1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,040 Take your Bible interpret with me, if you would to John chapter 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:10,440 1 John chapter 1 verses one to five. 3 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:17,840 If I was going to introduce to you a project, if I was going to 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:23,160 introduce to you a program, if I was going to introduce to you a 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:28,240 a person, I would want to make sure that that introduction 6 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,280 would make you very curious as to what I was going to talk 7 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,680 about. That introduction would have to 8 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:41,560 be concise. You have to be clear, some 9 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:47,160 degree have to be complete, but most importantly, it would have 10 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:53,200 to be very, very curious because I would want to keep your 11 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,440 attention all throughout my presentation. 12 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,040 And so if I can begin on the right foot, if I can begin by 13 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:05,480 introducing to you this program or this person or project that 14 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:10,560 I'm able to keep your attention to the entire presentation until 15 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:16,080 I get to the end. John is introducing to us the 16 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,760 Lord Jesus. He's doing it in a very unique 17 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:26,920 way, but as he introduces Christ to us, he is, he is very 18 00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:33,760 concise, very clear, but he piques our curiosity as to the 19 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:43,040 the identity of this one who was pre existent, self existent and 20 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:49,320 coexistent with God. He wants to do that because he 21 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,160 wants you to stay with them through all 21 chapters. 22 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,840 He wants to be able to unfold for you everything he introduces 23 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:03,080 to you in the 1st 5 verses, and he will do that quite 24 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,440 effectively. But he does that because he 25 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,800 wants you to come to a place where you will believe that 26 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:15,960 Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. 27 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,960 That's where He's taking us. That's to the end. 28 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:27,080 But the very beginning he, he begins in a very unique and 29 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:31,800 special way. He says very simply, these words 30 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:40,040 in the beginning was the word Speaking of the eternality of 31 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:44,120 God. And then he says, and the word 32 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:49,000 was with God or face to face with God. 33 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:55,480 In other words, he's dealing with the the personality of this 34 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:02,400 individual who is God. And then it says and the word 35 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:10,440 was God or God was the word. He tells us of his deity, the 36 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:18,200 eternality, the personality and the deity of the Word and then 37 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:24,280 he says he was in the beginning with God and all things came 38 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:29,360 into being through him and apart from him nothing came into being 39 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:36,640 that has come into being now. He tells us of his creativity, 40 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,240 his activity, that everything comes into being. 41 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:46,560 Because of this, one who was coexistent with God and pre 42 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:51,040 existent with God is now the creator of everything. 43 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:59,120 John is very precise in how he begins his introduction because 44 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,640 as he peaks our curiosity, he's going to move us through all of 45 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:07,160 this as he goes through the rest of his gospel. 46 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:16,959 And then he says these words verse #4 in him was life and the 47 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:25,880 life was the light of men. He introduces us to his 48 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:32,760 vitality, his vibrancy, his energy. 49 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:41,160 Not only is he pre existent and coexistent, he is self existent 50 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:48,760 in him. His life He is life, and that 51 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:58,160 life is the light of men. And John 14 he will say that I 52 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,720 am the way, the truth, and the life. 53 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:11,360 He will say in John 1125 I am the resurrection and I am the 54 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:18,280 life. In John 5 verse #26 He will say 55 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:23,200 these words. He will say, I'm sorry, verse 56 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:29,400 #24 truly, truly I say to you, He hears my word and believes 57 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:36,800 him who sent me has eternal life and does not come into judgment, 58 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:43,400 but it's passed out of death into life. 59 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,960 Now we know that God from the very beginning said in 60 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:57,160 Deuteronomy 32 that I am the Lord, I am the one who gives 61 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:02,200 life. I am the one who causes death. 62 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:08,560 No one dies without God's permission, and no one lives 63 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,280 without God's permission. That's BIOS, the physical life. 64 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,120 But John is using a different word, Zoe, talking about the 65 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:23,640 quality of life, the vibrancy of life, the overflowing, the over 66 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:30,000 abundant, the overwhelming kind of life that Christ gives for he 67 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:35,440 is more than just existing. He is the essence of all quality 68 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:42,040 of life. In him is life, and the life was 69 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:51,400 the light of men. In other words, Christ came to 70 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:57,880 give life to those who are dead. Man is born dead in his 71 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:03,120 trespasses and sin, so in order for him to have life, he must 72 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:09,480 see the light that is life. And Christ is that light. 73 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:15,640 In fact, the reason Jesus came was to give life. 74 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:23,880 Listen to John 6 verse #33 The Lord says these words. 