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\nand verses 4 to 13.
\nRejoice in the Lord away, and <\/p>\n
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\nagain I say rejoice.
\nLet your moderation be known <\/p>\n
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\nunto all men.
\nThe Lord is at hand. <\/p>\n
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\nBe careful for nothing but in
\neverything by prayer and <\/p>\n
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\nsupplication with Thanksgiving,
\nlet your request be known unto <\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\nAnd the peace of God which <\/p>\n
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\npasseth all understanding shall
\nkeep your hearts and minds <\/p>\n
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\nthrough Christ Jesus.
\nFinally, brethren, whatsoever <\/p>\n
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\nthings are true, whatsoever
\nthings are honest, whatsoever <\/p>\n
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\nthings are just, whatsoever
\nthings are pure, whatsoever <\/p>\n
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\nthings are lovely, whatsoever
\nthings are of good rapport, If <\/p>\n
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\nthere be any virtue, and if
\nthere be any praise, think on <\/p>\n
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\nthese things, those things which
\nyou have both learned and <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the God of peace shall be
\nwith you. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I rejoiced in the Lord
\ngreatly, that now at the last <\/p>\n
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\nyour care of me have flourished
\nagain, wherein you were also <\/p>\n
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\ncareful, but you lacked
\nopportunity. <\/p>\n
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\nNot that I speak in respect of
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\nI know both how to be abased,
\nand I know how to be, how to <\/p>\n
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\nabound everywhere and in all
\nthings I’m instructed both to be<\/p>\n
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\nfull and to be hungry.
\nBoth to abound and to suffer <\/p>\n
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\nneed I can do all things through
\nChrist, which strengtheneth me. <\/p>\n
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\nIs now my pleasure to call upon
\nBrother Nathan Lewis to deliver <\/p>\n
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\nto us the words of exhortation.
\nWell, good morning, my very dear<\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters in our Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nWe come to the end of our week
\ntogether, to the end of our <\/p>\n
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\nseries Looking at this.
\nVital subject The mind of our <\/p>\n
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\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nThe carnal mind has been exposed<\/p>\n
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\nas our ultimate problem.
\nWe’ve seen our loving Heavenly <\/p>\n
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\nFather’s promise of a spiritual
\nmind that can replace the carnal<\/p>\n
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\nmind that each of us fight
\nagainst. <\/p>\n
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\nNot in a moment, not in just one
\nday. <\/p>\n
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\nBut by the miraculous process of
\nmetamorphosis, the renewing of <\/p>\n
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\nour minds, we’ve seen, haven’t
\nwe, the central principle of <\/p>\n
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\ndeath to self that governed
\neverything that our Lord did and<\/p>\n
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\nspoken, even thought?
\nAnd we saw the importance of <\/p>\n
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\npracticing these things day by
\nday as we slowly mature and grow<\/p>\n
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\nup into Him who is our head.
\nAnd now, this morning, we want <\/p>\n
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\nto come to the power of.
\nThe mind of Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nIs this mind, this person that
\nwe remember this morning, really<\/p>\n
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\nable to completely change and
\ntransform our minds, change our <\/p>\n
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\nlives utterly.
\nWhat is it about the mind of <\/p>\n
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\nthis man that made it so
\npowerful? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we want to use the example
\nthis morning of the Apostle <\/p>\n
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\nPaul.
\nCould there be? <\/p>\n
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\nA better example to demonstrate
\nthe power of the mind of Christ <\/p>\n
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\nthan to see how it was able to
\ncompletely and utterly transform<\/p>\n
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\nthe most arrogant, most violent,
\nmost twisted, most cunning, most<\/p>\n
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\nhateful man into a man that acts
\nchapter 17, verse six says, <\/p>\n
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\nturned the world upside down.
\nBecause of his love for this man<\/p>\n
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\nhere on the table before us, we
\nhave to look at the Apostle <\/p>\n
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\nPool, don’t we, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause if the mind of our Lord
\nJesus Christ, fully revealed and<\/p>\n
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\nunderstood, could utterly change
\nthe apostle pool, it can utterly<\/p>\n
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\nchange anyone you know.
\nWe know soul of Tacis’s story <\/p>\n
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\nwell, so we won’t go back into
\nthe Acts of the Apostles and <\/p>\n
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\nread it together.
\nBut let just let me recap <\/p>\n
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\nbriefly for you.
\nSoul of Tarsus bursts into the <\/p>\n
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\nActs of the Apostles as the
\nself-righteous bigot who was so <\/p>\n
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\novercome with hatred that he was
\nproud to be the first to cast a <\/p>\n
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\nstone at Stephen’s head as
\nStephen prayed. <\/p>\n
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\nThat their sin being not laid to
\ntheir charge as Stephen <\/p>\n
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\ndramatically exhibited the mind
\nof Christ willingly putting <\/p>\n
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\nhimself to death.
\nSaul is screaming hate, You <\/p>\n
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\nknow, he says in Acts chapter 26
\nand verse 11 that he was <\/p>\n
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\nexceedingly mad, and he uses
\nexactly the same word that’s <\/p>\n
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\nused of the chief priests.
\nAnd Matthew chapter 27, When <\/p>\n
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\nthey cried out, the more crucify
\nhim, he was like a raging <\/p>\n
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\nanimal, possessed, dragging
\nbrothers and sisters out of <\/p>\n
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\ntheir beds in the middle of the
\nnight, forcing them to blaspheme<\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ, hurling them into
\ndungeons, throwing away the key,<\/p>\n
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\nconfiscating lands and houses,
\ntearing faithful families apart.<\/p>\n
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\nDelighting and being the
\nprosecuting council, and <\/p>\n
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\nstanding up in front of the
\nSanhedrin and saying these are <\/p>\n
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\nworthy only of death.
\nSound familiar, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters?
\nThat’s a portrait of the carnal <\/p>\n
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\nmind, Hardened and proud, Angry,
\nBitter. <\/p>\n
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\nHostile, progressively getting
\nworse and worse. <\/p>\n
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\nNot content to just hunt down
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\npersecuting the Christians to
\nstrange cities outside the <\/p>\n
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\nJewish jurisdiction.
\nHe’s blinded, deceived, <\/p>\n
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\nspiteful, cruel.
\nThis is the carnal mind soul of <\/p>\n
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\nTarsus.
\nHow could our Lord’s mind have <\/p>\n
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\nenough power to transform this
\nmonster? <\/p>\n
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\nCould this soul of Tarsus ever
\nbe converted? <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, I want you to come
\nthis morning as we start our <\/p>\n
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\njourney looking at the Apostle
\nPaul back right back to the <\/p>\n
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\nwords of Christ in Matthew
\nchapter 13. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause I want to ask this
\nmorning, what is conversion? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause whilst we might think
\nthat we’re converted when we get<\/p>\n
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\nback ties.
\nYou know, our Lord seems to <\/p>\n
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\nindicate, doesn’t he, that
\nbaptism into Christ and true <\/p>\n
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\nconversion to the mind of Christ
\nare two different things. <\/p>\n
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\nYou remember what Christ said to
\nPeter. <\/p>\n
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\nPeter had spent 3 1\/2 years with
\nJesus Christ and Christ said <\/p>\n
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\nwhen you are converted, Peter.
\nStrengthen your brethren. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I’m converted.
\nLord, I’m already converted. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll die for you.
\nI understand death to self. <\/p>\n
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\nBut as we know, despite his
\nprotestations of maturity, Peter<\/p>\n
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\nhad to go through an
\nexcruciating betrayal that would<\/p>\n
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\nscar him forever before he fully
\nwas converted and was able to <\/p>\n
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\nstrengthen his brethren, which
\nhe did. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what is conversion?
\nLook in Matthew chapter 13 and <\/p>\n
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\nverse 15, because I think our
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\nheart.
