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>> Dear Father, as You
know well, not many of us are
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farmers. Most of
us are city slickers,
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which means we're not that
familiar with that sweet little
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domesticated creature you chose,
for the rest of forever, to
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represent You
and Your sacrifice.
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Nevertheless, we've come today
to worship the Lamb. And with
that choir 10,000 times
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10,000 and thousands of
thousands, we, too, will sing
their anthem, "Worthy is the
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Lamb, who was slain, to receive
power and riches and wisdom and
strength and honor and glory and
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blessing." With all our hearts,
o, God, we joyfully confess that
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Christ Jesus is our Lord and our
Lamb and our savior forever and
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ever. Amen. >>
Amen. [ Organ plays
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"Worthy is the Lamb" ]
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[ Congregation sings ]
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[ Music stops ]
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>> Happy Sabbath, Church.
Please join us as we sing some
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songs to celebrate the life and
death of Jesus and His raising
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from the dead. [
"Jesus Paid It All" plays ]
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[ Performers sing ]
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[ Instrumental music plays ]
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[ Performers sing ]
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[ Instrumental music plays ]
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[ Performers sing ]
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>> ¤ Sin had
left a crimson stain ¤
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¤ He washed it white as snow
¤ ¤ He washed it white as snow ¤
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[ Instrumental music plays ]
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¤ O praise the
One who paid my debt ¤
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¤ And raised this
life up from the dead ¤
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¤ O praise the
One who paid my debt ¤
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¤ And raised this
life up from the dead ¤
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¤ O praise the
One who paid my debt ¤
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¤ And raised this
life up from the dead ¤
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¤ O praise the
One who paid my debt ¤
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¤ And raised this
life up from the dead ¤
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[ Performers continue singing ]
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[ Music ends ] [
"Overcome" plays ]
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[ Performers sing ]
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>> "All authority."
>> ¤ All authority ¤
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¤ Every victory is
Yours ¤ ¤ All authority ¤
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¤ Every victory is
Yours ¤ [ Performers sing ]
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>> ¤ We will overcome
by the blood of the Lamb ¤
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¤ And the word
of our testimony ¤
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>> ¤ We will overcome
by the blood of the Lamb ¤
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¤ And the word
of our testimony ¤
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>> ¤ We will overcome
by the blood of the Lamb ¤
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¤ And the word
of our testimony ¤
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>> ¤ We will overcome
by the blood of the Lamb ¤
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¤ And the word
of our testimony ¤
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[ Performers sing ]
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[ Music fades ] [
Piano plays "The Anthem" ]
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[ Performers sing ]
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>> ¤ Our God is
risen, He is alive ¤
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¤ He's won the
victory, He reigns on high ¤
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>> ¤ Our God is
risen, He is alive ¤
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¤ He's won the
victory, He reigns on high ¤
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>> ¤ On high ¤ >>
¤ Our God is risen,
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He is alive ¤ ¤
He's won the victory,
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He reigns on
high ¤ >> ¤ Our God ¤
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>> ¤ Our God is
risen, He is alive ¤
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¤ He's won the
victory, He reigns on high ¤
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[ Performers continue singing ]
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>> One more time. [
Performers continue singing ]
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[ Music stops ]
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[ Orchestra plays ]
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[ Music stops ]
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>> Again, Academy choir,
beautiful. Thank you, Hector
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Flores and Andrews Academy
Symphony Orchestra. That was
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beautiful. What a fellowship.
What a joy divine. "Leaning on
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the Everlasting Arms." It's
what we've come to do today.
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Let's do it. Let's talk to Him,
and then let's plunge into the
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Word together. O, God,
those arms. What's that line in
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Deuteronomy? "Underneath --
Underneath are the everlasting
arms." We lean on those arms.
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Where would we be -- Would
we even be here were it not for
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Your strong arms? As we do just
that -- plunge into Scripture --
let the teaching be clear.
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Let us not be quite the same
again for having worshiped here
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today. We pray in Christ's name.
Amen. Would you agree with this?