75 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,960 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven 76 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:37,520 and gives life to the world. The Son of God is the bread of 77 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:42,000 life that comes down out of heaven and is the only provision 78 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:50,600 of life the world will ever have, for He is the bread, the 79 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:55,240 life giving bread given to the world. 80 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:04,000 In John 10, Christ says I came that they might have life, Zoe, 81 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,320 and that they might have life more abundantly. 82 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,960 So Christ makes it very clear the reason I'm here is to give 83 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,760 you life. Why? 84 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,320 Because you're dead and dead people need to be resurrected. 85 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:24,520 Dead people need to have life, and I've come down out of heaven 86 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,720 to give you life. So John just very clearly and 87 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:44,080 concisely states in him is life, and that life is the light of 88 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:49,160 the world. Very, very important as the Word 89 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:55,760 was God and God was the Word, because the Word and God had the 90 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:03,200 same essential qualities. So life and light are the same 91 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,920 because they had they possess the same essential qualities. 92 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,160 So because there's life, there's light. 93 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,120 Because there is light, there's life. 94 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,160 And so John will use the phrase light in life all throughout his 95 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:22,400 gospel to show you that the life is the one that brings the 96 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,040 light. And without the light you'll 97 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:30,680 never have the life because the two possess the same essential 98 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,960 qualities. In fact Christ says in John 99 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:42,000 chapter 8 verse #12 you know these verses John 812 Jesus 100 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,080 spoke to them and said I am the light of the world. 101 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:52,880 He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have 102 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:58,240 what? The light of life. 103 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,840 You see that you won't walk in darkness because you'll have the 104 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:07,720 light, which is a life giving light. 105 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:17,560 Over in Psalm 36 verse #9 it says these words, For with you 106 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:27,120 God is the fountain of life, and in your light we see light. 107 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:33,200 So God, you are the fountain of life, and that life gives light, 108 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:39,040 and in your light we're able to see more light. 109 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:44,880 And then the Bible says over in Second Corinthians, Second 110 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,000 Corinthians chapter 4, verse #4 or verse 3. 111 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,840 And even if our gospel is veiled, that is veiled to those 112 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,360 who are perishing, whose case the God of this world has 113 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,720 blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might 114 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:04,680 not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is 115 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:09,760 the image of God. So the light of the gospel shows 116 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:14,640 us that Jesus Christ is the glory of God, that Jesus Christ 117 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,840 is God in the flesh. And then in verse 6 it says, for 118 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,960 God, who said light shall shine out of darkness, is the one who 119 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:27,760 was shown in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of 120 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:32,560 the glory of God in the face of Christ. 121 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:39,400 Remember, when Christ was born, the glory of the Lord was shined 122 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,880 all around, all around the shepherds. 123 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,480 And So what is the glory of the Lord? 124 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,040 It's the presence of God manifested in brilliant lights. 125 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:55,520 So God was manifesting himself in his glory as he was shined 126 00:11:55,520 --> 00:12:00,240 down in light around the shepherds on the Mount of 127 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:04,600 Transfiguration. Christ who is the life would 128 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:09,120 unzip, unzip his flesh, and brilliant light would shine 129 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,480 forth, because the life is the light and the light is the life. 130 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:19,120 You cannot separate the 2. So Christ's brilliance would 131 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:24,040 would shine forth there on the mount of Transfiguration, and 132 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,320 the disciples would behold the glory of the Lord. 133 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:34,080 So John says the very beginning, I want to talk to you about the 134 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:40,440 one who is self existent, the one who has life in himself, the 135 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:45,240 one the only one who can give life to dead people because he's 136 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:51,080 writing to those who are dead and they need life and the only 137 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,040 way they're going to receive the life is to see the light. 138 00:12:54,680 --> 00:13:00,520 So when him is life, and then he says very clearly these words, 139 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:05,960 and the life was the light of men. 140 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:17,560 Christ's whole life was about shining down on man, that he 141 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:19,840 might behold the beauty of the Lord. 142 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:29,440 We live in a world steeped in darkness, filled with death, and 143 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:34,680 so in comes the light that gives life to dead people. 144 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,480 That's the ministry of the Messiah. 145 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:45,440 That's Christ Himself. He is light, He is life. 146 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:52,440 The Bible tells us in Ephesians chapter 5 that the world is 147 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,000 engulfed in the unfruitful deeds of darkness. 148 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:00,000 Why? Because they have no life. 149 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:07,280 The Bible says in Proverbs chapter 2 verse #13 that sinners 150 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:14,000 are those who leave the paths of brightness to walk in the ways 151 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:19,520 of darkness. In Proverbs 4 verse #19 it says 152 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,200 the way of the wicked is like darkness. 