1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,560 We read together from God's Word. 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,040 We're reading from the book of Ephesians. 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:08,680 We haven't forgotten the book of Thessalonians. 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,280 We'll come back to it, but this is our first Sunday and this is 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:17,160 our motto text Ephesians. We're going to read from chapter 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:23,920 4 and we're going to read from verse 24, Ephesians 424 right 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:29,920 down to Ephesians 51 and 2. Let's hear the Word of God 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,600 reading, of course, as we've said often from the King James 9 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:42,400 Bible, Ephesians chapter 5, verse 20, Ephesians 4, verse 24. 10 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:51,640 Let's hear the Word of God, and that you put on the new man, 11 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:57,280 which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. 12 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:03,960 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his 13 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,520 neighbour, for we are members one of another. 14 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:15,120 Be angry and said not, let not the sun go down upon your wrath, 15 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:22,120 neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no 16 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:26,040 more, but rather let him labour working with his hands, the 17 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:30,520 thing which is good, that they may have to give to him that 18 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:34,520 needeth. Let no corrupt communication 19 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,520 proceed out of your mouth but that which is good to the use of 20 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:44,440 edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers, and 21 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,600 grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. 22 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:51,000 For by your sealed unto the day of redemption, let all 23 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,360 bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil 24 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,320 speaking be put away from you with all malice. 25 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,720 Be a kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, 26 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,720 even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 27 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:13,040 Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children, and walk in 28 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:18,640 love as Christ also have loved us and have given Himself for us 29 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:23,800 an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour. 30 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,160 Amen. We know that God will stamp with 31 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,320 His own approval and blessing this reading of His own precious 32 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:37,000 and infallible word. Now for 2026, the theme before 33 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:42,200 us in the New Year, I've entitled Walking with God. 34 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:48,120 The Bible often depicts the whole of the Christian life as a 35 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,880 walk. A walk implies direction, 36 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,200 progress, one step at a time. It implies a relationship. 37 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:02,760 Can two walk together except to be agreed, he must ask. 38 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:08,200 See the Christian life is not something worthless nor it's a 39 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,880 life of learning to walk with God. 40 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:17,000 Now there's 390 references to walk or walking in the Bible. 41 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:22,200 The 1st is Genesis 3 and 8, the Lord God walking in the Garden 42 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,480 of Eden and the cool of the day with Adam and Eve and perfect 43 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,560 union and communion. The last reference to the word 44 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:34,520 walk in the Bible is found in Revelation 21 verse 24 and it's 45 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:39,120 about the Saints walking in the New Jerusalem. 46 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,680 And in between those we have 388 other references that all 47 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:49,720 proclaim A variety and different aspects of the same theme, 48 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:54,240 walking with God. Now one of those texts out of 49 00:03:54,240 --> 00:04:00,880 the 388 is found in Ephesians chapter 5 verse one and two. 50 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:06,080 And I've chosen Ephesians 5 verse one and two as our motto 51 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:12,120 text for this year. Be there for followers of God as 52 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:17,120 dear children, and walk in love as Christ also have loved us and 53 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,720 have given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God 54 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:26,440 for a sweet smelling savour. Now the Apostle Paul was very 55 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:31,120 fond of using the analogy of the Christian life as a walk. 56 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:38,720 He referred to it 7 times, not once, not twice, but seven 57 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,960 times. Ephesians 2 and 2, Ephesians 2 58 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,800 and 10. Ephesians 4 and 1, Ephesians 4 59 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:51,200 and 17. Ephesians 5 and 2, Ephesians 5 60 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:57,160 and 8, and Ephesians 5 and fifteen. 7 * 7 is the number of 61 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:02,040 perfection and the 5th reference, and five in the 62 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,440 Bible's the number of grace. The 5th reference is our motto 63 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:11,520 text, Ephesians 51 and two. And here the apostle Paul is 64 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:13,840 teaching us how we're to walk with God. 65 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,400 We're to walk with God as dear children. 66 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,760 That's the first thing. We're to walk in love. 67 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:26,080 That's the second thing. We're to walk after the patron 68 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,440 of Christ himself. That's the third thing. 