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 Good morning, I'm Natalie and this morning we're going to be reading from Philippians chapter 1 verse 27 to chapter 2 verse 11.

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 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, striving for you.

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 You are not going side by side for the faith of the gospel, and not frightened in anything by your opponents.

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 This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.

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 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ, you should not only believe in him, but also suffer for his sake.

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 Engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

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 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the spirit, any affection and sympathy,

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 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

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 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

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 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

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 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God,

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 did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing,

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 taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men,

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 and being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,

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 even death on a cross.

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 Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

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 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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 Good morning, everyone. Welcome if you're visiting. It's wonderful to have you here.

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 My name is Martin, and it's my privilege to be sharing, speaking from God's word for us this morning.

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 Microphone is being adjusted. I'm not as tall as Alex.

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 Now, at the Louvre in Paris, the most famous painting is the Mona Lisa.

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 Has anyone been to see it?

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 Yeah? A few have. I haven't. I've never been to Paris.

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 But I'm told, I understand it from looking at photos, that the Mona Lisa,

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 it's displayed in its own climate-controlled case,

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 behind 600 kilograms of bulletproof glass,

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 and it's hung on a spacious dark blue panel,

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 within which, on that panel, if you look at it from a distance,

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 the Mona Lisa itself is, you know, approximately looks like the size of a postage stamp

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 relative to the panel as a whole.

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 Now, in the room that the Mona Lisa is currently housed in,

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 there are many other paintings hung on other walls,

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 close together, around the gallery.

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 But the Mona Lisa stands...

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 It's alone, on its own, on this single panel.

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 And, in fact, plans are underway,

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 and a renovation has begun to move the Mona Lisa

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 to a room of its very own,

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 which they hope to do by 2030.

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 You see, when it comes to a painting of that significance

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 and that level of beauty, such a masterpiece,

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 it's best viewed on its own,

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 uncluttered by any distraction or adornment

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 or, you know, other paintings that might attract your eye,

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 but there it is on its own,

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 in this vast blue space around it.

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 The curators recognise that this great work of art

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 is best viewed just by itself.

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 And the Bible passage before us today

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 feels, to me, a little bit like the biblical equivalent.

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 What we have in Philippians chapter 2,

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 the first half of Philippians chapter 2,

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 is a text of such grandeur and profundity

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 that I am a bit reticent to add any of my own commentary to it.

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 I wonder whether the best thing I might do

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 would be just to read the passage again

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 and then stand here in silence for 30 minutes

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 as the word of God just hangs in the air.

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 About 30 years ago, when my dad, who's not a believer,

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 he was remarrying,

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 he invited me to read a Bible passage at his wedding ceremony

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 and there wasn't going to be any sermon or anything like that.

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 There was just, he invited me to do a Bible reading

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 and this is the passage I chose,

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 Philippians chapter 2, verses 1 to 11,

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 a passage which stood alone.

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 I've been preaching sermons in churches

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 for around about the same period,

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 around about the past 30 years,

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 just about my entire adult life.

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 I've preached many times, or multiple times,

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 rather from Philippians chapter 1 and Philippians chapter 3.

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 As far as I can remember,

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 and judging from the notes on my computer,

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 I've never actually preached on this passage.

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 As we come to Philippians chapter 2,

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 we really are standing on holy ground.

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 And yet there's also, I could say,

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 I could think of no better way to launch 2026

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 than with precisely this text.

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 So why don't we pray again and ask for God's help

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 as we come to meditate on it.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you for our Lord and Saviour,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And we thank you for the scriptures which testify to him.

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 We thank you for this passage that we come to consider now

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 at the start of a new year.

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 I ask please that you would guide me,

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 that the words of my lips would be pleasing to you.

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 And Father, please guide the meditation of all our hearts,

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 that we might honour Christ and emulate him.

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 And we ask this in his name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, the passage before us,

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 we're actually looking at chapter 1,

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 Philippians chapter 1, verse 27,

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 to chapter 2, verse 11.

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 And in the Greek text,

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 this passage consists of just four sentences,

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 which are the four sections I've divided this talk into.

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 The first two sections contain exhortations to us.

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 The third and fourth sections are about Jesus,

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 focus our attention on Jesus Christ,

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 who is the basis of the exhortations given in the first two sections.

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 And also,

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 as we come to that second half of this talk,

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 I would say this suggests the central passage of this entire epistle.

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 So let's start with the first two sections,

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 Paul's exhortations to us.

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 I've given the first half of this talk the title,

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 Worthy Citizens,

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 because of the first part of verse 27.

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 It would be great if you could have your Bibles open in some form,

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 so you could follow along with me.

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 We'll be looking closely at the text.

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 Chapter 1, Philippians 1, verse 27,

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 only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ.

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 Now, grammatically,

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 this is the main clause of that sentence that runs from verse 27 to verse 30.

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 But thematically,

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 I think it hovers over the whole first half of our passage,

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 up to chapter 2, verse 4, at least.

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 The first few verses of chapter 2

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 are just as much about having a worthy life,

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 a life that's worthy of the gospel of Christ,

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 as the last few verses of chapter 1.

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 So taken together,

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 these two sections,

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 these two sentences,

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 show us what it looks like

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 to have a worthy life

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 as we face out towards the world

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 and as we face in toward one another in church.

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 So let's think about that opening exhortation

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 and then we'll think about the two spheres

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 within which we must apply it,

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 within the world and within the church.

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 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ.

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 The first word there,

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 only is there for emphasis.

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 NIV translates that as whatever happens.

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 Paul had just announced his hopes

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 that he would be released from prison.

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 He's in chains in Rome.

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 He'd announced his hopes that he would be released

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 so that he would be able to come and see the Philippians again.

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 But Paul says,

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 whatever happens,

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 that is whether I come and see you

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 or whether I remain absent,

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 whatever happens with Paul

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 and whatever happens to Paul,

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 Paul says,

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 The key verb there is significant.

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 It can have a general meaning,

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 which is how the ESV translates it.

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 Let your manner of life.

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 That's the verb.

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 That's how it's translated.

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 Let your manner of life.

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 But usually in verses

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 like where Paul is expressing that idea in his epistles,

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 he'll use a different verb,

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 which literally means to walk.

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 Like walk worthily of the gospel of Christ

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 or something like that.

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 But here only,

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 in all of Paul's epistles,

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 he uses a different verb

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 that can have a very specific meaning

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 and that meaning is to live as citizens.

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 To live as citizens.

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 It's related to a family of words

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 that includes the word

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 that Paul will go on to use

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 in chapter 3, verse 20 of this epistle,

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 where Paul says,

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 Our citizenship is in heaven.

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 It's actually the family of Greek words

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 from which we get in English

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 our word politics.

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 So we could translate the first part

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 of verse 27 this way,

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 Only live as citizens

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 worthy of the gospel of Christ.

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 Live as citizens worthy of the gospel of Christ.

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 Philippi, this city,

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 was a wealthy and strategic town in Macedonia.

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 The Emperor Augustus,

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 in the first century BC,

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 after a victory there,

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 he had settled veteran soldiers

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 in Philippi

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 and made it a Roman colony.

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 And as a Roman colony,

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 its members were Roman citizens.

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 So they had all the rights

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 and all the privileges

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 associated with Roman citizenship

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 and along with that,

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 the loyalty that was expected

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 to the Roman emperor.