153 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:28,680 They do not know over what they stumble. 154 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:34,480 You see the wicked walk in darkness because they're dead. 155 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:41,640 They have no light, they have no life, so they do not know where 156 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:47,200 they are going. The Bible says in Ephesians 418 157 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:52,320 that the world is darkened in their understanding, excluded 158 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:58,880 from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, 159 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,000 because of the hardness of their hearts. 160 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:08,120 In Ecclesiastes chapter 2 verse #14 this is the fools walk in 161 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,120 darkness. Why? 162 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:16,840 Because fools don't know life, therefore they can't see light. 163 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:23,160 The Bible says in John 1235 he walks in the darkness, does not 164 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:32,160 know where he is going. So when a sin darkened world 165 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:37,920 filled with death comes the light of life. 166 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,560 And the Bible says in verse #9 of John one that the true light 167 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:48,920 enlightens every man that is in the world. 168 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:56,080 So the life of Christ, which is the true light, enlightens every 169 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,720 man that is in the world. That's every man with that 170 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:04,560 exception. Every man has something of the 171 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,800 light, but they refuse the light. 172 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:13,720 In fact, Simeon, remember when Christ was born and Simeon took 173 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,040 the Christ child in his arms. What did he say? 174 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:21,840 That this child, this child alone is the light of revelation 175 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,480 to the Gentiles and the glory of your people, Israel. 176 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:31,880 This life is the light to the Gentile world. 177 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,280 This life is the light to the nation of Israel. 178 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:43,120 This child who is life lights the way so those who are dead 179 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:48,680 can experience life. In Matthew chapter 4, Christ 180 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,360 said the people who were sitting in darkness saw a great light, 181 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,240 and those who are sitting in the land in shadow of death, upon 182 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:01,480 them a light dawned. Matthew would take that from the 183 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,560 Old Testament prophets and show how the Messiah would come and 184 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:11,359 the light would dawn upon people because the life of Christ had 185 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,920 arrived. And so Christ says, I am the 186 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,000 light of the world. Why? 187 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:27,920 Because I am life, and life gives light to those who are 188 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:33,160 dark and those who are dead, and that's the world we live in. 189 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:38,520 But that's who Christ is. So you would think that those 190 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,880 people who are who are dead in the trespasses and sin and those 191 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,840 people who are living in The Dark World would flock to the 192 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,760 light. But they don't. 193 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,040 They reject the light. Why? 194 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:56,440 John tells us, John will say in John chapter 3 verse #19 that 195 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,120 this is the judgement, that the light has come into the world 196 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:05,440 and men love the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds 197 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,560 were evil. Think about that. 198 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,680 Why is it that the people you love so dearly and you share 199 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,640 Christ with don't come to Christ? 200 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:23,760 It's because they love the darkness is it's like a man 201 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:28,240 filled with a, a deadly disease who just wants more of his 202 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,960 disease. And that's the the way the 203 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:36,680 unbelieving world is that they, they love their their deeds of 204 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,600 unrighteousness. They love their sin. 205 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,600 They don't want to be saved from their sin. 206 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:51,280 They love their sin too much. Paul, in Acts 26, we'll talk 207 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,680 about those who, through repentance and faith in Christ, 208 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:59,280 would turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of 209 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,760 Satan to God. They received the forgiveness of 210 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:07,880 sins and an inheritance among those who have been sacrificed 211 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,760 or sanctified. Excuse me, by faith in God. 212 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,200 In other words, pulses I came to preach the gospel, which is 213 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,320 light and life to those who are dead and dark. 214 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,840 And through repentance they turned from their sin and from 215 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,760 the domain of Satan, and they entered to the Kingdom of the 216 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,880 living God. So Paul says in Colossians 217 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:36,280 chapter one verse #13 it says that they are rescued from the 218 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,720 domain of darkness and transferred to the Kingdom of 219 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:45,360 his beloved Son. Therefore you become sons of 220 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:50,120 light and sons of the day. No longer are you sons of the 221 00:19:50,120 --> 00:20:00,040 night and sons of the dark. And so Christ comes in him his 222 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:07,240 life, and that life is the light to all men. 223 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:13,880 John says these words in first John chapter 5 verse #10. 