69 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,520 You see, true Bible believing Christianity is not merely 70 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:42,360 believing certain facts about God Himself and certain truths 71 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:47,040 about the person work of Jesus Christ that's concluded, but at 72 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:53,480 its heart, the Christian life is living as dear children of God 73 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,480 who live to resemble their heavenly Father. 74 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:02,240 Notice something the apostle Paul doesn't begin chapter 5 in 75 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,560 a vacuum. He doesn't throw at us some 76 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,000 random new thoughts like a a bowl of soup. 77 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:15,040 Look at the text be ye therefore look at the third word. 78 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:22,680 Therefore, it means in light off or in in view of the therefore 79 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:27,680 directly connects us to the closing chapters and verses of 80 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:32,520 chapter 4 and chapter 4 were commanded to put off the old man 81 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,680 with his evil deeds and put on the new man created after the 82 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,320 image of God and righteousness and through holiness. 83 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:45,760 The Christian's instruction is framed by focused on our 84 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:51,120 Christian identity in Christ. And if you look at verse 25 to 85 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:55,400 verse 32, notice the Apostle Paul, this very specific and 86 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:59,560 practical commands as Christians were to speak the truth, as 87 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,480 Christians were to control our anger, as Christians were to 88 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:08,400 labour honestly, as Christians were to edify one another with 89 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:12,360 words, as Christians were to put away bitterness, wrath and 90 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:17,440 malice, as Christians were to be kind one to another, tender 91 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:22,320 hearted, forgiving one another. And the very motive for doing so 92 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:28,360 is this, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 93 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:34,400 And verse 32 as it closes, leads directly on to chapter 5, verse 94 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,520 one and two. You see Paul, after showing us 95 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,680 specifically what we're to put off and what we're to put on in 96 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:48,800 Christ, Paul sums it all up. Here's one tremendous comprehend 97 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,760 this command. Here he is calling us to be 98 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,640 followers of God as dear children and walk in love just 99 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,160 as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us. 100 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,120 Doctor Martyn Lloyd Jones in his book Light in Darkness in Page 101 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:10,160 291 states of Ephesians 51 and two the following we come to 102 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:15,520 what is perhaps Paul's supreme argument to the highest level of 103 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:21,120 all in doctrine and in practise to the ultimate ideal. 104 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:27,160 He points out that the apostle Paul is laying down a principle 105 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:32,720 that governs everything. The entire Christian life may be 106 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:37,600 summed up as a life of imitating God. 107 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,840 Ah, as beloved children as we walk in love. 108 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:51,720 The entire Christian life may be summed up in a life of imitating 109 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,040 God as his beloved children as we walk in love. 110 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:58,840 Now what's Paul saying here? Very quickly, 4 things. 111 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,800 Three things. One, the people that are 112 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:06,120 addressed, look at our text. It says be there for followers 113 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:12,480 of God as dear children underline that we phrase as dear 114 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:17,920 children. The word followers here doesn't 115 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,360 just mean following something along a path that that's 116 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:29,360 included or to follow someone at a distance or following someone 117 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,240 in the sense of being guided. It includes that, but it means 118 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,400 so much more. You see, the word follower 119 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,520 literally means to imitate. We could take out the word 120 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:47,200 followers and put in this word, be there for imitators of God, 121 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,560 because that's exactly what it means. 122 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:55,040 The word imitate, the word copy. In fact, the Greek word is the 123 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,840 word from which we get the word mimic. 124 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:05,320 Mimic being someone now before you can be a true follower of 125 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:11,160 God, before you can begin to truly follow God, we must be one 126 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:15,160 of his dear children. So I have a question, are you a 127 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:19,600 true child of God? And how does 1 become a child of 128 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,920 God? He's not saying you become 129 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:27,600 children by following God, that that's how many of you Bible 130 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:31,200 believe in Christianity. But that's not what he's saying. 131 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:38,600 He is saying you follow God, you imitate God because you are one 132 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,680 of his dear children. And this is crucial to reform 133 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:45,560 theology. We don't walk with God to become 134 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,640 the sons or daughters of God as if it's a lifelong process. 