1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,740 Remain standing for the reading of God's word. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,859 We're looking at Romans chapter 8 verses 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,220 9 to 11. Again, Romans chapter 8 4 00:00:09,599 --> 00:00:11,460 verses 9 to 11. 5 00:00:13,455 --> 00:00:14,355 You, however, 6 00:00:14,894 --> 00:00:16,815 are not in the flesh, but in the 7 00:00:16,815 --> 00:00:19,394 spirit if in fact the spirit of God 8 00:00:19,454 --> 00:00:20,355 dwells in you. 9 00:00:21,135 --> 00:00:23,054 Anyone who does not have the spirit of 10 00:00:23,054 --> 00:00:23,554 Christ 11 00:00:24,190 --> 00:00:25,650 does not belong to him. 12 00:00:26,350 --> 00:00:27,890 But if Christ is in you, 13 00:00:28,429 --> 00:00:30,690 although the body is dead because of sin, 14 00:00:31,310 --> 00:00:33,729 the spirit is life because of righteousness. 15 00:00:34,670 --> 00:00:36,049 If the spirit of him 16 00:00:36,384 --> 00:00:38,545 who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in 17 00:00:38,545 --> 00:00:39,045 you, 18 00:00:39,504 --> 00:00:41,585 he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead 19 00:00:41,585 --> 00:00:44,085 will also give life to your mortal bodies 20 00:00:44,384 --> 00:00:45,445 through his spirit 21 00:00:45,984 --> 00:00:47,445 who dwells in you. 22 00:00:47,824 --> 00:00:49,284 This is the word of the Lord. 23 00:00:50,210 --> 00:00:50,710 Thanks 24 00:00:51,250 --> 00:00:51,750 be 25 00:00:52,556 --> 00:00:53,056 to 26 00:00:53,863 --> 00:00:54,363 God. 27 00:00:55,170 --> 00:00:55,670 Please 28 00:00:56,476 --> 00:00:56,976 be 29 00:00:57,783 --> 00:00:58,283 seated. 30 00:00:59,090 --> 00:01:00,710 Well, one of my favorite stories 31 00:01:01,409 --> 00:01:01,909 about, 32 00:01:02,449 --> 00:01:02,949 Augustine 33 00:01:03,585 --> 00:01:04,484 of Hippo, 34 00:01:05,744 --> 00:01:06,965 is probably fictional, 35 00:01:07,665 --> 00:01:09,204 but it makes a good point. 36 00:01:10,224 --> 00:01:11,844 We're told that one day, 37 00:01:12,305 --> 00:01:15,185 Augustine was walking on the shore of the 38 00:01:15,185 --> 00:01:15,685 Mediterranean 39 00:01:15,984 --> 00:01:16,484 Sea 40 00:01:16,944 --> 00:01:18,724 trying to comprehend the depths 41 00:01:19,259 --> 00:01:20,719 of the Trinity's 42 00:01:21,019 --> 00:01:21,519 essence, 43 00:01:22,379 --> 00:01:23,759 and growing frustrated 44 00:01:24,140 --> 00:01:26,719 at his inability, he noticed a young boy 45 00:01:27,019 --> 00:01:27,759 in the distance 46 00:01:28,219 --> 00:01:30,719 running back and forth from the ocean 47 00:01:31,019 --> 00:01:33,179 to this hole that he had dug up 48 00:01:33,179 --> 00:01:35,114 in the sand, and he was using a 49 00:01:35,114 --> 00:01:35,614 seashell 50 00:01:35,994 --> 00:01:39,055 to pour water from the ocean and into 51 00:01:39,114 --> 00:01:39,775 the hole. 52 00:01:40,555 --> 00:01:42,894 So intrigued by the boy's, 53 00:01:43,834 --> 00:01:47,194 single mindedness in this task, Augustine approached him 54 00:01:47,194 --> 00:01:49,215 and asked him, what are you doing? 55 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,359 And the boy replied, I'm going to pour 56 00:01:52,359 --> 00:01:54,920 all the water in the sea into this 57 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,219 hole that I've dug up. 58 00:01:57,399 --> 00:01:58,299 At that moment, 59 00:01:58,759 --> 00:02:00,759 Augustine realized that it will just as it 60 00:02:00,759 --> 00:02:01,500 was impossible 61 00:02:02,435 --> 00:02:03,334 for the vastness 62 00:02:03,875 --> 00:02:05,875 of the water in the sea to be 63 00:02:05,875 --> 00:02:08,114 contained in the small hole that this boy 64 00:02:08,114 --> 00:02:09,414 had dug up in the sand, 65 00:02:09,955 --> 00:02:11,495 so also was it impossible 66 00:02:12,194 --> 00:02:13,974 for his own finite mind 67 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:15,139 to comprehend 68 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:16,900 the infinite mystery 69 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:18,340 of the Trinity. 70 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,840 Our text this morning in Romans 8, verses 71 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,800 9 to 11, you'll notice is the same 72 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,224 text that we preached on last week. 73 00:02:27,705 --> 00:02:29,944 1 in particular, last week we looked at 74 00:02:29,944 --> 00:02:31,724 the role of the Holy Spirit 75 00:02:32,025 --> 00:02:32,925 in our salvation. 76 00:02:33,865 --> 00:02:35,245 But as we shall see today, 77 00:02:35,944 --> 00:02:38,825 Romans 8 verses 9 to 11 also teaches 78 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:39,325 us 79 00:02:39,689 --> 00:02:41,389 about the triune God, 80 00:02:41,849 --> 00:02:43,469 a subject so profound 81 00:02:44,009 --> 00:02:46,009 that it is worthy of us revisiting the 82 00:02:46,009 --> 00:02:48,669 same text even as we humbly recognize 83 00:02:49,449 --> 00:02:50,509 the the limitations 84 00:02:51,050 --> 00:02:51,949 of our finite 85 00:02:52,650 --> 00:02:53,629 human minds. 86 00:02:54,435 --> 00:02:56,354 So the main point for today's sermon is 87 00:02:56,354 --> 00:02:56,854 this, 88 00:02:57,555 --> 00:02:59,094 our assurance of salvation 89 00:03:00,114 --> 00:03:00,614 rests 90 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:02,215 in the grip 91 00:03:02,675 --> 00:03:04,215 of the triune God. 92 00:03:04,754 --> 00:03:06,215 Our assurance of salvation 93 00:03:06,594 --> 00:03:08,055 rests in the grip 94 00:03:08,629 --> 00:03:11,449 of the triune God, and we will unfold 95 00:03:11,510 --> 00:03:12,889 this beautiful reality 96 00:03:13,669 --> 00:03:16,150 by dividing the sermon into 4 headings which 97 00:03:16,150 --> 00:03:18,889 come from the Westminster Larger Catechism 11, 98 00:03:19,430 --> 00:03:21,129 which tells us that the scripture 99 00:03:22,194 --> 00:03:23,574 manifests that the Son 100 00:03:23,955 --> 00:03:26,675 and the Holy Spirit are God equal with 101 00:03:26,675 --> 00:03:27,334 the Father 102 00:03:28,114 --> 00:03:30,215 ascribing unto them such names, 103 00:03:31,155 --> 00:03:31,655 attributes, 104 00:03:32,354 --> 00:03:32,854 works, 105 00:03:33,395 --> 00:03:34,134 and worship 106 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,739 as our proper to God only. 107 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:38,419 Listen to this again. 108 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:40,259 The scripture manifests 109 00:03:40,959 --> 00:03:42,800 that the Son and the Holy Spirit are 110 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,259 God equal with the father 111 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,819 ascribing unto them such names, 112 00:03:47,599 --> 00:03:48,099 attributes, 113 00:03:49,145 --> 00:03:50,364 works, and worship 114 00:03:50,824 --> 00:03:52,925 as are proper to God only. 115 00:03:53,625 --> 00:03:55,544 In other words, the Bible teaches that the 116 00:03:55,544 --> 00:03:57,805 Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit 117 00:03:58,264 --> 00:03:59,324 are one God 118 00:03:59,784 --> 00:04:02,669 because it ascribes to them the names, 119 00:04:02,969 --> 00:04:05,530 attributes, works, and worship that are proper to 120 00:04:05,530 --> 00:04:06,750 God alone. 