\nVerse 15 is waxed, gross and <\/p>\n
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\ntheir ears are dull of hearing
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\nLeast at anytime they should see
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\ntheir ears and should understand
\nwith their heart. <\/p>\n
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\nShould be converted and I should
\nheal them. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat does it mean to be
\nconverted? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s connecting what we already
\nknow in our minds with our <\/p>\n
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\nhearts.
\nSee, we understand with our <\/p>\n
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\nhearts and we’re converted.
\nThat’s where the part the power <\/p>\n
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\nlies.
\nDo you know when God is going to<\/p>\n
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\nconvert Israel?
\nIt says in Hebrews 8, verse 10, <\/p>\n
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\nhe will give the law into their
\nminds and write it upon their <\/p>\n
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\nhearts.
\nHe’ll connect the two for the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst time in the history of the
\nnation, and they will be <\/p>\n
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\nchanged.
\nOf course they’ll be changed. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’ll be converted by the
\npower of Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s conversion.
\nAnd I think I don’t know about <\/p>\n
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\nyou brothers and sisters, but
\ncertainly for myself, conversion<\/p>\n
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\ndid not come when I was
\nbaptized. <\/p>\n
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\nConversion can come much later
\nin life, but when it comes, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters, it is
\nunmistakable. <\/p>\n
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\nYou can never be the same.
\nYou are a new person. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd just like our Lord had a
\npurpose with Peter, our Lord had<\/p>\n
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\nan enormous work for soul of
\nTarsus to do. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, I’m convinced, and
\nmany of you will be also that <\/p>\n
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\nSoul of Tarsus knew the truth in
\nhis head before his Damascus Rd.<\/p>\n
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\nexperience.
\nIt was just hours after his <\/p>\n
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\nsight returned to him that he’s
\nin the synagogues preaching <\/p>\n
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\nChrist.
\nHe’s got all the answers. <\/p>\n
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\nHe speaks irresistibly.
\nBut you see, he’s been <\/p>\n
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\ndesperately running away from
\nthe truth, covering up his own <\/p>\n
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\ndoubts and fears and
\ninsecurities, covering the <\/p>\n
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\ndoubts and fears of the carnal
\nmind with persecuting zeal that <\/p>\n
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\njust seemed so right.
\nJustifying his decision to <\/p>\n
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\nenthrone self and to never
\nlisten to Jesus Christ, to <\/p>\n
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\nreject him.
\nBut inside there was number, <\/p>\n
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\nnone of the peace that passes
\nunderstanding and soul of <\/p>\n
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\nTarsus.
\nHis head and his mind were <\/p>\n
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\ntearing him apart and on the
\nroad to Damascus. <\/p>\n
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\nChrist was going to connect his
\nmind and his heart, convert him.<\/p>\n
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\nThat he might be healed.
\nHe’d be forgiven. <\/p>\n
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\nSet free.
\nWhat a gift. <\/p>\n
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\nHere’s how it happened.
\nI want you to imagine brothers <\/p>\n
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\nand sisters coming face to face
\nwith a light far brighter than <\/p>\n
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\nthe sun at noonday and hearing
\nthe words. <\/p>\n
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\nI am Jesus of Nazareth.
\nWhy are you persecuting me so? <\/p>\n
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\nIn one terrifying moment of
\nclarity, he realized that his <\/p>\n
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\nwhole life was just a mistake.
\nJesus of Nazareth alive, <\/p>\n
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\neverything that it seemed so
\nright, was all horribly wrong. <\/p>\n
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\nHe had been wrong, and God gave
\nhim the gift of three days. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd three nights of death,
\ndarkness so that he could <\/p>\n
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\nexperience in himself the
\nresurrection of Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nSo there he is.
\nHe’s in total darkness. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s blind.
\nHe’s hungry. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s silent.
\nHe’s alone. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s terrified.
\nAnd he sat in a small chamber, <\/p>\n
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\nand he awaited Jesus Christ’s
\nsentence. <\/p>\n
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\nFor his crimes, he knew, Didn’t
\nhe? <\/p>\n
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\nBrothers and sisters, he
\ndeserved it all. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat would Christ’s vengeance
\nbe? <\/p>\n
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\nPublic humiliation?
\nExecution. <\/p>\n
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\nA public beheading in the town
\nsquare? <\/p>\n
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\nStoning like he had done to
\nStephen? <\/p>\n
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\nHe knew he deserved all of it
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\nI’m instructed both to be full
\nand to be hungry. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:25:53,920 –> 00:25:58,960
\nBoth to abound and to suffer
\nneed I can do all things through<\/p>\n
341
\n00:25:58,960 –> 00:26:05,000
\nChrist which strengtheneth me,
\nand the word for strengtheneth <\/p>\n
342
\n00:26:05,040 –> 00:26:10,000
\nin the Greek is endunimo
\nempowers me. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:26:10,000 –> 00:26:13,080
\nThis is the power of the mind of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:26:14,200 –> 00:26:20,200
\nWay, mouth says I have strength
\nfor anything through him who <\/p>\n
345
\n00:26:20,200 –> 00:26:24,090
\ngives me power.
\nWas something utterly <\/p>\n
346
\n00:26:24,090 –> 00:26:29,010
\ntransforming about Christ in the
\nlife and mind of the Apostle <\/p>\n
347
\n00:26:29,010 –> 00:26:32,130
\nPaul?
\nAnd do you know what happened in<\/p>\n
348
\n00:26:32,490 –> 00:26:36,290
\nthe mind of soul of Tarsus
\nstraight away? <\/p>\n
349
\n00:26:36,290 –> 00:26:40,410
\nDo you know when the scales fell
\nfrom soul’s eyes? <\/p>\n
350
\n00:26:40,410 –> 00:26:45,890
\nAnd X Chapter 9, the first thing
\nhe did in Christ was to go out <\/p>\n
351
\n00:26:45,930 –> 00:26:50,330
\nand preach in the synagogues and
\nit says he increased. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:26:51,300 –> 00:26:56,020
\nThe more in strength, and it
\nuses that this exact word in <\/p>\n
353
\n00:26:56,020 –> 00:26:59,860
\nDunamo.
\nTwice he empowered, the more in <\/p>\n
354
\n00:26:59,860 –> 00:27:02,820
\npower.
\nStraight away this man was <\/p>\n
355
\n00:27:02,820 –> 00:27:05,900
\nchanged the power of the mind of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:27:06,100 –> 00:27:11,260
\nThe irresistible power of Christ
\nin him was able to do amazing <\/p>\n
357
\n00:27:11,260 –> 00:27:13,620
\nthings.
\nWe can do anything, brothers and<\/p>\n
358
\n00:27:13,620 –> 00:27:18,620
\nsisters, when we get rid of
\nourselves and we let Christ. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:27:19,290 –> 00:27:22,890
\nTake control of our lives.
\nDo you know? <\/p>\n
360
\n00:27:22,890 –> 00:27:28,490
\nBrother John Marshall, in his
\nbook Portrait of a St. describes<\/p>\n
361
\n00:27:28,490 –> 00:27:37,090
\nthis inner power as a forceful,
\ndriving, throbbing spiritual <\/p>\n
362
\n00:27:37,090 –> 00:27:41,650
\nenergy.
\nIs that how we feel, brothers <\/p>\n
363
\n00:27:41,650 –> 00:27:49,510
\nand sisters, Driven throbbing?
\nWith the forceful, irresistible <\/p>\n
364
\n00:27:49,510 –> 00:27:54,750
\npower of the love of Christ that
\nconstrains us to be here, to <\/p>\n
365
\n00:27:54,750 –> 00:27:58,990
\nremember Him.
\nThis is what it was like in the <\/p>\n
366
\n00:27:58,990 –> 00:28:01,510
\nlife of Paul.