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 But the believers in Philippi

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 had a higher citizenship.

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 They had a higher allegiance.

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 They were citizens of heaven.

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 The gospel they had received

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 declared not that Caesar was Lord,

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 but that Jesus is Lord,

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 that Jesus is the world's rightful ruler,

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 that Jesus is the Christ,

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 the Messiah.

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 He's the promised king

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 over God's everlasting kingdom.

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 And Paul calls on these believers,

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 no matter what happens,

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 to live according to that citizenship,

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 to live worthily of the gospel of Christ,

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 the declaration that Jesus is king and Lord.

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 And then Paul expands on what that entails.

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 So first in verses 27 to 30,

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 in terms of how they as the church

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 face outward toward the world.

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 And then, as I said,

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 in chapter 2, verses 1 to 4,

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 as they as church relate

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 with one another together.

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 And notice for each of these exhortations,

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 notice how emotionally invested

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 Paul is in the Philippians

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 and how they're doing.

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 Verse 27, he says,

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 so that I may hear of you.

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 He wants to hear about them,

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 that they're doing well.

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 Chapter 2, verse 2, he says,

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 complete my joy.

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 Paul is emotionally invested

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 in how the Philippians are going.

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 He longs to hear that they're doing well

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 in precisely these two areas of life.

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 So firstly, let's think about the Philippians,

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 the church facing out.

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 To live as citizens,

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 worthy of the gospel of Christ,

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 as we face outward toward the world,

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 involves three things.

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 The three things Paul lists in verse 27 and 28.

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 standing firm in one spirit.

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 It says that I may hear that you are one.

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 Standing firm in one spirit.

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 Two, with one mind striving side by side

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 for the faith of the gospel.

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 Three, not frightened in anything by your opponents.

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 Standing firm in one spirit means that we are united.

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 And what unites us is the gospel of Christ.

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 It means we are clear on the gospel message

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 that Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour.

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 He died for our sins and rose again.

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 We are saved by grace.

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 We are counted righteous by faith in Christ.

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 Jesus is Lord and he will come again

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 to bring justice and life and a new creation.

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 To stand firm in one spirit means we are united.

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 United on the central truths of the gospel.

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 Some of you will know I've been working with AFES,

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 the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students,

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 the past 19 years.

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 And during that whole time,

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 we've had the same national director,

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 a man by the name of Richard Chin.

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 He was national director for 23 years.

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 He's actually just stepped down as national director.

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 And there's a new one, Pete Sorensen.

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 But Richard Chin, the whole time I've been working,

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 he's been the national director.

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 And the most important thing Richard Chin did

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 throughout his entire time as national director

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 was to keep preaching the gospel,

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 to keep the AFES centered on Jesus.

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 Whenever Richard stood up to speak,

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 whether it was at our annual staff conference

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 with a couple of hundred staff from around the country

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 gathered together,

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 or whether it was at national training event

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 with 2,000 plus students gathered in Canberra,

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 whenever Richard stood up to preach,

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 you knew he was going to preach Jesus Christ.

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 That was his message.

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 We had a national fellowship with a growing number of staff,

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 with 60 plus staff teams around the country,

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 with more university campuses,

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 complex challenges,

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 diverse personalities,

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 differing views on various things,

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 and yet enabled in God's grace to stand firm in one spirit

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 because we were united around what mattered most,

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 that is the gospel of Christ.

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 And that's what we need too,

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 if we're to stand firm in one spirit.

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 In our Sunday services,

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 in small groups,

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 in our kids and youth ministry,

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 and in our own hearts,

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 we need to keep preaching what is central,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 But it's not just enough that we stand firm in one spirit,

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 that's the first of three things.

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 Secondly,

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 we also must strive side by side for the faith of the gospel.

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 The gospel is a message.

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 It's an announcement.

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 It's good news.

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 And it must be declared.

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 It must be proclaimed.

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 Paul calls us to united,

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 collective action in contending for the gospel of Christ.

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 Paul calls us to gospel teamworth.

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 God calls us to gospel teamwork.

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 And not just striving,

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 contending for the gospel,

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 but striving for the faith of the gospel.

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 Our goal is not just that we proclaim it,

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 but that people believe it,

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 that people come to trust in their saviour.

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 The Philippians as a church were called to this,

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 and we as a church are called to this.

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 Now,

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 hasn't it been wonderful over the past few years,

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 if you've been part of this church in that time,

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 hasn't it been wonderful to see all the gospel teamwork

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 that has gone into our Christmas carols nights?

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 To see friends and family members and people from around our community

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 come and hear the good news

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 as we strive together for the faith of the gospel.

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 What a joy that's been.

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 I've been reflecting recently on how the Lord has blessed us as a church,

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 of how well the Lord has resourced us as a church.

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 I mean,

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 there's the richness of being part of an intergenerational church

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 with all ages present,

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 because that means no matter who walks through these doors,

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 they can look around and think,

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 there's a place for me here.

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 And beyond that,

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 there are so many gifted people in this church

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 with all kinds of diverse gifts

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 that Christ gives to his body.

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 Just think of all the school teachers we have here

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 who are gifted at teaching children

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 and youth and young people.

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 Think about the people in this church

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 who are administratively able,

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 who can manage the church affairs

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 and the church finances.

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 There are numerous people able to teach God's word

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 in small groups,

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 preaching to youth.

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 Dave is going to go on paternity leave

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 sometime in March.

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 I don't start working here till April,

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 formally.

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 And I was chatting with Dave about,

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 what are you going to do for preaching?

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 in March.

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 And he said,

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 oh, that's fine.

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 We've got plenty of guys who can preach.

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 And that's true.

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 God has blessed this church abundantly.

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 There are people with trade

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 and technical skills of various kinds

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 who can fix the church floor

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 when it caves in.

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 There are people who excel at serving others,

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 at just looking out for the personal needs of others

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 and meeting those needs.

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 People who pray at home behind closed doors

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 when only God sees.

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 And stacks of musicians,

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 and all of this God has given for our common good

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 so we can serve one another in love.

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 And he's also given it so that we can strive side by side

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 for the faith of the gospel.

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 Even think about where God has placed this church geographically.

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 Like, we literally are at a crossroads.

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 We're amidst some of the growth corridors of Newcastle,

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 with new housing developments going into the north,

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 to the west, to the south.

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 ones that have been built,

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 others that are planned.

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 I mean, God has placed us

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 where we can reach people with the gospel.

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 We've got Paul with us from Hamilton South,

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 who I reckon once every couple of months,

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 he comes up to me and says,

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 is there anyone who can come and help me evangelise my community?

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 Begging for others to come and strive side by side with him.

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 And people around us are searching and questioning.

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 More and more people in our society are reeling

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 from the emptiness and moral confusion of this secular age.

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 They have nothing to grasp a hold of,

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 no firm ground to stand on.

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 They are reaching.

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 People are ready to walk into church

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 looking for something that is true and good and meaningful.

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 What more could we ask for?

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 As a church, we have everything we need

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 to strive side by side for the faith of the gospel,

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 to bring Christ to the people he came to save.

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 But if we're serious about striving side by side

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 for the faith of the gospel,

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 we also need to be ready for opposition,

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 which is the third thing Paul says

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 as we face outward toward the world.

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 Verse 28, not frightened in anything by your opponents.

