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Okay, so we're in Ephesians again chapter 6 And

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we had a couple questions from last week, so

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we'll deal with those First here so one question

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was did Satan's power diminish at the cross Yes,

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so we just end there So the answer there is yes

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Satan's power was diminished or did diminish

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at the cross So if you want to look let's just

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read this in Colossians Colossians 2 So I've

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just got a couple of verses here That address

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some of these things and we're not going to go

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into a great deal of detail here but just to

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Just so that we can see what the scripture says

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here so in Colossians 2 beginning in verse 13

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We read for heat of beginning 12 here, having

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been buried with Him in baptism in which you

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were also raised up with Him through faith in

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the working of God who raised Him from the dead.

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When you were dead in your transgressions and

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the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you

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alive together with Him, having forgiven us all

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our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate

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of debt consisting of decrees against us which

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was hostile to us, and He has taken it out of

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the way, having nailed it to the cross. When

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he had disarmed the rulers and authorities he

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made a public display of them having triumphed

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over them through him So that's one verse there

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and he mentions a bunch of things there that

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have been accomplished through Christ's death

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on the cross there Nailing the debt to the cross

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There the issue of condemnation that we were,

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but we're not. And of course, Romans talks about

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that as well. Setting aside all of those things,

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having been forgiven, having been made alive.

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So all of those things then relate to, to some

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degree also then, to Satan. So Satan no longer

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is able to accuse us of all of these things,

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right? That's one big thing. There is no more

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condemnation. There's no more accusation Christ

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has accomplished all of those things To take

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all those things out of the way Satan yeah, you

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can't accuse us to any anyone to ourselves to

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to the father And then in Hebrews 2 14 we'll

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just again we can just read it real quick here,

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but And we definitely don't have time to go into

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all of this, but 2 14, he talks here about, let's

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see. Therefore, since the children share in flesh

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and blood, he himself likewise also partook of

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the same, that through death he might render

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powerless him who had the power of death, that

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is, the devil, and might free those who through

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fear of death were subject to slavery all their

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lives. So again the fear of death that's all

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gone Satan has been disarmed in that regard as

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well Matthew 12 29 talks about the strong man

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being bound and so that refers to Satan that

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he has been bound And so he does not He does

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not have the power or the authority this way

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well, however, you want to think of it that he

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once had I was talking to dad about this. Dad

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mentioned the whole idea there of all of the

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nations that he no longer reigns and has the

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authority in. So if you think about Israel and

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the other nations, right, Israel were God's chosen

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people. God was dealing with them. They had the

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sacrificial systems, all of these different things.

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Well, all the other nations had nothing. They

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didn't know of God. And so who Who other than

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Satan ruled and reigned right? I mean and so

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he had great power and authority there throughout

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the whole world even during those During that

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time before Christ came and then the gospel went

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out to all the nations So there's that as well

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that had was accomplished there at the cross.

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So those are a few things That have been accomplished

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through Christ's death on the cross and have

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diminished the power of Satan Another question

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that was asked, does Satan know our weaknesses?

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And the answer to that is yes, he does know our

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weaknesses. So of course we should say this also

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though, right? He doesn't know our thoughts.

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He's not God. He's not all knowing. He doesn't

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know what we're thinking. He doesn't know what

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we're going to do. But just as anyone else who...

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is able to see our lives and to see what we do

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everywhere he is aware of what what it is that

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we do the things that we struggle with and he

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is able of course to tempt and so on so he is

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aware of our weaknesses um absolutely he's not

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a mind reader put that down here doesn't know

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our thoughts but he certainly can be and most

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likely is aware of our weaknesses Okay And then

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the other question that was just asked by Melissa

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during during the discussion last week was just

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on the spiritual Is it verse 12 here forces of

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wickedness in the heavenly places and So again,

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I said a few things last week. I think not much

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but just the idea here that this is Otherworldly,

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it's not physical, it's not what we see here,

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but it is a spiritual power, spiritual forces

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that we're dealing with. Okay. When you say forces

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though, they're beings, right? Right, beings.

