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 As you know, I am Lebanese by birth.

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 I grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, and came to this country

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 as a student to study in college.

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 I remember a very early experience

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 as a foreigner. I've been

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 naturalized since then, and I've served two years in the army during the

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 Vietnam era, so I am a naturalized citizen. But I remember

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 when I first came, some of my friends

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 wanted me to go to a baseball game. You realize

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 that in Lebanon, all that we saw was soccer. Soccer was

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 the only thing. And so if I went to a soccer

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 game, I knew what to expect. If I went to a concert,

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 I'd know what to expect. If I went to a library, I know what to

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 expect. But they took me to a baseball

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 game, and I had no idea what on earth

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 was happening. I mean, I was completely

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 lost. I mean,

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 I had no idea.

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 What are the rules? What are they trying

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 to accomplish? Why are they doing this?

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 Why aren't they doing that?

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 I had no idea.

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 Some of you may

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 feel the same way about church.

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 That is,

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 you know what to expect in a library,

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 you know what to expect in a movie theater,

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 you know what to expect in a concert,

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 you know what to expect in a class at school.

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 But what is it that happens in church?

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 What is church all about?

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 I also remember the first time I flew

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 in an airplane

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 from Lebanon to New York.

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 I had read about New York

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 and tried to learn something about the city,

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 but as we flew over it,

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 it dawned on me what New York was like.

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 So there is the Empire State Building,

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 and there is the Statue of Liberty,

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 and there is the Rockefeller Center.

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 And in the airplane,

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 because we were flying high,

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 we could see the larger picture.

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 Not just one block,

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 but the larger picture.

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 So what I'm going to do this morning,

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 Lord willing,

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 is to give you the larger picture,

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 a really big picture

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 of what this church is about.

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 So if you take out your bulletins at the back,

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 I wrote some things,

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 so hopefully you'll be able to follow

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 what I'm doing.

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 Ask yourself,

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 during a typical week,

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 what different activities happen in this place?

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 I mean, there are people who shovel snow,

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 there are people who unlock doors,

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 there are people who empty garbage cans,

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 there are people who cook food

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 for Sunday morning,

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 there are people who are greeters,

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 people who take the offering,

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 people who clean up at the end of the service.

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 How many activities and tasks take place

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 in a place like this during the week?

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 Over 50 activities.

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 Over 50.

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 And sometimes maybe one or two persons

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 do most of the work,

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 and sometimes if you're in a big church,

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 you could hire a larger staff.

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 But there are all these activities to do.

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 And of course,

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 if I gave you a list

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 of 50 things,

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 most of us wouldn't be able to remember.

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 They need to be somehow organized

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 or reflect some sense of order

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 to remember the 50,

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 but just an arbitrary list

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 of 50 people,

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 it's hard to do,

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 it's hard to remember.

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 So what has happened in the church

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 is that as we have been reflecting on this

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 for 2,000 years,

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 several approaches have been done,

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 and I want to walk you through some of them.

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 So if you say to yourself,

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 I can't remember all 50 activities,

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 is there some other way to organize the data?

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 Yes, there is.

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 One way of looking at it

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 is to ask yourself,

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 how does the New Testament

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 describe the church?

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 And there is no simple answer.

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 There is a scholar

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 by the name of Paul Meniere

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 who did the research for that.

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 He was paid by Yale University to do it.

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 And in a book called

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 New Testament Images of the Church,

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 he found out that the New Testament

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 describes the church

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 in 95 different ways.

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 95 different ways

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 of describing the church.

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 Well, I mean,

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 if memorizing 50 is bad,

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 memorizing 95 is a little bit more challenge.

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 So he asked himself,

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 can we organize,

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 can we group things together,

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 can we put them in different boxes?

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 And he came up with six very important ways

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 of looking at the church.

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 The church is the people of God.

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 The church is the flock of God.

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 The church is the temple of God.

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 The church are the called out ones,

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 the saints of God.

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 The church is the body of Christ.

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 The church is the bride of Christ.

