Session 4
Series: Partners 2020
Speaker: Brian Tung
Date: 25th November 2011
00:00:00 --> 00:00:05 Be very careful then how you live, not as unwise but as wise,
00:00:06 --> 00:00:09 making the most of every opportunity because the days are evil.
00:00:10 --> 00:00:15 Therefore, do not be foolish but understand what the Lord's will is.
00:00:16 --> 00:00:19 Do not get drunk on wine which leads to debauchery.
00:00:19 --> 00:00:21 Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
00:00:22 --> 00:00:26 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.
00:00:27 --> 00:00:29 Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord.
00:00:30 --> 00:00:32 Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything.
00:00:33 --> 00:00:35 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:00:36 --> 00:00:39 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
00:00:45 --> 00:00:49 It's good together again tonight.
00:00:51 --> 00:00:55 We've been working through the book of Ephesians
00:00:55 --> 00:01:00 and I'm going to suggest that I'm going to try to set the bar really, really high.
00:01:00 --> 00:01:05 Not in my preaching but in terms of what the Word hopefully will achieve tonight.
00:01:06 --> 00:01:13 If you're feeling tired and weak and besieged and spiritually dry,
00:01:13 --> 00:01:22 perhaps what you need in your life, in your spiritual life, is to be Spirit-filled.
00:01:23 --> 00:01:25 And that's what we're going to be talking about tonight.
00:01:25 --> 00:01:31 I'm hoping that we'll walk away tonight having a clear understanding
00:01:31 --> 00:01:35 of what it means to be Spirit-filled.
00:01:35 --> 00:01:41 And as a result, walk away from tonight being Spirit-filled.
00:01:42 --> 00:01:47 We have seen in the book of Ephesians the work of the Father
00:01:47 --> 00:01:53 who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing.
00:01:53 --> 00:01:57 We have considered the work of the Son.
00:01:58 --> 00:02:04 It is in Him that we receive the blessing from the Father.
00:02:05 --> 00:02:11 And tonight, or this afternoon, we'll consider the work of the Spirit
00:02:11 --> 00:02:17 to complete the picture of the work of God for us.
00:02:17 --> 00:02:23 But firstly, one of the great things in spending the weekend on a book
00:02:23 --> 00:02:28 is that we can actually see the coherency, the argument, the flow of the book.
00:02:29 --> 00:02:34 But just so that if you can indulge me,
00:02:34 --> 00:02:37 I'll repeat a little bit of the flow of the book.
00:02:38 --> 00:02:42 Paul often writes from the indicative to the imperative,
00:02:43 --> 00:02:44 if you know what I mean.
00:02:44 --> 00:02:50 Indiegative means what happens, what has happened.
00:02:51 --> 00:02:53 Imperative is what you must do.
00:02:53 --> 00:02:54 It's sort of like command.
00:02:55 --> 00:02:58 And often in the way Paul writes,
00:02:58 --> 00:03:01 the first half of his writing would be in the indicative,
00:03:02 --> 00:03:04 what God has done, He's blessed us,
00:03:05 --> 00:03:06 He's reconciled us in Jesus,
00:03:07 --> 00:03:09 He's caused us to be born again,
00:03:10 --> 00:03:12 and He's made us into a new humanity,
00:03:13 --> 00:03:13 the indicative.
00:03:14 --> 00:03:16 Once He's established the indicative,
00:03:17 --> 00:03:19 He moves on to the imperative,
00:03:19 --> 00:03:22 the implications of the indicative.
00:03:23 --> 00:03:25 Since God has done all this,
00:03:25 --> 00:03:26 what does it mean for us?
00:03:27 --> 00:03:29 This is where the rubber hits the road.
00:03:30 --> 00:03:34 And the imperative starts for us in the book of Ephesians,
00:03:34 --> 00:03:37 Ephesians 4.1,
00:03:37 --> 00:03:41 which we looked at this morning.
00:03:42 --> 00:03:46 But it might be worthwhile to cast our eyes to there again.
00:03:47 --> 00:03:50 If you have your Bibles in front of you,
00:03:50 --> 00:03:55 it will be good to open them to Ephesians 4.1.
00:03:55 --> 00:03:58 So having seen what God has done,
00:03:59 --> 00:04:01 He then turns to,
00:04:01 --> 00:04:02 well, what does it mean for us,
00:04:03 --> 00:04:05 to those of us who have been born again,
00:04:05 --> 00:04:06 reconciled to God?
00:04:07 --> 00:04:08 Chapter 4, verse 1.
00:04:08 --> 00:04:09 As a prisoner for the Lord,
00:04:09 --> 00:04:11 then, I urge you to live a life
00:04:11 --> 00:04:14 worthy of the calling you have received.
00:04:15 --> 00:04:16 The indicative is,
00:04:17 --> 00:04:18 you have been called,
00:04:18 --> 00:04:20 you've been made new,
00:04:20 --> 00:04:21 so live like it.
00:04:23 --> 00:04:24 The reality is,
00:04:24 --> 00:04:26 you've been changed as people live.
00:04:26 --> 00:04:27 So start,
00:04:28 --> 00:04:29 chapter 4, verse 1,
00:04:30 --> 00:04:33 is almost a heading for the rest of the book.
00:04:33 --> 00:04:34 Chapter 4 to 6.
00:04:35 --> 00:04:38 We are to walk in newness of life.
00:04:38 --> 00:04:40 We are to walk in holiness.
00:04:40 --> 00:04:42 That is, in a way that pleases God,
00:04:43 --> 00:04:46 and in a way that is dramatically opposed
00:04:46 --> 00:04:49 to the life that we used to live,
00:04:49 --> 00:04:51 and to those around us.
00:04:51 --> 00:04:52 4.17.
00:04:53 --> 00:04:57 Well, what does that life of holiness look like?
00:04:58 --> 00:05:02 Chapter 5 is the beginning of it.
00:05:03 --> 00:05:04 Chapter 5, verse 1 and 2.
00:05:05 --> 00:05:07 Be imitators of God, therefore,
00:05:08 --> 00:05:09 as dearly beloved children.
00:05:09 --> 00:05:11 So we are to live like God.
00:05:11 --> 00:05:12 We're to imitate God.
00:05:13 --> 00:05:13 Well, what does that mean?
00:05:14 --> 00:05:16 Are we to be tall like God?
00:05:16 --> 00:05:18 To be strong like God?
00:05:18 --> 00:05:18 No.
00:05:18 --> 00:05:19 No.
00:05:19 --> 00:05:21 In verse 2, he explains.
00:05:21 --> 00:05:22 To imitate God,
00:05:23 --> 00:05:25 to live a new life in Christ,
00:05:26 --> 00:05:29 means to live a life of love.
00:05:30 --> 00:05:31 God is love.
00:05:32 --> 00:05:33 So his children are, therefore,
00:05:33 --> 00:05:34 to love.
00:05:34 --> 00:05:36 Just as Christ loved us
00:05:36 --> 00:05:37 and gave himself for us
00:05:37 --> 00:05:38 as a fragrant offering and sacrifice.
00:05:39 --> 00:05:40 So this is what...
00:05:40 --> 00:05:43 And the rest of the chapter is an exposition,
00:05:43 --> 00:05:48 is an explanation of what a life of love look like.
00:05:49 --> 00:05:52 There will not be any sexual immorality.
00:05:52 --> 00:05:56 Sexual immorality is profoundly unloving.
00:05:58 --> 00:06:01 The children of God are to be like God.
00:06:01 --> 00:06:02 And verse 8,
00:06:02 --> 00:06:05 it means that we walk in the light,
00:06:05 --> 00:06:06 not in darkness.
00:06:07 --> 00:06:10 And verse 15 to 21,
00:06:10 --> 00:06:11 which is our passage,
00:06:11 --> 00:06:14 continues in that instruction,
00:06:14 --> 00:06:15 in the imperative.
00:06:18 --> 00:06:21 And he used the word living or walking.
00:06:21 --> 00:06:24 And let's have a look at that again.
00:06:25 --> 00:06:27 In light of what God has done,
00:06:27 --> 00:06:28 verse 15 of chapter 5,
00:06:29 --> 00:06:31 we are to be careful
00:06:31 --> 00:06:33 how we are to live,
00:06:34 --> 00:06:36 not as unwise,
00:06:36 --> 00:06:38 but as wise.
00:06:39 --> 00:06:40 The children of God
00:06:40 --> 00:06:43 live lives of love
00:06:43 --> 00:06:43 and in the light,
00:06:44 --> 00:06:45 but we are also
00:06:45 --> 00:06:47 to live wisely.
00:06:48 --> 00:06:50 Why is that?
00:06:51 --> 00:06:52 And he
00:06:52 --> 00:06:56 gives us the motivation.
00:06:57 --> 00:06:58 If you look a little bit early
00:06:58 --> 00:07:01 in the passage that we looked at today,
00:07:01 --> 00:07:03 starting in verse 8,
00:07:03 --> 00:07:04 this is what he says.
00:07:04 --> 00:07:05 For once you were...
00:07:05 --> 00:07:06 Sorry.
00:07:06 --> 00:07:08 For you were once darkness,
00:07:09 --> 00:07:11 but now you are light in the Lord.
00:07:11 --> 00:07:12 Live as children of light.
00:07:12 --> 00:07:14 For the fruit of light consists
00:07:14 --> 00:07:15 in all goodness,
00:07:15 --> 00:07:15 righteousness,
00:07:16 --> 00:07:16 and truth.
00:07:17 --> 00:07:19 And find out what pleases the Lord.
00:07:19 --> 00:07:20 Have nothing to do with
00:07:20 --> 00:07:22 the fruitless deeds of darkness,
00:07:22 --> 00:07:23 but rather expose them.
00:07:24 --> 00:07:25 For it is shameful
00:07:25 --> 00:07:25 even to mention
00:07:25 --> 00:07:27 what the disobedient do
00:07:27 --> 00:07:28 in secret.
00:07:29 --> 00:07:30 But everything exposed
00:07:30 --> 00:07:32 by the light becomes visible.
00:07:32 --> 00:07:33 For it is light
00:07:33 --> 00:07:34 that makes everything visible.
00:07:35 --> 00:07:36 Et cetera, et cetera.
00:07:37 --> 00:07:38 There is an exposure
00:07:38 --> 00:07:42 of the darkness.
00:07:42 --> 00:07:43 We are to be part
00:07:43 --> 00:07:44 of the process
00:07:44 --> 00:07:45 of exposing that darkness.
