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 We're reading from 1 Corinthians 1, verses 1-17.

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 Praise to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,

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 that in every way you are enriched in him, in all speech, in all knowledge,

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 even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you,

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 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 God is faithful by whom you are called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree,

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 and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.

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 For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarrelling among you, my brothers.

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 What I mean is that each of you says, I follow Paul, or I follow Apollos, or I follow Cephas, or I follow Christ.

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 Is Christ divided?

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 Was Paul crucified for you?

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 Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

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 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, that no one may say that you were baptized in my name.

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 I did baptize also the household of Stephanas.

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 Beyond that, I don't know whether I baptized anyone else.

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 But Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel,

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 and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

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 Well, I may have lost my marbles, but I'm moving more fluidly than Joel is by the look of it.

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 Okay, well, it's nice to be back, I think.

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 I wasn't sure I was going to be able to come back after having a FaceTime vision of what you did at camp.

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 Making fun of me, so I'm still to determine who actually was the instigator of that particular game.

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 I shall have a conversation with him sometime.

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 So I thought when I looked at it on FaceTime, it was absolutely brutal.

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 But then I thought afterwards, actually, no, there was heaps more that could have been said.

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 So I actually decided I got off rather lightly.

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 So thank you for being merciful to me in making fun of me at the same time.

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 Obviously, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, it turned into 26 weeks,

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 and we're going back for another stint after this month of April.

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 So, yeah, the Lord sort of swept aside our thing that we had planned for years in terms of local ministry.

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 He just seems to have swept that aside,

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 and we're in a totally different place to what we ever imagined ourselves to be,

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 and quite happily so.

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 And I just want to recognize that Alison has been a big part in that.

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 She's stood alongside me in ministry for 44 years.

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 And she's actually been encouraging me to stay longer.

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 What's happening out here needs your skills, is what she said.

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 So that's very generous over to me.

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 And it's very hard for her to do that sort of thing in a strange place.

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 So I'm particularly thankful for that.

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 The two congregations are small, but if they combine, which they're trying to do at the minute,

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 they get every chance of thriving.

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 So if we can keep the vision dominant of the enjoyment of being together

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 and the benefits of being together and stop people becoming process dominant,

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 that is, arguing about governance or what the style of church looks like,

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 then there's a good future.

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 And the two churches out there think I might be useful in helping that process

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 because while I know both the Presbyterian system and the Anglican system,

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 I'm not rusted on to either of them.

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 So that puts me in a position, they think, to be able to sort of, I don't know,

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 help them navigate or referee this time of change for them.

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 So, yeah, all right, we'll look at God's word now.

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 So, hmm.

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 Well, the question, as I always do to start, is,

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 is it possible to be married but to continue living as though you were a single person?

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 Now, sadly, we've got to answer that not only is it possible,

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 but it's actually very common these days.

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 A more personal question then to develop that.

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 Is it possible to be a Christian,

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 to be committed to this church family here

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 and yet live and act like a non-Christian?

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 Is it possible for us, speaking collectively now, corporately,

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 is it possible for us as a church family to be Christians,

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 to talk about Jesus, to pride ourselves on our Christian heritage

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 and still act collectively like non-Christians?

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 I think the answer must be yes.

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 And that's a scary answer.

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 And that answer, yes, is our point of connection into Paul's letter

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 to the Christians at Corinth.

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 The reality for the Christians at Corinth was

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 that they were being tutored more by the Corinthian culture all around them

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 than they were by Jesus and his word.

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 And the evidence of that was in the church.

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 They were Christians, and we'll see that.

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 Paul has no trouble at all in saying they're Christians.

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 But in the challenge of relationships in the church family,

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 they very quickly defaulted back to their old pre-Christian way of thinking

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 and acting towards one another.

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 Hence the title.

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 They were plugged into Jesus, but not switched on to Jesus.

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 It's just like a fan.

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 Imagine, just picture a fan, just a cooling fan.

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 It can be plugged into a PowerPoint,

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 but it actually is useless until it's switched on,

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 until the power flows through the fan

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 and enables the fan to do what the fan was created to do.

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 We've got to be plugged in and switched on to Jesus.

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 But let me pause for a moment and just say two things.

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 The next four Sundays are my last four sermons,

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 four periods of formal teaching after 24 years.

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 The elders wanted me to do some handover stuff,

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 some things, some pointers that I would urge the church family to

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 as I move out the door and others step up.

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 And I thought 1 Corinthians would be a really good way of doing that,

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 looking at this thought of how we can be plugged into Jesus,

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 but not switched on.

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 In other words, how we can be here,

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 but not actually useful, mature disciples of Jesus.

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 Second thing that I want to do is just step back into the background,

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 the backstory of the church at Corinth

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 before we jump into the details.

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 Corinth was a large, young,

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 absolutely booming city.

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 It was a melting pot of religions and philosophies and lifestyles.

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 It was said by the local writers of the time

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 that any pleasure, any vice or sexual perversion imaginable

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 could be found in Corinth.

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 That's the sort of cosmopolitan city it was.

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 Personal freedom was valued most of all

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 and meant that then any behaviour had to be deemed to be acceptable.

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 It's my freedom, it's my right.

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 I'm talking about a city some 2,000 years ago.

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 It sounds a little bit modern and familiar, doesn't it?

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 In among all that was a fledgling church,

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 probably only about five years old when Paul writes this letter back to them.

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 Acts tells us, Acts chapter 18 is the backstory,

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 and you can go and read it.

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 It's a very interesting reading.

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 Paul was there for about 18 months,

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 getting the church set up and running.

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 But 18 months isn't very long.

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 And then Paul moved on to other fields,

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 and Apollos took over the pastoring of the church.

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 So, in this very strong Corinthian culture,

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 was this young church.

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 It's not surprising there, I think,

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 to discover heaps of serious issues in the church.

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 It's not too much to say this church

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 was almost dysfunctional

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 in terms of relationships,

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 and on a bigger level,

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 their credibility in the local city

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 was almost in tatters.

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 The people looking into the church

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 couldn't see any difference

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 between what was happening in the church

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 and what was happening out in society.

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 It was a mess.

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 The Corinthian culture was impacting,

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 and you'll see this if you read through the letter

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 of Corinthians 1 and 2,

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 it was impacting what they thought

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 was important in the church,

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 who were considered good leaders in the church.

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 What was appropriate sexual behavior

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 among individuals in the church?

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 What was their own view of personal freedom,

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 and how should you exercise freedom

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 in the context of a community?

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 Their rights,

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 their use of money.

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 What makes a person worthy of respect in the church?

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 How and when to get involved in the church,

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 and on what basis?

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 And so the list of problems,

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 you can read through,

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 and you can tease all those problems.

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 There was a bag full of problems.

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 The church was

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 a mess.

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 And it's into that relational dysfunction

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 that Paul introduces the key principle.

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 And this key principle underpins

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 everything else in this letter.

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 And it's such a simple principle,

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 and yet it seems so hard for us

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 to get a hold of it.

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 The principle is really simple.

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 It is, if you're following the outline,

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 you'll see it in front of you.

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 The principle is this.

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 Remember that in Christ,

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 you have it all.

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 In Christ, you have it all.