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 So if I am thinking about the church

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 and I think to myself,

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 we are the body of Christ,

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 then the next thing I should ask myself,

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 well, what does that entail?

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 Well, a couple things for sure.

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 That we are different.

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 That there is diversity.

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 We're not all ears.

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 We're not all eyes.

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 I mean, be the weirdest looking body

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 if you had nothing but eyes everywhere.

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 You know, we're not all feet.

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 We're not all hands.

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 We reflect enormous diversity

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 and that we need each other.

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 If you don't believe me,

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 try to feed yourself through your ear

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 this afternoon.

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 You know, see how the cake goes down,

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 if it will.

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 We are diverse.

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 So we look at these various images

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 and we ask ourselves,

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 what is the church

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 and what activity goes with these metaphors

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 and pictures of the church?

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 There was a teacher

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 who was very, very influential.

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 Almost everybody who studied with her

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 became professors

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 in some important Christian universities.

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 Now, she had students

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 who were all single

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 and they were all studying Christian ministry

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 and they were all preparing

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 for the pastorate.

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 So this mean teacher

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 used to look at them

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 and used to say,

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 remember your wife.

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 Now, you can take that

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 in one of two ways.

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 One way it means

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 if you are single,

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 if you are single

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 and you graduate

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 and you think you're going to get a job

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 as a single pastor,

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 forget about it.

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 Unless you're married,

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 nobody is going to hire you.

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 So remember your wife meant

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 better start dating,

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 you know,

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 improve your prayer life,

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 ask God to bring Rebecca

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 into your existence.

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 because if you're single,

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 you're not going to be employed.

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 Churches are not looking for single youth pastors

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 or senior pastors

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 or lead pastors.

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 Well, that's not what she meant

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 with remember your wife.

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 I'm so delighted

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 that some of my friends

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 here at this church

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 who are either already pastors

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 or pastors in training

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 or hoping to become pastors,

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 I'm so glad that you're all married.

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 I mean, you know,

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 that's one prayer list.

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 I mean, I have to pray for you

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 in some other way

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 but not for that one at least.

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 You have lightened my burden.

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 But when she said,

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 remember your wife,

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 she really meant something else.

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 She said,

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 she is saying,

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 have a healthy church.

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 Look,

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 my doctor told me,

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 either you lose weight

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 or you're flirting with diabetes.

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 So the last few months,

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 I have been trying to lose weight

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 and I lost 31 pounds.

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 I won't tell you

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 how many I've regained

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 but I have lost 31.

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 And sometimes

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 when I become ambitious

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 or panic,

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 I think to myself,

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 the only thing I'm going to eat

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 is cauliflower.

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 You know,

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 eat 40 months,

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 morning,

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 lunch,

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 noon,

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 dinner,

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 cauliflower.

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 And then the doctor says,

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 come on, Samir,

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 we want balanced meal.

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 You know,

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 cereal,

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 meat,

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 you know.

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 So,

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 he wants me to lose weight

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 but do it in a balanced way,

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 not just broccoli and cauliflower.

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 She was saying to her students,

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 if you're going to become pastors,

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 then have a healthy church,

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 not a distorted church,

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 a church out of whack.

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 And the word that she used was wife.

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 W-I-F-E.

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 W,

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 worship,

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 I,

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 instruction,

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 F,

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 fellowship,

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 E,

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 evangelism.

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 It is not healthy to go to a church

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 that the only thing they ever do

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 is evangelism.

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 Now,

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 I am all for evangelism.

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 The Lord told us to do evangelism.

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 But he didn't say only evangelism

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 and nothing else.

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 That is not healthy.

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 Or just fellowship.

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 That's not healthy either.

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 Or just Sunday school.

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 Or just worship.

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 It is a combination of all four.

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 And so she was saying to her students,

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 have a healthy, balanced church.

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 Not some distorted church

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 with only one activity.

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 So remember your wife.

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 She was extremely influential.

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 She was extremely influential.

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 Her students are basically my generation

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 and we have occupied

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 every important position

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 in Christian colleges.

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 But

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 somebody noticed

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 that looking at wife

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 that

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 the idea of discipleship

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 is missing.

