord, I thank you that your mercy and goodness.
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Follow us all. The days.
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Of our life, Lord. Your word says that your favor
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surrounds us like a shield. Your word says that by Christ's
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stripes that we're healed. Your word says that no deadly
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thing shall harm us. Thank you, Lord, for your word.
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Lord, I thank you that each and every one of us here.
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Today that we would just begin to see that we would.
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Begin to have a revelation that the eyes of our understanding
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would be. Open that we would know what is
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the hope. Of your calling that that
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position that. Place that you've seated.
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Us in Christ, Lord, you've forgiven us of our sins.
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You've raised us from the dead, the helplessness that we were
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in. Lord, and you've seated us with.
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Christ in heavenly places that position that you want us to
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live. That you.
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Desire for us to. Live as your.
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Children as your ambassadors. For Christ, Lord, help us, Lord
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to. Walk in those things.
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Lord, don't let us be. Talked into or talked?
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Out of what it is that? You've promised us, Lord, but we
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would find in your word. We would.
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Dig into your word and find those truths and find those
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promises of. Who?
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We are in Christ so that we can honor.
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You with our lives. In Jesus name, Amen.
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Amen. Hallelujah.
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