121 00:04:07,530 --> 00:04:09,870 So let's consider our sure hope of salvation 122 00:04:10,090 --> 00:04:12,430 in the triune God under these four headings, 123 00:04:13,370 --> 00:04:14,110 the names, 124 00:04:14,955 --> 00:04:15,694 the attributes, 125 00:04:16,634 --> 00:04:17,375 the works, 126 00:04:18,154 --> 00:04:20,394 and the worship. Let's begin by considering the 127 00:04:20,394 --> 00:04:21,134 first heading, 128 00:04:21,514 --> 00:04:22,254 the names. 129 00:04:23,514 --> 00:04:26,095 Consider with me Isaiah 42 verse 8. 130 00:04:27,435 --> 00:04:28,495 I am the Lord, 131 00:04:29,194 --> 00:04:30,415 that is my name. 132 00:04:31,110 --> 00:04:31,770 My glory 133 00:04:32,149 --> 00:04:33,610 I give to no other 134 00:04:34,230 --> 00:04:36,810 nor my praise to carved idols. 135 00:04:37,830 --> 00:04:38,810 Notice the connection 136 00:04:39,270 --> 00:04:40,649 between God's name 137 00:04:41,189 --> 00:04:44,389 and his glory, a glory that God shares 138 00:04:44,389 --> 00:04:45,290 with no other. 139 00:04:46,175 --> 00:04:49,214 Look also at Psalm 29 verses 12 which 140 00:04:49,214 --> 00:04:49,714 read, 141 00:04:50,974 --> 00:04:53,235 ascribe to the Lord o heavenly beings. 142 00:04:53,854 --> 00:04:56,514 Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 143 00:04:57,134 --> 00:04:59,454 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his 144 00:04:59,454 --> 00:04:59,954 name. 145 00:05:00,459 --> 00:05:02,800 Worship the Lord in the splendor 146 00:05:03,659 --> 00:05:04,399 of holiness. 147 00:05:05,579 --> 00:05:08,240 These and many other passages in the Bible 148 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:10,879 make it abundantly clear that God is zealous 149 00:05:11,019 --> 00:05:13,659 for the glory of his name, a glory 150 00:05:13,659 --> 00:05:16,159 which he does not share with others 151 00:05:16,694 --> 00:05:17,754 for it is proper 152 00:05:18,294 --> 00:05:18,794 only 153 00:05:19,495 --> 00:05:20,235 for God. 154 00:05:21,175 --> 00:05:22,694 Now with this in mind, look at me 155 00:05:22,694 --> 00:05:24,714 again at Romans 8 verse 9 156 00:05:25,254 --> 00:05:26,154 where we read, 157 00:05:26,774 --> 00:05:27,675 you, however, 158 00:05:28,214 --> 00:05:29,514 are not in the flesh, 159 00:05:29,814 --> 00:05:31,274 but in the spirit 160 00:05:32,009 --> 00:05:34,729 if in fact the spirit of God dwells 161 00:05:34,729 --> 00:05:35,470 in you. 162 00:05:35,930 --> 00:05:37,849 Anyone who does not have the spirit of 163 00:05:37,849 --> 00:05:38,349 Christ 164 00:05:39,050 --> 00:05:41,149 does not belong to him. 165 00:05:42,169 --> 00:05:43,709 Notice that the Holy Spirit 166 00:05:44,865 --> 00:05:47,365 is called the spirit of God and 167 00:05:47,665 --> 00:05:48,805 the spirit of Christ. 168 00:05:49,745 --> 00:05:51,925 That is to say in our text, 169 00:05:52,545 --> 00:05:55,285 scripture assigns a functional equivalence 170 00:05:55,904 --> 00:05:56,725 to the names, 171 00:05:57,185 --> 00:05:58,004 Holy Spirit, 172 00:05:59,230 --> 00:06:00,290 Spirit of God, 173 00:06:01,310 --> 00:06:02,850 and Spirit of Christ. 174 00:06:03,470 --> 00:06:04,449 Do you see that? 175 00:06:05,470 --> 00:06:07,790 We had just read that God does not 176 00:06:07,790 --> 00:06:09,790 share the glory of his name with anyone 177 00:06:09,790 --> 00:06:12,064 and yet in just this one verse 178 00:06:12,525 --> 00:06:14,145 we see an interchangeability, 179 00:06:15,725 --> 00:06:17,264 a sharing as it were 180 00:06:17,645 --> 00:06:18,944 among the three names. 181 00:06:19,964 --> 00:06:21,345 So did God lie 182 00:06:22,125 --> 00:06:22,625 about 183 00:06:22,925 --> 00:06:25,105 his zeal for the glory of his name? 184 00:06:25,589 --> 00:06:27,270 In the Old Testament, did God say that 185 00:06:27,270 --> 00:06:29,050 he does not share his name 186 00:06:29,670 --> 00:06:31,589 only to then change his mind in the 187 00:06:31,589 --> 00:06:32,250 New Testament? 188 00:06:33,270 --> 00:06:34,490 As Paul would say, 189 00:06:34,870 --> 00:06:36,009 by no means. 190 00:06:36,949 --> 00:06:38,089 As numbers 23/19 191 00:06:38,550 --> 00:06:40,410 tells us, God neither lies 192 00:06:41,185 --> 00:06:42,564 nor changes his mind. 193 00:06:43,584 --> 00:06:45,044 The reason the Father, 194 00:06:45,665 --> 00:06:48,305 the Son, and the Holy Spirit share names 195 00:06:48,305 --> 00:06:49,044 or titles 196 00:06:49,664 --> 00:06:50,884 is that the Father, 197 00:06:51,345 --> 00:06:53,745 the Son, and the Holy Spirit are 1 198 00:06:53,745 --> 00:06:54,245 God 199 00:06:54,704 --> 00:06:55,845 in 3 persons. 200 00:06:56,959 --> 00:06:58,419 In fact, let me zoom out 201 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,879 of this one text to demonstrate how the 202 00:07:00,879 --> 00:07:01,779 Bible describes 203 00:07:02,319 --> 00:07:03,620 the 2 most significant 204 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:04,979 and consequential 205 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:05,860 names, 206 00:07:06,479 --> 00:07:07,539 the name God 207 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:09,379 and the name Lord 208 00:07:09,919 --> 00:07:11,060 to each person 209 00:07:11,584 --> 00:07:12,404 in the Godhead. 210 00:07:13,024 --> 00:07:15,685 Look at 1st Corinthians 8 verse 6, 211 00:07:17,425 --> 00:07:18,485 there Paul says, 212 00:07:19,345 --> 00:07:22,305 for us there is one God, the father 213 00:07:22,305 --> 00:07:25,125 from whom all things and for whom all 214 00:07:25,185 --> 00:07:28,220 all I'm sorry. For whom are all things 215 00:07:28,220 --> 00:07:29,600 and for whom we exist, 216 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:32,620 and one lord Jesus Christ through whom are 217 00:07:32,620 --> 00:07:34,639 all things and through whom 218 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:35,840 we exist. 219 00:07:36,939 --> 00:07:38,800 Again, for us, there is one God, 220 00:07:39,144 --> 00:07:39,884 the father. 221 00:07:40,584 --> 00:07:42,185 There's a lot of profound stuff going on 222 00:07:42,185 --> 00:07:43,944 here, but for our purposes, I want you 223 00:07:43,944 --> 00:07:46,125 to remember that. The father here is called 224 00:07:46,664 --> 00:07:48,125 God very clearly. 225 00:07:49,784 --> 00:07:52,204 Now look at Titus chapter 2 verse 13, 226 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:54,600 which calls on us, 227 00:07:55,139 --> 00:07:56,680 as Christians to live godly 228 00:07:57,300 --> 00:07:58,040 lives, quote, 229 00:07:58,740 --> 00:08:00,600 waiting for the blessed hope, 230 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:03,879 the appearing of the glory of our great 231 00:08:04,020 --> 00:08:05,400 God and savior, 232 00:08:06,180 --> 00:08:07,160 Jesus Christ. 