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 Now, the Philippians were no strangers to suffering.

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 They knew how Paul had suffered for preaching the gospel

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 when he was among them.

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 When he was first with them,

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 Paul had been arrested,

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 severely beaten with rods

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 and thrown in prison.

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 Now, as he writes this letter to him,

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 he's in chains in Rome.

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 They knew how Paul had suffered.

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 But Paul says to them,

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 verse 29 to 30,

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 it's also, you Philippians,

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 it's been granted to you

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 that for the sake of Christ,

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 you should not only believe in him,

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 but also should suffer for his sake,

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 engaged in the same conflict

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 that you saw I had

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 and now hear that I still have.

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 The Philippians were facing the same threats

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 that Paul had faced.

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 But when we suffer for the sake of Christ

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 and when we endure it without fear,

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 Paul says in verse 22,

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 that in itself is a sign,

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 a clear sign to our opponents of their destruction,

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 but of our salvation,

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 of your salvation, Paul writes.

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 See, suffering for Christ is a demonstration

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 that this world is not supreme,

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 that this world has a ruler,

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 that there is a judgment to come,

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 that there is a future world to look forward to,

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 there is a life to come,

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 which is why you are able to suffer without fear.

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 It's why you're able to suffer,

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 being unafraid of your opponents.

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 You can say to them,

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 you have no power to take away from me

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 what matters most.

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 Now, Muhammad says in the Quran

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 that Muslims mustn't form alliances or bonds

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 with unbelievers,

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 except if they're afraid of them,

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 they're allowed to do so.

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 Muhammad says in the Quran

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 that Muslims mustn't utter blasphemy

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 and deny Islam,

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 except if they're forced to,

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 that's okay,

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 they can externally,

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 you know,

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 outwardly utter blasphemy,

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 but as long as in their hearts,

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 they still believe.

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 That is,

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 the Quran permits Muslims

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 to deny God out of fear.

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 But Jesus says to us,

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 we have nothing to fear.

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 Don't fear those who kill the body

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 and after that have nothing more

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 they can do to you.

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 We have nothing to fear.

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 We're citizens of heaven.

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 Even if there were something to fear

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 for some Christians somewhere in the world,

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 yet in Australia,

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 admit it,

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 our opponents are so small.

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 They're trivial.

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 Who are we afraid of?

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 What can they do to us?

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 Let's not be frightened of small opponents.

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 Let's stand firm in one spirit,

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 holding to the gospel.

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 Let's strive side by side

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 for the faith of the gospel

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 and let's not be frightened in anything

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 by whatever opponents may materialise.

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 That's worthy citizenship

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 as we face outward toward the world.

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 But there's another dimension

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 to our citizenship

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 that's equally important

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 and that is our life together

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 as we face inward

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 toward one another

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 in the church.

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 Chapter 2, verses 1 to 4.

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 Paul begins by reminding us

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 as he comes to this

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 of what we have in Christ.

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 Chapter 2, verse 1.

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 So if there's any encouragement in Christ,

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 any comfort from love,

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 any participation in the spirit,

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 any affection and sympathy.

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 Now, it seems to me

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 that that phrase in Christ

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 belongs with all five of the blessings

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 that are listed in verse 1.

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 So if we were to expand the sentence,

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 it would read,

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 so if there is any encouragement in Christ,

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 if there is any comfort from love in Christ,

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 if there is any participation

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 in the spirit in Christ,

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 if there is any affection in,

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 you get the idea.

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 Now, of course, Paul points,

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 Paul's point is,

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 in all of these things,

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 that they are ours in Christ.

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 They are found in Christ.

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 So if you're in Christ,

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 these five blessings of verse 1

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 are rightfully yours.

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 Are you afraid?

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 Then draw encouragement

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 from the sure knowledge

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 that in Christ,

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 God is for you.

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 God himself is your defender.

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 Is your soul troubled?

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 Are you downcast?

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 Then find comfort in Christ

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 in the unfailing love of God

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 he has shown you in his son.

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 Are you lonely or weak?

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 Remember God's promise

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 that you have his spirit dwelling with you.

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 You're never alone.

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 Are you despised, abandoned, neglected?

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 Know that God cares for you.

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 He has set his affection on you.

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 You are in his heart.

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 Are you helpless or ashamed?

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 Find solace and strength

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 in the mercies shown to you in Christ.

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 To be in Christ is to enjoy

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 all these blessings.

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 The one who enjoys

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 all these blessings in Christ

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 has been filled by God.

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 And when you bring together

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 in a community,

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 in church,

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 people who have been filled by God

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 in Christ,

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 people who have found

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 everything they need in Christ,

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 then something wonderful

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 becomes possible.

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 With our needs fully met in Christ,

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 we are empowered to live together

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 as Paul describes

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 in verses 2 to 4,

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 that is,

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 in the unity

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 of humility.

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 In the unity

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 of humility.

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 Verse 2,

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 there's unity.

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 Verse 2,

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 complete my joy

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 by being of the same mind,

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 having the same love,

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 being in full accord

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 and of one mind.

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 Unity was highly prized

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 in the ancient world.

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 For Jews,

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 Greeks,

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 and Romans alike,

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 unity was expected

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 between brothers,

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 between siblings.

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 Psalm 133,

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 how good and pleasant

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 it is when brothers

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 dwell in unity.

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.559
 That's why conflicts

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.880
 and division in church

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:58.400
 can be so painful

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.579
 and disorienting.

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:02.420
 Because this is the very place

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:04.440
 where we may justly expect,

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.180
 rightly expect,

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.359
 to find peace.

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:10.160
 The unity Paul describes

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.799
 in verse 2

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.759
 is not just

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:13.880
 agreement for agreement's sake.

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.740
 It's not just,

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.539
 you know,

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.500
 all get along

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.700
 and, you know,

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:19.200
 agree on whatever

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.920
 it might be.

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.259
 When Paul desires

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.079
 that the Philippians

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:25.759
 be of the same mind

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:27.039
 and have the same love

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:28.319
 and be of one mind,

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.740
 he's not just calling them

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.660
 to think the same

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.620
 as each other.

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.539
 He's calling them

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:35.500
 to think in a particular way.

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:37.099
 The unity has a centre.

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:40.039
 There's a specific frame

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.460
 of mind,

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.519
 a specific attitude,

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:43.039
 a specific way of thinking

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:44.440
 which all alike

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.099
 are to have

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:46.120
 and that's what he goes

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.720
 on to describe

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.859
 in verses 3 to 4.

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.039
 Verse 3,

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.220
 do nothing from

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.700
 selfish ambition

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.500
 or conceit

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.319
 but in humility

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:54.140
 count others

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.960
 more significant

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.720
 than yourselves.

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.480
 Let each of you

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.900
 look not only

00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:00.420
 to his own interests

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.839
 but also to the interests

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.339
 of others.

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.480
 In a word,

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.940
 the centre of our unity

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.700
 is humility.

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:08.840
 It's not just here

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.640
 that humility

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:12.279
 safeguards unity,

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:14.519
 it's that our unity

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:17.059
 consists in humility.

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.980
 There are many ways

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.900
 in which we

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.840
 as God's people

00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:22.940
 can and ought

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.539
 to be different

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.240
 from one another

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:26.460
 and that's fine.

