This week’s talk is an exhortation by Brother Andrew Johns titled \u201cGod is Able.\u201d<\/p>\n
We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n
Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n
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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHello all, and welcome back. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is Brother Benji.
\nThis week’s talk will be an <\/p>\n
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\nexhortation given by Brother
\nAndrew Johns to the theme God is<\/p>\n
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\nable.
\nBrother Andrew describes for us <\/p>\n
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\nthe method of God’s salvation.
\nAlthough this is not your <\/p>\n
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\ntypical atonement talk, he
\nfocuses on the stress the <\/p>\n
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\nScripture places on God’s
\nability to save. <\/p>\n
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\nI loved Brother Andrew’s
\npassion, which comes through <\/p>\n
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\nreally strongly in this talk.
\nThe approach our brother takes <\/p>\n
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\nhere is very understandable and
\nclear in breaking small the word<\/p>\n
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\nof God for us.
\nI’ve found this talk exciting, <\/p>\n
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\nrelieving, and uplifting, and
\nI’m sure you will too. <\/p>\n
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\nSo with that, I’ll give you over
\nto our brother Andrew for his <\/p>\n
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\nexhortation.
\nGod is able. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning, my dearly loved
\nbrother and sisters in our Lord <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ.
\nThere’s great causes and not for<\/p>\n
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\njoy and Thanksgiving as we made
\naround this table this morning, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters, because he
\nhas symbolized before us in a <\/p>\n
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\nvery simple way are the greatest
\ntruths that any individual could<\/p>\n
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\never know.
\nAnd we’re privileged to know <\/p>\n
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\nthem.
\nAnd we’ve come to to strengthen <\/p>\n
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\nour connection with the greatest
\nman that ever lived. <\/p>\n
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\nYet it’s true, is it not,
\nbrothers and sisters, that we <\/p>\n
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\ndon’t always arrive feeling that
\nsense of joy and Thanksgiving as<\/p>\n
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\nwe come here?
\nBecause there are times when we <\/p>\n
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\nfeel weighed down and times when
\nwe we are distracted and perhaps<\/p>\n
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\neven crushed by life’s
\nexperiences where pressures and <\/p>\n
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\nfamily issues and all manner of
\nthings that happen in our lives <\/p>\n
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\ntake take their toll and rob us
\nof our vision. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd perhaps even at times,
\nbrothers and sisters, sin <\/p>\n
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\nrepeated in our lives and
\nforgiven and repeated and <\/p>\n
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\nforgiven, leaves us feeling
\nworthless and despondent, even <\/p>\n
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\ndepressed.
\nHowever, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\nin whatever state we come, we
\nought to leave this place <\/p>\n
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\nwhenever we have this
\nopportunity, enlivened and <\/p>\n
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\nthankful and hopeful.
\nAnd the apostles constantly <\/p>\n
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\nthrough the New Testament, give
\nus the key. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, they pick up Paul
\nparticularly, and Jude this <\/p>\n
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\nmorning, and John and Peter all
\npick up a theme from the Old <\/p>\n
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\nTestament and drive it into
\ntheir teaching. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I was reminded of this the
\nother day as I was began reading<\/p>\n
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\nfirst of John.
\nI don’t know whether you’re like<\/p>\n
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\nme, but sometimes just starting
\na reading, I just keep on <\/p>\n
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\nreading.
\nI suppose we’ve all had that <\/p>\n
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\nexperience in Esther and other
\nbooks, but I was just reading on<\/p>\n
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\nthrough John, the whole of John
\nand 2nd of John and 3rd of John <\/p>\n
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\nand I kept on going into Jude
\nand and I was reminded of this <\/p>\n
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\nantidotes that pulls us to the
\nthings that pull us down. <\/p>\n
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\nBrothers and sisters, let’s let
\nPaul first tell us what this is.<\/p>\n
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\nJust come, will you please for a
\nmoment to Hebrews Chapter 7, <\/p>\n
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\nbecause here the apostle
\nencapsulates this in just three <\/p>\n
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\nsimple words in verse 25 where
\nhe says verse 24. <\/p>\n
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\nBut this man Christ, because he
\ncontinueth ever has an <\/p>\n
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\nunchangeable priesthood,
\nwherefore he is able also to <\/p>\n
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\nsave them to the uttermost that
\ncome unto God by him saying he <\/p>\n
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\never liveth to make intercession
\nfor them. <\/p>\n
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\nHe is able to save brothers and
\nsisters completely. <\/p>\n
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\nThat word uttermost means he is
\nable to save completely those <\/p>\n
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\nwho come to God by him.
\nIt doesn’t say brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters that he might be
\npossible under certain <\/p>\n
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\ncircumstances.
\nThat’s not what Paul said. <\/p>\n
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\nHe doesn’t say that he’s able to
\nsave those who are righteous. <\/p>\n
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\nHe doesn’t say that it’s not for
\nsome brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s for all of those who come
\nto God by him. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd all of us brothers and
\nsisters this morning have done <\/p>\n
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\njust that.
\nWe’ve come to God by him because<\/p>\n
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\nwe know that this is the only
\nplace where there is hope. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the only inspiration for
\nus. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the apostle tells us he is
\nAbel. <\/p>\n
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\nDo we believe it?
\nBrothers and sisters, when we <\/p>\n
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\nprobe our own hearts, we doubt.
\nBut we’ve got to ask ourselves, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters, do we
\nactually believe that God is <\/p>\n
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\nable to save not just those who
\ncome to God, but us as we come <\/p>\n
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\nto him in Christ?
\nDo we believe that he’s actually<\/p>\n
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\nworking in our lives, brothers
\nand sisters? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think that question has to
\ncome personally to all of us <\/p>\n
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\nindividually.
\nNone of us can answer that for <\/p>\n
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\neach other.
\nAnd it’s no good keeping it as a<\/p>\n
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\ngeneral principle, just sitting
\nas black print on white page. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you believe, brother or
\nsister, that God is actually <\/p>\n
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\nright now working in your life?
\nBecause verse 25 is not just a <\/p>\n
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\nstatement of fact that happened
\nin the past or is yet something <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s gonna happen in the
\nfuture. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s telling about a process
\nthat God is actively involved in<\/p>\n
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\nright this moment.