00:07:45 --> 00:07:47 A little bit earlier on
00:07:47 --> 00:07:47 in chapter 5,
00:07:48 --> 00:07:49 particularly in verses 5 and 6,
00:07:50 --> 00:07:50 it talks about
00:07:50 --> 00:07:52 the judgment of God.
00:07:53 --> 00:07:54 In fact,
00:07:54 --> 00:07:55 that provides the motivation
00:07:55 --> 00:07:57 for the wise living.
00:07:57 --> 00:07:59 If the judgment of God
00:07:59 --> 00:08:01 is about to come,
00:08:01 --> 00:08:02 if the axe is about to fall,
00:08:03 --> 00:08:05 we are to live wisely.
00:08:05 --> 00:08:06 Okay?
00:08:08 --> 00:08:09 The insanity,
00:08:09 --> 00:08:09 sorry,
00:08:09 --> 00:08:11 the definition of insanity
00:08:11 --> 00:08:11 supposedly,
00:08:12 --> 00:08:13 according to Einstein,
00:08:13 --> 00:08:15 is to do the same thing
00:08:15 --> 00:08:17 over and over again
00:08:17 --> 00:08:18 and to expect
00:08:18 --> 00:08:19 different results.
00:08:21 --> 00:08:22 You know,
00:08:22 --> 00:08:23 that's insane.
00:08:25 --> 00:08:25 That is,
00:08:26 --> 00:08:28 that is what a fool
00:08:28 --> 00:08:28 would do.
00:08:28 --> 00:08:32 The wise person learns,
00:08:33 --> 00:08:34 adopt,
00:08:34 --> 00:08:35 adept.
00:08:35 --> 00:08:36 You see,
00:08:37 --> 00:08:38 you make a mistake
00:08:38 --> 00:08:39 and you change your behavior
00:08:39 --> 00:08:42 so that a different outcome
00:08:42 --> 00:08:43 would ensue.
00:08:44 --> 00:08:44 Fools,
00:08:44 --> 00:08:45 on the other hand,
00:08:45 --> 00:08:46 they don't learn.
00:08:47 --> 00:08:47 That's what,
00:08:47 --> 00:08:48 by definition,
00:08:48 --> 00:08:48 a foolish person.
00:08:49 --> 00:08:50 And the wise
00:08:50 --> 00:08:51 understands the future.
00:08:52 --> 00:08:53 The wise understands
00:08:53 --> 00:08:55 that the judgment of God
00:08:55 --> 00:08:56 is about to come
00:08:56 --> 00:08:58 on the unrighteousness
00:08:58 --> 00:08:58 and the wickedness
00:08:58 --> 00:09:00 on our world.
00:09:00 --> 00:09:01 And as a result,
00:09:01 --> 00:09:01 they learn.
00:09:03 --> 00:09:04 And when they learn,
00:09:04 --> 00:09:05 verse 16,
00:09:06 --> 00:09:08 they make the most
00:09:08 --> 00:09:10 of their time.
00:09:10 --> 00:09:11 They make the most
00:09:11 --> 00:09:13 of every opportunity
00:09:13 --> 00:09:14 because they know
00:09:14 --> 00:09:15 that the days are evil.
00:09:15 --> 00:09:16 Literally,
00:09:16 --> 00:09:18 they redeem the time.
00:09:19 --> 00:09:20 They are careful
00:09:20 --> 00:09:22 how they invest
00:09:22 --> 00:09:23 the time
00:09:23 --> 00:09:24 that they have.
00:09:25 --> 00:09:26 I don't know
00:09:26 --> 00:09:27 whether you have thought
00:09:27 --> 00:09:28 about how much time
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00:09:30 --> 00:09:31 This could be
00:09:31 --> 00:09:32 your last night
00:09:32 --> 00:09:33 on earth.
00:09:34 --> 00:09:34 Could be.
00:09:36 --> 00:09:37 What would you want
00:09:37 --> 00:09:38 to be investing
00:09:38 --> 00:09:39 your time in?
00:09:40 --> 00:09:41 And I'm glad
00:09:41 --> 00:09:41 that you're here
00:09:41 --> 00:09:42 investing your time
00:09:42 --> 00:09:44 here rather than
00:09:44 --> 00:09:45 at home watching TV,
00:09:45 --> 00:09:46 playing computer game,
00:09:47 --> 00:09:48 or being selfish,
00:09:48 --> 00:09:49 shopping,
00:09:49 --> 00:09:50 gorging yourself
00:09:50 --> 00:09:51 with food.
00:09:51 --> 00:09:53 We are here
00:09:53 --> 00:09:54 making the most
00:09:54 --> 00:09:55 of our time.
00:09:56 --> 00:09:57 That's what it means
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00:09:58 --> 00:09:59 in light of
00:09:59 --> 00:10:00 the judgment
00:10:00 --> 00:10:01 of God.
00:10:02 --> 00:10:03 Verse 17,
00:10:03 --> 00:10:03 therefore,
00:10:04 --> 00:10:05 don't be foolish,
00:10:05 --> 00:10:08 but understand
00:10:08 --> 00:10:09 what the Lord's
00:10:09 --> 00:10:10 will is.
00:10:10 --> 00:10:11 It's a
00:10:11 --> 00:10:13 different way
00:10:13 --> 00:10:13 of saying
00:10:13 --> 00:10:14 the same thing.
00:10:14 --> 00:10:15 Don't be an idiot.
00:10:15 --> 00:10:16 Don't be a fool.
00:10:17 --> 00:10:18 Live wisely,
00:10:18 --> 00:10:19 and living wisely,
00:10:19 --> 00:10:20 redeeming the time
00:10:20 --> 00:10:21 means to find out
00:10:21 --> 00:10:22 what the will
00:10:22 --> 00:10:23 of the Lord is.
00:10:24 --> 00:10:25 Verses 18 to 21.
00:10:26 --> 00:10:27 Don't get drunk
00:10:27 --> 00:10:27 on wine,
00:10:27 --> 00:10:28 which leads
00:10:28 --> 00:10:29 to debauchery.
00:10:29 --> 00:10:29 Instead,
00:10:29 --> 00:10:30 be filled
00:10:30 --> 00:10:31 with the Spirit.
00:10:31 --> 00:10:32 Speak to one another
00:10:32 --> 00:10:33 with psalms,
00:10:33 --> 00:10:33 hymns,
00:10:33 --> 00:10:34 and spiritual songs.
00:10:34 --> 00:10:35 Sing and make music
00:10:35 --> 00:10:36 in your heart
00:10:36 --> 00:10:36 to the Lord,
00:10:36 --> 00:10:37 always giving thanks
00:10:37 --> 00:10:39 to God the Father
00:10:39 --> 00:10:39 before everything
00:10:39 --> 00:10:40 in the name
00:10:40 --> 00:10:43 of our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:10:44 --> 00:10:45 Submit to one another
00:10:45 --> 00:10:45 out of reverence
00:10:45 --> 00:10:46 for Christ.
00:10:47 --> 00:10:48 The reason why
00:10:48 --> 00:10:50 I went on
00:10:50 --> 00:10:51 about living wisely
00:10:51 --> 00:10:53 and not being a fool
00:10:53 --> 00:10:54 in light of God's judgment
00:10:54 --> 00:10:57 is that it kind of ties in
00:10:57 --> 00:10:58 with the bit
00:10:58 --> 00:11:00 I really want to focus on,
00:11:00 --> 00:11:01 being Spirit-filled.
00:11:02 --> 00:11:04 For 18 to 21,
00:11:04 --> 00:11:04 I believe,
00:11:04 --> 00:11:05 is not a new command.
00:11:06 --> 00:11:07 In fact,
00:11:07 --> 00:11:09 it's an explanation
00:11:09 --> 00:11:10 of what it means
00:11:10 --> 00:11:11 to be wise.
00:11:12 --> 00:11:13 To be wise,
00:11:13 --> 00:11:13 to find out
00:11:13 --> 00:11:15 the will of God,
00:11:15 --> 00:11:16 is to be filled
00:11:16 --> 00:11:17 with the Spirit.
00:11:17 --> 00:11:18 The different ways
00:11:18 --> 00:11:20 of saying the same thing.
00:11:20 --> 00:11:21 Of course,
00:11:21 --> 00:11:22 it begs the question,
00:11:22 --> 00:11:23 what does it mean
00:11:23 --> 00:11:24 to be filled
00:11:24 --> 00:11:24 with the Spirit?
00:11:25 --> 00:11:26 I don't know
00:11:26 --> 00:11:28 what you think
00:11:28 --> 00:11:30 it means.
00:11:30 --> 00:11:32 If you were to take
00:11:32 --> 00:11:33 the English literally,
00:11:34 --> 00:11:35 it's, you know,
00:11:35 --> 00:11:36 you are a vessel
00:11:36 --> 00:11:38 and the Spirit
00:11:38 --> 00:11:39 fills you up.
00:11:41 --> 00:11:42 And when you're drained
00:11:42 --> 00:11:43 of the Spirit,
00:11:43 --> 00:11:44 you need another
00:11:44 --> 00:11:45 fresh filling
00:11:45 --> 00:11:46 of the Spirit.
00:11:47 --> 00:11:48 If you take
00:11:48 --> 00:11:49 the metaphor literally,
00:11:49 --> 00:11:51 is that what it means?
00:11:52 --> 00:11:53 Firstly,
00:11:55 --> 00:11:56 if we were to understand
00:11:56 --> 00:11:57 the phrase
00:11:57 --> 00:11:57 being filled
00:11:57 --> 00:11:59 with the Spirit,
00:11:59 --> 00:12:01 you see immediately
00:12:01 --> 00:12:01 the context
00:12:01 --> 00:12:02 is a contrast.
00:12:04 --> 00:12:06 If you look at 18 again,
00:12:06 --> 00:12:06 it says,
00:12:07 --> 00:12:09 don't get drunk on wine.
00:12:10 --> 00:12:10 Instead,
00:12:11 --> 00:12:11 be filled
00:12:11 --> 00:12:12 with the Spirit.
00:12:12 --> 00:12:14 Spirit is intended
00:12:14 --> 00:12:16 to be a contrast.
00:12:17 --> 00:12:17 There's the drinking,
00:12:17 --> 00:12:18 being drunk,
00:12:18 --> 00:12:19 and being filled
00:12:19 --> 00:12:20 with the Spirit.
00:12:20 --> 00:12:21 If you can imagine,
00:12:22 --> 00:12:23 it's literally,
00:12:23 --> 00:12:24 instead of being filled
00:12:24 --> 00:12:25 with wine,
00:12:26 --> 00:12:26 Spirit,
00:12:27 --> 00:12:27 be filled
00:12:27 --> 00:12:28 with the Spirit.