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.220
 We have different gifts,

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.240
 different personalities,

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.420
 different circumstances,

00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:31.180
 we have different

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:32.940
 personal life stories.

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:36.340
 Paul in his epistles

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:37.900
 even calmly accepts

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:39.600
 differences of doctrine

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:40.559
 and practice

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.160
 in matters

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.039
 that are secondary.

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.160
 But humility

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:46.080
 is a mindset

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:47.000
 and a quality

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:49.000
 which all alike

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.779
 are to share.

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:53.100
 We are all called

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:53.620
 to humility.

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.440
 What is humility?

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:55.920
 Well,

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.539
 as described

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.740
 in verses 3 to 4,

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:59.019
 humility involves

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:00.000
 both our attitude

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:01.539
 and our actions.

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:03.019
 First in verse 3,

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.859
 the attitude

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.880
 of humility,

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.180
 count others

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.900
 more significant

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.619
 than yourselves.

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.660
 Now think about

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.240
 that for a moment,

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.200
 count others

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.819
 more significant

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.539
 than yourselves.

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.500
 Isn't that

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.319
 a little extreme?

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:19.579
 I mean,

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.399
 we're told today

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:21.139
 in our society

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.659
 that we must

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:22.460
 love ourselves

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.339
 and stick up

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.039
 for ourselves

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.859
 but even if we

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.939
 reject the

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:28.000
 egocentrism

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.939
 of our society,

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.960
 isn't verse 3

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:31.019
 an overstatement?

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:34.139
 Because aren't

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.819
 all people

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.879
 equally significant

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.980
 in the sight of God?

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.460
 You know,

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.179
 objectively,

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.179
 before God,

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.759
 aren't we

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:42.159
 all made

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:42.960
 in God's image?

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:45.620
 You know,

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.600
 if I count

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.380
 others

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.000
 as more

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.440
 significant

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.600
 than myself,

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.660
 isn't that

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:52.900
 objectively false

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.620
 because we're

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.740
 all equally

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.299
 significant?

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.900
 But think about

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.700
 it a different way.

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.039
 Consider a

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.620
 husband's

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.100
 perspective.

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:06.440
 Does a

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.840
 loving husband

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.759
 consider his

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.720
 wife to be

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.700
 equally

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.360
 significant?

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:14.139
 Of course

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.500
 not.

00:31:15.719 --> 00:31:16.539
 She is

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.539
 more

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.139
 significant.

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.799
 He cares

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:21.039
 more about

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.459
 her than

00:31:21.459 --> 00:31:21.839
 he cares

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.519
 about himself.

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.519
 Consider a

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.059
 parent's

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.759
 perspective.

00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:27.199
 Their

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.959
 children are

00:31:27.959 --> 00:31:28.639
 more

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:29.240
 significant.

00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.819
 A loving

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.679
 father or

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.279
 mother cares

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.299
 more about

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.240
 their children

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.740
 than they

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.179
 care about

00:31:36.179 --> 00:31:36.519
 themselves.

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.199
 Consider

00:31:38.199 --> 00:31:39.219
 even a

00:31:39.219 --> 00:31:39.959
 bodyguard's

00:31:39.959 --> 00:31:40.579
 perspective or

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.299
 a soldier's

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.779
 perspective.

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.559
 Willing to

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:43.980
 put their

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.639
 lives on

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.240
 the line

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.240
 to protect

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.779
 the lives

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.299
 of others.

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.819
 Their

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:50.299
 duty requires

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.440
 that they

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.279
 count others

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.720
 as more

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.139
 significant

00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:53.419
 than

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:53.940
 themselves.

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.720
 See,

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.019
 we can

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.639
 understand

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.500
 in the

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.139
 context

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.539
 of

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.200
 relationships

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.799
 that it

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.359
 can be

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:03.059
 completely

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.559
 fitting

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.740
 to consider

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.519
 someone else

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.899
 as more

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.299
 significant

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.579
 than

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.019
 yourself.

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.359
 God

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:09.019
 is to

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:10.900
 extend

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:13.019
 that

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:16.279
 same

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.779
 attitude

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:18.039
 to all

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.359
 our

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.639
 fellow

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.160
 believers.

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.160
 As

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:22.059
 citizens of

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.500
 Christ's

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.799
 kingdom,

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.960
 each of us

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.240
 must

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.119
 consciously

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:26.059
 adopt the

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:27.079
 attitude of

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.539
 humility

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:29.160
 toward everyone

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.019
 else here

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:31.339
 and all our

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.799
 brothers and

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.420
 sisters in

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:32.900
 Christ,

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:35.700
 you matter

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.320
 more to

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:37.620
 me than

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.039
 I matter

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.680
 to myself.

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.279
 You matter

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.660
 more to

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:41.920
 me.

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:43.800
 You matter

00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:44.340
 more than

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:44.660
 me.

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:48.140
 of course,

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.440
 in the

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.960
 context of

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.380
 church,

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.320
 it ought

00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:51.620
 to be

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.100
 completely

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.740
 safe to

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.279
 adopt this

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.640
 attitude

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.220
 toward one

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.580
 another

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.660
 because,

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.420
 verse 1,

00:32:56.540 --> 00:32:57.000
 all our

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.400
 needs are

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.860
 fully met

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.380
 in Christ

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.140
 and because,

00:32:59.380 --> 00:32:59.860
 verse 2,

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.600
 everyone around

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:01.980
 us is

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.560
 adopting this

00:33:02.560 --> 00:33:03.140
 same attitude

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.640
 too.

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.580
 The word

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.340
 translated as

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.740
 others in

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.300
 verse 3,

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.540
 count others

00:33:10.540 --> 00:33:11.320
 more significant

00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:12.040
 than yourselves,

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:14.640
 is the

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.480
 plural form

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.820
 of the

00:33:15.820 --> 00:33:16.060
 word

00:33:16.060 --> 00:33:16.460
 one another.

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.840
 It's the

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.300
 plural form

00:33:18.300 --> 00:33:18.640
 of a word

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.000
 which means

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.680
 one another.

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:21.020
 It doesn't

00:33:21.020 --> 00:33:22.259
 really translate

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.840
 into English

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.320
 that way,

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.080
 count one

00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:24.720
 another's as

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.300
 more important

00:33:25.300 --> 00:33:25.720
 than yourself,

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.860
 but that's

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.259
 the word.

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:28.020
 That word

00:33:28.020 --> 00:33:28.560
 one another

00:33:28.560 --> 00:33:29.040
 is a very

00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:29.540
 significant

00:33:29.540 --> 00:33:30.460
 word in

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:30.759
 biblical

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.060
 ethics,

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.420
 in New

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.740
 Testament

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.240
 ethics,

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:34.560
 because the

00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:34.820
 biblical

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.340
 vision of

00:33:35.340 --> 00:33:35.660
 the good

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.080
 life is

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.440
 one of

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.400
 mutuality,

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.180
 where we

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.560
 are all

00:33:39.560 --> 00:33:40.120
 serving each

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.400
 other,

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.660
 it's life

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.060
 together.

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.240
 Church is

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.539
 not a

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.099
 place where

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.960
 some are

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.620
 humble and

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:46.920
 others

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.440
 superior,

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.120
 church is

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:49.539
 to be a

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:49.920
 community

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.740
 where all

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.460
 adopt the

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.160
 attitude of

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.500
 humility,

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.779
 where all

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.059
 of us

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.900
 reject selfish

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.680
 ambition and

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.759
 conceit and

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.680
 count one

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:59.180
 another as

00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.480
 more significant

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.559
 than ourselves.