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 So where does discipleship go?

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 Well, you could try to find another word.

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 You know,

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 with five letters.

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 Since I love languages,

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 I came with a simple solution.

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 Make the word wife

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 a verb

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 rather than a noun.

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 And then we have

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 I wifed,

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 you wifed,

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 he, she, it wifed,

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 you wifed,

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 they wifed,

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 we wifed.

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 And we've solved the problem.

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 Regrettably,

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 nobody follows my instructions.

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 God hasn't given

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 the gift of wisdom

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 to the rest of people

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 that he has given me.

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 So nobody used wifed.

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 And,

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 consequently,

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 people continue to argue

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 in academic circles,

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 in my circles.

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 What is discipleship?

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 And some think,

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 well,

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 discipleship is a product.

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 Make disciples,

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 Jesus says.

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 Some say,

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 look,

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 discipleship is a fifth activity.

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 She left it out,

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 we put it back in.

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 And that's what it is.

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 It's an activity.

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 I know how to praise,

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 I know how to disciple.

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 And then,

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 some have thought

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 that maybe discipleship

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 is a style

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 of doing things.

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 I understand lectures,

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 seminar discussions,

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 paper presentations,

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 skits.

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 There are various ways

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 of teaching,

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 and maybe discipleship

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 is a style of teaching.

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 Well,

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 she never addressed

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 that issue,

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 but I did want

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 to bring it up

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 because discipleship

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 is important.

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 And if you want to know

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 whether discipleship

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 is one of the things

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 those three

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 or all three of them

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 or et cetera,

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 I have my wonderful friend,

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 Billy Nye,

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 who's an expert

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 at these things

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 and corner him

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 and,

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 but go gentle,

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 you know.

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 Go gentle.

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 Another way

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 to look at it

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 is to ask yourself,

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 when we do

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 all these activities,

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 who is the recipient

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 of these activities?

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 Who is our target?

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 And there are

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 three targets.

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 God,

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 believers,

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 and the world.

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 God,

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 believers,

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 and the world.

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 So you can take

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 something like wife

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 and say,

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 worship,

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 where does that?

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 To whom is

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 worship directed at?

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 Certainly not the world,

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 heaven forbid.

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 And certainly not us,

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 we're not worshipping,

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 we're not that conceited,

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 you know,

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 or grand,

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 you know.

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 worship belongs to God.

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 So,

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 in trying to think

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 of what we do,

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 when it comes to God,

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 there are two

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 main activities.

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 The first one

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 is to worship God.

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 When we come to church,

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 we are here

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 to worship God.

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 I was just so delighted,

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 I was just so

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 completely delighted

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 that two of the songs,

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 I don't mean only two,

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 but at least two of them

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 clearly,

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 helped us think about

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 praising God

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 and worshiping him.

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 that's just appropriate,

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 that's the right

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 thing to do.

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 This is not a restaurant,

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 this is a church.

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 And we worship God.

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 The other major activity

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 is the greatest commandment.

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 What shall I do?

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 Love the Lord your God

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 with all of your heart.

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 And Jesus says,

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 if you love me,

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 keep my commandments.

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 So when I come to church,

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 the least minimum

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 I expect

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 is that

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 I'll have a chance

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 to worship God

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 and I have a chance

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 to say,

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 Lord,

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 I really love you,

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 but you loved me first

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 and you've,

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 you know,

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 you have raised me

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 from the dead.

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 You have shown your light

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 on my life.

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 I really thank you

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 for that

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 and I'm grateful

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 and I'm learning

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 to love you.

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 That is bare minimum.

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 This is bare minimum.

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 Now,

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 we can be mediocre.

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 I was going to say McDonald's.

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 I'm sorry.

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 I don't mean to offend anybody.

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 We can be mediocre

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 or we can be good,

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 but we need to love God

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 and worship God.

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 We need to love God.

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 That is our primary activity

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 toward God.

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 So what does it,

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 what is it for believers?

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 Well,

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 English translations use

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 three different words in English,

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 but they all mean the same thing.