00:12:29 --> 00:12:30 So that's actually
00:12:30 --> 00:12:30 the contrast.
00:12:31 --> 00:12:31 Don't be filled
00:12:31 --> 00:12:32 by Spirit,
00:12:33 --> 00:12:33 but be filled
00:12:33 --> 00:12:34 with the Spirit.
00:12:35 --> 00:12:36 It's not that
00:12:36 --> 00:12:37 I believe
00:12:37 --> 00:12:37 the Ephesian church
00:12:37 --> 00:12:38 had a problem
00:12:38 --> 00:12:39 with drunkenness,
00:12:39 --> 00:12:40 not like
00:12:40 --> 00:12:41 the typical
00:12:41 --> 00:12:42 Aussie
00:12:42 --> 00:12:43 sort of situation.
00:12:44 --> 00:12:45 We don't know,
00:12:45 --> 00:12:46 but I don't think
00:12:46 --> 00:12:46 that's the case.
00:12:47 --> 00:12:47 But rather,
00:12:48 --> 00:12:49 drunkenness
00:12:49 --> 00:12:51 and all that
00:12:51 --> 00:12:51 entails
00:12:51 --> 00:12:53 kind of epitomizes
00:12:53 --> 00:12:54 the ways
00:12:54 --> 00:12:55 of darkness.
00:12:56 --> 00:12:57 If you want
00:12:57 --> 00:12:57 to picture
00:12:57 --> 00:12:59 a world
00:12:59 --> 00:13:00 without God
00:13:00 --> 00:13:01 not knowing
00:13:01 --> 00:13:02 what the future
00:13:02 --> 00:13:03 will hold
00:13:03 --> 00:13:05 in response
00:13:05 --> 00:13:06 to the evil
00:13:06 --> 00:13:07 of the day
00:13:07 --> 00:13:08 where there is
00:13:08 --> 00:13:09 no hope
00:13:09 --> 00:13:10 and no future,
00:13:10 --> 00:13:11 what would
00:13:11 --> 00:13:12 that world
00:13:12 --> 00:13:12 look like?
00:13:14 --> 00:13:15 It would look
00:13:15 --> 00:13:16 like the city
00:13:16 --> 00:13:16 of Sydney
00:13:16 --> 00:13:17 on a Saturday
00:13:17 --> 00:13:17 night.
00:13:19 --> 00:13:20 It would look
00:13:20 --> 00:13:21 like
00:13:21 --> 00:13:22 service paradise
00:13:22 --> 00:13:23 after the HSC.
00:13:26 --> 00:13:27 Where there is
00:13:27 --> 00:13:28 no future
00:13:28 --> 00:13:28 and you want
00:13:28 --> 00:13:29 to forget
00:13:29 --> 00:13:31 the past,
00:13:32 --> 00:13:33 you get
00:13:33 --> 00:13:34 drunk.
00:13:35 --> 00:13:35 You fill
00:13:35 --> 00:13:36 yourself
00:13:36 --> 00:13:37 with spirit.
00:13:38 --> 00:13:39 When you
00:13:39 --> 00:13:39 experience
00:13:39 --> 00:13:40 the evil
00:13:40 --> 00:13:41 of the day,
00:13:42 --> 00:13:42 a boring
00:13:42 --> 00:13:43 marriage,
00:13:44 --> 00:13:45 unruly
00:13:45 --> 00:13:45 kids,
00:13:46 --> 00:13:47 you seek
00:13:47 --> 00:13:48 to escape.
00:13:50 --> 00:13:51 They escape
00:13:51 --> 00:13:52 the evil
00:13:52 --> 00:13:52 of the day
00:13:52 --> 00:13:53 and so you
00:13:53 --> 00:13:54 gorge yourself
00:13:54 --> 00:13:55 with spirit.
00:13:55 --> 00:13:56 That leads
00:13:56 --> 00:13:56 to debauchery.
00:13:58 --> 00:13:58 And Paul
00:13:58 --> 00:13:59 says,
00:13:59 --> 00:13:59 in light
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00:14:02 --> 00:14:02 of God,
00:14:03 --> 00:14:03 we are
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00:14:04 --> 00:14:05 wisely.
00:14:06 --> 00:14:07 To find
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00:14:08 --> 00:14:09 instead of
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00:14:17 --> 00:14:17 Actually,
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00:14:20 --> 00:14:20 what does it
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00:14:22 --> 00:14:23 There is a
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00:14:28 --> 00:14:28 If you look
00:14:28 --> 00:14:29 at verse
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00:14:33 --> 00:14:33 it is an
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00:14:38 --> 00:14:38 You see
00:14:38 --> 00:14:38 the little
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00:14:39 --> 00:14:39 and they're
00:14:39 --> 00:14:40 always the
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00:14:41 --> 00:14:42 the little
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00:14:44 --> 00:14:44 the
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00:14:46 --> 00:14:47 Does anyone
00:14:47 --> 00:14:47 know what a
00:14:47 --> 00:14:48 preposition is?
00:14:49 --> 00:14:49 Of course,
00:14:50 --> 00:14:50 Leslie is going
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00:14:51 --> 00:14:52 isn't she?
00:14:55 --> 00:14:55 Libby,
00:14:55 --> 00:14:56 what's the
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00:14:57 --> 00:14:58 You should
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00:14:59 --> 00:15:02 Thank you.
00:15:03 --> 00:15:03 Yes.
00:15:04 --> 00:15:04 The little
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00:15:06 --> 00:15:06 in sentences,
00:15:07 --> 00:15:08 like by,
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00:15:12 --> 00:15:13 told to
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00:15:16 --> 00:15:17 There is
00:15:17 --> 00:15:17 another way
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00:15:18 --> 00:15:19 that preposition,
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00:15:19 --> 00:15:20 not be
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00:15:21 --> 00:15:22 the same
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00:15:25 --> 00:15:26 by,
00:15:26 --> 00:15:28 which gives
00:15:28 --> 00:15:29 us a very
00:15:29 --> 00:15:30 different
00:15:30 --> 00:15:30 picture.
00:15:30 --> 00:15:31 So the
00:15:31 --> 00:15:32 command is
00:15:32 --> 00:15:32 not so much
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00:15:36 --> 00:15:36 it's the
00:15:36 --> 00:15:37 spirit,
00:15:38 --> 00:15:39 but rather
00:15:39 --> 00:15:40 being filled
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00:15:42 --> 00:15:42 In other
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00:15:46 --> 00:15:46 is the
00:15:46 --> 00:15:47 spirit.
00:15:48 --> 00:15:48 Very
00:15:48 --> 00:15:49 different,
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00:15:50 --> 00:15:52 If we
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00:15:54 --> 00:15:55 by,
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00:15:58 --> 00:15:58 what this
00:15:58 --> 00:15:58 is saying
00:15:58 --> 00:15:59 is,
00:16:00 --> 00:16:00 ask the
00:16:00 --> 00:16:01 spirit to
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00:16:03 --> 00:16:03 The spirit
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00:16:04 --> 00:16:05 we are the
00:16:05 --> 00:16:06 ones being
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00:16:08 --> 00:16:09 Of course,
00:16:09 --> 00:16:10 if the
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00:16:12 --> 00:16:12 rather than
00:16:12 --> 00:16:13 we're being
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00:16:15 --> 00:16:17 the content
00:16:17 --> 00:16:18 of the
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00:16:19 --> 00:16:19 what are
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00:16:21 --> 00:16:24 the
00:16:24 --> 00:16:25 book of
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00:16:33 --> 00:16:33 quite a
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00:16:34 --> 00:16:35 If you go
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00:16:41 --> 00:16:41 if you
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00:16:41 --> 00:16:42 eyes,
00:16:42 --> 00:16:42 sorry,
00:16:42 --> 00:16:42 I'm flicking
00:16:42 --> 00:16:43 my iPad,
00:16:46 --> 00:16:47 1,
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00:16:58 --> 00:16:59 his body,
00:16:59 --> 00:17:00 the fullness
00:17:00 --> 00:17:00 of him
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00:17:01 --> 00:17:02 all in
00:17:02 --> 00:17:02 all.
00:17:02 --> 00:17:02 So I'm
00:17:02 --> 00:17:03 reading from
00:17:03 --> 00:17:04 the ESV.
00:17:04 --> 00:17:05 In other
00:17:05 --> 00:17:05 words,
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00:17:06 --> 00:17:07 the church,
00:17:07 --> 00:17:07 the church
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00:17:11 --> 00:17:12 So the
00:17:12 --> 00:17:12 church,
00:17:13 --> 00:17:13 as it were,
00:17:13 --> 00:17:13 us are
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00:17:16 --> 00:17:16 1,
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00:17:17 --> 00:17:19 No,
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00:17:37 --> 00:17:37 2,
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00:17:48 --> 00:17:48 this is a
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00:17:50 --> 00:17:54 yes.
00:17:55 --> 00:17:55 Well,
00:17:55 --> 00:17:56 the reference
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00:18:01 --> 00:18:02 But as
00:18:02 --> 00:18:05 Mario was
00:18:05 --> 00:18:05 saying,
00:18:06 --> 00:18:06 Paul prays
00:18:06 --> 00:18:07 that the
00:18:07 --> 00:18:07 Ephesians
00:18:07 --> 00:18:07 might be
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00:18:09 --> 00:18:10 of God.
00:18:10 --> 00:18:11 So two
00:18:11 --> 00:18:11 slightly
00:18:11 --> 00:18:12 different
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00:18:13 --> 00:18:14 one hand,
00:18:14 --> 00:18:14 the church
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00:18:18 --> 00:18:19 On the
00:18:19 --> 00:18:19 other hand,
00:18:20 --> 00:18:20 Paul is
00:18:20 --> 00:18:21 asking that
00:18:21 --> 00:18:22 they might
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00:18:24 --> 00:18:24 as well
00:18:24 --> 00:18:24 too.