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They're spiritual beings. Okay. So, Ephesians

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6, let's begin here in verse 10. take up the

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full armor of God so that you will be able to

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resist in the evil day and having done everything

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to stand firm stand firm therefore having girded

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your loins with truth and so on we won't read

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anymore so he begins here with this exhortation

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to be strong in the Lord and in the strength

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of his might and so last week we looked at why

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Why is it necessary for us to be strong in the

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Lord and in the strength of his might or the

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power of his might? Because the war the battle

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that we are engaged in is against a powerful

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enemy Okay, so that was the whole reason one

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of the whole reasons we looked last week at that

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was to Get in our minds that we're not dealing

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here with just some insignificant You know little

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idea in our minds that there might be some some

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devil out there with this pitchfork and you know

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putting these thoughts in our in our minds but

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it's a real spiritual powerful enemy that we

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are engaged against okay that's why it's necessary

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for us to be strong in the Lord and in the power

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of his might it is a command Okay, I want to

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stress that, that this is not just an optional

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thing in the Christian life. We're going to look

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later on and he says they're to put on the full

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armor of God. Paul's not giving us a good suggestion

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there. Put on the armor, be strong in the Lord,

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you know, this might be good and helpful to you.

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No, Paul's saying do these things. These are

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necessary, these are essential for success in

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the Christian life and in the Christian warfare.

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So be strong because your adversary is very strong

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And then we pointed out last week as well that

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Who better to be strong in then the one who has

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defeated these powers, right? Colossians I Think

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of Matthew 28 there all power is given there

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all authority we see that throughout Scripture

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as as Christ has defeated these enemies upon

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the cross and so He is the one that we are strong

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in. Because He has been successful in His overcoming

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all of these things. So, be strong in the Lord

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and in the strength of His might. Why else do

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we need to be strong in the Lord? Because we're

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weak. Alright, and so that again is an important

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thing for us to understand. and to grasp. We

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are not these pillars of great strength and power

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on our own. Think all you will of yourself, and

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if you think of yourself in that way, then you're

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deceiving yourself. You are weak. You are feeble

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in your own strength, of your own power. So that

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is, again, why we need the Lord, why we need

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to be strong in Him because of our weakness.

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I don't think we need to belabor that. Surely

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we are all willing to admit our weakness, our

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failings, we see them daily when we give into

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temptation, when we succumb to whatever it is,

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whatever struggle. Okay? We are weak in ourselves

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Again, we can be encouraged here second Corinthians

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12 9 My grace is sufficient for you for my power

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is perfected in weakness When we're weak he's

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strong Right and so that should be a great encouragement

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to us that we we're not relying upon our own

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strength We're relying upon someone else We said

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this, this is a spiritual battle. And so it must

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be fought in a spiritual manner. And so, if you

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think about... Think about that, okay? And we're

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gonna touch on a few things tonight that we'll

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deal with, I think, in more detail later, faith

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in particular. The Christian life is one of faith...

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one of relying upon God, and one that must be

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walked in a spiritual manner. So all of our desires

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to do good, I wrote these things down, our desires

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to do good, willpower and determination, reason,

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logic, self -examination. These things are not

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how we are victorious in the Christian life.

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Are those things good? Should we engage in those

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things? Should we reason and use logic? Absolutely,

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right? Should we be determined in certain things?

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Well, absolutely. We want to be determined. We

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want to exercise a diligence. We want the desire

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to do good. Those are all good things. But those

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things in and of themselves are not going to

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be what wins us the battle. Alright, I'm reminded

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of Philippians there. Philippians 2 13, 2 12

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and 13. Anybody know it? Work out your own salvation

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with fear and trembling for it is God who works

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in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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So if you think of that, this is the Christian

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life. What does he tell us there? Paul tells

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us that we are to be doing things, right? Work

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out your own salvation. But that's not the success.