135 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:56,520 No, we walk with God because we are his sons, because we are his 136 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,440 daughters. And how do we become sons and 137 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,560 daughters of God? Well here's the answer. 138 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:07,240 By the new birth over there in John chapter 3, remember the 139 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,680 Lord Jesus said to Nicodemus, verily, verily I say unto thee, 140 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:14,680 except that man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of 141 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:17,320 God. He added in verse 5, Verily, 142 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,880 verily, I say unto thee, except that man be born of water and of 143 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,120 the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. 144 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:29,040 And in verse 7, he added, Marvel not that I said unto thee, you 145 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:33,920 must be born again. And if we go back and John 146 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,840 chapter one, we read these words, he came unto his own and 147 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,200 his own received him not, but as many as received him to then 148 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,160 give you power to become the sons of God, even to them that 149 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:48,200 believe on his name, which were born not of blood. 150 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,640 So it's not hereditary, nor of the will of the flesh. 151 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:57,760 It's not of your own will or the will of someone else, nor of the 152 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,520 will of man. It's not Pope or priest or 153 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:08,280 preacher, but of God. The scripture is clear, church 154 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,160 attendance is good and we encourage you to attend church 155 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,600 as often as you can as God gives you health and strength. 156 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:22,000 We encourage good behaviour, family background, church rites 157 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,920 and ceremonies. But these things, church 158 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,520 attendance, good behaviour, family background, church rites 159 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:31,440 and ceremonies cannot and does not make you a child of God. 160 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:36,680 A true child of God is regenerated by the Holy Spirit. 161 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,680 That's why Jesus said to Nicodemus, a very religious, 162 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:41,880 respectable ruler of the synagogue. 163 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,360 Marvel not that they say unto thee, You must be born again. 164 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:53,280 And of course, contrary to much popular thought, God, while God 165 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,160 is creator and maker, God is not the Father of all men. 166 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,280 All people that live on the earth are not children of God. 167 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,480 God is indeed the Father of all men in a creative sense, in the 168 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:10,840 sense that he made us. Malachi 2 and 10 says, Have we 169 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:15,160 not all one father? Have not one God created us? 170 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:18,440 That is true. God is the Father of all men in 171 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,320 the creative sense, and that he made all men. 172 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:26,600 But God is not the Father of all men in the redemptive sense. 173 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,480 Even though it's true that in Him we move and live in a being. 174 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,560 God is not the Father of all men in the redemptive sense. 175 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:39,600 We can only become the children of God when we are born again 176 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,160 into God's family. So if I asked the question this 177 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,440 morning, what is a true Christian? 178 00:13:45,680 --> 00:13:49,720 We hear this word Christian branded about a true Christian 179 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:54,600 is someone who's born again by the Holy Spirit, has Christ for 180 00:13:54,600 --> 00:14:00,160 his Lord and Saviour and God for his heavenly Father. 181 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:06,800 Now is that true of you? Become a child of God not only 182 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:12,200 by new birth, but by adoption? Over there in Ephesians chapter 183 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:18,640 1 verses 4 and 5, the apostle Paul started his letter saying, 184 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,880 according as he had chosen us and him before the foundation of 185 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:25,040 the world, that we should be holy and without blame before 186 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,960 Him, and love having predestinated us. 187 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:33,000 That word means chosen unto the adoption of children by Jesus 188 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:37,640 Christ to Himself according to the good pleasure of His will. 189 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:44,080 You see, birth and adoption bring out different aspects of 190 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:48,200 our relationship with God. The new birth pictures, the fact 191 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,280 that only God can impart new life. 192 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:55,600 When the Spirit of God imparts this new life, it's like a 193 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:57,760 spiritual resurrection from the dead. 194 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,960 Ephesians 2 and one. And you have they quickened who 195 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,080 were dead in trespasses and sins. 196 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,040 And from that moment we are born again. 197 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:10,480 We enter into a relationship with God as heavenly Father 198 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,080 through faith in His Son Jesus Christ. 199 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:20,760 And then this adoption picture, it pictures God's sovereign 200 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,280 choice of us as his own children. 