00:18:24 --> 00:18:25 So we're
00:18:25 --> 00:18:25 filled,
00:18:25 --> 00:18:25 but we're
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00:18:31 --> 00:18:32 so let me
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00:18:42 --> 00:18:42 apostles,
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00:19:01 --> 00:19:02 the church
00:19:02 --> 00:19:03 is to
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00:19:06 --> 00:19:07 We are
00:19:07 --> 00:19:07 filled with
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00:19:08 --> 00:19:08 and we're
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00:19:09 --> 00:19:09 That's
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00:19:14 --> 00:19:15 And 5,
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00:19:17 --> 00:19:18 we to
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00:19:19 --> 00:19:20 And I
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00:19:20 --> 00:19:22 if Paul's
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00:19:24 --> 00:19:25 what we're
00:19:25 --> 00:19:26 asking the
00:19:26 --> 00:19:26 Spirit to
00:19:26 --> 00:19:27 do is
00:19:27 --> 00:19:28 to fill
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00:19:29 --> 00:19:31 and of
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00:19:34 --> 00:19:35 In other
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00:19:37 --> 00:19:38 work to
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00:19:46 --> 00:19:47 We are
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00:19:50 --> 00:19:51 We are
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00:20:01 --> 00:20:01 we'll
00:20:01 --> 00:20:02 continue
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00:20:03 --> 00:20:03 to keep
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00:20:05 --> 00:20:05 likeness
00:20:05 --> 00:20:06 of Christ,
00:20:06 --> 00:20:07 be imitators
00:20:07 --> 00:20:07 of God,
00:20:08 --> 00:20:08 Paul says.
00:20:11 --> 00:20:12 In other
00:20:12 --> 00:20:12 words,
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00:20:12 --> 00:20:13 to,
00:20:13 --> 00:20:14 and this
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00:20:21 --> 00:20:21 And I
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00:20:25 --> 00:20:26 Don't be
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00:20:28 --> 00:20:29 but be
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00:20:32 --> 00:20:32 happens
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00:20:35 --> 00:20:35 grog?
00:20:36 --> 00:20:37 Again,
00:20:37 --> 00:20:38 cast your
00:20:38 --> 00:20:38 mind to
00:20:38 --> 00:20:39 Schoolies
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00:20:41 --> 00:20:42 last week,
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00:20:44 --> 00:20:44 I don't
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00:20:45 --> 00:20:46 It's still
00:20:46 --> 00:20:46 on.
00:20:47 --> 00:20:48 When,
00:20:48 --> 00:20:49 you know,
00:20:49 --> 00:20:49 imagine all
00:20:49 --> 00:20:50 the teenagers
00:20:50 --> 00:20:50 up in
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00:20:51 --> 00:20:52 and they're
00:20:52 --> 00:20:53 filled by
00:20:53 --> 00:20:53 Spirit,
00:20:54 --> 00:20:54 what happens?
00:20:56 --> 00:20:56 They get
00:20:56 --> 00:20:57 blurry-eyed,
00:20:58 --> 00:20:59 they stagger,
00:20:59 --> 00:21:01 they lose
00:21:01 --> 00:21:02 control.
00:21:02 --> 00:21:03 They lose
00:21:03 --> 00:21:04 control of
00:21:04 --> 00:21:04 themselves,
00:21:05 --> 00:21:05 and they do
00:21:05 --> 00:21:06 all sorts of
00:21:06 --> 00:21:06 things.
00:21:07 --> 00:21:08 Instead of
00:21:08 --> 00:21:08 controlling
00:21:08 --> 00:21:08 themselves,
00:21:09 --> 00:21:09 what controls
00:21:09 --> 00:21:09 them?
00:21:11 --> 00:21:12 It's the
00:21:12 --> 00:21:12 alcohol,
00:21:12 --> 00:21:13 isn't it?
00:21:14 --> 00:21:14 When you're
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00:21:15 --> 00:21:16 Spirit,
00:21:16 --> 00:21:17 the Spirit
00:21:17 --> 00:21:18 takes control.
00:21:19 --> 00:21:20 The contrast
00:21:20 --> 00:21:21 is don't be
00:21:21 --> 00:21:21 filled,
00:21:21 --> 00:21:22 don't be
00:21:22 --> 00:21:22 controlled
00:21:22 --> 00:21:24 by alcohol,
00:21:25 --> 00:21:25 but rather
00:21:25 --> 00:21:26 be controlled
00:21:26 --> 00:21:27 by the
00:21:27 --> 00:21:28 Spirit of
00:21:28 --> 00:21:28 God.
00:21:29 --> 00:21:29 walk in
00:21:29 --> 00:21:30 step with
00:21:30 --> 00:21:31 the Spirit,
00:21:31 --> 00:21:32 obey the
00:21:32 --> 00:21:32 Word of
00:21:32 --> 00:21:33 God,
00:21:33 --> 00:21:34 as the
00:21:34 --> 00:21:35 Spirit makes
00:21:35 --> 00:21:36 you more
00:21:36 --> 00:21:37 and more
00:21:37 --> 00:21:38 like Christ.
00:21:39 --> 00:21:40 Our days
00:21:40 --> 00:21:41 are evil.
00:21:41 --> 00:21:41 The judgment
00:21:41 --> 00:21:42 of God
00:21:42 --> 00:21:43 is about
00:21:43 --> 00:21:43 to fall.
00:21:44 --> 00:21:44 The axe
00:21:44 --> 00:21:45 is at the
00:21:45 --> 00:21:45 foot of
00:21:45 --> 00:21:46 the tree.
00:21:47 --> 00:21:47 You do
00:21:47 --> 00:21:48 not escape
00:21:48 --> 00:21:50 the evil
00:21:50 --> 00:21:50 of our
00:21:50 --> 00:21:50 day,
00:21:50 --> 00:21:51 but we,
00:21:51 --> 00:21:51 as the
00:21:51 --> 00:21:52 people of
00:21:52 --> 00:21:52 God,
00:21:52 --> 00:21:53 are to
00:21:53 --> 00:21:54 confront
00:21:54 --> 00:21:55 the evil
00:21:55 --> 00:21:56 of our
00:21:56 --> 00:21:56 day.
00:21:57 --> 00:21:57 We do
00:21:57 --> 00:21:58 not confront
00:21:58 --> 00:21:58 the evil
00:21:58 --> 00:21:59 by losing
00:21:59 --> 00:22:00 control,
00:22:00 --> 00:22:01 by running
00:22:01 --> 00:22:01 away from
00:22:01 --> 00:22:01 it,
00:22:02 --> 00:22:03 but we
00:22:03 --> 00:22:04 confront
00:22:04 --> 00:22:04 the evil
00:22:04 --> 00:22:05 of our
00:22:05 --> 00:22:06 day by
00:22:06 --> 00:22:06 walking
00:22:06 --> 00:22:07 in step
00:22:07 --> 00:22:09 with the
00:22:09 --> 00:22:09 Spirit.
00:22:11 --> 00:22:12 And look
00:22:12 --> 00:22:12 at the
00:22:12 --> 00:22:12 consequence.
00:22:12 --> 00:22:13 Being drunk,
00:22:13 --> 00:22:14 being controlled
00:22:14 --> 00:22:14 by Spirit,
00:22:15 --> 00:22:16 leads to
00:22:16 --> 00:22:16 debauchery.
00:22:17 --> 00:22:18 But being
00:22:18 --> 00:22:19 filled by
00:22:19 --> 00:22:20 the Spirit,
00:22:20 --> 00:22:21 controlled by
00:22:21 --> 00:22:22 the Spirit,
00:22:22 --> 00:22:23 leads to
00:22:23 --> 00:22:23 what?
00:22:23 --> 00:22:27 verse 19.
00:22:28 --> 00:22:28 Sorry,
00:22:29 --> 00:22:29 flicking
00:22:29 --> 00:22:29 through.
00:22:33 --> 00:22:34 If you're
00:22:34 --> 00:22:35 filled by
00:22:35 --> 00:22:36 the Spirit,
00:22:36 --> 00:22:37 it affects
00:22:37 --> 00:22:38 your...
00:22:38 --> 00:22:40 Okay?
00:22:40 --> 00:22:51 it changes
00:22:51 --> 00:22:51 the way
00:22:51 --> 00:22:52 you
00:22:52 --> 00:22:54 speak.
00:22:56 --> 00:22:57 We are
00:22:57 --> 00:22:58 to...
00:22:58 --> 00:22:58 If you
00:22:58 --> 00:22:59 are filled
00:22:59 --> 00:23:00 by the
00:23:00 --> 00:23:00 Spirit,
00:23:00 --> 00:23:01 you will
00:23:01 --> 00:23:02 then speak
00:23:02 --> 00:23:02 to one
00:23:02 --> 00:23:03 another with
00:23:03 --> 00:23:03 psalms,
00:23:04 --> 00:23:04 hymns,
00:23:04 --> 00:23:05 and spiritual
00:23:05 --> 00:23:05 songs.
00:23:06 --> 00:23:06 You will
00:23:06 --> 00:23:07 sing and
00:23:07 --> 00:23:08 make music
00:23:08 --> 00:23:08 in your
00:23:08 --> 00:23:09 heart to
00:23:09 --> 00:23:09 the Lord.
00:23:09 --> 00:23:10 You will
00:23:10 --> 00:23:11 always be
00:23:11 --> 00:23:12 giving thanks
00:23:12 --> 00:23:12 to God
00:23:12 --> 00:23:13 the Father
00:23:13 --> 00:23:13 for everything
00:23:13 --> 00:23:14 in the
00:23:14 --> 00:23:14 name of
00:23:14 --> 00:23:14 our
00:23:14 --> 00:23:15 Lord Jesus.
00:23:15 --> 00:23:16 And if
00:23:16 --> 00:23:16 you're
00:23:16 --> 00:23:17 filled by
00:23:17 --> 00:23:17 the Spirit,
00:23:18 --> 00:23:18 you will
00:23:18 --> 00:23:20 be
00:23:20 --> 00:23:21 submissive.
00:23:23 --> 00:23:24 Submit to
00:23:24 --> 00:23:24 one another
00:23:24 --> 00:23:25 out of
00:23:25 --> 00:23:25 reference
00:23:25 --> 00:23:26 for Christ.
00:23:31 --> 00:23:32 Singing.
00:23:34 --> 00:23:34 If you're
00:23:34 --> 00:23:35 a Spirit-filled
00:23:35 --> 00:23:35 Christian,
00:23:36 --> 00:23:36 filled by
00:23:36 --> 00:23:37 the Spirit,
00:23:37 --> 00:23:39 you will
00:23:39 --> 00:23:39 sing.
00:23:39 --> 00:23:40 By the way,
00:23:40 --> 00:23:40 in verse
00:23:40 --> 00:23:41 19,
00:23:41 --> 00:23:41 it's not
00:23:41 --> 00:23:41 talking about
00:23:41 --> 00:23:42 two different
00:23:42 --> 00:23:43 activities.