\nThis is the power that drove him<\/p>\n
367
\n00:28:01,510 –> 00:28:03,390
\non.
\nHe could do all things. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:28:03,390 –> 00:28:07,830
\nHe could believe all things, He
\ncould endure all things because <\/p>\n
369
\n00:28:07,830 –> 00:28:12,150
\nChrist was in him.
\nDo you know in Acts chapter 20 <\/p>\n
370
\n00:28:12,150 –> 00:28:16,310
\nand verse 14, when he was going
\nup to Jerusalem to face death, <\/p>\n
371
\n00:28:16,310 –> 00:28:18,710
\njust like his master.
\nDo you know what he says? <\/p>\n
372
\n00:28:19,190 –> 00:28:24,230
\nHe counted not his life dear
\nunto himself. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:28:25,550 –> 00:28:29,070
\nHe counted not his life dear
\nunto himself. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:28:29,510 –> 00:28:33,190
\nPaul didn’t matter anymore.
\nIt was all about Christ. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:28:33,750 –> 00:28:38,670
\nHe could be in plenty or in
\nwant, in hunger or in fullness, <\/p>\n
376
\n00:28:38,670 –> 00:28:42,710
\nin riches or in poverty, because
\nChrist in him was immortal. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:28:42,830 –> 00:28:46,110
\nChrist is not affected by hunger
\nor cold. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:28:46,550 –> 00:28:49,110
\nOr outward circumstances like
\npoverty. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:28:50,350 –> 00:28:55,070
\nHe owns the world.
\nAnd so Paul was free because <\/p>\n
380
\n00:28:55,070 –> 00:28:58,830
\nChrist was in him.
\nHe might have been riding <\/p>\n
381
\n00:28:58,830 –> 00:29:01,070
\nPhilippians from a damp prison
\ncell. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:29:01,790 –> 00:29:04,070
\nHe might have been changed to
\nRoman soldiers. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:29:04,270 –> 00:29:07,950
\nBut the things that trapped
\nPaul’s body could never trap his<\/p>\n
384
\n00:29:07,950 –> 00:29:10,710
\nmind.
\nChrist was in him. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:29:10,710 –> 00:29:15,350
\nIn fact, the weaker and the more
\nfeeble pool was, the stronger. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:29:15,790 –> 00:29:20,430
\nChrist was in him, You remember?
\nHe says, Christ’s strength is <\/p>\n
387
\n00:29:20,430 –> 00:29:25,430
\nmade perfect in my weakness.
\nThen he adds most gladly, <\/p>\n
388
\n00:29:25,430 –> 00:29:30,750
\ntherefore will I rather glory in
\nmy infirmities, that the power <\/p>\n
389
\n00:29:31,470 –> 00:29:36,870
\nof Christ may rest upon me.
\nThe weaker he became, the <\/p>\n
390
\n00:29:36,870 –> 00:29:41,110
\nstronger the more powerful
\nChrist became in him. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:29:42,650 –> 00:29:44,850
\nYou know, sometimes brothers and
\nsisters, when and often this <\/p>\n
392
\n00:29:44,850 –> 00:29:48,490
\nhappens, we’re asked, aren’t we,
\nHow are you doing? <\/p>\n
393
\n00:29:49,650 –> 00:29:57,290
\nAnd instinctively we think to
\nourselves, good, family’s good, <\/p>\n
394
\n00:29:57,570 –> 00:30:01,090
\njob’s good, Ecclesia’s good, my
\nchildren, wife’s good. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:30:01,730 –> 00:30:04,570
\nReadings are good.
\nPrep I’m good. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:30:04,610 –> 00:30:07,010
\nI’m doing good.
\nWe are not doing good. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:30:07,010 –> 00:30:10,170
\nBrothers and sisters never do.
\nWe do good. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:30:10,650 –> 00:30:11,450
\nNever.
\nEver. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:30:11,930 –> 00:30:16,250
\nWe are the problem.
\nIt is Christ in us that does <\/p>\n
400
\n00:30:16,250 –> 00:30:18,130
\ngood.
\nIf things are good, it is not <\/p>\n
401
\n00:30:18,170 –> 00:30:21,410
\nus.
\nIt is because Christ in us is <\/p>\n
402
\n00:30:21,410 –> 00:30:23,530
\ngood.
\nIt is all about him. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:30:23,730 –> 00:30:28,530
\nAnd Christ in us is a power that
\ncan conquer the world, turn the <\/p>\n
404
\n00:30:28,530 –> 00:30:32,530
\nworld upside down.
\nFirst of Corinthians one and <\/p>\n
405
\n00:30:32,530 –> 00:30:37,330
\nverse 18 says, for the preaching
\nof the cross is to them that <\/p>\n
406
\n00:30:37,330 –> 00:30:41,160
\nperish foolishness.
\nBut unto us that is saved. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:30:41,200 –> 00:30:46,240
\nIt is the power of God.
\nSo what is it, brothers and <\/p>\n
408
\n00:30:46,240 –> 00:30:51,240
\nsisters, that makes this mind so
\npowerful, so transformative? <\/p>\n
409
\n00:30:52,200 –> 00:30:56,600
\nBecause, you see, there is one
\nlast piece of the puzzle. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:30:58,440 –> 00:31:03,840
\nBecause it wasn’t just that
\nChrist put himself to death. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:31:05,960 –> 00:31:12,460
\nIt’s all about why.
\nHe put himself to death, and <\/p>\n
412
\n00:31:12,460 –> 00:31:20,100
\nGalatians 2 verse 20 said he
\nloved me and he gave himself for<\/p>\n
413
\n00:31:20,740 –> 00:31:24,460
\nme.
\nAnd the apostle Paul brothers <\/p>\n
414
\n00:31:24,460 –> 00:31:32,380
\nand sisters, knew that in his
\nheart he was converted by this <\/p>\n
415
\n00:31:32,380 –> 00:31:36,140
\npower.
\nChrist didn’t just put himself <\/p>\n
416
\n00:31:36,140 –> 00:31:40,430
\nto death.
\nHe did it to save Paul from <\/p>\n
417
\n00:31:40,430 –> 00:31:44,550
\nhimself, and he did it to save
\nyou and to save me. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:31:44,550 –> 00:31:46,670
\nAnd that’s what touches our
\nhearts. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:31:46,670 –> 00:31:51,590
\nThat’s the power that converts
\nwhen we feel that it connects <\/p>\n
420
\n00:31:51,590 –> 00:31:54,830
\nour minds with our hearts, and
\nwe can never be the same. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:31:55,230 –> 00:31:58,030
\nWe can’t sit in a corner,
\nbrothers and sisters, all by <\/p>\n
422
\n00:31:58,030 –> 00:32:02,310
\nourselves and feverishly
\npractice death to self. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:32:04,150 –> 00:32:09,550
\nThat’s the definition.
\nThe epitome of selfishness, we <\/p>\n
424
\n00:32:09,550 –> 00:32:13,550
\nhave to practice it on other
\npeople. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:32:14,550 –> 00:32:18,030
\nThe mind of Christ cannot exist
\nin a vacuum. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:32:18,030 –> 00:32:20,950
\nWe cannot practice it by
\nourselves. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:32:22,270 –> 00:32:25,670
\nMind.
\nThis is a mind that’s ultimately<\/p>\n
428
\n00:32:25,710 –> 00:32:34,870
\nall about other people, not me.
\nThat’s why it says we’re two or <\/p>\n
429
\n00:32:34,870 –> 00:32:38,640
\nthree.
\nAre gathered together in my <\/p>\n
430
\n00:32:38,640 –> 00:32:41,960
\nname.