201 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,320 See, see. Think of somebody who's adopting 202 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:30,040 a child, a parent who goes into the adoption centre to adopt A 203 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,520 child. They pick the child whom they 204 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,480 wish to adopt different from fostering. 205 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:43,560 And just as they pick the child, so God has chosen us in Christ, 206 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,600 never apart from Christ only, and always in Christ. 207 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,640 And he did so before the foundation of the world. 208 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:55,320 And there's a difference, of course, from adoption in human 209 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,200 terms. Human parents pick a child who 210 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:03,560 is cute, a child that they're attracted to, a child that has 211 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,800 got maybe special features or he's gifted in miles or he's 212 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,560 gifted in science. He's going to be a 213 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,400 mathematician, he's going to be a scientist, or we'll pick him. 214 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:17,920 We'll have her or or a child who's loving, certainly not want 215 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,720 someone who's maybe bad tempered and throwing a tantrum. 216 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,040 But God's choice is not like that. 217 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:29,240 God has chosen us when we were dead in trespasses and sins. 218 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,200 God has chosen us when we were full of rebellion towards him. 219 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:37,560 God has chosen us when we were behaving sinfully toward Him and 220 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,280 therefore we can't really understand. 221 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,240 And we ask the question why, Lord, why did you choose me out 222 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,840 of the masses of humanity? And these is answered 223 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:51,680 Deuteronomy 7 and seven. I have loved you because I have 224 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,760 loved you. And therefore, we can't really 225 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:59,800 understand that great love of God until we begin to understand 226 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,920 the terrible depths of sin from which we have been redeemed 227 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,839 from. We never fully understand the 228 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:11,240 love of God until we understand that we're lifted out of the 229 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,920 gutter of sin and lifted by sovereign free grace alone. 230 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,920 Not only did God redeem us, not only did God bring us into your 231 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:26,040 right relationship with Himself, but He brings us into His house. 232 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:31,720 He adopts us into His family, He gives us a place at His table. 233 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:35,640 He gives us all the privileges of being His child. 234 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,080 Maybe you're asking this morning, well, how can I know if 235 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,560 I'm born again? There? 236 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,440 There's an answer. You know, faith in Jesus Christ 237 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,080 is the main evidence for seeking all. 238 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,200 I trust him. Was there a time, a day in your 239 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,280 life, a moment when you put your faith and trust in Christ? 240 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:59,360 Trust in, adhere to and rely on that? 241 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:02,960 That's what believing in the Lord Jesus Christ means. 242 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,640 Remember the Philippian gaoler asked what must I do to be 243 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:07,240 saved? He was given the answer, Believe 244 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,960 in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy 245 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,400 house. And the word believe means to 246 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,400 trust and adhere to and rely on Christ. 247 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:20,680 Believing in Jesus Christ alone is the only real hope of real 248 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,520 forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life. 249 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,520 And once you have faith in Christ, which is a gift of God, 250 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,880 then you begin to see the evidence of a change and 251 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,480 transform life. If any man be in Christ as you 252 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,360 creature, old things have passed away and all things have become 253 00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:40,120 new and all things are of God. Not only have you got new life, 254 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:43,720 but you've got a new love. You love Christ, you love the 255 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,800 things of God, you love the Lord's Day. 256 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,400 Where you be in the Lord's day? Well, you'll get victory over 257 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,320 Blanket Cathedral. You'll get out, you'll get into 258 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:55,280 the House of God, you'll have a love for the word of God, You'll 259 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:57,360 have a love for the Son of God. You'll have a love for the 260 00:18:57,360 --> 00:19:00,480 people of God. You'll you'll have a love for 261 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:05,320 the things of God. You'll desire to know God. 262 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,720 You'll read the scriptures, you'll be at the prayer meeting, 263 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,960 the Bible study, you'll get involved in the work of God. 264 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,280 All of these things are evidences. 