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 Paul was hurting for these believers.

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 He was their spiritual father.

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 And he was responding to a report

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 that things had fallen apart.

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 And they were pleading to Paul

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 for urgent help.

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 And when you think about

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 the dysfunctional mess

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 that Paul's speaking into,

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 and then the way in which

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 he engages the believers

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 at Corinth,

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 it's absolutely amazing.

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 Paul begins with an absolutely

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 extravagant description of them

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 in verse 2.

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 And remember,

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 as we start reading this text,

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 remember the dysfunctional mess

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 I've just described.

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 It's everywhere.

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 The place has just fallen apart.

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 And Paul says,

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 to the church of God

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 in Corinth,

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 to those sanctified

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 called to be saints,

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 together with all of those

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 who in every place

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 call upon the name

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 both their Lord and ours.

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 Grace,

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 and peace from God our Father

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 and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Paul's response

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 first utterance

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 into this dysfunctional mess.

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 Hey guys, remember,

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 you're the church of Christ.

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 You're died for people.

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 You're sanctified.

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 You're called

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 saints

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 in Christ.

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 God's special,

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 holy,

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 set apart people.

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 In other words,

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 Paul sent him,

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 remember guys,

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 you are a community

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 defined by Jesus,

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 defined by God's

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 saving work within you.

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 You have the most

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 incredible privilege

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 of being forgiven.

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 You've been made new

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 from the inside out.

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 You've been brought

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 into God's own family.

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 And you're brought

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 into fellowship

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 with Christians

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 everywhere across the world,

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 but especially there

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 in Corinth.

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 Paul wants them

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 to remember

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 and take on board

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 practically

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 that in Christ

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 they have it all.

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 And he follows through

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 with lots more detail

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 in verses 49.

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 Paul wants them

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 to remember

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 that in Christ

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 they were graciously

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 saved,

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 verse 4.

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 I give thanks

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 to my God

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 always for you.

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 Put that alongside

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 the dysfunctional mess

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 I've just described.

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 Isn't that quite

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 extraordinary?

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 because of the grace

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 he gives thanks

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 because of the grace

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 that was given you

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 in Christ Jesus

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 that in every way

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 you were enriched

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 in him.

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 Get that?

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 In every way

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 you were made rich

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 in him.

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 They have every blessing

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 imaginable.

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 What is every blessing

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 imaginable?

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 it's in there.

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 They've got the ability

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 to understand

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 the gospel

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 and they've responded

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 to the gospel.

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 They've been plugged

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 into Jesus.

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 What more is there

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 says Paul?

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 That's the secret

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 of light

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 and life.

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 and more than that

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 they've got the ability

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 to speak it to others.

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 Verse 6

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 they were the living

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 proof

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 testimony

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 about Jesus

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 was confirmed

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 to me.

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 They actually

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 were the living

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 proof

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 of the changing

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 power of the gospel.

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 people.

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 Verse 7

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 they lacked

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 nothing

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 by which

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 they need

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 or nothing

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 they needed

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 to live obediently

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 until Christ

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 returns.

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 And verses 8

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 and 9

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 who will sustain

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 you

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 the same Jesus

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 who will sustain

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 you to the end

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 guiltless

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 in the day

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 of our Lord Jesus.

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 Again

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 get that

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 against the

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 dysfunctional mess

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 these people

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 were making

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 and continue

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 to make

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 guiltless

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 in the day

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 God is faithful

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 by whom you were

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 called

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 into the fellowship

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 of his son

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 Jesus Christ

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 our Lord.

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 In other words

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 in spite of

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 all the mess

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 that's all around you

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 that you're causing

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 actively

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 says to these

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 Christians

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 these believers

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 the Lord Jesus

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 himself

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 would keep you

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 to the end

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 why?

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 Because that's

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 what God

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 does

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 it was

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 God who

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 called you

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 to himself

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 sovereignly

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 in the first

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 place

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 and promised

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 to keep you

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 for eternal

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 life.

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 Now

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 why have I

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 labored that?

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 Because friends

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 we ought to be

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 so encouraged

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 by

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 and drawn

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 to

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 Paul's

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 grace

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 based

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 approach

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 to this

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 church.

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 There were

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 serious problems

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 in the church

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 divisions

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 immorality

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 power struggles

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 but Paul's

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 reminding them

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 those struggles

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 actually

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 while they're

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 real

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 do not

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 define them

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 as believers.

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 they're the

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 church

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 says Paul

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 not because

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 you got

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 everything

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 right

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 or are

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 getting

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 everything

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 right

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 but because

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 the Lord

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 has started

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 a wonderful

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 work of

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 total renovation

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 through his

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 spirit

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 in your

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 midst

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 and he

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 will

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 complete it.

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 my friends

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 it's just a

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 very practical

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 problem for

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 it is so

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 often

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 we lose

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 sight of

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 our standing

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 in Christ.

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 When we

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 come under

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 pressure

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 when our

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 relationships

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 come under

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 pressure

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 what do we

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 do?

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 We immediately

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 toss out

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 gospel categories.

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 We might be

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 gospel shaped

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 for years

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 and then

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 pressure

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 comes on

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 and suddenly

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 we turf

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 out gospel

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 shape

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 and we

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 revert back

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 to the old

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 pre-Christian

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 way of

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 thinking and

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 doing things

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 and relating

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 to one

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 another

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 and it

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 just causes

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 carnage.

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 We lose

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 sight of

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 our standing

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 in Christ

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 and all

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 the blessings

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 that are

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 ours to

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 be enjoyed

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 the blessings

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 that we

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 need

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 to be

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 mature in

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 Christ

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 to be

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 different

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 in this

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 world.

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 we

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 already

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 have

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 them

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 in

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 Christ

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 but we

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 lose

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 that

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 because

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 we

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 become

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 focused

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 on

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 our

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 failings

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 and

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 shortcomings

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 things.

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 It's

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 so interesting

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 to me

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 and it's

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 been a

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 model I've

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 tried

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 you can be

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 the judge

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 of how

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 successful

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 I've

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 been

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 but it's

00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.240
 a model

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.660
 I've tried

00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:40.039
 to have

00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:40.839
 all my

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 ministry

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.720
 years.

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 Paul doesn't

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.220
 rip into

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 these believers

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.460
 when they get

00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:47.220
 it so badly

00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:47.619
 wrong.

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 He doesn't

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.039
 rip into

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 them in

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 anger.

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 He doesn't

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 say what a

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.700
 hopeless bunch

00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.200
 of losers

00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:53.660
 you are.

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 I'm out of

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 here.

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 He doesn't

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 seek to

00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:57.539
 shame

00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:57.819
 them

00:18:57.819 --> 00:19:00.439
 in their

00:19:00.439 --> 00:19:01.359
 stupidity.

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.039
 He doesn't

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.939
 seek to

00:19:02.939 --> 00:19:04.039
 intimidate

00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.519
 them into

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.119
 just doing

00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:05.439
 the right

00:19:05.439 --> 00:19:06.000
 thing because

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.299
 of what

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:06.619
 will look

00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:06.879
 good.

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 He doesn't

00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:08.259
 seem to

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:09.019
 manipulate

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:10.919
 them or

00:19:10.919 --> 00:19:11.299
 threaten

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 them.