00:23:43 --> 00:23:43 There are
00:23:43 --> 00:23:44 two sentences
00:23:44 --> 00:23:44 there,
00:23:44 --> 00:23:44 two clauses.
00:23:45 --> 00:23:45 It's not
00:23:45 --> 00:23:46 talking about...
00:23:46 --> 00:23:47 But the
00:23:47 --> 00:23:47 same activity
00:23:47 --> 00:23:48 from two
00:23:48 --> 00:23:50 perspectives.
00:23:51 --> 00:23:51 One
00:23:51 --> 00:23:52 perspective is
00:23:52 --> 00:23:53 a horizontal
00:23:53 --> 00:23:54 dimension.
00:23:55 --> 00:23:56 When you
00:23:56 --> 00:23:57 come to
00:23:57 --> 00:23:58 church to
00:23:58 --> 00:23:58 sing,
00:23:59 --> 00:24:00 you are
00:24:00 --> 00:24:01 singing to
00:24:01 --> 00:24:03 one another.
00:24:03 --> 00:24:03 one another.
00:24:05 --> 00:24:06 That's what
00:24:06 --> 00:24:06 happens.
00:24:07 --> 00:24:08 You edify,
00:24:08 --> 00:24:09 you instruct,
00:24:09 --> 00:24:10 you exhort,
00:24:10 --> 00:24:11 you admonish
00:24:11 --> 00:24:11 one another
00:24:11 --> 00:24:12 with your
00:24:12 --> 00:24:13 singing.
00:24:13 --> 00:24:14 Did you
00:24:14 --> 00:24:15 realise that?
00:24:16 --> 00:24:16 When you
00:24:16 --> 00:24:17 were singing
00:24:17 --> 00:24:17 those songs,
00:24:18 --> 00:24:20 one of the
00:24:20 --> 00:24:22 objects of
00:24:22 --> 00:24:22 your singing
00:24:22 --> 00:24:23 is actually
00:24:23 --> 00:24:24 me and
00:24:24 --> 00:24:24 you and
00:24:24 --> 00:24:25 each other.
00:24:25 --> 00:24:26 You are to
00:24:26 --> 00:24:27 sing to
00:24:27 --> 00:24:27 one another.
00:24:27 --> 00:24:27 You are to
00:24:27 --> 00:24:29 speak to
00:24:29 --> 00:24:29 one another
00:24:29 --> 00:24:30 in those
00:24:30 --> 00:24:31 songs,
00:24:31 --> 00:24:32 to encourage
00:24:32 --> 00:24:32 them.
00:24:35 --> 00:24:35 And I
00:24:35 --> 00:24:36 wonder whether
00:24:36 --> 00:24:37 this is what
00:24:37 --> 00:24:37 you have in
00:24:37 --> 00:24:38 mind when
00:24:38 --> 00:24:38 you sing.
00:24:39 --> 00:24:40 When you
00:24:40 --> 00:24:41 sing to
00:24:41 --> 00:24:42 one another,
00:24:42 --> 00:24:42 whether you
00:24:42 --> 00:24:43 have in
00:24:43 --> 00:24:44 mind what
00:24:44 --> 00:24:44 you are
00:24:44 --> 00:24:44 encouraging
00:24:44 --> 00:24:45 them with.
00:24:47 --> 00:24:47 But it's
00:24:47 --> 00:24:48 not just
00:24:48 --> 00:24:49 singing to
00:24:49 --> 00:24:49 one another.
00:24:50 --> 00:24:50 The second
00:24:50 --> 00:24:51 half of the
00:24:51 --> 00:24:52 verse talks
00:24:52 --> 00:24:52 about us
00:24:52 --> 00:24:53 singing to
00:24:53 --> 00:24:53 the Lord
00:24:53 --> 00:24:54 Jesus Christ.
00:24:54 --> 00:24:55 There isn't
00:24:55 --> 00:24:56 just a
00:24:56 --> 00:24:57 horizontal
00:24:57 --> 00:24:58 dimension to
00:24:58 --> 00:24:58 our singing.
00:24:58 --> 00:24:59 There is a
00:24:59 --> 00:24:59 vertical
00:24:59 --> 00:25:00 dimension.
00:25:00 --> 00:25:03 we are to
00:25:03 --> 00:25:03 praise the
00:25:03 --> 00:25:03 Lord with
00:25:03 --> 00:25:04 our whole
00:25:04 --> 00:25:04 being,
00:25:05 --> 00:25:06 with joyfulness,
00:25:06 --> 00:25:07 with not
00:25:07 --> 00:25:09 like, if I
00:25:09 --> 00:25:10 dare say, and
00:25:10 --> 00:25:10 this is dangerous
00:25:10 --> 00:25:11 ground at which
00:25:11 --> 00:25:12 I tread, not
00:25:12 --> 00:25:13 like the
00:25:13 --> 00:25:13 half-hearted
00:25:13 --> 00:25:14 Anglo-Saxon
00:25:14 --> 00:25:16 stuff, you
00:25:16 --> 00:25:17 know, hands
00:25:17 --> 00:25:17 by the side,
00:25:18 --> 00:25:18 you know.
00:25:21 --> 00:25:22 Perhaps this is
00:25:22 --> 00:25:23 something that we
00:25:23 --> 00:25:23 can learn from
00:25:23 --> 00:25:24 our charismatic
00:25:24 --> 00:25:24 brothers and
00:25:24 --> 00:25:25 sisters.
00:25:25 --> 00:25:26 When we sing,
00:25:26 --> 00:25:27 we join our
00:25:27 --> 00:25:28 hearts to the
00:25:28 --> 00:25:29 Lord, you
00:25:29 --> 00:25:29 know, it's
00:25:29 --> 00:25:29 with our
00:25:29 --> 00:25:30 whole being.
00:25:31 --> 00:25:32 When we
00:25:32 --> 00:25:33 are filled
00:25:33 --> 00:25:33 by the
00:25:33 --> 00:25:34 Spirit, we
00:25:34 --> 00:25:35 are to sing
00:25:35 --> 00:25:36 wholeheartedly.
00:25:36 --> 00:25:37 We are to
00:25:37 --> 00:25:39 sing lovingly,
00:25:40 --> 00:25:41 lovingly.
00:25:41 --> 00:25:42 We are to
00:25:42 --> 00:25:43 think of the
00:25:43 --> 00:25:44 other person.
00:25:45 --> 00:25:46 We are to
00:25:46 --> 00:25:47 edify them, to
00:25:47 --> 00:25:48 instruct them,
00:25:48 --> 00:25:49 and in this
00:25:49 --> 00:25:50 way we sing
00:25:50 --> 00:25:51 praise to the
00:25:51 --> 00:25:51 Lord.
00:25:52 --> 00:25:53 The second
00:25:53 --> 00:25:53 thing that
00:25:53 --> 00:25:54 happens is we
00:25:54 --> 00:25:57 will be filled
00:25:57 --> 00:25:58 with thanksgiving.
00:25:58 --> 00:26:00 Christians will
00:26:00 --> 00:26:01 not only sing,
00:26:01 --> 00:26:02 but we will
00:26:02 --> 00:26:03 give thanks to
00:26:03 --> 00:26:03 the Lord for
00:26:03 --> 00:26:04 the, you
00:26:04 --> 00:26:06 know, that
00:26:06 --> 00:26:09 ought to, that
00:26:09 --> 00:26:10 really ought to,
00:26:10 --> 00:26:10 and it wouldn't
00:26:10 --> 00:26:12 be hard for us
00:26:12 --> 00:26:12 to be marked out
00:26:12 --> 00:26:13 to be different
00:26:13 --> 00:26:14 to the rest of
00:26:14 --> 00:26:14 the world.
00:26:16 --> 00:26:16 There's someone
00:26:16 --> 00:26:20 I, well, we
00:26:20 --> 00:26:21 are among
00:26:21 --> 00:26:21 friends.
00:26:21 --> 00:26:21 I don't know,
00:26:21 --> 00:26:22 is this going to
00:26:22 --> 00:26:22 go public?
00:26:24 --> 00:26:26 Anyway, okay.
00:26:26 --> 00:26:26 Well, there is a
00:26:26 --> 00:26:27 guy that I
00:26:27 --> 00:26:28 know, and
00:26:28 --> 00:26:28 every time I
00:26:28 --> 00:26:30 see him on a
00:26:30 --> 00:26:31 Friday morning,
00:26:32 --> 00:26:33 nothing but
00:26:33 --> 00:26:33 complain.
00:26:34 --> 00:26:35 Every single
00:26:35 --> 00:26:36 bit, you know,
00:26:36 --> 00:26:37 the surf is
00:26:37 --> 00:26:38 bad, the
00:26:38 --> 00:26:39 coffee is bad,
00:26:40 --> 00:26:41 this is bad,
00:26:41 --> 00:26:42 you know, this
00:26:42 --> 00:26:43 is the typical
00:26:43 --> 00:26:44 Aussie and
00:26:44 --> 00:26:46 Chinese in
00:26:46 --> 00:26:46 Australia.
00:26:48 --> 00:26:49 Unthankfulness.
00:26:50 --> 00:26:50 Nothing is
00:26:50 --> 00:26:51 good enough.
00:26:51 --> 00:26:52 Just grumbling
00:26:52 --> 00:26:54 all the time.
00:26:54 --> 00:26:55 And if you
00:26:55 --> 00:26:55 look at
00:26:55 --> 00:26:56 Romans 1.18,
00:26:57 --> 00:26:57 one of the
00:26:57 --> 00:26:58 mark of the
00:26:58 --> 00:27:00 depraved, the
00:27:00 --> 00:27:01 wicked, is
00:27:01 --> 00:27:03 their unthankfulness.
00:27:05 --> 00:27:05 And yet one of
00:27:05 --> 00:27:06 the, do you
00:27:06 --> 00:27:07 remember Jesus
00:27:07 --> 00:27:07 healing the
00:27:07 --> 00:27:08 ten lepers?
00:27:09 --> 00:27:11 Only one came
00:27:11 --> 00:27:12 back to do
00:27:12 --> 00:27:12 what?
00:27:16 --> 00:27:17 The others
00:27:17 --> 00:27:18 were unthankful.
00:27:20 --> 00:27:21 Thankfulness
00:27:21 --> 00:27:22 marks the
00:27:22 --> 00:27:23 Christian out to
00:27:23 --> 00:27:24 be different
00:27:24 --> 00:27:25 to everybody
00:27:25 --> 00:27:25 else.