265 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,760 They all flow from this new life. 266 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:21,120 Because when a baby has life, that life is seen and it's cry 267 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:24,840 for milk and it's wanting to be changed, it's wanting to be 268 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:31,680 cuddled, all of that part and parcel of the evidence of life 269 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,000 very quickly. Notice the people addressed 270 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,400 here. If you go back to our text, it 271 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,120 says as dear children. What does that mean? 272 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:46,160 It means beloved. Every father, of course, is a 273 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,040 special love for his own children. 274 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:53,400 If a father's got a newborn, he holds it in his arms for the 275 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:58,200 first time. There's a special love formed, a 276 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:02,080 special bond. The joy, the excitement, just to 277 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:07,680 sit and nurse the baby to, to talk to the baby, to to, to sing 278 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,560 to the baby there. There's a an unutterable 279 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,320 tenderness here, father, mother and child. 280 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,040 And yet, no matter how much a father or a mother loves his or 281 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,840 her children. The heavenly Father loves His 282 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:27,600 children so much more. Remember what we read in first 283 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,280 John. In First John chapter 3, and in 284 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:35,440 the verse one, We read this tremendous statement about the 285 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,400 love of God in first John 3 and 1. 286 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,400 Behold what manner of love the Father have bestowed upon us, 287 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,440 that we should be called the sons of God. 288 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,880 Therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew not Him. 289 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,880 Beloved. Now are we the sons of God, and 290 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,480 it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when 291 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,520 He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him 292 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:02,280 as He is. So to be a true follower of God, 293 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,880 you must be one of His dear children. 294 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,960 So I ask again, are you? Look again at our text and 295 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,600 you'll see something else. Not only the people that are 296 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,000 addressed, but notice the principle that is announced, 297 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,840 Ephesians 5 and one, be there for followers of God as dear 298 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,920 children. Now remember what I said about 299 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,960 the word followers. Not just following along a given 300 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:31,080 path, not just following at a distance, not just following in 301 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:35,560 a sense of being guided, but a follower means to imitate, to 302 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,280 copy, to mimic. It's profound. 303 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:45,280 Be there for imitators of God. In other words, be like God. 304 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,440 And here's the question, is that possible? 305 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,280 Is it even right? What does that mean? 306 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,800 Now when we begin to think about the doctrine of God and we look 307 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,760 at the doctrine of God and consider his nature and being, 308 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,200 if we're to imitate God, we must know certain things about God. 309 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:12,880 And the first thing I know about God is this, that there's a 310 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:17,000 certain way that we cannot imitate God. 311 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,080 We can't imitate God in every way. 312 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:26,480 Yes, God has revealed himself. But when you study the doctrine 313 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:30,600 of God as revealed in the Bible, you discover that God has 314 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,960 certain attributes. The attributes of God are 315 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:39,200 divided into two groups in communicable attributes and 316 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:44,760 communicable attributes. These incommunicable attributes 317 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:50,200 are not communicable to us. They belong to God alone. 318 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:55,520 They are only true of God. We cannot imitate them. 319 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,120 We can't copy them. We can't mimic them. 320 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,600 Let me explain His essential glory. 321 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,920 We can't imitate the glory of God. 322 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,360 That's unique to God, His eternality. 323 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:13,560 We cannot imitate the eternality of God because He is from 324 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,000 everlasting to everlasting God. He, He is eternal, He is 325 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:23,080 transcendent, He is eminent. His Majesty, His omnipotence, 326 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,360 He's all powerful, His omniscience, He's all knowing. 327 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:30,440 He knows every thought of every human being simultaneously at 328 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:36,400 the same time, His omnipresence. He is present everywhere in the 329 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,080 fullness of His being through the whole of the universe. 330 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:44,000 David said, if I make my bed in hell, they were there. 331 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,080 You see, these belong to God alone. 332 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:54,680 They make God, God. They are in God because He is 333 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,000 God. And we are never called upon 334 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:02,400 anywhere to imitate or copy these incommunicable attributes 335 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,000 of God. But listen to me carefully. 336 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,440 There are other attributes which are communicable. 