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Most everybody who lives on this
planet has an address. If I were
to ask you, "Where do
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you live?" you would respond,
"In Berrien Springs" or "In
L.A." or "In Pretoria."
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Most every human
being has an address.
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But, listen, there are some
people -- no kidding -- there
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are some people who have
two addresses and -- get this --
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they live in both
addresses simultaneously.
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Go figure. Open up your Bible to
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Ephesians 1.
Take a look at this --
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Ephesians 1. Let's go.
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I'm in the New International
Version this morning.
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Every translation you have,
that's just great that you have
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one. Don't have
one, pull out the pew
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Bible.
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It's page 786 in the pew Bible.
Ephesians 1:1. "Paul, an apostle
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of Christ Jesus by the will of
God, to God's holy people in
Ephesus, the faithful in
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Christ Jesus." Paul is quite
clear, the Christians that he is
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writing to, they live in two
places at once -- in Ephesus and
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in Christ. Every Christian...
has both addresses... a human
address and a divine
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address. And it's in-Christ
address, the divine address,
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that captures our attention this
morning. There's something
compelling about that phrase.
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I would dare to day that it
stands among the three most
stunning truths in all of
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Scripture. That this truth is
critical for Paul -- I'll tell
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you what, he uses this phrase
over 200 times -- this phrase or
its cognates "in Christ," "in
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Him," "through
Christ," "through Him."
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And for our little series
#RxF4Now -- have you figured it
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out yet? -- for our series, this
is absolutely a very big deal.
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So, without further ado,
let's go to our passage for this
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morning -- 2 Corinthians 5.
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2 Corinthians 5. So, you're in
Ephesians. Just go back
Galatians, and then
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you're into 2 Corinthians. 2
Corinthians. [ Clears throat ]
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2 Corinthians 5. Pick it up
at verse 14. "For Christ's love
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compels us, because we are
convinced that one died for all,
and therefore --" what? -- all
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died." I don't know if you were
at the Steve Green concert on
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Sunday night, but if you were,
you know what -- what an
experience. I mean, that was --
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that was worship, maxed out. And
he sang his signature song.
"Calvary's love, Calvary's love.
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Priceless gift Christ makes us
worthy of. The deepest sin can't
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rise above Calvary's love." Paul
is singing right now. "For the
love of Christ compels
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us." It's very interesting,
that little word "compels."
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It's one of Dr. Luke's prime
words. He uses it in Luke and in
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Acts. You remember the story
about the woman with the
hemorrhage -- The woman who's
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been bleeding for like 12 years?
Do you remember that story? And
she says -- she hears Jesus
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is coming to our little village.
He's coming today, so she's
going to be out there.
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She's going to ask Him to heal
her. But when she goes to where
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she expects Him, there is this
massive crowd swirling around
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Him. "I'll never get an audience
with Him." And so what does she
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do? She's down on her hands
and knees. I picture she's going
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through the -- she's going
through the legs, through the
legs. "If I can just touch --"
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the what? -- "the hem of His
garment, if I can just touch
that, I'll be healed."
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And you know the story. Jesus
stops. Everybody jostles Him,
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and Jesus turns around and he
says rather calmly, "Who touched
me?" And Peter -- only in Luke
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-- Peter pipes up as he always
does, "Okay, Lord, let's find
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out. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
Okay, who touched Jesus? Put
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your hand up. Admit it." "No,
no, no, no, no, no, somebody
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touched me. I felt power go out
of me." The word to describe
that throttling, that choking,
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pressing crowd is the same
word right here. For the love of
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Christ throttles us, for the
love of Christ crushes us. It
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surrounds us. You can't get
away. Reminds me of the story of
the Marine Corps general
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Chesty Puller and the Battle of
the Bulge. You ever hear about
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the Battle of the Bulge? That
would be World War II. His
troops, the Allied troops,
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are surrounded by the
enemy. He gets up to make the
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announcement. "Soldiers, the
enemy is in front of us, the
enemy is behind us, the enemy is
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to our right, the enemy is to
our left. I have good news for
you. They're not going to get
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away from us this time."