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The success is because God is working in you

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to will and to do of His good pleasure. And so

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there's this both, right? Yes, it's good that

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we have these desires to do right. It is good

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that We think about what we're doing. It's good

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that we live a determined, disciplined life.

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Those are all good things. But it is God at work

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in us. It is Christ in us, the hope of glory.

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It's Christ living in us and empowering us and

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enabling us. The Spirit of God within us. So

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those physical things, those decisions that we

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make and the way that we live, those are good.

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But that's not what we're relying upon. I'm not

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relying upon the fact that I am a very disciplined

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person. That's a good thing. I'm not downplaying

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that. Hear me there, right? We've preached and

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said time and again, develop good habits. Be

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disciplined in your life. Those are great, great

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things. But don't rely upon those things. Don't

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think that just because you're disciplined that

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everything else is going to fall in line. It's

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a life of faith. relying upon God, looking to

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Christ and His strength and power at work in

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us. Okay? So, to be strong in the Lord. Why?

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A couple of things here. To avoid discouragement.

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To avoid sin and failure. To avoid dishonoring

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the name of Christ. To avoid discouragements

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in the church. disrupting the unity of the church,

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hindering the work of God among us. If we are

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to be successful, and I hope you understand what

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I mean when I say successful, in our Christian

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life and in the church, we must rely upon God.

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We must be looking to Him for our strength. Without

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Him, We will fail We may do well for a while,

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okay, that's that's That's the thing if you think

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about that You may do well Relying upon those

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things you're you're living a very disciplined

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life, right? And so you you're doing all of these

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things and you feel as though Things are going

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well, I mean I'm consistent in the word I've

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done this and that and the other and maybe I've

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really been controlling my temper or you name

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it, whatever it is. But when your guard's down,

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when you're looking at your success or your discipline

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in these things, that's when so often we fail.

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Because we're not looking at Christ, we're not

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looking to Christ, we're looking to ourselves.

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So just because we may have success for a while

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in these things, don't rely upon those things.

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Rely upon the Lord. Rely upon His strength. Alright.

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So... If we are to... be looking to Christ and

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relying upon his strength, we must know something

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of Christ. How well do we know Christ? So there's

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a question for you. If you are relying upon someone,

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you... You ought to know them pretty well. What

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do we see when we look to Christ? What do we

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see when we look at Christ? How does that help

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us in our warfare? How does that help us in this

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battle? Anybody? If we're looking to Christ,

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we're looking at Christ, and we're relying upon

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His strength, what is it that we see? What do

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we see in Christ as we look in Him? That help

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us in this in this battle Okay, we see a conqueror

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how is that helpful Our conqueror is our example.

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Our conqueror has conquered, and so we know that

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he's able to conquer whatever we're dealing with,

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right? He's able to help us overcome. The strength

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that he has, right? Be strong in the Lord. The

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strength that he has is enough to enable us to

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overcome as well. Okay, anything else? blessings

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that we have, our adoption, our redemption, our

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forgiveness, our hope for the future. And so,

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you know, it's just good to be thinking about

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who we are. I think one of the things the author

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of the book that I'm reading said something like,

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that's something to live up to. You know, it's

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something to encourage us, but also something

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to live up to, that we're children of God. It's

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just a wonderful thing, so. That's been helpful

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for me is to be trying to be happy in that standing

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that I have with Christ. Okay. So all of those

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things that Christ has accomplished and who we

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are then in Christ, that should be a great help

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and an encouragement to us. Looking to Christ

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and what He has accomplished, our redemption.

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our atonement, our justification, all of those

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things. A few other things that I wrote down

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here. I was reminded of Proverbs 18 10. The name

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of the Lord is a strong tower. Okay, the name

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of the Lord is strong tower. If you think about

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what does that mean the name of the Lord? Well,

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Do you remember so many times when we've gone

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through the Old Testament, what does a name mean?

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It's who somebody is, right? So the name of the

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Lord, what is the Lord's name? We could come

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up with a whole list, right, of what Christ has

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accomplished, of the things that he does, okay?