233 00:08:08,894 --> 00:08:12,334 Here Paul describes Jesus to Jesus glory and 234 00:08:12,334 --> 00:08:12,995 the name 235 00:08:13,535 --> 00:08:14,915 the great God 236 00:08:15,535 --> 00:08:16,355 and savior. 237 00:08:17,454 --> 00:08:20,675 Finally, look at Acts chapter 5 verse 4, 238 00:08:21,409 --> 00:08:23,589 where Peter having condemned Ananias 239 00:08:23,970 --> 00:08:25,990 for lying to the Holy Spirit, 240 00:08:26,769 --> 00:08:27,829 rebukes Ananias 241 00:08:28,529 --> 00:08:29,029 saying, 242 00:08:29,649 --> 00:08:31,729 why is it that you have contrived this 243 00:08:31,729 --> 00:08:32,870 deed in your heart? 244 00:08:33,490 --> 00:08:35,269 You have not lied to man 245 00:08:36,035 --> 00:08:37,575 but to God. 246 00:08:38,675 --> 00:08:41,475 Notice therefore that the Bible asserts that lying 247 00:08:41,475 --> 00:08:42,695 to the Holy Spirit 248 00:08:43,235 --> 00:08:45,415 is equivalent to lying 249 00:08:46,195 --> 00:08:47,014 to God. 250 00:08:48,269 --> 00:08:49,409 So it is 251 00:08:49,789 --> 00:08:50,850 no small thing 252 00:08:51,389 --> 00:08:53,230 that in the Bible, we see the name 253 00:08:53,230 --> 00:08:53,730 God 254 00:08:54,269 --> 00:08:55,730 shared among the father 255 00:08:56,350 --> 00:08:57,250 and the son 256 00:08:57,870 --> 00:08:59,089 and the Holy Spirit, 257 00:08:59,865 --> 00:09:00,764 But that's not 258 00:09:01,144 --> 00:09:03,084 all, we also see the name Lord 259 00:09:03,705 --> 00:09:06,524 shared among the 3 persons in the Godhead. 260 00:09:07,304 --> 00:09:09,245 For example, in Isaiah 64 261 00:09:09,945 --> 00:09:11,804 verse 8 we read, 262 00:09:13,269 --> 00:09:14,570 but now, oh, Lord, 263 00:09:15,190 --> 00:09:16,649 you are our father. 264 00:09:17,589 --> 00:09:19,589 We are the clay and you are the 265 00:09:19,589 --> 00:09:20,089 potter. 266 00:09:20,389 --> 00:09:22,950 We are we are all the work of 267 00:09:22,950 --> 00:09:23,690 your hand. 268 00:09:24,470 --> 00:09:26,950 The word Lord in in, in our in 269 00:09:26,950 --> 00:09:29,054 your Bibles, you'll see, is capitalized 270 00:09:30,075 --> 00:09:32,075 because and I mean every letter there is 271 00:09:32,075 --> 00:09:32,575 capitalized 272 00:09:33,035 --> 00:09:34,654 because in the Hebrew text, 273 00:09:35,035 --> 00:09:37,615 the covenant name of God is used. 274 00:09:38,154 --> 00:09:38,654 Sometimes 275 00:09:39,195 --> 00:09:40,735 that name is pronounced Jehovah 276 00:09:41,809 --> 00:09:43,190 or more likely 277 00:09:43,570 --> 00:09:44,470 it was pronounced 278 00:09:44,769 --> 00:09:46,929 Yahweh. So you hear that sometimes you hear 279 00:09:46,929 --> 00:09:48,789 you Jehovah, sometimes you hear Yahweh, 280 00:09:49,250 --> 00:09:51,970 but it is the name, the covenantal name 281 00:09:51,970 --> 00:09:54,129 of God that is used and that when 282 00:09:54,129 --> 00:09:56,690 the Bible, the Hebrew Bible, was translated into 283 00:09:56,690 --> 00:09:59,904 Greek the Greek the name Kurios was substituted, 284 00:09:59,964 --> 00:10:01,904 the name Lord was substituted 285 00:10:02,764 --> 00:10:05,964 so that nobody would accidentally take the name 286 00:10:05,964 --> 00:10:07,264 of God in vain. 287 00:10:07,725 --> 00:10:09,264 Okay? So Kurios 288 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,600 was used instead, Lord. And in the New 289 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,679 Testament, that was preserved because the New Testament 290 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:16,360 is written in Greek and so you kept 291 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:17,659 the name, Kurios, 292 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,000 Lord to refer to the covenantal name of 293 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:21,500 God. 294 00:10:21,855 --> 00:10:23,294 But you'll see it in the Old Testament 295 00:10:23,294 --> 00:10:25,934 in all capitals when it's represents the four 296 00:10:25,934 --> 00:10:28,514 letters in the Hebrew Bible which means 297 00:10:29,375 --> 00:10:32,334 Lord or which was used as Lord. Alright. 298 00:10:32,334 --> 00:10:34,975 So here the father is called Lord in 299 00:10:34,975 --> 00:10:36,754 Isaiah 45 verse 23. 300 00:10:37,910 --> 00:10:39,690 It's significant that the Lord 301 00:10:40,389 --> 00:10:41,929 says also in, 302 00:10:42,309 --> 00:10:44,230 I'm sorry that was in Isaiah 64 verse 303 00:10:44,230 --> 00:10:45,370 8. It's significant 304 00:10:45,830 --> 00:10:46,889 that in Isaiah 305 00:10:47,350 --> 00:10:48,730 45 verse 23, 306 00:10:49,429 --> 00:10:50,490 the same Lord 307 00:10:51,110 --> 00:10:52,090 in all capitals 308 00:10:52,835 --> 00:10:56,054 speaks and he says this, by myself, 309 00:10:56,514 --> 00:10:59,495 says the Lord, by myself I have sworn, 310 00:11:00,195 --> 00:11:03,335 from my mouth has gone out in righteousness 311 00:11:03,715 --> 00:11:05,495 a word that shall not return. 312 00:11:06,370 --> 00:11:07,190 To me, 313 00:11:07,730 --> 00:11:09,110 every knee shall bow 314 00:11:09,649 --> 00:11:11,910 and every tongue shall swear 315 00:11:12,370 --> 00:11:12,870 allegiance. 316 00:11:14,050 --> 00:11:16,370 It's significant that it is the Lord who 317 00:11:16,370 --> 00:11:16,870 says, 318 00:11:17,330 --> 00:11:18,070 to me 319 00:11:18,805 --> 00:11:22,105 every knee shall bow and every tongue confess 320 00:11:22,485 --> 00:11:24,425 or every tongue shall swear allegiance 321 00:11:25,045 --> 00:11:27,065 because in Philippians chapter 2 322 00:11:27,605 --> 00:11:30,105 verses 9 to 11, Paul writes the following, 323 00:11:30,809 --> 00:11:31,470 He writes, 324 00:11:32,330 --> 00:11:35,070 therefore God has highly exalted Christ 325 00:11:35,610 --> 00:11:37,549 and bestowed on him the name 326 00:11:38,090 --> 00:11:39,950 that is above every name, 327 00:11:40,490 --> 00:11:42,350 so that at the name of Jesus 328 00:11:42,889 --> 00:11:44,429 every knee should bow 329 00:11:44,964 --> 00:11:47,445 in heaven and on earth and under the 330 00:11:47,445 --> 00:11:49,544 earth, and every tongue confess 331 00:11:50,404 --> 00:11:52,504 that Jesus Christ is 332 00:11:52,964 --> 00:11:53,464 lord 333 00:11:54,485 --> 00:11:55,304 to the glory 334 00:11:55,845 --> 00:11:56,585 of God 335 00:11:57,125 --> 00:11:57,865 the father. 336 00:11:59,090 --> 00:12:01,350 You see here in no uncertain terms 337 00:12:01,970 --> 00:12:04,870 that Paul ascribes to Jesus the name Lord, 338 00:12:05,410 --> 00:12:07,750 the covenantal name of the God of Israel, 339 00:12:08,129 --> 00:12:10,870 and he does so by quoting Isaiah 4523 340 00:12:11,810 --> 00:12:13,970 which is about Yahweh, it's about the Lord, 341 00:12:13,970 --> 00:12:15,404 and he ascribes that 342 00:12:15,865 --> 00:12:16,684 text to Jesus 343 00:12:17,225 --> 00:12:17,725 explicitly, 344 00:12:19,225 --> 00:12:19,725 unequivocally, 345 00:12:20,825 --> 00:12:21,325 amazingly. 