\nAnd you notice it never says <\/p>\n
431
\n00:32:42,080 –> 00:32:45,360
\nwhere one is gathered together
\nin my name. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:32:46,520 –> 00:32:51,720
\nBecause when we’re by ourselves,
\nit’s impossible for us to show <\/p>\n
433
\n00:32:52,280 –> 00:32:56,480
\nthe mind of Christ.
\nThat’s why Christ chose 12 <\/p>\n
434
\n00:32:56,480 –> 00:33:00,640
\ndisciples, brothers and sisters.
\nHe chose us so He chose them <\/p>\n
435
\n00:33:00,720 –> 00:33:03,480
\nbecause He could then wash their
\nfeet. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:33:04,780 –> 00:33:07,780
\nHe could serve them.
\nHe could let them go through the<\/p>\n
437
\n00:33:07,780 –> 00:33:10,100
\ndoor first.
\nHe could serve their meals <\/p>\n
438
\n00:33:10,100 –> 00:33:12,780
\nfirst.
\nThe power of the mind of Christ <\/p>\n
439
\n00:33:12,780 –> 00:33:16,580
\nis when we realize that the
\nobjective of putting self to <\/p>\n
440
\n00:33:16,580 –> 00:33:23,220
\ndeath is to save others.
\nThat’s the transforming power of<\/p>\n
441
\n00:33:23,220 –> 00:33:26,060
\nthis mind.
\nIt’s what Second or Corinthians <\/p>\n
442
\n00:33:26,060 –> 00:33:30,620
\n4 says.
\nSo then death worketh in us and <\/p>\n
443
\n00:33:30,620 –> 00:33:36,500
\nlife in you, verse 12.
\nThis is the power that can <\/p>\n
444
\n00:33:36,500 –> 00:33:38,980
\nchange us forever.
\nTake your mind, brothers and <\/p>\n
445
\n00:33:38,980 –> 00:33:42,580
\nsisters, back to the Gospels.
\nWhere do you think we will most <\/p>\n
446
\n00:33:42,580 –> 00:33:47,020
\ndramatically see the power of
\nthe mind of Christ displayed by <\/p>\n
447
\n00:33:47,020 –> 00:33:51,740
\nChrist himself?
\nWill it not be when his mind is <\/p>\n
448
\n00:33:51,740 –> 00:33:56,380
\nunder the greatest pressure,
\nunder the greatest strain? <\/p>\n
449
\n00:33:58,140 –> 00:34:02,380
\nThink of Christ on the cross.
\nHe was hanging up there, <\/p>\n
450
\n00:34:02,380 –> 00:34:05,400
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nNot just to declare God’s <\/p>\n
451
\n00:34:05,400 –> 00:34:11,360
\nrighteousness, but to save us.
\nAnd down on the ground, the <\/p>\n
452
\n00:34:11,360 –> 00:34:17,679
\ndeluded, blind, ungrateful,
\nproud, carnal mind is jeering, <\/p>\n
453
\n00:34:17,800 –> 00:34:21,960
\nmocking, taunting him.
\nCome down from the cross. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:34:22,800 –> 00:34:24,760
\nCome down.
\nIf you’re so amazing, save <\/p>\n
455
\n00:34:24,760 –> 00:34:27,600
\nyourself.
\nIf only they knew, brothers and <\/p>\n
456
\n00:34:27,600 –> 00:34:30,639
\nsisters, that the only reason he
\ncouldn’t come down from the <\/p>\n
457
\n00:34:30,639 –> 00:34:33,800
\ncross was because he was trying
\nto save them. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:34:34,429 –> 00:34:38,270
\nHe wasn’t trying to save
\nhimself, he was crucifying <\/p>\n
459
\n00:34:38,270 –> 00:34:42,710
\nhimself in order to save them.
\nThis is the ultimate expression <\/p>\n
460
\n00:34:43,110 –> 00:34:45,389
\nof the power of the mind of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:34:46,710 –> 00:34:50,230
\nTurn over a couple of pages to
\n1st of Timothy in chapter one, <\/p>\n
462
\n00:34:51,270 –> 00:34:58,270
\nbecause this power, this
\nEndunimo that Paul had is here <\/p>\n
463
\n00:34:58,270 –> 00:35:03,230
\nin first of Timothy and chapter
\none, verse 12. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:35:04,860 –> 00:35:13,700
\nAnd I thank Christ Jesus our
\nLord, who hath enabled me for <\/p>\n
465
\n00:35:13,700 –> 00:35:17,500
\nthat He counted me faithful,
\nputting me into the ministry, <\/p>\n
466
\n00:35:17,620 –> 00:35:21,900
\nwho was before a blasphemer and
\na persecutor, and injurious, <\/p>\n
467
\n00:35:22,540 –> 00:35:27,340
\nthat I obtained mercy because I
\ndid it ignorantly in unbelief. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:35:28,470 –> 00:35:31,910
\nYou know that word enabled is
\nexactly the same word as <\/p>\n
469
\n00:35:31,910 –> 00:35:36,670
\nPhilippians 4 verse 13 in Dunomo
\nempowered. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:35:37,150 –> 00:35:41,790
\nI thank Christ Jesus our Lord
\nwho has empowered me. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:35:41,910 –> 00:35:44,550
\nAnd what was the power that
\nempowered Paul? <\/p>\n
472
\n00:35:44,830 –> 00:35:49,750
\nVerse 14 The grace of our Lord
\nwas exceeding abundant with <\/p>\n
473
\n00:35:49,750 –> 00:35:52,070
\nfaith and love, which is in
\nChrist Jesus. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:35:52,470 –> 00:35:57,190
\nThis is a faithful saying and
\nworthy of all acceptation. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:35:57,710 –> 00:36:04,990
\nThat Christ Jesus came into the
\nworld to save sinners of whom I <\/p>\n
476
\n00:36:04,990 –> 00:36:08,470
\nam chief.
\nHowbeit for this Causeway I <\/p>\n
477
\n00:36:08,470 –> 00:36:13,350
\nobtained mercy, that in me first
\nJesus Christ might show forth <\/p>\n
478
\n00:36:13,510 –> 00:36:17,870
\nall long-suffering for a pattern
\nto them which should hereafter <\/p>\n
479
\n00:36:17,870 –> 00:36:21,030
\nbelieve on him to life
\neverlasting. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:36:21,150 –> 00:36:24,830
\nPaul realized that the whole
\nobjective of Christ coming into <\/p>\n
481
\n00:36:24,830 –> 00:36:27,350
\nthe world was not to kill or
\npersecute. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:36:28,140 –> 00:36:32,460
\nWas not to harangue or imprison.
\nThe mind of Christ was the exact<\/p>\n
483
\n00:36:32,580 –> 00:36:35,060
\nopposite of what soul of Tarsus
\nused to be. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:36:35,660 –> 00:36:39,780
\nWe soul of Tarsus could think of
\nnothing else but exterminating <\/p>\n
485
\n00:36:39,780 –> 00:36:45,340
\nthe followers of Christ.
\nChrist’s only thought is to save<\/p>\n
486
\n00:36:45,420 –> 00:36:51,020
\nothers.
\nAnd he had reached out, and he <\/p>\n
487
\n00:36:51,020 –> 00:36:55,060
\nhad offered this mind, this
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:36:55,770 –> 00:37:01,330
\nTo soul of Tarsus.
\nYou see, saving others is the <\/p>\n
489
\n00:37:01,410 –> 00:37:06,970
\nexact opposite of serving self.
\nIt’s the transforming power of <\/p>\n
490
\n00:37:06,970 –> 00:37:08,570
\nChrist’s mind.
\nIt’s the essence of the <\/p>\n
491
\n00:37:08,570 –> 00:37:11,330
\natonement, isn’t it?
\nThink of Romans 5. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:37:11,610 –> 00:37:15,530
\nFor while we were yet sin as
\nChrist died for us. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:37:15,530 –> 00:37:19,090
\nThis is his mind.