337 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:16,400 These are moral in nature. They are the ones that we must 338 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,320 imitate. They are the ones that we must 339 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:25,560 understand if we are to truly follow through with our text. 340 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,440 Be therefore followers of God. Think of His Holiness. 341 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,400 There's a command in the Scripture, Be holy, for I am 342 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:36,480 holy. God is righteous, and all who 343 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:41,280 truly believe in God, they are to live a life of right living 344 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,080 before God and man. The righteousness of God is 345 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,640 imputed, but the righteousness of God is also imparted when 346 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,000 we're made partakers of the divine nature. 347 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:56,320 His justice, his goodness, His love, His mercy, His tenderness, 348 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,120 His long-suffering, His compassion, his loving kindness, 349 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,800 His faithfulness, His forgiveness. 350 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:06,000 All of these are communicable attributes of God and we are 351 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:12,280 expected to manifest them. We are to have them, we are to 352 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:16,720 show them. They are to be part and parcel 353 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,640 of the true Christians walk with God. 354 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:26,160 And the apostle Paul says be there for imitators of God in 355 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:30,360 respect of these communicable attributes. 356 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,200 You see, we're not just to be good people. 357 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,800 We're not just to be nice people, we're not just to be 358 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:43,720 kind, we are to be. But we're good and kind and nice 359 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:48,960 because we're imitators of God. This is his appeal. 360 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:53,120 Here's his great announcement. The principle that is announced, 361 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:59,440 it is only as we realise it's greatness and it's value and 362 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:04,280 it's staggering character will it have a profound impact upon 363 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,080 us. We're not just good people, 364 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,120 we're not just nice, we're not just kind. 365 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:15,840 We are God's dear children. And Paul is appealing here for 366 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,520 Christian conduct and behaviour. Why? 367 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,200 Not? Merely because as Christians we 368 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,840 believe certain doctrines as believers. 369 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:29,520 Now we cannot be a true Christian without believing. 370 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,480 But a true Christian is not just someone who believes a certain 371 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,560 body of doctrine and ticks the boxes. 372 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,680 And I believe that about God and I believe that about Christ. 373 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:45,600 It's more than mental ascent. It's even more in saying, well, 374 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,960 well, look, I, I literally believe this. 375 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:54,560 You see, once you're born again and you're adopted into God's 376 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:59,280 family and you're one of his dear children, and you're a 377 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,360 partaker of the divine nature, then you discover this Christian 378 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:05,320 life, this Bible, believe in Christianity. 379 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,160 This is not just a moral code to live by. 380 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,680 Here's the chief reason for living out the Christian life. 381 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:17,760 I'm a child of God and as a child of God, I'm to imitate 382 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,040 God. We are to be imitators of God 383 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,800 because we are the children of God and because we are the 384 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,160 children of God, we we imitate God. 385 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:29,720 We are as dear children, not just in a legal relationship but 386 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:35,840 in a loving relationship. Very quickly you see the Lord 387 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:40,600 loves us and cares for us. The Lord watches over us, even 388 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,240 the hairs of her head. He is numbered. 389 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,480 You think of a child that was watching a little programme 390 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,720 there in relation to Rosemary's Dear Family many, many years ago 391 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:55,080 when it was recorded of a child walking for the first time out 392 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:56,760 through the door, heading to school. 393 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,920 When the child walks for the first time or goes to school for 394 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,600 the first day, or joins the girls brigade to the Boys 395 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,040 Brigade for the first time and the parents standing watching, 396 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,280 or maybe it's the first football match, what is that watching for 397 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,760 the child? Is it not an expression of 398 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,600 loving interest? Is it not creating a precious 399 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,600 memory? Oh, I remember when you took 400 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,400 your first step. I was there. 401 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:26,920 You see, that's what's involved in this loving relationship. 402 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:30,720 God loves us and cares for us, but is watching over us and 403 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,680 providing for us and has a deep interest in US. 404 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:40,640 Now here's the question, do we have a desire to be imitators of 405 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,880 God? Do we want to be like God? 406 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,120 You see, let me tell you this very quickly. 