Calvary's love -- in front of
you, behind you, to the right
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and left. You can't get away
from Calvary's love this time.
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Read it again, verse 14. "For
Christ's love compels us,
because we are convinced that
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one died for all, and therefore
all died." Did you get that?
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When Jesus died on the Cross,
all the entire world all died in
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Him -- in Him. One died for all
-- the entire human race -- and
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all died in Him. Christ took
every sin of yours and mine. He
took every sinner, and all
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died in Him. In Him.
Drop down to verse 17.
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You might have read this verse
before. Verse 17 -- "Therefore,
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if anyone is --" what are the
next two words? -- over 200
times, Paul is going to use that
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-- this is his key numero-uno
phrase -- "if anyone is in
Christ --" any man, any woman,
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any young adult, any teenager,
any child -- "if anyone is in
Christ, the new creation has
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come: The old has gone and the
new is here!" Whatever this "in
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Christ" means, it is crystal
clear that when you're in
Christ, you become a new
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creation. It reminds me of that
grand truth that launched this
little #RxF4Now series --
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"believe." When the Creator of
the universe -- when He speaks a
word, His word -- get this --
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His word -- His word is so
omnipotent that the moment He
speaks the word, the word
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creates the reality it
describes. So when he says, "Let
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there be light," in half a
nanosecond -- wshoom! -- there
is light. When he speaks the
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word. If any man is in Christ,
if any woman is in Christ, when
he speaks the words, "Behold,
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behold," I do a --
shoo! -- new thing. Boom!
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A new thing has happened. When
he speaks the word. If any man,
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if any woman is in Christ in
that instant. I'm telling you.
This "in Christ" phrase, in my
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humble conviction, this is
a deal breaker. This is a deal
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breaker if you get this one.
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But it gets even
better. Drop down to verse 19.
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So, Paul is talking
about God. This is verse 19.
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And he says "that God
was reconciling the world to
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himself" -- here it
comes again -- "in Christ."
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Over 200 times. God was
in the world reconciling
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to himself in Christ, not
counting people's sins against
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them. Now watch this.
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Watch this, because most
translations read this way.
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"God was in Christ." Four words
in the English. In the Greek...
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[ Speaks Greek ] Four words
in the Greek. God was in Christ.
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You know what's happening here?
The father is in the son. On the
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cross. Oh, it reminds me of
these words of Ellen White. Put
them on the screen for you.
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From that little classic "Desire
of Ages." You see it on the
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screen. God sacrificed himself
in Christ for our redemption.
But here's the stunner.
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This is from a little magazine
called Signs of the Times. On
the screen as well.
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God Himself -- God Himself was
crucified with Christ. Christ
was one with the Father.
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The Father himself was
crucified. He was in Christ.
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One more. The apocalyptic
classic "Great Controversy" on
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the screen. The love of the
Father, no less than the love of
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the son, is the fountain of
salvation for the lost race. You
know what that means?
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Ladies and gentlemen, you know
what that means? When Christ
died, when Calvary's
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love poured out of that broken
heart, he died. He died as a
00:30:52.98\00:30:57.09
surrogate. Do you know what a
surrogate is? Anybody know --
What's the definition of a
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surrogate? Well, the dictionary
says a surrogate is a substitute
assigned to stand in for someone
00:31:02.89\00:31:08.60
else. As Calvary's love is
being poured out, the surrogate
00:31:08.60\00:31:12.23
standing in for the Father,
the surrogate is there. The
00:31:12.23\00:31:16.57
surrogate of God. Oh, by the
way, the surrogate for the
entire human race, the surrogate
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for you and me on Calvary's
Cross. What kind of love is
this? Love of Christ compels us.
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I mean, can you understand it?
And I'll tell you what. The
wonder -- The wonder is not
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so much that Jesus died for us.
The wonder is he even wanted to.
But it gets even better.
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Hop down to verse 21. Wow.