346 00:12:23,065 --> 00:12:25,544 Finally, look at second Corinthians chapter 3 verse 347 00:12:25,544 --> 00:12:26,044 17 348 00:12:26,345 --> 00:12:27,325 where Paul writes, 349 00:12:28,590 --> 00:12:29,649 now the Lord 350 00:12:30,190 --> 00:12:31,330 is the spirit 351 00:12:32,190 --> 00:12:34,289 and where the spirit of the Lord is 352 00:12:34,830 --> 00:12:35,730 there is freedom. 353 00:12:36,750 --> 00:12:39,070 Here we clearly see the name Lord being 354 00:12:39,070 --> 00:12:39,570 ascribed 355 00:12:40,110 --> 00:12:41,330 to the Holy Spirit. 356 00:12:42,524 --> 00:12:45,404 We have seen therefore that Romans 8:9 uses 357 00:12:45,404 --> 00:12:46,065 the name 358 00:12:46,524 --> 00:12:48,144 the names Holy Spirit, 359 00:12:49,085 --> 00:12:50,144 Spirit of God, 360 00:12:50,605 --> 00:12:52,384 and Spirit of Christ interchangeably. 361 00:12:54,379 --> 00:12:57,259 And we have also seen that the Bible 362 00:12:57,259 --> 00:12:59,919 ascribes the name God and the name Lord 363 00:13:00,379 --> 00:13:01,279 to the father, 364 00:13:02,139 --> 00:13:03,039 to the son, 365 00:13:03,740 --> 00:13:05,600 and to the Holy Spirit demonstrating 366 00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:08,559 by ascribing to them the same names, 367 00:13:09,735 --> 00:13:11,514 the divinity of the father, 368 00:13:11,894 --> 00:13:12,955 and of the Son, 369 00:13:13,414 --> 00:13:15,115 and of the Holy Spirit. 370 00:13:15,815 --> 00:13:17,595 Now, it is a profound mystery 371 00:13:18,134 --> 00:13:20,235 that there is only one God 372 00:13:20,695 --> 00:13:22,554 and yet the father is God 373 00:13:23,589 --> 00:13:25,210 and the Son is God 374 00:13:25,830 --> 00:13:28,730 and the Holy Spirit is God, 3 distinct 375 00:13:28,789 --> 00:13:32,009 persons who share the divine name. 376 00:13:33,429 --> 00:13:35,129 But you know what else is amazing 377 00:13:35,509 --> 00:13:36,330 about this, 378 00:13:36,954 --> 00:13:39,595 The fact that Christians are given the right 379 00:13:39,595 --> 00:13:41,615 to share in the name in a way 380 00:13:42,075 --> 00:13:43,695 by virtue of our adoption 381 00:13:44,235 --> 00:13:45,534 into God's family. 382 00:13:46,714 --> 00:13:47,774 Think about that. 383 00:13:48,794 --> 00:13:50,735 In Matthew 28 19, 384 00:13:51,570 --> 00:13:53,190 Jesus commands his followers 385 00:13:53,809 --> 00:13:56,629 to quote, make disciples of all nations 386 00:13:57,490 --> 00:13:58,710 baptizing them 387 00:13:59,330 --> 00:14:00,309 in the name 388 00:14:00,690 --> 00:14:01,590 of the Father 389 00:14:02,210 --> 00:14:03,350 and of the Son 390 00:14:03,809 --> 00:14:05,429 and of the Holy Spirit. 391 00:14:06,404 --> 00:14:07,784 Christians are to be marked 392 00:14:08,485 --> 00:14:09,464 by God's 393 00:14:09,845 --> 00:14:11,144 covenantal name. 394 00:14:12,164 --> 00:14:14,504 You see, baptism is a naming ceremony 395 00:14:15,125 --> 00:14:16,345 where men and women, 396 00:14:17,205 --> 00:14:18,264 boys and girls 397 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:19,339 are ceremoniously 398 00:14:19,959 --> 00:14:22,139 engrafted into God's visible 399 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:23,100 household 400 00:14:23,959 --> 00:14:25,740 and are given God's singular 401 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:27,579 family name, 402 00:14:28,039 --> 00:14:28,779 the name 403 00:14:29,159 --> 00:14:30,139 of the father 404 00:14:30,839 --> 00:14:31,820 and of the Son 405 00:14:32,279 --> 00:14:33,740 and of the Holy Spirit. 406 00:14:34,794 --> 00:14:36,254 Therefore, since the father 407 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:39,034 decreed that we should be united to his 408 00:14:39,034 --> 00:14:39,534 son 409 00:14:40,315 --> 00:14:41,375 through the spirit, 410 00:14:42,074 --> 00:14:43,695 through a spirit wrought faith, 411 00:14:44,315 --> 00:14:45,615 we are made partakers 412 00:14:46,429 --> 00:14:48,209 through adoption in Christ 413 00:14:48,669 --> 00:14:50,129 of the divine name 414 00:14:50,509 --> 00:14:52,209 with all the amazing privileges 415 00:14:52,829 --> 00:14:54,209 and awesome responsibilities 416 00:14:54,509 --> 00:14:55,570 that this entails. 417 00:14:56,829 --> 00:14:59,649 This is why we are planting this church 418 00:15:00,514 --> 00:15:01,894 because in God's providence, 419 00:15:02,274 --> 00:15:04,754 we have been tasked with fulfilling the mandate 420 00:15:04,754 --> 00:15:05,975 once given to Adam 421 00:15:06,434 --> 00:15:08,774 to fill the earth and to multiply, 422 00:15:09,154 --> 00:15:11,634 to expand the family of God by making 423 00:15:11,634 --> 00:15:14,615 disciples, to make known his holy name 424 00:15:15,669 --> 00:15:17,049 through gospel proclamation 425 00:15:17,509 --> 00:15:18,570 and holy living, 426 00:15:18,949 --> 00:15:20,870 that the knowledge of the glory of God 427 00:15:20,870 --> 00:15:23,110 may cover the earth as the waters cover 428 00:15:23,110 --> 00:15:23,850 the sea. 429 00:15:24,949 --> 00:15:26,730 That is our call right now 430 00:15:27,294 --> 00:15:29,535 as a church plant, a mere acorn for 431 00:15:29,535 --> 00:15:30,115 the moment, 432 00:15:30,495 --> 00:15:32,894 that through the life giving power of the 433 00:15:32,894 --> 00:15:33,715 Holy Spirit 434 00:15:34,174 --> 00:15:36,815 and the gentle and tender husbandry of the 435 00:15:36,815 --> 00:15:37,315 son, 436 00:15:37,695 --> 00:15:40,035 shall one day grow into a mighty 437 00:15:40,495 --> 00:15:42,195 cross shaped oak tree 438 00:15:42,610 --> 00:15:44,389 that shall yield this fruit in season, 439 00:15:44,769 --> 00:15:47,490 whose leaves shall not wither, and that shall 440 00:15:47,490 --> 00:15:50,129 prosper in everything that the father calls it 441 00:15:50,129 --> 00:15:52,210 to do. That is why the Lord has 442 00:15:52,210 --> 00:15:54,149 called us to plant this church, 443 00:15:54,690 --> 00:15:56,850 so that we can faithfully administer the sacrament 444 00:15:56,850 --> 00:15:57,509 of baptism 445 00:15:58,235 --> 00:15:59,134 here in the woodlands, 446 00:15:59,754 --> 00:16:02,735 so people know that they are not alone, 447 00:16:03,355 --> 00:16:04,794 but can be a part of a family 448 00:16:04,794 --> 00:16:07,115 of sinners who have received mercy and of 449 00:16:07,115 --> 00:16:09,595 beggars who have found bread and of orphans 450 00:16:09,595 --> 00:16:10,574 who have been adopted 451 00:16:10,954 --> 00:16:12,014 away from lowliness 452 00:16:12,570 --> 00:16:14,269 and loved away from despair. 453 00:16:14,889 --> 00:16:17,129 So people that can experience the grace of 454 00:16:17,129 --> 00:16:19,710 a God who loved us before 455 00:16:20,170 --> 00:16:21,230 we loved him. 456 00:16:21,850 --> 00:16:25,149 That's the practical implication of our engrafting into 457 00:16:25,464 --> 00:16:28,424 the family of the triune God and that 458 00:16:28,424 --> 00:16:30,445 is why we are planting this church. 459 00:16:31,865 --> 00:16:34,424 Now having considered the names, let's look at 460 00:16:34,424 --> 00:16:36,365 the second heading, the attributes. 