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 He doesn't

00:19:12.179 --> 00:19:13.059
 withdraw

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.779
 support of

00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.419
 them as

00:19:14.419 --> 00:19:15.659
 a strategy

00:19:15.659 --> 00:19:16.099
 to put

00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.759
 pressure on

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 them to

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.460
 do the

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:17.639
 right

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:18.000
 thing.

00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:21.839
 Paul will

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.379
 have nothing

00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:22.720
 of that

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 sort of

00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.379
 approach.

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 It's

00:19:25.139 --> 00:19:25.639
 always,

00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:26.340
 hey,

00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:27.920
 remember

00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.280
 who you

00:19:28.280 --> 00:19:28.580
 are in

00:19:28.580 --> 00:19:29.020
 Christ.

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 That's

00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:31.860
 what you

00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:32.160
 need to

00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:32.540
 think about

00:19:32.540 --> 00:19:32.800
 at this

00:19:32.800 --> 00:19:33.100
 stage.

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:38.040
 Paul's

00:19:38.040 --> 00:19:38.480
 confident

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:38.840
 that if

00:19:38.840 --> 00:19:39.800
 only they

00:19:39.800 --> 00:19:40.560
 can understand

00:19:40.560 --> 00:19:40.920
 their new

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.440
 identity in

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.720
 Christ,

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 then they'll

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:44.200
 overflow with

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.520
 the right

00:19:44.520 --> 00:19:45.400
 connections from

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:46.240
 that, right

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:47.540
 thinking, right

00:19:47.540 --> 00:19:48.420
 desires, right

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:48.920
 actions.

00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:50.660
 All of those

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 things that

00:19:51.060 --> 00:19:51.900
 reflect their

00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:54.080
 new grace-based

00:19:54.080 --> 00:19:55.060
 life.

00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:56.980
 things that

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.640
 are

00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:58.280
 going to

00:19:58.280 --> 00:19:58.780
 apply to

00:19:58.780 --> 00:19:58.820
 the right

00:19:58.820 --> 00:19:59.259
 principle

00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.000
 practically in

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.940
 verses 10

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.380
 to 7.

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.080
 It applies

00:20:02.080 --> 00:20:02.480
 it to the

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.259
 relational

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.860
 dysfunction.

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.600
 Verse 10,

00:20:06.840 --> 00:20:07.860
 11 puts

00:20:07.860 --> 00:20:08.400
 the spotlight

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:10.040
 on a

00:20:10.040 --> 00:20:10.720
 very serious

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.280
 problem in

00:20:11.280 --> 00:20:11.740
 the church.

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.440
 It says,

00:20:12.560 --> 00:20:12.900
 verse 10,

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.640
 I appeal to

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:13.759
 you,

00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:14.080
 brothers,

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:14.920
 by the

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.300
 name of

00:20:15.300 --> 00:20:15.680
 our Lord

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:15.900
 Jesus

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.180
 Christ.

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.400
 There's

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:17.460
 that grace-based

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.519
 approach again,

00:20:19.100 --> 00:20:20.340
 that all of

00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:21.860
 you agree and

00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:22.640
 that there be no

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.600
 divisions among

00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:25.259
 you, but that

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:26.360
 you be united in

00:20:26.360 --> 00:20:27.180
 the same mind

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:28.140
 and the same

00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:28.540
 judgment.

00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:30.580
 The serious

00:20:30.580 --> 00:20:31.200
 problem is this.

00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.120
 There's some

00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:33.380
 sort of major

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:34.540
 disconnect in

00:20:34.540 --> 00:20:35.259
 these Christians,

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:35.900
 as I said

00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:36.200
 before,

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.100
 plugged in but

00:20:37.100 --> 00:20:37.600
 not switched

00:20:37.600 --> 00:20:37.880
 on.

00:20:38.320 --> 00:20:39.120
 They were not

00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:40.120
 living as

00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:40.839
 people who

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.579
 have it all

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.259
 in Jesus.

00:20:43.939 --> 00:20:44.479
 Internal

00:20:44.479 --> 00:20:45.099
 fights,

00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:46.579
 bickering,

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.199
 had caused

00:20:48.199 --> 00:20:48.559
 them to

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.439
 splinter into

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 hostile,

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.439
 competing

00:20:51.439 --> 00:20:52.000
 factions.

00:20:55.979 --> 00:20:57.079
 Verse 12,

00:20:59.659 --> 00:21:01.119
 it seems so

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:02.639
 innocuous and

00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.559
 yet so profound

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.039
 in the church.

00:21:04.479 --> 00:21:05.479
 Division seems

00:21:05.479 --> 00:21:06.299
 to have arisen

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.959
 out of

00:21:07.959 --> 00:21:09.500
 seemingly

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.299
 harmless

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:10.920
 loyalties.

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:12.420
 Look at

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:12.900
 verse 12.

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:14.960
 What I mean

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.900
 is that

00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:17.019
 each of you

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.440
 says,

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.079
 and here's

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.640
 the seemingly

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.259
 harmless

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.839
 loyalties,

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:20.880
 I follow

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.259
 Paul,

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.059
 or I

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.299
 follow

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.839
 Apollos,

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:23.839
 or I

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.099
 follow

00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:24.599
 Cephas,

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.460
 or the

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.019
 super-spiritual

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.440
 ones saying,

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:27.799
 well I don't

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.319
 follow any

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:28.539
 person,

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.279
 I just get

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.799
 my orders

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.440
 direct from

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:30.799
 Jesus.

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.799
 It seems

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.440
 harmless,

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:37.940
 doesn't it?

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 It's just

00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:40.180
 human nature.

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 To warm

00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:42.039
 to one

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.600
 personality

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:43.019
 more than

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.259
 another

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.840
 personality.

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.500
 To warm

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:44.880
 to one

00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:45.320
 style of

00:21:45.320 --> 00:21:45.559
 teaching

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:45.880
 more than

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.160
 another

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:46.600
 style of

00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:46.920
 teaching.

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 To engage

00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.039
 with one

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:52.000
 person over

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.360
 a longer

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 period of

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 time than

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.400
 another

00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:53.820
 person.

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.080
 But what

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:58.759
 happened here

00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:00.539
 was that

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.600
 this seemingly

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.220
 harmless

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.940
 loyalty,

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:04.980
 as people

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.640
 promote the

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.100
 various

00:22:06.100 --> 00:22:07.360
 teachers who

00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:07.840
 had featured

00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:08.140
 in the

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.800
 life of

00:22:08.800 --> 00:22:08.940
 the

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.280
 church.

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.580
 But it

00:22:14.580 --> 00:22:15.420
 turned into

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.180
 rivalry,

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.720
 which turned

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.040
 into

00:22:19.040 --> 00:22:19.720
 hostility,

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.980
 which turned

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.800
 into competition,

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:24.020
 as their

00:22:24.020 --> 00:22:25.020
 preferences and

00:22:25.020 --> 00:22:25.580
 loyalties

00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:26.900
 became reasons

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.440
 to break

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.420
 fellowship with

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:29.259
 those who

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.880
 thought differently,

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.840
 and perhaps to

00:22:30.840 --> 00:22:31.640
 stand in judgment

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.040
 over them.