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 To strengthen

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 or

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 to

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 edify

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 or

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 to build up

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 and these are all

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 basically meaning

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 the same thing.

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 When we get together,

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 we are trying

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 to

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 edify each other,

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 strengthen each other,

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 build each other up

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 in the faith

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 and there are numerous

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 places in the Bible

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 that says so.

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 So how do we do that?

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 How do we edify?

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 What kind of activities

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 go on in a church

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 that are designed

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 to build up each other,

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 to strengthen each other?

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 Discipleship,

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 clearly,

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 fellowship,

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 teaching,

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 learning to lead

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 holy lives?

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 These are all

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 activities that are

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 aimed at

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 believers.

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 God doesn't need

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 to be holy.

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 I need to be holy.

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 And so

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 these activities

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 are designed

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 to

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 help

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 us

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 grow

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 so we can be

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 healthy

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 rather than

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 sick and weak.

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 and what

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 activity

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 is

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 aimed at

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 the world.

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 Traditionally,

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 if you read

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 about, you know,

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 100 years ago

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 textbooks,

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 they would say

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 evangelism

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 and missions

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 and you

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 evangelize

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 in your own

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 culture

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 and you do

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 missions

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 in

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 somebody else's

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 culture.

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 So if I am

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 witnessing to

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 an Arab,

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 because I'm

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 an Arab,

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 I am

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 evangelizing,

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 but if I am

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 witnessing to

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 a Chinese,

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 since I'm

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 not Chinese,

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 I am

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 doing missionary

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 work.

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 Well, it may

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 be helpful to

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 think of it

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 as outreach.

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 We are

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 reaching out

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 to the world.

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 Whether they

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 speak our

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 language or

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 don't speak our

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 language,

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 it doesn't

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 matter.

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 Whether we

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 are using

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 English or

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 a different

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 language,

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 that doesn't

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 matter.

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 What matters

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 is that we

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 are reaching

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 out to the

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 world.

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 and how

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 do we

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 reach out

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 to the

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 world?

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 By

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 proclaiming

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 the gospel

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 and by

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 showing acts

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 of kindness

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 and mercy.

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 Jesus

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 says in

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 Matthew 5

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 16 that

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 we are the

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 light of the

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 world and

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 they will

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 see our

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 good works

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 and glorify

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 our Father

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.579
 in heaven.

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 So it

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 is worship,

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 edification,

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 and outreach.

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 Let me

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 try to

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 make this

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 manageable.

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 Here is a

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 passage that

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 does a good

00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:09.480
 job summarizing

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:09.920
 what I'm

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 saying.

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 The reason

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 I haven't

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.480
 stuck to one

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 passage is

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 because I've

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 wanted you to

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.539
 see all of

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 Chicago,

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 all of the

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 forests,

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 not just one

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 tree.

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 But here is a

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.379
 fabulous passage.

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 It's really

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:23.379
 fabulous.

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 It's

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 fabulous.

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 New Testament

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 authors are

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 just brilliant.

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 You know,

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 they're just

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 fantastic.

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 I read it

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 and I think,

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 gosh, how

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 can anybody

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 be so smart?

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 Well, the

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:37.899
 Holy Spirit,

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 obviously.

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 So, look

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 at Hebrews

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 13, 15.

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 If you have

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 a pencil,

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 jot down

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 13, 15

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 somewhere.

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 And then

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 13, 16.

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 So, in

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 Hebrews 13,

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 15,

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 through Jesus,

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.359
 therefore,

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.459
 let us

00:20:03.459 --> 00:20:04.359
 continually

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:05.319
 offer to

00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:06.719
 God a

00:20:06.719 --> 00:20:07.939
 sacrifice of

00:20:07.939 --> 00:20:08.599
 praise,

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:11.259
 the fruit

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.000
 of our

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.579
 lips that

00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.859
 confess his

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 name.

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 Let us

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:17.940
 offer to

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:19.220
 God the

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:20.359
 sacrifice of

00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:20.920
 praise.