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And that is our strong tower, the name of the

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Lord, who Christ is. what He has done and what

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He will do, what He has accomplished. So think

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on those things. Think on the name of the Lord.

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So I wrote down just some other things here that

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we all know of who Christ is that should be an

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encouragement in the warfare. What has Christ

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done? His life here on earth right so he has

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conquered he's conquered sin. He's conquered

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Satan He has overcome death He has withstood

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temptation we see that All over the place his

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casting out of demons healing the sick raising

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the dead all of these things What is what is

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that? What is that picture of Christ? If you

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take all of those things and these other things

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that we've talked about as well that we've mentioned

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tonight You get this idea of a conquering king

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with great authority and power, right? Who's

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able to cast out demons? Who's able to raise

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the dead and heal the sick, calm the storm? That's

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the one who provides us strength in this life

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and in this world. The name of the Lord is our

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strong tower. I don't think, I know I don't,

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maybe some of you do, but the power and the might

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that has been afforded to us in Christ, it's

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unimaginable. Faith in Christ, what does that

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accomplish in our lives? It can accomplish anything.

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With faith, nothing's impossible. With faith,

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we can move mountains. We can overcome sin. We

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can resist temptation. I mean, just consider

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the effects of salvation in a man. I mean, some

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of us were converted early, and so we didn't

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experience all these terrible things in life.

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Some of us were converted late in life. and had

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a total transformation. But surely you can read

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history, and you hopefully have. And Robert Annen,

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here's a guy who was just a wicked man, a drunk,

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reviling all manner of people and things, just

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a wicked guy, known for it. And what happened?

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The Lord saved him. I mean, he was a changed

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man. the effects of Christ upon a man, the workings

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of faith in a man. We don't understand. In my

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own life, the power that has been afforded us

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in Christ, through the power of the Spirit, through

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Christ in us, through our reliance upon Him,

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great power has been given to us through Christ.

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And that is how we should be walking in this

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world, relying upon Him. A couple of the things

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that I wrote down here that I think should be

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an encouragement to us as we look to Christ.

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I was reminded of a few other passages here.

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Exodus 14, 13. This is where Israel has come

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out of Egypt and they've come to the Red Sea

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there and they're They're seeing Pharaoh's army

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coming at them, and they're scared, fearful,

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and they say, you know, were there not enough

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graves in Egypt for us that we had to come out

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here and die, right? And what does Moses say?

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He says, fear not, stand still, and see the salvation

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of the Lord. That's an amazing thing. Psalm 46

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10 cease striving or be still and know that I

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am God The Christian life and the warfare that

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we are engaged in it's not one of us just plowing

00:26:38.609 --> 00:26:42.410
ahead It's standing still and seeing the Lord

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work. It's relying upon him. It's looking to

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him for help and for strength for power for enabling

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to overcome So, be encouraged in the Lord. Be

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encouraged that He is able to help and to strengthen

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us, to give us all that we need as we go through

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this life. Alright, any questions so far? Yeah,

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completely contrary to common sense and normal

00:28:15.410 --> 00:28:39.849
thought. All right, so in this regard then, a

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couple thoughts here on faith. Like I said, I

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think we'll deal more with all of this later,

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but in Hebrews here, because this is all faith,

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right? We're dealing with a life of faith, trusting

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the Lord. If we are relying upon His strength

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and His power and not our own, it is faith in

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Him. That's what we're talking about, trusting

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Him. So faith is, Hebrews 11 .1, faith is the

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assurance of things hoped for, the conviction

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of things not seen. The assurance of things hoped

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for, the conviction of things not seen. Faith

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is believing in God, believing that We have the

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power within us through Christ to accomplish

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all of these things We are strong in the Lord

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when we walk by faith All right a Couple of things

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here believing that we do have okay That we do

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have this power within us, right? What power

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:02.380
resides within us? I think Amanda said something

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:04.839
about it Sunday the same power that raised Jesus

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:08.859
from the dead Dwells within you and me right

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if we are Christians That's the power that is

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:15.700
within us. Do we believe that that's faith? Truly

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:19.099
believing that believing that all that God has

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said is true Believing that God is for us I've

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:29.180
been thinking about that quite a bit lately.