407 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,440 You see, to be like God, we must want to know Him and know His 408 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,240 ways. We must aim to grasp in our mind 409 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:56,200 who He is and what He's like as revealed in His Word. 410 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,680 You see, to know God as he is revealed in the Holy Scriptures, 411 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,480 not as culture wants him, not as Hollywood portrays him. 412 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:08,640 I know he's a God of love, but he's also a God of wrath. 413 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,320 He's also a holy God. He's a God who hates sin. 414 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:17,760 And we must learn from the scriptures of God in his written 415 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,080 revelation. Not what the culture wants us to 416 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,440 believe about God. Not what Hollywood says God is 417 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,440 like. To know God, we must spend time 418 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,880 in His Word. Give attention to reading. 419 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,880 Could I encourage you this year to read your Bible? 420 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,440 If you have difficulty reading your Bible, listen to Alexander 421 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,480 Scorby on the Internet and YouTube. 422 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,080 He'd read Genesis through Revelation for you. 423 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:44,040 All you have to do is follow. It's the most Protestant thing 424 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,280 you could do to read your Bible. Although we could get the people 425 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,640 in this land to pick up a copy of God's Word and to start 426 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,480 reading, and not when he spend time reading the book, but spend 427 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,400 time in prayer before God. You think of a little child, 428 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:04,080 little child, growing up in a home, but that little child 429 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:08,440 never spends any time with his father because his father's not 430 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,600 there. And that little child who spends 431 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,000 little or no time with his father will not be greatly 432 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:18,080 influenced by his father. He'll not be able to pick up in 433 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:22,680 his father's ways. He'll not be able to watch how 434 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:27,520 his father treats his mother or how his father relates to 435 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:31,720 others. He'll not be able to see his 436 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:36,320 father's moral standard and to hear his speech, all of that. 437 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:41,480 There is part and parcel of this child and father relationship. 438 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,840 We read in Philippians 3 verse eight. 439 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,280 Yeah, doubtless Paul says, and I count all things but loss for 440 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:50,720 the Excellency of the knowledge of Jesus my Lord, for whom I've 441 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:54,080 suffered the loss of all things, and to count them but dung, that 442 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,520 I may win Christ. And over there in the book of 443 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:02,200 Psalms, the psalmist said this in Psalm 25. 444 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:08,120 He made this marvellous statement in Psalm 25 in the 445 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:13,280 verses four and five. Let me just read it to you. 446 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:18,080 Psalm 25 and verses four and five, he says this. 447 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:22,800 Show me Thy ways, O Lord, teach me thy pass, lead me in Thy 448 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,280 truth, and teach me, for Thou art the God of my salvation. 449 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:32,240 On Thee do I wait all the day? The third thing, and I close 450 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,720 with this, the pattern that is appropriated. 451 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,720 If you go back to our text, notice what it says and walk in 452 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:45,800 love as Christ also have loved us and given himself for us an 453 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,760 offering and a sweet and a sacrifice to God for a sweet 454 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:53,240 smelling savour. Here's a comprehensive call. 455 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,120 We're to imitate God. We're to speak the truth and 456 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,280 love because God is a God of truth. 457 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:07,520 God's a God of faithfulness. And in our dealings with others 458 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,920 we must be faithful. Because God is faithful, it 459 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:15,080 includes being holy in our behaviour. 460 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,760 Because He is holy, we're to walk in love. 461 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,080 Why? Because Christ is the supreme 462 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,480 example of love. What do you love? 463 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,240 Could I say? Well, I love pizza, I love 464 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:34,120 Maude's ice cream, I love my dog, I love my wife, I love my 465 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,080 car. But surely there's a difference. 