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.839
 But humility

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.440
 doesn't stop

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.920
 with how we

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.359
 think, it

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.900
 extends to

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.599
 our actions.

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.000
 We have the

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.460
 action of

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.099
 humility in

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.980
 verse 4,

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:13.579
 let each

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:13.900
 of you

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:15.679
 look to

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.199
 the interests

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.800
 of others.

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.619
 Let each

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.159
 of you look

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.539
 to the

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.019
 interests of

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.320
 others.

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.119
 That means

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.840
 actively

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:23.119
 pursuing what

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.719
 is good for

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.280
 other people,

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.340
 actively pursuing

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:26.139
 their interests.

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.699
 The action

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.219
 of humility

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.960
 is difficult

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:31.480
 even for

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.920
 those who

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.579
 adopt the

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.500
 attitude of

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:33.960
 humility and

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.320
 I think the

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.820
 action of

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.280
 humility is

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.699
 difficult for

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.240
 two reasons.

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.980
 One is just

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.380
 a heart

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.800
 reason,

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.280
 this is

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:38.579
 probably the

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:38.800
 biggest

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.179
 reason,

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.940
 our own

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:41.039
 sinful desires

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.899
 keep pulling

00:34:41.899 --> 00:34:42.460
 us back

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.859
 towards

00:34:42.859 --> 00:34:43.599
 selfishness.

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.699
 But there's

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.239
 a practical

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.980
 reason why

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.639
 the action

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.119
 of humility

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.699
 is difficult

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.019
 as well.

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:49.719
 The practical

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.079
 reason,

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:51.299
 it's just

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:52.879
 much easier

00:34:52.879 --> 00:34:53.960
 for me to

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.679
 be aware

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.500
 of my own

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.839
 interests than

00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:57.440
 it is for me

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.940
 to be aware

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.419
 of the interests

00:34:58.419 --> 00:34:58.940
 of others.

00:35:00.919 --> 00:35:01.440
 See, I don't

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.919
 need to look

00:35:01.919 --> 00:35:03.599
 very far to

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.399
 know what I

00:35:04.399 --> 00:35:04.619
 want.

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.219
 I'm constantly

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:05.839
 aware of what

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:06.359
 I want,

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.000
 but it takes

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:09.159
 effort for me

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.699
 or for any

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:09.899
 of us,

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:11.500
 to understand

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.619
 and consider

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.059
 the interests

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.579
 of others.

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.480
 I need to

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.899
 know something

00:35:14.899 --> 00:35:15.460
 about them.

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.879
 I need to

00:35:15.879 --> 00:35:16.139
 know their

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.699
 situation,

00:35:16.839 --> 00:35:17.299
 their needs,

00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:18.000
 their preferences.

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.440
 I need to

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.859
 know them

00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:20.279
 well enough

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:20.719
 so that I

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.279
 know what

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.859
 they need,

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.199
 what's going

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.519
 to be good

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.960
 for them.

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.960
 That's what

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.359
 the gospel

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:25.819
 of Christ

00:35:25.819 --> 00:35:26.339
 calls us

00:35:26.339 --> 00:35:26.599
 to.

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.159
 A mutual

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.819
 life where

00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.440
 each of us

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.199
 actively

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:31.679
 pursues what

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.259
 is good for

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.679
 our brothers

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.319
 and sisters,

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:36.420
 which means

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.859
 we need to

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:38.500
 make an

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.940
 effort at

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.260
 least to

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.780
 know one

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.380
 another well

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.840
 enough that

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.280
 we can

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:41.680
 actively

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:43.680
 pursue what

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:44.740
 is good for

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:45.039
 our brothers

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.620
 and sisters.

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.720
 Now let

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.160
 me just say,

00:35:52.240 --> 00:35:52.780
 if on an

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:54.099
 honest self-assessment

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:56.400
 you recognise

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:57.240
 that you are

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.860
 someone who is

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.620
 consumed with

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:59.120
 your own

00:35:59.120 --> 00:35:59.720
 interests,

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.880
 please let

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.539
 this part of

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.260
 God's word

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:04.120
 draw you

00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:05.400
 back to a

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.740
 better

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.760
 preoccupation.

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.559
 Your worries

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.280
 and troubles

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:10.980
 may be very

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.440
 great.

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.380
 Trust God

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:14.920
 that he will

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.579
 help you in

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:15.820
 them.

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.800
 Accept the

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.460
 support and

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.639
 love of your

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.119
 brothers and

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.980
 sisters here as

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.639
 you meet those

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.139
 worries and

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.480
 troubles.

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.860
 But also ask

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.639
 God's help to

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.400
 listen to those

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.059
 around you,

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.360
 to notice their

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.760
 needs, to

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:30.220
 learn the

00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:30.639
 things that

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.280
 will encourage

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:32.119
 them and bring

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.720
 them joy.

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:35.679
 ask God to

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:36.259
 give you the

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:36.819
 ability to

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.339
 serve others

00:36:37.339 --> 00:36:37.819
 in love.

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.480
 Now this is

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.879
 what we're

00:36:40.879 --> 00:36:41.719
 called to as

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:43.439
 citizens worthy

00:36:43.439 --> 00:36:44.219
 of the gospel of

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:45.319
 Christ, facing

00:36:45.319 --> 00:36:46.639
 out with one

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.659
 mind to strive

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:48.480
 together for the

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.959
 faith of the

00:36:48.959 --> 00:36:50.759
 gospel, facing

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.639
 in with one

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:53.480
 mind humbly to

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.359
 put each other

00:36:54.359 --> 00:36:55.279
 before ourselves.

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.819
 And the

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:58.459
 reason this is

00:36:58.459 --> 00:36:59.059
 what we're called

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.919
 to is because

00:36:59.919 --> 00:37:00.759
 this is the

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.700
 perfect model

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.840
 and example

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.780
 we have in

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:05.340
 our King, the

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:05.940
 Lord Jesus.

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.580
 Verse 5,

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.680
 have this mind

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.980
 among yourselves,

00:37:13.540 --> 00:37:15.080
 which is yours

00:37:15.080 --> 00:37:16.100
 in Christ Jesus.

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.360
 When Paul

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:19.940
 exhorts us to

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.700
 be of the same

00:37:20.700 --> 00:37:21.320
 mind and to

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:21.840
 have the one

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.760
 mind, the

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.580
 mind we are to

00:37:23.580 --> 00:37:24.580
 have is actually

00:37:24.580 --> 00:37:25.360
 the mind of

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.820
 Christ.

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.360
 He is the

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.160
 perfect example

00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:29.740
 of humility.

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.340
 Both the

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.980
 attitude of

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.400
 humility,

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.580
 verse 6, and

00:37:33.580 --> 00:37:34.680
 the action of

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.680
 humility, verse

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:36.300
 7 to 8.

00:37:36.560 --> 00:37:37.140
 Listen to the

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.580
 Jesus, the

00:37:37.580 --> 00:37:38.140
 example of

00:37:38.140 --> 00:37:38.540
 Jesus.