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.440
 Well,

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.079
 obviously,

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:34.960
 we,

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.680
 our group,

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.240
 has actually

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.799
 got it better

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.139
 than your

00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:37.379
 group.

00:22:40.639 --> 00:22:41.319
 My friends,

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.279
 what started

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.119
 with seemingly

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:45.180
 harmless

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.899
 loyalties

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:47.339
 ended up

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:48.559
 in civil

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.799
 war in

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.119
 the local

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.740
 church family.

00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:53.920
 And you've

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.359
 got to scratch

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:54.740
 your head and

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:54.899
 think,

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.899
 how the heck

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.399
 did we get

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:56.879
 to there?

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:56.960
 How the heck

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.440
 did we get

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.980
 to there?

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.000
 How the heck

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.500
 did we get

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.960
 to there?

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:03.340
 And Paul

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:04.819
 responds firmly

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.519
 because it's a

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.279
 serious threat

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:06.860
 to the community

00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.460
 of believers.

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.360
 His challenge,

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:09.940
 again,

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.000
 is to live

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:13.019
 as the grace-based

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:14.079
 people you are.

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.700
 He makes

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.259
 three points

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.860
 in these

00:23:18.860 --> 00:23:19.980
 verses,

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.539
 and bear with

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:21.660
 me,

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.120
 it's not going

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:23.440
 to take too

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.700
 long.

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.360
 I just said

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:24.840
 that especially

00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:25.360
 for Sarah.

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.779
 It tells me

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.400
 not to apologize.

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.660
 Paul appeals

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.320
 for agreement.

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.620
 Renewed

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.019
 unity

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:35.259
 in both

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.980
 mind and

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.340
 action.

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:38.360
 New determination

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:39.480
 to handle

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.380
 differences of

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:41.080
 opinion and

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:42.320
 preferences in

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:43.300
 a way that

00:23:43.300 --> 00:23:44.519
 demonstrates their

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.300
 deep unity in

00:23:45.300 --> 00:23:45.640
 Christ.

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.120
 You look at

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.600
 verse 10,

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.080
 this is where

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.400
 the knitting

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.100
 bit comes in.

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:50.620
 I appeal to

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:50.820
 you,

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.160
 brothers,

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.800
 by the name

00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:52.240
 of our Lord

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.779
 Jesus Christ

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.460
 that all of

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.920
 you agree

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:55.360
 and that there

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:56.620
 be no divisions

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.100
 among you,

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.660
 but that you

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.460
 be united

00:23:58.460 --> 00:24:00.100
 in the same

00:24:00.100 --> 00:24:00.620
 mind and

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:00.920
 the same

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.220
 judgment.

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:01.980
 In the Greek,

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.940
 that word united

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.460
 there is the

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.660
 word,

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.380
 it's like

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:04.680
 knitting,

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.440
 that you be

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.440
 knitted together.

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.460
 And it's

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.380
 probably a

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.019
 medical term

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:13.160
 where a

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.660
 bone is

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:15.180
 broken and

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.819
 when properly

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.440
 set,

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.720
 so I've read,

00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:18.940
 hopefully the

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.519
 medicals here

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.059
 aren't going to

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.480
 jump up and

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.079
 disagree with me,

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:21.759
 disagree with me

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.019
 afterwards,

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:23.600
 just let me in

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:24.660
 my own little

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.279
 world in the

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.440
 minute.

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.840
 But apparently

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.460
 when a bone

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.039
 is properly

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.880
 set and

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.680
 knits together

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:31.160
 again properly,

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.180
 then that

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:33.340
 knitted together

00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:33.840
 joint is

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.539
 actually stronger

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:34.900
 than the

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.600
 original bone.

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.640
 That's the

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.360
 picture that

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:41.160
 Paul's saying

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.500
 here.

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.799
 Bickering in

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.380
 the church,

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.019
 says Paul,

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.960
 is like having

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.900
 a broken bone.

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:52.259
 And we all

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.620
 know what

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.340
 happens if we

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:54.279
 have a

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.240
 displaced fracture

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.599
 and we

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.120
 ignore it.

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.980
 It can

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.420
 cause serious

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.240
 deformity,

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.519
 or in the

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.140
 worst case,

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.099
 it can cause

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:06.140
 death if

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.819
 sepsis gets

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:06.980
 in.

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.620
 So Paul's

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:10.759
 saying,

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.640
 look, we

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.500
 just can't

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.319
 ignore a

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.960
 broken bone.

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.460
 We can't

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:14.799
 leave it

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.420
 unattended.

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.160
 It will

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:17.039
 cause infection,

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.539
 it will cause

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.140
 pain, it will

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:19.019
 cause disfigurement,

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.819
 it will cause

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.460
 the destruction

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.019
 of the church

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.440
 family.

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.299
 Now, given

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.779
 that we're all

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.960
 sinfully self

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.519
 interested at

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.139
 some point,

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.639
 or many

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:29.500
 points, it's

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.399
 impossible to

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:31.339
 imagine in a

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.940
 community like

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:33.319
 this that we

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.960
 will avoid

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.079
 relational breaks.

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.200
 They will

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.639
 happen.

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.279
 Far more than

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.839
 we want them to

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.359
 happen, but they

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:39.879
 will happen.

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.220
 Paul's point is

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.700
 that when they

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.559
 do occur,

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.440
 then every

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:46.359
 effort needs

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.099
 to be made

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:48.319
 to ensure

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.879
 they're healed

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.420
 properly,

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:51.420
 properly knitted

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.180
 together again,

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.180
 and even

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.920
 stronger,

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:54.920
 therefore, than

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.460
 the original

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.980
 connection.

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.060
 My friends,

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.900
 here's where it

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.480
 starts to become

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.200
 really practical.

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.220
 Every person

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.519
 here,

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.400
 knitting's often

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.000
 seen to be the

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:06.039
 domain of old

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.600
 women, but I'm

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.000
 telling you this

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.039
 morning, every

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.920
 person here,

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.220
 men, women,

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.120
 boys and girls,

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.320
 every one of us

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:13.600
 need to be

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:15.759
 master knitters.

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:21.819
 if the future

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.579
 of this church

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.160
 is going to be

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.539
 guaranteed.

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:28.460
 We need to be

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.420
 passionate about

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:31.420
 healing relational

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.180
 dysfunction,

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.599
 properly healing

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.279
 relational

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.779
 dysfunction.

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.220
 We must be

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.980
 passionate in

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:39.140
 choosing not to

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.859
 live with

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:41.460
 permanent relational

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.839
 pain, permanent

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.440
 relational

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.359
 disfigurement.

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:50.299
 the pathway to

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.819
 true healing

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:54.539
 simply to

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.099
 express

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.400
 practically who

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:57.160
 we are in

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.539
 Christ.

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.720
 We already

00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:00.200
 have deep

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.000
 unity in

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.400
 Christ.

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:06.319
 Being

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:08.000
 passionate to

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.599
 maintain,

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.900
 protect, and

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.779
 build up deep

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.500
 unity in

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.879
 Christ is what

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.759
 will make you

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.859
 the most useful

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:16.599
 and mature

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.359
 disciple you

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:18.759
 can be in

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.240
 this church

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.619
 family.