\nThat’s why he died, why he put <\/p>\n
494
\n00:37:19,090 –> 00:37:23,450
\nhimself to death.
\nHe enabled empowered millions to<\/p>\n
495
\n00:37:23,450 –> 00:37:24,930
\nlive.
\nIt was all for them. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:37:25,430 –> 00:37:31,790
\nHe came to save them.
\nCome to 1st of Corinthians in <\/p>\n
497
\n00:37:32,310 –> 00:37:37,150
\nChapter 9, because it couldn’t
\nreally be clearer than these <\/p>\n
498
\n00:37:37,150 –> 00:37:43,710
\nwords.
\nThis was Paul’s spirit, forever <\/p>\n
499
\n00:37:43,710 –> 00:37:46,310
\nchanged by the power of the love
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:37:47,230 –> 00:37:52,790
\nVerse 19.
\nHe was now free from himself. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:37:53,150 –> 00:37:56,720
\nWhat a glorious blessing.
\nFor though I’d be free from all <\/p>\n
502
\n00:37:56,720 –> 00:38:02,480
\nmen, yet have I made myself
\nservant unto all that I might <\/p>\n
503
\n00:38:02,720 –> 00:38:06,120
\ngain the more.
\nAnd unto the Jews I became as a <\/p>\n
504
\n00:38:06,120 –> 00:38:10,000
\nJew, that I might gain the Jews
\nto them that are under the law, <\/p>\n
505
\n00:38:10,040 –> 00:38:12,560
\nas under the law, that I might
\ngain them that are under the law<\/p>\n
506
\n00:38:13,080 –> 00:38:16,720
\nto them That I without the law,
\nas without law being not without<\/p>\n
507
\n00:38:16,720 –> 00:38:20,440
\nlaw to God, but under the law to
\nChrist, that I might gain them, <\/p>\n
508
\n00:38:20,440 –> 00:38:23,760
\nthat I without law to the weak
\nbecame I as weak. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:38:24,190 –> 00:38:30,430
\nAnd I might gain the week.
\nI am made all things to all men,<\/p>\n
510
\n00:38:30,790 –> 00:38:35,990
\nthat I might by all means save
\nsome. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:38:37,830 –> 00:38:40,110
\nThis is the essence of the mind
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:38:40,790 –> 00:38:46,470
\nPutting oneself to death to do
\nanything to save others, <\/p>\n
513
\n00:38:46,630 –> 00:38:50,670
\nanything.
\nDo you know our dear Uncle John <\/p>\n
514
\n00:38:50,670 –> 00:38:56,530
\nthat’s with us this morning?
\nI was just a kid when he came to<\/p>\n
515
\n00:38:56,530 –> 00:39:00,850
\nNew Zealand many, many years ago
\nand spoke on the Apostle Paul. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:39:02,530 –> 00:39:07,210
\nI would have just been probably
\nnot even 10, but I remember <\/p>\n
517
\n00:39:07,210 –> 00:39:10,530
\nsomething that he said that has
\nstuck in my mind since that day.<\/p>\n
518
\n00:39:10,530 –> 00:39:17,010
\nAnd it’s this.
\nThe Apostle Paul was not the <\/p>\n
519
\n00:39:17,130 –> 00:39:23,450
\ninflexible advocate of what was
\nintellectually correct. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:39:25,770 –> 00:39:32,650
\nBut the passionate champion of
\nwhat was best to get men and <\/p>\n
521
\n00:39:32,650 –> 00:39:35,770
\nwomen into the Kingdom of God,
\nand I’ve got that written at the<\/p>\n
522
\n00:39:35,770 –> 00:39:39,450
\ntop of my Bible.
\nThis is the mind of Christ. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:39:39,770 –> 00:39:44,130
\nAnd the Apostle Paul got it.
\nHe had the mind of Christ. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:39:44,330 –> 00:39:48,490
\nHe realized the whole object of
\nthis mind was to be so dead to <\/p>\n
525
\n00:39:48,490 –> 00:39:52,990
\nself that we think.
\nOnly of serving and saving <\/p>\n
526
\n00:39:52,990 –> 00:39:56,430
\nothers.
\nDo you remember in our first <\/p>\n
527
\n00:39:56,430 –> 00:40:07,230
\nclass we briefly discussed
\naddiction and we said we are all<\/p>\n
528
\n00:40:07,590 –> 00:40:13,110
\nactually, by virtue of our
\ncarnal minds addicted to <\/p>\n
529
\n00:40:13,110 –> 00:40:18,830
\nourselves, but brothers and
\nsisters if self. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:40:19,630 –> 00:40:24,470
\nIs dead.
\nThen there is only one addiction<\/p>\n
531
\n00:40:25,070 –> 00:40:30,910
\nthat remains in the whole world.
\nThere’s only one addiction left <\/p>\n
532
\n00:40:31,430 –> 00:40:36,190
\nif we are dead to ourselves, and
\nit’s what Paul calls in First of<\/p>\n
533
\n00:40:36,190 –> 00:40:43,310
\nCorinthians 16 and verse 15
\nbeing addicted to the Ministry <\/p>\n
534
\n00:40:43,310 –> 00:40:46,350
\nof the Saints.
\nSee how clear this is? <\/p>\n
535
\n00:40:46,860 –> 00:40:52,140
\nWhen self is dead, truly dead,
\nwe can be free to be addicted to<\/p>\n
536
\n00:40:52,140 –> 00:40:57,700
\nsaving others.
\nThis is the power of his mind in<\/p>\n
537
\n00:40:57,700 –> 00:41:00,940
\nus.
\nDo you know this mindset? <\/p>\n
538
\n00:41:01,940 –> 00:41:06,820
\nThis way of thinking is actually
\ndescribed in the New Testament. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:41:07,340 –> 00:41:12,700
\nIt’s described as the spirit of
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:41:13,060 –> 00:41:14,860
\nHis spirit was not to serve
\nself. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:41:15,310 –> 00:41:19,710
\nBut to save others, I’d like you
\nto come just to the Gospels and <\/p>\n
542
\n00:41:19,710 –> 00:41:22,470
\ntouchdown with me, as we have
\ntried to do in all of our <\/p>\n
543
\n00:41:22,470 –> 00:41:27,230
\nsessions into the presence of
\nChrist himself in Luke Chapter <\/p>\n
544
\n00:41:27,230 –> 00:41:51,240
\n9,
\nbecause there was an enormous <\/p>\n
545
\n00:41:51,240 –> 00:41:55,040
\ndisharmony between the Spirit of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:41:56,120 –> 00:42:01,480
\nAnd his disciples at this time
\nthey hadn’t learnt the power of <\/p>\n
547
\n00:42:01,480 –> 00:42:04,960
\nChrist’s mind.
\nLook Chapter 9 in verse 51. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:42:04,960 –> 00:42:08,840
\nAnd it came to pass.
\nWhen the time was come that He <\/p>\n
549
\n00:42:08,840 –> 00:42:13,560
\nshould be received up, he
\nsteadfastly set his face to go <\/p>\n
550
\n00:42:13,560 –> 00:42:16,920
\nto Jerusalem, and he sent
\nmessengers before his face. <\/p>\n
551
\n00:42:16,920 –> 00:42:20,280
\nAnd they went and entered into a
\nvillage of the Samaritans to <\/p>\n
552
\n00:42:20,280 –> 00:42:25,120
\nmake ready for Him.
\nThey did not. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:42:26,160 –> 00:42:30,320
\nReceive him because his face was
\nas though he would go to <\/p>\n
554
\n00:42:30,320 –> 00:42:32,760
\nJerusalem.
