diff --git "a/Sunday Worship - January 2, 2022_transcript.txt" "b/Sunday Worship - January 2, 2022_transcript.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/Sunday Worship - January 2, 2022_transcript.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,2426 @@ +[0.00 --> 15.34] Oh, you are God, and we lift you up, we'll keep singing, we'll keep praising, we won't +[15.34 --> 21.70] stop giving all we got, cause you're worthy of all glory. +[21.70 --> 38.70] Oh, there is no other, you are forever, Lord over all, there's nobody like you, no one beside you, that's what we sing out to you. +[38.70 --> 50.62] Oh, let endless praise resound, every night and day, and with no delay, let endless praise resound. +[51.14 --> 51.90] Let's go! +[51.90 --> 81.88] Let's go! +[81.90 --> 98.90] Creation, keep singing, oh, there is no other, you are forever, Lord over all, there's nobody like you, no one beside you. +[98.90 --> 114.08] To you, let endless praise resound, every night and day, and with no delay, let endless praise resound. +[114.08 --> 132.10] Let's go! +[132.10 --> 147.32] We lift you up, up, up +[147.32 --> 151.06] We're giving you our love, love, love +[151.06 --> 154.74] For everything you've done, done, done +[154.74 --> 159.58] Oh, we give you all the praise +[159.58 --> 162.28] We lift you up, up, up +[162.28 --> 166.00] We're giving you our love, love, love +[166.00 --> 169.78] For everything you've done, done, done +[169.78 --> 174.72] Oh, we give you all the praise +[174.72 --> 175.72] Let's go! +[175.72 --> 190.42] Oh, we give you all the praise +[190.42 --> 196.92] To you, let endless praise resound +[196.92 --> 201.12] Every night and day, and with no delay +[201.12 --> 204.50] Let endless praise resound +[204.50 --> 211.58] To you, let endless praise resound +[211.58 --> 216.28] Every night and day, and with no delay +[216.28 --> 219.40] Let endless praise resound +[219.40 --> 221.20] To you +[221.20 --> 222.78] Let endless praise resound +[223.72 --> 225.80] All tolerated +[225.80 --> 228.42] I've got one +[228.48 --> 229.52] Oh, I love +[229.52 --> 231.24] Oh, I love +[231.24 --> 232.06] Oh, I love +[232.06 --> 232.90] Oh, I love +[232.90 --> 233.30] I love +[233.30 --> 234.42] Oh, I love +[234.42 --> 236.40] Oh, I love +[236.40 --> 236.68] Ah... +[236.68 --> 237.18] Ah... +[237.92 --> 238.44] Oh, I love +[238.44 --> 239.32] Oh, I love +[239.32 --> 240.24] Oh, I love +[240.24 --> 241.04] Oh, I love +[241.04 --> 255.36] I can see it clearly now. +[255.36 --> 259.24] There's a reason for this sign. +[261.08 --> 262.64] It's Jesus. +[266.16 --> 270.16] At the core of who I am. +[270.16 --> 274.40] Is the written Son of man. +[276.04 --> 277.40] It's Jesus. +[280.00 --> 280.60] Yeah. +[281.60 --> 284.10] You're like no other. +[285.30 --> 287.56] For your love is greater. +[289.02 --> 293.16] And you are the center of it all. +[294.16 --> 295.92] It's all about you. +[295.92 --> 296.18] Yeah. +[297.18 --> 299.62] It's all about you. +[300.16 --> 303.32] It's all about you. +[304.40 --> 307.00] It's all about you. +[307.90 --> 308.24] Yeah. +[308.24 --> 308.74] Yeah. +[308.74 --> 309.98] Yeah. +[309.98 --> 312.22] Yeah. +[312.36 --> 313.48] Yeah. +[319.12 --> 320.00] Yeah. +[320.10 --> 320.60] Yeah. +[320.60 --> 321.28] Yeah. +[321.56 --> 321.92] Yeah. +[321.92 --> 322.02] Yeah. +[322.02 --> 322.52] Yeah. +[322.52 --> 324.60] Yeah. +[325.00 --> 327.90] Yeah. +[327.90 --> 338.30] i exist to bring you praise and to shout no other name but jesus +[342.70 --> 348.46] you're like no other for your love is greater +[350.06 --> 353.58] and you are the center of it all +[357.90 --> 359.90] it's all about you +[361.90 --> 363.90] it's all about you +[365.90 --> 367.90] it's all about you +[367.90 --> 369.90] yeah +[377.90 --> 379.90] come on +[379.90 --> 381.90] many +[383.90 --> 385.90] do +[385.90 --> 390.08] It's all about you +[390.08 --> 394.02] It's all about you +[394.02 --> 397.70] It's all about you +[397.70 --> 404.82] You are the first, you are the last +[404.82 --> 408.54] You are my future, cause you're from my past +[408.54 --> 412.08] You are the reason why I say +[412.08 --> 415.98] It's all about you +[415.98 --> 419.78] It's all about you +[419.78 --> 423.32] I'm living for you +[423.32 --> 427.44] It's all about you +[442.08 --> 445.74] It's all about you +[445.74 --> 447.98] It's all about you +[447.98 --> 469.98] Come on, jerk, put your hands up +[469.98 --> 476.68] Hey, hey, hey, hey +[476.68 --> 479.78] Let's go +[479.78 --> 493.66] I want to hear you sing this out with us +[493.66 --> 498.10] I will not be shaken +[498.10 --> 502.90] When troubles come, you're the one I call +[502.90 --> 505.72] You are my foundation +[505.72 --> 510.26] A solid rock I will stand on +[510.26 --> 514.14] There's no need to fear for the battle is won +[514.14 --> 517.10] The battle is won in you +[517.10 --> 520.84] My future is short for my God +[520.84 --> 521.84] You are strong +[521.84 --> 524.78] My God, you are breaking through +[524.78 --> 526.88] If death is defeated +[526.88 --> 530.70] All praise to you, Jesus +[530.70 --> 535.30] If death is defeated +[535.30 --> 538.10] Then I'll be considered against +[538.10 --> 538.90] Come on, church +[538.90 --> 541.34] The name of Jesus +[541.34 --> 556.20] Somebody make some noise in this place +[556.20 --> 560.00] You're my only focus +[560.00 --> 560.80] You're my only focus +[560.80 --> 564.96] The only way to a life of freedom +[564.96 --> 568.00] You await my purpose +[568.00 --> 571.66] Now I live for your kingdom +[571.66 --> 576.04] There's no need to fear for the battle is won +[576.04 --> 578.98] The battle is won in you +[578.98 --> 582.80] My future is short for my God +[582.80 --> 583.68] You are strong +[583.68 --> 586.74] My God, you are breaking through +[586.74 --> 588.78] If death is defeated +[588.78 --> 592.60] All praise to you, Jesus +[592.60 --> 597.20] If death is defeated +[597.20 --> 600.36] Then I think it's considered against +[600.36 --> 603.42] In the name of Jesus +[603.42 --> 611.42] Nothing is shared against +[611.42 --> 616.74] I want to see everybody getting up in this place +[616.74 --> 621.40] Good morning! +[622.18 --> 625.04] Welcome to church and Happy New Year! +[627.36 --> 630.12] Oh, it was a happier New Year over here, I think, +[630.12 --> 631.72] Based on that response +[631.72 --> 634.70] Oh, there you go +[634.70 --> 637.44] It was the happiest of New Year's for Lena +[637.44 --> 638.34] Excellent +[638.34 --> 641.90] If you're participating with us online +[641.90 --> 643.58] We just had a little interaction here +[643.58 --> 644.52] That you didn't hear +[644.52 --> 646.38] So sorry that you missed that part +[646.38 --> 648.30] To you online, welcome +[648.30 --> 650.44] And thank you for joining us as well +[650.44 --> 651.18] My name is Chris +[651.18 --> 653.16] I'm one of the pastors here +[653.16 --> 656.08] And it's my privilege, along with these on stage +[656.08 --> 657.18] And yet a couple others +[657.18 --> 659.04] To lead us in our worship +[659.04 --> 661.36] This New Year's +[661.36 --> 665.22] Or this first Sunday of New Year's together +[665.22 --> 668.94] We are excited to kick this year off +[668.94 --> 670.22] With worship +[670.22 --> 673.18] We know that there are all sorts of chaoses +[673.18 --> 676.22] That are challenging our attentions +[676.22 --> 677.14] And our focus +[677.14 --> 679.62] And things that are drawing us +[679.62 --> 681.24] And pulling us this way and that +[681.24 --> 682.86] And we want to just center ourselves +[682.86 --> 684.94] On God and with Him +[684.94 --> 687.26] For an hour or so +[687.26 --> 688.22] Together +[688.22 --> 690.22] Before we begin +[690.22 --> 692.70] I just want to make one announcement +[692.70 --> 695.98] And then Kevin is going to make an announcement as well +[695.98 --> 701.44] But with the delayed return to school for kids +[701.44 --> 705.26] We are also pushing back the start of the cadet program +[705.26 --> 707.60] Which was scheduled to start this week +[707.60 --> 709.66] And so we have in the past +[709.66 --> 711.54] Tied our children's programs +[711.54 --> 713.28] To the school programs +[713.28 --> 714.84] And so +[714.84 --> 716.98] As providing clarity and consistency +[716.98 --> 718.52] So we wanted to just put that out +[718.52 --> 719.36] For the cadets +[719.36 --> 721.00] That's our boys group +[721.00 --> 724.06] You're not starting this week Thursday +[724.06 --> 725.10] But you will start +[725.10 --> 726.24] Lord willing +[726.24 --> 728.62] Two weeks removed from that +[728.62 --> 730.80] But we'll have a staff meeting this week +[730.80 --> 732.42] To discuss the rest of our ministries +[732.42 --> 734.20] With everything else that's going on as well +[734.20 --> 735.60] So you hear that +[735.60 --> 737.00] And then Kevin has one more +[737.00 --> 740.64] It's coming +[740.64 --> 741.12] There it is +[741.12 --> 741.86] Good morning everyone +[741.86 --> 744.42] I wanted to give a giant thank you +[744.42 --> 745.46] To all of you here +[745.46 --> 746.36] All of you online +[746.36 --> 748.48] And people beyond the walls of this church as well +[748.48 --> 750.24] For a very successful Dressember +[750.24 --> 750.76] The youth +[750.76 --> 751.84] A bunch of the youth and leaders +[751.84 --> 752.54] And some parents +[752.54 --> 753.76] Wore dresses and ties +[753.76 --> 755.06] The whole month of December +[755.06 --> 756.24] To raise awareness +[756.24 --> 757.40] And funds +[757.40 --> 759.40] To fight human trafficking in this world +[759.40 --> 761.12] And we raised over +[761.12 --> 762.78] It was about $7,600 +[762.78 --> 764.62] So just a huge thank you +[764.62 --> 766.24] To all who were involved in that +[766.24 --> 768.22] For being bombarded online +[768.22 --> 769.12] On social media +[769.12 --> 770.22] With constant posts +[770.22 --> 771.06] And pictures of people +[771.06 --> 771.92] In ties and dresses +[771.92 --> 774.20] It was I would say a big success +[774.20 --> 776.16] So both the awareness portion +[776.16 --> 777.18] And the funds portion +[777.18 --> 777.78] Went very well +[777.78 --> 778.68] So a big thank you +[778.68 --> 779.44] To all of you +[779.44 --> 779.96] Thanks +[779.96 --> 787.66] Let's kick off +[787.66 --> 789.78] Our new year of worship together +[789.78 --> 790.24] Shall we? +[790.32 --> 791.00] Why don't you stand +[791.00 --> 791.70] If you're able +[791.70 --> 792.98] And present here +[792.98 --> 795.78] And take on +[795.78 --> 797.26] A posture of worship +[797.26 --> 798.14] And of receipt +[798.14 --> 799.70] As we enter into +[799.70 --> 800.62] God's presence +[800.62 --> 801.68] Together +[801.68 --> 802.62] Receive the greeting +[802.62 --> 803.62] Of our God +[803.62 --> 805.32] Grace +[805.32 --> 806.88] Mercy +[806.88 --> 808.20] And peace +[808.20 --> 808.86] To you +[808.86 --> 810.12] From God +[810.12 --> 810.64] Our Father +[810.64 --> 811.18] From the Lord +[811.18 --> 811.88] Jesus Christ +[811.88 --> 812.44] His Son +[812.44 --> 813.44] And our Savior +[813.44 --> 814.54] Through the presence +[814.54 --> 815.30] And power +[815.30 --> 816.80] Of the Holy Spirit +[816.80 --> 819.12] Amen +[819.12 --> 821.12] Before we start +[821.12 --> 822.42] It's a new year +[822.42 --> 823.24] So I'm going to do this +[823.24 --> 824.00] Okay +[824.00 --> 826.04] When my hands go from here +[826.04 --> 826.78] To here +[826.78 --> 828.56] That's your cue +[828.56 --> 829.12] To say +[829.12 --> 829.74] Amen +[829.74 --> 832.18] So I'm not going to say +[832.18 --> 833.20] And all God's people said +[833.20 --> 834.54] That's just your cue +[834.54 --> 835.68] I've been trying for a year +[835.68 --> 836.32] To get you guys +[836.32 --> 837.08] To figure that out +[837.08 --> 838.50] And you haven't done it +[838.50 --> 839.56] And so now +[839.56 --> 840.88] I'm explicitly stating +[840.88 --> 842.34] My hands are up here +[842.34 --> 842.90] Giving the blessing +[842.90 --> 843.94] And they move down here +[843.94 --> 845.52] Amen +[845.52 --> 846.46] Thank you +[846.46 --> 848.34] Liturgical practices +[848.34 --> 848.94] We're learning +[848.94 --> 854.50] Our call to worship +[854.50 --> 855.12] This morning +[855.12 --> 856.92] Comes from a favorite verse +[856.92 --> 860.74] Jeremiah 29 verse 11 +[860.74 --> 862.56] For I know the plans +[862.56 --> 863.40] I have for you +[863.40 --> 864.34] Declares the Lord +[864.34 --> 866.40] Plans to prosper you +[866.40 --> 867.88] And not to harm you +[867.88 --> 869.74] Plans to give you hope +[869.74 --> 870.72] And a future +[870.72 --> 874.10] Whether 2021 brought us success +[874.10 --> 875.84] Fulfillment and joy +[875.84 --> 877.28] Or we faced grief +[877.28 --> 878.64] Or setbacks +[878.64 --> 880.12] Or frustrations and trouble +[880.12 --> 882.86] We can know that God was with us +[882.86 --> 884.22] Every step of the way +[884.22 --> 887.02] We can look forward to this new year again +[887.02 --> 887.82] With the hope +[887.82 --> 888.88] And the assurance +[888.88 --> 889.98] That our Heavenly Father +[889.98 --> 891.24] Is faithful and good +[891.24 --> 892.76] And He loves us +[892.76 --> 894.82] He cares deeply for us +[894.82 --> 897.70] And He will always be with us +[897.70 --> 899.72] With this hope in mind +[899.72 --> 900.34] Let's pray +[900.34 --> 902.60] Heavenly Father +[902.60 --> 904.16] Thank you that you make +[904.16 --> 905.10] All things new +[905.10 --> 907.18] As another year has begun +[907.18 --> 908.36] Help us to live +[908.36 --> 909.44] Every day for you +[909.44 --> 911.58] No matter what comes our way +[911.58 --> 913.14] We trust you +[913.14 --> 913.16] We trust you +[913.16 --> 915.46] Because we know you have a plan for us +[915.46 --> 917.14] And your mercies are new +[917.14 --> 917.94] Every morning +[917.94 --> 919.54] And nothing ahead of us +[919.54 --> 921.32] Will take you by surprise +[921.32 --> 924.04] We praise you for your unfailing goodness +[924.04 --> 925.24] And love for us +[925.24 --> 927.82] In Jesus' precious name we pray +[927.82 --> 929.70] Amen +[929.70 --> 931.96] Please join us in singing +[931.96 --> 933.24] Of the goodness of God +[933.24 --> 945.04] I love you Lord +[945.04 --> 949.70] Oh your mercy never fails me +[949.70 --> 953.52] All my days +[953.52 --> 957.64] I've been held in your hands +[957.64 --> 961.24] From the moment that I wake up +[961.24 --> 964.76] Until I lay my head +[964.76 --> 967.04] I will sing +[967.04 --> 971.64] Of the goodness of God +[971.64 --> 972.64] I love you Lord +[972.64 --> 975.86] And all my life +[975.86 --> 978.24] You have been faithful +[978.24 --> 983.06] And all my life +[983.06 --> 986.88] You have been so, so good +[986.88 --> 992.64] With every breath that I am able +[992.64 --> 995.86] I will sing +[995.86 --> 999.46] Of the goodness of God +[999.46 --> 1004.14] I love your voice +[1004.14 --> 1008.26] You have led me through the fire +[1008.26 --> 1011.72] In darkest night +[1011.72 --> 1015.18] You are close like no other +[1015.18 --> 1018.84] I've known you as a father +[1018.84 --> 1023.00] I've known you as a friend +[1023.00 --> 1025.70] And I have lived +[1025.70 --> 1029.00] In the goodness of God +[1029.00 --> 1033.68] And all my life +[1033.68 --> 1036.60] You have been faithful +[1036.60 --> 1041.28] And all my life +[1041.28 --> 1045.00] You have been so, so good +[1045.00 --> 1050.68] With every breath that I am able +[1050.68 --> 1055.36] I will sing +[1055.36 --> 1058.28] Of the goodness of God +[1058.28 --> 1063.56] Your goodness is running after you +[1063.56 --> 1066.32] It's running after me +[1066.32 --> 1070.56] Your goodness is running after you +[1070.56 --> 1073.28] It's running after me +[1073.28 --> 1075.60] With my life laid down +[1075.60 --> 1077.40] I surrender now +[1077.40 --> 1079.74] I give you everything +[1079.74 --> 1084.96] Your goodness is running after you +[1084.96 --> 1087.28] It's running after me +[1087.28 --> 1091.96] Your goodness is running after you +[1091.96 --> 1094.72] It's running after me +[1094.72 --> 1102.32] Your goodness is running after me +[1102.32 --> 1104.10] With my life laid down +[1104.10 --> 1105.90] I surrender now +[1105.90 --> 1108.24] I give you everything +[1108.24 --> 1112.92] Your goodness is running after you +[1112.92 --> 1117.60] It's running after me +[1117.60 --> 1121.28] All my life +[1121.28 --> 1123.28] You have been faithful +[1123.28 --> 1127.96] All my life +[1127.96 --> 1128.96] You have been faithful +[1128.96 --> 1129.96] You have been faithful +[1129.96 --> 1130.96] You have been faithful +[1130.96 --> 1131.96] You have been faithful +[1131.96 --> 1133.96] You have been faithful +[1133.96 --> 1135.96] With every breath that I am able +[1135.96 --> 1137.96] I will sing of the goodness of God +[1137.96 --> 1143.96] I will sing of the goodness of God +[1143.96 --> 1148.18] I will sing of the goodness of God +[1148.18 --> 1154.46] I will sing of the goodness of God +[1154.46 --> 1182.88] You unravel me +[1182.88 --> 1185.82] With a melody +[1185.82 --> 1189.58] You surround me +[1189.58 --> 1192.72] With a song +[1192.72 --> 1197.12] Of deliverance +[1197.12 --> 1200.54] From my enemies +[1200.54 --> 1206.30] Till all my fears are gone +[1206.30 --> 1213.56] I'm no longer a slave to fear +[1213.56 --> 1220.46] I am a child of all +[1220.46 --> 1227.30] I'm no longer a slave to fear +[1227.30 --> 1235.30] I am a child of all +[1235.30 --> 1241.92] From my mother's womb +[1241.92 --> 1245.96] You have chosen me +[1245.96 --> 1251.74] Love has called my name +[1251.74 --> 1256.10] I've been born again +[1256.10 --> 1259.00] Into your family +[1259.00 --> 1265.90] Your blood flows through my veins +[1265.90 --> 1272.54] I'm no longer a slave to fear +[1272.54 --> 1279.74] I am a child of all +[1279.74 --> 1287.06] I'm no longer a slave to fear +[1287.06 --> 1293.74] I am a child of God +[1293.74 --> 1300.40] I'm no longer a slave to fear +[1300.40 --> 1307.74] I am a child of God +[1307.74 --> 1315.06] I'm no longer a slave to fear +[1315.06 --> 1321.06] I am a child of God +[1321.06 --> 1340.38] You split the sea so I could walk right through it +[1340.38 --> 1345.06] My fears are drowned in perfect God +[1345.06 --> 1352.38] You rescued me so I could stand +[1352.38 --> 1353.38] And sing +[1353.38 --> 1359.70] I am a child of God +[1359.70 --> 1361.70] You saved me so I could stand +[1361.70 --> 1362.70] And sing +[1362.70 --> 1363.70] I am a child of God +[1363.70 --> 1367.70] You split the sea so I could walk right through it +[1367.70 --> 1371.70] My fears are drowned in perfect love +[1371.70 --> 1379.02] You rescued me so I could stand +[1379.02 --> 1381.02] And sing +[1381.02 --> 1383.02] I am a child of God +[1383.02 --> 1387.02] I am a child of God +[1387.02 --> 1394.34] I am a child of God +[1394.34 --> 1401.66] I am a child of God +[1401.66 --> 1402.98] I am a child of God +[1402.98 --> 1406.98] I am a child of God +[1406.98 --> 1414.98] Our next song is a song called Stronger, which I know the kids know quite well, and in particular the actions to the song. +[1414.98 --> 1417.98] So we would love to see you doing those actions +[1417.98 --> 1421.98] And maybe if you do them big enough, the adults will join you and be inspired +[1421.98 --> 1423.98] So here we go +[1423.98 --> 1452.98] There is love that came for us +[1452.98 --> 1457.98] Humble to a sinner's cross +[1457.98 --> 1462.98] You broke by shame and sinfulness +[1462.98 --> 1468.98] You rose again victorious +[1468.98 --> 1475.98] Faithfulness none can deny +[1475.98 --> 1480.98] Through the storm and through the fire +[1480.98 --> 1485.98] There is truth that sets me free +[1485.98 --> 1491.98] Jesus Christ who lives in me +[1491.98 --> 1494.98] You are stronger +[1494.98 --> 1496.98] You are stronger +[1496.98 --> 1498.98] You are stronger +[1498.98 --> 1500.98] Sin is broken +[1500.98 --> 1503.98] You have saved me +[1503.98 --> 1505.98] It is written +[1505.98 --> 1508.98] Christ is risen +[1508.98 --> 1513.98] Jesus you are Lord of all +[1513.98 --> 1520.98] No beginning +[1520.98 --> 1523.98] And no end +[1523.98 --> 1525.98] You're my hope +[1525.98 --> 1527.98] And my defense +[1527.98 --> 1528.98] You came to see +[1528.98 --> 1530.98] You came to see +[1530.98 --> 1532.98] And save the lost +[1532.98 --> 1534.98] You paid it all +[1534.98 --> 1536.98] You paid it all +[1536.98 --> 1541.98] Upon the cross +[1541.98 --> 1544.98] You are stronger +[1544.98 --> 1545.98] You are stronger +[1545.98 --> 1546.98] You are stronger +[1546.98 --> 1549.98] Sin is broken +[1549.98 --> 1551.98] You are quicker +[1551.98 --> 1552.98] You are stronger +[1552.98 --> 1553.98] You are stronger +[1553.98 --> 1566.98] You did get it all +[1566.98 --> 1571.72] Be lifted higher +[1571.72 --> 1574.68] Be lifted higher +[1574.68 --> 1579.26] So let your name be lifted higher +[1579.26 --> 1581.98] Be lifted higher +[1581.98 --> 1584.50] Be lifted higher +[1584.50 --> 1589.42] So let your name be lifted higher +[1589.42 --> 1591.98] Be lifted higher +[1591.98 --> 1594.46] Be lifted higher +[1594.46 --> 1599.48] So let your name be lifted higher +[1599.48 --> 1601.98] Be lifted higher +[1601.98 --> 1604.38] Be lifted higher +[1604.38 --> 1608.16] You are stronger +[1608.16 --> 1610.76] You are stronger +[1610.76 --> 1613.46] Sin is broken +[1613.46 --> 1616.46] You have saved me +[1616.46 --> 1619.06] It is written +[1619.06 --> 1621.76] Christ is risen +[1621.76 --> 1627.20] Jesus, you are Lord of all +[1627.20 --> 1629.34] You are stronger +[1629.34 --> 1632.00] You are stronger +[1632.00 --> 1634.42] Sin is broken +[1634.42 --> 1637.24] You have saved me +[1637.24 --> 1639.64] It is written +[1639.64 --> 1642.12] Christ is risen +[1642.12 --> 1648.00] Jesus, you are Lord of all +[1648.00 --> 1651.30] You may have a seat +[1651.30 --> 1655.54] One time, to quick +[1655.54 --> 1656.82] credit forの +[1656.82 --> 1657.72] Unleafs +[1657.72 --> 1658.14] Good +[1658.14 --> 1659.64] 拳 +[1659.64 --> 1660.60] season +[1660.60 --> 1661.22] chairs +[1663.54 --> 1663.68] Ala. +[1663.68 --> 1665.12] 順 +[1665.12 --> 1665.72] actually +[1665.72 --> 1669.36] film +[1669.38 --> 1671.18] big +[1671.18 --> 1671.72] church +[1671.72 --> 1674.64] lighting +[1674.64 --> 1677.30] t +[1677.30 --> 1679.70] part +[1679.70 --> 1709.68] Thank you. +[1709.70 --> 1722.42] This ministry involves visiting cargo ships in port and serving in the ministry centers in Vancouver and Roberts Bank. +[1723.26 --> 1729.86] The vision is to visit as many ships as possible and share the good news of God's love. +[1730.58 --> 1733.50] They also provide literature and other resources. +[1735.36 --> 1737.84] Isaiah 42, verse 10, +[1737.84 --> 1740.88] Sing to the Lord a new song. +[1741.54 --> 1744.18] Sing his praise from the end of the earth. +[1745.20 --> 1754.60] You who go down to the sea and all that is in it. +[1756.26 --> 1760.84] A special offering next week is North American Indigenous Ministries. +[1760.84 --> 1763.52] Tim and Charity Johnson. +[1763.52 --> 1783.48] Air Wainwoodэ +[1783.48 --> 1800.48] Holy is He +[1800.48 --> 1804.22] When He was slain +[1804.22 --> 1808.32] Holy, holy is He +[1808.32 --> 1813.74] Sing a new song +[1813.74 --> 1817.20] To Him who sits on +[1817.20 --> 1822.36] Heaven's mercy seat +[1822.36 --> 1827.36] Worthy is the +[1827.36 --> 1830.78] Lamb who was slain +[1830.78 --> 1834.70] Holy, holy is He +[1834.70 --> 1840.12] Sing a new song +[1840.12 --> 1843.58] To Him who sits on +[1843.58 --> 1848.12] Heaven's mercy seat +[1848.12 --> 1854.12] Holy, holy, holy +[1854.12 --> 1857.08] Is the Lord God Almighty +[1857.08 --> 1861.20] Who was and is and is to come +[1861.20 --> 1867.58] With all creation I sing +[1867.58 --> 1870.62] Praise to the King of kings +[1870.62 --> 1873.56] You are my everything +[1873.56 --> 1876.62] And I will adore You +[1876.62 --> 1880.78] Please rise as we continue to sing +[1880.78 --> 1893.20] Golden rainbows +[1893.20 --> 1896.36] Of living color +[1896.36 --> 1899.36] Clashes of lightning +[1899.36 --> 1901.16] Rolls of thunder +[1901.16 --> 1905.86] Blessing and honor +[1905.86 --> 1908.08] Strength and glory +[1908.08 --> 1909.22] And power +[1909.22 --> 1910.08] To Him who is +[1910.08 --> 1915.08] The only wise King +[1915.08 --> 1920.08] Holy, holy, holy +[1920.08 --> 1923.00] Is the Lord God Almighty +[1923.00 --> 1927.08] Who was and is and is to come +[1927.08 --> 1933.14] With all creation I sing +[1933.14 --> 1936.30] Praise to the King of kings +[1936.30 --> 1938.30] You are my everything +[1938.30 --> 1942.30] And I will adore You +[1942.30 --> 1958.30] Filled with wonder +[1958.30 --> 1958.80] Filled with wonder +[1958.80 --> 1961.78] Awestruck wonder +[1961.78 --> 1968.30] At the mention of Your name +[1968.30 --> 1971.30] Jesus, Your name +[1971.30 --> 1972.30] Your name is power +[1972.30 --> 1976.30] Breath and living water +[1976.30 --> 1980.30] Such a marvelous mystery +[1980.30 --> 1986.30] Holy, holy, holy +[1986.30 --> 1989.30] Is the Lord God Almighty +[1989.30 --> 1993.30] Who was and is and is to come +[1993.30 --> 1998.30] With all creation I sing +[1998.30 --> 1999.44] With all creation I sing +[1999.44 --> 2002.54] Praise to the King of kings +[2002.54 --> 2004.30] You are my everything +[2004.30 --> 2005.30] You are my everything +[2005.30 --> 2008.30] And I will adore You +[2008.30 --> 2012.30] Holy, holy, holy +[2012.30 --> 2015.30] Is the Lord God Almighty +[2015.30 --> 2019.30] Who was and is and is to come +[2019.30 --> 2024.30] With all creation I sing +[2024.30 --> 2025.30] With all creation I sing +[2025.30 --> 2028.30] Praise to the King of kings +[2028.30 --> 2030.30] You are my everything +[2030.30 --> 2034.30] And I will adore You +[2034.30 --> 2037.30] I am Your everything +[2037.30 --> 2053.30] I am Your everything +[2053.30 --> 2056.10] with or whoever +[2056.30 --> 2057.30] through formulate +[2057.30 --> 2058.44] and if as a Nhglop +[2058.44 --> 2059.30] your understanding +[2059.30 --> 2060.30] Lord clearly +[2060.30 --> 2061.98] as a Ygg +[2061.98 --> 2068.30] Why don't we have the kids come on up to the front. We're going to do children's blessing +[2068.30 --> 2073.48] after I pray, and then you guys are going to head out. I understand your children's worship time +[2073.48 --> 2080.34] leaders have some fun activities in store for you. So before I pray, I have a quick question. +[2081.04 --> 2088.26] How many of you stayed up till midnight on New Year's Eve? Oh, I'm in such good company. Me neither. +[2088.26 --> 2096.04] Oh, it's so much nicer just to go to bed, right? No, Malachi. That's my son, everyone, +[2096.50 --> 2105.46] who defiantly says no. No, I think it is. You know what? Today we are remembering and seeing, +[2105.60 --> 2110.04] maybe for the first time, who we are in Jesus. And what I want you guys to know before you go +[2110.04 --> 2113.50] into children's worship time, and what we're going to spend some time talking about here, +[2113.50 --> 2123.42] is that you are loved. Loved by God, loved by Jesus, and loved by us at this church. And so, +[2123.98 --> 2128.78] without sounding creepy, I love you. I want you to know that. +[2130.60 --> 2135.02] My daughter just rolled her eyes at me. This isn't going well for me, guys. +[2135.02 --> 2138.24] Let's pray together, okay? +[2141.86 --> 2148.94] Lord Jesus, we thank you for your love, and I pray that each of these little ones here with us +[2148.94 --> 2159.00] and at home listening would know that love today. Love us so that we can love you. In Jesus' name we pray. +[2159.00 --> 2166.42] Amen. All right, let's stand up. We're going to do the children's blessing. Do we need to practice it, +[2166.44 --> 2171.00] or do you think we can just do it straight off? Straight off. Okay, let's do it. Ready? +[2171.70 --> 2180.14] Hands up. The Lord be with you. Amen. Good job, guys. Head on out. +[2189.00 --> 2204.74] Testing, testing. Working? It's good. All right. Good. +[2209.74 --> 2213.54] Well, I kind of wanted to say this to you all. Happy New Year. You know, New Year's Eve, +[2213.54 --> 2218.10] when midnight comes, everybody says, Happy New Year. So, I'm saying that to you this morning. +[2218.10 --> 2223.98] Happy New Year. It's good to see you all this morning. I trust you all had a good Christmas break. +[2225.90 --> 2231.78] As you reflect on last year and start approaching this year, you can probably—that song this morning +[2231.78 --> 2238.14] that the worship team was leading the first song, the chorus, Your Goodness is Running After Me. +[2238.60 --> 2242.76] I think at times when we start thinking about the next year, we reflect on the past year, +[2242.76 --> 2247.34] and you realize that it was—for some, it was a rough year, but there's still a lot of blessings +[2247.34 --> 2251.72] and a lot of goodness, and it's interesting how that line says, Your Goodness is Running After Me. +[2251.72 --> 2254.42] I felt that. That was kind of a nice way to put it. +[2254.42 --> 2263.90] This past year has been a year—I call it the year of the glasses for me. I'm wearing glasses a lot more than I want to, +[2263.90 --> 2269.26] so I'm calling that the year of the glasses. For me, that's how I'm terming it, so it's kind of one of those things. +[2269.26 --> 2271.74] I'm not wearing them right now, but you will see them soon, I'm sure. +[2271.74 --> 2280.18] We had a good Christmas break in our home. It's been good for some of you. We have a couple older kids, +[2280.18 --> 2285.92] so we got another grandkid this Christmas, so we're excited about that, so that's exciting in our home. +[2285.92 --> 2289.40] So we've had a good Christmas, and I hope you all have, too. +[2289.40 --> 2296.40] The new year, 2022 comes. New things, new opportunities, new start. +[2296.40 --> 2303.22] I hope you all have some time to reflect on that a little bit as 22 comes around. +[2303.22 --> 2308.32] Also, there's some unknowns that I'm sure are going to happen and may cause some anxiety, some new challenges, +[2308.32 --> 2313.80] hardships, sickness, and loss. I'm sure that's all going to touch all our lives as 22 comes along as well. +[2313.80 --> 2320.78] You always hear lots about New Year's resolutions at this time of year, and it's kind of comical. +[2320.78 --> 2324.36] Even on a couple days ago, you see a lot more people running on the streets already, +[2324.36 --> 2327.30] trying to get back into shape and adding new things to their life. +[2327.38 --> 2329.62] They want to turn over a new lease, so that's kind of good. +[2329.74 --> 2337.62] So I'm sure many of you have new goals and new ideas that you want to have for this coming year, +[2337.68 --> 2341.54] and pray that God will bless you with that and help you with those things. +[2341.54 --> 2345.08] I'm also up here as council, as chair. +[2345.08 --> 2348.60] I want to thank everybody for a great year we had last year with our staff, +[2348.60 --> 2352.80] and a lot of the initiatives we've done around the church, including this sanctuary. +[2352.80 --> 2358.58] It's looking really good, and we're well on our way to our goal of getting new chairs, so that's exciting, too. +[2360.78 --> 2363.66] Speaking of New Year's resolutions, if I can make this point, +[2363.72 --> 2368.90] if any of you want to add or give more time in committees and opportunities here at the church, +[2368.90 --> 2373.66] I would ask that you would consider that in your New Year's resolution planning over the next few days. +[2373.78 --> 2376.98] There's some committees and groups in our church that need some additional help yet, +[2377.04 --> 2379.78] so if you feel like you could give some time to that, that would be fantastic. +[2382.42 --> 2384.54] On that note, we'll just begin in prayer. +[2384.54 --> 2390.34] Dear Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. +[2391.32 --> 2394.84] Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. +[2395.80 --> 2401.66] Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who have sinned against us. +[2402.72 --> 2405.32] Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. +[2405.74 --> 2409.46] For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever. +[2409.46 --> 2413.84] Thank you, Lord, for this prayer that you have given us. +[2414.50 --> 2418.84] This is a prayer we need to recite often, but very appropriate as we start the new year, +[2419.36 --> 2423.68] as we put 2021 behind us and anticipate the year 2022 ahead. +[2424.82 --> 2428.24] May we keep you as our compass and lean on you throughout this new year. +[2429.56 --> 2432.62] May we celebrate the blessings from you of the coming year +[2432.62 --> 2435.98] and realize that all blessings are from you, +[2436.10 --> 2440.36] and may we trust in you when trials, challenges, and loss come in 2022. +[2441.22 --> 2445.40] That our lives are in your hands, and you will not burden us with more than we can handle. +[2447.06 --> 2450.32] Lord, we ask that you bless this church and congregation in 2022. +[2451.54 --> 2455.22] May we draw closer as a community and seek to spread your word in our world. +[2456.00 --> 2459.62] We ask you that you bless our ministries and programs that we have here at Emmanuel, +[2459.62 --> 2462.66] that they will be successful in 2022. +[2464.72 --> 2468.48] Please bless our staff as they facilitate the responsibilities they have. +[2469.04 --> 2472.52] Give them courage and strength to manage the challenges that they encounter. +[2473.08 --> 2477.56] May their work bear fruit and see your spirit working in the lives of those they shepherd. +[2479.18 --> 2484.36] Lord, we ask that you bless the work of the council as they lead the church through 2020-22. +[2484.36 --> 2490.14] May your spirit work and lead us as we navigate through the day-to-day work of council +[2490.14 --> 2492.68] as well as the big picture, long-term direction. +[2494.72 --> 2497.68] COVID is not going away, and it continues to affect our lives. +[2498.66 --> 2502.70] Lord, we think of schools and governments that need to constantly navigate these challenges, +[2503.08 --> 2506.88] as well as parents that have to navigate this as well with their children. +[2506.88 --> 2513.86] We think of those who are sick with COVID or the common flu, and we offer prayer for those here now, too. +[2515.74 --> 2520.08] As Christians and followers of you, we sit here at the start of 2022. +[2521.10 --> 2525.94] With you, Lord, on our corner, we can say about 2022, bring it on. +[2526.84 --> 2530.20] We look forward to this year to see blessings you will shower on us. +[2530.84 --> 2533.50] Help us to start this year with this sense of optimism. +[2533.50 --> 2539.68] If we struggle with loneliness or sickness, maybe we struggle with mental health issues +[2539.68 --> 2541.30] or know someone who is struggling. +[2542.14 --> 2544.40] Maybe we know of or are dealing with addictions. +[2545.70 --> 2548.54] My prayer is that, or our prayer is that, all of us will challenge, +[2549.78 --> 2553.50] all of us with our challenges can enter this next year with a sense of optimism +[2553.50 --> 2558.70] and be able to open our hearts to let God's power in to heal and to cause change. +[2560.42 --> 2562.52] We thank you, Lord, for all you have given us. +[2562.52 --> 2564.82] We eagerly await your return. +[2565.38 --> 2569.84] But as we wait, Lord, may we continue to strive to be a light for you in this world, +[2570.30 --> 2574.56] at work, at play, or just walking down the street or at the mall. +[2575.70 --> 2577.76] We ask all this in your name alone. +[2578.02 --> 2578.22] Amen. +[2592.52 --> 2611.74] We're going to spend some time together this morning in God's Word in Ephesians 1. +[2612.04 --> 2618.42] I'm going to encourage you to have a Bible in front of you as we'll spend some significant time there. +[2618.42 --> 2620.94] It will be on the screen behind me. +[2622.22 --> 2626.26] But, of course, I think it's better to have something in your hands, +[2626.32 --> 2630.44] whether it's a Bible or your phone device on the text there. +[2633.96 --> 2638.58] Before I read this text, let me set up a bit of a context for you. +[2638.58 --> 2641.66] We've just come out of the Christmas season here, +[2642.38 --> 2647.68] a season where most of us got or gave gifts. +[2647.68 --> 2655.34] And I want to know if you got what you wanted. +[2656.92 --> 2660.78] Did you get what was on your list, right? +[2660.86 --> 2663.52] Did everything that you submitted get crossed off? +[2663.58 --> 2665.12] Now, some of you are shaking your head yes. +[2665.44 --> 2667.54] Some of you are too scared to shake your head no. +[2667.86 --> 2671.58] And you're wondering what mom or dad or the person beside you is going to think. +[2671.84 --> 2673.46] I can tell you I got what I wanted. +[2673.46 --> 2676.60] I got this beautiful set of knife sharpening stones. +[2677.64 --> 2680.58] Maybe you don't know this about me, but usually not on Sundays, +[2680.72 --> 2683.60] but I carry a folding knife in my pocket with me wherever I go. +[2684.42 --> 2688.02] And it has gotten really dull, and I needed to sharpen it. +[2688.22 --> 2692.64] And so my mother-in-law got me this beautiful set of four different thousand grit +[2692.64 --> 2695.20] to 8,000 grit sharpening stones. +[2695.26 --> 2699.12] And I'm super excited to spend time getting my knife to that razor. +[2699.32 --> 2700.54] Anyway, you don't care about that. +[2700.54 --> 2705.00] I got what I wanted, and my list was checked off. +[2707.10 --> 2714.02] As we read this text, I want you to think about getting what you wanted +[2714.02 --> 2717.76] or getting what you need or thinking you got what you need +[2717.76 --> 2719.86] or having more or needing more. +[2720.04 --> 2726.58] And then through that lens, hear what Paul says to the church at Ephesus. +[2727.74 --> 2729.62] Ephesians 1, I'm going to start in verse 3. +[2730.54 --> 2736.28] Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, +[2736.42 --> 2743.80] who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. +[2745.10 --> 2751.70] For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. +[2751.70 --> 2759.96] In love, he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, +[2759.96 --> 2765.50] in accordance with his pleasure and will, to the praise of his glorious grace, +[2765.64 --> 2769.36] which he has freely given us in the one he loves. +[2770.44 --> 2775.64] In him, we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, +[2775.64 --> 2780.94] in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us. +[2782.10 --> 2787.16] With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will, +[2787.48 --> 2790.90] according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, +[2790.96 --> 2794.02] to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment, +[2794.02 --> 2799.16] to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. +[2799.16 --> 2805.78] In him, you were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him +[2805.78 --> 2809.58] who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, +[2810.14 --> 2814.20] in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, +[2814.58 --> 2818.12] might be for the praise of his glory. +[2818.90 --> 2822.88] And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, +[2822.98 --> 2824.86] the gospel of your salvation. +[2824.86 --> 2829.22] When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, +[2829.42 --> 2831.44] the promised Holy Spirit, +[2831.78 --> 2835.26] who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance +[2835.26 --> 2840.32] until the redemption of those who are God's possession, +[2841.02 --> 2844.80] to the praise of his glory. +[2845.82 --> 2847.10] This is the word of the Lord. +[2849.92 --> 2852.10] Like we said, we just came through Christmas, +[2852.10 --> 2855.86] and more recently, even than that, we just celebrated. +[2856.86 --> 2861.10] Maybe celebrated is too strong a word for the kinds of things we got to do on New Year's Eve, +[2861.22 --> 2866.56] but we just celebrated New Year's Eve and this new year. +[2866.82 --> 2872.42] And as Eric mentioned, at the end of a year, we tend to take stock. +[2872.78 --> 2876.94] We take a look at our life and we see what is. +[2877.04 --> 2879.98] We tend to make plans and have hopes for the future. +[2879.98 --> 2884.00] We look at our life, we look at the things that we have, +[2884.04 --> 2886.26] or the things that we have just recently got, +[2886.42 --> 2890.56] and we begin to identify something that is lacking, +[2890.88 --> 2893.12] or something that we want to change, +[2893.24 --> 2896.88] or something that we want to make more of, or experience more of. +[2896.96 --> 2899.32] And so we make resolutions. +[2900.44 --> 2902.90] We make plans, we make resolutions, +[2902.90 --> 2904.86] we look at what we have, +[2904.86 --> 2912.78] and we begin to chart a path forward into the new year. +[2913.82 --> 2916.60] And we're going to do the same thing together this morning, +[2916.60 --> 2923.20] but in reference to our identity in Christ, +[2923.56 --> 2926.30] as Christians, as those who believe. +[2926.30 --> 2930.06] And so if you are here this morning and you're not sure you are a Christian, +[2930.74 --> 2935.68] I hold this out to you to whet your spiritual appetites. +[2935.78 --> 2941.54] I hold this out to you as a picture of what could be in your heart and in your mind. +[2941.64 --> 2945.62] And if you are here this morning as a Christian or watching online, +[2945.62 --> 2949.54] I hope that this is an encouragement and a reminder, +[2949.84 --> 2958.12] and you find yourself firmly in who God has created you and recreated you to be. +[2960.18 --> 2961.60] Now the thing is, +[2962.12 --> 2965.80] the longer you've been in a church community, +[2966.94 --> 2972.14] it seems to me the more familiar you are with Jesus, +[2972.14 --> 2978.50] the easier it is to forget what he says about you. +[2980.96 --> 2984.98] The more familiar you are with these teachings +[2984.98 --> 2987.50] or with coming to church for a lifetime, +[2987.90 --> 2992.92] the easier it is to forget or to take for granted who he says you are. +[2994.32 --> 2999.72] I want to start this way because I want to set up for us this morning a contrast, right? +[2999.72 --> 3004.36] Because things like resolutions and Christmas lists and gift exchange, +[3004.46 --> 3007.46] things like Boxing Day that follows up, right? +[3007.48 --> 3009.08] When you didn't get everything on your list, +[3009.14 --> 3010.82] you're like, well, it's 70% off now, +[3010.88 --> 3012.20] so I'm going to go get that new TV +[3012.20 --> 3014.00] because my kid threw a chair at the one in the basement. +[3016.22 --> 3017.30] There's a story there +[3017.30 --> 3024.06] that implies something about what we think about life here and now, +[3024.06 --> 3027.04] about what we have, +[3027.14 --> 3028.08] about what we need, +[3028.32 --> 3031.14] about what we believe we need to have. +[3032.52 --> 3034.68] And into that context, +[3035.56 --> 3036.32] Paul writes, +[3037.36 --> 3042.16] praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ +[3042.16 --> 3046.00] who has blessed us in the heavenly realms +[3046.00 --> 3052.70] with every spiritual blessing. +[3052.70 --> 3054.68] Now, first of all, +[3054.78 --> 3056.78] he has blessed us. +[3057.46 --> 3058.94] That's past tense. +[3059.24 --> 3059.86] He has. +[3059.94 --> 3060.86] It is done. +[3062.40 --> 3067.60] And he has blessed us with every spiritual blessing. +[3069.50 --> 3071.26] So, right at the outset, +[3071.68 --> 3075.16] Paul is saying that you have everything you need +[3075.16 --> 3076.46] for life and faith, +[3076.54 --> 3078.58] for spirituality and relationship to God. +[3078.66 --> 3081.38] He has already given that to you. +[3081.38 --> 3084.80] There's no more need for lists or gifts or resolutions. +[3084.80 --> 3087.66] No need to look for that one more thing, +[3087.82 --> 3088.76] that secret thing, +[3088.88 --> 3089.62] that extra thing, +[3089.70 --> 3090.64] that special thing, +[3090.94 --> 3091.10] right? +[3091.22 --> 3092.08] What you need, +[3092.18 --> 3092.80] you've got. +[3093.48 --> 3094.74] It's already here. +[3095.08 --> 3097.00] And the Bible tells us that by grace, +[3097.22 --> 3098.08] through faith, +[3098.46 --> 3100.58] you have received it already +[3100.58 --> 3102.40] if you believe. +[3107.04 --> 3107.64] But, +[3108.32 --> 3110.94] so often, +[3111.94 --> 3113.56] we forget. +[3114.84 --> 3115.70] So often, +[3115.80 --> 3117.00] we don't feel it. +[3117.08 --> 3118.30] We don't live it. +[3118.38 --> 3120.38] We don't really believe it +[3120.38 --> 3121.40] to be true. +[3121.68 --> 3121.96] And look, +[3121.96 --> 3125.24] I'm not trying to shame anyone here +[3125.24 --> 3126.94] who has doubts, +[3126.94 --> 3128.24] right? +[3128.24 --> 3130.88] And I'm not trying to say that there's something wrong with you +[3130.88 --> 3132.00] if you don't feel it. +[3132.04 --> 3132.36] At least, +[3132.50 --> 3133.76] there's not anything wrong with you +[3133.76 --> 3135.40] that isn't wrong with all of us, +[3135.44 --> 3135.62] right? +[3135.62 --> 3136.42] Because the truth is, +[3136.58 --> 3137.68] we all have doubts. +[3137.84 --> 3138.38] We all have struggles +[3138.94 --> 3140.22] when it comes to faith. +[3140.32 --> 3142.36] We all have short memories +[3142.36 --> 3146.16] when it comes to our new creation identities. +[3146.16 --> 3149.58] We all have competing loves +[3149.58 --> 3153.50] that want to captivate our heart's affection. +[3155.78 --> 3162.38] The human heart has a religious impulse, +[3163.60 --> 3163.70] right? +[3163.72 --> 3168.44] A religious sense that is inescapable and unavoidable. +[3169.70 --> 3170.88] The reality is, +[3170.98 --> 3173.16] if it isn't given proper expression +[3173.16 --> 3177.66] or proper object to land on, +[3178.10 --> 3179.90] your life, +[3180.90 --> 3182.40] something in your life, +[3182.56 --> 3184.90] will rush in to fill that void. +[3186.44 --> 3187.72] Now, in today's world, +[3188.00 --> 3189.68] maybe it has become politics, +[3190.58 --> 3190.74] right? +[3190.74 --> 3192.14] As we look to leaders +[3192.14 --> 3194.74] to make decisions for us on our behalf. +[3194.82 --> 3198.50] But maybe it is personal power or status. +[3198.78 --> 3199.94] Maybe it's stuff. +[3199.94 --> 3203.36] Maybe it's sex or pornography. +[3204.46 --> 3206.04] Maybe it's work, right? +[3206.12 --> 3209.04] And the status that comes with accomplishing something. +[3209.16 --> 3210.22] Maybe it's education. +[3211.10 --> 3212.08] Point is, +[3212.30 --> 3215.42] whenever we remove the object +[3215.42 --> 3217.42] of our religious affections +[3217.42 --> 3219.98] from the one whom it is properly directed, +[3220.16 --> 3221.30] that is the one true God, +[3221.44 --> 3223.66] Father, incarnate Son, and Holy Spirit, +[3224.18 --> 3226.54] whenever we remove our religious affections +[3226.54 --> 3227.94] from God, +[3227.94 --> 3229.36] they don't just disappear. +[3230.48 --> 3231.94] They become misdirected. +[3232.78 --> 3235.24] They become inappropriately filled. +[3236.90 --> 3240.24] Your life is that you love something +[3240.24 --> 3242.22] or someone as ultimate. +[3242.98 --> 3244.94] That's just how you are built. +[3246.46 --> 3249.78] And when the object of your ultimate religious affection +[3249.78 --> 3253.18] isn't God revealed in Jesus Christ, +[3253.18 --> 3255.88] whatever you make it +[3255.88 --> 3258.48] can't handle the weight +[3258.48 --> 3260.22] that you are putting on it. +[3261.22 --> 3263.74] It itself will be destroyed +[3263.74 --> 3265.20] by your need +[3265.20 --> 3266.54] for it to be ultimate +[3266.54 --> 3268.18] in your heart and life. +[3268.24 --> 3269.02] Let me illustrate this. +[3269.10 --> 3269.70] Think practically +[3269.70 --> 3270.94] with me. +[3271.94 --> 3274.18] If you make your spouse +[3274.18 --> 3275.42] ultimate, +[3275.82 --> 3278.48] or if you make getting a spouse +[3278.48 --> 3279.32] ultimate, +[3279.54 --> 3280.26] getting married +[3280.26 --> 3281.02] ultimate, +[3281.02 --> 3282.96] you will crush that person +[3282.96 --> 3284.80] under the weight of glory +[3284.80 --> 3286.58] that you are trying to put on them. +[3288.16 --> 3289.76] The same is true with your family. +[3290.16 --> 3291.94] If you think having a family +[3291.94 --> 3292.82] or if you think +[3292.82 --> 3295.08] reconciling your broken family +[3295.08 --> 3297.00] will finally fill you up, +[3298.00 --> 3300.26] you will crush your kids +[3300.26 --> 3302.08] with the weight of responsibility +[3302.08 --> 3303.98] that you are putting on them. +[3305.50 --> 3307.08] And we do it with our jobs. +[3307.30 --> 3308.46] We do it with beauty, +[3308.46 --> 3309.66] with our talents, +[3309.78 --> 3309.92] right? +[3309.96 --> 3311.20] We make good things, +[3311.28 --> 3312.40] we take these good things, +[3312.56 --> 3313.54] and we make them +[3313.54 --> 3314.84] into ultimate things. +[3315.06 --> 3316.36] And not only will they +[3316.36 --> 3317.40] disappoint us +[3317.40 --> 3318.22] time and time again, +[3318.34 --> 3319.88] they will crush us +[3319.88 --> 3321.42] and those around us +[3321.42 --> 3322.28] with the weight +[3322.28 --> 3323.12] of responsibility +[3323.12 --> 3324.18] that they weren't +[3324.18 --> 3325.24] created to handle. +[3329.74 --> 3331.04] And even as you hear me +[3331.04 --> 3331.74] say that, +[3332.22 --> 3333.14] some of you are going, +[3333.60 --> 3334.48] yeah, I know that. +[3334.48 --> 3337.40] Some of you are going, +[3338.90 --> 3340.98] I needed to be reminded of that. +[3341.58 --> 3343.20] Because we forget it, right? +[3343.24 --> 3344.48] Despite knowing better, +[3344.74 --> 3345.48] we do it anyway. +[3346.26 --> 3347.44] And so we need +[3347.44 --> 3348.48] a regular reminder. +[3349.48 --> 3350.72] We need to regularly, +[3351.16 --> 3352.48] habitually, ritually +[3353.16 --> 3354.88] recalibrate +[3354.88 --> 3356.38] our religious impulse. +[3356.58 --> 3357.48] We need to pull +[3358.12 --> 3359.64] our heart's attention +[3359.64 --> 3361.72] back to the right object +[3361.72 --> 3362.48] of our worship. +[3362.48 --> 3363.12] worship. +[3363.50 --> 3364.92] Only God can handle +[3364.92 --> 3365.82] the weight of your +[3365.82 --> 3366.92] religious affection. +[3368.18 --> 3369.54] Only God is the right +[3369.54 --> 3372.70] focus of your heart's +[3372.70 --> 3373.38] attention. +[3375.02 --> 3376.54] And each week in worship, +[3377.12 --> 3378.66] that's what we are doing. +[3380.24 --> 3380.44] Right? +[3380.52 --> 3381.46] Each week at church, +[3381.60 --> 3383.02] we remind ourselves +[3383.02 --> 3384.40] of these truths, +[3384.58 --> 3385.46] and we go through +[3385.46 --> 3387.18] the habitual and ritual +[3387.18 --> 3388.54] forming practices +[3388.54 --> 3390.28] of being made new, +[3390.40 --> 3391.40] of locating our +[3391.40 --> 3392.40] religious affections +[3392.40 --> 3394.14] on the right being. +[3395.10 --> 3396.04] This first Sunday +[3396.04 --> 3396.78] of the new year +[3396.78 --> 3398.78] is exactly that. +[3399.00 --> 3399.18] Right? +[3399.22 --> 3400.68] We are being reminded +[3400.68 --> 3401.64] by God +[3401.64 --> 3402.72] of who we are +[3402.72 --> 3403.30] in Him +[3403.30 --> 3404.44] and who He has +[3404.44 --> 3405.84] declared us to be. +[3407.56 --> 3408.32] And let me be +[3408.32 --> 3409.12] really clear. +[3410.24 --> 3410.42] Right? +[3410.54 --> 3411.74] Hearing it once +[3411.74 --> 3413.54] isn't enough +[3413.54 --> 3414.34] to sustain you +[3414.34 --> 3414.86] for the year. +[3414.86 --> 3417.46] So if you're the kind +[3417.46 --> 3417.78] of person +[3417.78 --> 3418.38] who is checking +[3418.38 --> 3419.16] the church box +[3419.16 --> 3419.96] on the first Sunday +[3419.96 --> 3420.48] available, +[3420.80 --> 3421.34] and you think +[3421.34 --> 3422.04] that's enough, +[3423.32 --> 3423.88] I'm sorry, +[3424.54 --> 3425.10] it's not. +[3426.06 --> 3427.22] We need to immerse +[3427.22 --> 3428.76] ourselves in these +[3428.76 --> 3429.56] truths because +[3429.56 --> 3430.86] the reality is +[3430.86 --> 3431.56] we live +[3431.56 --> 3432.26] immersed +[3432.26 --> 3433.42] in competing +[3433.42 --> 3434.26] affections. +[3435.74 --> 3436.44] And so, +[3436.58 --> 3437.48] while this is a great +[3437.48 --> 3438.58] way to start the year, +[3439.38 --> 3441.14] it can't be the only time +[3441.14 --> 3442.46] you hear it this year, +[3442.50 --> 3443.44] or even this month. +[3443.44 --> 3446.98] Praise be to the God +[3446.98 --> 3447.38] and Father +[3447.38 --> 3448.60] of our Lord Jesus Christ +[3448.60 --> 3449.74] who has blessed us +[3449.74 --> 3451.04] in the heavenly realms +[3451.04 --> 3452.28] with every spiritual +[3452.28 --> 3453.96] blessing in Christ. +[3454.12 --> 3454.72] And so, +[3455.62 --> 3457.04] what are those +[3457.04 --> 3457.94] blessings? +[3460.06 --> 3460.94] Knowing the answer +[3460.94 --> 3461.82] to that question +[3461.82 --> 3463.18] is how we will answer +[3463.18 --> 3464.32] our bigger question +[3464.32 --> 3464.80] this morning, +[3465.32 --> 3467.18] who am I? +[3469.42 --> 3470.64] The answer to the question +[3470.64 --> 3471.32] who am I +[3471.32 --> 3472.94] from Ephesians 1 here +[3472.94 --> 3473.72] is this. +[3473.88 --> 3474.96] Our identity +[3474.96 --> 3476.06] in Jesus +[3476.06 --> 3478.14] means that you are +[3478.14 --> 3479.10] adopted, +[3480.32 --> 3480.88] redeemed, +[3481.54 --> 3482.88] you are given a purpose +[3482.88 --> 3484.30] in God's plan, +[3484.72 --> 3486.04] you are made into +[3486.04 --> 3487.32] true and real +[3487.32 --> 