1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 The beach, we're actually in the hills behind my house 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,120 where I often go mountain biking and road biking. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:07,700 Glad you could be with us today. 4 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:11,600 We'll be in Ephesians chapter one, verses seven through 14. 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,000 And I'm really glad that you can join us today. 6 00:00:14,860 --> 00:00:18,420 Now Paul's letter, we pick it up in verse seven. 7 00:00:18,420 --> 00:00:20,620 He says, since we're now joined to Christ, 8 00:00:20,620 --> 00:00:23,460 we've been given the treasures of redemption by His blood, 9 00:00:23,460 --> 00:00:25,340 the total cancellation of our sins, 10 00:00:25,340 --> 00:00:28,300 all because of the cascading riches of His grace. 11 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:31,960 You know, God literally washes away 12 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,640 every bad thing we've ever done in our life, 13 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,840 every sin we've ever committed against God 14 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,660 and against others. 15 00:00:40,660 --> 00:00:42,440 God washes it all away. 16 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,900 I don't know about you, but I'm very, very thankful. 17 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:46,960 There's things I've thought, things I've said, 18 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:48,800 things I've done. 19 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,400 And God literally says, 20 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,520 as far as the East is from the West so far, 21 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,040 have I removed your transgressions, Ryan. 22 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,600 I'm glad that God's done that. 23 00:00:58,600 --> 00:00:59,640 Has God done that for you? 24 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,420 It's as simple as saying, hey, God, will you forgive me? 25 00:01:02,420 --> 00:01:06,120 Please come into my life, take away my sins. 26 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:10,120 Help me to quit doing things that keep me far from you. 27 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,440 Help me start doing things that keep me close to you 28 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,080 and help me follow you and fill me with the Holy Spirit. 29 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,960 In Jesus' name, if you do that, God says, 30 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:20,300 you've turned away from living life your way 31 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:23,040 and you've started to turn towards living life my way 32 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:24,600 and I'm now for you. 33 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:25,960 And that's exciting. 34 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:28,880 And in verse eight, it says that this super abundant grace 35 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,160 is already powerfully working in us, 36 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:35,240 releasing all forms of wisdom and practical understanding. 37 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,480 God gives us not our thoughts, 38 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,520 but when we get into His word and we pray, 39 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:41,560 we're led by the Holy Spirit, 40 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,840 He starts to give us His thoughts. 41 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,040 That's wisdom. 42 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,860 Wisdom is the practical application of knowledge 43 00:01:48,860 --> 00:01:50,820 in God's way and God's timing. 44 00:01:50,820 --> 00:01:51,660 That's wisdom. 45 00:01:51,660 --> 00:01:52,480 We need to pray every day. 46 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,380 God, give me wisdom for each situation 47 00:01:55,380 --> 00:01:56,720 that I find myself in. 48 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:02,720 And practical understanding, not theory, not philosophy, 49 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,980 but literally advice to make it day by day 50 00:02:06,980 --> 00:02:08,580 as you serve the Lord. 51 00:02:08,580 --> 00:02:10,080 God will show you how to do it. 52 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,760 He says, and though the revelation of the anointed one, 53 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,320 He unveiled His secret desires to us, 54 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,200 the hidden mysteries of His long-range plan, 55 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:19,760 which He was delighted to implement 56 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:21,120 from the very beginning of time. 57 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:25,440 Did you know that God has a today plan for you 58 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,380 and a long-range plan for you? 59 00:02:28,380 --> 00:02:31,160 You see, God is strategic. 60 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,720 He is working in your life today 61 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,240 to accomplish His purpose in your life 20 years from now. 62 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,440 Only God can do that. 63 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,480 And so we trust Him each and every day 64 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,440 that He will show us the way. 65 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,960 He says, and though the revelation of the anointed one, 66 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,420 He says, and because of God's unfailing purpose, 67 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:52,960 this detailed plan will reign supreme 68 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:54,560 through every period of time 69 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,280 until the fulfillment of all the ages 70 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,260 finally reaches its climax, 71 00:02:58,260 --> 00:03:00,280 when God makes all things new 72 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,760 in all of heaven and on earth through Jesus Christ. 73 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:08,720 So the Bible teaches not a flat point of history, 74 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,640 but a linear view where we started in the book of Genesis 75 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:16,240 and we're moving towards the climactic moment 76 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,200 where God will redeem us and the world, 77 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,160 and He'll make a new heavens and He'll make a new earth. 78 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:28,160 And so in this life, in this body, we do waste away, 79 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,900 despite our best attempts at nutrition, 80 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:32,960 our best attempts at living forever, 81 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:37,440 our best attempts at organic eating and living and farming, 82 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,680 the maximum capacity really for human beings, 83 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,600 about 120 years. 