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.160
 If you're

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:23.819
 not sure

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.660
 what praise

00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.379
 is, let

00:20:25.379 --> 00:20:26.559
 me recommend

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.400
 a passage

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 for you.

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:29.319
 The last

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.960
 five psalms,

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.980
 Psalms 146,

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:34.039
 147,

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 148,

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 149,

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 and 150,

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.759
 those last

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 five psalms,

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 every one

00:20:40.719 --> 00:20:41.039
 of them

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.079
 begins in

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:43.079
 Hebrew with

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:44.139
 praise the

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 Lord, and

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.659
 every one of

00:20:45.659 --> 00:20:46.259
 them ends

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:47.159
 with praise

00:20:47.159 --> 00:20:47.639
 the Lord.

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 Five psalms,

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 five times.

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 And, of

00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:53.059
 course, praise

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.619
 the Lord in

00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.199
 Hebrew is

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 hallelujah.

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 So, it

00:20:56.439 --> 00:20:57.339
 begins hallelujah,

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 and then a

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.699
 discussion of

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 praise, and

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 then hallelujah.

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 Again,

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:01.679
 hallelujah,

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 hallelujah,

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 hallelujah,

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 hallelujah.

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 So, in

00:21:06.739 --> 00:21:07.039
 case you're

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.639
 wondering, oh,

00:21:07.699 --> 00:21:07.979
 what is

00:21:07.979 --> 00:21:08.599
 praise like?

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.839
 Here are

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.519
 five psalms

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.799
 to start

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 thinking about

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 that.

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 And so,

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 the author of

00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.379
 Hebrews is

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 saying, when

00:21:16.959 --> 00:21:17.659
 it comes to

00:21:17.659 --> 00:21:18.659
 God, let

00:21:18.659 --> 00:21:19.219
 us offer

00:21:19.219 --> 00:21:20.119
 to God a

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:21.099
 sacrifice of

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:22.719
 praise, the

00:21:22.719 --> 00:21:23.319
 fruit of

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:24.159
 lips that

00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:24.879
 confess his

00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.199
 name.

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 And then

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 verse 16,

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 and don't

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 forget to

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 do good and

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 to share with

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.159
 others.

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 In the

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.019
 first one,

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 we're offering

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 God.

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 In the

00:21:37.159 --> 00:21:38.019
 second one,

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 verse 16,

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 it is to

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.460
 do good and

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.900
 to share

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 with others.

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.819
 For with

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:45.079
 such sacrifices

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 God is

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.099
 pleased.

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 Notice he

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:48.279
 calls praise

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.839
 sacrifice, and

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.519
 he calls

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:53.180
 doing good and

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.720
 sharing with

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.900
 others sacrifice.

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 It's the same

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 word.

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 That is an

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.139
 act of

00:21:58.139 --> 00:21:59.279
 sacrifice, and

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.740
 this is an

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.099
 act of

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 sacrifice.

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 But one is

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:03.319
 directed at

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.480
 God, the

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.259
 other one is

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.180
 directed at

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:07.140
 people.

00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:09.880
 So do

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.900
 good and

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.440
 share with

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:11.900
 others.

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.019
 I don't

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.660
 think that,

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.560
 I personally

00:22:14.560 --> 00:22:15.160
 don't think

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.820
 that giving

00:22:15.820 --> 00:22:16.600
 somebody a

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.620
 ride to

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.460
 O'Hare is

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.340
 a spiritual

00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:20.620
 sacrifice.

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:21.640
 Maybe I

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.019
 don't think

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.340
 so, but

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:22.860
 God thinks

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.100
 so.

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:28.000
 God bless

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:29.299
 my next

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.799
 door neighbor.

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 He has a

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:32.799
 huge snow

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.200
 blower.

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.680
 I have

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:37.140
 poor muscles

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.460
 who are

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.080
 getting weaker

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:38.680
 as I lose

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.059
 more and

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.600
 more weight.

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.880
 And when

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:43.200
 it snows, he

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.559
 clears, everybody

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.420
 is on the

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:47.160
 block, including

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:47.799
 my driveway.

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.799
 He is doing

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.259
 good.