\nHe is able to save completely <\/p>\n
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\nthose who come to Him because he
\nis ever living to make <\/p>\n
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\nintercession.
\nThis is a process that hasn’t <\/p>\n
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\nstopped yet.
\nHe is in the process and He has <\/p>\n
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\nthe power.
\nYou know, in the Greek, that <\/p>\n
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\nlittle phrase he is able comes
\nfrom the the word dunamis, a <\/p>\n
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\nword which we understand.
\nAnd it’s the basis of many <\/p>\n
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\nEnglish words, Dynamo and
\ndynamic. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s it’s talks about power and
\nit’s often translated power in <\/p>\n
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\nthe New Testament.
\nBut it’s a little phrase that <\/p>\n
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\ntells us that God has the power.
\nHe is able. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are not brothers and sisters.
\nWe understand that and it’s why <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re here.
\nBut he is, you know, it’s <\/p>\n
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\nfundamental, brothers, is as we
\ncome to the table this morning <\/p>\n
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\nto get our perspective right.
\nAnd one of the great values of <\/p>\n
\n00:09:09,080 –> 00:09:14,280
\nus meeting here with a focus on
\nour Lord Jesus Christ in these <\/p>\n
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\nsymbols here before us is to
\nhelp us get that perspective <\/p>\n
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\nright.
\nAnd when we get that perspective<\/p>\n
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\nright, brothers and sisters,
\nthat it’s God that’s working. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s we who are not able to get
\nourselves to the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
\n00:09:32,160 –> 00:09:36,440
\nWhen we get that perspective
\nright, then we are able to lift <\/p>\n
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\nour heads and our hearts will
\nfill with wonder and with <\/p>\n
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\nthankfulness.
\nYou know, it’s the central <\/p>\n
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\nreason for us being here, is it
\nnot? <\/p>\n
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\nBrothers and sisters, being here
\nbefore this table to focus and <\/p>\n
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\nwe citing word to focus on what
\nGod has done and what Christ has<\/p>\n
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\nachieved.
\nAnd that’s something we can <\/p>\n
\n00:10:06,640 –> 00:10:11,800
\nnever do.
\nYou know, we all sent to that, <\/p>\n
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\nbrethren and sisters, there’s
\nnot one of us here that would <\/p>\n
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\nwould disagree with that in
\nprinciple principle. <\/p>\n
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\nBut do we actually really
\nbelieve that God can lift us to <\/p>\n
\n00:10:31,320 –> 00:10:34,600
\nbe part of his family into
\neternity? <\/p>\n
\n00:10:35,640 –> 00:10:39,320
\nDo you believe that He is able
\nto save you? <\/p>\n
\n00:10:39,880 –> 00:10:42,760
\nDo I believe that He is able to
\nsave me? <\/p>\n
\n00:10:43,360 –> 00:10:48,600
\nYou know, if we doubt, brothers
\nand sisters, it’s because we’re <\/p>\n
\n00:10:48,600 –> 00:10:52,560
\nfocusing too much on self and
\nnot on Christ. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:54,560 –> 00:10:57,120
\nAnd it’s not our purpose this
\nmorning, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
\n00:10:57,120 –> 00:11:01,840
\nthough certainly it’s true that
\nwe should examine ourselves and <\/p>\n
\n00:11:01,840 –> 00:11:06,200
\nsee our own hearts, It’s not our
\npurpose as we come to this <\/p>\n
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\ntable, brothers and sisters, to
\njust dwell there. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s got to go beyond.
\nThe reason our Lord instituted <\/p>\n
\n00:11:15,280 –> 00:11:21,760
\nthis feast is so that we would
\nlift our eyes to Him despite our<\/p>\n
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\nown weakness.
\nJust remember that if we doubt <\/p>\n
\n00:11:27,720 –> 00:11:34,000
\nthat He is able, not doubt that
\nHe is able to get some other <\/p>\n
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\nbrother or sister into the
\nKingdom, but doubt that we could<\/p>\n
\n00:11:39,120 –> 00:11:43,040
\nbe there.
\nWe not only doubt our ability, <\/p>\n
\n00:11:44,480 –> 00:11:48,880
\nbut we limit the grace and the
\npower of God. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:51,520 –> 00:11:58,440
\nPaul here says God is able to
\nsay completely those who come to<\/p>\n
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\nGod by him.
\nIt’s not a matter of our <\/p>\n
\n00:12:03,520 –> 00:12:07,680
\nfeelings of unworthiness.
\nAll of us are unworthy, brothers<\/p>\n
\n00:12:07,680 –> 00:12:11,440
\nand sisters.
\nThe focus is on God, you know, <\/p>\n
\n00:12:11,440 –> 00:12:16,080
\nand this is not an isolated
\npassage, not an isolated <\/p>\n
\n00:12:16,080 –> 00:12:18,560
\nstatement by the apostle Paul by
\nany means. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:18,560 –> 00:12:22,840
\nIt’s a frequent theme of his
\nthat he’s picked up from the Old<\/p>\n
\n00:12:22,840 –> 00:12:24,440
\nTestament.
\nWe haven’t got time to do to <\/p>\n
\n00:12:24,440 –> 00:12:28,240
\ndeal with that this morning to,
\nto examine the Old Testament <\/p>\n
\n00:12:28,240 –> 00:12:32,360
\norigins of this.
\nBut this great truth must affect<\/p>\n
\n00:12:32,360 –> 00:12:36,280
\nthe way we think and the way we
\nview God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when it does, brothers and
\nsisters, it will transform us. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I want to just consider
\nbriefly this morning just two <\/p>\n
\n00:12:45,120 –> 00:12:54,800
\nprayers, one of the apostle Paul
\nand one of Jude, because there’s<\/p>\n
\n00:12:54,800 –> 00:12:57,360
\njust an amazing thing.
\nI don’t know whether you’ve ever<\/p>\n
\n00:12:57,360 –> 00:12:59,600
\nreally noticed it.
\nLet’s have a look at the first <\/p>\n
\n00:12:59,600 –> 00:13:04,800
\nof those in Ephesians 3.
\nI want you to notice how both <\/p>\n
\n00:13:04,800 –> 00:13:18,120
\nPaul and Jude viewed God.