224 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,800 The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in 225 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,680 himself. The one who does not believe God 226 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,280 has made him a liar because he has not believed in the 227 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,600 testimony that God has given concerning the Son. 228 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:34,320 And the testimony is this, that God has given his given us, 229 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:38,520 excuse me, eternal life. And this life is in His Son. 230 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:43,880 He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of 231 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:51,480 God does not have the life. And then over to verse 20. 232 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:55,200 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us 233 00:20:55,200 --> 00:21:00,200 understanding so that we may know Him who is true, and we are 234 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,920 in him who is true in His Son Jesus Christ. 235 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:13,000 This is the true God and eternal life. 236 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:19,840 Christ gives eternal life because He is eternal. 237 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:26,320 So you obtain His life. And that's just not a long life. 238 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,640 That's not longevity of life. Why? 239 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:34,000 Because everybody lives forever. You just either live forever 240 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,080 with God or live forever without God. 241 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:40,560 Everybody lives forever. Nobody goes out of existence. 242 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,160 When you die, your soul is separated from your body, but 243 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,840 your soul lives on. And one day John 5 will tell us 244 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:53,360 that that unbelieving body will be resurrected and connected 245 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:58,080 with that unbelieving soul and will live forever in hell. 246 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,200 But the believing soul is connected with the believing 247 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,040 resurrected body, and that is a glorified body and will live 248 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,880 forever with Christ. But everybody lives forever. 249 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:14,400 Nobody goes out of existence. So what is eternal life? 250 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,960 Eternal life is quality of life. It's Christ's life. 251 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,760 It's the overwhelming, overflowing over abundant kind 252 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,120 of life that Christ himself can give. 253 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,960 It's it's vitality of life, it's vibrancy of life. 254 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:34,480 The question comes, what kind of life do you have? 255 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:41,920 What kind of life do you live? Do you have Christ's life? 256 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,280 You look around the the auditorium or you look around 257 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,440 most churches and you talk to most people who claim to know 258 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,080 Christ and you wonder if they have any life at all in them 259 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:56,120 because they look like they're dead. 260 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,960 They live as if they're dead. They don't live as if they have 261 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:06,120 life. Christ's life in them. 262 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:11,520 He is life. In him is life. 263 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:24,320 Colossians 127 says that Christ in you is the hope of glory. 264 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,760 Christ in you is the hope of glory. 265 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:35,480 When you get saved, Christ invades your life. 266 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:41,040 That that's why there's a transformation when someone is 267 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,480 born again. The life of Christ invades your 268 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,880 life. He takes up his abode in you. 269 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,640 That's why you can't continue in sin over a long period of time. 270 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,240 Once you become a believer, because Christ is in you. 271 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,280 Your body is the temple of the living God. 272 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:06,320 God lives in you. So those who are believers have 273 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:17,000 his life in them, that vibrant, vital, energetic life that 274 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,520 Christ gives because he lives within you. 275 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,320 There is never an excuse to live a bad life. 276 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:30,720 If you're a believer, there's no such thing as a bad life. 277 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,560 If you're a believer. It's only a good life because 278 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,200 you serve a good God and a good God lives within you. 279 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:41,480 So your life is a good life because of a good God who dwells 280 00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:44,760 within you. Now here's the point. 281 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,640 The Bible calls God the living God. 282 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,080 He's not just any God. He is the the living God. 283 00:24:56,120 --> 00:25:00,160 All the other gods are dead gods, but Christ is the only 284 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:04,520 living God. Remember in Caesarea Philippi, 285 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:08,400 up north in the land of Israel, when Christ asked that question 286 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,400 to the disciples, who do men say that I am? 287 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:14,680 And they would say, well, some say you're the Christ, and some 288 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:16,560 excuse me. Some say you're John the 289 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,680 Baptist, and some say you're Jeremiah, and some say you're 290 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,320 one of the prophets. But no one's saying you're God. 291 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:25,800 This is Who do you say that I am? 292 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:33,800 Peter says Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 293 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,560 The Living God is a title for the name of Christ. 294 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,880 That's his name. We know his name is Prince of 295 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,000 Peace. We know his name is Mighty God. 296 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,360 We know his name is Everlasting Father. 297 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:53,160 We know his name is El Shaddai. We know his name is El Gabor. 298 00:25:53,680 --> 00:26:00,400 His name is Living God 31 times in the Bible. 