461 00:16:37,519 --> 00:16:38,659 In Romans 8:9, 462 00:16:39,279 --> 00:16:41,139 we saw that the Spirit of God dwells 463 00:16:41,519 --> 00:16:42,419 in the Christian. 464 00:16:43,039 --> 00:16:44,259 In Romans 8:10, 465 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:45,779 Paul writes, 466 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:47,460 but if Christ 467 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:48,980 is in you, 468 00:16:49,695 --> 00:16:51,795 although the body is dead because of sin, 469 00:16:52,254 --> 00:16:53,554 the spirit is life 470 00:16:54,095 --> 00:16:55,075 because of righteousness. 471 00:16:56,174 --> 00:16:57,634 So from these two verses, 472 00:16:58,174 --> 00:17:00,975 we learn that the Holy Spirit dwells in 473 00:17:00,975 --> 00:17:01,715 the Christian 474 00:17:02,335 --> 00:17:03,875 and that Christ himself 475 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,019 dwells in the Christian. 476 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:08,619 Furthermore, 477 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,640 again, zooming out of this text once again, 478 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:13,100 we read Jesus words 479 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:14,779 in John 1423 480 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:16,140 for example, 481 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,785 where Jesus says, if anyone loves me he 482 00:17:19,785 --> 00:17:21,005 will keep my word 483 00:17:21,305 --> 00:17:23,884 and my father will love him and we 484 00:17:24,105 --> 00:17:25,244 will come to him 485 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:27,005 and make our home 486 00:17:27,545 --> 00:17:28,045 with 487 00:17:28,744 --> 00:17:29,244 him. 488 00:17:30,424 --> 00:17:32,825 In other words, the Bible affirms that the 489 00:17:32,825 --> 00:17:33,325 father, 490 00:17:34,170 --> 00:17:36,890 the Son, and the Holy Spirit make their 491 00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:38,910 dwelling place, they make their home 492 00:17:39,210 --> 00:17:40,350 within believers. 493 00:17:42,250 --> 00:17:42,750 Now, 494 00:17:43,210 --> 00:17:44,990 how can God dwell 495 00:17:46,090 --> 00:17:47,710 within different persons 496 00:17:48,525 --> 00:17:50,545 without he himself being divided. 497 00:17:52,125 --> 00:17:53,505 The reason this is possible 498 00:17:53,965 --> 00:17:57,105 is because of God's divine attribute of omnipresence, 499 00:17:58,045 --> 00:18:00,305 meaning that God and only God 500 00:18:00,845 --> 00:18:01,904 can be everywhere 501 00:18:02,769 --> 00:18:03,589 at all times. 502 00:18:03,970 --> 00:18:04,470 Yeah. 503 00:18:04,929 --> 00:18:06,230 In Jeremiah 2324, 504 00:18:06,769 --> 00:18:07,429 we read, 505 00:18:08,289 --> 00:18:10,849 do I not fill heaven and earth declares 506 00:18:10,849 --> 00:18:11,509 the Lord? 507 00:18:12,369 --> 00:18:13,589 In Matthew 2820, 508 00:18:14,289 --> 00:18:16,690 Jesus' last words to his disciples are, and 509 00:18:16,690 --> 00:18:17,190 behold, 510 00:18:17,714 --> 00:18:19,654 I am with you always 511 00:18:20,355 --> 00:18:22,214 even to the end of the age. 512 00:18:23,154 --> 00:18:25,554 And in Psalm 139 verses 7 and 8, 513 00:18:25,554 --> 00:18:26,615 the psalmist declares, 514 00:18:27,075 --> 00:18:29,575 where shall I go from your spirit 515 00:18:30,230 --> 00:18:32,250 or where shall I flee from your presence 516 00:18:32,470 --> 00:18:34,650 if I ascend to heaven you are there 517 00:18:35,109 --> 00:18:37,670 and if I make my bed in shawl 518 00:18:37,670 --> 00:18:38,170 you 519 00:18:39,509 --> 00:18:40,730 are there. 520 00:18:42,150 --> 00:18:43,529 Thus, the divine attribute 521 00:18:44,275 --> 00:18:46,214 of omnipresence is ascribed to the 522 00:18:46,994 --> 00:18:48,295 father and to the Son 523 00:18:48,914 --> 00:18:51,795 and to the Holy Spirit demonstrating that each 524 00:18:51,795 --> 00:18:53,095 person in the Godhead 525 00:18:54,115 --> 00:18:54,855 is God. 526 00:18:57,460 --> 00:18:59,079 Now when our kids were young, 527 00:19:00,179 --> 00:19:03,140 we installed security cameras in our house, and 528 00:19:03,140 --> 00:19:05,220 our kids were still too young to know 529 00:19:05,220 --> 00:19:07,079 what these things did. 530 00:19:07,779 --> 00:19:09,539 So for the 1st month that we had 531 00:19:09,539 --> 00:19:11,894 cameras sometimes I would arrive home and I 532 00:19:11,894 --> 00:19:12,795 would make comments 533 00:19:13,414 --> 00:19:15,414 like, hey, guys, please don't eat ice cream 534 00:19:15,414 --> 00:19:17,015 in the living room anymore, you can stay 535 00:19:17,015 --> 00:19:17,755 in the sofa, 536 00:19:18,375 --> 00:19:19,595 or, Santiago, 537 00:19:20,215 --> 00:19:21,815 if you're going to be kicking the soccer 538 00:19:21,815 --> 00:19:24,375 ball with your cousin, do it outside the 539 00:19:24,375 --> 00:19:26,875 house so you don't accidentally break something, 540 00:19:27,420 --> 00:19:29,119 and the kids will look at each other 541 00:19:29,580 --> 00:19:30,080 astonished 542 00:19:30,539 --> 00:19:33,500 wondering, How does dad know that? How how's 543 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:34,400 this possible? 544 00:19:35,259 --> 00:19:37,200 One time, Santiago even told Waleska, 545 00:19:38,059 --> 00:19:39,580 I think she had broken a toy or 546 00:19:39,580 --> 00:19:41,019 something he told her to just go ahead 547 00:19:41,019 --> 00:19:42,914 and confess his dad already knows anyway. 548 00:19:46,275 --> 00:19:46,934 Of course, 549 00:19:47,315 --> 00:19:49,894 God's attribute of divine omnipresence 550 00:19:50,195 --> 00:19:50,934 is nothing 551 00:19:51,475 --> 00:19:52,775 like parental surveillance 552 00:19:53,075 --> 00:19:54,695 neither in his potential creepiness 553 00:19:55,850 --> 00:19:57,390 nor in his superficiality, 554 00:19:58,490 --> 00:20:00,190 God's divine omnipresence 555 00:20:00,890 --> 00:20:02,430 means that he is actually 556 00:20:03,210 --> 00:20:04,509 with his people. 557 00:20:05,369 --> 00:20:07,450 As Romans 8 verses 9 to 11 makes 558 00:20:07,450 --> 00:20:08,990 clear, if you are a Christian, 559 00:20:10,494 --> 00:20:12,115 God dwells within you. 560 00:20:13,375 --> 00:20:15,234 That is an expression of the intimacy 561 00:20:15,775 --> 00:20:18,174 of God's love for us and of God's 562 00:20:18,174 --> 00:20:21,075 commitment to work good in us. 563 00:20:21,990 --> 00:20:23,690 This intimacy that we enjoy 564 00:20:24,630 --> 00:20:25,450 with God 565 00:20:25,829 --> 00:20:26,650 as Christians 566 00:20:27,430 --> 00:20:29,529 can make our prayer life rich 567 00:20:30,070 --> 00:20:31,210 and effective 568 00:20:32,230 --> 00:20:34,789 because God is with us, he hears our 569 00:20:34,789 --> 00:20:35,289 prayers. 570 00:20:36,325 --> 00:20:38,105 Because Christ is with us, 571 00:20:38,725 --> 00:20:40,345 he knows our needs. 