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.319
 He is sharing

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.259
 his lawnmower,

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.460
 not lawnmower,

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.240
 snowblower,

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.480
 sorry, snowblower

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.279
 with me.

00:22:58.840 --> 00:22:59.319
 He's being

00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.980
 kind to me.

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 But I want

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:01.860
 you to think

00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:02.559
 deeper about

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.339
 this passage.

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.360
 Think this.

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:06.059
 We praise

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:07.019
 God, that's

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.460
 an activity

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.160
 directed at

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.480
 God.

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.480
 We share

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.980
 and do

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.519
 good, and

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.360
 that's activity

00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:12.380
 directed at

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:12.779
 people.

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.220
 What is

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.940
 behind God

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.680
 and people?

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.440
 The two

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.440
 greatest

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:20.099
 commandments.

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:22.180
 Love God

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.099
 and love

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.640
 your neighbor.

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.700
 So maybe

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.819
 one way

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:28.000
 I show

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:29.220
 God that

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.700
 I love

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.839
 him is

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:32.620
 by praising

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.039
 him.

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.640
 And maybe

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.400
 one way

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.480
 I show

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.480
 my neighbor

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.319
 that I love

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.279
 him by

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.460
 sharing and

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.079
 doing good.

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.920
 So we

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.640
 minister to

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:45.000
 God with

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.559
 praise.

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.120
 We minister

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:48.640
 to each

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.539
 other with

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.779
 encouragement,

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.900
 edification,

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.900
 building up,

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.319
 strengthening,

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.240
 and we

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.880
 minister to

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.340
 the world

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:59.000
 through our

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.620
 outreach,

00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.120
 through our

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:02.020
 good acts,

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:03.020
 acts of mercy,

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.900
 and through the

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.460
 preaching of

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:04.940
 the gospel.

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.280
 They will

00:24:06.280 --> 00:24:07.000
 see our good

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.340
 deeds and

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:09.240
 glorify our

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.860
 Father in

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.160
 heaven.

00:24:11.280 --> 00:24:11.580
 Well,

00:24:12.560 --> 00:24:14.180
 but I'm

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.700
 keeping the

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.260
 best to the

00:24:15.260 --> 00:24:15.660
 last.

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.700
 If I

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:19.820
 worship God

00:24:19.820 --> 00:24:21.140
 and strengthen

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:23.020
 believers and

00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:24.080
 reach out to

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.519
 the world,

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.220
 or I should

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.919
 say it more

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.339
 properly,

00:24:26.679 --> 00:24:27.139
 if our

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.539
 church,

00:24:27.679 --> 00:24:28.299
 if we as

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.899
 a body of

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.240
 believers,

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:29.980
 all of us

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.159
 together as

00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:31.559
 believers,

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.759
 if we

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:34.119
 praise God,

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.759
 strengthen each

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.099
 other,

00:24:36.419 --> 00:24:37.299
 and reach out

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.619
 to the

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.799
 world,

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.059
 what is the

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.839
 result of

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.199
 that?

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.919
 Are these

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:44.099
 three ends

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.899
 in themselves,

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:46.159
 or are they

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:47.079
 means to

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.919
 still one

00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:49.139
 more higher

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.619
 end?

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:49.659
 what?

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.779
 Well,

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.639
 they are.

00:24:55.239 --> 00:24:56.019
 I thought,

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.479
 first of all,

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.599
 I would check

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.259
 how many times

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.959
 that word is

00:24:59.959 --> 00:25:00.899
 used in the

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.159
 Bible.

00:25:01.959 --> 00:25:02.779
 I stopped

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.699
 after 400.

00:25:05.199 --> 00:25:05.639
 I thought,

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:05.859
 you know,

00:25:05.939 --> 00:25:06.319
 there's other

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.799
 things to do

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.319
 in my life,

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:07.979
 and my eyes

00:25:07.979 --> 00:25:08.459
 are not that

00:25:08.459 --> 00:25:08.739
 good,

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:09.139
 you know.