God made him -- that would be
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Christ -- God made Christ, who
had no sin, to be sin for us, so
that -- what are the next two
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words? -- in Him. There it
is again. There's that phrase.
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So that in Him we might become
the righteousness -- the
righteousness of God.
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Hey, hey, what's righteousness
mean? Well, we can kind of think
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about righteousness this way.
Righteousness is right-doing.
That's what it is, right-doing.
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That's why God is 24/7 righteous
because He's always doing right,
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24/7. And righteous -- He's only
the righteousness in the
universe. 24/7, which means --
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listen to this. When we are
in Christ, as we just read, the
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filthy rags of our sins go to
him so that the spotless robe of
his righteousness gets wrapped
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around us. Can you believe that?
He became my sin so that in Him
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I could become his righteousness
by faith, which is why there is
this old, dusty phrase that
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still gets used now and
then. Righteousness by faith. By
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faith. Which means that when I'm
in Christ, his perfect life
becomes my perfect life.
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Can you believe that? When I'm
in Christ, his perfect purity
00:33:03.38\00:33:09.98
becomes my perfect purity.
Listen. When I'm in Christ, his
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perfect racial unity -- We have
a little conference going on.
We're gonna get right back to it
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this afternoon. Should've been
here last night. Oh, Michael
00:33:18.89\00:33:23.33
Nixon, wow. You missed that.
It's in the youth chapel from
2:00 on through the rest of the
00:33:23.33\00:33:28.24
day. It's called Repairing
the Breach, achieving, seeking
00:33:28.24\00:33:32.47
racial unity within the church.
When we as a people, when we are
in Christ, his perfect unity
00:33:32.47\00:33:39.05
becomes our perfect unity. When
I'm in Christ, his honesty
becomes my honesty.
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His righteousness becomes my
righteousness by faith. You know
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what that means? You know what
that means? Put it on the screen
for you. I hope this is the one
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line to take home today. All
that is His becomes all that is
mine when I am in Christ.
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All that is His -- You say, "Oh,
Dwight, come on. This is typical
00:34:02.24\00:34:05.61
homiletical hyperbole. You guys
are really something." Oh, you
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think so, huh? Let me go back to
the Book of Ephesians. You stay
right where you are.
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Go back to the Book of
Ephesians. Chapter 1, now verse
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3. We'll put it on the screen.
A little bit of hyperbole?
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I think not. Read
this on the screen.
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Praise be to the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
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has blessed us in the heavenly
realms with -- what's the next
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word? Come on,
call it out to me.
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What's the next word?
With every spiritual -- what?
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Spiritual what? Blessing.
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All that is His -- When I'm in
Christ, all that is His becomes
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all that is mine.
00:34:40.38\00:34:42.21
When I'm in Christ, every
spiritual blessing. How much of
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every is every? Do you know?
Oh, it's pretty much all? Okay.
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Pretty much all.
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Wow. All that is
His becomes all that
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is mine. When you are in Christ.
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And, by the way, oh,
don't let anybody kid you.
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It's already a
done deal. Been done.
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It's not like you and I come
to God and God says, "Oh, yo,
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Dwight Howard.
00:35:12.64\00:35:13.68
Oh, you want to be saved? Hmm,
well, let me see. Let me think.
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You know what, Dwight? I need
to kind of go over this thing.
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I'll tell you what. I'll
call you back. Don't call me.
00:35:20.05\00:35:22.85
I'll call you." Is it
that way with God? It is not.
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What did we just read? If any
man is in Christ, if any woman
is in Christ, just like
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that. Half a nanosecond,
you say Jesus, you got it.
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If anyone is in Christ, she, he
is a new creation in Christ. All
things are gone away.
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Yet all things become new. I'll
tell you what, Dwight. I don't
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feel very new. I didn't ask you
if you felt new. I don't even
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care about your feelings, and
neither does God. The issue is
not feelings. It's faith. It's
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faith. It's what Jesus said
to the centurion. Remember what
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Jesus said to the centurion? The
centurion comes walking up to
Jesus and he says, "Listen,
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my servant is dying. I need you
to heal him." "Well, I'll go to
00:36:03.56\00:36:06.76
your house." "No, no, no. Stop
right there. You don't have to
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come to my house. All you
have to do is say the words.