\nAnd when his disciples James and<\/p>\n
555
\n00:42:32,760 –> 00:42:36,160
\nJohn saw this, they said, Lord,
\nwe’ll thou that we should <\/p>\n
556
\n00:42:36,280 –> 00:42:41,120
\ncommand fire to come down from
\nheaven and consume them, even as<\/p>\n
557
\n00:42:41,120 –> 00:42:47,200
\nElias did.
\nBut he turned and rebuked them, <\/p>\n
558
\n00:42:47,200 –> 00:42:54,760
\nand said, You know not what
\nmanner of spirit ye are of. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:42:55,490 –> 00:42:59,690
\nFor the Son of Man has not come
\nto destroy men’s lives, but to <\/p>\n
560
\n00:42:59,690 –> 00:43:03,970
\nsave them, And they went on to
\nanother village. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:43:03,970 –> 00:43:07,130
\nThere was a tension, A
\ndiscrepancy, between the Spirit <\/p>\n
562
\n00:43:07,130 –> 00:43:11,090
\nof Christ and the spirit of his
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:43:12,250 –> 00:43:14,970
\nThey had to learn that the mind
\nof Christ, his spiritual <\/p>\n
564
\n00:43:15,170 –> 00:43:19,850
\ndisposition, was never to
\ndestroy, but to relentlessly <\/p>\n
565
\n00:43:19,850 –> 00:43:23,250
\nseek ways to save.
\nIt was never to break the <\/p>\n
566
\n00:43:23,250 –> 00:43:27,830
\nbruised Reed.
\nQuench the smoking flax it was <\/p>\n
567
\n00:43:27,830 –> 00:43:30,470
\nto convert.
\nTry to breakthrough so that <\/p>\n
568
\n00:43:30,470 –> 00:43:33,350
\npeople might receive him.
\nVerse 53. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:43:33,510 –> 00:43:37,670
\nHow grateful we are, brothers
\nand sisters for his spirit in <\/p>\n
570
\n00:43:37,710 –> 00:43:40,830
\nour lives.
\nSome of us wouldn’t be here. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:43:41,630 –> 00:43:45,430
\nMany of us wouldn’t be here if
\nit wasn’t for his relentless <\/p>\n
572
\n00:43:45,430 –> 00:43:49,190
\nspirit of reaching out to us in
\nlove. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:43:52,440 –> 00:43:54,920
\nHe wants to abide in all of our
\nhearts. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:43:55,200 –> 00:43:58,040
\nHe seeks that we might make
\nready for him. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:43:58,640 –> 00:44:00,880
\nBut sometimes, brothers and
\nsisters, we don’t let him in, do<\/p>\n
576
\n00:44:00,880 –> 00:44:03,480
\nwe?
\nWe keep the doors locked. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:44:04,160 –> 00:44:08,760
\nWe refuse to surrender the key.
\nHe will not destroy. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:44:10,000 –> 00:44:14,800
\nThere are no thoughts of revenge
\nbecause self is dead. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:44:15,480 –> 00:44:20,920
\nHe would gently try again.
\nAnother time, another way. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:44:22,290 –> 00:44:25,410
\nAnother village he will always
\nseek to save. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:44:25,410 –> 00:44:31,970
\nDo you know Romans chapter 8 and
\nverse 9 says, now, if any man <\/p>\n
582
\n00:44:32,250 –> 00:44:37,610
\nhave not the spirit of Christ,
\nhe is none of his. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:44:37,610 –> 00:44:44,570
\nSo we’re not just talking about
\nthe mind of Christ, the Spirit <\/p>\n
584
\n00:44:45,610 –> 00:44:49,970
\nof Christ, and if we don’t have
\nit, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:44:50,390 –> 00:44:53,750
\nWe are none of his.
\nThis is not an optional idea. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:44:54,310 –> 00:44:57,590
\nThis is not an intellectually
\ninteresting topic. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:44:58,070 –> 00:45:01,550
\nThis is what life and the truth
\nis all about. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:45:01,550 –> 00:45:05,270
\nIf we want to be Christ, we have
\nto have this spiritual <\/p>\n
589
\n00:45:05,270 –> 00:45:08,350
\ndisposition.
\nWe put ourselves to death so <\/p>\n
590
\n00:45:08,350 –> 00:45:11,470
\nthat we can serve and save
\nothers. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:45:11,470 –> 00:45:15,910
\nThis has to be our spirit.
\nNow. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:45:15,910 –> 00:45:18,550
\nI think there’s an incredibly
\npowerful. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:45:18,920 –> 00:45:22,920
\nAnd comforting lesson in this
\nidea for each one of us. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:45:24,600 –> 00:45:33,080
\nAnd it’s this.
\nThe true measure of who we are <\/p>\n
595
\n00:45:34,400 –> 00:45:39,720
\nis our spirit, our character,
\nour mind. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:45:39,720 –> 00:45:43,560
\nThis incisive test of whether we
\nare Christ is by our Spirit. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:45:43,560 –> 00:45:47,240
\nIt’s an internal condition, His
\nmind in us. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:45:47,960 –> 00:45:52,920
\nBrothers and sisters, we all do
\nand have done things from time <\/p>\n
599
\n00:45:52,920 –> 00:45:59,600
\nto time that we are heartily
\nashamed of, that if we had any <\/p>\n
600
\n00:45:59,600 –> 00:46:04,480
\nchance to undo the past, we
\nwould gladly grasp hold of that <\/p>\n
601
\n00:46:05,160 –> 00:46:09,880
\nwe sin sometimes the same sins
\nevery week, but brothers and <\/p>\n
602
\n00:46:09,880 –> 00:46:14,160
\nsisters, the external things
\nthat we do occasionally. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:46:15,590 –> 00:46:22,590
\nAre not the true measure of who
\nwe are of our spirit, anymore <\/p>\n
604
\n00:46:22,790 –> 00:46:25,950
\nthan the occasional good things
\nthat we might have done. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:46:26,790 –> 00:46:31,830
\nSelfish men are occasionally
\nkind, good men are sometimes <\/p>\n
606
\n00:46:31,830 –> 00:46:34,350
\nbad.
\nBut our Heavenly Father does not<\/p>\n
607
\n00:46:34,350 –> 00:46:37,270
\nmeasure us by the occasional
\nthings. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:46:38,510 –> 00:46:44,510
\nHe measures us by our Spirit do
\nwe have in us. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:46:45,120 –> 00:46:49,280
\nSpirit of Christ.
\nJust think of these faithful men<\/p>\n
610
\n00:46:50,440 –> 00:46:53,520
\nand see if you cannot
\nimmediately think of a time when<\/p>\n
611
\n00:46:53,520 –> 00:46:56,320
\nthey did things that betrayed
\ntheir spirit. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:46:58,280 –> 00:47:03,680
\nWhat about faithful Abraham,
\nfather of the faithful? <\/p>\n
613
\n00:47:04,360 –> 00:47:09,440
\nHe’s down in Egypt pretending
\nthat his wife’s not his wife. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:47:11,240 –> 00:47:14,080
\nWhat about Noah, preacher of
\nrighteousness? <\/p>\n
615
\n00:47:14,650 –> 00:47:19,810
\nNaked and drunk in a tent.
\nMoses, the meekest man in all <\/p>\n
616
\n00:47:19,810 –> 00:47:24,890
\nthe earth, striking the rock.
\nElijah full of power and zeal, <\/p>\n
617
\n00:47:25,050 –> 00:47:27,970
\nlying under a juniper tree,
\nwishing he could die. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:47:28,890 –> 00:47:31,690
\nDavid, a man after God’s own
\nheart. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:47:32,330 –> 00:47:36,770
\nWe know his sin.
\nPeter, so strong and courageous,<\/p>\n
620
\n00:47:36,970 –> 00:47:40,890
\nfleeing into the night.