299 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,280 He's called the Living Gods 15 times the Old Testament, 16 300 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:09,200 times in the New Testament. But do you understand that our 301 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:15,240 God is the living God? He is a self existent God and 302 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,120 the living God dwells within his people, giving them his life. 303 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,160 So John is introducing Christ to us. 304 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,640 He says let me present Christ to you. 305 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,240 Let me present the word to you. Let me introduce it this way. 306 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:31,880 Let me talk to you about the eternality of the word. 307 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,840 Let me talk to you about the personality of the word. 308 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,480 Let me talk to you about the the deity of the word. 309 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,440 Let me talk to you about the creativity of the word. 310 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,920 But let me talk to you about the vitality of the Word, because in 311 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:51,080 Him is life, and that life is the only light to man. 312 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:56,520 There is no other light. It's the life of Christ Himself. 313 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:03,080 The first time the Lord is mentioned as light is in the 314 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,000 book of Deuteronomy. The last time it's the Book of 315 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,640 Revelation, Revelation Chapter 7, Deuteronomy chapter 5. 316 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:18,120 In Deuteronomy chapter 5, Moses is speaking, God has just given 317 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:22,760 the 10 commandments on top of Mount Sinai and it says in verse 318 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,760 #24 you said, behold, the Lord your God has shown us His glory 319 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,400 and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst 320 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,440 of the fire. We have seen today that God 321 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:39,000 speaks with men, yet He lives. Now then, why should we die? 322 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,000 For this great fire will consume us. 323 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:46,760 If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, then we will 324 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:51,040 die. For who is there of all flesh? 325 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:57,480 Who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the 326 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:02,320 midst of the fire as we have and lived. 327 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:07,520 So the first mention of the fact that God is the living God is in 328 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:12,720 Deuteronomy chapter 5. Joshua will then will refer to 329 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,440 to God as the living God in Joshua chapter 3 as Israel is 330 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,280 about to embark on the promised land of the earth across over 331 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:23,360 the river Jordan. And in verse 7 of chapter 3, it 332 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:26,600 says, now the Lord said to Joshua, this day I will begin to 333 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,120 exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that 334 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:33,720 just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you. 335 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,880 You shall over command the priests who are carrying the ark 336 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,320 of the covenant, saying, When you come to the edge of the 337 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,320 waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan. 338 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,720 Then Joshua said to the sons of Israel, come here and hear the 339 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:52,360 words of the Lord your God. Joshua said, By this you shall 340 00:28:52,360 --> 00:29:01,040 know that the living God is among you and that he will 341 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:07,600 assuredly dispose from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, 342 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:12,160 the Hivite, the Perisite, the Girgashite, the Amorite and the 343 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,800 Jebusite. Only the living God can do that. 344 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:22,200 And so then you go to a very familiar verse, Psalm 42, which 345 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:27,360 says verse one, as the deer pants for the water brooks, so 346 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:33,760 my soul pants for you, O God, My soul thirsts for God, for the 347 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:44,320 living God, the living God, not some dead idol, but the living 348 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,320 God. In fact, in verse 45 it says, 349 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:49,880 why are you in the Sparrow, my soul? 350 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,520 And why have you become disturbed within me, hoping God, 351 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:57,280 for I shall again praise him for the help of his presence. 352 00:29:58,120 --> 00:29:59,280 Why? Why would our soul be in 353 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,040 despair? Why would I live as if there's 354 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,240 no hope? Why? 355 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:08,600 I'm in the presence of the living God, the God who lives 356 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:13,280 and reigns forever and ever. I live in the presence of a God 357 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:17,000 who lives forever. He goes on to say the same thing 358 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:21,640 in verse 11 and also in chapter 5 of verse #43 Why are you in 359 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,680 despair, O my soul? Why should my soul ever despair? 360 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:31,760 Because I live in the presence of the living God? 361 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:37,120 Over in Psalm 84 verse #1 How lovely are your dwelling places, 362 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,440 O Lord of hosts? My soul longed and even yearn 363 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:44,880 for the courts of the Lord, my heart and my flesh sing for the 364 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:51,560 joy to the living God. Again, he's referred to as the 365 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,960 living God. The song was recognizing that 366 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,680 God is not just present with him, but is alive and well among 367 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,920 Him. He dwells with Him. 368 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:12,360 He is the living God. As you recall, it was Caiaphas 369 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,440 who said to Jesus before his crucifixion. 370 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:24,200 He said, I command you in the name of the living God. 371 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,720 Are you the Christ, the Son of God? 372 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:38,800 Remember that he commanded Christ who is self existent. 373 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:43,440 He is the living God in the flesh. 374 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:51,680 Caiaphas commands under the direction of the living God. 375 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:58,640 Are you the Christ, the Son of God, not even recognizing that 376 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,800 before him was the God who lives? 