00:27:26 --> 00:27:26 Thankfulness
00:27:26 --> 00:27:27 permeates our
00:27:27 --> 00:27:28 being and
00:27:28 --> 00:27:29 are obvious
00:27:29 --> 00:27:30 to others.
00:27:32 --> 00:27:32 But something
00:27:32 --> 00:27:33 rather disturbing
00:27:33 --> 00:27:34 here when you
00:27:34 --> 00:27:35 look at
00:27:35 --> 00:27:35 thankfulness.
00:27:37 --> 00:27:40 Verse 20,
00:27:41 --> 00:27:42 always giving
00:27:42 --> 00:27:43 thanks to
00:27:43 --> 00:27:43 God the
00:27:43 --> 00:27:44 Father for
00:27:44 --> 00:27:45 everything.
00:27:46 --> 00:27:46 Very
00:27:46 --> 00:27:48 inclusive sort
00:27:48 --> 00:27:48 of language,
00:27:48 --> 00:27:49 always, we
00:27:49 --> 00:27:49 get that.
00:27:50 --> 00:27:51 So, but for
00:27:51 --> 00:27:51 everything?
00:27:51 --> 00:27:54 Does Paul
00:27:54 --> 00:27:55 really mean
00:27:55 --> 00:27:55 that?
00:27:56 --> 00:27:57 We are to
00:27:57 --> 00:27:57 give thanks for
00:27:57 --> 00:27:58 everything?
00:27:59 --> 00:28:00 Sure, we can
00:28:00 --> 00:28:00 give thanks for
00:28:00 --> 00:28:01 the good stuff,
00:28:01 --> 00:28:02 healthy children,
00:28:03 --> 00:28:03 good marriage,
00:28:04 --> 00:28:06 sunshine.
00:28:07 --> 00:28:08 But are we, is
00:28:08 --> 00:28:09 Paul saying that
00:28:09 --> 00:28:09 we are to give
00:28:09 --> 00:28:11 thanks when we
00:28:11 --> 00:28:11 break our leg?
00:28:13 --> 00:28:13 You know,
00:28:13 --> 00:28:14 somebody trips
00:28:14 --> 00:28:14 over and we
00:28:14 --> 00:28:15 say, thank God
00:28:15 --> 00:28:18 for that, for
00:28:18 --> 00:28:20 unemployment, for
00:28:20 --> 00:28:21 unanswered prayers,
00:28:21 --> 00:28:22 periods of doubt
00:28:22 --> 00:28:23 and depression,
00:28:23 --> 00:28:24 genocide, for
00:28:24 --> 00:28:25 evil?
00:28:26 --> 00:28:26 Are we to give
00:28:26 --> 00:28:28 thanks for
00:28:28 --> 00:28:28 those things?
00:28:29 --> 00:28:30 Yes, in all
00:28:30 --> 00:28:31 things, we are
00:28:31 --> 00:28:32 told by Paul in
00:28:32 --> 00:28:34 Romans 8, God
00:28:34 --> 00:28:34 worked for the
00:28:34 --> 00:28:35 good of those
00:28:35 --> 00:28:36 who love him and
00:28:36 --> 00:28:37 we are to thank
00:28:37 --> 00:28:37 him for that.
00:28:38 --> 00:28:40 But just to
00:28:40 --> 00:28:41 make sure that
00:28:41 --> 00:28:41 we are reading
00:28:41 --> 00:28:43 this right, the
00:28:43 --> 00:28:44 point here is
00:28:44 --> 00:28:44 not so much
00:28:44 --> 00:28:46 giving thanks to
00:28:46 --> 00:28:46 God for the
00:28:46 --> 00:28:48 circumstances for
00:28:48 --> 00:28:49 which praise is
00:28:49 --> 00:28:50 to be offered,
00:28:51 --> 00:28:52 rather we are
00:28:52 --> 00:28:52 to thank God
00:28:52 --> 00:28:53 for the rich
00:28:53 --> 00:28:54 blessings he
00:28:54 --> 00:28:55 has levished us
00:28:55 --> 00:28:57 with in every
00:28:57 --> 00:28:58 and each
00:28:58 --> 00:28:59 circumstance.
00:28:59 --> 00:28:59 This harks
00:28:59 --> 00:29:01 back to
00:29:01 --> 00:29:02 Ephesians 1
00:29:02 --> 00:29:03 where we are
00:29:03 --> 00:29:04 told that we
00:29:04 --> 00:29:04 are given
00:29:04 --> 00:29:05 every spiritual
00:29:05 --> 00:29:06 blessing in the
00:29:06 --> 00:29:07 heavenly realms.
00:29:08 --> 00:29:08 Paul isn't
00:29:08 --> 00:29:09 saying that evil
00:29:09 --> 00:29:10 is good and
00:29:10 --> 00:29:10 God is to be
00:29:10 --> 00:29:11 praised, but
00:29:11 --> 00:29:13 rather we are
00:29:13 --> 00:29:14 to direct our
00:29:14 --> 00:29:15 thanks and
00:29:15 --> 00:29:16 praise to the
00:29:16 --> 00:29:16 source of all
00:29:16 --> 00:29:17 things, God
00:29:17 --> 00:29:18 the Father
00:29:18 --> 00:29:18 who has blessed
00:29:18 --> 00:29:20 us in Christ
00:29:20 --> 00:29:20 with all
00:29:20 --> 00:29:21 things.
00:29:22 --> 00:29:25 So if you're
00:29:25 --> 00:29:25 thinking, okay,
00:29:26 --> 00:29:26 what I really
00:29:26 --> 00:29:28 need in terms of
00:29:28 --> 00:29:28 fine and belly
00:29:28 --> 00:29:29 to keep going
00:29:29 --> 00:29:30 as a Christian,
00:29:30 --> 00:29:31 then what I
00:29:31 --> 00:29:31 would say is
00:29:31 --> 00:29:32 you need to
00:29:32 --> 00:29:34 be spirit
00:29:34 --> 00:29:36 filled, not
00:29:36 --> 00:29:37 be filled with
00:29:37 --> 00:29:38 the spirit, but
00:29:38 --> 00:29:39 by the spirit.
00:29:40 --> 00:29:41 If you feel
00:29:41 --> 00:29:42 by the spirit,
00:29:42 --> 00:29:43 it will change
00:29:43 --> 00:29:44 the way you
00:29:44 --> 00:29:44 sing.
00:29:45 --> 00:29:46 It will change
00:29:46 --> 00:29:48 the way you
00:29:48 --> 00:29:51 your thankfulness
00:29:51 --> 00:29:51 or lack of
00:29:51 --> 00:29:52 thankfulness.
00:29:53 --> 00:29:54 But lastly, it
00:29:54 --> 00:29:55 will change the
00:29:55 --> 00:29:56 way you relate
00:29:56 --> 00:29:56 to other
00:29:56 --> 00:29:57 people.
00:29:57 --> 00:29:58 For verse 21
00:29:58 --> 00:29:59 tells us that
00:29:59 --> 00:30:00 the spirit-filled
00:30:00 --> 00:30:01 life is a life
00:30:01 --> 00:30:02 of submission.
00:30:04 --> 00:30:05 And this is
00:30:05 --> 00:30:06 where I'm going
00:30:06 --> 00:30:07 to get you to
00:30:07 --> 00:30:08 do the work.
00:30:09 --> 00:30:10 Because we
00:30:10 --> 00:30:10 haven't really
00:30:10 --> 00:30:12 programmed in,
00:30:12 --> 00:30:13 or that's not
00:30:13 --> 00:30:13 my preaching
00:30:13 --> 00:30:14 passage, and we're
00:30:14 --> 00:30:15 not going to have
00:30:15 --> 00:30:16 a chance to
00:30:16 --> 00:30:16 look at this
00:30:16 --> 00:30:17 tomorrow.
00:30:17 --> 00:30:18 So I'm going
00:30:18 --> 00:30:19 to get you
00:30:19 --> 00:30:20 guys to look
00:30:20 --> 00:30:20 at verses
00:30:20 --> 00:30:23 22 to
00:30:23 --> 00:30:30 chapter 6,
00:30:31 --> 00:30:33 1 to
00:30:33 --> 00:30:35 9.
00:30:37 --> 00:30:37 Okay?
00:30:38 --> 00:30:38 With the people
00:30:38 --> 00:30:39 around you,
00:30:40 --> 00:30:41 and kind of
00:30:41 --> 00:30:42 discuss, well,
00:30:42 --> 00:30:43 what does
00:30:43 --> 00:30:44 spirit-filled
00:30:44 --> 00:30:44 Christian
00:30:44 --> 00:30:45 relationship
00:30:45 --> 00:30:46 look like
00:30:46 --> 00:30:47 for you?
00:30:49 --> 00:30:50 How would
00:30:50 --> 00:30:51 that change
00:30:51 --> 00:30:51 Christian
00:30:51 --> 00:30:52 marriage?
00:30:52 --> 00:30:52 How would
00:30:52 --> 00:30:53 it change
00:30:53 --> 00:30:54 parent and
00:30:54 --> 00:30:55 child relationship?
00:30:55 --> 00:30:56 You might want
00:30:56 --> 00:30:57 to discuss that
00:30:57 --> 00:30:57 with your dad
00:30:57 --> 00:30:58 or not.
00:30:59 --> 00:31:00 And how would
00:31:00 --> 00:31:01 that change
00:31:01 --> 00:31:02 your relationship
00:31:02 --> 00:31:02 with your
00:31:02 --> 00:31:04 master, for
00:31:04 --> 00:31:04 those of you
00:31:04 --> 00:31:04 who are
00:31:04 --> 00:31:05 slaves?
00:31:06 --> 00:31:07 That is
00:31:07 --> 00:31:07 parents and
00:31:07 --> 00:31:08 kids again.
00:31:08 --> 00:31:08 Yeah.
00:31:09 --> 00:31:10 Okay, so I'll
00:31:10 --> 00:31:11 give you, how
00:31:11 --> 00:31:11 long do I
00:31:11 --> 00:31:12 have, Sam?
00:31:13 --> 00:31:14 Whenever.
00:31:15 --> 00:31:15 What about
00:31:15 --> 00:31:17 five, seven
00:31:17 --> 00:31:17 minutes?
00:31:19 --> 00:31:19 They're fairly
00:31:19 --> 00:31:20 familiar.
00:31:20 --> 00:31:20 Turn to the
00:31:20 --> 00:31:21 people around
00:31:21 --> 00:31:21 you.
00:31:22 --> 00:31:22 Have we read
00:31:22 --> 00:31:22 through it?