\nEphesians 3 contains one of the <\/p>\n
\n00:13:18,120 –> 00:13:21,920
\nmost amazing prayers that Paul
\nwrote and there’s many in his <\/p>\n
\n00:13:21,920 –> 00:13:27,560
\nepistles.
\nAnd it starts back in verse 14 <\/p>\n
\n00:13:29,160 –> 00:13:32,800
\nand goes through to the end of
\nthe chapter with the final Amen <\/p>\n
\n00:13:32,800 –> 00:13:40,080
\nin verse 21.
\nBut come to verse 20, to the <\/p>\n
\n00:13:40,080 –> 00:13:49,920
\nvery end of this prayer, where
\nthe apostle says now unto him, <\/p>\n
\n00:13:50,960 –> 00:14:00,880
\nthat is Abel, He doesn’t say now
\nunto our loving Father or the <\/p>\n
\n00:14:00,880 –> 00:14:08,440
\nGod Almighty.
\nHe says now unto him that is <\/p>\n
\n00:14:08,840 –> 00:14:16,240
\nable to do exceeding abundantly
\nabove all that we ask or think, <\/p>\n
\n00:14:16,600 –> 00:14:18,880
\naccording to the power that
\nworketh in US. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:19,280 –> 00:14:23,440
\nUnto him be glory in the
\necclesia by Christ Jesus <\/p>\n
\n00:14:24,000 –> 00:14:26,720
\nthroughout all ages, world
\nwithout end. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:28,080 –> 00:14:33,120
\nAmen.
\nPope Paul’s description of God <\/p>\n
\n00:14:33,520 –> 00:14:37,160
\nnote his conception of God.
\nThis is the God that he <\/p>\n
\n00:14:37,160 –> 00:14:43,000
\nworshipped him that is able to
\ndo exceedingly above all that we<\/p>\n
\n00:14:43,000 –> 00:14:48,720
\nask or think.
\nGod is powerfully at work in the<\/p>\n
\n00:14:48,720 –> 00:14:52,600
\nmind of Paul.
\nGod was powerfully at work in <\/p>\n
\n00:14:52,600 –> 00:14:59,600
\nthe lives of individuals, and He
\nis able, according to the <\/p>\n
\n00:14:59,600 –> 00:15:05,480
\napostle Paul, to do not only
\nmore than we ask, but more than <\/p>\n
\n00:15:05,480 –> 00:15:11,920
\nwe can even possibly imagine.
\nThat plays with my mind. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:11,920 –> 00:15:15,680
\nBrothers and sisters, that is
\njust an amazing thing. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:17,400 –> 00:15:22,120
\nGod did not send Christ into the
\nworld because we were able. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:22,120 –> 00:15:25,240
\nHe sent him into the world
\nbecause we were not able, and <\/p>\n
\n00:15:25,240 –> 00:15:30,440
\nbecause he was, as Paul on
\nanother place in Romans says, <\/p>\n
\n00:15:31,000 –> 00:15:34,360
\nwhile we were.
\nYet since Christ died for us, <\/p>\n
\n00:15:34,440 –> 00:15:41,000
\nit’s got nothing to do with us.
\nHe is able to do abundantly. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:41,000 –> 00:15:47,080
\nAbove all, we ask or think.
\nWe might feel unworthy and and <\/p>\n
\n00:15:47,080 –> 00:15:53,800
\nrightly so, but God says He can
\ntransform any who come to Him <\/p>\n
\n00:15:55,560 –> 00:15:59,240
\nfor the Kingdom.
\nDo we believe it? <\/p>\n
\n00:16:01,520 –> 00:16:07,960
\nBut he goes on according to the
\npower, and there’s a repeat of <\/p>\n
\n00:16:07,960 –> 00:16:14,040
\nthat same Greek word, dunamis.
\nHe is able is the same Greek <\/p>\n
\n00:16:14,040 –> 00:16:21,520
\nword as this word power,
\naccording to the power that <\/p>\n
\n00:16:21,520 –> 00:16:24,480
\nworks in US.
\nDo you feel that power, brothers<\/p>\n
\n00:16:24,480 –> 00:16:31,040
\nand sisters, is God working with
\na power that is uniquely His in <\/p>\n
\n00:16:31,040 –> 00:16:33,720
\nour lives?
\nWhat is this power that’s <\/p>\n
\n00:16:33,720 –> 00:16:36,560
\nworking?
\nWhat He tells us in verse 16 <\/p>\n
\n00:16:37,280 –> 00:16:42,240
\nearlier in this prayer, where He
\nsays that He would grant you <\/p>\n
\n00:16:42,240 –> 00:16:48,000
\naccording to the riches of His
\nglory, to be strengthened with <\/p>\n
\n00:16:48,000 –> 00:16:52,040
\nmight.
\nSame word, power, dunamis to be <\/p>\n
\n00:16:52,040 –> 00:16:57,440
\nstrengthened with might by His
\nSpirit in the inner man, that <\/p>\n
\n00:16:57,440 –> 00:17:03,080
\nChrist may dwell in your hearts
\nby faith that ye being rooted <\/p>\n
\n00:17:03,080 –> 00:17:07,359
\nand grounded in love may be able
\nto comprehend with all the <\/p>\n
\n00:17:07,359 –> 00:17:10,680
\nSaints the breadth and depth,
\nlength and depth and height. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:11,839 –> 00:17:17,000
\nYou see, brothers and sisters,
\nit’s a power that’s a process <\/p>\n
\n00:17:17,319 –> 00:17:20,760
\nbeing used by God in our lives
\nright now. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:21,480 –> 00:17:25,319
\nJesus said the words that I
\nspeak unto you, they are Spirit <\/p>\n
\n00:17:26,079 –> 00:17:29,680
\nand they are life.
\nAnd here we are strengthened by <\/p>\n
\n00:17:29,680 –> 00:17:37,000
\nmight, with might, by His Spirit
\nin the inner man, the word in <\/p>\n
\n00:17:37,000 –> 00:17:41,840
\nUS, brothers and sisters, if
\nonly we will let it can <\/p>\n
\n00:17:41,840 –> 00:17:45,000
\ntransform us.