\nThey all exhibit weakness. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:47:41,250 –> 00:47:44,610
\nAnd the very thing for which
\nthey are notably strong. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:47:44,930 –> 00:47:48,210
\nBut our Lord, brothers and
\nsisters, is more interested in <\/p>\n
623
\n00:47:48,290 –> 00:47:55,810
\nour spirit, our minds.
\nIf we don’t have His spirit, we <\/p>\n
624
\n00:47:55,810 –> 00:47:58,770
\nare none of His.
\nThe question this morning is, <\/p>\n
625
\n00:47:58,770 –> 00:48:05,050
\nhave we grabbed hold of this
\npower to die to ourselves that <\/p>\n
626
\n00:48:05,050 –> 00:48:08,270
\nwe might save others?
\nThis is the power of the mind of<\/p>\n
627
\n00:48:08,270 –> 00:48:11,630
\nChrist, and without it we are
\nnone of His. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:48:11,950 –> 00:48:16,670
\nHe won’t recognize us, despite
\nall of the good things we might <\/p>\n
629
\n00:48:16,670 –> 00:48:18,950
\nhave done, if we can’t grasp
\nthese things. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:48:19,150 –> 00:48:22,270
\nBut if we have it, if we see it,
\nand we grasp it, if we can <\/p>\n
631
\n00:48:22,270 –> 00:48:27,430
\nreceive it, we are His.
\nHave you ever wondered, brothers<\/p>\n
632
\n00:48:27,430 –> 00:48:30,950
\nand sisters, whether you will be
\nin the Kingdom of God or not? <\/p>\n
633
\n00:48:32,830 –> 00:48:40,260
\nHave you ever thought?
\nI’m not good enough ever being <\/p>\n
634
\n00:48:40,260 –> 00:48:43,660
\nracked with fears and doubts
\nthat you won’t. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:48:43,980 –> 00:48:46,940
\nYou you’re not going to make it.
\nDo you know, brothers and <\/p>\n
636
\n00:48:46,940 –> 00:48:52,300
\nsisters, doubts and fears are
\nthe carnal mind. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:48:52,300 –> 00:48:55,900
\nDo you know when Jesus Christ
\nwas resurrected to life? <\/p>\n
638
\n00:48:55,900 –> 00:49:00,540
\nPeter stood up in X chapter 2
\nand he said it’s not possible. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:49:01,490 –> 00:49:05,450
\nThat the grave could hold that
\nman It was a moral impossibility<\/p>\n
640
\n00:49:05,610 –> 00:49:08,330
\nfor God to leave him there.
\nAnd so it is with us. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:49:08,610 –> 00:49:13,530
\nIf we have this spirit, the
\npower of the mind of Christ, in <\/p>\n
642
\n00:49:13,530 –> 00:49:17,890
\nus.
\nIf Christ is magnified in us, if<\/p>\n
643
\n00:49:17,890 –> 00:49:21,690
\nwe die daily and we make room
\nfor him to dwell in our hearts <\/p>\n
644
\n00:49:22,010 –> 00:49:27,770
\nrichly by faith, it’s impossible
\nfor us not to be in the Kingdom,<\/p>\n
645
\n00:49:27,970 –> 00:49:31,090
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nIt’s a moral impossibility. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:49:31,840 –> 00:49:36,960
\nNot by our greatness.
\nWe’re all dust and ashes, not by<\/p>\n
647
\n00:49:36,960 –> 00:49:40,720
\nour accomplishments.
\nWe can never earn it, otherwise <\/p>\n
648
\n00:49:40,720 –> 00:49:43,720
\nit wouldn’t be called a gift.
\nThat’s so obvious to us. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:49:44,480 –> 00:49:47,280
\nWe won’t be there, brothers and
\nsisters, because of self. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:49:47,520 –> 00:49:51,560
\nIf we have already put self to
\ndeath, we’ll be there, brothers <\/p>\n
651
\n00:49:51,560 –> 00:49:55,560
\nand sisters, because we’ve tried
\nto save other people, because <\/p>\n
652
\n00:49:55,560 –> 00:49:58,640
\nwe’ve realized the power of this
\nmind. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:49:59,560 –> 00:50:01,120
\nWe will be there, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:50:01,480 –> 00:50:08,680
\nBecause in us there is something
\nimmortal, something that cannot <\/p>\n
655
\n00:50:08,680 –> 00:50:12,400
\ndie.
\nIt’s not an immortal soul, like <\/p>\n
656
\n00:50:12,400 –> 00:50:15,960
\nthe Church’s teach.
\nIt’s what Peter describes in <\/p>\n
657
\n00:50:15,960 –> 00:50:21,080
\nfirst of Peter One and verse 23,
\nthe Word of God that lives and <\/p>\n
658
\n00:50:21,080 –> 00:50:25,400
\nabides forever.
\nAnd if that word, this word, has<\/p>\n
659
\n00:50:25,400 –> 00:50:29,000
\nbeen planted in our minds and
\nit’s grown. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:50:29,630 –> 00:50:31,510
\nAnd it’s brought forth fruit in
\nus. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:50:31,550 –> 00:50:36,350
\nIn our minds, it’s actually
\nChrist living in us, the Word <\/p>\n
662
\n00:50:36,350 –> 00:50:39,950
\nmade flesh.
\nAnd if Christ is in us, then <\/p>\n
663
\n00:50:39,950 –> 00:50:44,790
\nPeter says it’s not possible for
\nthe grave to hold him. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:50:45,550 –> 00:50:48,430
\nHe can’t stay dead forever,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:50:48,710 –> 00:50:53,950
\nIt’s a moral impossibility if
\nChrist is truly in us, his mind,<\/p>\n
666
\n00:50:54,270 –> 00:51:01,410
\nhis thinking, his spirit.
\nWe will absolutely be in the <\/p>\n
667
\n00:51:01,410 –> 00:51:05,850
\nKingdom.
\nGod cannot allow his Son to mold<\/p>\n
668
\n00:51:05,850 –> 00:51:09,210
\nit into dust.
\nIt will be his good pleasure to <\/p>\n
669
\n00:51:09,210 –> 00:51:17,530
\ngive his Son in us the Kingdom.
\nIsn’t that why we get baptized? <\/p>\n
670
\n00:51:17,730 –> 00:51:20,570
\nBecause there’s only going to be
\none man in the Kingdom and we <\/p>\n
671
\n00:51:20,570 –> 00:51:24,010
\nwant to be in him?
\nAnd isn’t that why we <\/p>\n
672
\n00:51:24,250 –> 00:51:26,570
\ndesperately want to have the
\nmind of Christ? <\/p>\n
673
\n00:51:27,820 –> 00:51:31,940
\nBecause unless he’s in us, we
\nare none of his. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:51:34,060 –> 00:51:36,100
\nWe’ll be there, brothers and
\nsisters, not because of <\/p>\n
675
\n00:51:36,100 –> 00:51:39,220
\nourselves, but despite
\nourselves. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:51:39,220 –> 00:51:40,420
\nThat’s grace.
\nWhat? <\/p>\n
677
\n00:51:40,500 –> 00:51:44,420
\nWhat a hope.
\nLet’s assure ourselves in this <\/p>\n
678
\n00:51:44,420 –> 00:51:47,900
\nhope.
\nLet’s be what Paul calls more <\/p>\n
679
\n00:51:47,900 –> 00:51:50,900
\nthan conquerors.
\nLet’s have absolute confidence, <\/p>\n
680
\n00:51:51,180 –> 00:51:53,980
\nbrothers and sisters, not in
\nourselves. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:51:54,620 –> 00:52:00,210
\nIt’s got nothing to do with us.
\nBut that God can work in us <\/p>\n
682
\n00:52:00,210 –> 00:52:03,290
\ngreat things.
\nWhat God has begun, He will <\/p>\n
683
\n00:52:03,290 –> 00:52:05,130
\ncomplete.
