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[1268.38 --> 1276.30] loss broken relationships broken health broken bodies through disease and sickness whatever we go through |
[1276.86 --> 1284.86] and we will go through difficulties god says he's with us forever and that we continue to be holy not |
[1284.86 --> 1288.78] because we somehow achieve some sort of victory over all the suffering |
[1288.78 --> 1296.86] no because we depend in the one who has achieved that for us we hope in the one who reigns and who |
[1296.86 --> 1301.18] rules with justice and love throughout all the brokenness of the world |
[1303.66 --> 1311.82] and one of my favorite passages from hebrews captures this perfectly the writer says therefore since we have |
[1311.82 --> 1317.98] a great high priest who ascended into heaven onto his rightful throne jesus the son of god |
[1317.98 --> 1325.10] god let us hold firmly to the faith we profess for we do not have a high priest who is unable to |
[1325.10 --> 1332.78] empathize with our weaknesses but we have one who has been tempted in every way just as we are yet he was |
[1332.78 --> 1343.02] without sin he overcame the powers of sin let us then approach god's throne of grace with confidence so |
[1343.02 --> 1351.98] that we may receive grace and mercy in our time of need that's what we need desperately but also that's |
[1351.98 --> 1355.66] exactly what the world needs and they're desperate for it |
[1359.50 --> 1365.58] so we hold hope and expectation in one hand fully confident that jesus will return and make all things new |
[1365.58 --> 1372.54] and on the other hand again we lament at the not yet brokenness of the world that we live in |
[1374.70 --> 1379.74] so thinking about this lament part i just couldn't let it go throughout the week as i was preparing for |
[1379.74 --> 1389.10] this sermon i couldn't shake off this question of how long why the delay jesus why don't you just come now |
[1389.10 --> 1397.10] i feel like i've suffered enough and maybe i haven't i feel like there has been thousands of years of |
[1397.10 --> 1406.54] suffering and brokenness chaos all over the world so why are you not coming yet what's the delay |
[1408.62 --> 1415.98] i want to suggest as i did at the beginning of the sermon if he was here if jesus was really here |
[1415.98 --> 1421.50] in person it's one thing to think about whether we would actually be able to acknowledge and follow |
[1421.50 --> 1427.74] his ways or doubt like his disciples did i would say personally i think i would have a lot of struggles |
[1428.30 --> 1435.02] even if jesus were here the other side of this i would suggest that it's a gift that we don't know when |
[1435.02 --> 1442.86] jesus comes back because can you imagine let's say as many christians have done in the past |
[1442.86 --> 1449.98] that we knew the exact time and place of when jesus would return so like just to throw a random date |
[1449.98 --> 1456.62] out there like august 31st 2025 jesus is coming back now i'm not i'm not prophesying this is just |
[1456.62 --> 1464.46] okay this is not heresy this is just an example let's just say that the date is fixed august 31st 2025 |
[1464.46 --> 1467.34] pst okay like in our time here |
[1469.98 --> 1476.94] how would you live so we have about a year left what would your life look like would you now start |
[1476.94 --> 1481.90] getting yourself together so that you can prepare for the for the one year when jesus comes back |
[1482.94 --> 1487.34] or would you be like kind of like me where i lean to whenever i have papers due or there's a deadline |
[1487.34 --> 1494.22] for something what do you do you hold it off until the last possible minute enjoy life as much as you can |
[1494.46 --> 1499.58] and then oh right it's august okay i gotta get myself together jesus is coming back |
[1501.74 --> 1506.54] wherever you lean to both of these things are founded on wrong motivations |
[1507.98 --> 1512.62] the reign and rule of christ is a way of life not a check off list things to do |
[1513.58 --> 1516.78] oh yeah august 31st i'll start on august 1st and go from there |
[1516.78 --> 1526.38] the life we have under the reign of christ is our whole lives every single moment every single |
[1526.38 --> 1531.74] second of our lives belongs to him that's what it means to live in his reign |
[1534.38 --> 1541.10] it's a life that is deeply rooted in the hope of jesus restoring all things that's where our hope lies |
[1541.10 --> 1548.94] as one commentator said it well it is our sharing in a new life the very life of christ himself |
[1550.38 --> 1557.82] therefore god's blessings come to us and crystal in christ not just through the agency of christ not |
[1557.82 --> 1565.50] just because we somehow live in the space defined by christ but also because we live in christ united with |
[1565.50 --> 1575.98] him sharing in his life and love so in your day to day ordinary life at home at work at school at play |
[1575.98 --> 1583.26] it's all for god it's all for the glory of our lord and that's the foretaste of god's kingdom |
[1584.06 --> 1591.10] that no matter what we face we know that we live in his kingdom right now right here |
[1591.10 --> 1600.70] time space whatever it is god's heavenly kingdom is here and we live we live that out as we confess |
[1600.70 --> 1606.46] and we profess our faith in him in jesus who is the true king and lord of our lives |
[1608.06 --> 1613.98] and so as pastor dave put it last week and as i mentioned that sneak preview that we got to see |
[1613.98 --> 1620.94] through the ministry of jesus that's what we also offer for the world as we really live in |
[1620.94 --> 1627.50] dependence of god's reign on earth as it is in heaven that sneak preview is seen by the rest of |