00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:11.959
 I suspect

00:25:11.959 --> 00:25:12.419
 it's about

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:13.500
 600 times,

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:15.959
 600 times

00:25:15.959 --> 00:25:16.439
 in the Bible.

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:17.859
 Where do I

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.139
 begin?

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:19.479
 You know,

00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:20.500
 shall I

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.019
 just read

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.379
 you all

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.259
 600 verses

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.959
 and say,

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.259
 ah,

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.819
 there it

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.059
 is,

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.659
 it's in

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:24.979
 the Bible.

00:25:27.979 --> 00:25:28.759
 I can't

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.279
 do that,

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.359
 so I

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.139
 thought I

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.719
 would choose

00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:33.059
 two passages

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:34.279
 that represent

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.639
 as a

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.219
 sample,

00:25:36.719 --> 00:25:37.479
 rather than

00:25:37.479 --> 00:25:38.500
 an exhaustive

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.899
 list,

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.519
 just as a

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:40.839
 sample.

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.459
 Turn to

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:43.359
 1 Corinthians

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.559
 chapter 10,

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.159
 verse 31.

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:53.060
 1 Corinthians

00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:55.240
 chapter 10,

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:56.820
 verse 31.

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:56.960
 chapter 11.

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.460
 So whether

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.339
 you eat

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.539
 or drink

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.740
 or whatever

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.619
 you do,

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.299
 whatever covers

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.259
 fairly everything,

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.259
 you know,

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.579
 so whether you

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:13.240
 eat or drink

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:14.139
 or whatever

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.779
 you do,

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.220
 do it

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.960
 all

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.960
 for the

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.460
 glory

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.399
 of God.

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:21.159
 Do it

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:22.019
 all

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.839
 for the

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.439
 glory of

00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:23.759
 God.

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.500
 whatever I

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.680
 do,

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.259
 putting on

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.759
 a shirt,

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:29.099
 I should

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.400
 do it

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.640
 to the

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.140
 glory of

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.440
 God.

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.039
 Driving

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.980
 to my

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.400
 work,

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.700
 I do

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.119
 it to

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.660
 the glory

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.279
 of God.

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.299
 When I

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.720
 edify

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.299
 believers,

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 I'm doing

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.619
 it for

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 the glory

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.839
 of God.

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 And

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.059
 another

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.640
 place where

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:46.920
 you can

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.299
 remember

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.579
 that,

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.379
 the very,

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.680
 very,

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.619
 very last

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.299
 verse in

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.660
 the epistle

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.039
 to the

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.359
 Romans.

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:52.519
 Romans.

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 So turn

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.199
 to the

00:26:54.199 --> 00:26:54.719
 end of

00:26:54.719 --> 00:26:56.379
 Paul's

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:56.699
 epistle

00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:57.099
 to the

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.459
 Romans.

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 Look at

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:58.919
 the very

00:26:58.919 --> 00:26:59.279
 last

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 verse.

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 And

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.459
 Paul

00:27:09.459 --> 00:27:09.899
 ends

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.319
 his

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.199
 magisterial

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:11.679
 epistle

00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:13.000
 with these

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.419
 words.

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 To the

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.799
 only

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.399
 wise

00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:16.899
 God

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:18.119
 be

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.799
 glory

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:20.159
 forever

00:27:20.159 --> 00:27:21.399
 through

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.920
 Jesus

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.800
 Christ.

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 Amen.

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 To the

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.160
 only

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.560
 wise

00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:26.940
 God

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.660
 be

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.160
 glory

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.780
 forever

00:27:28.780 --> 00:27:29.980
 through

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.420
 Jesus

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.000
 Christ.

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:31.900
 Amen.

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 Whatever

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.019
 we do,

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:34.880
 the

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.519
 ultimate,

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.460
 the very

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.019
 ultimate

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.680
 purpose of

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.160
 the church

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.980
 is to

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.420
 glorify

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:39.820
 God.

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.940
 It's

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.860
 not about

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:42.340
 us.