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I believe that. If you were to ask me, I would

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:40.599
tell you I believe that. But does my life really

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show that? And does my thinking in day -to -day

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:47.059
life really show that? And I would say often

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:50.500
it doesn't. Often I have to correct my thinking.

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:55.240
I sin in some way, and what is my thought then?

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:57.779
Well, now God's gonna be bringing the hammer

00:30:57.779 --> 00:31:01.539
down now. That's my thought. That's the first

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:04.299
thing that comes into my mind. I'm waiting for

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:08.059
the hammer. Well, that's not the right way to

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:15.299
think. God is for me. God loves me. Now, am I

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:18.119
gonna get some correction? Well, perhaps so.

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:20.519
Maybe I'll have to deal with something there.

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But God is still for me. God still loves me He's

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not just up there just waiting for me to mess

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:32.140
up so he can crack the whip, right? That's the

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:34.859
idea that comes into my mind when I when I fall

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:37.220
into some sin Well, the Lord's he's bringing

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:40.920
the whip now No, that's a that's an attitude

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:44.759
of defeatism a failure and That's not how we

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:48.380
should be. God is for us. He desires are good

00:31:49.289 --> 00:31:52.369
He wants us to succeed in this battle and in

00:31:52.369 --> 00:31:55.750
this warfare. He wants us to rely upon him that

00:31:55.750 --> 00:31:59.690
that is what he tells us So believing that God

00:31:59.690 --> 00:32:05.289
is for us faith Believing that he will deliver

00:32:05.289 --> 00:32:07.730
us from temptation. Well, there's another there's

00:32:07.730 --> 00:32:10.890
another thing right Do we really believe that

00:32:10.890 --> 00:32:13.089
God is going to deliver us when we cry out to

00:32:13.089 --> 00:32:18.549
him? Do we believe that we can be strong when

00:32:18.549 --> 00:32:21.710
we cry out to Him? When we see our weakness,

00:32:22.029 --> 00:32:25.130
when we see the temptation, when we see ourselves

00:32:25.130 --> 00:32:27.990
crumbling under this thing, and we call out to

00:32:27.990 --> 00:32:29.710
the Lord, do we believe He's going to answer

00:32:29.710 --> 00:32:34.230
us? We should. We should expect it when we cry

00:32:34.230 --> 00:32:38.549
out, when we seek His strength and His power

00:32:38.549 --> 00:32:49.980
in our lives. So a couple of, I wrote down, again,

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:52.980
I just think it's encouraging to think on this,

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:58.480
but a few passages here in this regard of Christ

00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:02.039
in us and God for us, the power that is ours

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:13.339
in him. So Colossians 1 .27. To whom God willed

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:16.000
to make known what is the riches of the glory

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:19.180
of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:26.200
in you, the hope of glory. Christ in us, the

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:49.000
hope of glory. Romans 8 -10. 9. However, you

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:51.240
are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:53.920
the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:56.000
does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:58.700
belong to him. If Christ is in you, though the

00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:01.339
body is dead because of sin, yet the Spirit is

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:04.420
alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:06.859
of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:09.500
in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:12.440
will also give life to your mortal bodies through

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:16.829
his Spirit who dwells in you. And then Ephesians

00:34:16.829 --> 00:34:33.110
3, 16 and 17. We'll start in 14. For this reason

00:34:33.110 --> 00:34:36.210
I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every

00:34:36.210 --> 00:34:38.530
family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

00:34:38.610 --> 00:34:40.769
that He would grant you according to the riches

00:34:40.769 --> 00:34:43.789
of His glory, to be strengthened with power through

00:34:43.789 --> 00:34:46.909
His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may

00:34:46.909 --> 00:34:48.849
dwell in your hearts through faith, and that

00:34:48.849 --> 00:34:52.130
you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be