00:31:22 --> 00:31:23 Oh, look, I'll
00:31:23 --> 00:31:24 give you ten
00:31:24 --> 00:31:24 minutes.
00:31:25 --> 00:31:26 Five minutes to
00:31:26 --> 00:31:26 read through it,
00:31:26 --> 00:31:27 and another five
00:31:27 --> 00:31:28 minutes just to
00:31:28 --> 00:31:28 talk to people
00:31:28 --> 00:31:28 around you.
00:31:33 --> 00:31:34 It certainly
00:31:34 --> 00:31:34 is.
00:31:35 --> 00:31:35 It certainly
00:31:35 --> 00:31:35 is.
00:31:36 --> 00:31:37 It changes the
00:31:37 --> 00:31:37 direction.
00:31:37 --> 00:31:39 In fact,
00:31:39 --> 00:31:40 somebody said
00:31:40 --> 00:31:41 that, and
00:31:41 --> 00:31:42 I'll throw it
00:31:42 --> 00:31:42 up there,
00:31:43 --> 00:31:44 marriage is a
00:31:44 --> 00:31:45 creation ordinance,
00:31:46 --> 00:31:47 so it testifies
00:31:47 --> 00:31:48 something about
00:31:48 --> 00:31:49 how God has
00:31:49 --> 00:31:50 created the
00:31:50 --> 00:31:50 universe.
00:31:50 --> 00:31:51 But Christian
00:31:51 --> 00:31:52 marriages is
00:31:52 --> 00:31:53 actually a
00:31:53 --> 00:31:54 redemption
00:31:54 --> 00:31:54 ordinance.
00:31:55 --> 00:31:56 So it
00:31:56 --> 00:31:56 actually points
00:31:56 --> 00:31:57 to something
00:31:57 --> 00:31:59 even better.
00:32:01 --> 00:32:02 It testifies,
00:32:02 --> 00:32:02 it signals,
00:32:03 --> 00:32:03 it shows,
00:32:04 --> 00:32:05 it directs to
00:32:05 --> 00:32:06 redemption rather
00:32:06 --> 00:32:07 than just
00:32:07 --> 00:32:07 creation.
00:32:08 --> 00:32:09 Just to share
00:32:09 --> 00:32:10 another story
00:32:10 --> 00:32:10 about marriage
00:32:10 --> 00:32:11 as well,
00:32:11 --> 00:32:12 too, I told
00:32:12 --> 00:32:12 this at one
00:32:12 --> 00:32:13 of the
00:32:13 --> 00:32:13 weddings.
00:32:14 --> 00:32:15 A lady,
00:32:16 --> 00:32:16 there was a
00:32:16 --> 00:32:17 couple getting
00:32:17 --> 00:32:17 married and
00:32:17 --> 00:32:17 they were
00:32:17 --> 00:32:18 being counselled
00:32:18 --> 00:32:25 and one of
00:32:25 --> 00:32:25 the sessions
00:32:25 --> 00:32:27 that came back
00:32:27 --> 00:32:28 to the minister
00:32:28 --> 00:32:28 and said,
00:32:28 --> 00:32:29 we're calling
00:32:29 --> 00:32:29 this off.
00:32:31 --> 00:32:31 And the
00:32:31 --> 00:32:32 minister said,
00:32:32 --> 00:32:33 why are you
00:32:33 --> 00:32:34 doing that?
00:32:34 --> 00:32:35 And the
00:32:35 --> 00:32:36 lady said,
00:32:37 --> 00:32:38 look, we
00:32:38 --> 00:32:40 were talking
00:32:40 --> 00:32:41 about what to
00:32:41 --> 00:32:41 do with our
00:32:41 --> 00:32:42 finances and
00:32:42 --> 00:32:43 we had two
00:32:43 --> 00:32:44 accounts and
00:32:44 --> 00:32:46 my fiancé wants
00:32:46 --> 00:32:47 us to have
00:32:47 --> 00:32:47 one account
00:32:47 --> 00:32:48 after we get
00:32:48 --> 00:32:51 married and I
00:32:51 --> 00:32:51 just can't do
00:32:51 --> 00:32:51 that.
00:32:52 --> 00:32:53 I need to have
00:32:53 --> 00:32:54 my own account
00:32:54 --> 00:32:55 and my own
00:32:55 --> 00:32:56 money.
00:32:57 --> 00:32:57 And I don't
00:32:57 --> 00:32:58 know what you
00:32:58 --> 00:32:59 would say in
00:32:59 --> 00:33:00 that instance.
00:33:00 --> 00:33:00 business.
00:33:01 --> 00:33:03 And so he
00:33:03 --> 00:33:04 said to her,
00:33:05 --> 00:33:08 look, think
00:33:08 --> 00:33:09 of it this
00:33:09 --> 00:33:11 way, if you
00:33:11 --> 00:33:12 can't trust this
00:33:12 --> 00:33:12 man with your
00:33:12 --> 00:33:14 money, then
00:33:14 --> 00:33:14 maybe you
00:33:14 --> 00:33:15 shouldn't be
00:33:15 --> 00:33:15 marrying him.
00:33:18 --> 00:33:19 Submission has,
00:33:19 --> 00:33:19 I think, a lot
00:33:19 --> 00:33:20 to do with
00:33:20 --> 00:33:20 trust.
00:33:21 --> 00:33:22 You're entrusting
00:33:22 --> 00:33:22 your future,
00:33:22 --> 00:33:23 your well-being
00:33:23 --> 00:33:24 to someone
00:33:24 --> 00:33:25 into their
00:33:25 --> 00:33:26 hand and you
00:33:26 --> 00:33:26 can't trust
00:33:26 --> 00:33:27 him with your
00:33:27 --> 00:33:28 money, then
00:33:28 --> 00:33:28 what are you
00:33:28 --> 00:33:29 doing entrusting
00:33:29 --> 00:33:30 him with your
00:33:30 --> 00:33:31 life?
00:33:32 --> 00:33:32 And of course
00:33:32 --> 00:33:33 to the husband
00:33:33 --> 00:33:33 he said,
00:33:33 --> 00:33:34 look, she's
00:33:34 --> 00:33:35 entrusting her
00:33:35 --> 00:33:36 whole being to
00:33:36 --> 00:33:37 you, what are
00:33:37 --> 00:33:38 you going to
00:33:38 --> 00:33:38 do with it?
00:33:38 --> 00:33:38 Are you going
00:33:38 --> 00:33:39 to abuse her
00:33:39 --> 00:33:39 trust?
00:33:41 --> 00:33:42 It's a fairly
00:33:42 --> 00:33:43 high standard
00:33:43 --> 00:33:43 when someone
00:33:43 --> 00:33:45 hands their
00:33:45 --> 00:33:46 future and
00:33:46 --> 00:33:46 their being
00:33:46 --> 00:33:47 into your
00:33:47 --> 00:33:47 hands.
00:33:48 --> 00:33:49 It's a very
00:33:49 --> 00:33:50 high standard
00:33:50 --> 00:33:50 of care, as
00:33:50 --> 00:33:51 it were.
00:33:54 --> 00:33:54 Any other?
00:33:55 --> 00:33:55 Steve?
00:33:58 --> 00:33:59 So in that
00:33:59 --> 00:34:00 respect, the
00:34:00 --> 00:34:00 outer reverence
00:34:00 --> 00:34:01 for Christ
00:34:01 --> 00:34:01 is a really
00:34:01 --> 00:34:02 important
00:34:02 --> 00:34:04 condition, isn't
00:34:04 --> 00:34:04 it?
00:34:05 --> 00:34:06 Ultimately, we're
00:34:06 --> 00:34:08 saying, who are
00:34:08 --> 00:34:08 we trusting?
00:34:08 --> 00:34:09 Are we just
00:34:09 --> 00:34:09 trusting the man
00:34:09 --> 00:34:10 or the woman?
00:34:11 --> 00:34:11 Ultimately, we're
00:34:11 --> 00:34:12 actually trusting
00:34:12 --> 00:34:13 God or the
00:34:13 --> 00:34:14 Lord Jesus Christ.
00:34:14 --> 00:34:14 Do we trust
00:34:14 --> 00:34:15 him enough to
00:34:15 --> 00:34:17 protect us when
00:34:17 --> 00:34:18 we are being in
00:34:18 --> 00:34:19 a vulnerable
00:34:19 --> 00:34:19 position?
00:34:20 --> 00:34:21 Or do we keep
00:34:21 --> 00:34:22 thinking that we
00:34:22 --> 00:34:22 need to protect
00:34:22 --> 00:34:23 ourselves?
00:34:25 --> 00:34:26 Do we trust
00:34:26 --> 00:34:27 the Lord enough
00:34:27 --> 00:34:28 as husbands to
00:34:28 --> 00:34:29 love our wives
00:34:29 --> 00:34:29 in the same
00:34:29 --> 00:34:30 way?
00:34:30 --> 00:34:31 Or do we
00:34:31 --> 00:34:31 think that we
00:34:31 --> 00:34:32 need to protect
00:34:32 --> 00:34:32 ourselves as
00:34:32 --> 00:34:32 well too?
00:34:33 --> 00:34:33 So ultimately,
00:34:33 --> 00:34:34 it's actually, who
00:34:34 --> 00:34:35 do we really
00:34:35 --> 00:34:35 trust?
00:34:36 --> 00:34:37 Do we trust the
00:34:37 --> 00:34:37 Lord?
00:34:38 --> 00:34:39 And that's a
00:34:39 --> 00:34:40 high level of
00:34:40 --> 00:34:40 trust as well
00:34:40 --> 00:34:41 too.
00:34:41 --> 00:34:42 Anything on
00:34:42 --> 00:34:42 parents and
00:34:42 --> 00:34:43 kids?
00:34:45 --> 00:34:45 Kids?
00:34:52 --> 00:34:53 We're all
00:34:53 --> 00:34:53 kids.
00:34:53 --> 00:34:55 We're all
00:34:55 --> 00:34:56 children.
00:34:57 --> 00:34:57 Parents?
00:35:04 --> 00:35:04 No?
00:35:06 --> 00:35:07 Spirit-filled
00:35:07 --> 00:35:08 parenting?
00:35:10 --> 00:35:11 Spirit-filled
00:35:11 --> 00:35:12 children?
00:35:16 --> 00:35:17 Same issues of
00:35:17 --> 00:35:18 trust, I think,
00:35:18 --> 00:35:19 and submission.
00:35:20 --> 00:35:21 Kids are very
00:35:21 --> 00:35:22 vulnerable.