\nAs we know, we’ve all had some <\/p>\n
\n00:17:45,000 –> 00:17:48,840
\nexperience of that, brothers and
\nsisters, But perhaps at times <\/p>\n
\n00:17:48,840 –> 00:17:52,440
\nwe’re not as free in letting God
\nwork. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:53,120 –> 00:17:59,720
\nWe’re not free enough to let God
\npenetrate our pride, to <\/p>\n
\n00:17:59,760 –> 00:18:08,840
\npenetrate our stubbornness, to
\npenetrate our laziness and work <\/p>\n
\n00:18:09,880 –> 00:18:15,760
\nin our hearts.
\nChrist dwelling in our hearts by<\/p>\n
\n00:18:15,760 –> 00:18:19,400
\nfaith.
\nThat is the power initiated by <\/p>\n
\n00:18:19,400 –> 00:18:23,920
\nGod, and it requires little of
\nus, brothers and sisters, except<\/p>\n
\n00:18:23,920 –> 00:18:30,440
\nto come to God by him and to be
\nreceptive to His work in our <\/p>\n
\n00:18:30,440 –> 00:18:34,640
\nlives.
\nYou know, it’s a very easy thing<\/p>\n
\n00:18:34,640 –> 00:18:39,640
\nto say that we should allow God
\nto work in our lives. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:39,800 –> 00:18:43,080
\nBut here is one of the greatest
\nstruggles that every one of us <\/p>\n
\n00:18:43,080 –> 00:18:46,800
\nface, brothers and sisters.
\nAnd I believe it’s heightened by<\/p>\n
\n00:18:46,800 –> 00:18:50,280
\nthe by the environment and the
\nage in which we live. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:50,720 –> 00:18:53,800
\nWe are living brothers and
\nsisters, in a time of human <\/p>\n
\n00:18:53,800 –> 00:18:58,280
\nhistory where we have probably
\nmore than most common people <\/p>\n
\n00:18:58,280 –> 00:19:01,400
\nhave ever had.
\nWe have more education, we have <\/p>\n
\n00:19:01,400 –> 00:19:04,520
\nmore opportunity, we have more
\ntime, we have more money. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:04,800 –> 00:19:08,240
\nWe have the ability to do
\nanything we want in reality. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:08,520 –> 00:19:13,720
\nAnd we’re encouraged by our age
\nto be independent and to make <\/p>\n
\n00:19:13,720 –> 00:19:18,440
\nour plans and to seek our dreams
\nand to do everything ourselves <\/p>\n
\n00:19:18,640 –> 00:19:21,600
\nand not have to be dependent on
\nanyone else. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:21,880 –> 00:19:28,040
\nAnd God says no, that’s not how
\nI want you. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:30,960 –> 00:19:37,560
\nBecause sometimes we are just
\ntoo independent and too proud. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:38,880 –> 00:19:43,200
\nWe’re too used to fighting our
\nbattles and organising ourselves<\/p>\n
\n00:19:43,400 –> 00:19:47,120
\nand planning everything down to
\nthe last detail so that nothing <\/p>\n
\n00:19:47,120 –> 00:19:51,920
\ncan can go wrong, insuring
\nourselves to the hilt and making<\/p>\n
\n00:19:51,920 –> 00:19:55,120
\nall sorts of plans for the
\nfuture, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:55,120 –> 00:19:58,600
\nAnd God can bring that all to
\nnothing in just a moment. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:02,360 –> 00:20:08,080
\nWe tend by our nature to just
\nwant to do things our own way, <\/p>\n
\n00:20:08,600 –> 00:20:12,240
\nto be in control, to sort things
\nout. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:15,440 –> 00:20:20,800
\nBut the exercise of faith,
\nbrothers and sisters, what Paul <\/p>\n
\n00:20:20,800 –> 00:20:28,000
\nis talking about here, letting
\nGod work, requires us to trust <\/p>\n
\n00:20:28,440 –> 00:20:32,720
\nthat God knows better than us,
\nthat he has a plan. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:33,320 –> 00:20:36,480
\nWe don’t know all the details,
\nwe know the broad outline. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:38,040 –> 00:20:44,240
\nBut we have to learn to trust
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:45,160 –> 00:20:49,400
\nIt’s not something that is
\ninnating us or easy for any of <\/p>\n
\n00:20:49,400 –> 00:20:51,520
\nus now.
\nIt was no different for the <\/p>\n
\n00:20:51,520 –> 00:20:55,800
\nfaithful of old.
\nYou know, take Abraham just as <\/p>\n
\n00:20:55,800 –> 00:20:59,600
\nan example.
\nHe had to learn that in his <\/p>\n
\n00:20:59,600 –> 00:21:03,520
\nlife, Though he responded to God
\nin faith, he had to had to learn<\/p>\n
\n00:21:03,520 –> 00:21:08,640
\nwhat that actually really meant.
\nAnd year after year after year <\/p>\n
\n00:21:08,640 –> 00:21:13,280
\nof his life went on and on with
\nnothing happening about what God<\/p>\n
\n00:21:13,280 –> 00:21:18,120
\nhad promised him.
\nHe was faced with disillusion <\/p>\n
\n00:21:18,400 –> 00:21:22,600
\nand all manner of things that
\nhappened in his life that that <\/p>\n
\n00:21:22,600 –> 00:21:27,400
\ncould have crushed him.
\nBut in the end, Paul says in <\/p>\n
\n00:21:27,400 –> 00:21:33,880
\nRomans, he staggered not after
\nhe’d learned he staggered, not <\/p>\n
\n00:21:33,880 –> 00:21:39,680
\nat the promise of God through
\nunbelief, but was fully <\/p>\n
\n00:21:39,920 –> 00:21:51,760
\npersuaded that what he had
\npromised he was able to perform.<\/p>\n
\n00:21:54,600 –> 00:21:58,760
\nThere’s the start of that Old
\nTestament theme brothers and <\/p>\n
\n00:21:58,760 –> 00:22:07,400
\nsisters because Abraham after
\nmany, many years of experience <\/p>\n
\n00:22:07,400 –> 00:22:15,040
\nof ups and downs of failures of
\nrestarting his life, he learned <\/p>\n
\n00:22:16,000 –> 00:22:23,520
\nand was fully persuaded that
\nwhat God had promised he was <\/p>\n
\n00:22:23,920 –> 00:22:27,280
\nable to perform.