00:36:09.30\00:36:11.30
See, I got servants. I know how
it works. I have soldiers under
00:36:11.30\00:36:14.17
me. I just say the word go,
and they go. I say come and they
00:36:14.17\00:36:16.87
come. You say the word and my
servant will be healed just like
that." And Jesus goes, "Wow.
00:36:16.87\00:36:22.81
I've been living around this all
my life. I have never seen faith
00:36:22.81\00:36:28.18
like this pagan." Then he says
to this pagan, he says, "Let it
00:36:28.18\00:36:35.36
be done to you, according to
your feelings." No, he did not.
"Let it be done to you according
00:36:35.36\00:36:41.40
to your...faith." That
boy was healed just like that.
00:36:41.40\00:36:46.13
I'm telling you what. It's
already a done deal. You're a
new creation in God's
00:36:46.13\00:36:50.51
eyes. Based on the
cross 2,000 years ago, done.
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It is finished.
00:36:54.41\00:36:56.98
I mean, it would be like
you getting a FedEx letter.
00:36:57.15\00:37:01.72
You ever get
FedEx letters? Yeah.
00:37:01.72\00:37:04.82
UPS? Eh. FedEx. Whoo!
00:37:04.82\00:37:07.02
This is pretty important.
00:37:07.02\00:37:09.26
Right? It's like you getting a
FedEx letter from an unknown law
00:37:09.42\00:37:14.30
firm that informs you that your
great uncle, whom you knew but
never met in your life, your
00:37:14.30\00:37:20.60
great uncle some years ago has
died childless, and he has
willed to you his entire estate,
00:37:20.60\00:37:28.91
but only now have his lawyers
located you. And if you are
00:37:28.91\00:37:36.35
willing to receive this
inheritance, if you will just
sign the FedEx receipt.
00:37:36.35\00:37:41.49
Come on, just put your John
Henry there or Mary Henry. Just
00:37:41.49\00:37:47.93
put it down there. If you are
willing to receive this estate,
you will be the inheritor of
00:37:47.93\00:38:00.14
$3.3 billion. Sir, sign on the
line. This was done a long time
ago. You're just finding out
00:38:00.14\00:38:06.51
about it now. That's
okay. It's still valid.
00:38:06.51\00:38:08.85
2,000 years ago, ladies and
gentlemen, on the cross of
Calvary, God took the entire
00:38:08.85\00:38:13.52
treasury of the universe and he
emptied it to the last penny in
the gift of Christ to the human
00:38:13.52\00:38:20.66
race. 2,000 years ago it
was locked, sealed, and ready.
00:38:20.66\00:38:28.14
As soon as we locate you, sign
on this little FedEx receipt,
and you got it, buddy.
00:38:28.14\00:38:33.61
Wow. All that is His becomes all
that is mine when I am, when you
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are in Christ. In very practical
terms, Dwight, come on, cut to
00:38:48.99\00:38:53.56
the chase. How does this work?
You want it very practical? Let
me give it to you very
00:38:53.56\00:38:57.23
simply. The little
book "Steps to Christ."
00:38:57.23\00:38:59.57
Oh, is this something. Put it
on the screen. "Steps to Christ"
00:38:59.57\00:39:04.34
page 62. Christ lived on earth
amid trials and temptations such
as we have to meet.
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He lived a sinless life, tempted
like as we are yet without sin.
He was born with our weaknesses
00:39:11.95\00:39:18.35
thoroughly through him. He died
for us, and now he offers to
take our sins and give
00:39:18.35\00:39:23.99
us -- there's that 2 Corinthians
5:21 exchange -- and now he
offers to give us his
00:39:23.99\00:39:29.53
righteousness if -- okay, you
got to sign the FedEx receipt,
here it comes -- if you give
00:39:29.53\00:39:35.70
yourself to him, if you accept
him as your savior. Come on,
00:39:35.70\00:39:41.34
boy, quit waiting. Just sign the
receipt. Sinful as your life may
have been, for Christ's sake,
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you are accounted righteous.