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:22.019
 And that's one

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.399
 of the things I

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:22.919
 want to say to

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.839
 you all as I

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.679
 sort of am out

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.259
 the back door.

00:27:26.459 --> 00:27:26.919
 You want to be

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.279
 useful?

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.240
 I hope you do

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.579
 want to be

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:30.679
 useful in this

00:27:30.679 --> 00:27:31.240
 church family.

00:27:32.459 --> 00:27:33.699
 Well, be a

00:27:33.699 --> 00:27:34.339
 relational

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.899
 knitter.

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.219
 Don't live with

00:27:37.219 --> 00:27:40.000
 relational

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.740
 disfigurement.

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:43.680
 we're just in

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.339
 the process of

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.059
 combining two

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:46.079
 churches in

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.720
 Weewa.

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.640
 The biggest

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.359
 issue I'm

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:49.620
 going to be

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.019
 dealing with

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.339
 when I go

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:51.460
 back for the

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.819
 next ten

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:53.980
 weeks is a

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:56.240
 whole raft of

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.759
 relational

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.339
 dysfunction.

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.279
 People move

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.319
 from the

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.900
 present church

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.319
 to Anglin

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.680
 because of

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:00.940
 broken

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.039
 relationships and

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.559
 vice versa.

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.220
 And it's all

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.660
 coming to the

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.000
 surface.

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.079
 It's all

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:08.720
 coming to the

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:12.360
 We must be

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:12.920
 knitters.

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.920
 You must be

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.200
 a knitter.

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.860
 It's not the

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.559
 elder's job.

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.480
 It's your job.

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:21.920
 Well, it's not

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.620
 only their job.

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:22.839
 Sorry.

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.799
 It's your job.

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.600
 Not only is it

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:31.100
 a threat to the

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.819
 congregation, but

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.799
 even worse than

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.900
 that, failure to

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.860
 be passionate about

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.319
 healing and

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.680
 relational

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:37.319
 dysfunction ends

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.259
 up making a

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:39.039
 mockery of

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.759
 the changing

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.519
 power of the

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.839
 gospel.

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:42.920
 And the

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.559
 church just

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.319
 becomes like

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.819
 the rest of

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.180
 the world.

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.400
 Another place

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:47.920
 of rival

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.859
 factions and

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.700
 vicious attack.

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.019
 Well, the

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.400
 second thing

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.019
 then Paul says

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.980
 to the

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.839
 believers in

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.240
 Corinth is

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.879
 major in the

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.319
 majors.

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.039
 Keep Christ

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.660
 and salvation

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.480
 issues central.

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.519
 Paul throws

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.900
 up three

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:04.359
 questions in

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.400
 verse 13.

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.900
 Very profound

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.500
 questions and

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.100
 yet very simple

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.560
 questions.

00:29:12.280 --> 00:29:13.140
 Is Christ

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.700
 divided?

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.840
 You guys

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.420
 have managed to

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:18.019
 make it appear

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.360
 as if he

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:18.700
 divided.

00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:19.320
 You've got

00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:20.019
 now all these

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.800
 different factions

00:29:20.800 --> 00:29:21.980
 all claiming to

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:23.940
 be followers of

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:25.220
 Christ and yet

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.880
 not talking to

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.680
 each other or not

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.320
 relating to each

00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:27.540
 other.

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.140
 Is Christ

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.560
 divided?

00:29:30.560 --> 00:29:30.720
 Is Christ

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:30.740
 divided?

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:35.620
 Was Paul

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.460
 crucified for

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.019
 you perhaps?

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:38.859
 You've given

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.680
 absolute loyalty

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.500
 to Paul or

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.019
 Cephas or

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.660
 Apollo or

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.240
 somebody else.

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:44.019
 Are they the

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:45.779
 ones who are

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.480
 responsible for

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.039
 you being here

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.880
 now in new

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.299
 life?

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.740
 Or perhaps

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.000
 you were

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.880
 baptized into

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.299
 the name of

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.559
 Paul.

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.480
 And Paul

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.920
 then goes into

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.480
 a little bit of

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.900
 discourse.

00:29:58.900 --> 00:30:04.340
 pretty blunt

00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:04.880
 point isn't

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.340
 it that Paul

00:30:05.340 --> 00:30:05.820
 makes here?

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.060
 Remember

00:30:10.060 --> 00:30:10.340
 your

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:11.380
 indebtedness

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:13.880
 for all the

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.300
 help that

00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:15.080
 Paul or

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.660
 Cephas or

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.259
 Apollo or

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.620
 any of the

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.080
 other leaders

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:17.720
 or any of

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:17.900
 the other

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.980
 pastors for

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.759
 all the help

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.400
 they've been to

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.860
 you in your

00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:21.740
 Christian walk.

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.480
 Perhaps they

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.820
 were the one

00:30:23.820 --> 00:30:24.240
 who introduced

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.900
 you to Christ

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.240
 in the first

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.480
 place.

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.180
 And that's a

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.780
 wonderful thing

00:30:26.780 --> 00:30:27.860
 but for all of

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.280
 that,

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.720
 your

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.700
 indebtedness

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.180
 for your

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.759
 new life

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.840
 belongs to

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.200
 Christ.

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.060
 And remember

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.440
 that when you

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.040
 were baptized

00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:42.780
 you weren't

00:30:42.780 --> 00:30:43.980
 Paul may have

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.580
 baptized you

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:45.160
 or Cephas or

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.000
 Apollos but you

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.660
 weren't pledging

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.820
 loyalty to them

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:48.220
 when you were

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.600
 baptized.

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.580
 You were making

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:50.519
 a statement to

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.580
 the whole world

00:30:51.580 --> 00:30:52.140
 in the church

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.960
 community of

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.500
 your loyalty

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.280
 to Jesus

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.339
 Christ.

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.480
 I'm thanking

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.299
 him that

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.879
 he's washed

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.259
 you and

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.599
 made you

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:58.920
 clean.

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.279
 The

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.740
 identity,

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:04.119
 the personal

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:06.579
 gifts of

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.399
 the baptizer,

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.000
 the emphasis

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.379
 of the

00:31:08.379 --> 00:31:08.799
 baptizer,

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.799
 totally irrelevant

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.399
 says Paul.

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:15.840
 Paul wanted a

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.420
 following for

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.900
 Christ,

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.480
 not himself.

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.440
 And my

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.700
 friends,

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.280
 I tell you,

00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:22.640
 I've lived long

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.160
 enough to say

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.800
 that too many

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.380
 pastors,

00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:25.420
 yep, I'm

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.820
 talking about

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:26.200
 pastors,

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.340
 too many

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:28.220
 pastors I

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.600
 think have

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:29.120
 sought to

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.519
 build a

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.120
 following for

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.519
 themselves.

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:34.000
 And I

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:35.319
 trust that

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.740
 that's not

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.039
 been the

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.420
 case here

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.759
 for me.

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:37.900
 That would

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.160
 be the

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.619
 worst thing

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.240
 anybody could

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.599
 say to

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:39.879
 me, I

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.079
 think,

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.500
 is that

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.900
 Father,

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.180
 would you

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.339
 just

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.680
 sought to

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.460
 build a

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:42.779
 following

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.000
 for

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.359
 yourself?

