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Today, we're gonna take on a posture of peace

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by leaning into the empowering presence

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of Jesus in our lives.

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Hi, I'm Lindsay Van Zale.

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Posture is a podcast that serves a short,

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audible fist bump to remind you that God is in everything.

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Together, we're gonna be emboldened

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to take a daily posture of perfect peace.

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1 John 2, verses one through six says,

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my little children, I am writing these things to you

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so that you may not sin.

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But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate

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with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

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He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,

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and not only for our sins,

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but for the sins of the whole world.

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And by this, we know that we have come to know him.

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If we keep this in mind,

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if we keep his commandments.

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Whoever says I know him,

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but does not keep his commandments is a liar,

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and the truth is not in him.

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But whoever keeps his word,

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in him truly the love of God is perfected.

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By this, we may know that we are in him.

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Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk

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in the same way in which he walked.

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Now you may be tempted to read a scripture like this

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through the eyes of your old, dead, sinful nature,

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and you might immediately think,

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oh no, am I keeping all the commandments?

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Am I a liar?

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Am I really saved?

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Or perhaps maybe even worse,

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you take a scripture like this

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and you just apply it to all the people in your life

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and start accusing others of not living, right?

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Or having a life together.

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I'm gonna save that topic for another day.

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We're gonna focus on you for a moment.

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But when you read scripture as the new you

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through the lens of Jesus, you will never find shame.

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You will only find salvation.

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Here's the beauty of this new covenant

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that we now have through Jesus.

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Every requirement of the old covenant

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and the Old Testament was met through Jesus's death.

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And through Jesus's resurrection,

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we have received his empowering presence

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to walk in all the commands and promises

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in the new covenant with him.

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Again, the Bible says we are hidden in Christ.

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We are one with Christ and he is always with us.

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So when we come across a command or a promise

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like in Philippians 4 where it says,

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be anxious for nothing.

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Now we don't have to now read that

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and be exasperated or frustrated and think,

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man, God is asking too much.

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He has no idea what my life is like.

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No, we can say, thank you, Jesus,

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that because of you, I now have what it takes

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to be anxious for nothing.

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Or when we read when Jesus said in Matthew 5,

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love your enemies.

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We don't have to be obsessed about or overwhelmed

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by what may feel like an impossibility.

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No, instead we can lean into the empowering presence

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of Jesus and say, oh, hey, Jesus, you're here.

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Teach me how to do this.

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Teach me how to love my enemies.

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We've talked a lot about Colossians 3 before.

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The whole chapter, I would encourage you to read it today,

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talks about our new self and it says things

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like set your mind on things that are above.

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It says put to death things like sexual immorality,

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impurity, lust, evil desires, greed.

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It says instead put on compassionate hearts,

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kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

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It also says let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.

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You've been empowered to not merely talk

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about these things and idolize them,

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but to actually walk in them in real life.

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And what 1 John 2 illuminates is that

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it's not the full truth to just talk about the truth.

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We can and should actually live it.

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And that gets me so excited because it means

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we are not destined to live a punishing life,

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knowing the truth but never accessing it.

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No, instead we have been given by Jesus an empowered life.

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Every command and promise in this precious book

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isn't there to cause you dread of missing the mark.

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That is how your old nature would respond

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because your old nature did not have access

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to Jesus's presence, but the old you is dead

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and the new you is now one with Christ.

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So every command and promise is an invitation for upgrade.

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Today, you can put off sin and any of its residue,

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things like mental torment or emotional trauma.

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uncertainty or confusion and instead you can walk in the fullness of Christ.

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The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26 3 and in Hebrew it is Shalom Shalom, meaning

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complete wholeness, nothing missing, nothing broken.

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This is who you are in Jesus.

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Let's declare this together.

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Today I am kept in perfect peace.

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With my whole heart I trust the Lord.

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I am strong.

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I am victorious.

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I am whole.

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Remember friend, you are a living testimony of Jesus' ultimate win.

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Not because of anything you did, but because of what he did for you.

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With every step you take today, you're putting Jesus' victory on display and Satan's defeat

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on replay.