00:34:52.130 --> 00:34:54.530
able to comprehend with all the saints what is

00:34:54.530 --> 00:34:57.150
the breadth and length and height and depth,

00:34:57.690 --> 00:35:01.829
and to know the love of Christ which surpasses

00:35:01.829 --> 00:35:04.949
knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the

00:35:04.949 --> 00:35:08.909
fullness of God." I mean, that's an amazing statement

00:35:08.909 --> 00:35:13.110
right there. That's Paul's prayer. for us. It's

00:35:13.110 --> 00:35:16.429
amazing to think that that's what Paul, Paul

00:35:16.429 --> 00:35:18.889
wants us to know those. He's saying these are

00:35:18.889 --> 00:35:22.750
realities. This is true. These things are true

00:35:22.750 --> 00:35:26.210
of us. And he wants us to know these things.

00:35:26.750 --> 00:35:29.409
That's his desire. That's his prayer that we

00:35:29.409 --> 00:35:34.030
would know these things. Not just be able to

00:35:34.030 --> 00:35:36.809
say, yeah, this is true, but to experience these

00:35:36.809 --> 00:35:42.539
things, to know them deeply. as we walk through

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:51.219
this world. Alright. So, I mean, that should

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:53.280
be a great encouragement to us to think in that

00:35:53.280 --> 00:36:00.679
way. To think that those things are there for

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:03.719
us in the scripture that Paul tells us to know

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:06.900
there. Praise that we would know. Alright, any

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:37.119
questions? Nothing All right Well I think part

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:39.940
of it is that we are successful in these things

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:45.340
I mean, we are overcoming sin, that our lives

00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:49.119
are being changed, right? I mean, hopefully,

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:52.079
I know we've said this before, hopefully we're

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:57.179
examining our lives. Hopefully we're looking

00:36:57.179 --> 00:37:00.860
back and saying, you know, last year I was like

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:03.099
this, I had these goals, I had these desires,

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:05.420
I had these things that I was dealing with, and

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:08.900
I see in my life now the Lord helping me, so

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:23.309
that's part of it. question all the way that

00:37:23.309 --> 00:37:30.250
we experience that power when we go and order

00:37:30.250 --> 00:37:34.909
our lives according to the Lord's way and because

00:37:34.909 --> 00:37:39.289
we're trusting and it's it goes totally against

00:37:39.289 --> 00:37:42.619
the devil and his philosophy that's everywhere

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:47.400
around us it's all over the world and that's

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:52.079
not we don't we can't accomplish you know what

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:55.360
needs to be accomplished of our own whether that's

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:57.880
disciplining our children or where we're going

00:37:57.880 --> 00:38:00.219
to live what job we're going to have you know

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:02.639
there's just so many things that go on out there

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:05.300
and the world would say you made a really bad

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:08.500
decision here you should go do this but that

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:12.739
power that's working overcomes all those things.

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:16.199
It overcomes those things for us and in us. And

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:20.440
that's when we experience, I think, at least

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:24.300
in that part of our lives, God's power that he

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:32.780
is. He's over all these other things that you

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:37.039
find favor of work. or you find a better job

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:39.079
finds you, you're not even looking for it, and

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:44.440
it finds you. You know, the Lord supplies this

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:51.139
need in a way that you didn't anticipate. I remember

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:53.900
that when we used to go down to the landing,

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:57.340
and I think I've told this story before, but

00:38:57.340 --> 00:39:00.380
it really is, this is the Lord's power at work

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:04.179
in us. I was just a young Christian, I really...

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:06.840
Was not thrilled about going down there trying

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:09.699
to talk to people I was fine to hand out tracks

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:12.400
But I was afraid to death that somebody was going

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:14.480
to ask me a question or want to debate something

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:18.460
I wasn't going to have the answers and I think

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:22.739
I told those things to my dad and I said I'll

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:26.159
go down there if you But you'd have to make sure

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:32.000
that I'm never by myself And he said okay, that's

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:33.539
that's reasonable. Yeah, we don't want you by

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:37.599
yourself And then Baker got in trouble for preaching

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:40.019
up on a barrel, and everybody left. And then

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:44.119
there I was, all by myself. And sure enough,

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:47.059
there was people that wanted to come and talk

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:50.780
to me. And it was just like, in that seat, now

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:53.440
I was where the Lord, He put me. I was following

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:55.860
Him. I wanted to do what He called me to do.