3488.22] worshipers, +[3488.38 --> 3489.86] and you are filled +[3489.86 --> 3492.02] with God's power. +[3493.24 --> 3493.44] And so, +[3493.52 --> 3494.28] quickly this morning, +[3494.50 --> 3495.80] I have five points +[3495.80 --> 3496.20] for you. +[3497.80 --> 3499.16] Let's start with the first. +[3500.20 --> 3500.88] You are +[3500.88 --> 3502.10] adopted. +[3502.10 --> 3505.48] He chose us +[3505.48 --> 3506.28] in Him +[3506.28 --> 3508.38] before the creation +[3508.38 --> 3509.08] of the world +[3509.08 --> 3510.22] to be holy +[3510.22 --> 3511.06] and blameless +[3511.06 --> 3511.88] in His sight. +[3512.32 --> 3512.90] In love, +[3513.04 --> 3514.42] He predestined us +[3514.42 --> 3515.60] for adoption +[3515.60 --> 3517.00] to sonship +[3517.00 --> 3519.78] through Jesus Christ. +[3522.26 --> 3522.98] Now, +[3523.02 --> 3523.82] I think sometimes +[3523.82 --> 3525.10] we lose +[3525.10 --> 3526.04] the majesty +[3526.04 --> 3528.10] of this truth. +[3528.10 --> 3530.56] before there was +[3530.56 --> 3531.24] anything, +[3532.24 --> 3533.46] before God said, +[3533.68 --> 3534.38] let there be light +[3534.38 --> 3535.16] and then bang, +[3535.26 --> 3536.56] there was light. +[3537.20 --> 3538.26] Before God said, +[3538.64 --> 3539.64] let the waters +[3539.64 --> 3540.42] come together +[3540.42 --> 3541.06] and the land +[3541.06 --> 3542.22] be separated out. +[3542.52 --> 3543.42] Before God said, +[3543.52 --> 3544.60] let there be animals +[3544.60 --> 3545.62] to walk on the land +[3545.62 --> 3546.50] and birds to fly +[3546.50 --> 3546.94] in the air. +[3547.02 --> 3547.96] Before God said, +[3548.04 --> 3549.24] let there be man +[3549.24 --> 3549.80] and woman +[3549.80 --> 3551.16] in my image. +[3551.22 --> 3551.44] And so, +[3551.48 --> 3552.14] in the image of God, +[3552.20 --> 3553.06] He created them, +[3553.12 --> 3553.78] male and female, +[3553.88 --> 3554.46] He created them. +[3554.46 --> 3556.02] Before any of that, +[3558.54 --> 3559.10] God, +[3559.86 --> 3560.78] Father, +[3561.00 --> 3561.22] Son, +[3561.34 --> 3562.10] and Holy Spirit +[3562.10 --> 3563.04] in perfect harmony +[3563.04 --> 3564.12] with each other +[3564.12 --> 3565.82] thought +[3565.82 --> 3567.54] of you. +[3569.98 --> 3571.16] God thinks +[3571.16 --> 3572.90] of you +[3572.90 --> 3574.92] before the foundation +[3574.92 --> 3575.60] of the world. +[3576.60 --> 3577.60] And it's more than +[3577.60 --> 3578.80] just to save you, +[3579.04 --> 3579.16] right? +[3579.18 --> 3579.72] It's more than just +[3579.72 --> 3580.92] to call you to His own. +[3581.02 --> 3582.54] It's to sanctify you. +[3582.62 --> 3583.72] It is to grow you +[3583.72 --> 3584.36] in Him +[3584.36 --> 3585.16] to be, +[3585.32 --> 3586.44] what we read, +[3586.54 --> 3588.18] holy and blameless +[3588.18 --> 3589.62] in His sight. +[3590.72 --> 3591.88] God thought about +[3591.88 --> 3593.46] your beginning in Him +[3593.46 --> 3595.12] and your continuing +[3595.12 --> 3596.12] in Him. +[3596.20 --> 3597.22] In theological terms, +[3597.32 --> 3598.08] this is justification +[3598.08 --> 3599.44] and sanctification. +[3599.70 --> 3600.40] This is the start +[3600.40 --> 3601.40] to the finish. +[3601.78 --> 3602.66] There is now +[3602.66 --> 3603.74] no time +[3603.74 --> 3604.46] when God +[3604.46 --> 3605.68] is not with you, +[3606.06 --> 3606.82] working you, +[3606.98 --> 3607.94] working in you, +[3608.04 --> 3609.64] and working for you, +[3609.90 --> 3611.96] and working through you +[3611.96 --> 3613.12] to the world. +[3614.42 --> 3615.24] Surely I am with you +[3615.24 --> 3616.12] always to the very +[3616.12 --> 3617.56] end of the age, +[3617.80 --> 3618.40] says Jesus. +[3618.54 --> 3619.92] There is no time +[3619.92 --> 3620.64] when God +[3620.64 --> 3622.12] is not with you, +[3622.20 --> 3622.80] when God, +[3623.12 --> 3623.86] who is love, +[3623.94 --> 3625.38] is not thinking +[3625.38 --> 3626.26] of you. +[3626.38 --> 3627.76] You are adopted. +[3629.10 --> 3630.36] You are a son. +[3631.68 --> 3632.62] You are a daughter +[3632.62 --> 3635.68] of God. +[3635.68 --> 3637.18] You are adopted, +[3637.18 --> 3643.36] you are redeemed. +[3645.20 --> 3646.10] In Him, +[3646.46 --> 3647.40] we have redemption +[3647.40 --> 3648.50] through His blood, +[3649.12 --> 3650.16] the forgiveness of sins, +[3650.32 --> 3650.74] in accordance +[3650.74 --> 3651.44] with the riches +[3651.44 --> 3652.56] of God's grace +[3652.56 --> 3654.28] that He lavished +[3654.28 --> 3656.32] on us. +[3658.00 --> 3659.60] I love that word, +[3660.00 --> 3660.86] lavished. +[3662.28 --> 3662.68] That word, +[3662.80 --> 3663.66] in my mind and heart, +[3663.74 --> 3664.56] just sings. +[3664.56 --> 3666.04] It is plentiful, +[3666.16 --> 3666.96] it is abundant, +[3667.18 --> 3668.88] it is extravagant. +[3669.16 --> 3669.80] So how do you +[3669.80 --> 3671.40] experience God's grace +[3671.40 --> 3673.98] as lavish today? +[3676.36 --> 3677.54] We have received +[3677.54 --> 3678.80] redemption +[3678.80 --> 3680.82] through His blood. +[3680.88 --> 3680.98] Now, +[3681.08 --> 3681.96] the word redemption +[3681.96 --> 3685.58] means to take out from. +[3686.74 --> 3687.10] In fact, +[3687.14 --> 3687.70] if you think of +[3687.70 --> 3689.14] a redemption center, +[3689.60 --> 3689.82] right, +[3689.82 --> 3690.88] you bring something there +[3690.88 --> 3691.66] to take it out +[3691.66 --> 3692.84] of circulation, +[3693.10 --> 3693.28] right, +[3693.30 --> 3694.56] to make a change +[3694.56 --> 3695.54] of where it is. +[3696.44 --> 3696.70] And so, +[3696.84 --> 3697.42] this morning, +[3697.52 --> 3698.78] how do you experience +[3698.78 --> 3700.70] lavish redemption? +[3702.74 --> 3703.64] I want to suggest +[3703.64 --> 3704.78] a quick way +[3704.78 --> 3706.24] to remember +[3706.24 --> 3707.24] that, +[3707.96 --> 3708.20] right, +[3708.24 --> 3708.74] to experience +[3708.74 --> 3709.78] lavish redemption. +[3710.04 --> 3711.70] You are fully forgiven, +[3712.06 --> 3713.32] you are freely forgiven, +[3713.32 --> 3715.02] and you are forever forgiven. +[3715.02 --> 3717.66] So you are fully forgiven. +[3717.86 --> 3720.02] In Romans 8, +[3720.08 --> 3720.56] verse 1, +[3721.30 --> 3721.84] we read, +[3722.18 --> 3722.78] there is now +[3722.78 --> 3723.98] no condemnation +[3723.98 --> 3724.94] for those who are +[3724.94 --> 3726.58] in Christ Jesus. +[3727.86 --> 3729.56] There is no condemnation. +[3730.20 --> 3731.66] He has paid it all. +[3732.56 --> 3733.84] All of your sins, +[3735.52 --> 3735.80] gone. +[3737.46 --> 3737.64] Right, +[3737.68 --> 3738.64] you have no sin, +[3738.78 --> 3739.10] past, +[3739.42 --> 3739.64] present, +[3739.70 --> 3740.20] or future, +[3740.38 --> 3741.64] that has more power +[3741.64 --> 3743.14] than the cross of Christ. +[3743.14 --> 3743.22] past. +[3744.60 --> 3745.26] And here's +[3745.26 --> 3746.12] what that means. +[3746.96 --> 3747.56] It means that +[3747.56 --> 3748.50] your salvation +[3748.50 --> 3749.52] was not just +[3749.52 --> 3750.72] a past thing, +[3750.94 --> 3751.74] it means that +[3751.74 --> 3752.42] your salvation +[3752.42 --> 3753.86] is a continuing +[3753.86 --> 3755.72] now to save you +[3755.72 --> 3756.44] thing. +[3757.74 --> 3758.52] But so often, +[3758.88 --> 3759.20] we say, +[3759.28 --> 3760.10] but not me, +[3760.70 --> 3760.82] right, +[3760.84 --> 3762.16] not that sin, +[3762.24 --> 3763.24] not that thing +[3763.24 --> 3764.58] that nobody knows about, +[3764.66 --> 3765.54] that secret thing, +[3765.76 --> 3765.88] right, +[3765.92 --> 3766.80] you just don't know, +[3766.80 --> 3767.14] pastor, +[3767.24 --> 3768.46] how bad it has been. +[3771.18 --> 3772.08] Even there, +[3772.08 --> 3773.54] you are fully +[3773.54 --> 3774.90] forgiven. +[3776.40 --> 3777.56] And you are freely +[3777.56 --> 3778.32] forgiven. +[3778.40 --> 3778.88] And what we mean there +[3778.88 --> 3779.58] is that you cannot +[3779.58 --> 3781.16] earn the forgiveness +[3781.16 --> 3781.86] of God. +[3781.96 --> 3782.74] Ephesians 2, +[3782.88 --> 3783.66] 8 and 9, +[3783.78 --> 3785.18] for it is by grace +[3785.18 --> 3787.46] you have been saved. +[3788.18 --> 3789.60] And this is not by works, +[3789.84 --> 3790.68] but it is the gift +[3790.68 --> 3791.16] of God. +[3792.72 --> 3792.90] Now, +[3792.92 --> 3793.50] in the midst of +[3793.50 --> 3795.14] this free offer +[3795.14 --> 3796.18] of forgiveness +[3796.18 --> 3796.98] and grace +[3796.98 --> 3798.42] in our world +[3798.42 --> 3799.12] and in our culture +[3799.12 --> 3800.02] and in our hearts, +[3800.54 --> 3802.10] we so often say +[3802.10 --> 3803.60] nothing worth having +[3803.60 --> 3804.44] is free. +[3806.18 --> 3806.60] Right? +[3806.62 --> 3807.46] If I don't earn it, +[3807.62 --> 3808.78] if I don't work for it, +[3808.92 --> 3810.00] if I don't bend over +[3810.00 --> 3810.76] backwards in order +[3810.76 --> 3811.20] to get it, +[3811.30 --> 3812.26] it's not real. +[3815.58 --> 3816.44] And yes, +[3817.44 --> 3818.32] hear the gospel, +[3819.34 --> 3820.44] this grace +[3820.44 --> 3821.86] is free +[3821.86 --> 3822.94] to you. +[3824.08 --> 3825.00] Make no mistake +[3825.00 --> 3825.42] about it, +[3825.44 --> 3826.12] it costs +[3826.12 --> 3826.82] God +[3826.82 --> 3827.92] everything. +[3829.50 --> 3830.18] It's free +[3830.18 --> 3830.68] to you, +[3830.78 --> 3831.18] but it's +[3831.18 --> 3831.82] not +[3831.82 --> 3832.78] cheap. +[3835.36 --> 3836.12] You are +[3836.12 --> 3836.60] fully +[3836.60 --> 3837.24] forgiven, +[3837.38 --> 3837.60] you are +[3837.60 --> 3838.02] freely +[3838.02 --> 3838.50] forgiven, +[3838.66 --> 3839.36] and you are +[3839.36 --> 3840.10] forever +[3840.10 --> 3841.10] forgiven. +[3842.54 --> 3843.06] Hebrews +[3843.06 --> 3844.12] says, +[3844.48 --> 3845.50] Christ died +[3845.50 --> 3846.06] once +[3846.06 --> 3847.20] for all. +[3848.24 --> 3848.88] The altar +[3848.88 --> 3849.60] is closed. +[3849.96 --> 3850.54] You've got +[3850.54 --> 3851.20] nothing more +[3851.20 --> 3852.46] to lay on it. +[3852.54 --> 3853.04] There's nothing +[3853.04 --> 3853.40] left. +[3853.52 --> 3853.90] It is +[3853.90 --> 3855.00] already +[3855.00 --> 3856.04] paid for. +[3856.14 --> 3856.40] It is +[3856.40 --> 3856.92] all +[3856.92 --> 3857.52] already +[3857.52 --> 3858.54] paid for. +[3860.48 --> 3861.16] But here's +[3861.16 --> 3861.56] the struggle +[3861.56 --> 3862.14] that so many +[3862.14 --> 3862.56] of us +[3862.56 --> 3863.42] who are +[3863.42 --> 3863.86] familiar +[3863.86 --> 3864.72] with this +[3864.72 --> 3865.26] and yet +[3865.26 --> 3865.88] who continue +[3865.88 --> 3866.96] to live +[3866.96 --> 3867.46] in the midst +[3867.46 --> 3867.88] of this +[3867.88 --> 3869.24] hard truth +[3869.24 --> 3869.98] and reality, +[3870.20 --> 3870.86] so many +[3870.86 --> 3871.46] of us +[3871.46 --> 3872.54] try to +[3872.54 --> 3873.56] stay +[3873.56 --> 3874.36] forgiven. +[3876.64 --> 3877.24] And you +[3877.24 --> 3877.80] hear the +[3877.80 --> 3879.16] oxymoron +[3879.16 --> 3879.38] there, +[3879.46 --> 3879.66] right? +[3879.70 --> 3880.06] For those +[3880.06 --> 3880.40] of us +[3880.40 --> 3880.90] who are +[3880.90 --> 3881.78] fully +[3881.78 --> 3882.12] forgiven, +[3882.28 --> 3882.48] freely +[3882.48 --> 3882.86] forgiven, +[3883.02 --> 3883.30] forever +[3883.30 --> 3883.68] forgiven, +[3883.68 --> 3884.08] the idea +[3884.08 --> 3884.32] of trying +[3884.32 --> 3884.98] to stay +[3884.98 --> 3885.52] forgiven +[3885.52 --> 3887.06] sounds strange, +[3887.20 --> 3887.92] but we +[3887.92 --> 3888.46] continue to +[3888.46 --> 3888.74] do it, +[3888.78 --> 3888.86] right? +[3888.90 --> 3889.08] And what +[3889.08 --> 3889.52] that means +[3889.52 --> 3890.88] is that we +[3890.88 --> 3892.18] set up these +[3892.18 --> 3893.78] impossible moral +[3893.78 --> 3894.88] standards for +[3894.88 --> 3895.74] ourselves and +[3895.74 --> 3896.78] then we destroy +[3896.78 --> 3898.96] ourselves emotionally +[3898.96 --> 3899.66] and spiritually +[3899.66 --> 3900.66] when we sin +[3900.66 --> 3901.40] or when we fall +[3901.40 --> 3901.80] short. +[3901.94 --> 3902.68] And we think +[3902.68 --> 3903.24] that it means +[3903.24 --> 3903.86] that we haven't +[3903.86 --> 3904.56] then received +[3904.56 --> 3905.28] the redemption +[3905.28 --> 3905.98] through his +[3905.98 --> 3906.32] blood. +[3907.70 --> 3908.38] But here's +[3908.38 --> 3908.98] what happens, +[3909.76 --> 3910.22] and I want you +[3910.22 --> 3910.88] to listen closely +[3910.88 --> 3911.46] to this because +[3911.46 --> 3911.86] this is going +[3911.86 --> 3912.30] to hit home +[3912.30 --> 3912.64] for some +[3912.64 --> 3912.98] of you, +[3913.72 --> 3914.06] especially +[3914.06 --> 3914.48] for those +[3914.48 --> 3914.76] of you who +[3914.76 --> 3914.98] have been +[3914.98 --> 3915.40] around the +[3915.40 --> 3915.82] church for +[3915.82 --> 3916.08] a really +[3916.08 --> 3916.66] long time, +[3917.24 --> 3917.38] right? +[3917.42 --> 3917.80] In that +[3917.80 --> 3918.50] fight in +[3918.50 --> 3919.04] our hearts +[3919.04 --> 3920.06] to stay +[3920.06 --> 3920.68] forgiven, +[3921.26 --> 3922.16] the fight +[3922.16 --> 3923.00] that motivates +[3923.00 --> 3924.02] us to make +[3924.02 --> 3925.18] these impossibly +[3925.18 --> 3925.88] high moral +[3925.88 --> 3926.62] standards for +[3926.62 --> 