377 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:06,040 And that's because he refused to see the lights of the life of 378 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:11,120 the living God. So he remained in darkness and 379 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:17,440 thus died in darkness. Paul would say in Acts 14, these 380 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:23,720 words, he says it is the living God who made the heaven and the 381 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,640 earth and the sea and all that is in them. 382 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:34,840 Only a living God can do that. So Paul picking up on John 383 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:40,720 chapter one of the creativity of God and the the vitality of God, 384 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,120 that he is the living God that creates everything, that brings 385 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:48,040 everything into existence. And then over in First Timothy 386 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:55,320 chapter 3, First Timothy 3 verse #14 Paul says, I am writing 387 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,200 these things to you, hoping to come to you before long. 388 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,400 But in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how 389 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:07,560 one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is 390 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:14,440 the Church of the living God, the pillar and support of the 391 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:18,840 truth. The church is the assembly, the 392 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:24,400 gathering of God's people. We have the living God living 393 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:28,760 within us as a church. Therefore, our church is alive 394 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:33,520 because God himself is alive, says in First Timothy 410. 395 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:40,720 For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed 396 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:48,160 our hope on the living God who is the Savior of all men, 397 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:55,960 especially of those who believe. It's the living God who is the 398 00:33:55,960 --> 00:34:02,200 Savior of all men, especially of those who believe at the 399 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:08,639 resurrection of Christ. Remember what the men in white 400 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:13,080 apparel said. Maybe it was an Angel, maybe it 401 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:14,880 wasn't. We don't know. 402 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,480 There were two men in white apparel. 403 00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:21,199 Could have been the same two men on the mountain, Transfiguration 404 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:26,080 as far as we know. But he said, why do you seek the 405 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:33,120 living one among the dead? Why seek the living one, the 406 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,920 living God? Why do you look for the one who 407 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:42,520 lives among those who are dead? Why would you do that in 408 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:50,040 Revelation One verse #19 I'm sorry, verse #17 as John was on 409 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:53,920 the island of Patmos, he said before the glorified risen 410 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:59,840 Christ. Christ said, I am the 1st and I 411 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:08,360 am the last. I am the living one and I was 412 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:14,040 dead. Behold, I am alive forevermore. 413 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:20,560 You see, He is the living God, and therefore we serve a true 414 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:26,320 and living God. The Bible says in Hebrews 9 415 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:32,720 verse #14 that God will cleanse your conscience from dead works 416 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:39,560 so that you might serve the living God. 417 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:45,520 Those in Thessalonica, First Thessalonians 1 verses 9 and 10, 418 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:55,400 they turn to God from idols in order to serve the true and 419 00:35:55,400 --> 00:36:01,280 living God. They turn from dead idols, from 420 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:08,280 empty vain idols that mean nothing to serve the true and 421 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:15,120 living God. And that's why the Bible says it 422 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:22,480 is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living 423 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,320 God. He was 10/31. 424 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,600 Why? Why is it a terrifying thing to 425 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,120 fall into the hands of the living God? 426 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:35,360 You see? Because if you don't give your 427 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:40,720 life to Christ, the only life you will live is a life without 428 00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:43,480 Christ. You're either with Christ or 429 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,080 without Christ. There's no in between. 430 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:50,320 There's no Gray area. In fact, we, we, we should never 431 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:54,400 say to someone, are are you a believer in Christ? 432 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:57,480 I mean, you could say that to a demon. 433 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,920 He would say, yes, I am. I'm a believer in Christ. 434 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:06,840 They believe, yet they shudder. You'd ask someone is, is Christ 435 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:13,760 living in you? Is the living God living in you? 436 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,320 You should never tell somebody you're a Christian. 437 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,840 Tell somebody that Christ lives in you. 438 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,920 It it's a more descriptive way of, of, of explaining to people 439 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,600 who you are. Everybody thinks they're a 440 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,920 Christian. Everybody says they believe in 441 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:35,320 Jesus. But but we have Christ in us. 442 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:39,000 We, we told you before that that, that, that, that that the 443 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,400 Buddhist doesn't have Buddha living in him. 444 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,600 Why? Because Buddha is a dead God, a 445 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:49,560 false God, right? The Mormon doesn't have Joseph 446 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,200 Smith living in him. Why? 447 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,120 Joseph Smith is a, is a, is a dead man. 448 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,600 He's not God. The Christian Scientist doesn't 449 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,720 have Mary Baker Eddie living in them. 450 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:05,960 They might follow their teaching. 451 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:10,960 They might believe in what they say, but we as as Christians, 452 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,920 followers of Christ, actually have Christ living in US. 453 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:19,200 Christ lives in a Christ in you is the hope of glory. 454 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,920 Christ lives in us. The living God lives in us. 455 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:30,960 That's why you have a life. If you don't have Christ, you 456 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:39,480 have no life. You exist, you breathe, you go 457 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:46,440 to work, you play, you make money, you buy things and think 458 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:51,520 you're happy. But you don't live, just exist. 