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.400
 Have this

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.880
 mind among

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.600
 yourselves, which

00:37:43.600 --> 00:37:44.180
 is yours in

00:37:44.180 --> 00:37:44.880
 Christ Jesus,

00:37:45.040 --> 00:37:46.120
 verse 6, who

00:37:46.120 --> 00:37:47.320
 though he was

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:48.120
 in the form of

00:37:48.120 --> 00:37:49.980
 God, did not

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.840
 count equality

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.440
 with God a

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.860
 thing to be

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:53.300
 grasped, but

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:53.880
 made himself

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:55.400
 nothing, taking

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:56.160
 the form of a

00:37:56.160 --> 00:37:57.360
 servant, being

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.960
 born in the

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.820
 likeness of men,

00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:00.039
 and being

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.600
 found in

00:38:00.600 --> 00:38:02.280
 human form, he

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:03.300
 humbled himself

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.980
 by becoming

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.960
 obedient to the

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.519
 point of

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:07.420
 death, even

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:09.059
 death on a

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.440
 cross.

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:12.000
 In verses 6

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.580
 to 8, there's a

00:38:12.580 --> 00:38:13.100
 sequence of

00:38:13.100 --> 00:38:15.039
 three verbs with

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:16.360
 Jesus himself as

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:17.039
 the subject.

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.400
 He did not

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.840
 count.

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:20.019
 He emptied

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.780
 himself, or he

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.360
 made himself

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.680
 nothing.

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:23.240
 He humbled

00:38:23.240 --> 00:38:23.780
 himself.

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:26.140
 First, Jesus

00:38:26.140 --> 00:38:27.540
 Christ did not

00:38:27.540 --> 00:38:28.400
 count equality

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:28.900
 with God

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.560
 something to be

00:38:29.560 --> 00:38:30.160
 grasped.

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:32.000
 The same verbs

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.800
 used there as in

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.660
 verse 3, where

00:38:33.660 --> 00:38:34.760
 in humility we

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.620
 are to count

00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:36.420
 others as more

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:37.019
 significant than

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.540
 ourselves.

00:38:38.040 --> 00:38:38.880
 Well, Jesus, who

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.760
 is in the form

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:40.400
 of God.

00:38:42.080 --> 00:38:42.540
 Now, that's a

00:38:42.540 --> 00:38:43.720
 unique expression

00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:44.860
 Paul uses here,

00:38:45.060 --> 00:38:45.860
 because he is

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.680
 reaching for

00:38:46.680 --> 00:38:47.720
 language that

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:48.680
 reflects both that

00:38:48.680 --> 00:38:49.980
 Jesus is God,

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:50.960
 and that he's

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.640
 distinct from

00:38:51.640 --> 00:38:52.940
 God, from God

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.420
 the Father.

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:57.480
 In the form of

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:59.740
 God, he did

00:38:59.740 --> 00:39:00.960
 not count equality

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.780
 with God a

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:03.100
 thing to be

00:39:03.100 --> 00:39:03.800
 grasped.

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.320
 Verse 6

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.980
 expresses the

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.700
 most profound

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:07.560
 and wonderful

00:39:07.560 --> 00:39:08.320
 truth about

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:08.780
 God.

00:39:10.080 --> 00:39:11.060
 When a

00:39:11.060 --> 00:39:12.500
 husband considers

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:14.780
 his wife as

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:15.440
 more important

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.120
 than himself,

00:39:16.560 --> 00:39:17.740
 when a

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.680
 mother considers

00:39:18.680 --> 00:39:20.260
 her children as

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:20.940
 more important

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.820
 than herself,

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.140
 when a

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:24.279
 believer counts

00:39:24.279 --> 00:39:24.739
 their brothers

00:39:24.739 --> 00:39:25.179
 and sisters

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:26.000
 in Christ as

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.879
 more important

00:39:26.879 --> 00:39:28.059
 than themself,

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:29.739
 we are echoing

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.599
 something that

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.739
 is true of

00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:32.859
 God himself.

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:36.460
 Something that's

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.099
 true of God

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:37.559
 himself.

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.579
 God the Son

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:41.059
 did not count

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:42.099
 equality with

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.920
 God the Father

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.879
 as a thing to be

00:39:43.879 --> 00:39:44.480
 grasped.

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.480
 God the Son

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.480
 said, he did

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.260
 not grasp

00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:48.039
 after and

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:49.059
 greedily hold

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.539
 on to the

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:50.260
 rights and

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.960
 privileges of

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.400
 divinity.

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:55.480
 Instead, he

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:56.000
 made himself

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.360
 nothing.

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:58.280
 Literally, he

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:59.740
 emptied himself.

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:00.880
 He emptied

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.760
 himself, taking

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:02.559
 the form of a

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:04.059
 servant, being

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.639
 born in the

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:05.199
 likeness of

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.500
 men.

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:07.240
 Notice there

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:07.840
 that Jesus

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:09.240
 emptied

00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:11.099
 himself, not

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:13.039
 by subtraction,

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:14.539
 but by

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:15.139
 addition.

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.480
 He emptied

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.059
 himself not

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:19.819
 by losing

00:40:19.819 --> 00:40:20.659
 something, but

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:22.159
 by gaining

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:23.420
 something here,

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.880
 or taking

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.440
 something on.

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.000
 He emptied

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.599
 himself by

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.819
 taking the

00:40:26.819 --> 00:40:27.420
 form of a

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:27.679
 servant.

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.339
 Notice the

00:40:28.339 --> 00:40:28.839
 word form

00:40:28.839 --> 00:40:29.179
 again.

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.880
 Jesus became

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.440
 a servant,

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.539
 fully expressing

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:33.759
 what it means to

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.299
 be a servant.

00:40:35.299 --> 00:40:36.259
 And the first

00:40:36.259 --> 00:40:36.779
 step in this

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.260
 was that he

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:38.700
 was born in

00:40:38.700 --> 00:40:39.380
 the likeness

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:39.900
 of men.

00:40:40.220 --> 00:40:40.760
 He became

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:41.660
 fully human,

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:43.500
 like us.

00:40:45.120 --> 00:40:46.060
 Jesus emptied

00:40:46.060 --> 00:40:46.680
 himself, not

00:40:46.680 --> 00:40:47.700
 so much by

00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:48.420
 surrendering

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:50.120
 divinity, but

00:40:50.120 --> 00:40:51.440
 by taking on

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:52.040
 humanity.

00:40:55.560 --> 00:40:56.400
 Notice that the

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:57.320
 logic of verse

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:57.940
 six to seven

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:59.980
 requires Jesus'

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:02.680
 pre-existence as

00:41:02.680 --> 00:41:03.620
 fully God.

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.920
 Because taking

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.619
 the form of a

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.500
 servant, that

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:08.220
 is being born

00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:10.500
 as a man, is

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.119
 something that

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:12.159
 Jesus himself

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.500
 did.

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:13.300
 Jesus himself

00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:14.200
 willingly took

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:14.460
 on.

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.720
 It's not

00:41:15.720 --> 00:41:16.159
 something that

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:16.780
 happened to

00:41:16.780 --> 00:41:17.200
 Jesus.

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.420
 It's something

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:19.220
 Jesus chose

00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:19.800
 for himself.

00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:20.860
 Jesus didn't

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:22.059
 passively receive

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.639
 his humanity.