\nIt’s happening, brothers and <\/p>\n
684
\n00:52:05,130 –> 00:52:07,810
\nsisters.
\nIt’s happening in your minds and<\/p>\n
685
\n00:52:07,810 –> 00:52:12,890
\nmine.
\nInvisibly, imperceptibly, almost<\/p>\n
686
\n00:52:12,890 –> 00:52:17,850
\nimpossibly.
\nWe are being changed into new <\/p>\n
687
\n00:52:17,850 –> 00:52:21,610
\ncreatures.
\nChrist is in us. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:52:23,690 –> 00:52:25,410
\nI want to close using the words
\nof. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:52:25,790 –> 00:52:28,950
\nThe Apostle Paul in Ephesians
\nchapter 3, <\/p>\n
690
\n00:52:43,920 –> 00:52:52,840
\nPaul was converted from a raging
\nmonster, the carnal mind rampant<\/p>\n
691
\n00:52:54,240 –> 00:52:59,640
\ninto Christ’s salvation to the
\nends of the earth, transformed <\/p>\n
692
\n00:52:59,640 –> 00:53:02,240
\nby the power of a Christ like
\nspirit. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:53:03,560 –> 00:53:07,800
\nPassionate champion of whatever
\nit might take to save some, any,<\/p>\n
694
\n00:53:08,480 –> 00:53:12,720
\nany whatever it takes.
\nA man who died daily that his <\/p>\n
695
\n00:53:12,720 –> 00:53:16,240
\nLord could live in him.
\nThere was anyone, brothers and <\/p>\n
696
\n00:53:16,240 –> 00:53:20,640
\nsisters, who understood the
\npower of the mind of Christ. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:53:20,640 –> 00:53:24,200
\nIt was this man and the last few
\nverses of Ephesians. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:53:24,200 –> 00:53:32,560
\nChapter 3 is the Apostle Paul’s
\nprayer for each one of us. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:53:34,070 –> 00:53:42,910
\nRight here and right now, today
\nin 2017, as we finish our week <\/p>\n
700
\n00:53:42,910 –> 00:53:53,670
\ntogether, Ephesians 3, verse 14.
\nFor this cause I bow my knees <\/p>\n
701
\n00:53:53,670 –> 00:53:59,310
\nunto the Father of our Lord
\nJesus Christ, of whom the whole <\/p>\n
702
\n00:53:59,310 –> 00:54:03,190
\nfamily.
\nAnd heaven and earth is named, <\/p>\n
703
\n00:54:03,630 –> 00:54:09,110
\nthat He would grant you, give
\nyou, according to the riches of <\/p>\n
704
\n00:54:09,110 –> 00:54:17,510
\nhis glory, to be strengthened
\nwith might by his spirit in the <\/p>\n
705
\n00:54:17,710 –> 00:54:25,430
\ninner man, that Christ may dwell
\nin your heart by faith, that ye <\/p>\n
706
\n00:54:25,430 –> 00:54:28,750
\nbeing rooted and grounded in
\nlove. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:54:29,280 –> 00:54:33,720
\nMay be able to comprehend with
\nAll Saints what is the breadth <\/p>\n
708
\n00:54:34,160 –> 00:54:41,520
\nand length and depth and height,
\nand to know the love of Christ, <\/p>\n
709
\n00:54:42,360 –> 00:54:46,560
\nwhich passeth knowledge that ye
\nmight be filled with all the <\/p>\n
710
\n00:54:46,560 –> 00:54:51,240
\nfullness of God, the question we
\nall want to ask ourselves, <\/p>\n
711
\n00:54:51,400 –> 00:54:56,520
\nbrothers and sisters, as we now
\ncome to the emblems. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:54:57,110 –> 00:55:01,830
\nSymbols of this man that we
\nlove, who is our life, is this <\/p>\n
713
\n00:55:01,830 –> 00:55:11,870
\nquestion.
\nHow big is the space that we <\/p>\n
714
\n00:55:11,870 –> 00:55:16,870
\nhave created in our hearts for
\nhim to dwell in? <\/p>\n
715
\n00:55:18,710 –> 00:55:23,750
\nHow much space are we keeping
\nback for ourselves? <\/p>\n
716
\n00:55:23,950 –> 00:55:26,750
\nThe breadth, The length?
\nThe depth? <\/p>\n
717
\n00:55:27,240 –> 00:55:33,520
\nThe height is the intangible
\nvolume of space in our minds <\/p>\n
718
\n00:55:33,640 –> 00:55:39,360
\nwhere we can enthrone Christ,
\nmagnify Him in our minds and <\/p>\n
719
\n00:55:39,360 –> 00:55:43,800
\nlies, and as much room as we can
\nmake for Him in any dimension, <\/p>\n
720
\n00:55:43,800 –> 00:55:50,040
\nhe will fill it with His love.
\nA love that cannot be understood<\/p>\n
721
\n00:55:50,040 –> 00:55:53,960
\nor explained.
\nIt passes knowledge, but a love <\/p>\n
722
\n00:55:53,960 –> 00:55:58,350
\nthat imprisons.
\nLove that constrains us. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:55:59,310 –> 00:56:02,390
\nA love that connects and minds
\nwith our hearts. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:56:03,630 –> 00:56:06,870
\nA love that Paul felt that day
\nin Damascus. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:56:08,270 –> 00:56:10,910
\nA love that creates in us a new
\ncreature. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:56:12,430 –> 00:56:15,710
\nA love that empowers us to do
\nall things for him. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:56:16,070 –> 00:56:19,190
\nA love that drives us to
\nsacrifice ourselves, that we <\/p>\n
728
\n00:56:19,190 –> 00:56:22,030
\nmight be free to serve and save
\nothers. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:56:23,060 –> 00:56:26,700
\nThis is a love that can fill us
\nwith all fullness. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:56:26,900 –> 00:56:29,300
\nIt can fill every hole in our
\nhearts. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:56:29,460 –> 00:56:32,980
\nIt can satisfy every need if
\nonly we let it. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:56:34,740 –> 00:56:39,060
\nThis is our hope, brothers and
\nsisters, and our high uphill <\/p>\n
733
\n00:56:39,060 –> 00:56:43,380
\ncalling.
\nIf the Apostle Paul can be <\/p>\n
734
\n00:56:43,380 –> 00:56:48,060
\ncompletely transformed by the
\npower of the mind of Christ, who<\/p>\n
735
\n00:56:48,060 –> 00:56:51,020
\nare we, brothers and sisters?
\nWho are we? <\/p>\n
736
\n00:56:51,020 –> 00:56:56,450
\nWho do we think we are?
\nThat we doubt what God is doing <\/p>\n
737
\n00:56:56,450 –> 00:56:59,010
\nin us.
\nWe are going to be in the <\/p>\n
738
\n00:56:59,010 –> 00:57:02,290
\nKingdom, brothers and sisters,
\nnot because of ourselves, <\/p>\n
739
\n00:57:02,770 –> 00:57:06,810
\nbecause he lives forever and he
\nis in us. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:57:08,810 –> 00:57:14,450
\nLet’s not let our feeble minds,
\nbrothers and sisters, limit the <\/p>\n
741
\n00:57:14,450 –> 00:57:21,530
\npower of the mind of Christ in
\nus now unto him. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:57:22,650 –> 00:57:29,850
\nThat is able to do exceedingly
\nabundantly above all that we <\/p>\n
743
\n00:57:29,890 –> 00:57:37,650
\nask, or think according to the
\npower that worketh in us, Unto <\/p>\n
744
\n00:57:37,650 –> 00:57:45,770
\nhim be glory in the Ecclesia by
\nChrist Jesus, throughout all <\/p>\n
745
\n00:57:45,810 –> 00:57:54,720
\nages, world without end, I mean.
\nIt’s not just me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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