466 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,960 We're not the view love as a warm fuzzy feeling, as something 467 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:45,760 magical when it hits home and then goes away and we can do 468 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,680 nothing to get it back. We must understand the biblical 469 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,920 definition of the supreme demonstration of love is this. 470 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,120 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, 471 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,120 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 472 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:02,840 everlasting life. We're called here in Ephesians 5 473 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,200 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church 474 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,960 and gave himself for it. Jesus said greater love was no 475 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,280 man than this, than a man that laid down his life for his 476 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,240 friends. He said in John 13 and 34, By 477 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,080 this shall all men know that you're my disciples if you have 478 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,600 love one for another. We're to walk in love in our 479 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,000 daily conduct. We're to walk in love with this 480 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:30,400 comprehensive continual pattern before our eyes, the pattern of 481 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:34,240 Christ's supreme demonstration of love in his once and for all 482 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:36,480 sacrifice. What is love? 483 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:48,040 Love is a self sacrificing, caring commitment that prides 484 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:52,800 itself in seeking the highest good of the one loved. 485 00:33:52,800 --> 00:34:00,720 Let me repeat that love is a self sacrificing, caring 486 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:05,840 commitment that shows itself in seeking the highest good of the 487 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,440 one loved very quickly. It's a costly love. 488 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,520 God gave his only begotten Son. Christ laid down his life for 489 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,360 the Church. Therefore, because of Christ's 490 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:20,480 sacrifice, we have to learn to lay aside selfishness, lay aside 491 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:25,520 pride, lay aside one thing, our rights, in order to practise 492 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,560 something of God's love in Christ. 493 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:32,000 It's a caring love. It's caring, considerate, 494 00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:36,560 compassionate. True love loves deeply. 495 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:41,199 It's a committed love. Jesus Christ went to the cross 496 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:45,679 not because it felt good, but He was committed to do the will of 497 00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:50,920 the Father. Commitment is the glue that 498 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:54,800 holds us together. Christ is committed to us, and 499 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:56,920 we're committed to Christ. And then these young people who 500 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:00,400 have got engaged, they learn the lesson that commitment is the 501 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,680 glue that will hold that relationship together. 502 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,920 And that will mean that we'll forgive when we're wronged. 503 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,440 That means that we will speak the truth in love. 504 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:13,440 That means we will serve even when we got no applause. 505 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,760 That means we will love when it's difficult to love 506 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,480 individual people, and we'll sacrifice comfort for the good 507 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,480 and well-being of others. It'll be a conspicuous love. 508 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:29,240 It'll show itself in kind deeds. It's not exactly what John said 509 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:33,560 in first John chapter 3 and in the verse 17. 510 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,240 Listen to the word of God first John 3 and 17. 511 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:41,800 He says, But whoso have this word's goods and see us as 512 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,960 brother have need and shut us up as bowels of compassion from 513 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:50,000 him. How dwelleth the love of God in 514 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,400 him. The Bible says do good to all 515 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,760 men, especially they who are the household of faith. 516 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,680 It's a consecrating love it we're we're committed to the 517 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:03,920 highest good and as I finish and our time is gone. 518 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:09,600 It's not only comprehensive and a continual pattern, but it's 519 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:15,960 Christ centred the word walk, which is his fifth reference. 520 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:21,360 Paul's reference means slow, steady progress. 521 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:28,680 It's a step by step, it's a lifelong process, it's governs 522 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:34,640 the entire manner of her life and it's characterised by the 523 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:39,240 love of Christ. He is our patron and we're to 524 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:42,800 strive to grow as we walk in this love. 525 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:47,320 Christ is both our atoning sacrifice and He is our sweet 526 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:52,000 savour unto God. We should study and think about 527 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:56,760 how much Christ has loved us to love others. 528 00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:02,280 We've got to be like Christ. We've got to commit ourselves to 529 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:04,280 the glory of God. That's got to be our main 530 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,760 motive. Glorify God and to enjoy him 531 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,760 forever. To please God. 532 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,760 We're to love God and love the Saints and light of who Christ 533 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:24,000 is, light of a sacrifice. And our love as we walk in love 534 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:30,400 is to be a sweet saver to God. Let's discover who we are, the 535 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,840 children of God. Let's learn how to walk in love 536 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:38,120 and follow to imitate our heavenly Father. 537 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,680 And let's leave behind the spiritual fragrance, whether in 538 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:48,480 the home or in the university or in the school or the workplace. 539 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:53,720 May the Lord take this motto text, apply it to our hearts.