572 00:20:41,365 --> 00:20:42,505 Because the spirit 573 00:20:42,965 --> 00:20:45,384 is with us, he comforts us 574 00:20:45,684 --> 00:20:46,664 in all circumstances. 575 00:20:48,565 --> 00:20:50,025 Listen, God isn't simply 576 00:20:50,325 --> 00:20:51,465 okay with you. 577 00:20:52,140 --> 00:20:53,039 He doesn't merely 578 00:20:53,580 --> 00:20:54,480 accept you. 579 00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:56,480 He loves you. 580 00:20:57,019 --> 00:21:00,299 He calls you and welcomes you into his 581 00:21:00,299 --> 00:21:00,799 presence. 582 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:03,180 He has a place for you at his 583 00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:03,680 table. 584 00:21:04,234 --> 00:21:06,494 He delights in enjoying fellowship 585 00:21:06,955 --> 00:21:07,695 with you. 586 00:21:08,315 --> 00:21:10,575 In fact, the ultimate expression 587 00:21:11,355 --> 00:21:13,934 of this glorious fellowship takes place 588 00:21:14,315 --> 00:21:15,775 when we enjoy communion 589 00:21:16,474 --> 00:21:17,775 at the Lord's table. 590 00:21:18,789 --> 00:21:22,009 A sacrament that communicates God's presence in Christ 591 00:21:22,230 --> 00:21:23,210 with his people 592 00:21:23,670 --> 00:21:26,089 through the work of the Holy Spirit. 593 00:21:26,950 --> 00:21:30,329 That is why we are planting this church 594 00:21:31,184 --> 00:21:33,184 because when we administer the sacrament of the 595 00:21:33,184 --> 00:21:36,144 Lord's supper, we proclaim peace with God through 596 00:21:36,144 --> 00:21:39,524 the sacrificial and atoning death of our Passover 597 00:21:39,585 --> 00:21:40,085 lamb. 598 00:21:40,625 --> 00:21:42,724 Because at the Lord's table, we are reminded 599 00:21:43,180 --> 00:21:45,339 that the wall of hostility that used to 600 00:21:45,339 --> 00:21:46,240 separate us 601 00:21:46,539 --> 00:21:47,839 sinful human beings 602 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:51,259 from the Holy God has now been torn 603 00:21:51,259 --> 00:21:51,759 asunder 604 00:21:52,140 --> 00:21:53,599 through the cross of Christ 605 00:21:54,140 --> 00:21:56,000 because the Lord's supper is a sermon 606 00:21:56,355 --> 00:21:57,335 that can be 607 00:21:57,714 --> 00:22:00,835 heard and seen and touched and smelled and 608 00:22:00,835 --> 00:22:01,335 tasted 609 00:22:01,714 --> 00:22:04,115 inviting sinners to taste and see that the 610 00:22:04,115 --> 00:22:06,535 Lord is good, to know that in Christ 611 00:22:06,755 --> 00:22:09,650 there really is forgiveness of sins that through 612 00:22:09,869 --> 00:22:12,029 his spirit we are enabled to walk in 613 00:22:12,029 --> 00:22:13,170 newness of life. 614 00:22:13,950 --> 00:22:16,590 In a society which in which communication is 615 00:22:16,590 --> 00:22:17,650 easier than ever 616 00:22:18,029 --> 00:22:19,570 and yet people are more disconnected 617 00:22:20,350 --> 00:22:21,970 and lonelier than ever before, 618 00:22:22,590 --> 00:22:23,970 communion with God 619 00:22:24,505 --> 00:22:25,724 at his son's table 620 00:22:26,424 --> 00:22:28,505 in the fellowship of the spirit is a 621 00:22:28,505 --> 00:22:29,484 gift of life, 622 00:22:30,105 --> 00:22:30,845 of hope, 623 00:22:31,224 --> 00:22:31,964 of joy, 624 00:22:32,424 --> 00:22:34,924 and of peace that needs to be witnessed, 625 00:22:35,384 --> 00:22:36,765 tasted, and experienced 626 00:22:37,544 --> 00:22:39,599 by us, and by our families, 627 00:22:39,980 --> 00:22:42,399 and by our friends, and by our neighbors, 628 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:44,779 and by our co workers, and by our 629 00:22:44,779 --> 00:22:47,579 peers. This is why we are planting this 630 00:22:47,579 --> 00:22:48,079 church 631 00:22:48,779 --> 00:22:51,019 because by God's grace when we partake of 632 00:22:51,019 --> 00:22:51,599 the supper 633 00:22:52,054 --> 00:22:53,115 and when we fellowship 634 00:22:53,654 --> 00:22:56,714 with God's people, the Holy Spirit lifts us 635 00:22:56,855 --> 00:22:59,494 into the very presence of Christ, the very 636 00:22:59,494 --> 00:23:02,054 presence of the one who nourishes our faith 637 00:23:02,054 --> 00:23:03,275 and makes us whole. 638 00:23:03,974 --> 00:23:05,275 So that we can say 639 00:23:05,859 --> 00:23:07,000 with the prophet Isaiah, 640 00:23:07,460 --> 00:23:10,200 when Isaiah 25 says, on this mountain, 641 00:23:10,980 --> 00:23:12,980 the Lord of hosts will make for all 642 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:15,079 peoples a feast of rich food, 643 00:23:15,619 --> 00:23:17,799 a feast of well aged wine, 644 00:23:18,285 --> 00:23:21,085 of rich food full of marrow, of aged 645 00:23:21,085 --> 00:23:22,225 wine well refined, 646 00:23:22,684 --> 00:23:25,744 and he will swallow up on this mountain 647 00:23:26,045 --> 00:23:28,384 the covering that is cast over all peoples, 648 00:23:28,765 --> 00:23:31,345 the veil that is spread over all nations. 649 00:23:31,884 --> 00:23:33,585 He will swallow up death 650 00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:34,680 forever. 651 00:23:35,700 --> 00:23:37,779 And the Lord God will wipe away tears 652 00:23:37,779 --> 00:23:38,680 from all faces. 653 00:23:39,220 --> 00:23:41,220 And the reproach of His people, He will 654 00:23:41,220 --> 00:23:42,839 take away from all the earth 655 00:23:43,380 --> 00:23:44,359 for the Lord 656 00:23:44,900 --> 00:23:45,720 has spoken. 657 00:23:46,335 --> 00:23:48,034 It will be said on that day, 658 00:23:48,335 --> 00:23:50,115 behold, this is our God. 659 00:23:50,575 --> 00:23:51,474 We have waited 660 00:23:51,775 --> 00:23:54,414 for him that he might save us. This 661 00:23:54,414 --> 00:23:56,674 is the Lord. We have waited for him. 662 00:23:56,734 --> 00:23:59,054 Let us be glad and rejoice in his 663 00:23:59,054 --> 00:23:59,554 salvation. 664 00:24:00,015 --> 00:24:00,914 This is why 665 00:24:01,839 --> 00:24:03,299 we are planting this church. 666 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,099 Having considered the names 667 00:24:06,799 --> 00:24:09,119 and the attributes, let's look at the third 668 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:09,619 reasoning 669 00:24:10,399 --> 00:24:11,059 the works. 670 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,799 In Romans 8:10, we read that the spirit 671 00:24:14,799 --> 00:24:15,539 is life 672 00:24:16,035 --> 00:24:16,934 because of righteousness. 