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.779
 And

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.480
 verse 17,

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.079
 Paul says,

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.480
 For Christ

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.339
 did not send

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.940
 me to

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.759
 baptize,

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.240
 but to

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.740
 preach the

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.059
 gospel,

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.539
 not with

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.000
 words of

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.500
 eloquent

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.980
 wisdom,

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.200
 lest the

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.839
 cross of

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.500
 Christ be

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.039
 emptied of

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.519
 its power.

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.640
 Remember,

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.079
 says Paul,

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.960
 it's Christ's

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:07.759
 mission that

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.339
 you're engaged

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.460
 in.

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:09.019
 What was I

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.359
 sent to

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.559
 do?

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.579
 Not to

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.079
 big note

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.619
 myself,

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.200
 but to

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.500
 serve

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.039
 Christ.

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:18.900
 And it

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.200
 says to

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.359
 these

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.660
 believers,

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:19.960
 your

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.539
 responsibility

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.099
 is to

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.720
 promote the

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.380
 lordship of

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.779
 Christ.

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.000
 And when

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.400
 you promote

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.960
 the lordship

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.579
 of Christ,

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.460
 you can't

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:26.880
 promote your

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.460
 own lordship

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.880
 at the same

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.259
 time.

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:28.960
 It's that

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.200
 simple.

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:33.200
 You can't

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.599
 promote your

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.220
 own preferences,

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:34.640
 your own

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.240
 understanding.

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.059
 Those sorts

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.359
 of things

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:37.099
 actually undermine

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.680
 the gospel,

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.500
 undermine the

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.119
 lordship and

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.480
 the focus

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.000
 on Christ.

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.000
 Friends,

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.700
 if we're

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.799
 practically aware

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.200
 of who we

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.480
 are in

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.900
 Christ,

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.240
 then we'll

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.660
 be able to

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.400
 keep first

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.180
 things first.

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.039
 We'll be able

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.819
 to measure on

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.299
 the measures

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.480
 and keep the

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.380
 minors in the

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.859
 place where they

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:57.480
 ought to be in

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.819
 the minor.

00:32:57.819 --> 00:33:02.500
 And that

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:04.079
 will promote

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:05.519
 unity rather

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.079
 than difference.

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.740
 Third and

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.220
 final thing

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.439
 then,

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.919
 think harmony,

00:33:13.439 --> 00:33:14.200
 not unison.

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.740
 Promote unity

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.500
 in the context

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.179
 of diversity.

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.200
 Now,

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.220
 when you look

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.879
 at verse 10,

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.759
 it's very clear

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.460
 that it's not

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.839
 saying that

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:25.319
 every church

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.700
 family,

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.460
 every believer

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.039
 in every church

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.599
 family should

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:28.839
 agree absolutely

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.740
 on every single

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:29.960
 issue.

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.379
 I don't think

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.659
 it's saying

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:31.200
 that at all.

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.799
 But it does

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:36.279
 demand that

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.940
 the differences

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.579
 should not

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.200
 leave to

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.960
 strife and

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.299
 division.

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.399
 Paul,

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.000
 Peter,

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.599
 Apollos,

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.619
 they all had

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.519
 absolute

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:49.200
 identical convictions

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.819
 about the

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.579
 necessity for

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.119
 somebody to be

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.799
 saved and how

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.279
 they're saved

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.659
 through the

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:53.059
 Lord Jesus

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.599
 Christ by

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:54.200
 grace alone.

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.680
 But undoubtedly,

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.759
 three different

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.980
 personalities had

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.539
 three different

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.200
 approaches to

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.600
 teaching.

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.519
 Perhaps even

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.060
 three different

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:01.460
 emphases.

00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:01.660
 Well,

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.120
 we know there

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.400
 are three

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.680
 different

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.580
 emphases in

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:06.799
 teaching on

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.440
 things other

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.960
 than the

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.960
 actual means

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.500
 and pathway

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.159
 of salvation.

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.480
 They had

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.800
 different

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.840
 emphases,

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.260
 no doubt,

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.900
 in terms of

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.320
 how things

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.880
 should be done

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.500
 in the church.

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.200
 I have said

00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:19.460
 to you this

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.760
 morning that

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.480
 such differences

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.180
 are normal

00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:21.619
 within a

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.340
 community like

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.659
 this,

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.639
 especially a

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.460
 larger community.

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.359
 Because all

00:34:26.359 --> 00:34:27.319
 the time we're

00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:27.699
 looking at

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.579
 biblical principles

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.259
 and we're

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.699
 trying to work

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.219
 out how do

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.000
 we apply those

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.000
 biblical principles

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:33.299
 faithfully into

00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:34.159
 a changing

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:35.159
 cultural setting.

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.799
 And that's a

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.539
 legitimate thing

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.299
 to struggle with.

00:34:41.379 --> 00:34:41.940
 But here's the

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.299
 problem.

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.639
 When one

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.519
 Christian or one

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.000
 group of

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.199
 Christians push

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.139
 their preference

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.099
 as the only

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:49.139
 godly option

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.980
 for how things

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.599
 should be done

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:52.839
 and refuse to

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:53.659
 allow legitimate

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.559
 differences in

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.360
 viewpoint where

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.059
 legitimate

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.759
 differences in

00:34:56.759 --> 00:34:57.480
 viewpoint might

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.699
 actually legitimately

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.219
 be held.

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.179
 That was a

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.599
 very clumsy

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:00.980
 sentence,

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.380
 wasn't it?

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.840
 But I got

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.219
 there in the

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.440
 end.

00:35:04.779 --> 00:35:06.219
 Then when we

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:06.880
 do that,

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.279
 harmony has

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.980
 been sacrificed

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:11.079
 for uniformity.

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.599
 Uniformity,

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.460
 we all have to

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.159
 just be vanilla

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.559
 flavoured.

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:16.279
 Harmony is

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.840
 we get a

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.820
 whole range of

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.340
 colours and

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:18.719
 flavours,

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:21.079
 but we stand

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.539
 united.

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:24.099
 holding our

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.559
 convictions

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:26.539
 strongly and

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.239
 interacting with

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.719
 others who

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:28.300
 hold different

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.800
 convictions

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:30.380
 strongly where

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:32.380
 those different

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:33.380
 convictions are

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.779
 legitimate.

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.539
 See,

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.380
 uniformity,

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:40.880
 and I've

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.440
 seen it in

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.759
 churches,

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:43.460
 uniformity is

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.300
 where every

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:45.759
 believer has

00:35:45.759 --> 00:35:46.099
 to have the

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.880
 same viewpoint

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.980
 before they

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:49.099
 can be accepted

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.679
 as serious

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.460
 minded Christians.

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:53.659
 And unfortunately,

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.480
 uniformity,

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.460
 as I've observed

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.639
 it,

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.199
 has always been

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:57.179
 imposed from

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:57.840
 the top down

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:59.239
 by heavy-handed

00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.659
 leadership.

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.659
 But true

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.880
 unity is

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.719
 expressed in

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.219
 diversity.