\nHe didn’t understand how, <\/p>\n
\n00:22:27,280 –> 00:22:34,240
\nbrothers and sisters, but he got
\nto that point of believing, you <\/p>\n
\n00:22:34,240 –> 00:22:42,120
\nknow what the very next verse
\nsays in Romans there for it was <\/p>\n
\n00:22:42,120 –> 00:22:48,120
\nimputed to him for righteousness
\nbecause through all of the ups <\/p>\n
\n00:22:48,120 –> 00:22:51,800
\nand downs of his life, he’d
\nunderstood that faith is not <\/p>\n
\n00:22:51,800 –> 00:22:56,160
\njust something that is just an
\nidea. <\/p>\n
\n00:22:59,120 –> 00:23:06,800
\nHe became fully persuaded that
\nGod is able. <\/p>\n
\n00:23:09,400 –> 00:23:11,600
\nIt’s something we all know, Bun
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
\n00:23:12,320 –> 00:23:17,080
\nIt’s so commonly spoken about
\namongst us. <\/p>\n
\n00:23:19,600 –> 00:23:26,920
\nBut submitting ourselves and
\nbeing persuaded, as Abraham was,<\/p>\n
\n00:23:27,120 –> 00:23:33,600
\nthat God is able is a very
\nchallenging experience for us. <\/p>\n
\n00:23:35,720 –> 00:23:44,680
\nCome to Jude for a moment and
\njust at the end, as we know, <\/p>\n
\n00:23:46,920 –> 00:23:51,320
\nJude concludes his little letter
\nwith prayer. <\/p>\n
\n00:23:53,080 –> 00:23:56,000
\nHe’s talked about the
\ndifficulties the ecclesia will <\/p>\n
\n00:23:56,000 –> 00:24:00,000
\nface.
\nVerse 17 for example, beloved, <\/p>\n
\n00:24:00,000 –> 00:24:03,120
\nremember the words which were
\nspoken before the apostles of <\/p>\n
\n00:24:03,120 –> 00:24:05,640
\nour Lord Jesus Christ, how they
\ntold you there should be mockers<\/p>\n
\n00:24:05,640 –> 00:24:08,640
\nin the last time they should
\nwalk after their own godly, <\/p>\n
\n00:24:08,920 –> 00:24:11,080
\nungodly lusts.
\nThere’s going to be <\/p>\n
\n00:24:11,080 –> 00:24:13,200
\ndifficulties.
\nYou’re going to find it not only<\/p>\n
\n00:24:13,200 –> 00:24:15,320
\nout in the world, you’re going
\nto find it in the Ecclesiastes, <\/p>\n
\n00:24:15,320 –> 00:24:18,720
\nJude and he gives them an
\nexhortation. <\/p>\n
\n00:24:18,720 –> 00:24:22,800
\nBut beloved, verse 20, building
\nyourselves up on your most holy <\/p>\n
\n00:24:22,800 –> 00:24:25,840
\nfaith and praying Holy Spirit,
\nkeep yourselves in the love of <\/p>\n
\n00:24:25,840 –> 00:24:37,560
\nGod.
\nThe ends with a prayer now under<\/p>\n
\n00:24:37,560 –> 00:24:44,600
\nhim that is Abel, Him that is
\nAbel. <\/p>\n
\n00:24:45,840 –> 00:24:52,320
\nYou know, brothers and sisters,
\nthis is a view of God that in <\/p>\n
\n00:24:52,320 –> 00:24:56,120
\nchallenging times we need to
\nhang on to. <\/p>\n
\n00:24:57,040 –> 00:25:03,480
\nWe need to grasp and make it our
\nown, like Jude had and the <\/p>\n
\n00:25:03,480 –> 00:25:12,000
\nApostle Paul had under him that
\nis able to keep you from <\/p>\n
\n00:25:12,000 –> 00:25:17,360
\nfalling, and it presents you
\nfaultless before the presence of<\/p>\n
\n00:25:17,360 –> 00:25:22,440
\nhis glory, with exceeding joy.
\nTo the only wise God our <\/p>\n
\n00:25:22,440 –> 00:25:28,440
\nSaviour, be glory and majesty,
\ndominion and power, now and <\/p>\n
\n00:25:28,440 –> 00:25:33,040
\nforever.
\nI find that, brothers and <\/p>\n
\n00:25:33,040 –> 00:25:43,320
\nsisters, utterly astounding.
\nDo you see God like that as the <\/p>\n
\n00:25:43,320 –> 00:25:51,200
\none who is able to keep you from
\nstumbling and to present you <\/p>\n
\n00:25:51,200 –> 00:25:56,200
\nfaultless before the presence of
\nHis glory with exceeding joy? <\/p>\n
\n00:26:00,440 –> 00:26:06,880
\nIt’s not something that God is
\ndoing because He has to, or that<\/p>\n
\n00:26:07,680 –> 00:26:12,960
\nwhile He sees that we’re weak
\nand failing and well, I suppose <\/p>\n
\n00:26:12,960 –> 00:26:15,040
\nI should help these poor
\ncreatures. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:18,480 –> 00:26:24,880
\nHe’s able to do this, brothers
\nand sisters, with exceeding joy.<\/p>\n
\n00:26:26,640 –> 00:26:31,360
\nIt is the desire of the Father
\nto give his children the Kingdom<\/p>\n
\n00:26:32,120 –> 00:26:37,280
\nand to be able to help them to
\nto from falling and to present <\/p>\n
\n00:26:37,280 –> 00:26:43,200
\nthem faultless.