673 00:24:17,634 --> 00:24:19,875 And in Romans 8:11, we read that if 674 00:24:19,875 --> 00:24:21,795 the spirit of him who raised Jesus from 675 00:24:21,795 --> 00:24:23,734 the dead dwells in you, 676 00:24:24,355 --> 00:24:26,755 then he who raised Christ Jesus from the 677 00:24:26,755 --> 00:24:29,154 dead will also give life to your mortal 678 00:24:29,154 --> 00:24:29,654 bodies 679 00:24:29,955 --> 00:24:31,015 through his spirit 680 00:24:31,609 --> 00:24:33,549 who dwells in you. 681 00:24:35,130 --> 00:24:35,630 Therefore, 682 00:24:36,250 --> 00:24:37,549 from these two verses, 683 00:24:38,250 --> 00:24:40,430 we notice that the resurrection of Jesus 684 00:24:40,890 --> 00:24:42,809 was the work of the Holy Spirit who 685 00:24:42,809 --> 00:24:43,549 is life, 686 00:24:44,065 --> 00:24:46,305 but also of the father that is to 687 00:24:46,305 --> 00:24:49,365 say of he who raised Christ Jesus 688 00:24:49,825 --> 00:24:50,724 from the dead. 689 00:24:51,904 --> 00:24:52,404 Furthermore, 690 00:24:53,025 --> 00:24:55,184 if we zoom out from this text once 691 00:24:55,184 --> 00:24:55,684 again 692 00:24:56,059 --> 00:24:57,980 and we read in John 2 chapter, 693 00:24:58,380 --> 00:25:00,319 chapter 2 verses 19 to 22, 694 00:25:01,419 --> 00:25:04,240 we read what Jesus there told Jewish authorities 695 00:25:04,460 --> 00:25:04,960 authorities. 696 00:25:05,740 --> 00:25:06,640 He said this, 697 00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:08,720 destroy this temple 698 00:25:09,234 --> 00:25:11,315 and in 3 days I will raise it 699 00:25:11,315 --> 00:25:11,815 up. 700 00:25:12,115 --> 00:25:13,634 And John tells us that when he said 701 00:25:13,634 --> 00:25:15,575 this he was talking about his own 702 00:25:15,875 --> 00:25:17,494 body. He was talking about the resurrection 703 00:25:18,274 --> 00:25:19,174 of his body. 704 00:25:19,474 --> 00:25:22,054 I will raise it up, Jesus said. 705 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,599 In John 10 verses 17 18, Jesus said 706 00:25:25,599 --> 00:25:27,440 that he has the authority to lay down 707 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,839 his life and he has the authority to 708 00:25:29,839 --> 00:25:31,619 take it back up again. 709 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:34,419 What we have here therefore 710 00:25:35,044 --> 00:25:37,365 is the Bible's teaching that the divine work 711 00:25:37,365 --> 00:25:39,224 of bringing things to life 712 00:25:40,164 --> 00:25:42,184 and resurrection life in particular 713 00:25:42,804 --> 00:25:44,025 belongs to the father 714 00:25:44,724 --> 00:25:45,784 and to the son 715 00:25:46,484 --> 00:25:47,865 and to the Holy Spirit. 716 00:25:48,450 --> 00:25:49,269 This unequivocally 717 00:25:50,210 --> 00:25:52,529 manifests the divinity of the 3 persons in 718 00:25:52,529 --> 00:25:53,109 the Godhead. 719 00:25:53,809 --> 00:25:54,309 Now, 720 00:25:55,089 --> 00:25:56,390 as we shall see, 721 00:25:56,849 --> 00:25:59,809 the practical implications of this profound truth are 722 00:25:59,809 --> 00:26:00,549 of monumental 723 00:26:00,849 --> 00:26:02,149 importance to us 724 00:26:02,664 --> 00:26:04,684 because you see this means 725 00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:07,724 that our resurrection on the last day 726 00:26:08,025 --> 00:26:09,404 is not in our hands. 727 00:26:09,865 --> 00:26:10,845 It doesn't depend 728 00:26:11,384 --> 00:26:13,884 on our own goodness nor on the merits 729 00:26:14,105 --> 00:26:15,164 of our own godliness. 730 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:16,460 Instead, 731 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,419 our resurrection on the last day rest 732 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,700 in the power of the triune God. 733 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:24,220 And 734 00:26:24,599 --> 00:26:25,339 the guarantee 735 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,819 that our bodies will be raised 736 00:26:28,525 --> 00:26:29,505 from the dead 737 00:26:29,964 --> 00:26:32,304 is that our spirits have already 738 00:26:32,605 --> 00:26:35,565 been made alive when the Holy Spirit changed 739 00:26:35,565 --> 00:26:37,644 our hearts of stone into hearts of flesh 740 00:26:37,644 --> 00:26:39,025 and indwelled us. 741 00:26:40,125 --> 00:26:41,585 That is why Paul 742 00:26:41,884 --> 00:26:42,384 writes 743 00:26:42,919 --> 00:26:45,400 that the outer man is wasting away the 744 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,700 last vestiges of our dying fleshly nature 745 00:26:49,159 --> 00:26:50,619 while our inner man, 746 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:51,819 our regenerated 747 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,659 spiritual nature, is growing in conformity to Christ 748 00:26:56,194 --> 00:26:58,775 through the life giving spirit. 749 00:27:00,115 --> 00:27:01,095 The Holy Spirit, 750 00:27:01,714 --> 00:27:03,555 the Lord and giver of life who proceeds 751 00:27:03,555 --> 00:27:06,214 from the father and the son was sent 752 00:27:06,674 --> 00:27:08,755 by the father and the son so that 753 00:27:08,755 --> 00:27:11,490 those who are spiritually dead can be born 754 00:27:11,490 --> 00:27:11,990 again, 755 00:27:12,289 --> 00:27:15,009 can be made alive by the Spirit who 756 00:27:15,009 --> 00:27:18,309 is life as he works faith in us. 757 00:27:19,089 --> 00:27:21,509 This is why Paul in Ephesians 2 writes, 758 00:27:21,890 --> 00:27:23,910 that though we were dead in our sins, 759 00:27:24,575 --> 00:27:26,194 God has made us alive. 760 00:27:26,654 --> 00:27:28,515 By grace we have been saved 761 00:27:28,815 --> 00:27:29,954 through faith. 762 00:27:31,295 --> 00:27:34,115 This is why we are planting this church 763 00:27:34,494 --> 00:27:37,589 because Paul tells us in Romans 10 that 764 00:27:37,589 --> 00:27:40,069 saving faith comes through the preaching of God's 765 00:27:40,069 --> 00:27:40,569 word 766 00:27:41,269 --> 00:27:43,269 and that through the preaching of the word, 767 00:27:43,269 --> 00:27:45,509 the Holy Spirit renews minds so that they 768 00:27:45,509 --> 00:27:48,089 can discern the truth and transform hearts 769 00:27:48,390 --> 00:27:50,809 persuading them to trust in Christ's resurrection 770 00:27:51,625 --> 00:27:54,204 and moves lips to joyously confess 771 00:27:54,585 --> 00:27:55,565 Christ's lordship 772 00:27:56,025 --> 00:27:58,105 over their lives and to call upon the 773 00:27:58,105 --> 00:28:00,845 name of the Lord trusting in God's unbreakable 774 00:28:01,065 --> 00:28:01,565 promise 775 00:28:01,944 --> 00:28:04,664 that everyone who calls upon the name of 776 00:28:04,664 --> 00:28:05,325 the Lord 777 00:28:05,799 --> 00:28:07,099 will be 778 00:28:07,559 --> 00:28:08,059 saved. 779 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,339 This is why we're planting this church 780 00:28:12,279 --> 00:28:14,599 because as citizens of an eternal city in 781 00:28:14,599 --> 00:28:15,660 a heavenly country, 782 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:17,900 God has called us to be his ambassadors 783 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,605 here in a transient city in an earthly 784 00:28:20,605 --> 00:28:22,704 country that moth and rust will destroy 785 00:28:23,005 --> 00:28:24,464 to be his heralds of hope, 786 00:28:24,924 --> 00:28:28,384 proclaiming the message of resurrection life and snatching 787 00:28:28,445 --> 00:28:30,384 souls from the flames of hell 788 00:28:30,684 --> 00:28:32,924 by the power of the triune God. That 789 00:28:32,924 --> 00:28:34,740 is why we are planting this church. 