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.579
 That's when

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:11.840
 you have

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.259
 harmony.

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:15.460
 Now,

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.739
 hear me

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:16.039
 carefully.

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.759
 There needs

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.779
 to be fundamental

00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:19.539
 agreement on

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.400
 salvation issues.

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.559
 But beyond

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:22.840
 that,

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.519
 there are

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.259
 legitimate

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:25.880
 issues where

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.360
 legitimate

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.179
 differences might

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.619
 be held

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:30.460
 and debated.

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.259
 Different

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:33.019
 ideas about

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.519
 how we might

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.159
 do church.

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.500
 Different

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.000
 ideas about

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.880
 what projects

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.719
 this church

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.259
 family should

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:38.860
 follow into

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.340
 the future.

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.300
 These are

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:40.840
 things that the

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.840
 elders will

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.539
 call you to

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:43.519
 contribute to

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.019
 and perhaps

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.739
 make suggestions

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:45.079
 to.

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.059
 And there

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.619
 will range.

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.019
 Some of them

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.559
 will be quite

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:50.019
 out there.

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.259
 One

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:54.940
 personality

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.719
 or preacher

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:57.219
 will engage

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:58.400
 you much

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.960
 more easily

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.460
 than another

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.099
 personality.

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.039
 Some of you

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.380
 will be saying,

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.840
 well, it's nice

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.079
 to have

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.739
 Calderwood back

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:06.199
 and others

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.599
 will be saying,

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.320
 oh, gosh,

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:07.759
 why can't we

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.179
 have Dave

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.639
 Bott up the

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:08.940
 front as

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.659
 normal or

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:09.880
 whatever.

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:10.719
 That's the

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:10.920
 way it

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.299
 works.

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:18.940
 others

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.460
 won't always

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:20.220
 see your

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:20.980
 viewpoint with

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.280
 the same

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:21.900
 passion that

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.500
 you see it.

00:37:24.160 --> 00:37:24.660
 But here's

00:37:24.660 --> 00:37:26.039
 the rub from

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.519
 1 Corinthians

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.480
 as I understand

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.800
 it.

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.340
 Those

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:30.300
 differences are

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.740
 legitimate,

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.360
 but what's

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:34.180
 never right is

00:37:34.180 --> 00:37:34.720
 to dig a

00:37:34.720 --> 00:37:38.740
 trench based

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:39.080
 on your

00:37:39.080 --> 00:37:39.420
 differences.

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.920
 to withdraw

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.700
 from people

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:44.120
 based on your

00:37:44.120 --> 00:37:44.500
 differences.

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.660
 To refuse

00:37:45.660 --> 00:37:46.460
 to join

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:47.280
 fully in the

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:47.840
 life of this

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.340
 congregation

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:49.800
 because that's

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.440
 not how I

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.860
 see it at

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.280
 this point.

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:56.100
 And worst

00:37:56.100 --> 00:37:56.500
 of all,

00:37:56.600 --> 00:37:57.160
 even to go

00:37:57.160 --> 00:37:57.860
 to war

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:59.039
 with the

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.800
 church family.

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.460
 Maybe it

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.039
 seems extreme,

00:38:05.140 --> 00:38:05.640
 but I tell you,

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.160
 I've seen it.

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:07.220
 I suspect most

00:38:07.220 --> 00:38:07.680
 of you here

00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:08.140
 have seen it

00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:08.340
 too.

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:12.940
 legitimate

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.420
 differences

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.039
 should never

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:15.100
 determine the

00:38:15.100 --> 00:38:16.760
 existence and

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:17.280
 quality of

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.760
 relationship.

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.320
 And here's

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.900
 putting this

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.680
 positive now.

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:25.920
 Hopefully it

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.460
 hasn't been too

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.880
 negative, but it

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.440
 needs to be said

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.820
 the way it was

00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:29.019
 said.

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.140
 If we turn that

00:38:30.140 --> 00:38:31.600
 around now, if

00:38:31.600 --> 00:38:32.560
 we discuss our

00:38:32.560 --> 00:38:33.720
 differences and

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:35.600
 debate them while

00:38:35.600 --> 00:38:36.380
 keeping our focus

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.120
 on Christ,

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:39.359
 then what

00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:40.059
 happens is that

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.480
 we actually

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:42.559
 enjoy helping

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.079
 one another

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:44.179
 better understand

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.819
 God's word.

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.839
 That can't be a

00:38:49.839 --> 00:38:50.359
 bad thing, can

00:38:50.359 --> 00:38:50.500
 it?

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:53.099
 There's nothing to

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.639
 fear in that,

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.000
 is there?

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.319
 And we remain

00:38:59.319 --> 00:39:00.880
 united and avoid

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.980
 bitter strife

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.519
 and division at

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:03.159
 the same time.

00:39:04.299 --> 00:39:04.599
 Now friends,

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.400
 as I wrap up now,

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.339
 I have to say

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:07.720
 this, I'm so

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:10.019
 glad that the

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.360
 Lord has

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:11.180
 preserved us

00:39:11.180 --> 00:39:12.320
 from these

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:13.260
 types of deep

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:14.760
 division and

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.640
 disunity that

00:39:15.640 --> 00:39:16.480
 was evident in

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.980
 the church in

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.260
 Corinth.

00:39:19.140 --> 00:39:20.039
 But hear this

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:21.280
 equally, we are

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:23.140
 not immune to

00:39:23.140 --> 00:39:23.920
 such developments.

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.480
 And I tell you,

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.480
 they can just

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:28.980
 spring up

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:29.320
 overnight.

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:35.059
 we need to be

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:35.680
 careful and

00:39:35.680 --> 00:39:36.100
 vigilant,

00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:38.360
 especially in

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:38.940
 times of

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:40.800
 change like

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.440
 our church

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:42.160
 family is

00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:43.080
 experiencing

00:39:43.080 --> 00:39:43.640
 currently.

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.500
 A raft of

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.039
 new elders,

00:39:47.120 --> 00:39:47.539
 me stepping

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.380
 out after 24

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:49.220
 years, others

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:49.840
 stepping up.

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:53.420
 All the seeds

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.900
 are there

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:56.300
 for people to

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:56.680
 start saying,

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:59.039
 I wish it

00:39:59.039 --> 00:39:59.559
 was like

00:39:59.559 --> 00:39:59.799
 the good

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.239
 old days.

00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:01.500
 I wish

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:02.000
 colder was

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.199
 it was

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:02.500
 back.

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:02.919
 I wish

00:40:02.919 --> 00:40:03.500
 this, I

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.980
 wish that.

00:40:04.419 --> 00:40:04.679
 I'm not

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:05.099
 happy with

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:05.440
 this, I'm

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.819
 not happy

00:40:05.819 --> 00:40:06.159
 with that.

00:40:11.379 --> 00:40:11.980
 What a

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.659
 tragedy, this

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.119
 next point

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.559
 might seem

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:14.159
 self-promoting

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.500
 but I'm

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.000
 trying to use

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.279
 it as an

00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:15.639
 illustration.