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:24.039
 He actively

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.700
 took it on

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:25.840
 himself so

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.480
 that he might

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.099
 take the form

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.619
 of a servant.

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:31.420
 He was born

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:32.019
 as a baby.

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:34.639
 His body as

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.460
 a baby, as

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.820
 an infant,

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:36.599
 was handled

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:37.440
 by others,

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:39.079
 clothed, fed,

00:41:39.700 --> 00:41:40.579
 bathed by

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.059
 others.

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.639
 He grew as

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.000
 a boy.

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:43.680
 He grew into

00:41:43.680 --> 00:41:44.099
 manhood.

00:41:44.180 --> 00:41:44.880
 He grew and

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.360
 learnt.

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:47.200
 He ate.

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:48.180
 He drank.

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.360
 He breathed.

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.380
 He slept.

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.680
 Fully human.

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.619
 Is there any

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.440
 more stunning,

00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:56.300
 unexpected

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:57.420
 demonstration of

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:58.000
 the heart of

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:59.500
 God, of the

00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:00.320
 humility of

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:02.420
 God, than

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:03.139
 that God the

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:03.860
 Son should

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:04.619
 become a man?

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:08.940
 or perhaps

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.619
 just one.

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:13.019
 Being found

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.480
 in human

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.119
 form, he

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.980
 humbled himself

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.699
 by becoming

00:42:15.699 --> 00:42:17.599
 obedient to

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:18.500
 the point of

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:20.719
 death, even

00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:21.319
 death on a

00:42:21.319 --> 00:42:21.699
 cross.

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.960
 The greatest

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:25.380
 act of

00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:25.779
 humility.

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:28.139
 The humility

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:28.859
 of the Son

00:42:28.859 --> 00:42:29.779
 toward God the

00:42:29.779 --> 00:42:30.639
 Father, expressed

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:32.440
 in obedience,

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:36.219
 humility of

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:36.699
 the Son

00:42:36.699 --> 00:42:37.219
 expressed

00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:38.219
 towards us

00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:40.440
 in service.

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:43.000
 Both

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.460
 accomplished

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.940
 through his

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.440
 death on the

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.819
 cross.

00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:47.239
 That

00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:47.960
 wonderful,

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.599
 terrible

00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:50.859
 death of

00:42:50.859 --> 00:42:51.279
 deaths.

00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:53.280
 death of

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:53.640
 God.

00:42:53.640 --> 00:42:53.860
 When all

00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:54.519
 the righteous

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:55.120
 wrath of

00:42:55.120 --> 00:42:56.000
 God, that

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.500
 is due to

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.240
 my sins and

00:42:57.240 --> 00:42:57.720
 is due to

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:58.360
 your sins,

00:42:58.600 --> 00:42:59.040
 when it was

00:42:59.040 --> 00:43:00.140
 absorbed and

00:43:00.140 --> 00:43:01.100
 suffered and

00:43:01.100 --> 00:43:02.320
 satisfied in

00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:04.220
 the body and

00:43:04.220 --> 00:43:05.580
 the soul of

00:43:05.580 --> 00:43:06.100
 our Savior,

00:43:07.560 --> 00:43:09.320
 he emptied

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:11.540
 himself by

00:43:11.540 --> 00:43:12.200
 taking on

00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:14.640
 humanity, by

00:43:14.640 --> 00:43:15.460
 taking up the

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:17.760
 cross, by

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:18.820
 taking away the

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.300
 sins of the

00:43:19.300 --> 00:43:21.680
 world, by

00:43:21.680 --> 00:43:22.519
 taking on

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:23.840
 himself the

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:24.820
 punishment that

00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:25.500
 is their due.

00:43:27.620 --> 00:43:28.380
 Perfect

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:28.940
 humility,

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.980
 sublime

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:32.039
 humility, a

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:32.680
 humility that

00:43:32.680 --> 00:43:33.380
 can never be

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:36.080
 equaled, but a

00:43:36.080 --> 00:43:36.880
 humility which

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:38.420
 will eternally be

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:39.980
 echoed in the

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:41.000
 lives and the

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:42.500
 praises of the

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:43.820
 people Christ

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:44.700
 has saved.

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:48.039
 Jesus, who

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.940
 emptied himself

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:49.460
 to be the

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:50.240
 humble servant

00:43:50.240 --> 00:43:50.860
 of God the

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:51.320
 Father and

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:51.760
 the humble

00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:52.539
 servant even

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:58.280
 of us, is

00:43:58.280 --> 00:43:58.820
 the one that

00:43:58.820 --> 00:43:59.340
 God has

00:43:59.340 --> 00:43:59.740
 exalted.

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.720
 So when you

00:44:03.720 --> 00:44:04.500
 feel how good

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:05.500
 it is what

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:06.179
 Jesus has done

00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:06.760
 for us, then

00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:08.420
 you feel how

00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:09.280
 good it is,

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:10.240
 wonderful beyond

00:44:10.240 --> 00:44:10.880
 our comprehension.

00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:12.059
 You realise how

00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:13.980
 fitting verses

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:15.119
 9 to 11 are.

00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:17.119
 God has

00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:18.179
 highly exalted

00:44:18.179 --> 00:44:19.920
 him and

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.619
 bestowed on

00:44:20.619 --> 00:44:21.859
 him the

00:44:21.859 --> 00:44:22.619
 name that's

00:44:22.619 --> 00:44:23.079
 above every

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:23.639
 name, so

00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:24.079
 that at the

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:24.500
 name of

00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:25.219
 Jesus every

00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:25.739
 knee should

00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:26.599
 bow in

00:44:26.599 --> 00:44:27.159
 heaven and

00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:27.719
 on earth and

00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:28.139
 under the

00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:28.519
 earth and

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:29.279
 every tongue

00:44:29.279 --> 00:44:30.719
 confess that

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:31.880
 Jesus Christ is

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:32.599
 Lord to the

00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:33.239
 glory of God

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:33.819
 the Father.

00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:36.400
 Remember in

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:37.019
 verses 6 to

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:38.299
 8, Jesus is

00:44:38.299 --> 00:44:38.739
 both the

00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:39.519
 subject and

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.460
 object of the

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:41.079
 main verbs.

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:41.679
 He did

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:42.579
 not count, he

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:44.920
 emptied himself, he

00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:47.139
 humbled himself, but

00:44:47.139 --> 00:44:48.279
 in verse 9, God

00:44:48.279 --> 00:44:49.099
 the Father is the

00:44:49.099 --> 00:44:50.639
 subject, God is the

00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:51.659
 subject, Jesus is

00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:52.279
 the object.

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:54.019
 Verses 6 to 8

00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:54.980
 describe what Jesus

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:55.880
 did to himself,

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:57.039
 verses 9 to 11,

00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:58.139
 what God has done

00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:58.779
 for Jesus.

00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:01.259
 And what God has

00:45:01.259 --> 00:45:02.539
 done for Jesus is

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:03.500
 made him supreme

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:04.179
 over all.

00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:06.099
 The name above

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:07.319
 every name, the

00:45:07.319 --> 00:45:08.380
 worthy king of all

00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:09.699
 creation before whom

00:45:09.699 --> 00:45:10.679
 all will one day

00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:11.059
 bow.