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.140
 Even

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.480
 though we

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.140
 are important,

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.780
 even though

00:27:44.780 --> 00:27:45.200
 he loves

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.400
 us,

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.820
 even though

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.160
 he gave

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.680
 his son

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.700
 for the

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:47.960
 world,

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.560
 it is

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:48.920
 not

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.320
 about

00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:49.720
 us.

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.180
 It

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.600
 is

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.200
 about

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.680
 him.

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.299
 And

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.680
 I

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.140
 think

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:56.120
 these

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.340
 are

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.060
 indicators

00:27:57.060 --> 00:27:57.620
 of a

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:57.880
 healthy

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.320
 church.

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.259
 I

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.460
 know

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.700
 that

00:27:59.700 --> 00:27:59.960
 as

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.220
 one

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.340
 of

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:00.460
 the

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.779
 elders

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.060
 here,

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.420
 I

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.600
 am

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:01.920
 committed

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:03.019
 to a

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.320
 healthy

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:03.799
 church.

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.200
 I

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.400
 am

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.640
 committed

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.080
 to a

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.340
 church

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:05.640
 that

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.140
 reflects

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.560
 all of

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:06.740
 these

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.060
 things.

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:07.680
 And

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:07.840
 if

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:07.980
 you

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.180
 look

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.340
 at

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:08.500
 the

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:08.779
 four

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.299
 goals

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.580
 that

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:09.779
 we

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.180
 have,

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:10.960
 they're

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.200
 all

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.500
 there.

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.340
 Fellowship,

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:15.559
 holy

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.980
 living,

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:17.599
 burden

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.199
 for the

00:28:18.199 --> 00:28:18.919
 unsaved,

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.139
 prayer,

00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:21.439
 these

00:28:21.439 --> 00:28:23.199
 are all

00:28:23.199 --> 00:28:24.019
 activities

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.779
 designed

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:27.279
 to help

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.859
 us grow

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.459
 and be

00:28:28.459 --> 00:28:28.859
 healthy.

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.359
 May God

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:30.720
 give us

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.240
 the grace

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.659
 and the

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:31.980
 strength

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.459
 and the

00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:32.779
 wisdom

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.579
 to do

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:33.799
 it.

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.279
 I want

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.539
 to pray

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.980
 for you.

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.439
 You're

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:37.659
 my family.

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.159
 Lord,

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.579
 Father,

00:28:39.699 --> 00:28:40.019
 thank you

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.399
 for these

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.740
 dear

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.240
 believers.

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.939
 Thank you

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.340
 for those

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:43.500
 who

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.840
 belong

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.299
 to you.

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.600
 Thank you

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.039
 because you

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.620
 have saved

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.320
 us and

00:28:48.320 --> 00:28:48.759
 showed us

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.259
 your great

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.539
 love.

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.900
 I pray,

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.180
 Lord,

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.559
 Father,

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.019
 that you

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.519
 help us

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.940
 as a

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.220
 church

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.740
 to walk

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.160
 in this

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.420
 way.

00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:57.259
 May you

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.700
 give us

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.279
 all the

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.660
 wisdom,

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.160
 the

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.660
 godliness,

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.019
 the

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.539
 devotion,

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:00.920
 the

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.440
 desire

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:02.320
 to

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:02.720
 please

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:02.940
 you

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.400
 and to

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:03.840
 glorify

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.140
 your

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.600
 wonderful

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:04.980
 name.

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.900
 Thank

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.039
 you

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.279
 for

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.600
 the

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:10.400
 many

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.840
 people

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.100
 who

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.299
 are

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.240
 here

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.539
 who

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:12.899
 contribute

00:29:12.899 --> 00:29:13.200
 to

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.879
 these

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.500
 tasks,

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.639
 some

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.240
 big and

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.480
 some

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.879
 small,

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.519
 but all

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.099
 important

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.500
 and all

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:19.940
 to your

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.319
 glory.

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.059
 I

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:23.039
 ask this,

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.339
 Lord,

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.659
 with much

00:29:24.659 --> 00:29:25.159
 gratitude,

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.159
 in Jesus'

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:26.599
 name.

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.639
 Amen.

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:27.740
 Amen.