00:39:56.760 --> 00:40:01.420
And in that moment then of need, The power that

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:04.179
is at work, and it was working in me to accomplish

00:40:04.179 --> 00:40:08.420
God's purpose, gave me the words to speak and

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:11.880
to answer to that person. He brought back to

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:15.480
my memory the things that I knew, Bible verses

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:18.519
that I had maybe memorized before I was even

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:23.599
a Christian. But that's where, in that moment,

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:28.280
I really was a king surrounded by his army. That's

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:32.780
the power of God. That's how I think, or at least

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:36.559
one of the ways that we experience it. I don't

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:41.019
know that any of us have ever resisted temptation

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:47.039
until blood. Have we? We experience it through

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:54.519
as long as we resist. But in the very personal

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:58.000
parts of our life and in the planning, God's

00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:01.380
power accomplishes his purpose for us and in

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:06.539
us and everywhere and that's I Mean that's really

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:11.239
that is That's the real to me. That's a real

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:17.679
experience of God working and loving me Wanting

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to use me for his purposes and then you know

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supplying whatever it is that I need I Mean that's

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powerful I think at the time I got lost and didn't

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know. And I committed it to the Lord. I said,

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Lord, I committed to be at the meeting. And if

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you don't get me found here, like in the next

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few minutes, I'm not going to get there. And

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I don't know what to do. I've got to work tomorrow.

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People are counting on me. I've got to get this

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thing accomplished. And I experienced the Lord's

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power to get me to where I needed to be and to

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get done with my responsibilities. That's powerful.

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And it wasn't within me. I didn't have, I mean,

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I was at the, I had done everything I could do.

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Totally just like you said, responsible and planned

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and all those things. But the Lord, that power

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just had to, the Lord had to do it and He did.

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So I, you know, the more we walk in His way,

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the more we see the power that's in us and the

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power just, you know, clearance. And again, when

00:42:35.849 --> 00:42:39.610
all of those things are going on, you know, each

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one of those things should be an encouragement

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to us and should help us then as in the next

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situation, the next battle, the next whatever,

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you name it. Our faith should grow and increase

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in our trust in our looking to the Lord. power

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yeah and it's it can just be i just think it's

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it's like we want to remember that we're living

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in this power like it's right here with us and

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it's a miracle that we're that we have a new

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heart you know every day so anyway yeah i mean

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right it's i guess it is and again just our daily

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life, right? I mean, it's not like we're looking

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for some big experience. We have those things,

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you know, and those should be a great encouragement

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to us. But let's just say you get through the

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day, just a normal day. You know, nothing major

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really happened. You get home, you know, things

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are good at the house and you find yourself in

00:44:15.449 --> 00:44:19.670
bed and nothing really... Sticks out to the day

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That's a great day. That's a day of resting in

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the Lord. That's a day of faithfulness That's

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a day of service to the Lord right because we're

00:44:30.190 --> 00:44:34.309
looking back and we're thinking You know, yeah,

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I don't really I didn't really succumb to all

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these great temptations that are out there I

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was faithful and what the Lord had called me

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to do today took care of my responsibilities

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at work home the kids and That's a good thing

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that's walking in faith trusting in the Lord

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Hopefully that's what that that is. That's what

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:57.860
we should be doing. So we're not looking for

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the big experience Those things come and hopefully

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:04.960
we we are successful in those times and we can

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:08.420
look back and again they bolster our faith But

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just a daily life. That's what we're talking

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about daily walking in the spirit daily being

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faithful Daily doing whatever it is that God

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has called us to do Again looking to him In all

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those things that's being strong in the Lord