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.339
 What a

00:40:16.339 --> 00:40:17.079
 tragedy it

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.519
 would be

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:19.379
 if folk in

00:40:19.379 --> 00:40:20.059
 this congregation,

00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:20.940
 I'm looking at

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.539
 you now, if

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.099
 you were more

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:23.039
 rusted onto

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:25.839
 me than

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:26.460
 rusted onto

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:26.960
 Jesus.

00:40:33.240 --> 00:40:34.039
 That would

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.940
 torpedo my

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.620
 life ministry.

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:45.740
 What a

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.920
 tragedy it

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:48.220
 would be if

00:40:48.220 --> 00:40:48.920
 your involvement

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.680
 in this church

00:40:49.680 --> 00:40:50.480
 was just tied

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:51.519
 to personalities

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:54.860
 rather than

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.680
 tied to

00:40:55.680 --> 00:40:55.960
 Jesus.

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.519
 What a

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:02.039
 tragedy it

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.579
 would be if

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:03.059
 your commitment

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.579
 to being a

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.480
 useful disciple

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.900
 in this

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:06.500
 family was

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:07.320
 tied to,

00:41:08.120 --> 00:41:08.880
 again, a

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.380
 personality.

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.640
 I don't

00:41:11.640 --> 00:41:13.120
 like the

00:41:13.120 --> 00:41:13.740
 new regime

00:41:13.740 --> 00:41:15.380
 so I'm

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:15.599
 going to

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.180
 adopt a

00:41:16.180 --> 00:41:17.180
 passive-aggressive

00:41:17.180 --> 00:41:19.200
 commitment and

00:41:19.200 --> 00:41:19.599
 involvement.

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:19.659
 friendship.

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.819
 My friends, we

00:41:24.819 --> 00:41:25.259
 need to be

00:41:25.259 --> 00:41:25.799
 committed to

00:41:25.799 --> 00:41:26.480
 displaying the

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.199
 reality that we

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:28.339
 already have in

00:41:28.339 --> 00:41:29.079
 Jesus, a deep

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:32.500
 unity, that we

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:33.360
 might continue to

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.039
 display the

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:34.799
 changing power of

00:41:34.799 --> 00:41:35.159
 the gospel.

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.199
 What a

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:38.799
 tragedy it

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:40.139
 would be if

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:42.219
 moving into

00:41:42.219 --> 00:41:42.579
 the new

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:43.219
 chapter of

00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:43.799
 life as this

00:41:43.799 --> 00:41:44.380
 church family,

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.119
 all you could

00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:45.719
 do was find

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:47.519
 fault with the

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.380
 new elders.

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:48.440
 elders.

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:49.780
 Will they

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:50.160
 fail you?

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:50.640
 Of course they

00:41:50.640 --> 00:41:51.720
 will, just like

00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:52.340
 the last lot

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:52.559
 did.

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:53.780
 John and me

00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:54.660
 can testify only

00:41:54.660 --> 00:41:55.200
 too well to

00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:55.559
 that, can't

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:55.680
 we?

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:56.680
 Of course they'll

00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:57.840
 fail you, because

00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:58.360
 they were sinful

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.960
 men when they

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.380
 were appointed

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:00.260
 elders, and

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:00.800
 they will remain

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:01.619
 sinful men until

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.000
 the day they

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.440
 die, or the

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:03.000
 Lord comes to

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.260
 take them

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.539
 away.

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:12.920
 Get alongside

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.360
 them.

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:15.380
 Support

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.680
 them.

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.079
 Encourage

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.340
 them.

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:18.660
 And if

00:42:18.660 --> 00:42:19.539
 necessary, challenge

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:20.460
 them on the

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:21.119
 basis of God's

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.619
 word, and I

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:22.099
 tell you, the

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.640
 men that are

00:42:22.640 --> 00:42:23.619
 there will

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:25.039
 welcome being

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:26.119
 pushed back into

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.680
 God's word.

00:42:27.700 --> 00:42:28.200
 That's their

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:28.780
 nature, that's

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:29.260
 their character,

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:29.720
 that's why

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:30.160
 they're there.

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:36.619
 And value the

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:37.539
 different personalities,

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.280
 value the

00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:38.960
 different approaches,

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:40.539
 and have this

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:41.340
 harmony view.

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:42.780
 Say, look, any

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.320
 one of them by

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:44.119
 themselves, like

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:45.140
 just Coldward by

00:42:45.140 --> 00:42:45.579
 himself, would

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:46.420
 really get up your

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:47.320
 nose super quick.

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:48.200
 when he's part of

00:42:48.200 --> 00:42:49.140
 a team, he's

00:42:49.140 --> 00:42:49.640
 tolerable.

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:50.120
 He might

00:42:50.120 --> 00:42:50.640
 actually even be

00:42:50.640 --> 00:42:51.000
 helpful.

00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:55.120
 That's a

00:42:55.120 --> 00:42:56.059
 harmony expression.

00:42:58.240 --> 00:42:59.820
 Realistic and

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:00.400
 harmonious.

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:03.059
 In Christ, we

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:04.280
 already have deep

00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:04.620
 unity.

00:43:05.620 --> 00:43:07.000
 We will always

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:08.000
 have more in

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:09.220
 common than we

00:43:09.220 --> 00:43:09.800
 have at odds.

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:09.840
 Christ.

00:43:11.680 --> 00:43:13.080
 So let's be the

00:43:13.080 --> 00:43:14.539
 best disciples we

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:17.960
 can be by

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:18.960
 approaching every

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:20.700
 relationship and

00:43:20.700 --> 00:43:21.660
 knowing who we

00:43:21.660 --> 00:43:22.240
 are in Christ.

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.780
 Pray with me.

00:43:28.220 --> 00:43:28.660
 Please.

00:43:32.660 --> 00:43:33.519
 Lord, these words

00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:34.620
 are so easy to

00:43:34.620 --> 00:43:35.600
 hear in some ways.

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:37.420
 They're not hard to

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:38.120
 comprehend the

00:43:38.120 --> 00:43:38.800
 meaning of the text,

00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:39.780
 and yet so, so

00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:40.940
 difficult for us to

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:42.200
 apply them

00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:42.780
 consistently.

00:43:43.620 --> 00:43:44.320
 Lord, help us.

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:46.220
 Help us to be

00:43:46.220 --> 00:43:47.539
 relational knitters.

00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:49.460
 Help us to be

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:50.320
 first and foremost

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:51.600
 rusted onto you.

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.560
 And from there,

00:43:53.620 --> 00:43:54.620
 then, Lord, value

00:43:54.620 --> 00:43:56.200
 those that you've

00:43:56.200 --> 00:43:56.860
 brought into our

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.340
 lives that have

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:58.200
 been helpful to us

00:43:58.200 --> 00:43:59.120
 in numerous ways

00:43:59.120 --> 00:44:00.680
 in our Christian

00:44:00.680 --> 00:44:00.980
 work.

00:44:01.060 --> 00:44:01.860
 Help us to value

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:03.140
 that, but be

00:44:03.140 --> 00:44:03.860
 committed to you.

00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:05.740
 In Jesus' name,

00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:06.039
 I pray.

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:08.179
 Well, thank you

00:44:08.179 --> 00:44:08.779
 very much for

00:44:08.779 --> 00:44:09.579
 listening to me.

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:39.559
 Thank you.