\nGod won’t force us, brothers and<\/p>\n
\n00:26:43,200 –> 00:26:52,520
\nsisters, but if only we can see
\nHim as the amazing God that has <\/p>\n
\n00:26:52,520 –> 00:27:00,840
\nthe power that provides for us,
\nthe power to keep us from <\/p>\n
\n00:27:00,840 –> 00:27:05,240
\nfalling and to present us
\nfaultless. <\/p>\n
\n00:27:06,680 –> 00:27:10,440
\nIt doesn’t mean to say, brothers
\nand sisters, that we won’t fail <\/p>\n
\n00:27:10,440 –> 00:27:19,240
\nat times, but that power will
\nstrengthen by might in the inner<\/p>\n
\n00:27:19,240 –> 00:27:21,760
\nman, as Paul said in Ephesians
\n3. <\/p>\n
\n00:27:24,880 –> 00:27:27,960
\nDo we believe strongly enough,
\nbrothers and sisters, to grasp <\/p>\n
\n00:27:27,960 –> 00:27:32,600
\nthat power and to let that power
\nactually be seen in our lives? <\/p>\n
\n00:27:33,000 –> 00:27:38,280
\nIf we call upon Him that He’s
\nable, we must believe that He is<\/p>\n
\n00:27:38,280 –> 00:27:44,560
\nable, that He is able to present
\nus faultless before the presence<\/p>\n
\n00:27:44,560 –> 00:27:48,320
\nof His glory with exceeding joy.
\nHave you ever thought about <\/p>\n
\n00:27:48,320 –> 00:27:52,000
\nthat, brothers and sisters?
\nHow can we ever be faultless? <\/p>\n
\n00:27:52,000 –> 00:27:54,000
\nAre you in fault?
\nAre you faultless? <\/p>\n
\n00:27:54,960 –> 00:27:58,560
\nWell, I’m far from faultless and
\nI know it, and you do too. <\/p>\n
\n00:27:58,840 –> 00:28:01,400
\nIt’s impossible for us to be
\nfaultless. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:01,640 –> 00:28:06,600
\nBut notice that Jude does not
\nsay we are faultless. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:07,800 –> 00:28:12,920
\nIt says God is able to present
\nus faultless. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:14,000 –> 00:28:17,680
\nThis is something we are utterly
\npowerless to do. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:20,000 –> 00:28:24,760
\nWe can never ever possibly stand
\nbefore the presence of God <\/p>\n
\n00:28:25,040 –> 00:28:32,200
\nunless we are faultless.
\nAnd yet God is able to present <\/p>\n
\n00:28:32,200 –> 00:28:37,360
\nus faultless if only we can come
\nto God by Him. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:38,800 –> 00:28:42,080
\nYou know, it’s the Scripture
\ntestimony over and over again, <\/p>\n
\n00:28:42,080 –> 00:28:45,440
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nIt’s not just an isolated little<\/p>\n
\n00:28:45,440 –> 00:28:49,560
\nphrase here by by Judah in this
\nprayer at the end of his little <\/p>\n
\n00:28:49,560 –> 00:28:55,200
\nepistle when when the the Saints
\nare described in Revelation 14, <\/p>\n
\n00:28:55,600 –> 00:28:59,960
\nit says and in their mouth was
\nfound no guile. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:03,040 –> 00:29:05,360
\nDoes that mean brothers and
\nsisters, that by the time <\/p>\n
\n00:29:05,360 –> 00:29:08,880
\nthey’ve been made immortal, that
\nat that point they have no God? <\/p>\n
\n00:29:08,880 –> 00:29:14,000
\nI don’t think so.
\nThere is no guile for they are <\/p>\n
\n00:29:14,000 –> 00:29:18,000
\nwithout fault before the throne
\nof God. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:21,120 –> 00:29:24,120
\nThat’s how God sees the Saints,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:24,120 –> 00:29:26,800
\nIt’s utterly amazing.
\nJust come back to Colossians for<\/p>\n
\n00:29:26,800 –> 00:29:29,200
\na moment.
\nColossians 1. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:31,680 –> 00:29:44,560
\nDo we believe this?
\nVerse 21 And you, he says, that <\/p>\n
\n00:29:44,560 –> 00:29:49,560
\nwas sometime alienated and
\nenemies in your mind by wicked <\/p>\n
\n00:29:49,560 –> 00:29:54,560
\nworks, Yet now hath He
\nreconciled in the body of his <\/p>\n
\n00:29:54,560 –> 00:30:01,480
\nflesh through death, to present
\nyou holy and unblameable and <\/p>\n
\n00:30:01,480 –> 00:30:09,200
\nunreprovable in his sight.
\nIt’s just an amazing verse. <\/p>\n
\n00:30:09,200 –> 00:30:14,520
\nIsn’t that, brothers and
\nsisters, holy without blame, <\/p>\n
\n00:30:15,120 –> 00:30:23,240
\nirreproachable in God’s sight.
\nBut notice verse 23. <\/p>\n
\n00:30:24,440 –> 00:30:30,920
\nIf you continue in the faith
\ngrounded and settled, and be not<\/p>\n
\n00:30:30,920 –> 00:30:34,360
\nmoved away from the hope of the
\ngospel which you have heard, and<\/p>\n
\n00:30:34,360 –> 00:30:37,560
\nwhich is preached to every
\ncreature under heaven. <\/p>\n
\n00:30:38,160 –> 00:30:44,160
\nNotice, brothers and sisters,
\nthe apostle did not say that God<\/p>\n
\n00:30:44,160 –> 00:30:48,080
\nwill present you wholly
\nunblownable, unreprovable, if <\/p>\n
\n00:30:48,080 –> 00:30:55,800
\nyou remain sinless.
\nHe said God can present us. <\/p>\n
\n00:30:55,800 –> 00:31:01,280
\nHe is able to present US holy
\nand unblameable and unreprovable<\/p>\n
\n00:31:01,280 –> 00:31:12,680
\nin his sight, if we continue in
\nthe faith and I’m not moved away<\/p>\n
\n00:31:14,080 –> 00:31:16,600
\nin the sacrifice of Christ that
\nwe’ve come to remember this <\/p>\n
\n00:31:16,600 –> 00:31:18,040
\nmorning.
\nBrother and sisters, there is <\/p>\n
\n00:31:18,040 –> 00:31:22,040
\nassurance of forgiveness.