Here, this gets even better.
Come on, keep reading.
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Christ's character stands in
place of your character -- and
hold on to your pew -- you are
00:39:50.82\00:39:56.02
accepted before God just as if
you had not sinned. Zero sin in
00:39:56.02\00:40:04.07
your life. Now, can it get any
better than that? Help me out.
00:40:04.07\00:40:09.24
Can it get any better than that?
All that is His is all that is
00:40:09.24\00:40:16.68
yours in Christ. 200 times --
"In Christ, in Christ, in
Christ." "We get it, Paul! We
00:40:16.68\00:40:20.42
get it! We get it." You know
why? You know why this is true?
00:40:20.42\00:40:24.12
Because you have a new address.
You don't live just in Berrien
Springs -- you live in
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Christ. We have a new address,
and that divine address declares
00:40:29.79\00:40:33.83
that, when God sees you, He
sees Jesus. He sees Jesus your
00:40:33.83\00:40:37.97
Savior. He sees Jesus your
surrogate. He sees Jesus your
substitute. But there's a little
00:40:37.97\00:40:44.07
bit of wrong -- kind of crazy
thinking associated with that
imagery, and so we need to
00:40:44.07\00:40:48.51
correct it right now. And
Cameron Schofield makes a small
but very significant
00:40:48.51\00:40:54.12
tweaking to that picture we've
all grown up with, and it's very
00:40:54.12\00:40:57.92
helpful. I'll put
Cameron's words on the screen.
00:40:57.92\00:41:00.32
This is from his book,
"Heralding the Loud Cry."
00:41:00.49\00:41:02.59
"We often --" Oh,
is this true or what?
00:41:02.59\00:41:05.63
"We often have a picture in our
mind of Christ standing before
00:41:05.63\00:41:08.60
the Father as our
high priest and advocate.
00:41:08.60\00:41:10.77
And then there's --" little old
me -- right, about so about 10,
00:41:10.77\00:41:13.77
12 feet tall, and I'm
down here 4 feet tall.
00:41:13.77\00:41:16.00
There's little old me,
trembling, standing behind him,
00:41:16.00\00:41:20.91
as Jesus, the high priest
and advocate, pleads with the
00:41:20.91\00:41:24.08
Father. "He's
there supplicating --"
00:41:24.08\00:41:26.28
Cameron right now -- "He's there
supplicating on my behalf."
00:41:26.28\00:41:30.49
"Oh, Father. [
Chuckles ] I know, I know.
00:41:30.49\00:41:32.62
I know Dwight. Ouf. I..."
"Hey, forget it, forget it.
00:41:32.62\00:41:35.99
Look at me, look
at me, look at me!
00:41:35.99\00:41:37.46
Please, don't worry
about him. Take me!"
00:41:37.46\00:41:40.80
We think that, and Cameron
says, "Time-out, time-out.
00:41:40.80\00:41:43.50
Reality check.
Friends --" You see that line
00:41:43.50\00:41:45.83
there? "Friends,
there is only one man
00:41:45.83\00:41:49.04
standing before God!"
Jesus Christ is that man, and we
00:41:49.04\00:41:53.48
are -- Where are
we? "We are in him!"
00:41:53.48\00:41:58.21
You have a divine address. You
don't have to be up there. You
don't have to be standing up
00:41:58.38\00:42:03.15
there in all your little weak
and frail human reality. No, we
00:42:03.15\00:42:10.76
are in Christ. By the way, don't
be fooled by some aberrant
theology into thinking that
00:42:10.76\00:42:17.80
Jesus somehow has to persuade
the Father to love you. We know
00:42:17.80\00:42:22.24
that's not true. We just read it
in verse 19. God was in Christ
at the cross. The Father was
00:42:22.24\00:42:29.18
there, was crucified with His
Son. Calvary's love -- Ah, put
00:42:29.18\00:42:34.48
it up, Romans 5:8. Oh, Paul
says, "You need to get this..."