00:45:12.879 --> 00:45:14.359
 How good it is

00:45:14.359 --> 00:45:16.279
 that the one who

00:45:16.279 --> 00:45:17.279
 emptied himself

00:45:17.279 --> 00:45:20.039
 is the one whom

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:20.779
 God has exalted.

00:45:22.699 --> 00:45:24.079
 How good that is.

00:45:25.539 --> 00:45:26.339
 See, what kind of

00:45:26.339 --> 00:45:27.099
 kingdom is the

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.960
 kingdom of God?

00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:30.299
 It's a kingdom in

00:45:30.299 --> 00:45:31.059
 which the government

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:32.319
 and the rule and

00:45:32.319 --> 00:45:33.379
 power and honour

00:45:33.379 --> 00:45:34.699
 and glory is

00:45:34.699 --> 00:45:35.779
 bestowed on the

00:45:35.779 --> 00:45:36.739
 one who is the

00:45:36.739 --> 00:45:37.699
 humble servant of

00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:37.960
 all.

00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:40.399
 The one who gave

00:45:40.400 --> 00:45:41.539
 himself and gave

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:42.660
 everything he has

00:45:42.660 --> 00:45:43.680
 and everything he

00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:44.700
 is to serve

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:45.079
 others.

00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:47.920
 And what a very

00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:48.940
 different kind of

00:45:48.940 --> 00:45:50.820
 kingdom it is when

00:45:50.820 --> 00:45:51.420
 the one on the

00:45:51.420 --> 00:45:52.340
 throne is honoured

00:45:52.340 --> 00:45:53.380
 and praised and

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:54.480
 obeyed and worshipped

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:56.780
 precisely because he's

00:45:56.780 --> 00:45:57.619
 the servant of all.

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:01.099
 Exalted because he

00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:01.840
 emptied himself.

00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:05.100
 the Venezuelan

00:46:05.100 --> 00:46:05.480
 president,

00:46:05.600 --> 00:46:06.380
 Nicolas Maduro,

00:46:06.380 --> 00:46:07.039
 has just been

00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:07.940
 seized by the

00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:08.720
 US army,

00:46:11.160 --> 00:46:11.700
 taken to the

00:46:11.700 --> 00:46:12.280
 states awaiting

00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:12.740
 trial.

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:14.360
 It's alleged that

00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:14.980
 he's guilty of

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.640
 crimes against

00:46:15.640 --> 00:46:16.220
 humanity,

00:46:17.200 --> 00:46:17.760
 of arbitrary

00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:18.480
 imprisonment of

00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:19.260
 political opponents,

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:19.900
 of violence,

00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:20.460
 of torture,

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:20.960
 of murder.

00:46:21.220 --> 00:46:21.900
 It's alleged that

00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:22.460
 he ran and

00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:23.220
 supported drug

00:46:23.220 --> 00:46:24.280
 cartels, the

00:46:24.280 --> 00:46:25.500
 president of a

00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:25.820
 country.

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:28.260
 If those things

00:46:28.260 --> 00:46:28.880
 are true, then

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:29.559
 whatever you might

00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:30.360
 think of America's

00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:31.220
 intervention, it's

00:46:31.220 --> 00:46:32.519
 certainly true that

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:33.440
 he is a man not

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:34.140
 fit to rule.

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:37.120
 But God has given

00:46:37.120 --> 00:46:38.320
 the highest place

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:39.360
 and the highest

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:40.559
 name and the

00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:41.880
 rule over all to

00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:42.660
 the humble one.

00:46:43.780 --> 00:46:44.740
 One who never

00:46:44.740 --> 00:46:45.460
 abuses his

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:45.880
 position,

00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:47.900
 never seeks his

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:48.720
 own advantage,

00:46:49.059 --> 00:46:49.860
 one who is never

00:46:49.860 --> 00:46:50.400
 corrupt,

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:52.400
 the one who

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:53.539
 emptied himself,

00:46:53.680 --> 00:46:54.539
 has been exalted

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:55.340
 by God.

00:46:56.300 --> 00:46:56.900
 The obedience

00:46:56.900 --> 00:46:58.159
 and worship of

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:59.079
 all people

00:46:59.079 --> 00:47:00.460
 belongs to

00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:00.759
 him.

00:47:02.860 --> 00:47:03.880
 And this

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:05.179
 is to the

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:05.900
 glory of God

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:06.400
 the Father.

00:47:08.279 --> 00:47:09.320
 It is to the

00:47:09.320 --> 00:47:10.300
 Father's glory

00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:11.659
 that our God

00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:12.940
 is the God

00:47:12.940 --> 00:47:13.639
 who exalts

00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:14.199
 the humble.

00:47:17.340 --> 00:47:18.000
 Now, when we

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.960
 strive side by

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:19.679
 side for the

00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:20.179
 faith of the

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:22.380
 gospel, we

00:47:22.380 --> 00:47:23.320
 are striving that

00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:24.360
 people will know

00:47:24.360 --> 00:47:25.640
 and love and

00:47:25.640 --> 00:47:26.640
 trust in and

00:47:26.640 --> 00:47:27.820
 worship the one

00:47:27.820 --> 00:47:28.620
 who emptied

00:47:28.620 --> 00:47:29.280
 himself for

00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:29.539
 them.

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:32.440
 And when we

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:33.380
 count others as

00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:34.019
 more significant

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:34.700
 than ourselves

00:47:34.700 --> 00:47:35.260
 and when we

00:47:35.260 --> 00:47:35.680
 look to the

00:47:35.680 --> 00:47:36.120
 interests of

00:47:36.120 --> 00:47:36.980
 others, we

00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:37.780
 honour our

00:47:37.780 --> 00:47:38.519
 saviour by

00:47:38.519 --> 00:47:39.500
 emulating him.

00:47:40.380 --> 00:47:41.620
 We bear witness

00:47:41.620 --> 00:47:42.220
 to the beauty

00:47:42.220 --> 00:47:42.920
 of Christ.

00:47:44.200 --> 00:47:45.300
 We demonstrate

00:47:45.300 --> 00:47:46.420
 the quality of

00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:46.940
 his kingdom.

00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:53.480
 will you pray

00:47:53.480 --> 00:47:54.059
 with me that

00:47:54.059 --> 00:47:54.579
 God will do

00:47:54.579 --> 00:47:55.119
 just that

00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:55.840
 amongst us.

00:48:02.440 --> 00:48:03.440
 Lord God,

00:48:04.240 --> 00:48:04.500
 Heavenly

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:04.960
 Father,

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 you have

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 exalted

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 your Son as

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 name above

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 all names,

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 as the one

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 before whom

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 all peoples

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 and all

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 nations will

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 bow.

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 You have

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 exalted

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 your Son as

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 worthy of

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 all praise

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 and all

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 honour.

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 He is

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 worthy of

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 all we are

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 and worthy

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 of all we

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 do, for

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 he is the

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 one who

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 emptied

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 himself,

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 who humbled

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 himself to

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 serve and

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 to save.

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 we thank

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 you for

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 We thank

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 you for

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 all the

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 blessings we

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 have in

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 him,

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 encouragement

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 and comfort

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 and your

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 spirit and

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 affection and

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 sympathy.

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 May you

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 be pleased

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 to make us

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 worthy citizens

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 of his

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 kingdom,

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 who gladly

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 and joyfully

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 serve our

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 king.

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 In Jesus'

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 name we

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 pray.

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 Amen.