\nIt leads us not to license, but <\/p>\n
\n00:31:22,040 –> 00:31:27,800
\nto holiness and to stand before
\nGod, blameless for an amazing <\/p>\n
\n00:31:27,800 –> 00:31:30,160
\ncause, for wonder and
\nthankfulness. <\/p>\n
\n00:31:32,560 –> 00:31:38,720
\nBecause here Paul highlights
\nwhat our role is in this. <\/p>\n
\n00:31:39,600 –> 00:31:48,280
\nGod is at work and we need to
\ncontinue in faith and move not <\/p>\n
\n00:31:48,280 –> 00:31:56,000
\naway from what we have been
\ncalled to continue because those<\/p>\n
\n00:31:56,000 –> 00:32:01,560
\nthat come to God must believe
\nthat He is a rewarder of those <\/p>\n
\n00:32:01,560 –> 00:32:04,680
\nwho diligently seek Him.
\nWe don’t believe, brothers and <\/p>\n
\n00:32:04,680 –> 00:32:08,200
\nsisters, that God is a rewarder
\nof those who are the righteous. <\/p>\n
\n00:32:10,080 –> 00:32:15,160
\nWe believe as Paul said, that he
\nis a rewarder of those who <\/p>\n
\n00:32:15,160 –> 00:32:20,080
\ndiligently seek and they will
\nfail and we all do, but God <\/p>\n
\n00:32:20,080 –> 00:32:26,240
\nguarantees that he will work in
\nthe lives of Saints that seek <\/p>\n
\n00:32:26,240 –> 00:32:30,400
\nhim, that trust him, that rely
\non Him. <\/p>\n
\n00:32:30,560 –> 00:32:35,560
\nYou know Jesus all through his
\nministry highlighted that he <\/p>\n
\n00:32:35,560 –> 00:32:42,240
\nsaid, for example, if thou canst
\nbelieve all things are possible.<\/p>\n
\n00:32:42,240 –> 00:32:44,640
\nDo you know what, brethren,
\nsisters, that word possible is <\/p>\n
\n00:32:44,640 –> 00:32:49,680
\nthe same Greek word dynamis.
\nHe is able to achieve. <\/p>\n
\n00:32:49,680 –> 00:32:56,120
\nIn other words, all things are
\npossible to the leper in in <\/p>\n
\n00:32:56,120 –> 00:32:58,600
\nMatthew 8.
\nWell, the leper came to him and <\/p>\n
\n00:32:58,600 –> 00:33:02,080
\nsaid, Lord, if thou wilt, you
\ncanst make me clean. <\/p>\n
\n00:33:02,080 –> 00:33:04,680
\nYou know what that how that that
\ncan be translated. <\/p>\n
\n00:33:05,240 –> 00:33:10,080
\nLord, if thou wilt, you are able
\nto make me clean. <\/p>\n
\n00:33:10,280 –> 00:33:16,200
\nHere’s that leper coming with a
\nconfession that Paul and Jude <\/p>\n
\n00:33:16,200 –> 00:33:20,960
\nmake later.
\nI know that you are able and I’m<\/p>\n
\n00:33:20,960 –> 00:33:24,080
\nnot.
\nThat’s what he said and Jesus <\/p>\n
\n00:33:24,080 –> 00:33:28,360
\nresponse I will.
\nAnd he made him clean. <\/p>\n
\n00:33:28,360 –> 00:33:35,160
\nAnd when he was confronted by
\ntwo blind men in Matthew 9, he <\/p>\n
\n00:33:35,160 –> 00:33:41,960
\nsays to them, Believe ye that I
\nam able to do this. <\/p>\n
\n00:33:45,720 –> 00:33:51,440
\nAnd they said, yes, he said, be
\nit according to your faith, <\/p>\n
\n00:33:53,120 –> 00:33:58,760
\nreceive your sight.
\nYou know, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
\n00:33:58,760 –> 00:34:03,920
\ntoo often we’re we’re focused on
\non all the things we need to do.<\/p>\n
\n00:34:03,920 –> 00:34:08,760
\nAnd I don’t mean by that that
\nworks of faith should not be <\/p>\n
\n00:34:08,760 –> 00:34:13,639
\npart of our life and that we
\nshould not be outward looking. <\/p>\n
\n00:34:13,639 –> 00:34:18,800
\nWe certainly and unquestionably
\nshould be, but sometimes our <\/p>\n
\n00:34:18,800 –> 00:34:24,400
\nfocus shifts.
\nYou know, when, when the, the <\/p>\n
\n00:34:24,400 –> 00:34:28,639
\npeople after Jesus had fed the
\n5000, they came around the lake <\/p>\n
\n00:34:28,639 –> 00:34:32,280
\nto Capernaum and they, he met
\nthem again at that point and <\/p>\n
\n00:34:32,280 –> 00:34:40,159
\nthey said to him, what should we
\ndo, Lord, what should we do that<\/p>\n
\n00:34:40,159 –> 00:34:48,440
\nwe might work the works of God?
\nAnd it’s something that we <\/p>\n
\n00:34:48,440 –> 00:34:56,400
\nsometimes think about.
\nAnd Jesus said this is the work <\/p>\n
\n00:34:56,400 –> 00:35:02,880
\nof God that you believe on him
\nwho he had sent. <\/p>\n
\n00:35:05,160 –> 00:35:09,000
\nAnd from that brethren, sisters
\nwill follow everything else. <\/p>\n
\n00:35:09,520 –> 00:35:11,920
\nYou know, believing is the work
\nof God. <\/p>\n
\n00:35:12,440 –> 00:35:16,080
\nIt’s more difficult than we
\nsometimes realise because it <\/p>\n
\n00:35:16,080 –> 00:35:21,480
\ninvolves us coming to Him and
\nletting go of self. <\/p>\n
\n00:35:22,880 –> 00:35:28,440
\nIt means humility.
\nIt means letting go of our <\/p>\n
\n00:35:28,440 –> 00:35:35,200
\nstubbornness, our self will and
\ngiving them to Him. <\/p>\n
\n00:35:37,240 –> 00:35:39,640
\nYou know, it’s different
\nbrothers and sisters, to just <\/p>\n
\n00:35:39,640 –> 00:35:44,640
\nassenting to the truth or
\nunderstanding words. <\/p>\n
\n00:35:44,640 –> 00:35:50,560
\nMerely.
\nIf we are to believe on Him whom<\/p>\n
\n00:35:50,560 –> 00:35:59,440
\nGod has sent and we’ve come to
\nremember him now, then we’ve got<\/p>\n
\n00:35:59,440 –> 00:36:06,320
\nto work at that.