790 00:28:35,619 --> 00:28:37,960 Because people dwelling in darkness and liable 791 00:28:38,339 --> 00:28:41,539 to eternal damnation need to hear the gospel 792 00:28:41,539 --> 00:28:44,259 of Jesus Christ, a gospel that will shine 793 00:28:44,259 --> 00:28:45,480 light in their darkness 794 00:28:45,859 --> 00:28:47,700 and their darkness will not be able to 795 00:28:47,700 --> 00:28:48,599 overcome it. 796 00:28:49,304 --> 00:28:50,524 Death is no match 797 00:28:50,904 --> 00:28:54,125 for the resurrection power of the triune God. 798 00:28:54,184 --> 00:28:56,684 This is why we are planting this church. 799 00:28:58,345 --> 00:29:00,044 Having considered the divine names, 800 00:29:00,664 --> 00:29:03,065 attributes, and works ascribed to each person in 801 00:29:03,065 --> 00:29:03,724 the Godhead 802 00:29:04,339 --> 00:29:06,900 and demonstrating their divinity, let's conclude the sermon 803 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:08,359 by looking at the final heading, 804 00:29:08,820 --> 00:29:09,480 the worship. 805 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:12,579 Last week, we looked at Romans 8 verses 806 00:29:12,579 --> 00:29:14,500 9 to 11 and considered the role of 807 00:29:14,500 --> 00:29:16,200 the Holy Spirit in our salvation. 808 00:29:17,174 --> 00:29:18,954 Today, we looked at the same verses 809 00:29:19,414 --> 00:29:21,835 and learned that our resurrection is guaranteed 810 00:29:22,694 --> 00:29:24,954 by the power of the triune God. 811 00:29:25,494 --> 00:29:26,634 But here's the thing, 812 00:29:27,494 --> 00:29:29,115 the reason we were created 813 00:29:29,950 --> 00:29:31,490 and the reason we are saved 814 00:29:31,950 --> 00:29:33,730 and the reason we will be raised 815 00:29:34,109 --> 00:29:35,250 to eternal life 816 00:29:35,549 --> 00:29:38,769 is that we may glorify and enjoy God 817 00:29:38,830 --> 00:29:41,009 as we worship him in all eternity. 818 00:29:42,910 --> 00:29:44,529 That's what we see 819 00:29:45,625 --> 00:29:48,605 when when God rends the heavens for John 820 00:29:48,744 --> 00:29:51,144 and he looks and he records this vision 821 00:29:51,144 --> 00:29:52,984 in the book of Revelation where in chapter 822 00:29:52,984 --> 00:29:54,845 5, we see that there are saints 823 00:29:55,464 --> 00:29:56,684 from every tribe 824 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,920 and language and people and nation together with 825 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:01,980 myriads of angels 826 00:30:02,359 --> 00:30:05,079 and creatures in heaven and on earth and 827 00:30:05,079 --> 00:30:07,019 under the earth and in the sea, 828 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,880 worshiping God in the presence of the Holy 829 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,059 Spirit crying out with a loud voice, 830 00:30:12,394 --> 00:30:14,335 worthy is the lamb who was slain 831 00:30:14,634 --> 00:30:18,234 to receive power and wealth and wisdom and 832 00:30:18,234 --> 00:30:21,835 might and honor and glory and blessing to 833 00:30:21,835 --> 00:30:22,335 him 834 00:30:22,634 --> 00:30:24,714 who sits on the throne and to the 835 00:30:24,714 --> 00:30:27,194 lamb be blessing and honor and glory and 836 00:30:27,194 --> 00:30:29,049 might for ever and ever. 837 00:30:30,309 --> 00:30:31,049 The father, 838 00:30:31,829 --> 00:30:32,569 the son, 839 00:30:33,109 --> 00:30:36,309 and the Holy Spirit will receive worship unto 840 00:30:36,309 --> 00:30:37,849 the ages of ages. 841 00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:41,945 And we will know no greater joy 842 00:30:42,565 --> 00:30:44,585 than to offer such worship. 843 00:30:45,045 --> 00:30:46,105 And that is why 844 00:30:46,565 --> 00:30:48,105 we are planting this church 845 00:30:48,724 --> 00:30:51,285 because as Peter tells you in 1st Peter 846 00:30:51,285 --> 00:30:51,785 29, 847 00:30:52,244 --> 00:30:52,744 you 848 00:30:53,365 --> 00:30:54,585 are a chosen race, 849 00:30:54,980 --> 00:30:56,039 a royal priesthood, 850 00:30:56,980 --> 00:30:58,039 a holy nation, 851 00:30:58,740 --> 00:31:01,220 a people for God's own possession that you 852 00:31:01,220 --> 00:31:02,680 may proclaim the excellencies 853 00:31:03,220 --> 00:31:05,320 of him who called you out of darkness 854 00:31:05,619 --> 00:31:07,480 and into his marvelous 855 00:31:08,144 --> 00:31:08,644 light. 856 00:31:08,945 --> 00:31:11,605 By God's grace, this royal priesthood 857 00:31:11,904 --> 00:31:13,984 does not have to wait until after the 858 00:31:13,984 --> 00:31:15,845 resurrection to proclaim the excellencies 859 00:31:16,305 --> 00:31:17,684 of the triune God. 860 00:31:18,945 --> 00:31:19,684 Right now, 861 00:31:20,609 --> 00:31:21,269 right here, 862 00:31:21,970 --> 00:31:22,950 in this place, 863 00:31:23,410 --> 00:31:26,210 every week as the word is preached, as 864 00:31:26,210 --> 00:31:28,549 we pray, as we partake of the sacraments, 865 00:31:28,930 --> 00:31:30,230 we have the privilege 866 00:31:30,609 --> 00:31:31,269 of practicing 867 00:31:31,650 --> 00:31:33,730 what we were made to do for all 868 00:31:33,730 --> 00:31:34,230 eternity 869 00:31:36,355 --> 00:31:37,335 because the father 870 00:31:38,434 --> 00:31:39,654 called us to be his. 871 00:31:40,275 --> 00:31:41,335 We have the privilege 872 00:31:41,714 --> 00:31:43,015 of singing his praises 873 00:31:43,554 --> 00:31:44,375 every Sunday. 874 00:31:45,315 --> 00:31:47,734 Because the son tasted death in our place, 875 00:31:48,190 --> 00:31:49,170 we have the privilege 876 00:31:49,710 --> 00:31:51,890 of tasting this of tasting the sweetness 877 00:31:52,430 --> 00:31:53,250 of the gospel 878 00:31:53,789 --> 00:31:55,170 each Lord's day. 879 00:31:56,269 --> 00:31:58,289 Because the spirit changed our hearts, 880 00:31:58,670 --> 00:31:59,809 we have the privilege 881 00:32:00,724 --> 00:32:03,465 of pouring out our hearts in his service 882 00:32:03,924 --> 00:32:04,825 and of rejoicing 883 00:32:05,285 --> 00:32:06,744 in the fellowship of believers 884 00:32:07,365 --> 00:32:08,825 around the Lord's table. 885 00:32:09,285 --> 00:32:10,265 That is why 886 00:32:10,565 --> 00:32:12,105 we are planting this church 887 00:32:12,884 --> 00:32:14,105 because we were naked, 888 00:32:14,579 --> 00:32:16,599 and our father clothed us with his robe, 889 00:32:17,220 --> 00:32:18,440 and we were hungry, 890 00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:21,460 and Christ fed us with his body and 891 00:32:21,460 --> 00:32:23,720 with his word, and we were dead, 892 00:32:24,019 --> 00:32:27,159 and the spirit breathed life into our dead 893 00:32:27,299 --> 00:32:27,799 bodies. 894 00:32:28,339 --> 00:32:29,880 We're planting this church 895 00:32:30,394 --> 00:32:32,234 so that we and others can taste and 896 00:32:32,234 --> 00:32:32,734 see 897 00:32:33,274 --> 00:32:34,254 that the Lord 898 00:32:34,634 --> 00:32:35,134 is 899 00:32:35,434 --> 00:32:36,894 good. Let's pray.