3927.28] ourselves, +[3928.72 --> 3929.24] right, +[3929.32 --> 3929.76] what that means +[3929.76 --> 3930.58] is we don't +[3930.58 --> 3931.36] give ourselves +[3931.36 --> 3931.96] grace or we +[3931.96 --> 3932.66] don't let the +[3932.66 --> 3933.16] grace of God +[3933.16 --> 3933.70] fill us up, +[3933.84 --> 3934.64] that fight +[3934.64 --> 3935.66] is hard and +[3935.66 --> 3936.34] it is long +[3936.34 --> 3936.98] and it is +[3936.98 --> 3937.46] work and +[3937.46 --> 3938.16] honestly it's +[3938.16 --> 3938.96] too much work +[3938.96 --> 3939.60] to keep up. +[3939.86 --> 3940.48] It is impossible +[3940.48 --> 3941.18] for us to do. +[3941.18 --> 3941.78] And so, +[3941.90 --> 3942.20] what do we +[3942.20 --> 3942.48] do? +[3943.10 --> 3943.76] Instead of +[3943.76 --> 3944.30] turning back +[3944.30 --> 3945.00] to the gospel +[3945.00 --> 3945.78] that tells me +[3945.78 --> 3946.48] I am freely, +[3946.94 --> 3948.36] fully forgiven +[3948.36 --> 3949.94] and forever +[3949.94 --> 3950.44] forgiven, +[3950.86 --> 3951.78] that Jesus has +[3951.78 --> 3952.12] done it, +[3952.18 --> 3952.52] instead of +[3952.52 --> 3953.24] turning back +[3953.24 --> 3954.42] to that gospel, +[3955.12 --> 3955.62] what we do +[3955.62 --> 3956.30] is we start +[3956.30 --> 3957.20] pushing our +[3957.20 --> 3957.94] moralisms, +[3958.06 --> 3958.38] we start +[3958.38 --> 3958.92] pushing our +[3958.92 --> 3959.46] legalisms, +[3959.60 --> 3960.28] our high +[3960.28 --> 3960.96] standards of +[3960.96 --> 3961.64] morality out +[3961.64 --> 3962.00] on other +[3962.00 --> 3962.48] people. +[3963.94 --> 3964.56] And what +[3964.56 --> 3965.24] started as an +[3965.24 --> 3966.28] impossible standard +[3966.28 --> 3967.30] for ourselves +[3967.30 --> 3968.46] becomes the +[3968.46 --> 3969.52] impossible standard +[3969.52 --> 3970.54] by which we +[3970.54 --> 3971.42] look at other +[3971.42 --> 3972.70] people because +[3972.70 --> 3973.86] it's easier to +[3973.86 --> 3974.86] judge them +[3974.86 --> 3976.42] than to admit +[3976.42 --> 3977.04] the truth about +[3977.04 --> 3978.58] myself to +[3978.58 --> 3979.06] myself. +[3980.64 --> 3981.76] We blind +[3981.76 --> 3982.64] ourselves to +[3982.64 --> 3983.36] our need, +[3983.50 --> 3984.24] to our sin, +[3984.46 --> 3985.44] by highlighting +[3985.44 --> 3986.14] the sin of +[3986.14 --> 3986.48] others. +[3987.26 --> 3988.28] We judge +[3988.28 --> 3989.00] others so that +[3989.00 --> 3989.62] we can feel +[3989.62 --> 3990.40] better about +[3990.40 --> 3990.74] our own +[3990.74 --> 3991.18] garbage. +[3992.52 --> 3993.16] At least I'm +[3993.16 --> 3993.84] not that bad. +[3994.80 --> 3995.40] At least I +[3995.40 --> 3995.94] didn't cheat. +[3997.02 --> 3997.54] At least I +[3997.54 --> 3997.82] don't, +[3998.82 --> 3999.18] whatever, +[3999.74 --> 4000.14] fill in your +[4000.14 --> 4000.44] blank. +[4001.44 --> 4002.28] Instead of +[4002.28 --> 4003.04] God's word +[4003.04 --> 4003.52] being the +[4003.52 --> 4003.88] truth by +[4003.88 --> 4004.24] which we +[4004.24 --> 4004.78] see and +[4004.78 --> 4005.10] measure +[4005.10 --> 4005.90] ourselves, +[4006.08 --> 4006.60] we turn +[4006.60 --> 4007.04] to these +[4007.04 --> 4007.98] self-judgments +[4007.98 --> 4008.70] and we turn +[4008.70 --> 4009.04] them into +[4009.04 --> 4010.40] weapons against +[4010.40 --> 4011.00] others. +[4013.50 --> 4014.20] And the +[4014.20 --> 4014.64] world has +[4014.64 --> 4015.12] noticed. +[4016.48 --> 4017.26] If the +[4017.26 --> 4018.10] world judges +[4018.10 --> 4019.16] Christians as +[4019.16 --> 4020.10] judgmental, +[4020.34 --> 4021.36] as holier than +[4021.36 --> 4022.36] now, it's +[4022.36 --> 4023.36] because we +[4023.36 --> 4023.80] have done +[4023.80 --> 4024.10] this. +[4024.22 --> 4024.44] We've +[4024.44 --> 4024.94] blinded +[4024.94 --> 4026.02] ourselves to +[4026.02 --> 4026.42] our own +[4026.42 --> 4026.90] hearts and +[4026.90 --> 4027.48] our own +[4027.48 --> 4028.34] needs and +[4028.34 --> 4028.62] we've just +[4028.62 --> 4029.14] projected it +[4029.14 --> 4029.70] onto others +[4029.70 --> 4031.28] because it's +[4031.28 --> 4032.54] easier to +[4032.54 --> 4033.00] not deal +[4033.00 --> 4033.54] with me. +[4035.94 --> 4036.58] Instead, +[4037.58 --> 4038.64] you have +[4038.64 --> 4039.46] been blessed +[4039.46 --> 4040.60] with every +[4040.60 --> 4041.78] spiritual +[4041.78 --> 4042.80] blessing. +[4043.84 --> 4044.42] You have +[4044.42 --> 4045.32] been redeemed. +[4045.70 --> 4046.10] You have +[4046.10 --> 4046.84] redemption +[4046.84 --> 4047.70] which he +[4047.70 --> 4049.10] lavished on +[4049.10 --> 4049.38] you. +[4050.64 --> 4051.40] How did +[4051.40 --> 4051.70] he do +[4051.70 --> 4052.06] that? +[4052.96 --> 4053.48] He did +[4053.48 --> 4053.72] it by +[4053.72 --> 4054.14] Jesus +[4054.14 --> 4054.74] living the +[4054.74 --> 4055.14] life that +[4055.14 --> 4055.52] you should +[4055.52 --> 4056.04] have lived +[4056.04 --> 4057.50] and by +[4057.50 --> 4058.20] dying the +[4058.20 --> 4058.88] death that +[4058.88 --> 4059.56] you deserved. +[4060.00 --> 4060.92] Jesus did +[4060.92 --> 4061.70] what I +[4061.70 --> 4062.54] can't. +[4062.78 --> 4063.28] He lived +[4063.28 --> 4064.38] perfectly and +[4064.38 --> 4065.18] he gives +[4065.18 --> 4065.70] that to +[4065.70 --> 4065.94] me. +[4066.02 --> 4066.96] His perfect +[4066.96 --> 4067.70] righteousness +[4067.70 --> 4068.82] he freely +[4068.82 --> 4069.46] gives. +[4069.60 --> 4070.68] Jesus died +[4070.68 --> 4071.26] what I +[4071.26 --> 4072.00] deserve. +[4072.22 --> 4072.74] On the +[4072.74 --> 4073.36] cross he +[4073.36 --> 4074.02] took my +[4074.02 --> 4075.04] punishment for +[4075.04 --> 4075.56] sin, for +[4075.56 --> 4076.64] your sin. +[4076.82 --> 4077.32] That's the +[4077.32 --> 4077.78] gospel. +[4078.32 --> 4079.12] Short and +[4079.12 --> 4079.40] sweet. +[4079.78 --> 4080.16] Simple. +[4080.58 --> 4081.20] Jesus did +[4081.20 --> 4081.92] what I can't +[4081.92 --> 4082.48] and Jesus +[4082.48 --> 4083.06] died what +[4083.06 --> 4083.70] I deserve. +[4085.28 --> 4085.86] And because +[4085.86 --> 4086.52] of that +[4086.52 --> 4088.90] you, even +[4088.90 --> 4092.56] you, can +[4092.56 --> 4093.22] be fully +[4093.22 --> 4094.22] forgiven. +[4094.74 --> 4095.36] Freely +[4095.36 --> 4096.46] forgiven and +[4096.46 --> 4097.18] forever +[4097.18 --> 4098.34] forgiven. +[4099.90 --> 4100.48] Here just a +[4100.48 --> 4101.32] quick application +[4101.32 --> 4101.92] before I move +[4101.92 --> 4102.06] on. +[4103.26 --> 4104.14] How can +[4104.14 --> 4104.90] you know +[4104.90 --> 4106.48] that you +[4106.48 --> 4107.56] are fully, +[4107.98 --> 4108.28] freely, +[4108.60 --> 4109.00] forever +[4109.00 --> 4109.82] forgiven? +[4109.82 --> 4112.88] Now here's +[4112.88 --> 4113.24] what Jesus +[4113.24 --> 4114.64] taught when +[4114.64 --> 4114.94] he taught +[4114.94 --> 4115.42] his disciples +[4115.42 --> 4115.90] to pray. +[4116.10 --> 4116.22] And +[4116.22 --> 4117.04] providence of +[4117.04 --> 4117.56] God, Eric, +[4117.66 --> 4118.02] you starting +[4118.02 --> 4118.42] your prayer +[4118.42 --> 4118.92] that way was +[4118.92 --> 4119.40] perfect. +[4121.62 --> 4121.94] Jesus +[4121.94 --> 4122.60] prays, +[4123.44 --> 4124.12] forgive us +[4124.12 --> 4124.92] our sins. +[4125.54 --> 4125.86] What's the +[4125.86 --> 4126.24] next line? +[4131.92 --> 4132.44] As, +[4132.64 --> 4134.74] as we +[4134.74 --> 4135.52] forgive those +[4135.52 --> 4135.98] who sinned +[4135.98 --> 4136.60] against us. +[4136.98 --> 4137.56] Did you hear +[4137.56 --> 4137.86] that? +[4138.70 --> 4139.48] As you +[4139.48 --> 4140.00] forgive those +[4140.00 --> 4140.56] again, one +[4140.56 --> 4140.94] of the +[4140.94 --> 4141.56] marks that +[4141.56 --> 4142.18] you are +[4142.18 --> 4142.92] forgiven, +[4143.52 --> 4144.32] right, and +[4144.32 --> 4144.72] this is from +[4144.72 --> 4145.66] Jesus himself, +[4146.30 --> 4146.86] one of the +[4146.86 --> 4147.32] marks that +[4147.32 --> 4147.72] you are +[4147.72 --> 4148.76] forgiven is +[4148.76 --> 4149.28] that you +[4149.28 --> 4150.16] are forgiving. +[4152.50 --> 4153.38] And so, +[4153.98 --> 4154.92] who do you +[4154.92 --> 4155.52] need to +[4155.52 --> 4156.64] fully forgive, +[4157.08 --> 4158.06] freely forgive, +[4158.52 --> 4159.30] and forever +[4159.30 --> 4160.38] forgive? +[4162.42 --> 4163.20] I'm serving +[4163.20 --> 4163.74] that up to you. +[4163.74 --> 4164.22] You can think +[4164.22 --> 4164.70] on that over +[4164.70 --> 4165.00] the next +[4165.00 --> 4165.48] couple days. +[4165.48 --> 4166.48] God's +[4166.48 --> 4167.48] will. +[4167.48 --> 4167.64] We are +[4167.64 --> 4168.10] adopted, +[4168.94 --> 4169.42] we are +[4169.42 --> 4169.94] redeemed, +[4170.34 --> 4170.86] we are +[4170.86 --> 4171.48] given a +[4171.48 --> 4172.50] purpose in +[4172.50 --> 4173.32] God's +[4173.32 --> 4174.00] will. +[4176.00 --> 4176.88] He made +[4176.88 --> 4177.36] known to +[4177.36 --> 4177.88] us the +[4177.88 --> 4178.56] mystery of +[4178.56 --> 4179.08] his will +[4179.08 --> 4179.68] according to +[4179.68 --> 4180.06] his good +[4180.06 --> 4180.38] pleasure, +[4180.64 --> 4181.30] which he +[4181.30 --> 4182.16] purposed +[4182.16 --> 4183.82] in Christ, +[4184.30 --> 4184.76] to be put +[4184.76 --> 4185.40] into effect +[4185.40 --> 4185.86] when the +[4185.86 --> 4186.46] times reach +[4186.46 --> 4186.62] their +[4186.62 --> 4187.00] fulfillment, +[4187.42 --> 4187.82] to bring +[4187.82 --> 4188.62] unity to +[4188.62 --> 4189.80] all things +[4189.80 --> 4190.26] in heaven +[4190.26 --> 4191.02] and on +[4191.02 --> 4192.22] earth under +[4192.22 --> 4193.24] Christ. +[4197.30 --> 4197.94] God's +[4197.94 --> 4199.82] will can +[4199.82 --> 4200.20] be +[4200.20 --> 4200.86] mysterious, +[4201.74 --> 4202.98] and God's +[4202.98 --> 4203.92] plan can +[4203.92 --> 4206.46] be weird +[4206.46 --> 4207.58] and strange, +[4207.72 --> 4209.10] and to be +[4209.10 --> 4209.84] honest, and +[4209.84 --> 4210.84] to be truthful +[4210.84 --> 4211.46] here, you +[4211.46 --> 4212.44] can question +[4212.44 --> 4212.76] it. +[4213.34 --> 4214.22] God invites +[4214.22 --> 4215.04] your questions +[4215.04 --> 4216.14] as you +[4216.14 --> 4216.88] struggle through +[4216.88 --> 4218.04] the day-to-day +[4218.04 --> 4218.84] things of +[4218.84 --> 4219.20] life. +[4220.02 --> 4220.74] But even +[4220.74 --> 4221.54] as you ask +[4221.54 --> 4222.40] those questions, +[4222.84 --> 4223.70] also know +[4223.70 --> 4224.28] that God +[4224.28 --> 4225.18] does indeed +[4225.18 --> 4225.78] have a +[4225.78 --> 4226.18] plan. +[4227.28 --> 4227.60] And that +[4227.60 --> 4228.22] plan not +[4228.22 --> 4229.44] only includes +[4229.44 --> 4230.40] you, right, +[4230.44 --> 4231.30] God's plan +[4231.30 --> 4231.98] is made +[4231.98 --> 4232.76] known to +[4232.76 --> 4233.04] you. +[4234.04 --> 4234.42] In the +[4234.42 --> 4234.92] end, there +[4234.92 --> 4235.44] is no +[4235.44 --> 4236.36] surprise for +[4236.36 --> 4236.90] the Christian +[4236.90 --> 4237.74] man or +[4237.74 --> 4238.90] woman about +[4238.90 --> 4239.52] what God +[4239.52 --> 4240.02] is doing +[4240.02 --> 4240.36] in the +[4240.36 --> 4240.62] world. +[4241.18 --> 4241.70] God has +[4241.70 --> 4242.44] a plan to +[4242.44 --> 4243.38] bring all +[4243.38 --> 4243.90] things in +[4243.90 --> 4244.40] heaven and +[4244.40 --> 4244.70] on earth +[4244.70 --> 4245.40] together under +[4245.40 --> 4246.08] one head, +[4246.68 --> 4246.98] Christ. +[4250.28 --> 4251.02] God has +[4251.02 --> 4252.88] a plan and +[4252.88 --> 4253.30] God is +[4253.30 --> 4254.44] sovereign over +[4254.44 --> 4255.50] that plan and +[4255.50 --> 4256.08] that means +[4256.08 --> 4257.00] that everything +[4257.00 --> 4257.86] that happens, +[4258.92 --> 4261.22] everything is +[4261.22 --> 4261.92] accounted for +[4261.92 --> 4262.40] in God's +[4262.40 --> 4262.66] plan. +[4264.16 --> 4265.68] Now, some +[4265.68 --> 4266.08] of you don't +[4266.08 --> 4266.46] like that +[4266.46 --> 4266.78] idea. +[4267.82 --> 4268.34] Some of you +[4268.34 --> 4268.86] think that +[4268.86 --> 4269.22] that makes +[4269.22 --> 4269.74] God out to +[4269.74 --> 4270.42] be a tyrant +[4270.42 --> 4271.44] or malevolent, +[4271.84 --> 4272.00] right? +[4272.04 --> 4272.66] If God has +[4272.66 --> 4273.26] a plan, if +[4273.26 --> 4273.72] God was +[4273.72 --> 4274.58] sovereign, if +[4274.58 --> 4275.04] God really +[4275.04 --> 4276.32] loved me or +[4276.32 --> 4277.14] loved her or +[4277.14 --> 4277.66] loved him, +[4277.88 --> 4278.30] he wouldn't +[4278.30 --> 4278.66] have let +[4278.66 --> 4279.34] cancer come. +[4279.34 --> 4280.70] Grandma wouldn't +[4280.70 --> 4281.26] have died. +[4281.50 --> 4281.98] I wouldn't +[4281.98 --> 4282.42] have lost +[4282.42 --> 4283.00] my job. +[4286.20 --> 4286.54] Now, if you +[4286.54 --> 4287.00] try to +[4287.00 --> 4288.94] suggest that +[4288.94 --> 4290.06] things happen +[4290.06 --> 4291.68] outside of +[4291.68 --> 4292.48] the will of +[4292.48 --> 4294.58] God, your +[4294.58 --> 4295.38] God isn't +[4295.38 --> 4296.12] big enough to +[4296.12 --> 4296.62] be God. +[4297.98 --> 4298.46] Right? +[4298.48 --> 4298.94] If you want +[4298.94 --> 4299.52] a God who +[4299.52 --> 4300.40] is big enough +[4300.40 --> 4301.52] to be angry +[4301.52 --> 4302.42] at when things +[4302.42 --> 4303.54] go wrong, you +[4303.54 --> 4304.42] also have to +[4304.42 --> 4305.22] accept a God +[4305.22 --> 4306.10] who is sovereign +[4306.10 --> 4306.70] enough, who +[4306.70 --> 4307.52] is God +[4307.52 --> 4308.72] enough, who +[4308.72 --> 4309.66] is big enough +[4309.66 --> 4310.48] to have +[4310.48 --> 4312.00] reasons that +[4312.00 --> 4312.56] you can't +[4312.56 --> 4313.90] understand, to +[4313.90 --> 4314.68] have a purpose +[4314.68 --> 4315.64] for you needing +[4315.64 --> 4316.70] to endure this, +[4317.08 --> 4317.54] that, or the +[4317.54 --> 4318.22] other thing, things +[4318.22 --> 4319.06] that appear wrong +[4319.06 --> 4320.54] or unjust, God +[4320.54 --> 4321.12] has a plan. +[4323.20 --> 4324.00] The book of +[4324.00 --> 4324.62] Job in the +[4324.62 --> 4325.16] Old Testament +[4325.16 --> 4326.36] deals with this +[4326.36 --> 4327.16] entire question, +[4327.28 --> 4328.00] and right at the +[4328.00 --> 4329.70] very beginning, Job +[4329.70 --> 4330.54] asks a question. +[4330.64 --> 4331.18] In chapter 2, +[4331.24 --> 4331.78] verse 10, he +[4331.78 --> 4332.52] says, shall we +[4332.52 --> 4333.76] accept only good +[4333.76 --> 4334.92] from God and +[4334.92 --> 4335.82] not trouble? +[4335.82 --> 4338.50] So, at the +[4338.50 --> 4339.12] beginning of this +[4339.12 --> 4340.42] new year, right, +[4340.48 --> 4341.48] after this past +[4341.48 --> 4342.04] year, which we're +[4342.04 --> 4342.72] all quite content +[4342.72 --> 4343.56] to leave in the +[4343.56 --> 4345.02] past, is your +[4345.02 --> 4346.66] conception of God +[4346.66 --> 4347.88] big enough to +[4347.88 --> 4349.16] include the +[4349.16 --> 4349.80] things that we +[4349.80 --> 4350.78] can't or that we +[4350.78 --> 4351.54] don't even want +[4351.54 --> 4352.82] to understand? +[4353.90 --> 4354.72] Because that's +[4354.72 --> 4355.70] what it means to +[4355.70 --> 4356.30] be given a +[4356.30 --> 4358.14] purpose in God's +[4358.14 --> 4360.58] will, that he +[4360.58 --> 4362.14] has a plan for +[4362.14 --> 4363.40] you, a purpose +[4363.40 --> 4364.24] for you. +[4364.24 --> 4365.10] And right here, +[4365.48 --> 4366.24] right now, he +[4366.24 --> 4367.36] is working that +[4367.36 --> 4368.20] out. +[4370.48 --> 4371.44] Who am I? +[4372.92 --> 4373.44] Adopted, +[4374.02 --> 4374.44] redeemed, +[4374.88 --> 4375.72] given a purpose +[4375.72 --> 4376.82] and a plan in +[4376.82 --> 4377.76] God's will, and +[4377.76 --> 4379.48] for you are a +[4379.48 --> 4381.14] true worshiper. +[4385.94 --> 4386.94] In him we were +[4386.94 --> 4387.94] also chosen, having +[4387.94 --> 4388.72] been predestined +[4388.72 --> 4389.34] according to the +[4389.34 --> 4390.10] plan of him who +[4390.10 --> 4390.96] works out everything +[4390.96 --> 4392.40] in conformity with +[4392.40 --> 4393.18] the purpose of his +[4393.18 --> 4394.18] will, verse 12, +[4394.24 --> 4395.82] in order that we, +[4396.50 --> 4396.92] who were the +[4396.92 --> 4397.78] first to put our +[4397.78 --> 4398.66] hope in Christ, +[4399.08 --> 4400.14] might be for the +[4400.14 --> 4401.56] praise of his +[4401.56 --> 4402.58] glory. +[4403.88 --> 4405.36] For the praise +[4405.36 --> 4406.66] of his +[4406.66 --> 4407.78] glory. +[4408.62 --> 4410.24] God chose you, +[4410.42 --> 4411.72] he predestined +[4411.72 --> 4412.82] you, he adopted +[4412.82 --> 4414.22] you, he planned +[4414.22 --> 4415.56] for you before the +[4415.56 --> 4416.58] foundation of the +[4416.58 --> 4417.88] world in order +[4417.88 --> 4418.82] that for the +[4418.82 --> 4419.86] purpose of, so +[4419.86 --> 4421.34] that you might be +[4421.34 --> 4422.72] for the praise of +[4422.72 --> 4424.28] his glory, so +[4424.28 --> 4425.26] that you might be +[4425.26 --> 4426.48] a true +[4426.48 --> 4427.26] worshiper. +[4428.78 --> 4429.46] There is nothing +[4429.46 --> 4430.78] bigger or +[4430.78 --> 4432.38] better than the +[4432.38 --> 4433.78] glory of +[4433.78 --> 4434.54] God. +[4435.46 --> 4435.66] Right? +[4435.80 --> 4437.00] God who is +[4437.00 --> 4438.72] all in all, is +[4438.72 --> 4440.02] most magnificent, +[4440.26 --> 4440.98] is most +[4440.98 --> 4442.02] marvelous, is +[4442.02 --> 4442.94] most amazing, +[4443.14 --> 4443.84] most worthy +[4443.84 --> 4444.60] of praise. +[4444.68 --> 4445.58] He is most +[4445.58 --> 4446.30] awesome. +[4446.42 --> 4447.14] There is none +[4447.14 --> 4447.54] greater. +[4447.72 --> 4448.70] He alone is +[4448.70 --> 4449.40] worthy of all +[4449.40 --> 4450.56] glory and honor +[4450.56 --> 4451.32] and praise. +[4451.48 --> 4452.26] He is the +[4452.26 --> 4453.46] most beautiful. +[4453.66 --> 4454.30] There is no +[4454.30 --> 4455.88] being better or +[4455.88 --> 4457.08] more worthy of my +[4457.08 --> 4458.28] love and affection +[4458.28 --> 4460.06] and he is big +[4460.06 --> 4461.24] enough, he alone +[4461.24 --> 4462.56] is big enough, to +[4462.56 --> 4463.76] handle the weight +[4463.76 --> 4464.96] of my ultimate +[4464.96 --> 4465.72] affections. +[4466.70 --> 4467.76] That's who God +[4467.76 --> 4468.14] is. +[4469.38 --> 4470.32] That means +[4470.32 --> 4471.42] something for who +[4471.42 --> 4472.30] you are in +[4472.30 --> 4473.00] him. +[4474.24 --> 4475.60] I really like the +[4475.60 --> 4476.56] way the Westminster +[4476.56 --> 4477.88] Shorter Confession +[4477.88 --> 4478.34] puts it. +[4479.02 --> 4479.38] You've probably +[4479.38 --> 4479.86] heard me say +[4479.86 --> 4480.42] this before. +[4480.50 --> 4480.90] It asks the +[4480.90 --> 4481.94] question, what +[4481.94 --> 4482.86] is the chief +[4482.86 --> 4483.78] end of +[4483.78 --> 4484.76] humanity? +[4485.44 --> 4486.08] Why are you +[4486.08 --> 4486.36] here? +[4487.00 --> 4487.52] Why were you +[4487.52 --> 4487.90] created? +[4488.00 --> 4488.34] What is your +[4488.34 --> 4489.30] purpose, your +[4489.30 --> 4490.08] telos? +[4490.46 --> 4491.56] The answer, to +[4491.56 --> 4493.24] glorify God and +[4493.24 --> 4494.50] enjoy him +[4494.50 --> 4495.48] forever. +[4496.08 --> 4497.44] To glorify God +[4497.44 --> 4498.24] and enjoy him +[4498.24 --> 4499.42] forever in order +[4499.42 --> 4500.68] that we might be +[4500.68 --> 4502.36] for the praise of +[4502.36 --> 4503.90] his glory. +[4505.78 --> 4507.24] John Piper is a +[4507.24 --> 4507.82] pastor and +[4507.82 --> 4508.38] theologian. +[4508.38 --> 4510.40] he has a line, +[4510.50 --> 4511.00] a quote that +[4511.00 --> 4512.70] says, God is +[4512.70 --> 4514.12] most glorified in +[4514.12 --> 4515.74] us when we are +[4515.74 --> 4517.86] most satisfied in +[4517.86 --> 4518.18] him. +[4519.76 --> 4521.80] You glorify God by +[4521.80 --> 4522.96] making him your +[4522.96 --> 4524.56] all in all. +[4525.38 --> 4526.20] That's real +[4526.20 --> 4526.62] worship. +[4527.64 --> 4528.28] That's what this +[4528.28 --> 4528.80] is about. +[4529.14 --> 4530.00] Here, right here +[4530.00 --> 4530.94] we get a taste. +[4531.36 --> 4532.32] Next week at the +[4532.32 --> 4533.12] Lord's Supper where +[4533.12 --> 4534.00] we gather together, +[4534.20 --> 4534.84] we're going to get +[4534.84 --> 4535.50] even more of a +[4535.50 --> 4535.84] taste. +[4535.84 --> 4537.70] This is supposed +[4537.70 --> 4538.88] to be a place +[4538.88 --> 4539.74] where you can +[4539.74 --> 4540.58] encounter the +[4540.58 --> 4541.64] living God in a +[4541.64 --> 4542.34] way that you can +[4542.34 --> 4544.00] see and hear and +[4544.00 --> 4545.20] taste and know. +[4545.52 --> 4546.40] That's what real +[4546.40 --> 4547.48] worship is about. +[4548.52 --> 4550.10] And you are made +[4550.10 --> 4551.56] to be a real +[4551.56 --> 4552.46] worshiper. +[4552.46 --> 4559.14] I'm going to +[4559.14 --> 4559.84] offend some of you +[4559.84 --> 4560.26] right now. +[4561.58 --> 4562.50] I just want to +[4562.50 --> 4562.90] warn you. +[4563.34 --> 4563.86] Trigger warning. +[4565.22 --> 4565.96] You were created, +[4566.14 --> 4566.90] redeemed, adopted, +[4567.00 --> 4567.76] and chosen before the +[4567.76 --> 4568.48] foundation of the +[4568.48 --> 4569.88] world for the +[4569.88 --> 4570.50] praise of his +[4570.50 --> 4570.86] glory. +[4571.36 --> 4572.00] You have been +[4572.00 --> 4572.62] blessed with an +[4572.62 --> 4573.42] opportunity to +[4573.42 --> 4574.40] worship God in +[4574.40 --> 4575.38] spirit and in +[4575.38 --> 4576.44] truth to come into +[4576.44 --> 4577.74] this space and +[4577.74 --> 4579.10] witness Jesus coming +[4579.10 --> 4579.64] to you. +[4579.64 --> 4581.10] And sometimes +[4581.10 --> 4583.76] your attitude +[4583.76 --> 4585.26] sucks. +[4588.60 --> 4589.40] Let me be clear, +[4589.46 --> 4589.94] I'm preaching to +[4589.94 --> 4591.04] myself as well. +[4592.56 --> 4593.44] When you come to +[4593.44 --> 4594.40] church on Sunday +[4594.40 --> 4596.06] and the first thing +[4596.06 --> 4596.70] out of your mouth +[4596.70 --> 4597.50] or the first thought +[4597.50 --> 4598.02] in your head, +[4598.28 --> 4599.00] the first feeling +[4599.00 --> 4599.90] in your heart is a +[4599.90 --> 4600.74] grumbling about +[4600.74 --> 4601.60] something you don't +[4601.60 --> 4601.94] like. +[4602.72 --> 4603.50] I don't like the +[4603.50 --> 4604.12] way that stage +[4604.12 --> 4604.44] looks. +[4605.08 --> 4605.94] I don't like being +[4605.94 --> 4606.56] told to wear a +[4606.56 --> 4606.90] mask. +[4607.50 --> 4608.22] I don't like this +[4608.22 --> 4608.58] band. +[4608.58 --> 4610.00] I don't like that +[4610.00 --> 4610.40] song. +[4611.20 --> 4611.88] I don't like that +[4611.88 --> 4612.20] preacher. +[4613.62 --> 4614.66] When you come here +[4614.66 --> 4615.44] grumbling and +[4615.44 --> 4616.40] complaining and +[4616.40 --> 4617.28] your heart attitude +[4617.28 --> 4619.70] sucks, you are +[4619.70 --> 4621.74] denying yourself the +[4621.74 --> 4623.16] very purpose for +[4623.16 --> 4623.80] which you have been +[4623.80 --> 4624.20] adopted. +[4624.96 --> 4626.04] The praise and +[4626.04 --> 4627.16] glory of God. +[4627.74 --> 4628.64] And your selfish +[4628.64 --> 4630.02] attitude is stopping +[4630.02 --> 4631.18] you from that +[4631.18 --> 4631.54] purpose. +[4633.20 --> 4634.10] Here's what I know. +[4634.38 --> 4635.14] For some of you, +[4635.26 --> 4636.36] for probably most of +[4636.36 --> 4637.14] you, if statistics +[4637.14 --> 4637.96] bear it out, no, you +[4637.96 --> 4638.60] guys are better than +[4638.60 --> 4639.48] statistics, so maybe +[4639.48 --> 4640.22] there's a few more. +[4641.00 --> 4642.10] But for most of you, +[4642.26 --> 4643.94] this here and now, +[4644.02 --> 4644.96] this hour, hour and +[4644.96 --> 4645.84] a half, depending on +[4645.84 --> 4647.36] how things go, is the +[4647.36 --> 4648.74] only time of the week +[4648.74 --> 4649.38] where you will open +[4649.38 --> 4649.84] your Bible. +[4651.02 --> 4652.22] The only chance you +[4652.22 --> 4653.52] have to give yourself +[4653.52 --> 4655.00] to hear God, to talk +[4655.00 --> 4656.44] to God, to listen for +[4656.44 --> 4656.90] his leading. +[4658.30 --> 4659.46] And for some of you, +[4659.72 --> 4660.64] right, this is the only +[4660.64 --> 4661.68] chance that you have +[4661.68 --> 4662.92] to gather with +[4662.92 --> 4664.88] Christians until next +[4664.88 --> 4666.48] week when we do it +[4666.48 --> 4666.82] again. +[4668.36 --> 4669.58] Don't take that for +[4669.58 --> 4670.08] granted. +[4671.56 --> 4672.80] Don't come, whether in +[4672.80 --> 4674.46] person or online, with +[4674.46 --> 4675.86] grumbling hearts. +[4676.12 --> 4677.44] Yes, come authentically. +[4677.78 --> 4678.56] Come as you are. +[4678.68 --> 4680.26] Bring everything you have +[4680.26 --> 4682.08] into this space, even if +[4682.08 --> 4683.38] that's your anger, even if +[4683.38 --> 4684.18] that's your disappointment, +[4684.54 --> 4686.02] even if that's your rage at +[4686.02 --> 4687.28] everything that's going on. +[4688.04 --> 4690.12] But come ready to meet +[4690.12 --> 4690.90] God. +[4691.48 --> 4693.60] Come expecting that God has +[4693.60 --> 4695.40] something for you in this +[4695.40 --> 4696.20] time together. +[4696.60 --> 4697.88] Don't come grumbling and +[4697.88 --> 4699.20] putting up walls that are +[4699.20 --> 4699.78] going to make it even +[4699.78 --> 4701.22] harder to hear the voice of +[4701.22 --> 4702.22] Jesus in our gathering. +[4705.42 --> 4706.44] Do you do that for the +[4706.44 --> 4706.84] next year? +[4710.20 --> 4711.28] You are adopted. +[4712.28 --> 4713.46] You are redeemed. +[4713.88 --> 4715.22] You are given a purpose in +[4715.22 --> 4716.36] the plan of God, and you +[4716.36 --> 4717.92] are a real worshiper. +[4717.92 --> 4719.84] And then fifth, finally, you +[4719.84 --> 4722.98] are filled with God's +[4722.98 --> 4723.70] power. +[4726.44 --> 4728.86] When you believed, you +[4728.86 --> 4730.42] were marked in him with a +[4730.42 --> 4732.24] seal, the promised Holy +[4732.24 --> 4734.08] Spirit, who is a deposit +[4734.08 --> 4735.66] guaranteeing our inheritance +[4735.66 --> 4737.38] until the redemption of +[4737.38 --> 4738.54] those who are God's +[4738.54 --> 4741.36] possessions to the praise of +[4741.36 --> 4742.92] his glory. +[4742.92 --> 4747.06] Lastly, most importantly, +[4747.26 --> 4750.66] perhaps, you are filled with +[4750.66 --> 4752.50] the Holy