00:35:22 --> 00:35:23 We're
00:35:23 --> 00:35:23 entrusting our
00:35:23 --> 00:35:24 well-being to
00:35:24 --> 00:35:25 our parents.
00:35:26 --> 00:35:27 And I
00:35:27 --> 00:35:27 suppose it
00:35:27 --> 00:35:27 begs the
00:35:27 --> 00:35:28 question, do
00:35:28 --> 00:35:28 we really
00:35:28 --> 00:35:29 trust the
00:35:29 --> 00:35:29 Lord Jesus
00:35:29 --> 00:35:30 enough to
00:35:30 --> 00:35:30 do that?
00:35:33 --> 00:35:34 Okay, being
00:35:34 --> 00:35:35 filled by the
00:35:35 --> 00:35:36 Spirit of God.
00:35:36 --> 00:35:36 We might
00:35:36 --> 00:35:37 finish up.
00:35:38 --> 00:35:39 It's not, I
00:35:39 --> 00:35:40 think we tend
00:35:40 --> 00:35:41 to think of
00:35:41 --> 00:35:42 Spirit-filled
00:35:42 --> 00:35:44 ness as
00:35:44 --> 00:35:45 something spooky.
00:35:46 --> 00:35:47 You know, when
00:35:47 --> 00:35:47 the Spirit
00:35:47 --> 00:35:49 fills us, you
00:35:49 --> 00:35:50 know, it
00:35:50 --> 00:35:50 changes.
00:35:50 --> 00:35:51 Well, it
00:35:51 --> 00:35:52 does change
00:35:52 --> 00:35:52 us, but
00:35:52 --> 00:35:53 the type of
00:35:53 --> 00:35:53 things that
00:35:53 --> 00:35:54 Paul is
00:35:54 --> 00:35:54 concerned about
00:35:54 --> 00:35:55 is really
00:35:55 --> 00:35:55 practical.
00:35:57 --> 00:35:58 Spirit-filled
00:35:58 --> 00:35:59 Christians are
00:35:59 --> 00:35:59 loving husbands,
00:36:02 --> 00:36:02 trusting
00:36:02 --> 00:36:03 wives,
00:36:04 --> 00:36:05 good
00:36:05 --> 00:36:06 employees,
00:36:07 --> 00:36:07 people who
00:36:07 --> 00:36:08 paid a
00:36:08 --> 00:36:08 mortgage on
00:36:08 --> 00:36:10 time, and
00:36:10 --> 00:36:10 things like
00:36:10 --> 00:36:11 that.
00:36:11 --> 00:36:12 If you
00:36:12 --> 00:36:12 want to
00:36:12 --> 00:36:13 assess
00:36:13 --> 00:36:14 people's
00:36:14 --> 00:36:14 spirituality,
00:36:14 --> 00:36:15 humanity,
00:36:16 --> 00:36:18 don't, you
00:36:18 --> 00:36:19 know, judge
00:36:19 --> 00:36:19 them or
00:36:19 --> 00:36:20 us or
00:36:20 --> 00:36:21 yourself by,
00:36:23 --> 00:36:24 you know,
00:36:24 --> 00:36:24 like things
00:36:24 --> 00:36:25 that are
00:36:25 --> 00:36:26 spooky or
00:36:26 --> 00:36:27 mystical or
00:36:27 --> 00:36:28 whatever it
00:36:28 --> 00:36:28 is.
00:36:28 --> 00:36:28 Look at how
00:36:28 --> 00:36:29 they relate to
00:36:29 --> 00:36:30 their husbands
00:36:30 --> 00:36:31 and wives and
00:36:31 --> 00:36:31 kids and
00:36:31 --> 00:36:32 parents and
00:36:32 --> 00:36:33 people at
00:36:33 --> 00:36:33 work.
00:36:34 --> 00:36:34 You know,
00:36:34 --> 00:36:36 this is where
00:36:36 --> 00:36:36 the rubber
00:36:36 --> 00:36:37 hits the
00:36:37 --> 00:36:37 road.
00:36:37 --> 00:36:40 Well, how
00:36:40 --> 00:36:40 does the
00:36:40 --> 00:36:41 Spirit work
00:36:41 --> 00:36:42 in
00:36:42 --> 00:36:46 filling us?
00:36:46 --> 00:36:47 Paul says,
00:36:47 --> 00:36:48 I think this
00:36:48 --> 00:36:48 is from
00:36:48 --> 00:36:49 Steve's
00:36:49 --> 00:36:51 passage.
00:36:52 --> 00:36:52 If I can
00:36:52 --> 00:36:53 take you back
00:36:53 --> 00:36:53 to chapter
00:36:53 --> 00:36:54 3, and
00:36:54 --> 00:36:54 this is where
00:36:54 --> 00:36:55 I'll finish.
00:36:56 --> 00:36:56 Chapter 3,
00:36:56 --> 00:36:57 verse 14.
00:36:57 --> 00:36:58 For this
00:36:58 --> 00:36:58 reason, I
00:36:58 --> 00:36:59 bar my
00:36:59 --> 00:37:00 knees before
00:37:00 --> 00:37:00 the Father,
00:37:01 --> 00:37:01 from whom
00:37:01 --> 00:37:02 every family
00:37:02 --> 00:37:02 in heaven
00:37:02 --> 00:37:03 and on
00:37:03 --> 00:37:03 earth is
00:37:03 --> 00:37:03 named,
00:37:04 --> 00:37:04 that according
00:37:04 --> 00:37:04 to the
00:37:04 --> 00:37:05 riches of
00:37:05 --> 00:37:05 his glory,
00:37:06 --> 00:37:06 he may
00:37:06 --> 00:37:06 grant you
00:37:06 --> 00:37:07 to be
00:37:07 --> 00:37:07 strengthened
00:37:07 --> 00:37:07 with power
00:37:07 --> 00:37:08 through his
00:37:08 --> 00:37:09 Spirit in
00:37:09 --> 00:37:09 your inner
00:37:09 --> 00:37:10 being, so
00:37:10 --> 00:37:11 that Christ
00:37:11 --> 00:37:11 may dwell
00:37:11 --> 00:37:11 in your
00:37:11 --> 00:37:12 hearts through
00:37:12 --> 00:37:13 faith, that
00:37:13 --> 00:37:13 you, being
00:37:13 --> 00:37:14 rooted and
00:37:14 --> 00:37:14 grounded in
00:37:14 --> 00:37:14 life, may
00:37:14 --> 00:37:15 have strength
00:37:15 --> 00:37:16 to comprehend
00:37:16 --> 00:37:17 with all the
00:37:17 --> 00:37:18 saints what
00:37:18 --> 00:37:18 is the
00:37:18 --> 00:37:19 breadth and
00:37:19 --> 00:37:20 length and
00:37:20 --> 00:37:20 height and
00:37:20 --> 00:37:21 depth, and
00:37:21 --> 00:37:21 to know the
00:37:21 --> 00:37:22 love of Christ
00:37:22 --> 00:37:23 that surpasses
00:37:23 --> 00:37:23 knowledge, that
00:37:23 --> 00:37:24 you may be
00:37:24 --> 00:37:25 filled with
00:37:25 --> 00:37:26 all the
00:37:26 --> 00:37:26 fullness of
00:37:26 --> 00:37:27 God.
00:37:27 --> 00:37:28 The way
00:37:28 --> 00:37:29 the Spirit
00:37:29 --> 00:37:30 works is, if
00:37:30 --> 00:37:30 you ask
00:37:30 --> 00:37:31 him, he
00:37:31 --> 00:37:32 will give
00:37:32 --> 00:37:33 you power,
00:37:34 --> 00:37:34 and if
00:37:34 --> 00:37:35 you're tired,
00:37:35 --> 00:37:36 and if
00:37:36 --> 00:37:36 you're dry,
00:37:36 --> 00:37:37 what you
00:37:37 --> 00:37:37 need to
00:37:37 --> 00:37:38 do is to
00:37:38 --> 00:37:38 go to
00:37:38 --> 00:37:39 God right
00:37:39 --> 00:37:40 now and
00:37:40 --> 00:37:40 ask him
00:37:40 --> 00:37:41 for power.
00:37:42 --> 00:37:42 It's a very
00:37:42 --> 00:37:43 evangelical thing
00:37:43 --> 00:37:44 to say, by
00:37:44 --> 00:37:44 the way.
00:37:45 --> 00:37:45 Ask him for
00:37:45 --> 00:37:47 power, the
00:37:47 --> 00:37:48 spiritual power,
00:37:49 --> 00:37:49 and when you
00:37:49 --> 00:37:50 have that power,
00:37:50 --> 00:37:50 do you know what
00:37:50 --> 00:37:51 will happen?
00:37:51 --> 00:37:52 To lead you to
00:37:52 --> 00:37:53 this Spirit-filled
00:37:53 --> 00:37:53 life?
00:37:54 --> 00:37:55 He will give you
00:37:55 --> 00:37:56 understanding
00:37:56 --> 00:38:00 of the love
00:38:00 --> 00:38:00 of God.
00:38:00 --> 00:38:00 God.
00:38:03 --> 00:38:03 That's what the
00:38:03 --> 00:38:04 Spirit will
00:38:04 --> 00:38:04 do.
00:38:05 --> 00:38:06 The Spirit
00:38:06 --> 00:38:07 will strengthen
00:38:07 --> 00:38:07 you in the
00:38:07 --> 00:38:09 inside by
00:38:09 --> 00:38:10 reminding you,
00:38:10 --> 00:38:11 explaining to
00:38:11 --> 00:38:12 you in ways
00:38:12 --> 00:38:12 that you
00:38:12 --> 00:38:13 cannot imagine
00:38:13 --> 00:38:16 how much
00:38:16 --> 00:38:18 God loves
00:38:18 --> 00:38:18 you.
00:38:20 --> 00:38:21 What you
00:38:21 --> 00:38:22 need to know
00:38:22 --> 00:38:22 is the love
00:38:22 --> 00:38:23 of God to
00:38:23 --> 00:38:24 live the type
00:38:24 --> 00:38:26 of life that
00:38:26 --> 00:38:27 Paul is
00:38:27 --> 00:38:27 talking about.
00:38:27 --> 00:38:30 Let's
00:38:30 --> 00:38:33 give
00:38:33 --> 00:38:34 any
00:38:34 --> 00:38:42 thought
00:38:44 --> 00:38:45 about
00:38:45 --> 00:38:48 Hal
00:38:48 --> 00:38:50 and
00:38:50 --> 00:38:52 we
00:38:52 --> 00:38:53 have
00:38:54 --> 00:38:54 a