459 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:58,960 Only people who live are those who have the living God reigning 460 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,640 in their lives. How about you? 461 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:09,960 Do you have the living God reigning in your heart and life? 462 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:15,920 Does Christ live in you? Is your life a bore? 463 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,520 How can you live a boring life? Sometimes your kids say, hey, 464 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:22,840 what are you doing? I'm not doing nothing. 465 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:23,960 I'm bored. Really. 466 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,120 You're bored? What does that mean? 467 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:27,000 You're bored? I don't. 468 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:31,560 I don't understand boredom. How can you have the living God 469 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:35,400 give you life and you be bored? Something's wrong. 470 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:40,280 Not with God, but with the one who claims to have the living 471 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:45,600 God living in within them. Our lives should be vibrant. 472 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,640 Our lives should be vital. Why? 473 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:54,560 Number one, let me get to my outline #1 is because we have an 474 00:39:54,560 --> 00:40:00,760 abundant life, an abundant life. I came that you might have life 475 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:06,800 and that you might have life more abundantly. 476 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:11,840 Not only you have abundant life, you have a a blessed life. 477 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:19,160 Listen to what Jeremiah says. Jeremiah 17 verse #7 Blessed is 478 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:24,520 the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose trust is the Lord. 479 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:29,000 For he will be like a tree planted by the water that 480 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:33,560 extends its roots by a stream, and will not fear when the heat 481 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:38,200 comes, but it leaves will be green, and it will not be 482 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:43,200 anxious in a year of drought, nor cease to yield fruit. 483 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:48,200 That's the blessed life. The blessed life is not an 484 00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:52,080 anxious life. The blessed life is not afraid 485 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,440 of the year of drought. Why? 486 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:59,360 Because the blessed life is the one who trusts in the Lord and 487 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,160 waits upon the Lord. That's why. 488 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,400 When Jesus came and preached a Sermon on the Mount, what do you 489 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:08,960 say? Blessed, blessed, blessed. 9 490 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:12,680 times Why? This is what it means to be a 491 00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:17,000 child in my Kingdom. You have the blessed life, the 492 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,920 Macarios, the the joyful life, the contented life. 493 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:24,720 You have the inner joy that's unaffected by any external 494 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:27,480 circumstances because you have me in you. 495 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:31,480 This is the blessed life. That's what the living God 496 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:36,560 gives. He gives the abundant life, He 497 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:40,320 gives the blessed life, He gives the converted life. 498 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:45,680 Matthew chapter 18 verse #3 Unless you are converted and 499 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,880 become like a little child, you shall ever enter the Kingdom of 500 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,040 heaven. There's a conversion, a 501 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:56,320 transformation that takes place in the life of someone who gives 502 00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:59,800 their life to Christ because the light has shown down upon them. 503 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:04,520 So the life that God gives is an abundant life. 504 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,280 It's a blessed life. It's a converted life. 505 00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:19,120 It is a directed life. Isaiah 30, verse #30 excuse me, 506 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:22,960 verse #20 all of the Lord has given you bread for privation 507 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,280 and water of oppression. He, your teacher, will no longer 508 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,920 hide himself, but your eyes will behold your teacher. 509 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:32,480 Your ears will hear a word behind you. 510 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:36,440 This is the way. Walk in it whenever you turn to 511 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:41,120 the right or to the left. There's something about a 512 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:44,400 believer that has a directed life. 513 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:49,000 That's why he's given us his word, which is a light into our 514 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:54,080 path and a lamp into our feet. So we can always walk with 515 00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:59,480 purpose and direction. So the, the, the Christ life is 516 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,840 an abundant life. It's a blessed life. 517 00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:04,320 It's a converted life. It's a directed life. 518 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:10,920 It is the eternal life. John 524 It's a life that is not 519 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:14,760 just a long life, it's the life of Christ because of the eternal 520 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:18,240 God who lives within you. It is the forgiven life. 521 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:22,800 Colossians 114 In him we have redemption, the forgiveness of 522 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:25,760 sins. It is the grace life. 523 00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:29,160 Ephesians 289 For by grace you have been saved through faith, 524 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,720 that not of yourselves. It is a gift of God, not of 525 00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:34,200 works, lest any man should boast. 526 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:38,040 And that grace life helps us be saved by grace. 527 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:43,520 Stand in grace, be strengthened by grace, because it's all a 528 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,600 work of God's grace. In our lives. 529 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:52,640 We also have the holy life. Be holy, for the Lord your God 530 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:57,080 is holy first. Peter 9 The believers called a 531 00:43:57,080 --> 00:44:03,240 holy nation, that is, we have been separated unto God for his 532 00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:06,200 purposes. And so the life that you have is 533 00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:10,080 a holy life. It is the indwelt life. 534 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:15,880 First Corinthians 619 It says that your body is the temple of 535 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:20,920 the Holy Spirit. John 1423 The Lord says I and 536 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:26,280 the Father will make our abode in you, we will live in you. 537 00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:31,480 You're dwelt by God the Father, God the Son and God the Spirit. 