84 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,680 And so God has a plan. 85 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,400 It's culminating to a moment in our life, 86 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:49,560 and we're to keep that in mind. 87 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,520 And that should put the fear of God in us, 88 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,600 where we literally say, 89 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,240 God, every breath that I have of every day 90 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,520 is a gift from you, and I'm gonna appreciate it, 91 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,820 and I'm gonna maximize it to the best of my ability. 92 00:04:02,820 --> 00:04:04,520 He says, through our union with Christ, 93 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,640 we too have been claimed by God as His own inheritance. 94 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,280 Before we were even born, He gave us our destiny. 95 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,720 You see, God had a destiny in mind when He created you. 96 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,280 There are accidental parents, 97 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:21,840 but there aren't accidental people. 98 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:26,840 And God has a very specific plan and outcome 99 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,160 that He wants to accomplish in your life. 100 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,960 If He told you all of it right now, 101 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,560 it would probably scare you off, 102 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,600 because God usually does many, many things in our life 103 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:37,800 that we don't expect. 104 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,800 That's the adventure of serving Him. 105 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,280 We just have to get comfortable with trusting 106 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:44,180 more and more and more in our life. 107 00:04:44,180 --> 00:04:46,360 He says, before we were even born, 108 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:51,120 He gave us a destiny that we would fulfill the plan of God 109 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:55,100 who always accomplishes every purpose and plan in His heart. 110 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:57,320 God's purpose was that the Jews 111 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,520 who were the first to long for the Messiah 112 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,400 would be the first to believe in Him 113 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,320 and bring praise and glory to Him. 114 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,200 And because of Him, when you who were not Jews 115 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:08,480 heard the revelation of truth, 116 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,000 you believed in the wonderful news of salvation. 117 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,080 Now we've been stamped with the seal 118 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,360 of the promised Holy Spirit. 119 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,320 God says, if you have the Holy Spirit, you're my kids. 120 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,800 If you have the Holy Spirit, you're in my kingdom. 121 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,120 If you have the Holy Spirit, 122 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,560 I'm working in you and through you in your life, 123 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,620 and I'm gonna help you even today to live for me. 124 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,240 He says, now in verse 14, 125 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,400 He has given to us like an engagement ring 126 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,440 as the first installment of what's coming. 127 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,280 He is our hope, promise of a future inheritance 128 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:44,400 which seals us until we all have redemption promises 129 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,600 and experience complete freedom, 130 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,360 all for the supreme glory and honor of God. 131 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,360 Now God gives us the Holy Spirit in our life 132 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,920 so that we can have total freedom in our life. 133 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,640 Great freedom comes with great responsibility. 134 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,440 The wise person uses the freedom that they have in Christ 135 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,160 to be disciplined, to have more freedom, 136 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,240 to see more people come to Christ. 137 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,680 That is what God wants us to do in our life 138 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:12,720 each and every day. 139 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,600 I believe the Bible is God's word to us. 140 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,360 I believe the Bible is like a lion waiting to roar 141 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,800 to change our thinking, to change our heart, 142 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,600 to change what we hear, to change what we see, 143 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,440 to change how we feel each and every day. 144 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,160 We just have to invite God to speak to us 145 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,700 and then ask the Holy Spirit to give us the courage 146 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:39,320 to act based on what we've heard. 147 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:41,080 That's what I try to do every day. 148 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:42,840 That's why I do Bible on the Beach. 149 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:45,800 Last two times it's been Bible in the Hills at the beach 150 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,600 here in San Clemente where I live. 151 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,720 I wanna thank you so much for tuning in. 152 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,100 I believe this is the 167th episode of Bible on the Beach 153 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:57,280 as we're on a journey to teach the whole Bible 154 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:00,760 one part at a time so that God can speak to us 155 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:03,920 exactly what he wants to say. 156 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,760 Until next time, thanks for joining me. 157 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,160 Hope you have a blessed day.