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[3105.58 --> 3107.10] You are not clever |
[3107.10 --> 3107.98] Or smart |
[3107.98 --> 3109.22] Or strong enough |
[3109.22 --> 3110.38] To resist the temptation |
[3110.38 --> 3111.58] That comes with them |
[3111.58 --> 3112.48] These are enemies |
[3112.48 --> 3113.68] That are too great for us |
[3113.68 --> 3114.56] We need something greater |
[3114.56 --> 3115.32] Than ourselves |
[3115.32 --> 3117.72] And that then brings us |
[3117.72 --> 3118.94] To the rest of our passage |
[3118.94 --> 3121.16] The rest of this passage |
[3121.16 --> 3122.90] Is just straight up good news |
[3122.90 --> 3124.54] And it all hinges on verse four |
[3124.54 --> 3125.24] Which is sort of |
[3125.24 --> 3126.48] The big switch |
[3126.48 --> 3127.64] In Ephesians two |
[3127.64 --> 3128.58] And I'll read it for us |
[3128.58 --> 3129.50] Where Paul writes |
[3129.50 --> 3131.62] But because |
[3131.62 --> 3134.50] Because of his great love for us |
[3134.50 --> 3136.66] God who is rich in mercy |
[3136.66 --> 3138.66] Made us alive in Christ |
[3138.66 --> 3140.88] Even when we were dead |
[3140.88 --> 3142.04] In our transgressions |
[3142.04 --> 3143.64] It is by grace |
[3143.64 --> 3145.08] You have been saved |
[3145.08 --> 3149.70] A.W. Tozer |
[3149.70 --> 3151.22] We quoted him earlier |
[3151.22 --> 3151.82] In this series |
[3151.82 --> 3153.32] I'll give you another quote |
[3153.32 --> 3154.14] From A.W. Tozer |
[3154.14 --> 3154.94] That I quite like |
[3154.94 --> 3155.82] It kind of worms |
[3155.82 --> 3156.86] It's way into your imagination |
[3156.86 --> 3157.54] He says |
[3157.54 --> 3159.30] What we think about |
[3159.30 --> 3161.60] When we think about God |
[3161.60 --> 3163.40] Is the most important thing |
[3163.40 --> 3163.96] About us |
[3163.96 --> 3165.50] I'll say it again |
[3165.50 --> 3166.50] What comes to mind |
[3166.50 --> 3168.14] When we think about God |
[3168.14 --> 3169.54] Is the most important thing |
[3169.54 --> 3170.16] About us |
[3170.16 --> 3171.82] And so let me just ask you |
[3171.82 --> 3173.74] What comes to your mind |
[3173.74 --> 3175.54] When you think about God |
[3175.54 --> 3179.16] What parts of his character |
[3179.16 --> 3181.80] What first associations |
[3181.80 --> 3183.62] What assumptions |
[3183.62 --> 3187.04] The first thing that Paul says |
[3187.04 --> 3187.84] In Ephesians two |
[3187.84 --> 3189.36] As he's talking about God |
[3189.36 --> 3193.46] Is that he is great in his love |
[3193.46 --> 3195.24] And not just in a vague general sense |
[3195.24 --> 3196.64] But a directed sense |
[3196.64 --> 3197.90] That is for us |
[3197.90 --> 3199.52] It's a love that's for humanity |
[3199.52 --> 3201.40] Second thing Paul says |
[3201.40 --> 3203.28] Is that God is rich |
[3203.28 --> 3204.24] Or abundant |
[3204.24 --> 3206.68] Or overflowing in mercy |
[3206.68 --> 3208.56] And then of course |
[3208.56 --> 3211.36] God is full of grace |
[3211.36 --> 3213.60] Is that how you imagine God? |
[3214.70 --> 3216.08] That's what compels |
[3216.08 --> 3217.24] All of God's activity |
[3217.24 --> 3218.54] Throughout the entire story |
[3218.54 --> 3219.12] Of the Bible |
[3219.12 --> 3219.80] To rescue |
[3219.80 --> 3220.92] Redeem |
[3220.92 --> 3221.76] And heal |
[3221.76 --> 3224.66] Now Paul and other biblical writers |
[3224.66 --> 3225.22] Do never |
[3225.22 --> 3226.26] They never speak of God |
[3226.26 --> 3227.70] In vague abstract senses |
[3227.70 --> 3228.88] They never speak of his love |
[3228.88 --> 3230.72] In vague abstract ways |
[3230.72 --> 3233.30] Paul knows that God's love |
[3233.30 --> 3234.70] Lived and breathed |
[3234.70 --> 3238.12] God's love spoke and acted |
[3238.12 --> 3242.04] God's love was perfectly embodied |
[3242.04 --> 3243.28] In the person of Jesus |
[3243.28 --> 3244.80] Do you know this? |
[3245.60 --> 3247.34] That as Jesus lived and breathed |
[3247.34 --> 3247.72] In the world |
[3247.72 --> 3248.62] He actually said to people |
[3248.62 --> 3249.52] If you've seen me |
[3249.52 --> 3251.20] You've seen the Father |
[3251.20 --> 3253.24] If you've been in conversation with me |
[3253.24 --> 3255.06] You're hearing the love of the Father |
[3255.06 --> 3256.46] And Jesus over and over |
[3256.46 --> 3257.52] And over throughout his whole |
[3257.52 --> 3258.28] Earthly ministry |
[3258.28 --> 3260.74] Demonstrated the heart of God |
[3260.74 --> 3262.18] As he healed the sick |
[3262.18 --> 3263.80] As he cast out demons |
[3263.80 --> 3265.32] As he calmed the storm |
[3265.32 --> 3266.74] As he dined with the outcasts |
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