00:42:34.48\00:42:37.15
In Christ. I mean, can you
believe it? What a glorious
00:42:45.76\00:42:51.33
piece to this #RxF4Now puzzle
we're putting together. "Yeah,
but, Dwight, come on,
00:42:51.33\00:43:00.34
come on, come on. Help me out.
How can I get in Christ right
00:43:00.34\00:43:03.38
now? I need to get
in Christ right now."
00:43:03.38\00:43:05.58
Oh, Jesus says, "I'm very glad
you asked that question. Let me
answer that myself."
00:43:05.58\00:43:09.28
Jesus answers this -- red
letters now. You will look this
00:43:09.28\00:43:12.49
text up. John chapter six,
please. John chapter six. Red
letters in my Bible.
00:43:12.49\00:43:16.52
Jesus has the answer. You want
to be in Christ, let me give you
00:43:16.52\00:43:22.06
the way. John 6:56 -- bright red
in my Bible. Jesus speaking --
00:43:22.06\00:43:30.67
"Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood remains in me
--" there's that "in Christ --"
00:43:30.67\00:43:39.38
"remains in me and I in --" her,
I in him, I in them. Jesus says,
"Lookit, you want to
00:43:39.38\00:43:50.03
be in me, eat my flesh, drink my
blood." And that feels so gory,
00:43:50.03\00:43:55.33
and the fact that you have verse
60 indicates we would not be the
only ones who says that is yuck.
00:43:55.33\00:44:01.17
Look at verse 60. "On hearing
it, many of his disciples said,
00:44:01.17\00:44:05.54
'This is a hard teaching? Who
can accept it?'" "Adios, seņor,"
00:44:05.54\00:44:09.34
and they are gone. It is
gory if you miss the point.
00:44:09.34\00:44:14.85
What's Jesus talking about here?
Oh, Jesus is referring to the
powerful symbolism of the
00:44:14.85\00:44:20.76
Lord's Supper. You see, there is
no Lord's Supper in the Gospel
00:44:20.76\00:44:25.43
of John. The fourth Gospel,
there's no Lord's Supper.
00:44:25.43\00:44:28.33
Matthew, Mark, and Luke -- yep,
Lord's Supper. John writes it
00:44:28.33\00:44:31.53
years after the Synoptics, and
so John comes along and says,
"You know what? We've already
00:44:31.53\00:44:35.30
got three stories. Why do you
need a fourth story? I'm gonna
take the Lord's Supper, and I'm
00:44:35.30\00:44:39.47
gonna embed its powerful
symbolism in my 'I am the bread
of life' chapter, chapter six."
00:44:39.47\00:44:44.38
And that's exactly what
happened. Look at verse 51.
00:44:44.38\00:44:48.12
Jesus still speaking...
00:44:48.28\00:44:49.72
"You want to be in me, then
eat the bread, drink the cup.
00:45:00.43\00:45:04.53
And in that way, you will
abide in me and I will abide in
00:45:04.53\00:45:07.84
you."
00:45:07.84\00:45:08.74
Hey, listen, ladies and
gentlemen, when we celebrate the
Lord's Supper, we physically, we
00:45:08.90\00:45:13.98
symbolically become one with
the Savior. We are ingested in.
00:45:13.98\00:45:21.08
He is ingested in. When you eat
the bread and drink the cup, you
00:45:21.08\00:45:27.89
are invited in to Christ and he
is invited in to you. In fact,
right after he gave the
00:45:27.89\00:45:31.53
Lord's Supper -- in John's
account, now, no Lord's Supper,
but he does say the words right
00:45:31.53\00:45:35.16
after the Lord's Supper, "Abide
in me, and I in you." That's the
00:45:35.16\00:45:42.17
whole point. You want to be in
Christ? You want to stay in
Christ? Eat the bread. Drink the
00:45:42.17\00:45:53.78
cup. Let him come in. You go in
to him, and you are never ever
00:45:53.78\00:46:02.76
the same again -- ever. Every
single time, you're never the
00:46:02.76\00:46:11.13
same again. When my dad died, my
mother insisted that us boys
take some of his clothes.