538 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:35,520 Colossians 127 Christ in you the hope of glory. 539 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:43,480 So Christ says, or John says, in him is life. 540 00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:48,320 What kind of life? The abundant life, the blessed 541 00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:54,120 life, the converted life, the directed life, the eternal life, 542 00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:58,640 forgiving life, grace life, holy life and dwelt life, the joy 543 00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:06,240 filled life. You have a joy filled life. 544 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:12,560 John 15 verse 11. I've spoken these things that my 545 00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:21,600 joy may be in you and that your joy may be full. 546 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:28,520 That's the joy filled life. That's why we we can't be bored. 547 00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:32,840 That's why we can't can't be dull. 548 00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:37,880 We have a joy filled life. Christ's joy is in US. 549 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:43,800 We have the kept life. First Peter one verse #5 You are 550 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:46,600 kept by the power of God. You have the light life. 551 00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:50,240 Matthew chapter 5 verse #14 You are the light of the world. 552 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:55,120 You have a meaningful life. John 20 verse #2021 as the 553 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:58,440 Father sent me, so send I you. That's, that's meaning, that's 554 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,640 purpose, and you have a, a meaningful life. 555 00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:03,680 You have new life. 2nd Corinthians 5 verse #17 If any 556 00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:05,840 man be in Christ, he is a new creation. 557 00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:10,080 You have the ordained life. Psalm 139 that all your days are 558 00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:12,000 ordained before there was even yet one of them. 559 00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:15,600 You have the purchased life. First Peter chapter 1, verses 18 560 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,200 and 19, you've been purchased by the blood of the Lamb. 561 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:23,920 You have the quiet life. Isaiah 30 verse #15 in quietness 562 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:27,080 and trust is your strength. Psalm 62 five. 563 00:46:27,240 --> 00:46:31,480 My soul waits in silence for Thee, O God. 564 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:35,680 You have the resurrected life, John 11 verse #25 You have the 565 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:39,400 salted life, Matthew chapter 5 verse #13 You're the soul of the 566 00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:41,560 earth. You have the tried life, James 567 00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:44,720 chapter 1 verses 2 to 4. You have the upright life, 568 00:46:44,720 --> 00:46:47,960 Proverbs 20 verse #7 You have the victorious life. 569 00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:53,840 John 1633, Romans 837. We are overwhelmingly conquerors 570 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:57,040 through Him who loved us. We have the wounded life, John 571 00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:01,000 1518 to 20. You have the Christos life, 572 00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,480 Christ life, gracious 2:20 I am crucified with Christ. 573 00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:08,520 Nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me. 574 00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:12,480 You have the yielded life. Zechariah chapter 4 verse #6 575 00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:18,400 which says not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says 576 00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:22,040 the Lord. And then you have the zealous 577 00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:28,800 life. That's Titus 2 verse #14 that we 578 00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:35,520 are redeemed, that we might live zealously for Christ. 579 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:40,040 So let me ask you a question. What kind of life do you live? 580 00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:45,080 Those are the character qualities of the life of Christ 581 00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,960 that should be in you. You can test yourself. 582 00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:55,400 You can examine yourself and look at your life and ask, what 583 00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:59,680 kind of life am I living? Is Christ living in me? 584 00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:02,360 John says. I want to introduce, I want to 585 00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:09,000 present to you Jesus, not just his eternality, not not just his 586 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:14,240 personality, not just his deity, not just his creativity. 587 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:20,200 I want to introduce to you his vitality, his vibrancy, because 588 00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:24,760 you're going to come to meet the one who actually is life and 589 00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:28,880 he's going to take your dead soul and raise it to life that 590 00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:31,440 you might walk in newness of life. 591 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,520 Do you have that kind of life? You can. 592 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:45,120 All you have to do is give your life, which is dark and dead, to 593 00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:48,680 the life of Christ, who is life and light. 594 00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:55,080 You do that, you'll experience the life of the living God. 595 00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:58,560 Let's pray together. Father, we thank you for today 596 00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:01,720 and the opportunity you give us to be together. 597 00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:05,040 And our prayer, Father, is that there would be no one in the 598 00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:06,880 room who does not know the life of Christ. 599 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,240 They'd recognize that your life is in them. 600 00:49:11,240 --> 00:49:16,360 But they are forgiven. They they, they are blessed. 601 00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:22,440 Their lives are abundant. Their lives are directed, their 602 00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:29,200 lives are are Christ centered that their lives are zealously 603 00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:33,800 working for you. Their lives are truly salted. 604 00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:36,200 They preserve the corruption around them. 605 00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:43,560 Their lives are truly light and love because of the God who is 606 00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:47,360 light and love Lord. Our prayer is that no one would 607 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:52,760 leave today without knowing for certain that Jesus Christ is the 608 00:49:52,760 --> 00:50:00,840 life and light of their souls. We pray this in Jesus name, 609 00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:01,120 Amen.