Spirit. +[4753.74 --> 4755.00] Okay, the only way that you +[4755.00 --> 4756.56] can be adopted, let alone +[4756.56 --> 4757.70] know that you are adopted, +[4757.94 --> 4759.46] the only way that you can be +[4759.46 --> 4761.02] united to the redemption +[4761.02 --> 4762.62] bought by his blood, the +[4762.62 --> 4763.78] only way that you are given +[4763.78 --> 4765.36] a purpose and a plan and +[4765.36 --> 4766.38] that you can know that +[4766.38 --> 4767.94] purpose, the only way that +[4767.94 --> 4768.88] you can worship in the +[4768.88 --> 4770.48] Spirit and in truth as a real +[4770.48 --> 4772.58] worshiper is because of the +[4772.58 --> 4773.38] Holy Spirit. +[4775.62 --> 4777.26] Now, years ago, Francis +[4777.26 --> 4778.82] Chan wrote a great little +[4778.82 --> 4780.46] book called Forgotten God. +[4780.56 --> 4782.16] The idea was that sometimes +[4782.16 --> 4784.14] it is easy to overlook the +[4784.14 --> 4785.82] role and power and presence +[4785.82 --> 4788.54] of the Holy Spirit and his +[4788.54 --> 4790.82] necessity for life and faith +[4790.82 --> 4791.46] in Jesus. +[4792.38 --> 4794.90] And I think, generally, in our +[4794.90 --> 4797.32] tradition, we are guilty of +[4797.32 --> 4797.70] the same. +[4798.88 --> 4800.48] Now, let me be clear, okay? +[4800.54 --> 4802.06] I'm not talking about special +[4802.06 --> 4803.38] gifts or tongues or prophecy +[4803.38 --> 4804.80] or healing, right? +[4804.80 --> 4805.82] I'm not talking about +[4805.82 --> 4807.52] everybody needing to be +[4807.52 --> 4808.82] happy, clappy, or dancing +[4808.82 --> 4810.48] in the aisles, slain in the +[4810.48 --> 4811.36] Spirit, right? +[4811.38 --> 4812.62] I am talking about the +[4812.62 --> 4814.28] ordinary life and faith +[4814.28 --> 4814.98] stuff. +[4815.12 --> 4816.86] The Holy Spirit is necessary +[4816.86 --> 4818.78] and required, an absolute +[4818.78 --> 4820.76] must for all of that. +[4821.52 --> 4822.72] How do I come to new +[4822.72 --> 4823.10] belief? +[4823.94 --> 4825.14] The work of the Holy Spirit. +[4825.38 --> 4826.54] How do I come to renewed +[4826.54 --> 4827.02] belief? +[4827.20 --> 4828.30] The work of the Holy Spirit. +[4828.44 --> 4829.94] How has my life changed for +[4829.94 --> 4830.22] Jesus? +[4830.22 --> 4831.16] The Holy Spirit. +[4831.28 --> 4833.26] How do I endure testing or +[4833.26 --> 4833.74] trial? +[4833.96 --> 4834.74] The Holy Spirit. +[4835.28 --> 4837.24] How does the Word of God +[4837.24 --> 4839.00] become living and active in +[4839.00 --> 4839.58] my life? +[4839.76 --> 4840.72] The Holy Spirit. +[4841.50 --> 4842.74] How is my prayer made +[4842.74 --> 4844.34] effective in the will of God +[4844.34 --> 4845.08] for the world? +[4845.40 --> 4846.42] The Holy Spirit. +[4847.44 --> 4849.66] How do I use my gifts to +[4849.66 --> 4851.70] serve and edify the church? +[4852.88 --> 4854.14] With the Holy Spirit. +[4855.40 --> 4857.52] God promises to equip you with +[4857.52 --> 4859.24] every spiritual blessing. +[4860.50 --> 4864.04] That is the Holy Spirit. +[4866.68 --> 4868.68] You can't do this on your own. +[4869.60 --> 4871.04] You can't do it at all, in +[4871.04 --> 4871.34] fact. +[4871.78 --> 4874.04] But God gives you himself, the +[4874.04 --> 4875.64] promised Holy Spirit, so that +[4875.64 --> 4878.20] it is him doing it in you and +[4878.20 --> 4879.64] with you and by your side. +[4880.98 --> 4882.76] Philippians 2, Paul says, +[4883.16 --> 4884.58] continue to work out your +[4884.58 --> 4886.10] salvation with fear and +[4886.10 --> 4887.44] trembling, so hear that, continue +[4887.44 --> 4889.34] to do this work, for it is +[4889.34 --> 4891.74] God who works in you to will +[4891.74 --> 4893.46] and to act in order to +[4893.46 --> 4895.58] fulfill his good purposes. +[4897.18 --> 4899.54] So maybe you've said, I don't +[4899.54 --> 4900.48] know if I can do this. +[4901.24 --> 4902.30] I don't know if I can handle +[4902.30 --> 4902.76] this. +[4903.92 --> 4904.90] Truth is, you can't. +[4905.98 --> 4908.26] On your own, you can't. +[4909.58 --> 4911.34] But you are not on your own +[4911.34 --> 4913.32] because you are not your own. +[4913.32 --> 4915.74] You were bought with a price. +[4916.24 --> 4916.32] Right? +[4916.40 --> 4918.08] God's Holy Spirit isn't just a +[4918.08 --> 4920.02] companion enabling you to +[4920.02 --> 4920.44] endure. +[4920.68 --> 4922.16] The Holy Spirit in you and with +[4922.16 --> 4923.94] you is a promise that you will +[4923.94 --> 4924.62] endure. +[4924.94 --> 4927.98] He is a deposit guaranteeing our +[4927.98 --> 4928.86] inheritance. +[4933.56 --> 4936.10] That's God's promise to you. +[4936.10 --> 4941.28] I don't want to overstate the +[4941.28 --> 4941.56] case. +[4942.84 --> 4943.90] So I'll put it this way. +[4944.38 --> 4945.88] The second most important +[4945.88 --> 4948.54] question anyone will ever ask +[4948.54 --> 4950.18] is, who am I? +[4951.94 --> 4952.88] Now you're wondering what the +[4952.88 --> 4954.48] first most important question is. +[4954.54 --> 4955.44] Well, that's who is Jesus? +[4956.34 --> 4957.50] But the answers are intimately +[4957.50 --> 4957.92] related. +[4959.58 --> 4960.44] Who am I? +[4960.44 --> 4966.48] Today and every day, you are +[4966.48 --> 4970.14] adopted sons and daughters, God. +[4970.88 --> 4974.74] You are redeemed by his lavish +[4974.74 --> 4975.50] love. +[4976.26 --> 4978.22] You are given a purpose and a +[4978.22 --> 4980.20] plan in his sovereign power. +[4980.38 --> 4983.10] You are a real worshiper of the +[4983.10 --> 4983.88] one true God. +[4984.02 --> 4986.06] And you have the power of that +[4986.06 --> 4988.80] God himself inside of you. +[4988.80 --> 4992.20] No matter what 2022 brings, +[4992.84 --> 4994.80] nothing can change that. +[4996.74 --> 5000.16] But imagine how much you would +[5000.16 --> 5002.80] be changed if you remembered this +[5002.80 --> 5003.68] truth all year long. +[5004.76 --> 5005.80] Let me pray for you. +[5009.54 --> 5016.00] Lord Jesus, speak the truth of our +[5016.00 --> 5019.46] identity in you and from you over +[5019.46 --> 5022.18] each of us this morning. +[5024.66 --> 5027.80] Give us new eyes to see and to be +[5027.80 --> 5031.52] encouraged and to go in your power. +[5033.44 --> 5036.00] And God, for those of us here this +[5036.00 --> 5038.00] morning or hearing this morning, +[5038.84 --> 5041.12] for whom this is new, or this is the +[5041.12 --> 5042.82] first time we're wondering about our +[5042.82 --> 5045.94] identity in Jesus, I pray, Holy Spirit, +[5046.12 --> 5048.06] break down walls of hostility. +[5048.22 --> 5050.36] I pray, Holy Spirit, transform hearts +[5050.36 --> 5051.90] of stone into hearts of flesh. +[5052.22 --> 5053.64] I pray, Holy Spirit, that our hearts +[5053.64 --> 5056.64] might beat and course in love for you. +[5059.64 --> 5063.24] Transform each and every one of us +[5063.24 --> 5065.50] into the image of your Son. +[5065.50 --> 5069.40] That we might know ourselves as adopted +[5069.40 --> 5072.08] and redeemed, as part of your plan, +[5072.82 --> 5075.54] as true worshipers, and as filled +[5075.54 --> 5077.68] with your power. +[5078.86 --> 5082.22] Come what may, this truth remains. +[5082.84 --> 5089.00] We are yours and you are mine. +[5089.00 --> 5091.84] Jesus Christ, we pray. +[5092.54 --> 5092.88] Amen. +[5104.88 --> 5106.16] Please stand with us. +[5106.16 --> 5126.74] Who am I that the highest +[5126.74 --> 5127.74] God, that the highest +[5127.74 --> 5128.74] He is. +[5128.74 --> 5129.74] He is. +[5129.74 --> 5130.74] He is. +[5130.74 --> 5131.74] He is. +[5131.74 --> 5132.74] He is. +[5132.74 --> 5135.88] I was lost, but He brought me in. +[5135.88 --> 5138.74] Oh, His love for me. +[5138.74 --> 5143.74] Oh, His love for me. +[5143.74 --> 5148.14] The sun sets free. +[5148.14 --> 5151.98] Oh, His free indeed. +[5151.98 --> 5156.98] I'm a child of God. +[5156.98 --> 5160.58] Yes, I am. +[5162.48 --> 5166.42] Free at last, He has ransomed me. +[5166.74 --> 5169.98] His grace runs deep. +[5171.76 --> 5174.94] While I was a slave to sin, +[5175.08 --> 5178.44] Jesus died for me. +[5178.44 --> 5183.44] Yes, He died for me. +[5183.44 --> 5187.44] Who the sun sets free. +[5187.44 --> 5191.44] Oh, His free indeed. +[5191.44 --> 5196.34] I'm a child of God. +[5196.34 --> 5200.32] Yes, I am. +[5200.32 --> 5205.22] In my Father's house, +[5205.22 --> 5209.22] There's a place for me. +[5209.22 --> 5213.22] I'm a child of God. +[5214.22 --> 5217.22] Yes, I am. +[5218.22 --> 5222.22] I am chosen, not forsaken. +[5223.22 --> 5226.22] I am who you say I am. +[5226.22 --> 5227.22] I am who you say I am. +[5227.22 --> 5229.22] I am who you say I am. +[5229.22 --> 5231.22] You are for me, not against me. +[5231.22 --> 5235.22] I am who you say I am. +[5235.22 --> 5239.22] I am chosen, not forsaken. +[5239.22 --> 5243.22] I am who you say I am. +[5243.22 --> 5244.22] I am who you say I am. +[5244.22 --> 5248.22] I am who you say I am. +[5248.22 --> 5253.22] I am who you say I am. +[5253.22 --> 5256.22] I am who you say I am. +[5256.22 --> 5261.22] Who the sun sets free. +[5261.22 --> 5265.22] Oh, His free indeed. +[5265.22 --> 5270.22] I'm a child of God. +[5270.22 --> 5275.22] Yes, I am. +[5275.22 --> 5280.22] In my Father's house, +[5280.22 --> 5285.22] There's a place for me. +[5285.22 --> 5290.22] I'm a child of God. +[5290.22 --> 5294.78] Yes, I am. +[5302.58 --> 5307.58] And so go, as children of God, +[5308.28 --> 5313.50] into his world to fulfill his plan and purposes in his power. +[5313.94 --> 5316.40] Receive God's blessing. +[5316.40 --> 5320.32] May God go before you to lead you. +[5321.08 --> 5323.42] May God go behind you to guard you. +[5323.82 --> 5326.40] May God go beneath you to support you. +[5326.72 --> 5329.46] May God go beside you to befriend you. +[5329.80 --> 5332.26] Do not be afraid. +[5333.04 --> 5335.06] Let the blessing of God come upon you today. +[5335.18 --> 5336.90] Do not be afraid. +[5337.48 --> 5342.50] Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. +[5343.90 --> 5344.58] Amen. +[5346.40 --> 5351.56] In Psalm 103, we read, +[5352.56 --> 5354.44] From everlasting to everlasting, +[5354.92 --> 5357.64] the Lord's love is with those who fear him. +[5358.50 --> 5363.64] We can't find a greater hope or encouragement in this new year ahead +[5363.64 --> 5369.04] than knowing that our eternal, immortal, invisible God +[5369.04 --> 5371.16] will always be with us. +[5371.56 --> 5372.14] Let's sing. +[5372.14 --> 5383.08] From everlasting to everlasting, +[5383.08 --> 5389.30] You are God. +[5389.30 --> 5397.90] From everlasting to everlasting, +[5397.90 --> 5404.12] You are God. +[5404.12 --> 5405.12] You are God. +[5405.12 --> 5406.12] You are God. +[5406.12 --> 5413.50] In holiness, you stand secure through culture-shifting sands. +[5414.22 --> 5420.72] Unchanged by all the vanities of man. +[5420.72 --> 5428.76] And as the nations rise and fall, your sovereignty remains. +[5428.76 --> 5441.80] You are, you are, you are, you are, you are the one true God. +[5441.80 --> 5442.80] You are God. +[5442.80 --> 5443.80] You are God. +[5443.80 --> 5444.80] From everlasting to everlasting, you are God. +[5444.80 --> 5448.80] From everlasting to everlasting, you are God. +[5448.80 --> 5449.80] You are God. +[5449.80 --> 5455.80] From everlasting to everlasting, you are God. +[5455.80 --> 5458.80] God. +[5458.80 --> 5462.80] From everlasting to everlasting, you are God. +[5462.80 --> 5469.24] From everlasting to everlasting, you are God. +[5469.24 --> 5473.80] You are God. +[5473.80 --> 5487.30] Faithfulness your love extends through times of turbulence, adopting those who call upon your name. +[5487.30 --> 5510.74] And every generation joins in songs of grateful praise. You are, you are, you are the one true God. +[5510.74 --> 5523.10] From everlasting to everlasting, you are God. +[5523.10 --> 5538.10] From everlasting to everlasting, you are God. +[5538.10 --> 5553.10] Eternal, immortal, invisible God. +[5553.10 --> 5568.10] Eternal, immortal, invisible God. +[5568.10 --> 5571.10] owiadift, immortal, invisible God. +[5571.10 --> 5572.10] Eternal, immortal, invisible God. +[5572.10 --> 5573.10] Eternal, immortal, invisible God. +[5573.10 --> 5575.10] Eternal, immortal, invisible God. +[5575.10 --> 5577.10] stallion, immortal, immortal, immortal God. +[5577.10 --> 5587.10] Eternal, immortal, immortal God. +[5587.10 --> 5589.10] Eternal, immortal God. +[5589.10 --> 5591.74] To everlasting +[5591.74 --> 5598.10] You are gone +[5598.10 --> 5606.10] You are gone +[5619.10 --> 5649.08] You are gone +[5649.10 --> 5679.08] You are gone +[5679.10 --> 5709.08] You are gone +[5709.10 --> 5739.08] You are gone +[5739.08 --> 5741.08] You are gone +[5741.08 --> 5745.08] You are gone +[5745.08 --> 5749.08] You are gone +[5749.08 --> 5751.08] You are gone +[5751.08 --> 5753.08] You are gone +[5753.08 --> 5757.08] You are gone +[5757.08 --> 5759.08] You are gone +[5759.08 --> 5761.08] You are gone +[5761.08 --> 5771.08] You are gone +[5771.08 --> 5773.08] You are gone +[5773.08 --> 5783.08] You are gone +[5783.08 --> 5785.08] You are gone +[5785.08 --> 5787.08] You are gone +[5787.08 --> 5797.08] You are gone +[5797.08 --> 5799.08] You are gone +[5799.08 --> 5801.08] You are gone +[5801.08 --> 5803.08] You are gone +[5803.08 --> 5817.02] You are gone +[5817.08 --> 5819.08] You are gone +[5819.08 --> 5825.08] You are gone