\nIt’s the work of God because our<\/p>\n
\n00:36:06,320 –> 00:36:09,800
\nnatures are hard wired against
\nit. <\/p>\n
\n00:36:10,640 –> 00:36:16,280
\nBelief goes beyond words, beyond
\nassent to principles. <\/p>\n
\n00:36:16,280 –> 00:36:19,120
\nBrothers and sisters, though,
\nit’s important to have those, <\/p>\n
\n00:36:19,320 –> 00:36:21,840
\nand it’s important to assent to
\nprinciples. <\/p>\n
\n00:36:23,520 –> 00:36:30,240
\nBut it must and can change the
\nway we think and our attitudes. <\/p>\n
\n00:36:30,800 –> 00:36:37,360
\nThat leads to a deep and abiding
\ntrust that God is able to do <\/p>\n
\n00:36:37,360 –> 00:36:42,400
\nwhat we cannot.
\nAnd God will take us, brothers <\/p>\n
\n00:36:42,400 –> 00:36:45,840
\nand sisters, the long way home
\nat times in our lives. <\/p>\n
\n00:36:45,960 –> 00:36:49,440
\nHe will take us through
\ncircumstances so that we don’t <\/p>\n
\n00:36:49,440 –> 00:37:00,960
\nhave answers in order that we
\nmight learn that He is able and <\/p>\n
\n00:37:00,960 –> 00:37:06,960
\nwe are not.
\nIt’s the point of the cross, <\/p>\n
\n00:37:07,000 –> 00:37:11,680
\nbrothers and sisters, and it’s
\nthe end of the story of Job. <\/p>\n
\n00:37:11,840 –> 00:37:17,240
\nYou remember Job starts we we
\nfirst read about Job as a <\/p>\n
\n00:37:17,240 –> 00:37:20,880
\nfaithful and godly man, the
\ngreatest man in the truth. <\/p>\n
\n00:37:21,400 –> 00:37:28,360
\nIn those days, God has got
\nnothing but praise for him, and <\/p>\n
\n00:37:28,360 –> 00:37:33,840
\nGod takes him through a whole
\nseries of tragic circumstances. <\/p>\n
\n00:37:35,440 –> 00:37:39,400
\nIn the end, what Job said in Job
\n42. <\/p>\n
\n00:37:40,440 –> 00:37:46,720
\nNow I know that you are able to
\ndo everything. <\/p>\n
\n00:37:47,480 –> 00:37:50,720
\nThat’s what Job said.
\nBrothers, sisters, through all <\/p>\n
\n00:37:50,720 –> 00:37:55,320
\nof the experiences of his life,
\nhe learned that there was <\/p>\n
\n00:37:55,560 –> 00:37:58,280
\nnothing that can be hindered
\nfrom God. <\/p>\n
\n00:37:59,400 –> 00:38:09,520
\nHe is able to do more than we
\ncan even imagine. <\/p>\n
\n00:38:13,200 –> 00:38:16,640
\nGod has made astounding
\npromises, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
\n00:38:18,160 –> 00:38:23,680
\nHe is able to save us
\ncompletely, to do more than we <\/p>\n
\n00:38:23,680 –> 00:38:27,600
\nask or imagine.
\nHe’s able to keep us from <\/p>\n
\n00:38:27,600 –> 00:38:31,680
\nstumbling and present us
\nfaultless and unthinkable thing,<\/p>\n
\n00:38:34,600 –> 00:38:44,440
\nand our part is simply to come
\nto Him in Christ, to diligently <\/p>\n
\n00:38:44,440 –> 00:38:50,920
\nseek and to allow that power to
\nwork in us. <\/p>\n
\n00:38:53,080 –> 00:38:58,400
\nSo now as we remember our Lord,
\nbrothers and sisters, this is <\/p>\n
\n00:38:58,400 –> 00:39:06,560
\nnot just a mere casual 2 minutes
\nremembering the life of Jesus. <\/p>\n
\n00:39:08,360 –> 00:39:17,280
\nHere is a reaffirmation of our
\nfaith that He is able to do what<\/p>\n
\n00:39:17,280 –> 00:39:23,360
\nwe are not, that by the grace of
\nGod we stand related to <\/p>\n
\n00:39:23,360 –> 00:39:25,480
\neternity.
\nThough we don’t deserve it. <\/p>\n
\n00:39:26,840 –> 00:39:31,040
\nIt’s a reinvigoration of our
\nconfidence that God, as the <\/p>\n
\n00:39:31,040 –> 00:39:37,440
\ngreat mastermind, has the power
\nto bring all his children, <\/p>\n
\n00:39:37,760 –> 00:39:43,360
\neveryone of us, to glory.
\nIt’s an appreciation, brothers <\/p>\n
\n00:39:43,360 –> 00:39:47,080
\nand sisters, of the love of the
\nFather that is fuelled all of <\/p>\n
\n00:39:47,080 –> 00:39:50,840
\nthat.
\nIt’s our opportunity, brothers <\/p>\n
\n00:39:50,840 –> 00:39:55,720
\nand sisters, to reassess the
\ngreat and eternal truths that we<\/p>\n
\n00:39:55,720 –> 00:40:05,800
\nknow that can drive our lives.
\nAnd for us now, an opportunity <\/p>\n
\n00:40:07,800 –> 00:40:15,160
\nto redetermine in our lives, to
\nlet God work as we seek His <\/p>\n
\n00:40:15,160 –> 00:40:21,880
\nface, as we trust and wait and
\nrespond to His love. <\/p>\n
\n00:40:23,320 –> 00:40:27,520
\nWe now have an opportunity to
\nhonour. <\/p>\n
\n00:40:29,080 –> 00:40:34,200
\nAnd thank the all wise God and
\nour Lord Jesus Christ, and <\/p>\n
\n00:40:35,880 –> 00:40:43,360
\nascribe to them glory and
\nmajesty, dominion and power. <\/p>\n
\n00:40:45,280 –> 00:40:52,560
\nFor God, working through His Son
\nalone, is able to present us <\/p>\n
\n00:40:52,560 –> 00:41:09,590
\nfaultless in His presence.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n
\n00:41:09,590 –> 00:41:11,190
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