[1627.50 --> 1635.90] the world as we live it out in our mountains and valleys so in other words our joys and our sadness |
[1635.90 --> 1643.74] we can say all is well praise be to god and our lord jesus christ there is joy because the work is |
[1643.74 --> 1649.74] finished and the rightful king is on the throne even now and we also lament at the same time at the |
[1649.74 --> 1654.22] brokenness at the not yet and we break our hearts with him |
[1658.30 --> 1665.66] and in all this we look forward to a day when the times reach their fulfillment as paul says in verse 10 |
[1666.70 --> 1673.90] when the times reach their fulfillment all things in heaven and on earth will be brought in unity in christ |
[1673.90 --> 1679.74] we look forward to a day of shalom when all things will be made new |
[1682.22 --> 1686.22] and so what does that mean for you how does that impact your life today |
[1688.30 --> 1694.78] because today is ascension sunday i've tried my best to hold off speaking about the holy spirit until now |
[1694.78 --> 1702.06] but it's impossible to witness faithfully to scripture without mentioning that jesus who is on |
[1702.06 --> 1711.82] the throne is with us right now how through his holy spirit we are empowered by his spirit to live out |
[1711.82 --> 1717.34] this kingdom life again not in our own power not in our own strength but the strength that is provided |
[1717.34 --> 1723.66] is provided and gifted to us by the holy spirit who lives in us and so for the next few weeks we get to |
[1723.66 --> 1731.26] look at what that means practically throughout our lives how the holy spirit guarantees our inheritance until |
[1731.82 --> 1738.62] god's people the redemption of god's possession god's family happens when the times reach their fulfillment |
[1738.62 --> 1748.22] the holy spirit is the deposit guaranteeing our inheritance paul says something that the world cannot offer no |
[1748.22 --> 1754.94] matter what achievements and success we can have there is a hope and confidence that no other can give |
[1756.30 --> 1763.98] this way of life living in christ under his rightful rule is spirit-led the spirit gives us hope and |
[1763.98 --> 1771.74] confidence and i believe that the world will see it and they will want it not because we are better or more |
[1771.74 --> 1779.02] self-righteous but because we have a hope and confidence in christ and so may that be our confession and our |
[1779.02 --> 1786.14] prayer this morning hope we live in the guidance of god's holy spirit and we live under his rightful rule |
[1786.70 --> 1793.82] that is our confidence and our hope that is the faith that we lean on our foundation as we journey through |
[1793.82 --> 1801.98] the ups and downs of our lives of our kingdom lives that's how we are light for the world in darkness |
[1803.02 --> 1809.66] that is our missional identity our blessed missional identity let's pray |
[1809.66 --> 1818.70] loving father |
[1818.70 --> 1827.34] we come before you and we give you thanks for sending your son jesus to die for us on the cross |
[1828.54 --> 1832.86] to be resurrected and to defeat the sin to defeat the power of sin |
[1832.86 --> 1842.54] and death death once and for all and lord we thank you that you have ascended to heaven that you sit on |
[1842.54 --> 1850.22] your rightful throne and you continue to reign with ultimate wisdom with all authority and with love |
[1851.42 --> 1858.06] that you continue to love our world toward redemption and restoration that you will bring shalom |
[1858.06 --> 1868.78] you will fully restore this world as it is in heaven we thank you for this gospel truth we thank you that |
[1868.78 --> 1875.10] that you have called us and invited us to join you in this kingdom life even now as we look ahead to this |
[1875.66 --> 1883.26] beautiful image of shalom may we live deeply into this faith that we profess may we live with this confidence that we have |
[1883.26 --> 1893.50] that you have gifted and blessed us with may be may we be a light for the darkness around us through this confidence that we have in you |
[1894.22 --> 1899.82] we thank you for this we thank you for your love in jesus name we pray amen |
[1901.58 --> 1904.78] i invite you to stand as we sing overcome |
• Introduction to a new sermon series "Come Holy Spirit" starting on Pentecost Sunday |
• The purpose of the series: to explore the person and work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and fruit, with the goal of growing in expectation of what is possible through the Holy Spirit |
• Upcoming events: Worship Night next Sunday and a Spiritual Gift Seminar two weeks later |
• Discussion of the Pentecost event in Acts 2, highlighting the outpouring of God's Spirit on believers |
• Personal experience sharing about encountering the Holy Spirit unexpectedly and wrestling with understanding its role in life |
• Question posed: Do we know what is available to us through the power and presence of the Holy Spirit? |
• The Trinity and the relationship between God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit |
• The purpose of the Holy Spirit in accomplishing Jesus' plan |
• Jesus' departure and the sending of the Holy Spirit (John 16) |
• Pentecost as a celebration of harvest and the filling of the church with the Holy Spirit |
• The connection between the harvest feast and the church being the first fruits of God's people |
• The experience of the apostles on Pentecost, including the sound of a violent wind, tongues of fire, and speaking in other languages. |
• The biblical concept of God's spirit being poured out and bringing life, as seen in Ezekiel and Exodus |
• Moses' experience with the burning bush and its significance |
• Pentecost and the Holy Spirit's arrival among believers |
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