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[3341.80 --> 3343.42] this is one of five places |
[3343.42 --> 3346.96] where Paul talks about Christ being in us. |
[3349.16 --> 3350.50] And language here is not like |
[3350.50 --> 3352.46] pop by for a quick visit, |
[3352.64 --> 3353.34] how you're doing, |
[3353.40 --> 3354.08] you're doing good, |
[3354.40 --> 3354.96] see you later. |
[3355.38 --> 3358.24] It's the idea of this kind of master feeling |
[3358.24 --> 3359.56] fully at home. |
[3359.66 --> 3360.08] You might say, |
[3360.16 --> 3362.06] Christ with his feet up on the table, |
[3362.06 --> 3364.40] feeling very much relaxed, present. |
[3365.88 --> 3368.92] He's the centerpiece of our home and lives. |
[3370.28 --> 3371.64] Or as one author put it, |
[3371.84 --> 3373.32] is Jesus a guest? |
[3373.88 --> 3374.72] Is he a resident? |
[3375.06 --> 3377.24] Or is he the president of your life? |
[3378.82 --> 3381.92] C.S. Lewis offers us a helpful analogy |
[3381.92 --> 3384.32] to describe this inner experience |
[3384.32 --> 3385.38] and reality of Christ |
[3385.38 --> 3386.96] in our lives dwelling, |
[3386.96 --> 3389.34] and kind of maybe the surprising things |
[3389.34 --> 3391.52] that happen as he does that. |
[3392.42 --> 3393.10] C.S. Lewis says, |
[3393.44 --> 3395.38] imagine yourself as a living house. |
[3395.68 --> 3396.22] Even go ahead, |
[3396.28 --> 3396.88] do that now. |
[3397.70 --> 3400.10] God comes in to rebuild that house. |
[3400.58 --> 3401.18] At first, |
[3401.44 --> 3403.18] you understand what he is doing. |
[3403.84 --> 3405.36] He's getting the drains right |
[3405.36 --> 3407.52] and stopping the leaks in the roof |
[3407.52 --> 3408.08] and so on. |
[3408.18 --> 3410.64] You kind of knew those jobs needed doing |
[3410.64 --> 3411.34] and you're not surprised. |
[3411.34 --> 3413.08] It made sense early on. |
[3413.76 --> 3414.62] But presently, |
[3414.72 --> 3416.74] he starts knocking the house about |
[3416.74 --> 3419.46] in a way that hurts abominably |
[3419.46 --> 3421.48] and does not make any sense. |
[3422.32 --> 3423.66] What on earth is he up to? |
[3424.06 --> 3425.36] The explanation is that |
[3425.36 --> 3427.34] he is building quite a different house |
[3427.34 --> 3429.04] than the one you thought of. |
[3429.54 --> 3431.16] Throwing out a new wing here, |
[3431.56 --> 3433.14] putting on an extra floor there, |
[3433.50 --> 3434.40] running up towers, |
[3434.56 --> 3435.50] making courtyards. |
[3435.50 --> 3437.14] You thought you were being made |
[3437.14 --> 3439.18] into a decent little cottage. |
[3439.88 --> 3441.80] But he is building a palace |
[3441.80 --> 3443.40] and he intends to come |
[3443.40 --> 3444.78] and live in it himself. |
[3446.74 --> 3448.62] So my question for us this morning is, |
[3449.06 --> 3450.46] where might Jesus be doing |
[3450.46 --> 3451.60] unexpected, |
[3452.12 --> 3453.66] maybe painful or uncomfortable, |
[3454.28 --> 3456.44] renovation work in your heart and life? |
[3457.08 --> 3459.14] Where is there a bit of dust and mess |
[3459.14 --> 3460.76] as he's doing that? |
[3460.86 --> 3463.56] What closed doors might he be knocking on? |
[3463.56 --> 3466.60] What windows might he be wanting to open |
[3466.60 --> 3469.04] as he kind of expands your life, |
[3469.18 --> 3469.80] your heart, |
[3470.40 --> 3471.16] maybe your ministry |
[3471.16 --> 3472.32] to make room for others? |
[3473.76 --> 3474.58] It can be painful, |
[3474.80 --> 3475.40] but my encouragement, |
[3475.48 --> 3476.42] and this text's encouragement, |
[3476.60 --> 3477.94] is that Jesus can be trusted. |
[3478.34 --> 3479.80] He knows what he is doing. |
[3481.72 --> 3483.72] Secondly, Paul prays for power |
[3483.72 --> 3485.06] that we might take hold |
[3485.06 --> 3488.14] of the immensity of Christ's love |
[3488.14 --> 3489.74] and taste its intensity |
[3489.74 --> 3491.42] via personal experience. |
[3492.04 --> 3492.98] The language is there |
[3492.98 --> 3494.88] almost having our minds blown |
[3494.88 --> 3496.28] at the height, |
[3496.42 --> 3497.02] at the depth, |
[3497.12 --> 3497.86] at the length, |
[3498.08 --> 3499.32] at the breadth. |
[3500.12 --> 3500.66] In a sense, |
[3501.00 --> 3502.26] when we hear God's word |
[3502.26 --> 3502.62] and we're like, |
[3502.84 --> 3503.66] yeah, you know, |
[3503.74 --> 3504.28] I know it, |
[3504.90 --> 3505.96] it's actually the point |
[3505.96 --> 3507.02] of showing that we actually |
[3507.02 --> 3508.16] have lost touch |
[3508.16 --> 3510.30] with the insanity, |
[3510.68 --> 3511.88] the kind of beyond |
[3511.88 --> 3514.04] the radicalness |
[3514.04 --> 3514.94] of God's love |
[3514.94 --> 3516.22] for each one of us, right? |
[3516.22 --> 3517.16] The psalmist, |
[3517.46 --> 3518.26] trying to capture it, |
[3518.32 --> 3520.66] was his love is as high |
[3520.66 --> 3521.34] as the heavens |
[3521.34 --> 3522.46] are above the earth. |
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