00:46:11.13\00:46:20.08
So I chose Dad's pilot sweater
and his flight jumpsuit. My dad
loved to fly, and, in his
00:46:20.08\00:46:27.82
retirement, he was a chaplain
with the Civil Air Patrol. I
know that today he is sleeping
00:46:27.82\00:46:37.33
in Jesus. I understand that.
00:46:37.33\00:46:40.06
I know that he is quietly
awaiting the resurrection and
00:46:40.23\00:46:44.90
the life, but I have got to tell
you, when you put on the clothes
00:46:44.90\00:46:51.51
of someone you love, someone who
loved you dearly -- when you put
00:46:51.51\00:46:58.68
on the clothes, in a existential
way, it's as if you can almost
00:46:58.68\00:47:05.22
smell him. He's here. He's here.
00:47:05.22\00:47:10.79
And when we take the bread
and when we take the cup, I know
00:47:10.96\00:47:19.40
he's not here. I know. But in a
mysterious sort of way, it's as
00:47:19.40\00:47:25.37
if he's here. You can almost
smell him. The robe goes around
you, and you could've sworn
00:47:25.37\00:47:33.28
those were his arms going around
you. That's why. "You want to
00:47:33.28\00:47:41.02
abide in me? You want me to
abide in you? Eat the bread.
Drink the cup. I in you, and you
00:47:41.02\00:47:56.87
in me." Wow. I don't think
it gets any better than that, do
00:47:56.87\00:48:01.48
you? Let's pray. Oh, God. Can
You believe it? Over 200 times,
00:48:01.48\00:48:10.49
and we've missed this? In
Christ. In Christ. In Christ.
All that is his is all that is
00:48:10.49\00:48:16.96
mine in Christ. Oh, God, thank
You. Calvary's love -- what else
00:48:16.96\00:48:25.47
can we say? Thank you, thank
you, thank you. In Jesus' name,
00:48:25.47\00:48:34.01
amen. [ Song ends ]
00:52:05.69\00:52:07.19
[ Organ playing softly ]
00:52:11.29\00:52:13.23
>> As Dwayne just prayed a
moment ago, he said, "God, set
the table, and make sure there's
00:52:46.93\00:52:51.43
food for everyone," and there
is. Ushers are making sure that
00:52:51.43\00:52:57.07
everybody here receives this.
And, you know, it would not be
out of place had Christ, at that
00:52:57.07\00:53:07.78
upper-room table, had he turned
to his disciples and he said,
"Look, this is my body.
00:53:07.78\00:53:16.62
This is my blood. If you eat my
flesh and drink my blood, I will
00:53:16.62\00:53:25.73
abide in you, and you will abide
in me." Today we do that. His
body and his blood.
00:53:25.73\00:53:32.34
And so we're gonna do it
together. We'll eat the bread
00:53:32.34\00:53:36.21
and drink the cup together. And
we do it, as he said, "In
remembrance of me."
00:53:36.21\00:53:45.02
Let us partake.
00:53:45.02\00:53:46.49
[ Organ playing softly ]
00:53:55.33\00:53:57.33
So, in Christ -- in Christ -- we
go forth together in Christ. Go
00:54:13.25\00:54:21.29
with joy. We're gonna sing a
hymn as they did in the upper
room. Hymn 407 in the hymnal.
00:54:21.29\00:54:25.06
We're gonna stand together as we
sing and are sent forth into the
00:54:25.06\00:54:30.67
world for Christ. [ "Sent
Forth by God's Blessing" plays ]
00:54:30.67\00:54:33.57
[ Congregation sings ]
00:54:43.58\00:54:44.98
[ Song ends ] "And now may the
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
00:56:34.62\00:56:40.03
and the love of God and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with you all. Amen."
00:56:40.03\00:56:46.77
[ Organ playing softly ]
00:56:46.77\00:56:48.47
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